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CNN Sissy Accuses Trump of Being "Provably" Part of "Global Sex Trafficking Ring," and Liberal Host Wants to Let the Defamation Stand With No Pushback

It falls to Scott Jennings to object, and to press the leftwing host to even address the major, serious, no-defense-possible defamation that just occurred.

First the host pushes back against Jennings, saying "I'll do the fact-checking here," except he didn't do it and clearly doesn't want to do it. Ultimately Jennings moggs him into offering the weakest possible "Trump hasn't been charged with crimes" fact check, but Berman would have let the defamation stand completely unchecked if not for Jennings' demand.

Trump is going to sue CNN, and they'll have to settle, because there is just no defense here. The clown made a false factual statement, not an opinion, and emphasized that he was speaking about what he was claiming was a proven fact by adding the word "provably."

And yes, CNN is liable for defamation that one of its panelists speaks on its platform.

Overton
@overton_news
A smug 25-year-old leftist activist just got HUMBLED live on CNN by Scott Jennings.
Cameron Kasky claimed President Trump was part of a "human sex-trafficking network" -- and for a moment, the panel let it slide.
Until @ScottJenningsKY stepped in and FORCED the host John Berman to correct the record for all to hear.
KASKY: "So I am appreciative that the president is being transparent about this. I would love it if he was more transparent about the human sex-trafficking network that he was a part of, but you can't win them all."
BERMAN: "Cameron's grateful that the president is being transparent about the Nobel Peace Prize and his desires for Greenland. Scott, what do you think about that?"
JENNINGS: "You're going to let that sit? Are we going to claim here on CNN that the president is part of a global sex trafficking ring, or...?"
BERMAN: "We're going to talk about the Epstein files. Scott... I will do the fact checking as we go along here. Repeat what you said about the global sex trafficking ring."
KASKY: "That Donald Trump was provably very involved with it."
Berman suddenly realized he was cornered...

And only then did he offer his brief, grudging, weak "fact check."

M.A. Rothman
@MichaelARothman
Jan 20
𝐒𝐂𝐎𝐓𝐓 𝐉𝐄𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐂𝐄𝐒 𝐀 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐘 𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐂𝐊 - 𝗧𝗢 𝗦𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗖𝗡𝗡'𝗦 𝗔𝗦𝗦
⁣⁣⁣A smug, barely-out-of-college leftist activist wandered onto CNN and accused a sitting president of running a global human sx-trafficking ring -- 𝗼𝗻 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻.
⁣⁣⁣And for a moment?
⁣⁣⁣CNN just let it sit there. You could almost imagine Trump picking up the phone to his lawyers.
⁣⁣⁣Until Scott Jennings -- 𝗮 𝘃𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗻 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 -- slammed the brakes and reminded the room that 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿.
⁣⁣⁣Here's how it went down.
⁣⁣⁣𝘊𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘯 𝘒𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘺:
𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘋𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘥 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘹-𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬.
⁣⁣⁣The moderator tried to pivot.
Tried to move on.
Tried to memory-hole it.
⁣⁣⁣That's when Jennings stepped in.
⁣⁣⁣𝘚𝘤𝘰𝘵𝘵 𝘑𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴:
𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘵? 𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮 𝘰𝘯 𝘊𝘕𝘕 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘹 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨?
⁣⁣⁣You could feel the panic.
⁣⁣⁣Because that's not commentary.
That's not opinion.
That's a 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗺 waiting to explode.
⁣⁣⁣Suddenly the host realized he was boxed in.
⁣⁣⁣𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯 𝘉𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯:
𝘋𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘥 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘑𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘺 𝘌𝘱𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘪𝘯.
⁣⁣⁣Translation:
⁣⁣⁣𝐂𝐍𝐍 𝐀𝐋𝐌𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐋𝐄𝐓 𝐀 𝐊𝐈𝐃 𝐀𝐂𝐂𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝐀 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐀 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐅𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆 -- 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐍𝐎 𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄
⁣⁣⁣If Scott Jennings hadn't stepped in, that clip would already be Exhibit A in a courtroom.
⁣⁣⁣This is what happens when activism cosplay replaces journalism.
⁣⁣⁣This is why adults still need to be in the room.
⁣⁣⁣And this is why "𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬" is not a journalism standard.

A smug 25-year-old leftist activist just got HUMBLED live on CNN by Scott Jennings.

Cameron Kasky claimed President Trump was part of a “human sex-trafficking network” — and for a moment, the panel let it slide.

Until @ScottJenningsKY stepped in and FORCED the host John Berman… pic.twitter.com/wRxV2sQ3B5
— Overton (@overton_news) January 20, 2026

The little dicksucker apparently was advised by a lawyer to apologize, but he must think he's too broke-ass to sue, because his "apology" sounds like a sarcastic restatement of the original defamation:

Cameron Kasky
@camkasky
20h
I would like to retract my comments from CNN last night and truly apologize.
Donald Trump was obviously not involved with a giant international child sex trafficking ring where women and children were systematically raped by elites.
I said that by accident and didn;t mean it.

1. You knew exactly what you were doing.
2. You did it intentionally.
3. This weak walk back isn’t fooling anyone & doesn’t absolve you of any legal jeopardy.
4. You only put this out because of real fear that you & your employer will be sued.
5. I’ll bet if your employer is sued…
— Harold__Finch (@HaroldWren22) January 21, 2026

Posted by: Ace at 04:02 PM

Comments

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1 The apology was something.

Posted by: Ann at January 21, 2026 04:02 PM (w9jrX)

2 He didn't mean it, dontchyaknow? After saying it twice and studying the line in front of a mirror.

Posted by: Ann at January 21, 2026 04:02 PM (w9jrX)

3 I called the others.

Posted by: Ann at January 21, 2026 04:03 PM (w9jrX)

4 They didn't listen

Posted by: Ann at January 21, 2026 04:04 PM (w9jrX)

5 "his "apology" sounds like a sarcastic restatement of the original defamation"

That's exactly what it sounds like. What a weasel!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 21, 2026 04:04 PM (PFs9e)

6 And yes, CNN is liable for defamation that one of its panelists speaks on its platform.

Can Trump prove damages, if no one watches or trusts CNN?

Posted by: Moron Analyst at January 21, 2026 04:04 PM (ycI94)

7 Return Back to Epstein Island

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

8 this BS is working on Gen Z males btw

they're still based but they're becoming anti-Trump

at least in my house! it suuuuuucks

especially since my husband has been and still is very TDS-afflicted.

argh.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 21, 2026 04:05 PM (emBoF)

9 Is Trump gonna have to sue the media AGAIN?

These dumbasses never learn, do they?

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 04:05 PM (77rzZ)

10 BERMAN: "We're going to talk about the Epstein files. Scott... I will do the fact checking as we go along here.

And yet you didn't.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 21, 2026 04:05 PM (Riz8t)

11 8 this BS is working on Gen Z males btw

they're still based but they're becoming anti-Trump

at least in my house! it suuuuuucks

especially since my husband has been and still is very TDS-afflicted.

argh.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 21, 2026 04:05 PM (emBoF)

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Trump will never win the presidency in 2028 at this rate.

Anti-Trumpism is the last war.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 04:05 PM (GBKbO)

12 Scott could have just winked and said, "I'm gonna just let that alone and ask President Trump to remember me when he receives the settlement from CNN."

Posted by: Oglebay at January 21, 2026 04:06 PM (GPa4z)

13 That Cameron Kasky guy looks and sounds like a fag.

Posted by: David Hogg at January 21, 2026 04:06 PM (ycI94)

14 Afternoon.

Scott Jennings fucked up. Had he said nothing Trump would have sued CNN into the ground.

Sue it all down!

Posted by: Robert at January 21, 2026 04:06 PM (7yskd)

15 Provably because we believe it!
Trump Haters

Posted by: steevy at January 21, 2026 04:06 PM (YwEeS)

16 The Trump Library and Memorial will be truly yuge and classy, really the best

With cash left over for an addition to Mt. Trumpmore

Posted by: Architectural Miklos at January 21, 2026 04:06 PM (f/3mU)

17 And yes, CNN is liable for defamation that one of its panelists speaks on its platform.

Can Trump prove damages, if no one watches or trusts CNN?

Very zen. If an idiot talks on CNN and nobody hears it, does it make a sound?

Posted by: Archimedes at January 21, 2026 04:06 PM (Riz8t)

18 I am betting this little Twink is also a Furry.

Posted by: garrett at January 21, 2026 04:06 PM (ZcsJV)

19 Trump was never convicted of being the ring leader of the sex trafficking cartel I said he was a part of.

We good?

That's basically what CNN just said.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 21, 2026 04:07 PM (U2OZr)

20
LB
@beyondreasdoubt
16h
lol “I said that by accident” lol

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 04:07 PM (SSiCQ)

21 Jennings ripped that kid apart for the kid telling him he can't use the term illegal alien too.

Posted by: BruceWayne at January 21, 2026 04:07 PM (MGB5H)

22 3 I called the others.
Posted by: Ann at January 21, 2026 04:03 PM (w9jrX)

That's why I'm here!

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 04:07 PM (SSiCQ)

23 Wow. That Trump sure is a busy guy.

Posted by: wth at January 21, 2026 04:08 PM (UjdFS)

24 They don't pay Scott Jennings enough.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 21, 2026 04:08 PM (NpAcC)

25 Trump will never win the presidency in 2028 at this rate.

Anti-Trumpism is the last war.

fair but it's annoying (for me personally)

and I'd assume PDJT doesn't love it

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 21, 2026 04:08 PM (emBoF)

26 "CNN contributor Scott Jennings hinted at a run for Senate — but said he’ll only jump into the race for Sen. Mitch McConnell’s seat if President Trump orders it."

https://is.gd/uW7reL

If the NY post is accurate about what he said, that's kind of a wuss move. Do it or don't. Trump isn't your boss.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 21, 2026 04:08 PM (Riz8t)

27 It's not that liberals aren't smart, it's just that so much of what they know isn't so
Ronald Reagan

Posted by: Piper at January 21, 2026 04:08 PM (OoFl2)

28 24 They don't pay Scott Jennings enough.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 21, 2026 04:08 PM (NpAcC)

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He'll be Kentucky's senator soon enough, and he can get rich like the best in DC easy enough.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 04:08 PM (GBKbO)

29 Can't fix stupid. But we can have it tattooed on an idiots forehead for the rest of their life.

Posted by: Case at January 21, 2026 04:09 PM (4rWc3)

30 I hope this twink gets sued so hard that he has to drink water from a shit running gutter in India.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 21, 2026 04:09 PM (0KSrI)

31 He'll be Kentucky's senator soon enough, and he can get rich like the best in DC easy enough.

See my #26.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 21, 2026 04:09 PM (Riz8t)

32 Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 21, 2026 04:05 PM (emBoF)

Gen Z males think that Trump was a sex trafficker for Epstein?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 21, 2026 04:09 PM (PFs9e)

33 Where did CNN find that brain damaged idiot child?

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 21, 2026 04:09 PM (8CIFn)

34 CNN Sissy Accuses Trump of Being "Provably" Part of "Global Sex Trafficking Ring," and Liberal Host Wants to Let the Defamation Stand With No Pushback
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In other news, it's Wednesday afternoon.

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 04:09 PM (krQz2)

35 CNN Sissy Accuses Trump of Being "Provably" Part of "Global Sex Trafficking Ring,"

Ok. Provably Trump's going to sue them for billions. If this works out correctly Brian Stelter and Jake Tapper are going to end up working at a Trump golf course making sure the golf ball washers are filled up with soap.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 21, 2026 04:10 PM (HTCU3)

36 Actually, I would be fine if they change it to Mt. Rushlimbaughmore

Posted by: Architectural Miklos at January 21, 2026 04:10 PM (f/3mU)

37 Give it a week. They will be proclaiming it again.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 21, 2026 04:10 PM (0U5gm)

38
CNN Sissy

You're gonna have to be a bit more specific here.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 21, 2026 04:10 PM (y9nCu)

39 That Cameron Kasky guy looks and sounds like a fag.
Posted by: David Hogg

Who is he and what has he done to have a voice on CNN? I mean, I at least know why Hogg was in the news, at least for the first 15 minutes.

Posted by: Oddbob at January 21, 2026 04:10 PM (Fs0KI)

40 >>Where did CNN find that brain damaged idiot child?

On the other side of the hole in last bathroom stall on the right.

Posted by: garrett at January 21, 2026 04:11 PM (ZcsJV)

41 I'd almost bet that this little shitstain still has college loan debt. Make the full remaining balance payable now. No more minimum monthly payments. Then sue his faggoty ass for 50 times what he owes.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at January 21, 2026 04:11 PM (CY+M8)

42 31 He'll be Kentucky's senator soon enough, and he can get rich like the best in DC easy enough.

See my #26.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 21, 2026 04:09 PM (Riz8t)

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"Public personality who's definitely going to run for Senate is acting like he needs to be called to it by an outside force rather than wants it himself."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 04:11 PM (GBKbO)

43 Dave Rubin did a good interview with Scott Jennings, where he asked him how he survives the stupid inflicted on him everyday on CNN. Worth a listen, as are most of Dave's one-on-ones. He's good at it.

This liberal kid on CNN has yet not learned to always use the most important word for a talking head: ALLEGEDLY. Say allegedly and you can get away with anything!

Posted by: LizLem at January 21, 2026 04:11 PM (Eng1Z)

44 Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 04:07 PM (SSiCQ)

Whohoo! Glad to see you!

Posted by: Ann at January 21, 2026 04:12 PM (w9jrX)

45 Return Back to Epstein Island

Posted by: Skip at January 21, 2026 04:04 PM (Ia/+0)
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Back on the Island
Again, on the Island
Oh, I'm back on the Island, again.

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 04:12 PM (krQz2)

46 If Trump sues and wins, which I think he probably would, that would make something like 5 successful lawsuits against media and tech companies, all settled for more than $10M, some much more.

Trump is suing the BBC for $10 billion for deceptively editing his speech on Jan. 6, 2021, to make it appear he told his supporters to storm the Capitol. While that case is ongoing, Trump has had a string of successes with similar lawsuits. Meta agreed to pay $25 million to settle Trump’s lawsuit over his suspension from Facebook. Alphabet paid a $22 million settlement for suspending Trump’s YouTube channel. CBS settled with Trump for $16 million over its deceptive edits of Kamala Harris’s 60 Minutes interview in a blatant attempt at election interference. ABC News settled with Trump for $15 million over George Stephanopoulos’s false claims about him. These companies did not settle out of charity or goodwill.

https://is.gd/f1sKL1

Posted by: Archimedes at January 21, 2026 04:12 PM (Riz8t)

47 They don't pay Scott Jennings enough.

At this point, I assume he's in it for the lulz.

Posted by: Oddbob at January 21, 2026 04:12 PM (Fs0KI)

48 >>Where did CNN find that brain damaged idiot child?

He's been around for a while. He's a less famous David Hogg.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 21, 2026 04:12 PM (viF8m)

49 That was an incredibly weak pushback. The networks are going to continue to bring on party apparatchiks who will lie on the air and won't stop until their bankruptcy mediators turn off the cameras.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 21, 2026 04:12 PM (0U5gm)

50 “I said it on accident” slays me. You accidentally let an entire paragraph fall out of your mouth?

Posted by: Piper at January 21, 2026 04:13 PM (OoFl2)

51 If the NY post is accurate about what he said, that's kind of a wuss move. Do it or don't. Trump isn't your boss.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 21, 2026 04:08 PM (Riz8t)
*******
I see it more like when people take a cabinet position. If Trump asks, then you're not only doing it for him and probably taking a huge pay cut, but you'd be doing it for the country.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 21, 2026 04:13 PM (NpAcC)

52 That kid shore duz have a purty mouth.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 21, 2026 04:14 PM (SRRAx)

53 Where did CNN find that brain damaged idiot child?

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Eeny meeny miney moe at the door of a college class.

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 04:14 PM (krQz2)

54

He's just pissed because he let the dick he was sucking fall out of his mouth.

Posted by: four seasons at January 21, 2026 04:14 PM (3ek7K)

55 Gen Z males think that Trump was a sex trafficker for Epstein?

I think some do bc suddenly my two went from liking him to spouting nonsense about him being a pedo

they don't really pay attention to politics so I'm assuming this filtered thru tik Tok or something

it is just annoying. bc yes he's not running again but still. it's a little bit of a rift here but I guess it helps them be closer to their Dad now!

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 21, 2026 04:14 PM (emBoF)

56 What he said is what they all say when they think they are among friends.

And the street theater about Trump protecting pedos?
All part of that.

But yeah, we had to release the Epstein files to get justice for those poor, poor girls.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 21, 2026 04:14 PM (HXT0k)

57 This is the same little twerp who told Scott Jennings that he wasn't allowed to say that illegal aliens are illegal aliens. First , Scott challenged him on his right to censor him. When the twerp doubled down, Scott, deadly serious, asked how he's going to enforce it.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 21, 2026 04:15 PM (txWKi)

58 yum yum shit
yummy shit pebbles
in my mouth

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at January 21, 2026 04:16 PM (RygT7)

59 Remember, the Left’s father is Satan, the father of lies. Pretty much explains it all.

Posted by: tubal at January 21, 2026 04:16 PM (pDt9x)

60 Kasky was so traumatized by his surviving the Parkland shooting he turned gay. And retarded.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 21, 2026 04:17 PM (PTsqM)

61 >>> Gen Z males think that Trump was a sex trafficker for Epstein?

unfortunately the "Epstein Files" has become sort of an Area 51 type thing on social media -- every secret thing ever is in there and you'll never know the truth but it's totally like everyone and everything was in on it, man

Posted by: brak at January 21, 2026 04:17 PM (jGJov)

62 Sue baby, sue !!!

Posted by: Adriane the Ethnic Cuisine Critic . . . at January 21, 2026 04:17 PM (3ZUWJ)

63 Trump is suing the BBC for $10 billion for deceptively editing his speech on Jan. 6, 2021, to make it appear he told his supporters to storm the Capitol. While that case is ongoing, Trump has had a string of successes with similar lawsuits. Meta agreed to pay $25 million to settle Trump’s lawsuit over his suspension from Facebook. Alphabet paid a $22 million settlement for suspending Trump’s YouTube channel. CBS settled with Trump for $16 million over its deceptive edits of Kamala Harris’s 60 Minutes interview in a blatant attempt at election interference. ABC News settled with Trump for $15 million over George Stephanopoulos’s false claims about him. These companies did not settle out of charity or goodwill.

Posted by: Archimedes

All of these details should be etched into shiny, gold plated plaques in the new White House Ballroom.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at January 21, 2026 04:17 PM (CY+M8)

64 >>> "CNN contributor Scott Jennings hinted at a run for Senate — but said he’ll only jump into the race for Sen. Mitch McConnell’s seat if President Trump orders it."

Oh no! He needs to stay in media, jump from CNN to hosting his own show somewhere. If the media realizes they need to pivot to the center, and hire him as a center-right draw. OR if Elon buys a network, or Trump does after his run as POTUS.

He's great now. But the swamp is SO good at corrupting even the most valiant of our warriors. I don't know what the swamp would do to Scott Jennings, tbh.

Now, Scott Pressler has hinted at a run, he's so done with the feckless spineless GOP not doing anything. He's a valuable on-the-ground warrior. But I actually believe he'd be amazing in congress.

Posted by: LizLem at January 21, 2026 04:17 PM (Eng1Z)

65 What he said is what they all say when they think they are among friends.

And the street theater about Trump protecting pedos?
All part of that.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 21, 2026 04:14 PM (emBoF)
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Yeah, I read plenty of that on X.

They're actually attacking ICE for rounding up proven kiddie rapists, but people who back Trump are backing a "pedo-protector", based on nothing--but here's that photo from 1993 for the 1,000,002nd time!

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 04:17 PM (krQz2)

66 When Trump owns CNN, needs to rebrand it as something useful - 24/7 funny cat videos.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 21, 2026 04:17 PM (45BvE)

67 yum yum shit
yummy shit pebbles
in my mouth
185.107.56.124

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at January 21, 2026 04:17 PM (lJi1E)

68 Has this been posted yet?

House Oversight Committee has just voted to hold former President Bill Clinton in contempt of Congress for ignoring a committee subpoena to give a deposition re: the Epstein investigation. Vote was 34-8

Posted by: Ouch the Grouch at January 21, 2026 04:18 PM (k1gZr)

69
BERMAN: "We're going to talk about the Epstein files. Scott... I will do the fact checking as we go along here.

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Who the duck made Berman the Authorized Fact Checker?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 21, 2026 04:18 PM (jF1M6)

70 Shit pebbles is back.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 21, 2026 04:18 PM (mlg/3)

71 We haven't had a Disney post in a while.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 21, 2026 04:18 PM (XV/Pl)

72 Gen Z males think that Trump was a sex trafficker for Epstein?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 21, 2026 04:09 PM (PFs9e)
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It's not just Gen Z. I know dudes my age (definitely not Gen Z lol) who are 100% in on the idea that Trump was Epstein's #1 pal and kid-toucher extraordinaire.

Propaganda works. Simple as that.

Posted by: ballistic at January 21, 2026 04:18 PM (5aZAZ)

73 >> Gen Z males think that Trump was a sex trafficker for Epstein?

This is a population of soy infused children who are afraid to leave their goon caves.

Posted by: garrett at January 21, 2026 04:18 PM (ZcsJV)

74 Has anyone heard about the Barron Trump call where he saves a girl?

https://t.co/3OaET795lu

Basically he was video calling this gal I will call his soon to be girlfriend when this other guy starts wailing on her during the call. So Barron calls 911 and they spring to action to rescue the girl. The action movie directed by Guy Ritchie will be a banger

Posted by: banana Dream at January 21, 2026 04:18 PM (l5dSG)

75 Anonymous sources tell me that Gavin Newsom ALLEGEDLY wears his Mr. Slave outfit while cruising elementary schools in his rape van.

Posted by: wth at January 21, 2026 04:19 PM (UjdFS)

76
LB
@beyondreasdoubt
16h
lol “I said that by accident” lol
Posted by: m

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TWICE.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 21, 2026 04:19 PM (jF1M6)

77 Donroe Doctrine Don does Dominion and Defamation Delightfully.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 21, 2026 04:19 PM (HTCU3)

78 Trump is suing the BBC for $10 billion for deceptively editing his speech on Jan. 6, 2021, to make it appear he told his supporters to storm the Capitol.

Posted by: Archimedes
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I think he has a pretty good shot, unless it doesn't matter to the court that two sentences 54 minutes apart were edited together.

That's not just a whoops.

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 04:19 PM (krQz2)

79 I think some do bc suddenly my two went from liking him to spouting nonsense about him being a pedo

they don't really pay attention to politics so I'm assuming this filtered thru tik Tok or something

it is just annoying. bc yes he's not running again but still. it's a little bit of a rift here but I guess it helps them be closer to their Dad now!
Posted by: BlackOrchid
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Watch them, this is a line coming from Nick Fuentes and associated crew to dirty Mossad and Israel with Epstein. Coordinated op to hide Democrat complicity.

Have them read the old depositions given in the Epstein Miami trial in the 00's. Those are all public and give a sense of that time and place when Epstein operated out of Miami and Trump had Mar A Lago.

After that, it is clear that Trump had nothing to do with Epstein and in fact his own DoJ charged Epstein and Ghislaine.

Goldman Sachs is faced with the embarrassing fact that their Obama admin lawyer, Katherine Ruemmler, exchanged lots of emails with Ghislaine and Epstein after his conviction in 2008. To the point that the firm may fire her for it.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 04:19 PM (E4rtv)

80 Punchable douchey face and he knew exactly what he was doing and that apology is puppies because puppies are bullshit.

Posted by: turambar at January 21, 2026 04:19 PM (Q0yOR)

81 Kasky started a group against gun violence. He also was a survivor of the Marjorie Stoneman school shooting. He said that he came out as queer because of brave people before him and that
"To those of you who are also struggling to find an identity that you find authentic, take your time. Look inwards and indulge in your beauty and light"

Uggh. From Wikipedia

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 21, 2026 04:20 PM (PFs9e)

82 >>>I don't know what the swamp would do to Scott Jennings, tbh.

We need to send more support to Ukraine while pursuing comprehensive immigration reform with my good friends across the aisle

Posted by: Sen. Scott Jennings 5 years from now at January 21, 2026 04:20 PM (jGJov)

83 Oh look! Another one who knows so much that isn’t so! Who kicked Epstein out of Mar a lago for being a creep? Who could that be…hmmm…who could it be. Epstein going on and on about hating Trump, Guifre saying Trump was never part of this..it’s all so mysterious.

Posted by: Piper at January 21, 2026 04:21 PM (OoFl2)

84 Sue baby, sue !!!
Posted by: Adriane the Ethnic Cuisine Critic . . . at January 21, 2026 04:17 PM (3ZUWJ)
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Sue like the wind!

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 04:21 PM (krQz2)

85 House Oversight Committee has just voted to hold former President Bill Clinton in contempt of Congress for ignoring a committee subpoena to give a deposition re: the Epstein investigation. Vote was 34-8
Posted by: Ouch the Grouch
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Welp, I guess the Dems are okay throwing the Clintons on the fire pyre now. Their pushing the Epstein file releases leave them little latitude to cover up the Clintons anymore.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 04:21 PM (E4rtv)

86 They had to go through Russian Agent, Sex Assaulter, Secret Liberal, Hooker Pisser, Rapist, Election Interferer, and Fraudster before they finally figured out he's actually Pedophile Ringleader

These things take time.

Posted by: ... at January 21, 2026 04:22 PM (wEF4H)

87 Keep Trump A Multi-Billionaire!

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 21, 2026 04:22 PM (0RTcs)

88 There’s a British gal a Russian, lots of action, would make a great movie. And Barron is 12 feet tall so you could have him fighting Godzilla at the end.

ALL IN 3D!

THIS SUMMER!

Posted by: banana Dream at January 21, 2026 04:22 PM (l5dSG)

89 Has this been posted yet?

House Oversight Committee has just voted to hold former President Bill Clinton in contempt of Congress for ignoring a committee subpoena to give a deposition re: the Epstein investigation. Vote was 34-8
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I'm honestly surprised the vote was 34-8. I could have seen even some of the GOPe showing their gutlessness on this one.

Posted by: Crusader at January 21, 2026 04:22 PM (TN0g+)

90 88 There’s a British gal a Russian, lots of action, would make a great movie. And Barron is 12 feet tall so you could have him fighting Godzilla at the end.

ALL IN 3D!

THIS SUMMER!

Posted by: banana Dream at January 21, 2026 04:22 PM (l5dSG)

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Barron Trump to be played by: Michael B. Jordan.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 04:22 PM (GBKbO)

91 No idea where a lawsuit by DJT against Europe news would be held but can guess it won't go far

Posted by: Skip at January 21, 2026 04:23 PM (Ia/+0)

92 >>Barron Trump to be played by: Michael B. Jordan.

Was Jan Michael Vincent busy?

Posted by: garrett at January 21, 2026 04:23 PM (ZcsJV)

93 83 Oh look! Another one who knows so much that isn’t so! Who kicked Epstein out of Mar a lago for being a creep? Who could that be…hmmm…who could it be. Epstein going on and on about hating Trump, Guifre saying Trump was never part of this..it’s all so mysterious.
Posted by: Piper
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It is a way to go after Israel and Mossad. What is being alleged by little shits is that Trump is covering up for Israeli involvement in the Epstein case. Same nasty shit that MTG and mASSIE are trafficking.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 04:23 PM (E4rtv)

94 90 88 There’s a British gal a Russian, lots of action, would make a great movie. And Barron is 12 feet tall so you could have him fighting Godzilla at the end.

ALL IN 3D!

THIS SUMMER!

Posted by: banana Dream at January 21, 2026 04:22 PM (l5dSG)

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Barron Trump to be played by: Michael B. Jordan.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 04:22 PM (GBKbO)

Heh. Knowing Hollyweird, Kevin Hart.

Posted by: tubal at January 21, 2026 04:23 PM (pDt9x)

95 Barron Trump to be played by: Michael B. Jordan.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 04:22 PM (GBKbO)
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Or some black chick with blonde hair.

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 04:23 PM (krQz2)

96 >>> Has anyone heard about the Barron Trump call where he saves a girl? https://t.co/3OaET795lu

Wow! And that NotTheBee article by Harris Rigby is fabulous:

"I mean, you can understand a boyfriend being jealous that his girlfriend is cozy with a man who is quite possibly a demigod or a distant descendant of the Nephilim. But that's no reason to allegedly abuse anyone."

Never get between a Trump man and an Eastern European woman. I've worried about him dating chicks at NYU. But an eastern european lady like his momma might work for him.

Posted by: LizLem at January 21, 2026 04:24 PM (Eng1Z)

97 Barron Trump to be played by: Michael B. Jordan.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen

Barron Trump to be played by Bob the Drag Queen.

Posted by: BruceWayne at January 21, 2026 04:24 PM (MGB5H)

98 There's a left-wing bot operation all over social media pushing the narrative of a nefarious connection between Trump and Epstein.

It started after Trump's stupid 180 degree turn on releasing Epstein files after a visit by Bibi, after having campaigned on total transparency on everything. That led to the ill-advised push for congressional legislation forcing the disclosure.

The president needn't have folded to Bibi on this. One can be certain there is nothing in the files that would lead to the Mossad or the CIA. The FBI would never document such a thing and prosecutor Alex Acosta was told to back away from any intelligence connection many years ago.

We don't know who has custody of the kompromat video recordings of many of America's elite cavorting with underage girls, but we can be certain the answer is not in FBI files.

Posted by: TITP at January 21, 2026 04:24 PM (r3hkP)

99 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 21, 2026 04:20 PM (PFs9e)

OK, will be a bit long.

We always think of ourselves as normal. We ARE the Norm, and so everyone else is like us.

Thus, if you are an honorable truthful person, your first reaction to people is that they are honorable and truthful...

Sadly, liars and cheaters think the same way. A Liar will be the first to accuse you of telling lies... a Cheater will accuse you of cheating... because THEY do it, thus making it normal, so you MUST be doing it...

Young effeminate guy accuses someone else of Pedophilia without an evidence.

Same assembly required.

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 21, 2026 04:24 PM (mP0Kj)

100
Trump ought to sue and use the settlement money on a solid gold chandelier for the new East Wing ballroom.

Then he should give little punk-face the fame he craves by naming the chandelier after him.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 21, 2026 04:24 PM (jF1M6)

101 The left 2021-2024: There are no Epstein files. It was just him. Why do you wingnuts think anyone you don't like is a pedo?

The left now: Trump won't release the Epstein files, obviously he is one of the many pedo clients.

Bonus the left now: LEAVE BILL CLINTON ALONE! The ex-president is allowed to have a sex life!

Posted by: 18-1 at January 21, 2026 04:25 PM (sKqQm)

102
omg I took a gander at this twink's X account and it appears Tim Miller might run for NY-12???

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 21, 2026 04:25 PM (jF1M6)

103 16 The Trump Library and Memorial will be truly yuge and classy, really the best

With cash left over for an addition to Mt. Trumpmore
Posted by: Architectural Miklos at January 21, 2026 04:06 PM (f/3mU)

I think Trump should put one of those little Home Community Library boxes out on the White House lawn, near the street entrance, and put a sign over it saying "Joe Biden Presidential Library." Then have fun with what books are stocked there.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 21, 2026 04:25 PM (giMmT)

104 People are fucking yearning for the mines.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 21, 2026 04:25 PM (zZu0s)

105 Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI)

49,077.23 +588.64 (+1.21%)
At close: 4:20:01 PM EST

Posted by: DJIA Deathwatch at January 21, 2026 04:25 PM (jc0TO)

106 Add yet another wing to the Trump Library.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 21, 2026 04:26 PM (jc0TO)

107 House Oversight Committee has just voted to hold former President Bill Clinton in contempt of Congress for ignoring a committee subpoena to give a deposition re: the Epstein investigation. Vote was 34-8
Posted by: Ouch the Grouch

Committee votes

34 -8 for Bill
28-15 for Hillary.

Even Tlaib voted to hang these bastards.Should we expect 34 accidental self-inflicted gunshot wounds to the back of the head to start happening?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 21, 2026 04:26 PM (HTCU3)

108 We haven't had a Disney post in a while.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 21, 2026 04:18 PM (XV/Pl)

Disney is for fags and preteen girls, but mostly for fags.

Posted by: Robert at January 21, 2026 04:26 PM (7yskd)

109 He'll be Kentucky's senator soon enough, and he can get rich like the best in DC easy enough.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 04:08 PM (GBKbO)
******
Elon just put money towards pro-Trump supporter Nate Morris for Mitch McConnell's Senate seat.

Maybe he can replace Rand Paul.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 21, 2026 04:26 PM (NpAcC)

110 > "CNN contributor Scott Jennings hinted at a run for Senate — but said he’ll only jump into the race for Sen. Mitch McConnell’s seat if President Trump orders it."
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While still employed by CNN this statement is actually pretty tame.

He keeps his job, for now. Everyone with a couple of brain cells knows Trump isn't going to "order it." Jennings collects his paycheck at CNN until he either runs, or doesn't.

It's called "hedging." That unto itself is pure political acumen.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 21, 2026 04:27 PM (U2OZr)

111 No doubt Barron was about a foot and a half or more taller than some Bloke

Posted by: Skip at January 21, 2026 04:27 PM (Ia/+0)

112 I frequently go to events or parties that are almost exclusively Leftists.

They say stupid, completely unproven sh*t all of the time. This gets vigorous head nods from the other vacuous Leftists.

I asked Bride of PI if I am permitted to call them out - if they are the first one to throw a hand grenade. She has now given me approval for many, but not all occasions.

I am amazed that when called out they are either reduced to sputtering incoherence, or straight up ad hominem attacks.

I rather enjoy it. The best defense for ad hominem attacks is to remain completely nonplussed and point out their nastiness, and then state that proves they have zero rebuttal to my actual factual points.

I might sometimes lose a "friend", but losing a friend that is an unthinking a$$hole is not much of a loss.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at January 21, 2026 04:28 PM (HlyYF)

113
When Trump owns CNN, needs to rebrand it as something useful - 24/7 funny cat videos.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 21, 2026 04:17 PM (45BvE)

Gorilla Channel!

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 21, 2026 04:28 PM (y9nCu)

114 LB
@beyondreasdoubt
16h
lol “I said that by accident” lol
Posted by: m

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TWICE.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 21, 2026 04:19 PM (jF1M6)

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That's the hell if it. Twice! I doubt Berman's back peddling will save their ass. Jennings has got to be laughing his ass off. I hope he wrote a note or two of what was said off camera.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 21, 2026 04:28 PM (2WIwB)

115 I think Trump should put one of those little Home Community Library boxes out on the White House lawn, near the street entrance, and put a sign over it saying "Joe Biden Presidential Library." Then have fun with what books are stocked there.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Stock it up with the documents that Joe Biden stole and pictures of Hunter Biden sucking on a crack pipe.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 21, 2026 04:28 PM (HTCU3)

116 Gen Z males think that Trump was a sex trafficker for Epstein?
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The top-line retarded Underpants Gnome theory is:
1) Release the Epstein files
2) Expose all the rich and powerful
3) They all resign, go to jail or suicide (you mean, like Bill Clinton and all the others actually known to be at the island?)
4) ???
5) world is saved!!

But the actual really real retarded Underpants Gnome theory is:
1) Release the Epstein files
2) Expose is Trump on the list (if Trump is not, repeat #1)
3) ???
4) Trump, Vance, and Speaker Johnson resign.
5) President Kamala!!!

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 21, 2026 04:28 PM (HXT0k)

117 disskeeland who

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 21, 2026 04:29 PM (EyfuW)

118 24 24 They don't pay Scott Jennings enough.
Posted by: redridinghood at January 21, 2026 04:08 PM (NpAcC)

If he was as good as you want him to be, he wouldn't be working for CNN.

Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 04:29 PM (iXqHn)

119 Sadly, liars and cheaters think the same way. A Liar will be the first to accuse you of telling lies... a Cheater will accuse you of cheating... because THEY do it, thus making it normal, so you MUST be doing it...

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 21, 2026 04:24 PM (mP0Kj)
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The only reason a man looks behind the bedroom door is because he's hidden there before.

Posted by: ballistic at January 21, 2026 04:29 PM (5aZAZ)

120 They had to go through Russian Agent, Sex Assaulter, Secret Liberal, Hooker Pisser, Rapist, Election Interferer, and Fraudster before they finally figured out he's actually Pedophile Ringleader

These things take time.

Posted by: ... at January 21, 2026 04:22 PM (wEF4H)

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You left out the accusation that he murdered Melania during his first term and was showing up with her body double in public.

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 21, 2026 04:29 PM (0RTcs)

121 Is this the twink who got his ass plowed on camera in the senate bldg or rotunda or wherever? Maybe I need to be more specific.

Posted by: NCKate at January 21, 2026 04:30 PM (uQzkA)

122 C'mon. The child is trying to run with the big dogs.

Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar have both had to issue multiple on-air apologies during their time on The View, re: their comments that occasionally resulted in significant media controversy and, in Goldberg's case, a suspension. Both were forced to apologize for remarks deemed "wrong and hurtful."

MSNBC - Lawrence O'Donnell, Nicolle Wallace, Stephanie Ruhle (more than 1X) and Ali Velshi.

CNN - Thomas Frank, Eric Lichtblau, and Lex Haris; Manu Raju and Jeremy Herb; Erin Burnett, Christian Amanpour
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In 2025 apologies or retractions were made for implying or stating that Donald Trump was involved in a sexual misconduct or sex trafficking ring by James Carville & The Daily Beast.

>Democratic strategist James Carville apologized and removed a podcast episode and video that suggested a connection between Melania Trump, Jeffrey Epstein, and Donald Trump. The apology followed a letter from Melania Trump’s legal team regarding the "false, disparaging, defamatory, and inflammatory statements."

>The Daily Beast apologized & retracted an article that suggested Melania Trump met her husband through an Epstein connection.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 21, 2026 04:31 PM (NFX2v)

123 61 >>> Gen Z males think that Trump was a sex trafficker for Epstein?

unfortunately the "Epstein Files" has become sort of an Area 51 type thing on social media -- every secret thing ever is in there and you'll never know the truth but it's totally like everyone and everything was in on it, man
Posted by: brak

As I have mentioned before, if they ever existed, those files have been purged, shredded, burned, the ashes encased in concrete, and are now at the bottom of the Marianas Trench.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 21, 2026 04:31 PM (sAmhv)

124 These smug mfers will never stop on their own. They only stop when they are compelled to do it, and even then you cant trust them.

Insufferable. It has a specific meaning. Yeah. Thats where we are at.

Posted by: Its about that time at January 21, 2026 04:31 PM (0RQlF)

125 116 But the actual really real retarded Underpants Gnome theory is:
1) Release the Epstein files
2) Expose is Trump on the list (if Trump is not, repeat #1)
3) ???
4) Trump, Vance, and Speaker Johnson resign.
5) President Kamala!!!

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 21, 2026 04:28 PM (HXT0k)

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"Trump not being in the Epstein files beyond wild accusations that even Biden's DOJ considered so ludicrous as to be not worthy of pursuit just proves even more that Epstein and Trump fucked 3 year old girls every day for 73 straight years."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 04:31 PM (GBKbO)

126 If he was as good as you want him to be, he wouldn't be working for CNN.
Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 04:29 PM (iXqHn)

He's picking up more name recognition doing this than any other way I can think of; I had never heard of him before about a year or two ago. Makes me think he's thinking of a political run in the future.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 21, 2026 04:31 PM (giMmT)

127 Jennings is a Media talking head. I currently like what he says, but I have learned to keep Media Talking Heads at arm’s length, emotionally speaking.

Posted by: tubal at January 21, 2026 04:31 PM (pDt9x)

128 I think Trump should put one of those little Home Community Library boxes out on the White House lawn, near the street entrance, and put a sign over it saying "Joe Biden Presidential Library." Then have fun with what books are stocked there.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 21, 2026 04:25 PM

I recently drove past one of our "adult centers" in a low-income neighborhood. Someone had scattered all of the reading material across the parking lot and broken the doors of their nice book box.

I was pissed. Ineducable a$$holes want to drag the rest of the crabs back down to the bottom of the bucket with their ignorant selves.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at January 21, 2026 04:31 PM (HlyYF)

129 Sadly, liars and cheaters think the same way. A Liar will be the first to accuse you of telling lies... a Cheater will accuse you of cheating... because THEY do it, thus making it normal, so you MUST be doing it...

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 21, 2026 04:24 PM (mP0Kj)

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Projection is not just a river in Egypt.

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 21, 2026 04:32 PM (0RTcs)

130 Its telling that there were more votes to let Hillary slide than there were to let Bill slide. Hillary is a stone-cold killer, and Bill is merely an endless adulterer, rapist, and occasional killer.

Posted by: Crusader at January 21, 2026 04:32 PM (TN0g+)

131 Membership on House Oversight committee is:
24 R
20 D

Looks like 14 Democrats voted against the Clintons.
Or, possibly, in favor of good governance?

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 21, 2026 04:32 PM (dwBj9)

132 130 Its telling that there were more votes to let Hillary slide than there were to let Bill slide. Hillary is a stone-cold killer, and Bill is merely an endless adulterer, rapist, and occasional killer.

Posted by: Crusader at January 21, 2026 04:32 PM (TN0g+)

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More Democrats in the House fondly remember the Hillary presidency that could have been than the Bill presidency that was.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 04:33 PM (GBKbO)

133 "if they ever existed, those files have been purged, shredded, burned, the ashes encased in concrete, and are now at the bottom of the Marianas Trench."

I agree. Not really interested in the Epstein Files Off Off Broadway Theatre, Now Still Playing.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 21, 2026 04:33 PM (DgMqy)

134 "Joe Biden Presidential Library." Then have fun with what books are stocked there.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 21, 2026 04:25 PM

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Continence for Dummies.

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 04:33 PM (krQz2)

135 I recently drove past one of our "adult centers" in a low-income neighborhood. Someone had scattered all of the reading material across the parking lot and broken the doors of their nice book box.

I was pissed. Ineducable a$$holes want to drag the rest of the crabs back down to the bottom of the bucket with their ignorant selves.

No, no. They can't read because they live in a book desert!

Posted by: Archimedes at January 21, 2026 04:33 PM (Riz8t)

136 131 Membership on House Oversight committee is:
24 R
20 D

Looks like 14 Democrats voted against the Clintons.
Or, possibly, in favor of good governance?

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 21, 2026 04:32 PM (dwBj9)

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More like, "I can't vote against the recommendation because it'll look like I'm covering for Epstein pedophiles while I spent the last year screaming about how evil Epstein pedophiles are. Please, just recognize that I'm a good leftist and donate today."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 04:34 PM (GBKbO)

137 Then have fun with what books are stocked there.

Tijuana bibles.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 21, 2026 04:34 PM (Kt19C)

138 think some do bc suddenly my two went from liking him to spouting nonsense about him being a pedo

they don't really pay attention to politics so I'm assuming this filtered thru tik Tok or something

it is just annoying. bc yes he's not running again but still. it's a little bit of a rift here but I guess it helps them be closer to their Dad now!
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 21, 2026 04:14 PM (emBoF)

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My 19 yo daughter is a lefty. There is a lot of AI images out there of Trump and Epstein. She showed me one of Trump going down on Epstein.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at January 21, 2026 04:34 PM (Vh9CX)

139 Jennings is a Media talking head. I currently like what he says, but I have learned to keep Media Talking Heads at arm’s length, emotionally speaking.

You are wise.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 21, 2026 04:34 PM (Riz8t)

140 The only reason a man looks behind the bedroom door is because he's hidden there before.
Posted by: ballistic at January 21, 2026 04:29 PM (5aZAZ)

LOL, actually... that is where my shotgun resides... I'm looking at it right now.

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 21, 2026 04:34 PM (mP0Kj)

141 I think Trump should put one of those little Home Community Library boxes out on the White House lawn, near the street entrance, and put a sign over it saying "Joe Biden Presidential Library." Then have fun with what books are stocked there.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 21, 2026 04:25 PM

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It should double as an outhouse.

The first book in there could be a Koran in the toilet ...

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 21, 2026 04:34 PM (0RTcs)

142 my favorite was the posters here berating the rest of us for expressing that "release the Epstein files" was nothing but a Democrat smear operation.

"You don't care about the victims! I just want justice!" and other goofy shit.

One particularly funny one was some holy roller getting all puffed up about how his conscious would not let him sit by without demanding justice for those girls.
That his morals demand he ... join with the Democrats.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 21, 2026 04:37 PM (HXT0k)

143 139 Jennings is a Media talking head. I currently like what he says, but I have learned to keep Media Talking Heads at arm’s length, emotionally speaking.

You are wise.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 21, 2026 04:34 PM (Riz8t)

======

False.

We should love him like he's close family, like he could never do anything to disappoint us because he's so close to us personally.

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

This is the way.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 04:37 PM (GBKbO)

144 Cameron Kasky
@camkasky
Oh wow, the people sending me death threats are getting as relentless as they were in the Parkland days.

Fellas- I’m tired. Give me a week or so.
11:09 AM · Jan 21, 2026
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Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 21, 2026 04:37 PM (NFX2v)

145 I just saw an advertisement for eyelid foam. A specific cleaner, just for your eyelids. Marketed to women, of course. I’m not sure if I’ve ever evaluated specifically, the cleanliness of another persons eyelids, man or woman, in my entire life. And I’ve seen some damned dirty people.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 21, 2026 04:37 PM (l5dSG)

146 Critical Drinker on Kathleen Kennedy:
Crash And Burn - The Kathleen Kennedy Story

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFmi6BTHb2M

Posted by: Archimedes at January 21, 2026 04:37 PM (Riz8t)

147 Cameron is a fine, upstanding, dues paying member of our organization.

Posted by: NAMBLA at January 21, 2026 04:38 PM (IKhxE)

148 Trump needs to sue the yoga pants off this little scrote.

Posted by: Peaches at January 21, 2026 04:38 PM (VyqMH)

149 142 my favorite was the posters here berating the rest of us for expressing that "release the Epstein files" was nothing but a Democrat smear operation.

"You don't care about the victims! I just want justice!" and other goofy shit.

One particularly funny one was some holy roller getting all puffed up about how his conscious would not let him sit by without demanding justice for those girls.
That his morals demand he ... join with the Democrats.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 21, 2026 04:37 PM (HXT0k)

======

The victims are all known. They've all received settlements.

They all supposedly have a list of the most powerful people in the world who raped 3 year old children for years straight and just won't release it. Massie won't even read this super secret list that's definitely 100% true on the House floor where he'll be free from any repercussions to his words.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 04:39 PM (GBKbO)

150 I like how lefties claim traditionals are conducting a "cultural war" when traditionals tend to ask for the same things they always have, and progs show up at your door periodically to tell you what "we no longer say".

That's some oblivious shit there.

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 04:39 PM (krQz2)

151 103 16 The Trump Library and Memorial will be truly yuge and classy, really the best

With cash left over for an addition to Mt. Trumpmore
Posted by: Architectural Miklos at January 21, 2026 04:06 PM (f/3mU)

I think Trump should put one of those little Home Community Library boxes out on the White House lawn, near the street entrance, and put a sign over it saying "Joe Biden Presidential Library." Then have fun with what books are stocked there.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 21, 2026 04:25 PM (giMmT)
________
Preteen Penthouse.

Posted by: Eeyore at January 21, 2026 04:39 PM (s0JqF)

152 Surprisingly, Kennedy wasn't hideous looking when she was young.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 21, 2026 04:40 PM (Riz8t)

153 ⁣⁣⁣If Scott Jennings hadn't stepped in, that clip would already be Exhibit A in a courtroom.
________
Did Jennings err and save them from a really bad lawsuit?

Posted by: Eeyore at January 21, 2026 04:40 PM (s0JqF)

154 I think some do bc suddenly my two went from liking him to spouting nonsense about him being a pedo

they don't really pay attention to politics so I'm assuming this filtered thru tik Tok or something

Probably they saw some reposted Hasan Piker. They need to hear about Dogtober 7th if so.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 21, 2026 04:40 PM (YRLP/)

155 False.

We should love him like he's close family, like he could never do anything to disappoint us because he's so close to us personally.

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

This is the way.

Now, see, why don't I believe you're sincere?

Posted by: Archimedes at January 21, 2026 04:41 PM (Riz8t)

Justice D E-I Cites "Black Codes" Which Stripped Post-Civil-War Blacks of Right to Bear Arms As Good Law In Order to Justify Endless Gun Control

Justice D-EI is making it as hard as possible for other DEI judges to ever get confirmed.

What were the Black Codes? They were post-Civil-War state laws enacted by the defeated Confederacy in spite.

They were almost immediately declared unconstitutional.

The Black Codes were a series of racially discriminatory laws enacted by Southern states immediately after the Civil War (primarily in 1865--1866) to restrict the rights and freedoms of newly emancipated African Americans (freedmen) and maintain white supremacy, often as a continuation of pre-war slave codes.
These laws frequently included provisions that severely restricted or outright prohibited Black people from owning, possessing, or carrying firearms (and often other weapons like Bowie knives or dirks). The intent was to disarm freed Black individuals, leaving them vulnerable to violence from white supremacists, including groups like the Ku Klux Klan, while preventing any potential armed resistance or self-defense against oppression.
Key examples from prominent Black Codes include:
Mississippi Black Codes (1865) -- One of the earliest and most explicit. In "An Act to punish certain offenses therein named, and for other purposes" (often part of the Penal Code section), it stated:
No freedman, free negro or mulatto, not in the military service of the United States government, and not licensed so to do by the board of police of his or her county, shall keep or carry fire-arms of any kind, or any ammunition, dirk or bowie knife...
Violations resulted in fines (up to $10), costs, forfeiture of the weapons/ammunition, and potential arrest by any civil or military officer. A license from a local police board was required, which was discretionary and rarely granted to Black individuals. Whites faced no such requirement.
South Carolina Black Codes (1865) -- Similar restrictions applied, stating that persons of color could not keep a firearm, sword, or other military weapon without written permission from a district judge or magistrate.
Louisiana (1865) -- Laws required consent before bringing firearms onto another's property, explicitly aimed at freedmen to disarm them.
Other Southern states adopted comparable measures, often requiring licenses (discretionary and biased against Black applicants) or imposing total bans on Black firearm possession unless in military service. These were not race-neutral; contemporary accounts and later analyses confirm they targeted freed Black people to prevent self-defense and enable terrorization.These disarmament provisions were short-lived in their original form -- many Black Codes were repealed or overridden by Reconstruction-era federal actions, including the Civil Rights Act of 1866, the Freedmen's Bureau Act, and the Fourteenth Amendment (ratified 186, which aimed to protect freedmen's rights, including to bear arms against discriminatory state restrictions.The Black Codes' gun restrictions are widely recognized by historians and legal scholars as part of a broader pattern of racist gun control in U.S. history, designed to deny Black people the means of self-protection.

Justice D E-I needed some kind of precedent to "prove" her argument that the Constitution allows governments to strip citizens of their right to bear arms as it pleases. She wants to uphold a Hawaiian law that strips citizens of their Second Amendment rights.

So this genius decided to cite the Black Codes as good law which should control in gun control cases.

Specifically, the Bruen ruling says that we should look at the history and tradition of the Second Amendment in the US to determine if a new gun control law is constitutional.

She decides that the Black Codes are part of that tradition -- even though they were ruled unconstitutional days after they were passed. She says they were on the books for a couple of weeks (before being repealed or ruled unconstitutional), so why shouldn't we take them as good constitutional law? After all, this MacArthur Genius Grant candidate reasons, they were only ruled unconstitutional later, after they were passed.

Note to Justice D E-I: All laws ruled unconstituional are so ruled later, after they're passed. You can't rule on a law before it's passed. Not only is that nonsensical Because of How Time Works, but the Supreme Court actually forbids what it calls "advisory opinions," or opinions of the Court about whether a law would be constitutional, if it were passed. The Court ruled that only actual "cases and controversies" -- real cases -- could be adjudicated by the court, and never any future hypothetical ones. The Constitution just doesn't allow for that.

But sure she's qualified like the Wise Latina is.

Principal Deputy Solicitor General Sarah Harris’s response to Justice Gorsuch’s question on the relevance of the Black Codes was spot on:

“It is 2026, and it is somewhat astonishing that Black Codes, which are unconstitutional, are being offered as evidence of what our tradition… pic.twitter.com/Xt9Bg7HY0K
— Carrie Severino (@JCNSeverino) January 20, 2026

Must Listen: Justice Alito reveals the obvious irony of citing the Black Codes as justification for Hawaii’s 2023 firearm restriction law.

“They wanted to disarm the Black population in order to help the Klan terrorize them...they wanted to put them at the mercy of racist law… pic.twitter.com/GHerQmmM7C
— Carrie Severino (@JCNSeverino) January 20, 2026

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson draws sharp pushback from Gorsuch, Alito, and Roberts after invoking unconstitutional Black Codes to defend Hawaii’s gun restrictions under the Bruen test. pic.twitter.com/9cs7sGUf4Q
— Robert Gouveia Esq. (@RobGouveiaEsq) January 21, 2026

Impeach her. She's incompetent, unqualified, anti-American and tyrannical.

Posted by: Ace at 02:54 PM

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1 I don't understand.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 21, 2026 02:55 PM (HXT0k)

2 Hey there!

Posted by: Doof at January 21, 2026 02:55 PM (3r1VB)

3 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at January 21, 2026 02:55 PM (FMAqD)

4 Doof!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 21, 2026 02:56 PM (bFu5X)

5 Any port in a storm for leftists. Who cares about hypocrisy when you have no shame?

Posted by: Gaff at January 21, 2026 02:56 PM (EqzMw)

6 The Black Code

The Black Code Talkers were instrumental at the beach invasion of Iwo Jima.

Japanese could not translate the ebonics.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at January 21, 2026 02:57 PM (w9Wax)

7 As to further destruction of the irony meter, native Hawaiians are very racist toward non-natives.

So, we have a black woman citing racist laws to uphold a racist law written by racists.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 21, 2026 02:57 PM (HXT0k)

8 ‘How many bubbles in this bar of soap?’
- Poll Captain

Posted by: Eromero at January 21, 2026 02:58 PM (yw3eV)

9 Jumanji needs some new Law Clerks...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 21, 2026 02:58 PM (VE6XX)

10 "Impeach her. She's incompetent, unqualified, anti-American and tyrannical."

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That is not who we are!
Murkowski
Collins
Grassley
Rand Paul

Posted by: Jay in PA at January 21, 2026 02:59 PM (9mw3J)

11 Listen up Raciest Honky Rednecks Bastards .....

Once you go black, you never go back..

So, stick your Stars and Bars Flag up your White Supremist Ass ....

Posted by: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson at January 21, 2026 02:59 PM (X7dyz)

12 The markets sure jumped up the last half hour. Sudden optimism. Did the Supreme Court rule on the tariffs? Did Denmark sell Greenland?

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 21, 2026 02:59 PM (jc0TO)

13 Serious question, can Supreme Court judges be impeached?

Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at January 21, 2026 03:00 PM (zb4y7)

14 Imagine if Kavanaugh had supported Black Laws in oral argument.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 03:00 PM (GBKbO)

15 12 The markets sure jumped up the last half hour. Sudden optimism. Did the Supreme Court rule on the tariffs? Did Denmark sell Greenland?
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 21, 2026 02:59 PM (jc0TO)

I was wondering about that too...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 21, 2026 03:00 PM (VE6XX)

16 DEI or no. That chick's just retarded.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 21, 2026 03:00 PM (dK+Kv)

17 if she had a modicum of self-awareness she would resign

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 21, 2026 03:01 PM (emBoF)

18 What were the Black Codes?

Laws that dems enacted.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 21, 2026 03:01 PM (zHVsH)

19 Japanese govt. bond rates were, according to Bessent - who made his living successfully playing exactly these markets and topics - the cause of yesterday's market movement.

I only know what I read in the papers.

But Bessent is pretty credible when discussing the bond markets.

Posted by: rhomboid at January 21, 2026 03:01 PM (U/Byj)

20 Impeach her. She's incompetent, unqualified, anti-American and tyrannical.

======

"But I love going to the opera with her."
-Zombie Alito

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 03:02 PM (GBKbO)

21 Guess the parties didn't switch after all....

Posted by: ... at January 21, 2026 03:02 PM (wEF4H)

22 There is no such thing as a male or female in this world...

People are either birthing persons or not.......

Posted by: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Jeferson Davis King Cobra Tongue at January 21, 2026 03:02 PM (J9q9v)

23 Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq jump as Trump says US, NATO have 'framework' of a deal for Greenland

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 21, 2026 03:02 PM (jc0TO)

24 "The markets sure jumped up the last half hour"

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"Dow rallies 600 points after Trump calls off Europe tariffs related to Greenland"

Posted by: Jay in PA at January 21, 2026 03:02 PM (9mw3J)

25 On what basis could you impeach her? I think stupidity doesn't qualify. I think only one SC Justice was impeached - Samuel Chase ? - he continued to serve somehow.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 21, 2026 03:02 PM (ix8EF)

26 Serious question, can Supreme Court judges be impeached?
Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at January 21, 2026 03:00 PM

Yes. And shall hold office "during good behavior". No high crimes or misdemeanors needed, afaik.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 21, 2026 03:02 PM (bFu5X)

27 I am thinking she needs a buzzer on her chair. Every time she does something like this, Kagan zaps her so she shuts up.

Did it dawn on her she was making an argument for the other side? .

Posted by: Piper at January 21, 2026 03:03 PM (OoFl2)

28 codes experiencing blackness

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 03:03 PM (77rzZ)

29 My guess is one of her clerks asked an AI bot for examples where the government had taken away people's 2nd Amendment rights away before and weil...it told her just not all of the specifics...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 21, 2026 03:03 PM (sKqQm)

30 It is in fact a great benefit to have this mumbling leftwing Step’n’fetchit on display weekly as the exemplar of Leftist thought. I can’t thing of any thing that would discredit them more than this.

The notorious RBG was hard left, but she was very smart about and knew how to make intellectually consistent arguments. Her corpse must be spinning like a top.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 21, 2026 03:03 PM (y4wXR)

31 And you thought I was retarded.
- Tampon Tim Walz

Posted by: Really?? at January 21, 2026 03:03 PM (Ryx1w)

32 Stocks surged upward in the afternoon from earlier, smaller gains after Trump posted to Truth Social saying that he and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte had reached a framework for a deal on Greenland and the surrounding Arctic region.

The post comes after Trump struck a less aggressive tone on Greenland in his keynote address at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, calling for "immediate negotiations" and saying that the US wouldn't use force to gain control of the Danish territory.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 21, 2026 03:03 PM (jc0TO)

33 She will never understand.

Posted by: garrett at January 21, 2026 03:03 PM (ZcsJV)

34 23 Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq jump as Trump says US, NATO have 'framework' of a deal for Greenland

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 21, 2026 03:02 PM (jc0TO)

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Oh, look...the thing that the left had talked up, military action in Greenland, that never had a chance of actually happening is not happening.

Everyone buy!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 03:03 PM (GBKbO)

35 I'm probably more intelligent than Judge Jumanji, and I'm a f***ing idiot.

Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 03:04 PM (iXqHn)

36 Justice D E I has a ball of timey wimey, that's why she can justify the black codes

Posted by: Blanco at January 21, 2026 03:04 PM (q83gU)

37
Why Racist 'Black Code' Laws Are the Dictionary Definition of True Conservatary Conservatism and Why Only a Racist Would Oppose Them

The Bulwark

Posted by: ... at January 21, 2026 03:04 PM (wEF4H)

38 >>>13 Serious question, can Supreme Court judges be impeached?

yup

I assume incompetence is a justification for it.

Posted by: ace at January 21, 2026 03:04 PM (1wjle)

39 26 Serious question, can Supreme Court judges be impeached?
Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at January 21, 2026 03:00 PM

Yes. And shall hold office "during good behavior". No high crimes or misdemeanors needed, afaik.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 21, 2026 03:02 PM (bFu5X)

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Will 24 Democrats in the Senate and all GOP Senators vote to convict?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 03:04 PM (GBKbO)

40 And you thought I was retarded.
- Tampon Tim Walz

No...we know you're retarded.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 21, 2026 03:04 PM (bFu5X)

41 Did it dawn on her she was making an argument for the other side? .
Posted by: Piper at January 21, 2026 03:03 PM (OoFl2)

I highly doubt that. To realize this would mean that she had an ounce of self-awareness and/or intelligence. There is nothing in the record to support either assertion.

Posted by: Virginia SoCon at January 21, 2026 03:04 PM (a/dOO)

42 Impeach her. She's incompetent, unqualified, anti-American and tyrannical.

-
She's the DEI Affirmative Action poster child.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 21, 2026 03:05 PM (L/fGl)

43 Yesterday is forgotten by liberals, because only the fight of today matters.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 21, 2026 03:05 PM (0U5gm)

44 Woohoo! Finally, 3/5 is back on the table, boys!

Posted by: BurtTC at January 21, 2026 03:05 PM (dGCAG)

45 Will 24 Democrats in the Senate and all GOP Senators vote to convict?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 03:04 PM

Oh, fu*k no!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 21, 2026 03:05 PM (bFu5X)

46 Didn't the Hawaiian attorneys also bring up some law of King Kamehameha's?

So, Black Codes and monarchy. You go with that, lefties.

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 03:05 PM (77rzZ)

47 Wait. You don't think Democrats don't actually give a shit about blacks or racism or history or anything else besides pure wretched power, do you?

Posted by: ... at January 21, 2026 03:05 PM (wEF4H)

48 "Impeach her. She's incompetent, unqualified, anti-American and tyrannical."
Name a democrat (male of female, besides Fetterlump) that doesn't fit this description...

Posted by: UncleJefe at January 21, 2026 03:05 PM (gAuAm)

49 Trump does nots like persins of coler and his breath stinks two.

Posted by: Mary Cloggistein from Brattleboro, Vt at January 21, 2026 03:05 PM (KYCXs)

50 But, according to my hate feed, SCOTUS will have to use this case to over-turn Braun.

Because, it argued, the Braun test, historical precedent in existence at the time of the Founding, is unworkable--according to several judges who are writing opinions trying to reverse Braun.

The argument is, if I can understand it, is that we just can't know what laws are the laws we're supposed to rely upon as parallels.
Basically, deliberately confusing the issue since there were so few restrictions--but we must have restrictions!

And Stupid Jackson is, poorly, trying to echo that, she's citing these laws, trying to make is seem like the historical laws that Braun referred to, can and must include ... laws passed decades to centuries later!

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 21, 2026 03:05 PM (HXT0k)

51 39 26 Serious question, can Supreme Court judges be impeached?
Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at January 21, 2026 03:00 PM

Her nomination should be ruled invalid.. Biden was unfit to serve...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 21, 2026 03:05 PM (VE6XX)

52 Gubz iz bayud.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 21, 2026 03:05 PM (Kt19C)

53 45 Will 24 Democrats in the Senate and all GOP Senators vote to convict?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 03:04 PM

Oh, fu*k no!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 21, 2026 03:05 PM (bFu5X)

======

So, impeachment is failure theater.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 03:06 PM (GBKbO)

54 29 My guess is one of her clerks asked an AI bot for examples where the government had taken away people's 2nd Amendment rights away before and weil...it told her just not all of the specifics...
Posted by: 18-1 at January 21, 2026 03:03 PM (sKqQm)

That explanation is so stupid that it has to be the truth.

Of course a DEI Judge would have a staff full of DEI clerks.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 21, 2026 03:06 PM (y4wXR)

55 Impeach her. She's incompetent, unqualified, anti-American and tyrannical.
_______
Further, Biden promised to appoint a woman. But we can't be sure s/he/it is one. So out s/he/it goes.

Posted by: Eeyore at January 21, 2026 03:06 PM (s0JqF)

56 Are we sure she passed any bar exam? Has anyone actually verified this?

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 21, 2026 03:06 PM (Vvh2V)

57 The notorious RBG was hard left, but she was very smart about and knew how to make intellectually consistent arguments. Her corpse must be spinning like a top.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January

RBG was pretty racist, so I am thinking she wouldn’t be happy regardless. What I find stunning is the Women of the Left who fawn over her words like she is the equivalent of Socrates.

Posted by: Piper at January 21, 2026 03:06 PM (OoFl2)

58 I thought the stylebook was Affirmative Action Jackson

Posted by: ... at January 21, 2026 03:06 PM (wEF4H)

59 Crooked Joe's Reign of Error fuckups continue.

Of course it's not just him, how many Republicans voted to confirm her?

Posted by: Thrawn at January 21, 2026 03:06 PM (9Ovst)

60 I assume incompetence is a justification for it.
Posted by: ace at January 21, 2026 03:04 PM (1wjle)

That's what SHE said.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 21, 2026 03:06 PM (dGCAG)

61 Gubz iz bayud.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 21, 2026 03:05 PM

Dah rye

Posted by: Gabby Giffords at January 21, 2026 03:07 PM (jc0TO)

62 I am thinking she needs a buzzer on her chair. Every time she does something like this, Kagan zaps her so she shuts up.

-
Or maybe a gong like on The Gong Show.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 21, 2026 03:07 PM (L/fGl)

63 Jumanji Jackson is a bare-ass embarrassment.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 21, 2026 03:07 PM (CNXyM)

64 Her nomination should be ruled invalid.. Biden was unfit to serve...
Posted by: It's me donna at January 21, 2026

But she was confirmed and the critters from our side of the forest helped that happen.

Posted by: Piper at January 21, 2026 03:08 PM (OoFl2)

65 I just want Thomas and Alito to retire this year, replaced by 40 year old clones of themselves, and for Sotomayor to decide to spend more time with her donuts as well.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 03:08 PM (GBKbO)

66 The Left claims Margaret Sanger gave a speech to the KKK about systematically eliminating black people because she "had to" because that was the style at the time. And they say it like *you're* the idiot.

Posted by: ... at January 21, 2026 03:08 PM (wEF4H)

67 So, impeachment is failure theater.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 03:06 PM

I never said it wasn't. I only said that it was possible, not probable.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 21, 2026 03:08 PM (bFu5X)

68 The idiotic KBJ comment is just a spectacular rendition of the underlying farce of the whole "debate" or judicial tussle.

Instead of "looking to the history and tradition of the 2A", how about, you know, *looking at the 2A itself*.

Pretty stark example of the enormous coral reef of court-made law that has rendered the constitution merely a suggestion.

Imagine the ridiculous concept of "originalism" applied to, say, your mortgage documents. "Sorry, but this is not what was meant when I said I'd pay back the loan".

Posted by: rhomboid at January 21, 2026 03:08 PM (U/Byj)

69 Impeach her. She's incompetent, unqualified, anti-American and tyrannical....

I would add super retarded without the benefit of having super retard strength.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 21, 2026 03:08 PM (KDPiq)

70 62 Or maybe a gong like on The Gong Show.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 21, 2026 03:07 PM (L/fGl)

Gene Gene the Dancing Machine would make a better SCOTUS than Judge Jumanji.

Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 03:09 PM (iXqHn)

71 64 But she was confirmed and the critters from our side of the forest helped that happen.

Posted by: Piper at January 21, 2026 03:08 PM (OoFl2)

=====

Well, 3 of the GOP Senators.

And one of them isn't in Congress anymore (Romney).

Worst performance by a Dem nominated SCOTUS appointee in history.

So, that's a nice salve of some sorts.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 03:09 PM (GBKbO)

72 I say Sheet Bro that's not what we be talking about when it comes to Black Laws.

You honky racist rednecks need to listen to my hero Reverend Al and get onboard.

I am nots talking Ebonics here because you be too damn dumb to understand persons of color language white craker.

Posted by: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Jeferson Davis King Cobra Tongue at January 21, 2026 03:09 PM (J9q9v)

73 But she was confirmed and the critters from our side of the forest helped that happen.
Posted by: Piper at January 21, 2026 03:08 PM (OoFl2)

That's why I don't live in the woods.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 21, 2026 03:09 PM (dGCAG)

74 Let's replace her with a box of paper clips. Would anyone know the difference??

Posted by: dantesed at January 21, 2026 03:10 PM (Oy/m2)

75 Justice DEI sounds, to me like someone who doesn't do much, if any, homework.

Her basic premise is off - once something is ruled unconstitutional it is considered unconstitutional for all time, including the time when it was considered constitutional. It is fully retroactive. A judge would never, ever say "well it once was unconstitutional, now it isn't." Nope once ruled constitutional, always unconstitutional. That is how the law works. Unless that ruling is overturned, there is nothing to discuss.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 21, 2026 03:10 PM (vOtXJ)

76 67 So, impeachment is failure theater.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 03:06 PM

I never said it wasn't. I only said that it was possible, not probable.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 21, 2026 03:08 PM (bFu5X)

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Yeah, I know.

I just...get tired of the impeachment talk. It's everywhere about everything, and no one ever addresses the second half: the Senate trial.

If you have no chance of winning at the Senate trial, then don't do the impeachment. It ultimately just strengthens the impeached individual politically.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 03:10 PM (GBKbO)

77 Don’t impeach her at all! Leave her there as a weekly display as to the absolute ignorance and incompetence of DEI hires.

She’s a laughing stock to us, a permanent embarrassment to the left (at least those few who can still think). She’s the living proof that credentialism pushes drooling, mumbling retards to the very top of our institutions.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 21, 2026 03:10 PM (y4wXR)

78 Let's replace her with a box of paper clips. Would anyone know the difference??

Posted by: dantesed

Paper clips have a practical value.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 21, 2026 03:10 PM (0U5gm)

79
Paper clips have a use......

Posted by: fourseasons at January 21, 2026 03:10 PM (3ek7K)

80 74 Let's replace her with a box of paper clips. Would anyone know the difference??
Posted by: dantesed at January 21, 2026 03:10 PM (Oy/m2)

You'll be hearing from our Lawyers

Posted by: Paper clips international at January 21, 2026 03:10 PM (VE6XX)

81 So, impeachment is failure theater.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Which is the reason that Parliament quit doing it. Back when Parliament was fighting kings, it allowed an avenue to attack the king via his ministers without being able to charged with treason (see Earl of Buckingham for example). When UK kings receded in power, during the 1700's, it became a useless thing for Parliament to do.

Under a party system, the Democrats will never vote to impeach and convict a Dem and only a few famous 'principled' types like Cassidy, Romney, or Murcow would cross the aisle to do it to a GOP president. Just to make it bipartisan reach arounding.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 03:10 PM (E4rtv)

82 65 I just want Thomas and Alito to retire this year, replaced by 40 year old clones of themselves, and for Sotomayor to decide to spend more time with her donuts as well.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 03:08 PM (GBKbO)

It's time for her Diabetes to evolve into Deadabetes.

Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 03:10 PM (iXqHn)

83 Didn't the Hawaiian attorneys also bring up some law of King Kamehameha's?

Yes, that's right. The No Kings left cited a king.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 21, 2026 03:10 PM (2ocoG)

84 On what basis could you impeach her? I think stupidity doesn't qualify. I think only one SC Justice was impeached - Samuel Chase ? - he continued to serve somehow.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 21, 2026 03:02 PM (ix8EF)

You can impeach her for having cobwebs in her noggin. Getting a conviction is another story. 67 stories to be exact.

Posted by: Ouch the Grouch at January 21, 2026 03:11 PM (k1gZr)

85 There is a reason why she so frequently says "I don't understand." She really doesn't. I feel like I'm watching a first term law student in class challenging the professor.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 21, 2026 03:11 PM (vOtXJ)

86 Gene Gene the Dancing Machine would make a better SCOTUS than Judge Jumanji.
Posted by: XTC

Torgo from Manos, the Hands of Fate would make a better SCOUS justice than Jumanji.

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 03:11 PM (77rzZ)

87 82 65 I just want Thomas and Alito to retire this year, replaced by 40 year old clones of themselves, and for Sotomayor to decide to spend more time with her donuts as well.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 03:08 PM (GBKbO)

It's time for her Diabetes to evolve into Deadabetes.

Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 03:10 PM (iXqHn)

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I remember seeing her at Trump's inauguration and thinking she looked like shit and would pass soon.

His...first inauguration.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 03:11 PM (GBKbO)

88 Did you ever see eight people roll their eyes at the same time? This is one reason why we'll never see live video of the Supreme C.ourt

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 21, 2026 03:11 PM (22dac)

89 69 Impeach her. She's incompetent, unqualified, anti-American and tyrannical....

I would add super retarded without the benefit of having super retard strength.

Posted by: Opinion fact

I don't understand this comment.

Posted by: Supreme KBJ at January 21, 2026 03:11 PM (Dv3i1)

90 >>>Note to Justice D E-I: All laws ruled unconstituional are so ruled later, after they're passed. You can't rule on a law before it's passed. Not only is that nonsensical Because of How Time Works, but the Supreme Court actually forbids what it calls "advisory opinions," or opinions of the Court about whether a law would be constitutional, if it were passed.

that sounds like some serious whitesplaining there mister

a black woman is speaking -- listen and learn

Posted by: Justice Jumanji Kia Sorento Jackson at January 21, 2026 03:11 PM (jGJov)

91 >> Because, it argued, the Braun test,

Like Wernher Von Braun, the Nazi? His test might be something like tying a Jew to a rocket or something similar.

I think you meant Bruen.

Posted by: That Guy at January 21, 2026 03:11 PM (IfQzb)

92 I think only one SC Justice was impeached - Samuel Chase ? - he continued to serve somehow.
>>>>>>Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 21, 2026 03:02 PM (ix8EF)

That's not what impeachment means.

Posted by: Same Old at January 21, 2026 03:11 PM (OuiFV)

93 Let's replace her with a box of paper clips. Would anyone know the difference??
Posted by: dantesed at January 21, 2026 03:10 PM

"It looks like you're trying to write a Supreme Court Decision..."

Posted by: Associate Justice Clippy at January 21, 2026 03:12 PM (bFu5X)

94 It ultimately just strengthens the impeached individual politically.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 03:10 PM (GBKbO)

Something tells me that theory is going to be tested... in about a year.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 21, 2026 03:12 PM (dGCAG)

95 Kunta Kinte Brown Jackson is a product of a poor environment. There's nothing wrong with her, I can prove it.

Posted by: Randolph Duke at January 21, 2026 03:12 PM (IKhxE)

96 if she had a modicum of self-awareness she would resign
Posted by: BlackOrchid

Well that right there explains why it'll never happen...

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 21, 2026 03:12 PM (zHVsH)

97 This is what we get for allowing an election to be stolen.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 21, 2026 03:12 PM (0U5gm)

98 Something just made me remember " the fickle finger of fate"

Posted by: Ben Had at January 21, 2026 03:12 PM (0KSrI)

99 King Kamehameha's law of come on I wanna lay ya.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 21, 2026 03:12 PM (L/fGl)

100 She is such an embarrassment. But hey - if she wants to get guns out of the hands of black people, who am I to argue?

Lord knows the criminals will just hand over their firearms like the decent law-abiding citizens that they are 🙄🙄🙄

Oh, and Hello, Horde! 😊♥️

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 21, 2026 03:12 PM (SRRAx)

101 81 Under a party system, the Democrats will never vote to impeach and convict a Dem and only a few famous 'principled' types like Cassidy, Romney, or Murcow would cross the aisle to do it to a GOP president. Just to make it bipartisan reach arounding.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 03:10 PM (E4rtv)

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It's one of the flaws in the Constitution.

I don't know what could replace it, but it is based on the unspoken assumption that political parties wouldn't form.

Oh, I know...Limiting government power so that a bad president or elected official or judge can't fuck up that much!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 03:13 PM (GBKbO)

102 Under a party system, the Democrats will never vote to impeach and convict a Dem and only a few famous 'principled' types like Cassidy, Romney, or Murcow would cross the aisle to do it to a GOP president. Just to make it bipartisan reach arounding.
Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 03:10 PM (E4rtv)

Cassidy's bullshit on why he voted "Yes" on Trump's second bullshit impeachment (without any formal hearings...etc, etc), is why I voting to primary him out this year. Hopefully it sticks, but we'll just see.

Posted by: Thrawn at January 21, 2026 03:13 PM (9Ovst)

103 I actually love listening to her talk. Her ever utterance undermines leftist's ideas.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 21, 2026 03:13 PM (vOtXJ)

104 I think short of a miracle we are well and truly stuck with her for a long time to come.

At least she will be an on-going example of the danger and damage this whole DEI thing does and will be a continual reminder of just how bad Sleepy Joe and the Auto Pen really were, even if he did 'answer all the questions....'

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 21, 2026 03:13 PM (QGaXH)

105 Seriously, if I was Alito, I would have turned to her as said, What the f**k is wrong with you b***h?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 21, 2026 03:13 PM (XV/Pl)

106 Let's replace her with a box of paper clips. Would anyone know the difference??

Posted by: dantesed at January 21, 2026 03:10 PM (Oy/m2)

Hey!

Posted by: The paper clips at January 21, 2026 03:13 PM (wEF4H)

107 Didn't the Hawaiian attorneys also bring up some law of King Kamehameha's?
Yes, that's right. The No Kings left cited a king.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 21, 2026 03:10 PM (2ocoG)

What is wrong with King's Hawaiian Bread ??

You people are clueless when comes great tasting bread !!!
And you call me a bag of rocks ???

Posted by: Kami Harris at January 21, 2026 03:13 PM (Es4vZ)

108 Which is the reason that Parliament quit doing it.
Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 03:10 PM (E4rtv)

Yeah, but what about Funkadelic.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 21, 2026 03:14 PM (dGCAG)

109 I just...get tired of the impeachment talk. It's everywhere about everything, and no one ever addresses the second half: the Senate trial.

If you have no chance of winning at the Senate trial, then don't do the impeachment. It ultimately just strengthens the impeached individual politically.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Used strategically, impeachment is like a supercharged investigation vehicle (due to Scotus precedents) of the executive branch. Like how Parliament originally used the impeachment, it is best directed at government ministers and judges rather than Presidents or VPs.

But Congress nowadays is probably unable to function legislatively except when absolutely required like some sort of continuing resolution on spending and some rare oddball bipartisan bills.

It has taken itself out of the game intentionally so as to better feed their grift.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 03:14 PM (E4rtv)

110 Trump does nots like persins of coler and his breath stinks two.
Posted by: Mary Cloggistein
****
Misspelled your own name, dummy.

Posted by: Thanatopsis at January 21, 2026 03:14 PM (LdBR/)

111 94 It ultimately just strengthens the impeached individual politically.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 03:10 PM (GBKbO)

Something tells me that theory is going to be tested... in about a year.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 21, 2026 03:12 PM (dGCAG)

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Trump was impeached twice and came back and won the presidency again anyway.

If Democrats take the House (they probably will, barely) and spend all their time impeaching a president whose going to be out of office in less than two years anyway...all while ICE keeps deporting hundreds of millions of people a year and DOJ keeps suing to have voter rolls cleaned up...

Well, they can have their moral victories.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 03:14 PM (GBKbO)

112 78 Let's replace her with a box of paper clips. Would anyone know the difference??

Posted by: dantesed

Paper clips have a practical value.

Sheeeeit, I can't even help her

Posted by: Clippy the Microsoft assistant at January 21, 2026 03:14 PM (HcoTw)

113
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is a black afro-american wymyn of color.

She, by definition, cannot be a raciss.

Posted by: Auspex at January 21, 2026 03:14 PM (Y8DZL)

114 After she's impeached and removed from the Supreme Court for retardation, her pension will consist of forty acres and a mule, ,just to be consistent.

Posted by: zombie at January 21, 2026 03:15 PM (se8lQ)

115 King Kamehameha's law of come on I wanna lay ya.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

On top of Mount Iwannahockaloogie.

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 03:15 PM (77rzZ)

116 I'm probably more intelligent than Judge Jumanji, and I'm a f***ing idiot.
Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 03:04 PM (iXqHn)
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My cats' toe fungus is more intelligent, so that's not a very high bar.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 21, 2026 03:15 PM (ESVrU)

117 Posted by: Same Old at January 21, 2026 03:11 PM (OuiFV

I didn't think they were the same thing, Just noting it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 21, 2026 03:15 PM (PFs9e)

118 I believe the "I don't understand" phrase is just a crutch. What she means is "I disagree" and follows up with her argument. Such as it is.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 21, 2026 03:15 PM (22dac)

119
Like Wernher Von Braun, the Nazi? His test might be something like tying a Jew to a rocket or something similar.

I think you meant Bruen.

Posted by: That Guy

Von Braun wrote a book, 'I Reach for the Stars.'

A British reviewer added the subtitle, But Sometimes I Hit London.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 21, 2026 03:15 PM (0U5gm)

120 Let's replace her with a box of paper clips. Would anyone know the difference??
Posted by: dantesed at January 21, 2026 03:10 PM

"It looks like you're trying to write a Supreme Court Decision..."
Posted by: Associate Justice Clippy at January 21, 2026 03:12 PM (bFu5X)

LOL!!

Posted by: Pug Mahon at January 21, 2026 03:16 PM (PSEDc)

121 Citing overturned precedent to support your argument is actually allowed due to the legal principle of "Black Gurl Magic"

Posted by: the more you know at January 21, 2026 03:16 PM (jGJov)

122 I only wish Justice DEI had shared the bench with Scalia. Oh Gawd, the verbal bear downs would have been epic.

Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at January 21, 2026 03:16 PM (8yx7s)

123 Would it be ironic if she were carried away on shoulders of hooded men and then lynched? Metaphorically, of course.

Posted by: epador at January 21, 2026 03:16 PM (TRnzq)

124 Well, 3 of the GOP Senators.

And one of them isn't in Congress anymore (Romney).

Worst performance by a Dem nominated SCOTUS appointee in history.

So, that's a nice salve of some sorts.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 03:09 PM (GBKbO)

Yes, the mangey, wormy critters known as Mitt Romney, Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins. Not shocking, of course, but the resided / reside (technically) on our side.

Posted by: Piper at January 21, 2026 03:16 PM (OoFl2)

125 The "I don't understand" gambit is old stale passive aggressive shit designed to get the person talking more. The more they say, the more you can twist to your ends. Anyone who has been in an argument with {clears throat}, can rightfully attest to this.

Posted by: ... at January 21, 2026 03:16 PM (wEF4H)

126 "It looks like you're trying to write a Supreme Court Decision..."
Posted by: Associate Justice Clippy at January 21, 2026 03:12 PM (bFu5X)

👏

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 21, 2026 03:17 PM (KDPiq)

127 "It looks like you're trying to write a Supreme Court Decision..."
Posted by: Associate Justice Clippy at January 21, 2026 03:12 PM (bFu5X)

Ok that was good

Posted by: ... at January 21, 2026 03:17 PM (wEF4H)

128 Well, if she's that into racist old laws, starting today, all black ballots count as 3/5 of a vote. Totally legit, according to her legal reasoning.

Posted by: zombie at January 21, 2026 03:17 PM (se8lQ)

129 Hundreds of thousands of Danes sign petition to buy California from the U.S.

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Straight trade!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 21, 2026 03:17 PM (L/fGl)

130 Well, when the Left takes back power they plan to stack the court so the majority reflects the Ketanji Brown Jackson types, but even more radical.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 21, 2026 03:18 PM (NpAcC)

131 I just want Thomas and Alito to retire this year, replaced by 40 year old clones of themselves

I know nothing about Alito, but I expect Thomas is looking to retire. But… who are the clones?

What this Senate has done in the last year doesn’t exactly give me confidence.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 21, 2026 03:18 PM (CSK7p)

132 Sarah Harris is so beautifully spoken, here.

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 03:18 PM (SSiCQ)

133 Jackson isn’t an embarrassment. She’s doing exactly what she was put on the court to do. Read up on some of the legal theories and concepts she’s an adherent of. That any senator voted to confirm this purposeful buffoon is pathetic.

Ahem, Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski and Mitt Romney. This is your gal. You must be so proud.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 21, 2026 03:18 PM (khrVb)

134 Who is she an embarrassment to really?

She can't say what a woman is, and she was still confirmed. So you think she or the people who support her are capable of embarrassment?

The Court as an institution is embarrassed? It's not really that respectable an institution.

All she's really guilty of is being too stupid or too Soviet to know she should dissemble like Kagan.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 21, 2026 03:18 PM (eO11x)

135 My hate feed is also strongly wishcasting that SCOTUS will uphold Humphries and allow Lisa Cook to stay.

They cite to the pointed questions of ACB and Kavanaugh along the lines of "what comes next if we [over rule it]?"

And the horror of horrors was that ... future Presidents could fire the entire Fed and appoint their own.
Well, that's pretty weak.

1) Rulings should not be forward-looking. And I don't think there's any opinions from those two that say, "we don't think this is Constitutional but we're going to have to leave it 'cause it'll cause problems."
2) That doesn't address the Constitutional issue, that the Fed's "independence" has no place under our Constitutional order of each branch having political accountability.
3) If I want to wishcast, it's those two are probing the future dissent argument, that those, exposing that future concerns are not a basis for finding constitutionalality.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 21, 2026 03:18 PM (HXT0k)

136 Ace, what's your source for the gray block quote?

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 03:18 PM (SSiCQ)

137 Clerking for this lunatic will not be a resume enhancer

Posted by: Ben Had at January 21, 2026 03:19 PM (0KSrI)

138 It's one of the flaws in the Constitution.

I don't know what could replace it, but it is based on the unspoken assumption that political parties wouldn't form.

Oh, I know...Limiting government power so that a bad president or elected official or judge can't fuck up that much!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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We are not the same people nor culture that created the Constitution and using Scotus and the judiciary as a continuing Constitutional Convention was a horrible idea.

My sad conclusion is that sooner or later the system will fail and we will get some sort of despot, king, or worse, a corrupt aristocracy that sells out the country to the point where the system ends in catastrophe or tear itself apart in a civil war.

There will be some sort of America with people in it but what that will look like depends on just exactly how the Republic fails.

But we fight today regardless as Trump is on the side of angels in this fight, not the Democrats in service to Stan.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 03:19 PM (E4rtv)

139 131 I just want Thomas and Alito to retire this year, replaced by 40 year old clones of themselves

I know nothing about Alito, but I expect Thomas is looking to retire. But… who are the clones?

What this Senate has done in the last year doesn’t exactly give me confidence.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 21, 2026 03:18 PM (CSK7p)

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Alito is actually rumored to be retiring this year.

And the rumored replacement is Andrew Oldham from the Fifth Circuit.

RUMORS!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 03:19 PM (GBKbO)

140 its like a traffic ticket, now, it doesn't matter except it's own goal

Posted by: miguel cervantes at January 21, 2026 03:19 PM (bXbFr)

141 "Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson draws sharp pushback from Gorsuch, Alito, and Roberts after invoking unconstitutional Black Codes to defend Hawaii’s gun restrictions under the Bruen test."

Nevertheless Roberts will do whatever Jackson tells him to do.

Posted by: Mhandisi at January 21, 2026 03:19 PM (Sq0ye)

142 Hundreds of thousands of Danes sign petition to buy California from the U.S.

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Straight trade!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Works for me. They could move the capital to Solvang.

The Euros really don't understand us, do they?

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 03:19 PM (77rzZ)

143 well the clerts are probably as moonbatty,

Posted by: miguel cervantes at January 21, 2026 03:20 PM (bXbFr)

144 ThInKiNg ClEaRlY aNd MaKiNg SeNsE iS wHiTe SuPrEmAcY!!!

Posted by: Courtney X, Eskwire at January 21, 2026 03:20 PM (qUkBO)

145 Supreme Court justices can be impeached but it takes a 2/3 vote of the senate to make it happen.

I think we'd have more of a chance of getting the 37 or so states needed to pass a constitutional amendment ending her term upon passage of the amendment.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 21, 2026 03:20 PM (QGaXH)

146 145 Supreme Court justices can be impeached but it takes a 2/3 vote of the senate to make it happen.

I think we'd have more of a chance of getting the 37 or so states needed to pass a constitutional amendment ending her term upon passage of the amendment.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 21, 2026 03:20 PM (QGaXH)

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"It takes a majority of the House to impeach. It takes 2/3 of the Senate to convict."
-Pedant

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 03:20 PM (GBKbO)

147

Kamala and Ketjani for president and VP!!

What a shitshow that would be, lol.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 21, 2026 03:21 PM (3ek7K)

148 What Justice Alitio has said here is a tearjerker. It sounds like he is tapping on his desk to emphasize his points toward the end.

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 03:21 PM (SSiCQ)

149 >>Hundreds of thousands of Danes sign petition to buy California from the U.S.

LOL

They couldn't afford to buy Fire Island.

Posted by: garrett at January 21, 2026 03:22 PM (ZcsJV)

150 I'd sell California but no country could afford my price.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 21, 2026 03:22 PM (KDPiq)

151 Kamala and Ketjani for president and VP!!

What a shitshow that would be, lol.

Posted by: fourseasons

Venn diagrams showing the similarities and differences in the various states' black codes.

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 03:23 PM (77rzZ)

152 Well, if she's that into racist old laws, starting today, all black ballots count as 3/5 of a vote. Totally legit, according to her legal reasoning.

Without setting bounds to the lower limits of her legal reasoning, the Constitution’s 3/5 persons count is specifically not citizens (“free persons”). Citizens and 3/5 persons are mutually exclusive.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 21, 2026 03:23 PM (CSK7p)

153 1) Rulings should not be forward-looking. And I don't think there's any opinions from those two that say, "we don't think this is Constitutional but we're going to have to leave it 'cause it'll cause problems."
2) That doesn't address the Constitutional issue, that the Fed's "independence" has no place under our Constitutional order of each branch having political accountability.
3) If I want to wishcast, it's those two are probing the future dissent argument, that those, exposing that future concerns are not a basis for finding constitutionalality.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

Anything about the Fed is obiter dictum. Basically when allowing firings at the NLRB or other bodies, the Court, by rejecting the injunctions already indicate that the executive is likely to prevail for the injunctions to be dissolved.

Retaining the injunction preventing Cook (or Powell if it comes to it) from being removed for cause means simply that the district court has to develop a fact pattern at trial as to what is cause. That requires a judicial opinion as to what statutory language 'cause' means (which the higher court has no requirement to follow) in the Federal Reserve Act, etc.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 03:23 PM (E4rtv)

154 Let's look to international law. Germany in the 1930s had some pretty restrictive gun laws. Don't they provide a good model for us to follow?

Posted by: Ketanji Jackson Brown at January 21, 2026 03:23 PM (0e5Te)

155 150 I'd sell California but no country could afford my price.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 21, 2026 03:22 PM (KDPiq)

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I'd sell California to Denmark, pocket the money, and then invade California with an army to suppress the communist uprising.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 03:23 PM (GBKbO)

156 >>>We are not the same people nor culture that created the Constitution and using Scotus and the judiciary as a continuing Constitutional Convention was a horrible idea.

yeah that's the reality of it

Posted by: brak at January 21, 2026 03:24 PM (jGJov)

157 >>I'd sell California but no country could afford my price.

No.

Though, I'd sell them the Californians real cheap.

Posted by: garrett at January 21, 2026 03:24 PM (ZcsJV)

158 Is KBJ making her argument earnestly or taking one for team gun-grabber?

Posted by: mr tmz at January 21, 2026 03:24 PM (rJ48h)

159 They can have California for no less than a farthing.

Posted by: ... at January 21, 2026 03:24 PM (wEF4H)

160 >>Hundreds of thousands of Danes sign petition to buy California from the U.S.

they're offering to pay in LEGOs

Posted by: brak at January 21, 2026 03:25 PM (jGJov)

161 Normally I'd try to come up with some way to crack a joke at this dumbass's expense, but she's too fucking stupid for anything to be funny.

At some point this pants-shitting clown went to college, graduated, took the LSAT and scored high enough to get into law school, graduated from that, passed the bar, and eventually got her wide ass installed in the highest court in the land with a lifetime appointment.

It's a pretty impressive indictment of our educational, judiciary, and political systems all at once.

God help us.

Posted by: ballistic at January 21, 2026 03:25 PM (5aZAZ)

162 125 The "I don't understand" gambit is old stale passive aggressive shit designed to get the person talking more. The more they say, the more you can twist to your ends. Anyone who has been in an argument with {clears throat}, can rightfully attest to this.
Posted by: ...
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I don't get it.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 03:25 PM (E4rtv)

163 Romney, Collins, and Murkowski voted to confirm this illiterate goof.

Sad!

Posted by: Jay in PA at January 21, 2026 03:25 PM (9mw3J)

164 More Cultural Marxists BS

Posted by: Skip at January 21, 2026 03:25 PM (Ia/+0)

165 162 I don't get it.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 03:25 PM (E4rtv)

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hey

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 03:25 PM (GBKbO)

166 There is no system one can set up in the earthly realm that could not be used to undermine and destroy itself by bad actors. That's the reality of it but you can't say they didn't try.

Posted by: ... at January 21, 2026 03:25 PM (wEF4H)

167 hey

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 03:25 PM (GBKbO)

I don't get it.

Posted by: ... at January 21, 2026 03:26 PM (wEF4H)

168 Though, I'd sell them the Californians real cheap.
Posted by: garrett at January 21, 2026 03:24 PM (ZcsJV)

I'm not going to Denmark !

Posted by: It's me donna at January 21, 2026 03:26 PM (VE6XX)

169 I know nothing about Alito, but I expect Thomas is looking to retire. But… who are the clones?

Judge Ho* of the 5th Circuit for one.

* Yeah, yeah. Make your little joke and move along.

Posted by: Oddbob at January 21, 2026 03:26 PM (Fs0KI)

170 163 Romney, Collins, and Murkowski voted to confirm this illiterate goof.

Sad!

Posted by: Jay in PA at January 21, 2026 03:25 PM (9mw3J)

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Collins' vote doesn't bother me as much as the other two.

I always assume that Collins does these things to win in ME: vote against us in votes that are going to win anyway whether she votes for it or not.

She's a political survivor, and I kind of respect that.

Romney and Murkowski, though, did it because they hate us. I'm convinced of that.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 03:26 PM (GBKbO)

171 If it's still there, Andersen's bakery restaurant on State Street in Santa Barbara is better than any comparable place in Solvang. Same Danish thing going on, but excellent food. State Street sadly is now a touristy Disneyland sort of crappy thing, but whatayagonnado.

Posted by: rhomboid at January 21, 2026 03:26 PM (U/Byj)

172 Justice Action Jackson probably thought anything named the Black Codes have to be good. It's right there in the name.

It was the awful White Codes that is racist.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 03:26 PM (E4rtv)

173 167 hey

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 03:25 PM (GBKbO)

I don't get it.

Posted by: ... at January 21, 2026 03:26 PM (wEF4H)

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hey

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 03:27 PM (GBKbO)

174 131
...
What this Senate has done in the last year doesn’t exactly give me confidence.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 21, 2026 03:18 PM (CSK7p)

What HAS the Senate done in the last year? I'll wait.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 21, 2026 03:27 PM (N39Ws)

175 Hundreds of thousands of Danes sign petition to buy California from the U.S.

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Straight trade!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Works for me. They could move the capital to Solvang.

The Euros really don't understand us, do they?
Posted by: Bulg

Dear Denmark,
This is your lucky day! As an added bonus, you will receive Oregon & Washington State.

The only string attached is, you cannot give away, sell, loan or remotely give them away.

They. Are. Yours.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 21, 2026 03:27 PM (FMAqD)

176 Though, I'd sell them the Californians real cheap.

Everything west of Otisville. I want to keep Otisville.

Posted by: Gene Hackman at January 21, 2026 03:27 PM (CSK7p)

177 Have a black justice cite black codes in defense of disarming people in defiance of the second amendment is got to be one of the saddest spectacles in Supreme Court History.

Also, hysterical.

Next, she'll argue we once had segregation, so it is perfectly fine to segregate.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 21, 2026 03:27 PM (vOtXJ)

178 159 They can have California for no less than a farthing.
Posted by: ...

But then I'd have to sell it for a centime!

(Kudos to the first person who gets the literary reference.)

Posted by: zombie at January 21, 2026 03:27 PM (se8lQ)

179 I'm not going to Denmark !
Posted by: It's me donna at January 21, 2026 03:26 PM (VE6XX)

You'll Go and You'll Like It !

Posted by: Judge Smails at January 21, 2026 03:28 PM (KDPiq)

180 174
What HAS the Senate done in the last year? I'll wait.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 21, 2026 03:27 PM (N39Ws)

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Been ground to a halt because Democrats are denying unanimous consent for all Trump appointee votes, forcing the floor to be used exclusively for debate on the appointment of the sub manager of some agency or other.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 03:28 PM (GBKbO)

181 Also, pretty retarded.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 21, 2026 03:28 PM (zZu0s)

182 >>>What HAS the Senate done in the last year? I'll wait.

money for Ukraine, of course

Posted by: brak at January 21, 2026 03:28 PM (jGJov)

183 Next, she'll argue we once had segregation, so it is perfectly fine to segregate.
Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 21, 2026 03:27 PM (vOtXJ)

All their talk about racial "safe spaces" is just racial segregation.

Posted by: Robert at January 21, 2026 03:29 PM (7yskd)

184 Doesn't Sponge work for a Danish company? I wonder what they're saying about it there. Has Sponge said anything about that?

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 03:29 PM (77rzZ)

185 177 Have a black justice cite black codes in defense of disarming people in defiance of the second amendment is got to be one of the saddest spectacles in Supreme Court History.

Also, hysterical.

Next, she'll argue we once had segregation, so it is perfectly fine to segregate.
Posted by: El Mariachi
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Well, we have Don Lemon and the BLM leftovers violating the Ku Klux Klan laws and the FACE Act on MLK weekend.

Irony meter is pegged out this month.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 03:29 PM (E4rtv)

186 Kagan- I disagree but see her point.

Sotomayor - I disagree but think she's impassioned.

Kentanji-Brown - Who let this high school debate failure come to work today?

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 21, 2026 03:29 PM (vOtXJ)

187 The "I don't understand" gambit is old stale passive aggressive shit...

The implication is intended to be "I don't understand because your argument doesn't make sense." The correct response (which, no, I wouldn't make to a SCOTUS Justice to her face) is "You don't understand because you don't want to." Or maybe, depending on circumstances "You don't understand because you're a friggin' idiot."

Posted by: Oddbob at January 21, 2026 03:30 PM (Fs0KI)

188 146 Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 21, 2026 03:20 PM (QGaXH)

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"It takes a majority of the House to impeach. It takes 2/3 of the Senate to convict."
-Pedant
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 03:20 PM (GBKbO)

Yes. I was going for brevity because my more important point was, however unlikely success would be, there is an alternative to impeachment.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 21, 2026 03:30 PM (QGaXH)

189 money for Ukraine, of course

Posted by: brak at January 21, 2026 03:28 PM (jGJov)

I thought this said "monkey to Ukraine" and for a moment was wistful I missed the time the Senate sent a monkey to Ukraine.

(I set em up, you knock em down, if you dare)

Posted by: ... at January 21, 2026 03:30 PM (wEF4H)

190 188 Yes. I was going for brevity because my more important point was, however unlikely success would be, there is an alternative to impeachment.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 21, 2026 03:30 PM (QGaXH)

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I did get it. I just wanted to be a pedant but in a way that wasn't meant to offend directly.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 03:30 PM (GBKbO)

191 Judge Ho* of the 5th Circuit for one.

Is that good or bad? And do you think he will fill TJM’s implied requirement of longevity?

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 21, 2026 03:31 PM (CSK7p)

192 190 I did get it. I just wanted to be a pedant but in a way that wasn't meant to offend directly.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 03:30 PM (GBKbO)

Hey.

Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 03:31 PM (iXqHn)

193 The good news on Ketanji Brown - only 30 more years of having to listen to her.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 21, 2026 03:31 PM (vOtXJ)

194 I look forward to Justice Action Jackson's Black History Month (February) as to why the Black Codes disarming Americans, particularly freed slaves at risk from the Ku Klux Klan, was a good thing and a very valid source of original intent and legal history for use today.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 03:31 PM (E4rtv)

195 The chances of any mid-high level black politician or judge being impeached and removed ever again are right around the same as a horny Scarlett Johansson showing up at my door tonight with a bottle of Strawberry Hill and a box of chocolates.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 21, 2026 03:31 PM (igU66)

196 It's not stupidity. It's her pounding the square-peg of her ideology into the round-hole of case law. Her whole thought process is, "How can I legally justify my preferred outcome?"

Posted by: Halfhand at January 21, 2026 03:32 PM (S1bNl)

197 The correct response (which, no, I wouldn't make to a SCOTUS Justice to her face) is…

“Of course.”

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 21, 2026 03:32 PM (CSK7p)

198 Been ground to a halt because Democrats are denying unanimous consent for all Trump appointee votes, forcing the floor to be used exclusively for debate on the appointment of the sub manager of some agency or other.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 03:28 PM (GBKbO)
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Because GOPe leadership won't sack up and tell the Dems to jam the "silent filibuster" up their asses, and force Senators to be on the floor seven days a week actually doing their jobs. If the republicans would all just go to the floor and vote, they can move the previous question with a simple majority, which would force some Dem turd to come in and actually execute a talking filibuster.

But no, because we have gentlemen's agreements or some such complete fucking nonsense.

Posted by: ballistic at January 21, 2026 03:32 PM (5aZAZ)

199 191 Judge Ho* of the 5th Circuit for one.

Is that good or bad? And do you think he will fill TJM’s implied requirement of longevity?

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 21, 2026 03:31 PM (CSK7p)

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Ho would be really good. He's also on the Fifth Circuit, and he's only 53 years old.

Could be there for 30 years.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 03:32 PM (GBKbO)

200 Would she worry more if she knew the laws were passed because blacks were shooting carpet baggers?

Posted by: braenyard at January 21, 2026 03:32 PM (FI1KT)

201 178 159 They can have California for no less than a farthing.
Posted by: ...

But then I'd have to sell it for a centime!

(Kudos to the first person who gets the literary reference.)
Posted by: zombie at January 21, 2026 03:27 PM (se8lQ)

You guys are killin' me...no pun intended...LOL

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 21, 2026 03:32 PM (QGaXH)

202 The fatiguers are not just twerking in the ghettos.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at January 21, 2026 03:32 PM (wBaIH)

203 Someone here said it's worth having cameras in the SCOTUS hearings just to watch Alito's live reactions to all the crazy things DEI SCOTUS Barbie is saying.

I'll have to find a vid later and watch Alito's face. I'm listening to Trump's Davos speech in full right now.

Posted by: LizLem at January 21, 2026 03:33 PM (Eng1Z)

204 184 Doesn't Sponge work for a Danish company? I wonder what they're saying about it there. Has Sponge said anything about that?
Posted by: Bulg
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American workers at that company no longer get free Danishes in the mornings or those butter cookies at Christmas.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 03:33 PM (E4rtv)

205 LOL.

Portland has a program called "Everybody Reads", where everyone is supposed to read one specific book every year.

You'll never guess whose autobiography they assigned this year.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 21, 2026 03:34 PM (n1OCj)

206 The thing I find insane with this whole "I am a SCOTUS justice because I am black" and her stupidity is the fact that she did not come up with this on her own. Her hand picked clerks fed this line of garbage to her to use during questioning.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 21, 2026 03:34 PM (0N4FZ)

207 Justice D-EI is making it as hard as possible for other DEI judges to ever get confirmed

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Senator ShainS: "Prospective Justice Nominee, can you define what a Black Female DEI Hire is and provide an example from the current Supreme Court?"

Prospective Justice Nominee: "No, I'm sorry Senator, I am not a Mental Retardation Scientist."

Senator ShainS: "You had me at 'Retard'"

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 21, 2026 03:34 PM (KJPYG)

208 205 You'll never guess whose autobiography they assigned this year.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 21, 2026 03:34 PM (n1OCj)

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"I have thoughts."
-an Austrian painter

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 03:34 PM (GBKbO)

209 Because GOPe leadership won't sack up and tell the Dems to jam the "silent filibuster" up their asses, and force Senators to be on the floor seven days a week actually doing their jobs. If the republicans would all just go to the floor and vote, they can move the previous question with a simple majority, which would force some Dem turd to come in and actually execute a talking filibuster.

But no, because we have gentlemen's agreements or some such complete fucking nonsense.
Posted by: ballistic
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Because since the filibuster was revised in the 1970's, it became an all purpose way for senators to pose, grab donor cash, but do nothing except what benefitted their donors.

Our congress is why government is in fact dysfunctional and becoming an elected king situation. They simply do not want to legislate in order to retain their seats.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 03:35 PM (E4rtv)

210 Loony Thune got the vig and he stays bought doncha know.

Posted by: kingsman at January 21, 2026 03:35 PM (ehY6c)

211 190 I did get it. I just wanted to be a pedant but in a way that wasn't meant to offend directly.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 03:30 PM (GBKbO)

I see. I have no clue what a pendant is and am too lazy to look it up...

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 21, 2026 03:36 PM (QGaXH)

212 These laws frequently included provisions that severely restricted or outright prohibited Black people from owning, possessing, or carrying firearms (and often other weapons like Bowie knives or dirks).
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Hold on to your dirks.

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 03:36 PM (krQz2)

213 206 The thing I find insane with this whole "I am a SCOTUS justice because I am black" and her stupidity is the fact that she did not come up with this on her own. Her hand picked clerks fed this line of garbage to her to use during questioning.
Posted by: Mister Scott
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If I was the suspicious type, I would think her staff is setting her up for failure because they don't like or respect her.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 03:36 PM (E4rtv)

214
204 184 Doesn't Sponge work for a Danish company? I wonder what they're saying about it there. Has Sponge said anything about that?
Posted by: Bulg

I heard it was at Cinnabon until he cussed out those Somalians.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 21, 2026 03:36 PM (y4wXR)

215 This was really fun to watch all of these videos.
Is the Hawaii lawyer just a bad lawyer?

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 03:37 PM (SSiCQ)

216
I don't have a dick. What am I gonna hold??

Posted by: fourseasons at January 21, 2026 03:37 PM (3ek7K)

217 Have a black justice cite black codes in defense of disarming people in defiance of the second amendment is got to be one of the saddest spectacles in Supreme Court History.

Also, hysterical.

Did she think that up on her own or was it actually part of HI's argument? I watched a vid about the case by William Kirk and he talked about their King Kamehameha exception but I don't recall mention of the black codes and that's the kind of thing he would have torn to shreds.

Posted by: Oddbob at January 21, 2026 03:37 PM (Fs0KI)

218 Jackson felt it necessary to summarize and offer her own arguments in favor of Cook's case in oral arguments today.

Posted by: Elto Johnson at January 21, 2026 03:37 PM (kF3Oj)

219 "continuing constitutional convention" is a keeper, whig.

Of course it's also a de facto legislature with the de facto dissolution of Congress as a political body dealing substantively with important issues. And under the extremely degraded lawless conditions now prevailing, it's of course trying to become the de facto executive.

That last one could be fixed directly and quickly, but it won't happen.

Posted by: rhomboid at January 21, 2026 03:37 PM (U/Byj)

220 >>>Her hand picked clerks fed this line of garbage to her to use during questioning.

I'm going to go out on a limb and guess her clerks are DEI hires as well

Posted by: brak at January 21, 2026 03:38 PM (jGJov)

221 Codes of Color

Posted by: wth at January 21, 2026 03:38 PM (UjdFS)

222 It's not stupidity. It's her pounding the square-peg of her ideology into the round-hole of case law. Her whole thought process is, "How can I legally justify my preferred outcome?"

Posted by: Halfhand at January 21, 2026 03:32 PM (S1bNl)

There it is.

Posted by: ... at January 21, 2026 03:38 PM (wEF4H)

223 Is the Hawaii lawyer just a bad lawyer?

I guess sometimes you just have to play the cards you're dealt. And the HI legislature dealt him a stinker.

Posted by: Oddbob at January 21, 2026 03:38 PM (Fs0KI)

224 Our congress is why government is in fact dysfunctional and becoming an elected king situation. They simply do not want to legislate in order to retain their seats.
Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 03:35 PM (E4rtv)
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Yeah some of that, but also they're all fucking lazy as shit. I worked in the Senate for a number of years. Senators don't actually work. They show up Tuesday morning, have a couple of meetings, maybe a vote if they're really pushing it, go out to a couple of fundraisers and then fly home Thursday afternoon (at no expense to themselves, of course). Over five-ish years I can recall about that many times when the entire body actually spent any significant time in the well of the Senate.

Not a bad way to earn a nearly $200k salary, if you can get it.

Posted by: ballistic at January 21, 2026 03:38 PM (5aZAZ)

225 A pedant is one bit short of a quadrant.

Posted by: braenyard at January 21, 2026 03:39 PM (FI1KT)

226 Codes of Color

Posted by: wth at January 21, 2026 03:38 PM (UjdFS)

African Americodes

Posted by: ... at January 21, 2026 03:39 PM (wEF4H)

227 What has the Senate done ? Letter from Grassley today (copy on X): can’t pass the voting security laws because “the good people of Iowa” wouldn’t like it.

There are no words in English that adequately describe how useless this fossil is.

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at January 21, 2026 03:39 PM (UsFXg)

228 Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson draws sharp pushback from Gorsuch, Alito, and Roberts after invoking unconstitutional Black Codes to defend Hawaii’s gun restrictions under the Bruen test.

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For all that is holy, she should have.

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 03:39 PM (krQz2)

229 I didn’t say that. The phone did.

Posted by: braenyard at January 21, 2026 03:40 PM (FI1KT)

230 211 pedant not pendant - sorry!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 21, 2026 03:40 PM (QGaXH)

231 216
I don't have a dick. What am I gonna hold??

Posted by: fourseasons at January 21, 2026 03:37 PM (3ek7K)

Subject to supply, a rubber facsimile will be provided on written request, after execution of forms indemnifying the HQ for any liability.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 21, 2026 03:40 PM (eO11x)

232 There are no words in English that adequately describe how useless this fossil is.
Posted by: Going deep. Out.
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Staff. It might however bestir Iowans to finally put this relic out to pasture. 92 years old is simply too old for any actual legislating.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 03:41 PM (E4rtv)

233 184 Doesn't Sponge work for a Danish company? I wonder what they're saying about it there. Has Sponge said anything about that?
Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 03:29 PM (77rzZ)

Now that you have said this, I would like some Danish butter cookies.

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 03:41 PM (SSiCQ)

234
Lol bear

Posted by: fourseasons at January 21, 2026 03:41 PM (3ek7K)

235 Self Awareness is NOT an attribute of Leftists.

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 21, 2026 03:42 PM (mP0Kj)

236 She always proves she is DEI and dumb as a box of lint.

Posted by: turambar at January 21, 2026 03:42 PM (Q0yOR)

237
Does Jumanji even know what happened to her today? Is someone going to tell her what a self-pwn this was?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 21, 2026 03:42 PM (jF1M6)

238 Hawaiian Bread >> Hawaiian Lawyer

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 21, 2026 03:42 PM (QGaXH)

239 231 216
I don't have a dick. What am I gonna hold??

Posted by: fourseasons at January 21, 2026 03:37 PM (3ek7K)

Subject to supply, a rubber facsimile will be provided on written request, after execution of forms indemnifying the HQ for any liability.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 21, 2026 03:40 PM (eO11x)

Or... coulda gone to a WNBA game and picked one up off the Court...

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 21, 2026 03:43 PM (mP0Kj)

240 Self Awareness is NOT an attribute of Leftists.

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 21, 2026 03:42 PM (mP0Kj)

Self absorption OTOH

Posted by: ... at January 21, 2026 03:43 PM (wEF4H)

241 237
Does Jumanji even know what happened to her today? Is someone going to tell her what a self-pwn this was?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 21, 2026 03:42 PM (jF1M6)

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"Black girl magic! Slaw kween!!"
-everyone she talks to

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 03:43 PM (GBKbO)

242 Brown-Jackson should get the Branded treatment for that argument alone.

Gee, "separate but equal" was a much longer lived "Constitutional" standard of "obeying" the 14th. So, it probably has more standing as a "once-allowed" principle.

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 03:43 PM (krQz2)

243

m,

I would give you some cookies but the dogs and I ate the entire tin of them.

We're still alive, lol.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 21, 2026 03:43 PM (3ek7K)

244 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ukrCvhxP2g

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at January 21, 2026 03:43 PM (jrgJz)

245
Someone should ask her about that horrible Republican President Jim Crow...

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 21, 2026 03:43 PM (y9nCu)

246
Judge Ho* of the 5th Circuit for one.

* Yeah, yeah. Make your little joke and move along.

Posted by: Oddbob

We already have a Ho there.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 21, 2026 03:43 PM (0U5gm)

247 235 Self Awareness is NOT an attribute of Leftists.
___

Maybe, but we are acutely aware of all of YOUR faults that we have made up in our heads.

Posted by: Leftists at January 21, 2026 03:43 PM (Dv3i1)

248 Over five-ish years I can recall about that many times when the entire body actually spent any significant time in the well of the Senate.

Not a bad way to earn a nearly $200k salary, if you can get it.
Posted by: ballistic
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Senate floor has not been a thing since the 1930's. Even earlier for any real debate prior to 1920's.

Senators (or House members, I worked on that side during Reagan years) do not 'work' for the salary--they work for grifting family wealth by parlaying their connections (as do many of the staff) into the blob that is the DC establishment of NGOs, boards, corporate positions, lobbying, etc.

The ones wanting to work end up often just going back home to be governor, AG, etc. Even there, staffs run the place day to day.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 03:45 PM (E4rtv)

249 I hope the Danes don't put an export ban on their cookies.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 21, 2026 03:45 PM (0U5gm)

250 Now that you have said this, I would like some Danish butter cookies.
Posted by: m at
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Chinesium is xtra sweet.

Posted by: braenyard at January 21, 2026 03:45 PM (FI1KT)

251 Self Awareness is NOT an attribute of Leftists.
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Because it's what is avoided by narcissists.

Any less-than-wanted feedback from the real world.

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 03:45 PM (krQz2)

252 Next, Affirmative Action Jackson will be designing supersonic aircraft.

Posted by: Dirac_Delta at January 21, 2026 03:45 PM (+aem1)

253 KBJ comes up with the "constitution made sense when we were slaves" plot. Bold move Cotton let's see if it works

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 21, 2026 03:45 PM (PTsqM)

254 Or Danjsh Ham

Posted by: Skip at January 21, 2026 03:45 PM (Ia/+0)

255 203 Someone here said it's worth having cameras in the SCOTUS hearings just to watch Alito's live reactions to all the crazy things DEI SCOTUS Barbie is saying.

I'll have to find a vid later and watch Alito's face. I'm listening to Trump's Davos speech in full right now.
Posted by: LizLem at January 21, 2026 03:33 PM (Eng1Z)

@redsteeze

Stephen L. Miller
@redsteeze
Jan 20
I have reversed my stance on cameras at SCOTUS just to see Alito's face every time this woman speaks.

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 03:46 PM (SSiCQ)

256 Or Cherry cheese Danish

Posted by: Skip at January 21, 2026 03:46 PM (Ia/+0)

257 OK, so some of the Supremes are just idiots, as we already knew.

Now, why is the decision on Tariffs being delayed time and time again?

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 21, 2026 03:46 PM (mP0Kj)

258 Canned ham anyone?

Posted by: DAK Premium Ham, Canned Meat, 454g, Product of Denmark at January 21, 2026 03:46 PM (UjdFS)

259
"Black girl magic! Slaw kween!!"
-everyone she talks to
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 03:43 PM (GBKbO)

She makes a lot of cabbage though.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 21, 2026 03:47 PM (y9nCu)

260 Or Cherry cheese Danish
Posted by: Skip at January 21, 2026 03:46 PM (Ia/+0)
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You had me at "cheese Danish".

I have to rethink the whole Greenland thing, now.

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 03:47 PM (krQz2)

261 First Trump takes over Venezuela securing the oil reserves. Then he pulls off taking over Greenland. When does Alberta and it's sexy oil fall to his charms? He is amazing. Gavin Nuisance has to be punching holes in the wall about right now.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 21, 2026 03:47 PM (HTCU3)

262 Now, why is the decision on Tariffs being delayed time and time again?
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 21, 2026 03:46 PM (mP0Kj)

Because the vote is 4 - 4 and Roberts can’t figure out how to split the baby.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 21, 2026 03:47 PM (y4wXR)

263 All the mainstream outlets are framing this as a "healthy debate", they are not impugning Justice Sheila Jackson Lee.

Posted by: ... at January 21, 2026 03:47 PM (wEF4H)

264 250 Now that you have said this, I would like some Danish butter cookies.
Posted by: m at
—

Chinesium is xtra sweet.
Posted by: braenyard at January 21, 2026 03:45 PM (FI1KT)

Weren't they in the news recently about being made in India under less than ideal sanitary conditions?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 21, 2026 03:47 PM (QGaXH)

265 As much as I disagree with a lot of the liberal justices I’ve never heard them use sophism and non sequiturs as their go-to argument pillars.

I mean, what exactly is the underlying legal theory which uses despicable laws that were eventually ruled unconstitutional as a baseline, to argue that existing laws along similar unconstitutional lines are…constitutional? That is, to the point we have antebellum constitutional amendments addressing their flaws and heinous attributes. God in Heaven.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 21, 2026 03:48 PM (khrVb)

266 Imagine the decompress of the attorneys that argue before her, like a whole bottle of liquor, to recover from being forced to take her questions seriously.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 21, 2026 03:48 PM (HXT0k)

267 Sorry, new stylebook entry, and no one will stop me.

Posted by: ... at January 21, 2026 03:48 PM (wEF4H)

268 206 The thing I find insane with this whole "I am a SCOTUS justice because I am black" and her stupidity is the fact that she did not come up with this on her own. Her hand picked clerks fed this line of garbage to her to use during questioning.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 21, 2026 03:34 PM (0N4FZ)

I believe KBJ has more than law clerks 'helping' her. The finest legal minds of the critical race theory Constitutional Law professor set are sending KBJ tons of pages of pure race/equity/World Communism crap. Tailored to each and every case SCOTUS hears. Biden didn't saddle the nation with only KBJ. She brought-along an army of America-h8ter lawyers who she listens to.

Posted by: Gref at January 21, 2026 03:48 PM (5rh/l)

269 Someone should ask her if she knows what black ice is.

Posted by: Paid protestor at January 21, 2026 03:48 PM (VsyBi)

270 The pedant with the pendant has a penchant for a peanut
The pundit with the parrot has the snack that's not whack

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at January 21, 2026 03:48 PM (OUMaO)

271 262 Now, why is the decision on Tariffs being delayed time and time again?
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 21, 2026 03:46 PM (mP0Kj)

Because the vote is 4 - 4 and Roberts can’t figure out how to split the baby.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 21, 2026 03:47 PM (y4wXR)

My bet is trying to come up with some rationale why the Courts should have oversight?

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 21, 2026 03:48 PM (mP0Kj)

272 horny Scarlett Johansson showing up at my door tonight with a bottle of Strawberry Hill and a box of chocolates.
Posted by: sifty boones

Knock, Knock!!

Posted by: Horny Lena Dunham at January 21, 2026 03:49 PM (w9Wax)

273 Not only does Justice BJ not know the difference between a man and a woman, she doesn't leverage the difference between constitutional and unconstitutional laws.

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 03:49 PM (krQz2)

274 "Impeach her. She's incompetent, unqualified, anti-American and tyrannical."

Wait a minute, I want a second opinion!

OK, she's insane, as well.

Posted by: illiniwek at January 21, 2026 03:49 PM (vbXSk)

275 That last one could be fixed directly and quickly, but it won't happen.
Posted by: rhomboid
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I think any Democrat president in the future is simply going to expand on what Biden did on student loans. I don't think Scotus judges, aside from maybe Alito or Thomas, actually know what time it is for the American Republic.

We will have a massive constitutional crisis coming soon, and the Gordian knot is likely to be cut, perhaps in a way we like, perhaps not.

But the old uniparty status quo is simply failing in the US and across the West where the elites believe that they have the right to rule over the masses regardless of what institutions interfere with that. We shall see what the masses do in response. Tears and blood might very well be involved.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 03:49 PM (E4rtv)

276 Umm, little known fact - the Klan hit its zenith in membership following WWI and the new numbers were all in the Northeast, Midwest and West Coast. The largest Klan rally was in NJ and the biggest Klan parade was NYC.

Posted by: pudinhead at January 21, 2026 03:50 PM (pLaQB)

277 My bet is trying to come up with some rationale why the Courts should have oversight?

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 21, 2026 03:48 PM (mP0Kj)
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Rationale =/= "Good reason".

The courts want to be included in all decisions these days. Takes a solid originalist to resist kibbitzing.

We have no kings but judges.

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 03:51 PM (krQz2)

278 Running on, running on empty. Running on, running blind.

Posted by: Delurker at January 21, 2026 03:51 PM (gtcuf)

279 @272 the box of chocolates wouldn't survive Lena Dunham

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 21, 2026 03:51 PM (PTsqM)

280 The largest Klan rally was in NJ and the biggest Klan parade was NYC.

Posted by: pudinhead at January 21, 2026 03:50 PM (pLaQB)

That must have been when the parties switched.

Posted by: ... at January 21, 2026 03:51 PM (wEF4H)

281 262 Now, why is the decision on Tariffs being delayed time and time again?
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 21, 2026 03:46 PM (mP0Kj)

Because the vote is 4 - 4 and Roberts can’t figure out how to split the baby.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 21, 2026 03:47 PM (y4wXR)

My bet is trying to come up with some rationale why the Courts should have oversight?
Posted by: Romeo13
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Remedy is likely to be a sticking point along with the other implications of presidential emergency proclamations based on power delegated by Congress. See the tariff cases like JW Hampton Meatpacking (intelligible principle of delegation), Nixon's wage price freeze in the 1970's, and so on.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 03:51 PM (E4rtv)

282 279 @272 the box of chocolates wouldn't survive Lena Dunham
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 21, 2026 03:51 PM (PTsqM)

Smell the Lena Dunham.

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 03:52 PM (SSiCQ)

283
Weren't they in the news recently about being made in India under less than ideal sanitary conditions?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue

Thanks a lot.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 21, 2026 03:52 PM (0U5gm)

284 Weren't they in the news recently about being made in India under less than ideal sanitary conditions?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan

I question the voracity of this- I could not find a tin made in India, to include the bargain brand in Rouses.

Posted by: Piper at January 21, 2026 03:52 PM (OoFl2)

285
Because the vote is 4 - 4 and Roberts can’t figure out how to split the baby.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 21, 2026 03:47 PM (y4wXR)

Tune in next week for another episode of...

Samurai Supreme Court Justice

Posted by: Zombie Don Pardo at January 21, 2026 03:52 PM (y9nCu)

286 262 Now, why is the decision on Tariffs being delayed time and time again?
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 21, 2026 03:46 PM (mP0Kj)

Because the vote is 4 - 4 and Roberts can’t figure out how to split the baby.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 21, 2026 03:47 PM (y4wXR)

========

1. Who says it's delayed?

2. It's probably a highly technical opinion about tariff authority under different sections that got narrower and narrower as they debated it.

3. It'll probably end up as "Trump has the authority to do it in general, but the lower courts didn't take the individual tariffs on merits, choosing to use a blanket ban instead. Lower courts, redo your ruling based on actual analysis of each proclamation and tariff."

And then Trump will just reimpose every tariff under a different authority, and it won't matter.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 03:53 PM (GBKbO)

287 Donroe Doctrine Don Does Dominion Delightfully.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 21, 2026 03:53 PM (HTCU3)

288 Umm, little known fact - the Klan hit its zenith in membership following WWI and the new numbers were all in the Northeast, Midwest and West Coast. The largest Klan rally was in NJ and the biggest Klan parade was NYC.
Posted by: pudinhead

Yeah, my Dad remembered that, when he was a kid, the Klan burned a cross on a farm next to theirs. In Michigan.

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 03:54 PM (77rzZ)

289 Next, Affirmative Action Jackson will be designing supersonic aircraft.
Posted by: Dirac_Delta

On her resume:

Designed Space Shuttle O-rings
Designed pedestrian bridge in Florida
Designed 737 Max
Designed Titan submersible
Designed Orion capsule heat shield

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at January 21, 2026 03:54 PM (w9Wax)

290 Donroe Doctrine Don Does Dominion Delightfully.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 21, 2026 03:53 PM (HTCU3)

Double sized.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 21, 2026 03:54 PM (dK+Kv)

291 Technically they were never part of US law since those states were outside the union at the time.

Posted by: Beto Ochoa at January 21, 2026 03:54 PM (dzZCL)

292 Someone should ask her if she knows what black ice is.
Posted by: Paid protestor

Everybody knows ICE is white supremacy.

Posted by: Ketanji Action Jackson at January 21, 2026 03:55 PM (UjdFS)

293 I question the voracity of this- I could not find a tin made in India, to include the bargain brand in Rouses.
Posted by: Piper

I do not question the voracity with which you consume kale.

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 03:55 PM (77rzZ)

294 I question the voracity of this- I could not find a tin made in India, to include the bargain brand in Rouses.
Posted by: Piper at January 21, 2026 03:52 PM (OoFl2)

The brand of butter cookies Ollie's sells is made in India.

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at January 21, 2026 03:55 PM (0bjKf)

295 Yeah, my Dad remembered that, when he was a kid, the Klan burned a cross on a farm next to theirs. In Michigan.
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Have you spent any time in Detroit?

Posted by: pudinhead at January 21, 2026 03:55 PM (pLaQB)

296 288 Umm, little known fact - the Klan hit its zenith in membership following WWI and the new numbers were all in the Northeast, Midwest and West Coast. The largest Klan rally was in NJ and the biggest Klan parade was NYC.
Posted by: pudinhead

Yeah, my Dad remembered that, when he was a kid, the Klan burned a cross on a farm next to theirs. In Michigan.
Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 03:54 PM (77rzZ)

Photos I've seen are very scary. Talk about Never Forget.

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 03:55 PM (SSiCQ)

297 >> Weren't they in the news recently about being made in India under less than ideal sanitary conditions?

Go look at the average frozen bag of shrimp in your grocery store. A lot come from India. A place where most of the population doesn’t even have indoor plumbing. Then realize they “farm” these shrimp under unsanitary conditions. There are some pictures online if you dare. It looks like a giant shit puddle. Enjoy that shrimp you just ate. You’re welcome.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 21, 2026 03:56 PM (khrVb)

298 We have no kings but judges.

Posted by: Axeman

Worked so well for the ancient Hebrews...

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at January 21, 2026 03:56 PM (OUMaO)

299 Weren't they in the news recently about being made in India under less than ideal sanitary conditions?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan

I question the voracity of this- I could not find a tin made in India, to include the bargain brand in Rouses.

Posted by: Piper

Royal Dansk came out with a statement that their cookies are all made in Denmark, the knock off brands may be a different story.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 21, 2026 03:56 PM (0U5gm)

300 And then Trump will just reimpose every tariff under a different authority, and it won't matter.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

He's already been dropping that he'll just convert them over to licensing agreements. I have no idea how that will work but he does so I guess we're good. He is a force of nature.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 21, 2026 03:56 PM (HTCU3)

301 293 I question the voracity of this- I could not find a tin made in India, to include the bargain brand in Rouses.
Posted by: Piper

I do not question the voracity with which you consume kale.
Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 03:55 PM (77rzZ)

Bulg with the word quip.

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 03:56 PM (SSiCQ)

302 >>>Yeah, my Dad remembered that, when he was a kid, the Klan burned a cross on a farm next to theirs. In Michigan.

party switch

Posted by: Reddit at January 21, 2026 03:56 PM (jGJov)

303 Someone should ask her if she knows what black ice is.
Posted by: Paid protestor

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That's the subject of one of Key and Peele's funniest sketches.

"I was at the ATM and black ice came up from behind me and robbed me of my balance." -- white lady.

Watching the in studio and on-the-street weathermen played by Key and Peele get more and more outraged about singling out "black ice".

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 03:58 PM (krQz2)

304
Umm, little known fact - the Klan hit its zenith in membership following WWI and the new numbers were all in the Northeast, Midwest and West Coast. The largest Klan rally was in NJ and the biggest Klan parade was NYC.
Posted by: pudinhead

*whistles absently*

Posted by: Zombie FDR nominated Associate Justice Hugo Black at January 21, 2026 03:58 PM (y9nCu)

305 Can't wait until the Supreme Court either gives in too the Cultural Marxists and can't figure out what a female or male is or pulls the plug to the Leftists.
Should be taking bets for June

Posted by: Skip at January 21, 2026 03:58 PM (Ia/+0)

306 Senators (or House members, I worked on that side during Reagan years) do not 'work' for the salary--they work for grifting family wealth by parlaying their connections (as do many of the staff) into the blob that is the DC establishment of NGOs, boards, corporate positions, lobbying, etc.

The ones wanting to work end up often just going back home to be governor, AG, etc. Even there, staffs run the place day to day.
Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 03:45 PM (E4rtv)
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No argument there. The self-sucking dick that is the path between legislative staff and various lobbying firms and trade associations is disgustingly slimy.

Posted by: ballistic at January 21, 2026 03:58 PM (5aZAZ)

307 I only buy shrimp from the Gulf of America.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 21, 2026 03:58 PM (0KSrI)

308 @286 TJM, that's what I figure as well. He has the authority as Congress retained the right to override the tariffs. But it will be sent back to lower courts to match the tariff with the emergency security issue

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 21, 2026 03:58 PM (PTsqM)

309 297 >> Weren't they in the news recently about being made in India under less than ideal sanitary conditions?

Go look at the average frozen bag of shrimp in your grocery store. A lot come from India. A place where most of the population doesn’t even have indoor plumbing. Then realize they “farm” these shrimp under unsanitary conditions. There are some pictures online if you dare. It looks like a giant shit puddle. Enjoy that shrimp you just ate. You’re welcome.
Posted by: Marcus T at January 21, 2026 03:56 PM (khrVb)

Boiling might work.

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 03:58 PM (SSiCQ)

310 300 And then Trump will just reimpose every tariff under a different authority, and it won't matter.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

He's already been dropping that he'll just convert them over to licensing agreements. I have no idea how that will work but he does so I guess we're good. He is a force of nature.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 21, 2026 03:56 PM (HTCU3)

======

Congress gave away its tariff powers along time ago and multiple ways.

Trump has every authority to impose tariffs for pretty much any reason he wants. There are enough ways to do it that he can do it at any level he wants.

If Congress hates then, then repeal the authorities.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 03:58 PM (GBKbO)

311 party switch

Posted by: Reddit at January 21, 2026 03:56 PM (jGJov)
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Which is why only Republicans praise Woodrow Wilson....

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 03:58 PM (krQz2)

312 Voracity, thy name is Pritzker.

Posted by: tubal at January 21, 2026 03:59 PM (pDt9x)

313 Have you spent any time in Detroit?
Posted by: pudinhead

As little as possible. I did have an aunt who lived in Highland Park, so we'd go there to see her occasionally. She and her husband lived in this huge house that was basically a fortress. You had to phone them ahead and tell them when you'd be arriving so that they could disable all the alarms.

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 03:59 PM (77rzZ)

314 >>Yeah, my Dad remembered that, when he was a kid, the Klan burned a cross on a farm next to theirs. In Michigan.

Was it near Howell?

Posted by: one hour sober at January 21, 2026 03:59 PM (Y1sOo)

315 308 @286 TJM, that's what I figure as well. He has the authority as Congress retained the right to override the tariffs. But it will be sent back to lower courts to match the tariff with the emergency security issue

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 21, 2026 03:58 PM (PTsqM)

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So, we'll get a headline about how SCOTUS rules against Trump. It won't actually be a ruling against Trump, but people will freak out anyway.

And the tariffs will remain under the authority he's already cited or another authority.

And narratives will be spun, but the policy will be won by Trump no matter what.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 03:59 PM (GBKbO)

316 Lots of Klan up around Binghamton NY. Not exactly the South

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 21, 2026 03:59 PM (PTsqM)

317 Congress gave away its tariff powers along time ago and multiple ways.

Trump has every authority to impose tariffs for pretty much any reason he wants. There are enough ways to do it that he can do it at any level he wants.

If Congress hates then, then repeal the authorities.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 03:58 PM (GBKbO)
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They can always claw it back with a single law--after the override any veto, that is.

Congress doesn't want to do its actual job. Too much time and effort spent away from grifting.

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 04:00 PM (krQz2)

318 Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 03:54 PM

My moonshiner ancestors were the law in a small east Texas county. They controlled it but didn't partake because they were Primitive Baptist. But they kept the crime in check. The biggest threat to the public was when the Klan invaded there in 1920. These were democrat party shock troops. The Anti Ice riot stuff is just a new KKK. They bought themselves some black people too.

Posted by: Beto Ochoa at January 21, 2026 04:00 PM (dzZCL)

319 Yeah, my Dad remembered that, when he was a kid, the Klan burned a cross on a farm next to theirs. In Michigan.
Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 03:54 PM (77rzZ)

There were in fact 2 very different KKK's, although the mythology around them doesn't allow the topic to be discussed. The first was made up of disgruntled and unrepentant Confederates, but it was mostly stamped out by the end of Grant's term in office, and it went dormant for 3 decades. The 2nd iteration was the activist version of the Democrat Party, just like Antifa is now, and it really took WW2 and the mobilization to start it being seen as un-American.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 21, 2026 04:00 PM (giMmT)

320 317 They can always claw it back with a single law--after the override any veto, that is.

Congress doesn't want to do its actual job. Too much time and effort spent away from grifting.

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 04:00 PM (krQz2)

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Rand Paul led an effort to try and undo some of Trump's tariffs last year.

It failed. And, as you note, if it had passed, Trump would have vetoed it anyway.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 04:00 PM (GBKbO)

321 >> Boiling might work.
Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 03:58 PM (SSiCQ)

A shrimp that’s been grown its entire life in a shit puddle is beyond boiling.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 21, 2026 04:01 PM (khrVb)

322 >> Lots of Klan up around Binghamton NY. Not exactly the South

Anywhere you find Union Dems you will find a history of Klan activity.

Posted by: garrett at January 21, 2026 04:01 PM (ZcsJV)

323 Her name is not Justice D-EI, it's Justice Affirmative Jackson.

Posted by: Strange Brew at January 21, 2026 04:01 PM (vzrBC)

324 >> I only buy shrimp from the Gulf of America.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 21, 2026 03:58 PM (0KSrI)

Darn right ma’am. But it needs to be caught well away from Houston.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 21, 2026 04:02 PM (khrVb)

325 Was it near Howell?
Posted by: one hour sober

Near Coopersville, in Ottawa County.

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 04:02 PM (77rzZ)

326 Technically they were never part of US law since those states were outside the union at the time.
Posted by: Beto Ochoa at January 21, 2026 03:54 PM (dzZCL)

The Confederacy was never recognized as a separate country by the US or any other country, thus not 'outside the Union'. Northern leaders such as Lincoln and Grant considered them simply states in rebellion. Maybe not in the hearts and minds of the people living there, but the states in rebellion were technically still US states.

Posted by: troyriser at January 21, 2026 04:02 PM (DPeYO)

327 That Robert Gouveia podcast is pretty great.

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 04:03 PM (SSiCQ)

328 New thread up

Posted by: Ann at January 21, 2026 04:03 PM (w9jrX)

329 A shrimp that’s been grown its entire life in a shit puddle is beyond boiling.
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This seems hateful and rayciss.

Posted by: pudinhead at January 21, 2026 04:03 PM (pLaQB)

330 193 The good news on Ketanji Brown - only 30 more years of having to listen to her.
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I don't know. She has "dies in a bizarre and totally avoidable home accident" written all over her.

Posted by: Diversity Electrocution Inclusion at January 21, 2026 04:03 PM (qUkBO)

331 It failed. And, as you note, if it had passed, Trump would have vetoed it anyway.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 04:00 PM (GBKbO)
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Which would have been an illegitimate use of power, because it's Trump vetoing. He doesn't have to answer to the American voters...blah blah blah.

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 04:03 PM (krQz2)

332 293 I question the voracity of this- I could not find a tin made in India, to include the bargain brand in Rouses.
Posted by: Piper

I do not question the voracity with which you consume kale.
Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 03:55 PM (77rzZ)

A quick search shows that it was 'danish-style' cookies made in India for the Indian market, not the name brand stuff made in Denmark and shipped in the blue tins.

veracity - truthfulness
voracity - extreme eagerness (simple def)

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 21, 2026 04:03 PM (QGaXH)

333 There were in fact 2 very different KKK's, although the mythology around them doesn't allow the topic to be discussed. The first was made up of disgruntled and unrepentant Confederates, but it was mostly stamped out by the end of Grant's term in office, and it went dormant for 3 decades. The 2nd iteration was the activist version of the Democrat Party, just like Antifa is now, and it really took WW2 and the mobilization to start it being seen as un-American.
Posted by: Tom Servo

I've read that the second Klan was greatly influenced by Birth of a Nation.

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 04:03 PM (77rzZ)

334
Lots of Klan up around Binghamton NY. Not exactly the South
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 21, 2026 03:59 PM (PTsqM)

Oildale, CA had a sign on the bridge to Bakersfield that read "N****r, Don’t Let the Sun Set on You in Oildale."

Lasted until the mid-1970s when it was finally taken down.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 21, 2026 04:05 PM (y9nCu)

335 >>Near Coopersville, in Ottawa County.

'kay. Howell has a history with the KKK. That's why I asked.

Posted by: one hour sober at January 21, 2026 04:05 PM (Y1sOo)

336 If Congress passed a tariff reform that took discretion away from the executive and Trump vetoed it, that would be the worst use of a veto in history and proof Trump doesn't listen to the counsel of other people.

Because, it's Trump.

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 04:05 PM (krQz2)

337 He's already been dropping that he'll just convert them over to licensing agreements. I have no idea how that will work but he does so I guess we're good. He is a force of nature.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 21, 2026 03:56 PM (HTCU3)

======

Congress gave away its tariff powers along time ago and multiple ways.

Trump has every authority to impose tariffs for pretty much any reason he wants. There are enough ways to do it that he can do it at any level he wants.

If Congress hates then, then repeal the authorities.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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There is also the standing issue. In many of the cases of levied tariffs, the other nation and the US came to agreement which makes it difficult for individuals or companies suing to assert standing as international agreements are a separation of powers issue especially when Congress authorizes it vaguely.

This is a very complicated case involving tariffs, presidential powers, delegation, standing, and remedies. Might not get a decision until June at this rate. The longer it goes, the more likely Trump gets a decision he can live with.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 04:05 PM (E4rtv)

338 "I think any Democrat president in the future is simply going to expand on what Biden did on student loans. I don't think Scotus judges, aside from maybe Alito or Thomas, actually know what time it is for the American Republic.

We will have a massive constitutional crisis coming soon, and the Gordian knot is likely to be cut, perhaps in a way we like, perhaps not.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 03:49 PM (E4rtv)

Student loans were turbofucked by Obama as part of his first wave of "fuck shit up illegally in ways nobody can ever fix" in 2009. It'a not really a Biden move, specifically.

The biggest issue is counting foreign invaders in the census and giving their kids citizenship, as well as enabling their invasion and refusing to deport them when they get all rapey/murdery. That's not just a constitutional crisis, that's a straight shot to ethnic cleansing and genocide. I have close family friends murdered recently by these invader fucksticks, and friends dead in fed witch hunts, and this shit is getting old.

If it pops off - remember if everyone sweeps their own porch, the whole world will be clean.

Posted by: heya at January 21, 2026 04:05 PM (nH+RN)

339 >>> Stephen L. Miller
@redsteeze
Jan 20
I have reversed my stance on cameras at SCOTUS just to see Alito's face every time this woman speaks.
Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 03:46 PM (SSiCQ)

Thanks m! That's who it was. It's nice when politicians are as clever as the Horde, and I get them mixed up with comments here.

I love that, to the left, Stephen Miller is the worst antisemitic Jew they know. Like how Larry Elder is the black face of white supremacy.

Posted by: LizLem at January 21, 2026 04:05 PM (Eng1Z)

340 Umm, little known fact - the Klan hit its zenith in membership following WWI and the new numbers were all in the Northeast, Midwest and West Coast. The largest Klan rally was in NJ and the biggest Klan parade was NYC.
Posted by: pudinhead

Yeah, my Dad remembered that, when he was a kid, the Klan burned a cross on a farm next to theirs. In Michigan.

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 03:54 PM

I accidentally stumbled into a klan rally in the swamps in mississippi in 79 when we were heading out to gig frogs one saturday night. We went way back into a part of the swamp where we would get a ton of frogs and crawdads. When we drove up the last part of the road we came upon dozens of cars and trucks and a fiery burning cross in the middle of the road. I pulled a starsky and hutch turn and got the heck out of dodge. We never went back there.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 21, 2026 04:05 PM (0N4FZ)

341 I am afraid you are only partially correct concerning the history of Black Codes. Northern states, such as Indian And Illinois (among others), had "Black Codes" prior to the Civil War. In fact, The black codes of Illinois were some of the harshest in the country and weren't repealed until the end of the Civil War in 1865.

Posted by: Joel at January 21, 2026 04:06 PM (zBfOm)

342 Near Coopersville, in Ottawa County.

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Hmmm. I don't live too far from Coopersville.

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 04:06 PM (krQz2)

343 336 If Congress passed a tariff reform that took discretion away from the executive and Trump vetoed it, that would be the worst use of a veto in history and proof Trump doesn't listen to the counsel of other people.

Because, it's Trump.
Posted by: Axeman

Doubt it will happen. The issue is now that Congress can smell those billions and drool collected from tariffs. The old saying on Capitol Hill is "don't tax you, don't tax me, tax that fellow behind that tree" (Courtesy Sen. Russell Long from Louisiana).

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 04:07 PM (E4rtv)

344 @339 different Stephen Miller. The guy quoted writes at Town Hall I believe

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 21, 2026 04:08 PM (PTsqM)

345 328 New thread up
Posted by: Ann at January 21, 2026 04:03 PM (w9jrX)

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 04:08 PM (SSiCQ)

346 I accidentally stumbled into a klan rally in the swamps in mississippi in 79 when we were heading out to gig frogs one saturday night. We went way back into a part of the swamp where we would get a ton of frogs and crawdads. When we drove up the last part of the road we came upon dozens of cars and trucks and a fiery burning cross in the middle of the road. I pulled a starsky and hutch turn and got the heck out of dodge. We never went back there.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 21, 2026 04:05 PM (0N4FZ)
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Them boys is NOT WHITE!
They's miscegentated!!

They interrupted a sacred ceremony of a certain gentlemen's social group!

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 04:08 PM (krQz2)

347 346 I accidentally stumbled into a klan rally in the swamps in mississippi in 79 when we were heading out to gig frogs one saturday night. We went way back into a part of the swamp where we would get a ton of frogs and crawdads. When we drove up the last part of the road we came upon dozens of cars and trucks and a fiery burning cross in the middle of the road. I pulled a starsky and hutch turn and got the heck out of dodge. We never went back there.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 21, 2026 04:05 PM (0N4FZ)

Ok that's amazing because the same thing happened to me and a friend in Central Texas, way out in the country about 30 miles away from Waco, in 1980. Well we just found this parking lot down a long dirt road full of new cars with nobody there, and it was about midnight, and first we were going Huh? but then we saw these Q-beam lights flashing through the trees and sound of a number of people headed through woods in our direction.
We didn't wait around to ask who they were, we got the hell outta there!

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 21, 2026 04:18 PM (giMmT)

348 The black men I have met and worked with down rural south really like their guns. Something handed down for generations.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 21, 2026 04:21 PM (/lPRQ)

Slick Bitch Gavin Newsom Has His Davos Speech Cancelled; Whines That Trump Did It
Scott Bessent Cooks Gavin Newsom As Communist Patrick Bateman

More femme than Fidelito.

Gavin Newsom was informed at the 11th hour that his talk with Fortune at USA House in Davos was canceled.
Newsom had been invited to speak on Wednesday at an event sponsored by USA House, which for the first time was recognized by the U.S. government as the country's official headquarters at Davos. But an organizer told his office that they had opted to not include any U.S. officials in the talk focused on CEOs and other business leaders.
In a private exchange of messages obtained by POLITICO, a Newsom administration official accused the USA House of bowing to political pressure from the State Department -- an accusation the organizer denied, while emphasizing the governor was still welcome in the venue -- in a microcosm of the larger geopolitical tensions on display.

Some clips from Davos. Trump cooks the elites, of course.

🚨 BREAKING: President Trump EVISCERATES the globalists to their FACES in Davos, he's holding NOTHING back

I voted for this.

"Frankly, many parts of our world are being destroyed and the leaders don't even UNDERSTAND what's happening! And the ones that DO understand won't do… pic.twitter.com/m433plRLZU
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) January 21, 2026

He blasts Europe for cheerleading the Islamic Reconquest of Europe:

President Trump has takes aim at Europe in his Davos speech:

'Certain places in Europe are not even recognisable anymore…we can argue about it but there’s no argument.’

There really isn’t anything to argue about. It’s true. Sadly the decline in Europe is very noticeable. pic.twitter.com/YUW1RuGrKn
— Chris Rose (@ArchRose90) January 21, 2026

And he blasts them for their cowardice and ingratitude:

🚨Trump just TORCHED the Davos!

“Without us, right now you’d all be speaking German and a little Japanese perhaps. After the war, we gave Greenland back to Denmark. How stupid were we to do that? But we did it. But how ungrateful are they now?” pic.twitter.com/OLKU1Y6AI9
— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) January 21, 2026

He mocked them for buying Chinese windmills, while China invests in real energy production:

🚨 BREAKING: President Trump is CALLING OUT the "stupid people" who support wind energy in Davos

"China is smart. They make windmills, sell 'em for a fortune, and sell 'em to the STUPID PEOPLE that buy them!" 🤣

"Windmills all over Europe, all over the place, and they are… pic.twitter.com/6LZEHcPkKW
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) January 21, 2026

Globalist international banker and Liberal Canadian PM Mark Carey declared, mostly correctly, that the "old order" had failed. But he meant that Trump had "ruptured" the old order. By refusing to go along with the post-WWII foreign policy consensus that we cared so much about Europe potentially going communist that we had to give away trillions of dollars to them through unfair trade schemes to boost their economies.

He called for "the middle powers" -- a step down from the Great Powers, a step up from the third world -- to band together to take on the Great Powers. Mostly he means the United States.

He's very butthurt that America is no longer spending trillions to make the world safe and prosperous for Europe and the "Middle Powers" without asking anything in return, but instead now seeks reciprocal advantages.

Trump replied: "Canada lives thanks to the United States. Remember that, Mark, the next time you make your statements."

As I said yesterday, I don't really like Trump's deliberate provocation of allies -- well, ungrateful European welfare states -- until I hear the European response.

Then I get it.

Update: Thanks to Jane D'oh and Fenelon Spike:

.@SecScottBessent in Davos: "I think it's very, very ironic that Newsom — who strikes me as Patrick Bateman meets Sparkle Beach Ben — may be the only Californian who knows less about economics than Kamala Harris. He's here this week with his billionaire sugar daddy, Alex Soros." pic.twitter.com/9BmdpaebEd
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) January 21, 2026

Check out Gavin Newsom barking like a dog at Alex Soros’ command. They’re hanging out together at Davos. Alex claims he’s far more aggressive than his POS father. If it weren’t for men like Trump and Musk we’d be in serious trouble. I’d be arrested for making this post. pic.twitter.com/dngf1of8jn
— Colette Harrington (@sweetcarolinatv) January 21, 2026

Posted by: Ace at 01:26 PM

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1 yay

Posted by: gnats local 678 at January 21, 2026 01:27 PM (CWTWj)

2 nd!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 21, 2026 01:28 PM (bFu5X)

3 Good for Trump!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 21, 2026 01:29 PM (ZeH0U)

4 Dayum. Trump on fire!

Posted by: rickb223 at January 21, 2026 01:29 PM (FMAqD)

5 report : "California Governor Gavin Newsom's press office said he was denied entry to the USA House in Davos, Switzerland, following pressure from the White .."

what a shame

Posted by: runner at January 21, 2026 01:29 PM (g47mK)

6 LOL get fucked

Posted by: steevy at January 21, 2026 01:30 PM (YwEeS)

7 Gavin Newsom is, at best, a cautionary example to business and government leaders.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 21, 2026 01:30 PM (jc0TO)

8 The Europeans are like spoiled children. They aren't used to being scolded.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at January 21, 2026 01:30 PM (bNf8H)

9 What did the Europeans respond with?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 21, 2026 01:30 PM (ZeH0U)

10 Just watched a clip of Trump at Davos - the one where he tells Macron that he's got to raise prescription prices. He seemed a tad infirm. I hope he was just tired (who wouldn't be?).

Posted by: 496 at January 21, 2026 01:30 PM (JQ6N+)

11 Ace, Scott Bessent BLASTED and humiliated Newsome. I can't link from my phone, but it was fabulous!

Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 21, 2026 01:30 PM (4tmpE)

12 Globalist international banker and Liberal Canadian PM Mark Carey declared, mostly correctly, that the "old order" had failed. But he meant that Trump had "ruptured" the old order. By refusing to go along with the post-WWII foreign policy consensus that we cared so much about Europe potentially going communist that we had to give away trillions of dollars to them through unfair trade schemes to boost their economies.

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Tangential:

I rewatched The Batman last weekend.

The central plot is about the Riddler exacting justice on the elite of Gotham because they took a billion dollar fund that Thomas Wayne had set up and used it to enrich themselves.

After the uprooting of USAID, I see it more clearly. The expanded spending. The lack of progress and even the drawback of standards of living.

I'm sure Matt Reeves would place the blame on Republicans squarely because Hollywood, but it's still just this cri de coeur about how government became a piggy bank for the connected over the past few decades.

Because the old world order ossified and corrupted to the point where there was no downside to just stealing outright.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 01:31 PM (GBKbO)

13 Doh!

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 21, 2026 01:31 PM (jc0TO)

14 trump is thraatening the stability of the world order! shame! shame! you wouldn't have all those dead people in iran if trump and elon hadn't stolen the election from that woman!

Posted by: gnats local 678 at January 21, 2026 01:31 PM (CWTWj)

15 He's very butthurt that America is no longer spending trillions to make the world safe and prosperous for Europe and the "Middle Powers" without asking anything in return, but instead now seeks reciprocal advantages.

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Germany can fund its own defense.

And welfare state.

At the same time.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 01:31 PM (GBKbO)

16
So what about Newsom? He already made his points in some casual press remarks. "Oppose the US, we suck, ooga booga!"

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 21, 2026 01:32 PM (jF1M6)

17 A D'oh! sighting!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 21, 2026 01:32 PM (bFu5X)

18 Jane D'oh sighting!

Posted by: rickb223 at January 21, 2026 01:32 PM (FMAqD)

19 >>>11 Ace, Scott Bessent BLASTED and humiliated Newsome. I can't link from my phone, but it was fabulous!

thanks, I'll look that up and link it later.

Posted by: ace at January 21, 2026 01:33 PM (1wjle)

20 Denmark will get $700B to fund their military, if they play their cards right.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 21, 2026 01:33 PM (jc0TO)

21 >> As I said yesterday, I don't really like Trump's deliberate provocation of allies -- well, ungrateful European welfare states -- until I hear the European response.

Then I get it.

When you also understand that people like Carney are selling out to the Chinese, and a lot of the globalist forces based in European countries are using their surrogates to fund chaos, protests and other anti American activities, most in our own country, you’ll find yourself going even further and thinking a few JDAM’s might be reasonable.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 21, 2026 01:33 PM (kOXxF)

22 16
So what about Newsom? He already made his points in some casual press remarks. "Oppose the US, we suck, ooga booga!"

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 21, 2026 01:32 PM (jF1M6)

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Gonna play great for white Manhattan progressives.

But this whole thing is desperation, especially after his Shapiro interview where he came off as defensive on everything.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 01:33 PM (GBKbO)

23 thanks, I'll look that up and link it later.

Posted by: ace at January 21, 2026 01:33 PM (1wjle)

Make sure you put in for the overtime.

Posted by: ... at January 21, 2026 01:33 PM (wEF4H)

24
He seemed a tad infirm. I hope he was just tired (who wouldn't be?).
Posted by: 496

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He seems tired in that top clip. Probably going on no sleep, and the AF1 turnaround maybe subtracted a few more hours sleep.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 21, 2026 01:33 PM (jF1M6)

25 I imagine that the pimps trafficking in underage sex slaves regard the annual Davos get-together at their version of Black Friday.

Posted by: zombie at January 21, 2026 01:33 PM (se8lQ)

26 Scorched Earth Trump. Switzerland never got fire bombed in WW2, Trump is giving it to them today.

American Psycho Newsome thinks he's way more important than he is. After the way he ran the rebuilding of the palisades, Americans shouldn't want him to have a platform at Davos, or to elect him as dogcatcher, let alone POTUS. He'd probably drown the dogs and pretend that homeless pet stats are going down naturally on his watch. He's that sick in the head.

Posted by: LizLem at January 21, 2026 01:34 PM (Eng1Z)

27 Trump has nerves of steel and no f*cks to give. Love him.

Posted by: Tuna at January 21, 2026 01:34 PM (lJ0H4)

28 Scott Bessent torches Newsom. Video from X:

https://tinyurl.com/y5769mry

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 21, 2026 01:34 PM (ZeH0U)

29 Hey, at least Gavin got his photo op with Alex Soros in Davos.

Some people have noted that Alex Soros' insistence on having pictures publicly taken with all the politicians that he's bought is a bit... counterproductive.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 21, 2026 01:35 PM (n1OCj)

30 In good news, I have made back all my market losses from yesterday.

Hair Status: Unlit.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 21, 2026 01:35 PM (jc0TO)

31 As Ians id yesterday, I don't really like Trump's deliberate provocation of allies -- well, ungrateful European client states -- until I hear the European response.

Then I get it.

Posted by: Ace at 01:26 PM

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"King Trump" has piloted his fighter jet over the target and is dropping excrement on the GloboHomo Deep State excrement at Davos.

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 21, 2026 01:35 PM (8VfKb)

32 read and watched everything, then found I was...50th?

I'll never learn, I guess

Posted by: barbarausa at January 21, 2026 01:35 PM (enw9G)

33 19 >>>11 Ace, Scott Bessent BLASTED and humiliated Newsome. I can't link from my phone, but it was fabulous!

thanks, I'll look that up and link it later.
Posted by: ace at January 21, 2026 01:33 PM (1wjle)

Eric Daugherty tweeted it. Bessent took a flamethrower to Newsome in the most glorious way.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 21, 2026 01:35 PM (4tmpE)

34 You have to really appreciate the duplicity of a guy like Carney. He is no doubt a globalist with communist leanings. So what he did was make demands he knew the US wouldn’t accept and then use it as a reason to bring China even closer.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 21, 2026 01:35 PM (kOXxF)

35
this whole thing is desperation, especially after his Shapiro interview where he came off as defensive on everything.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

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There should be a lottttt of desperation coming, IF IF IF the revelations about California fraud dwarfing Minnesota's actually happen.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 21, 2026 01:36 PM (jF1M6)

36 "I Voted For This"

Word to the mutha.

Posted by: Delurker at January 21, 2026 01:36 PM (gtcuf)

37 Every time I hear Trump verbally stick an umbrella up Europe's weak ass and open it I get misty.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 21, 2026 01:36 PM (euc5m)

38 note to denmark: we will be sending new dress uniforms for everyone in your army. the suitcase will come next monday

Posted by: gnats local 678 at January 21, 2026 01:36 PM (CWTWj)

39 Willowed, but super important to me:

>>> "I signed an executive order to bring back mental institutions and insane asylums. We’re going to have to bring them back. Hate to build those suckers, but you’ve got to get the people off the streets.”

I will say this...while asylums are needed, they NEED to be heavily monitored and free of corruption.

I mentioned in a book thread a few weeks ago "The Woman they Could Not Silence." Back in the Civil War era, if you were a man, you could get your wife locked away in an asylum for anything. Even just thinking too much. Elizabeth Packard was committed to an asylum by her husband for disagreeing with him on religion and politics. (He was all fire and brimstone, she believed in a more loving God. And he flip flopped to be pro slavery to appeal to rich patrons financing his church, and she was adamantly anti-slavery. Her views caused embarrassment to him in front of his flock, so he got a crooked doctor and a sham trial to get her thrown into an asylum.) Chilling read.

There is corruption and abuse in the mental health and incarceration system already. How do you protect the most vulnerable people who NEED help, when the system is rotten?

Posted by: LizLem at January 21, 2026 01:36 PM (Eng1Z)

40 That afternoon Trump stranded Pelosi was good quality times.

Posted by: ... at January 21, 2026 01:37 PM (wEF4H)

41 >>>I imagine that the pimps trafficking in underage sex slaves regard the annual Davos get-together at their version of Black Friday.

Ukrainian sex trafficking cartel stocks are up, way up, this week as world elites gather at Davos....

Posted by: CNBC at January 21, 2026 01:37 PM (jGJov)

42 Out: Pizzagate
In: Fonduegate

Posted by: zombie at January 21, 2026 01:37 PM (se8lQ)

43 report : "California Governor Gavin Newsom's press office said he was denied entry to the USA House in Davos, Switzerland, following pressure from the White .."

what a shame
Posted by: runner at January 21, 2026 01:29 PM (g47mK)
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Actually, USA House didn't ban Newsom. They banned his hair.

Posted by: mrp at January 21, 2026 01:37 PM (rj6Yv)

44 35
There should be a lottttt of desperation coming, IF IF IF the revelations about California fraud dwarfing Minnesota's actually happen.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 21, 2026 01:36 PM (jF1M6)

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His glory from the congressional apportionment fight has completely faded. He's fading as a going concern regarding the Democrat primary for 2028.

He's going to be rapping by the start of 2027 to try and capture more black voters.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 01:37 PM (GBKbO)

45 Pearl status:

[ X ] Clutched
[ _ ] Not Clutched

Posted by: Oddbob at January 21, 2026 01:38 PM (Fs0KI)

46 I don't see the Europeans as spoiled children (though they are that too) but as abusers who seek to guilt and shame the ones they abuse into working harder to try endlessly to please the ungrateful unpleasable.

Posted by: barbarausa at January 21, 2026 01:38 PM (enw9G)

47 Hey, at least Gavin got his photo op with Alex Soros in Davos.

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Was Gruesome Newscum wearing kneepads -- or bent over taking it up the ass like he does with Chairman "Winnie The" Xi?

I know, I know ... embrace the power of "YES!"

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 21, 2026 01:39 PM (8VfKb)

48 the euros can't believe trump won't listen to them the way that wise obama did. even biden had enough wisdom to listen to them

Posted by: gnats local 678 at January 21, 2026 01:39 PM (CWTWj)

49 So what about Newsom? He already made his points in some casual press remarks. "Oppose the US, we suck, ooga booga!"

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 21, 2026 01:32 PM (jF1M6)

======

Gonna play great for white Manhattan progressives.

But this whole thing is desperation, especially after his Shapiro interview where he came off as defensive on everything.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 01:33 PM (GBKbO)
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I don't think Newscum is popular in NYC. Sure, he's a democrap and he'll easily win NY if he's the dum nominee in 2028. Duh. But east coasters don't much like or identify with west coasters, and Newscum is as west coast as they come. He's the poster boy for Effete Probably-Gay California Pest. He's also seen as so last year.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 21, 2026 01:40 PM (iFTx/)

50 Newsom is attempting a Clinton-and-Carville-style triangulation strategy. I'm not voting for anyone willing to triangulate with white supremacy and fascism because both test okay with P&G or the Rothschilds.

Democrats deflecting to affordability and then choosing Gavin Newsom, who has colluded with utilities companies in California to fuck up affordability, repeatedly vetoing legislation that would put them in check, and legislation that would protect trans people as well? Fuck that.

He's an amorphous blob that tries to appease whoever is in front of him. This guy stands for nothing.

He won’t even win the primary. It’s hilarious the Right hates him so much, he’s way closer to a Republican than anything progressive. Both sides don’t like him, but the Dem establishment is shoving him down our throats

He is made of the same stuff Trump is. He just has tighter impulse control. He's not the guy to run the US.

Fuck Newsome. He's centre right, hates the homeless and trans people, and loves the rich and won't tax billionaires. I'll vote for him only if he's literally the only non-explixitly-fascist option

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 21, 2026 01:40 PM (ycI94)

51 44 He's going to be rapping by the start of 2027 to try and capture more black voters.

Didn't Newscum have some shtick a few months back where he claimed to have grown up in the hood eatin' mac-and-cheese?

Posted by: Delurker at January 21, 2026 01:40 PM (gtcuf)

52 Listening to his address right now.

I fucking love this guy. Goes right into the hub of Europe's Power and destroys them. Every time. It's glorious.

Posted by: garrett at January 21, 2026 01:40 PM (ZcsJV)

53 God I love President Trump!

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at January 21, 2026 01:41 PM (xvV+O)

54 49 I don't think Newscum is popular in NYC. Sure, he's a democrap and he'll easily win NY if he's the dum nominee in 2028. Duh. But east coasters don't much like or identify with west coasters, and Newscum is as west coast as they come. He's the poster boy for Effete Probably-Gay California Pest. He's also seen as so last year.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 21, 2026 01:40 PM (iFTx/)

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I use Manhattan progressive as a shorthand for predominantly white, upper class, politically plugged in Democrat partisans who think Elizabeth Warren would make a great presidential nominee because she's so real.

The only black candidates they like are dull as dishwater like Deval Patrick.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 01:41 PM (GBKbO)

55 thanks Fenelon.

I added the Bessent clip and Newsom meeting with SorosSpawn.

Posted by: ace at January 21, 2026 01:41 PM (1wjle)

56 >>I don't think Newscum is popular in NYC. Sure, he's a democrap and he'll easily win NY if he's the dum nominee in 2028. Duh. But east coasters don't much like or identify with west coasters, and Newscum is as west coast as they come. He's the poster boy for Effete Probably-Gay California Pest. He's also seen as so last year.

Newsome simply does not have National Legs.

He's also a terrible orator and debater. His schtick is custom made for San Francisco Libs.
It doesn't play anywhere else effectively.

Posted by: garrett at January 21, 2026 01:42 PM (ZcsJV)

57 51 44 He's going to be rapping by the start of 2027 to try and capture more black voters.

Didn't Newscum have some shtick a few months back where he claimed to have grown up in the hood eatin' mac-and-cheese?

Posted by: Delurker at January 21, 2026 01:40 PM (gtcuf)

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Yeah, he said his family was poor.

His family was...not poor. They were poor compared to the Gettys, but that's about it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 01:42 PM (GBKbO)

58 Newsom had been invited to speak on Wednesday at an event sponsored by USA House, which for the first time was recognized by the U.S. government as the country's official headquarters at Davos. But an organizer told his office that they had opted to not include any U.S. officials in the talk focused on CEOs and other business leaders.
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I don't get it. I am being serious.

So "USA House" is the newly-"official" American globalist hangout in Davos, and they decided to cancel an appearance by Newsom because they changed the theme of the event to "business leaders?" And now Gavin is bitching because he thinks it was political and "USA House" - whatever it is/they are - say it wasn't? Do I have this right?

If I do, why does it matter?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 01:42 PM (GyQIQ)

59
"I signed an executive order to bring back mental institutions and insane asylums. We’re going to have to bring them back. Hate to build those suckers, but you’ve got to get the people off the streets.”

I will say this...while asylums are needed, they NEED to be heavily monitored and free of corruption.

Posted by: LizLem

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LizLem, I preach about this every chance I get. I'll repeat your 2 points:

1 - The institutions are needed.

2 - It is essential that they be monitored for humane treatment of the mentally ill.

You evidently already know what's up, but if you want the evidence and an incredible history of America's treatment of the mentally ill, read Jonathan Rosen's book, The Best Minds. We have actually done it successfully at times in the past, but somehow the good will or the money runs out.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 21, 2026 01:43 PM (jF1M6)

60 If we had a CIA worth its salt, we would have deposed Carney. Back in the day, we would topple Comsymps halfway across the world, now we allow them on our bordering land.

And I know this offends you Episcopalians, but that degenerate King and his family have to go too. I think he wields far more influence over the Commonwealth than he claims.

Trump needs a guy like me to be his Beria.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 21, 2026 01:43 PM (qwx/I)

61 "Frankly, many parts of our world are being destroyed and the leaders don't even UNDERSTAND what's happening! And the ones that DO understand won't do...
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Bullshit. Almost all of them understand it. And they support it. They want it. This is the world they desire.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 01:43 PM (GyQIQ)

62 He's going to be rapping by the start of 2027 to try and capture more black voters.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 01:37 PM (GBKbO)

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He's got a chance if he goes full black-face.

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 21, 2026 01:43 PM (8VfKb)

63 When the Democrats are in power, America is the rich guy with plenty of friends as long as he keeps the drugs and the cash flowing. It doesn't matter how bad he's treated in return, as long as people pretend to like America.

It's nice to see America have some self respect again.

Posted by: Grudge Harbor at January 21, 2026 01:43 PM (yFLFB)

64 Europe, Canada, and Australia are doing their best to superiority themselves into extinction. Trump in Davos is Cassandra, trying to call them away from destruction.

When I was a kid I didn't understand how "some things that should not have been forgotten were lost," to quote Galadriel's monologue in the LOTR movie. And how mighty civilizations could fall.

I totally understand why now. And I'm sad that I do. It's hard to sit back and watch Western Civilization destroy itself in real time.

Posted by: LizLem at January 21, 2026 01:43 PM (Eng1Z)

65 People who want the asylums back tend to be the same ones who believe you can't opt in to be an organ donor for fear of being parted out instead of treated and who rightly fear death panels etc. But it's totally gonna be different with asylums.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 21, 2026 01:43 PM (eO11x)

66 56 Newsome simply does not have National Legs.

He's also a terrible orator and debater. His schtick is custom made for San Francisco Libs.
It doesn't play anywhere else effectively.

Posted by: garrett at January 21, 2026 01:42 PM (ZcsJV)

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White progressives want their own Trump, and Newsom is the closest they have. He sucks, and everyone knows it, and he can't pull together anything like a national constituency in a primary.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 01:43 PM (GBKbO)

67 I don't think Newscum is popular in NYC. Sure, he's a democrap and he'll easily win NY if he's the dum nominee in 2028. Duh. But east coasters don't much like or identify with west coasters, and Newscum is as west coast as they come. He's the poster boy for Effete Probably-Gay California Pest. He's also seen as so last year.

Newsome simply does not have National Legs.

He's also a terrible orator and debater. His schtick is custom made for San Francisco Libs.
It doesn't play anywhere else effectively.
Posted by: garrett at January 21, 2026 01:42 PM (ZcsJV)
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He's not dreamy like Bombdaddy!

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 21, 2026 01:43 PM (iFTx/)

68 Eric D and Gunther E -- Can either of those guys post anything without the red light thing?

Posted by: Doof at January 21, 2026 01:43 PM (3r1VB)

69 He won’t even win the primary. It’s hilarious the Right hates him so much, he’s way closer to a Republican than anything progressive. Both sides don’t like him, but the Dem establishment is shoving him down our throats

Newsom is very, very slick. Slick enough to fool a whole lot of LIVs. And he has a metric shit-ton of donor money behind him. And that ties in with the whole superdelegate thing on the Dem side. We have very good reasons to believe he's at or near the head of the Dem pack

Posted by: Delurker at January 21, 2026 01:43 PM (gtcuf)

70 57 51 44 He's going to be rapping by the start of 2027 to try and capture more black voters.

Didn't Newscum have some shtick a few months back where he claimed to have grown up in the hood eatin' mac-and-cheese?

Posted by: Delurker at January

And by hood, he meant his Aunt Nancy made him sit at the kids table.

Posted by: Piper at January 21, 2026 01:44 PM (Wmg4n)

71 I truly relished Trump’s history lesson on how many times Greenland has changed, hands, how we bailed out the Danes and Greenland in WWII and if a contemporary war came we would have to do
It again. He was merciful and left out the whole part about how the Danes force sterilized all the young girls in Greenland up until 1991 and sent all the other children for reeducation in Denmark.

There’s a reason Russia and China are dumping tons of money into these anti US propaganda campaigns opposing our efforts. People need to sit down and STFU until They actually learn the history and what’s really at stake

Posted by: Marcus T at January 21, 2026 01:44 PM (kOXxF)

72 It's amazing just how stupid the Congress is on economics.
Even the PhDs that go up to Congress to school them are totally incompetent. They latched on to a dialect of MMT (Modern Monetary Theory) that says that they can print dollars an it will have no effect, mostly because the paper came from a PhD that was a women. All male, female and androgynous economists who think that are morons. Having them school the Congressional morons in "THE TRUTH" is beyond parody.

Posted by: SMOD at January 21, 2026 01:45 PM (RHGPo)

73 Just watched a clip of Trump at Davos - the one where he tells Macron that he's got to raise prescription prices. He seemed a tad infirm. I hope he was just tired (who wouldn't be?).
Posted by: 496 at January 21, 2026 01:30 PM (JQ6N+)

He'd probably already spent time privately spanking the children before his talk.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 21, 2026 01:45 PM (ExV1e)

74 Fuck Newsome. He's centre right, hates the homeless and trans people, and loves the rich and won't tax billionaires.

Good Lord. The bubble this person occupies is less porous than earth's magnetic field to cosmic rays.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 21, 2026 01:45 PM (Riz8t)

75 74 Fuck Newsome. He's centre right, hates the homeless and trans people, and loves the rich and won't tax billionaires.

Good Lord. The bubble this person occupies is less porous than earth's magnetic field to cosmic rays.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 21, 2026 01:45 PM (Riz8t)

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Center-left is a Maoist who lies about it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 01:46 PM (GBKbO)

76 Oh, come on. They should have included Newsom in a talk focused on CEOs and other business leaders. He could have been the panel punching bag.

"Say, Gavin...what do you have to add? After all, your state is sitting on a $2.9 Billion deficit, and holding $1.6 Trillion in debt. Surly you have something outlandishly stuipid and counterproductive to contribute."

Posted by: Orson at January 21, 2026 01:46 PM (dIske)

77
He's fading as a going concern regarding the Democrat primary for 2028.

He's going to be rapping by the start of 2027 to try and capture more black voters.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

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It really is funny to imagine how he and his advisors are plotting to win the primary against Kamala, who is polling even or slightly ahead of him right now. He also must be running around to every MSM outlet, reporter, etc trying to protect himself from the fate of Tim Walz.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 21, 2026 01:46 PM (jF1M6)

78 Afternoon.

Do you think that ole Alex Soros gets a bit of sloppy before signing a check to Newscum?

Posted by: Robert at January 21, 2026 01:46 PM (7yskd)

79 Patrick Bateman was AMerican Psycho. So Newsom is a cross between him and SParkle Beach Ken

Posted by: night lifted at January 21, 2026 01:46 PM (kJmLc)

80 Actually, USA House didn't ban Newsom. They banned his hair.
Posted by: mrp at January 21, 2026 01:37 PM

Well, fire codes and all that...

Posted by: USA House at January 21, 2026 01:47 PM (bFu5X)

81 Denmark will get $700B to fund their military, if they play their cards right.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 21, 2026 01:33 PM (jc0TO)

If Greenland were smart, they'd declare their independence and work their own deal and let Denmark twist in the wind.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 21, 2026 01:47 PM (ExV1e)

82 Didn't Newscum have some shtick a few months back where he claimed to have grown up in the hood eatin' mac-and-cheese?

Posted by: Delurker at January 21, 2026 01:40 PM (gtcuf)

Yes! It's The Funniest Thing.

He was sittin' cross-legged in front of the Plasma TV eatin Wonder Bread, White-Cheddar Cheeze-Its, and charcuterie. lol

Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 21, 2026 01:48 PM (DgMqy)

83 Poor Gavin, the soy was angry that day my friends

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 21, 2026 01:48 PM (PTsqM)

84 77 It really is funny to imagine how he and his advisors are plotting to win the primary against Kamala, who is polling even or slightly ahead of him right now. He also must be running around to every MSM outlet, reporter, etc trying to protect himself from the fate of Tim Walz.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 21, 2026 01:46 PM (jF1M6)

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Kamala wins like 95% of the polls of the Democrat primary she's included in.

She is the front runner, and she keeps signalling that she's going to run. She started a new super PAC for that purpose a couple of weeks ago.

That people assume she's simply...not going to run, his just...stupidity. It's also hopeful delusion, but mostly stupidity.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 01:48 PM (GBKbO)

85 That's why I'm a little more buoyed than the rest about our chances in 26 -- it'll become more evident to voters what the so called moderate Dems and Libs do when they garner power, as evidenced in NYC and Virginia and Canada.

Keep hammering that message, and pray that there are enough voters to stave them off.

If there aren't enough voters, then cheat.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 21, 2026 01:48 PM (qwx/I)

86 The trade has not been unfair at all. Voluntary cannot be by definition. However, we definitely should stop all welfare, both here and abroad but especially in Europe.

Posted by: Earl Schlobodowicz at January 21, 2026 01:48 PM (+48wn)

87 Globalist international banker and Liberal Canadian PM Mark Carey declared, mostly correctly, that the "old order" had failed. But he meant that Trump had "ruptured" the old order. ...
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This is a prime example - perhaps *the* prime example, in the past century at least - of shooting the messenger.

Trump did no such thing. The Postwar Order had already failed and was in the process of collapsing. It started to crack up when the USSR fell and accelerated hard after 9/11 and the financial crisis. The COVID response was a massive shift out of the "traditional" Postwar Order and Biden's treatment of Russia following the invasion of Ukraine was uncharted territory on the trade/finance side of things.

*Trump* didn't dismantle the old order. The old order fucking collapsed on all on it's own through entropy, apathy, mismanagement, fraud and shifting priorities.

What Trump *did* do was be the first guy to loudly and bluntly say, "this shit is over and we need to figure out what comes next." Trump's policies didn't cause a collapse of the old order, they are a *response* to the old order collapsing.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 01:48 PM (GyQIQ)

88 The Democrats are into only me-conomics.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 21, 2026 01:48 PM (L/fGl)

89 Yeah, he said his family was poor.

His family was...not poor. They were poor compared to the Gettys, but that's about it.

I've seen pictures of him in HS or maybe college. The guy dressed like a fashion model in clothes I still can't afford. But sure, he was born a poor, black child.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 21, 2026 01:49 PM (Riz8t)

90 He called for "the middle powers" -- a step down from the Great Powers, a step up from the third world -- to band together to take on the Great Powers. Mostly he means the United States.
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And if it happens, they will become empires and thus Great Powers.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 01:49 PM (GyQIQ)

91 If Greenland were smart, they'd declare their independence and work their own deal and let Denmark twist in the wind.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 21, 2026 01:47 PM

A million bucks to each resident would save us $130B.

Win win!

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 21, 2026 01:49 PM (jc0TO)

92 If Newsome is the nominee, the republicans must run an ad 24/7 using the video of Newsome saying he hates it when politicians lie to your face, while he says opposite things in two different interviews.

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 21, 2026 01:49 PM (aZm/F)

93 @SecScottBessent in Davos: "I think it's very, very ironic that Newsom — who strikes me as Patrick Bateman meets Sparkle Beach Ben — may be the only Californian who knows less about economics than Kamala Harris. He's here this week with his billionaire sugar daddy, Alex Soros."

Gays throw the BEST shade. And conservative gays do it with style and a smile! Kudos to Scott for that.

Now I need someone to Grok me a video of Gruesome Newsom as a Patrick Bateman Ken Doll, with no junk and plastic hair, turning a blowtorch on the Palisades.

What's ironic is Scott Bessent worked for Soros at his hedge fund, before leaving to start his own company. He knows how corrupt the Soros family is better than anyone!

Posted by: LizLem at January 21, 2026 01:50 PM (Eng1Z)

94 86 The trade has not been unfair at all. Voluntary cannot be by definition. However, we definitely should stop all welfare, both here and abroad but especially in Europe.
Posted by: Earl Schlobodowicz at January 21, 2026 01:48 PM (+48wn)
The way Europeans and Brits are trashing us today, we should pull all our assets

Posted by: night lifted at January 21, 2026 01:50 PM (kJmLc)

95 69 Newsom is very, very slick. Slick enough to fool a whole lot of LIVs. And he has a metric shit-ton of donor money behind him. And that ties in with the whole superdelegate thing on the Dem side. We have very good reasons to believe he's at or near the head of the Dem pack

Posted by: Delurker at January 21, 2026 01:43 PM (gtcuf)

AWFLs like his hair.

Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 01:50 PM (iXqHn)

96 Trump to Davos:

"Where's Don King these days? Dig him up.

Fuck it. Rematch! You assholes get Russia this time. We get Japan and Godzilla."

Posted by: sifty boones at January 21, 2026 01:50 PM (c3bGo)

97 "Deliberate provocation" of "allies"?

Public airing of what are traditionally privately conveyed sentiments, in response (often) to concrete actions harming/endangering our interests in order to make a buck?

Rhetoric aside, Trump (and the Beltway) are still stuck in a pre-1991 inertial default mental framework, when it comes to NATO. The zombie alliance, bereft of any rationale for more than a generation. Thus the ridiculous attempts to tweak it (increase your defense spending!) when there is no military rationale or trace of political will. And all this predates and is separate from the mass migration that has made the politics of key members even more problematic on foreign policy.

No easy or obvious alternatives to the increasingly silly attempts to prop up the shambling zombie. But probably best to recognize the silliness, and the zombie.

Posted by: rhomboid at January 21, 2026 01:50 PM (U/Byj)

98 90 He called for "the middle powers" -- a step down from the Great Powers, a step up from the third world -- to band together to take on the Great Powers. Mostly he means the United States.
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And if it happens, they will become empires and thus Great Powers.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 01:49 PM (GyQIQ)

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That England has to be lumped into the "middle powers" must be embarrassing. They need...France's help to stand up to another nation now?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 01:50 PM (GBKbO)

99 Check out Gavin Newsom barking like a dog at Alex Soros' command. They're hanging out together at Davos. Alex claims he's far more aggressive than his POS father. If it weren't for men like Trump and Musk we'd be in serious trouble. I'd be arrested for making this post.
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This is probably true, and it is a damning indictment of how things work.

Law? Rules? Customs? Righteousness? Nah, none of that. Nowhere to be found and it's been that way for a long time. What we have now are battling oligarchs.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 01:50 PM (GyQIQ)

100
Newsom is very, very slick. Slick enough to fool a whole lot of LIVs. And he has a metric shit-ton of donor money behind him. And that ties in with the whole superdelegate thing on the Dem side. We have very good reasons to believe he's at or near the head of the Dem pack

Posted by: Delurker

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It really all depends on what the DNC and the big donors want. If Newsom can't handle what I HOPE is coming -- scandals bigger than those that got Walz to drop out -- then he might be thrown out in favor of Shapiro or, heck, Buttigieg! Buttigieg is also slick as hell.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 21, 2026 01:51 PM (jF1M6)

101 He's going to be rapping by the start of 2027 to try and capture more black voters.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 01:37 PM (GBKbO)

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He's got a chance if he goes full black-face.

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Make Reparations Great Again!

"$10 million from the California Treasury to every person who identifies as black and gets here -- legally or illegally -- before the California primary in '28!"

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 21, 2026 01:51 PM (8VfKb)

102 Patrick Bateman meets Sparkle Beach Ben

Should have just said "American Psycho meets Sparkle Beach Ken". Some people might not recall the psycho's name, only that Bale played him

Posted by: night lifted at January 21, 2026 01:51 PM (kJmLc)

103 That England has to be lumped into the "middle powers" must be embarrassing. They need...France's help to stand up to another nation now?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 01:50 PM (GBKbO)
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Britain is no more. Fallen. Gone. Kaput. It's so far into its "skin suit" phase that the skin is now rotting off.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 01:51 PM (GyQIQ)

104 Posted by: ace at January 21, 2026 01:41 PM

You're welcome, Ace. Bessent made me laugh.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 21, 2026 01:51 PM (7RYym)

105 He called for "the middle powers" -- a step down from the Great Powers, a step up from the third world -- to band together to take on the Great Powers.

Let's consider their militaries. What is the sum of zero plus zero plus zero? Math, do you speak it?

Posted by: Archimedes at January 21, 2026 01:51 PM (Riz8t)

106 74 Fuck Newsome. He's centre right, hates the homeless and trans people, and loves the rich and won't tax billionaires.

Good Lord. The bubble this person occupies is less porous than earth's magnetic field to cosmic rays.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 21, 2026 01:45 PM (Riz8t)

It's Reddit. Nothing is more important to Reddit than Troons.

Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 01:51 PM (iXqHn)

107 The real story coming out of Davos isn't the jealousy and resulting hatred of USA and Trump. That's baked into the turdcake.

The real story is that, other than the USA, all of the other "leaders" are shitting on their own countries.

That Canadian clown all but begged China to come and fuck his country in the ass. So did Macron about France.

These megacuck losers are literally begging a clearly hostile foreign power with mercenary dreams of worldwide domination to take over their countries. It's incredible to see.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 21, 2026 01:52 PM (iFTx/)

108 700B to pay Denmark is easy. Just close a couple Somali learing centers and Greenland will pay for itself.

Posted by: Delurker at January 21, 2026 01:52 PM (gtcuf)

109 Did Alex Soros marry that idiot, Huma?

She has a...type.

Yikes

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 21, 2026 01:53 PM (aZm/F)

110 A million bucks to each resident would save us $130B.

Win win!
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 21, 2026 01:49 PM

Wait, my maths suck.

57K * $1M = $57B

A freaking 10 fold savings.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 21, 2026 01:53 PM (jc0TO)

111 103 That England has to be lumped into the "middle powers" must be embarrassing. They need...France's help to stand up to another nation now?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 01:50 PM (GBKbO)
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Britain is no more. Fallen. Gone. Kaput. It's so far into its "skin suit" phase that the skin is now rotting off.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 01:51 PM (GyQIQ)

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A PM who eliminates the monarchy, sells off all the assets, kicks out all the foreigners, massively reduces regulation, takes away Scotland's suffrage in Parliament, and moons Macron would be doing some good things for Britain.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 01:53 PM (GBKbO)

112 Is anyone NOT "center right" to these people?

Posted by: ... at January 21, 2026 01:53 PM (wEF4H)

113 @27

>>Trump has nerves of steel and no f*cks to give. Love him.

Trump understands his time on this mortal coil are measured in a handful of years, he's got a lot of work to do and no time to waste with politeness.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 21, 2026 01:53 PM (XV/Pl)

114 “Middle Powers?”

Make the Central Powers great again!

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 01:53 PM (77rzZ)

115
Now I need someone to Grok me a video of Gruesome Newsom as a Patrick Bateman Ken Doll, with no junk and plastic hair, turning a blowtorch on the Palisades.

I'm absolutely sure it's coming.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 21, 2026 01:54 PM (Riz8t)

116 Let's consider their militaries. What is the sum of zero plus zero plus zero? Math, do you speak it?
Posted by: Archimedes at January 21, 2026 01:51 PM (Riz8t)
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They aren't at zero. Just very, very small.

What he is talking about has a name, and that name is empire. No "customs union" or "alliance" or whatever is going to get a large number of states to work toward a common goal in opposition to a large state. There are too many deals to be made and too much benefit to breaking the pact.

What he's describing *does* happen - in the form of the strongest of the "middle powers" conquering their neighbors and then either joining up or conquering each other. At the other end of that, you have a major empire and a great power. The king is dead, long live the king and whatnot.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 01:54 PM (GyQIQ)

117 Buttigieg is also slick as hell.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 21, 2026 01:51 PM

Can never have too much lube, honey!

Posted by: Pete Bootyjudge at January 21, 2026 01:54 PM (bFu5X)

118 I think Bessent is giving Newscum too much credit by calling him a cross between Patrick Bateman and Sparkle Beach Ken

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 21, 2026 01:54 PM (iFTx/)

119 The kerfuffle between us and Keir Starmer over the Chagos and Diego Garcia is a real shit show. Someone suggested that either Starmer is a Chinese asset or dumb as a brick. Trump should say no deal and tell Starmer "you're fired commie"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 21, 2026 01:54 PM (PTsqM)

120 119 The kerfuffle between us and Keir Starmer over the Chagos and Diego Garcia is a real shit show. Someone suggested that either Starmer is a Chinese asset or dumb as a brick. Trump should say no deal and tell Starmer "you're fired commie"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 21, 2026 01:54 PM (PTsqM)

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Why are these two options mutually exclusive?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 01:54 PM (GBKbO)

121 118. But he does look like that Ken doll

Posted by: night lifted at January 21, 2026 01:54 PM (kJmLc)

122
I've seen pictures of him in HS or maybe college. The guy dressed like a fashion model in clothes I still can't afford. But sure, he was born a poor, black child.
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Yes, and he tried to have it both ways about that photo. "I miss that scarf" or something-such. He's got a different face for every audience.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 21, 2026 01:54 PM (jF1M6)

123 Did PDJT change his hairstyle recently? Seems shorter, crisper part?

Posted by: Bigsmith at January 21, 2026 01:55 PM (1Au9i)

124 It really is funny to imagine how he and his advisors are plotting to win the primary against Kamala, who is polling even or slightly ahead of him right now. He also must be running around to every MSM outlet, reporter, etc trying to protect himself from the fate of Tim Walz.
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That's the best possible outcome for 2028--Newscum and Kamala fighting each other to see who can out-left/out-crazy the other. At that point, Vance just walks into the Presidency, so long as we don't let them steal the voting process.

Posted by: Crusader, former Federal Bank Examiner at January 21, 2026 01:55 PM (TN0g+)

125 Now I need someone to Grok me a video of Gruesome Newsom as a Patrick Bateman Ken Doll, with no junk and plastic hair, turning a blowtorch on the Palisades.

I'm absolutely sure it's coming.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 21, 2026 01:54 PM (Riz8t)

Shirtcocking without a cock ? Shitcocking

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at January 21, 2026 01:55 PM (NtVYv)

126 I mentioned this yesterday, but Newsome has been propped up his whole life by the CA liberal machine and his nepo baby family connections in the state. He's so entitled and privileged, he doesn't get that he'll have a harder climb to persuade Americans outside his corroding state to vote for him. No matter how blue the rest of the country votes, or how thirst trappy the AWFL women and LGBT voters are for him. He'll have to actually do some work. I think he's too lazy to do it.

Ask McCain how how that worked out for him. The AZ machine got him super far when he ran for POTUS, but not far enough to get the brass ring.

Posted by: LizLem at January 21, 2026 01:55 PM (Eng1Z)

127 $1M and a green card. My best offer.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 21, 2026 01:55 PM (jc0TO)

128 And so it begins.

Posted by: That guy who always thinks it's beginning at January 21, 2026 01:55 PM (X4XpB)

129 119 The kerfuffle between us and Keir Starmer over the Chagos and Diego Garcia is a real shit show. Someone suggested that either Starmer is a Chinese asset or dumb as a brick. Trump should say no deal and tell Starmer "you're fired commie"
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 21, 2026 01:54 PM (PTsqM)

But it does mean that we can't trust our pretend allies not to give away the land under our bases.

Posted by: night lifted at January 21, 2026 01:55 PM (kJmLc)

130 The plantation is very reliable.

Posted by: ... at January 21, 2026 01:56 PM (wEF4H)

131 Well, at least they're efficient.

Maine man points out Somali healthcare company located next door to Somali money-wire service

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 21, 2026 01:56 PM (L/fGl)

132 That Canadian clown all but begged China to come and fuck his country in the ass. So did Macron about France.

These megacuck losers are literally begging a clearly hostile foreign power with mercenary dreams of worldwide domination to take over their countries. It's incredible to see.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 21, 2026 01:52 PM (iFTx/)

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Crudely but hilariously put. The long game on this is not pretty.

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 21, 2026 01:56 PM (aZm/F)

133 Half of Hong Kong, it seems, moved to British Columbia just before the the Brits handed Hong Kong over to the Chicoms. 25 years later Premier Mark Carney, in a snit over President Trump telling him no more free rides, has cut a "strategic partnership" with the Chicoms. I am pretty sure all those Hong Kong capital refugees who fled with their millions, more like billions, are having a WTF moment. Carney in cutting a deal with the Chicoms just entered into a FAFO deal with the FO part yet to come. The Chicoms aren't wasting anytime getting started on gutting Canada's economy: the first Chicom EVs are already on the way.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 21, 2026 01:56 PM (HTCU3)

134 124 That's the best possible outcome for 2028--Newscum and Kamala fighting each other to see who can out-left/out-crazy the other. At that point, Vance just walks into the Presidency, so long as we don't let them steal the voting process.

Posted by: Crusader, former Federal Bank Examiner at January 21, 2026 01:55 PM (TN0g+)

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Kamala is going to black girl magic her way to the nomination. It's going to be shockingly boring in hindsight.

And then, because it'll be her revenge tour in the general, she'll say all the woke things up to and including repatriation of all deported illegals and granting them citizenship while trying to convince everyone that they're worse off in 2028 than they were in 2024 when they should have chosen right.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 01:56 PM (GBKbO)

135 92 If Newsome is the nominee, the republicans must run an ad 24/7 using the video of Newsome saying he hates it when politicians lie to your face, while he says opposite things in two different interviews.
Posted by: Seems Legit
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Just showing gas prices in California and the endless streams of homeless, druggies, etc. everywhere would be potent.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 01:56 PM (E4rtv)

136 It won't be long before people realize that Gavin Newsom is one of the dumbest politicians on the planet.

And he sits like a fag.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 21, 2026 01:56 PM (oT7pT)

137 Didn't Newscum have some shtick a few months back where he claimed to have grown up in the hood eatin' mac-and-cheese?
Posted by: Delurker at January 21, 2026 01:40 PM (gtcuf)

'Less he pull hot sauce out his purse, don't believe a word that honkey say. -- Hilldawg

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 21, 2026 01:57 PM (ExV1e)

138 Britain is no more. Fallen. Gone. Kaput.
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We sung that years and years ago.

Posted by: The Kinks at January 21, 2026 01:57 PM (TN0g+)

139 Bessent:
"Let me know if you need any further clarification."
lol

Posted by: wth at January 21, 2026 01:57 PM (UjdFS)

140 I mentioned this yesterday, but Newsome has been propped up his whole life by the CA liberal machine and his nepo baby family connections in the state. He's so entitled and privileged, he doesn't get that he'll have a harder climb to persuade Americans outside his corroding state to vote for him. No matter how blue the rest of the country votes, or how thirst trappy the AWFL women and LGBT voters are for him. He'll have to actually do some work. I think he's too lazy to do it.
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John Effin' Kerry was the same deal.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 21, 2026 01:57 PM (X4XpB)

141

So we got one weird faggot billionaire running the progressive Communist faction.

Yet another thing the shithead Dems accuse everyone else of doing.

Can't stomach these idiots.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at January 21, 2026 01:57 PM (och2J)

142 Damn, Trump is good

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 21, 2026 01:57 PM (xcxpd)

143 >>>Should have just said "American Psycho meets Sparkle Beach Ken". Some people might not recall the psycho's name, only that Bale played him

I'll need to see his business card to be certain

Posted by: Paul Allen at January 21, 2026 01:57 PM (jGJov)

144 Rappin' Gavin (G-New?) would be just like Jim Carey doing Vanilla Ice "White, White Baby" but with some lyrical adjustments:

Rollin in my limo, with the spray on my head so my hair can't blow.

Posted by: Delurker at January 21, 2026 01:57 PM (gtcuf)

145 142 Damn, Trump is good

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 21, 2026 01:57 PM (xcxpd)

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Better than Outbreak, that's for sure.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 01:57 PM (GBKbO)

146 And you don't want to KNOW where I keep the hot sauce, big boy.

-G Newscum

Posted by: ... at January 21, 2026 01:57 PM (wEF4H)

147 Kamala is going to black girl magic her way to the nomination. It's going to be shockingly boring in hindsight.

And then, because it'll be her revenge tour in the general, she'll say all the woke things up to and including repatriation of all deported illegals and granting them citizenship while trying to convince everyone that they're worse off in 2028 than they were in 2024 when they should have chosen right.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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I read a hilarious article yesterday decrying Kamala moving to her new digs in Malibu from Brentwood. And certain unnamed Democrats (Gavin most likely) fretted about how she was absent from the struggle against PDT.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 01:58 PM (E4rtv)

148 Newsome has a guaranteed 40% of the vote. Now, will he be able to persuade anyone else? Who knows, but J.D. Vance is not a pushover.

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 21, 2026 01:58 PM (aZm/F)

149 Actually, USA House didn't ban Newsom. They banned his hair. Posted by: mrp at January 21, 2026 01:37 PM (rj6Yv)

Too flammable. too much product. And his Soros kneepads are padded with coke.

Posted by: USA House Security at January 21, 2026 01:59 PM (Eng1Z)

150 I think Newsome is trying more for the Matthew McConaughey cool rich guy vibe. And failing.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 21, 2026 01:59 PM (XvL8K)

151 It won't be long before people realize that Gavin Newsom is one of the dumbest politicians on the planet.

And he sits like a fag.

S*** status:
[X] Retarded
[ ] Not retarded

Posted by: Archimedes at January 21, 2026 01:59 PM (Riz8t)

152 Newscum doesn't do so well outside of his bubble.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 21, 2026 01:59 PM (0KSrI)

153 "Deliberate provocation" of "allies"?

Public airing of what are traditionally privately conveyed sentiments, in response (often) to concrete actions harming/endangering our interests in order to make a buck?

Rhetoric aside, Trump (and the Beltway) are still stuck in a pre-1991 inertial default mental framework, when it comes to NATO. The zombie alliance, bereft of any rationale for more than a generation. Thus the ridiculous attempts to tweak it (increase your defense spending!) when there is no military rationale or trace of political will. And all this predates and is separate from the mass migration that has made the politics of key members even more problematic on foreign policy.

No easy or obvious alternatives to the increasingly silly attempts to prop up the shambling zombie. But probably best to recognize the silliness, and the zombie.

Posted by: rhomboid at January 21, 2026 01:50 PM (U/Byj)

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Well said, rhomboid.

"Weekend at Brussels."

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 21, 2026 01:59 PM (8VfKb)

154 147 I read a hilarious article yesterday decrying Kamala moving to her new digs in Malibu from Brentwood. And certain unnamed Democrats (Gavin most likely) fretted about how she was absent from the struggle against PDT.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 01:58 PM (E4rtv)

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She was too busy selling out venues to the Democrat primary electorate on her book tour where they cheered her and paid hundreds of dollars each for tickets.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 01:59 PM (GBKbO)

155 "I mentioned this yesterday, but Newsome has been propped up his whole life by the CA liberal machine and his nepo baby family connections in the state."

That, booze, and nose candy.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 21, 2026 01:59 PM (KAi1n)

156 Heard an ad on WMAL for the Melania movie. I had forgotten that was coming out.

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 01:59 PM (77rzZ)

157 It's Trump's brand of tough love.

He cares more about Europe than most Europeans do.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at January 21, 2026 02:00 PM (cDsob)

158 145 142 Damn, Trump is good

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 21, 2026 01:57 PM (xcxpd)

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Better than Outbreak, that's for sure.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 01:57 PM (GBKbO)

Morgan Freeman, Morgan Freeman, Morgan Freeman.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 21, 2026 02:00 PM (xcxpd)

159 Don't forget the media is worth about 65 million votes.

Posted by: ... at January 21, 2026 02:00 PM (wEF4H)

160 So we got one weird faggot billionaire running the progressive Communist faction.

Yet another thing the shithead Dems accuse everyone else of doing.

Can't stomach these idiots.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq
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Soros got Hillary's leftovers in Huma. That guy probably got swirlies in the toilet back in high school. He deserves that honor now.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 02:00 PM (E4rtv)

161 Damn, Trump is good

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 21, 2026 01:57 PM (xcxpd)

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Better than Outbreak, that's for sure.
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In your opinion which was worse: Outbreak or Ishtar?

Posted by: Crusader at January 21, 2026 02:00 PM (TN0g+)

162 148 Newsome has a guaranteed 40% of the vote. Now, will he be able to persuade anyone else? Who knows, but J.D. Vance is not a pushover.

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 21, 2026 01:58 PM (aZm/F)

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Partisanship is a thing, for sure.

"He's wearing my team's jersey. Go team."

This is the most people think about politics. It's a cultural artifact, not a question of policy.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 02:00 PM (GBKbO)

163 That thing about China not using windmills is going to bite my President in the ass. You can find plenty of maps of the thousands of wind farms in China. All over China.

Sure, he's right about wind power, but glaring mistakes like that -- borne of being informed in a bubble -- do nothing but hurt his arguments.

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at January 21, 2026 02:00 PM (IhL8c)

164 Kamala wins like 95% of the polls of the Democrat primary she's included in.

Now, 2.5 years out. There's a reason she did terribly in the other primary she ran in, and got SPANKED by Trump. Sure, she polls well now due to name recognition and the fact she's a brown woman, but she'll crater quickly. You have to be pretty special to successfully bounce back from a presidential loss...Trump is special, Kamala is not.

More hilarious will be the oppression calculations. Many are convinced "Amerikka" is too evil to elect a woman or brown person, so another white male? Another half of their electorate won't stand for that. And the wedge issues of trannies, Israel...it's going to be beautiful.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 21, 2026 02:00 PM (ycI94)

165 She was too busy selling out venues to the Democrat primary electorate on her book tour where they cheered her and paid hundreds of dollars each for tickets.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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The Magical Misery Tour.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 02:00 PM (E4rtv)

166 158 Better than Outbreak, that's for sure.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 01:57 PM (GBKbO)

Morgan Freeman, Morgan Freeman, Morgan Freeman.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 21, 2026 02:00 PM (xcxpd)

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Netflix presents:

Trump: The story of Two presidencies.

Starring Morgan Freeman as Donald Trump.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 02:01 PM (GBKbO)

167 98 That England has to be lumped into the "middle powers" must be embarrassing. They need...France's help to stand up to another nation now?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 01:50 PM (GBKbO)

They might get one Iota of respect if they just admitted they want to declare actual War on Trump.

They're just too bitch-made to do it unless China will do it for them.

Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 02:01 PM (iXqHn)

168 White progressives want their own Trump, and Newsom is the closest they have. He sucks, and everyone knows it, and he can't pull together anything like a national constituency in a primary.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 01:43 PM (GBKbO)

Enter Abi Spanburger. There is a reason the dem apparatus brazenly stole her re-election campaign by finding a thumb drive with 14k votes for her turning a loss to a win in 2020. Being Governor is her stepping stone. I have consulted my crystal ball that has thus far been pretty accurate, if I do say so myself.

Posted by: Piper at January 21, 2026 02:01 PM (Wmg4n)

169 Rhetoric aside, Trump (and the Beltway) are still stuck in a pre-1991 inertial default mental framework, when it comes to NATO. The zombie alliance, bereft of any rationale for more than a generation. Thus the ridiculous attempts to tweak it (increase your defense spending!) when there is no military rationale or trace of political will. And all this predates and is separate from the mass migration that has made the politics of key members even more problematic on foreign policy.

No easy or obvious alternatives to the increasingly silly attempts to prop up the shambling zombie. But probably best to recognize the silliness, and the zombie.

Posted by: rhomboid at January 21, 2026 01:50 PM (U/Byj)

*glances at Ukraine and Russia*

There is still a need for treaties and unified defense, I'd say. But I'm done advocating for us being World Police.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 21, 2026 02:01 PM (xcxpd)

170 I say we hang sparkle ken neusome on him

Posted by: Miflin at January 21, 2026 02:01 PM (M5Nnj)

171 He's gone full mean girl Don!

New York Post
@nypost
Trump throws shade at French President Emmanuel Macron for his ‘beautiful’ sunglasses

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 21, 2026 02:02 PM (L/fGl)

172 161 In your opinion which was worse: Outbreak or Ishtar?

Posted by: Crusader at January 21, 2026 02:00 PM (TN0g+)

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Neither are terrible. They're both...bleh.

I'd probably watch Ishtar before Outbreak again, but that's mostly because I haven't seen Ishtar in at least a decade and I most recently watched Outbreak a few weeks ago.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 02:02 PM (GBKbO)

173 Kamala's house which cost $7m + is ugly. She definitely overpaid. But you got to be with the beautiful Dems

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 21, 2026 02:02 PM (PTsqM)

174 Now they are saying 14 to 18 inches of snow on Sunday. Damn.

Posted by: Gavin Newsom 2026 at January 21, 2026 02:03 PM (zZu0s)

175 164 Now, 2.5 years out. There's a reason she did terribly in the other primary she ran in, and got SPANKED by Trump. Sure, she polls well now due to name recognition and the fact she's a brown woman, but she'll crater quickly. You have to be pretty special to successfully bounce back from a presidential loss...Trump is special, Kamala is not.

More hilarious will be the oppression calculations. Many are convinced "Amerikka" is too evil to elect a woman or brown person, so another white male? Another half of their electorate won't stand for that. And the wedge issues of trannies, Israel...it's going to be beautiful.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 21, 2026 02:00 PM (ycI94)

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It's amazing how predicting early polls are of the Democrat primary years out.

Name recognition mostly wins presidential primaries. Joe Biden was a fucking embarrassment for decades until Obama's aura gave him name recognition and made him black adjacent.

Suddenly...he's the only not-Bernie who can win in 2020.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 02:03 PM (GBKbO)

176 I just looked outside and ICE is everywhere.
Hoping it will all melt before the next snow storm.

Posted by: SMOD at January 21, 2026 02:03 PM (RHGPo)

177 148 Newsome has a guaranteed 40% of the vote. Now, will he be able to persuade anyone else? Who knows, but J.D. Vance is not a pushover.
Posted by: Seems Legit

40 percent of ballots. We need not claim that Democrats get 40 percent of voters when we know a lot of those don't exist, moved, died, or otherwise are illegal voters. So he would get 40 percent of ballots.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 02:03 PM (E4rtv)

178 Have you guys learned nothing? There's no such thing as a Democrat Presidential primary. They choose the winner, and then tailor the primary (if they even bother...Harris) to provide the best advantage to their choice. Those spoiling the plan get bought off (Sanders).

Say hello to the next Democrat presidential nominee:

Rahm Emanuel

You could tell the powers that be were warming things up for him when they tried to imply that he was very respected in Japan when serving as ambassador. In truth, they hated him for discarding some of the traditions of that country and had a valid reputation as a prick. The Atlantic has already done a piece on his coming run. And despite having no real reason, he keeps popping up on CNN to counter the current administration.

Posted by: Orson at January 21, 2026 02:03 PM (dIske)

179 >>> I truly relished Trump’s history lesson on how many times Greenland has changed, hands, how we bailed out the Danes and Greenland in WWII and if a contemporary war came we would have to do

I think the Danish are being overrun by Islam like everywhere else in Europe? So they will either have a Caliphate running it in a few decades, working with Russia and China, or those countries will just take it.

The same countries in the EU that refuse to see that Greenland is vulnerable, are also the ones shocked when Russia invaded Ukraine, after nabbing Crimea without so much as a whimper from Obama and the EU. Unimaginative lemmings with hollow chests.

Posted by: LizLem at January 21, 2026 02:03 PM (Eng1Z)

180 The kerfuffle between us and Keir Starmer over the Chagos and Diego Garcia is a real shit show. Someone suggested that either Starmer is a Chinese asset or dumb as a brick. Trump should say no deal and tell Starmer "you're fired commie"
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 21, 2026 01:54 PM (PTsqM)

Pretty weird that Trump gave his blessing to that deal last year. I wonder what changed?

Posted by: one hour sober at January 21, 2026 02:04 PM (Y1sOo)

181 Damn, Trump is good

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo

Damn it feels good to be a Trumpster!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 21, 2026 02:04 PM (L/fGl)

182 Actually, USA House didn't ban Newsom. They banned his hair. Posted by: mrp at January 21, 2026 01:37 PM (rj6Yv)

Too flammable. too much product. And his Soros kneepads are padded with coke.
Posted by: USA House Security at January 21, 2026 01:59 PM (Eng1Z)

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Newsom's only chance now to win the nomination is to announce a lesser coke-fiend as his running mate ... like say, Hunter Biden.

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 21, 2026 02:05 PM (wWNcr)

183 The Chicoms aren't wasting anytime getting started on gutting Canada's economy: the first Chicom EVs are already on the way.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 21, 2026 01:56 PM (HTCU3)
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Time for Trump Wall 2 - Northern Boogaloo

Posted by: ballistic at January 21, 2026 02:05 PM (5aZAZ)

184 176 SMOD, where are you?

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 02:05 PM (77rzZ)

185 Britain is no more. Fallen. Gone. Kaput. It's so far into its "skin suit" phase that the skin is now rotting off.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

The royals are the rot that needs the Charles the First treatment. Tabloid distraction with characters Aaron Spelling could have scripted directed by the Brit intel service. Frauds.

Anglican cathedrals there are emptying out; I hope the weapons storage conversion for mosque construction leaves some of the original stonework.

Posted by: Auspex at January 21, 2026 02:05 PM (Y8DZL)

186 Name recognition mostly wins presidential primaries. Joe Biden was a fucking embarrassment for decades until Obama's aura gave him name recognition and made him black adjacent.

Suddenly...he's the only not-Bernie who can win in 2020.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Yep. Fundraising has gone into hyperdrive with Scotus unlocking the key in Citizen's United. And name recognition drives fundraising ability.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 02:05 PM (E4rtv)

187 One thing I noticed about my last trip to Europe - graffiti EVERYWHERE

Oh, and most of the women pushing baby carriages had hijabs. There were plenty of Euro women jogging and in the resteraunts as well, but seeing a non-Muslim woman with a baby carriage or young child was unusual.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 21, 2026 02:05 PM (sKqQm)

188 I'm going to bang this drum again. Newscum is not going to get any closer to the Presidency than the dollar bill in his pocket.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 21, 2026 02:05 PM (0KSrI)

189 178 Have you guys learned nothing? There's no such thing as a Democrat Presidential primary. They choose the winner, and then tailor the primary (if they even bother...Harris) to provide the best advantage to their choice. Those spoiling the plan get bought off (Sanders).

Posted by: Orson at January 21, 2026 02:03 PM (dIske)

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I don't know how anyone can see the last three Democrat primaries as evidence that the DNC can easily rig their primary.

They barely did it in 2016 when it was just Hillary and that cook from VT. Their effort to rig it created a superstar in Bernie that they had to cheat out of a win.

And then...in 2020...anyone saying that whole thing was planned for Biden insane.

Now, if you're going to say that the primary will just be canceled and someone selected, we can discuss that. But that's not what you seem to be saying.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 02:05 PM (GBKbO)

190 Say what you want about Outbreak, but at least you got to watch Kevin Spacey and Patrick Dempsey die of a horrible disease

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 21, 2026 02:06 PM (PTsqM)

191 This sun-kissed brunette longs for a world free from the darkness of globalist technocracy:
http://tiny.cc/3iyx001

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 02:06 PM (GyQIQ)

192 The left: European colonization is the worst crime in human history

Also the left: HOW DARE THAT TRUMP talk about taking one of Denmark's colonies away!!!

Posted by: 18-1 at January 21, 2026 02:07 PM (sKqQm)

193 191 This sun-kissed brunette longs for a world free from the darkness of globalist technocracy:
http://tiny.cc/3iyx001

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 02:06 PM (GyQIQ)

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Weird, veiny forearms.

2/10

Would not bang.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 02:07 PM (GBKbO)

194 Rhetoric aside, Trump (and the Beltway) are still stuck in a pre-1991 inertial default mental framework, when it comes to NATO. The zombie alliance, bereft of any rationale for more than a generation. Thus the ridiculous attempts to tweak it (increase your defense spending!) when there is no military rationale or trace of political will.

I suspect, admittedly without evidence, that Trump is aware that NATO is, at best, counter to the US national interest. He cannot, however, unilaterally withdraw us and Congress would never go along. So he tries to give Europe requirements - ones spelled out in the treaty - in the hopes that they will refuse and we can leave.

Vance seems even more anti-NATO.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 21, 2026 02:07 PM (ExV1e)

195 @180 I think Trump and a lot of England realized that Starmer was lying through his teeth

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 21, 2026 02:07 PM (PTsqM)

196 “I think it’s very, very ironic that Governor Newsom, who strikes me as Patrick Bateman meets Sparkle Beach Ben, may be the only Californian who knows less about economics than Kamala Harris,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent quipped.

Posted by: SMOD at January 21, 2026 02:07 PM (RHGPo)

197 I think the Danish are being overrun by Islam like everywhere else in Europe? So they will either have a Caliphate running it in a few decades, working with Russia and China, or those countries will just take it.

Posted by: LizLem

Denmark is not the desired destination as they ban all sorts of Muslim practices that other states allow. Think is about 5-7 percent and then the door shut for the last 8 years or so.
Brave AI
"Children in designated areas are subject to mandatory daycare for 25–30 hours per week starting at age 1, where they are immersed in “Danish values” such as gender equality and Christian traditions, with no parental accompaniment allowed. This measure does not apply to ethnic Danish families, who retain the right to choose childcare freely, highlighting a two-tier system.

Legal and social integration requirements are also strict. Non-EU immigrants, especially refugees, must sign individual integration contracts requiring Danish language acquisition, employment, and cultural education. Failure to comply can result in loss of benefits or denial of permanent residency. "

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 02:08 PM (E4rtv)

198 Kamala has been made into memes about dumbness, skankiness and ridiculous word salads. How does she come out as the nominee?

She's a punchline.

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 21, 2026 02:08 PM (aZm/F)

199
Say hello to the next Democrat presidential nominee:
Rahm Emanuel

He never lets a crisis go to waste.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 21, 2026 02:08 PM (pkeXY)

200 Initial US position on the Chagos Is. thing was that they understanding between UK/Mauritius guaranteed long-term US access/use of Diego Garcia. Which is our only monkey in that circus (however ridiculous it is that Mauritius is being gifted far-away territories with which they have no connection). That was back in April. Not exactly clear what has changed.

Posted by: rhomboid at January 21, 2026 02:08 PM (U/Byj)

201 This sun-kissed brunette longs for a world free from the darkness of globalist technocracy:
http://tiny.cc/3iyx001

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 02:06 PM (GyQIQ)

Great hips, nubile breasts

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 21, 2026 02:09 PM (xcxpd)

202
Eurofags getting their comeuppance, and the Golden Scalp Weasel rubs their nose in it to boot.

Be quiet, little doggies.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 21, 2026 02:09 PM (y9nCu)

203 He needs to work on his eloquent bullshit.

Posted by: B.O. at January 21, 2026 02:09 PM (UjdFS)

204 This is the most people think about politics. It's a cultural artifact, not a question of policy.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 02:00 PM (GBKbO)

I'd say the ones who care about team are the ones who think about policy. Most others go by feelz. Humans are not reasonable creatures.

Posted by: ... at January 21, 2026 02:09 PM (wEF4H)

205 Trump should have brought Alex Jones holding an AK on stage with him.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 21, 2026 02:09 PM (abIsI)

206 190 Say what you want about Outbreak, but at least you got to watch Kevin Spacey and Patrick Dempsey die of a horrible disease
Posted by: Smell the Glove
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Kevin Spacey is a horrible disease. An awful meatsack of evil.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 02:09 PM (E4rtv)

207 Trump cooks the elites, of course.

elite (n):
a. the choice part
b. the best of a class
c. the socially superior part of society
~~d. a group of persons who by virtue of position or education exercise much power or influence~~

Can we at least get some scare quotes around "the elites" ? There is nothing truly elite about this crowd at all.

Posted by: Half Dozen at January 21, 2026 02:09 PM (EYvpB)

208 Newsome has the look of a man who has never had to do anything difficult.

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 21, 2026 02:09 PM (aZm/F)

209 198 Kamala has been made into memes about dumbness, skankiness and ridiculous word salads. How does she come out as the nominee?

She's a punchline.

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 21, 2026 02:08 PM (aZm/F)

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Black women love her.

And black women will make up an oversized part of the Democrat primary electorate.

She's going to win SC by 50 points.

"Oh, fuck the black vote," as the DNC tries to steal MI or whatever (which will also be majority black voting) will go...badly.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 02:09 PM (GBKbO)

210 Say hello to the next Democrat presidential nominee:

Rahm Emanuel

You could tell the powers that be were warming things up for him when they tried to imply that he was very respected in Japan when serving as ambassador. In truth, they hated him for discarding some of the traditions of that country and had a valid reputation as a prick. The Atlantic has already done a piece on his coming run. And despite having no real reason, he keeps popping up on CNN to counter the current administration.
Posted by: Orson at January 21, 2026 02:03 PM (dIske)
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"Too Jewish." In fact, he's way too Jewish. If memory serves, he was born to an Israeli father who smashed Palestinian heads as part of a pro-Israel paramilitary group.

If Josh Shapiro was Too Jewish to be Kamala's VP, then there is no way the Democraps let this Very Jewish Jew anywhere near the nomination.

He may try to run, though. Why not? It's a great opportunity for graft and stealing campaign funds.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 21, 2026 02:09 PM (iFTx/)

211 2020 was planned for Commie-La, until she got obliterated in the debates.

The Dems would have to (and sure, they might even do it) say "no debates" for her to not shit her pants live on stage again.

Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 02:10 PM (uEmCf)

212 Say what you want about Outbreak, but at least you got to watch Kevin Spacey and Patrick Dempsey die of a horrible disease.

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Lol!

Posted by: Crusader at January 21, 2026 02:10 PM (TN0g+)

213 Should have just said "American Psycho meets Sparkle Beach Ken". Some people might not recall the psycho's name, only that Bale played him

I'll need to see his business card to be certain
Posted by: Paul Allen at January 21, 2026 01:57 PM (jGJov)

TRY GETTING A RESERVATION AT FRENCH LAUNDRY NOW YOU FUCKING STUPID BASTARD! YOU FUCKING BASTARD!

Posted by: Hey Gavin... at January 21, 2026 02:10 PM (TbWk/)

214 I don't know how anyone can see the last three Democrat primaries as evidence that the DNC can easily rig their primary.

I suspect that the issue here is that Dem voters tend to do what they are told.

So yes in 2016 D voters wanted Bernie but the DNC installed Hillary but in '20 and '24 they mostly just told D voters who they should vote for and they did.

I can tell you in reading lefty forums there was little love of Biden before 2019 or so. They liked Kamala a bit better in the lead up to '24 but if you asked the average D voter in '22 to name who they wanted it would not have been her...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 21, 2026 02:10 PM (sKqQm)

215
This sun-kissed brunette longs for a world free from the darkness of globalist technocracy:
http://tiny.cc/3iyx001

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 02:06 PM (GyQIQ)

That bikini is ugly. She should remove it immediately.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 21, 2026 02:10 PM (y9nCu)

216 A PM who eliminates the monarchy, sells off all the assets, kicks out all the foreigners, massively reduces regulation, takes away Scotland's suffrage in Parliament, and moons Macron would be doing some good things for Britain.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 01:53 PM (GBKbO)

And would, at the next election, be replaced by a PM who would return to the modern tradition of fellating European leaders daily.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 21, 2026 02:10 PM (ExV1e)

217 This sun-kissed brunette longs for a world free from the darkness of globalist technocracy:
http://tiny.cc/3iyx001

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

Her top is tied too tightly.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 21, 2026 02:10 PM (abIsI)

218 204 This is the most people think about politics. It's a cultural artifact, not a question of policy.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 02:00 PM (GBKbO)

I'd say the ones who care about team are the ones who think about policy. Most others go by feelz. Humans are not reasonable creatures.

Posted by: ... at January 21, 2026 02:09 PM (wEF4H)

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I'm saying it's not even feels.

It's just...something they were born into most of the time. Everything beyond that is just justification and rationalization for a cultural part of their identities.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 02:10 PM (GBKbO)

219 The DNC choice will win. Democrats can't afford anything less.

Posted by: ... at January 21, 2026 02:10 PM (wEF4H)

220 162 148 Newsom has a guaranteed 40% of the vote. Now, will he be able to persuade anyone else? Who knows, but J.D. Vance is not a pushover.

Like Humpty Dumpty (ie, push'd, coming soon), yes, he is.

Rebranded/BleachBlonde'd AOC will seal the deal Psycho Dancin' w/Gavin -- a true tribute to the legacy of Harley&the Joker.

https://tinyurl.com/EvilDoktor-HillarySoSerious
https://tinyurl.com/EvilDoktor-GavinUberAlles

That's the thing about Comedy, some people Just DON'T GET the Joke.

forWAR'd !!!

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at January 21, 2026 02:10 PM (44Qw8)

221 Gavin Newsom was informed at the 11th hour that his talk with Fortune at USA House in Davos was canceled.
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It moved.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 21, 2026 02:11 PM (RIvkX)

222 Denmark is one of the least servile/clueless original NATO or early EC/EU members. Took a couple of referendum tries before they finally joined the Eurozone. They were the first to suspend Schengen (borderless/visa-less travel) during the catastrophic mass migration in 2015.

But they're really beclowning themselves by doing anything other than driving a moderate bargain in response to the US interest in Greenland. Of course maybe that will be the outcome. But the absurd posturing of other Euro countries over the whole thing is truly something.

Posted by: rhomboid at January 21, 2026 02:11 PM (U/Byj)

223 The kerfuffle between us and Keir Starmer over the Chagos and Diego Garcia is a real shit show. Someone suggested that either Starmer is a Chinese asset or dumb as a brick. Trump should say no deal and tell Starmer "you're fired commie"
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Keir Starmer is as popular as herpes in the UK right now. They're suspending local elections to try and maintain power a bit longer. He's getting humiliated online by a based Rightwing waifu of his own creation.

Posted by: Amelia at January 21, 2026 02:12 PM (ycI94)

224 211 2020 was planned for Commie-La, until she got obliterated in the debates.

The Dems would have to (and sure, they might even do it) say "no debates" for her to not shit her pants live on stage again.

Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 02:10 PM (uEmCf)

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She never rose above the 3rd tier.

She never got better than 15% of a national poll.

Yes, she was the early choice. But the most the elites could buy from the electorate was 15%.

First tier was Bernie. Second was Biden. Everyone else was third. The DNC had to scuttle the entire third tier to consolidate votes for the second in the end, all of their plans having come to nothing.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 02:12 PM (GBKbO)

225 Patrick Bateman is a fictional character, the villain protagonist and unreliable narrator of Ellis's 1991 novel American Psycho.

Posted by: SMOD at January 21, 2026 02:12 PM (RHGPo)

226 Black women love her.

And black women will make up an oversized part of the Democrat primary electorate.

This one is disheartening on so many levels. Why do they love her? They thing she's black. And that's it.

And as has been pointed out she's half Indian, half from a slave trading Jamaican family of mixed race. But I guess the "one drop" rule is still a thing on the left

Posted by: 18-1 at January 21, 2026 02:12 PM (sKqQm)

227 I really don't think Kamala is going to get more than 1-2pct of the primary votes, and I don't think Newscum will get much more than that, no, some other lunatic is going to be the Donk nominee.

book it.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 21, 2026 02:12 PM (XV/Pl)

228 If I spent 7 million on a house, I'd want it to be beautiful. She just wanted the zip code.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 21, 2026 02:13 PM (zZu0s)

229 208 Newsome has the look of a man who has never had to do anything difficult.
Posted by: Seems Legit

Soft manicured hands. The hands of a lifetime of faggotry.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 21, 2026 02:13 PM (abIsI)

230 214 I suspect that the issue here is that Dem voters tend to do what they are told.

So yes in 2016 D voters wanted Bernie but the DNC installed Hillary but in '20 and '24 they mostly just told D voters who they should vote for and they did.

I can tell you in reading lefty forums there was little love of Biden before 2019 or so. They liked Kamala a bit better in the lead up to '24 but if you asked the average D voter in '22 to name who they wanted it would not have been her...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 21, 2026 02:10 PM (sKqQm)

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1. The DNC cheated to get Hillary the nomination.

2. Lefty forums are white progressives. An outright majority of the Democrat primary electorate in key states are black.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 02:13 PM (GBKbO)

231 Keir Starmer is as popular as herpes in the UK right now. They're suspending local elections to try and maintain power a bit longer. He's getting humiliated online by a based Rightwing waifu of his own creation.

One thing Orwell got wrong about EngSoc is that he made them too serious and competent. The real world EngSoc running Britain are a bunch of clowns...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 21, 2026 02:13 PM (sKqQm)

232 who strikes me as Patrick Bateman meets Sparkle Beach Ben

I've never heard of either of these guys. Actors, I'm guessing?

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 02:13 PM (77rzZ)

233 This sun-kissed brunette longs for a world free from the darkness of globalist technocracy:
http://tiny.cc/3iyx001

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 02:06 PM (GyQIQ)

Needs a sammich ...

Posted by: browndog moving slowly at January 21, 2026 02:14 PM (3sXRv)

234 >>> if you want the evidence and an incredible history of America's treatment of the mentally ill, read Jonathan Rosen's book, The Best Minds.

Blonde Morticia, I will! Thanks so much for the recommend.

Potentially throwing out some chum for the Horde to go nuts over...It's popular among red pilled MAGA chads to joke that we should repeal the 19th. Many here joke about it. I get that it's done in fun. (I hope??) But I've thoroughly researched this topic and time period, from the lens of being a pro-man, conservative leaning, pro-life first wave feminist. And we do NOT want to go back to the oppressive eras of the past when women had no rights, before they could vote. It was horrifying and brutal. Truly.

There is positive space that exists between AWFLS taking away men's rights, and repealing the 19th and locking up mouthy women in insane asylums. But with the divide between men and women growing, I don't know it heals.

Posted by: LizLem at January 21, 2026 02:14 PM (Eng1Z)

235 226 This one is disheartening on so many levels. Why do they love her? They thing she's black. And that's it.

And as has been pointed out she's half Indian, half from a slave trading Jamaican family of mixed race. But I guess the "one drop" rule is still a thing on the left

Posted by: 18-1 at January 21, 2026 02:12 PM (sKqQm)

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Because whitie robbed her of the opportunity to run a full campaign.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 02:14 PM (GBKbO)

236 I'd say the ones who care about team are the ones who think about policy. Most others go by feelz. Humans are not reasonable creatures.
Posted by: ...

Non ideologues have outcome preferences, not policies. Ideologues have policy preferences but often no outcome preference in that they are often indifferent to adjusting policy to outcomes.

The masses are slow in coming to public judgment but once there, the elites and policy types are frustrated because the masses become immovable on some policies like not wanting Social Security changed or disdaining the Green Nude Eel and EV flambes.

Classic examples in the past, the Vietnam War, massive tax hikes, gas rationing or massive price hikes, inflation under Biden and Carter, the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, and so on.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 02:14 PM (E4rtv)

237 It's just...something they were born into most of the time. Everything beyond that is just justification and rationalization for a cultural part of their identities.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 02:10 PM (GBKbO)

Plenty go against their parents or family. It's not 1970 anymore.

People go by "feel". That's how a brash philandering New York Values guy won three times.

I'm not even really saying you're wrong. There are plenty of the "team" people but they are as built in as the policy people. Those who decide elections however are all about who touches their emotionally crippled fancy.

Posted by: ... at January 21, 2026 02:14 PM (wEF4H)

238 198 "Kamala has been made into memes about dumbness, skankiness and ridiculous word salads."

Now imagine who would vote for that, and you have Democrat Voter.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 21, 2026 02:15 PM (DgMqy)

239 OK, I see the note about Bateman up top.

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 02:15 PM (77rzZ)

240
"Too Jewish." In fact, he's way too Jewish. If memory serves, he was born to an Israeli father who smashed Palestinian heads as part of a pro-Israel paramilitary group.

Plus, during the Gulf War Rahm was a civilian volunteer with the IDF.

On the other hand, watching the Donks turn 180 and try to claim that Trump takes his orders from Israel because he has Jooish kids, but Rahm totally isn't in the pocket of Israel will be really funny.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 21, 2026 02:15 PM (y9nCu)

241 So we got one weird faggot billionaire running the progressive Communist faction.

Yet another thing the shithead Dems accuse everyone else of doing.

Can't stomach these idiots.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at January 21, 2026 01:57 PM (och2J)

Communism sounds cool and all . . . until the murders begin.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 21, 2026 02:15 PM (dK+Kv)

242 238 198 "Kamala has been made into memes about dumbness, skankiness and ridiculous word salads."

Now imagine who would vote for that, and you have Democrat Voter.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 21, 2026 02:15 PM (DgMqy)

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But, remember, Joe Biden was considered a serious elder-statesman before 2020.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 02:15 PM (GBKbO)

243 Why would anyone want to hear Gavin Newsome talk about...anything? The list of things he hasn't fucked up yet is getting shorter by the day.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 21, 2026 02:15 PM (vOtXJ)

244 226 And as has been pointed out she's half Indian, half from a slave trading Jamaican family of mixed race. But I guess the "one drop" rule is still a thing on the left
Posted by: 18-1 at January 21, 2026 02:12 PM (sKqQm)

Left-wingers *handshake emoji* Groypers

Enforcing the One Drop rule.

Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 02:15 PM (uEmCf)

245 This sun-kissed brunette longs for a world free from the darkness of globalist technocracy:
http://tiny.cc/3iyx001

The glow from the sole of her left foot makes it look like her hoohaw is radiating sunshine. Which it likely is.

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at January 21, 2026 02:15 PM (0bjKf)

246 You do realize that Scott Adams would be on the floor laughing uncontrollably relating these Trump and Bessent quotes at his Coffee show. Undoubtedly he's in heaven watching this and guffawing joyously.

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at January 21, 2026 02:15 PM (pLaQB)

247 227 I really don't think Kamala is going to get more than 1-2pct of the primary votes, and I don't think Newscum will get much more than that, no, some other lunatic is going to be the Donk nominee.

book it.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 21, 2026 02:12 PM (XV/Pl)

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Crockett/Cortez 2028 -- Four Boobs For The Price Of Two!

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 21, 2026 02:16 PM (wWNcr)

248 Nobody called Nood on previous thread?

That's a first...

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 21, 2026 02:16 PM (QGaXH)

249 @232 Patrick Bateman is the feature character in American Psycho. Christian Bale played him in the movie

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 21, 2026 02:16 PM (PTsqM)

250 Great, now if Trump and team can go after the Left here in America with the same focus and ferocity.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 21, 2026 02:16 PM (h/ffs)

251 Sparkle Beach Ken is a Mattel doll.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 21, 2026 02:16 PM (rZCVI)

252 who strikes me as Patrick Bateman meets Sparkle Beach Ben

I've never heard of either of these guys. Actors, I'm guessing?
Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 02:13 PM (77rzZ)

Should say Sparkle Beach Ken which is an extra-gay version of the Mattel Ken doll. Patrick Bateman is the main character in American Psycho, brilliantly played by Christian Bale.

Posted by: Do you like Huey Lewis and the News? at January 21, 2026 02:16 PM (TbWk/)

253
"I don't believe any of them"

"They're all as bad as each other"

"I make up my own mind"

That's who decides elections and they are as malleable as a two hour old shit.

Posted by: ... at January 21, 2026 02:16 PM (wEF4H)

254 Ukraine/Russia is much more *result* of zombie NATO than rationale for continuing/expanding it. Almost entirely.

Self-licking ice cream zone of sorts.

NATO was premised on a specific world and adversary that are completely gone. It was the most successful alliance in modern history. The world changes.

Posted by: rhomboid at January 21, 2026 02:17 PM (U/Byj)

255 Barking dog thing’s kinda funny.

Posted by: Eromero at January 21, 2026 02:17 PM (yw3eV)

256 But, remember, Joe Biden was considered a serious elder-statesman before 2020.

I read through the NR coverage of Biden during his first run for president and they treated him as a clown.

Then I compared it to how NRO covered him in 2020. Night and day. It is amazing how many "rightwing" pundits were up for sale with all the money being spent to install the Junta in 2020...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 21, 2026 02:17 PM (sKqQm)

257 Colette won't be arrested for making that post...but she might disappear one day. That's how vile these people are.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 21, 2026 02:17 PM (2WIwB)

258 Ohhhhh. I thought he said sparkle beach 'ben' and I was wtf?

Sparkle Beach Ken makes more sense.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 21, 2026 02:17 PM (zZu0s)

259
>>In a private exchange of messages obtained by POLITICO, a Newsom administration official accused the USA House of bowing to political pressure from the State Department

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It's probably not the case, but I'd be delighted if it was. Newsom vs Rubio 2028 would make my day every day.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 21, 2026 02:18 PM (jF1M6)

260 This sun-kissed brunette longs for a world free from the darkness of globalist technocracy:
http://tiny.cc/3iyx001

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 02:06 PM (GyQIQ)

She obviously has not been near - nor does she have enough experience making - a sammich.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 21, 2026 02:19 PM (dK+Kv)

261 This sun-kissed brunette longs for a world free from the darkness of globalist technocracy:

http://tiny.cc/3iyx001

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Why is there a mattress in the yard -- was she pole vaulting?

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 21, 2026 02:19 PM (D9BsV)

262 224 Yes, she was the early choice. But the most the elites could buy from the electorate was 15%.

First tier was Bernie. Second was Biden. Everyone else was third. The DNC had to scuttle the entire third tier to consolidate votes for the second in the end, all of their plans having come to nothing.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 02:12 PM (GBKbO)

The Jussie Smollett hoax was meant to get momentum behind the Anti-Lynching bill she sponsored and thrust her into stardom.

Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 02:20 PM (uEmCf)

263 258 Ohhhhh. I thought he said sparkle beach 'ben' and I was wtf?

Sparkle Beach Ken makes more sense.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 21, 2026 02:17 PM (zZu0s)
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Sparkle Beach Ben destroys you with facts about interior decorating.

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at January 21, 2026 02:20 PM (0bjKf)

264 >>> Patrick Bateman is a fictional character, the villain protagonist and unreliable narrator of Ellis's 1991 novel American Psycho. Posted by: SMOD at January 21, 2026 02:12 PM (RHGPo)

When he was ditching CA for TX, Gary from Nerdrotic had an opening video for Friday Night Tights where Newsom was Patrick Bateman, and he was chasing down Gary and his FNT Scooby Gang to prevent them from leaving CA. Had clips from American Psycho with Newsome's face spliced in. It was hilarious and eerily perfect. Video was by Pierry Chan.

Posted by: LizLem at January 21, 2026 02:21 PM (Eng1Z)

265 I will enjoy Gavin's National humiliation as mush as I enjoyed Kamala's. Very much.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 21, 2026 02:21 PM (RIvkX)

266 Kamala has been made into memes about dumbness, skankiness and ridiculous word salads."

Now imagine who would vote for that, and you have Democrat Voter.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 21, 2026 02:15 PM (DgMqy)

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How stupid are they? An AWFL could have a black baby and she'd accuse her husband of having an affair with a black woman.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 21, 2026 02:22 PM (2WIwB)

267 Speaking of American Psycho, I was reading a thread on a left of center forum discussing the movie where they were shocked...SHOCKED...that some young men identified with the Bateman character.

"I mean he's rich, and has a high prestige job, and gets beautiful women, and is fit, and lives in a nice place but obviously he's a horrible person!"

Yes, somehow these lefties don't realize that this is very appealing to many people. Meanwhile in other threads the same people complain they don't have enough money, high prestige jobs, and nice places to live and its all other people's fault they don't!

This isn't a judgement on the movie or the book, that's a separate issue, here I'm just bemused that lefties don't even understand themselves.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 21, 2026 02:22 PM (sKqQm)

268 It's just...something they were born into most of the time. Everything beyond that is just justification and rationalization for a cultural part of their identities.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Political socialization. Family is the first influence but friends and social group id influences it after adulthood. Ironically, the most politically knowledgeable are the ones most likely to defect from one party to another based on specific policies and issues. So you get someone like David Horowitz raised as a pink diaper baby and early leftist activist becoming hard right.

Some defect for money and fame, often GOPe types--can anyone provide a principled argument like Bill Weld running as Libertarian VP? Snarlin Arlen Spector? Etc.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 02:22 PM (E4rtv)

269 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 02:05 PM (GBKbO)

Seriously?

Firs off, Hillary's selection in 2016 was a buy off for her to drop the challenge on the Selected Obama previously. Hell, they even played around with the caucus for Obama.

Hillary's problems in 2016 stem from her being absolutely unlikable by everyone. Without the way being paved for her (and Sanders being bought off) she wouldn't have done as well as she did.

Biden in 2020...got schelacked in Iowa, and beat in NH to the extent that he didn't even show up for the primary. Instead he ran to his savior down in South Carolina (Clyburn) who paved the way in that state and all the big states. Clyburn is one of the kingmakers .

Think what you like. Democrats don't have valid primaries. They select then tailor. Always.

Posted by: Orson at January 21, 2026 02:22 PM (dIske)

270 Well, Bessant is gay, so it makes sense that he would know about Sparkle Beach Ken.

The rest of you, I'm not so sure about.

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 02:22 PM (77rzZ)

271 The Jussie Smollett hoax was meant to get momentum behind the Anti-Lynching bill she sponsored and thrust her into stardom.
Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 02:20 PM (uEmCf)

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This is MAGA country!!

Chicago? Really? Really?

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 21, 2026 02:22 PM (aZm/F)

272 263 Sparkle Beach Ben destroys you with facts about interior decorating.
Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at January 21, 2026 02:20 PM (0bjKf)

He'd catch on fire the moment he tried to step onto a beach.

"I DON'T NEED THIS! I MAKE MORE MONEY THAN ALL OF YOU COMBINED! AHHHH IT BURNSSSSSSS!"

Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 02:23 PM (uEmCf)

273 Newscum is a cucked up whiny little pissbag

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at January 21, 2026 02:23 PM (REq0p)

274 To be fair, not everybody is fleeing California Bessent says. They have plenty of illegals pouring in. Or they did until Trump came along and ruined that. Bad Orange Man!

Posted by: Ripley at January 21, 2026 02:23 PM (GUOwU)

275 Say what you want about Outbreak, but at least you got to watch Kevin Spacey and Patrick Dempsey die of a horrible disease

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 21, 2026 02:06 PM (PTsqM)

Kinda how I felt about the movie titanic. I never saw it, but Mrs B and her sister were watching it in the living room, and I just happened to walk through the room as Retardo Dicraprio was dying an icy death. I asked if it was the end of the movie. They asked why. I said because I'm going to rewind that shit and watch the prick die again, and I did.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 21, 2026 02:23 PM (snZF9)

276 During a speech at the World Economic Forum (WEF) summit in Davos, Switzerland, President Donald J. Trump asserted that the conflict in Ukraine would not have occurred if he had remained in office in 2022. He attributed the war to the alleged rigging of the 2020 U.S. Presidential election.(snip)The America First leader went on to say that legal action over election rigging is imminent, warning, “People will soon be prosecuted for what they did, that’s probably breaking news.”

.. tick, tick

Posted by: SMOD at January 21, 2026 02:23 PM (RHGPo)

277 Colette won't be arrested for making that post...but she might disappear one day. That's how vile these people are.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 21, 2026 02:17 PM (2WIwB)
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That crosses my mind every time I hit Post.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 21, 2026 02:23 PM (RIvkX)

278 And it's the folks like you idiots here at Davos that need to let the world know how my ass tastes!

Like fried bugs and fromage like the smelly frogs say...

Posted by: President Donald J. Trump ASS MAN at January 21, 2026 02:23 PM (IKhxE)

279 >>> 226 And as has been pointed out she's half Indian, half from a slave trading Jamaican family of mixed race. But I guess the "one drop" rule is still a thing on the left
Posted by: 18-1 at January 21, 2026 02:12 PM (sKqQm)

Don't forget her mom's Indian side is Brahmin, the top caste in India. She she gets her entitlement genes naturally from both sides of the family tree!

Posted by: LizLem at January 21, 2026 02:23 PM (Eng1Z)

280 269
Biden in 2020...got schelacked in Iowa, and beat in NH to the extent that he didn't even show up for the primary. Instead he ran to his savior down in South Carolina (Clyburn) who paved the way in that state and all the big states. Clyburn is one of the kingmakers .

Think what you like. Democrats don't have valid primaries. They select then tailor. Always.

Posted by: Orson at January 21, 2026 02:22 PM (dIske)

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Biden won literally all but one SC primary poll for more than a year before the SC primary.

Clyburn has no power at all. It's a fiction.

The lesson of 2020 is that IA and NH are too white to reflect the actual will of the Democrat electorate.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 02:23 PM (GBKbO)

281 I remember when Hillary won 7 straight coin tosses to beat Bernie in...IA?...after they tied.

But remember not even a hint of fraud....

And Seth Rich was totally murdered by a mugger that didn't take his phone, watch or wallet.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 21, 2026 02:23 PM (sKqQm)

282 BabylonBee: Dems Warn ICE Crackdowns Will Make Illegal Immigrants Afraid To Vote

Posted by: SMOD at January 21, 2026 02:24 PM (RHGPo)

283 Posted by: Diogenes at January 21, 2026 02:17 PM (2WIwB)

Who is Colette?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 21, 2026 02:24 PM (rZCVI)

284 Crockett/Cortez 2028 -- Four Boobs For The Price Of Two!
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism'

Abrams/O'Rourke -- We wuz robbed!

Posted by: Dear God No at January 21, 2026 02:24 PM (ycI94)

285 267 Yes, somehow these lefties don't realize that this is very appealing to many people. Meanwhile in other threads the same people complain they don't have enough money, high prestige jobs, and nice places to live and its all other people's fault they don't!

This isn't a judgement on the movie or the book, that's a separate issue, here I'm just bemused that lefties don't even understand themselves.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 21, 2026 02:22 PM (sKqQm)

They thought they were owed high-paying sinecures just for having the correct lefty views.

Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 02:25 PM (uEmCf)

286 This is MAGA country!!

Chicago? Really? Really?
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 21, 2026 02:22 PM (aZm/F)

And tell me, Mr. Smooliet, what were they wearing? MAGA HATS??!! MAGA hats in CHICAGO?!

Posted by: Dave Chapelle at January 21, 2026 02:25 PM (TbWk/)

287 One of my favorite things about Trump is how he ruined the political aspirations of so many asshole "it's my turn" republicans.

Pence...GFY
Romney...GFY

Well, damn, I'd have to list all the halfwit Republicans, and they would take a very long time.

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 21, 2026 02:25 PM (aZm/F)

288 >>Newsom — who strikes me as Patrick Bateman meets Sparkle Beach Ben

Ken

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 02:25 PM (SSiCQ)

289 281 I remember when Hillary won 7 straight coin tosses to beat Bernie in...IA?...after they tied.

But remember not even a hint of fraud....

And Seth Rich was totally murdered by a mugger that didn't take his phone, watch or wallet.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 21, 2026 02:23 PM (sKqQm)

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It was Nevada.

And my point is that they cleared the deck for her, gave her a sacrificial lamb to beat, and...they barely managed it.

Barely.

10 years ago, they barely managed it, when the DNC was far more powerful. The DNC actually gave up some of its power after 2016 because the cheating was so bad (super delegates don't get to make free votes until the second ballot at convention now).

All they managed was to create a superstar out of Bernie that's been a thorn in their side ever since.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 02:26 PM (GBKbO)

290 I like thinking that Scott Adams, Rushbo, and Charlie Kirk are all taking a break from an well earned awesome day in heaven, to sit together and watch Trump's Davos speech. Scott with his coffee, Rush with a cigar, and Charlie drinking from his water bottle every five seconds.

Miss them. But it's thanks to all of what they built we get Trump in Davos. They have earned their rest. Miss and appreciate them all.

Posted by: LizLem at January 21, 2026 02:26 PM (Eng1Z)

291 I have an open order worth $100 to add to my current position that Kamala wins the primary.

I won't get 0.03 again, but 0.07 will be a nice profit.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 02:27 PM (GBKbO)

292 >>>Globalist international banker and Liberal Canadian PM Mark Carey

Carney

Mark Joseph Carney (born March 16, 1965) is a Canadian politician and economist who has served as the 24th prime minister of Canada since 2025.

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 02:27 PM (SSiCQ)

293 Colette won't be arrested for making that post...but she might disappear one day. That's how vile these people are.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 21, 2026 02:17 PM (2WIwB)
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That crosses my mind every time I hit Post.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 21, 2026 02:23 PM (RIvkX)

It crosses mi.............

Posted by: Diogenes at January 21, 2026 02:28 PM (2WIwB)

294 287 One of my favorite things about Trump is how he ruined the political aspirations of so many asshole "it's my turn" republicans.

Pence...GFY
Romney...GFY
Posted by: Seems Legit

He annihilated entire political dynasties.
Please clap.

Posted by: Jeb! at January 21, 2026 02:28 PM (ycI94)

295 I won't get 0.03 again, but 0.07 will be a nice profit.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Kudos for the leading zeroes.

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 02:28 PM (77rzZ)

296 294 287 One of my favorite things about Trump is how he ruined the political aspirations of so many asshole "it's my turn" republicans.

Pence...GFY
Romney...GFY
Posted by: Seems Legit

He annihilated entire political dynasties.
Please clap.

Posted by: Jeb! at January 21, 2026 02:28 PM (ycI94)

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The irony now is that Democrats desperately want that on their side. They want their own Trump to take out the establishment that they see as sell-outs.

Except that the establishment uses the language of the activist base and an outsider who could shake things up on important issues, like immigration, would get destroyed by the very activist base that wants an outsider.

If Bernie ran now and said that Trump was right about immigration, you know, his 2016 stance, the left would turn on him.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 02:29 PM (GBKbO)

297 Who is Colette?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 21, 2026 02:24 PM (rZCVI)

Co!ette Harrington
See last X link just before Comments begin.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 21, 2026 02:29 PM (2WIwB)

298 295 I won't get 0.03 again, but 0.07 will be a nice profit.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Kudos for the leading zeroes.

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 02:28 PM (77rzZ)

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I did think about that.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 02:30 PM (GBKbO)

299 I saw Self-Licking Ice Cream Zone open for DJ Sprinkles at La Machine du Moulin Rouge in 2010.

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 21, 2026 02:30 PM (D9BsV)

300 300

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 02:30 PM (SSiCQ)

301 Does it really matter who the Dems nominate? Like Hillary before her, Kamala wasn't that far away from presidency (decided by a relatively small number of votes in a handful of states). The only thing that really seems to matter is whether Vance (or whoever else it could be) can retain the voters that put Trump over the top. I doubt there's going to be a blow out, no matter how obnoxious or risible the Dem nominee is.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 21, 2026 02:30 PM (eO11x)

302 He annihilated entire political dynasties.
Please clap.

As a practical matter, Republican voters wanted certain things done.

The GOPe kept refusing to do them.

The fact the voters switched to someone else that would do them isn't just obvious it is the way the system is supposed to work - politicians are supposed to be afraid of losing their positions if they don't do what their voters want...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 21, 2026 02:30 PM (sKqQm)

303 In a sane and just world l, Newsome would have had HIS house torched by very rightfully enraged community. Having his retarded speech cancelled is first world leftist problem.

Posted by: melodicmetal at January 21, 2026 02:30 PM (61TgR)

304 I'm enjoying this middle finger to the WEF. More of this domestically.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at January 21, 2026 02:30 PM (wGerL)

305 It crosses mi............."

And fa? So? La?

Posted by: man at January 21, 2026 02:30 PM (XuXeR)

306 Colette was also that French chick that Lerner & Loewe based Gigi on.

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 02:30 PM (77rzZ)

307 25, 000 US troops headed to Jordan
10 tankers are positioning in Qatar.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 21, 2026 02:31 PM (0KSrI)

308 He annihilated entire political dynasties.
Please clap.
Posted by: Jeb! at January 21, 2026 02:28 PM (ycI94)

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Good point.

The Bush crowd was a cancer on this country.

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 21, 2026 02:31 PM (aZm/F)

309 Clyburn has no power at all. It's a fiction.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 02:23 PM (GBKbO)

________________________

Care to explain why Clyburn traveled to every single battleground state before the 2020 election (as a SC congressman)? And, why he was practically begging for a presidential pardon before Biden left office? Clyburn is "fraud central" and always has been.

Posted by: Orson at January 21, 2026 02:31 PM (dIske)

310 It was Nevada

As an Iowan, I can confirm it was Iowa. Here's a Forbes analysis of the whole thing: https://tinyurl.com/52a3a7jw

Posted by: Moron Analyst at January 21, 2026 02:32 PM (ycI94)

311
One of my favorite things about Trump is how he ruined the political aspirations of so many asshole "it's my turn" republicans.

Pence...GFY
Romney...GFY
Posted by: Seems Legit

He annihilated entire political dynasties.
Please clap.

Posted by: Jeb!

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Heh, he also eliminated the Clinton dynasty. (It's a certainty that the unelectably graceless Chelsea was up for unlimited appointments.)

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 21, 2026 02:32 PM (jF1M6)

312
Lame Duck, my ass.

Trump '28

Posted by: Frank Barone at January 21, 2026 02:32 PM (IifOV)

313 I doubt there's going to be a blow out, no matter how obnoxious or risible the Dem nominee is.

Yes - D voters don't really care about who their candidates are or what they say. I mean many of them just don't pay attention at all, but even out of the ones that do they only really care that D pols keep the grift going...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 21, 2026 02:32 PM (sKqQm)

314 Mark Joseph Carney (born March 16, 1965) is a Canadian politician and economist who has served as the 24th prime minister of Canada since 2025.
Posted by: m at January 21

Let he who has never made a typo cast the first ston. 🤣

Posted by: Piper at January 21, 2026 02:32 PM (Wmg4n)

315 Sissy Soros can't even fill out the shoulders of his cashmere blazer. A billionaire in off the rack? Who does he think he is, Khrushchev?

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at January 21, 2026 02:32 PM (wBaIH)

316 I don't like that we're sending troops over there.

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 02:32 PM (77rzZ)

317 NATO made sense in bolstering post-WWII Europe until it recovered and thwarting Soviet Russia expansion. The economic necessity ended in the 70s and the military necessity ended when the USSR collapsed. Since then it has used US generosity as an entitlement that allowed Europe to pursue snuffing out its Western heritage, and as of late, handing the continent over to third world Islamic invaders.

Trump has it dead right - The USA by necessity needs to wash its hands of the Europe where it can and then use those resources to solidify control over the western hemisphere's energy supplies and strategic geographic resources.

It isn't that USA is suddenly unreliable. Rather this is the USA accepting that Europe is headed into a prolonged cultural, economic, and strategic decline rendering it an increasingly inept and incapable ally.

All Trump is doing is accepting this reality and doing everything possible to secure the long term future of the USA as an ongoing superpower. This is not optional because the Chicoms prime objective is the ensure USA fails at this. And odds on, when it gets rough, Europe won't be around to help.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 21, 2026 02:32 PM (HTCU3)

318 The really disgusting thing isn't that all of these 'leaders' in Europe and the US are taking bribes, it is that they are taking bribes for ruining their own countries, and their grandchildren will suffer horribly, and they don't care.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 21, 2026 02:32 PM (0U5gm)

319 Leftists couldn't have a Trump on their side. Their attempt at a Trump would produce a mass murdering psychopath, see Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot etc etc etc

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 21, 2026 02:32 PM (PTsqM)

320 AFAIK, I'm the first one to call him Patrick Bateman.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 21, 2026 02:33 PM (BI5O2)

321 it is that they are taking bribes for ruining their own countries, and their grandchildren will suffer horribly, and they don't care.

Many of them don't have kids.

And out of those that do they assume they'll be taken care of either by "generational wealth" or a position in the technocracy.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 21, 2026 02:34 PM (sKqQm)

322
Is Cory Booker still straight?

It's him and some AWFL for '28.

Posted by: Auspex at January 21, 2026 02:34 PM (Y8DZL)

323 314 Mark Joseph Carney (born March 16, 1965) is a Canadian politician and economist who has served as the 24th prime minister of Canada since 2025.
Posted by: m at January 21

Let he who has never made a typo cast the first ston. 🤣
Posted by: Piper at January 21, 2026 02:32 PM (Wmg4n)

There was a great nic--on LGF?--that I greatly coveted:

Typo Knig

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 02:34 PM (SSiCQ)

324 @319

Mamdani

Posted by: melodicmetal at January 21, 2026 02:35 PM (61TgR)

325 W's cousin is running for governor of Maine. The Bush family ain't going away

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 21, 2026 02:35 PM (PTsqM)

326 The great thing about having to be at least 35 to run is that it means even if the left tried to run a pink-haired Troon (like the Reddit and Activist crowd would want), he'd be well past Twink Death (even with a ton of facial surgeries) and will be hideous enough to creep out most of the voting public.

There's just nobody they can run that's going to be "Fuck you, Daddy!" enough for the activists.

Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 02:35 PM (uEmCf)

327
Does it really matter who the Dems nominate? Like Hillary before her, Kamala wasn't that far away from presidency (decided by a relatively small number of votes in a handful of states).

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls

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Considering the amount of voter fraud, those margins might have been wider. With any luck, we'll have some types of voter fraud closed off by 2028 and we'll have a more realistic election, i.e., one in which maybe half the country votes.

I think Rubio could heat up an election by campaigning in Spanish and (my dream) debating AOC in Spanish, if they're both the veep selections.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 21, 2026 02:35 PM (jF1M6)

328 A new book you could buy.

The Game Changer
How Harry Reid Remade the Rules and Showed Democrats How to Fight
By: Jon Ralston

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 21, 2026 02:36 PM (L/fGl)

329 "Don't forget her mom's Indian side is Brahmin, the top caste in India. She she gets her entitlement genes naturally from both sides of the family tree!
Posted by: LizLem"

Yet she had the nerve that little Kamal was a victim of racism and forced school busing made her success possible, or some such BS. She has Stolen Victim-hood status, you would think somebody on the left would notice and be offended. .

Posted by: Ripley at January 21, 2026 02:36 PM (GUOwU)

330 I doubt there's going to be a blow out, no matter how obnoxious or risible the Dem nominee is.

I'm not so sure. A blowout? Perhaps not, but I can see the Republicans making gains in the midterms. You'll know the dems are worried when you see them ramp up the violence come summer.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 21, 2026 02:36 PM (2WIwB)

331 I think Newsome could be neutralized by his opponent preceding every answer to every question with the comment 'as we all well know, gas costs 4.50/gallon in Gov. Newsome's California...'

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 21, 2026 02:36 PM (QGaXH)

332 319 Leftists couldn't have a Trump on their side. Their attempt at a Trump would produce a mass murdering psychopath, see Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot etc etc etc
Posted by: Smell the Glove

We're good with that, as long as we're only killing the bad people!!!

Posted by: Modern US Leftists at January 21, 2026 02:36 PM (ycI94)

333 322
Is Cory Booker still straight?

It's him and some AWFL for '28.
Posted by: Auspex at January 21, 2026 02:34 PM (Y8DZL)

Wes Moore and Spanberger. Order may change.

Posted by: Piper at January 21, 2026 02:36 PM (Wmg4n)

334 @324 a mass murdering psychopath in training

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 21, 2026 02:36 PM (PTsqM)

335 325 W's cousin is running for governor of Maine. The Bush family ain't going away
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 21, 2026 02:35 PM (PTsqM)

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OFFS

They truly are a cancer.

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 21, 2026 02:36 PM (aZm/F)

336 What was the OLD school thing?

Snigglets?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 21, 2026 02:36 PM (zZu0s)

337 Turns out the Marshall Plan only delayed Western Europe's embrace of authoritarian socialism.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at January 21, 2026 02:36 PM (CwhoI)

338 > California Governor Gavin Newsom's press office said he was denied entry to the USA House in Davos
Posted by: runner at January 21, 2026 01:29 PM (g47mK)
===

Makes sense.. USA House is for Americans, and Newscum isn't one.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 21, 2026 02:37 PM (IG3/x)

339 JUST IN - Trump reaches framework for a Greenland and "entire Arctic Region" deal with NATO Secretary General Rutte.

Peace in our time

Posted by: Mark1971 at January 21, 2026 02:37 PM (CNl8/)

340 There is a more basic reason that the left can't have a Trump.

Trump can to prominence by agreeing to do the things that right leaning voters wanted. Since the GOPe wasn't doing that he was able to supplant them.

Now, many D voters would also claim their party isn't doing what they want but...would have trouble explaining what that might be.

Because the left follows the narrative that comes out of the D party anyway. So they just say they want want the people that control the D party say they want.

Today its illegals and trannies rights. Yesterday it was a living wage and cracking down on men treating women badly. Tomorrow it will be something else completely. And the D voters will just pretend they've always wanted those new things whatever they might be...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 21, 2026 02:37 PM (sKqQm)

341 Hilarious, Ace, that Newsom's whiney speech got cancelled.

I needed that snicker. If his hair did catch on fire in anger it had plenty of grease to make it worse.

He really thinks he's special, the narcissistic fag. And that no other governors (I guess) were invited because he's so fabulous. All he was going to do was complain about President Trump anyway.

After throwing CA into a ton of debt, yeah, he really knows about money. Ask him about the speed train to nowhere. Or the burned up parts of his state. Or the reservoirs that are dry. Or how his state is crime free and debt free.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 21, 2026 02:37 PM (WONhk)

342 >>> If Bernie ran now and said that Trump was right about immigration, you know, his 2016 stance, the left would turn on him.

Crowder has been running old clips of OBAMA saying the same thing Trump is now on immigration. He used rampant immigration (I think he quoted 5 million illegals came in) as a cudgel to say that Dubya the Bushitler and the republicans were exploiting brown people, due to crony greed. So we should vote for him to plug the hole and fix it.

Cut to Biden's time as POTUS...20–30 million illegals flowed over the border, most likely. And the democrats were all on board with the brown people coming here to be exploited, due to crony greed.

The left SHOULD turn on Obama and they won't. Luckily he's waning in influence and power.

Posted by: LizLem at January 21, 2026 02:37 PM (Eng1Z)

343 Good afternoon Ace and everyone
Have to see whatvwas downstairs

Posted by: Skip at January 21, 2026 02:37 PM (Ia/+0)

344
If ever there was a real life Bond Villain, it's Soros and his spawn son. And now the son is married to Anthony Weiners old fleshlight Huma Abedein (Hillarys lesbo beard).

Posted by: Frank Barone at January 21, 2026 02:38 PM (IifOV)

345 > Is Cory Booker still straight?

Posted by: Auspex at January 21, 2026 02:34 PM (Y8DZL)

By comparison to Richard Simmons or by comparison to Liberace?

The judges would also have accepted "Paul Lynde" or "Boy George" as answers.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 21, 2026 02:38 PM (IG3/x)

346 I think Rubio could heat up an election by campaigning in Spanish and (my dream) debating AOC in Spanish, if they're both the veep selections.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at

Oh I love this! But I don’t think AOC actually speaks Spanish, does she? I should look that up.

Posted by: Piper at January 21, 2026 02:39 PM (Wmg4n)

347 I knew the Clinton's won't testify or give a crap, they are not doing anything

Posted by: Skip at January 21, 2026 02:39 PM (Ia/+0)

348
The left SHOULD turn on Obama and they won't. Luckily he's waning in influence and power.

I've been down this route...and it isn't just this issue.

The argument you'll get from leftists is ALWAYS "that was different, we've learned since then" and they'll reject the things they said were their core political believes then and claim whatever the left's narrative is focused on NOW is their core belief...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 21, 2026 02:39 PM (sKqQm)

349 Trump could have just as easily captured the Democrat Party if he wanted.

The thing standing in his way is he actually loves this country and is grateful to have been born here. That is what saved us. That's it.

Because a commie that had the raw power of Trump would be the ruin of the world. Instead he's doing his level best to salvage it.

Posted by: ... at January 21, 2026 02:39 PM (wEF4H)

350 324 @319

Mamdani
Posted by: melodicmetal at January 21, 2026 02:35 PM (61TgR)

Would the Rs play along in passing a new Constitutional Amendment (67 votes) to allow Bombdaddy to run?

(Yeah, they probably would...)

Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 02:40 PM (uEmCf)

351 We can argue about it but there’s no argument.

Lol

Peak Trump. I love it. More please.

Posted by: Really?? at January 21, 2026 02:40 PM (Ryx1w)

352 309 Care to explain why Clyburn traveled to every single battleground state before the 2020 election (as a SC congressman)? And, why he was practically begging for a presidential pardon before Biden left office? Clyburn is "fraud central" and always has been.

Posted by: Orson at January 21, 2026 02:31 PM (dIske)

=====

Because people think he has power, so he exerts it. He was probably celebrated everywhere he went.

And he's probably corrupt.

Doesn't mean he can make 29/30 polls got Biden's way in SC in 2020 before Clyburn decides to endorse him.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 02:40 PM (GBKbO)

353 Trump reaches framework for a Greenland and "entire Arctic Region" deal with NATO Secretary General Rutte.

What say does Rutte have in anything?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 21, 2026 02:40 PM (ExV1e)

354 339 JUST IN - Trump reaches framework for a Greenland and "entire Arctic Region" deal with NATO Secretary General Rutte.

Peace in our time
Posted by: Mark1971 at January 21, 2026 02:37 PM (CNl8/)

Peas in our thyme.

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 02:40 PM (SSiCQ)

355 240 Now, many D voters would also claim their party isn't doing what they want but...would have trouble explaining what that might be.

Because the left follows the narrative that comes out of the D party anyway. So they just say they want want the people that control the D party say they want.

Today its illegals and trannies rights. Yesterday it was a living wage and cracking down on men treating women badly. Tomorrow it will be something else completely. And the D voters will just pretend they've always wanted those new things whatever they might be...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 21, 2026 02:37 PM (sKqQm)

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"Welfare only for Americans, kick out the foreigners" would get a lot of support from Democrat voters.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 02:41 PM (GBKbO)

356 "Here at Typo King, we've got something to meet all your typo needs -- transposed letters, omitted letters, uncapitalized proper nouns, misplaced punctuation, misused apostrophes, and much, much more! You name it, we've got it, here at Typo King!"

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 02:41 PM (77rzZ)

357 >>>Because the left follows the narrative that comes out of the D party anyway. So they just say they want want the people that control the D party say they want.

We support Current Thing. Because it is Current Year, and it is time for Current Thing

Posted by: Leftist NPCs at January 21, 2026 02:41 PM (jGJov)

358 LOL... Sparkle Ken...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 21, 2026 02:41 PM (VE6XX)

359 Ohh, seals for dinner, or will it be Halibut?

Posted by: Skip at January 21, 2026 02:41 PM (Ia/+0)

360 >>> He annihilated entire political dynasties.
Please clap. Posted by: Jeb! at January 21, 2026 02:28 PM (ycI94)
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Good point. The Bush crowd was a cancer on this country.
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 21, 2026 02:31 PM (aZm/F)

I have NOT forgotten that the GOP front runner for a time, floated by the media and the uniparty, was Jeb Bush. JEB. And then Trump cleaned his clock so thoroughly in the debates, it was a true thing of beauty.

We owe a great debt to Trump for ending the Bush and Clinton dynasties as a thing, more than we even know.

Posted by: LizLem at January 21, 2026 02:42 PM (Eng1Z)

361 The left SHOULD turn on Obama and they won't. Luckily he's waning in influence and power.

I've been down this route...and it isn't just this issue."

It's actually amazing how much of a non-person Obama has become; we still talk about Bill and Hillary far more than him, and they have more influence as well. He's just become a great big nothing.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 21, 2026 02:42 PM (uWKK8)

362 Would the Rs play along in passing a new Constitutional Amendment (67 votes) to allow Bombdaddy to run?

If you follow how the game is played the left always has enough dirt to get a few Rs to vote their way on important issues.

But...67 is a lot more dirt then they'd risk for just one corrupt-o-crat when they have dozens of others that they wouldn't need to make this change for...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 21, 2026 02:42 PM (sKqQm)

363 342 The left SHOULD turn on Obama and they won't. Luckily he's waning in influence and power.

Posted by: LizLem at January 21, 2026 02:37 PM (Eng1Z)

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The left needs someone on their side to shit on their establishment.

Hunter Biden is the only figure of any prominence to do it yet.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 02:42 PM (GBKbO)

364 Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions @317

Nice summation. I'm stealing some of it.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 21, 2026 02:42 PM (2WIwB)

365 What what what how how what is happening here? This is not who we are. Democrats are our friends and partners. How vile of Trump to mock them.
- GOP

Posted by: Really?? at January 21, 2026 02:43 PM (Ryx1w)

366 362 If you follow how the game is played the left always has enough dirt to get a few Rs to vote their way on important issues.

But...67 is a lot more dirt then they'd risk for just one corrupt-o-crat when they have dozens of others that they wouldn't need to make this change for...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 21, 2026 02:42 PM (sKqQm)

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Is this why the Senate fell 10 votes shy of kicking Trump out of politics forever in his Senate impeachment trial vote in early 2021?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 02:44 PM (GBKbO)

367 Kinda how I felt about the movie titanic. I never saw it, but Mrs B and her sister were watching it in the living room, and I just happened to walk through the room as Retardo Dicraprio was dying an icy death. I asked if it was the end of the movie. They asked why. I said because I'm going to rewind that shit and watch the prick die again, and I did.

You missed Kate Winslet's boobs, which was the actual best part of that movie.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 21, 2026 02:44 PM (3ha+O)

368 Ohh, seals for dinner, or will it be Halibut?
Posted by: Skip at January 21, 2026 02:41 PM

Seal's pretty tasty.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 21, 2026 02:44 PM (bFu5X)

369 We owe a great debt to Trump for ending the Bush and Clinton dynasties as a thing, more than we even know.
Posted by: LizLem

Yep. Had he done nothing else, he deserves our undying gratitude for that alone.

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 02:44 PM (77rzZ)

370 The Euroweenies better put some ice on it...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 21, 2026 02:45 PM (VE6XX)

371 "Welfare only for Americans, kick out the foreigners" would get a lot of support from Democrat voters.

I don't think so honestly.

If the FNM says we need welfare for "refugees" then D voters will just repeat it even if in theory it it taking money from them.

Sure, one could imagine a new President Newsom deciding to stop welfare for illegals and D voters doing a 180 but only if the FNM and D party both established a new narrative. No outsider left, right , or center would win substantial D votes running on this without official D approval

Posted by: 18-1 at January 21, 2026 02:45 PM (sKqQm)

372 Today its illegals and trannies rights. Yesterday it was a living wage and cracking down on men treating women badly. Tomorrow it will be something else completely. And the D voters will just pretend they've always wanted those new things whatever they might be...
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If you told Democrats ten years ago that they'd believe the things they believe today (e.g., genital mutilation of confused children, men in women's sports, men in women's bathrooms), they would have said NO EFFIN WAY, THAT'S CRAZY YOU LYING POS! Yet look where they are today. Now imagine the things they'll believe in ten years that they would firmly deny as not possible today.

Posted by: Blue Boobies at January 21, 2026 02:45 PM (qUkBO)

373 Ohh, seals for dinner, or will it be Halibut?
Posted by: Skip at January 21, 2026 02:41 PM

Since we got that Cajun as our envoy up there, I'm thinking muktuk gumbo.

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 02:46 PM (77rzZ)

374 371 "Welfare only for Americans, kick out the foreigners" would get a lot of support from Democrat voters.

I don't think so honestly.

If the FNM says we need welfare for "refugees" then D voters will just repeat it even if in theory it it taking money from them.

Sure, one could imagine a new President Newsom deciding to stop welfare for illegals and D voters doing a 180 but only if the FNM and D party both established a new narrative. No outsider left, right , or center would win substantial D votes running on this without official D approval

Posted by: 18-1 at January 21, 2026 02:45 PM (sKqQm)

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Deporting all illegals still gets like 60% support overall when asked plainly.

"Would you trade increased welfare for Americans over fewer foreigners in America?"

"Socialized medicine but only if we make Costco feel less like Bangladesh."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 02:46 PM (GBKbO)

375 371 Sure, one could imagine a new President Newsom deciding to stop welfare for illegals and D voters doing a 180 but only if the FNM and D party both established a new narrative. No outsider left, right , or center would win substantial D votes running on this without official D approval
Posted by: 18-1 at January 21, 2026 02:45 PM (sKqQm)

All that would take is one 30 second appearance by Rachel Madcow on MSDNC.

Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 02:46 PM (uEmCf)

376 Is this why the Senate fell 10 votes shy of kicking Trump out of politics forever in his Senate impeachment trial vote in early 2021?

That's an interesting example. I assumed at the time the left decided that a "damaged" Trump was better to have as an opponent then opening the field to someone else.

And they didn't realize the scope of the mistake they had made until the summer of '24 where they ran two ops to assassinate him...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 21, 2026 02:46 PM (sKqQm)

377 We owe a great debt to Trump for ending the Bush and Clinton dynasties as a thing, more than we even know.

Posted by: LizLem at January 21, 2026 02:42 PM (Eng1Z)

Jeb: How dare you talk about my mother. My mother is a wonderful woman!

Trump: *She* should be running.
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The best. Truly the best.

Posted by: ... at January 21, 2026 02:47 PM (wEF4H)

378 It's actually amazing how much of a non-person Obama has become; we still talk about Bill and Hillary far more than him, and they have more influence as well. He's just become a great big nothing.

Right? Even random Clinton lackeys like Carville rate more news than the Obamas.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 21, 2026 02:47 PM (3ha+O)

379 Looked it up, I did misremember that Nevada had coin flips.

They didn't have coin flips, that was Iowa.

Nevada had card draws. And Hillary won all of them.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 02:47 PM (GBKbO)

380 376 Is this why the Senate fell 10 votes shy of kicking Trump out of politics forever in his Senate impeachment trial vote in early 2021?

That's an interesting example. I assumed at the time the left decided that a "damaged" Trump was better to have as an opponent then opening the field to someone else.

And they didn't realize the scope of the mistake they had made until the summer of '24 where they ran two ops to assassinate him...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 21, 2026 02:46 PM (sKqQm)

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Or...a simpler explanation: The left isn't that powerful.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 02:47 PM (GBKbO)

381 Bissent has an Animal House expression on his face. As though he was at that second destroying his facade that the governor lives in.

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 21, 2026 02:48 PM (EyfuW)

382 He's [Obama's] just become a great big nothing.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 21, 2026 02:42 PM (uWKK

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Almost as if he was always a Zero.

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 21, 2026 02:48 PM (D9BsV)

383 Blue Lives Matter says it totally didn't stage fake ICE operations in 9 states to distract protesters

We're not saying that Blue Lives Matter was behind feeding false information to far-left, anti-ICE protestors.

We're not saying we had teams comprised of HUNDREDS of off-duty cops and veterans volunteer to run decoy operations so far-left activists THOUGHT they were conducting ICE raids.

We're not saying they were in fact they were just driving around in what appeared to be unmarked vehicles with tinted windows... drinking coffee and listening to Guns and Roses.... being chased down and surrounded by protestors.

What we ARE saying is that if it DID happen.... it sure worked remarkably well in NINE DIFFERENT STATES, allowing ACTUAL raids to successfully take place unimpeded, helping support the capture of HUNDREDS of criminals.

https://tinyurl.com/22nyra6r

Posted by: rickb223 at January 21, 2026 02:48 PM (FMAqD)

384
Come back for Pete Buttigeig and the Gay Greenies?

Posted by: Auspex at January 21, 2026 02:49 PM (Y8DZL)

385 >>> But...67 is a lot more dirt then they'd risk for just one corrupt-o-crat when they have dozens of others that they wouldn't need to make this change for...

If they end being the natural born citizen rule for president:

Dems: Mamdami
GOP: Elon Musk

Actually, I would watch that debate. A useless, do-nothing, Hollywood/Higher Ed red diaper baby, nepo baby, versus one of the most ambitious, accomplished titans of industry of our modern era.

Posted by: LizLem at January 21, 2026 02:49 PM (Eng1Z)

386 384
Come back for Pete Buttigeig and the Gay Greenies?

Posted by: Auspex at January 21, 2026 02:49 PM (Y8DZL)

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He won the IA caucus in 2020.

And no one gave a shit at the time.

Because the IA caucuses are completely fake and don't matter.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 02:49 PM (GBKbO)

387 Yet look where they are today. Now imagine the things they'll believe in ten years that they would firmly deny as not possible today.

I've also been down this route. It should trouble them. You'll get one of two types of answers:

1) Unlike you I can learn...RACIST!

or just a plain...

2) RACIST!

Posted by: 18-1 at January 21, 2026 02:49 PM (sKqQm)

388 I really don't want President Trump to take Greenland by force, hope they sell or trade say Minnesota for it

Posted by: Skip at January 21, 2026 02:50 PM (Ia/+0)

389 Love the windmills and China line...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 21, 2026 02:50 PM (VE6XX)

390
I don’t think AOC actually speaks Spanish, does she? I should look that up.
Posted by: Piper

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I also have my doubts about her skill, which would make it doubly fun if he challenged her to it.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 21, 2026 02:50 PM (jF1M6)

391 Bissent has an Animal House expression on his face. As though he was at that second destroying his facade that the governor lives in.

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 21, 2026 02:48 PM (EyfuW)

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I could see him one day as Commander-in-Smirk.

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 21, 2026 02:50 PM (D9BsV)

392 "It's actually amazing how much of a non-person Obama has become; we still talk about Bill and Hillary far more than him, and they have more influence as well. He's just become a great big nothing".

Because Bill is/was actually kind of charming and people feared Hillary. Obama was an empty suit, put in power by the profession left. He was a mid-grade speaker with no professional accomplishments except being black.

Posted by: Ripley at January 21, 2026 02:51 PM (GUOwU)

393 In one of his Scot Harvath books, Brad Thor has a Davos-ish character, a financier I think, who in first reading I thought was a little over the top. Now I think he didn’t go far enough.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 21, 2026 02:51 PM (CSK7p)

394 He's [Obama's] just become a great big nothing.

Posted by: Tom Servo

A black hole?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 21, 2026 02:51 PM (L/fGl)

395
Yet look where they are today. Now imagine the things they'll believe in ten years that they would firmly deny as not possible today.

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Their abandonment of Martin Luther King is another.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 21, 2026 02:51 PM (jF1M6)

396 395 Their abandonment of Martin Luther King is another.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 21, 2026 02:51 PM (jF1M6)

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"He was controlled by whitey to keep the black man from reaching true revolutionary status like Malcolm X wanted. Also, Malcolm X was assassinated by the CIA because he wanted us to revolt."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 02:52 PM (GBKbO)

397 Did Trump say Newsom was in the "corner cuck chair"? My God I love that dude.

He loves to pick his moments. And ruin aspirations.

Posted by: ... at January 21, 2026 02:52 PM (wEF4H)

398 Or...a simpler explanation: The left isn't that powerful.

But then how do you explain the regular R defections that make no sense on various important issues?

It doesn't get them more votes. It isn't some core thing they believe in because the normal pattern is they've said the exact opposite repeatedly in the past.

Either favors/threats are being called in or some percentage of R office holders regularly flake out and make what are obvious mistakes in their own voting patterns on a regular basis. You don't get to be a Senator by not understanding politics or making a bunch of political mistakes.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 21, 2026 02:52 PM (sKqQm)

399 394 He's [Obama's] just become a great big nothing.

Posted by: Tom Servo

A black hole?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 21, 2026 02:51 PM (L/fGl)

He was the face of the entire Chicago (later Kalorama) machine.

He was never a commanding presence all on his own. He was just the bow tied around the whole deal to make it look prettier to the easily fooled.

Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 02:53 PM (uEmCf)

400 398 But then how do you explain the regular R defections that make no sense on various important issues?

It doesn't get them more votes. It isn't some core thing they believe in because the normal pattern is they've said the exact opposite repeatedly in the past.

Either favors/threats are being called in or some percentage of R office holders regularly flake out and make what are obvious mistakes in their own voting patterns on a regular basis. You don't get to be a Senator by not understanding politics or making a bunch of political mistakes.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 21, 2026 02:52 PM (sKqQm)

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The flakes end up being a handful, not the entire caucus.

And yes, many of them hate our policy goals and only mouth them to get elected.

Seriously, DC could have convicted Trump of his second impeachment and laid a judgement that he was barred from political office forever. And they couldn't manage it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 02:54 PM (GBKbO)

401 Bill Clinton actually had good administrative ability when he chose to use it. He could've been a decent president had he not been such a reprobate.

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 02:54 PM (77rzZ)

402 I think that what angers the Euros the most is that Trump is showing everyone in the world that most of the problems are caused by government bureaucrats and can be fixed by eliminating them.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 21, 2026 02:54 PM (0U5gm)

403 383 Blue Lives Matter says it totally didn't stage fake ICE operations in 9 states to distract protesters
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If I wasn't jerking off to the NFL, I woulda helped!

Posted by: True Conserfative at January 21, 2026 02:55 PM (qUkBO)

404 Sparkle Beach Ben?

That's got to be code for something. I don't wanna know what.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 21, 2026 02:55 PM (dGCAG)

405 402 I think that what angers the Euros the most is that Trump is showing everyone in the world that most of the problems are caused by government bureaucrats and can be fixed by eliminating them.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 21, 2026 02:54 PM (0U5gm)

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The EU bureaucracy exists for the sole purpose of not hitting, "this solution will fix the issue" button that exists for most major issues facing the continent today.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 02:56 PM (GBKbO)

406 Is there nothing that damn Trump won't do?

Jamie Bonkiewicz
@JamieBonkiewicz
The 3rd pregnancy announcement from this administration isn’t a coincidence.
It’s coordinated propaganda.

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Well, Elon Musk alone . . .

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 21, 2026 02:56 PM (L/fGl)

407 387 I've also been down this route. It should trouble them. You'll get one of two types of answers:

1) Unlike you I can learn...RACIST!

or just a plain...

2) RACIST!
Posted by: 18-1 at January 21, 2026 02:49 PM (sKqQm)

The only thing that matters to many of them is getting to shout "Racist" or "Nazi" at someone.

Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 02:56 PM (uEmCf)

408 He was the face of the entire Chicago (later Kalorama) machine.

He was never a commanding presence all on his own. He was just the bow tied around the whole deal to make it look prettier to the easily fooled.
Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 02:53 PM (uEmCf)
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He was the Magical Negro (h/t Bo Snerdley) that made their entire platform look shiny and new, despite it being nothing more than a tired retread of the same shitty Democrat nonsense that has done nothing but make people poor every time it's tried.

Posted by: ballistic at January 21, 2026 02:57 PM (5aZAZ)

409 "But then how do you explain the regular R defections that make no sense on various important issues?"

Another reason is that on a particular vote, going rogue makes them appear (to themselves) more powerful or attractive or exciting.

Yeah pretty stupid.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 21, 2026 02:58 PM (DgMqy)

410 The EU bureaucracy exists for the sole purpose of not hitting, "this solution will fix the issue" button that exists for most major issues facing the continent today./i]

This is a core problem with having government "fix" problems.

You give people money and status as long as they are doing the "fixing" and then take it away if they succeed . This creates a natural inclination to not actually ever solve those problems. "Don't kill the job!"

Posted by: 18-1 at January 21, 2026 02:58 PM (sKqQm)

411 The 3rd pregnancy announcement from this administration isn’t a coincidence.
It’s coordinated propaganda.
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Well that's healthy and sane.

Posted by: ... at January 21, 2026 02:58 PM (wEF4H)

412 394 He's [Obama's] just become a great big nothing.

Posted by: Tom Servo

A black hole?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 21, 2026 02:51 PM (L/fGl)

Ha!

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 02:58 PM (SSiCQ)

413 ...and can be fixed by eliminating them.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 21, 2026 02:54 PM (0U5gm)

Hold on now. I'm willing to just fire most of them. Some can go to jail.

If we need to take it further, sometime down the road, fine, but for now.....

Posted by: BurtTC at January 21, 2026 02:58 PM (dGCAG)

414 He was never a commanding presence all on his own. He was just the bow tied around the whole deal to make it look prettier to the easily fooled.
Posted by: XTC

He had the Office of the President Elect with Styrofoam Greek columns!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 21, 2026 02:59 PM (L/fGl)

415 Posted by: BurtTC at January 21, 2026 02:58 PM (dGCAG)

I always knew you were a moderate.

Posted by: ... at January 21, 2026 02:59 PM (wEF4H)

416 402 I think that what angers the Euros the most is that Trump is showing everyone in the world that most of the problems are caused by government bureaucrats and can be fixed by eliminating them.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 21, 2026 02:54 PM (0U5gm)
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Or that as soon as the Euroweenies don't have America's apron to punch out from behind anymore, that everyone's going to realize they're a bunch of fags and their shit's all retarded.

Posted by: ballistic at January 21, 2026 02:59 PM (5aZAZ)

417 The 3rd pregnancy announcement from this administration isn’t a coincidence.
It’s coordinated propaganda.

Somehow I think Sarah Palin's vagina is gonna get dragged into this.

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 02:59 PM (77rzZ)

418 417 The 3rd pregnancy announcement from this administration isn’t a coincidence.
It’s coordinated propaganda.

Somehow I think Sarah Palin's vagina is gonna get dragged into this.

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 02:59 PM (77rzZ)

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"Only childless women on SSRIs should be in political office."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 03:00 PM (GBKbO)

419 nood scotus

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 03:00 PM (GBKbO)

420 @JamieBonkiewicz
The 3rd pregnancy announcement from this administration isn’t a coincidence.
It’s coordinated propaganda.
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Without looking, I bet I can guess what this wymxn looks like.

Posted by: ballistic at January 21, 2026 03:00 PM (5aZAZ)

421 Jamie Bonkiewicz
@JamieBonkiewicz
The 3rd pregnancy announcement from this administration isn’t a coincidence.
It’s coordinated propaganda.

-
Well, Elon Musk alone . . .
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 21, 2026 02:56 PM (L/fGl)

Imagine being so broken, that the announcement of someone other than you being willing to bring another life into this world causes you to launch into hateful apoplexy.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 21, 2026 03:00 PM (dGCAG)

422

Pregnancy rhymes with McEnany.

COINCIDENCE????

-Jamie Bonkerwicz

Posted by: ... at January 21, 2026 03:01 PM (wEF4H)

423 One of my favorite things about Trump is how he ruined the political aspirations of so many asshole "it's my turn" republicans.

Pence...GFY
Romney...GFY
Posted by: Seems Legit

He annihilated entire political dynasties.
Please clap.

Posted by: Jeb!

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Based what we have out there Jeb and Pence wouldn't be the worst picks. They both were good governors and both have praised Trump 2.0 for specific actions . They are not Never Trumpers. I never will understand the required annihilation of politicians that we agree with on 90% of the issues because of disagreement on the other 10%. If that was the case I wouldn't have voted for Trump 2.0 because of Trump 1.0. (who am I kidding, I would have voted for just about anyone over Kamala or Biden)

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 21, 2026 03:03 PM (KDPiq)

424 AOC is lucky if she can froth out English. Let alone Spanish.

The sweaty commie is so dumb she can't eat a banana without somebody putting their hand on the top of her head to get her started.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 21, 2026 03:03 PM (CNXyM)

425 Based what we have out there Jeb and Pence wouldn't be the worst picks. They both were good governors and both have praised Trump 2.0 for specific actions . They are not Never Trumpers. I never will understand the required annihilation of politicians that we agree with on 90% of the issues because of disagreement on the other 10%. If that was the case I wouldn't have voted for Trump 2.0 because of Trump 1.0. (who am I kidding, I would have voted for just about anyone over Kamala or Biden)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 21, 2026 03:03 PM (KDPiq)
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Pence is softer than Charmin, my dude.

Posted by: ballistic at January 21, 2026 03:04 PM (5aZAZ)

426 402 I think that what angers the Euros the most is that Trump is showing everyone in the world that most of the problems are caused by government bureaucrats and can be fixed by eliminating them.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 21, 2026 02:54 PM (0U5gm)

good one

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 03:04 PM (SSiCQ)

427 I bet Trump liked The Sex Pistols. Well some of the selections but Trump does not approve of murdering your girlfriend.

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 21, 2026 03:06 PM (EyfuW)

428 This is about me, right?

Posted by: Thomas Masshole at January 21, 2026 03:07 PM (Mj9Qq)

429 419 nood scotus
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 03:00 PM (GBKbO)

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 03:07 PM (SSiCQ)

430 Posted by: Opinion fact at January 21, 2026 03:03 PM (KDPiq)
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Pence is softer than Charmin, my dude.

Posted by: ballistic at January 21, 2026 03:04 PM (5aZAZ)

Pence is loathed in Indiana. Maybe part of it is the way he and his fam bailed on all the gas stations that made them rich when they needed ground cleanup, which the Pences decided would best be handled by taxpayer money.

Posted by: Peaches at January 21, 2026 03:09 PM (VyqMH)

431 Option 1: Newsom. Greasy incompetent creep.
Option 2: AOC. Cartoonish incompetent marxist.
Option 3: Buttigieg. Afro-repellent incompetent Consultant Group product.
Option 4: Pritzker. Dick-blind incompetent trust fund baby.
Option 5: Kamalamadingdong. 2024's dog's breakfast.

Posted by: GOTO 100 at January 21, 2026 03:10 PM (qUkBO)

432 So Gavin...
Boxers, briefs, or thongs?

Posted by: wth at January 21, 2026 03:31 PM (UjdFS)

433 Gavin New-Scum is a Traitor just like Clinton(Bill)Obama and Biden selling America out to China like Biden selling our Fossil Fuels to China

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at January 21, 2026 04:16 PM (wGqjj)

Bill and Hillary Clinton: We Won't Testify, But If One Single Congessman Comes to NY, Bill Alone Will Sit For Some Questions, as Long as There Is No Recording and No Transcript

Comer rejected the "counter-offer."

Apparently decrepit alcoholic lesbian Hillary Clinton really doesn't want to be asked about her visits to Pedo Island.

"Facing contempt of Congress, the Clintons' lawyers made an untenable offer: that I travel to New York for a conversation with President Clinton only," Comer revealed in a post on X. The conditions only got worse from there. "No official transcript would be recorded and other Members of Congress would be barred from participating. I have rejected the Clintons' ridiculous offer."
Comer added, "The Clintons' latest demands make clear they believe their last name entitles them to special treatment."
Comer pointed out that the subpoenas came from a bipartisan House Oversight Committee and required sworn, transcribed depositions, and an informal, off-the-record chat fails to meet even the lowest standard of oversight. "Former President Clinton has a documented history of parsing language to evade questions, responded falsely under oath, and was impeached and suspended from the practice of law as a result," Comer said.

...
"The absence of an official transcript is an indefensible demand that is insulting to the American people who demand answers about Epstein's crimes," he said.
...
Of course, Hillary Clinton also remains squarely in the committee's sights. Comer laid out why her testimony matters and why a closed-door, casual conversation fails to satisfy the committee's responsibility. "Former Secretary Clinton's on-the-record testimony is necessary for the Committee's investigation given her knowledge from her time as Secretary of State of the federal government's work to counter international sex-tracking rings, her personal knowledge of Ms. Maxwell, and her family's relationship with Mr. Epstein," he said.

The Committee will now hold hearings on whether or not to refer the Clintons to the DOJ for prosecution. I sure hope it's a short hearing.

Hello! And welcome to the mid-week!

Posted by: Ace at 12:17 PM

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Posted by: front toward enemy at January 21, 2026 12:17 PM (TIizU)

2 I'll let those in the Rant Thread know this one's gone live.

(And G'afternoon to you, Ace.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 21, 2026 12:17 PM (O7YUW)

3 !

Posted by: wth at January 21, 2026 12:17 PM (UjdFS)

4 As long as there

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 21, 2026 12:18 PM (O7YUW)

5 Mitte der Woche.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 21, 2026 12:18 PM (bss/y)

6 King Clinton and Queen Clinton

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 12:18 PM (SSiCQ)

7 Comer did not kill himself.

Too soon?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 21, 2026 12:18 PM (dK+Kv)

8 Two Americas!

Posted by: The rulers and the ruled at January 21, 2026 12:18 PM (TbWk/)

9 What difference, at this point, does it make?

Posted by: Old Lady Rodham at January 21, 2026 12:19 PM (2Ez/1)

10 Too soon?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 21, 2026 12:18 PM (dK+Kv

Just be a bit

Posted by: night lifted at January 21, 2026 12:19 PM (kJmLc)

11 >>>decrepit alcoholic lesbian Hillary Clinton

moar adjectives!

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 12:19 PM (SSiCQ)

12
What kind of monsters would treat a former Preznit this way?

Posted by: Merrick Garland, from his hiding hole at January 21, 2026 12:20 PM (Y8DZL)

13 10 Too soon?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 21, 2026 12:18 PM (dK+Kv

Just be a bit
Posted by: night lifted at January 21, 2026 12:19 PM (kJmLc)

He doesn't yet claim to have information that will lead to the arrest and conviction of Hillary Clinton.

Posted by: Yet... at January 21, 2026 12:20 PM (TbWk/)

14 Do NOT cross these people.

Posted by: Vince Foster at January 21, 2026 12:20 PM (oftw2)

15 Bondi : I can't prosecute the Clintons. I might miss my appearance on Fox News, t'hee!

Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 12:20 PM (uEmCf)

16 smelly should be in there. (You know she smells like old people.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 21, 2026 12:20 PM (bss/y)

17 No kings!

Posted by: Archimedes at January 21, 2026 12:20 PM (Riz8t)

18 decrepit alcoholic lesbian Hillary Clinton

moar adjectives!
Posted by: m

Who smells of elderberries.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 21, 2026 12:21 PM (FMAqD)

19 8 Two Americas!
Posted by: The rulers and the ruled at January 21, 2026 12:18 PM (TbWk/)

Oddly the globalist cabal wants that. Those of us the elites plan to cluster in 15 minute concentration camps after they kill our pets, take everything we own, and let us die...and the elites who will get all.

Posted by: night lifted at January 21, 2026 12:21 PM (kJmLc)

20 Hilary couldn't make it to DC to testify because her broom is in the shop.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at January 21, 2026 12:21 PM (bNf8H)

21 11 >>>decrepit alcoholic lesbian Hillary Clinton

moar adjectives!
Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 12:19 PM (SSiCQ)

bloated
odiferous
repugnant
odious
contemptible

Posted by: Here are a few for your enjoyment at January 21, 2026 12:21 PM (TbWk/)

22 "Facing contempt of Congress, the Clintons' lawyers made an untenable offer: that I travel to New York for a conversation with President Clinton only," Comer revealed in a post on X. The conditions only got worse from there. "No official transcript would be recorded and other Members of Congress would be barred from participating. I have rejected the Clintons' ridiculous offer."
++++
1. *FORMER* president Clinton
2. These are basic FBI interrogation rules. No transcripts, no recordings. Just a report after the fact with "trust me bro" scribbled in the margin. It's what insider are familiar with.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 12:21 PM (GyQIQ)

23 It's voluntary, like getting shot and rolling yourself up in a carpet.

Posted by: ... at January 21, 2026 12:21 PM (wEF4H)

24 "Hello? Suicide Hotline? I'd like to place an order! *cackle*"

Posted by: Ian S. at January 21, 2026 12:21 PM (2ocoG)

25 Those meetings with the Clintons, no witnesses, no recordings, never work out well. Bubba and Hilz always have the Arkansas State Police Retirees Bowling Team and Wet Work Squad lurking in the background.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 21, 2026 12:22 PM (gm9Sb)

26 "The absence of an official transcript is an indefensible demand that is insulting to the American people who demand answers about Epstein's crimes," he said.
++++
Meh. Make it about anything. Epstein, Shmepstein. It makes no difference. The rules are that the ruling class does *not* experience accountability.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 12:22 PM (GyQIQ)

27 Who smells of elderberries.
Posted by: rickb223

And Mentholatum Rub.

Posted by: D-E-E-P Heating!! at January 21, 2026 12:22 PM (oftw2)

28 2. These are basic FBI interrogation rules. No transcripts, no recordings. Just a report after the fact with "trust me bro" scribbled in the margin. It's what insider are familiar with.

And those rules must be changed immediately. The FBI has lost any benefit of the doubt they once enjoyed.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 21, 2026 12:22 PM (Riz8t)

29 "Let them eat subpoenas."

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 21, 2026 12:23 PM (8FItK)

30 TACO

Posted by: Minneapolis Republican at January 21, 2026 12:23 PM (abIsI)

31 A quick comment from the Mun-kee thread:

340 TJM and Joe Mannix and others - thank you for good discussion on SS.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 21, 2026 12:22 PM (QGaXH)

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 21, 2026 12:23 PM (QGaXH)

32 The Committee will now hold hearings on whether or not to refer the Clintons to the DOJ for prosecution. I sure hope it's a short hearing.
++++
Me, too. The Clintons are never going to see stainless steel bracelets or a perp walk regardless of what is "referred" or whatever, so I hope they don't waste too much time on it.

Or, wait a moment. No. I don't mean that. This is *congress* we're talking about. The less those people do, the better. I hope they spend weeks on it. Months if they can get away with it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 12:23 PM (GyQIQ)

33 Think how stupid the american voters who voted for these 2 criminals are. Twice.

Anyone with half a brain always knew Bill was a flim flam man as soon as he opened his pie hole.

Which is why you never see that movie on TV.

Posted by: Mordecai Jones at January 21, 2026 12:23 PM (n+1Zi)

34 27 Who smells of elderberries.
Posted by: rickb223

And Mentholatum Rub.

Ben Gay should seriously consider a name change.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 21, 2026 12:24 PM (Riz8t)

35 27 And sulfur.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 21, 2026 12:24 PM (gm9Sb)

36 It's voluntary, like getting shot and rolling yourself up in a carpet.

Posted by: ... at January 21, 2026 12:21 PM (wEF4H)

Like a botched robbery.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 21, 2026 12:24 PM (dK+Kv)

37
When they get back in power Dems will make what happened to the J-6's look like a jolly holiday.

Posted by: Auspex at January 21, 2026 12:24 PM (Y8DZL)

38 Where is MTG wailing about the Epstein investigation and the Clinton’s non-cooperation? She had no problem severing her relationship with Trump because of it .

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 21, 2026 12:24 PM (KDPiq)

39 These are basic FBI interrogation rules. No transcripts, no recordings. Just a report after the fact with "trust me bro" scribbled in the margin. It's what insider are familiar with.

And those rules must be changed immediately. The FBI has lost any benefit of the doubt they once enjoyed.
Posted by: Archimedes

THIS X a Brazilian!

Posted by: rickb223 at January 21, 2026 12:25 PM (FMAqD)

40 One fun way to play this would be to have Bill sit for the interview, no witnesses, no transcript, and then come out and say that Bill had confessed and said that of course Hillary ordered the murders of Seth Rich, Vince Foster, and Ron Brown. Oh and Kobe too, why not?

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 21, 2026 12:25 PM (giMmT)

41 The Committee will now hold hearings on whether or not to refer the Clintons to the DOJ for prosecution. I sure hope it's a short hearing.

In a just world:

Chairman: Should we refer the Clintons to the DOJ for prosecution?

Committee: Hear, hear!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 21, 2026 12:25 PM (bFu5X)

42 When they get back in power Dems will make what happened to the J-6's look like a jolly holiday.

They need to implement a new propaganda tool, one that will persuade young men that beautiful girls are icky and fascist. But what to call her?

Posted by: Archimedes at January 21, 2026 12:25 PM (Riz8t)

43 Never forget, this is how a strong feminist reacted to Slick Willy's "I did have sexual relations" press conference.

Dianne Feinstein, the highly regarded Senator from California, recalled how she believed Clinton back in January when he denied having had a sexual relationship with Monica Lewinsky.

Of course she came up with some tortured explanation to not convict him in the Senate.

Posted by: Jay in PA at January 21, 2026 12:26 PM (9mw3J)

44 A 'Contempt of Congress' conviction must be scaring the bejeesus out of them! It's very serious!

Posted by: t-bird at January 21, 2026 12:26 PM (BvTxf)

45 There not their.

Posted by: Really?? at January 21, 2026 12:26 PM (Ryx1w)

46 They need to implement a new propaganda tool, one that will persuade young men that beautiful girls are icky and fascist. But what to call her?
Posted by: Archimedes at January 21, 2026 12:25 PM (Riz8t)
++++
Tinder. Hinge. Bumble. TikTok. Instagram. Pinterist.

It's here, it goes by many names, and it's working splendidly.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 12:27 PM (GyQIQ)

47 Those meetings with the Clintons, no witnesses, no recordings, never work out well. Bubba and Hilz always have the Arkansas State Police Retirees Bowling Team and Wet Work Squad lurking in the background.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 21, 2026 12:22 PM (gm9Sb)

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

Over/under on the number of historical Arkancides-by-bowling-ball(s)?

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 21, 2026 12:27 PM (8FItK)

48 Afternoon Ace.
President Clinton, we've been advised that you have information that could lead to the incarceration of Hillary Clinton.
Bubba: gaack, thud

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 21, 2026 12:27 PM (PTsqM)

49 This may be an unpopular opinion, but if the Clintons get arrested over this while Don Lemon is out there terrorizing children at Church, I am going to be disappointed. What do we think we will learn that we don’t know? The Clintons are hypocritical and corrupt? That Bill was a sex offender and Hillary ignored it because power means more to her than anything? How about we spend some energy on J6, a more recent and more relevant scandal.

Posted by: Piper at January 21, 2026 12:27 PM (Wmg4n)

50 33 Think how stupid the american voters who voted for these 2 criminals are. Twice.

Anyone with half a brain always knew Bill was a flim flam man as soon as he opened his pie hole.

Which is why you never see that movie on TV.
Posted by: Mordecai Jones at January 21, 2026 12:23 PM (n+1Zi)

Three times. Twice for Bill, once for Her.

Raise your hand if you knew a gal in the 90s who spoke admiringly of Bill. And it was a massive red flag.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 21, 2026 12:27 PM (bss/y)

51 There not their.
Posted by: Really?? at January 21, 2026 12:26 PM (Ryx1w)

Is not is depending on how you define it.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 21, 2026 12:27 PM (KDPiq)

52 Bubba and Hilz always have the Arkansas State Police Retirees Bowling Team and Wet Work Squad lurking in the background.

I'd pay-per-view to see them try to run from the current Arkansas State Police though. Especially if it's Trooper Jacob Byrd in the really fast Charger.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 21, 2026 12:27 PM (2ocoG)

53 A 'Contempt of Congress' conviction must be scaring the bejeesus out of them! It's very serious!
Posted by: t-bird at January 21, 2026 12:26 PM

It is when you don't control the DoJ anymore.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 21, 2026 12:27 PM (bFu5X)

54 Anyone with half a brain always knew Bill was a flim flam man as soon as he opened his pie hole.

Which is why you never see that movie on TV.
Posted by: Mordecai Jones at January 21, 2026 12:23 PM (n+1Zi)

And it's been downhill since then.

Posted by: Emmie at January 21, 2026 12:28 PM (ZNSbE)

55 They need to implement a new propaganda tool, one that will persuade young men that beautiful girls are icky and fascist. But what to call her?
Posted by: Archimedes at January 21, 2026 12:25 PM (Riz8t)
++++
Tinder. Hinge. Bumble. TikTok. Instagram. Pinterist.

It's here, it goes by many names, and it's working splendidly.

Sure, sure, Olivia Julianna was a good first try, but I think they can do better.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVxjiQGgV9k

Posted by: Archimedes at January 21, 2026 12:28 PM (Riz8t)

56
Remember further that other ardent feminists proclaimed their own willingness to service Bill's sexual hunger a la Monica Lewinsky, especially if that would keep Rowe v Wade in effect.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 21, 2026 12:28 PM (xG4kz)

57 We want an Amelia thread! With the best memes.

Posted by: zombie at January 21, 2026 12:28 PM (se8lQ)

58 Some people already consider 'N' great.

Posted by: In-N-Out at January 21, 2026 12:29 PM (0sNs1)

59 The Committee will now hold hearings on whether or not to refer the Clintons to the DOJ for prosecution.

Posted by: Ace at 12:17 PM

Ah yes. Now it's time for the failure theatre, Republicans' favorite tactic.

Posted by: Rainier Wolfcastle at January 21, 2026 12:29 PM (cuae1)

60 Many people on X love to tweet out 'NO ONE is above the law'

Yeah, some people are. We've seen too many examples.

Some people/groups in America actually are above the law.

One of the saddest developments in our history.

Posted by: Don Black at January 21, 2026 12:29 PM (ZxPkt)

61 Posted by: Piper at January 21, 2026 12:27 PM (Wmg4n)

Why can’t we do all of what you list. It ain’t that hard.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 21, 2026 12:29 PM (KDPiq)

62 They need to implement a new propaganda tool, one that will persuade young men that beautiful girls are icky and fascist.

They don't need a tool, letting young girls speak does that quite well.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 21, 2026 12:29 PM (2ocoG)

63 Sleeves rolled over here, boss!

Posted by: Jim Jordan at January 21, 2026 12:29 PM (ViMlc)

64 52 Yep. Trooper PIT does not mess around and he does it because he loves it.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 21, 2026 12:29 PM (gm9Sb)

65 42 They need to implement a new propaganda tool, one that will persuade young men that beautiful girls are icky and fascist. But what to call her?
Posted by: Archimedes at January 21, 2026 12:25 PM (Riz8t)

Twitch.

Half of the dudes watching e-thots anymore want to become e-thots themselves, and that's why they troon out.

Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 12:30 PM (uEmCf)

66
Surprised Congress critters can tear themselves away from their portfolio reviews to bother with this.

Posted by: Auspex at January 21, 2026 12:30 PM (Y8DZL)

67 "he Clintons' lawyers made an untenable offer: that I travel to New York for a conversation with President Clinton only," Comer revealed in a post on X. The conditions only got worse from there. "No official transcript would be recorded"

=======

That's how things were run at the Mena Aiport in the early 1980's!

Posted by: Jay in PA at January 21, 2026 12:30 PM (9mw3J)

68 Every morning Hillary wakes up on the kitchen floor of one of her multi-million dollar mansions in Chappaqua, New York in a pool of her own dried vomit with her face stuck to the linoleum beside an empty box of cheap New Zealand Chardonnay with a member of her Secret Service detail standing above her, arms akimbo, muttering "Tsk, tsk, tsk."

Posted by: According to Chris Plante at January 21, 2026 12:31 PM (2Ez/1)

69 This may be an unpopular opinion, but if the Clintons get arrested over this while Don Lemon is out there terrorizing children at Church, I am going to be disappointed. What do we think we will learn that we don’t know? The Clintons are hypocritical and corrupt? That Bill was a sex offender and Hillary ignored it because power means more to her than anything? How about we spend some energy on J6, a more recent and more relevant scandal.

It's important because a sense that justice has finally been done is a very strong driver for most people. Besides, I think we can do both simultaneously. Just giving up on Bubba and especially Hillary would short circuit any sense of closure and right having won the day.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 21, 2026 12:31 PM (Riz8t)

70
~zoom-zoom~

Posted by: Flyin' Green Dildo at January 21, 2026 12:31 PM (DDJSl)

71 Dianne Feinstein, the highly regarded Senator from California ...

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

"No one regarded her as highly as we!"

/The Red Chinese Communist Party

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 21, 2026 12:31 PM (8FItK)

72 The Committee will now hold hearings on whether or not to roll up their sleeves and write that Sternly-worded Letter™️

Posted by: Don Black at January 21, 2026 12:31 PM (ZxPkt)

73 It will be a short hearing, and they will not refer the Clintons for prosecution, because the GOP is complicit in the overthrow of the US Constitution.

Posted by: holygoat at January 21, 2026 12:31 PM (E4/dr)

74 43 Never forget, this is how a strong feminist reacted to Slick Willy's "I did have sexual relations" press conference.

Dianne Feinstein, the highly regarded Senator from California, recalled how she believed Clinton back in January when he denied having had a sexual relationship with Monica Lewinsky.

Of course she came up with some tortured explanation to not convict him in the Senate.
Posted by: Jay in PA at January 21, 2026 12:26 PM (9mw3J)

I recall Feinstein and others charging up the steps of some office building to demand - was it Packwood (?) of Oregon before Oregon got turned blue - to demand he resign over allegations of sexual impropriety of some sort...?

Thank you for interesting topic Ace. Hope you are doing well and staying warm.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 21, 2026 12:31 PM (QGaXH)

75
Welcome to the Working Week!
I no it don't thrill you
I hope it don't kill you
Now-
Welcome to the Working Week!
Welcome to the Working Week!

Posted by: Pre-Zombie Elvis Costello at January 21, 2026 12:32 PM (iJfKG)

76 Yeah, some people are. We've seen too many examples.

I said, no one is above the law.

Posted by: Adds a Jedi Hand Wave... at January 21, 2026 12:32 PM (BvTxf)

77 The Committee will now hold hearings on....
-----

Yeah, that'll do the trick.
Who's the latest roll up their sleeves star of the committee circuit?
Soap operas for ugly people, indeed.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at January 21, 2026 12:33 PM (Hx0tZ)

78 If one must choose an arbitrary time period when the USA went off the rails, the Clintoon years are pretty tough to beat. They really seeded so much of the open air insanity, if not so apparent at the time. Some really deviant fuckers in shadow government ops

Posted by: Common Tater at January 21, 2026 12:33 PM (66/qG)

79
Hitching her career wagon to a serial sexual offender and riding that connection to elected and appointed positions is Hildabeest's sole "accomplishment".

In that respect she and Red Kammie have a lot in common.

Willies' Willies FTW!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 21, 2026 12:33 PM (xG4kz)

80 These are basic FBI interrogation rules. No transcripts, no recordings. Just a report after the fact with "trust me bro" scribbled in the margin. It's what insider are familiar with.

And those rules must be changed immediately.

To Obama's credit, he did change this rule. FBI were supposed to record interviews. To Obama's discredit, he only made it policy with no teeth. FBI feel free to ignore the rule when it's convenient to them or their politics.

Posted by: bonhomme at January 21, 2026 12:34 PM (Yp6az)

81 Remember further that other ardent feminists proclaimed their own willingness to service Bill's sexual hunger a la Monica Lewinsky, especially if that would keep Rowe v Wade in effect.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 21, 2026 12:28 PM (xG4kz)

Sucking off perverts for baby murder, the end goal of feminism.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 21, 2026 12:34 PM (dK+Kv)

82 I have a new offer.

I will meet with ONE Senator at a time. Alone, sometime in the evening.
At Fort Marcy Park.

How's that?

Posted by: Hillary. at January 21, 2026 12:34 PM (pKhVe)

83 I want live, televised under oath testimony from both of them. It's not like they haven't done it before.

Posted by: Gmac - WTF did you think was going to happen? at January 21, 2026 12:34 PM (DY7Xb)

84 Some people voted for a Clinton 3 times.

Posted by: Really?? at January 21, 2026 12:34 PM (Ryx1w)

85 It's like I never even happened.

Posted by: Benghazi at January 21, 2026 12:34 PM (2Ez/1)

86 Do the Clintons have any political clout left at all? Do Dems care WTF happens to them anymore? I think they'll both croak before facing any justice anyway.

Posted by: gp at January 21, 2026 12:35 PM (N8ZBc)

87
Willowed:

Anglo-American Full Breakfast: We're building an empire.

Continental Breakfast: We're taking August off and otherwise working 30 hours a week.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 21, 2026 12:35 PM (tgvbd)

88 Our President, he of the barren field of fucks:

@TrumpWarRoom
·
1h
.@POTUS
on WWII: “We won it big. Without us, right now you’d all be speaking German and a little Japanese, perhaps.”

Posted by: Don Black at January 21, 2026 12:35 PM (ZxPkt)

89 46 They need to implement a new propaganda tool, one that will persuade young men that beautiful girls are icky and fascist. But what to call her?
Posted by: Archimedes at January 21, 2026 12:25 PM (Riz8t)
++++
Tinder. Hinge. Bumble. TikTok. Instagram. Pinterist.

It's here, it goes by many names, and it's working splendidly.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 12:27 PM (GyQIQ)

I believe Archimedes is referring to 'Amelia' a British Gov propaganda tool that has gloriously backfired on the perpetrators!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 21, 2026 12:35 PM (QGaXH)

90 Death by Bunga Bunga!

Posted by: Dirac_Delta at January 21, 2026 12:35 PM (9EO0O)

91 Trying to play the Billy Bob privilege card. How dare we peasants think that the rules are the same. F you Billy. I want the hearings televised so their depravity can be memorialized forever. Wonder if Polymarket will take bets on perjury?

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 21, 2026 12:35 PM (T3puI)

92 79
Hitching her career wagon to a serial sexual offender and riding that connection to elected and appointed positions is Hildabeest's sole "accomplishment".

In that respect she and Red Kammie have a lot in common.

Willies' Willies FTW!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 21, 2026 12:33 PM (xG4kz)

The Maserati Dealer doesn't ask you where you got your money from. He just hands you the keys.

Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 12:35 PM (uEmCf)

93 Piper! There's a really good Fashion post toward the top of

@beyondreasdoubt

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 12:35 PM (SSiCQ)

94 Comer added, "The Clintons' latest demands make clear they believe their last name entitles them to special treatment."
====

Dear James Comer,

You have yet to prove them wrong.

Love, Franpsycho

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 21, 2026 12:35 PM (RIvkX)

95 Republicans are just trying to deflect attention from the Epstein files by talking to the Clintons about Epstein!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 12:35 PM (GBKbO)

96 Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 21, 2026 12:23 PM (QGaXH)
-------
Their input, and more than a couple others' input, are always valuable. Always

Posted by: 496 at January 21, 2026 12:35 PM (GjxrJ)

97 A conversation about Clinton pedophilia ....it's interesting that they tossed that out there.

Posted by: torabora at January 21, 2026 12:35 PM (UqzrU)

98 Hitching her career wagon to a serial sexual offender and riding that connection to elected and appointed positions is Hildabeest's sole "accomplishment".

In that respect she and Red Kammie have a lot in common.

In both cases the serial sexual offender turned on them, too. We all know Bill hates his life, and Willie Brown made public statements that were not positioning Kammie for success.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 21, 2026 12:35 PM (2ocoG)

99 83 I want live, televised under oath testimony from both of them. It's not like they haven't done it before.
Posted by: Gmac - WTF did you think was going to happen? at January 21, 2026 12:34 PM (DY7Xb)

What difference at this point does it make ?

Posted by: Hillary at January 21, 2026 12:35 PM (VE6XX)

100 61 Posted by: Piper at January 21, 2026 12:27 PM (Wmg4n)

Why can’t we do all of what you list. It ain’t that hard.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 21, 2026 12

Because we have limited resources. Because we need to be more targeted. Because we are all over everywhere, nothing is happening. Because Bill is a foot, maybe a foot and a half in the grave. He will answer for what he has done as will Hillary, probably before the meetings on setting up the meetings are over. Because I care more about Omar and her fraud than this. Because Covid is more relevant. Because focus on this is very much on purpose so we are not focused on these other things that actually matter.

Posted by: Piper at January 21, 2026 12:35 PM (OoFl2)

101 You don't mess with Diane Feinstein. Ask me how I know.

Posted by: Lisa Murkowski at January 21, 2026 12:36 PM (L3gF5)

102 We want an Amelia thread! With the best memes.
Posted by: zombie at January 21, 2026 12:28 PM (se8lQ)

This very short one just popped up:

https://x.com/Huff4Congress/status/2012164484433912063?s=20

Posted by: Pre-Zombie Elvis Costello at January 21, 2026 12:36 PM (iJfKG)

103 101 You don't mess with Diane Feinstein. Ask me how I know.

Posted by: Lisa Murkowski at January 21, 2026 12:36 PM (L3gF5)

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The dead haunt.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 12:36 PM (GBKbO)

104 Monica Lewinsky's ex-boyfriend's wife.

Posted by: My favorite moniker for Old Lady Rodham at January 21, 2026 12:37 PM (2Ez/1)

105 When Roe v Wade was basically overturned I told a group of liberal ladies that I guess Bill Clinton won't be getting those BJs. Only one in the group acknowledged she knew what I was talking about.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 21, 2026 12:37 PM (KDPiq)

106 100 Because Bill is a foot, maybe a foot and a half in the grave. He will answer for what he has done as will Hillary, probably before the meetings on setting up the meetings are over. Because I care more about Omar and her fraud than this. Because Covid is more relevant. Because focus on this is very much on purpose so we are not focused on these other things that actually matter.
Posted by: Piper at January 21, 2026 12:35 PM (OoFl2)

They do not believe in Hell. They need to be punished alive.

Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 12:37 PM (uEmCf)

107 When they get back in power Dems will make what happened to the J-6's look like a jolly holiday.

They need to implement a new propaganda tool, one that will persuade young men that beautiful girls are icky and fascist. But what to call her?
Posted by: Archimedes at January 21, 2026 12:25 PM (Riz8t)
_____

That filtered THOT pimping an upcoming "dating app" where men give pre-date "deposits" to the ladies for "dating prep"?

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 21, 2026 12:37 PM (iFTx/)

108 I recall Feinstein and others charging up the steps of some office building to demand - was it Packwood (?) of Oregon before Oregon got turned blue - to demand he resign over allegations of sexual impropriety of some sort...?

Thank you for interesting topic Ace. Hope you are doing well and staying warm.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 21, 2026 12:31 PM

Only after Billy Bob was elected and they didn't need Packwood anymore to protect Roe.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 21, 2026 12:38 PM (bFu5X)

109 Republicans are just trying to deflect attention from the Epstein files by talking to the Clintons about Epstein!

I'm extremely entertained at how much the Dem base is hanging on to "the Epstein Files will prove Trump raped everything that moves and his grandkids are also his kids" even while some elected Dems have slowly backed away from it.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 21, 2026 12:38 PM (2ocoG)

110 Tinder. Hinge. Bumble. TikTok. Instagram. Pinterist.

Shows they're delusional psycho hose beasts.

Posted by: Charging for dates by the pound at January 21, 2026 12:38 PM (TbWk/)

111 50
Raise your hand if you knew a gal in the 90s who spoke admiringly of Bill. And it was a massive red flag.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 21, 2026 12:27 PM (bss/y)

Aw hell - the stupidity goes back further than that - my then 20 y.o. sister voted for the peanut farmer because 'he has a nice smile'..

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 21, 2026 12:38 PM (QGaXH)

112
Off not quite dead yet New Waver sock!

Posted by: naturalfake at January 21, 2026 12:38 PM (iJfKG)

113 Monica Lewinsky looks better now than she did when she was giving Bill a hummer.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 21, 2026 12:38 PM (KDPiq)

114 It's important because a sense that justice has finally been done is a very strong driver for most people.
——-

Everyone knows what needs to be done. They just want someone else to do it.

They really do want the “system” to work, they want their representatives to do what they are paid to do, instead of the opposite, they don’t want to acknowledge that perhaps most of the things they were taught and believed were complete nonsense. The “political class” and the “media” have no idea what they are doing, playing with fire. History is very clear on this, but I guess hope springs eternal.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 21, 2026 12:38 PM (66/qG)

115 "Hitching her career wagon to a serial sexual offender and riding that connection to elected and appointed positions is Hildabeest's sole "accomplishment"

========

She humiliated herself on [NON PARTISAN TOTALLY BY THE BOOK] 60 Minutes to save Bill's campaign.

“I'm not sittin' here some little woman standing by my man like Tammy Wynette."

(She did the fake southern drawl thing to boot)

Posted by: Jay in PA at January 21, 2026 12:38 PM (9mw3J)

116 "They do not believe in Hell. They need to be punished alive."

If I can escape eternal punishment merely by refusing to believe in it, where do I sign up?

Posted by: gp at January 21, 2026 12:38 PM (N8ZBc)

117 Just a good ol' boy from Hope, AR, driving an El Camino with astroturf in the bed. Never meant any harm.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 21, 2026 12:38 PM (gm9Sb)

118 House Oversight Committee

Republican Members

Jim Jordan, Ohio
Michael Turner, Ohio
Paul Gosar, Arizona
Virginia Foxx, North Carolina
Glenn Grothman, Wisconsin
Michael Cloud, Texas
Gary Palmer, Alabama
Clay Higgins, Louisiana
Pete Sessions, Texas
Andy Biggs, Arizona
Nancy Mace, South Carolina
Pat Fallon, Texas
Byron Donalds, Florida
Scott Perry, Pennsylvania
William Timmons, South Carolina

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 21, 2026 12:39 PM (jc0TO)

119
Tim Burchett, Tennessee
Lauren Boebert, Colorado
Anna Paulina Luna, Florida
Nick Langworthy, New York
Eric Burlison, Missouri
Eli Crane, Arizona
Brian Jack, Georgia
John McGuire, Virginia
Brandon Gill, Texas

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 21, 2026 12:39 PM (jc0TO)

120 Actually some people voted for a Clinton for prezzy times. Bubba twice. The beast in 2008 primaries and the beast in 2016.

Did Bubba run in any primary before 1992? Maybe even 5 times if so.

Posted by: Really?? at January 21, 2026 12:39 PM (Ryx1w)

121 Just giving up on Bubba and especially Hillary would short circuit any sense of closure and right having won the day.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 21, 2026 12:31 PM (Riz8t)

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Even executions for treason would not provide enough closure for me given the past four decades of their disgusting depravity, depredations, and degradations. * spit *

YMMV.

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 21, 2026 12:39 PM (NUa0z)

122 Democratic Members

Eleanor Holmes Norton, District of Columbia
Stephen Lynch, Massachusetts
Raja Krishnamoorthi, Illinois
Ro Khanna, California
Kweisi Mfume, Maryland
Shontel Brown, Ohio
Melanie Stansbury, New Mexico
Maxwell Frost, Florida
Summer Lee, Pennsylvania
Greg Casar, Texas
Jasmine Crockett, Texas
Emily Randall, Washington
Suhas Subramanyam, Virginia
Yassamin Ansari, Arizona
Wesley Bell, Missouri
Lateefah Simon, California
Dave Min, California
James Walkinshaw, Virginia
Ayanna Pressley, Massachusetts
Rashida Tlaib, Michigan

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 21, 2026 12:39 PM (jc0TO)

123 88 Our President, he of the barren field of fucks:

@TrumpWarRoom @POTUS

on WWII: “We won it big. Without us, right now you’d all be speaking German and a little Japanese, perhaps.”

Posted by: Don Black at January 21, 2026 12:35 PM (ZxPkt)

Yeah, I voted for this.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 21, 2026 12:39 PM (dK+Kv)

124 I believe Archimedes is referring to 'Amelia' a British Gov propaganda tool that has gloriously backfired on the perpetrators!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 21, 2026 12:35 PM (QGaXH)
++++
Ah, I see. From the "Pathways" propaganda 'game' thing. Got it.

I love how much it's backfiring on them.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 12:39 PM (GyQIQ)

125 That filtered THOT pimping an upcoming "dating app" where men give pre-date "deposits" to the ladies for "dating prep"?
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 21, 2026 12:37 PM (iFTx/)

"My dear we have established what you are, now are merely haggling on price."

Posted by: Winston Churchillin' like a villain at January 21, 2026 12:39 PM (TbWk/)

126 38 Where is MTG wailing about the Epstein investigation and the Clinton’s non-cooperation? She had no problem severing her relationship with Trump because of it .
Posted by: Opinion fact
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She severed it because the Don told her bad news she could not win a statewide race in GA and then she sicced Code Pink on him at a restaurant.

The rest of it was simply being the person she really was--an accidental congress critter that was overmatched by its low bar on competence. She screwed her constituents too by resigning early.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 12:39 PM (E4rtv)

127 109 Republicans are just trying to deflect attention from the Epstein files by talking to the Clintons about Epstein!

I'm extremely entertained at how much the Dem base is hanging on to "the Epstein Files will prove Trump raped everything that moves and his grandkids are also his kids" even while some elected Dems have slowly backed away from it.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 21, 2026 12:38 PM (2ocoG)

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Epstein was only and always an online exclusive obsession.

No material constituency voted on it.

It was, at best, supporting evidence one way or another for people already having made up their mind about particular politicians.

Elected officials obsessing over online exclusive obsessions just creates noise that most people filter out.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 12:39 PM (GBKbO)

128 Make them testify or jail it is. Comer should televise it live either way.

Posted by: DanMan at January 21, 2026 12:40 PM (8uzBS)

129 Aw hell - the stupidity goes back further than that
——-

Chicks voted for John Kennedy, because he was cute (compared to Nixon)

Posted by: Common Tater at January 21, 2026 12:40 PM (66/qG)

130 A LDS guy on X started a minor firestorm by arguing that members should carry in church:

What I’m about to say is totally against the church handbook, but you should absolutely conceal carry to church.

Yes, I know they prohibit it.

But it’s probably the softest target on earth.

I know of at least five other people in my ward that carry. I’m assuming there are others as well.

Be prepared to protect the flock, even though you’ll likely never need to.

http://tiny.cc/peyx001

This is the policy in the General Handbook:
Firearms and other lethal weapons are not allowed on Church property. This includes concealed weapons. This does not apply to current law enforcement officers.

I agree with the poster and I'm fascinated by the adverse responses.

Posted by: bonhomme at January 21, 2026 12:40 PM (Yp6az)

131 “Communists think like seven year olds” is the greatest self own to ever be"

https://is.gd/IY8sZp

Posted by: Archimedes at January 21, 2026 12:40 PM (Riz8t)

132 116 "They do not believe in Hell. They need to be punished alive."

If I can escape eternal punishment merely by refusing to believe in it, where do I sign up?

Posted by: gp at January 21, 2026 12:38 PM (N8ZBc)

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I believe that when I die I will enter the Valhalla of eternal sex with busty, attractive women.

Is this how it works?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 12:40 PM (GBKbO)

133 That filtered THOT pimping an upcoming "dating app" where men give pre-date "deposits" to the ladies for "dating prep"?
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 21, 2026 12:37 PM (iFTx/)
++++
End-stage culture is a weird thing.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 12:40 PM (GyQIQ)

134 hell - the stupidity goes back further than that - my then 20 y.o. sister voted for the peanut farmer because 'he has a nice smile'..
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 21, 2026 12:38 PM (QGaXH)

My GF in 2000 voted for Gore because he had really pretty daughters.

Posted by: Really?? at January 21, 2026 12:41 PM (Ryx1w)

135 124 Ah, I see. From the "Pathways" propaganda 'game' thing. Got it.

I love how much it's backfiring on them.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 12:39 PM (GyQIQ)

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Because the left doesn't have a sense of humor therefore it cannot meme.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 12:41 PM (GBKbO)

136 If President Trump could put up with the clown show orchestrated by a discredited, partisan, hack DA in Georgia, then slick willie can show up for Congressional Hearing

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 21, 2026 12:41 PM (LjXLp)

137 [Tangentially Scum-Related:]

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent recently criticized California Governor Gavin Newsom at the World Economic Forum in Davos, calling him "economically illiterate" and comparing him to "Patrick Bateman meets Sparkle Beach Ken." Bessent claimed Newsom "may be the only Californian who knows less about economics than Kamala Harris" and accused him of being out of touch while "hobnobbing with the global elite" amid California's ongoing homelessness and budget challenges.

Bessent also mocked Newsom’s social media suggestion that California could withhold federal tax payments in response to potential funding cuts, calling it a "reckless" threat of criminal tax evasion. He stated, “Governor @GavinNewsom is threatening to commit criminal tax evasion. His plan: defraud the American taxpayer and leave California residents on the hook for unpaid federal taxes.”

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 21, 2026 12:41 PM (NUa0z)

138 That filtered THOT pimping an upcoming "dating app" where men give pre-date "deposits" to the ladies for "dating prep"?

Also you must submit proof of actually being a minotaur or an ICE agent.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 21, 2026 12:41 PM (2ocoG)

139 I'm so old I remember when a slaughter at a foreign embassy was caused by an obscure YouTube video.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 21, 2026 12:42 PM (2Ez/1)

140 Because we have limited resources. Because we need to be more targeted. Because we are all over everywhere, nothing is happening. Because Bill is a foot, maybe a foot and a half in the grave. He will answer for what he has done as will Hillary, probably before the meetings on setting up the meetings are over. Because I care more about Omar and her fraud than this. Because Covid is more relevant. Because focus on this is very much on purpose so we are not focused on these other things that actually matter.
Posted by: Piper at January 21, 2026 12:35 PM (OoFl2)

I like this version of you much better than the one that made us look at foo-foo "men's" fashion on Sunday!

Posted by: Doof at January 21, 2026 12:42 PM (3r1VB)

141 So many foreign names on the Dems list.

Posted by: Really?? at January 21, 2026 12:42 PM (Ryx1w)

142 140 Because we have limited resources. Because we need to be more targeted. Because we are all over everywhere, nothing is happening. Because Bill is a foot, maybe a foot and a half in the grave. He will answer for what he has done as will Hillary, probably before the meetings on setting up the meetings are over. Because I care more about Omar and her fraud than this. Because Covid is more relevant. Because focus on this is very much on purpose so we are not focused on these other things that actually matter.
Posted by: Piper at January 21, 2026 12:35 PM (OoFl2)

I like this version of you much better than the one that made us look at foo-foo "men's" fashion on Sunday!
Posted by: Doof at January 21, 2026 12:42 PM (3r1VB)

She is multitudes.

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 12:42 PM (SSiCQ)

143 Incidentally, there's a new Rubio meme where he's dressed as Mary Poppins to be the Vances' new nanny.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 21, 2026 12:42 PM (2ocoG)

144 Short pier, long walk. Some assembly required.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 21, 2026 12:42 PM (45BvE)

145 This is the policy in the General Handbook:
Firearms and other lethal weapons are not allowed on Church property. This includes concealed weapons. This does not apply to current law enforcement officers.

I agree with the poster and I'm fascinated by the adverse responses.
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Printing that in the Handbook might be for liability purposes, but actively enforcing it would be really, really, stupid. Even more stupid would be not having an actual security plan that includes a couple of deacons carrying during every service.

Posted by: Crusader at January 21, 2026 12:42 PM (TN0g+)

146 124 Ah, I see. From the "Pathways" propaganda 'game' thing. Got it.

I love how much it's backfiring on them.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 12:39 PM (GyQIQ)

They shouldn't have given her purple hair. That was just going to make the intended audience (young people) like the character more.

Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 12:43 PM (uEmCf)

147 143 Incidentally, there's a new Rubio meme where he's dressed as Mary Poppins to be the Vances' new nanny.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 21, 2026 12:42 PM (2ocoG)

; )

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 12:43 PM (SSiCQ)

148 Another piece of data to support AlexTheChick's "Unified Clinton Theory" that most, if not all, of our problems are due to Bill Clinton not being impeached. At least, that's how I remember it. Maybe the Empress can correct me.

Posted by: pookysgirl knows what "is" is at January 21, 2026 12:43 PM (Wt5PA)

149 I believe that when I die I will enter the Valhalla of eternal sex with busty, attractive women.

Is this how it works?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen

Whoa, never figgered you were Mooslim!

Posted by: You Hide It Well at January 21, 2026 12:44 PM (oftw2)

150 I'm probably in the minority but I'm inclined to think that in sitting for questioning, Clinton, as a former President, deserves a bit of accommodation, but the counteroffer was complete BS. He was a President, so some protocols apply but he is still subject to the same laws we all are.
His wife, on the other hand, needs to be cuffed and hauled off as soon as possible.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 21, 2026 12:44 PM (2WIwB)

151 In before Mike Lawler- Jackass NY, states “that’s not who we are” and opposes the referral.

Posted by: Vengeance at January 21, 2026 12:44 PM (Uh88k)

152 These are basic FBI interrogation rules. No transcripts, no recordings. Just a report after the fact with "trust me bro" scribbled in the margin. It's what insider are familiar with.
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Just like Bill's meeting on the tarmac a few years back.

Posted by: Crusader at January 21, 2026 12:44 PM (TN0g+)

153 138 That filtered THOT pimping an upcoming "dating app" where men give pre-date "deposits" to the ladies for "dating prep"?

Also you must submit proof of actually being a minotaur or an ICE agent.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 21, 2026 12:41 PM (2ocoG)

Balls Symmetrical?
Yes / No (Circle one)

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 21, 2026 12:45 PM (bss/y)

154 I sure hope nobody at DoJ breaks a fuckin' nail bringing these skeezoids to "Justice".

Posted by: sifty boones at January 21, 2026 12:45 PM (nBIRu)

155
Another piece of data to support AlexTheChick's "Unified Clinton Theory" that most, if not all, of our problems are due to Bill Clinton not being impeached. At least, that's how I remember it. Maybe the Empress can correct me.

*polite cough*

He was impeached. He was not convicted.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 21, 2026 12:45 PM (tgvbd)

156 130 A LDS guy on X started a minor firestorm by arguing that members should carry in church:

What I’m about to say is totally against the church handbook, but you should absolutely conceal carry to church.

Yes, I know they prohibit it.

But it’s probably the softest target on earth.

I know of at least five other people in my ward that carry. I’m assuming there are others as well.

Be prepared to protect the flock, even though you’ll likely never need to.

http://tiny.cc/peyx001

This is the policy in the General Handbook:
Firearms and other lethal weapons are not allowed on Church property. This includes concealed weapons. This does not apply to current law enforcement officers.

I agree with the poster and I'm fascinated by the adverse responses.
Posted by: bonhomme at January 21, 2026 12:40 PM (Yp6az)

How about requiring a permit to carry?

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 12:45 PM (SSiCQ)

157 148 Another piece of data to support AlexTheChick's "Unified Clinton Theory" that most, if not all, of our problems are due to Bill Clinton not being impeached. At least, that's how I remember it. Maybe the Empress can correct me.
Posted by: pookysgirl knows what "is" is at January 21, 2026 12:43 PM (Wt5PA)

He gets impeached Gore becomes potus and runs as an incumbent in 2000, and wins.

I don’t know how that solves problems. But I’m open to suggestions.

Posted by: Really?? at January 21, 2026 12:45 PM (Ryx1w)

158 They need to start a campaign to get Amelia as the next PM.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 21, 2026 12:45 PM (45BvE)

159 The rest of it was simply being the person she really was--an accidental congress critter that was overmatched by its low bar on competence. She screwed her constituents too by resigning early.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 12:39 PM (E4rtv)

Ace-esque. Well said.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 21, 2026 12:45 PM (dK+Kv)

160 Because we have limited resources. Because we need to be more targeted. Because we are all over everywhere, nothing is happening. Because Bill is a foot, maybe a foot and a half in the grave. He will answer for what he has done as will Hillary, probably before the meetings on setting up the meetings are over. Because I care more about Omar and her fraud than this. Because Covid is more relevant. Because focus on this is very much on purpose so we are not focused on these other things that actually matter.
Posted by: Piper
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Different committees Piper. Comer is chair of House Oversight, Omar goes to Ethics Committee for investigation, not Oversight. Covid would normally be an issue in Health Committees.

And that also does not take into account Senate Commitees.

So it is not an all or nothing sort of deal. Given Congress is doing an imitation of King Log under GOP leadership and struggling to pass spending bills for the rest of government for FY 2026 (Mainly a Senate issue, not House), the House committees might as well blow up the Dems equation of Trump with the Epstein bill by dragging Bill and Hill before the House committees and making the Dems eat a shit sandwich.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 12:45 PM (E4rtv)

161 Oops. Translation error. It doesn't say "72 virgins."
It says "72 raisins."

Posted by: The More You Know at January 21, 2026 12:46 PM (2Ez/1)

162 104 Monica Lewinsky's ex-boyfriend's wife.
Posted by: My favorite moniker for Old Lady Rodham at January 21, 2026 12:37 PM (2Ez/1)

Gennifer Flowers would have made a better First Lady. Bill should have dumped the Lezzie

Posted by: night lifted at January 21, 2026 12:46 PM (kJmLc)

163 160 So it is not an all or nothing sort of deal. Given Congress is doing an imitation of King Log under GOP leadership and struggling to pass spending bills for the rest of government for FY 2026 (Mainly a Senate issue, not House), the House committees might as well blow up the Dems equation of Trump with the Epstein bill by dragging Bill and Hill before the House committees and making the Dems eat a shit sandwich.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 12:45 PM (E4rtv)

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Another way to put it:

Congress is stupid theater. Might as well have stupid theater that entertains us.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 12:46 PM (GBKbO)

164 “Monica Lewinsky looks better now than she did when she was giving Bill a hummer.”

I’d Zoom that!

Posted by: Jeffrey Toobin at January 21, 2026 12:46 PM (mFlIh)

165
# two weeks
# no warrants

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 21, 2026 12:46 PM (gIcAo)

166 I was thinking the Clintons counteroffer would have included something like a lap dance and five hundred dollars in $10 bills.

Posted by: Vengeance at January 21, 2026 12:46 PM (Uh88k)

167 Any interview rule good enough for Richard Jewell is fine for Clinton, right?

What could go wrong?

Posted by: sifty boones at January 21, 2026 12:46 PM (nBIRu)

168 158 They need to start a campaign to get Amelia as the next PM.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 21, 2026 12:45 PM (45BvE)

Tommy Robinson

Posted by: night lifted at January 21, 2026 12:47 PM (kJmLc)

169 probably in the minority but I'm inclined to think that in sitting for questioning, Clinton, as a former President, deserves a bit of accommodation,

—

The way Trump, as an ex president was given accommodations by the left? Yeah fuck that.

Posted by: Really?? at January 21, 2026 12:47 PM (Ryx1w)

170 He gets impeached Gore becomes potus and runs as an incumbent in 2000, and wins.

I don’t know how that solves problems. But I’m open to suggestions.
Posted by: Really?? at January 21, 2026 12:45 PM (Ryx1w)

Think Gore would have tacked back to his dem con roots? Or does he muddle in the Clintonian middle?

It also reeks to me of the 'THE DEMS WILL DO TEN TIMES WORSE THINGS TO US!!! I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE BUT I AM AFRAID OF THEM!!! WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL!!!'

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 21, 2026 12:47 PM (bss/y)

171 Pro Tip: Burn any chair that Hillary sits in.

Posted by: Vengeance at January 21, 2026 12:47 PM (Uh88k)

172 Willowed:

The rest went poof. So Illinois courts are going to take a loss because when the money ain't there, the pensions are not going to be paid. And Pritzker is busy wrecking the Illinois economy for illegals and other wasteful spending in the process. Illinois and Chicago pension funds are 9 out of 15 of the least funded pension funds in the US. Average about 40 cents on the dollar. Illinois when you take all of the pension liabilities and aggregate them, has about 52 percent funding of its pension promises to state and local workers. 51st of all states plus DC.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 12:14 PM (E4rtv)
==
Well, as I noted elsewhere - the Illinois Constitution says they must be paid, and so they will be paid before everyone else, in full, until someone has the balls to change it. The first step will be a State Supreme Court Justice ordering a 50% increase in the state sales and income tax.

They will be paid first, because to not do so is unconstitutional in the state.

Posted by: Black JEM at January 21, 2026 12:46 PM (GZYu7)

Posted by: Black JEM at January 21, 2026 12:47 PM (GZYu7)

173 I don't hold the Lewinsky dalliance against WJC. She was no innocent. The Starr investigation unearthed her writings about her plan to go to DC and seduce the guy.

She was good-looking and eager. I would have let her fellate me, sure. I wouldn't **** her *** like he did, but the other stuff seemed normal for a horny guy with a repulsive wife.

His crime there was lying about it under oath. For that, yes, condemnation is appropriate.

Posted by: gp at January 21, 2026 12:47 PM (N8ZBc)

174 167 Any interview rule good enough for Richard Jewell is fine for Clinton, right?

What could go wrong?

Posted by: sifty boones at January 21, 2026 12:46 PM (nBIRu)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSMxBLlA8qY

One of the best movie trailers of the last 20 years.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 12:47 PM (GBKbO)

175 Posted by: Diogenes at January 21, 2026 12:44 PM (2WIw

I agree. I think Comer offered the appropriate accommodation for a former President in that it would not be a public hearing and it would be limited regard to the participants IIRC.

Is that correct? Anyone?

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 21, 2026 12:47 PM (KDPiq)

176 113 Monica Lewinsky looks better now than she did when she was giving Bill a hummer.

Concur.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 21, 2026 12:47 PM (Riz8t)

177 171 Pro Tip: Burn any chair that Hillary sits in.
Posted by: Vengeance at January 21, 2026 12:47 PM (Uh88k)

eww

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 12:48 PM (SSiCQ)

178 170 It also reeks to me of the 'THE DEMS WILL DO TEN TIMES WORSE THINGS TO US!!! I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE BUT I AM AFRAID OF THEM!!! WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL!!!'
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 21, 2026 12:47 PM (bss/y)

Republicans are Democrats' bitches, and they serve at the pleasure of the Democrats.

It is thus, because the GOP wanted it thus.

Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 12:48 PM (uEmCf)

179 Missed the Wednesday Mannix thread.
I'll get up earlier next week.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 21, 2026 12:48 PM (gIcAo)

180 But it’s probably the softest target on earth.
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Let the commies believe that.

Also the parishioners only have rubber bullets.

Posted by: ... at January 21, 2026 12:48 PM (wEF4H)

181 Before the Clintons became known nationally, I’d never heard of them, an Arkansan in my company, an E4 in the .mil flatly told us “He’s gonna be the next president. He’s crooked as hell. His wife wants to be president too”. Everyone was ..”who??” Always wondered how he knew that, must have been connected somehow

Posted by: Common Tater at January 21, 2026 12:48 PM (66/qG)

182 Don't forget that a wife cannot be compelled to testify against her husband.

Posted by: torabora at January 21, 2026 12:49 PM (UqzrU)

183 Why Bill stays married to Hillary?

She has all the photos of his many 'bimbo eruptions.'

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 21, 2026 12:49 PM (45BvE)

184 I am sorry to go OT, but this is too delicious to wait:

x.com/bluelivesmtr/status/2013771912552554994#m

Blue Lives Matter
@bluelivesmtr
16h
We're not saying that Blue Lives Matter was behind feeding false information to far-left, anti-ICE protestors.

We're not saying we had teams comprised of HUNDREDS of off-duty cops and veterans volunteer to run decoy operations so far-left activists THOUGHT they were conducting ICE raids.

We're not saying they were in fact they were just driving around in what appeared to be unmarked vehicles with tinted windows... drinking coffee and listening to Guns and Roses.... being chased down and surrounded by protestors.

What we ARE saying is that if it DID happen [ . . . ]

Posted by: Kindltot at January 21, 2026 12:49 PM (rbvCR)

185 Odiferous and odious, two of my favorite words. Not sure why.

Posted by: Easy the Elder at January 21, 2026 12:49 PM (gStWC)

186 hearings on whether or not to refer the Clintons to the DOJ for prosecution.

If the DOJ is sitting behind their desks, waiting for thieves to do their investigations for them, man, we got some problems.

Posted by: t-bird at January 21, 2026 12:49 PM (BvTxf)

187 Imagine all the poor lesbians who scissored with Hillary.

Posted by: Vengeance at January 21, 2026 12:49 PM (Uh88k)

188 176 113 Monica Lewinsky looks better now than she did when she was giving Bill a hummer.

Concur.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 21, 2026 12:47 PM (Riz8t)

Well, right this minute she does not have his dick in her mouth, so...

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 21, 2026 12:49 PM (bss/y)

189 I want to know what Candace Owens thinks about this,

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 21, 2026 12:49 PM (gIcAo)

190 And, to be honest, she wasn't all that good at scissoring.

Posted by: Huma at January 21, 2026 12:49 PM (2Ez/1)

191 Spotlight clearly on the Clinton's and they try this crap. Imagine what they have done with their mindset. Scary people.

Posted by: connected and litigious at January 21, 2026 12:49 PM (cS1cw)

192 Epstein is sort of like Benghazi. When a party is really tired and doesn't have much in the idea tank they tend to flog issues hoping they break through. Sometimes for years.

I'm not saying it wasn't important, but it wasn't perceived that way politically or by the public.

Posted by: MJ at January 21, 2026 12:49 PM (XOmY9)

193 150 I'm probably in the minority but I'm inclined to think that in sitting for questioning, Clinton, as a former President, deserves a bit of accommodation, but the counteroffer was complete BS. He was a President, so some protocols apply but he is still subject to the same laws we all are.
His wife, on the other hand, needs to be cuffed and hauled off as soon as possible.
Posted by: Diogenes
======
You don't get privilege for actions after the presidency. You are a common citizen.

Most of the Epstein visits involved a post Clinton presidency and his Global Foundation fundraising and actions.

Haven't seen as it raised yet as an issue whether Trump removes presidential privilege for testimony over Clinton's term in office as only the current president may justify privilege for a past one (new precedents from Jan 6).

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 12:50 PM (E4rtv)

194 187 Imagine all the poor lesbians who scissored with Hillary.
Posted by: Vengeance at January 21, 2026 12:49 PM (Uh88k)

Huma, the anchor baby, did alright for herself as Mrs Soros

Posted by: night lifted at January 21, 2026 12:50 PM (kJmLc)

195 152 These are basic FBI interrogation rules. No transcripts, no recordings. Just a report after the fact with "trust me bro" scribbled in the margin. It's what insider are familiar with.

----

I worked for a very savvy boss at a three-letter agency who insisted on writing down the questions and answers and having the FBI interviewer initial the document. The FBI refused and dropped the request for an interview

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 21, 2026 12:50 PM (LjXLp)

196 I don't hold the Lewinsky dalliance against WJC. She was no innocent. The Starr investigation unearthed her writings about her plan to go to DC and seduce the guy.

She was good-looking and eager. I would have let her fellate me, sure. I wouldn't **** her *** like he did, but the other stuff seemed normal for a horny guy with a repulsive wife.

He was the f***ing PRESIDENT! I expect a modicum of restraint and self-discipline from them, if for no other reason than to avoid being blackmailed.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 21, 2026 12:50 PM (Riz8t)

197 The Clintons never, ever, make offers or concessions. It's always balls to the wall, or at most stonewalling. If they offered to conditionally sit down for an off the record interview then their position is weak.

Posted by: davidt at January 21, 2026 12:50 PM (Q+gd/)

198 Don't forget that a wife cannot be compelled to testify against her husband.
Posted by: torabora at January 21, 2026 12:49 PM (UqzrU)

What about Uranium One, can she be compelled to testify about that?

Posted by: Kindltot at January 21, 2026 12:50 PM (rbvCR)

199 The softest target on Earth is any hospital. People free to roam during visiting hours, some patients incapacitated, limited if any security.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 21, 2026 12:51 PM (gm9Sb)

200 Posted by: gp at January 21, 2026 12:47 PM (N8ZBc)

I hold the President to a higher standard and expect him to resist such temptation. She was still just an intern. It wasn't hard to seduce that pervert.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 21, 2026 12:51 PM (KDPiq)

201 Republicans are Democrats' bitches, and they serve at the pleasure of the Democrats.
——-

Democrats screw everything up, that’s true. But Republicans ensure it stays that way.

That’s why Trump captured the American electorate in about 30 minutes. They’d gotten tired of the “here are your choices: Bush, or Clinton. Pick one”

Posted by: Common Tater at January 21, 2026 12:51 PM (66/qG)

202
I believe that when I die I will enter the Valhalla of eternal sex with busty, attractive women.

Is this how it works?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Inshallah, believer!

Posted by: Auspex at January 21, 2026 12:51 PM (Y8DZL)

203 This brunette in a halter top is glad she's never met Bill Clinton:
http://tiny.cc/6fyx001

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 12:52 PM (GyQIQ)

204 > How about requiring a permit to carry?

I think that would be reasonable, but my thoughts aren't considered when the General Handbook is updated. It's overseen by the First Presidency and the Quorum of Twelve Apostles.

Posted by: bonhomme at January 21, 2026 12:52 PM (Yp6az)

205 Imagine this;

Bill Clinton is getting a bj in The Oval Office with a girl young enough to be his daughter, while Hillary is 69’ing some lesbian in The Lincoln Bedroom.

Total class act.

Posted by: Vengeance at January 21, 2026 12:52 PM (Uh88k)

206 137 [Tangentially Scum-Related:]

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent recently criticized California Governor Gavin Newsom at the World Economic Forum in Davos, calling him "economically illiterate" and comparing him to "Patrick Bateman meets Sparkle Beach Ken."
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I live here in CA and hearing Sparkle Beach Ken coming from a gay man is just the best thing ever! Bessent is a gem.

Posted by: beckster at January 21, 2026 12:52 PM (I7J98)

207 181 Before the Clintons became known nationally, I’d never heard of them, an Arkansan in my company, an E4 in the .mil flatly told us “He’s gonna be the next president. He’s crooked as hell. His wife wants to be president too”. Everyone was ..”who??” Always wondered how he knew that, must have been connected somehow
Posted by: Common Tater
========
I lived through him in statewide office as an Arkansan. Same with his evil wife. And she is definitely evil. Lots of gross stories there as I was involved in Arkansas politics during the 80's and early 90's, father before that.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 12:52 PM (E4rtv)

208 You're not supposed to doink your underlings, let alone an intern. This whole "all guys do it" just because a Democrat got caught doing it is stupid.

Posted by: ... at January 21, 2026 12:52 PM (wEF4H)

209 They do not believe in Hell. They need to be punished alive.
Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 12:37 PM

Have I got some news for you!

Posted by: Piper at January 21, 2026 12:52 PM (OoFl2)

210 He was the f***ing PRESIDENT! I expect a modicum of restraint and self-discipline from them, if for no other reason than to avoid being blackmailed.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 21, 2026 12:50 PM (Riz8t)

He was also picking off an 18 year old girl at ... mid to late forties (?) Dude. Fuck all the 30 year old socialites you want, but your own unpaid employee? Who's 18? That is shitty no matter who you are.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 21, 2026 12:52 PM (bss/y)

211 Lewinsky may have been a CIA OP. Remember Schumer's warning.

Posted by: davidt at January 21, 2026 12:53 PM (Q+gd/)

212 Higher standard than what?

Posted by: B.J. Clinton at January 21, 2026 12:53 PM (2Ez/1)

213 "He was the f***ing PRESIDENT! I expect a modicum of restraint and self-discipline from them"

I understand and sympathize. Maybe someday we'll get a president like that.

Posted by: gp at January 21, 2026 12:53 PM (N8ZBc)

214 That filtered THOT pimping an upcoming "dating app" where men give pre-date "deposits" to the ladies for "dating prep"?
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 21, 2026 12:37 PM (iFTx/)
++++
End-stage culture is a weird thing.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 12:40 PM (GyQIQ)
___

I think most of this mercenary transactionism was always there. Social media has just made it so acceptable now that it's actually something that's flaunted. "Hell yea, I want upfront payment from men before I go on a date! That's how much I'm worth. They're all pigs anyway!"

The public airing of dirty laundry that was once swept under the rug has a vicious-circle aspect, bringing everyone down. Young men and boys see this and think "damn, all women are whores," and start treating them that way. Young ladies and girls react to this by thinking men are pigs, and only useful for extracting money from. And it spirals down from there.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 21, 2026 12:53 PM (iFTx/)

215 203 This brunette in a halter top is glad she's never met Bill Clinton:
http://tiny.cc/6fyx001

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 12:52 PM (GyQIQ)

====

Weird nose that could just be a problem with pixelation on low-res images, but can't be too safe.

2/10

Would not bang.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 12:53 PM (GBKbO)

216 174.
I can't watch that without getting fighting mad.

Fuckin Feds. Hoover was a lunatic cocksucker and the dog-shooting sonsabitches carry the torch proudly.

It's a goddamned shame we need them as bad as we do.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 21, 2026 12:53 PM (igU66)

217 188 176 113 Monica Lewinsky looks better now than she did when she was giving Bill a hummer.

Concur.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 21, 2026 12

----

She was no innocent angel, but she was only 22, and Clinton took terrible advantage of her and ruined her life. And so many Lefty women defended him

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 21, 2026 12:54 PM (pSl4u)

218 The Aristocrats!

Posted by: Just the Punchline at January 21, 2026 12:54 PM (jc0TO)

219 Odiferous and odious, two of my favorite words. Not sure why.
——

Pshaw!

Posted by: Scrofulous at January 21, 2026 12:55 PM (66/qG)

220 "He was the f***ing PRESIDENT! I expect a modicum of restraint and self-discipline from them"

I understand and sympathize. Maybe someday we'll get a president like that.

The odds go down dramatically if we say "everyone does it, it's okay".

Posted by: Archimedes at January 21, 2026 12:55 PM (Riz8t)

221 208 You're not supposed to doink your underlings, let alone an intern. This whole "all guys do it" just because a Democrat got caught doing it is stupid.
Posted by: ... at January 21, 2026 12:52 PM (wEF4H)

Domenici did it, and with a colleague's daughter.

Posted by: night lifted at January 21, 2026 12:55 PM (kJmLc)

222 189 I want to know what Candace Owens thinks about this,

Posted by: Braenyard

I'm interested in DOCTOR Jill Biden's opinion, too.

Posted by: Auspex at January 21, 2026 12:55 PM (Y8DZL)

223 "He was also picking off an 18 year old girl"

I thought she was 20, FWIW.

Posted by: gp at January 21, 2026 12:55 PM (N8ZBc)

224 Piper, for the most part I agree with you. Consider this however, if those two get their hides nailed to the barn wall it will be a message to the elites that hunting season is open and there are no limits.
I've been patient with Bondi and Patel. I realize their battles are as much internal as external. That said, my patience is on E. I don't need a JP behind my name to understand how blatant Lemon's crap is.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 21, 2026 12:55 PM (T3puI)

225 ~~Nothing will happen~~

Hearings will happen.

Posted by: Max Power at January 21, 2026 12:55 PM (SwyyQ)

226 Would not bang.
Itchy scalp.
Prolly lice.

Posted by: Is that how this works? at January 21, 2026 12:55 PM (2Ez/1)

227 Despite all the evidence that the Clintons were hip-deep (literally) in Epstein's prostitutes, the rabid left is now openly saying Trump was running a child prostitution operation.

But, we had our own special brand of loony fanatics here that were thundering with holy righteousness that we must release all the Epstein files to "get justice for the victims."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 21, 2026 12:56 PM (HXT0k)

228 186 hearings on whether or not to refer the Clintons to the DOJ for prosecution.
---

Have a committee to study the idea that the concept of instituting a committee to consider the idea of possibly doing an investigation. Yes, we will look into that.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 21, 2026 12:56 PM (gIcAo)

229 He was the f***ing PRESIDENT! I expect a modicum of restraint and self-discipline from them, if for no other reason than to avoid being blackmailed.
Posted by: Archimedes
======
He had no restraints whatsoever as governor or before. Rumor widespread in Arkansas was that he was sterile as a result of a bad case of mumps. Clinton liked to screw married woman as governor due to less blowback potential but he was not averse to trying to screw any woman by any means by the time of Paula Jones. And including hitting on high school kids at official functions.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 12:56 PM (E4rtv)

230 This brunette in a halter top is glad she's never met Bill Clinton:
http://tiny.cc/6fyx001

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 12:52 PM (GyQIQ)
_____

Odd pose but The Blade will give her a better one. TBWB.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 21, 2026 12:56 PM (iFTx/)

231 @210

>>That is shitty no matter who you are.

Clinton was an opportunist, he would f**k whatever and whenever he had the opportunity to do so.

I don't think it gets too much beyond that.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 21, 2026 12:56 PM (XV/Pl)

232 207 Whig, when I first started coming down here before becoming permanent personnel, I was in Van Buren on a Saturday. All the downtown merchants had set up on the sidewalks, like a flea market. 90% had anti Clinton information or petitions. They were hated in west Arkansas, living through his governor stint.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 21, 2026 12:56 PM (gm9Sb)

233 It's just sex.

Posted by: Every democrat female at the time at January 21, 2026 12:57 PM (2Ez/1)

234 Have a committee to study the idea that the concept of instituting a committee to consider the idea of possibly doing an investigation. Yes, we will look into that.

Sleeve status?

Posted by: Archimedes at January 21, 2026 12:57 PM (Riz8t)

235 Whatever happens to the Clintons, I hope it's painful.

Posted by: Weasel at January 21, 2026 12:57 PM (nI4xo)

236 "I travel to New York for a conversation with President Clinton only," Comer revealed in a post on X. The conditions only got worse from there. "No official transcript would be recorded and other Members of Congress would be barred from participating."

You should've heard the first offer by Clinton. He wanted Comer to bring a harem of young, female Congressional aides to him at his DC hotel suite and have Comer stick his subpoena up his a**. Not really Art of the Deal caliber negotiation.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at January 21, 2026 12:57 PM (gLikB)

237 209 Have I got some news for you!
Posted by: Piper at January 21, 2026 12:52 PM (OoFl2)

This is why the GOP knows they can get away with not even trying.

Because the base will just say "Oh, well, they'll go to Hell when they die, anyway."

And this isn't intended to mock Hell, not remotely. But it is pointing out that the GOP doesn't even remotely feel their feet being held to the fire.

Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 12:57 PM (iXqHn)

238 She was no innocent angel, but she was only 22, and Clinton took terrible advantage of her and ruined her life. And so many Lefty women defended him
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 21, 2026 12:54 PM (pSl4u)

There is a clip on YouTube called:
JFK Jr. Reads Monica Lewinsky's poem about being a Pizza with Jay Leno and Jerry Seinfeld

Posted by: Kindltot at January 21, 2026 12:57 PM (rbvCR)

239 Despite all the evidence that the Clintons were hip-deep (literally) in Epstein's prostitutes, the rabid left is now openly saying Trump was running a child prostitution operation.
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They need to brand him for life, and literally everything else failed so this is it. Trump and anyone who voted for him are pedophiles.

Posted by: ... at January 21, 2026 12:58 PM (wEF4H)

240 His crime there was lying about it under oath. For that, yes, condemnation is appropriate.
Posted by: gp at January 21, 2026 12:47 PM

And let's not forget decades of leftists screaming that any relationship that involved a "power disparity" was sexual harassment per se. Reeeeeeee!!!!!!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 21, 2026 12:58 PM (bFu5X)

241 This brunette in a halter top is glad she's never met Bill Clinton:
http://tiny.cc/6fyx001

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 12:52 PM (GyQIQ)

I'd definitely let her make me a sammich.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 21, 2026 12:58 PM (dK+Kv)

242 >>> JP behind my name to understand how blatant Lemon's crap is.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude
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It's a blatant illustration that Bondi's ...not.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 21, 2026 12:58 PM (gIcAo)

243 233 It's just sex.

Posted by: Every democrat female at the time at January 21, 2026 12:57 PM (2Ez/1)

Oral sex isn't sex.

Posted by: the same democrat females at January 21, 2026 12:58 PM (Q+gd/)

244 "Clinton took terrible advantage of her and ruined her life."

I'd check her net worth before concluding her life is ruined.

Posted by: gp at January 21, 2026 12:59 PM (N8ZBc)

245 Bill Clinton is trying to run out the clock. This is classic posturing over deposition/interview procedures to buy time.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 21, 2026 12:59 PM (iFTx/)

246 I've woken up next to homelier women than Lewinsky.
And the fat ones do more stuff.

The Kennedy's ran a train on Marilyn and they are saints to the Democrats.

But messing with underage kids is a line you shouldn't get to cross and still keep your oxygen subscription.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 21, 2026 12:59 PM (yYWeb)

247 He was the f***ing PRESIDENT! I expect a modicum of restraint and self-discipline from them, if for no other reason than to avoid being blackmailed.
Posted by: Archimedes at January

Right! She was young and dumb. I mean now she is old and dumb, but not quite as starry eyed. Bill should have had her sent home to her her parents the second she flashed her thong. It would have been a valuable lesson for her.

You know what the last laugh part is, however, in all of this? Bill had to stay married to Hillary.

Posted by: Piper at January 21, 2026 12:59 PM (OoFl2)

248 Everyone knows what needs to be done. They just want someone else to do it.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 21, 2026 12:38 PM

And, they want it done on their schedule to boot.
Like when Ace posts 15 mins after some arbitrary schedule or the ONT is late. Hard times make strong men people!!

Posted by: old chick at January 21, 2026 12:59 PM (F3Dlr)

249 He was the f***ing PRESIDENT! I expect a modicum of restraint and self-discipline from them, if for no other reason than to avoid being blackmailed.
Posted by: Archimedes
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He had no restraints whatsoever as governor or before. Rumor widespread in Arkansas was that he was sterile as a result of a bad case of mumps. Clinton liked to screw married woman as governor due to less blowback potential but he was not averse to trying to screw any woman by any means by the time of Paula Jones. And including hitting on high school kids at official functions.

When my girls were younger (about 16), one of mine and her best friend had a Gold Award ceremony (the girl's Eagle). They were presented with a flag by one of our politicians, one whose name you'd know if you were from this area. The friend was very busty, and after the ceremony, she and my daughter were discussing how he spent the entire time he was conversing with her staring at her chest.

I have no patience for creeps, no matter how exalted their title.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 21, 2026 12:59 PM (Riz8t)

250 Sleeve status?
Posted by: Archimedes at January 21, 2026 12:57 PM (Riz8t)
++++
Dunno. Don't use 'em.

The untreated tertiary syphilis shoulda told you.

Posted by: Bill Clinton at January 21, 2026 01:00 PM (GyQIQ)

251 He was the f***ing PRESIDENT! I expect a modicum of restraint and self-discipline from them, if for no other reason than to avoid being blackmailed.

JFK was an actual predator. He had a guy who would go get the girls the pResident ID'd as bangtoys, as young as 18

Posted by: kallisto at January 21, 2026 01:00 PM (dCxaZ)

252 Whatever happens to the Clintons, I hope it's painful.
Posted by: Weasel at January 21, 2026 12:57 PM

And long lasting.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 21, 2026 01:00 PM (bFu5X)

253 You know what the last laugh part is, however, in all of this? Bill had to stay married to Hillary.

Posted by: Piper at January 21, 2026 12:59 PM (OoFl2)

Who will never be president. Now that's what I call a last laugh.

Posted by: ... at January 21, 2026 01:00 PM (wEF4H)

254
@POTUS
on WWII: “We won it big. Without us, right now you’d all be speaking German and a little Japanese, perhaps.”
Posted by: Don Black

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

HAHA! Did he really say this out loud at Davos?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 21, 2026 01:00 PM (jF1M6)

255 But, we had our own special brand of loony fanatics here that were thundering with holy righteousness that we must release all the Epstein files to "get justice for the victims."
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
======
Twas an op. And to some extent, many of those pushing that were after Israel because they blamed Mossad for it. Personally, I think Epstein was likely more to be a money launderer as hedge fund manager for intel agencies and Ghislaine's father was an MI-6 agent of influence (became friends with Breznev to the dismay of KGB). Plus British security services keep the Royal Family surveilled and managed for the sovereign to keep problems from happening.

So MI-5 and 6 knew about Epstein, perhaps employed him as an agent, and yet felt it okay to let Andrew screw underage types.

Undoubtedly reports went to the Queen about it.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 01:01 PM (E4rtv)

256 Can someone provide me with the basis for a House Committee investigating Epstein Island?

Is it oversight of the DOJ and Federal Law enforcment? Is it determination as to whether it offered a security threat? Is it because a bunch of people who vote one side of the aisle want to know the details so they pressured a congressional investigation? Or, is this just partisan politics at its finest?

I'm serious. What is the primary basis behind Comer's investigation? What is the goal?

Posted by: Orson at January 21, 2026 01:01 PM (dIske)

257 Trump: "Deutschland Deutschland Uber allesssss"

Posted by: ... at January 21, 2026 01:01 PM (wEF4H)

258
Epstein is insignificant to the misdeeds of the Clinton organization; individually or together.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 21, 2026 01:01 PM (gIcAo)

259 Bill Clinton is trying to run out the clock

*looks at wedding ring*

Come on, clock!

Posted by: Bill Clinton at January 21, 2026 01:01 PM (BvTxf)

260
Stokely Carmichael: " The only position for women in the movement is on their back."

But Monica persevered, and got up to her knees.

Posted by: Auspex at January 21, 2026 01:01 PM (Y8DZL)

261 The Kennedy's ran a train on Marilyn and they are saints to the Democrats.

But messing with underage kids is a line you shouldn't get to cross and still keep your oxygen subscription.
Posted by: sifty boones at January 21, 2026 12:59 PM

+++
Mary Jo Kopechne unavailable for comment.

Posted by: Obligatory at January 21, 2026 01:02 PM (2Ez/1)

262 254.

This alone wins him a fourth term in my book.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 21, 2026 01:02 PM (yYWeb)

263 174 167 Any interview rule good enough for Richard Jewell is fine for Clinton, right?

What could go wrong?

Posted by: sifty boones at January 21, 2026 12:46 PM (nBIRu)

=======

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSMxBLlA8qY

One of the best movie trailers of the last 20 years.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 12:47 PM (GBKbO)

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Good movie with a great story. How strange that it dropped out of sight so quickly. Sam Rockwell as a fine actor.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 21, 2026 01:02 PM (amjpL)

264 It's just sex.
Posted by: Every democrat female at the time

At the time my brother was going through a nasty divorce and custody hearing (among other things his ex was being unfaithful) and my mom, a Clinton supporter, was furious that his ex lied under oath about her affair. I said, " but I thought everyone lied about sex?". I never saw her give me such a nasty look before or since.

Posted by: Josephistan at January 21, 2026 01:03 PM (y9ksN)

265 JFK was an actual predator. He had a guy who would go get the girls the pResident ID'd as bangtoys, as young as 18

It wasn't sooo bad.

Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at January 21, 2026 01:03 PM (Riz8t)

266 "staring at her chest."

That's all it takes to classify a man as a 'creep?' A pretty low bar.

Posted by: gp at January 21, 2026 01:03 PM (N8ZBc)

267 Comer added, "The Clintons' latest demands make clear they believe their last name entitles them to special treatment."

Gee, no shit, Sherlock.

I wonder what could have ever given them that idea?

Posted by: ballistic at January 21, 2026 01:03 PM (5aZAZ)

268 261.
Teddy Murderbubbles has to swim laps in the lake of fire with Darth Vader Ginchberg on his back for eternity.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 21, 2026 01:03 PM (yYWeb)

269 I love the women's movement.

Especially from the rear.

Posted by: El Rushbo at January 21, 2026 01:04 PM (2Ez/1)

270
Raise your hand if you knew a gal in the 90s who spoke admiringly of Bill. And it was a massive red flag.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 21, 2026 12:27 PM (bss/y)

*raises hand*

Mine was even worse. She got a Masters from Antioch (red flag) and did a bunch of stuff with AmeriCorps (red flag), and met Bubba in DC (red flag) frankly, I later suspected that she banged him.

Seriously left wing, dumped me when she found out I voted for Dubya. Despite being a lefty, she had a thing for manly blue collar assholes.

Screwed like a mink. And unlike most lefty 304s, she was really good at it. No starfish sex.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 21, 2026 01:04 PM (y9nCu)

271 This brunette in a halter top is glad she's never met Bill Clinton:

I guess it was intentional to push up her hair like cat ears? LOL I know guys say, "what hair?" Do they get paid for the modeling or it's just thousands ) or men (?) who she doesn't know could enjoy the photos?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 21, 2026 01:04 PM (ZeH0U)

272 Like a light switch flicking on, the media turned on a dime.

“He’s likely going to resign. He has to.” morphed into dissembling about private lives, and besides, blowjobs aren’t really sex, etc. when the Clintons said “F you” the press took the hint.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 21, 2026 01:04 PM (66/qG)

273 Trump: "Deutschland Deutschland Uber allesssss"
Posted by: ... at January 21, 2026 01:01 PM (wEF4H)

I got that reference!

Posted by: Josephistan at January 21, 2026 01:04 PM (y9ksN)

274 It won't really matter if they testify or not. The answer to every question will be "I don't recall" or "I have no memory of that".
And the lying bastards will get away with it.
They've done it before.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at January 21, 2026 01:05 PM (Lo97M)

275
You know what the last laugh part is, however, in all of this? Bill had to stay married to Hillary.

Posted by: Piper at January 21, 2026 12:59 PM (OoFl2)

Who will never be president. Now that's what I call a last laugh.
Posted by: ...

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

His political epitaph will be "the BJ president"

Her political epitaph will be "wife of the BJ president (and failed president contender)"

And they both know it.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 21, 2026 01:05 PM (jF1M6)

276 Posted by: Florida Peasant at January 21, 2026 01:05 PM (Lo97M

Yep.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 21, 2026 01:05 PM (ZeH0U)

277 >>>The friend was very busty,

Got her number?

- AOS Moron who is totally not creepy

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 21, 2026 01:05 PM (dK+Kv)

278 Bill said "I did not have sex with that woman" and the leftys jumped on that and claimed that a BJ is not sex.

Posted by: fd at January 21, 2026 01:06 PM (vFG9F)

279 You know, all the Clinton's have to do is show up, take the 5th or repeat "I don't recall" a zillion times and they've have met the minimum requirements and are done.

The GOP won't pursue them.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 21, 2026 01:06 PM (U2OZr)

280 JFK was an actual predator. He had a guy who would go get the girls the pResident ID'd as bangtoys, as young as 18
Posted by: kallisto
=====
Kallisto,
Clinton probably did worse as governor. I had two young female HS students that recounted being hit on by Bill at an official state function recognizing high performing students. They were 17. Clinton invited them to come up to his suite at the Excelsior Hotel (same place he showed his dingus to Paula Jones). They didn't but I'd be willing to imagine that some took him up on the offer.

He and Hillary were slimy but Bill was charming as a snake could be normally but turned vicious if challenged. I worked at the time for a Arkansas Congress critter and then off and on for that guy in elections. Got more stories--Billy Jeff went AWOL at a local university and the local head of teh campus democrats, a personal friend, had to deal with Killary's raging to my friend about where Bill was. Bill was getting some from the young college girls that his security deal had procured for him.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 01:06 PM (E4rtv)

281 270 - dude, that's more red flags than May Day at Tienneman Square

Posted by: Josephistan at January 21, 2026 01:06 PM (y9ksN)

282

In France they don’t use ICE. They just deport their illegals at room temperature.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 21, 2026 01:06 PM (rbvCR)

283 I remember Fred Thompson grilling the Ruby Ridgiots in the FBI.

That is the kind of hearing I want for Clinton scum.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 21, 2026 01:06 PM (yYWeb)

284 Justice Amy Coney Barrett Going wobbly on the Hawaii Second Amendment case.

Nobody is surprised. I’m guessing she’s the reason justices don’t want to take up the AR ban and the standard magazine ban cases. She’s a no vote.

Trump’s worst pick ever. Please stop picking women for the courts.

Posted by: Vengeance at January 21, 2026 01:06 PM (KsZMV)

285 This whole "all guys do it" just because a Democrat got caught doing it is stupid.
Posted by: ...

Not only stupid, it's a lazy excuse that sluffs off being disrespectful to all marriages.

Posted by: old chick at January 21, 2026 01:06 PM (F3Dlr)

286 Screwed like a mink. And unlike most lefty 304s,

what is a 304?

Posted by: kallisto at January 21, 2026 01:06 PM (dCxaZ)

287 213 "He was the f***ing PRESIDENT! I expect a modicum of restraint and self-discipline from them"

I understand and sympathize. Maybe someday we'll get a president like that.

Posted by: gp at January 21, 2026 12:53 PM (N8ZBc)

Ouch

Posted by: Easy the Elder at January 21, 2026 01:07 PM (gStWC)

288 Believe all women. Also, I AM IN AGONY IN THIS FIRE.

Posted by: Ruth Bader Ginsburg at January 21, 2026 01:07 PM (jc0TO)

289 279 You know, all the Clinton's have to do is show up, take the 5th or repeat "I don't recall" a zillion times and they've have met the minimum requirements and are done.

The GOP won't pursue them.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
========
Read up on transactional immunity sometime.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 01:07 PM (E4rtv)

290 POTUS
on WWII: “We won it big. Without us, right now you’d all be speaking German and a little Japanese, perhaps.”

Every leftist on the planet believes Russia single-handedly won WWII and the US basically did nothing.

Posted by: bonhomme at January 21, 2026 01:07 PM (Yp6az)

291 When will syphilis and the bottle, respectively, rid us of these vile trolls?

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at January 21, 2026 01:07 PM (uDtmc)

292 I used to be the next president of the United States.

Posted by: Old Lady Rodham at January 21, 2026 01:07 PM (2Ez/1)

293 Alleged alcoholic whord lesbian.

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at January 21, 2026 01:07 PM (ndZQ6)

294 138 That filtered THOT pimping an upcoming "dating app" where men give pre-date "deposits" to the ladies for "dating prep"?

Also you must submit proof of actually being a minotaur or an ICE agent.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 21, 2026 12:41 PM (2ocoG)

I'm so out of touch I had to google THOT and even then I'm not sure I understand what it means....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 21, 2026 01:07 PM (QGaXH)

295 Monica was what 23,24 years old when she did her thing. I hate that it’s categorized as Clinton on taking advantage of a “kid”. She was a a grown woman. She wasn’t some naive innocent victim in it. She knew exactly what she was doing.

Posted by: Really?? at January 21, 2026 01:07 PM (Ryx1w)

296 270 Same stuff in the 70s. High School sweetie. I go to Nam, come home, and she's gone off to Oberlin and took the bat shit crazy pills.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 21, 2026 01:07 PM (gm9Sb)

297 Posted by: Orson at January 21, 2026 01:01 PM (dIske)

The Left and some on the Right demanded the release of the entire Epstein investigation, specifically the mythical list. That lead to the committee investigating any possible government coverup. I would term it political in that 'watch out what you wish for' directed at the Left and legitimate for those really trying to determine if there was a government overup.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 21, 2026 01:07 PM (KDPiq)

298 [Tangentially Scum-Related, Part Deux:]

Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh

🚨 BREAKING: Americans are speculating Gavin Newsom is on something in Davos after Trump's speech - unable to speak coherently, darting his eyes all over the room and erupting in rage

Something is seriously wrong with this snake. He must lose 2028.

[video]

https://is.gd/m8aweg

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 21, 2026 01:08 PM (QeL0M)

299 >>>Monica was what 23,24 years old when she did her thing. I hate that it’s categorized as Clinton on taking advantage of a “kid”. She was a a grown woman. She wasn’t some naive innocent victim in it. She knew exactly what she was doing.

But...but, but...Power! (or some shit).

Posted by: garrett at January 21, 2026 01:08 PM (ZcsJV)

300 Holding hearings, oh my! Next thing we know they'll be looking into it. And if things get really serious, there may be some probing.

Posted by: Delurker at January 21, 2026 01:08 PM (gtcuf)

301 I guess it was intentional to push up her hair like cat ears? LOL I know guys say, "what hair?" Do they get paid for the modeling or it's just thousands ) or men (?) who she doesn't know could enjoy the photos?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 21, 2026 01:04 PM (ZeH0U)

She? Had hair?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 21, 2026 01:08 PM (dK+Kv)

302 244 "Clinton took terrible advantage of her and ruined her life."

I'd check her net worth before concluding her life is ruined.
Posted by: gp at January 21, 2026 12

Her family was fairly comfortable, her father was an oncologist in Brentwood. But Monica hasn’t made millions. She hasn’t been able to get a normal job. She has never gotten married. Her name carries with it a stigma and every time she tried to do anything, she was accused of capitalizing on her name and the scandal. It’s her stinking name! She is doing a podcast now, maybe? She did design some pretty purses, but she was still ostracized and she has said she felt like she really can’t come out and say much- but she is still a democrat, and she didn’t want to hurt Hilary’s campaign.

Posted by: Piper at January 21, 2026 01:08 PM (OoFl2)

303 Her political epitaph will be "wife of the BJ president (and failed president contender)

Monica Lewinsky’s Ex-Boyfriend’s Wife

Posted by: Common Tater at January 21, 2026 01:09 PM (66/qG)

304

Media Research Center Chairman Brent Bozell reacted with only modest surprise at the admission by former Time magazine White House correspondent Nina Burleigh that she would give President Clinton oral sex "just to thank him for keeping abortion legal." Ms. Burleigh's eye-popping confession comes in an interview with the Washington Post after her revealing essay in the latest issue of Mirabella magazine in which she admits she would have been open to having an affair with Clinton.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 21, 2026 01:09 PM (pkeXY)

305 Yeah, I'd like to see the Criminal Clintons receive justice for their crimes, but I think we have drifted with time into what might be Revenge, and I'd rather err on the side of Not Revenge. I think they are both irrelevant/not in their right minds now.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 21, 2026 01:09 PM (DgMqy)

306 I've woken up next to homelier women than Lewinsky.
And the fat ones do more stuff.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 21, 2026 12:59 PM

This popped up in my EweToob feed. Say what you like, she's got a great sense of humor.

https://youtube.com/shorts/vGzg35kQrq0

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 21, 2026 01:09 PM (fVosr)

307 Posted by: Really?? at January 21, 2026 01:07 PM (Ryx1w)

it's not the age so much as the power differential, the age difference is just the cherry atop the depraved perv sundae

Posted by: kallisto at January 21, 2026 01:09 PM (dCxaZ)

308 162 104 Monica Lewinsky's ex-boyfriend's wife.
Posted by: My favorite moniker for Old Lady Rodham at January 21, 2026 12:37 PM (2Ez/1)

Gennifer Flowers would have made a better First Lady. Bill should have dumped the Lezzie
Posted by: night lifted at January 21, 2026 12:46 PM (kJmLc)

Ask Vince Foster what happens when you cross Hillary.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 21, 2026 01:09 PM (QGaXH)

309 256 Can someone provide me with the basis for a House Committee investigating Epstein Island?

Is it oversight of the DOJ and Federal Law enforcment? Is it determination as to whether it offered a security threat? Is it because a bunch of people who vote one side of the aisle want to know the details so they pressured a congressional investigation? Or, is this just partisan politics at its finest?

I'm serious. What is the primary basis behind Comer's investigation? What is the goal?
Posted by: Orson
=======
Claims have been made that government agencies and officials used and protected Epstein. That being said, Congress has plenary and inherent power to investigate damn near anything that might relate to use of its legislative powers.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 01:10 PM (E4rtv)

310
I love the women's movement.

Especially from the rear.
Posted by: El Rushbo

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

El Rushbo can go fvck himself.

You know who needed the women's movement? Juanita Broaddrick. She had no chance back in the days when rape victims were accused of seduction and quizzed about their sex lives on the witness stand. To say nothing of the fact that her attacker was the attorney general.

She was the poster child for reform of those practices, completely ignored by Hillary of course.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 21, 2026 01:10 PM (jF1M6)

311 290 A lot of leftists believe the Commies won WW2. I give you the Studebaker truck. Let that sink in. Without Studebaker, you lose.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 21, 2026 01:10 PM (gm9Sb)

312
dude, that's more red flags than May Day at Tienneman Square
Posted by: Josephistan at January 21, 2026 01:06 PM (y9ksN)

Did you see the part where she screwed like a mink?

Us men are pigs, the feminists got that one right.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 21, 2026 01:10 PM (y9nCu)

313 300 Holding hearings, oh my! Next thing we know they'll be looking into it. And if things get really serious, there may be some probing.
Posted by: Delurker at January 21, 2026 01:08 PM (gtcuf)

—

I heard rumors of strongly worded letters too.

Posted by: Really?? at January 21, 2026 01:10 PM (Ryx1w)

314 She? Had hair?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 21, 2026 01:08 PM (dK+Kv)

Yes, I already said men would say that😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 21, 2026 01:10 PM (ZeH0U)

315 Posted by: Really?? at January 21, 2026 01:07 PM (Ryx1w)

She was an immature intern and Clinton was over twice her age.

If this happened at any corporate business, the CEO would be out on his ass.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 21, 2026 01:10 PM (KDPiq)

316 Americans are speculating Gavin Newsom is on something in Davos after Trump's speech - unable to speak coherently, darting his eyes all over the room and erupting in rage

Tito's and Adderall. It is the newest thing.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 21, 2026 01:10 PM (rbvCR)

317 You could actually argue Monica took advantage of Bill.

Posted by: ... at January 21, 2026 01:10 PM (wEF4H)

318 Anal Coney Barrett for Assistant PTA Secretary!!!

Posted by: sifty boones at January 21, 2026 01:11 PM (yYWeb)

319 Monica was what 23,24 years old when she did her thing. I hate that it’s categorized as Clinton on taking advantage of a “kid”. She was a a grown woman. She wasn’t some naive innocent victim in it. She knew exactly what she was doing.

Posted by: Really?? at January 21, 2026 01:07 PM (Ryx1w)

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

The argument was always that it was a "power relationship" that Bubba held over her -- and refusing the sexual advances of your boss could harm your career.

Or something ... but I agree with you.

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 21, 2026 01:11 PM (myyTS)

320 Despite being a lefty, she had a thing for manly blue collar assholes.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 21, 2026 01:04 PM (y9nCu)
----
They all do, even if they don't admit it to themselves or anyone else.

Posted by: ballistic at January 21, 2026 01:11 PM (5aZAZ)

321 Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 21, 2026 01:10 PM (jF1M6)

I have to admire that woman who has been consistently straightforward in her negative opinions of Bill Clinton and not afraid to express that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 21, 2026 01:12 PM (ZeH0U)

322 167 Any interview rule good enough for Richard Jewell is fine for Clinton, right?

What could go wrong?
Posted by: sifty boones at January 21, 2026 12:46 PM (nBIRu)

Have we forgotten General Flynn?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 21, 2026 01:12 PM (QGaXH)

323 And let's not forget decades of leftists screaming that any relationship that involved a "power disparity" was sexual harassment per se. Reeeeeeee!!!!!!
------

I've told this story before--when I worked for the Feds we had to view a mandatory sexual harassment video. That video's introduction was performed by...Bill Clinton.

Posted by: Crusader, former Federal Bank Examiner at January 21, 2026 01:12 PM (TN0g+)

324 Monica was what 23,24 years old when she did her thing. I hate that it’s categorized as Clinton on taking advantage of a “kid”. She was a a grown woman. She wasn’t some naive innocent victim in it. She knew exactly what she was doing.

Posted by: Really?? at January 21, 2026 01:07 PM (Ryx1w)

She didn't blow her opportunity.

Posted by: Joe Mama at January 21, 2026 01:13 PM (TezPK)

325 263 Good movie with a great story. How strange that it dropped out of sight so quickly. Sam Rockwell as a fine actor.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 21, 2026 01:02 PM (amjpL)

=======

It bombed horribly.

Unfortunate, but the truth.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 01:13 PM (GBKbO)

326 Trump is going scorched earth at Davos, and I am HERE for it! It's beautiful to have a POTUS with a healthy ego himself stomping all over their egos.

Europe and Canada are going to superiority complex themselves into extinction. I'm sorry Trump pops their ego bubbles. But someone has to so they wake up!

Posted by: LizLem at January 21, 2026 01:13 PM (Eng1Z)

327 but she is still a democrat, and she didn’t want to hurt Hilary’s campaign.
Posted by: Piper at January 21, 2026 01:08 PM (OoFl2)

My sympathy meter for her is still stuck on zero.

Posted by: Really?? at January 21, 2026 01:13 PM (Ryx1w)

328 Justice Amy Coney Barrett always leans in with the liberals including that idiot Jackson. The Hawaii case is a straightforward 2A case and she’s sitting there agreeing with the anti constitutional sophism.

Your job is to judge on constitutional matters. Not to be a social liberal, do-gooder AWFL posing as a constitutionalist.

Posted by: Vengeance at January 21, 2026 01:13 PM (KsZMV)

329 ok, so I actually looked up 304:

"304 woman," a slang term meaning a promiscuous woman. When 304 is typed into a hand-held calculator then turned upside down, the symbols resemble the word "hoe", which is an American term for a whore.

Posted by: kallisto at January 21, 2026 01:13 PM (dCxaZ)

330 317 You could actually argue Monica took advantage of Bill.
Posted by: ... at January 21, 2026 01

You did not have a straight face when you typed this, did you?

Posted by: Piper at January 21, 2026 01:13 PM (OoFl2)

331 At that size you need a LOT of feminine wiles, let me tell you. A lot.

Posted by: ... at January 21, 2026 01:14 PM (wEF4H)

332 Also, I AM IN AGONY IN THIS FIRE.
Posted by: Ruth Bader Ginsburg at January 21, 2026 01:07 PM

I'd like to help, but, you know...the chasm and all.

Posted by: Lazarus at January 21, 2026 01:14 PM (bFu5X)

333 "I signed an executive order to bring back mental institutions and insane asylums. We’re going to have to bring them back. Hate to build those suckers, but you’ve got to get the people off the streets.”

https://tinyurl.com/4uy5ypvu

Homes for the Really, Really Nervous.

Posted by: Easy the Elder at January 21, 2026 01:14 PM (gStWC)

334 The argument was always that it was a "power relationship" that Bubba held over her -- and refusing the sexual advances of your boss could harm your career.
-----

All of which is true, and all of which would be potentially held over the head of any other Federal employee. The law is pretty clear.

Posted by: Crusader, former Federal Bank Examiner at January 21, 2026 01:14 PM (TN0g+)

335 Monica could have shown true patriotism hanging on a lamp post outside the Marine Barracks at Eighth and I. Payday night.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 21, 2026 01:14 PM (gm9Sb)

336 "Teddy Murderbubbles"
Posted by: sifty boones

lol, that's the best name yet for that bastard

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at January 21, 2026 01:14 PM (krApV)

337 [Unfortunate, but the truth.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 01:13 PM (GBKbO)

I have been looking at your YT channel. There was one recently in which you wore some very nice suits.
Did you select them or is that Dolley's doing?

Posted by: kallisto at January 21, 2026 01:14 PM (dCxaZ)

338 311 290 A lot of leftists believe the Commies won WW2. I give you the Studebaker truck. Let that sink in. Without Studebaker, you lose.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 21, 2026 01:10 PM (gm9Sb)

"Stalin singlehandedly killed all the Nazis, all on his own!"

-Every freaking Twitter user with the Hammer and Sickle in their username

Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 01:14 PM (iXqHn)

339 You did not have a straight face when you typed this, did you?

Posted by: Piper at January 21, 2026 01:13 PM (OoFl2)

On the contrary - no one does deadpan text like me, baby.

Posted by: ... at January 21, 2026 01:15 PM (wEF4H)

340 Monica was old enough to consent and maybe even knew exactly what she was doing, I don't know her state of mind. Being around that kind of power is a hell of an aphrodisiac for young women.

Doesn't mean Bill is any less of a lecherous pervert for trying to fuck an intern in the Oval Office.

Posted by: ballistic at January 21, 2026 01:15 PM (5aZAZ)

341 337 [Unfortunate, but the truth.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 01:13 PM (GBKbO)

I have been looking at your YT channel. There was one recently in which you wore some very nice suits.
Did you select them or is that Dolley's doing?

Posted by: kallisto at January 21, 2026 01:14 PM (dCxaZ)

=====

Just the small collection I've been building over the years. I always do the Directors Series in them.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 01:15 PM (GBKbO)

342 This Clinton story somehow encompasses much of what is wrong with our government, primarily but not exclusively, the Democrats.

Posted by: RM at January 21, 2026 01:15 PM (n/1Oj)

343 The argument was always that it was a "power relationship" that Bubba held over her -- and refusing the sexual advances of your boss could harm your career.

—

While there is some truth to this it doesn’t apply to Clinton.

This guy fucked everything that moved. Had Monica said no to him he would have shrugged and moved on to the next one, forgetting Monica existed within an hour.

Posted by: Really?? at January 21, 2026 01:15 PM (Ryx1w)

344
Justice Amy Coney Barrett always leans in with the liberals including that idiot Jackson. The Hawaii case is a straightforward 2A case and she’s sitting there agreeing with the anti constitutional sophism.

Your job is to judge on constitutional matters. Not to be a social liberal, do-gooder AWFL posing as a constitutionalist.
Posted by: Vengeance

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

I'm out of it, are they in session now?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 21, 2026 01:15 PM (jF1M6)

345 2/10

Would not bang.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

2, really? You should probably leave some room for the Admiral's offerings.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 21, 2026 01:15 PM (Dv3i1)

346 Homes for the Really, Really Nervous.
Posted by: Easy the Elder at January 21, 2026 01:14 PM

Excellent obscure Mel Brooks shout out.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 21, 2026 01:16 PM (bFu5X)

347 I said this yesterday...in 2016 I couldn't read Trump well, he was all over the place and promising stuff no one actually ever delivers. I wasn't positive he wouldn't press the red nuclear button on day 1.

Feeling that way, I STILL VOTED FOR HIM OVER HILLARY. That's how bad the Clintons are. Better the devil you might get than the one you KNOW you'll get!

Lock her up, FINALLY. Please.

Posted by: LizLem at January 21, 2026 01:16 PM (Eng1Z)

348 OMG. I just saw the Democrats plan for Virginia. Might as well call it Virginiafornia.

Posted by: Vengeance at January 21, 2026 01:16 PM (KsZMV)

349 This WEF meeting is going as they planned.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 21, 2026 01:16 PM (mlg/3)

350 You know who needed the women's movement? Juanita Broaddrick. She had no chance back in the days when rape victims were accused of seduction and quizzed about their sex lives on the witness stand. To say nothing of the fact that her attacker was the attorney general.

She was the poster child for reform of those practices, completely ignored by Hillary of course.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 21, 2026 01:10 PM

+++
I'm sitting right here.

Posted by: Tara Reade at January 21, 2026 01:16 PM (2Ez/1)

351 >> I just saw the Democrats plan for Virginia. Might as well call it Virginiafornia.

The Exodus from VA should look nearly biblical, at this point.

Anyone with anything to lose should be getting the fuck out of that State.

Posted by: garrett at January 21, 2026 01:17 PM (ZcsJV)

352 348 OMG. I just saw the Democrats plan for Virginia. Might as well call it Virginiafornia.

As I said yesterday, it's going to be a verrrrrry long 4 years.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 21, 2026 01:17 PM (Riz8t)

353 349 This WEF meeting is going as they planned.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 21, 2026 01:16 PM (mlg/3)

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Not one elite telling us to eat bugs this year.

Their plans suck and don't come true most of the time.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 01:17 PM (GBKbO)

354 Killary. The bitch caused good men to lose their lives.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 21, 2026 01:17 PM (0KSrI)

355 I have yet to find someone on the internet I was able to picture as accurately as TJM. Usually there's an element of surprise but seeing him in a video was like completing the police sketch in my head.

Posted by: ... at January 21, 2026 01:18 PM (wEF4H)

356 >> I'm out of it, are they in session now?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 21, 2026 01:15 PM (jF1M6)

Hawaii was yesterday. I read the transcript.

Today they’re ready to tell POTUS he can’t fire a Federal Reserve official for cause.

Posted by: Vengeance at January 21, 2026 01:18 PM (KsZMV)

357 Actually, our goal is to be New Jersey.

Posted by: Virginia at January 21, 2026 01:18 PM (2Ez/1)

358 264 It's just sex.
Posted by: Every democrat female
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He was a sorry commie rat.
That was the only thing they could nail him with that the country could comprehend. Remember if 2/3s of the country don't think so, it ain't gonna happen.
Especially if you're a Republican.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 21, 2026 01:18 PM (gIcAo)

359 Justice Amy Coney Barrett always leans in with the liberals including that idiot Jackson. The Hawaii case is a straightforward 2A case and she’s sitting there agreeing with the anti constitutional sophism.

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She's at the top of my list for the worst things to come out of Trump's first term. And we're stuck with her forever.

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 21, 2026 01:18 PM (qBdHI)

360 Coney Ferret was a "conservative" only when it came to Roe v Wade. Once that was taken care of, she went full Sandra Day O'Connor.

Posted by: Delurker at January 21, 2026 01:18 PM (gtcuf)

361 355 I have yet to find someone on the internet I was able to picture as accurately as TJM. Usually there's an element of surprise but seeing him in a video was like completing the police sketch in my head.

Posted by: ... at January 21, 2026 01:18 PM (wEF4H)

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The makeup hides the hideous scarring on my face from all the bar fights.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 01:18 PM (GBKbO)

362 I'm out of it, are they in session now?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Scotus heard cases yesterday. Conference is Friday for the Hawaii gun case then I think they go on a four week recess.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 01:18 PM (E4rtv)

363 Monica was what 23,24 years old when she did her thing. I hate that it’s categorized as Clinton on taking advantage of a “kid”. She was a a grown woman. She wasn’t some naive innocent victim in it. She knew exactly what she was doing.

Posted by: Really?? at January 21, 2026 01:07 PM (Ryx1w)

Vermont is lovely.

Posted by: Joe Mama at January 21, 2026 01:18 PM (TezPK)

364 >>Coney Ferret was a "conservative" only when it came to Roe v Wade. Once that was taken care of, she went full Sandra Day O'Connor.

Women have no place on the Supreme Court.

Posted by: garrett at January 21, 2026 01:19 PM (ZcsJV)

365 liberals are never "do-gooders", they are meddlers at best and saboteurs in the main

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at January 21, 2026 01:19 PM (krApV)

366
One of the reasons that Camille Paglia is totally irrelevant is the Clintons. She spent years venting about how much she hated them both (and their GOP opponents weren't THAT bad), but when it came time to vote, she'd either vote for them or throw it away on the Green Party, because ewww Republicans have cooties.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 21, 2026 01:19 PM (y9nCu)

367 Virginia's going to get what they voted for, good and hard.

Posted by: Delurker at January 21, 2026 01:19 PM (gtcuf)

368 But, but Spanberger and Democrats are “moderates”. lol.

If you live in Virginia and didn’t vote you’ve got nobody to blame but yourself.

Posted by: Vengeance at January 21, 2026 01:19 PM (KsZMV)

369 This brunette in a halter top is glad she's never met Bill Clinton:
http://tiny.cc/6fyx001

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 12:52 PM (GyQIQ)

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"I've got cat-scratch fever ..."

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 21, 2026 01:19 PM (8VfKb)

370 The makeup hides the hideous scarring on my face from all the bar fights.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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I figured the dude on the screen was an actor and you were directing him off screen.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 01:19 PM (E4rtv)

371
Monica was old enough to consent and maybe even knew exactly what she was doing, I don't know her state of mind. Being around that kind of power is a hell of an aphrodisiac for young women.

Doesn't mean Bill is any less of a lecherous pervert for trying to fuck an intern in the Oval Office.
Posted by: ballistic

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Yes, plenty of blame to go around for both of them. I'd love to see Monica come forward with her real story, as Piper described it -- unable to marry, enjoy a career or a public life or a social presence that isn't sharply defined by her episode with Bill -- all because of a serious misjudgment and a turn away from basic morality. That's the podcast she should do, advising young women to be disciplined and focused.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 21, 2026 01:20 PM (jF1M6)

372
Thomas Reeves "A Question of Character" JFK biography has a great story about his dad Joe playing tennis with a very young woman, bringing her home to a women's party Rose was throwing, then going upstairs and going at it so hard the ceiling shook while the ladies sipped tea below and pretended not to notice.

Apple. Tree. Proximity.

Posted by: Auspex at January 21, 2026 01:20 PM (Y8DZL)

373 The Exodus from VA should look nearly biblical, at this point.

Anyone with anything to lose should be getting the fuck out of that State.
Posted by: garrett

Vermont is still lovely.

Posted by: Joe Mama at January 21, 2026 01:20 PM (TezPK)

374 Monica was old enough to consent and maybe even knew exactly what she was doing, I don't know her state of mind. Being around that kind of power is a hell of an aphrodisiac for young women.

Doesn't mean Bill is any less of a lecherous pervert for trying to fuck an intern in the Oval Office.
Posted by: ballistic at January 21, 2026 01:15 PM (5aZAZ)

This is such a sticky subject (yes, I said it), because there IS a point at which the person without "power" is harmed by the experience. Not unlike older teens who are banging their teachers, or some 20/30 something who likes 'em young.

Is it a crime? Maybe. Maybe not. But the person who HAS the power is always guilty of exploiting his/her position for sexual gain, and if it's a work relationship, it warrants at least being fired, if not prosecuted.

Clinton should have been removed from office.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 21, 2026 01:20 PM (dGCAG)

375 Let's see if I understand this: Congress agrees for a referral for contempt of Congress.
The DOJ takes up the case, the Clintons are charged and now it is federal court time.....
What District Court does it end up in? NY? DC??
Maybe I am too much of a cynic, but the random judge assignment will end up with a pro democrat judge. The jury selected in DC or NY? Give me an effin break.

They have better chances going for the Lemon man.

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at January 21, 2026 01:20 PM (w3u3d)

376 364 Women have no place on the Supreme Court.

Based on all the evidence, this seems to be the case.

Posted by: Delurker at January 21, 2026 01:20 PM (gtcuf)

377 There isn’t a single woman who was ever on SCOTUS who was a constitutionalist. Nor are any in the pipeline. Just stop.

Posted by: Vengeance at January 21, 2026 01:20 PM (KsZMV)

378 I have zero fucks to give about Virginia. Just like California or Illinois. They keep voting for everything they’re getting.

Posted by: Really?? at January 21, 2026 01:21 PM (Ryx1w)

379 VA is cementing in place their permanent Democrat rule on election outcomes.

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 21, 2026 01:21 PM (qBdHI)

380 Women have no place on the Supreme Court.

Posted by: garrett at January 21, 2026 01:19 PM (ZcsJV)

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*stamps foot*

But most of us go by three names!

Posted by: Female justices at January 21, 2026 01:21 PM (2Ez/1)

381
Coney Ferret was a "conservative" only when it came to Roe v Wade. Once that was taken care of, she went full Sandra Day O'Connor.

Women have no place on the Supreme Court.
Posted by: garrett

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She's been part of the 6-3 conservative majority on some crucial cases, no?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 21, 2026 01:21 PM (jF1M6)

382
Clinton - skeevy morally vacant narcissist that oozes charm like CO2

Monica - entry level worker, his junior in every way - smart, ambitious

Someone please do this math for me.

Posted by: ... at January 21, 2026 01:22 PM (wEF4H)

383 Democrats in Virginia are even going after the electoral system. Voter ID. Reversing paper ballots. The entire fraud scheme.

Posted by: Vengeance at January 21, 2026 01:22 PM (KsZMV)

384 The Clintons are deplorable.

Posted by: mrp at January 21, 2026 01:23 PM (rj6Yv)

385 The supreme court must have a kitchen or at least a cafeteria.

Posted by: ... at January 21, 2026 01:23 PM (wEF4H)

386 360 Coney Ferret was a "conservative" only when it came to Roe v Wade. Once that was taken care of, she went full Sandra Day O'Connor.

Posted by: Delurker at January 21, 2026 01:18 PM (gtcuf)

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So, she voted against us on Skrmetti? Mahmoud v. Taylor? Trump v. United States? Loper?

I would expect another O'Connor to have voted against our interest in all of those cases.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 01:23 PM (GBKbO)

387 There isn’t a single woman who was ever on SCOTUS who was a constitutionalist. Nor are any in the pipeline. Just stop.
Posted by: Vengeance at January 21, 2026 01:20 PM (KsZMV)

I'm going to go out on a limb and say Harriet Miers would have been a constitutionalist. Not only was her specialty Business Law her under degree was Mathematics.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 21, 2026 01:23 PM (KDPiq)

388 Vermont is still lovely.
Posted by: Joe Mama at January 21, 2026 01:20 PM

But it's full of Vermonters.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 21, 2026 01:23 PM (bFu5X)

389 Doesn't mean Bill is any less of a lecherous pervert for trying to fuck an intern in the Oval Office.
Posted by: ballistic at January 21, 2026 01:15

Just maybe he contributed to the whatever attitude toward marriage because he had the platform to promote casual sex.

Posted by: old chick at January 21, 2026 01:23 PM (F3Dlr)

390 Pete Navarro- jailed under Biden-has no sympathy for Bill and Hillary. Can't say that I blame him. From "NY Post":

https://tinyurl.com/yc4ca6mn

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 21, 2026 01:23 PM (ZeH0U)

391 There isn’t a single woman who was ever on SCOTUS who was a constitutionalist. Nor are any in the pipeline. Just stop.
Posted by: Vengeance

Skip the confirmation "litmus test", run one for elevated estrogen levels. For the men, especially.

Posted by: Joe Mama at January 21, 2026 01:24 PM (TezPK)

392 Virginia elected an AG who thinks murdering an opposition political opponent is funny and understandable.

Yeah Virginia.

Posted by: Vengeance at January 21, 2026 01:24 PM (KsZMV)

393 The Exodus from VA should look nearly biblical, at this point.

Anyone with anything to lose should be getting the fuck out of that State.
Posted by: garrett at January 21, 2026 01:17 PM (ZcsJV)
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Yeah, the whole "Banning manual recounts in elections" as their first order of business is a little bit on-the-nose.

Posted by: ballistic at January 21, 2026 01:24 PM (5aZAZ)

394 381 She's been part of the 6-3 conservative majority on some crucial cases, no?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 21, 2026 01:21 PM (jF1M6)

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Pretty much all of them.

She is more Roberts like when it comes to process questions like if they should take up cases before ripeness and stuff.

But she's nothing like an O'Connor.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 01:24 PM (GBKbO)

395 Women have no place on the Supreme Court.

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As a chick myself, I'm not ashamed to admit this is correct. Women do not have the disposition to decouple their feelz from actually adhering the the US Constitution. There, I said it.

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 21, 2026 01:25 PM (qBdHI)

396 Clinton - skeevy morally vacant narcissist that oozes charm like CO2

Monica - entry level worker, his junior in every way - smart, ambitious

Someone please do this math for me.
Posted by: ... at January 21, 2026 01:22 PM (wEF4H)
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0 + 0 = 0

Posted by: mrp at January 21, 2026 01:25 PM (rj6Yv)

397 Happy Covid Day!

Posted by: torabora at January 21, 2026 01:25 PM (UqzrU)

398 The makeup hides the hideous scarring on my face from all the bar fights.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 01:18 PM (GBKbO)

You are definitely no stranger to being inside.

Posted by: ... at January 21, 2026 01:25 PM (wEF4H)

399 247 You know what the last laugh part is, however, in all of this? Bill had to stay married to Hillary.
Posted by: Piper at January 21, 2026 12:59 PM (OoFl2)

Another poster mention - married people can't be compelled to testify against each other - so that explains why they stay married - it would be 'Mutual Assured Destruction' to do otherwise.

I wonder what Chelsea knows?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 21, 2026 01:25 PM (QGaXH)

400 232 207 Whig, when I first started coming down here before becoming permanent personnel, I was in Van Buren on a Saturday. All the downtown merchants had set up on the sidewalks, like a flea market. 90% had anti Clinton information or petitions. They were hated in west Arkansas, living through his governor stint.
Posted by: bill in arkansas
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That was John Paul Hammerschmidt's district. Nice guy.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 01:25 PM (E4rtv)

401 This is such a sticky subject (yes, I said it), because there IS a point at which the person without "power" is harmed by the experience. Not unlike older teens who are banging their teachers, or some 20/30 something who likes 'em young.

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Absolutely a 17 year old girl fucking a 32 year old teacher is going to mess her up. It’s totally a power imbalance, etc.

But for a 24 year old (which I believe is how old Monica was) it’s well past the “age of innocence”. I mean you can be a congresscritter at 25. Let’s stop infantalizing adults like this.

Posted by: Really?? at January 21, 2026 01:25 PM (Ryx1w)

402 Jumanji Jackson and Anal Coney Barrett shouldn't be allowed on the janitorial staff of the Supreme Court, let alone sitting justices.

Bad enough we have the biggest pussy in DC as Chief Justice. The fake-smiling smarmy Obama-blowing sonofabitch.

DEI sucks.

I kinda forgot what my point was.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 21, 2026 01:25 PM (euc5m)

403 "304 woman," a slang term meaning a promiscuous woman. When 304 is typed into a hand-held calculator then turned upside down, the symbols resemble the word "hoe", which is an American term for a whore.
Posted by: kallisto at January 21, 2026 01:13 PM (dCxaZ)
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Yup. It's a juvenile joke. "304' on an old-fashioned calculator looks like "hoe" when you turn it upside down, and hoe = 'ho = whore.

It made a resurgence because of silent internet censorship on platforms like YouTube. "Hoe" or "Ho" or "Whore" might get your comment suppressed or your videos search-suppressed. "304," though, is just a string of numbers.

Kinda like how "killed" got replaced with "unalived" and "suicide" got replaced with "self-deletion" on YouTube. They are ways of end-running automatic censorship systems.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 01:26 PM (GyQIQ)

404 I wonder what Chelsea knows?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue

She knows it's always Howdy Doody Time.

Posted by: Joe Mama at January 21, 2026 01:26 PM (TezPK)

405 Bill couldn't divorce to get regular sex from Monica because Hillary has blackmail on him.

Posted by: torabora at January 21, 2026 01:26 PM (UqzrU)

406 >>As a chick myself, I'm not ashamed to admit this is correct. Women do not have the disposition to decouple their feelz from actually adhering the the US Constitution. There, I said it.
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 21, 2026 01:25 PM (qBdHI)

I like and respect you so much right now that I could go straight out and buy you a new Handbag or a pair of cute Shoes!

Posted by: garrett at January 21, 2026 01:27 PM (ZcsJV)

407 *I wonder what Chelsea knows?*

Don't drag my daughter into this!

Posted by: Webb Hubbell at January 21, 2026 01:27 PM (2Ez/1)

408 But guys ACB answers all the questions with a blank notepad. She’s amazing!!!

Posted by: Really?? at January 21, 2026 01:27 PM (Ryx1w)

409 Lewinsky was 21 years old in 1995

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 21, 2026 01:28 PM (KDPiq)

410 But guys ACB answers all the questions with a blank notepad. She’s amazing!!!
Posted by: Really?? at January 21, 2026 01:27 PM (Ryx1w)
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That reminds me of the old Victor Hugo anecdote.

Posted by: mrp at January 21, 2026 01:28 PM (rj6Yv)

411 When you turn a 304 upside down, they all look like sisters.

Posted by: torabora at January 21, 2026 01:28 PM (UqzrU)

412 >>> "I signed an executive order to bring back mental institutions and insane asylums. We’re going to have to bring them back. Hate to build those suckers, but you’ve got to get the people off the streets.”

I will say this...while asylums are needed, they NEED to be heavily monitored and free of corruption.

I mentioned in a book thread a few weeks ago "The Woman they Could Not Silence." Back in the Civil War era, if you were a man, you could get your wife locked away in an asylum for anything. Even just thinking too much. Elizabeth Packard was committed to an asylum by her husband for disagreeing with him on religion and politics. (He was all fire and brimstone, and she believed in a more loving God. And he flip flopped to be pro slavery to appeal to rich patrons financing his church, and she was adamantly anti-slavery. Her views caused embarrassment to him in front of his flock, so he got a crooked doctor and a sham trial to get her thrown into an asylum.)

There is corruption and abuse in the mental health and incarceration system already. How do you protect the most vulnerable people in asylums when the system is corrupt?

Posted by: LizLem at January 21, 2026 01:28 PM (Eng1Z)

413 Monica was old enough to consent and maybe even knew exactly what she was doing, I don't know her state of mind. Being around that kind of power is a hell of an aphrodisiac for young women.

Doesn't mean Bill is any less of a lecherous pervert for trying to fuck an intern in the Oval Office.
Posted by: ballistic at January 21, 2026 01:15 PM (5aZAZ)
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I don't think anything Bill did with Monica was illegal. She was of consenting age and made her choices.

What Bill did, though, should have completely disqualified him from holding any office or position of power at all.

It wasn't just that Bill deliberately targeted an insecure, eager-to-please intern, knowing that such women are easier targets. Unlike Trump, who targeted supermodels and playboy playmates, Bill almost always went after easier game like Monica.

He then lied about it, through his teeth, and exposed himself as completely untrustworthy. He should have been thrown out of office on his ass.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 21, 2026 01:29 PM (iFTx/)

414 266 "staring at her chest."

That's all it takes to classify a man as a 'creep?' A pretty low bar.
Posted by: gp at January 21, 2026 01:03 PM (N8ZBc)

We are all creeps. Some just show it more.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 21, 2026 01:29 PM (QGaXH)

415 >>>when it came time to vote, she'd either vote for them or throw it away on the Green Party, because ewww Republicans have cooties.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur
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Can't allow logic to interfere with that good feeling.
ahhhhhh

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 21, 2026 01:29 PM (gIcAo)

416 Lewinsky was 21 years old in 1995
Posted by: Opinion fact

Old enough to drink ...

Posted by: Joe Mama at January 21, 2026 01:29 PM (TezPK)

417 I like and respect you so much right now that I could go straight out and buy you a new Handbag or a pair of cute Shoes!

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Size 8, please!

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 21, 2026 01:29 PM (qBdHI)

418 21 when she started as an intern in June. I guess she had turned 22 when she was giving the BJs.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 21, 2026 01:30 PM (KDPiq)

419 She was born in 1973. Didn’t the whole sordid affair happen in 1997, making her 24?

Maybe I’m getting my timeline wrong. It’s been a while.

Posted by: Really?? at January 21, 2026 01:30 PM (Ryx1w)

420 381
Coney Ferret was a "conservative" only when it came to Roe v Wade. Once that was taken care of, she went full Sandra Day O'Connor.

Women have no place on the Supreme Court.
Posted by: garrett

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She's been part of the 6-3 conservative majority on some crucial cases, no?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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yes. The leftists all vote as a bloc, those on the right not so much.

The specific question that had 2A types going about ACB yesterday was this exchange,
"Justice Amy Coney Barrett also asked Beck whether Hawaii could pass a law restricting guns on private property that isn’t open to the public—like people’s homes—unless expressly authorized. When the attorney responded that such a law would be illegal, Barrett responded, “Really?”

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 01:30 PM (E4rtv)

421 Warning! Calendar math!

Posted by: Ref with whistle at January 21, 2026 01:31 PM (2Ez/1)

422 How old was Paula Jones?

Adult women can be taken advantage of, or worse, by sleazebags. It's not a commentary on all women or men.

Posted by: ... at January 21, 2026 01:31 PM (wEF4H)

423 If Virginia had not thrown in with South Carolina there never would have been a Civil War in 1861.

Posted by: torabora at January 21, 2026 01:31 PM (UqzrU)

424 The issue wasn't age between Monica and Clinton, it was position, powerful male taking advantage of a powerless female

Posted by: Easy the Elder at January 21, 2026 01:31 PM (gStWC)

425 Size 8, please!

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 21, 2026 01:29 PM (qBdHI)

8 you say???

Posted by: Dick Morris at January 21, 2026 01:32 PM (wEF4H)

426 There is corruption and abuse in the mental health and incarceration system already. How do you protect the most vulnerable people in asylums when the system is corrupt?

Posted by: LizLem
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If you go into it far enough, you will find a lot of old men and women being chucked in mental institutions as well if they were wealthy. Heirs did not want to wait for their fortune or risk being cut out of the will.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 01:33 PM (E4rtv)

427 "...powerful male taking advantage of a powerless female..."

But she wore such a cute beret!

Posted by: The media at the time at January 21, 2026 01:33 PM (2Ez/1)

428 286 Screwed like a mink. And unlike most lefty 304s,

what is a 304?
Posted by: kallisto at January 21, 2026 01:06 PM (dCxaZ)

A grade of Austenitic Stainless Steel?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 21, 2026 01:33 PM (QGaXH)

429 don't think anything Bill did with Monica was illegal. She was of consenting age and made her choices.

What Bill did, though, should have completely disqualified him from holding any office or position of power at all.
He should have been thrown out of office on his ass.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 21, 2026 01:29 PM (iFTx/)
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Agreed.

Posted by: ballistic at January 21, 2026 01:33 PM (5aZAZ)

430 What was her job? It was intern right? So what’s the worst thing that happens, she loses an unpaid internship. Big deal.

This is why I don’t buy the “power” thing. It’s not like she was about to make partner in a law firm and her boss said blow me or you lose the partnership. Thats having power over someone. Clinton did t really have any real power over her that mattered.

Posted by: Really?? at January 21, 2026 01:34 PM (Ryx1w)

431 He said: "you better put some ice on that" as he was leaving his rape scene.
That's our ex-president...and why the communists were so hot and horny to invent the E Jean Carroll perjury.

Posted by: torabora at January 21, 2026 01:34 PM (UqzrU)

432
Thomas Reeves "A Question of Character" JFK biography has a great story about his dad Joe playing tennis with a very young woman, bringing her home to a women's party Rose was throwing

I prefer the story of how Old Joe got to be Ambassador to Great Britain, a post that he wanted BADLY because he hated the Limeys. FDR didn't want to give him the post, but because of Joe's previous support and money, he had to at least interview him for the position.

So in the middle of the meeting with Joe, FDR and FDR's son James, FDR tells Joe to stand up and drop trou. Confused, Joe obeys and drops his pants. FDR starts laughing, pointing at Joe saying "SEE? SEE? I TOLD YOU IT WAS TRUE!" FDR explained that they had a mutual friend who had been swimming with Joe and the kids, and he'd observed that Joe was the most bow-legged man he'd ever seen.

FDR explained that if he sent Joe to the King in period dress, complete with leggings, he'd be the laughing stock of the world. Joe responded (pissed) that if he could talk the Brits into allowing him to present himself in modern diplomatic wear (striped pants, tails, top hat), could he have the position. FDR agreed thinking that Joe couldn't

(cont)

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 21, 2026 01:34 PM (y9nCu)

433 She could have said no and left.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 21, 2026 01:34 PM (0KSrI)

434 How old was Paula Jones?

Adult women can be taken advantage of, or worse, by sleazebags. It's not a commentary on all women or men.
Posted by: ... at January 21, 2026 01:31 PM (wEF4H)

None was 24 when Bill whipped it out.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 21, 2026 01:34 PM (KDPiq)

435 To pretend that women have no power is ridiculous.

There is more power in a pair of panties than any CEO can wield.

And it goes completely unchecked.

Posted by: garrett at January 21, 2026 01:35 PM (ZcsJV)

436 Lewinsky was starry-eyed. That's why what happened, happened.

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 21, 2026 01:35 PM (qBdHI)

437 Jones not None.

Autocorrect worst AI in the world.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 21, 2026 01:36 PM (KDPiq)

438 There is more power in a pair of panties than any CEO can wield.

And it goes completely unchecked.

Posted by: garrett at January 21, 2026 01:35 PM (ZcsJV)

Especially mine!

Posted by: Lena Dunham Fumigation Services Inc at January 21, 2026 01:36 PM (wEF4H)

439 She could have said no and left.
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Its not about her--its about the unequal power positions between the two.

Posted by: Crusader, former Federal Bank Examiner at January 21, 2026 01:36 PM (TN0g+)

440 423 If Virginia had not thrown in with South Carolina there never would have been a Civil War in 1861.
Posted by: torabora
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Lincoln provoked that one. Virginia, Tennessee, Arkansas, etc. were hesitating to join the Deep Southern states in seceding but Lincoln demanded that these states provide their state militias to invade those states wanting to leave.

That broke the logjam (and broke Virginia in half eventually).

Lincoln has a pretty big share of the blame for the bloody civil war along with the fireeaters. Inexperienced politically isolated president overwhelmed by the office is my assessment.

He grew into the office but once the fighting started, it was impossible to stop. Wars are easy to get into but hard to get out of.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 01:36 PM (E4rtv)

441 This is why I don’t buy the “power” thing. It’s not like she was about to make partner in a law firm and her boss said blow me or you lose the partnership. Thats having power over someone. Clinton did t really have any real power over her that mattered.
Posted by: Really?? at January 21, 2026 01:34 PM (Ryx1w)
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He was the President of the United States of fucking America bro.

Tell me about how he had no real power over her or anyone else in the White House.

Maybe she loses an internship, but the real damage would be that he blackballs her from any decent job in the DC political world, which is undoubtedly where someone interning in the WH is aspiring to.

Also, it's like saying a CEO doesn't have any power over his secretary and it's totes cool to bend her over the conference table. After all if she gets fired it was a low-paying admin job and she can just get another one, right?

Posted by: ballistic at January 21, 2026 01:37 PM (5aZAZ)

442 She was a little heavy.
One member of the comedy group The Capitol Steps had a funny routine that swapped the syllables of words and he would refer to her as Lonica MOO-insky.

Good times.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 21, 2026 01:37 PM (2Ez/1)

443 Crusader it is about her. Takes two to play the game.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 21, 2026 01:37 PM (0KSrI)

444 311 290 A lot of leftists believe the Commies won WW2. I give you the Studebaker truck. Let that sink in. Without Studebaker, you lose.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 21, 2026 01:10 PM (gm9Sb)

AOP please pick up the white courtesy phone

AOP to the white courtesy phone....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 21, 2026 01:38 PM (QGaXH)

445
The Exodus from VA should look nearly biblical, at this point.

Why would anyone leave Utopia?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 21, 2026 01:38 PM (pkeXY)

446 Lewinsky was 21 years old in 1995
Posted by: Opinion fact

Old enough to drink ...
Posted by: Joe Mama at January 21, 2026 01:29 PM (TezPK)
****
Hillary is jealous she was not the object of her tender affections.

Posted by: torabora at January 21, 2026 01:38 PM (UqzrU)

447 what is a 304?
Posted by: kallisto

Cockney rhyming slang, 304=whore. Done to get around social media restrictions.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 01:38 PM (E4rtv)

448 There is corruption and abuse in the mental health and incarceration system already. How do you protect the most vulnerable people in asylums when the system is corrupt?

Posted by: LizLem at January 21, 2026 01:28 PM (Eng1Z)

I think the best answer I can offer is "Don't dump them on the street to live like feral dogs among their personal demons"

Posted by: Kindltot at January 21, 2026 01:38 PM (rbvCR)

449 There is more power in a pair of panties than any CEO can wield.

And it goes completely unchecked.
Posted by: garrett at January 21, 2026 01:35 PM (ZcsJV)
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In the words of one of the great poets and philosophers of the modern era, Akinyele: Pussy makes the world go 'round.

Posted by: ballistic at January 21, 2026 01:39 PM (5aZAZ)

450
swing it. But somehow (probably bribery), the Brits cabled the State Dept saying that the new ambassador could present himself in modern diplomatic clothes, rather than the traditional period costume. FDR was stuck, and gave Joe the post.

Of course, Joe turned out to be a shitty ambassador, with lots of family drama because his son Jack was screwing every British bird in London (including what turned out to be a Nazi double-agent), and had to join the Navy to get out of Great Britain but that's another story.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 21, 2026 01:39 PM (y9nCu)

451 424 The issue wasn't age between Monica and Clinton, it was position, powerful male taking advantage of a powerless female
Posted by: Easy the Elder
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It was so shocking because older men of authority with younger women never happened before.
It's something that's not done. Ever.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 21, 2026 01:39 PM (gIcAo)

452 Crusader it is about her. Takes two to play the game.
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Only one was the most powerful member of the executive branch. The other was an intern. I sat thru those "sexual harassment" videos of the day--what Clinton did was a textbook example of sexual harassment.

Posted by: Crusader, former Federal Bank Examiner at January 21, 2026 01:40 PM (TN0g+)

453 In the big sports game of life pussy remains undefeated.

Posted by: Sports Talk Radio Hosts Everywhere at January 21, 2026 01:41 PM (2Ez/1)

454 It was so shocking because older men of authority with younger women never happened before.
It's something that's not done. Ever.
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Its prohibited by every single modern company of any size, regardless of what may have been common back in the day.

Posted by: Crusader, former Federal Bank Examiner at January 21, 2026 01:41 PM (TN0g+)

455 I think Monica has paid for her mistake (for lack of a better term) over and over and over again.

Bill, not so much. Actually, imo, not at all.

Blame them both, but, the punishment has not been equal.

Posted by: old chick at January 21, 2026 01:42 PM (F3Dlr)

456 Also I doubt there's one commenter here who is a father to a daughter who wouldn't beat the absolute shit out of any old-ass man he caught perving on his daughter, legal age or not.

Posted by: ballistic at January 21, 2026 01:42 PM (5aZAZ)

457
Its prohibited by every single modern company of any size, regardless of what may have been common back in the day.
Posted by: Crusader, former Federal Bank Examiner at January 21, 2026 01:41 PM (TN0g+)

Yup, don't dip your pen in company ink. Don't punch the company clock with the timecard in your pants.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 21, 2026 01:43 PM (y9nCu)

458 "Its prohibited by every single modern company of any size, regardless of what may have been common back in the day."

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Was that wrong?
Should I not have done that?

Posted by: George Costanza at January 21, 2026 01:44 PM (2Ez/1)

459 I could go straight out and buy you a new Handbag or a pair of cute Shoes!
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Size 8, please!
Posted by: Lady in Black

Handbags come in sizes?

Posted by: Clueless Husband at January 21, 2026 01:44 PM (w9Wax)

460 Elaine, who among us hasn't snuck into the break room to nibble on a love newton?

Posted by: J. Peterman at January 21, 2026 01:45 PM (2Ez/1)

461 Absolutely a 17 year old girl fucking a 32 year old teacher is going to mess her up. It’s totally a power imbalance, etc.

But for a 24 year old (which I believe is how old Monica was) it’s well past the “age of innocence”. I mean you can be a congresscritter at 25. Let’s stop infantalizing adults like this.
Posted by: Really??
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And yet society seems comfortable with schools protecting female predators in K-12 education and I suspect if you had a female president with a 21 year old male intern, that suddenly it would be okay.

Most bullshit about the sexes are lies we tell ourselves to justify what we think.

My argument is that such societal and legal rules should be open, public, stipulated and enforced equally. If a 30 year old female teacher seduces a 16 year old, then she goes to the chokey for the same length of time just the same as a 30 male mechanic goes after a 16 year old Lolita.

And I also think any female or male sexing up their boss also gets the boot along with the boss. If they want to hanky panky, one or both of them can damn well leave the company before starting it.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 01:45 PM (E4rtv)

462 So wait, is the Epstein hysteria basically over now? Did the 400 (or whatever) lawyers get to go back to productive work, that were occupied with fulfilling the requirements of the bill to open the files?

Picture what that must have been like for them, reviewing every single scrap in the investigative file for required redactions -- from gold to dross, including every "tip" submitted by egomaniacal drunkards and fixated schizos. Maybe it was just opportunistic, but someone managed to turn the Epstein meme into concrete action that kept the DOJ occupied and out of their hair.

Posted by: SciVo at January 21, 2026 01:48 PM (Sy6m/)

463 Bill, not so much. Actually, imo, not at all.
Posted by: old chick
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You really do not know what Hillary is like. There is a reason she had to go to NY to get elected. People in Arkansas hated Hillary and she hated them in return.

Yelling, screaming, throwing shit, drunkard, and more. She was the reason that Bill's former protector as governor (a female) did not go to Washington as Chief of Staff (Betsy Wright). Betsy was the closest thing that Bill had to a moral compass.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 01:48 PM (E4rtv)

464 goes to the chokey for the same length of time just the same as a 30 male mechanic goes after a 16 year old Lolita.

Just try to resist me!

Posted by: 16 y.o. Lindsay Lohan at January 21, 2026 01:49 PM (w9Wax)

465 372
Thomas Reeves "A Question of Character" JFK biography has a great story about his dad Joe playing tennis with a very young woman, bringing her home to a women's party Rose was throwing, then going upstairs and going at it so hard the ceiling shook while the ladies sipped tea below and pretended not to notice.

Apple. Tree. Proximity.
Posted by: Auspex at January 21, 2026 01:20 PM (Y8DZL)

yikes

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 01:55 PM (SSiCQ)

466 Bill, not so much. Actually, imo, not at all.
Posted by: old chick
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You really do not know what Hillary is like. whig

I meant in public perception of the villain/victim and the ability to be allowed to live without the stigma till death.

She was punished. He was not. Even now, even here, she bares the entire blame.

Posted by: old chick at January 21, 2026 01:57 PM (F3Dlr)

467 This is curious because I thought ignoring subpoenas from Congress got you a ticket to prison.

Fuck this. Just send the FBI loaded for bear and kick down their fucking door.

If they die they die.

Right?

Right news media?

Posted by: melodicmetal at January 21, 2026 02:13 PM (61TgR)

468 nood

Slick Bitch Gavin Newsom Has His Davos Speech Cancelled; Whines That Trump Did It
Scott Bessent Cooks Gavin Newsom As Communist Patrick Bateman
—Ace

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 02:16 PM (SSiCQ)

469 424 The issue wasn't age between Monica and Clinton, it was position, powerful male taking advantage of a powerless female

The issue should be about what he factually did do:
1. 72Hrs of phone sex while on duty much of which occurred on AF1, and continued even after he knew the Russians had intercepted it.

2. Disgrace His office and Betray us all -- the First Elected President neither President Nor Leader of a Free World

3. Vandalize the Whitehouse on his exit, doorknobs, typerwiters, phone lines

4. The Clinton Global Catastrophe

5. Open the door to a Glasnost to Terror the likes of which the world has never seen.

Remember who did this:
"to leave now we would send a message to terrorists and other potential adversaries around the world that they can change our policies by killing our people. It would be open season on Americans." -- Bill Clinton '93 just before he pulled out of Somalia.

To abandon this area now -- and to rely only on efforts against alQaeda from a distance -- would significantly hamper our ability to keep the pressure on al Qaeda, and create an UNACCEPTABLE RISK -- OBAMA'09

what is the vital national interest? -- IceKingJOE who enabled precisely that!

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at January 21, 2026 02:18 PM (44Qw8)

470 Who's the Deplorable?

“Iran is the only country in the world that has now had six elections since the first election of President Khatami (in 1997). (It is) the only one with elections,
including the United States, including Israel, including you name it, where the liberals, or the progressives, have won two-thirds to 70 percent of the vote in six elections: Two for president; two for the Parliament, the Majlis; two for the mayoralties. In every single election, the guys I identify with got two-thirds to 70 percent of the vote. There is no other country in the world I can say that about, certainly not my own.” -- Bill Clinton'05

Palestinians elected Hamas because they promised to make the buses run on time -- Bill Clinton'06

it would be wrong to cut off contact with the terror group just because they may have killed people "in a way that we hate." -- Bill Clinton'06

I tried to represent a better America when I was president. But now I don't have to... -- Bill Clinton'06

And all ^THAT^ at a time when Epstein's Island came to HIM.

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at January 21, 2026 02:21 PM (44Qw8)

471 Seriously left wing, dumped me when she found out I voted for Dubya. Despite being a lefty, she had a thing for manly blue collar assholes.

Screwed like a mink. And unlike most lefty 304s, she was really good at it. No starfish sex.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 21, 2026 01:04 PM (y9nCu)

Uh, you wouldn't still have her number, do you? Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Manly blue collar asshole at January 21, 2026 02:42 PM (5xuJ/)

472 The Clintons have something to hide from us besides Bill Clintons Rape Case and selling Out America remember Clinton was a Draft Dodger and Traitor just like Obama and Biden

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at January 21, 2026 04:20 PM (wGqjj)

Wednesday Morning Rant

Make 'N' Great Again

There is perhaps no greater misnomer in modern English than "Non-Governmental Organization," or "NGO." NGOs very rarely are actually non-governmental. Vast quantities of taxpayer money are sluiced through the NGO complex, and many if not most NGOs are anything but "non-governmental." There are almost no true NGOs, and tons of taxpayer money is involved with these non-NGOs.

The appropriateness of government sponsorship of ostensible charity notwithstanding, the last few months have underscored yet another problem with the idea of government-supported NGOs: accountability. There appears to be none. Enormous quantities of money are being stolen through the NGO complex. Even where it isn't outright stolen, it is likely money poorly spent. Our pseudo-NGOs are out agitating for all things awful, working against the interests of the Republic - and using the Republic's money and various allies in the political and bureaucratic complexes to do it.

This needs to stop. Justice and other agencies are starting (publicly, at least - I have no idea if it is sincere) to tackle some of the fraud, but there is likely no way they can contain it. They can punish specific wrongdoers in specific frauds, but the overall system is conducive to fraud. The way the NGO complex is constructed virtually demands fraud, and all but guarantees it. The entire point is to slosh money around outside of accountability systems. The system itself is deeply flawed and designed from the ground up to be exploited. That system needs to be abolished.

There does not need to be cessation of particular projects or programs, or punishment of specific wrongdoers. The wrongdoers must be punished, of course, but that will not solve the problem. New wrongdoers will do the same things - and why not? The system is designed to be abused. That system is what needs to go, not some particular recipient. What we need is a rethink on how taxpayer is spent at all.

What I think needs to happen is a new law around how the government is permitted to spend money. It should be restricted to four categories:
1. Goods purchased by and for the government, under contract
2. Services purchased by and for the government, under contract
3. State block grants for various programs (Medicaid, Section 8, etc.), with hard requirements that all block-grant funds are directly attributable to a specific end consumer (recipient), however it is delivered, and that records are available to the federal government on demand.
4. Direct welfare payments to named recipients - disability, social security, medicare, etc.

The welfare programs are not going to be abolished, but there must be accountability within the government for them. Any dollar that goes out must go out to or on behalf of a known, named, enrolled individual. No organizations. If an organization is paid on behalf of an individual - say, medical transportation for a Medicaid recipient - it must be via a company under legitimate and valid contract per federal standards for bidding and selection, with specific recipient recorded and audited. No cash to anyone else for anything.

The government is itself a customer for many businesses, and that can continue. When some agency buys toilet paper under contract, that's fine. When a contractor operates a government facility on behalf of an agency, that's fine. When a supplier or vendor provides services to the government under contract, that's fine. But there must be no more non-contract activity paid for with taxpayer money. No more grants or non-contract outlays.

If there is, for example, some research project that people think ought to be undertaken, the government either needs to do it itself at one of its laboratories or the organization doing it needs to bid and negotiate a contract - and that contract must be subject to the same bidding and procurement requirements as any other contract. No more research grants, no more "development" grants, no more grants to universities or hospitals or NGOs not doing specific, named work for the US government under competitive contract.

These requirements are bureaucratic and onerous. That is the point. If an organization receives so much as a single penny of federal taxpayer money, it must be for a stated, known purpose under a valid contract and all that this entails. It must be auditable, accountable and transparent. If an NGO, university or other organization doesn't want to both convince someone in government that something is a good idea and then go through competitive bidding to do it, it is welcome to not participate. If an NGO wants to operate without accountability, it is welcome to do so with no victims but its own suckers who gave them money.

There is no way to get the fraud problem under control while the current NGO system remains intact. The flow of cash into the NGOs must be stopped in order to reduce the amount of flagrant theft and dishonesty in the system. The government has by now amply demonstrated that it is both unwilling and unable to determine how it spends money without aggressive oversight. The problem has to be cut out at the root, and that is in the standards and requirements for all government outlays.

One way to stop this hemorrhaging cash flow into NGOs is to change the law to explicitly define how the government is permitted to spend money, and on what. No payments without specific, named purpose and competitive contract. No transfers without accountability. Make the NGOs into actual non-government entities and let them sink or swim on their own.

Posted by: Joe Mannix at 11:00 AM

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1 I'll let those in the Art Thread know this one's gone live.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 21, 2026 11:00 AM (O7YUW)

2 st!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 21, 2026 11:00 AM (bFu5X)

3 You people are fast today

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 21, 2026 11:00 AM (bFu5X)

4 first.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 21, 2026 11:02 AM (0N4FZ)

5 We live in feudal times.

Posted by: pudinhead at January 21, 2026 11:02 AM (pLaQB)

6 MONKEY!

Posted by: Rainier Wolfcastle at January 21, 2026 11:02 AM (cuae1)

7 Sounds good

Posted by: Zeera. I voted for ALL of this at January 21, 2026 11:02 AM (pscAN)

8 Willowed:

If you love Manos the Hand of Fate, bring it up. Spread the joys!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 10:52 AM (GBKbO)

I do love Manos. I think Hal Warren had a good idea, but he didn't flesh it out enough.

There was a crowdfunded sequel / reboot a few years back called Manos Returns, which, while replicating some of the original, ended up being even more confusing.

I still say there's a good idea in the mess. Maybe I'll take a crack at it someday.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 21, 2026 11:03 AM (ufSfZ)

9 They cut my program by $60M. Fuck those guys.

Posted by: pudinhead at January 21, 2026 11:03 AM (pLaQB)

10 Sounds like white supremacy talk.
- Tampon Tim Walz

Posted by: Really?? at January 21, 2026 11:03 AM (Ryx1w)

11 There are no psuedo-NGO's only grift. Ban them all.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 21, 2026 11:04 AM (mlg/3)

12 There is no way to get the fraud problem under control while the current NGO system remains intact. The flow of cash into the NGOs must be stopped in order to reduce the amount of flagrant theft and dishonesty in the system. The government has by now amply demonstrated that it is both unwilling and unable to determine how it spends money without aggressive oversight.

There are government entities that are extremely closely watched, often to an absurd point. I worked for one of them. The problem isn't that accountability isn't called for or required by law, it's that the people dispensing most of the money don't WANT accountability and so just ignore the law. Fix that, and you can fix most of the problem.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 21, 2026 11:04 AM (Riz8t)

13 There is perhaps no greater misnomer in modern English than "Non-Governmental Organization," or "NGO."
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They should really be called TGAYM.

There Goes All Your Money.

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 11:04 AM (Q4cxx)

14 GONGOs (Government-Organized Non-Governmental Organizations).

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 21, 2026 11:04 AM (Fsl9/)

15 The NGO is a facade of the church of the government. Cut the bullshit. Tax free, baby!

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 21, 2026 11:04 AM (oT7pT)

16 "Make the NGOs into actual non-government entities and let them sink or swim on their own."

Never going to happen. Congress has delegated the power of the purse over the last 60 years to so many different agencies, contractors and ngo's that is impossible to turn off at this point.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 21, 2026 11:04 AM (0N4FZ)

17 Make the NGOs into actual non-government entities and let them sink or swim on their own.
____

But that would dismantle OurDemocracy(TM) !

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 21, 2026 11:05 AM (Dv3i1)

18 There is perhaps no greater misnomer in modern English than "Non-Governmental Organization," or "NGO."
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They should really be called TGAYM.

There Goes All Your Money.

AIR
Accountability is racist.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 21, 2026 11:05 AM (Riz8t)

19 Congress has delegated the power of the purse over the last 60 years to so many different agencies, contractors and ngo's that is impossible to turn off at this point.

It's possible, but it's a matter of will, which doesn't exist at the moment.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 21, 2026 11:06 AM (Riz8t)

20 Saint Elon of DOGE smote dragon of NGO.

Posted by: Eromero at January 21, 2026 11:06 AM (o2ZRX)

21 Not NGO.

"Fuck you, pay me."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 11:06 AM (GBKbO)

22 There is the obvious graft we’ve all seen.
A secondary source of graft is the salaries these ngos pay out. $300,400,500k a year for executives.

It’s the same scam charities operate. At least charities do it with private donation money. NGOs do it with my tax dollars.

Posted by: Really?? at January 21, 2026 11:07 AM (Ryx1w)

23 There are government entities that are extremely closely watched, often to an absurd point. I worked for one of them. The problem isn't that accountability isn't called for or required by law, it's that the people dispensing most of the money don't WANT accountability and so just ignore the law. Fix that, and you can fix most of the problem.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 21, 2026 11:04 AM (Riz8t)
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Yes, for sure.

But the system is structurally designed to enable bad behavior and it needs to be contained.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 11:07 AM (GyQIQ)

24 Vast quantities of taxpayer money are sluiced through the NGO complex

'Sluicing' being a great metaphor. The more sluicing there is, the more spillage! If it were piped, it would all reach the destination.

Posted by: t-bird at January 21, 2026 11:07 AM (BvTxf)

25 19 Congress has delegated the power of the purse over the last 60 years to so many different agencies, contractors and ngo's that is impossible to turn off at this point.

It's possible, but it's a matter of will, which doesn't exist at the moment.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 21, 2026 11:06 AM (Riz8t)

=====

The House alone has had the power to completely shut down branches of government. Just pass a budget without the funding and go home.

"Defense and Justice are funded. Nothing else. See you in 18 months."

It was always an option.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 11:08 AM (GBKbO)

26 One way to stop this hemorrhaging cash flow into NGOs is to change the law to explicitly define how the government is permitted to spend money, and on what.
Posted by: Joe Mannix

I think there should be a Constitutional amendment prohibiting the payment of Federal funds to any individual or legal entity, except for salaries, payment for goods provided or services rendered, compensation for a taking, and payments made as a result of the government losing or settling litigation.

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 11:08 AM (77rzZ)

27 Did Trump tell everyone at Davos they are under arrest for crimes against humanity?

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 21, 2026 11:08 AM (45BvE)

28 Congress is the problem. Committees, oversight( don't choke laughing) hearings don't do squat.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 21, 2026 11:08 AM (0KSrI)

29 Well, apparently chess is haram, and a teacher at a school that is 30% Muslim is in hot water for running a student chess club.

England, Islam wants to take away your beer, your bangers and mash, your dogs, your lovely lasses, your delicious English breakfasts with ham...are you going to let it take away chess too? (Someone needs to update the Amelia waifu meme to add chess!)

@BasilTheGreat
A Teacher in England faces losing their job because they organised a Chess Club
A third of his class is Muslim and Chess is Haram
This is the insanity of the UK right now
Islam has no place here

Posted by: LizLem at January 21, 2026 11:08 AM (gWBY1)

30 There is the obvious graft we’ve all seen.
A secondary source of graft is the salaries these ngos pay out. $300,400,500k a year for executives.

It’s the same scam charities operate. At least charities do it with private donation money. NGOs do it with my tax dollars.
Posted by: Really?? at January 21, 2026 11:07 AM (Ryx1w)
++++
Sure. If they want to rook their own suckers, that's on them and their suckers. But robbing taxpayers with a nod and a wink and a kickback to a bureaucrat or politician is worse. The taxpayer didn't agree to it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 11:08 AM (GyQIQ)

31 I thought muzzies claim to have invented chess.

Posted by: Really?? at January 21, 2026 11:09 AM (Ryx1w)

32 "The welfare programs are not going to be abolished"

They are unsustainable in the long run. They were foolish promises that never could be kept perpetually. There will be a sad reckoning.

Posted by: gp at January 21, 2026 11:09 AM (N8ZBc)

33 GPTPOTOAPBTC - Government-Paid Third-Party Organizations To Outsource Actions Prohibited By The Constitution

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 11:09 AM (Q4cxx)

34 State block grants for various programs (Medicaid, Section 8, etc.), with hard requirements that all block-grant funds are directly attributable to a specific end consumer (recipient), however it is delivered, and that records are available to the federal government on demand.

Further, if we absolutely cannot rid ourselves of people in Kentucky being taxed to pay for welfare in Los Angeles, no state which receives a federal block grant may use non-federal money for a purpose which specifically violates federal law (I can't believe this needs to be spelled out but here we are), e.g. benefits for non-citizens.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 21, 2026 11:10 AM (ExV1e)

35 32 "The welfare programs are not going to be abolished"

They are unsustainable in the long run. They were foolish promises that never could be kept perpetually. There will be a sad reckoning.

Posted by: gp at January 21, 2026 11:09 AM (N8ZBc)

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I don't think we can get even 10 percent of GOP voters to agree to "Cut mine and theirs" instead of "cut theirs, not mine."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 11:10 AM (GBKbO)

36 The Free Shit Army is always hungry.

Posted by: pudinhead at January 21, 2026 11:10 AM (pLaQB)

37 Islam stole everything

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 21, 2026 11:10 AM (45BvE)

38 I struggle with the idea that even *good* charitable organizations can receive "government" money. First, because there's no such thing as "government money"--its taken from us taxpayers. I love, love, love St. Jude's and the work they do with childhood cancers. But I already have the ability to donate to them (and I do). Why would my government decide to take money from me via taxes and give even more of my money to them?

Its just a made-up example, but I don't know we allow such things.

Posted by: Crusader at January 21, 2026 11:10 AM (TN0g+)

39 37 Islam stole everything

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 21, 2026 11:10 AM (45BvE)

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The Greeks did goat fucking first.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 11:11 AM (GBKbO)

40 I do love Manos. I think Hal Warren had a good idea, but he didn't flesh it out enough.

There was a crowdfunded sequel / reboot a few years back called Manos Returns, which, while replicating some of the original, ended up being even more confusing.

I still say there's a good idea in the mess. Maybe I'll take a crack at it someday.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

Warren admitted that if recut properly, it might have made a passable comedy.

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 11:11 AM (77rzZ)

41 I think there should be a Constitutional amendment prohibiting the payment of Federal funds to any individual or legal entity, except for salaries, payment for goods provided or services rendered, compensation for a taking, and payments made as a result of the government losing or settling litigation.
Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 11:08 AM (77rzZ)
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I'd support that. That would also be the end of welfare programs, however, which is a much taller order. The two problems are independent. I think it is possible to deal with much of the fraud and theft without touching the welfare programs, which is probably politically a lot more viable.

Not that my approach is viable either, of course. Too many people are getting rich feasting on the body politic.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 11:11 AM (GyQIQ)

42 Decades ago I met the Postmaster General, who explained that the Post Office cannot be reformed, because every voting district has postal employees and services.

I suspect this also applies to NGOs as well.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at January 21, 2026 11:11 AM (wBaIH)

43 Just outlaw NGOs getting federal money. Let the states fund them if they wish. Contracts should be reduced to simple categories. Road construction, prison construction, and military. Vigorously tighten qualifications and spending guardrails to welfare.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 21, 2026 11:12 AM (g8Ew8)

44 Coffee Status
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Posted by: Diogenes at January 21, 2026 11:12 AM (2WIwB)

45 The scale of the corruption is mind-blowing. According to the State Department there are 1.5 million NGOs in the US!

I can only name one, the Quality Learing Center.

Posted by: t-bird at January 21, 2026 11:12 AM (BvTxf)

46 Hijacked! The Brits created a game about Amelia, the fuschia haired goth chick, to show evil conservative white males are but . . .

https://is.gd/RjvAbK

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 21, 2026 11:13 AM (L/fGl)

47 The appropriateness of government sponsorship of ostensible charity notwithstanding, the last few months have underscored yet another problem with the idea of government-supported NGOs: accountability. There appears to be none.

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There's actually less than none -- is negative accountability a thing? -- as the GloboHomo Deep State and Democrat-Islamunist Party (BIRM) actively enable, encourage, obstruct inquiries and investigations into, refuse to prosecute, and overtly celebrate literally trillions of dollars of fraud and theft of the US Treasury.

And, of course, nothing will happen ...

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 21, 2026 11:13 AM (Fsl9/)

48 One way to stop this hemorrhaging cash flow into NGOs is to change the law to explicitly define how the government is permitted to spend money, and on what. No payments without specific, named purpose and competitive contract. No transfers without accountability. Make the NGOs into actual non-government entities and let them sink or swim on their own.

Posted by: Joe Mannix
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The problem is Congress and its politicians. It was corrupt before the Constitutional Convention and continued that corruption after the new Constitution. And the corruption festered quicker than revenues and borrowing can feed.

The dilemma that leads to republics failing is often that the legislators cannot restrain their greed for power and wealth and then use that as a bludgeon to create a pseudo aristocratic elite but without the feudal duties that were required in ye olde times.

Nor do they have the social pressures enforced by the Roman Catholic church to be a godly leader.

So we have a government of sociopaths.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 11:13 AM (E4rtv)

49 Good piece, Mr, Mannix, who is suspected of being a cop.

>>>The appropriateness of government sponsorship of ostensible charity notwithstanding, the last few months have underscored yet another problem with the idea of government-supported NGOs: accountability.

Let's not notwithstand this.

The government should not in any circumstance be in the position to take money from one person and give it to charitable organizations for purposes not authorized by that person, which as we have seen, can lead to religious-based organizations being used to import third-worlders to replace the population under the guise of charity.

This is spending that is purely used for political purposes and can and should be cut.

Stop this altogether.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 21, 2026 11:13 AM (dK+Kv)

50 White House estimates show just 12 cents of every dollar spent on U.S. humanitarian aid actually reaches its intended recipients.

Posted by: SMOD at January 21, 2026 09:33 AM (RHGPo)

They mean stated recipients. It always reaches the intended ones.

Posted by: ... at January 21, 2026 11:13 AM (wEF4H)

51 The Status Quo
of NGO
Is the gubbermint M.O.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 21, 2026 11:13 AM (DgMqy)

52 I work at a NFP research outfit that gets grants from the NSF (National Science Fund I think) My sub group also has contracts from the Air Force and NOAA. Its extra work for the admins to have to deal with both 'grant' and contracts.

A lot of research is funded by grants. There is not a specific known service or product for a contract. However research has become so corrupted that it maybe would be good if something like Mannix's proposal would happen. Let groups research on their own in order to develop a service or product the government would want to buy.

Posted by: PaleRider at January 21, 2026 11:13 AM (hhkIi)

53 'I don't think we can get even 10 percent of GOP voters to agree to "Cut mine and theirs" instead of "cut theirs, not mine."'

I fully expect that any money saved by cutting SS would simply be stolen or squandered, same as all the money that's been paid into it so far. So objecting to cuts is defensible on that basis.

I survive on SS, so I am arguing against my own personal interests here, but the damn thing is going to collapse on its own soon.

Posted by: gp at January 21, 2026 11:13 AM (N8ZBc)

54 The Free Shit Army is always hungry.
Posted by: pudinhead at January 21, 2026 11:10

True. But very little ngo money ever gets to them. It’s all stolen by others.

Posted by: Really?? at January 21, 2026 11:14 AM (Ryx1w)

55 There is zero accounting or auditing of any of these NGO's, the magic money machines cut them aa check or push billions into their accounts and they then dole it out to the entities the money was intended to go to, and it's not to the purposes the NGO was created for.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 21, 2026 11:14 AM (XV/Pl)

56 Lots of words. Good, fine words. But words that will never turn into actions, sad to say. Only a complete collapse of the whole government edifice will allow change such as that.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 21, 2026 11:14 AM (qIjyO)

57 If an organization derives more than 20% of its income from government sources, it’s not an NGO. It’s a creature of the state.

Posted by: OnPoint at January 21, 2026 11:14 AM (RK/h9)

58 I hear a lot about NGOs but I can’t think of a specific example: Is the Heritage Foundation an NGO… the Ford Foundation? What are some of the bigger more influential NGOs?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 21, 2026 11:14 AM (/iXAp)

59 53 I survive on SS, so I am arguing against my own personal interests here, but the damn thing is going to collapse on its own soon.

Posted by: gp at January 21, 2026 11:13 AM (N8ZBc)

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We've more than doubled the debt since Paul Ryan said that math dictates that we were unsustainable under Obama spending.

It's amazing what the world reserve currency status can do to keep the ball rolling.

I think we're decades from a collapse, if it happens at all.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 11:15 AM (GBKbO)

60 Now, keep in mind that a number of Constitutional experts, Turley included, have repeatedly said that the government STILL cannot pay for a third party to do what it can not.

But you have to beat the Dems on each violation of that principle, because they are going to defend all of their graft and all there footholds and hopefully catch a captured judge to delay the rightful decision.

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 11:15 AM (Q4cxx)

61 If we cut off NGOs, how are politicians going to go from $100k net worth to $50mm net worth in 2 years?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 21, 2026 11:15 AM (Dv3i1)

62 Let's not notwithstand this.

The government should not in any circumstance be in the position to take money from one person and give it to charitable organizations for purposes not authorized by that person, which as we have seen, can lead to religious-based organizations being used to import third-worlders to replace the population under the guise of charity.

This is spending that is purely used for political purposes and can and should be cut.

Stop this altogether.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 21, 2026 11:13 AM (dK+Kv)
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Concur. I want to see an end to any federal spending on anything not contracted according to bidding rules for specific tasks. If the states want to rob taxpayers to give money to their cronies, it's up to the state's residents to deal with that. But at the federal level? Zero excuse. End it. Completely.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 11:15 AM (GyQIQ)

63 Sumbitch's crazy!

https://is.gd/REShTJ

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 21, 2026 11:15 AM (L/fGl)

64 61 If we cut off NGOs, how are politicians going to go from $100k net worth to $50mm net worth in 2 years?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 21, 2026 11:15 AM (Dv3i1)

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Trading stocks with insider information about upcoming legislation is apparently a game that only a few in Congress can do well.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 11:15 AM (GBKbO)

65 I think "the system" (our government) has been bastardized so badly that the fraud is, in fact, the system. It'll collapse if there's no fraud. It's debatable whether that's good or bad.

The fight to restore "the system" would be epic tho'.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 21, 2026 11:16 AM (U2OZr)

66 29 wait, what? The beans on toast crowd have delicious breakfasts?

You're losing me LizLem.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at January 21, 2026 11:16 AM (wBaIH)

67 survive on SS, so I am arguing against my own personal interests here, but the damn thing is going to collapse on its own soon.
Posted by: gp at January 21, 2026 11:13 AM (N8ZBc)

It won’t.

They’ll just increase SS taxes on everyone combined with reducing benefits for “the rich”. It’ll end up being just another welfare program in the long run.

Right now there is a cap on SS taxes up to about $200k a year. If that cap is eliminated it keeps the scam going for a few more decades alone.

Posted by: Really?? at January 21, 2026 11:16 AM (Ryx1w)

68 I thought muzzies claim to have invented chess.

Not much is known
Of early days of chess beyond a vague report
That fifteen hundred years ago, two princes fought,
Though brothers,
For a Hindu throne.

- Tim Rice, "The Story of Chess," Chess: The Musical

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 21, 2026 11:16 AM (ufSfZ)

69 It's amazing what the world reserve currency status can do to keep the ball rolling.

I think we're decades from a collapse, if it happens at all.

At some point, foreigners will tire of buying US debt, only to watch its value shrink with the inflation needed to keep the debt train rolling.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 21, 2026 11:16 AM (Riz8t)

70 @BasilTheGreat
A Teacher in England faces losing their job because they organised a Chess Club
A third of his class is Muslim and Chess is Haram
This is the insanity of the UK right now
Islam has no place here

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Playing a game is forbidden? WTH? The only things they're allowed to do, it seems, is beat their women, live off of taxpayer money, crank out endless kids, and kill anyone who doesn't adhere to their demonic "religion."

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 21, 2026 11:16 AM (qBdHI)

71 I've worked in a sector that requires government grants to get any research done, research that
DOES add to the quality of human life and our understanding of science. Genomics, and other areas connected to human health.

Then I see government grants awarded to people putting shrimp on treadmills, and I despair. These are the kind of grants that don't let us have nice things. That make everyone want to throw the baby out with the bath water.

There are SO many ongoing research projects experiments and trials that shutting off all NGOs overnight would kill. And that would be horrible. But I also feel the wrath of knowing people have grown fat off of wasting my tax money. It's tough to be in the position of seeing the need for NGOs, and also despising the monstrous leeches they have become. I feel like I'm serving two masters, as the Bible says.

Posted by: LizLem at January 21, 2026 11:16 AM (gWBY1)

72 66 29 wait, what? The beans on toast crowd have delicious breakfasts?

You're losing me LizLem.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at January 21, 2026 11:16 AM (wBaIH)

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Related:

@iconawrites
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17h
People think I do all the cooking for myself and my husband because I have some trad belief that men don’t belong in the kitchen. The truth is that I am Italian and my husband is English, and I do not believe any English person of any gender belongs in my kitchen.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 11:17 AM (GBKbO)

73 Just outlaw NGOs getting federal money. Let the states fund them if they wish.

Either states can receive federal dollars or states can fund things that federal dollars cannot.

If you say that the feds will give the state a buncha money and the state can spend money on sketchy shit then you're just adding an extra step to the feds spending money on sketchy shit.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 21, 2026 11:17 AM (ExV1e)

74 But that would dismantle OurDemocracy(TM) !
Posted by: Chuck Martel

Your terms are acceptable.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 21, 2026 11:17 AM (99eI0)

75 A lot of research is funded by grants. There is not a specific known service or product for a contract. However research has become so corrupted that it maybe would be good if something like Mannix's proposal would happen. Let groups research on their own in order to develop a service or product the government would want to buy.
Posted by: PaleRider at January 21, 2026 11:13 AM (hhkIi)
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Yup. Shitty situation, but this is where we are when trust is destroyed and accountability is absent.

It *could* be reworked under a contract scenario. A contract to research Phenomenon X on Timeline Y with deliverable results - positive or negative - by Deadline Z. Let research houses bid on the contract if they want it.

Step 1 would be convincing someone in government to out the RFP. That alone is probably not worth it most of the time.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 11:17 AM (GyQIQ)

76 69 At some point, foreigners will tire of buying US debt, only to watch its value shrink with the inflation needed to keep the debt train rolling.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 21, 2026 11:16 AM (Riz8t)

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I was assured that point was soon more than a decade ago.

And the rest of the world is just worse.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 11:17 AM (GBKbO)

77 There's actually less than none -- is negative accountability a thing?
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Local government has some accountability
State government has no accountability
Federal government has negative accountability

{Skeletor will be back}

Posted by: ... at January 21, 2026 11:18 AM (wEF4H)

78 @59

>>I think we're decades from a collapse, if it happens at all.

The trick is that the vast majority of our outstanding debt is owed to ourselves.

So theoretically, we could default on our own debt and give ourselves a mulligan.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 21, 2026 11:18 AM (XV/Pl)

79 Well, apparently chess is haram, and a teacher at a school that is 30% Muslim is in hot water for running a student chess club.

England, Islam wants to take away your beer, your bangers and mash, your dogs, your lovely lasses, your delicious English breakfasts with ham...are you going to let it take away chess too? (Someone needs to update the Amelia waifu meme to add chess!)

@BasilTheGreat
A Teacher in England faces losing their job because they organised a Chess Club
A third of his class is Muslim and Chess is Haram
This is the insanity of the UK right now
Islam has no place here
Posted by: LizLem at January 21, 2026 11:08 AM (gWBY1)

This is the newest one that indirectly addresses what your talking about.

This one walks a thin line.

Amelia on "Who's British?"

https://tinyurl.com/57ucsnch

Though for a nation that's trying to survive or not, it's a legit question.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 21, 2026 11:18 AM (iJfKG)

80 The truth is that I am Italian and my husband is English, and I do not believe any English person of any gender belongs in my kitchen.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

LOL.

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 11:18 AM (77rzZ)

81 If the states want to rob taxpayers to give money to their cronies, it's up to the state's residents to deal with that. But at the federal level? Zero excuse. End it. Completely.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 11:15 AM (GyQIQ)

Putting the theft closer to the voter would have your intended consequence of accountability, presuming free and fair elections.

Yes, I see the flaw in my plan.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 21, 2026 11:18 AM (dK+Kv)

82 I hear a lot about NGOs but I can’t think of a specific example: Is the Heritage Foundation an NGO… the Ford Foundation? What are some of the bigger more influential NGOs?
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

Look up NED on Twitter; dataRepublican has been flaming their wig back recently.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 21, 2026 11:19 AM (mlg/3)

83 4. Direct welfare payments to named recipients - disability, social security, medicare, etc
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I take umbrage sir. Social Security is NOT 'welfare'. I paid for it over 50 or so years of working, plus had to 'qualify' by contributing over a set number of quarters.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 21, 2026 11:19 AM (QGaXH)

84 No taxpayer funds to any so called NGOs including write offs.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at January 21, 2026 11:19 AM (xvV+O)

85 A lot of outages. Youtube comments, Academia.edu, and yahoo.com...

Posted by: gKWVE at January 21, 2026 11:20 AM (tL5sl)

86 83 I take umbrage sir. Social Security is NOT 'welfare'. I paid for it over 50 or so years of working, plus had to 'qualify' by contributing over a set number of quarters.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 21, 2026 11:19 AM (QGaXH)

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It meets every definition of welfare.

You didn't pay into it. You were taxed.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 11:20 AM (GBKbO)

87 86 Concur. It's welfare.

Posted by: gp at January 21, 2026 11:20 AM (N8ZBc)

88 I take umbrage sir. Social Security is NOT 'welfare'. I paid for it over 50 or so years of working, plus had to 'qualify' by contributing over a set number of quarters.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 21, 2026 11:19 AM (QGaXH)
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Ah, you bought the scam. For a while now the feds have been calling it a "pay-as-you-go" system.

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 11:20 AM (Q4cxx)

89 We've more than doubled the debt since Paul Ryan said that math dictates that we were unsustainable under Obama spending.

It's amazing what the world reserve currency status can do to keep the ball rolling.

I think we're decades from a collapse, if it happens at all.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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We are at about 100 percent debt to gdp ratio. Japan is past 300 percent, China is close to Japan.

Most of Euroland is at 100 percent or higher debt to gdp ratio and the few nations that are not in debt are often rentier states relying extractive industries where the public has no real elections nor power affecting government spending.

We are one of the bigger and better houses in a slum filled with debtors.

Long run unsustainable but the kleptocrats running these nations figure like Keynes, in the long run we are all dead, so live for today and screw tomorrow. YOLO.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 11:20 AM (E4rtv)

90 The truth is that I am Italian and my husband is English, and I do not believe any English person of any gender belongs in my kitchen.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

This is why it is important to keep the context in your quotations

Posted by: gKWVE at January 21, 2026 11:21 AM (tL5sl)

91 88 Ah, you bought the scam. For a while now the feds have been calling it a "pay-as-you-go" system.

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 11:20 AM (Q4cxx)

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Yes.

SS being an investment was always, always a lie.

It's a tax of money going into the government and welfare payments going out of the government.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 11:22 AM (GBKbO)

92 Social Security began as the state's monopoly on pyramid schemes, but somewhere along the line it became "Duh! It's pay as you go!" (redistribution). And then it became payment for all sorts of people who did not pay into it.

I can explain it all in one word: Democrats.

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 11:22 AM (Q4cxx)

93 I take umbrage sir. Social Security is NOT 'welfare'. I paid for it over 50 or so years of working, plus had to 'qualify' by contributing over a set number of quarters.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 21, 2026 11:19 AM (QGaXH)
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Which is a fiction. Social Security is a welfare payment. They print up what looks like an annuity statement and pretend that revenues are coupled to outlays, but they aren't. The Social Security tax is just a tax, and the Social Security benefit payment is just a benefit. The benefit value is tied to some degree to the amount of tax paid, but Social Security is structured as and legally is a welfare program. There is no trust fund, there is no "lock box" and there never has been. It is not an annuity and it is not a pension.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 11:23 AM (GyQIQ)

94 >>> There is the obvious graft we’ve all seen.
A secondary source of graft is the salaries these ngos pay out. $300,400,500k a year for executives.

I was surprised at how the remade "House of Cards" was willing to so nakedly expose how non-profits and NGOs like the "Clean Water Institute" are really a pit of vipers.

As long as you put a "$0" profit balance in your ledger, you can abuse the money your NGO gets on luxuries a grunt at the bottom like me can only dream of.

Posted by: LizLem at January 21, 2026 11:23 AM (gWBY1)

95 Playing a game is forbidden? WTH? The only things they're allowed to do, it seems, is beat their women, live off of taxpayer money, crank out endless kids, and kill anyone who doesn't adhere to their demonic "religion."
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 21, 2026 11:16 AM (qBdHI)

You left out raping goats and white kids.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 21, 2026 11:23 AM (ExV1e)

96 Also cap maximum salaries at $80,000/yr. Cap all expenses at 5% of funds raised, not including any taxpayer monies.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at January 21, 2026 11:23 AM (xvV+O)

97 TACO!

Trump rules out using military force to acquire Greenland in Davos speech

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 21, 2026 11:24 AM (L/fGl)

98 But Social Security is salvageable and it's a third rail for no reason. It isn't *too* far out of balance.

Raise or eliminate the earnings cap on it and get SSDI fraud under control and Social Security will be largely stable. Raising or eliminating the tax cap will be seen - accurately - as hugely unfair, but it would solve most of the problem and since it's *not* a pension scheme and *is* a welfare scheme, there is no reason they couldn't.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 11:25 AM (GyQIQ)

99 >>>The beans on toast crowd have delicious breakfasts?

You're losing me LizLem.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov

>Great, now I want chili with beans and cornbread. Hold the carrots.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 21, 2026 11:25 AM (oT7pT)

100 It meets every definition of welfare.

You didn't pay into it. You were taxed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 11:20 AM (GBKbO)

Now you see how convincing I am!

Posted by: John Roberts at January 21, 2026 11:25 AM (X9p3i)

101 It *could* be reworked under a contract scenario. A contract to research Phenomenon X on Timeline Y with deliverable results - positive or negative - by Deadline Z. Let research houses bid on the contract if they want it.

That's exactly what happens now.

Here's the hard truth: scientific research is not the problem. Scientific results are very easy to measure, because the goals are clear and quantifiable. Getting rid of all scientific research would make no discernible difference to the problem. The real problem is that we hand out oceans of money to politically favored people with no clear goals, metrics, or deadlines.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 21, 2026 11:25 AM (Riz8t)

102 Trump rules out using military force to acquire Greenland in Davos speech
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 21, 2026 11:24 AM (L/fGl)
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Well, I for one am glad to hear him say that.

Not that I ever thought he would. Because he's a 80s-90s Dem, although not the scheming kind.

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 11:26 AM (Q4cxx)

103 That's exactly what happens now.

Here's the hard truth: scientific research is not the problem. Scientific results are very easy to measure, because the goals are clear and quantifiable. Getting rid of all scientific research would make no discernible difference to the problem. The real problem is that we hand out oceans of money to politically favored people with no clear goals, metrics, or deadlines.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 21, 2026 11:25 AM (Riz8t)
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And it can keep happening. Cash handouts to "organizations" without a stated purpose, known goal and competitive bidding wouldn't.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 11:26 AM (GyQIQ)

104 It meets every definition of welfare.

You didn't pay into it. You were taxed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 11:20 AM (GBKbO)

Further, the payout has diminishing returns for higher earners. Further, people with higher ss payments run the risk of being taxed on those payments AND paying higher Medicare fees.

It's welfare disguised.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 21, 2026 11:26 AM (ExV1e)

105 104
It's welfare disguised.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 21, 2026 11:26 AM (ExV1e)

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There's no disguise. There's just a narrative.

That way too many people bought into to make themselves feel better for not being "on the dole".

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 11:27 AM (GBKbO)

106 How will we get rich if we spend all our time documenting our theft.

Posted by: DC-Plex at January 21, 2026 11:27 AM (FhXTo)

107 Hijacked! The Brits created a game about Amelia, the fuschia haired goth chick, to show evil conservative white males are but . . .

https://is.gd/RjvAbK
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 21, 2026 11:13 AM

Julia wept.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 21, 2026 11:27 AM (bFu5X)

108 >>> 29 wait, what? The beans on toast crowd have delicious breakfasts? You're losing me LizLem.

Have you never had a true English breakfast? They have sausages AND ham! And not crappy Canadian bacon ham, true ham. At least where I had it. It was great.

They also invented the Scotch Egg, a hard boiled surrounded in sausage and fried. One of the UK's greatest culinary gifts to mankind.

Britain's indigenous culture, and especially its food culture, is not compatible with Islam.

Posted by: LizLem at January 21, 2026 11:27 AM (gWBY1)

109 TACO!

Trump rules out using military force to acquire Greenland in Davos speech
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 21, 2026 11:24 AM (L/fGl)
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Chickens out of WHAT, though?

The most fevered, bed-wetting nightmare of Dems?!!

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 11:28 AM (Q4cxx)

110 The trick is that the vast majority of our outstanding debt is owed to ourselves.

So theoretically, we could default on our own debt and give ourselves a mulligan.

Posted by: Thomas Bender
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The federal reserve has essentially floated bad checks, known as US currency, to cover spending so we are being squeezed by inflation because of it.

This is the soft default option where like in Covid, the debt was effectively devalued by about 25 percent from the Biden inflation brought about by massive US fiscal deficits that were covered by Fed Reserve issuing fiat currency.

That can go on until the government becomes unable to make interest payments on the debt due to rejection of those bonds at market and people refuse to accept the currency as tender for trade.

We have essentially sailed beyond the prudence level on GDP to debt and sooner or later soft defaults via inflation become hard ones via default.

When that is, no one knows but it has led to suspicion that is one of the reasons that the financiers in the West want continental scale wars to cover the eventual defaults.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 11:28 AM (E4rtv)

111 Yeah nobody “paid into social security”. That’s marketing nonsense. It’s a tax that everyone paid while working which funds a program called Social Security which pays current retirees. You have as much right to SS as to anything else the govt spends money on, that is to say you have no right to it if the govt decides to stop funding it.

Posted by: Really?? at January 21, 2026 11:29 AM (Ryx1w)

112
Mannix babe >>>>> Monkey

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 21, 2026 11:29 AM (tgvbd)

113 Cuber is now declaring war but does not identify its enemy. This is Haitian levels of stupid.

Posted by: pudinhead at January 21, 2026 11:29 AM (pLaQB)

114 I like this. A contract binds the money, and it provides recourse to redress abuse. No more slush funds.

Posted by: nogooddeed at January 21, 2026 11:29 AM (4Af9R)

115 Have you never had a true English breakfast? They have sausages AND ham! And not crappy Canadian bacon ham, true ham. At least where I had it. It was great.

They also invented the Scotch Egg, a hard boiled surrounded in sausage and fried. One of the UK's greatest culinary gifts to mankind.

Britain's indigenous culture, and especially its food culture, is not compatible with Islam.
Posted by: LizLem at January 21, 2026 11:27 AM (gWBY1)
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I have not had a true English Breakfast, but what I've heard from people who have the sauce they make for the beans really pulls it together.

And beans for breakfast didn't sound good to them either, but they liked the authentic English Breakfast.

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 11:30 AM (Q4cxx)

116 At some point, foreigners will tire of buying US debt, only to watch its value shrink with the inflation needed to keep the debt train rolling.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 21, 2026 11:16 AM (Riz8t)

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I was assured that point was soon more than a decade ago.

And the rest of the world is just worse.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 11:17 AM (GBKbO)

Yup. The bottom is going to drop out has been predicted for a long long time. But as long as people trust that the dollar has value, the hangman's lever will never be pulled.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 21, 2026 11:31 AM (g8Ew8)

117 The worst is when the govt gives a grant to 1 NGO solely for the purpose of deciding how to distribute that money to other NGOs. It’s the ultimate in laziness and fraud.

And this happens a lot.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 21, 2026 11:31 AM (GWvli)

118 70 Playing a game is forbidden? WTH? The only things they're allowed to do, it seems, is beat their women, live off of taxpayer money, crank out endless kids, and kill anyone who doesn't adhere to their demonic "religion."
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 21, 2026 11:16 AM (qBdHI)

When you make killing the only approved outlet, you may be surprised how many people are wanting and excited to go out and kill.

Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 11:31 AM (uEmCf)

119 @Five_Starrr
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Jan 17
**NC WEEKLY VOTER REG UPDATE**
1/10-1/17
Net🔴+1,210
Overall Lead🔴+6,012
Active Voter Lead🔴+115,002

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Listen...I don't think people appreciate the fact that Roy Cooper should be considered an underdog for NC this year.

Senate races drive up turnout in the states that have them to near presidential levels, meaning that overall PVI becomes much more predictive of the race in question.

And NC just...keeps...trending...Republican.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 11:32 AM (GBKbO)

120 I disagree. #3 is EXACTLY what needs to be eliminated.

Posted by: GWB at January 21, 2026 11:32 AM (JJOjf)

121 English breakfast? If you like the things in it, what difference does it make what time it is when you eat them??

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 21, 2026 11:33 AM (qIjyO)

122 The Social Security tax is just a tax, and the Social Security benefit payment is just a benefit. The benefit value is tied to some degree to the amount of tax paid, but Social Security is structured as and legally is a welfare program. There is no trust fund, there is no "lock box" and there never has been. It is not an annuity and it is not a pension.

Well, I guess we're doing this again. There is merit in both sides of the argument because some people actually do get welfare in the sense that they get out a lot more than they ever put in (and it's going to get much worse when they inevitably start means-testing). OTOH, people like me, who would much rather have left the system and paid into a personal retirement account, will get much less than what they paid for in terms of their "pension", and the estate that I otherwise would have built and passed on to my kids will just go in to the general slush fund to keep paying the takers.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 21, 2026 11:33 AM (Riz8t)

123 113 Cuber is now declaring war but does not identify its enemy. This is Haitian levels of stupid.
Posted by: pudinhead

We shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 21, 2026 11:33 AM (Dv3i1)

124 left out raping goats and white kids"

You should have said "rape" twice...

Posted by: man at January 21, 2026 11:33 AM (XuXeR)

125 @110

>>We have essentially sailed beyond the prudence level on GDP to debt and sooner or later soft defaults via inflation become hard ones via default.

There is effectively no way to "pay off" our debt, so whether we are 100, 125, 150, 200 pct debt to GDP ratio, it doesn't matter, it's all really a shell game and can you get enough people to believe in the magic tricks any longer.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 21, 2026 11:34 AM (XV/Pl)

126 116 Yup. The bottom is going to drop out has been predicted for a long long time. But as long as people trust that the dollar has value, the hangman's lever will never be pulled.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 21, 2026 11:31 AM (g8Ew

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As long as the dollar is better than the Euro and the yuan.

And medium term futures for political strength of Europe and China seem...weak.

China is in the middle of an outright collapse of its population, won't import the third world to make up for it, and will have a population about 1/4 of its current size in 50 years.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 11:34 AM (GBKbO)

127 Have you never had a true English breakfast? They have sausages AND ham! And not crappy Canadian bacon ham, true ham. At least where I had it. It was great.

They also invented the Scotch Egg, a hard boiled surrounded in sausage and fried. One of the UK's greatest culinary gifts to mankind.

Britain's indigenous culture, and especially its food culture, is not compatible with Islam.
Posted by: LizLem at January 21, 2026 11:27 AM

A real English Breakfast is the shizznit. The rest of their food...not so much, although they do a good roast beast and Yorkie pudding.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 21, 2026 11:34 AM (bFu5X)

128 I disagree. #3 is EXACTLY what needs to be eliminated.
Posted by: GWB at January 21, 2026 11:32 AM (JJOjf)
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I agree, but ending the state block grant system is a much bigger change than requiring all funds to be spent according to legitimate competitive contract or on direct transfer to qualified individuals.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 11:34 AM (GyQIQ)

129 But Social Security is salvageable and it's a third rail for no reason. It isn't *too* far out of balance.

Raise or eliminate the earnings cap on it and get SSDI fraud under control and Social Security will be largely stable. Raising or eliminating the tax cap will be seen - accurately - as hugely unfair, but it would solve most of the problem and since it's *not* a pension scheme and *is* a welfare scheme, there is no reason they couldn't.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 11:25 AM (GyQIQ)

Make Medicare catastrophic coverage and let people buy whatever other insurance they want without stupid requirements like it having "trans care". Aggressively prosecute abuse by healthcare providers to inflate claims and get rid of the illegals from the system.

Also, I've been very good this year, Santa, and I deserve a pony.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 21, 2026 11:34 AM (ExV1e)

130 The worst is when the govt gives a grant to 1 NGO solely for the purpose of deciding how to distribute that money to other NGOs. It’s the ultimate in laziness and fraud.

And this happens a lot.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 21, 2026 11:31 AM (GWvli)
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Yup. That should be fraud by Congress.

Congress should not be allowed to hand over powers, because some of them should be considered responsibilities to their voters.

It is arguably shifting away from a "republican form of government".

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 11:35 AM (Q4cxx)

131 TACO!

Trump rules out using military force to acquire Greenland

Greenland is too well-defended by those 34 EU troops who showed up. Those must be the best of the best, since they have zero troops fighting the Russians.

Posted by: t-bird at January 21, 2026 11:35 AM (BvTxf)

132 The thing I suppose I don't understand is :

If China is just as leveraged (if not moreso) than the rest of the world, why are so many countries begging them to take over as Sole Superpower?

Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 11:35 AM (uEmCf)

133 Well, I guess we're doing this again. There is merit in both sides of the argument because some people actually do get welfare in the sense that they get out a lot more than they ever put in (and it's going to get much worse when they inevitably start means-testing). OTOH, people like me, who would much rather have left the system and paid into a personal retirement account, will get much less than what they paid for in terms of their "pension", and the estate that I otherwise would have built and passed on to my kids will just go in to the general slush fund to keep paying the takers.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 21, 2026 11:33 AM (Riz8t)
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There is a logical and psychological basis to either argument, but there is one legal reality.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 11:35 AM (GyQIQ)

134 Generally speaking low income workers get a much better return on their social security taxes than high earners. For them, it’s a great deal. For mid-level earners it’s break even. For high earners it’s outright theft.

Posted by: Really?? at January 21, 2026 11:36 AM (Ryx1w)

135 132 The thing I suppose I don't understand is :

If China is just as leveraged (if not moreso) than the rest of the world, why are so many countries begging them to take over as Sole Superpower?

Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 11:35 AM (uEmCf)

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Because China conquers through bribes of the political elite.

And that won't last.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 11:36 AM (GBKbO)

136 China's population may be decreasing but a billion people is still a billion.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 21, 2026 11:36 AM (0KSrI)

137 If China is just as leveraged (if not moreso) than the rest of the world, why are so many countries begging them to take over as Sole Superpower?

Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 11:35 AM (uEmCf)
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They hate God.

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 11:36 AM (Q4cxx)

138 Cuber is now declaring war but does not identify its enemy"

There's two guys from out of Islamorada fishing right over there....

Posted by: man at January 21, 2026 11:36 AM (XuXeR)

139 Make Medicare catastrophic coverage and let people buy whatever other insurance they want without stupid requirements like it having "trans care". Aggressively prosecute abuse by healthcare providers to inflate claims and get rid of the illegals from the system.

Also, I've been very good this year, Santa, and I deserve a pony.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 21, 2026 11:34 AM (ExV1e)
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Medicare/aid is an entirely different problem and is not salvageable. Social Security is salvageable.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 11:36 AM (GyQIQ)

140 Generally not a baked beans guy and baked bean for breakfast is right out.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 21, 2026 11:37 AM (XV/Pl)

141 Well, apparently chess is haram, and a teacher at a school that is 30% Muslim is in hot water for running a student chess club.
Posted by: LizLem at January 21, 2026 11:08 AM (gWBY1)

Chess is not specifically haram in Islam. There are imams who make it haram because you can gamble on it (as you can on almost any human activity /eyeroll/ ). Others say that as long as you're not betting on it, it's not haram. (Arabs are who introduced chess to Europe, as far as I know.)

Also, the video that accompanied that tweet was not Muslims "destroying a chess set" but a couple of morons being stupid. The difference between the Bloods burning a store and a couple of teens pantsing the owner.

Posted by: GWB at January 21, 2026 11:37 AM (JJOjf)

142 >>> 97 TACO!

Trump rules out using military force to acquire Greenland in Davos speech
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 21, 2026 11:24 AM (L/fGl)

Morons are civilians.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 21, 2026 11:37 AM (ULPxl)

143 131 TACO!

Trump rules out using military force to acquire Greenland

Greenland is too well-defended by those 34 EU troops who showed up. Those must be the best of the best, since they have zero troops fighting the Russians.
Posted by: t-bird

US probably already has more troops (allowed by treaty) in Greenland than these 34 EU tranny troops.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 21, 2026 11:37 AM (Dv3i1)

144 English breakfast? If you like the things in it, what difference does it make what time it is when you eat them??
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Corrollary: I've had more hamburgers at Whataburger during "breakfast hours" than I've had breakfast items during breakfast hours. Its one of the things I love about Whataburger--they'll make you a burger whenever you want one.

Posted by: Crusader at January 21, 2026 11:37 AM (TN0g+)

145 136 China's population may be decreasing but a billion people is still a billion.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 21, 2026 11:36 AM (0KSrI)

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1. Is it a billion? Can we trust China's numbers on that?

2. When 2/3 of your population is over 40, that changes what you can do with your nation and the kind of power you can demonstrate.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 11:37 AM (GBKbO)

146 why are so many countries begging them to take over as Sole Superpower?"

And the #1 answer is...

Envy

Posted by: man at January 21, 2026 11:37 AM (XuXeR)

147 Posted by: Joe Mannix
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Raising the retirement age by one month per year to 69-70 now would make the Social Security project failure go beyond 2060. When it was instituted, Social Security was designed to cover about 3-5 years of payments before death. Average lifespan is about 72-73 for males and 77 for females but a bit higher when you delete childhood mortality figures.

There is a reason that every single government has some sort of elderly pension. One is that without it, less workers are available as the family used to be the source of care for the elderly whether they liked it or not.

Two, care of elderly parents becomes much more tough when families shrink in part because women entered the workforce for paid jobs.

Three, elderly that can no longer work without family without a pension would be screwed. Everyone gets old and unable to work unless you happen to die in your prime.

Ideally, one could argue that savings should be encouraged but when the governments resort to ZIRP to finance their own deficits, that becomes a loser argument. Same with massive ETFs, etc that are diverted from highest earnings into boondoggles like Larry Fink has done.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 11:37 AM (E4rtv)

148 China can't even make a seaworthy carrier.

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 11:37 AM (Q4cxx)

149 Playing a game is forbidden? WTH? The only things they're allowed to do, it seems, is beat their women, live off of taxpayer money, crank out endless kids, and kill anyone who doesn't adhere to their demonic "religion."
Posted by: Lady in Black

It's because pawns, knights & bishops can all jump the queen. 😉

Posted by: rickb223 at January 21, 2026 11:38 AM (FMAqD)

150 148 China can't even make a seaworthy carrier.

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 11:37 AM (Q4cxx)

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I wonder if they're going to have to spend more on domestic programs to keep their population happy or less in the near future?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 11:38 AM (GBKbO)

151 Sure. If they want to rook their own suckers, that's on them and their suckers. But robbing taxpayers with a nod and a wink and a kickback to a bureaucrat or politician is worse. The taxpayer didn't agree to it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 11:08 AM (GyQIQ)

It's not with just a nod and a wink, though. It's standing behind the guy with the gun who is robbing you.

Posted by: GWB at January 21, 2026 11:38 AM (JJOjf)

152 English breakfast is very, very good... well, except the beans. But the tomatoes and mushrooms? Yum!

Posted by: Ann at January 21, 2026 11:39 AM (w9jrX)

153 Mannix babe >>>>> Monkey

Let us pray those streams never cross!

Posted by: t-bird at January 21, 2026 11:39 AM (BvTxf)

154 Baby Bush had a chance to allow people to keep their money and invest it how they saw fit. It would have been a fundamental transformation of retirement and would have made everyone better off.

But he and the gop ran away from it like the little bitches they always are.

Posted by: Really?? at January 21, 2026 11:39 AM (Ryx1w)

155 147 Well stated.

Posted by: gp at January 21, 2026 11:39 AM (N8ZBc)

156 Cuber is now declaring war but does not identify its enemy"

There's two guys from out of Islamorada fishing right over there....
Posted by: man at January 21, 2026 11:36 AM

Damned straight, jefe! They're poaching my fish!

Posted by: The Old Man at January 21, 2026 11:39 AM (bFu5X)

157 Trump rules out using military force to acquire Greenland

Greenland is too well-defended by those 34 EU troops who showed up. Those must be the best of the best, since they have zero troops fighting the Russians.
Posted by: t-bird

I was pondering this recently, and came up with a theory. Trump's goal here is to make it as plain as can be to the Euros that their military is a joke, and they need to get serious. The inability to even send a platoon to Greenland is a wake-up call.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 21, 2026 11:39 AM (Riz8t)

158 Where my EBT card at? I need me some mo Doritos and grape Nehi!

Posted by: LaQuisha at January 21, 2026 11:40 AM (2Ez/1)

159 Here's why we need Greenland:

https://x.com/patriot_savvy/status/2013754193970966751?s=20

It's educational TV!!!

No joke.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 21, 2026 11:40 AM (iJfKG)

160 The biggest component of the welfare state is now Medicare and Medicaid and those are the least funded and fastest growing. Medicare payroll taxes should be about 3-4 times what they are now for program stability and Medicaid was always welfare but is eating a lot of state budgets as well as federal due to shipping jobs overseas, endless welfare clients from abroad, and abuse.

I would not be surprised that about half of all medicare and medicaid expenditures are fraud, waste, or abuse. That alone is about 800 billion bucks.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 11:40 AM (E4rtv)

161 English breakfast? If you like the things in it, what difference does it make what time it is when you eat them??
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I generally feel that my stomach is more ginger in the morning. So, really bold and savory flavors are preferred later in the day. I feel that the standard breakfasts seem to reinforce that idea. Except, huevos rancheros.

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 11:40 AM (Q4cxx)

162 Corrollary: I've had more hamburgers at Whataburger during "breakfast hours" than I've had breakfast items during breakfast hours. Its one of the things I love about Whataburger--they'll make you a burger whenever you want one.
Posted by: Crusader at January 21, 2026 11:37 AM

The cornerstone of any nutritious breakfast!

Posted by: Jules Winfield at January 21, 2026 11:40 AM (bFu5X)

163 ... Ideally, one could argue that savings should be encouraged but when the governments resort to ZIRP to finance their own deficits, that becomes a loser argument. Same with massive ETFs, etc that are diverted from highest earnings into boondoggles like Larry Fink has done.
Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 11:37 AM (E4rtv)
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I'm not even on the "get rid of Social Security" train. We may *have* to - when the rest of it falls apart - but like I said, the program is salvageable. There a bunch of ways to salvage it. Social Security is far from our biggest problem and we can afford it. It does, however, need reform.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 11:41 AM (GyQIQ)

164 When does SNAP run out of money?

Posted by: I gotta ask at January 21, 2026 11:41 AM (2Ez/1)

165 The James Madison, a site I use says it's 1.4 billion.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 21, 2026 11:41 AM (0KSrI)

166 According to AI, there is debate if chess is even haram. But yes, let's fire a teacher for it anyway.

"Whether chess is haram in Islam is a debated topic among scholars...due to potential gambling links, time-wasting, distraction from religious duties, while others permit it if played responsibly, emphasizing its intellectual benefits and moderation. There's no explicit mention in the Quran, some hadith mention prohibiting games like Nardashir, with potential for neglect or gambling. A balanced view suggests it's permissible if it doesn't interfere with prayers or family obligations.

Arguments for Chess Being Forbidden (Haram):
Distraction from obligatory prayers (Salah) and other religious duties; linked to gambling (like nardashir); viewed as a waste of time and money; fosters enmity; the chess pieces resemble idols.

Arguments for Chess Being Permissible (Halal): Chess is a game of skill and intellect, unlike pure gambling games of chance; in moderation, it's a pastime that can sharpen the mind; Caliphs and other figures thought it a noble pursuit, not universally banned; some prohibitions in hadith were context-specific and scholars argue they don't apply now. "

Posted by: LizLem at January 21, 2026 11:41 AM (gWBY1)

167
Then I see government grants awarded to people putting shrimp on treadmills, and I despair.

Putting the shrimp on treadmills is the easy part. Getting them into the leotards and legwarmers is something else entirely.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 21, 2026 11:42 AM (y9nCu)

168 165 The James Madison, a site I use says it's 1.4 billion.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 21, 2026 11:41 AM (0KSrI)

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According to China's own internal numbers.

Can we trust China's own internal numbers?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 11:42 AM (GBKbO)

169 When does SNAP run out of money?
Posted by: I gotta ask at January 21, 2026 11:41 AM

When the left wants its troops to flood the streets.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 21, 2026 11:42 AM (bFu5X)

170 I would not be surprised that about half of all medicare and medicaid expenditures are fraud, waste, or abuse. That alone is about 800 billion bucks.
Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 11:40 AM (E4rtv)
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Medicare/aid is also downstream from the medical industry, and that entire industry is fraught with waste and fraud and cost-shifting.

"Fixing" Medicare/aid probably requires radical reform of the entirely regulatory system around medicine in general, major changes to the tax code, etc. A much, much, much bigger problem than Social Security.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 11:42 AM (GyQIQ)

171 Example of an NGO? National Forest Service Foundation -- it raises private donations for the Forest Service such as organizing trees planting sponsored by private companies such as REI and Lands End.

The way NGOs are supposed to work, but more the exception than the rule.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at January 21, 2026 11:43 AM (wBaIH)

172 AmericanThinker: Leftist women and their Romper Room mentality

Posted by: SMOD at January 21, 2026 11:43 AM (RHGPo)

173 When does SNAP run out of money?

Posted by: I gotta ask at January 21, 2026 11:41 AM
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Whenever you're wearing a barrel and suspenders.

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 11:43 AM (Q4cxx)

174 Between employer and employee, 12.4% of every dollar you earn goes to SS tax. Imagine if everyone could keep that money and invest in their own. Instruments as they see fit.

Government taking it from you is the greatest theft the world has seen.

Posted by: Really?? at January 21, 2026 11:43 AM (Ryx1w)

175 There is a very easy solution to this problem: the GOP controls both chambers of Congress and can gut the funding for all this assfucking scumbaggery. Yes, I hear you all laughing. Stop it. Seriously, stop laughing!

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 21, 2026 11:43 AM (iFTx/)

176 The Pituffik Space Base (formerly the Thule Air Base) in Greenland has about 150 US troops.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 21, 2026 11:43 AM (Dv3i1)

177 There is a very easy solution to this problem: the GOP controls both chambers of Congress and can gut the funding for all this assfucking scumbaggery. Yes, I hear you all laughing. Stop it. Seriously, stop laughing!
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 21, 2026 11:43 AM (iFTx/)
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LOL

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 11:43 AM (GyQIQ)

178 Up to 25 percent of U.S. colleges may close soon, Brandeis president warns

Posted by: SMOD at January 21, 2026 11:43 AM (RHGPo)

179 China Needs (Comfort) Women

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 21, 2026 11:43 AM (pkeXY)

180 70 @BasilTheGreat
A Teacher in England faces losing their job because they organised a Chess Club
A third of his class is Muslim and Chess is Haram
This is the insanity of the UK right now
Islam has no place here

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Playing a game is forbidden? WTH? The only things they're allowed to do, it seems, is beat their women, live off of taxpayer money, crank out endless kids, and kill anyone who doesn't adhere to their demonic "religion."
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 21, 2026 11:16 AM (qBdHI)

You left out goat sex....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 21, 2026 11:43 AM (QGaXH)

181 178 Up to 25 percent of U.S. colleges may close soon, Brandeis president warns

Posted by: SMOD at January 21, 2026 11:43 AM (RHGPo)

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Oh, no. What will we do with only 75% of American universities?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 11:44 AM (GBKbO)

182 China can't even make a seaworthy carrier.

I've been watching a lot of videos on the new Fujian carrier. The carrier is not nuclear-powered, its EMALS is crap, the deck is so poorly laid out that they can't launch and land planes simultaneously, and the "stealthy" fighters slated to fly from it are so fuel-hungry their range is severely limited and their loiter time is measured in single digits of minutes. Admittedly, a lot of this is speculation and inference, but it wouldn't surprise me if it's true.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 21, 2026 11:44 AM (Riz8t)

183 138 Cuber is now declaring war but does not identify its enemy"

There's two guys from out of Islamorada fishing right over there....
Posted by: man at January 21, 2026 11:36 AM (XuXeR)

This is really quite funny; they desperately want a war as some way to focus what they're doing, and they can't handle the fact that the US is just standing by, waiting for them to collapse.
Which is coming soon enough.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 21, 2026 11:44 AM (giMmT)

184 If congress had to rely solely on Medicare for their healthcare after age 65, it would gets fixed stat.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 21, 2026 11:44 AM (W2Pud)

185 My very favorite is we spent 4 million dollars teaching African men to wash their junk.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 21, 2026 11:44 AM (0KSrI)

186 173 Whenever you're wearing a barrel and suspenders.
Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 11:43 AM (Q4cxx)

You think they're going to let you afford a barrel?

Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 11:45 AM (uEmCf)

187 I will vote up egg and cheesy beans on toast. Don't knock it til you've tried it!

Posted by: ... at January 21, 2026 11:45 AM (wEF4H)

188 Up to 25 percent of U.S. colleges may close soon, Brandeis president warns
Posted by: SMOD at January 21, 2026 11:43 AM (RHGPo)

Okay.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 21, 2026 11:45 AM (g8Ew8)

189 ... @BasilTheGreat
A Teacher in England faces losing their job because they organised a Chess Club
A third of his class is Muslim and Chess is Haram
This is the insanity of the UK right now
Islam has no place here
Posted by: LizLem at January 21, 2026 11:08 AM (gWBY1)
++++
:: eye twitch ::

He or she. Not they.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 11:46 AM (GyQIQ)

190 189 :: eye twitch ::

He or she. Not they.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 11:46 AM (GyQIQ)

======

That's what they said.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 11:46 AM (GBKbO)

191 Up to 25 percent of U.S. colleges may close soon, Brandeis president warns
Posted by: SMOD at January 21, 2026 11:43 AM (RHGPo)
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Okay.

Good. Let them go bankrupt Someone can buy the physical site and plant and try again at a more reasonable price with better results.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 11:46 AM (GyQIQ)

192 What will we do with only 75% of American universities?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 11:44 AM (GBKbO)

I have an idea.

Posted by: ... at January 21, 2026 11:47 AM (wEF4H)

193 That's what they said.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 11:46 AM (GBKbO)
++++
LOL

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 11:47 AM (GyQIQ)

194 Medicare For All!

Posted by: Democrats at January 21, 2026 11:47 AM (1Au9i)

195 Perhaps the govt could, instead of handing me $2K/mo to sit on my ass in front of a screen doomscrolling all day, could find me a job paying $2K/mo sitting on my ass in front of a screen doing the exact same data entry job they're currently paying some DC bureaucrat $12K/mo to do.

They'd get some productivity out of me, and save $10K/mo to boot.

Posted by: gp at January 21, 2026 11:47 AM (N8ZBc)

196 Up to 25 percent of U.S. colleges may close soon, Brandeis president warns
Posted by: SMOD at January 21, 2026 11:43 AM

Oh, no!

Anyway...

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 21, 2026 11:47 AM (bFu5X)

197 @188

>>Up to 25 percent of U.S. colleges may close soon, Brandeis president warns.

Roughly 75pct of all colleges are useless diploma mills.

I get the opportunity to interview what's coming out of the higher education system, and it's not pretty.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 21, 2026 11:47 AM (XV/Pl)

198 I wonder if they're going to have to spend more on domestic programs to keep their population happy or less in the near future?

Xi recently told the young Chinese that they must eat bitterness and like it. (I may have added the last three words)

Posted by: Archimedes at January 21, 2026 11:47 AM (Riz8t)

199 If a game is "haram" because it wastes time and takes time from other religious duties, then I suppose no youth that are Islamic can play video games and be a true gamer? Because that's like all you do. (Yes, I love gaming. But it's truly a massive time suck. And a glorious one.)

No wonder the Iranian youth are trying to revolt. Give me Prince of Persia or give me death!

Posted by: LizLem at January 21, 2026 11:48 AM (gWBY1)

200 Thx CBD. If we are going to continue NGO funding then absolute transparency as to spending including campaign contributions. Of course given how much is dumped into the uniparties coffers that will never happen

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 21, 2026 11:48 AM (PTsqM)

201 193 That's what they said.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 11:46 AM (GBKbO)
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LOL

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 11:47 AM (GyQIQ)

=====

https://is.gd/9ROZej

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 11:48 AM (GBKbO)

202 Child care center fraud
Emergency vehicle service fraud
Tuition fraud
NGO fraud

Gawd. How much less would our taxes be if not for these?

Posted by: Diogenes at January 21, 2026 11:48 AM (2WIwB)

203 Whenever you're wearing a barrel and suspenders.
Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 11:43 AM (Q4cxx)

You think they're going to let you afford a barrel?
Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 11:45 AM (uEmCf)
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You're right. Some Somali might have to sacrifice the highest tier of their chosen luxury car, if we all have barrels.

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 11:48 AM (Q4cxx)

204 189 He or she. Not they.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 11:46 AM (GyQIQ)

If one doesn't know the sex (because the source refuses to reveal it), one should use male words.

And if that offends people, all the better.

Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 11:48 AM (uEmCf)

205 This brunette in a somewhat undersized bikini has never run a phony-baloney NGO:
http://tiny.cc/4cyx001

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 11:48 AM (GyQIQ)

206 198 I wonder if they're going to have to spend more on domestic programs to keep their population happy or less in the near future?

Xi recently told the young Chinese that they must eat bitterness and like it. (I may have added the last three words)

Posted by: Archimedes at January 21, 2026 11:47 AM (Riz8t)

=====

"Well, we can accept that as long as you send me to die in a foreign war."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 11:48 AM (GBKbO)

207 They are unsustainable in the long run. They were foolish promises that never could be kept perpetually. There will be a sad reckoning.

Posted by: gp at January 21, 2026 11:09 AM (N8ZBc)

=======

I don't think we can get even 10 percent of GOP voters to agree to "Cut mine and theirs" instead of "cut theirs, not mine."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 11:10 AM (GBKbO)
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The medical ones are for sure. Medicare is just sucking the Treasury dry. SS actually isn't in that bad of shape if you just reform SSDI. And adjust retirement age.

Posted by: Black JEM at January 21, 2026 11:49 AM (GZYu7)

208 I've been watching a lot of videos on the new Fujian carrier. The carrier is not nuclear-powered, its EMALS is crap, the deck is so poorly laid out that they can't launch and land planes simultaneously, and the "stealthy" fighters slated to fly from it are so fuel-hungry their range is severely limited and their loiter time is measured in single digits of minutes. Admittedly, a lot of this is speculation and inference, but it wouldn't surprise me if it's true.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 21, 2026 11:44 AM (Riz8t)
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Yeah, I've watched a couple of those videos. Just the fact that they have fewer elevators on the flight deck compared to a US carrier gives them a significant disadvantage in combat.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 21, 2026 11:49 AM (ESVrU)

209 If one doesn't know the sex (because the source refuses to reveal it), one should use male words.

And if that offends people, all the better.
Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 11:48 AM (uEmCf)
++++
Yuuuuuup

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 11:49 AM (GyQIQ)

210 205 This brunette in a somewhat undersized bikini has never run a phony-baloney NGO:
http://tiny.cc/4cyx001

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 11:48 AM (GyQIQ)

=====

wtf is up with that face?

1/10

Would not bang.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 11:49 AM (GBKbO)

211
Someone can buy the physical site and plant and try again at a more reasonable price with better results.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

Another data center.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 21, 2026 11:49 AM (pkeXY)

212 Medicare For All!

Posted by: Democrats at January 21, 2026 11:47 AM (1Au9i)
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Except the White People! -- Democrats 2030.

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 11:49 AM (Q4cxx)

213 BasilTheGreat
A Teacher in England faces losing their job because they organised a Chess Club
A third of his class is Muslim and Chess is Haram
This is the insanity of the UK right now
Islam has no place here

--

Playing a game is forbidden? WTH? The only things they're allowed to do, it seems, is beat their women, live off of taxpayer money, crank out endless kids, and kill anyone who doesn't adhere to their demonic "religion."
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 21, 2026 11:16 AM (qBdHI)

You left out goat sex....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 21, 2026 11:43 AM (QGaXH)
____

There are many Muslim chess players and quite a few grandmasters. Only an idiot thinks the cum-rag Quoran forbids an highly intellectual and prestigious game.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 21, 2026 11:49 AM (iFTx/)

214 >>> 168 165 The James Madison, a site I use says it's 1.4 billion.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 21, 2026 11:41 AM (0KSrI)

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According to China's own internal numbers.

Can we trust China's own internal numbers?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 11:42 AM (GBKbO)

The stated population in 1950 was near 1/2 billion. How many children were couples having before the one-child policy went into effect in 1979, and then after?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 21, 2026 11:50 AM (ULPxl)

215 81 If the states want to rob taxpayers to give money to their cronies, it's up to the state's residents to deal with that. But at the federal level? Zero excuse. End it. Completely.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 11:15 AM (GyQIQ)

Putting the theft closer to the voter would have your intended consequence of accountability, presuming free and fair elections.

Yes, I see the flaw in my plan.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 21, 2026 11:18 AM (dK+Kv)

Remember it took a constitutional amendment to impose an income tax. Prior to that the courts kept striking it down based on the takings clause.

Maybe we start threatening to repeal it and the one lowering the voting age to 18 which I personally feel is what caused a lot of the politicing (sp) of our colleges and universities.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 21, 2026 11:50 AM (QGaXH)

216 This brunette in a somewhat undersized bikini has never run a phony-baloney NGO:
http://tiny.cc/4cyx001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 11:48 AM (GyQIQ)
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I propose we start an NGO to study the effects of providing her with a properly-sized bikini.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 21, 2026 11:50 AM (ESVrU)

217 212 Medicare For All!

Posted by: Democrats at January 21, 2026 11:47 AM (1Au9i)
---
Except the White People! -- Democrats 2030.

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 11:49 AM (Q4cxx)

====

"Kill Whitie. Give citizenship to all deported people from Trump. Trans the kids."
-Democrat platform in 2028

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 11:50 AM (GBKbO)

218 There are 3000 colleges and universities in the US.

By comparison the UK has 150.

Yeah I think we can survive with only 2200.

Posted by: Really?? at January 21, 2026 11:51 AM (Ryx1w)

219 This brunette in a somewhat undersized bikini has never run a phony-baloney NGO:
http://tiny.cc/4cyx001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 11:48 AM (GyQIQ)
____

But her sugar-daddy does!

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 21, 2026 11:51 AM (iFTx/)

220 Another data center.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 21, 2026 11:49 AM (pkeXY)
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Sure, whatever. The new owner can do with it what he pleases. A whole university campus is probably worth keeping a university. Lots of special-purpose construction is already done. Up to the new owner, though.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 11:51 AM (GyQIQ)

221 A number of years ago I remember there was quite a bit of press on how most of the big named charities/NGOs mostly existed to funnel money to the people at those charities as opposed to doing whatever the charity was nominally for.

There were a few half hearted attempts to reform this but nothing really effective - basically people had to learn to pay attention to who they were giving their money to and do some research.

I wonder if this is when the left realized just how big of a cash cow NGOs could be since there was functionally "no legal controlling authoritiy" to quote the guy who created the internet...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 21, 2026 11:51 AM (sKqQm)

222 There is no reason (besides theft and fraid) that nowdays every expense of the federal governmnet isn't available for open download and analysis by the public and Ai to look for fraud.

All expenses shoul be open records except for the truly national security related expenses (which I'm sure would be rife with fraud opportunity but ideally there would be an internal fraud Ai group to watch that).

Posted by: hate_the_deepstate at January 21, 2026 11:51 AM (2Nfh9)

223 Okay, fine. It's a tax, not an investment.

I'll look forward to receiving my "tax rebate" every month from now on.

Posted by: one hour sober at January 21, 2026 11:51 AM (Y1sOo)

224 Good morning!

Posted by: Piper at January 21, 2026 11:52 AM (OoFl2)

225 This brunette in a somewhat undersized bikini has never run a phony-baloney NGO:
http://tiny.cc/4cyx001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 11:48 AM (GyQIQ)
____

But her sugar-daddy does!

That reminds me...Hunter Biden's favorite hooker got COVID funds for her business...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 21, 2026 11:52 AM (sKqQm)

226 "Kill Whitie. Give citizenship to all deported people from Trump. Trans the kids."
-Democrat platform in 2028

Slowpoke.

https://is.gd/BC7hhU

Posted by: Abigail Spanberger at January 21, 2026 11:52 AM (Riz8t)

227 Okay, fine. It's a tax, not an investment.

I'll look forward to receiving my "tax rebate" every month from now on.

Posted by: one hour sober at January 21, 2026 11:51 AM (Y1sOo)
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I'd like a dividend, please?

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 11:52 AM (Q4cxx)

228 I survive on SS, so I am arguing against my own personal interests here, but the damn thing is going to collapse on its own soon.

Posted by: gp at January 21, 2026 11:13 AM (N8ZBc)
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Except it isn't. They've been saying this for almost 60 years. It is somewhat actuarially sound. Medicare will not survive because it is not. SS just needs to continually be adjusted for life expectancy and work capability.

Posted by: Black JEM at January 21, 2026 11:53 AM (GZYu7)

229 The islam has always been the problem and it will only get worse. Minnesota will be islam in 5 years.

Posted by: Eromero at January 21, 2026 11:53 AM (o2ZRX)

230 67 survive on SS, so I am arguing against my own personal interests here, but the damn thing is going to collapse on its own soon.
Posted by: gp at January 21, 2026 11:13 AM (N8ZBc)

It won’t.

They’ll just increase SS taxes on everyone combined with reducing benefits for “the rich”. It’ll end up being just another welfare program in the long run.

Right now there is a cap on SS taxes up to about $200k a year. If that cap is eliminated it keeps the scam going for a few more decades alone.
Posted by: Really?? at January 21, 2026 11:16 AM (Ryx1w)

I don't think that will work. There's a feedback loop in that the more you make/pay in, the more you get in benefits. You have to raise the payroll tax which will be real popular (sarc) but in this case justifiable.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 21, 2026 11:53 AM (QGaXH)

231 What will we do with only 75% of American universities?

Supposedly we have 19 million current college students.

That's a lot of kids who saw no hope of working out in the field.

Posted by: t-bird at January 21, 2026 11:54 AM (BvTxf)

232 This brunette in a somewhat undersized bikini has never run a phony-baloney NGO:
http://tiny.cc/4cyx001

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 11:48 AM (GyQIQ)

=====

wtf is up with that face?

1/10

Would not bang.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 11:49 AM (GBKbO

***

Classic sultry come hither.

And...no tan lines.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 21, 2026 11:54 AM (2WIwB)

233 > China can't even make a seaworthy carrier.
---------
Military Morons™ have speculated that with the admittedly insane speed that China builds, commissions, and puts into service warships, planes and other military kit... it's likely most of it's so poorly designed and built they'd never stand-up in an actual war.

But quantity has it's own merits I guess.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 21, 2026 11:54 AM (U2OZr)

234 Two ways to get no tan lines...

Don't leave the house and clearly she has...or leave the clothes at home...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 21, 2026 11:54 AM (sKqQm)

235 The stated population in 1950 was near 1/2 billion. How many children were couples having before the one-child policy went into effect in 1979, and then after?"

Ah, Pittsburgh at noon?

Not good at cipher'n

Posted by: man at January 21, 2026 11:55 AM (XuXeR)

236 I don't think that will work. There's a feedback loop in that the more you make/pay in, the more you get in benefits. You have to raise the payroll tax which will be real popular (sarc) but in this case justifiable.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 21, 2026 11:53 AM (QGaXH)

They will raise taxes, ie remove the cap but not raise benefits for those making above the cap. Super easy, barely an inconvenience.

Posted by: Really?? at January 21, 2026 11:55 AM (Ryx1w)

237 205 This brunette in a somewhat undersized bikini has never run a phony-baloney NGO:
http://tiny.cc/4cyx001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 11:48 AM
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Does she know about the cup sizes?

Posted by: Frank Costanza at January 21, 2026 11:55 AM (2Ez/1)

238 >>>If an NGO wants to operate without accountability, it is welcome to do so with no victims but its own suckers who gave them money.

GoFundMe!

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 11:55 AM (SSiCQ)

239
Trump: (invades Greenland)

The Left: But you said you ruled that out!

Trump: I lied.

Posted by: ... at January 21, 2026 11:55 AM (wEF4H)

240 uEmCf)

205 This brunette in a somewhat undersized bikini has never run a phony-baloney NGO:
http://tiny.cc/4cyx001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 11:48 AM (GyQIQ)

That's some fine flesh right there.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 21, 2026 11:55 AM (g8Ew8)

241 He's not wearing a bikini- thank goodness-, but as a woman writer from Legal Insurrection says, "He's easy on the eyes", is smart and articulate. If you have an interest watch to the end as Bessent wittily dismisses Gavin Newsom:

https://tinyurl.com/bddrrzhj

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 21, 2026 11:55 AM (7RYym)

242 Muslims don't like chess unless the pawns have splodey vests.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at January 21, 2026 11:56 AM (wBaIH)

243
Y'all know what this thread needs? Some flyin' green dildo

Posted by: Flyin' Green Dildo at January 21, 2026 11:56 AM (DDJSl)

244 >>> Up to 25 percent of U.S. colleges may close soon, Brandeis president warns.

There is a huge "enrollment cliff" coming up panicking higher education, because of the Great Recession. Millennials couldn't find jobs at that time, and put off getting married and having babies. Add to that they think 1/3 or so of Gen z was aborted. Between the economy and abortion, there are just less American kids in this current generation living to attend school.

Which also explains the massive, MASSIVE increase in schools accepting foreign students. They can charge them three times as much as an American student and they will make up the enrollment cliff gap. But they also crowd out actual Americans getting an education, and a good job. So the enrollment cliff cycle will repeat.

Posted by: LizLem at January 21, 2026 11:56 AM (gWBY1)

245 This brunette in a somewhat undersized bikini has never run a phony-baloney NGO:
http://tiny.cc/4cyx001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 11:48 AM (GyQIQ)

Wrong. That's the hero image for THOT Leaders, Inc. They lobby the government to make sunnier days for hot chicks, tugging at the heartstrings with photos of forlorn bikini models on cloudy days.

Won't you help her? Dig dip. It's going to require $100b for atmospheric lensification.

Posted by: Bill Gates at January 21, 2026 11:56 AM (BI5O2)

246 >>That's some fine flesh right there.

If you left click on the pic, they get a little bigger.

Posted by: one hour sober at January 21, 2026 11:56 AM (Y1sOo)

247 Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
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The problem with Social Security, Medicare, etc. is the idea that one is vested with private property rights (Scotus rejects this idea btw) of such. People have been encouraged to think of their own personal accounts but in reality, the Trust Fund is a group of non marketable securities that Social Security can only redeem at the Treasury.

The money has been spent already dating back from the Johnson years as president and used to make our deficit look better. There is no Trust Fund, only an IOU from Treasury that must be covered the usual way, general taxes or debt issuance.

Collectively all the taxpayers believed lies and not looking at what Fedgov was doing since the 1960's--Greatest Generation, Silents, Boomers, Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z is just realizing that they are screwed. The last three realize what they pay in and get are not likely to be equal. These generations won't get what they paid in. Boomers will possible break even depending on when they were born. Silents and Greatest got far more benefits than they paid taxes to get.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 11:57 AM (E4rtv)

248 86 83 I take umbrage sir. Social Security is NOT 'welfare'. I paid for it over 50 or so years of working, plus had to 'qualify' by contributing over a set number of quarters.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 21, 2026 11:19 AM (QGaXH)

======

It meets every definition of welfare.

You didn't pay into it. You were taxed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 11:20 AM (GBKbO)

We have to go back to see what the enabling legislation said. My understanding was I was being forced to buy 'old age insurance'.

Welfare is an entitlement that you get just by existing. You have to pay in to qualify for SS. You don't just get it. Same with Medicare.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 21, 2026 11:57 AM (QGaXH)

249 Only something like 10% of people make more than the SS cap. It’s the easiest political thing ever to fuck over that 10% in order to give more to the other 90%.

SS always has been a welfare program where poor people got subsidized by rich people. But at least the rich got some token benefits. With the cap removal it goes 100% welfare, with the rich paying in but getting nothing out.

Posted by: Really?? at January 21, 2026 11:57 AM (Ryx1w)

250 20 Saint Elon of DOGE smote dragon of NGO.
Posted by: Eromero at January 21, 2026 11:06 AM (o2ZRX)

This does sound like Doge Country.

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 11:58 AM (SSiCQ)

251 This brunette in a somewhat undersized bikini has never run a phony-baloney NGO:
http://tiny.cc/4cyx001

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 11:48 AM (GyQIQ)

=====

wtf is up with that face?

1/10

Would not bang.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 11:49 AM

Nice philtrum, though.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 21, 2026 11:58 AM (bFu5X)

252 Willowed: “I suspect it didn't make the news because it would draw unwanted attention to unqualified truckers on the road”
———

There is an epidemic of crime or incidents of every sort that are not reported. Grudgingly if they have to.

I arrived minutes after an 18 wheeler ran off the road by Mexican Hat hauling a load of Red Bull and bottled water. The truck itself was a mangled mess of unrecognizable scrap. Unbelievable. I searched online for reportage for a couple weeks. Driver fatality for certain. Not a peep.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 21, 2026 11:58 AM (qBPIs)

253 This is about us, isn't it?

Posted by: brunettes in a somewhat undersized bikinis at January 21, 2026 11:58 AM (2Ez/1)

254 217 "Kill Whitie. Give citizenship to all deported people from Trump. Trans the kids."
-Democrat platform in 2028
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 11:50 AM (GBKbO)

"Free Fentanyl. Free Abortions. All non-train transportation is banned, and energy must be made unaffordable for all but the elect!"

-The rest of the 2028 Dem platform.

Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 11:58 AM (uEmCf)

255 Welfare is an entitlement that you get just by existing. You have to pay in to qualify for SS. You don't just get it. Same with Medicare.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 21, 2026 11:57 AM (QGaXH)
++++
UBI is an entitlement you get just by existing. All welfare programs are gated and not everyone qualifies. I couldn't get Section 8, for example. I earn too much. No housing subsidy for me. I don't qualify.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 11:59 AM (GyQIQ)

256 keep the debt train rolling.

It's not that Monty was wrong. It's that none of could believe the Coyote wouldn't look down for this long.

Posted by: DaveA at January 21, 2026 11:59 AM (FhXTo)

257 254 217 "Kill Whitie. Give citizenship to all deported people from Trump. Trans the kids."
-Democrat platform in 2028
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 11:50 AM (GBKbO)

"Free Fentanyl. Free Abortions. All non-train transportation is banned, and energy must be made unaffordable for all but the elect!"

-The rest of the 2028 Dem platform.

Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 11:58 AM (uEmCf)

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"At least they don't hate the gays."
-like, 40% of America

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 11:59 AM (GBKbO)

258 I never expected to draw SS in the first place. I planned to die at my desk at work, but the work went belly up. Then I found job-searching futile and humiliating, so I said fuck it all. Let the govt find me a job (within my current abilities) that pays my $2K/mo survival dole, and I'll do it until I die.

Posted by: gp at January 21, 2026 11:59 AM (N8ZBc)

259 wtf is up with that face?

1/10

Would not bang.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 11:49 AM

I'd let her make me sammiches.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 21, 2026 12:00 PM (dK+Kv)

260 There is a huge "enrollment cliff" coming up panicking higher education, because of the Great Recession. Millennials couldn't find jobs at that time, and put off getting married and having babies. Add to that they think 1/3 or so of Gen z was aborted. Between the economy and abortion, there are just less American kids in this current generation living to attend school.

Which also explains the massive, MASSIVE increase in schools accepting foreign students. They can charge them three times as much as an American student and they will make up the enrollment cliff gap. But they also crowd out actual Americans getting an education, and a good job. So the enrollment cliff cycle will repeat.
Posted by: LizLem

If disparate impact goes out the window due to constitutional reasons (majority minority districts are up for being eliminated), then Griggs v. Duke Power no longer forbids using company specific tests for hiring as used to be the case.

US overinvested in college educations for jobs that do not require it and shortchanged technical education at the same time because the elites don't want to pay for such. And Griggs v. Duke Power is what kicked all of this off.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 12:00 PM (E4rtv)

261 Trump rules out using military force to acquire Greenland

Greenland is too well-defended by those 34 EU troops who showed up. Those must be the best of the best, since they have zero troops fighting the Russians.
Posted by: t-bird

I was pondering this recently, and came up with a theory. Trump's goal here is to make it as plain as can be to the Euros that their military is a joke, and they need to get serious. The inability to even send a platoon to Greenland is a wake-up call.
Posted by: Archimedes

From The Bee:
Trump disguises himself as muslim so Greenland will let him invade.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 21, 2026 12:00 PM (FMAqD)

262 I got a fever. The only cure is more Flying Green Dildo.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at January 21, 2026 12:00 PM (wBaIH)

263 NGOs seem unconstitutional to me. It lacks the oversight required and Congressional approval for the specific spending.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 21, 2026 12:00 PM (KDPiq)

264 Yes.

SS being an investment was always, always a lie.

It's a tax of money going into the government and welfare payments going out of the government.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 11:22 AM (GBKbO)
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Social security does not payout more than it receives via taxes - so in essence it is an investment - with a mighty damn poor return I might add. SSDI is a welfare program built within SS.

Posted by: Black JEM at January 21, 2026 12:01 PM (GZYu7)

265 SS is like state retirement systems in Illinois. The recipients WILL be paid no matter what. If it bleeds people and businesses, too bad. I know people who get state retirement over there and they. get. paid, with a nice COLA raise every year. The way it is.

Posted by: tubal at January 21, 2026 12:01 PM (pDt9x)

266 >>> There are many Muslim chess players and quite a few grandmasters. Only an idiot thinks the cum-rag Quoran forbids an highly intellectual and prestigious game. Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 21, 2026 11:49 AM (iFTx/)

The part of Islam forbidding chess as haram is probably also the same group that believes blowing yourself up in jihad gets you a harem of virgins in the afterlife. It's not all of them. Just the part that's causing us all the current problems.

I wonder, if this school is willing to fire a teacher for starting a chess club, because 30% of their students are Muslim and object... how robust is the school's LGBT club????

Posted by: LizLem at January 21, 2026 12:01 PM (gWBY1)

267 You kids put those beans on your toast and eat it! Bah!!

Posted by: Crone From Bleak Hill Boarding School at January 21, 2026 12:02 PM (oftw2)

268 People laughed at the US for negotiating the purchase of Alaska, too.

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 12:03 PM (SSiCQ)

269 127 Have you never had a true English breakfast? They have sausages AND ham! And not crappy Canadian bacon ham, true ham. At least where I had it. It was great.

They also invented the Scotch Egg, a hard boiled surrounded in sausage and fried. One of the UK's greatest culinary gifts to mankind.

Britain's indigenous culture, and especially its food culture, is not compatible with Islam.
Posted by: LizLem at January 21, 2026 11:27 AM

A real English Breakfast is the shizznit. The rest of their food...not so much, although they do a good roast beast and Yorkie pudding.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 21, 2026 11:34 AM (bFu5X)

This may be OT but in the movie Bridge of Spies, Tom Hank's character gets fed up with his accomodations at one point and goes to the Hilton (I think) in the American Sector and orders 'the American breakfast'....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 21, 2026 12:03 PM (QGaXH)

270 228 I survive on SS, so I am arguing against my own personal interests here, but the damn thing is going to collapse on its own soon.

Posted by: gp at January 21, 2026 11:13 AM (N8ZBc)
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Except it isn't. They've been saying this for almost 60 years. It is somewhat actuarially sound. Medicare will not survive because it is not. SS just needs to continually be adjusted for life expectancy and work capability.
Posted by: Black JEM at January 21, 2026 11:53 AM (GZYu7)

The problem - cancer has exploded in women under 50. So you will never have the votes to change any health plan.

https://www.cancer.org/research /acs-research-news/cancer- incidence-rate-for-women-under-50-rises-above-mens.html

I've given thought why that is, and why it's likely even worse for moms vs non-mom women (b/c women are so susceptible to environmental factors during pregnancies). But this trend is not reversing - if anything, it's increasing, so hopefully RFK is on this, too...

And this isn't a Medicare scam thing with under 50s. And it's Precovid data for up to 2020...

Posted by: Nova Local at January 21, 2026 12:03 PM (tOcjL)

271 So, the NGO is like the French Foreign Legion then.
Answerable to the government, but not to the people.

Posted by: Speller at January 21, 2026 12:03 PM (pSotA)

272 UBI is an entitlement you get just by existing. All welfare programs are gated and not everyone qualifies. I couldn't get Section 8, for example. I earn too much. No housing subsidy for me. I don't qualify.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 11:59 AM (GyQIQ)

Anyone can qualify if you’re lazy and corrupt enough.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 21, 2026 12:03 PM (KDPiq)

273 Nice philtrum, though.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 21, 2026 11:58 AM (bFu5X)

You're going to get up her nose, if you suggest philtrum sex.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 21, 2026 12:04 PM (iJfKG)

274 268 People laughed at the US for negotiating the purchase of Alaska, too.

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 12:03 PM (SSiCQ)

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Seward's Follies were great vaudeville while it lasted.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 12:04 PM (GBKbO)

275 I have wondered how many Eskimaux were in Alaska at the time of the American purchase.

Posted by: tubal at January 21, 2026 12:04 PM (pDt9x)

276 Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at January 21, 2026 12:03 PM (OjhFS)

You must have a job as a goal post mover in between your shift at the glory hole.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 21, 2026 12:05 PM (KDPiq)

277 258 I never expected to draw SS in the first place. I planned to die at my desk at work, but the work went belly up. Then I found job-searching futile and humiliating, so I said fuck it all. Let the govt find me a job (within my current abilities) that pays my $2K/mo survival dole, and I'll do it until I die.
Posted by: gp

A lot of issues go away if the endless streams of foreigners taking US jobs are stopped up. That means people can be drawn into the job market that are retired in part due to not being able to find a job.

And I would remove any reduced benefit bullshit for earnings from jobs letting people receiving Social Security to work. Same with disability, rate it at percentages like the VA does.

The work restrictive clauses were put there to produce a tight labor market for unions, but are no longer needed in an aging nation that restricts immigration.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 12:05 PM (E4rtv)

278 I couldn't get Section 8, for example. I earn too much. No housing subsidy for me. I don't qualify.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 11:59 AM (GyQIQ)

Weird. I make $700k a year running a daycare and I qualify for all of it.
- Somali in Minneapolis

Posted by: Really?? at January 21, 2026 12:06 PM (Ryx1w)

279 I have wondered how many Eskimaux were in Alaska at the time of the American purchase.

All of them?

Posted by: Archimedes at January 21, 2026 12:06 PM (Riz8t)

280 Weird. I make $700k a year running a daycare and I qualify for all of it.
- Somali in Minneapolis
Posted by: Really?? at January 21, 2026 12:06 PM (Ryx1w)
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Sure, but you're a crook. I'm not.

I'm a sucker.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 12:06 PM (GyQIQ)

281 I don't think that will work. There's a feedback loop in that the more you make/pay in, the more you get in benefits.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 21, 2026 11:53 AM

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Only to a point. The more you pay in the smaller the incremental increase in benefits. And there is a maximum benefit, it's something over $5000 a month currently.

Posted by: Democrats at January 21, 2026 12:06 PM (1Au9i)

282 Yorkie pudding

An obama favorite!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 21, 2026 12:06 PM (Kt19C)

283 China's population may be decreasing but a billion people is still a billion.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 21, 2026 11:36 AM (0KSrI)
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It will be at 650M in 25 years, and will drop below 400M 25-30 years after that. There is absolutely no way they can stop the decline, they have way too few women of child bearing age, and the cost of major urbanization means it is wildly expensive for them to have too many.

In a way, our major cities showing themselves to be unmanageable, as well as the improvement in technology means much of the reason for people to congregate in large metropolitan areas is being reduced. Midsized cities that can have a mixed economic base of service and retail and manufacturing, with more reasonable cost of living will help us hopefully increase our birth rate - oh, and the forced round up and imprisonment of AWFLS so they can stop screwing up new adult women's minds.

Posted by: Black JEM at January 21, 2026 12:07 PM (GZYu7)

284 Had to go run some errands.

*tries to catch breath*

Did I miss the Don Lemon perp walk?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 21, 2026 12:07 PM (2Ez/1)

285 Did I miss the Don Lemon perp walk?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 21, 2026 12:07 PM (2Ez/1)
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Nope. And you never will.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 12:07 PM (GyQIQ)

286 282 Yorkie pudding

An obama favorite!
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats

Hey, I'm standing right here. Just got back from wokking the dog.

Posted by: Barry Soetero at January 21, 2026 12:08 PM (oftw2)

287 Ah Mr. Mannix. Another enjoyable piece. Thank you.

Posted by: front toward enemy at January 21, 2026 12:09 PM (TIizU)

288 279 I have wondered how many Eskimaux were in Alaska at the time of the American purchase.

All of them?
Posted by: Archimedes at January 21, 2026 12:06 PM (Riz8t)

Okay I smiled, but only with half my face.

Posted by: tubal at January 21, 2026 12:09 PM (pDt9x)

289 In a way, our major cities showing themselves to be unmanageable, as well as the improvement in technology means much of the reason for people to congregate in large metropolitan areas is being reduced. Midsized cities that can have a mixed economic base of service and retail and manufacturing, with more reasonable cost of living will help us hopefully increase our birth rate - oh, and the forced round up and imprisonment of AWFLS so they can stop screwing up new adult women's minds.
Posted by: Black JEM at January 21, 2026 12:07 PM (GZYu7)
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This is basically the background of Clifford D. Simak's short story "City" (1944). Technology has moved on, making cities obsolete.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 21, 2026 12:10 PM (ESVrU)

290 Odds on the Lemon Man being charged?

Posted by: tubal at January 21, 2026 12:10 PM (pDt9x)

291 282 Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 21, 2026 12:06 PM (Kt19C)

You were mentioned late in the last thread:

343 I am waiting for the AWFLs to decide to 'embrace' the suck. Perhaps a nice festive pussy hat with AWFL emblazoned on them might serve.
Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 10:56 AM (E4rtv)

350 Perhaps a nice festive pussy hat

We've got a commissar who can supply those!
Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 10:58 AM (77rzZ)

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 12:10 PM (SSiCQ)

292 So Chess is forbidden for the goat fuckers but it's totally OK to rape, beat, kill, persecute for the slightest grievance.

To hell with these insults of humanity. I'm ready tired of this shit-stain of a *religion

Posted by: melodicmetal at January 21, 2026 12:10 PM (61TgR)

293 Only to a point. The more you pay in the smaller the incremental increase in benefits. And there is a maximum benefit, it's something over $5000 a month currently.
Posted by: Democrats at January 21, 2026 12:06 PM (1Au9i)

That’s if you wait to start collecting at 70. And if you earned the max for your entire working career.

Posted by: Really?? at January 21, 2026 12:11 PM (Ryx1w)

294 290 Odds on the Lemon Man being charged?
Posted by: tubal at January 21, 2026 12:10 PM (pDt9x)

Zero.

Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 12:11 PM (uEmCf)

295 The James Madison, a site I use says it's 1.4 billion.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 21, 2026 11:41 AM (0KSrI)
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Probably a UN site. It is way wrong - probably between 1.1 and 1.0B. now. And you can make an argument its under 1B.

India is currently number one.

Posted by: Black JEM at January 21, 2026 12:11 PM (GZYu7)

296 294 290 Odds on the Lemon Man being charged?
Posted by: tubal at January 21, 2026 12:10 PM (pDt9x)

Zero.
Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 12:11 PM (uEmCf)

Higher than zero.

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 12:11 PM (SSiCQ)

297 Piece of what?

Posted by: Brunette in a slightly undersized bikini at January 21, 2026 12:11 PM (2Ez/1)

298 Odds on the Lemon Man being charged?
Posted by: tubal at January 21, 2026 12:10 PM (pDt9x)
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One in three, maybe.

Him being arrested? Maybe one in twenty.

Him doing any fail time? Zero.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 12:12 PM (GyQIQ)

299 The last job I applied for was at a factory that makes steel punches, about a half-mile from my QTH. I sent them a carefully prepared resume and cover letter.

The bitch called me quickly.
Q: "How will you get to work?"
A: "As I clearly explained in my cover letter, I live a half-mile away."
Q: "Can you work an 11 hour shift with NO breaks."
A: "I know YOU can't, you fucking cunt!"

And I hung up on her. That's what job-searching is like.

Posted by: gp at January 21, 2026 12:12 PM (N8ZBc)

300 I survive on SS, so I am arguing against my own personal interests here, but the damn thing is going to collapse on its own soon.

Posted by: gp at January 21, 2026 11:13 AM (N8ZBc)
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Except it isn't. They've been saying this for almost 60 years. It is somewhat actuarially sound. Medicare will not survive because it is not. SS just needs to continually be adjusted for life expectancy and work capability.
Posted by: Black JEM

You don't have to raise the age to retire. Just kick off every cocksucking thief.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 21, 2026 12:12 PM (FMAqD)

301 300

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 12:12 PM (SSiCQ)

302 And Don lemon deserves to sodomized with a soldering iron.

Faggy little turd

Posted by: melodicmetal at January 21, 2026 12:12 PM (61TgR)

303 I have to take online sexual harassment training today.
The good thing is I already know the answer to every question:
Bewbs.

Posted by: wth at January 21, 2026 12:12 PM (UjdFS)

304 296 294 290 Odds on the Lemon Man being charged?
Posted by: tubal at January 21, 2026 12:10 PM (pDt9x)

Zero.
Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 12:11 PM (uEmCf)

Higher than zero.
Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 12:11 PM (SSiCQ)

Remember to put a zero in front of the decimal.

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

305 303 I have to take online sexual harassment training today.
The good thing is I already know the answer to every question:
Bewbs.

Posted by: wth at January 21, 2026 12:12 PM (UjdFS)

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Some of the answers have to be minge.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 12:13 PM (GBKbO)

306 Technology has moved on, making cities obsolete.
____

But what about that Old Urine smell? Can't get that anywhere else.

Posted by: Urban Rube at January 21, 2026 12:13 PM (qUkBO)

307 I haven’t played chess since my boy was small. I tried to play with him, but he’d howl like a banshee if I so much as captured a pawn, so I gave up.

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 12:13 PM (2jR+b)

308 But what about that Old Urine smell? Can't get that anywhere else.
Posted by: Urban Rube at January 21, 2026 12:13 PM (qUkBO)
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1. Use bathroom
2. Do not clean bathroom
3. Wait a couple of months

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 12:13 PM (GyQIQ)

309 265 SS is like state retirement systems in Illinois. The recipients WILL be paid no matter what. If it bleeds people and businesses, too bad. I know people who get state retirement over there and they. get. paid, with a nice COLA raise every year. The way it is.
Posted by: tubal

Until they are not. States can and have gone bankrupt and Illinois is a likely state to do so. When Detroit went bankrupt, something like 30-40 percent of their pension monthly check got paid from the PBGC. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or some such.

The rest went poof. So Illinois courts are going to take a loss because when the money ain't there, the pensions are not going to be paid. And Pritzker is busy wrecking the Illinois economy for illegals and other wasteful spending in the process. Illinois and Chicago pension funds are 9 out of 15 of the least funded pension funds in the US. Average about 40 cents on the dollar. Illinois when you take all of the pension liabilities and aggregate them, has about 52 percent funding of its pension promises to state and local workers. 51st of all states plus DC.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 12:14 PM (E4rtv)

310 305 303 I have to take online sexual harassment training today.
The good thing is I already know the answer to every question:
Bewbs.

Posted by: wth at January 21, 2026 12:12 PM (UjdFS)

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Some of the answers have to be minge.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 12:13 PM (GBKbO)

It seems the word cooter has fallen out of fashion.

Posted by: tubal at January 21, 2026 12:14 PM (pDt9x)

311 It's a write off, Jerry.
They just write it off.

Posted by: Kramer at January 21, 2026 12:14 PM (2Ez/1)

312 The last job I applied for was at a factory that makes steel punches, about a half-mile from my QTH. I sent them a carefully prepared resume and cover letter.

The bitch called me quickly.
Q: "How will you get to work?"
A: "As I clearly explained in my cover letter, I live a half-mile away."
Q: "Can you work an 11 hour shift with NO breaks."
A: "I know YOU can't, you f***ing c***!"

And I hung up on her. That's what job-searching is like.

So, did you get the job?

Posted by: Archimedes at January 21, 2026 12:14 PM (Riz8t)

313 I have to take online sexual harassment training today.
The good thing is I already know the answer to every question:
Bewbs.

Posted by: wth at January 21, 2026 12:12 PM (UjdFS)
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Some of the answers have to be minge.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen
......

Uh-oh. This is getting complicated.

Posted by: wth at January 21, 2026 12:14 PM (UjdFS)

314 "They've been saying this for almost 60 years."

'Things that haven't happened yet won't happen.'

I don't buy that argument.

Posted by: gp at January 21, 2026 12:14 PM (N8ZBc)

315 It will be at 650M in 25 years, and will drop below 400M 25-30 years after that. There is absolutely no way they can stop the decline, they have way too few women of child bearing age, and the cost of major urbanization means it is wildly expensive for them to have too many.

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

I chuckle to myself every time I ponder how spectacularly China's 1-child / forced abortion policy has backfired.

Posted by: Bigsmith at January 21, 2026 12:14 PM (1Au9i)

316 308 But what about that Old Urine smell? Can't get that anywhere else.
Posted by: Urban Rube at January 21, 2026 12:13 PM (qUkBO)
++++
1. Use bathroom
2. Do not clean bathroom
3. Wait a couple of months
___

Bathroom? Oh, you mean the subway!

Posted by: Urban Rube at January 21, 2026 12:15 PM (qUkBO)

317 I play chess online and recently I’ve been getting my ass kicked. My rating has dropped 100 points in the last month.

Posted by: Really?? at January 21, 2026 12:15 PM (Ryx1w)

318 315 I chuckle to myself every time I ponder how spectacularly China's 1-child / forced abortion policy has backfired.

Posted by: Bigsmith at January 21, 2026 12:14 PM (1Au9i)

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Well, the first order effect was achieved.

That China never figured that second order effects isn't really a surprise because, you know, communists.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 12:15 PM (GBKbO)

319 We've got a commissar who can supply those!
Posted by: Bulg
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Would really be useful in telling us who to avoid in public.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 12:15 PM (E4rtv)

320 I kind of like the building cities they had in Dredd if they weren’t all ghettos.

I would love to walk to my doctor, grocery store, movie theater, etc.

They are doing these type of complexes in a lot of cities on a significantly smaller scale.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 21, 2026 12:15 PM (KDPiq)

321 303 I have to take online sexual harassment training today.
Posted by: wth at January 21, 2026 12:12 PM (UjdFS)

You are going to be trained online to sexually harass people?

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 12:15 PM (SSiCQ)

322 317 I play chess online and recently I’ve been getting my ass kicked. My rating has dropped 100 points in the last month.
Posted by: Really?? at January 21, 2026 12:15 PM (Ryx1w)

Bots and cheaters.

Posted by: Game in one window, Stockfish in the other at January 21, 2026 12:16 PM (TbWk/)

323 "So, did you get the job?"

She didn't want employees. She wanted people she could shit on all day.

Posted by: gp at January 21, 2026 12:16 PM (N8ZBc)

324 English breakfast? If you like the things in it, what difference does it make what time it is when you eat them??
Posted by: OrangeEnt

Well, don't eat blood sausage in front of a hemophiliac.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 21, 2026 12:17 PM (mlg/3)

325 I am forever grateful for being self employed.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 21, 2026 12:17 PM (0KSrI)

326 309
Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 12:14 PM (E4rtv)

So, after Jabba, le deluge ??

Posted by: tubal at January 21, 2026 12:17 PM (pDt9x)

327 > Can you work an 11 hour shift with NO breaks.

OK, I hate unions for the most part, but this is why they're sometimes necessary. 11 hours punching steel with no breaks? What the hell kind of third world shithole factory is this?

Posted by: bonhomme at January 21, 2026 12:17 PM (Yp6az)

328 .
NOOD

Ace is up with his first thread of the day.

NOOD!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 21, 2026 12:17 PM (O7YUW)

329 That China never figured that second order effects isn't really a surprise because, you know, communists.

You'd think communists would eventually figure out the second-order effects of their policies since they keep happening like clockwork, but nope.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 21, 2026 12:17 PM (2ocoG)

330 play chess online and recently I’ve been getting my ass kicked. My rating has dropped 100 points in the last month.
Posted by: Really?? at January 21, 2026 12:15 PM (Ryx1w)

Quit using the Queen’s Gambit!

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 21, 2026 12:17 PM (KDPiq)

331 Good column.

Also, Don Lemon won't be charged. You'll be lucky if he doesn't set up a GFM so he can become pastor of the Branch Lemonian Church on Fire Island.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 21, 2026 12:17 PM (BI5O2)

332 Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z is just realizing that they are screwed. The last three realize what they pay in and get are not likely to be equal. These generations won't get what they paid in. Boomers will possible break even depending on when they were born. Silents and Greatest got far more benefits than they paid taxes to get.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 11:57 AM (E4rtv)
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Eh, doubt it. You;ll get you half to 1% return and be happy about it. Which is what I as a boomer will get.

Posted by: Black JEM at January 21, 2026 12:17 PM (GZYu7)

333 We've got a commissar who can supply those!

And only $20, same as in town!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 21, 2026 12:18 PM (Kt19C)

334 315 I chuckle to myself every time I ponder how spectacularly China's 1-child / forced abortion policy has backfired.

Posted by: Bigsmith at January 21, 2026 12:14 PM (1Au9i)

Except for birth tourism so that they can make "American citizens" who can vote, from China, however Xi wants them too.

Posted by: night lifted at January 21, 2026 12:18 PM (kJmLc)

335 Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z is just realizing that they are screwed. The last three realize what they pay in and get are not likely to be equal.

I've always set things up like SocSec won't exist when I retire, and I know a fair number of other Gen X that are the same way.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 21, 2026 12:19 PM (2ocoG)

336 "OK, I hate unions for the most part, but this is why they're sometimes necessary. 11 hours punching steel with no breaks?"

The infuriating thing is that she didn't even read my cover letter or resume. She just needed somebody to chew out first thing in the morning.

Posted by: gp at January 21, 2026 12:19 PM (N8ZBc)

337 OK, I hate unions for the most part, but this is why they're sometimes necessary. 11 hours punching steel with no breaks? What the hell kind of third world shithole factory is this?
Posted by: bonhomme at January 21, 2026 12:17 PM (Yp6az)
++++
One in flagrant violation of federal labor law?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 12:19 PM (GyQIQ)

338 Welfare is an entitlement that you get just by existing. You have to pay in to qualify for SS. You don't just get it. Same with Medicare.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 21, 2026 11:57 AM (QGaXH)
==
You did not pay nearly enough for medicare to even suggest you've paid for it. No one has - it is an entitlement free and clear which the government pays well beyond any inputs received form taxpayers for the system specifically.

Posted by: Black JEM at January 21, 2026 12:21 PM (GZYu7)

339 >>>I have to take online sexual harassment training today.

Speak up early and tell them you don't sexually harass women online, you do it in person.

Then walk out.

Posted by: one hour sober at January 21, 2026 12:21 PM (Y1sOo)

340 TJM and Joe Mannix and others - thank you for good discussion on SS.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 21, 2026 12:22 PM (QGaXH)

341 I've always set things up like SocSec won't exist when I retire, and I know a fair number of other Gen X that are the same way.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 21, 2026 12:19 PM (2ocoG)

Same here.
If SS exists when I retire great, it’ll be a bonus. But it’s not part of my retirement planning.

Posted by: Really?? at January 21, 2026 12:22 PM (Ryx1w)

342 OK, I hate unions for the most part, but this is why they're sometimes necessary. 11 hours punching steel with no breaks?

You needed to press "2" for Spanish for the real government-subsidized job, where the employer didn't have to pay taxes or insurance or anything.

Posted by: t-bird at January 21, 2026 12:23 PM (BvTxf)

343 If disparate impact goes out the window due to constitutional reasons (majority minority districts are up for being eliminated), then Griggs v. Duke Power no longer forbids using company specific tests for hiring as used to be the case.

US overinvested in college educations for jobs that do not require it and shortchanged technical education at the same time because the elites don't want to pay for such. And Griggs v. Duke Power is what kicked all of this off.
==
Yes, Griggs created disparate impact. Was unnecessary to even add to the decision, a little known greatest hits of SCOTUS over reach in the 60's and 70's.

Posted by: Black JEM at January 21, 2026 12:24 PM (GZYu7)

344 Posted by: rickb223
====
The biggest fraud is SSI which is heavily used by immigrants bringing in parents, etc. And that is not charged to Social Security but paid for by general revenues.

There is some fraud in Social Security but overall it is better run than many other programs because it is fairly simple to who qualifies--work x quarters, be of X age, then benefits. The major fraud comes in when illegals work and submit someone else's SSN and that person ends up getting more benefits as a result. People also don't report deaths and keep getting checks from Gramps and Grandma after they pass on.

Disability is the one area where fraud is murky but we do know that a) the all or nothing tends to keep people collecting the checks rather than trying to work if younger, b) it is related to a loss of US jobs where older workers that worked disabled can no longer find a job and apply.

Medicare, however, has much more fraud primarily by providers and the tax rate is too low for what it is paying out and that has been the case for decades. Never got fixed. Essentially it is a welfare program relying on general revenues instead of its own payroll taxes to meet expenditures.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 12:24 PM (E4rtv)

345 One in flagrant violation of federal labor law?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 12:19 PM (GyQIQ)

I doubt it exist

Posted by: MAC V SOG at January 21, 2026 12:24 PM (P4Pk9)

346 wait, what? The beans on toast crowd have delicious breakfasts?

You're losing me LizLem.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at January 21, 2026 11:16 AM (wBaIH)

precisely what I was thinking. The sun never set on the British Empire because they were scouring the globe for better shit to eat than was available at home.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at January 21, 2026 12:25 PM (Hx0tZ)

347 There is no Trust Fund, only an IOU from Treasury that must be covered the usual way, general taxes or debt issuance.
——-

That is NOT true.

They are actually IOUs for …. IOUs. LOL

Social security T-Bills are “special” and not tradeable on the markets..

Posted by: Common Tater at January 21, 2026 12:25 PM (66/qG)

348 342 I wouldn't have necessarily needed lunch or rest breaks, but nobody can go 11 hours without a bathroom break, least of all that nasty-assed bitch.

Posted by: gp at January 21, 2026 12:26 PM (N8ZBc)

349 SS is like state retirement systems in Illinois. The recipients WILL be paid no matter what. If it bleeds people and businesses, too bad. I know people who get state retirement over there and they. get. paid, with a nice COLA raise every year. The way it is.

Posted by: tubal at January 21, 2026 12:01 PM (pDt9x)
==
Actually SS can be amended and tweaked. Illinois public employees pensions are enshrined in the State Constitution and must be paid out in full until such time as it is amended. A judge at some point will double the state income tax to pay for it. And that will be fun to watch, given that the state is essentially bankrupt and the pensions - like all public pensions - is woefully underfunded.

Posted by: Black JEM at January 21, 2026 12:27 PM (GZYu7)

350 I've always set things up like SocSec won't exist when I retire, and I know a fair number of other Gen X that are the same way.
Posted by: Ian S.
======
The biggest thing most younger generations never consider is disability and thus a really long period of not being able to work. It happens far more than people think as a result of car accidents, work on the job accidents, disease, or genetic issues.

If you have disability policies, really peruse the fine print and also consider whether you pay for them with after tax dollars (non taxable as of now to receive benefits) or tax deductibility of the payments (which means benefits are taxable). Be sure to closely peruse limitations, requirements, what is covered and not, and keep your medical records even from long ago to justify if you have to get those benefits. Also make sure you understand short term benefit policies.

If you do not have such, then get a disability policy. I think Weirddave as a cob can direct you to good companies.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 12:31 PM (E4rtv)

351
Up to 25 percent of U.S. colleges may close soon, Brandeis president warns
Posted by: SMOD at January 21, 2026 11:43 AM (RHGPo)

My alma mater is in serious financial trouble. They're cutting faculty and pay and no longer contributing to pension funds. If they lose their accreditation, it's likely curtains.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 21, 2026 12:32 PM (tgvbd)

352
Anglo-American full breakfast: We're building an empire.

Continental breakfast: We're taking August off.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 21, 2026 12:33 PM (tgvbd)

353 That is NOT true.

They are actually IOUs for …. IOUs. LOL

Social security T-Bills are “special” and not tradeable on the markets..
Posted by: Common Tater
=====
A non marketable security that is not publicly traded is essentially an IOU from one govt bureau to another. Because of Scotus decisions, if Treasury refused to pay, Soc. Sec. probably would not be able to sue. There is no property right to receive social security benefits, Scotus has decreed. That means Congress and the President dictate what gets paid regardless of past regulations (see the Notch baby lawsuits among others).

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 12:34 PM (E4rtv)

354 My alma mater is in serious financial trouble. They're cutting faculty and pay and no longer contributing to pension funds. If they lose their accreditation, it's likely curtains.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
======
Small private colleges are likely going to be the first to go, then state schools in unpopular areas and declining states like Illinois.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 12:35 PM (E4rtv)

355 The rest went poof. So Illinois courts are going to take a loss because when the money ain't there, the pensions are not going to be paid. And Pritzker is busy wrecking the Illinois economy for illegals and other wasteful spending in the process. Illinois and Chicago pension funds are 9 out of 15 of the least funded pension funds in the US. Average about 40 cents on the dollar. Illinois when you take all of the pension liabilities and aggregate them, has about 52 percent funding of its pension promises to state and local workers. 51st of all states plus DC.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 12:14 PM (E4rtv)
==
Well, as I noted elsewhere - the Illinois Constitution says they must be paid, and so they will be paid before everyone else, in full, until someone has the balls to change it. The first step will be a State Supreme Court Justice ordering a 50% increase in the state sales and income tax.

They will be paid first, because to not do so is unconstitutional in the state.

Posted by: Black JEM at January 21, 2026 12:46 PM (GZYu7)

356 I don't believe government can give money to a religious NGO & then ban prayer in school based on separation of church/state.

Posted by: Don DeVan at January 21, 2026 01:00 PM (6inc5)

357 It's funny how much of this cash ends up back in the pockets of the politicians that dispensed it. And by funny, I mean sad.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 21, 2026 01:08 PM (L6dcX)

358 1. I believe Joe Mannix is absolutely correct
2. I doubt the Congress will ever change the system because they and theirs are making bank through the current system

Posted by: Al in St. Louis at January 21, 2026 02:01 PM (pKne7)

359 "... get SSDI fraud under control..."
There WAS (past tense) a huge amount of fraud in SSDI. There has been very little fraud in that program for the last 15 years, and the pendulum has swung way too far in the other direction. Denial is almost automatic.
You hear about the prison-industrial complex, prisons, guards, prisoners, courts, baliffs judges, lawyers.
The backlash to.the rampant SSDI fraud has produced a similar ecosystem, with a huge number of administrative judges, clerks and assorted paper-pushers and lawyers who would be otherwise unemployed. This leviathan must be fed, and denial, denial, hearings and denial is its nourishment.
I have a relative. He was a skilled transport worker, not a machinist, but well above a loader or driver. He started having grand mal seizures at 52. That made him unemployable in his field. Within a year he was having 2 or 3 a day which made him unemployable, period. It took 8 years to finally get into a "real" court, where the judge stopped the proceedings after 45 min, awarded him back benefits for 3 years (as much as he could), and gave the SS lawyer hell for taking it this far.
Fraud is NOT rampant in SSDI today.

Posted by: buddhaha at January 21, 2026 03:39 PM (IMmiQ)

360 NGO,s like Greenpeace, and March for Our Lives trying to Brainwash kids with leftists Propaganda

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at January 21, 2026 04:24 PM (wGqjj)

Mid-Morning Art Thread

Still Life—Violin and Music
William Michael Harnett

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

Comments

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1 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at January 21, 2026 09:30 AM (FMAqD)

2 yow!

Posted by: cmeat at January 21, 2026 09:31 AM (R11M+)

3 rd!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 21, 2026 09:31 AM (bFu5X)

4 his luck is draining.

Posted by: cmeat at January 21, 2026 09:31 AM (R11M+)

5 Like most still lifes, it's boring.

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 09:31 AM (77rzZ)

6 Difference between a violin and a fiddle leaf?

Violin has four string and a skinny neck.

Fiddle has four strangs and a redneck.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 21, 2026 09:31 AM (FMAqD)

7 Nice.

Posted by: huerfano at January 21, 2026 09:31 AM (98kQX)

8 If yer gonna play in Texas,
ya gotta have a fiddle in the band.

Posted by: Count de Monet's Remote Location at January 21, 2026 09:32 AM (q2NNn)

9 Wanted to make sure the kid got into the Ivy League.

And you're not getting in if you can't play the violin.

Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 09:32 AM (uEmCf)

10 Siri, you drunk bitch. Where did you come up with leaf after fiddle?

Posted by: rickb223 at January 21, 2026 09:33 AM (FMAqD)

11 It's missing boobs.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at January 21, 2026 09:33 AM (36PRH)

12 I will admit, regretfully, that the painting of the sheet music is impressive.

Seems like the artist could have demonstrated technical prowess using a subject with a bit more interest, though.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 21, 2026 09:33 AM (ExV1e)

13
I played the horseshoe in band!

I was first chair.

...

...

Thing is no one ever yelled, "Needs more horseshoe!"

Lucky cowbelling bastards....

*grumbles*

*kicks rock*

Posted by: naturalfake at January 21, 2026 09:34 AM (iJfKG)

14 Not sure why anyone would hang a violin and a piccolo on a door like that, but I do like the attention to detail in the twine and the wood grain of the violin.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 21, 2026 09:34 AM (bFu5X)

15 There is a piccolo in the picture. This will likely excite garrett.

Posted by: pudinhead at January 21, 2026 09:34 AM (pLaQB)

16 No sax.
Would not hang!

Posted by: Lizzy at January 21, 2026 09:35 AM (LlV+5)

17 everything is a bottle opener.

Posted by: cmeat at January 21, 2026 09:35 AM (R11M+)

18 National Gallery of Art-

The painting explores the theme of time's passage. Harnett illustrates this through the signs of wear on the violin and the sheet music, suggesting a connection between the past and the present. The choice of objects reflects a nostalgia for earlier times.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 21, 2026 09:35 AM (NpAcC)

19 Thing is no one ever yelled, "Needs more horseshoe!"

The King did but it was too late. The shoe was lost for want of a nail and the kingdom with it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 21, 2026 09:35 AM (ExV1e)

20 Too much violins, wouldn't hang it is the living room!

Posted by: Lizzy at January 21, 2026 09:35 AM (LlV+5)

21 I'm gonna play The Devil Went Down to Minnesota on that fiddle.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 21, 2026 09:36 AM (L/fGl)

22 There is a piccolo in the picture. This will likely excite garrett.
Posted by: pudinhead

I didn't see Jenny.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 21, 2026 09:36 AM (FMAqD)

23 The upside down horseshoe is a mistake

all the luck runs out

Posted by: Don Black at January 21, 2026 09:36 AM (ZxPkt)

24 No sax.
Would not hang!
Posted by: Lizzy at January 21, 2026 09:35 AM

Sax and violins wouldn't be appropriate for the Art Thread.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 21, 2026 09:36 AM (bFu5X)

25 Today, for your perusal, we present a magazine illustration.

Technically very good, I mean, look at the lines, the consistency of light and shadow, it could just about be a photograph, yet, it just doesn't reach on an emotional level.

Not something I would spend too much time standing in front of at a gallery. Would not hang.

Posted by: tankdemon at January 21, 2026 09:36 AM (Hd1lH)

26 needs a little bag of dried peas with a bullseye on it.

Posted by: cmeat at January 21, 2026 09:36 AM (R11M+)

27 And-

This composition is notable for its intricate details and the use of trompe l'oeil techniques, which create an illusion of depth and realism.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 21, 2026 09:36 AM (NpAcC)

28 There is a piccolo in the picture. This will likely excite garrett.
Posted by: pudinhead at January 21, 2026 09:34 AM (pLaQB)

He's a Brian's Song fanboi?

Posted by: Count de Monet's Remote Location at January 21, 2026 09:36 AM (q2NNn)

29 Needs a sax. Then we'd have sax and violins.

Posted by: Great way to start the day at January 21, 2026 09:36 AM (TbWk/)

30 His teacher thought the artist had promising talent, then realized it was only a flute.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 21, 2026 09:37 AM (LlV+5)

31 OK, we've got the violins, now where's the sex?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 21, 2026 09:37 AM (L/fGl)

32 Fiddle dee, fiddle dom. I smell the blood of an English man.

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 21, 2026 09:38 AM (EyfuW)

33 Not sure why anyone would hang a violin and a piccolo on a door...

If you try to hang me...I will seriously kick your ass from here to Planet Namek!!!

Posted by: Piccolo at January 21, 2026 09:38 AM (iJfKG)

34 So what's the difference between a piccolo and a fife?

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 09:38 AM (77rzZ)

35 Fiddle dee dee.
-- Scarlett O'Hara

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 09:39 AM (77rzZ)

36 34 fife is marching soldier only.

Posted by: cmeat at January 21, 2026 09:39 AM (R11M+)

37 Still Inorganic Matter?

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 21, 2026 09:39 AM (5wYWY)

38 Odd collection of things.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 21, 2026 09:39 AM (U2OZr)

39 33 Not sure why anyone would hang a violin and a piccolo on a door...

If you try to hang me...I will seriously kick your ass from here to Planet Namek!!!

Posted by: Piccolo at January 21, 2026 09:38 AM (iJfKG)

His power level must be over 9000! *breaks scope*

Posted by: Vegeta at January 21, 2026 09:39 AM (TbWk/)

40 So what's the difference between a piccolo and a fife?
Posted by: Bulg

Piccolos can have more than one bullet.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 21, 2026 09:40 AM (L/fGl)

41 There sonata much going on in the painting, huh?

Posted by: Lizzy at January 21, 2026 09:40 AM (LlV+5)

42 Nothing I hate worse than a still life. I'd take Ottoman Fattie over this. What a jumble of crap.

Posted by: Art For the (M)asses at January 21, 2026 09:40 AM (oftw2)

43 >>>So what's the difference between a piccolo and a fife?

One played for the Chicago Bears and died prematurely.

The other is a bumbling deputy sheriff in Mayberry.

Posted by: one hour sober at January 21, 2026 09:40 AM (Y1sOo)

44 OK, we've got the violins, now where's the sex?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Downstairs, in the cellor.

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 09:40 AM (77rzZ)

45 > 36 34 fife is marching soldier only.
Posted by: cmeat at January 21, 2026 09:39 AM (R11M+)

Sorry, you have me confused with someone else.

I was 4F.

Posted by: Barney Fife at January 21, 2026 09:40 AM (IG3/x)

46 34 So what's the difference between a piccolo and a fife?
Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 09:38 AM (77rzZ)

There's a Barney Fife but no Barney Piccolo?

Posted by: Nip it in the bud! at January 21, 2026 09:40 AM (TbWk/)

47 36 34 fife is marching soldier only.
Posted by: cmeat at January 21, 2026 09:39 AM (R11M+)

This is a Smart Military Blog.

Shouldn't EVERYTHING be about soldiers?

Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 09:40 AM (uEmCf)

48 ilhan loves a good straddlevarious.
"i slept with a brazilian!"
aoc, "omg, how many is that?"

Posted by: cmeat at January 21, 2026 09:40 AM (R11M+)

49 OK, off to walk the dog.
There's a flasher, apparently, so wish me luck*!!

*That I don't see him.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 21, 2026 09:41 AM (LlV+5)

50 Needs a concertina.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 21, 2026 09:41 AM (X4XpB)

51 It reminds me of a shadow box.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 21, 2026 09:41 AM (NpAcC)

52 > One played for the Chicago Bears and died prematurely.
Posted by: one hour sober at January 21, 2026 09:40 AM (Y1sOo)

Also Joanie Cunningham's slutty friend.

Posted by: Barney Fife at January 21, 2026 09:41 AM (IG3/x)

53 Doesn't seem like it'd be a good idea to expose your junk to a dog.

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 09:42 AM (77rzZ)

54 13 I played the horseshoe in band!

I was first chair.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 21, 2026 09:34 AM (iJfKG)

Our band didn't have horseshoes, just two coconut halves we banged together. Don't ask how we got the coconut, that story is hard to swallow.

Posted by: tankdemon at January 21, 2026 09:42 AM (Hd1lH)

55 50 and an ocarina.

Posted by: cmeat at January 21, 2026 09:42 AM (R11M+)

56 I remember St. Kevin. He brought yo-yos to the poor kids of Acre.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 21, 2026 09:43 AM (JkO4W)

57 55 50 and an ocarina.
Posted by: cmeat at January 21, 2026 09:42 AM (R11M+)

There's always time for an ocarina.

Posted by: A link to wind instruments at January 21, 2026 09:43 AM (TbWk/)

58 and an ocarina.
Posted by: cmeat

Yeah, let's make gumbo!

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 09:44 AM (77rzZ)

59 Kamala-" So when you think about it, there is great significance to the passage of time"

Posted by: redridinghood at January 21, 2026 09:44 AM (NpAcC)

60 Hartnett had great skill (that sheet music looks like a photograph) but sadly concentrated on boring still lives.

Obviously, Harnett was a fan of The Blade, so that gets him some extra points:

https://tinyurl.com/3bru5ea4

Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 21, 2026 09:44 AM (iozMe)

61 My brother cried at the end of Brian's Song.

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 09:45 AM (77rzZ)

62 You probably didn't even know it, but I'm a fiddle player too

Posted by: Satan at January 21, 2026 09:45 AM (+HNx/)

63 So what's the difference between a piccolo and a fife?
Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 09:38 AM (77rzZ)

Duncan Piccolo never made any fine furniture?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 21, 2026 09:45 AM (8zz6B)

64 Why is there a bottle opener hanging on a hook?

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 21, 2026 09:46 AM (0N4FZ)

65 It's easier to play a piccolo than a pickleloaf.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 21, 2026 09:46 AM (IG3/x)

66 This seemed very 19th century to me, so I had to look the artist up. It is.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 21, 2026 09:47 AM (ufSfZ)

67 My brother cried at the end of Brian's Song.
Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 09:45 AM (77rzZ)
-----------
I remember talking about it the day after it aired. One guy said, "My Dad was goin' fruits. I had to turn the TV off!"

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 21, 2026 09:47 AM (X4XpB)

68 61 nowtell us about ali macgraw.

Posted by: cmeat at January 21, 2026 09:47 AM (R11M+)

69 Got a "country fiddle" vibe to it, with that horseshoe up there.

"If you want to play in Texas
You gotta have a fiddle in the band --"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 21, 2026 09:47 AM (wzUl9)

70 All the metal is rusty. The frame is plain, boring. This composition has no reason to exist, other than pissing off us normies. No wonder our host posted this. He likes to jerk our chain. But that is part of his charm and we love him for it.

Posted by: Arts and Farces. at January 21, 2026 09:47 AM (oftw2)

71 Does anyone really strive to play the viola? I know people are passionate about the violin, or the cello, but the viola? It's the redhead stepchild of the string section.

Posted by: Josephistan at January 21, 2026 09:47 AM (y9ksN)

72 Alternate title:

This is Not a Violin

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 21, 2026 09:48 AM (RIvkX)

73 And I see Count de Monet beat me to it, way back at no. 8!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 21, 2026 09:48 AM (wzUl9)

74 A piccolo has keys. A fife does not.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 21, 2026 09:48 AM (X4XpB)

75 I'm gonna play The Devil Went Down to Minnesota on that fiddle.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 21, 2026 09:36 AM (L/fGl)

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

This might work well on the fiddle:

"Jesus just left Chicago and he's bound for New St. Paul."

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 21, 2026 09:48 AM (bH6aI)

76 You can piccolo, you can pick your nose, but you can't pick a fife.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 21, 2026 09:48 AM (L/fGl)

77 Ceci N'est Pas Une Violon.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 21, 2026 09:48 AM (X4XpB)

78 Pick?

Oh!

Low.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 21, 2026 09:49 AM (wzUl9)

79 What’s the difference between a fiddle and violin?

The violin ain’t had beer spilled on it yet

Posted by: Common Tater at January 21, 2026 09:49 AM (UTyB6)

80 I like. Could go in The Man Cave...

...if there was room.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 21, 2026 09:49 AM (DgMqy)

81 What's the joke about someone bringing a viola case into a bank?

Posted by: dantesed at January 21, 2026 09:49 AM (Oy/m2)

82 The instruments were angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at January 21, 2026 09:49 AM (2Ez/1)

83 There it is. I've been looking for that thing.

Posted by: Mr Ed at January 21, 2026 09:49 AM (Q+gd/)

84 Fun picture. After the game of horseshoes there was beer drinking and music

Posted by: Ben Had at January 21, 2026 09:50 AM (0KSrI)

85 It's easier to play a piccolo than a pickleloaf.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

I noticed yesterday that there's a pickleball place less than a mile from my house.

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 09:50 AM (77rzZ)

86 And-

This composition is notable for its intricate details and the use of trompe l'oeil techniques, which create an illusion of depth and realism.
Posted by: redridinghood at January 21, 2026

***
"Fool the eye"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 21, 2026 09:50 AM (wzUl9)

87 Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 21, 2026 09:48 AM (X4XpB)

===
You must pay me!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 21, 2026 09:50 AM (RIvkX)

88 What's the joke about someone bringing a viola case into a bank?
Posted by: dantesed at January 21, 2026 09:49 AM (Oy/m2)
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Dunno, but there are lots of viola jokes.

The viola is the banjo of the orchestra.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 21, 2026 09:50 AM (X4XpB)

89 "Still Life, Confessions of a Bootlegger"

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 21, 2026 09:51 AM (8zz6B)

90 Does anyone really strive to play the viola? I know people are passionate about the violin, or the cello, but the viola? It's the redhead stepchild of the string section.
Posted by: Josephistan

If it has a stand up bass in it, it's good.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 21, 2026 09:51 AM (L/fGl)

91 Needs some cakes on the griddle.

Posted by: J. Denver at January 21, 2026 09:51 AM (+HNx/)

92 It aint golden, though

Posted by: Johnny - from Georgia at January 21, 2026 09:51 AM (3r1VB)

93 You must pay me!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 21, 2026 09:50 AM (RIvkX)
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Cha-ching!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 21, 2026 09:51 AM (X4XpB)

94 And I see Count de Monet beat me to it, way back at no. 8!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 21, 2026 09:48 AM (wzUl9)

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Premature interlocutor?

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 21, 2026 09:51 AM (bH6aI)

95 So what's the difference between a piccolo and a fife?
Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 09:38 AM

Fifes don't have valves.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 21, 2026 09:51 AM (bFu5X)

96 Premature interlocutor?
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 21, 2026 09:51 AM (bH6aI)
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Hey, it can happen to anybody.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 21, 2026 09:52 AM (X4XpB)

97 Premature interlocutor?
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 21, 2026 09:51 AM

We don't like those.

Posted by: SCOTUS at January 21, 2026 09:52 AM (bFu5X)

98 know people are passionate about the violin, or the cello, but the viola? It's the redhead stepchild of the string section.
Posted by: Josephistan

The cello is the king of string instruments.

Dvorak's cello concerto is sublime.

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 09:52 AM (77rzZ)

99 How long does it take to tune a 12 string guitar?
Nobody knows

How can you tell when a Banjo is in tune?
By the sound it makes when you throw it in the dimpster

Posted by: Common Tater at January 21, 2026 09:52 AM (UTyB6)

100 And just like that the markets are turned around.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 21, 2026 09:53 AM (RIvkX)

101 86 if it was trompe l'oeil the violins female hourglass form would appear to be a nekkid gal.

Posted by: cmeat at January 21, 2026 09:53 AM (R11M+)

102 Fifes don't have valves.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

So don't put Valvoline in it?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 21, 2026 09:53 AM (mlg/3)

103 Needs a concertina.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 21, 2026 09:41 AM

Not that you're biased, or anything.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 21, 2026 09:53 AM (bFu5X)

104 Was the theme for "Brian's Song" played on a piccolo?

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 21, 2026 09:53 AM (bH6aI)

105 71 Does anyone really strive to play the viola? I know people are passionate about the violin, or the cello, but the viola? It's the redhead stepchild of the string section.
Posted by: Josephistan at January 21, 2026 09:47 AM (y9ksN)

At least violation is in the orchestra.

Posted by: Ukelele at January 21, 2026 09:53 AM (Hd1lH)

106 I noticed yesterday that there's a pickleball place less than a mile from my house.
Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 09:50 AM (77rzZ)

I expect a scouting report from you!

Posted by: Doof at January 21, 2026 09:53 AM (3r1VB)

107 > 50 Needs a concertina.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 21, 2026 09:41 AM (X4XpB)

Could use concertina wire to hang it up.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 21, 2026 09:54 AM (IG3/x)

108 The cello is the king of string instruments.

Dvorak's cello concerto is sublime.
Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 09:52 AM (77rzZ)
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Now play it like a guitar!

Posted by: Luigi Boccherini at January 21, 2026 09:54 AM (X4XpB)

109 OK, off to walk the dog.
There's a flasher, apparently, so wish me luck*!!

*That I don't see him.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 21, 2026

***
If you do, just point and laugh. It's the shock and outrage on the victim's face that gives those guys their charge.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 21, 2026 09:54 AM (wzUl9)

110 Ah, I see now. That gadget above the fife is the hasp for the cupboard door. A locked cupboard, where the farmer stores his guns. Bet you there there's a nice Colt Peacemaker in there.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 21, 2026 09:54 AM (8zz6B)

111
Well, I got me a fine wife, I got me old fiddle.
When the sun's coming up, I got cakes on the griddle.
And life ain't nothing but a funny, funny riddle, thank God I'm a country boy.

Posted by: Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. at January 21, 2026 09:54 AM (2Ez/1)

112 I expect a scouting report from you!
Posted by: Doof

My wife has expressed an interest in learning pickleball.

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 09:54 AM (77rzZ)

113 >91 Needs some cakes on the griddle.
Posted by: J. Denver at January 21, 2026 09:51 AM (+HNx/)

Life ain't nothin' but a funny funny riddle.

Posted by: John Deutschendorf at January 21, 2026 09:55 AM (GTqXr)

114 Instead of valves, I have a bullet in my shirt pocket.

Posted by: Deputy Fife at January 21, 2026 09:55 AM (q2NNn)

115 106 I noticed yesterday that there's a pickleball place less than a mile from my house.
Posted by: Bulg
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Wear hearing protection as pickleball courts get noise complaints.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 09:55 AM (E4rtv)

116 Premature interlocutor?

I was in the pool.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 21, 2026 09:56 AM (Kt19C)

117 My wife has expressed an interest in learning pickleball.
Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 09:54 AM (77rzZ)

If only you knew a certified instructor

Posted by: Doof at January 21, 2026 09:56 AM (3r1VB)

118 @106 I saw a picture of Andre Agassi playing pickleball. What a sellout!

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at January 21, 2026 09:56 AM (36PRH)

119 A bit of a motley assortment.

I wonder who plays the horseshoe.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 09:56 AM (GyQIQ)

120 My idiot friend back east is so excited about his new Joola pickleball racquet he had to text us pictures.

So we verbally brutalized him.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 21, 2026 09:56 AM (RIvkX)

121 So, past #100, yes?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 21, 2026 09:56 AM (mlg/3)

122 Ah, I see now. That gadget above the fife is the hasp for the cupboard door. A locked cupboard, where the farmer stores his guns. Bet you there there's a nice Colt Peacemaker in there.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 21, 2026 09:54 AM (8zz6B)

You know who has more guns than farmers?

Farmer's Mums, that's who.

Posted by: Hot Fuzz at January 21, 2026 09:56 AM (q2NNn)

123 What I learned today. Chess is haram.

https://is.gd/762Qd8

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 21, 2026 09:57 AM (L/fGl)

124 Well, I got me a poodle and I got me a fiddle
But I can't play the fiddle 'cause I'm fat around the middle
So now I let the poodle go piddle on the fiddle
Thank God I'm a millionaire!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 21, 2026 09:57 AM (X4XpB)

125 A locked cupboard, where the farmer stores his porn.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 21, 2026 09:57 AM (Kt19C)

126 If you do, just point and laugh. It's the shock and outrage on the victim's face that gives those guys their charge.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 21, 2026 09:54 AM (wzUl9)

"Ha ha! That looks like a dick, only smaller."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 21, 2026 09:57 AM (8zz6B)

127 must have been a nero escape.

Posted by: cmeat at January 21, 2026 09:58 AM (R11M+)

128 Laughs in Appalachian:

@SenGillibrand
Ok, run the simulation for us yourself.

I challenge Secretary Rollins to eat three meals a day on 15 dollars.

Show the American people.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 21, 2026 09:58 AM (mlg/3)

129 Neat padlock. Where's the key?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 21, 2026 09:58 AM (2Ez/1)

130 105 At least violation is in the orchestra.
Posted by: Ukelele at January 21, 2026 09:53 AM (Hd1lH)

Dear Autocorrect,

Kindly f off.

Sincerely,

Ukelele

Posted by: Ukelele at January 21, 2026 09:58 AM (Hd1lH)

131 My idiot friend back east is so excited about his new Joola pickleball racquet he had to text us pictures.

So we verbally brutalized him.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 21, 2026 09:56 AM (RIvkX)

Paddle. Not racquet.

And Selkirk >> Joola.

Posted by: Doof at January 21, 2026 09:58 AM (3r1VB)

132 Ole Bull, famous Norwegian violinist, came to USA and tried to establish a Norwegian-American colony in PA. He bought over 11,000 acres and offered it to immigrants. It was not successful, as by the time immigrants arrived and realized they would have to clear the forested, rocky soil, the US government was offering more fertile, flat, better farmland out west. He went back to fiddlin'.

Posted by: Ole-ana at January 21, 2026 09:59 AM (oftw2)

133 129 it's open.

Posted by: cmeat at January 21, 2026 09:59 AM (R11M+)

134 A locked cupboard, where the farmer stores his porn.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 21, 2026 09:57 AM

JC Penny bra ads. That's all we had and were damn glad to have it! Lawn, off it!

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 21, 2026 10:01 AM (4p0Xq)

135 I challenge Secretary Rollins to eat three meals a day on 15 dollars.
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?

What world does she live in? I do that pretty much every day. It ain't hard.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 21, 2026 10:01 AM (X4XpB)

136 heinie hiders bathroom stall.

Posted by: cmeat at January 21, 2026 10:01 AM (R11M+)

137 134 and prell commercials.

Posted by: cmeat at January 21, 2026 10:02 AM (R11M+)

138 Hey! No math!

JD Vance Announces Second Couple Is Expecting Fourth Child

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 21, 2026 10:02 AM (L/fGl)

139 It's cute, but can you really breathe through that thing?

Posted by: Just the punchline at January 21, 2026 10:02 AM (2Ez/1)

140 Hey! No math!

JD Vance Announces Second Couple Is Expecting Fourth Child
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 21, 2026 10:02 AM (L/fGl)
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Wow, that's, like, sixteen kids!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 21, 2026 10:03 AM (X4XpB)

141 "JC Penny bra ads. That's all we had and were damn glad to have it!"

You know about the cup sizes?

Posted by: Frank Costanza at January 21, 2026 10:04 AM (2Ez/1)

142 See the violin inherent in the system!

Hmm. Doesn't really work...

Posted by: man at January 21, 2026 10:04 AM (XuXeR)

143 Bwahahahahahahaha! No, wait!
Bwahahahahahaha!

Tensions boiled over in St. Paul as anti-ICE activists blocking operations got blasted with a water gun by a passing driver.

It was 9 degrees outside.

Minnesotans are clearly DONE with leftists trying to stop the deportation of violent criminals.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 21, 2026 10:04 AM (FMAqD)

144 Needs some cakes on the griddle.
Posted by: J. Denver at January 21, 2026 09:51 AM (+HNx/)

Life ain't nothin' but a funny funny riddle.
Posted by: John Deutschendorf at January 21, 2026 09:55 AM (GTqXr)

And then you crash your plane into the ocean.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 21, 2026 10:04 AM (ExV1e)

145 three meals a day on 15 dollars"

I use plates, but hey...

Posted by: man at January 21, 2026 10:05 AM (XuXeR)

146 Today, for your perusal, we present a magazine illustration.

The incongruity and the 3d nature did in fact remind me heavily of the art in Omni Magazine back in the day.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 21, 2026 10:05 AM (CSK7p)

147 Late to the party but I like this twist on still life composition. Technically excellent.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 21, 2026 10:05 AM (KDPiq)

148 Robbery with Violins:

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=RD_pTHhb9ng

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 21, 2026 10:05 AM (X4XpB)

149 I wouldn't pay a nickle for that old fiddle unless the provenance showed it was played by someone talented an famous like Jack Benny or Larry Fine.

Posted by: Chauncey's Pawn And Gun at January 21, 2026 10:06 AM (oftw2)

150

Million to one shot, Doc!

Posted by: Peter Bootygig at January 21, 2026 10:07 AM (ieou3)

151 How long does it take to tune a 12 string guitar?
Nobody knows
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Eric Johnson asserts that a guitar is never really in tune, and that its fighting its way out of tune from the moment you decide you're happy with where its at.

Posted by: Crusader at January 21, 2026 10:07 AM (TN0g+)

152 Math is haram!

U.S. Is Hurtling Toward Record $39 Trillion Debt

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 21, 2026 10:07 AM (L/fGl)

153 Tensions boiled over in St. Paul as anti-ICE activists blocking operations got blasted with a water gun by a passing driver.

It was 9 degrees outside.

Minnesotans are clearly DONE with leftists trying to stop the deportation of violent criminals.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 21, 2026 10:04 AM (FMAqD)

Set up a catapult a block away, and pelt the bastards with water balloons. Have a spotter call the shots. "A little short, and to the right."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 21, 2026 10:08 AM (8zz6B)

154 Needs some cakes on the griddle.
Posted by: J. Denver at January 21, 2026 09:51 AM (+HNx/)

Life ain't nothin' but a funny funny riddle.
Posted by: John Deutschendorf at January 21, 2026 09:55 AM (GTqXr)

And then you crash your plane into the ocean.
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Great musician, lousy pilot.

Posted by: Crusader at January 21, 2026 10:08 AM (TN0g+)

155 >Minnesotans are clearly DONE with leftists trying to stop the deportation of violent criminals.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 21, 2026 10:04 AM (FMAqD)

A Super Soaker™ would go a long way to dissuade these assholes.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 21, 2026 10:08 AM (GTqXr)

156 And Selkirk >> Joola.
Posted by: Doof at January 21, 2026 09:58 AM (3r1VB)

Harrumpf.

Posted by: The other 469 paddle brands available on Pickleball Central at January 21, 2026 10:08 AM (Eq8W+)

157 That horseshoe hanging there means some poor horse is walking around in his socks.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 21, 2026 10:08 AM (2Ez/1)

158 Today is Squirrel Appreciation Day. So if you see a filthy little tree rat, appreciate it, dammit!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 21, 2026 10:09 AM (X4XpB)

159 Still Life—Violin and Music, 1887
William Michael Harnett (1848-1892)
Medium Oil on canvas

Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts -
William Michael Harnett

Harnett first studied art at the Pennsylvania Academy and later at Cooper Union and the National Academy of Design. Too poor to afford live models, Harnett turned to still-life painting, becoming one of the leading 'trompe l'oeil' painters in America. Between 1880 and 1886 Harnett also studied in Munich and later in Paris. When he returned to America he settled in New York City, where he resided until his premature death at the age of forty-four. This still life is characteristic of his later work in the tightness of its execution and rather luxurious collection of tabletop objects. He acquired many of these props while in Europe, and upon his return to America, used them constantly. The sheet music and violin reflect Harnett's interest in music, ...
suggest the contemporary fascination with the past and its comforting values.

His illusionism was so convincing that Harnett was arrested in 1886 on a counterfeiting charge after exhibiting one of his paintings of a five-dollar bill.

Like the painting but would likely pass hanging.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 21, 2026 10:09 AM (NFX2v)

160 So if you see a filthy little tree rat, appreciate it, dammit!"

Sure.

.22 or. 410?

Posted by: man at January 21, 2026 10:09 AM (XuXeR)

161 Needs some cakes on the griddle.
Posted by: J. Denver

I read that as cakes on a urinal and thought it was an ode to Aggies.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 21, 2026 10:09 AM (FMAqD)

162 .22 or. 410?
Posted by: man at January 21, 2026 10:09 AM (XuXeR)
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Eh. I'm not choosy.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 21, 2026 10:10 AM (X4XpB)

163 Yahoo mail is down again.

Posted by: one hour sober at January 21, 2026 10:11 AM (Y1sOo)

164 Today is Squirrel Appreciation Day. So if you see a filthy little tree rat, appreciate it, dammit!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 21, 2026 10:09 AM (X4XpB)
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I'd prefer to make its price increase.

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 10:12 AM (Q4cxx)

165 Squirrels have turned a part of my lot into the no man's land at Verdun.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 21, 2026 10:12 AM (jc0TO)

166 Eh. I'm not choosy"

Ok. Suppressed .22 it is. They'll never know what hit 'em....

As if they would anyway.

Posted by: man at January 21, 2026 10:12 AM (XuXeR)

167 Well, you get down the fiddle and you get down the bow
Kick off your shoes and you throw 'em on the floor
Dance in the kitchen 'til the mornin' light
Louisiana Saturday night

Posted by: Mel McDaniel at January 21, 2026 10:12 AM (q2NNn)

168 Yahoo mail is down again.
Posted by: one hour sober

They should probably stop using a bucket of gum for servers.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 21, 2026 10:13 AM (mlg/3)

169 @PollTracker2024
Georgia State Senate 18 (Trump +21.1)

✅🟦Brown 37.6% (advances to possible runoff)
🟥Wilson 21.4%
🟥Daniel 20.5%
🟥McNeel 17.6%
🟥Warnock 1.5%
🟥Allison 1.5%

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So, all told, the GOP candidates outperformed Trump's 2024 result by double digits.

The GOP voters came out in a special election at a higher propensity than Democrat voters.

Will people use this as evidence that the GOP is engaged? Or will they not even realize it's happening and act like the GOP voters simply don't turn out ever?

(also...special elections are not predictive of general elections...I'm just pointing out the selective application of narrative dooming.)

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 10:13 AM (GBKbO)

170
You know why they have horseshoes but not cowshoes?

Because they lactose.

Posted by: I'll let myself out at January 21, 2026 10:13 AM (2Ez/1)

171 My buddy has to fly to Minneapolis today for work, flying into protests and flying back into an ice storm.

Things like this make me so glad I retired early.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 21, 2026 10:13 AM (KDPiq)

172 Squirrels have turned a part of my lot into the no man's land at Verdun.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 21, 2026 10:12 AM (jc0TO)
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Squirrels with artillery and poison gas is a frightening thought.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 21, 2026 10:13 AM (X4XpB)

173 John Denver’s plane reserve fuel switch had been modified and he was not familiar with it, he spent his last moments trying to get to it, (behind the seat apparently) and fly the plane after the engine flamed out. That’s not optimal

Posted by: Common Tater at January 21, 2026 10:13 AM (UTyB6)

174 cakes on a urinal and thought it was an ode to Aggies"

Ok, that's funny right there

Posted by: man at January 21, 2026 10:13 AM (XuXeR)

175 Skillfully executed, evokes a sense of order and calm. Would definitely hand.

Years ago I used strap hinges much like those and an old padlock exactly like that on a wooden chest I built patterned after furniture in the governor's residence in late 1800s Santa Fe, NM. Very cool.

Posted by: muldoon at January 21, 2026 10:14 AM (qgHp7)

176 Tensions boiled over in St. Paul as anti-ICE activists blocking operations got blasted with a water gun by a passing driver.

It was 9 degrees outside.

Minnesotans are clearly DONE with leftists trying to stop the deportation of violent criminals.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 21, 2026 10:04 AM

It's going to be minus 25 without windchill on Friday. Time for a wet t-shirt contest.

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 21, 2026 10:14 AM (4p0Xq)

177 Posted by: I'll let myself out "

Please do

Posted by: man at January 21, 2026 10:15 AM (XuXeR)

178 Excellent detail on that piece. I like it.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at January 21, 2026 10:15 AM (PSEDc)

179 I love squirrels
Pan fried with biscuits and gravy.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 21, 2026 10:15 AM (0KSrI)

180 I built patterned after furniture in the governor's residence in late 1800s "

Dang. And I thought I was old...

Posted by: man at January 21, 2026 10:16 AM (XuXeR)

181 Needs more cowbell.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 21, 2026 10:16 AM (ESVrU)

182 Yahoo mail is down again
I’m one hour sober.

If I don’t get an email soon
My temperance will be over.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 21, 2026 10:16 AM (CSK7p)

183 Tensions boiled over in St. Paul as anti-ICE activists blocking operations got blasted with a water gun by a passing driver.

-
In a prior life time, for a short while, I was an elementary school teacher in a rural ranch community. The kids, well, the boys anyway, would bring cattle artificial insemination syringes to use as water guns. They didn't just shoot a trickle like regular guns but a deluge that would float Noah's arc.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 21, 2026 10:16 AM (L/fGl)

184 Squirrels have turned a part of my lot into the no man's land at Verdun.
Posted by: toby928

Yeah, those little bastards. It's hard enough for me to grow grass in my yard without their tearing it up.

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 10:17 AM (77rzZ)

185 Virginia is proposing to tax people 3.8% a year on collected assets for assets over .5 million.

For affordability. That's a possible $1,900/year for people who saved for retirement.

Affordability, Now!!

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 10:17 AM (Q4cxx)

186 with biscuits and gravy"

Really cut back on carbs, but a good biscuit would be...

Posted by: man at January 21, 2026 10:17 AM (XuXeR)

187 Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 10:17 AM (Q4cxx)

Is that a half million or 5 million?

Do they count property?

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 21, 2026 10:19 AM (KDPiq)

188 If you corner the market on squirrels, squirrels will appreciate.

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 10:19 AM (Q4cxx)

189 Very realistic painting. Too bad he couldn't afford a comely model w/boobs.

Posted by: Gofundme Wasn't Around. at January 21, 2026 10:19 AM (oftw2)

190 Doesn't seem like it'd be a good idea to expose your junk to a dog.
Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 09:42 AM (77rzZ)

Pit bulls don't let go.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 21, 2026 10:20 AM (g8Ew8)

191 Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 10:17 AM (Q4cxx)

Is that a half million or 5 million?

Do they count property?
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 21, 2026 10:19 AM (KDPiq)
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Yes. So if you own a home straight-out, $200k is reasonable, so your retirement accumulation has to be less than 300k, or the Democrats will bleed you for affordability.

Does anyone notice that it seems that Democrats don't know what any words mean?

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 10:21 AM (Q4cxx)

192 Took a ride with a guy in a little Cessna who checked the fuel supply before takeoff by sticking a yardstick in the fuel tank. His comment was “ we oughtta be okay”.

Posted by: tubal at January 21, 2026 10:21 AM (pDt9x)

193 Virginia is proposing to tax people 3.8% a year on collected assets for assets over .5 million.

I wonder if that would exempt 410k, cause otherwise that would be hilarious.

That's a possible $1,900/year for people who saved for retirement.

I know math is forbidden but... that's at least $1,900/year for people who saved for retirement, or people who own property, or people who don't constantly spend themselves into debt.

Remember: Money == freedom. Freedom is haram.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 21, 2026 10:21 AM (ExV1e)

194 What I learned today. Chess is haram.

https://is.gd/762Qd8

That's weirdly specific even for Islam. Anyone know the Koran backstory there?

Posted by: Ian S. at January 21, 2026 10:21 AM (2ocoG)

195 hey donna, the stock market doom gloomer, how is the market starting off today ?

Posted by: alpine_beer at January 21, 2026 10:21 AM (van9r)

196 The kids, well, the boys anyway, would bring cattle artificial insemination syringes to use as water guns. They didn't just shoot a trickle like regular guns but a deluge that would float Noah's arc.

Where was this? Just asking for a friend. . .

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at January 21, 2026 10:21 AM (ufSfZ)

197 If you corner the market on squirrels, squirrels will appreciate.

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 10:19 AM (Q4cxx)

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A scurry of squirrels in a hurry.

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 21, 2026 10:22 AM (9hqgY)

198 194 What I learned today. Chess is haram.

https://is.gd/762Qd8

That's weirdly specific even for Islam. Anyone know the Koran backstory there?
Posted by: Ian S. at January 21, 2026 10:21 AM (2ocoG)

Mo preferred dominoes.

Posted by: tubal at January 21, 2026 10:22 AM (pDt9x)

199 A squirrel bit my sister once.

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 10:22 AM (Q4cxx)

200 I had a next-door neighbor who used to get a kick out of leaving Ritz crackers and Snickers bars in his backyard and watching the squirrels and birds fight over them.

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 10:22 AM (77rzZ)

201 John Denver’s plane reserve fuel switch had been modified and he was not familiar with it, he spent his last moments trying to get to it, (behind the seat apparently) and fly the plane after the engine flamed out. That’s not optimal

Posted by: Common Tater at January 21, 2026 10:13 AM (UTyB6)

It appears he panicked in his effort to find the fuel valve, and forgot to fly the airplane. If he had continued to fly the airplane, he might have been able to safely ditch it, and survive the water landing.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 21, 2026 10:22 AM (8zz6B)

202 198 Mo preferred dominoes.
Posted by: tubal at January 21, 2026 10:22 AM (pDt9x)

Mo preferred getting railed up the al-Butt by the al-Zutt.

Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 10:23 AM (uEmCf)

203 Squirrels have never done anything bad to me or my property, except maybe dig up one of my pansies to hide a nut they would later forget about. Now, if they chew your way into your attic, that would be less than optimal.

Posted by: Live And Let Live at January 21, 2026 10:23 AM (oftw2)

204 What's 410k?

Posted by: I'll ask at January 21, 2026 10:23 AM (2Ez/1)

205 Mo preferred dominoes.
Posted by: tubal at January 21, 2026 10:22 AM

Chutes and ladders.

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 21, 2026 10:23 AM (4p0Xq)

206 I’m still aggravated that they claim American’s savings rate is pitiful and economically dangerous but they continue to tax the interest.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 21, 2026 10:24 AM (KDPiq)

207 Mo preferred dominoes.
Posted by: tubal at January 21, 2026 10:22 AM

Chutes and ladders.
Posted by: Minnfidel at January 21, 2026 10:23 AM (4p0Xq)
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Candyland.

He used to pick up chicks playing that game.

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 10:24 AM (Q4cxx)

208 What I learned today. Chess is haram.

https://is.gd/762Qd8

That's weirdly specific even for Islam. Anyone know the Koran backstory there?
Posted by: Ian S. at January 21, 2026 10:21 AM (2ocoG)

After sex, the goats would often beat Mo at chess so he declared it off limits.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 21, 2026 10:24 AM (ExV1e)

209 Does anyone notice that it seems that Democrats don't know what any words mean?
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They know. They just think that YOU don't know what words mean. The giveaway that they DO know how stuff works is this: The Strategic Oil Reserve. They tap it EVERY SINGLE TIME a Democrat occupies the White House, because when Democrats occupy the White House gas prices always go to hell and become outrageous.

So Democrats FOR FIVE MINUTES remember "supply and demand curves", and tap the Strategic Reserve so that "supply" will increase and prices (temporarily) go down.

Then five minutes later they return to stupidity and propose raising the minimum wage or something else equally ignorant.

Posted by: Crusader at January 21, 2026 10:24 AM (TN0g+)

210 Took a ride with a guy in a little Cessna who checked the fuel supply before takeoff by sticking a yardstick in the fuel tank. His comment was “ we oughtta be okay”.
Posted by: tubal at January 21, 2026 10:21 AM (pDt9x)
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Reminds me of the scene in "Never Cry Wolf" where Farley is flying into Alaska with a bush pilot, the engine dies, and the pilot makes Farley take the stick while he climbs out on the strut to fix it.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 21, 2026 10:24 AM (X4XpB)

211 Wow. Impressive detail on every bit. I can't imagine painting that music score, every line, note, and letter.

Still, brown.

Posted by: mindful webworker remembers when color replaced sepia at January 21, 2026 10:24 AM (P0/oa)

212 If you're gonna play in Texas, you gotta have a fiddle in the band

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 21, 2026 10:24 AM (Dv3i1)

213 What's 410k?
Posted by: I'll ask at January 21, 2026 10:23 AM (2Ez/1)

9 more than a 401k.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 21, 2026 10:24 AM (KDPiq)

214 What's 410k?
Posted by: I'll ask at January 21, 2026 10:23 AM (2Ez/1)
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9ks more than 401k.

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 10:25 AM (Q4cxx)

215 What's 410k?
Posted by: I'll ask at January 21, 2026 10:23 AM (2Ez/1)

It's like 401k but 9 more.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 21, 2026 10:25 AM (ExV1e)

216 What I learned today. Chess is haram.

https://is.gd/762Qd8

That's weirdly specific even for Islam. Anyone know the Koran backstory there?
Posted by: Ian S

One of the nastiest Islamic conquerors in history, Tamerlane is said to have played chess with his conquered enemies, and would spare them death if they played well.

Maybe it's a Shia v. Sunni thing. (Tamerlane was Shia.)

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 10:25 AM (77rzZ)

217 That's weirdly specific even for Islam. Anyone know the Koran backstory there?
Posted by: Ian S.

Nothing Queeranic, but the hadiths say it was gambler's game. Imam Al-Shafi'i, Abu al-Hassan, and Alayhi al-Salam say it was a thing used as a betting thing and hence HARRAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMM.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 21, 2026 10:25 AM (mlg/3)

218 Water balloons and drones. Fun Fun Fun

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 21, 2026 10:26 AM (EyfuW)

219 What's 410k?
Posted by: I'll ask at January 21, 2026 10:23 AM (2Ez/1)
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It's normally written 4-10, k?

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 10:26 AM (Q4cxx)

220 Violin and Music is 100x better than Picasso’s Violin and Guirar and about 100x less valuable.

Tells you who rules the art market.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 21, 2026 10:27 AM (KDPiq)

221 Triple Horde Mind!!!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 21, 2026 10:27 AM (X4XpB)

222 Eats, chutes & leaves.

Posted by: Just the punchline at January 21, 2026 10:27 AM (2Ez/1)

223 Horde mind is scary and beautiful.

Posted by: dantesed at January 21, 2026 10:27 AM (Oy/m2)

224 Virginia is proposing to tax people 3.8% a year on collected assets for assets over .5 million. ...
Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 10:17 AM (Q4cxx)
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A 3.8% annual wealth tax is YUGE.

Assume your net worth is a million bucks and the scope is "everything." Your home equity is $500k. You have $350k in retirement. You have $100k in mutual funds and $50k in cash on hand.

The wealth tax will come to $38,000.

In year 1, you can pay that out of your cash on hand. You no longer have an emergency fund, but the tax is paid. You take down your mutual fund and buy in again at $50k to refill your emergency fund. You pay capital gains tax to do that.

In year 2, you owe a bit less. You pay the tax, leaving ~$25k in your emergency fund. That's enough for your rainy day, but not for next year's tax. Take down the mutual, leaving you with ~$77k in cash on hand. That gets you the next two years of taxes, assuming nothing goes wrong.

Starting in year 5 - or earlier, if there's an expensive problem (likely on a 5-year timeline) - you're now liquidating retirement funds or selling your house.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 10:28 AM (GyQIQ)

225 Police chief claims ICE agents drew a weapon on his officer … who hesitated to identify self

At a Tuesday press conference intended to address a church protest, Brooklyn Park Police Chief Mark Bruley dropped a bombshell instead: he accused Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents of aggressively confronting an off-duty police officer—with guns drawn.

What happened next escalated fast.
“When she became concerned about the rhetoric and the way she was being treated, she pulled out her phone in an attempt to record the incident. The phone was knocked out of her hands, preventing her from recording it. The officers had their guns drawn during this interaction. And after the officer became so concerned, she was forced to identify herself as a Brooklyn Park police officer in hopes of slowing the incident and de-escalating the situation.

Maybe do that BEFORE grabbing your phone for a tik tok moment.
Not buying this. Smells. Goes to Bo Snerdley.

https://tinyurl.com/5xykdas4

Posted by: rickb223 at January 21, 2026 10:28 AM (FMAqD)

226 Water balloons and drones. Fun Fun Fun
Posted by: thug dolphin at January 21, 2026 10:26 AM (EyfuW)
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Ukrainians could make a bundle selling their grenade-dropping mods.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 21, 2026 10:28 AM (X4XpB)

227 Starting in year 5 - or earlier, if there's an expensive problem (likely on a 5-year timeline) - you're now liquidating retirement funds or selling your house.
Posted by: Joe Mannix

Sell home in year one and GTFO.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 21, 2026 10:29 AM (FMAqD)

228 Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 10:28 AM (GyQIQ)

You added an extra 0.

It’s math so ………

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 21, 2026 10:29 AM (KDPiq)

229 >>@ChuckGrassley
·
1h
>>Dont believe everything u read on the internet Im not opposed 2 SAVE Act In fact Ive been fighting alongside Iowa Scty of State Pate 2hold Biden admin accountable for their hiding immigration/citizenship voter data in 2024 election ELECTIONS MUST B SECURE W ONLY CITIZENS VOTING

Posted by: JackStraw at January 21, 2026 10:29 AM (viF8m)

230 In other news, some incredibly stupid trucker attempted to haul a 53-foot trailer down Apache Trail from Tortilla Flat to Roosevelt Lake. It's a narrow dirt road that clings to the side of a mountain, and is challenging even for Jeeps. He hit a narrow bridge, and tore the trailer in half. Road will be closed for weeks. Probably some wetback with a bogus CDL, who relied upon GPS. The road has signs warning that it is not for commercial traffic.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 21, 2026 10:29 AM (8zz6B)

231 So Democrats FOR FIVE MINUTES remember "supply and demand curves", and tap the Strategic Reserve so that "supply" will increase and prices (temporarily) go down.

Posted by: Crusader at January 21, 2026 10:24 AM (TN0g+)
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But Marx said that demand only plays a remote, minuscule role in prices, at best.

(Because he conflated the fixed cost of capital with "total value")

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 10:30 AM (Q4cxx)

232 Actually, if the wealth tax is just on net worth in excess of $0.5 million, then everything in 225 doubles, plus probably another year.

So you're into forced liquidation of special assets (retirement, property, etc.) in year 10 or 11, barring other major problems.

If you're well-to-do by 45, goodbye retirement.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 10:30 AM (GyQIQ)

233 I hope 4-10 smiles on you all.

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 10:30 AM (Q4cxx)

234 Virginia is proposing to tax people 3.8% a year on collected assets for assets over .5 million.

That's a possible $1,900/year for people who saved for retirement.

Thats 19K. (10% of 500K = 50K)

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at January 21, 2026 10:30 AM (FxH7T)

235 Water balloons and drones. Fun Fun Fun
Posted by: thug dolphin at January 21, 2026 10:26 AM (EyfuW)

Water balloons filled with deer away.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 21, 2026 10:30 AM (ExV1e)

236 “When SHE became concerned about the rhetoric and the way SHE was being treated, SHE pulled out HER phone..."
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I think I spotted part of the problem.

Posted by: Crusader at January 21, 2026 10:30 AM (TN0g+)

237 I’m a retard.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 21, 2026 10:30 AM (KDPiq)

238 Sell home in year one and GTFO.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 21, 2026 10:29 AM (FMAqD)
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Almost.

Sell as soon as it's proposed and GTFO. Don't pay the tax in year 1 at all. Run like the wind.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 10:30 AM (GyQIQ)

239 Sell home in year one and GTFO.
Posted by: rickb223

And voila! Northern Virginia housing becomes affordable again.

We're smart, not dumb, like people say.

-Gov Spanaberger (D, CIA)

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 21, 2026 10:31 AM (Dv3i1)

240 That wealth-tax proposal is nuts. Considering the counties in NoVa are some of the wealthiest in the country, I can't see the reps from those areas going along with it.

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 10:31 AM (77rzZ)

241 Do NOT provoke armed men.

Posted by: tubal at January 21, 2026 10:31 AM (pDt9x)

242 You added an extra 0.

It’s math so ………
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 21, 2026 10:29 AM (KDPiq)
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No, but I probably did make the mistake of including the first $500k. 3.8% of one million is 38,000.

Assuming only net worth in excess of $0.5 million is in play, the tax will be half that, or $19k.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 10:32 AM (GyQIQ)

243 The road has signs warning that it is not for commercial traffic.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 21, 2026 10:29 AM (8zz6B)

These fuckers can't read their own languages, much less English.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 21, 2026 10:32 AM (n9ltV)

244 >Mo preferred dominoes.
Posted by: tubal at January 21, 2026 10:22 AM (pDt9x)

And goats, but mostly goats.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 21, 2026 10:32 AM (GTqXr)

245 In before zombie Bob Ross.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 21, 2026 10:32 AM (0sNs1)

246 Chess is haram but Gaming is not.

Go figure.

Posted by: pawn at January 21, 2026 10:32 AM (WXTVZ)

247 Squirrels have turned a part of my lot into the no man's land at Verdun.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 21, 2026 10:12 AM (jc0TO)
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Squirrels with artillery and poison gas is a frightening thought.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 21, 2026 10:13 AM

Just wait until they get air.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 21, 2026 10:32 AM (bFu5X)

248 224 Starting in year 5 - or earlier, if there's an expensive problem (likely on a 5-year timeline) - you're now liquidating retirement funds or selling your house.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 10:28 AM (GyQIQ)

=======

I hope VA enjoys the ride, because it's not gonna stop now.

Making it illegal to hand recount ballots is gonna make sure this ride lasts a long time.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 10:33 AM (GBKbO)

249 Just wait until they get air.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 21, 2026 10:32 AM (bFu5X)
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They do. Flying squirrels.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 21, 2026 10:33 AM (X4XpB)

250 I hope 4-10 smiles on you all.
Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 10:30 AM

10-4, good buddy!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 21, 2026 10:33 AM (0sNs1)

251 243 The road has signs warning that it is not for commercial traffic.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 21, 2026 10:29 AM (8zz6B)

These fuckers can't read their own languages, much less English.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 21, 2026 10:32 AM (n9ltV)

Go into say a Pilot truck stop on any interstate. Take a look at the truckers in there. Very educational.

Posted by: tubal at January 21, 2026 10:33 AM (pDt9x)

252 231 But Marx said that demand only plays a remote, minuscule role in prices, at best.

(Because he conflated the fixed cost of capital with "total value")

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 10:30 AM (Q4cxx)

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Labor is responsible for all wealth. Capital just exists to steal from labor.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 10:33 AM (GBKbO)

253 Starting in year 5 - or earlier, if there's an expensive problem (likely on a 5-year timeline) - you're now liquidating retirement funds or selling your house.
Posted by: Joe Mannix

Sell home in year one and GTFO.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 21, 2026 10:29 AM (FMAqD)

All the people living in blue states have been warned numerous times to get out. No sympathy if they didn't.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 21, 2026 10:34 AM (g8Ew8)

254 I’m used to property tax rates as .something.

3.8 is ridiculous. I thought it was .38.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 21, 2026 10:34 AM (KDPiq)

255 Assume your net worth is a million bucks and the scope is "everything."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 10:28 AM (GyQIQ)

It is moronic and economy-destroying on every level, but not exempting primary homes will probably make it DOA.

And if it does pass, I will laugh and laugh and laugh.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 21, 2026 10:34 AM (n9ltV)

256 In other news, some incredibly stupid trucker attempted to haul a 53-foot trailer down Apache Trail from Tortilla Flat to Roosevelt Lake. It's a narrow dirt road that clings to the side of a mountain, and is challenging even for Jeeps. He hit a narrow bridge, and tore the trailer in half. Road will be closed for weeks.

Probably some wetback with a bogus CDL, who relied upon GPS.

The road has signs warning that it is not for commercial traffic.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Turban Suburban
Dirka Dirka allah
Dirka dirka muhammad jihad
Haka sherpa sherpa
Abac allah

Posted by: rickb223 at January 21, 2026 10:34 AM (FMAqD)

257 So the luck running out has already been discussed.

My own take is that the bow has not been relaxed.

As a general rule, I don't like bland collections, but I like this one. Stories to tell of the contrast between iron works and fragile instruments and paper could be fun.

Never put a fiddle away without wiping off excess rosin and relaxing the bow. Would not hang because that would make me nuts looking at it at home.

Posted by: mustbequantum at January 21, 2026 10:34 AM (tGk1L)

258 253
All the people living in blue states have been warned numerous times to get out. No sympathy if they didn't.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 21, 2026 10:34 AM (g8Ew

=======

I was assured that FL was going to turn blue after 2020 because of all the people escaping blue states.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 10:34 AM (GBKbO)

259 246 Chess is haram but Gaming is not.

Go figure.
Posted by: pawn

*looks at nic*

You may be biased, Mr. pawn.

However, I think they do allow betting in the Prettiest Camel contest, so you may be correct.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 21, 2026 10:35 AM (Dv3i1)

260 Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 10:28 AM (GyQIQ)
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Man, did I blunder. That's 19k/year if you saved up enough for retirement and own a home.

I guess we know that progs want the state to own the monopoly on extortion.

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 10:35 AM (Q4cxx)

261 So much of Islam is based on the weirdness of Mo. It is a silly cult, turned murderous, increasingly.

Posted by: tubal at January 21, 2026 10:35 AM (pDt9x)

262 255 It is moronic and economy-destroying on every level, but not exempting primary homes will probably make it DOA.

And if it does pass, I will laugh and laugh and laugh.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 21, 2026 10:34 AM (n9ltV)

=====

Just talking about it has driven half of all billionaire wealth out of CA already.

I'm sure there will be no similar effects in VA.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 10:35 AM (GBKbO)

263 That wealth-tax proposal is nuts. Considering the counties in NoVa are some of the wealthiest in the country, I can't see the reps from those areas going along with it.
Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 10:31 AM (77rzZ)
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And they're mostly government employees or in affiliated enterprises - making "GTFO" a lot harder, since earning potential is going to collapse when you leave the government center and have to find work in whatever local market you're targeting. Their salaries are essentially a non-portable special circumstance and the individual's debt situation is likely to be structured around maintaining a reasonable-for-that-location salary floor that is not going to exist elsewhere.

"GTFO" is a lot harder in that scenario without a radical decline in lifestyle and very possibly bankruptcy. A lot of those frogs will choose to be boiled if VA does it.

Silicon Valley has a similar problem, though career portability is generally better.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 10:35 AM (GyQIQ)

264 Don't use a decimal value less than zero without a leading zero.

.5 NO
0.5 YES

Posted by: Your eighth grade math teacher at January 21, 2026 10:35 AM (2Ez/1)

265 These fuckers can't read their own languages, much less English.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 21, 2026 10:32 AM (n9ltV)

Hence my assumption that the driver is a wetback with a bogus CDL.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 21, 2026 10:35 AM (8zz6B)

266 I watched a Brit couple w/ kids stuck on a desert trail in a 40 foot RV rental. Oops

I allowed to the wife that it was a minimum $500 towing fee out there “but that was 20 years ago”, not sure what it would be for an RV.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 21, 2026 10:36 AM (UTyB6)

267 Don't use a decimal value less than zero without a leading zero.

.5 NO
0.5 YES
Posted by: Your eighth grade math teacher at January 21, 2026 10:35 AM (2Ez/1)

Thank you Ms Landers

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 21, 2026 10:37 AM (KDPiq)

268 Go into say a Pilot truck stop on any interstate. Take a look at the truckers in there. Very educational.

Posted by: tubal at January 21, 2026 10:33 AM (pDt9x)

I worked for UPS for years, primarily at an intermodal facility (planes, trains, trucks).

We would get independent truckers in occasionally, pulling drop-ship stuff, and our drivers called them "gypos. They were usually Indians, and damn, they were rough around the edges, and didn't understand the rules in our yards. We threw out a few.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 21, 2026 10:37 AM (n9ltV)

269 Don't use a decimal value less than zero without a leading zero.

.5 NO
0.5 YES

Posted by: Your eighth grade math teacher at January 21, 2026 10:35 AM (2Ez/1)
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They both work in Perl.

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 10:38 AM (Q4cxx)

270 Hell, I hate driving a regular car in the mountains. I can't imagine driving a truck in them thar hills.

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 10:38 AM (77rzZ)

271 Don't use a decimal value less than zero without a leading zero.

.5 NO
0.5 YES
Posted by: Your eighth grade math teacher

Yes'm!

-02.375

Posted by: t-bird at January 21, 2026 10:38 AM (BvTxf)

272 They do. Flying squirrels.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 21, 2026 10:33 AM

*facepalm*

I forgot the flying squirrels. How will I ever be able to face the Moose Out Front, now?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 21, 2026 10:38 AM (bFu5X)

273 In other news, some incredibly stupid trucker attempted to haul a 53-foot trailer down Apache Trail from Tortilla Flat to Roosevelt Lake. It's a narrow dirt road that clings to the side of a mountain, and is challenging even for Jeeps. He hit a narrow bridge, and tore the trailer in half. Road will be closed for weeks. Probably some wetback with a bogus CDL, who relied upon GPS. The road has signs warning that it is not for commercial traffic.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 21, 2026 10:29 AM (8zz6B)

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I occasionally drive AZ 89-A over Mingus Mountain (where Jerome is located) and the road has been closed a couple of times because of big rigs stuck on the hairpin turns (after ignoring the flashing lights and signs barring them).

I drove the Apache Trail back in '93 (the section you're talking about was terrifying) ... and need to get the wifey down there for a trip someday -- which will undoubtedly terrify her!

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 21, 2026 10:39 AM (Fsl9/)

274 "GTFO" is a lot harder in that scenario without a radical decline in lifestyle and very possibly bankruptcy. A lot of those frogs will choose to be boiled if VA does it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 10:35 AM (GyQIQ)

I'll make the popcorn.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 21, 2026 10:39 AM (n9ltV)

275 I’m a retard.
Posted by: Opinion fact

Me too. And I also can't read.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at January 21, 2026 10:39 AM (FxH7T)

276 Don't use a decimal value less than zero without a leading zero.

.5 NO
0.5 YES
Posted by: Your eighth grade math teacher

I agree completely with this. Not sing a leading zero is like not using an Oxford comma.

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 10:39 AM (77rzZ)

277 I watched a Brit couple w/ kids stuck on a desert trail in a 40 foot RV rental. Oops

I allowed to the wife that it was a minimum $500 towing fee out there “but that was 20 years ago”, not sure what it would be for an RV.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 21, 2026 10:36 AM

"You can't park that 'ere, mate."

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 21, 2026 10:39 AM (bFu5X)

278 Don't know why blow states are competing so hard to be another state you don't want to step a foot in.

But they are.

I'm wondering when we'll see a state declare a "Dictatorship (In the Name) of the Proletariat"....

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 10:40 AM (Q4cxx)

279 246 Chess is haram but Gaming is not.

Go figure.
Posted by: pawn at January 21, 2026 10:32 AM (WXTVZ)

I actually asked someone in KSA about that.

He said it depends on the Imam.

Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 10:40 AM (iXqHn)

280 278 Don't know why blow states are competing so hard to be another state you don't want to step a foot in.

But they are.

I'm wondering when we'll see a state declare a "Dictatorship (In the Name) of the Proletariat"....

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 10:40 AM (Q4cxx)

=====

Because ideology.

And probably donation money strings.

The Pritzker Family will have their tranny utopia.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 10:40 AM (GBKbO)

281 I agree completely with this. Not sing a leading zero is like not using an Oxford comma.
Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 10:39 AM (77rzZ)
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Same rule, actually. The Oxford Comma is needed only to ensure disambiguation. If there is no probably ambiguity, you can skip the Oxford (and I do).

But a naked decimal is always potentially ambiguous due to absence of context, and so a leading zero should always be used.

In my opinion, anyway. But my opinions are solid gold!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 10:40 AM (GyQIQ)

282 I watched a Brit couple w/ kids stuck on a desert trail in a 40 foot RV rental. Oops

I allowed to the wife that it was a minimum $500 towing fee out there “but that was 20 years ago”, not sure what it would be for an RV.

You want to see "surge pricing" in action? They probably had to sell one of the children.

Posted by: t-bird at January 21, 2026 10:40 AM (BvTxf)

283 Don't use a decimal value less than zero without a leading zero.

.5 NO
0.5 YES
Posted by: Your eighth grade math teacher at January 21, 2026 10:35 AM (2Ez/1)

Umm, 0.5 is a positive number, and therefore not less than zero.

Did you perhaps mean to refer to -0.5?

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at January 21, 2026 10:40 AM (0sNs1)

284 I forgot the flying squirrels. How will I ever be able to face the Moose Out Front, now?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 21, 2026 10:38 AM (bFu5X)
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Just don't call him on his bullshit when he tries to pull a rabbit out of his hat.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 21, 2026 10:41 AM (X4XpB)

285 Chess has Bishops, dude. Bishops!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 21, 2026 10:41 AM (L/fGl)

286

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at January 21, 2026 10:41 AM (0sNs1)

287 FINALLY!

WESLEY CRUSHER TO THE BARREL!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 10:41 AM (GyQIQ)

288 I allowed to the wife that it was a minimum $500 towing fee out there “but that was 20 years ago”, not sure what it would be for an RV.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 21, 2026 10:36 AM (UTyB6)

Well, a buddy of mine was there yesterday, and took pics of the stranded truck on his phone, He said a commercial towing company had been called, and they sent out a big "rotator" rig used for semi wrecks. And the rotator driver took one look, and said to the rangers, "Na-ah, Buddy. Get a crew in there to offload the cargo into pickup trucks, and cut the trailer into pieces, and airlift it out."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 21, 2026 10:41 AM (8zz6B)

289 278 Don't know why blow states are competing so hard to be another state you don't want to step a foot in.

But they are.

I'm wondering when we'll see a state declare a "Dictatorship (In the Name) of the Proletariat"....
Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 10:40 AM (Q4cxx)

So that there will eventually be No Escape.

The people they drive away will vote for the same policies in their new locations.

In some states (see : Colorado), that will be enough. In others (Florida), not so much (at least not yet).

Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 10:42 AM (iXqHn)

290 Well, a buddy of mine was there yesterday, and took pics of the stranded truck on his phone, He said a commercial towing company had been called, and they sent out a big "rotator" rig used for semi wrecks. And the rotator driver took one look, and said to the rangers, "Na-ah, Buddy. Get a crew in there to offload the cargo into pickup trucks, and cut the trailer into pieces, and airlift it out."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 21, 2026 10:41 AM (8zz6B)
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Dayum

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 10:42 AM (GyQIQ)

291 I mean, I would slot in Wolgang Peterson with Tony Scott, although Peterson has one masterpiece whereas Scott has none.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 21, 2026 10:43 AM (XV/Pl)

292 .5 NO
0.5 YES

Posted by: Your eighth grade math teacher at January 21, 2026 10:35 AM (2Ez/1)
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They both work in Perl.
Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 10:38 AM

That's because there's more than one way to do it.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 21, 2026 10:43 AM (0sNs1)

293 Because ideology.

And probably donation money strings.

The Pritzker Family will have their tranny utopia.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 10:40 AM (GBKbO)
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Also it's hard to square a "dictatorship" with "republican form", and the US Constitution guarantees a republican form of government, which would allow the feds to step in.

Which of course would involve "Dictator Trump".

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 10:43 AM (Q4cxx)

294 WESLEY CRUSHER TO THE BARREL!
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 10:41 AM (GyQIQ)
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But Ensign Crusher makes a valid point.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 21, 2026 10:43 AM (RIvkX)

295 In other news, some incredibly stupid trucker attempted to haul a 53-foot trailer down Apache Trail from Tortilla Flat to Roosevelt Lake. It's a narrow dirt road that clings to the side of a mountain, and is challenging even for Jeeps. He hit a narrow bridge, and tore the trailer in half. Road will be closed for weeks. Probably some wetback with a bogus CDL, who relied upon GPS. The road has signs warning that it is not for commercial traffic.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 21, 2026 10:29 AM (8zz6B)
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*AND* probably didn't configure his vehicle type as "heavy truck" in his GPS settings.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 10:43 AM (GyQIQ)

296 291 I mean, I would slot in Wolgang Peterson with Tony Scott, although Peterson has one masterpiece whereas Scott has none.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 21, 2026 10:43 AM (XV/Pl)

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Tony Scott has Unstoppable. Unstoppable is Tony Scott's masterpiece.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 10:43 AM (GBKbO)

297 Blow states? Sounds interesting.

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at January 21, 2026 10:44 AM (2Ez/1)

298 But Ensign Crusher makes a valid point.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 21, 2026 10:43 AM (RIvkX)
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ACTING ensign.

And I don't dispute his point. He's still a sniveler.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 10:44 AM (GyQIQ)

299 Probably some wetback with a bogus CDL, who relied upon GPS. The road has signs warning that it is not for commercial traffic.

—

No first name given.

Posted by: Really?? at January 21, 2026 10:44 AM (Ryx1w)

300 293 Also it's hard to square a "dictatorship" with "republican form", and the US Constitution guarantees a republican form of government, which would allow the feds to step in.

Which of course would involve "Dictator Trump".

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 10:43 AM (Q4cxx)

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We've reached the point where constitutional thought is that the Tenth Amendment means that the Federal government can't enforce immigration law in a state that doesn't want it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 10:44 AM (GBKbO)

301 It is moronic and economy-destroying on every level, but not exempting primary homes will probably make it DOA.

And if it does pass, I will laugh and laugh and laugh.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 21, 2026 10:34 AM (n9ltV)

Hey, this is what they voted for, and it will only affect The Rich(TM).

I will laugh like a three year old with a new puppy, if this passes.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 21, 2026 10:45 AM (iJfKG)

302 I worked for UPS for years, primarily at an intermodal facility (planes, trains, trucks).

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
___________

I did a summer with UPS as a loader/unloader during college in the 80s. It was brutal in the heat. 1200 pieces per hour, I think, was the unloading standard, and 600 for loading. I'd build a nice looking wall during loading in case the supervisor came by, and just toss shit behind it. Gotta think that was standard.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 21, 2026 10:45 AM (XvL8K)

303 Same rule, actually. The Oxford Comma is needed only to ensure disambiguation. If there is no probably ambiguity, you can skip the Oxford (and I do).

The Oxford comma ensures no ambiguity. Since I might not be aware that an ambiguity might exist in someone else's mind, I always use it. Like turn signals.

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 10:45 AM (77rzZ)

304 298 But Ensign Crusher makes a valid point.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 21, 2026 10:43 AM (RIvkX)
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ACTING ensign.

And I don't dispute his point. He's still a sniveler.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 10:44 AM (GyQIQ)

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There's a behind the scenes story where producers were in negotiations with the cast on salaries, and they tried to entice Wheaton with a promotion of Wesley to lieutenant instead of a pay raise.

Wheaton, for some reason, wasn't happy with the offer.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 10:45 AM (GBKbO)

305 Good Morning Everyone

It's another day in the neighborhood.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 21, 2026 10:46 AM (QGaXH)

306 I told her “the kids will look back on this one day as an adventure!” They were impossibly cute, in that British way.

“Yes, but first we have to get out of here and not die”. Her husband had borrowed an army entrenching tool from a jeepster and was trying to dig out. LOL

Posted by: Common Tater at January 21, 2026 10:46 AM (UTyB6)

307 🟦Brown 37.6% (advances to possible runoff)
🟥Wilson 21.4%
🟥Daniel 20.5%
🟥McNeel 17.6%
🟥Warnock 1.5%
🟥Allison 1.5%

—

There’s another Warnock in politics? May God help Georgia.

Posted by: Really?? at January 21, 2026 10:46 AM (Ryx1w)

308 We've reached the point where constitutional thought is that the Tenth Amendment means that the Federal government can't enforce immigration law in a state that doesn't want it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 10:44 AM (GBKbO)
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The states are already barred from enforcing immigration law. So, effectively, there's no immigration law at all.

*bangs head on wall*

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 21, 2026 10:46 AM (X4XpB)

309 The NYT is all upset.

The paper published a lengthy piece Friday about the acronym AWFUL, which stands for Affluent White Female Urban Liberal. Conservative commentators have used the term to describe liberal women protesting immigration enforcement in Minneapolis following the fatal shooting of activist Renee Good by an ICE agent on January 7.
. . . .
The paper leaned on academics to explain conservative criticism of affluent white liberal women. Rutgers political scientist Dr. Shauna Shames told the NY Times the term stems from anxieties about race, gender and immigration among Trump’s base.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 21, 2026 10:46 AM (L/fGl)

310 @296

>>Tony Scott has Unstoppable. Unstoppable is Tony Scott's masterpiece.

I love Unstoppable, it's my favorite Scott film, but it's just shy of being a masterpiece, will it be taught in film schools?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 21, 2026 10:46 AM (XV/Pl)

311 Kind of intriguing. Is that lockable cupboard the normal storage for the instruments and they were hung on the door just for the painting?

Posted by: PaleRider at January 21, 2026 10:46 AM (hhkIi)

312 I mean, I would slot in Wolgang Peterson with Tony Scott, although Peterson has one masterpiece whereas Scott has none.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 21, 2026 10:43 AM (XV/Pl)

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Tony Scott has Unstoppable. Unstoppable is Tony Scott's masterpiece.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 10:43 AM (GBKbO)

Ouch!

Zombie Tony Scott is crying tears of self-pity.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 21, 2026 10:47 AM (iJfKG)

313 308 The states are already barred from enforcing immigration law. So, effectively, there's no immigration law at all.

*bangs head on wall*

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 21, 2026 10:46 AM (X4XpB)

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"Immigration law is unconstitutional," is a goal.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 10:47 AM (GBKbO)

314 Oops. Less than ONE.

Posted by: Your eighth grade math teacher stands corrected at January 21, 2026 10:47 AM (2Ez/1)

315 Don't use a decimal value less than zero without a leading zero.

.5 NO
0.5 YES
Posted by: Your eighth grade math teacher at January 21, 2026 10:35 AM (2Ez/1)

Thank you Ms Landers
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*golf clap for the reference*

Posted by: Crusader at January 21, 2026 10:47 AM (TN0g+)

316 15 There is a piccolo in the picture. This will likely excite garrett.
Posted by: pudinhead at January 21, 2026 09:34 AM (pLaQB)

Jenny?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 21, 2026 10:47 AM (QGaXH)

317 Wheaton, for some reason, wasn't happy with the offer.
___

He should have asked for Ashley Judd to return in role of Ensign Robin Lefler.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 21, 2026 10:48 AM (Dv3i1)

318 I mean, I would slot in Wolgang Peterson with Tony Scott, although Peterson has one masterpiece whereas Scott has none.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 21, 2026 10:43 AM (XV/Pl)
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You do a grave injustice to Last Boy Scout!

Also, Petersen has to answer for the string of cliches and German propaganda they called Das Boot.

I'll recount again, that I was determined that if the sub went down again, I was going to stand up and cheer. I hated that movie at that point.

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 10:48 AM (Q4cxx)

319 310 @296

>>Tony Scott has Unstoppable. Unstoppable is Tony Scott's masterpiece.

I love Unstoppable, it's my favorite Scott film, but it's just shy of being a masterpiece, will it be taught in film schools?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 21, 2026 10:46 AM (XV/Pl)

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It probably should be. Great action filmmaking combined with effective Hollywood storytelling without a romantic subplot or messaging.

There should be entire semesters dedicated to it because Hollywood has largely forgotten how to do it.

Just because it won't happen, just because the authorities won't do it, doesn't mean that the movie isn't worthy of study. Don't fall into the argument by authority on this one. The authorities are particularly terrible in this instance.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 10:48 AM (GBKbO)

320 The paper leaned on academics to explain conservative criticism of affluent white liberal women. Rutgers political scientist Dr. Shauna Shames told the NY Times the term stems from anxieties about race, gender and immigration among Trump’s base.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 21, 2

Did NYT point out the irony of Shauna being an AWFL (no U) herself?

Posted by: Really?? at January 21, 2026 10:49 AM (Ryx1w)

321 For a nice hair raising “You bastard!” Road that will get you closer to your significant other, don’t miss the Schaefer trail. An old uranium road cut down the side of a cliff.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 21, 2026 10:49 AM (UTyB6)

322 Huh. Tony Scott was the younger brother of Ridley Scott.

If only Ridley had died before making "Napoleon."

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 21, 2026 10:49 AM (X4XpB)

323 22 There is a piccolo in the picture. This will likely excite garrett.
Posted by: pudinhead

I didn't see Jenny.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 21, 2026 09:36 AM (FMAqD)

I got here late - you beat me to it....LOL!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 21, 2026 10:49 AM (QGaXH)

324 Tony Scott has Unstoppable. Unstoppable is Tony Scott's masterpiece.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 10:43 AM

Tony Scott's masterpiece is totally eclipsed by his older brother Ridley's masterpiece, which is the most named and referenced movie here on the HQ.

This is known.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 21, 2026 10:50 AM (0sNs1)

325 318 You do a grave injustice to Last Boy Scout!

Also, Petersen has to answer for the string of cliches and German propaganda they called Das Boot.

I'll recount again, that I was determined that if the sub went down again, I was going to stand up and cheer. I hated that movie at that point.

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 10:48 AM (Q4cxx)

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The whitewashing of German dedication to Naziism is definitely a thing in Das Boot, but I think the cliches of sub existence are just so well executed that it goes beyond cliche.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 10:50 AM (GBKbO)

326 Tony Scott has Unstoppable. Unstoppable is Tony Scott's masterpiece.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 10:43 AM (GBKbO)
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I really like that film. I was wondering if I should mention it.

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 10:50 AM (Q4cxx)

327 @319

>>Just because it won't happen, just because the authorities won't do it, doesn't mean that the movie isn't worthy of study. Don't fall into the argument by authority on this one. The authorities are particularly terrible in this instance.

There is iron in your words.

Bender Abides.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 21, 2026 10:51 AM (XV/Pl)

328 322 Huh. Tony Scott was the younger brother of Ridley Scott.

If only Ridley had died before making "Napoleon."

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 21, 2026 10:49 AM (X4XpB)

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The rumor is that Tony was given a cancer diagnosis and took his own life by throwing himself off a bridge for it.

Ridley was effectively a father figure to Tony, and from what I understand, Tony's death affected Ridley rather badly.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 10:51 AM (GBKbO)

329 In other news, some incredibly stupid trucker attempted to haul a 53-foot trailer down Apache Trail from Tortilla Flat to Roosevelt Lake. It's a narrow dirt road that clings to the side of a mountain, and is challenging even for Jeeps

A similar thing happens in Boston. Trucks take Storrow Drive, even though there are low-hanging signs and lights telling them access is too low for an 18-wheeler.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 21, 2026 10:51 AM (ufSfZ)

330 I just read that the actress who played Jenny Piccolo is the daughter of Phil Silvers.

Posted by: Crusader at January 21, 2026 10:52 AM (TN0g+)

331 The whitewashing of German dedication to Naziism is definitely a thing in Das Boot...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 10:50 AM (GBKbO)
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It's not unreasonable as the Kriegsmarine was the least Nazified of the service branches.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 21, 2026 10:52 AM (X4XpB)

332 326 Tony Scott has Unstoppable. Unstoppable is Tony Scott's masterpiece.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 10:43 AM (GBKbO)
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I really like that film. I was wondering if I should mention it.

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 10:50 AM (Q4cxx)

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Mention what you like.

If you love Manos the Hand of Fate, bring it up. Spread the joys!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 10:52 AM (GBKbO)

333 But a naked decimal is always potentially ambiguous due to absence of context, and so a leading zero should always be used.

In my opinion, anyway. But my opinions are solid gold!
Posted by: Joe Mannix
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If you do that on the gun thread, we will point and laugh at you. 0.357 indeed.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 10:53 AM (E4rtv)

334 No love for me?

Posted by: Top Gun at January 21, 2026 10:54 AM (0sNs1)

335 It's not unreasonable as the Kriegsmarine was the least Nazified of the service branches.
Posted by: Captain Obvious

I think it was the one that Hitler trusted the most. Hence his appointment of Adm. Donitz to succeed him.

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 10:54 AM (77rzZ)

336
TJM,

While I'm disagreeing with you.

I'd don't think "Village of the Damned" is Carpenter's worst film at all.

I'd probably place it where you have "Prince of Darkness"(maybe higher) for much the same reason, Carpenter's strength as a director really shines in the set pieces, especially. the alien fetal reveal scene.

Also, the difference in the Brit original and this one is that the Brit version focusses on a country village England that no longer exists and so is more concerned with family and high trust community.

Carpenter's as per his tendencies focusses on how the government comes in a takes over the show, the villagers are a secondary thought.

The Brit version is emotionally stronger though because of this.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 21, 2026 10:55 AM (iJfKG)

337 334 No love for me?

Posted by: Top Gun at January 21, 2026 10:54 AM (0sNs1)

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Peacocking aviators with no stakes.

It's fun, but dear lord does it need a rewrite.

Top Gun Maverick is that rewrite.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 10:55 AM (GBKbO)

338 I think it was the one that Hitler trusted the most. Hence his appointment of Adm. Donitz to succeed him.
Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 10:54 AM (77rzZ)
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The upper level guys, sure. OTOH, see ADM Wilhelm Canaris.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 21, 2026 10:55 AM (X4XpB)

339 The whitewashing of German dedication to Naziism is definitely a thing in Das Boot...

—

Ask 100 random Germans who were alive during the time and 98 will tell you they hated Hitler and had no idea concentration camps existed.

Posted by: Really?? at January 21, 2026 10:56 AM (Ryx1w)

340 The whitewashing of German dedication to Naziism is definitely a thing in Das Boot, but I think the cliches of sub existence are just so well executed that it goes beyond cliche.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 10:50 AM (GBKbO)
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It wasn't the necessarily the sub existence. It was the young blonde kid who faithfully writes his girl and you know he's dying.

That wasn't even done that well.

I often like long-running movies. I couldn't wait for Das Boot to end. Crying Germans, the one true Nazi guy is Frank Burns, all of it. And the last part which I will not spoil for anybody who hasn't sat through it. Was not as tragic if you're all the way out of the movie at that point. It's just like "Well, of course!"

Ve really didn't efen like ze Nazis, you know?

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 10:56 AM (Q4cxx)

341 If you do that on the gun thread, we will point and laugh at you. 0.357 indeed.
Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 10:53 AM

Some of us even get by with no decimal at all.

Posted by: 50 cal at January 21, 2026 10:56 AM (0sNs1)

342 Good news, everyone.

UK Police to Test Minority Report-Style AI for Predictive Policing

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 21, 2026 10:56 AM (L/fGl)

343 Did NYT point out the irony of Shauna being an AWFL (no U) herself?
Posted by: Really??
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I am waiting for the AWFLs to decide to 'embrace' the suck. Perhaps a nice festive pussy hat with AWFL emblazoned on them might serve.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 10:56 AM (E4rtv)

344 336 Carpenter's as per his tendencies focusses on how the government comes in a takes over the show, the villagers are a secondary thought.

The Brit version is emotionally stronger though because of this.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 21, 2026 10:55 AM (iJfKG)

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I can see that as a change in focus with validity, but I still don't buy any of the drama and pretty much everything about the kids is all wrong.

I just don't think the movie works, no matter Carpenter's intentions.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 10:56 AM (GBKbO)

345 No love for me?

Posted by: Top Gun at January 21, 2026 10:54 AM (0sNs1)
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None.

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 10:57 AM (Q4cxx)

346 Some of us even get by with no decimal at all.
Posted by: 50 cal
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50 BMG is a proper name.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 10:57 AM (E4rtv)

347 If you do that on the gun thread, we will point and laugh at you. 0.357 indeed.
Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 10:53 AM (E4rtv)

Goes to show that context matters. What is ambiguous in one context is clear as a bell in another.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 21, 2026 10:57 AM (8zz6B)

348 He said it depends on the Imam.
Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 10:40 AM (iXqHn)

Nothing says "the immutable word of Allah" quite like depends on the Imam.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 21, 2026 10:57 AM (ExV1e)

349 50 BMG is a proper name.
Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 10:57 AM (E4rtv)
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Yup.

The fifty caliber big machine gun!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 10:58 AM (GyQIQ)

350 Perhaps a nice festive pussy hat

We've got a commissar who can supply those!

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 10:58 AM (77rzZ)

351 349 50 BMG is a proper name.
Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 10:57 AM (E4rtv)
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Yup.

The fifty caliber big machine gun!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 10:58 AM (GyQIQ)

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I prefer the BFG9000.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 10:58 AM (GBKbO)

352 UK Police to Test Minority Report-Style AI for Predictive Policing
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
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Until the inevitable result of AI pointing at Muslims then the whole project will be abandoned.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 10:58 AM (E4rtv)

353 The new Das Boot is Der Tiger. That is not the movie I thought I was going to watch.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 21, 2026 10:59 AM (L/fGl)

354 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Where'd everyone go?
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 21, 2026 10:59 AM (2WIwB)

355 I'll take the 90s German movie Stalingrad over Das Boot.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 21, 2026 10:59 AM (XvL8K)

356 No love for me?

Posted by: Top Gun at January 21, 2026 10:54 AM (0sNs1)
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None.
Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 10:57 AM (Q4cxx)
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Counterpoint: Prime Kelly McGillis.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 21, 2026 10:59 AM (X4XpB)

357 I guess winter arrives in full force starting Friday. I knew we'd pay the price for a beautiful 75 degree day on Christmas.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 21, 2026 10:59 AM (g8Ew8)

358 Where'd everyone go?
Goes looking for coffee.
Posted by: Diogenes

You're not the only one who goes looking for coffee, y'know.

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 11:00 AM (77rzZ)

359 If you love Manos the Hand of Fate, bring it up. Spread the joys!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 10:52 AM (GBKbO)

I do love Manos. I think Hal Warren had a good idea, but he didn't flesh it out enough.

There was a crowdfunded sequel / reboot a few years back called Manos Returns, which, while replicating some of the original, ended up being even more confusing.

I still say there's a good idea in the mess. Maybe I'll take a crack at it someday.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 21, 2026 11:00 AM (ufSfZ)

360 .
NOOD

The rant thread is up.

NOOD!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 21, 2026 11:00 AM (O7YUW)

361 Trump's fault!

Penguin Panic: Breeding Season Hits Too Soon in Antarctica

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 21, 2026 11:00 AM (L/fGl)

362 Also the sinking of the American ship, followed by the crying Germans--except for Frank Burnshoff was very "Ve vere zhust followink orders."

I enjoyed Diva with subtitles. I enjoyed Amelie with subtitles. And a number of films escaping me now.

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 11:01 AM (Q4cxx)

363 Heh. Nothing to be found online in the news about the truck wreck on apache Trail. AZ511.gov, which tracks road closures, does show the road closed at the Fish Creek bridge, due to a semi trailer stuck.

I suspect it didn't make the news because it would draw unwanted attention to unqualified truckers on the road.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 21, 2026 11:05 AM (8zz6B)

364 This is very nice.

This work reminds me of a project we were assigned in art school, in which we had to choose some still life objects and render them as to appear realistic (3D) as possible.

Posted by: kallisto at January 21, 2026 12:30 PM (dCxaZ)

365 Well you Take down your Fiddle and take down your Bow

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at January 21, 2026 04:25 PM (wGqjj)

The Morning Report — 1/21/26

Good morning kids. Let's switch things up a bit and hone in on another aspect of our national dissolution. Yes she's an abject disgrace and has absolutely no business inside a courthouse, let alone the highest court in the land, unless in an orange jumpsuit or with a bucket and a mop. And even then, given this latest pearl of wisdom maybe that's too much of a stretch.

Yes gentle reader, I give you associate justice Kentanji Brown Jackson:

Supreme Court Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson used legislation passed as part of the post-Civil War “Jim Crow” laws Tuesday to justify a Hawaii gun control law. The Supreme Court heard a case challenging legislation passed by the Hawaii state Legislature after the Supreme Court’s June 2022 ruling in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen. Jackson questioned United States Principal Deputy Solicitor General Sarah Harris regarding the constitutionality of a law that prohibited concealed carry permit holders from carrying a firearm on private property without permission. . . “So I guess I really don’t understand your response to Justice Gorsuch on the Black Codes,” Jackson, a Biden appointee, told Harris. “I mean, I thought the Black Codes were being offered here under the Bruen test to determine the constitutionality of this regulation. And it’s because we have a test that asks us to look at the history and tradition.” “The fact that the Black Codes were, at some later point, determined themselves to be unconstitutional doesn’t seem to me to be relevant to the assessment that Bruin is asking us to make. So, can you say more about that?” Jackson continued.
“Things I didn’t have on my bingo card today: Justice Jackson defending the racist Black Codes as precedent for what we should consider constitutional,” Carrie Severino of the Judicial Crisis Network posted on X.

A complete and utter debasement of anyone and everyone who ever suffered under the Democrat Jim Crow laws. Of course the bitter irony of this, to anyone with a conscience and an iota of moral rectitude is that it comes close on the heels of the birthday of Dr. Martin Lather King Jr. (yes I am well aware of Dr. King's failings as a man and his ties to communism, yet his beliefs and words are what matter most, especially in light of the fact that the racialist-Left are now embracing anti-white/American/Judeo-Christian evil as a means of destroying this nation and attaining absolute power, but I digress). And how does this square with Michelle Obama demanding a boycott of white-owned businesses? I'm so confused!

Yes, Kentanji Brown-25 is indeed an intellectual lightweight if not a dolt whose career achievements are based solely on the content of her melanin and XX chromosomes, certainly not her brain case. But this is not stupidity on her part. This is pure political expediency on her part. She will debase herself if it helps put a torpedo into one of the key pillars of the Bill of Rights. She knows enough to know that because she's black and female, and that she has a propaganda machine fully in her corner, no one will dare question her lest they be labeled racist and sexist. In fact, I'm waiting for the usual suspects to call her citing of Jim Crow laws as some sort of brilliant judicial masterstroke.

Chuckle-worthy that the case in question comes out of Hawaii, insofar as we are always quoting noted Hawaiian justices Buch M. Danno, Moe Loki and Mac A. Damia, who no doubt will be weighing in on this next item to give Kristi Noem a whack on the knuckles.

Arrests are coming soon in the investigation into an anti-ICE mob that crashed a Sunday morning service at Cities Church in St. Paul, according to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Noem appeared on Newsmax on Tuesday evening and said that arrests would begin “in the next several hours.” The secretary also said that ex-CNN host turned YouTuber Don Lemon could face charges for his involvement in the church protest as well.
“There will be arrests tied to that, and people will be brought to justice for how they violated the law in that situation,” said Noem.
Noem suggested that Lemon’s claim to have only been a bystander and journalist during the incident at Cities Church is belied by the foreknowledge he had of the demonstration and relationships has with activists involved. “The fact that ahead of time, before this even happened, he said that he had conducted some surveillance before they went into this church, he identified individuals that were going in with him that were activists in the work that they had done in the past, the fact that this entire situation was then posted on the Black Lives Matter website, all of that is something that they’re going to be responsible for,” said Noem.

While the left yawns if not applauds Brown-25 Jackson invoking Jim Crow laws to dismantle the Second Amendment, Their heads will explode when Noem goes after the terrorists who invaded that Minneapolis Church with the FaceAct and anti-Klan laws! Oh how delicious!

Let's face it, it was an act of terrorism straight up. The terrorists themselves even crow (not Jim) about making people feel uncomfortable, about ICE or whatever the issue du jour may be. Let's take it a step further — what if one or more of the scum were armed? If Renee Good could use her SUV as a weapon and if a transexual could shoot up a Catholic school and mow down innocent children, then that Church in Minneapolis could've been the sight of bloody carnage. And given who and what we are dealing with, it may yet happen. What happens when the Einsatz-Groupies of Hamas along with Joey Sponge-Brain Shits-Pants' untold number of Afghan/Taliban asylum-seekers join forces with the Anti-ICE crowd and waltz into another church or synagogue in the Twin Cities to raise a few pulses?!

Speaking of terrorists and those who give them aid, comfort and support:

Minnesota attorney general Keith Ellison (D.) defended the group of anti-ICE agitators who stormed a St. Paul church on Sunday, telling former CNN host Don Lemon—who accompanied the agitators and boasted of conducting "reconnaissance" ahead of the stunt—that critics of the incident were "getting tender about a church service."
Ellison appeared on Lemon's YouTube show on Monday to discuss the protest, in which Lemon accompanied Minneapolis attorney Nekima Levy Armstrong, St. Paul school board member Chauntyll Allen, and other activists on "Operation Pull Up," the Washington Free Beacon reported. The group disrupted services at Cities Church in St. Paul based on the belief that a pastor there works for ICE, shouting "ICE Out" and other slogans.

The only thing that should be tender, is the skin on Ellison's neck after he's been sent to GITMO for an extended waterboarding session. This evil bastard. That's all I'll say.

Elsewhere, Air Force One was forced to turn back to Andrews AFB due to some potential electrical system snafu, while on its way to Davos for that WEF conference. Feh.

FYI, our good friend and director of communications at the Heartland Institute Jim Lakely invites you all to watch Heartland's alternative to the WEF, their World Prosperity Forum. Catch it linked here or on their YouTube channel

A Global Alternative to Davos
The Heartland Institute hosts the World Prosperity Forum January 19–23 in Zurich, Switzerland, bringing together international leaders and policymakers to challenge the globalist, leftist agenda advanced each year at the World Economic Forum. While the World Economic Forum promotes a centralized, top-down vision for the global economy, the World Prosperity Forum advances a prosperity-focused, freedom-focused vision rooted in free markets, individual liberty, and rising living standards. The World Prosperity Forum will coincide with, and present a clear alternative to, the World Economic Forum taking place on those same dates in Davos, Switzerland.

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

The subpoenas sought documents from Gov. Tim Walz, Mayor Jacob Frey of Minneapolis and Mayor Kaohly Her of St. Paul related to their policies on immigration enforcement efforts in the state. Two Minnesota prosecutors, Keith Ellison, the state attorney general, and Mary Moriarty, the Hennepin County attorney, were also sent similar subpoenas.
Justice Dept. to Interrogate Tim Walz, Four Other Top Minnesota Democrats
'None of us are immune from the voice of the public,' Ellison said in an interview with Don Lemon, who accompanied the agitators and boasted of conducting 'reconnaissance'
‘They’re Getting Tender About a Church Service’: Minnesota AG Keith Ellison Defends Left-Wing Agitators Who Stormed Minnesota Church (If only the skin around his neck gets tender from rope burns on a gallows - jjs)
"People will be brought to justice for how they violated the law in that situation." (I want them brought to a gallows - jjs)
Kristi Noem Promises Arrests ‘In The Next Several Hours’ Over Church Stormed By Anti-ICE Activists
The disgraced former CNN host has-been and his thug buddies who terrorized a church should face charges for assaulting civil rights.
Don Lemon Made Himself Relevant Again, And Now He Should Be In Federal Custody
The Fourth Circuit’s ruling in U.S. v. Al-Timimi wrongly conflates coordination of terrorist activity with “unpopular” speech.
Inciting Terrorism Is Not Free Speech
"DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY, DEMOCRAT VIOLENT INSURRECTION RIOTS
"As the president desperately clings to power like an insecure dictator, there is a concerted effort to resegregate America," Eric Holder said.
The Left Says Opposing Illegal Immigration Is White Supremacy
To the great sorrow of crime-loving leftist domestic terrorists, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has arrested thousands of foreign criminals in Minneapolis in just a few weeks, despite leftist rioting.
ICE Arrests 3,000 Illegal Alien Criminals in Minneapolis
. . .spent the day with ICE officers in Minneapolis, where agents have been under siege for weeks. It was constant chaos.
A Day In The Life Of Minneapolis ICE Agents
Damn the polls. full speed ahead!
This Is No Time To Panic About ICE
The NY Times of all places called the lie on this.
Now We Know: Obama And Biden Deportation Numbers Were Bogus
The only people who think murderers and drug dealers are "our neighbors" are the people who don't have to live next door to them.
Who Wants 7,000 Gang Members as Their “Neighbors”?
Leftist feminists searching for meaning.
Anti-ICE Moms Imploding
The analysis, published by Jason Richwine at the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), reviews Census Bureau data on Afghan immigrants in the U.S. — an immigrant group that has exploded from just 22,000 in 1990 to almost a quarter of a million as of 2024.
Analysis: 85% of Afghan Households with Children Are on Welfare in U.S.

THE GREAT SOMALIAN SIMOLEON SWINDLE
Scammers and state governments routinely pilfer from federal health-care programs.
It’s Not Just Minnesota—Fraud Is Everywhere
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
Once upon a time, one of the great things about working in movies and TV was that if you lived in Los Angeles, even if you worked on a New York-set show like Friends or Seinfeld, you could commute from your L.A. home every day.
Newsom Fail – Film and TV Production Drops 20% in Democrat-Run California
The norm-busting former Federal Trade Commission chair is finding new ways to bolster Mamdani’s anti-corporate agenda.
Lina Khan Brings Her Anti-Business Playbook to New York City
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
"They were screaming antisemitic abuse and threatening to come back and stab them," The father of one of the boys, Adass community leader Chayim Klein, said.
Australian police hunt for suspects after Jewish teens targeted in hate attack
Osmani received a 15-week prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, meaning he will spend no time in custody unless he commits further crimes in that 12-month period.
Imam Who ‘Married’ Kids Spared Jail After Pleading Ignorance.
Support for terror continues to plague the Florida Muslim Conference.
Coral Springs to Host Pro-Hamas Confab 2026 (I assume Don Lemon will not be leading a brigade to disrupt this- jjs)
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY
In the face of surging antisemitism across New York state — fueled by incessant illegal demonstrations in support of terrorist groups like Hamas and Hezbollah — Attorney General Letitia James jumped into the fray to prosecute . . . Jews.
Letitia James makes it quite clear — there are no limits to denouncing or harassing Jews in New York
Alliance San Diego acknowledged that it revoked invitations for pro-Israel speakers, citing concerns about 'potential disruption related to Zionism and anti-Zionism'
MLK Day Celebration Backed by Top Teachers' Union Disinvites Rabbi Over Support for Israel
Lloyd Billingsley: Grandson of the Munich massacre mastermind runs for Congress . . . a third time.
The Munichian Candidate Returns
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
The costs in jobs, hope, and lives has been incalculable.
Howard Lutnick is right—Trump's tariffs are helping America a win in the global economic order
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
This isn't MAGA. This is Marxism.
Tucker Carlson: “Could the Iranians Obtaining The Bomb Wind Up Being a Good Thing?”
You'd think CNN would have learned its lesson. Wrong.
Will President Trump Push for Real Change at CNN?
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS,
Green mandates aren’t saving the planet—they’re building a tech-driven surveillance state where appliances cost more, work worse, and train Americans to accept control as virtue.
The Green Robotic ‘Utopia’ is Here
After years of green dogma and rising costs, 2026 offers a chance to restore American energy independence and lock in affordable, reliable power through lasting law.
In 2026, Congress Can Predict Our Energy Future By Creating It
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
Statement comes in wake of report pressing university to 'exercise restraint' in making institutional statements
Columbia Journalism School Faculty Endorse Minnesota Anti-ICE ~~Activism~~ Terrorism
Although most homeschool alumni transition seamlessly into higher education, employment, and vocational training, the Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) assists hundreds of families confronting discrimination annually. The overwhelming majority of institutions and employers fully recognize and accept homeschool graduates. However, a small minority of employers, trade schools, and certain institutions deny opportunities to these graduates under the mistaken belief that a homeschool diploma does not signify legitimate high school completion.
It’s Time to End Discrimination Against Homeschool Graduates
ABORTION
The radical abortion amendment includes no age limit, no parental rights, no ban on partial-birth abortions, no required medical treatment for babies born alive after a botched abortion, and no restrictions on taxpayer funding.
Virginia Democrats Are About To Make Northam’s Baby-Killing Comments Reality

SECOND AMENDMENT
At question are Hawaii gun restrictions barring even licensed concealed carriers from carrying on private property that is open to the public unless said carriers first get permission from the land owner.
Justice Ketanji Brown-25 Jackson Cites ‘Black Codes’ as Precedent Justifying Hawaii Gun Control
“Things I didn’t have on my bingo card today: Justice Jackson defending the racist Black Codes as precedent for what we should consider constitutional,” Carrie Severino of the Judicial Crisis Network posted on X.
Ketanji Brown-25 Jackson Defends Jim Crow Law During Second Amendment Case Hearing
THE 2020 and SUBSEQUENT ELECTION HEISTS , SHENANIGANS/FRAUD and AFTERMATH
A Virginia state delegate has introduced legislation that would bar the hand-counting of machine-readable ballots in most circumstances.
Extending Mail Ballots, Banning Hand Counts, And 3 Other Radical Election Changes VA Dems Have Planned
L'AFFAIRE EPSTEIN
In a post on X, Comer stated that the “latest demands” by the Clintons “make clear they believe their last name entitles them to special treatment.” Comer also criticized former President Bill Clinton for having “a documented history of parsing language to evade questions.”
James Comer Rejects ‘Ridiculous Offer’ by Clintons of Unofficial Interview
By continuing to comply with the House Oversight subpoenas, the Clintons will face an initial contempt of Congress vote on Wednesday.
Bill Clinton Keeps Refusing to Appear in Front of Congress, and Now He’s Bemoaning a Contempt Charge.
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY
“They will do this nationally as soon as they gain power and democracy will end,” Elon Musk tweeted yesterday.
Let’s Make Child Porn Less Punishable, And Other Fun Ideas From Newly Empowered Virginia Democrats
Democrats now control not just the governorship but both houses of the legislature, and they mean to test Spanberger’s claim to moderation. In the opening days of the term, they have put forward an orgy of left-wing legislation that would make a gender studies professor at Vassar blush. They propose to: —Eliminate mandatory minimum sentences for offenses, including rape, manslaughter, and the assault of a law enforcement officer —Introduce a quota for the use of "small, women-owned, or minority-owned businesses" in government contracting —Impose a tax on every retail delivery service, including Uber Eats, Amazon, and DoorDash —Double(!) taxes for high earners
Abigail Spanberger’s 48-Hour Honeymoon
POLITICS
The highlight of the day came from Elon Musk and Barron Trump.
Flashback: Trump 2.0 Inaugurated One Year Ago . . .
MADURO TAKEN DOWN
The information, Foro Penal detailed, confirms that, since January 8, the Venezuelan regime has only released 143 political prisoners out of the 863 confirmed by the end of 2025.
Report: Venezuela Still Keeping 777 Political Prisoners; Victims Detail Sexual Torture
ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS . . . AND LEFTISTS
For the IDF, there is no rest for the weary.
IDF Hits Hamas and Hezbollah Targets
Israel’s Foreign Ministry: “UNRWA-Hamas has long ceased to be a humanitarian aid organization, serving instead as a greenhouse for terrorism.”
Israel Demolishes Terrorist-Linked UNRWA’s East Jerusalem Headquarters (Now to demolish Turtle Bay - jjs)
When American campuses become relay stations for terrorist messaging, the problem is no longer speech — it is complicity.
Hamas’ US messengers: Campus activists as terror popagandists
Should we be elevating a Dutch leftist globalist who hates Trump and Geert Wilders? (elevating only onto a gallows - jjs)
UN Official Who Financed Murder of Teenage Girl on Gaza Board
Netanyahu’s decision to join the board could now put him in conflict with some of the far-right allies in his coalition, such as Israel’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who has criticized the board and called for Israel to take unilateral responsibility for Gaza’s future.
Israel’s Netanyahu agrees to join Trump’s Board of Peace for Gaza, changing his public stance

THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"
Ukraine’s long-standing reputation as one of the most corrupt countries in Europe has only gotten worse under President Volodymyr Zelensky, especially during the war with Russia. Very recently, a top ally of Zelensky fled to Israel after being accused of taking part in a $100 million corruption scheme. Despite previously being close to Zelensky and his right-hand man, Andriy Yermak, Timur Mindich is now claiming he never was.
You Still Can’t Trust Anything Coming Out of Ukraine.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
Proof that Trump retains his unique gift for poking the bear of conventional thinking and the gatekeepers of the so-called norms is contained in the harsh criticism being lobbed at the (Gaza) Board of Peace. (Total waste of time unless its to expose the usual suspects, but even still - jjs)
Michael Goodwin: Trump’s America First strategy now pulling double duty on the international stage
German officials denied that the mission ended early.
German forces quietly flee Greenland after high-profile NATO arrival
The UK’s Labour Party-controlled government has approved plans for China to build a sprawling new embassy complex in central London, despite warnings from lawmakers, security officials, and Chinese dissidents who say the project poses serious national security risks.
UK Approves Chinese Super-Embassy In Capital
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
Air Force One turned around while en route to the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland Tuesday night. The crew reportedly detected a “minor electrical issue” and decided to return to Andrews Air Force Base “out of an abundance of caution,” with President Donald Trump and his team planning to board another aircraft. Trump was en route to the WEF to give a “Special Address” Wednesday afternoon local time when the issue occurred.
Air Force One Makes U-Turn Over Atlantic, Returns To Andrews AFB
HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
Stronger border enforcement, military strikes on drug boats, and other measures have coincided with a significant decline in overdose deaths.
Overdose Deaths Down by a Fifth Amid Trump’s Cartel Crackdown.
Taken together, this means that billions of dollars flowing through the No Surprises Act’s arbitration process are being fought over, and often won, by investment funds and foreign governments. These entities were never the intended beneficiaries of the law. The NSA was meant to stop surprise bills and stabilize costs, not to enable global financiers to wage billing wars for profit inside our healthcare system.
Hospitals Are Allowing Foreign Governments to Exploit a U.S. Patient Protection Law
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
Hopefully the impacts will be minimal, and notable only for the stream of spectacular aurora images that will be streaming on social media.
Solar Radiation Storm Slams Earth, Generating Auroras and Threatening Satellites
This conclusion however runs completely counter to what we should expect. Jupiter has a much great mass, and one would assume from this that its interior would therefore be denser and thus harder.
Computer simulations suggest Jupiter and Saturn have fundamentally
different interiors
We still do not know the cause of the over-rotation, which at present does appear to have been the result of human carelessness. And NASA’s lack of transparency in this matter reinforces that speculation.
Update on NASA’s damaged Goldstone antenna
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
Tech billionaire backs doctor who blew the whistle on secret transgender surgeries at Texas Children's Hospital.
EXCLUSIVE: Elon Musk Funds Suit Against Texas Children’s For ‘Malicious Prosecution’ Of Eithan Haim
In his first year back in office, President Trump has elevated the voices of detransitioners like me.
A Year Of Action To Protect Kids From Child Mutilation
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
John Stossel: Sounds nice -- until the monstrosity.
The Warmth of Collectivism
The culture wars are taking their toll, and the nation could suffer irreparable damage.
Our Pernicious Culture Wars
Far from isolated incidents, persecution of Christians is now embedded in the political and social systems of dozens of countries.
Christian persecution is growing globally (eg: Don Lemon and his jihadists - jjs)
Christian Toto: Stage Right celebrates its 10th festival with four thoughtful short plays
The Left Rages Against Lone Conservative Theatre Group

HITHER & YON
Robert Zimmerman: "What made [the book] a revelation to me is that it revealed an aspect of this early American settlement of the west that I had been ignorant of. It wasn’t just any old Americans moving west to found new communities. At the beginning it was specifically the descendants of the Pilgrims and Puritans in New England, actually organizing consciously to repeat the same thing as their ancestors, sending a group of God-fearing religious families west to build a new city on a hill, for the future of America and for their children."
“A new empire has sprung into existence, and there is a new thing under the sun.”

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1 WTFO??

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 21, 2026 07:00 AM (gbOdA)

2 Foist?

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 21, 2026 07:01 AM (dtajH)

3 Lest we forget.

Timmy Walz had Keith Ellison take over as special prosecutor in the Derek Chauvin case, where he upped the murder charges and dropped the manslaughter option for the jury, thus ensuring a murder charge.

No prisoners.

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 21, 2026 07:03 AM (dtajH)

4 Meow

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at January 21, 2026 07:04 AM (w3u3d)

5 Solicitor General to SCOTUS:

Shall. Not. Be. Infringed.

Do you motherf*ckers speak it?

Posted by: rickb223 at January 21, 2026 07:05 AM (FMAqD)

6 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 21, 2026 07:06 AM (U2OZr)

7 Every morning, Brown looks in her mirror and says "hang in there, sistah. When the Dems come back, they pack the court and I sit with Keith Ellison, Letitia James, Eric Holder and that ambulance chaser Crump".

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 21, 2026 07:07 AM (gm9Sb)

8 If Renee Good could use her SUV as a weapon and if a transexual could shoot up a Catholic school and mow down innocent children, then that CHurch in Minneapolis could've been the sight of bloody carnage.

How does MN's "Duty To Retreat" work in the case of BLM gunmen in the church sanctuary?

Would those defending themselves, their family, and the assembly be charged criminally if they neutralize the threat? Or are they expected to die for the cause?

This is important, because I don't know what the law requires for body count and casualties before a sheep dog can be let off the leash.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 21, 2026 07:07 AM (a4flb)

9 What's the deal with having all these "prosperity" and WEF like events in euro-fag-land and not here?

The last thing on earth the EU wants is prosperity.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 21, 2026 07:09 AM (U2OZr)

10 Arrests are coming soon in the investigation into an anti-ICE mob that crashed a Sunday morning service at Cities Church in St. Paul, according to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Noem appeared on Newsmax on Tuesday evening and said that arrests would begin “in the next several hours.”

I don't believe you. Not in the least.

The secretary also said that ex-CNN host turned YouTuber Don Lemon could face charges for his involvement in the church protest as well.

'COULD' face charges. I told you the DoJ wasn't going to touch that bastard - they just had to find the right excuse to gull the rubes.

But I'm the bad guy for calling it like it is.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 21, 2026 07:10 AM (ufSfZ)

11 Air Force One turned around while en route to the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland Tuesday night. The crew reportedly detected a “minor electrical issue” and decided to return to Andrews Air Force Base

That was a career limiting move of the Crew Chief or the DCC.

Echoes of the UN's problems with escalators and sound systems whenever Trump is present.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 21, 2026 07:11 AM (a4flb)

12 Solicitor General to SCOTUS:

But you can't hold a whole amendment responsible for the behavior of a few, sick twisted individuals.

For if you do, then shouldn't we blame the whole Constitution?

And if the whole Constitution is guilty, then isn't this an indictment of our Congress in general?

I put it to you, Jumanji - isn't this an indictment of our entire American society?

Well, you can do whatever you want to us, but we're not going to sit here and listen to you badmouth the United States of America. Gentlemen!

Posted by: Solicitor General at January 21, 2026 07:12 AM (FMAqD)

13 Good morning JJ and all.

Posted by: Eromero at January 21, 2026 07:14 AM (o2ZRX)

14 Air Force One turned around while en route to the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland Tuesday night. The crew reportedly detected a “minor electrical issue” and decided to return to Andrews Air Force Base

That was a career limiting move of the Crew Chief or the DCC.

Echoes of the UN's problems with escalators and sound systems whenever Trump is present.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure

Ohm! ISWYDT.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 21, 2026 07:15 AM (FMAqD)

15 The secretary also said that ex-CNN host turned YouTuber Don Lemon could face charges for his involvement in the church protest as well.

"could" is the operative term here.

Translation: Lemon's lawyers are better than ours since both teams want to see Lemon prevail.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 21, 2026 07:15 AM (a4flb)

16 An electrical issue or a credible threat to the President ?

Posted by: Ben Had at January 21, 2026 07:15 AM (0KSrI)

17 Kunta Kinte Brown Jackson is a gift that keeps.on giving.

Posted by: Ignorant, Illiterate and Unqualified at January 21, 2026 07:15 AM (n+1Zi)

18 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 21, 2026 07:18 AM (ExV1e)

19 I used to have a different nic, how's retirement?

Posted by: Ben Had at January 21, 2026 07:18 AM (0KSrI)

20 Lots of discussion at our Church's Men's Group at our monthly meeting last night.

Review of physical security plans and armed security response, all brought about by the recent events involving Don Lemon, and friends.

I suspect that most of the Churches down here are as well armed as any physical Palmetto State Armory brick and mortar store is.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 21, 2026 07:20 AM (iMotb)

21 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 21, 2026 07:22 AM (u82oZ)

22 Has Don Lemon been perp walked yet?

Posted by: I gotta ask at January 21, 2026 07:22 AM (2Ez/1)

23 “There will be arrests tied to that, and people will be brought to justice for how they violated the law in that situation,”

*holds breath, turns blue*

Posted by: guy who always says nothing will happen and is usually right at January 21, 2026 07:22 AM (vFG9F)

24 Why on earth would Trump travel to Europe, specifically the WEF where's he's hated every bit, if not more, than he is here among the left? His mouthing off a them isn't going to change a thing. It didn't between 2016 and 2020 and it won't now.

Snubbing them instead, delegitimizing the whole Forum would, IMO be a better play.

And cost the taxpayers nothing.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 21, 2026 07:23 AM (U2OZr)

25 VIA, being proactive is so smart. Good on you all for your foresight.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 21, 2026 07:23 AM (0KSrI)

26 'None of us are immune from the voice of public"

Ha ha ha ha ha!

Posted by: Congress at January 21, 2026 07:25 AM (vFG9F)

27 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

Prior planning to protect the congregation is always warranted in today's environment.

Demonic possession of Leftists is as good an explanation as any other. They will not learn. They are another tribe, that wants us dead.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 21, 2026 07:25 AM (u82oZ)

28 Don Lemon says Nicki Minaj should be deported.

The irony is so thick...

“I think Nicki Minaj has made it very clear how she feels about African-Americans in this country,” Lemon said. “I don’t think she’s one of them, obviously. And under Trump’s rules, she should be deported, because I don’t think, reportedly, that she is a legal citizen here.”

Posted by: rickb223 at January 21, 2026 07:26 AM (FMAqD)

29 Invade Congress, the media hates you
Invade a church, the media loves you

Posted by: fd at January 21, 2026 07:26 AM (vFG9F)

30 NaCly, dearest, Good morning to you.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 21, 2026 07:26 AM (0KSrI)

31 rickb223

It's a good cover story. Send Vance to talk with them. Let Trump focus on improving the world.

Meanwhile, on the frontiers of Iran ...

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 21, 2026 07:28 AM (u82oZ)

32 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 21, 2026 07:10 AM (ufSfZ

Nobody here thinksyou're a bad guy. You're a smart and nice and interesting guy. Some people just take "a wait and see approach" and their thinking won't change because of what is said here.

I understand people can get kind of testy here ( Me too) and this is not directed to you, MP4, but the "mind reading" here ( "you think this. You think that" ) when that may not be the case at all, as well as the insults towards people on the same side politically does get to be a bore. For goodness sake, if people are going to go off like a rocket on fellow conservative posters better perhaps they should take a break from threads that cause them
Such anxiety.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 21, 2026 07:29 AM (Nx5jP)

33 People will say this retardery is because she's a DEI hire. Which she is, she doesn't belong on the bench. But that's not why she making an argument offensive to blacks.

All of them do this, and this is a pretty mild example, frankly. Leftist men will make vicious, blanket attacks on "toxic masculinity." Leftist whites in general attack white people on every front, all the time. Leftist Jews will denounce of Zionism at the drop of a hat. And so on and so on.

The funny thing about their identity politics is that everyone in their coalition MUST stridently identify as X, Y, or Z, or at least an ally of some group, for the few remaining straight white men. They must do this daily, in a strained and inscrutable manner - "as a gay Polynesian otherkin, I believe that tariffs on Norway are a genocide of my people."

But, from to time to time, they MUST attack their own group, to show fealty to the overarching Party and its power demon masters - "Polynesian otherkin all too often appropriate indigenous cultures, which do not necessarily include a rich otherkin history in all cases. It's time to pass the mic and be an ally to our brothers in Hamas."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 21, 2026 07:29 AM (BI5O2)

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

It is a good morning.

I am now the organizer of the local Senior Center Widow Support Group for social events. We had dinner at a local restaurant last night. My goal is to reduce my social isolation after the three local gold diggers gave up.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 21, 2026 07:31 AM (u82oZ)

35 Pam Bondi is coming to clean up the streets and put the bad people away for good. Believe in her as I have seen her up close and in person. Bad people are going down!

Posted by: Dan Bongino, Balloon Juicer at January 21, 2026 07:34 AM (n+1Zi)

36
Demonic possession of Leftists is as good an explanation as any other.

For as much it is true, I'm pretty sure that argument won't fly in a MN or for that matter, any, US court.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 21, 2026 07:34 AM (a4flb)

37 Yesterday, the terrorists who broke into the church held a press conference; all blacks.

The first lady blamed the members, for having a pastor who was an ICE agent. She then demanded further investigation ... into the other members!
To see if they were ICE!
(yes, she is continuing to make terroristic threats)

The next lady compared themselves to Jesus. That chasing the money changers out of the temple is exactly like breaking into a church to find and hunt down suspected ICE agents.

The last guy wanted you to know that the only victims here are blacks. Because their churches--thousands of miles away and over 50 years ago--were bombed by racists.

That is the level of delusion, derangement and evil roaming the streets in Minny.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 21, 2026 07:35 AM (HXT0k)

38 Pam Bondi is coming to clean up the streets and put the bad people away for good. Believe in her as I have seen her up close and in person. Bad people are going down!

What happened to the FBI that had the free time and the speed and efficiency to hunt down and track elderly Catholic women for FACE act violations, to prosecute meme posters and raid homes of parents who had the temerity to challenge local school board officials?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 21, 2026 07:37 AM (a4flb)

39 That was a career limiting move of the Crew Chief or the DCC.

Depends. You cannot, necessarily, detect that an electrical component will fail until it fails. No doubt there'll be an investigation but - shit breaks.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 21, 2026 07:38 AM (ExV1e)

40 Was it proven that the Pastor had an ICE affiliation?

Posted by: Ben Had at January 21, 2026 07:38 AM (0KSrI)

41 And cost the taxpayers nothing.

Hegseth was bragging yesterday about Trump wanting to piss away $1.5T for FY2027 just on the DoW / MIC alone.

Trump couldn't care less about spending public money.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 21, 2026 07:39 AM (a4flb)

42 I am now the organizer of the local Senior Center Widow Support Group for social events. We had dinner at a local restaurant last night. My goal is to reduce my social isolation after the three local gold diggers gave up.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 21, 2026 07:31 AM (u82oZ

You have such a great outlook on life -- I'll bet the people in your social circles enjoy your sunshine!

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 21, 2026 07:40 AM (FMtrg)

43 Unknown Drip, what happened was Merrick Garland and Joke Bribe'em.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 21, 2026 07:40 AM (0KSrI)

44 Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression)

Based on the history of pushback from accountability for Deep State actions, I think your observations are whip-smart.

We want one thing, but reality is different.

I wish there will be a change. I hope we get smarter as a culture. But human nature is a stubborn, hierarchal, thing. We have made progress since the Stone Age.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 21, 2026 07:41 AM (u82oZ)

45 Tucker Carlson: “Could the Iranians Obtaining The Bomb Wind Up Being a Good Thing?”

Isnt there a theme in the beginning of On the Beach that some Moolahs get the bomb and decide their Mohammedans are better than other Mohammedans.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 21, 2026 07:41 AM (gbOdA)

46 "Yesterday, the terrorists who broke into the church held a press conference; all blacks."...

' The next lady compared themselves to Jesus. That chasing the money changers out of the temple is exactly like breaking into a church to find and hunt down suspected ICE agents.'

Hmmm...I guess the next step would be for these fine folks to mask up in distinctively shaped hoods, round ups the folks in the church, and take them to the nearest tree to impose justice.
And then...burn the church down.

And never once see the irony of their actions and mind set.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 21, 2026 07:41 AM (iMotb)

47 Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 21, 2026 07:31 AM (u82oZ

That's great!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 21, 2026 07:41 AM (rZCVI)

48 If the church raiders are not all arrested today the whole thing will be forgotten. I have more confidence that Mary Poppins will descend from the sky on an umbrella and give me a spoon full of locally sourced free range sand.

Posted by: fd at January 21, 2026 07:42 AM (vFG9F)

49 I used to have a different nic, how's retirement?
Posted by: Ben Had at January 21, 2026 07:18 AM (0KSrI)

It's pretty nice. Used to get up at 3, now I get up around 6. Working on a couple projects around the house. Set up a linux computer for the wife.

The only real downside, and it's not much, is that I chose to retire right before property taxes, homeowners insurance, and car insurance came due. Added to that, the stupid lease youngest child had to sign for their apartment at Virginia Tech which I have to pay for for another 6 months despite said youngest child having graduated and being back in Texas, means that the first month spending was roughly 25% of what I had mentally allotted for the whole year. As I said, it's not an issue - recalibration required - but it was a mild shock.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 21, 2026 07:43 AM (ExV1e)

50 Emmie -- be strong and courageous!

Thanks.

How are you doing? Do you need a car? My late wife's car has been idle for a while. Thinking of selling it.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 21, 2026 07:43 AM (u82oZ)

51 The next lady compared themselves to Jesus. That chasing the money changers out of the temple is exactly like breaking into a church to find and hunt down suspected ICE agents.'

Lady didn't have a very good understanding of that Bible story, did she?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 21, 2026 07:43 AM (rZCVI)

52 The silver market has been in a state of flux for about a decade. Small investor demand for the poor man's bullion has put extreme pressure on supply.

Blaming small investors for the Silver supply Squeeze is like blaming California Mercedes drivers for the high price of gasoline in that state. There is a whole lot of big player involvement in both situations. Chase Bank was fined $920 million dollars for illegally holding down Silver prices for years while they bought many, many tons of the metal, enough that they considered that huge fine just part of the cost of doing business. Until the last month or so very few people owned silver. The reason the propaganda press is blaming small investors is that the government plans to steal Silver from individuals because Chase Etc. can afford the lawyers to fight them in court, while small investors are helpless to stop them.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 21, 2026 07:44 AM (Da7Vv)

53 Yesterday, the terrorists who broke into the church held a press conference; all blacks.

Those colored folks are a product of a poor environment. There's nothing wrong with them, I can prove it.

Posted by: Randolph Duke at January 21, 2026 07:44 AM (n+1Zi)

54 @46

>> And never once see the irony of their actions and mind set.

These people’s bread is buttered by this corrupt system.

They’re whores, the whole lot of them.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 21, 2026 07:44 AM (XV/Pl)

55 Thank you, JJ!

"Noem appeared on Newsmax on Tuesday evening and said that arrests would begin “in the next several hours.”

that was yesterday ... so the arrests have begun?
good to hear!

/s

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 21, 2026 07:45 AM (Cjt/F)

56 Send Vance to talk with them.

Speaking of old JD... I saw something yesterday which said that he and Usha are expecting another baby.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 21, 2026 07:46 AM (ExV1e)

57 The UK’s Labour Party-controlled government has approved plans for China to build a sprawling new embassy complex in central London, despite warnings from lawmakers, security officials, and Chinese dissidents who say the project poses serious national security risks.

--

I wonder who will be the last man standing to chew on the hollowed-out carcass of what was once the UK: Islam or China.

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 21, 2026 07:46 AM (qBdHI)

58 56 Send Vance to talk with them.

Speaking of old JD... I saw something yesterday which said that he and Usha are expecting another baby.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 21, 2026 07:46 AM (ExV1e)

Baby #4 on the way.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 21, 2026 07:46 AM (x0n13)

59 How are you doing? Do you need a car? My late wife's car has been idle for a while. Thinking of selling it.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 21, 2026 07:43 AM (u82oZ)

NaCly, that is so sweet! I'm off to school soon, so I will try to get in touch later when I get a minute.

Thank you for thinking of us!

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 21, 2026 07:47 AM (FMtrg)

60
Lady didn't have a very good understanding of that Bible story, did she?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke a

What? You weren't taking notes on her sermon for prep in next Sunday's message? </sarc>

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 21, 2026 07:47 AM (a4flb)

61 Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 21, 2026 07:47 AM (a4flb)

No.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 21, 2026 07:49 AM (rZCVI)

62 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at January 21, 2026 07:49 AM (53oGX)

63 Speaking of old JD... I saw something yesterday which said that he and Usha are expecting another baby.

They say power is an aphrodisiac.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 21, 2026 07:49 AM (a4flb)

64 What happened to the FBI that had the free time and the speed and efficiency to hunt down and track elderly Catholic women for FACE act violations, to prosecute meme posters and raid homes of parents who had the temerity to challenge local school board officials?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 21, 2026 07:37 AM (a4flb)

How many FBI agents retired or were fired in the past year? Do you people even follow the goings-on?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 21, 2026 07:50 AM (ExV1e)

65 "40 Was it proven that the Pastor had an ICE affiliation?

Posted by: Ben Had at January 21, 2026 07:38 AM (0KSrI) "

No idea. Lost in the furor. I wondered the same thing.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 21, 2026 07:50 AM (Cjt/F)

66 I used to have a different nic

Practice makes pregnant.

Seriously, get VP Vance over to Davos to practice his BSD moves among the self-anointed. Good training.
And he does not shoot blanks.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 21, 2026 07:50 AM (u82oZ)

67 Once again, I hate when the children of Stan tell Christians what God supposedly expects from us. Especially since it usually involves some sort of suicidal component.

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 21, 2026 07:51 AM (FMtrg)

68 Thank you JJ

The whole church invasion incident is gross and disgusting…. At my church we have multiple policemen at every service and almost certainly multiple members of the congregation that are carrying. If they pulled that stunt here they’d risk being ventilated…. And you know what? No one wants that by a long shot; we go to church to worship our Lord and (at least for me) confrontation is the farthest thing from mind…. It’s insane

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 21, 2026 07:52 AM (YobFY)

69 Off to the races for me. Gotta math, math, math till the sun goes down.

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 21, 2026 07:53 AM (FMtrg)

70 Lady in Black

Islam. Facts on the ground and maternity wards say Islam takes over the UK. Unless...

China is experiencing imperial overstretch. Their next generation is lying flat (like our hipsters in basements) in protest.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 21, 2026 07:54 AM (u82oZ)

71 *yawn* Up early thanks to Lil Pooky's molar trying to break through. Haven't heard yet if Pookette has school and I have Bible Study. The wind and cold are supposed to ferocious today, possibly bottoming out at -35 F.

Posted by: pookysgirl. making sure the space heaters are going at January 21, 2026 07:54 AM (Wt5PA)

72 The next lady compared themselves to Jesus. That chasing the money changers out of the temple is exactly like breaking into a church to find and hunt down suspected ICE agents.'

On yesterday's walk, listening to Matt Walsh's podcast where he played clips of that nutcase and Lemon.

Similar to when Biden or Obama clips are played, I can't listen to them and turn the sound down (or advance the recording) because I just don't listen to demons.

One of the myriad of problems with the internet and everyone is a broadcaster is that true demonic voices can be amplified, heard and repeated all around the globe.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 21, 2026 07:54 AM (a4flb)

73 Tucker Carlson: “Could the Iranians Obtaining The Bomb Wind Up Being a Good Thing?”

Yes!!!!!!

Posted by: Obama, ValJar, Biden, Ben Rhodes, and a lot of other Smart People! at January 21, 2026 07:55 AM (5rh/l)

74 That was quite an insightful article, "Anti ICE moms imploding." They have some fine writers over there are "FrontPage" magazine. Thanks again, J.J, for all the links and commentary.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 21, 2026 07:56 AM (rZCVI)

75 Seriously, get VP Vance over to Davos to practice his BSD moves among the self-anointed. Good training.
And he does not shoot blanks.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 21, 2026 07:50 AM (u82oZ)

Honestly, if I were the Trump Administration, I'd send the Third Assistant Deputy Undersecretary of Deputy Assistants to go over there and tell them that they're retarded and their shit's all fucked up but Trump has couth.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 21, 2026 07:56 AM (ExV1e)

76 If they pulled that stunt here they’d risk being ventilated…. And you know what? No one wants that by a long shot;

No kidding. You have to bring in expensive specialists to clean up the blood and brain matter out of the furniture and floors.

Its expensive and in the meantime have to use the church gymnasium or dining hall until the mess is cleaned up.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 21, 2026 07:57 AM (a4flb)

77 ICE Arrests 3,000 Illegal Alien Criminals in Minneapolis

-----------

Per Karoline Leavitt and President Trump yesterday, it was 10,000.

One for every lake in Minnesomalia ...

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 21, 2026 07:58 AM (nXhai)

78
"I'm a Don LeMon Christian!" said no one, ever.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 21, 2026 07:58 AM (xG4kz)

79 57 I wonder who will be the last man standing to chew on the hollowed-out carcass of what was once the UK: Islam or China.
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 21, 2026 07:46 AM (qBdHI)

China.

They can do math.

Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 07:59 AM (iXqHn)

80 "Students at universities and high schools across North Georgia are planning walkouts later today to protest stepped-up immigration enforcement under the Trump administration, with demonstrations expected on multiple campuses."

Oh no, a walkout. I hope their education is not affected. Probably not, what they are taught is mostly garbage anyway.

Posted by: fd at January 21, 2026 08:01 AM (vFG9F)

81 Yesterday, the terrorists who broke into the church held a press conference; all blacks.

And that, right there, is all you need to hear to know Blondi's huffing and puffing is all bullshit. If these assholes really thought they were going to be arrested and prosecuted, they'd never have left their houses.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 21, 2026 08:01 AM (ufSfZ)

82 They no longer as ccrl the his to lies.
Posted by: Aliassmithsmith

I see that English as a second language course didn't help much, eh? LOL.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 21, 2026 08:01 AM (rZCVI)

83 Who Wants 7,000 Gang Members as Their “Neighbors”?

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

A Nihilistic Satanic Anarcho-Terrorist Death Cult.

Next?

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 21, 2026 08:02 AM (nXhai)

84 I must have missed the reporting of Congress critters offices being stormed yesterday.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 21, 2026 08:02 AM (0KSrI)

85 I just can't get over how casually blasphemous their "we're just like Jesus chasing the money-changers" is.

No.

You, you are the local money-changers guild.
And you're kicking in the doors of synagogues to find this outsider, this Nazarene, or his followers.
You've bribed the centurion to look the other way as you stole money from the people.
And you are very, very upset that anyone would dare stop your lucrative exploitations of the people.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 21, 2026 08:03 AM (HXT0k)

86 North Georgia is getting a polar vortex. Those college students picked the wrong day to virtue signal. Shows how smart they are.

Posted by: fd at January 21, 2026 08:03 AM (vFG9F)

87 OMG. The Pewpewjew on Instagram. He has a store. thepewpewjew.com

Fake beeper morale patch. Screen says:

Shalom Hamas

Bottom beeper panel:

L'Chaim!

Patch: https://tinyurl.com/ycxrpjvr

Posted by: rickb223 at January 21, 2026 08:03 AM (FMAqD)

88 Ketanji Jackson Brown's brain is running on empty.

Posted by: Delurker at January 21, 2026 08:05 AM (gtcuf)

89 My late wife's car has been idle for a while. Thinking of selling it.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 21, 2026 07:43 AM (u82oZ)

What kind of car? Where are you?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 21, 2026 08:05 AM (ufSfZ)

90
...funding for gender-based violence services

Is there such a thing as Wife Beaters-R-Us franchises? Who knew?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 21, 2026 08:06 AM (xG4kz)

91 Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 21, 2026 08:03 AM (HXT0k)

Preach it, brother!

Posted by: pookysgirl, from the band section at January 21, 2026 08:06 AM (Wt5PA)

92 How many FBI agents retired or were fired in the past year? Do you people even follow the goings-on?

TBH, No.

What reliable source is reporting on the scope of the attrition within the FBI? Randos say "lots of FBI agents retired or were fired" but that is hearsay, and wildly subjective as to being a few, or thousands.

Yet another problem with today's tech, the internet where pathological liars and propagandists can say anything, with AI creating all kinds of propaganda and fiction, bad actors from around the globe injecting FUD and the pursuit of clicks rather than truth...

information wise, its like being stranded on a deserted island.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 21, 2026 08:06 AM (a4flb)

93
North Georgia is getting a polar vortex.

Is that like getting a Zamboni?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 21, 2026 08:07 AM (xG4kz)

94 The Wall Street Journal reported in January 2024 that out of UNRWA’s 12,000 employees, “around {s]10% 99.99% of all of Gaza staff have ties to Islamist militant groups.”

fixed it

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 21, 2026 08:08 AM (gbOdA)

95 crap

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 21, 2026 08:08 AM (gbOdA)

96 I see that English as a second language course didn't help much, eh? LOL.

That is how you know it is substance abuse rather than AI that is behind the utterances.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 21, 2026 08:09 AM (a4flb)

97 Is that like getting a Zamboni?

Twenty bucks, same as in town.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 21, 2026 08:09 AM (ufSfZ)

98 "North Georgia is getting a polar vortex.

Is that like getting a Zamboni?"

Or a Chocolate Swirly?

TBH, I would settle for them getting an Upper Decker.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 21, 2026 08:09 AM (iMotb)

99 Ketanji Jackson Brown's brain is running on empty.
Posted by: Delurker at January 21, 2026 08:05 AM (gtcuf)

Heh. Jackson Browne — Running on Empty. Good song and appropriate connection to the retard justice

I never made that connection…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 21, 2026 08:09 AM (YobFY)

100 I think the benchmark for the DoJ making arrests and incarcerating people was laid down on J6. That's the benchmark this DoJ needs to strive for.

I presume arrests have been made in Minneapolis. That's a good sign. But are those arrested in jail, like the J6'ers or are they running loose on bond... that was denied to anyone caught up in J6?

I fully understand Trump's DoJ is facing a very unfavorable judiciary now. Every case must be water tight. But that doesn't preclude a black robed tyrant from tossing a case out of spite.

So, what to do?

Maybe confronting the judiciary on day one and forcing the issue would have been a better play?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 21, 2026 08:09 AM (U2OZr)

101 In addition to general daily prayers for the world, I am now adding one on-line leftist specifically.
I think I will start with the woman who just recently showed up- Jennifer (have to look up her last name.
Mostly because she seems like such a sad person, not b/c she's particularly powerful.

We're gearing up for the possible ice storm, just in case.
Texas weather...
Y'all stay warm and safe.

Posted by: sal at January 21, 2026 08:10 AM (f+FmA)

102 "40 Was it proven that the Pastor had an ICE affiliation?

Posted by: Ben Had at January 21, 2026 07:38 AM (0KSrI) "

No idea. Lost in the furor. I wondered the same thing.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 21, 2026 07:50 AM (Cjt/F)

Irrelevant. Immaterial. Impertinent.

Posted by: Jackie Chiles, Esq. at January 21, 2026 08:10 AM (q2NNn)

103 Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (

It is a 2010 Ford Fusion Sport with 46,000 miles on it. Garaged in rural Kansas.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 21, 2026 08:10 AM (u82oZ)

104 Zambrony: A fan of hockey and My Little Pony.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 21, 2026 08:10 AM (ufSfZ)

105 Students at universities and high schools across North Georgia are planning walkouts later today ~~to protest stepped-up immigration enforcement under the Trump administration, with demonstrations expected on multiple campuses~~ because they don't want to attend classes and they know that their school will smile upon them for leftist performance art.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 21, 2026 08:11 AM (ExV1e)

106 Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 21, 2026 08:10 AM (u82oZ)

Thanks, Salty. Asking for a friend. I don't think she wants to go that far.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 21, 2026 08:11 AM (ufSfZ)

107 J.D. and Usha are having a baby to distract from the fact that J.D. is having an affair with Erika Kirk.

- The Left's Hot Take of the Day

Posted by: Delurker at January 21, 2026 08:12 AM (gtcuf)

108 Tucker Carlson: “Could the Iranians Obtaining The Bomb Wind Up Being a Good Thing?”

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"He's just asking questions, h8rs!" Like, what could go wrong?

/Jeff Dunham could revitalize his ventriloquist career with a new Qatarlson puppet called "Cucker The Dead Terrorist."

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 21, 2026 08:12 AM (nXhai)

109 UK Approves Chinese Super-Embassy In Capital

Maybe they will get control of the Mohammedans in Londonstan.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 21, 2026 08:13 AM (gbOdA)

110 Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

I would sell it to you. But not your friend. Just one of the things I have to get done in 2026.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 21, 2026 08:13 AM (u82oZ)

111 Mr. Sefton has once again called for the demolition of Turtle Bay. I find this quite concerning. Turtles are harmless animals and a valuable part of the ecosystem. Maybe all those years as a city boy has colored his views and led to his reptile dysfunction. We will pray for him.

Posted by: Emily Litella at January 21, 2026 08:13 AM (oftw2)

112 Irrelevant. Immaterial. Impertinent.

It would matter, because he would have been legally allowed to carry and could have punctuated his sermon with an ad hoc weapons handling and proficiency demonstration.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 21, 2026 08:13 AM (a4flb)

113 It's a chase.

Police
U-Haul
Some assembly required.

https://tinyurl.com/ysdahsjj

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 21, 2026 08:14 AM (iMotb)

114 Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 21, 2026 08:09 AM (YobFY)

That album's an outlier for me. I cannot stand 99% of Jackson Browne's output...except that one amazing album, which I deeply love. A downright masterpiece from start to finish. But, nearly everything else he's ever done, I hate.

Posted by: Delurker at January 21, 2026 08:14 AM (gtcuf)

115 Mornin’, All. Happy Wednesday.

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 08:14 AM (77rzZ)

116 Good morning dear horde and happy birthday JJ

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 21, 2026 08:15 AM (RIvkX)

117 DFW’s one ice storm per year headed this way for the weekend… sigh

Having lived in LA for a long time I just can’t get used to “wintry mix”… everything just shuts down

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 21, 2026 08:15 AM (/iXAp)

118 >> Yesterday, the terrorists who broke into the church held a press conference; all blacks.

How was their Haka performance?

Posted by: Count de Monet's Remote Location at January 21, 2026 08:15 AM (q2NNn)

119 r hennigantx

It is to laugh. This will be an intel node to hoover up all sorts of secrets. Very expensive.

But the UK is a hollow society, and their pace of innovation in science and technology is faltering. This despite having research powerhouses in Oxford and Cambridge. Singapore is doing much better than the UK these days.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 21, 2026 08:16 AM (u82oZ)

120 How many FBI agents retired or were fired in the past year? Do you people even follow the goings-on?

Like other criminal organizations, the FBI keeps things secret and murky. Just because our tax dollars pay for everything doesn't mean we have a right to know. Plus if you ask again they will break your legs, shoot your dog and put nasty Chomo stuff on your computer.

Posted by: Zombie Richard Jewell at January 21, 2026 08:17 AM (n+1Zi)

121 That album's an outlier for me. I cannot stand 99% of Jackson Browne's output...except that one amazing album, which I deeply love. A downright masterpiece from start to finish. But, nearly everything else he's ever done, I hate.
Posted by: Delurker at January 21, 2026 08:14 AM (gtcuf)

He opened for the Eagles Millennium Concert in Vegas Dec 30 99. We are on about the 4th or 5th row around $1000 for tickets. Jackson plays and the lights come on and the couple next to us get up. There was about a 30 min intermission. They never came back.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 21, 2026 08:17 AM (gbOdA)

122 Maybe confronting the judiciary on day one and forcing the issue would have been a better play?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 21, 2026 08:09 AM (U2OZr)

Confront them how? Declare that they had better do right or you'll complain to Congress who will do nothing?

We're fighting the judiciary, the legislature, half the state governments, and approximately 98% of all the foreign governments - simultaneously.

Things are happening. Not as much as we'd like, and not as fast, but things are happening.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 21, 2026 08:17 AM (ExV1e)

123 "Yesterday, the terrorists who broke into the church held a press conference; all blacks."

were they kneeling, wearing those really cool scarves, like Nancy and the Gang wore for their performance?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 21, 2026 08:17 AM (iMotb)

124 Good morning everyone. Thx JJ.
Still kind of amazed that the African-Americans in Minnesota haven't realized they've been pushed down further on the pecking order of the Dem party. The Somalis will and are stealing from them as well. Violence by the Somalis against the African Americans can't be far off

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 21, 2026 08:17 AM (PTsqM)

125 So, what to do?

Maybe confronting the judiciary on day one and forcing the issue would have been a better play?

Never underestimate the persuasive power of black bagging trouble makers.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 21, 2026 08:17 AM (a4flb)

126 I am not happy to be living in Virginia now that the satanic democrats are in charge.

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 08:17 AM (77rzZ)

127 Let's face it, it was an act of terrorism straight up. The terrorists themselves even crow (not Jim) about making people feel uncomfortable, about ICE or whatever the issue du jour may be. Let's take it a step further — what if one or more of the scum were armed?
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Please to remember two children murdered in a Minneapolis church just months ago.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 21, 2026 08:18 AM (RIvkX)

128 Was it proven that the Pastor had an ICE affiliation?

Posted by: Ben Had at January 21, 2026 07:38 AM (0KSrI) "

No idea. Lost in the furor. I wondered the same thing.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 21, 2026 07:50 AM (Cjt/F)

Irrelevant. Immaterial. Impertinent.
Posted by: Jackie Chiles, Esq. at January 21, 2026 08:10 AM (q2NNn)

I saw elsewhere that he had the same name as someone in ICE but wasn't the same person. That having been said, UDUP's comment @92 has some validity.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 21, 2026 08:19 AM (ExV1e)

129 124 Still kind of amazed that the African-Americans in Minnesota haven't realized they've been pushed down further on the pecking order of the Dem party. The Somalis will and are stealing from them as well. Violence by the Somalis against the African Americans can't be far off
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 21, 2026 08:17 AM (PTsqM)

They seemed to know, right up until the moment the checks started clearing.

Then it was Leftist Business as Usual.

Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 08:19 AM (iXqHn)

130 Today Is International Sweatpants Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 21, 2026 08:19 AM (NpAcC)

131 126 I am not happy to be living in Virginia now that the satanic democrats are in charge.
Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 08:17 AM (77rzZ)

I sympathize.. I'm in CA.

Posted by: It's me donna at January 21, 2026 08:20 AM (VE6XX)

132 The embassy being built in London will have part of it right over all the main information transmission lines. Parts of the building plans are redacted. No protesting will be allowed in front of the embassy

Posted by: Ben Had at January 21, 2026 08:20 AM (0KSrI)

133 Bulg

Where you live has always been behind enemy lines.
I saw the future from Reston, and got out in time.

You can be the plucky resistance and safe house holder going forward. But the masks are off in VA, for sure.

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

134 Having lived in LA for a long time I just can’t get used to “wintry mix”… everything just shuts down
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 21, 2026 08:15 AM (/iXAp)

Better to shut down than to try and drive on ice - once a year, with other people who almost never drive in ice - driving on ice, on roads which have had almost no remediation for the ice applied to them.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 21, 2026 08:22 AM (ExV1e)

135 The whole church invasion incident is gross and disgusting…. At my church we have multiple policemen at every service and almost certainly multiple members of the congregation that are carrying. If they pulled that stunt here they’d risk being ventilated….
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Oh, they know.
You all are underestimating how evil they are; who is ultimately directing them.
They know there are guns and people who will shoot in churches.
And they want that.
They want a white, Christian man shooting a black person dead in a church.
Again: They want death.
A death they can exploit.

Because, when they busted into the church, they claim they were yelling "Hands up, don't shoot!!"
(and even if they didn't, they'd still spread that lie, that they told the church members not to shoot)

Related: How many hundreds of churches have been burned in Canada over an obvious, deliberate lie?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 21, 2026 08:22 AM (HXT0k)

136 J.D. and Usha are having a baby to distract from the fact that J.D. is having an affair with Erika Kirk.

- The Left's Hot Take of the Day
Posted by: Delurker at January 21, 2026 08:12 AM (gtcuf)

Oh good grief. It's like that troll here yesterday claiming Trump was inebriated: Do they really think, in today's age of instantaneous and hostile to Trump/Vance media, that something like that wouldn't immediately leak out?

Posted by: pookysgirl, using an ounce of logic at January 21, 2026 08:22 AM (Wt5PA)

137 His disclosures showed the hospital was breaking the law, as Texas had just passed a bipartisan law to ban the procedures.

One month later he received a visit from federal agents — and he quickly realized he was on former president Joe Biden’s target list.

FBI was much more efficient under Biden.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 21, 2026 08:22 AM (gbOdA)

138 The article about Jupiter and Saturn having different interiors is interesting. The Jowett Jupiter was a fine British car and had a lovely interior, while the Saturn I owned was only a slight upgrade from the usual GM offering. Interesting, nonetheless.

Posted by: Emily Litella... at January 21, 2026 08:23 AM (oftw2)

139 132 The embassy being built in London will have part of it right over all the main information transmission lines. Parts of the building plans are redacted. No protesting will be allowed in front of the embassy
Posted by: Ben Had at January 21, 2026 08:20 AM (0KSrI)

Never thought I'd see the day when England/Canada would see China as an ally and the US as an enemy...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 21, 2026 08:23 AM (VE6XX)

140 Having lived in LA for a long time I just can’t get used to “wintry mix”… everything just shuts down
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 21, 2026 08:15 AM

I lived there most of my life and don't recall ever paying attention to a weather forecast.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 21, 2026 08:23 AM (h/ffs)

141 ... research powerhouses in Oxford and Cambridge.

Are they still, or is this another case of running on an outdated reputation? No, Harvard, I was talking about Yale... I'm sure you're fine.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 21, 2026 08:23 AM (ExV1e)

142 Related: How many hundreds of churches have been burned in Canada over an obvious, deliberate lie?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 21, 2026 08:22 AM (HXT0k)

85 on record

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 21, 2026 08:24 AM (gbOdA)

143 139 Never thought I'd see the day when England/Canada would see China as an ally and the US as an enemy...
Posted by: It's me donna at January 21, 2026 08:23 AM (VE6XX)

They've gone full "Whatever it takes to destroy the Orange Man".

Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 08:24 AM (iXqHn)

144 A Year Of Action To Protect Kids From Child Mutilation

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I could never have imagined reading that headline a half century ago.

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 21, 2026 08:24 AM (nXhai)

145 Listened to the SC hearing on the Hawaiian "vampire" gun case. KBJ is an absolute embarrassment on the bench. Alito , Kavanaugh and Thomas made her look foolish with minimal effort.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 21, 2026 08:24 AM (PTsqM)

146 Have a great day, everyone.

An enemy unmasked is a blessing. Makes head on a swivel easier. May you be untroubled by the mentally ill around you.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 21, 2026 08:24 AM (u82oZ)

147 132 The embassy being built in London will have part of it right over all the main information transmission lines. Parts of the building plans are redacted. No protesting will be allowed in front of the embassy
Posted by: Ben Had at January 21, 2026 08:20 AM (0KSrI)

There was a time when I would have been worried about China keeping track of what the Muslims are up to, but now I don’t care.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 21, 2026 08:25 AM (8YGuO)

148
They've gone full "Whatever it takes to destroy the Orange Man".
Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 08:24 AM (iXqHn)

Which will no doubt destroy them...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 21, 2026 08:25 AM (VE6XX)

149 Big pos! Always in his whitebouis taint.

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at January 21, 2026 08:25 AM (TdwJC)

150 I'm here to tell you fascists what real Christianity is, so listen up...

Real Christianity is about profligate sodomy. It's about lying to people from a position of trust so you can lead them into wickedness. It's about dividing people, and pitting them against one another so that your masters can enslave them. It's about terrorizing young children in their churches.

It's easier for my cock sweat to be forced through a waiter's lips than for a white supremacist to enter the kingdom of heaven, and don't you forget it, crackers.

Posted by: Demon Lemon at January 21, 2026 08:25 AM (BI5O2)

151 Having lived in LA for a long time I just can’t get used to “wintry mix”… everything just shuts down
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 21, 2026 08:15 AM (/iXAp)

Better to shut down than to try and drive on ice - once a year, with other people who almost never drive in ice - driving on ice, on roads which have had almost no remediation for the ice applied to them.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

When you watch Reels on Facebook and see M1 Abrams Main Battle Tanks sliding on ice, tracked vehicles, that should be your first clue that driving on ice is a no no.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 21, 2026 08:25 AM (FMAqD)

152
John Stossel: Sounds nice -- until the monstrosity.

The Warmth of Collectivism

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"The Warmth Of Collectivism" is Code for "Hell On Earth."

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 21, 2026 08:26 AM (nXhai)

153 MN Attorney General Keith Ellison: "The FACE Act is designed to protect the rights of people seeking reproductive rights... How they are stretching these laws to people protesting in a church is beyond me."

ABOUT FACE:

Minnesota AG Keith Ellison has called for the use of the FACE Act to prosecute protests at mosques, according to @FreeBeacon review.

Now, Ellison insists the FACE Act shouldn't apply to Don Lemon and comrades' storming of a church.

Posted by: SMOD at January 21, 2026 08:26 AM (RHGPo)

154 I live by the weather. I will have everything situated so I don't even have to unlock the gate till Tuesday.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 21, 2026 08:26 AM (0KSrI)

155 Posted by: pookysgirl, from the band section at January 21, 2026 08:06 AM (Wt5PA)

Hi pg I hope you are hanging in.

Posted by: ... at January 21, 2026 08:26 AM (wEF4H)

156 126 I am not happy to be living in Virginia now that the satanic democrats are in charge.
Posted by: Bulg

Yeah, a woman governor mocking the Eucharist would be crazy.

Posted by: Auspex at January 21, 2026 08:26 AM (Y8DZL)

157 I will have to start factoring in where the Muslims and Chinese aren't present when planning trip to Europe.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 21, 2026 08:26 AM (Dv3i1)

158 Oh good grief. It's like that troll here yesterday claiming Trump was inebriated: Do they really think, in today's age of instantaneous and hostile to Trump/Vance media, that something like that wouldn't immediately leak out?
Posted by: pookysgirl, using an ounce of logic at January 21, 2026 08:22 AM (Wt5PA)

Donald Trump, who famously doesn't drink alcohol at all, was inebriated? Where do they get these people?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 21, 2026 08:27 AM (ExV1e)

159 18 U.S. Code § 248(a)(2)
(a) Prohibited Activities.—Whoever—
(2) by force or threat of force or by physical obstruction, intentionally injures, intimidates or interferes with or attempts to injure, intimidate or interfere with any person lawfully exercising or seeking to exercise the First Amendment right of religious freedom at a place of religious worship; or

Posted by: SMOD at January 21, 2026 08:27 AM (RHGPo)

160 Michele Tafoya, former MNF sideline reporter, is seeking the Republican nomination for Senator in MN.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 21, 2026 08:27 AM (HXT0k)

161 The Warmth of Collectivism

Warming your hands at the pyres of enemies of the State.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 21, 2026 08:27 AM (gbOdA)

162 FBI was much more efficient under Biden.

The rank and file agreed with Biden. They were happy to round up their master's political enemies. Now they work for their master's political enemy and are trying to wait him out.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 21, 2026 08:28 AM (ExV1e)

163 157 I will have to start factoring in where the Muslims and Chinese aren't present when planning trip to Europe.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 21, 2026 08:26 AM (Dv3i1)

Poland

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 21, 2026 08:28 AM (gbOdA)

164 Chuck Martel, enjoy Poland and Hungary.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 21, 2026 08:28 AM (0KSrI)

165 The culture wars are taking their toll, and the nation could suffer irreparable damage.

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Unfortunately, I'm pretty sure we've long passed that point -- perhaps with the exception of some cataclysmic event that thins the herd and every day becomes a struggle to survive again, where individual irrationality leads to swift death.

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 21, 2026 08:28 AM (nXhai)

166 "A Rupture, Not A Transition": Canada's Carney Says "Rules-Based Order Is Fading" Ahead Of Trump's Address In Davos

"...the breaking of the world order, the end of a pleasant fiction and the beginning of a brutal reality where the geopolitics of the great powers is not subject to any constraint..."

Posted by: SMOD at January 21, 2026 08:29 AM (RHGPo)

167
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 21, 2026 08:29 AM (tljrc)

168 Virginia was destroyed, sadly, by White Liberal women who only care about enacting late term abortion.

They destroyed Illinois also

Posted by: Jonah at January 21, 2026 08:29 AM (YCxFk)

169 The Warmth of Collectivism
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You know where else it's warm?

Posted by: ... at January 21, 2026 08:29 AM (wEF4H)

170 driving on ice is a no-no

Tell me about it.
— zombie Renee Good

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 08:29 AM (77rzZ)

171 The Pewpewjew on Instagram. He has a store. thepewpewjew.com
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He is selling space lasers on that site!
-MTG

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 21, 2026 08:29 AM (RIvkX)

172 If the Don Lemon church stunt isn't prosecuted, expect more of this. Then when the churches are softened up through repetition where it's "just expression of 1st amendment against white supremacists", the 'protestors' will start taking hostages.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 21, 2026 08:29 AM (Dv3i1)

173 Because, when they busted into the church, they claim they were yelling "Hands up, don't shoot!!"
(and even if they didn't, they'd still spread that lie, that they told the church members not to shoot)

Try doing that in your typical non-urban Texas home. May not even get that far if the target has a long driveway and clear sight lines.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 21, 2026 08:30 AM (a4flb)

174 Having lived in LA for a long time I just can’t get used to “wintry mix”… everything just shuts down
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 21, 2026 08:15 AM

I lived there most of my life and don't recall ever paying attention to a weather forecast.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 21, 2026 08:23 AM (h/ffs)

Exactly. No need to ever look at a weather forecast. But here in DFW I find myself constantly going so because the weather influences my behavior. Just one trivial example: I almost always run on a Saturday morning.. but this week if I want my “weekend” exercise I’m gonna have to run after work on Thursday… because Saturday morning I couldn’t go 10 yards without falling down… In SoCal I’d just run… the same weather year round on the beach

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 21, 2026 08:30 AM (/iXAp)

175 After Trump Meeting, Slovak PM Fico Says 'EU Is Not Taken Seriously' By World Leaders

... the European Union is “not taken completely seriously” by world leaders because of its “suicidal migration policy” and “nonsense climate goals”...

Posted by: SMOD at January 21, 2026 08:30 AM (RHGPo)

176 171 He is selling space lasers on that site!
-MTG
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 21, 2026 08:29 AM (RIvkX)

I don't think the goyim are allowed to buy them.

Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 08:31 AM (iXqHn)

177 The funniest thing about Canada and Europe snuggling up to China will come when China falls apart. That country is a mess economically, environmentally, health wise, property wise and a lot of other ways. The more you're entangled with that mess when it collapses the worse off you will be

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 21, 2026 08:31 AM (PTsqM)

178 The Left doesn't even try to understand Trump. That would humanize him, of course. They insist on seeing him as a caricature. And these are people who fancy themselves savvy and nuanced interpreters of events and human psychology. His letter to the president of Norway is the latest example. If they made the slightest effort to account for context and Trump's history of statements and actions around NATO and national security, with the slightest allowance for this famous and harmless ego -- but they are incapable of this. They require the pretext for another conniption and call for impeachment.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 21, 2026 08:31 AM (h/ffs)

179 Michele Tafoya, former MNF sideline reporter, is seeking the Republican nomination for Senator in MN.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 21, 2026 08:27 AM (HXT0k)

From wiki...

Tafoya describes herself as a "pro-choice conservative with libertarian leanings".

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 21, 2026 08:31 AM (ExV1e)

180 We're fighting the judiciary, the legislature, half the state governments, and approximately 98% of all the foreign governments - simultaneously.

Things are happening. Not as much as we'd like, and not as fast, but things are happening.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 21, 2026 08:17 AM (ExV1e)

The only way to “confront the judiciary” on Day One would have been to do what Bukele did in El Salvador; and that would have required suspending the Constitution and imposing martial law throughout the country. Trump had nowhere near the support to do something like that, and the military would have mutinied and deposed him.

Trump is following the only realistic path that was open to him.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 21, 2026 08:31 AM (y4wXR)

181 173 Try doing that in your typical non-urban Texas home. May not even get that far if the target has a long driveway and clear sight lines.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 21, 2026 08:30 AM (a4flb)

You already know that the Leftists aren't going to come down there, though.

There's no point in shouting "Try invading MY house!" when there's a 0 percent chance of it ever happening.

Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 08:32 AM (iXqHn)

182 The culture wars are taking their toll, and the nation could suffer irreparable damage.

That ship sailed more than sixty years ago.

You can thank broken homes are the majority now due to No Fault Divorce.

Roe v Wade

Prayer banished from schools.

Great Society

The list goes on.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 21, 2026 08:32 AM (a4flb)

183 166 "A Rupture, Not A Transition": Canada's Carney Says "Rules-Based Order Is Fading" Ahead Of Trump's Address In Davos

"...the breaking of the world order, the end of a pleasant fiction and the beginning of a brutal reality where the geopolitics of the great powers is not subject to any constraint..."
Posted by: SMOD

I wonder who these great powers are that Carney is referring to. It's obviously not China, since there aren't any constraints on them. Russia is no great power. That leaves only....

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 21, 2026 08:33 AM (Dv3i1)

184 =There's no point in shouting "Try invading MY house!" when there's a 0 percent chance of it ever happening.

A lot of Texas people consider their local assembly "Their Home".

We can have a good gun show following any service.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 21, 2026 08:33 AM (a4flb)

185 The UK’s Labour Party-controlled government has approved plans for China to build a sprawling new embassy complex in central London, despite warnings from lawmakers, security officials, and Chinese dissidents who say the project poses serious national security risks.

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And now you see the need for Greenland.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 21, 2026 08:34 AM (0U5gm)

186 When you watch Reels on Facebook and see M1 Abrams Main Battle Tanks sliding on ice, tracked vehicles, that should be your first clue that driving on ice is a no no.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 21, 2026 08:25 AM (FMAqD)
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When I lived in Lake Effect country I was quite surprised the residents did not give af about driving on ice and if your parked car gets a ding or two, well we all gotta eat.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 21, 2026 08:34 AM (RIvkX)

187 179 Tafoya describes herself as a "pro-choice conservative with libertarian leanings".
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 21, 2026 08:31 AM (ExV1e)

Even THAT is too much for Minnedishu.

Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 08:34 AM (iXqHn)

188 The funniest thing about Canada and Europe snuggling up to China will come when China falls apart. That country is a mess economically, environmentally, health wise, property wise and a lot of other ways. The more you're entangled with that mess when it collapses the worse off you will be
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 21, 2026 08:31 AM (PTsqM)

The politicians attempting to sell out their citizens to China will have gotten paid before China collapses. They'll be living in a villa next to Zelensky.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 21, 2026 08:34 AM (ExV1e)

189 I have friends who blame the BLM, the socialists, Antifa etc.. for all the madness in the US these days.

I tell them flat out it is White Liberal women who are the cancer of this country.

Posted by: Jonah at January 21, 2026 08:34 AM (YCxFk)

190 Déjà Vu? — This Is How It Started Last Time

This is how big sell-offs start: tech fades first

Posted by: SMOD at January 21, 2026 08:35 AM (RHGPo)

191 Trump is following the only realistic path that was open to him.

Would be kind of nice if Trump had a supporting party and those within the movement weren't trying to cancel each other based on their Zionism Scores.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 21, 2026 08:35 AM (a4flb)

192 By the way, The amount of Silver illegally accumulated by Chase over the years works out to about 25,000 metric tons. That would be a medium size Destroyer made of silver.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 21, 2026 08:35 AM (Da7Vv)

193 Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 21, 2026 08:29 AM (Dv3i1)

Oh, I agree that people should go to jail for this. They won't. But, no matter... whether they do or not, the attacks won't cease until Christianity is extirpated in America, or Leftism is.

This isn't an optional agenda item, it's a core goal. In fact, it wouldn't surprise me a bit if they intensified their church attacks in response to prosecutions.

You might be able to get them to quiet down and slightly moderate on issues like Troon Fever, but the war against religion is non-negotiable, and forever. They're Statists, and religion is affront to their power.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 21, 2026 08:36 AM (BI5O2)

194 184 A lot of Texas people consider their local assembly "Their Home".

We can have a good gun show following any service.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 21, 2026 08:33 AM (a4flb)

All the same, no lefties are going to leave their comfortable home bases where they've been given free reign in Portland, Boulder, or Minneapolis to go march on rural Texas.

Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 08:36 AM (iXqHn)

195 De Beers Cuts Diamond Prices, Botswana Warns Of Prolonged Slump

"The shortfall is likely to persist over the medium to long term with a possibility of a non-recovery."

Posted by: SMOD at January 21, 2026 08:36 AM (RHGPo)

196 No, Europe Is Not About To Sell Its Treasuries En Masse

Any potential threat by Europe to sell its Treasuries in retaliation for President Donald Trump’s aim to annex Greenland is likely to be an empty one...

Posted by: SMOD at January 21, 2026 08:36 AM (RHGPo)

197 have friends who blame the BLM, the socialists, Antifa etc.. for all the madness in the US these days.

I tell them flat out it is White Liberal women who are the cancer of this country.

Posted by: Jonah at January 21, 2026 08:34 AM (YCxFk)

It can be two things.

Posted by: Mayor Quimby at January 21, 2026 08:36 AM (wEF4H)

198 Antifa Dallas thought they would come down here to start some shit. Every corner in town had a gun holding resident.

They got their asses back on the bus and got out of town

Posted by: Ben Had at January 21, 2026 08:36 AM (0KSrI)

199 >> Abigail Spanberger’s 48-Hour Honeymoon

Every Virginian who didn’t go the polls because it was an “off-cycle” election, please bend over. You’re about to watch your state swirl down the toilet bowl. They are attacking every aspect of your life. Your ability as parents to bring up your children without interference. Every woke item to destroy your family. Your Second Amendment Rights. Your First Amendment rights, and your ability to worship freely. Not only that, they are going to gerrymander every republican seat in the state out of existence.

That’s before we get to their very first order of business- passing legislation so you can’t investigate the very questionable election that brought them to power.

It’s a model for other states, especially the electoral corruption- and nobody is stopping them.

Posted by: Vengeance at January 21, 2026 08:37 AM (E24OL)

200 Noem said, presumably yesterday, that arrests would come "in several hours." Any yet?

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 21, 2026 08:37 AM (h/ffs)

201 When I lived in Lake Effect country I was quite surprised the residents did not give af about driving on ice and if your parked car gets a ding or two, well we all gotta eat.

Whats a few dings when the road salt will give the car terminal body cancer within a few years?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 21, 2026 08:37 AM (a4flb)

202 175. Spot on. Great post. Europe is becoming irrelevant

Posted by: Jonah at January 21, 2026 08:37 AM (YCxFk)

203 Things here in KY do not bode well for a "major winter storm." We're currently having some sleet and snow. Minor, if any accumulations. And I-65 south of Louisville is shut down along with a few other roadways.

It's complete FUBAR right now.

*checks Bourbon stocks, generator and propane levels*

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 21, 2026 08:38 AM (U2OZr)

204 >>That was a career limiting move of the Crew Chief or the DCC.

Good Lord, WTF are you talking about? lol

Posted by: one hour sober at January 21, 2026 08:38 AM (Y1sOo)

205 Trump Row Over Greenland Derails Ukraine Postwar Deal

... just as Russia is down to their last 2% of their pre-war tank inventory levels

Posted by: SMOD at January 21, 2026 08:38 AM (RHGPo)

206 I don't think the goyim are allowed to buy them.
Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 08:31 AM (iXqHn)
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NP I bought a few.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 21, 2026 08:38 AM (RIvkX)

207 How youse guys doin'

Posted by: Don Black at January 21, 2026 08:39 AM (ZxPkt)

208 Michele Tafoya, former MNF sideline reporter, is seeking the Republican nomination for Senator in MN.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 21, 2026 08:27 AM (HXT0k)

From wiki...

Tafoya describes herself as a "pro-choice conservative with libertarian leanings".
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 21, 2026 08:31 AM (ExV1e)
******
I really like Michele. She's been on many Fox shows and I like her viewpoints.
She also has a podcast which is good.
Probably can't win, but someone from our side has got to try.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 21, 2026 08:39 AM (NpAcC)

209 199. Then it is up to private business to leave Virginia.

Maybe move some Naval sites to South Carolina

Posted by: Jonah at January 21, 2026 08:39 AM (YCxFk)

210 Trump is up addressing Davos.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 21, 2026 08:39 AM (NpAcC)

211 208. Yes force Minn Commies to spend some money

Posted by: Jonah at January 21, 2026 08:40 AM (YCxFk)

212 ICE can go into churches and detain people but a reporter can not observe a demonstration in a church? The lawlessness of the Trump regime has no bounds.

Clear abuse of power by DHS and DOJ for investigating Americans exercising their First Amendment rights to speech, protest, and press. Add it to the pile. We'll have to wait until at least 2029 for Nuremberg 2.0 to get justice.

Noem would rather target someone practicing free speech as opposed to investigating her ICE agents for murder (and several other crimes).

Exactly what laws were broken? Even trespassing would be a stretch...they were not violent and did not make threats. Anyone opposed to the regime is a terrorist? Laughable

Protesting is the most American thing we can do and it’s exactly why this evil regime attacks it. It’s like we’re the 12th man for justice. And we get LOUD!

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 21, 2026 08:40 AM (ycI94)

213 Virginia is also talking about raising their income tax, especially on the higher earning brackets.

It’s going to become Virginiafornia.

Posted by: Vengeance at January 21, 2026 08:41 AM (XJzAV)

214 Pro-choice conservative can fuck right off.

Abortion is an even worse national sin than slavery was. "I'm with you on corporate tax rates, but we have to kill more babies," is a less than compelling argument.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 21, 2026 08:41 AM (BI5O2)

215 I love when Tafoya is on Gutfeld! because she thinks he is hysterical and she laughs like a banshee the whole show.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 21, 2026 08:42 AM (RIvkX)

216 >>Canada's Carney Says "Rules-Based Order Is Fading" Ahead Of Trump's Address In Davos

Anyone who says nothing is happening is clearly not paying attention. The post WWII order is dissolving. Decades of political/military alliances are being fractured and a new era of nationalism and free association based on the priorities of individual countries is going to replace it.

Trump is creating a new world order and building a dominant western hemisphere alliance that will focus on the welfare of the people and not international cartels of wealthy oligarchs and politicians.

Yesterday, Howard Lutnick boldly and clearly stated at Davos that globalism is dead. Can't be more clear what is happening.

I expect Trump's speech at Davos to be a banger.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 21, 2026 08:42 AM (viF8m)

217 "Maybe move some Naval sites to South Carolina"

I
We're sitting right here, ya' know.

Posted by: Former Charleston Naval Base and Naval Shipyard at January 21, 2026 08:42 AM (iMotb)

218 193 You might be able to get them to quiet down and slightly moderate on issues like Troon Fever, but the war against religion is non-negotiable, and forever. They're Statists, and religion is affront to their power.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 21, 2026 08:36 AM (BI5O2)

Except Islam. They'll always line up to kiss Islam's ass, because they like the idea of enacting Islam's brutal punishments on the masses.

Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 08:42 AM (iXqHn)

219 Tafoya isn't a dummy. Her positions are mostly conservative, except abortion. I can't say I know enough about the Minnesota Republican party but the alternative might be Tom Emmer who was good buddies with the Somalis until he wasn't

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 21, 2026 08:43 AM (PTsqM)

220 The funniest thing about Canada and Europe snuggling up to China will come when China falls apart. That country is a mess economically, environmentally, health wise, property wise and a lot of other ways. The more you're entangled with that mess when it collapses the worse off you will be
--
I am certain that the actual population of China is at least 300 million less than they claim.

Saw some long thread on X of some guy who just took a trip to China.
Their propaganda machine is second to none.

Like, he was extolling the "campus towns" around the factories; how the workers could walk to work, dinner, etc., didn't need cars.
So much better than America, he kept repeating.

Dumbass: Those are slaves sold to the company.
They often work six 12-hour days. They count the day off as a "vacation" day. They live in the "company house," eat at the "company diner," shop at the "company store."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 21, 2026 08:43 AM (HXT0k)

221 Meanwhile, some people allegedly are doing something:

We're not saying that Blue Lives Matter was behind feeding false information to far-left, anti-ICE protestors.

We're not saying we had teams comprised of HUNDREDS of off-duty cops and veterans volunteer to run decoy operations so far-left activists THOUGHT they were conducting ICE raids.

We're not saying they were in fact they were just driving around in what appeared to be unmarked vehicles with tinted windows... drinking coffee and listening to Guns and Roses.... being chased down and surrounded by protestors.

What we ARE saying is that if it DID happen.... it sure worked remarkably well in NINE DIFFERENT STATES, allowing ACTUAL raids to successfully take place unimpeded, helping support the capture of HUNDREDS of criminals.

Combat veterans, off-duty officers and patriotic Americans have had enough of the radical left... and are being activated across the country to back our #lawenforcement. And they're smarter...more skilled... more driven... better trained than the left … and actually enjoy sitting in a deer stand for days on end just waiting.

@DHSgov @ICEgov we’ve got you.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 21, 2026 08:44 AM (QZThv)

222 The funniest thing about Canada and Europe snuggling up to China will come when China falls apart. That country is a mess economically, environmentally, health wise, property wise and a lot of other ways.

They don't even have as large a population as they claim to have. The one child per family rule, the Great Leap Forward, etc. have resulted in an aging infertile population that couldn't have even have stayed at their population number 90 years ago.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 21, 2026 08:44 AM (Da7Vv)

223 They often work six 12-hour days. They count the day off as a "vacation" day. They live in the "company house," eat at the "company diner," shop at the "company store."

They load 16 tons and what do they get?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 21, 2026 08:45 AM (ExV1e)

224 And here we go.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 21, 2026 08:45 AM (viF8m)

225 "Like, he was extolling the "campus towns" around the factories; how the workers could walk to work, dinner, etc., didn't need cars."

Sounds almost like Plantation Life down here...

Before the war, of course.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 21, 2026 08:45 AM (iMotb)

226 because they like the idea of enacting Islam's brutal punishments on the masses.

----

Nah, it's because they think they can use them as a weapon and then put them away, because they are from an advanced civilization and Moslems are backward and retarded.

They're wrong, history clearly shows they wrong about this at many points in the last 60 years, but they still keeping fucking that chicken.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 21, 2026 08:45 AM (BI5O2)

227 There's supposed to be a 'wintry mix' here in NE MA tomorrow, but I doubt it will amount to much. A lot of snow is predicted for Monday and Tuesday next, but since I work from home, I won't have to worry about it until it is all over. I should take time on Friday to make sure the snowblower is ready for action.

And with regards to Monday-Tuesday, I expect to hear the ridiculously overused "nor'easter" descriptor every other minute.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 21, 2026 08:46 AM (ufSfZ)

228 >Clear abuse of power by DHS and DOJ for investigating Americans exercising their First Amendment rights to speech, protest, and press....
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions
----
hold the phone
the Constitution talks about what GOVERNMENT may or may not do
that church is PRIVATE property, and they can regulate or proscribe speech, protest, and press as they see fit

it's clear to me now that Reddit commenters are gibbering nitwits

Posted by: Don Black at January 21, 2026 08:46 AM (ZxPkt)

229 Dumbass: Those are slaves sold to the company.
They often work six 12-hour days. They count the day off as a "vacation" day. They live in the "company house," eat at the "company diner," shop at the "company store."
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 21, 2026 08:43 AM (HXT0k)
====

And when they don't get paid, they have no recourse. And they don't get paid.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 21, 2026 08:47 AM (RIvkX)

230 Except Islam. They'll always line up to kiss Islam's ass, because they like the idea of enacting Islam's brutal punishments on the masses.
Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 08:42 AM (iXqHn)

And remember; in all societies where it takes hold, Islam IS State Power, with far more punitive force than western governments allow.
That’s why mosques were being burned by the Iranian protestors; in a full Islamic regime, the Church IS the State, and the State IS the Church.

Leftists drool over the thought of having that much power.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 21, 2026 08:48 AM (y4wXR)

231 Why dont the Wise Latina and the Softball Player go to Jumanji Action Jackson and tell her she sound stupid?

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 21, 2026 08:48 AM (gbOdA)

232 "it's clear to me now that Reddit commenters are gibbering nitwits"

Now?

And you mis-spelled 'F*cktards'

/s

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 21, 2026 08:48 AM (iMotb)

233 I hope I’m wrong but I see no chance for Tafoya to win a statewide election in MN. The entire political apparatus in that state is controlled by Dems… remember Norm Coleman…. Good luck but I’d be very surprised

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 21, 2026 08:48 AM (/iXAp)

234 Tafoya describes herself as a "pro-choice conservative with libertarian leanings".

I don't trust that at all. It sounds to me like "I'm just waiting for the right number of zeroes on the check."

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 21, 2026 08:48 AM (ufSfZ)

235 Looking at 6-12 inches of snow and ice on Sun into Mon in the Mid Hudson. Good snow winter already

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 21, 2026 08:49 AM (PTsqM)

236 234 Tafoya describes herself as a "pro-choice conservative with libertarian leanings".

I don't trust that at all. It sounds to me like "I'm just waiting for the right number of zeroes on the check."
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 21, 2026 08:48 AM (ufSfZ)

Yes, she's a RINO...but a RINO is better than any D MN would elect...you gotta start with baby steps...

Posted by: Nova Local at January 21, 2026 08:49 AM (tOcjL)

237 Trump, "The Great Dictator", opens his Davos speech with:

"Ladies and Gentlemen, I despise each and every one of you."

Posted by: Count de Monet's Remote Location at January 21, 2026 08:49 AM (q2NNn)

238 I need to get wood. or chop down some more trees real quick lol

we might get an ice storm here and THAT sucks

snow is fine

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 21, 2026 08:50 AM (emBoF)

239 it's clear to me now that Reddit commenters are gibbering nitwits
Posted by: Don Black at January 21, 2026 08:46 AM (ZxPkt)

Now? You weren't previously aware of that?

I remember, during Trump 1, he did something and they were all freaked out about WW3, and they were gonna get drafted, and OMG!!!!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 21, 2026 08:50 AM (ExV1e)

240 "A Rupture, Not A Transition": Canada's Carney Says "Rules-Based Order Is Fading" Ahead Of Trump's Address In Davos

"...the breaking of the world order, the end of a pleasant fiction and the beginning of a brutal reality where the geopolitics of the great powers is not subject to any constraint..."
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That's what I voted for.
That's what we all voted for:
Death of the post-war "order." That saw all the nations of the world exploit and plunder--with help of American elites--the American people.
Because this technocratic elite, them, knew what was best for all of us.

We had to do with less, we had to dream less, we had to hold back in all things.
To fund their plans, their dreams, their development, their future.

When "fighting communism" was played out as an excuse to impoverish Americans, they moved to the "war on terror."
When that played out, they are on to "racism," or "climate change" or "Russia."
The reason always changes but their prescriptions never do.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 21, 2026 08:50 AM (HXT0k)

241 Nah, it's because they think they can use them as a weapon and then put them away, because they are from an advanced civilization and Moslems are backward and retarded.

They're wrong, history clearly shows they wrong about this at many points in the last 60 years, but they still keeping fucking that chicken.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 21, 2026 08:45 AM (BI5O2)

Leftist think Mohammedans will give them ultimate power.
Mahommedans think leftist will give them ultimate power.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 21, 2026 08:50 AM (gbOdA)

242 236 234 Tafoya describes herself as a "pro-choice conservative with libertarian leanings".

She's been on Gutfeld and seems pretty conservative...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 21, 2026 08:51 AM (VE6XX)

243 >>remember Norm Coleman

Coleman "lost" days after the election when more ballots were magically found. Hopefully, the work the DOJ has been doing for the last year cleaning voter rolls will stop some of that.

My bigger problem with Tafoya is she is another RINO. She was telling Trump not to run in 2024 because he couldn't win and it would hurt the party.

Pass.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 21, 2026 08:51 AM (viF8m)

244 Yes, she's a RINO...but a RINO is better than any D MN would elect...you gotta start with baby steps...
Posted by: Nova Local at January 21, 2026 08:49 AM (tOcjL)
*****
She's much better than a RINO.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 21, 2026 08:52 AM (NpAcC)

245 off sock

Posted by: Gref at January 21, 2026 08:52 AM (5rh/l)

246 They live in the "company house," eat at the "company diner," shop at the "company store."

You get used to it.

Posted by: Tennesee Ernie Ford at January 21, 2026 08:52 AM (ufSfZ)

247 Trump, "The Great Dictator", opens his Davos speech with:

"Ladies and Gentlemen, I despise each and every one of you."
Posted by: Count de Monet's Remote Location at January 21, 2026 08:49 AM (q2NNn)

https://youtu.be/TPGcBvrbcNw

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 21, 2026 08:52 AM (ExV1e)

248 come on guys, it was just a turn of phrase!

Posted by: Don Black at January 21, 2026 08:52 AM (ZxPkt)

249 Found a new breed of Republican.

The elusive RINO BUT

Posted by: ... at January 21, 2026 08:53 AM (wEF4H)

250 226 Nah, it's because they think they can use them as a weapon and then put them away, because they are from an advanced civilization and Moslems are backward and retarded.

They're wrong, history clearly shows they wrong about this at many points in the last 60 years, but they still keeping fucking that chicken.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 21, 2026 08:45 AM (BI5O2)

That's part of it, but the whole idea of "You run afoul of our retarded rules, you either die or we cut off one of your limbs" definitely holds appeal to the tyrants of the Left.

Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 08:53 AM (uEmCf)

251 Trump Row Over Greenland Derails Ukraine Postwar Deal

LOL... What deal ?

Posted by: It's me donna at January 21, 2026 08:53 AM (VE6XX)

252 Rather astounding that one ounce of silver can nearly buy two barrels of oil.

Posted by: Silver Is Easier To Store at January 21, 2026 08:54 AM (oftw2)

253 It's also, Squirrel Appreciation Day. 🐿️

Posted by: redridinghood at January 21, 2026 08:54 AM (NpAcC)

254 I need to get wood. or chop down some more trees real quick lol

You just reminded me of a recommendation for the Book Thread.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 21, 2026 08:54 AM (ufSfZ)

255 > So I guess I really don’t understand your response to Justice Gorsuch on the Black Codes,

Yet another entry for the long, long list of things this scrunt "doesn't understand". Is there anything she DOES understand? I've seen no evidence of it if so.

The sad thing about Lemon is that he probably considers going to prison as a dating opportunity.

Maybe someone could give Ellison's mosque thhe "water pistols full of bacon grease" treatment. See if that makes the penny drop.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 21, 2026 08:55 AM (IG3/x)

256 It's also, Squirrel Appreciation Day. 🐿️
Posted by: redridinghood

You misspelled "the little bastards who keep digging holes in my yard."

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 08:56 AM (77rzZ)

257 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 21, 2026 08:54 AM (ufSfZ)

MP4, did you get my email? Let me know if you have any questions for the guy.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 21, 2026 08:57 AM (uQesX)

258 Good morning JJ and horde

Posted by: Skip at January 21, 2026 08:57 AM (y5uT8)

259 Clear abuse of power by DHS and DOJ for investigating Americans exercising their First Amendment rights to speech, protest, and press....

I don't see "Protest" in the Constitution. I do see "peacefully assemble and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."

There was no "peaceful assembly", neither "the government" present at that church. And chanting lies like some 60 IQ mutant isn't "petitioning".

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 21, 2026 08:57 AM (a4flb)

260 It's also, Squirrel Appreciation Day. 🐿️
Posted by: redridinghood

You misspelled "the little bastards who keep digging holes in my yard."
Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 08:56 AM (77rzZ)

You misspelled "the pestiferous little nickelfuckers who nest and die in the eaves under my roof and in my walls."

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 21, 2026 08:58 AM (ufSfZ)

261 After Trump Meeting, Slovak PM Fico Says 'EU Is Not Taken Seriously' By World Leaders ...
Posted by: SMOD at January 21, 2026 08:30 AM (RHGPo)
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The EU is not taken seriously because it's fake and gay. It's a largely non-functional superstate comprised of dead or dying individual states. It increasingly has no effective power center and its internal governing process is deliberately inscrutable and unaccountable.

Even now, *decades* into the EU-as-government experiment, the "2 AM question" - that is, "who in Europe do you call at 02:00 due to an international emergency" - *still* cannot be reliably or consistently answered. The EU is a pseudo-empire, but nobody knows who the emperor is at any given time or if he is dressed.

The EU is what happens when you try to split the baby between imperial and nation-state government, and it works as well as anyone rational should expect.

The EU is disrespected because it is irrelevant, and it is irrelevant because it's a hidebound, sclerotic, weak technocracy run by anonymous midwits to control masses of retards to enslave the diminishing population of the competent in a grand game of Calvinball.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 08:58 AM (GyQIQ)

262 Would I like Tafoya over a Dem? Absolutely. It would be good to see the Minnesota commies get their behavior shoved up their noses by electing a Republican

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 21, 2026 08:58 AM (PTsqM)

263 Royce White is already running for Senate in MN. He's a friend of Trump and very MAGA. Former NBA player, UFC fighter. Large man of coler.

Posted by: Mega Ultra MAGA Man. at January 21, 2026 08:58 AM (oftw2)

264 > There's supposed to be a 'wintry mix' here in NE MA tomorrow,

"Wintry mix": a euphemism for "some kind of generic frozen shite... we don't know what it will be, but we do guarantee it will, in fact, be frozen shite."

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 21, 2026 08:59 AM (IG3/x)

265 Trump at Davos sounds like he is having a little problem with his voice. Please take care of yourself, Mr. Trump, and get some rest after your speech Please guide and guard our President, dear Lord. We need this man.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 21, 2026 09:00 AM (7RYym)

266 >>@RapidResponse47
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26m
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>>@SecScottBessent in Davos: "I think it's very, very ironic that Newsom — who strikes me as Patrick Bateman meets Sparkle Beach Ben — may be the only Californian who knows less about economics than Kamala Harris. He's here this week with his billionaire sugar daddy, Alex Soros."

Posted by: JackStraw at January 21, 2026 09:00 AM (viF8m)

267 "Wintry mix": a euphemism for "some kind of generic frozen shite... we don't know what it will be, but we do guarantee it will, in fact, be frozen shite."
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 21, 2026 08:59 AM (IG3/x)
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Basically.

It's the midpoint between "freezing rain" and "snow" - usually. But exactly how you described it. "Shitty, with cold and wet stuff that can't make up its mind falling out the sky."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 09:00 AM (GyQIQ)

268 The EU is disrespected because it is irrelevant, and it is irrelevant because it's a hidebound, sclerotic, weak technocracy run by anonymous midwits to control masses of retards to enslave the diminishing population of the competent in a grand game of Calvinball.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 08:58 AM (GyQIQ)
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The EU, UN, NATO and similar globalist institutions are nothing but employment schemes for anonymous midwits.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 21, 2026 09:00 AM (RIvkX)

269 MP4, did you get my email? Let me know if you have any questions for the guy.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 21, 2026 08:57 AM (uQesX)

I did, and thank you. No, no questions. The only book of mine available would be the second, The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of, but it works as a stand-alone.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 21, 2026 09:00 AM (ufSfZ)

270 256 It's also, Squirrel Appreciation Day. 🐿️
Posted by: redridinghood

You misspelled "the little bastards who keep digging holes in my yard."
Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 08:56 AM (77rzZ)

We recently noticed flying squirrels around the bird feeder in the evenings. Owls will be the next visitor to our yard.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 21, 2026 09:01 AM (N39Ws)

271 > may be the only Californian who knows less about economics than Kamala Harris

Hey! I'm right here, you know!

Posted by: Maxine Waters at January 21, 2026 09:01 AM (IG3/x)

272 MN Attorney General Keith Ellison: "The FACE Act is designed to protect the rights of people seeking reproductive rights... How they are stretching these laws to people protesting in a church is beyond me."

The Democrats in MN are having to call-up reinforcements for their street and media battles against ICE and Trump. By injecting abortion into their talking points and having all-black spokesmen at a press conference. They must believe they are losing the votes of too many non-radicalized Minnesotans.

Posted by: Gref at January 21, 2026 09:01 AM (5rh/l)

273 I don't think the goyim are allowed to buy them.
Posted by: XTC

In the Special Instructions box, put FOCBD or FOJJSEFTON.

(Friend of) It bypasses the goyim restrictions.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 21, 2026 09:01 AM (FMAqD)

274 @SecScottBessent in Davos: "I think it's very, very ironic that Newsom — who strikes me as Patrick Bateman meets Sparkle Beach Ben — may be the only Californian who knows less about economics than Kamala Harris. He's here this week with his billionaire sugar daddy, Alex Soros."
Posted by: JackStraw at January 21, 2026 09:00 AM (viF8m)
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Gay dudes are brutal to each other.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 21, 2026 09:02 AM (RIvkX)

275 We are tired of being disparaged by nickel-fuckers and bigots. We try to get along and ask only to be respected. We suspect the Anti-Penguites are behind the hatred for our race of furry friends. We won't stand for this much longer.

Posted by: Penguin-Squirrel Anti-Defamation League at January 21, 2026 09:02 AM (oftw2)

276 265 Trump at Davos sounds like he is having a little problem with his voice. Please take care of yourself, Mr. Trump, and get some rest after your speech Please guide and guard our President, dear Lord. We need this man.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 21, 2026 09:00 AM (7RYym)

From your keyboard to God's ear.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 21, 2026 09:02 AM (N39Ws)

277 276 265 Trump at Davos sounds like he is having a little problem with his voice. Please take care of yourself, Mr. Trump, and get some rest after your speech Please guide and guard our President, dear Lord. We need this man.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 21, 2026 09:00 AM (7RYym)

From your keyboard to God's ear.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 21, 2026 09:02 AM (N39Ws)

Yes

Posted by: It's me donna at January 21, 2026 09:02 AM (VE6XX)

278 It's the midpoint between "freezing rain" and "snow" - usually. But exactly how you described it. "Shitty, with cold and wet stuff that can't make up its mind falling out the sky."
Posted by: Joe Mannix

Freezing fog is wild.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 21, 2026 09:03 AM (FMAqD)

279 The EU, UN, NATO and similar globalist institutions are nothing but employment schemes for anonymous midwits.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 21, 2026 09:00 AM (RIvkX)
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If only. If they were just that, we could afford them. We could up big office towers and pay them comfortable salaries to walk sheets of irrelevant paper between their offices and treat them as treasures as they file them away with the smug satisfaction of a job well done. That would be a small price to pay to remove them from productive society.

They're much worse than that. They have actual power and the ability to interfere with the absolute self-assurance that they are always correct and entitled to make decisions.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 09:03 AM (GyQIQ)

280 The EU, UN, NATO and similar globalist institutions are nothing but employment schemes for anonymous midwits.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 21, 2026 09:00 AM (RIvkX)

That description works for almost all governments, and their agencies, everywhere.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 21, 2026 09:03 AM (ExV1e)

281 It's the midpoint between "freezing rain" and "snow" - usually. But exactly how you described it. "Shitty, with cold and wet stuff that can't make up its mind falling out the sky."

But absolutely, positively seek out and accumulate on large tree limbs and power lines, causing both to collapse causing linemen all kinds of harsh weather overtime pay.

Praise God for the Toxic Masculinity of men who are willing to work in extreme weather to restore power to us idiots who can't live without our 24/7 internet.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 21, 2026 09:03 AM (a4flb)

282 Posted by: JackStraw at January 21, 2026 09:00 AM (viF8m)

For a guy who looks like he could be an academic. from the Victorian age, he does come out with some zingers. I like Scott Bessent.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 21, 2026 09:03 AM (7RYym)

283 The EU are the Washington Generals to Putin's Globetrotters.

Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 09:03 AM (uEmCf)

284 Gay dudes are brutal to each other.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 21, 2026 09:02 AM (RIvkX)
++++
*snort*

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 09:03 AM (GyQIQ)

285 Trump just got off a red eye flight from DC to Switzerland. Probably just a little tired.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 21, 2026 09:04 AM (viF8m)

286 We need this man.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 21, 2026 09:00 AM (7RYym)

I need this man; he fights — Abraham Lincoln refusing to fire US Grant

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 21, 2026 09:04 AM (YobFY)

287 Royce White is already running for Senate in MN. He's a friend of Trump and very MAGA. Former NBA player, UFC fighter. Large man of coler.
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This MN race is interesting.
Tim Scott has endorsed Tafoya.
Maybe I'm wrong, but does that mean she is the GOPe choice?
With Royce White the MAGA?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 21, 2026 09:04 AM (HXT0k)

288 Freezing fog is wild.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 21, 2026 09:03 AM (FMAqD)
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Yeah, it's one of my least-favorite weather conditions.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 09:04 AM (GyQIQ)

289 > Freezing fog is wild.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 21, 2026 09:03 AM (FMAqD)

The aftermath sure is pretty, though.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 21, 2026 09:04 AM (IG3/x)

290 Trump just got off a red eye flight from DC to Switzerland. Probably just a little tired.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 21, 2026 09:04 AM (viF8m)
*****
Plus the plane debacle didn't help matters.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 21, 2026 09:05 AM (NpAcC)

291 Freezing fog is a real thing?? What does it look like or do??

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 21, 2026 09:06 AM (YobFY)

292 263 Royce White is already running for Senate in MN. He's a friend of Trump and very MAGA. Former NBA player, UFC fighter. Large man of coler.

Posted by: Mega Ultra MAGA Man. at January 21, 2026 08:58 AM (oftw2)

This explains why Tafoya is running.

Posted by: GOPe at January 21, 2026 09:06 AM (Q+gd/)

293 The aftermath sure is pretty, though.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 21, 2026 09:04 AM (IG3/x)
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The hard candy shell it leaves over everything, to the point that you have to pour your coffee out over your driver's door to melt enough of it away to let you force the door open and start the long, arduous process of heating up the car while you laboriously chisel the candy shell off enough of your windshield to make a good faith effort at seeing the road ahead...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 09:06 AM (GyQIQ)

294 The aftermath sure is pretty, though.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 21, 2026 09:04 AM (IG3/x)
++++
The hard candy shell it leaves over everything, to the point that you have to pour your coffee out over your driver's door to melt enough of it away to let you force the door open and start the long, arduous process of heating up the car while you laboriously chisel the candy shell off enough of your windshield to make a good faith effort at seeing the road ahead...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 09:06 AM (GyQIQ)

An instance where Remote Start capability takes the cake.

Posted by: Count de Monet's Remote Location at January 21, 2026 09:08 AM (q2NNn)

295 I did, and thank you. No, no questions. The only book of mine available would be the second, The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of, but it works as a stand-alone.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 21, 2026 09:00 AM (ufSfZ)

Ok.

Any other Moron authors interested can reread Sunday's book thread. I found a book vending machine and will contact the jobber and ask how he sources his books. Looks like they're all sold at $8. If interested, use my email on the main page sidebar. I'll be getting his info on the 30th.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 21, 2026 09:08 AM (uQesX)

296 Saw some long thread on X of some guy who just took a trip to China.

Their propaganda machine is second to none.

Like, he was extolling the "campus towns" around the factories; how the workers could walk to work, dinner, etc., didn't need cars.
So much better than America, he kept repeating.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

This is about me, isn't it.

Tom Friedman

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at January 21, 2026 09:09 AM (FxH7T)

297 This MN race is interesting.
Tim Scott has endorsed Tafoya.
Maybe I'm wrong, but does that mean she is the GOPe choice?
With Royce White the MAGA?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
+++
Wow! A Tim Scott endorsement.
That's gonna really move the needle.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at January 21, 2026 09:09 AM (Lo97M)

298 >>Plus the plane debacle didn't help matters.

What debacle?

Posted by: one hour sober at January 21, 2026 09:09 AM (Y1sOo)

299 A Global Alternative to Davos The Heartland Institute hosts the World Prosperity Forum January 19–23 in Zurich, Switzerland, bringing together international leaders and policymakers to challenge the globalist, leftist agenda advanced each year at the World Economic Forum.
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Nothing says "non-globalist pursuit of national interest" like "a great big international confab in a resort town featuring national leaders from around the world."

Multilateralism by any other name smells just as shitty.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 09:10 AM (GyQIQ)

300 > Freezing fog is a real thing?? What does it look like or do??
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It looks like regular fog, except it's frozen.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 21, 2026 09:10 AM (U2OZr)

301 Why dont the Wise Latina and the Softball Player go to Jumanji Action Jackson and tell her she sound stupid?
Posted by: r hennigantx

Because if the do they won't sound like a smaht liberal.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at January 21, 2026 09:10 AM (FxH7T)

302 The hard candy shell it leaves over everything

It's not just a car problem.

Posted by: Sa at January 21, 2026 09:10 AM (ufSfZ)

303 Try doing that in your typical non-urban Texas home. May not even get that far if the target has a long driveway and clear sight lines.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 21, 2026 08:30 AM (a4flb)

Yeah, sure. I haven't seen any evidence that would happen.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 21, 2026 09:10 AM (g8Ew8)

304 What debacle?
Posted by: one hour sober at January 21, 2026 09:09 AM (Y1sOo)
++++
AF1 had some electrical problem and had to return for maintenance.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 09:10 AM (GyQIQ)

305
In Virginia it's not just the DC suburbs; Norfolk has an illiterate underclass that is unemployable and generationally fixated on doing nothing and getting paid for it.

Posted by: Auspex at January 21, 2026 09:11 AM (Y8DZL)

306 298 >>Plus the plane debacle didn't help matters.

What debacle?

yeah what debacle? I missed this

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 21, 2026 09:11 AM (emBoF)

307 >>AF1 had some electrical problem and had to return for maintenance.

Yes, I know. But why was it a debacle?

Posted by: one hour sober at January 21, 2026 09:11 AM (Y1sOo)

308 > Freezing fog is a real thing?? What does it look like or do??
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It looks like regular fog, except it's frozen.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 21, 2026 09:10 AM (U2OZr)

That could be a problem.

Posted by: Adrienne Barbeau at January 21, 2026 09:12 AM (q2NNn)

309 306 298 >>Plus the plane debacle didn't help matters.

What debacle?

yeah what debacle? I missed this
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 21, 2026 09:11 AM (emBoF)

AF1 had to turn around because of electrical problems and Trump had to switch planes

Posted by: It's me donna at January 21, 2026 09:12 AM (VE6XX)

310 177 The funniest thing about Canada and Europe snuggling up to China will come when China falls apart. That country is a mess economically, environmentally, health wise, property wise and a lot of other ways. The more you're entangled with that mess when it collapses the worse off you will be

... the Europe's track record with Russia leads the way

Posted by: SMOD at January 21, 2026 09:13 AM (RHGPo)

311 Yes, I know. But why was it a debacle?
Posted by: one hour sober at January 21, 2026 09:11 AM (Y1sOo)
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Significant lost time, pushing everything late and probably screwing with the schedule and increasing fatigue since the president was probably not sleeping through the problems. I think that's what redridinghood was driving at.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 09:13 AM (GyQIQ)

312 311 Yes, I know. But why was it a debacle?
Posted by: one hour sober at January 21, 2026 09:11 AM (Y1sOo)
++++
Significant lost time, pushing everything late and probably screwing with the schedule and increasing fatigue since the president was probably not sleeping through the problems. I think that's what redridinghood was driving at.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 09:13 AM (GyQIQ)

======

Plus he had to fist fight Gary Oldman.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 09:13 AM (GBKbO)

313 >>“Things I didn’t have on my bingo card today: Justice Jackson defending the racist Black Codes as precedent for what we should consider constitutional,”

IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE BEING AN 'BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY' LEFTY, SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO UNDERSTAND HOW WRONG THIS IS. SHE JUST NEEDS TO WIN IN THIS MOMENT.

Posted by: DRAKE at January 21, 2026 09:13 AM (LlV+5)

314 ++++
Significant lost time, pushing everything late and probably screwing with the schedule and increasing fatigue since the president was probably not sleeping through the problems. I think that's what redridinghood was driving at.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 09:13 AM (GyQIQ)

And all suitcases and foods and people had to be transferred to a smaller less comfortable plane... Press didn't get on the replacement plane.

Posted by: It's me donna at January 21, 2026 09:14 AM (VE6XX)

315 “Things I didn’t have on my bingo card today: Justice Jackson defending the racist Black Codes as precedent for what we should consider constitutional,”

=====

Posit:

Racist white people on the court tricked genius Jackson to defend Black Codes as a racist dog whistle to Trump voters that Jackson won't be controlled by whitie. Also, Trump is a doo doo head.

Discuss.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 09:14 AM (GBKbO)

316 AF Post
@AFpost
92-year-old Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says he will oppose federal legislation to mandate voter ID, saying he doesn’t think DC needs to interfere in elections
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Art 1 Sec 4

I know I've posted this before, but I'm still pissed

Posted by: Don Black at January 21, 2026 09:14 AM (ZxPkt)

317 316 AF Post
@AFpost
92-year-old Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says he will oppose federal legislation to mandate voter ID, saying he doesn’t think DC needs to interfere in elections
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Art 1 Sec 4

I know I've posted this before, but I'm still pissed

Posted by: Don Black at January 21, 2026 09:14 AM (ZxPkt)

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Then repeal the VRA, Chuckie.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 09:15 AM (GBKbO)

318 Cameron Kasky
@camkasky

I would like to retract my comments from CNN last night and truly apologize.

Donald Trump was obviously not involved with a giant international child sex trafficking ring where women and children were systematically raped by elites.

I said that by accident and didn’t mean it.

Karen David
@KarenDavid47792
Replying to @camkasky

What did your attorney say exactly

Posted by: SMOD at January 21, 2026 09:16 AM (RHGPo)

319 Then repeal the VRA, Chuckie.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 09:15 AM (GBKbO)
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Huh?

Posted by: Doddering Gerontocrat at January 21, 2026 09:16 AM (GyQIQ)

320 >>In Virginia it's not just the DC suburbs; Norfolk has an illiterate underclass that is unemployable and generationally fixated on doing nothing and getting paid for it.

And combined with the NOVA AWFL’s they out voted the rest of the state, and now will eat their lunch.

Posted by: Vengeance at January 21, 2026 09:16 AM (DZ6nv)

321 >>Plus he had to fist fight Gary Oldman.

lol! Better than fighting a rag-tag group of disillusioned American vets in order to defend your policy of a Deal with Iran!

*WH Down

Posted by: Lizzy at January 21, 2026 09:16 AM (LlV+5)

322 Freezing fog is a real thing?? What does it look like or do??
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It looks like regular fog, except it's frozen.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 21, 2026 09:
****
In Lassen County an entire month of February was freezing fog. Zero sun.
The Indians call it pogonip. It killed the weakest members of their tribes because no serious amount of heat was available. A small fire in a small structure isn't going to keep you warm.
The bare trees are flocked with ice crystals. Its very pretty for all its dangers of pneumonia.

Posted by: torabora at January 21, 2026 09:16 AM (29T0f)

323 275 We are tired of being disparaged by nickel-fuckers and bigots. We try to get along and ask only to be respected. We suspect the Anti-Penguites are behind the hatred for our race of furry friends. We won't stand for this much longer.
Posted by: Penguin-Squirrel Anti-Defamation League

How can I subscribe to your newsletter and website? I like your stance!

The Furry alliance is sus, however.

Posted by: Auspex at January 21, 2026 09:17 AM (Y8DZL)

324 311 Yes, I know. But why was it a debacle?
Posted by: one hour sober at January 21, 2026 09:11 AM (Y1sOo)
++++
Significant lost time, pushing everything late and probably screwing with the schedule and increasing fatigue since the president was probably not sleeping through the problems. I think that's what redridinghood was driving at.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 09:13 AM (GyQIQ)

======

Plus he had to fist fight Gary Oldman.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 09:13 AM (GBKbO)

Plus the regulator on the CO2 tank went tits up and the water, carbonation, and Diet Coke syrup mix was FUBAR, so the soda fountain was out of commission. No ice cream floats, either. Total CF.

Posted by: Count de Monet's Remote Location at January 21, 2026 09:17 AM (q2NNn)

325 319 Then repeal the VRA, Chuckie.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 09:15 AM (GBKbO)
++++
Huh?

Posted by: Doddering Gerontocrat at January 21, 2026 09:16 AM (GyQIQ)

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"DC shouldn't be involved in state level running of elections. Also, I refuse to repeal the single largest involvement of DC in state level running of elections in history because the states really need DC level guidance on elections."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 09:17 AM (GBKbO)

326 German Chancellor Merz Admits Shutting Down Nuclear Energy Production Was A "Severe Strategic Mistake"

“I know of no other country that makes things so expensive and difficult as Germany...”

Posted by: SMOD at January 21, 2026 09:17 AM (RHGPo)

327 Cameron Kasky
@camkasky
I would like to retract my comments from CNN last night and truly apologize.

Donald Trump was obviously not involved with a giant international child sex trafficking ring where women and children were systematically raped by elites.

I said that by accident and didn’t mean it. ...
Posted by: SMOD at January 21, 2026 09:16 AM (RHGPo)
++++
"Two pickets to Titsburgh, please" is an accident.

This sounds like ... something else.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 09:17 AM (GyQIQ)

328 >>Cameron Kasky
@camkasky

I would like to retract my comments from CNN last night and truly apologize.

Ah, that's who that sassy twerp was, trying to speech police Scott Jennings and failing miserably.

Please, be like David Hogg and disappear!

Posted by: Lizzy at January 21, 2026 09:17 AM (LlV+5)

329 Sounds like Storytime with Grandpa Trumpy at Davos.

Posted by: Vengeance at January 21, 2026 09:17 AM (DZ6nv)

330 It turns out that Ahmad Jihad Bojeh (obviously Amish, amirite? or maybe Quaker), the shitstain who murdered 3 people in Florida was charged with shooting up a Wawa back in 2020, injuring multiple victims.

He was found "not guilty by reason of insanity" and...this is the infuriating part...set free to murder again.

Sorry, if you're insane in a way that makes you shoot people,you should, at a minimum, be institutionalized, not dumped back on the street.

That's why we have "guilty but mentally ill" as a possible verdict here in Alaska. You get sent to a mental institution first, and then, if the docs decide you're All Better Now, you get to go to prison for the rest of your term.

We have this due to a case way back in the '80s, where a psycho named Charles Meach, who'd been institutionalized for beating a retarded supermarket bagboy to death, was set free, only to promptly murder four teenagers who caught him burglarizing their campsite.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 21, 2026 09:18 AM (IG3/x)

331 326 German Chancellor Merz Admits Shutting Down Nuclear Energy Production Was A "Severe Strategic Mistake"

“I know of no other country that makes things so expensive and difficult as Germany...”

Posted by: SMOD at January 21, 2026 09:17 AM (RHGPo)

======

But Trump is still wrong about everything even though he was right about this major policy consideration while those who said he was wrong at the time are right about everything because they have pure hearts.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 09:18 AM (GBKbO)

332 Karen David
@KarenDavid47792
Replying to @camkasky

What did your attorney say exactly
Posted by: SMOD at January 21, 2026 09:16 AM (RHGPo)

Posted on an account that probably blocks everyone this person doesn't like? Yeah, go on the same program you made the statement and grovel. Posting it where no one will see it isn't a retraction.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 21, 2026 09:18 AM (uQesX)

333 Ukraine Is Defending Itself With Money Europe Doesn't Have

An end of the Ukraine war may have as devastating economic and political consequences for Europe...

... the same is true for Russia. Putin has now put himself in the same position as Hamas .. your power is based on the jihad. No jihad .. no power.

Posted by: SMOD at January 21, 2026 09:19 AM (RHGPo)

334 German Chancellor Merz Admits Shutting Down Nuclear Energy Production Was A "Severe Strategic Mistake"

“I know of no other country that makes things so expensive and difficult as Germany...”
Posted by: SMOD at January 21, 2026 09:17 AM (RHGPo)
++++
I guess the German industrial base pulling up stakes and moving to Eastern Europe and the United States is finally starting to be noticed by the higher echelons of German government.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 09:19 AM (GyQIQ)

335 the words 'senate' and 'senile' share the same Latin root

Posted by: Don Black at January 21, 2026 09:19 AM (ZxPkt)

336 On the local news now: Local Douglas Cty official taking credit for crime being down in the past year.

Yeah, sure buddy, it has NOTHING to do with ICE rolling in and scooping up TdA bigly. Go with that!!

Posted by: Lizzy at January 21, 2026 09:19 AM (LlV+5)

337 Ketanji Brown-25 Jackson Defends Jim Crow Law During Second Amendment Case Hearing

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Please, Jane Crow.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 21, 2026 09:20 AM (L/fGl)

338
Amelia on "Who's British?"

https://tinyurl.com/57ucsnch

Walking a thin line here.

Would be interesting to see how many of these folks are counted as British by the Limeys themselves.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 21, 2026 09:20 AM (iJfKG)

339 Leftist think Mohammedans will give them ultimate power.
Mahommedans think leftist will give them ultimate power.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 21, 2026 08:50 AM (gbOdA

The Moslems are correct.

Look at how things went in the 60s and 70s. The Marxists and their terror groups funded political Islam, trained it in the trade craft of terrorism, and maintained direct operational links with them in many cases. The poor dumb browns were on the wrong end of the power dynamic, and their revolutionary consciousness would develop according to preordained dialectics with the help of proletariat vanguard leadership. They would be used against the capitalists, and then run their fiefdom as good socialist apparatchiks.

Problem was, the European radicals were unserious, middle class students, and when that generation hit middle age, they melted right back into bourgeois society, took jobs at NGOs and in government, and served the continent up to their deadly serious, much more aggressive comrades.

Last week UAE canceled its study-abroad program in the UK, because they got tired of their sons returning from London radicalized by the Brotherhood. So that's how that went.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 21, 2026 09:20 AM (BI5O2)

340 337 Ketanji Brown-25 Jackson Defends Jim Crow Law During Second Amendment Case Hearing

-
Please, Jane Crow.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 21, 2026 09:20 AM (L/fGl)

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Let's play that, "What if Kavanaugh had defended Black Laws," game.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 09:20 AM (GBKbO)

341 I'm a big fan of Trump's policies but sometimes his speechafying is a bit tedious.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 21, 2026 09:20 AM (viF8m)

342 Chris Murphy 🟧
@ChrisMurphyCT

I flew down to south Texas today to do my job - investigate why people are dying in ICE detention centers.

I was just illegally denied entry to Dilley Detention Center. Because they have something to hide.

I’m Your Huckleberry
@RossFairchild
Replying to @ChrisMurphyCT

Fact check: FALSE
You’re required to give 7 days notice dipshit.

Posted by: SMOD at January 21, 2026 09:21 AM (RHGPo)

343 On the local news now: Local Douglas Cty official taking credit for crime being down in the past year.

Yeah, sure buddy, it has NOTHING to do with ICE rolling in and scooping up TdA bigly. Go with that!!
Posted by: Lizzy at January 21, 2026 09:19 AM (LlV+5)
++++
Which state? There are at least have a dozen Douglas Counties.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 09:21 AM (GyQIQ)

344 333 ... the same is true for Russia. Putin has now put himself in the same position as Hamas .. your power is based on the jihad. No jihad .. no power.
Posted by: SMOD at January 21, 2026 09:19 AM (RHGPo)

Nothing a few well-composed photos of him laughing menacingly while shirtless on a horse can't fix.

Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 09:22 AM (uEmCf)

345 >> I'm a big fan of Trump's policies but sometimes his speechafying is a bit tedious.

You’re being kind. He has great accomplishments and very good policy goals. But, whoo, boy his delivery is meandering and nostalgic more than anything else.

Posted by: Vengeance at January 21, 2026 09:23 AM (DZ6nv)

346 Trump's bringing the heat at Davos, the entire audience hates him with a burning fire, he knows it, and doesn't give a shit. He has the economy, he has the power, he has secured his hemisphere, while they have allowed the third world invade and ruin theirs.

Posted by: M. Gaga at January 21, 2026 09:24 AM (KiBMU)

347 Murphys – better than Guinness according to Cork people

Posted by: SMOD at January 21, 2026 09:24 AM (RHGPo)

348 >>Leftist think Mohammedans will give them ultimate power.
Mahommedans think leftist will give them ultimate power.

Leftists, particularly women, are so very stupid and condescending. They have this savior complex, like they are protecting stray dogs who will be grateful to them for settling them into a new home. It would be pathetic if it wasn't so dangerous.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 21, 2026 09:24 AM (LlV+5)

349 345 >> I'm a big fan of Trump's policies but sometimes his speechafying is a bit tedious.

You’re being kind. He has great accomplishments and very good policy goals. But, whoo, boy his delivery is meandering and nostalgic more than anything else.
Posted by: Vengeance at January 21, 2026 09:23 AM (DZ6nv)

So a snoozer...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 21, 2026 09:24 AM (VE6XX)

350 Cameron Kasky
@camkasky

I would like to retract my comments from CNN last night and truly apologize.

Donald Trump was obviously not involved with a giant international child sex trafficking ring where women and children were systematically raped by elites.

I said that by accident and didn’t mean it.

I would like to retract my comments from CNN last night and truly apologize.

I absolutely WILL do that thing in your mouth.

I said that by accident and didn’t mean it.

-- the government

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 21, 2026 09:24 AM (ExV1e)

351 There were some other... anomalies... with the AF1 flight to Davos being reported by flight tracking nerds. Accompanying aircraft for example were not the normal types or had unusual call signs. Most of the President's travel on AF1 is very scripted.

This wasn't. Maybe just rushing around to get him to Davos without losing a lot of time...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 21, 2026 09:24 AM (U2OZr)

352 Australia Passes New Bills For Tougher Gun Control And Anti-Hate Speech Laws

Of course they did...

Posted by: SMOD at January 21, 2026 09:25 AM (RHGPo)

353 “ICE won’t come near me if they see my twin toddlers. I’ll be able to block their vehicles any way I choose.”

Wow. No words.

...And Demonrats salivate and rub their grubby, greedy hands together.

Posted by: Lady Who...se Heart Goes Out to Those Kids at January 21, 2026 09:25 AM (JCLJi)

354 >>>She knows enough to know that because she's black and female, and that she has a propaganda machine fully in her corner, no one will dare question her lest they be labeled racist and sexist.

Way too generous here.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder,Disinformation Demon at January 21, 2026 09:25 AM (dK+Kv)

355 Free Tina Peters!

Posted by: Don in SoCo at January 21, 2026 09:26 AM (vd6bO)

356 Yes, I know. But why was it a debacle?
Posted by: one hour sober at January 21, 2026 09:11 AM (Y1sOo)
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Significant lost time, pushing everything late and probably screwing with the schedule and increasing fatigue since the president was probably not sleeping through the problems. I think that's what redridinghood was driving at.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 09:13 AM
*****
Thanks, that's exactly what I meant.
I had to leave the thread momentarily.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 21, 2026 09:26 AM (NpAcC)

357 346 Trump's bringing the heat at Davos, the entire audience hates him with a burning fire, he knows it, and doesn't give a shit. He has the economy, he has the power, he has secured his hemisphere, while they have allowed the third world invade and ruin theirs.
Posted by: M. Gaga at January 21, 2026 09:24 AM (KiBMU)

Is it truly secure if Carney hands Canada over to the CCP?

Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 09:26 AM (uEmCf)

358 johnny maga
@_johnnymaga

Lib tries to protect a child predator from ICE:

“Do you have a warrant? I’d like to see it!”

ICE: “I have a warrant, but I’m not going to show you.”

Lib: “Why not?”

ICE: “Because you’re a nobody.”😭

Why do these people think they have a right to view others’ arrest warrants?

Posted by: SMOD at January 21, 2026 09:26 AM (RHGPo)

359 > They have this savior complex, like they are protecting stray dogs who will be grateful to them for settling them into a new home.

If you take in a stray dog, feed it, and take care of it, it usually will not bite you.

This is the primary difference between a dog and a man.

Posted by: Mark Twain at January 21, 2026 09:27 AM (IG3/x)

360 “Things I didn’t have on my bingo card today: Justice Jackson defending the racist Black Codes as precedent for what we should consider constitutional,”

Things I didn’t have on my bingo card today:

Black man being busted on a KKK law on MLK Day.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 21, 2026 09:27 AM (FMAqD)

361 >>Which state? There are at least have a dozen Douglas Counties.

Colorado.

Get this -- car thefts are down 34%!
Crazy, considering the criminal gangs were known for rolling in with a car transport truck, filling it with Ford F-150s, then immediately heading down across the Southern border.

A am sure the ICE deportations and closed border is just a coincidence. . . .

Posted by: Lizzy at January 21, 2026 09:27 AM (LlV+5)

362 Let me guess. One of its generators grenaded and took out its drive unit.
That getup has a predictable lifespan so should be replaced before they go bad. And when the bearings start to go there's a funky armature clearance indicator that gives you the possibility of stopping it from spinning before it totally rekts itself.
The expense of running aircraft is mind boggling.

Posted by: torabora at January 21, 2026 09:27 AM (29T0f)

363 I had to leave the thread momentarily.
Posted by: redridinghood

This will be reflected in your permanent record.

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 09:27 AM (77rzZ)

364 Mornin' all.

Do the other eight Justices think "DEI pick" when KBJ opens her mouth in their deliberations? I feel sorry that Alito or Thomas has to listen to her ramblings.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 21, 2026 09:28 AM (+qFxn)

365 Trump's bringing the heat at Davos, the entire audience hates him with a burning fire, he knows it, and doesn't give a shit. He has the economy, he has the power, he has secured his hemisphere, while they have allowed the third world invade and ruin theirs.
Posted by: M. Gaga at January 21, 2026 09:24 AM (KiBMU)
*****
I'm surprised Gavin Newsom hasn't heckled him yet.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 21, 2026 09:28 AM (NpAcC)

366 Colorado.

Get this -- car thefts are down 34%!
Crazy, considering the criminal gangs were known for rolling in with a car transport truck, filling it with Ford F-150s, then immediately heading down across the Southern border.

A am sure the ICE deportations and closed border is just a coincidence. . . .
Posted by: Lizzy at January 21, 2026 09:27 AM (LlV+5)
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Ouch. Car theft is a HUGE industry on the Front Range. A ton of people are going to be out of work ...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 21, 2026 09:28 AM (GyQIQ)

367 “ICE won’t come near me if they see my twin toddlers. I’ll be able to block their vehicles any way I choose.”

Arrest her/him.

Put the kids in protective foster care until it can be ascertained that the kiddos are safe and the parent isn't an insane whackado?

Posted by: naturalfake at January 21, 2026 09:28 AM (iJfKG)

368 “Do you have a warrant? I’d like to see it!”

I'd like to see Sydney Sweeney's knobs up close and personal. Some things just aren't gonna happen.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 21, 2026 09:29 AM (ExV1e)

369 Aircraft are machines. Machines break from time to time, even when scheduled maintenance protocols are strictly adhered to.

That's not a debacle. That's life in aviation. My 14,000+ logged flight hours in large, transport aircraft tells me so.

Posted by: one hour sober at January 21, 2026 09:29 AM (Y1sOo)

370 Do the other eight Justices think "DEI pick" when KBJ opens her mouth in their deliberations? I feel sorry that Alito or Thomas has to listen to her ramblings.
Posted by: JM in Illinois

I love to think what Scalia would have done to her.

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 09:29 AM (77rzZ)

371 370 I love to think what Scalia would have done to her.

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 09:29 AM (77rzZ)

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Become her best friend and attend opera together?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 21, 2026 09:29 AM (GBKbO)

372 Once the Tijuana Police Chief was filmed driving a stolen pickup truck he hadn't even bothered to take the USA plates off of.

Posted by: torabora at January 21, 2026 09:29 AM (29T0f)

373 >>Black man being busted on a KKK law on MLK Day.

I know it takes time, but the arrest really should be a televised pre-dawn raid.
Not kidding.

Recall the video of the abortion clinic prayer dude having multiple FBI SUVs roll-up and storm his home as his family is getting ready for school and terrorizing them because he had prayed at a clinic 1 year earlier.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 21, 2026 09:29 AM (LlV+5)

374 Noodus gratia artis

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 09:31 AM (77rzZ)

375 Lizzy, he was a Christian, and this is a black fag. The law only applies to one.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 21, 2026 09:31 AM (BI5O2)

376 375 Lizzy, he was a Christian, and this is a black fag. The law only applies to one.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 21, 2026 09:31 AM (BI5O2)

Only the Right has to live up to a book of rules. The left does not. (Alinsky Rule #4)

Posted by: XTC at January 21, 2026 09:32 AM (uEmCf)

377 Fiddle art up

Posted by: rickb223 at January 21, 2026 09:32 AM (FMAqD)

378 >>Ouch. Car theft is a HUGE industry on the Front Range. A ton of people are going to be out of work ...

Yes, huge.
Western Stock Show happening now, and typically their trucks, even with trailers attached, sometimes with their animal(s) are stolen. Haven't seen any reports of this happening this year - hope it hasn't!!!

Posted by: Lizzy at January 21, 2026 09:32 AM (LlV+5)

379 Is it truly secure if Carney hands Canada over to the CCP?
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Who has captured moar ChiCom investment money between the US and Canada?

Posted by: pudinhead at January 21, 2026 09:33 AM (pLaQB)

380 > I feel sorry that Alito or Thomas has to listen to her ramblings.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 21, 2026 09:28 AM (+qFxn)

Hell, I'll bet even her lefty colleagues wince at some of her bullshit.

Kagan isn't stupid. I don't agree with her on anything, but she's not stupid.

The "Wise Latina" is no rocket scientist, but she can probably at least tie her own shoes.

Brown takes it to a whole new level.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 21, 2026 09:33 AM (IG3/x)

381 White House estimates show just 12 cents of every dollar spent on U.S. humanitarian aid actually reaches its intended recipients.

Posted by: SMOD at January 21, 2026 09:33 AM (RHGPo)

382 >> According to Iranian and Israeli media, roughly 16 Chinese military cargo aircraft have landed in Iran over the past 56 hours.

If accurate, this would represent the largest single Chinese military airlift to Iran in such a compressed timeframe.

Not only has Trump abandoned the Iranian protesters, he’s also letting the Chinese move in with military hardware.

Unreal.

Posted by: Vengeance at January 21, 2026 09:35 AM (DZ6nv)

383 KJB certainly descended to a new low not seen since CJ Taney stuck up for the fugitive slave laws.

That's some interesting stuff. Can she go lower?
Does she have any hobbies?
Does she have pets?
Does anyone love her?
Is she capable of making a joke or even reason?
Im thinking bolshevik to the bone.

Posted by: torabora at January 21, 2026 09:40 AM (29T0f)

384 So the New Retarded Thing to protest ICE is annoy Target employees by purchasing bags of ice melt and returning it.

Tell us you don't have a fucking life without telling us

Posted by: melodicmetal at January 21, 2026 09:41 AM (61TgR)

385 I couldn't figure out why yesterday's Morning Report had a picture of an Orthodox priest. The MN church seems to be Protestant. Does anyone get it?

Posted by: pjungwir at January 21, 2026 09:42 AM (noE7F)

386 385 I couldn't figure out why yesterday's Morning Report had a picture of an Orthodox priest. The MN church seems to be Protestant. Does anyone get it?
Posted by: pjungwir at January 21, 2026 09:42 AM (noE7F)

It was just an image I swiped off the internet for the purposes of a P-shop. You're reading too much into something that's not there or really relevant to the overall theme.

Thank you.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 21, 2026 09:44 AM (x0n13)

387 317 316 AF Post
@AFpost
92-year-old Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says he will oppose federal legislation to mandate voter ID, saying he doesn’t think DC needs to interfere in elections
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Art 1 Sec 4

I know I've posted this before, but I'm still pissed

Posted by: Don Black at January 21, 2026 09:14 AM (ZxPkt)

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Then repeal the VRA, Chuckie.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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His staff put that out there. Most of the members of Congress nowadays are actually run by the staff as a front pr man or woman for the team. My guess is Judiciary Cmte senior staff crafted that particular message on behalf of Thune's request.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 09:49 AM (E4rtv)

388 Donald Trump, who famously doesn't drink alcohol at all, was inebriated? Where do they get these people?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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Bangladesh, Kampuchea, or India. Troll centers are standing by......

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 09:51 AM (E4rtv)

389 Weak applause from the Davos haters.

Losers.

Posted by: M. Gaga at January 21, 2026 09:51 AM (KiBMU)

390 352 Australia Passes New Bills For Tougher Gun Control And Anti-Hate Speech Laws

Of course they did...
Posted by: SMOD
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Because treating the disease, aka Islamic immigration from violent shitholes is totally off the table.

Posted by: whig at January 21, 2026 09:53 AM (E4rtv)

391 Good morning, all. Thanks, J.J.

From above, 'None of us are immune from the voice of the public,' Ellison said in an interview with Don Lemon, who accompanied the agitators and boasted of conducting 'reconnaissance'
‘They’re Getting Tender About a Church Service’: Minnesota AG Keith Ellison Defends Left-Wing Agitators Who Stormed Minnesota Church
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Ellison using a Dorothy Parker phrase, "getting tender about?" It's actually interesting and mocking, too.

"Just a Little One" (Short Story): In her 1929 story "Just a Little One," the narrator says, "You can always tell that the crash is coming when I start getting tender about Our Dumb Friends."

Who are the Dumb Friends by Keith Ellison 'standards'? The general public? The worshipers of the Protestant church invaded by protestors in St. Paul, MN?

BTW, Cities Church, is a congregation affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC).

FFS, now the Baptists will wade in. (Baptist News: 'Cities Church isn’t being persecuted for righteousness' Opinion, Rodney Kennedy, January 19, 2026)

Good Day! 🤗🙏

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 21, 2026 09:55 AM (NFX2v)

392 Politicians acting moderate or conservative just to get elected like Spanberger remind me of John Cornyn!!

Posted by: AnnaS at January 21, 2026 10:39 AM (WdMlw)

393 >>His staff put that out there. Most of the members of Congress nowadays are actually run by the staff as a front pr man or woman for the team. My guess is Judiciary Cmte senior staff crafted that particular message on behalf of Thune's request.

It's simply not true. Grassley put out a tweet a couple hours ago claiming he is not opposed to the SAVE Act.

All of this was ginned up by Scott Presler misinterpreting a Grassley constituent letter and having his tweet repeated over and over.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 21, 2026 10:58 AM (viF8m)

394 Grassleys staff needs to be disrupted. You know, make them afraid to craft lies.

Posted by: melodicmetal at January 21, 2026 11:59 AM (61TgR)

395 ICE won’t come near me if they see my twin toddlers. I’ll be able to block their vehicles any way I choose.”"

Just like 'palestinians'

Posted by: melodicmetal at January 21, 2026 12:02 PM (61TgR)

396 Someone needs to tell that Sawdust for Brains Brown the first laws were passed to disarm the newly Freed slaves that were Owned by Democrats and the second Amendment was not passed to Protect Slavery unlike what that Moron Carl Bogus wrote in his Not Best Seller Book

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at January 21, 2026 04:35 PM (wGqjj)

Daily Tech News 21 January 2026

Top Story

Micron has bought a 300,000 square foot factory in Taiwan from Powerchip for $1.8 billion. (MSN)

Powerchip manufactures DRAM, but is much smaller than Micron or even Taiwanese competitor Nanya. Micron is valued at $400 billion - the largest pure-play memory company in the world. Nanya's market cap is now around $25 billion, and Powerchip is around a third of that.

The new site is expected to be producing DRAM in volume by the second half of next year.

Tech News

Tesla has restarted construction of it's Dojo 3 supercomputer based on the in-house AI5 chip. (Tom's Hardware)

And also the future AI6 and AI7 chips, because the company plans to be in production of those designs before it finishes building this computer.
The DockFrame is a modular USB4/Thunderbolt hub compatible with Framework I/O modules and Lego. (Tom's Hardware)

It takes up to four of the Framework I/O modules, and is a 20x8 Lego-compatible baseplate.
The new Web3IsGoingGreat. (Firehound)

Firehound vibe-coded apps with known vulnerabilities, along with the number of files and database records exposed.

And 99% of the apps analysed so far have vulnerabilities.
The Bank of England must plan for a financial crisis triggered by aliens. (MSN)

Well, it's good that someone on Airstrip One can see the danger.

What?

Oh. The other kind of aliens.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Sometimes?

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at January 21, 2026 04:00 AM (Ia/+0)

2 Lunch oacked, waiting for coffee

Posted by: Skip at January 21, 2026 04:01 AM (Ia/+0)

3 G'day Skip.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 21, 2026 04:01 AM (BLOW1)

4 It takes up to four of the Framework I/O modules, and is a 20x8 Lego-compatible baseplate.
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Ok. That is the silliest thing I have read all day.

Posted by: clarence at January 21, 2026 04:19 AM (VL3/h)

5 Mornin'

Upgraded Linux Mint 22.2 to 22.3. I have soup in the crockpot, about a half hour to go. I go back to work tonight. Could be sporty weather wise this weekend. I'm praying the bad snow fall happens on Sunday afternoon. I'll be home then. Hopefully the car will behave. Not sure it's had to deal with weather in the low teens for a few days. I was assured Global Warming was going to heat things up. Seems a glacier is showing up this weekend here in Babylon DC.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 21, 2026 04:19 AM (sAmhv)

6 Well, we knew MSN was not a serious outfit and now we have to add the Bank of England to the list.

Posted by: clarence at January 21, 2026 04:23 AM (VL3/h)

7
It's taken me 15 minutes to figure out what "oacked" is.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 21, 2026 04:27 AM (tkcii)

8 It's taken me 15 minutes to figure out what "oacked" is.
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I have to correct typos so often, I have gotten used to automatically substituting known close letters when something looks off.

Posted by: clarence at January 21, 2026 04:34 AM (VL3/h)

9 "Packed" seems to fit.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 21, 2026 04:43 AM (6ydKt)

10 w00t

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 04:52 AM (SSiCQ)

11 4 It takes up to four of the Framework I/O modules, and is a 20x8 Lego-compatible baseplate.
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Ok. That is the silliest thing I have read all day.
Posted by: clarence at January 21, 2026 04:19 AM (VL3/h)

How long ya been up, clarence?

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 04:54 AM (SSiCQ)

12 After breakfast could go back to bed now
Only if

Posted by: Skip at January 21, 2026 04:55 AM (Ia/+0)

13 Morning.
The chip AI business is another burn your ships move by the Oligarchy. We will live in their panopticon no matter what.

Posted by: Accomack at January 21, 2026 04:55 AM (T8bqm)

14 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes. 7 cold degrees here at Stately Poppins Manor. A good 4 hours of work ahead. Not going to be a happy day for me. All I can do is keep telling myself that February 11 is coming soon.

Actually, I'll be retired and Don Lemon will still be untouched. I have no doubt the DoJ is, at this moment, wondering how they can 'open an investigation' to fool the base and yet make sure the 'investigation' goes nowhere.

This is just another of those days where I wish I had never woken up. I'd better get back to work.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 21, 2026 04:57 AM (ufSfZ)

15 2 Lunch oacked, waiting for coffee
Posted by: Skip at January 21, 2026 04:01 AM (Ia/+0)

Poor lunch; it's been oacked. Hard to believe Skip would do that to a lunch.

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 04:59 AM (SSiCQ)

16 "The new site is expected to be producing DRAM in volume by the second half of next year."

But I'm betting not for the retail market.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 21, 2026 05:00 AM (O7YUW)

17 Still can't figure out why Poland isn't major mm exporting country.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 21, 2026 05:02 AM (mlg/3)

18 Evening and morning to all on this Woden's Day!

It's taken me 15 minutes to figure out what "oacked" is.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 21, 2026

Oh, that's minor stuff, Morticia. Consider the remark Dorothy Parker made when told that people at a party were "ducking for apples":

"There but for a typographical error is the story of my life."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 21, 2026 05:07 AM (wzUl9)

19 'Tis 54 F., wind chill at 52 because there's little wind. A good workout morning. Now if I could just find even a little motivation. Compared to grownup motivations, baby motivations are even more clever when they don't want to be found.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 21, 2026 05:09 AM (wzUl9)

20 We're supposed to have some pretty chilly temps this weekend, with cold rain on Sunday a.m. Today I'll make sure the tires are properly aired up, along with a wash for the big red beast so it will look good for a few days.

Hey, I might go out for breakfast on Sunday morning. There are few pleasures in life quite like sitting in a warm dry room, eating a tasty omelette and drinking good coffee, while watching the cold rain slash down outside.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 21, 2026 05:13 AM (wzUl9)

21 Wife looked at deck thermometer and reported 6 degrees

Posted by: Skip at January 21, 2026 05:15 AM (Ia/+0)

22
"Packed" seems to fit.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

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That's what I finally got at 15 minutes.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 21, 2026 05:15 AM (tkcii)

23
I don't even bother checking the temperature here. It's warm here. Always warm. I saw the drone footage of that horrid 100-car wreck in Minnesota and I couldn't fathom driving in that whiteness.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 21, 2026 05:18 AM (tkcii)

24 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at January 21, 2026 05:19 AM (2Ez/1)

25 Minnesota Democrats have decided that the best way to divert attention from the Somali Daycare/Money Laundering scandal is to advocate violent attacks on mostly white churchgoers.

Colorado Democrats have decided to deal with the obvious injustices dealt to Tina Peters by attempting to frame her with a charge of felony assault.

Pray for Tina Peters.

Pray for America.

Posted by: Sam Adams at January 21, 2026 05:20 AM (X+xvk)

26 I don't even bother checking the temperature here. It's warm here. Always warm. I saw the drone footage of that horrid 100-car wreck in Minnesota and I couldn't fathom driving in that whiteness.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 21, 2026 05:18 AM (tkcii)

I wish I lived where you are. I hate the cold. Although I will admit that, when I had to drive to work, I enjoyed being in a warm car ambling along a dark road as the snow fell. It gave me an oddly cosy feeling.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 21, 2026 05:22 AM (ufSfZ)

27 My typing on my phone is bad, two keys at once is normal

Posted by: Skip at January 21, 2026 05:22 AM (Ia/+0)

28 And the Killer Kittenz From Outer Space are doing well. Stirling was in there pitching for me to get up well before the alarm today. Last night, little Dagny the aloof one was actually up on the sofa arm next to Miss Linda for petting . . . and then curled up and slipped down so she was practically on a human lap. All by herself.

Maybe in a few years she'll be a lap cat.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 21, 2026 05:22 AM (wzUl9)

29 >>>The Bank of England must plan for a financial crisis triggered by aliens. (MSN)

or maybe:

The Bank of England, triggered by aliens, must plan for a financial crisis.

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 05:23 AM (SSiCQ)

30 If we are going go get freezing rain on Sunday morning, I think I will go to Saturday evening Mass.

I refuse to drive with freezing rain.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 21, 2026 05:25 AM (qFwJc)

31 27 My typing on my phone is bad, two keys at once is normal
Posted by: Skip at January 21, 2026 05:22 AM (Ia/+0)

It brings us happiness. And something like a word game. Skiple.

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 05:26 AM (SSiCQ)

32 Heading out, no idea why I get 0 reception at tje job building
Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at January 21, 2026 05:27 AM (Ia/+0)

33 Today is the one-year anniversary of the Big Snow in Lousy-ana. My employer had announced in advance that we'd have at least that day off. I'd stayed up the night before to watch Trump's inauguration party (what a relief after four terrible years of Joey the Crayon-Eater, to think we might still have a real country). Then, when I woke up, there was this white stuff coating the street and the lawns and the cars. I hadn't seen it since my days in Denver.

I'd parked the car the day before in the back lot away from trees, in a spot where it would get afternoon sun to help melt the snowpack once the sky cleared. And I have an ice scraper in the trunk. No idea what my neighbors did to get the snow and ice off their windshields.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 21, 2026 05:28 AM (wzUl9)

34 23 I saw the drone footage of that horrid 100-car wreck in Minnesota and I couldn't fathom driving in that whiteness.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 21, 2026 05:18 AM (tkcii)

Recent? Old? I'm not seeing it online.

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 05:30 AM (SSiCQ)

35 I saw the drone footage of that horrid 100-car wreck in Minnesota and I couldn't fathom driving in that whiteness.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 21, 2026
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Recent? Old? I'm not seeing it online.
Posted by: m at January 21, 2026

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I saw mentions of it here yesterday.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 21, 2026 05:32 AM (wzUl9)

36 via @redsteeze

The Post Millennial
@TPostMillennial
8h
Leftist anarchist William Kelly, who travels the country disrupting ICE operations, defends St. Paul church storming:

"You can kill the revolutionary, but you can't kill the revolution!"

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 05:34 AM (SSiCQ)

37 34 23 I saw the drone footage of that horrid 100-car wreck in Minnesota and I couldn't fathom driving in that whiteness.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 21, 2026 05:18 AM (tkcii)

Recent? Old? I'm not seeing it online.

Posted by: m

****

You should see the footage of the 120-car pileup we had in DFW a couple years ago. Unlimited visibility. Black ice. Hundreds of Texans with zero winter driving experience doing 70 mph.

We'll be getting freezing rain/snow in Dallas late Friday night, all day Saturday and probably extending into Sunday morning, with temps down in the teens. I'm going to build a fire and nail myself to the couch.

Posted by: Sam Adams at January 21, 2026 05:36 AM (X+xvk)

38 In All circumstances . Man who likes to hike talks about thriving in all sorts of conditions. Psalm 34:1-14.

Upper Room devotional:

https://tinyurl.com/msuuwjjy

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 21, 2026 05:36 AM (PFs9e)

39 It must suck to always live in a world where there is a tunnel at the end of every light.

Posted by: Ouch the Grouch at January 21, 2026 05:37 AM (k1gZr)

40 Navy rescue swimmer rescues woman before her SUV sinks:

https://tinyurl.com/3r5ucyt2

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 21, 2026 05:38 AM (PFs9e)

41 Not to mention, with a historic snow event and a cheering restoration of Trump in January, I was looking forward (as is MP4) to retiring. I didn't want to wait until summer, as I might get caught up in organizing the move of my office to a new building. So I set March 31 as my last day.

The move did happen, I understand, and I imagine it was a hell of an undertaking. I'm more than glad I wasn't there to be in charge of it!

Do I feel as though I was abandoning my colleagues, as Tampon Tim did his military unit before it was deployed overseas? After the insanity my employer displayed during the Sniffle Scare, I'd lost all respect for the place, including my co-workers, and have never looked back.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 21, 2026 05:38 AM (wzUl9)

42 Interesting story about a fighter and his tomb in London:

https://tinyurl.com/4p58rhma

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 21, 2026 05:41 AM (PFs9e)

43 37 34 23 I'm going to build a fire and nail myself to the couch.
Posted by: Sam Adams at January 21, 2026 05:36 AM (X+xvk)

heh

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 05:42 AM (SSiCQ)

44 36 via @redsteeze

The Post Millennial
@TPostMillennial
8h
Leftist anarchist William Kelly, who travels the country disrupting ICE operations, defends St. Paul church storming:

"You can kill the revolutionary, but you can't kill the revolution!"
Posted by: m

Oh. So, either he comes from money (spoiled rich kid looking for meaning) or some organization is paying for his roving terrorism. Could be both of course.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 21, 2026 05:42 AM (sAmhv)

45 Thirteen degrees and not going to get much better today. If you need me, I'll be burrowing under blankets that I smuggle into work.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 21, 2026 05:42 AM (99eI0)

46 Amelia and Charlie know what to do to save the Bank of England...

New meme with the "evil" ending for the Pathways game. Charlie and Amelia help with efforts to preserve the UK for the "indigenous people" and then can afford to buy a home and have lots of white babies... he looks happy, but at what cost? WHAT COST? Those poor grooming gangs!

https://x.com/Stone_tossers/status/
2013731415721156804

Posted by: LizLem at January 21, 2026 05:43 AM (gWBY1)

47 39 It must suck to always live in a world where there is a tunnel at the end of every light.

Posted by: Ouch the Grouch at January 21, 2026 05:37 AM (k1gZr)

This seems possibly insightful.

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 05:44 AM (SSiCQ)

48 “ Turn, Lord, and deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love.”

Psalm 6:4

Posted by: Marcus T at January 21, 2026 05:44 AM (ATSTk)

49 39 It must suck to always live in a world where there is a tunnel at the end of every light.

Posted by: Ouch the Grouch

Heh! A Balrog lives in the tunnel.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 21, 2026 05:45 AM (sAmhv)

50 But you can crush the rebellion.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 21, 2026 05:46 AM (qFwJc)

51 46 Amelia and Charlie know what to do to save the Bank of England...

New meme with the "evil" ending for the Pathways game. Charlie and Amelia help with efforts to preserve the UK for the "indigenous people" and then can afford to buy a home and have lots of white babies... he looks happy, but at what cost? WHAT COST? Those poor grooming gangs!

https://x.com/Stone_tossers/status/
2013731415721156804

Posted by: LizLem at January 21, 2026 05:43 AM (gWBY1)

Took me a minute to catch on!

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 05:47 AM (SSiCQ)

52 >>> Leftist anarchist William Kelly,

The next person whose face he shoves himself into needs to ask him who is funding him. Why is he spending thousands on travel, which is a privilege, when it could go to a poor Somalian with a Bentley and $1000 shades.

Posted by: LizLem at January 21, 2026 05:47 AM (gWBY1)

53 Geez, what did I do to you?

Posted by: Skip's oacked lunch at January 21, 2026 05:48 AM (2Ez/1)

54 48 “ Turn, Lord, and deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love.”

Psalm 6:4
Posted by: Marcus T at January 21, 2026 05:44 AM (ATSTk)

Thank you, Marcus T.

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 05:48 AM (SSiCQ)

55 It must suck to always live in a world where there is a tunnel at the end of every light.

**shrugs**

Some of us are just built that way. I find it a great deal more mentally peaceful to expect the worst and have good things happen than to live in a Pollyanna world expecting the best and being constantly kicked in the nuts by reality.

If it's a choice between "Steiner will come!" and "We'll be stabbed in the back," I know which I will choose.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 21, 2026 05:51 AM (ufSfZ)

56 Posted by: Ouch the Grouch at January 21, 2026 05:37 AM (k1gZr)

I've never heard that phrase, but it's quite clever and true.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 21, 2026 05:54 AM (PFs9e)

57 Belated BOING!

Whoever recommended to me a few days ago to use Entirely Digital for web hosting, thanks.

In midst domain transfer right now.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 21, 2026 05:55 AM (7jSnO)

58 >>> Took me a minute to catch on!
Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 05:47 AM (SSiCQ)

It's so, so good!! I really love the Amelia waifu memes.

As Dan Scavino pointed out, the average rando memesmith on Twitter or Grok is cleverer than the best ad man on Madison Avenue right now. Glad they are on our side! The foot soldiers of the culture war.

@TheChiefNerd
🔥 Dan Scavino Thanks the Meme Makers
“As the President says … you could go to Fifth Avenue or Park Avenue in New York City to an ad agency, spend a million or $2 million, and they would not create these. The President calls them geniuses.”
Tag your favorite meme “genius”👇

Posted by: LizLem at January 21, 2026 05:56 AM (gWBY1)

59 New meme with the "evil" ending for the Pathways game.

Just finished watching it. I hope when the people who tactically acquired the code re-release the game that gets added.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 21, 2026 05:56 AM (99eI0)

60
Good morning, Hordians.

Freezing temperatures forecast for early next week. Naturally, for Her Majesty this means panic in the streets. Do we have enough gas for the generators? Do we have enough dog food on hand? What's the status of this, what's the status of that? What are you going to do about this? What are you going to do about that? Of course, it's all stuff I have to do or we have to do.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 21, 2026 06:02 AM (tgvbd)

61 Singers in beautiful backdrop of Alaska sing gospel song from the 50's , "I'm ready to go home.":

https://tinyurl.com/2p8xf8tj

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 21, 2026 06:02 AM (PFs9e)

62 **shrugs**

***shrugs back***

I wish the ignore that EOJ coded still worked. I would be reading a lot less of you black pilled people and be a lot happier.

That's my last thought on this subject. Have at it.

Posted by: Ouch the Grouch at January 21, 2026 06:02 AM (k1gZr)

63 I don't think I always expect the best. I try to find things to thank God for everyday.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 21, 2026 06:03 AM (PFs9e)

64
If it's a choice between "Steiner will come!" and "We'll be stabbed in the back," I know which I will choose.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 21, 2026 05:51 AM (ufSfZ)

Having suffered most of my life from anxiety and depression, I've come to the point where I know I can only control a very limited number of things and otherwise let the world go hang.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 21, 2026 06:04 AM (tgvbd)

65 We'll take Alberta, Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush for Minnesota, and a player to be named later.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 21, 2026 06:08 AM (oT7pT)

66 Gary Numan - Are 'Friends' Electric?

I watched the whole thing.

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 06:10 AM (SSiCQ)

67 Can we keep Lake Woebegone?

Posted by: Because the women at January 21, 2026 06:10 AM (2Ez/1)

68 "Can we keep Lake Woebegone?"

Only if kielor isn't included in the deal.

Posted by: Ouch the Grouch at January 21, 2026 06:15 AM (k1gZr)

69 67 Can we keep Lake Woebegone?
Posted by: Because the women at January 21, 2026 06:10 AM (2Ez/1)

The "Woe" might be a problem.

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 06:16 AM (SSiCQ)

70 It must suck to always live in a world where there is a tunnel at the end of every light.

I have lived long enough to see the culture go completely to rot. Actually, three times. When a threshold was reached I moved to a better place and watched the problem repeat.

Keep out of the cultural currents. Stay off the X (double entendre). Purge the social crap, then life is what can be expected if you have high standards in a Fallen and cursed world.

In the meantime, enjoy the things that you have earned and have built.

The technical side of pretty much every industry has grown to great new marvels, enjoy what you can, be aware, but don't immerse in the fact that evil people corrupt all of these things.

But the most important thing is be Grateful for every blessing, count those, and there isn't time to worry about the rest of the world - just be aware what they are doing and don't be a part of them.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 21, 2026 06:22 AM (a4flb)

71 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 21, 2026 06:25 AM (bQ4nt)

72 How long ya been up, clarence?
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When I wrote that, about 16 hours.

Posted by: clarence at January 21, 2026 06:26 AM (VL3/h)

73 My Magic Mouse has lost its mind. If I just hover my cursor/arrow over something--like another open webpage or, say, the "Post" button below--it sometimes acts as though I've clicked that thing.

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 06:26 AM (SSiCQ)

74 72 How long ya been up, clarence?
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When I wrote that, about 16 hours.
Posted by: clarence at January 21, 2026 06:26 AM (VL3/h)

yowza

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 06:27 AM (SSiCQ)

75 Freezing temperatures forecast for early next week. Naturally, for Her Majesty this means panic in the streets. Do we have enough gas for the generators?

Aren't you closer to the coast?

Like bicycling, I can handle cold; I can handle wet; I just don't do well with cold and wet.

Cold, is no problem; kick on the fireplace. Wet; we are above the five hundred year flood plain.

Cold and Wet, mean iced over branches and power lines. Just added 300+ gallons to the propane tanks and 30+ gallons of ethanol-free for the generator.

Planning on four days without power. Except for a couple days, the roads ought to be passable.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 21, 2026 06:28 AM (a4flb)

76 We'll take Alberta, Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush

That is a blast from the past. Best Hendrix impersonator. Will take any song and stretch it out into a full length guitar solo concert.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 21, 2026 06:30 AM (a4flb)

77 I turned off "Natural Scrolling." Let's see if that works.

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 06:31 AM (SSiCQ)

78

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at January 21, 2026 06:33 AM (DDJSl)

79 77 I turned off "Natural Scrolling." Let's see if that works.
Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 06:31 AM (SSiCQ)

That did not work.

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 06:33 AM (SSiCQ)

80 yowza
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My sleep schedule is so messed up that I could say that I do not have one. I can also spend the same amount of time asleep.

Posted by: clarence at January 21, 2026 06:34 AM (/wfFD)

81 Sleep is just an idea.

Posted by: Eromero at January 21, 2026 06:37 AM (o2ZRX)

82
Planning on four days without power. Except for a couple days, the roads ought to be passable.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 21, 2026 06:28 AM (a4flb)

I think the principal concern should be what we do if the power goes out. Bitter experience tells us we'll be the last ones to have it restored.

We have two 7500 watt generators and a 3500 watt one. We also have a transfer switch so that we can run the furnace and well. So, yes, I'll make sure we have plenty of gas on hand. They were scheduled to deliver propane on Monday, but they've deferred it to next Monday. In any case, the tank is about half full.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 21, 2026 06:37 AM (tgvbd)

83 High temp in Minneapolis tomorrow is 7 degrees.
Minus 9 on Friday, and minus 2 on Saturday.
Just saying.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 21, 2026 06:37 AM (2Ez/1)

84 The Bank of England must plan for a financial crisis triggered by aliens.

This is only because of a total breakdown in theology and science.

Science:
• the mathematical impossibility of life from non-life.
• "They" are too far away for practical interstellar travel.

Theology:
• Order of the timing of Creation
• Imago Dei
• Scope of the Fall and Redemption
• The future of the Universe

Only a few Christian denominations haven't corrupted these key doctrines for teaching that we are alone in this wide universe.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 21, 2026 06:39 AM (a4flb)

85 Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 21, 2026 06:37 AM (2Ez/1)

I guess the rioters will be invading more churches to stay warm. 😕

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 21, 2026 06:39 AM (PFs9e)

86 Heh. Between my last comment and the preceding one, my hash changed. Usually. my hash goes for 2 or 3 days between changes. (I use the starlink wifi from the bar aross the street which the boss owns.)

Posted by: clarence at January 21, 2026 06:39 AM (/wfFD)

87 >>>We'll take Alberta, Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush

That is a blast from the past. Best Hendrix impersonator. Will take any song and stretch it out into a full length guitar solo concert.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure

>I hear this all the time. Hendrix whatever. Pretty good company to be compared to. Frank was a monster guitar player all on his own. Certainly inspired by Hendrix.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 21, 2026 06:40 AM (oT7pT)

88 Young leftists have to believe in aliens. Documentaries are all they know.

Posted by: Eromero at January 21, 2026 06:43 AM (o2ZRX)

89 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 21, 2026 06:44 AM (Cjt/F)

90 I think the principal concern should be what we do if the power goes out. Bitter experience tells us we'll be the last ones to have it restored.

Dittos. Not so bitter though, if you prep. Before the Great Texas Freeze and Power Outage of Feb 2021, had no generator. Fortunately we were on the same grid circuit as a number of nursing homes so the power was out for a few hours, not for a week.

Now have an inverter generator that can drive a five-ton heat pump plus all the usual stuff in the house. Problem is when the heat strips kick in for a few minutes for de-icing of the lines - it exceeds the generator's capacity. Noticed that Harbor Freight has one suitable enough for $2200.

The smaller the better because 95% of the time, the generator only feeds no more than 1000W of total household use. Its when the microwave, septic tank pump or water heater kicks in that the extra head room is good.

I can keep a house at 72°F in the 100°F summer on 14 gallons a day. A Generac can't touch that number. I don't know what cold will do, probably just run the blowers and let the fireplace do the work.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 21, 2026 06:48 AM (a4flb)

91 G'morning, all!

26.8 degrees out.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 21, 2026 06:48 AM (iMotb)

92 @redsteeze on Justice Jackson, who is still struggling to understand the Black Codes:

Stephen L. Miller
@redsteeze
18h
I have reversed my stance on cameras at SCOTUS just to see Alito's face every time this woman speaks.

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 06:49 AM (SSiCQ)

93 Interesting, if true.

https://xcancel.com/bluelivesmtr/status/2013771912552554994

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 21, 2026 06:49 AM (iMotb)

94 Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 21, 2026 06:49 AM (iMotb)

I hope it's true. I enjoyed that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 21, 2026 06:52 AM (ix8EF)

95 Two 3500s and a 2000. Gas heat and water heater in the house.

Posted by: Eromero at January 21, 2026 06:52 AM (o2ZRX)

96 I hear this all the time. Hendrix whatever. Pretty good company to be compared to. Frank was a monster guitar player all on his own. Certainly inspired by Hendrix.

Remember coming really early to the Bronco Bowl in Dallas to be let in and Marino was doing a "sound check" of quality jams that lasted for an hour. Then he performed a long concert.

Monster indeed. Loved "Live" album.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 21, 2026 06:52 AM (a4flb)

97 Morning peeps

It's 30.6F here this morning and sleeting. First time in a while it's been this "warm" in the morning.

All the weather talk is about a potentially big winter storm this weekend. And power outages.

What fun.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 21, 2026 06:53 AM (U2OZr)

98 Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 06:49 AM (SSiCQ)

Ha.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 21, 2026 06:53 AM (ix8EF)

99 @redsteeze on the looney William Kelly anarchist:

Stephen L. Miller
@redsteeze
6h
You guys should all be taking the next governor of Minnesota a little bit more seriously.

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 06:54 AM (SSiCQ)

100 That was me. I used Entirely Digital for several years and they were good. Really need to go back as I think they are cheaper than Bluehost

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 21, 2026 06:54 AM (+mUZM)

101 Snow will be a thing of the past.

Posted by: The Experts, circa 2000 at January 21, 2026 06:56 AM (Lq/LE)

102 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at January 21, 2026 06:56 AM (FMAqD)

103 I guess the rioters will be invading more churches to stay warm.

I recommend, given the temperatures, that for the churches they attempt to raid that the demonstrators are given a free outdoor baptism.

A good hose will be ideal for Confessional denominations, Evangelicals will have to temporarily abandon credo-baptism modes and adopt pedo-baptism modes, but they are good at compromise.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 21, 2026 06:57 AM (a4flb)

104 It's interesting to compare a guitar player that plays a left handed Fender Stratocaster to a player that plays a right-handed Gibson SG and can get a similar experience. Pretty good stuff.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 21, 2026 06:57 AM (oT7pT)

105 Snow will be a thing of the past.
Posted by: The Experts, circa 2000 at January 21, 2026 06:56 AM (Lq/LE)
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Considering how little snow we've gotten around here and how mild it's been this winter, I'm *almost* inclined to listen. Almost.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 21, 2026 06:57 AM (ESVrU)

106 AG retweeted
Carrie Severino
@JCNSeverino
15h
Must Listen: Justice Alito reveals the obvious irony of citing the Black Codes as justification for Hawaii’s 2023 firearm restriction law.

“They wanted to disarm the Black population in order to help the Klan terrorize them...they wanted to put them at the mercy of racist law enforcement officers. So is it not the height of irony to cite a law that was enacted for exactly the purpose of preventing someone from exercising the Second Amendment right, to cite this as an example of what the Second Amendment protects.”

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 06:58 AM (SSiCQ)

107 All the weather talk is about a potentially big winter storm this weekend. And power outages.

Saw a lot of line worker contractor bucket trucks stacking up around here. Good to see SWEPCO is ahead on this.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 21, 2026 06:59 AM (a4flb)

108
JJS

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 21, 2026 07:00 AM (gbOdA)

109 I think the principal concern should be what we do if the power goes out. Bitter experience tells us we'll be the last ones to have it restored.

Dittos. Not so bitter though, if you prep. Before the Great Texas Freeze and Power Outage of Feb 2021, had no generator. Fortunately we were on the same grid circuit as a number of nursing homes so the power was out for a few hours, not for a week.

Now have an inverter generator that can drive a five-ton heat pump plus all the usual stuff in the house. Problem is when the heat strips kick in for a few minutes for de-icing of the lines - it exceeds the generator's capacity. Noticed that Harbor Freight has one suitable enough for $2200.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure

Same. Now have an EcoFlow battery backup, Duromax dual fuel generator and propane for indoor heater.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 21, 2026 07:01 AM (FMAqD)

110 nice point:

AG
@AGHamilton29
11h
Governing is much harder than getting people outraged for clicks.

What @HarmeetKDhillon has been exposing in the last few days is that there are a lot of people in the commentator and influencer space who view their main role as just to create anger and outrage, whether it is justified or not.

You should not trust those people to give you reliable information about what is happening or what is feasible because that isn’t their goal. It’s also not their goal to drive actual results.

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 07:03 AM (SSiCQ)

111 As far as this angry agitator in MN, Mr. Kelly, I prefer Thomas Raymond Kelly who died in 1941. He was a Quaker who wrote one of my favorite devotional books, "A Testament of Devotion": This is just one quote from it:

"The life that intends to be wholly obedient, wholly submissive, wholly listening, is astonishing in its completeness. Its joys are ravishing, its peace profound, its humility the deepest, its power world-shaking, its love enveloping, its simplicity that of a trusting child."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 21, 2026 07:03 AM (Nx5jP)

112 The high end car dealers in Minneapolis have had it good with people coming in with a suitcases of money to buy the latest in European sports cars.

Posted by: Colin at January 21, 2026 07:10 AM (wlQdF)

113 The 100 car pile up was in Michigan (not Minn), just south of Zeeland on I-196

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at January 21, 2026 07:15 AM (pLaQB)

114 *It’s also not their goal to drive actual results.*

A talk radio host isn't trying to change the world. He's trying to attract advertisers.

Posted by: And I still miss Rush at January 21, 2026 07:18 AM (2Ez/1)

115 Have you thanked an ICE agent today?

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 21, 2026 07:36 AM (YBcQb)

116 Time to go. Later.

Posted by: clarence at January 21, 2026 07:55 AM (/wfFD)

117 Late, I know, but I’m pretty sure the magic mouse has a sensitivity setting in Settings. You might check to see if it’s been cranked up.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 21, 2026 08:35 AM (CSK7p)

118 117 Late, I know, but I’m pretty sure the magic mouse has a sensitivity setting in Settings. You might check to see if it’s been cranked up.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 21, 2026 08:35 AM (CSK7p)

Thank you! I think I fixed it. I think it was the choice of batteries I've put into the mouse. I just switched the position of the two, and all the wacky stuff has stopped--I think! (Stuff like: double-clicking on a word did not highlight the word.) It was like having a gremlin in there.

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 08:41 AM (SSiCQ)

119 ... and then I closed all the windows and restarted the computer. Yay.

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 08:42 AM (SSiCQ)

120 Morning, Pixy! Given DRAM prices are sky high due to AI speculation, what would be your advice to someone looking to upgrade his gaming PC in the next couple of years? I’m not the most avid gamer but my Intel Skylake CPU is 10 years old at this point and I need to upgrade eventually. Should I wait it out or buy now with the expectation that it’s only going to get worse? Micron is already shutting Crucial down, is it possible the consumer market will disappear entirely?

Posted by: Caiwyn at January 21, 2026 08:48 AM (fG/4l)

Tuesday Overnight Open Thread - January 20, 2026 [Doof]

Howdy Hordelings! Appreciate your attendance here at the Tuesday night ONT. Grab a snack and a beverage. Skim the content. Solve the musical theme. Drop something poignant in the gray boxes. Lurkers - will this be your night to delurk??

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Feel good story

Cajun Navy Travels To Oklahoma To Find Missing Boy — Brings Him Home Safe

A happy ending came for 12-year-old Ryan “RJ” Davis, who was recently found safe in Oklahoma thanks to the efforts of the United Cajun Navy.
Nine days after being reported missing by his mother and stepfather, RJ was found safe indoors, unharmed, and warmly embraced by his rescuers.
Authorities believe RJ ran away to seek safety away from his parents’ home.
“He gave us a hug and we told him that he was safe and nobody was going to harm him anymore, and he gave us a big hug and he was ready to go eat some pizza,” said Thomas Gentile of the United Cajun Navy.
Local authorities confirmed RJ is now in a safe environment, and he will not be returning to the property where he was previously living.
The community played a key role in bringing RJ home.
“I asked for the media’s help and we got it,” said Chickasha Police Chief Goebel Music. “How I know that to be true is that where I met and spoke with RJ, when I was hugging him, he said, ‘Hey, I saw you on the news.’ So, what you did worked.”

Check out the whole thing. Video segment at the link

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Wholesome content

The moment this dude said goodbye to his pacifier 👋 pic.twitter.com/YR5MXz7gJl
— Dudes Posting Their W’s (@DudespostingWs) January 20, 2026

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Not exactly wholesome

Walrus Penis Bone Stolen from Iconic Camden Cheesesteak Restaurant

A decades-old walrus penis bone that had become a quirky fixture at Donkey’s Place, a well-known cheesesteak spot in Camden, was stolen by a bar patron, according to the restaurant’s staff.
The item, considered a good luck charm by employees and regulars, was taken by a man who had reportedly been drinking for several hours with two others. Surveillance footage shows the suspect leaving the premises with the walrus penis bone in hand, shortly after the group asked to see it.

Really? A bone from a walrus' junk? People need help.

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Spalding! Don't touch it!

Something huge and brown is crossing the Atlantic from Africa to America, and satellites can no longer ignore it

For more than a decade, satellites have watched a brown streak grow across the Atlantic Ocean. In May 2025, that streak reached a new record of about 37.5 million tons of floating seaweed stretching over 5,400 miles, roughly twice the width of the continental United States. Scientists call it the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt, and it is now big enough to be tracked from space almost every year.
A new scientific review led by marine scientist Brian Lapointe at Florida Atlantic University’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute pulls together forty years of data to explain how this happened. Published in the journal Harmful Algae, the work shows that a mix of natural forces and human made nutrient pollution has turned a once patchy seaweed into a recurring ocean-scale belt that threatens coasts, economies, and even the climate.

But OF COURSE - it threatens the climate. Good grief.

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Cool photos

33 Unseen Historical Photos Revealing Forgotten Moments History Never Taught Us

#6. What 5 megabytes of computer data looked like in 1966: 62,500 punched cards, taking four days to load.

Check out the link. Lots of interesting photos.

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More cool photos

Having Fun With Statues (26 photos)

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DJ Doof - Guess The Theme

Difficulty level 2 out of 5

What's the common thread / common meaning / common leitmotif?

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1 Yep

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 20, 2026 09:49 PM (mkk/2)

2 Not quite first!

Posted by: GWB at January 20, 2026 09:52 PM (uLMww)

3 Obviously, Tommy James and the Shondells covers.

Posted by: Menachem's Razor at January 20, 2026 09:54 PM (ZlR2o)

4 all tommy james songs...

Posted by: yz at January 20, 2026 09:54 PM (G6mgr)

5 Ahead of time, possibly under budget.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 20, 2026 09:55 PM (XeU6L)

6 Early tonight

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at January 20, 2026 09:56 PM (cuae1)

7 Cosmic evolution may not always be understandable (predictable), but it is strictly nonaccidental.
-so they said

Posted by: mindful webworker lives on an inhabited planet at January 20, 2026 09:56 PM (FMpsC)

8 Good evening good people.

The county has prepared all snow removal/management equipment for the expected storm:

The two snow shovels were located and dusted off and Caleb's 1973 Ford pickup was gassed up down at Wally's Filling Station. Violet is fixing biscuits and cornbread just in case.

The models for here are too far out to truly get worried but right now, they are calling for at least 10 inches of snow. Honestly, if that happens, we'll be cut off from the rest of the country until May or so.

Okay by me.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 20, 2026 09:56 PM (cYBz/)

9 Good evening Morons.

Thanks for the ONT Doof.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at January 20, 2026 09:57 PM (55Qr6)

10 Good evening morons y gracias Disco

If you are eating a cheesesteak in Camden I feel nothing but pity.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 20, 2026 09:57 PM (RIvkX)

11 "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms" is actually good so far.
It helps that (a) Dumb+Dumber (Dave and Daniel) didn't touch this and (b) the big bearded food eater already finished it back when he gave a damn

Posted by: gKWVE at January 20, 2026 09:57 PM (gKWVE)

12 I had a Cobalt course back in 80s that involved those stupid punchcards. ONE SINGLE typo would cause your entire program to be ignored (and not run at all). It was as dumb as it sounds.

Posted by: Crusader at January 20, 2026 09:57 PM (Cjcf6)

13 Oh, and 'Chickasha Police Chief Goebel Music' - how can you not like a man with that name?

Posted by: Tonypete at January 20, 2026 09:57 PM (cYBz/)

14 Canuckian PM Mark Carney bends over and lubes up for the ChiComs.

Too stupid to realize that they're making nice because they're hoping to get Canada to make up the oil they just lost from Venezuela.

Hey, Marky: you know what's the biggest problem with sucking Chinese dick? You want to suck another dick half an hour later.

Oh, right: you'd view that as a feature, wouldn't you?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 20, 2026 09:59 PM (IG3/x)

15 Early tonight
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And I'm thankful for it. I personally would prefer the ONT thread start at 8:30 pm central. There's only so much juice from watching kittens and puppies do cute things.

Posted by: Crusader at January 20, 2026 09:59 PM (Cjcf6)

16 I like that kid waving goodbye to his pacifier. Way to man up, little dude.

Posted by: SimoHayek at January 20, 2026 09:59 PM (/ZkOF)

17 Common theme: cover songs?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 20, 2026 09:59 PM (RIvkX)

18 all tommy james songs..."

Fairly certain the Billy Idol live/hit version came out around the same time Tiffany did "I Think We're Alone Now", by....

Yep. You guessed it. All the same artist...

Posted by: man at January 20, 2026 10:00 PM (XuXeR)

19 Posted by: Crusader

'Cobalt'?!! Oh my.

And, you'd better have had some method to reorganize your punched cards in case you dropped the box(es).

Posted by: Tonypete at January 20, 2026 10:00 PM (cYBz/)

20 The item, considered a good luck charm by employees and regulars, was taken by a man who had reportedly been drinking for several hours with two others. Surveillance footage shows the suspect leaving the premises with the walrus penis bone in hand

So he was drunk?

It probably wasn't the worst thing he woke up next to.

.....that week.

Posted by: mikeski at January 20, 2026 10:00 PM (VHUov)

21 Early tonight
Posted by: Formerly Virginian

How many times have we all heard that?

Posted by: Tonypete at January 20, 2026 10:01 PM (cYBz/)

22 14 Canuckian PM Mark Carney bends over and lubes up for the ChiComs.

Too stupid to realize that they're making nice because they're hoping to get Canada to make up the oil they just lost from Venezuela.

Hey, Marky: you know what's the biggest problem with sucking Chinese dick? You want to suck another dick half an hour later.

Oh, right: you'd view that as a feature, wouldn't you?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 20, 2026 09:59 PM (IG3/x)

One starts to get the impression that Canada, the UK, and the EU very badly want to declare war on the US, they're all just too bitch-made to do it, and want China to do it for them.

Posted by: XTC at January 20, 2026 10:01 PM (6Uni8)

23 3 Obviously, Tommy James and the Shondells covers.
Posted by: Menachem's Razor at January 20, 2026 09:54 PM (ZlR2o)

4 all tommy james songs...
Posted by: yz at January 20, 2026 09:54 PM (G6mgr)

Well done. I thought it was kinda easy. My over/under was 15 comments. You guys crushed it!

Posted by: Doof at January 20, 2026 10:01 PM (QMAsf)

24 "There's only so much juice from watching kittens and puppies"

Juice? Try making coats out of them

Posted by: Cruella deVil at January 20, 2026 10:01 PM (0e5Te)

25 As I mentioned the other night, those are called "oosiks" in Alaska.

They're big enough to use as a club.

https://www.alaskafurexchange.
com/oosik.shtml

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 20, 2026 10:02 PM (IG3/x)

26 Common theme: cover songs?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 20, 2026 09:59 PM (RIvkX)

Yes. All originally done by Tommy James and The Shondells.

Posted by: Doof at January 20, 2026 10:02 PM (QMAsf)

27 >>> What 5 megabytes of computer data looked like in 1966.

Super computer in 1966.
Still more RAM than a PC could work with in 1985.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 20, 2026 10:03 PM (/lPRQ)

28 Fairly certain the Billy Idol live/hit version came out around the same time Tiffany did "I Think We're Alone Now", by....

Yep. You guessed it. All the same artist...
Posted by: man at January 20, 2026 10:00 PM (XuXeR)

Couldn't bring myself to include Tiffany. That was the 3rd one I thought of after Billy Idol and Joan Jett, but I had to find something else!

Posted by: Doof at January 20, 2026 10:03 PM (QMAsf)

29 12 I had a Cobalt course back in 80s that involved those stupid punchcards.

were you a lord of cobalt?

ONE SINGLE typo would cause your entire program to be ignored (and not run at all).

better were dropping your deck or forgetting to remove the rubber band before shoving them in the reader.

personally, i found that making a typo while punching a card made me mess up the next two or three cards as well.

Posted by: anachronda at January 20, 2026 10:05 PM (edU/H)

30 I saw Tommy James and the Shondells open for the Four Seasons in 1974.

No, really!

Posted by: Menachem's Razor at January 20, 2026 10:05 PM (ZlR2o)

31 A bone from a walrus' junk?

It's a bone-bone.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 20, 2026 10:05 PM (/lPRQ)

32 Good evening Horde. Thanks Disco!

Posted by: TRex - arctic dino at January 20, 2026 10:05 PM (IQ6Gq)

33 Weak-kneed early ONT plus a repeat story?

Check last Monday's ONT for walrus cock news.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 20, 2026 10:05 PM (n9ltV)

34 Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 20, 2026 10:02 PM (IG3/x)

Please use tinyurl or equivalent.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 20, 2026 10:06 PM (n9ltV)

35 Calling for half foot here in the SC upstate. We'll see.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 20, 2026 10:06 PM (mkk/2)

36 Weak-kneed early ONT plus a repeat story?

Check last Monday's ONT for walrus cock news.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 20, 2026 10:05 PM (n9ltV)

Nobody reads Monday night ONTs

Posted by: Doof at January 20, 2026 10:06 PM (QMAsf)

37 The YT channel "Old World Photos" is mesmerizing. A lot of stuff I've never seen before.

The curator really has a thing for Sophia Loren, Marilyn Monroe, and Brigitte Bardot. Don't mind that at all.

Posted by: mrp at January 20, 2026 10:07 PM (rj6Yv)

38 * leaves the math outside of the ONT *

So that pile of punch cards could hold 27 copies of that PNG file of a pile of punch cards.

Posted by: mikeski at January 20, 2026 10:07 PM (VHUov)

39 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 20, 2026 10:07 PM (sAmhv)

40 Is this the gray box where I'm supposed to leave a deposit, specimen, comment?

Posted by: Or Is It Grey Box? at January 20, 2026 10:07 PM (oftw2)

41 Authorities believe RJ ran away to seek safety away from his parents’ home.

Mixed emotions about that story. Glad he's okay, of course.

At not quite that boy's age, I "ran away" for an hour or so one day. I was frustrated by something, I forget what exactly, but I was teased and tormented frequently by siblings, and didn't get a lot of help from parents. Seemed like nobody understood.

I didn't go far, and came back fairly soon. Got the belt. Never ran away again, with that kind of welcome-back.

You don't know your family dynamic is not healthy when you're growing up in it; you just think it's all like that. Even when you have Leave It To Beaver for contrast.

Like having Eddie Haskell for a brother.

Middle of the last century was a different universe.

Posted by: mindful webworker never was a cub scout at January 20, 2026 10:08 PM (FMpsC)

42 Three records? All covers, all involve colors?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 20, 2026 10:08 PM (8zz6B)

43 Is this the gray box where I'm supposed to leave a deposit, specimen, comment?"

That's over there. The box labeled "Cologuard"

Posted by: man at January 20, 2026 10:09 PM (XuXeR)

44 I saw Tommy James and the Shondells open for Steppenwolf in January 1978.

Posted by: Musik Kal at January 20, 2026 10:09 PM (oftw2)

45 Nobody reads Monday night ONTs

Posted by: Doof at January 20, 2026 10:06 PM (QMAsf)

Effete whiny-babies who can't stay up past 10pm for an ONT?

We don't want their kind!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 20, 2026 10:09 PM (n9ltV)

46 3 Obviously, Tommy James and the Shondells covers.
Posted by: Menachem's Razor

4 all tommy james songs...
Posted by: yz

Well done. I thought it was kinda easy. My over/under was 15 comments. You guys crushed it!
Posted by: Doof

I have a suspicion that some of us are older than 29.

Posted by: mikeski at January 20, 2026 10:09 PM (VHUov)

47 all involve colors?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

I was gonna call you on that, but the first one is obviously The Color of Mony.

Posted by: mikeski dodges the rotten fruit at January 20, 2026 10:11 PM (VHUov)

48 I saw Jenna Jameson open for...well, just about anyone.

Posted by: Wally at January 20, 2026 10:11 PM (0e5Te)

49 Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 20, 2026 10:11 PM (zZu0s)

50 Check last Monday's ONT for walrus cock news.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 20, 2026 10:05 PM (n9ltV)

Adds a whole new meaning to scrimshaw.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 20, 2026 10:11 PM (8zz6B)

51 Weak-kneed early ONT plus a repeat story?

Check last Monday's ONT for walrus cock news.
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I have an idea. Its this ONE weird idea....how about we just decide that we don't really need ANY walrus cock news? That way this won't happen again.

Or maybe its just me.

Posted by: Crusader at January 20, 2026 10:11 PM (Cjcf6)

52 When Trump conquers Greenland, we will all have our own personal walrus penis bone. Can't wait!

Posted by: Wally Walrus Fan at January 20, 2026 10:11 PM (oftw2)

53 Hi all, hope you are all doing well on this Tuesday. Common thread with the music videos is easy--they all had drum tracks. May you all be blessed.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 20, 2026 10:11 PM (CHHv1)

54 Evidently there's a new custom keyboard being released for office workers. It has three rows of keys. The top row is F U C K, the second is Y O U, with an Enter the on the right. The final row has a space bar.

I think it could sell well.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 20, 2026 10:12 PM (S/Y4j)

55 One starts to get the impression that Canada, the UK, and the EU very badly want to declare war on the US, they're all just too bitch-made to do it, and want China to do it for them.
Posted by: XTC at January 20, 2026 10:01 PM (6Uni

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Richmond, BC is a suburb of Vancouver, and it's next to the airport. Every storefront has Chinese signage prominently displayed. My cab driver told me that in a lot of stores, if you don't speak a Chinese dialect, you are ignored.

Posted by: mrp at January 20, 2026 10:12 PM (rj6Yv)

56 I have a suspicion that some of us are older than 29.
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For some of us, the second time past 29 is fading away in the rear view mirror.

Posted by: clarence at January 20, 2026 10:12 PM (VL3/h)

57 16 I like that kid waving goodbye to his pacifier. Way to man up, little dude.
Posted by: SimoHayek at January 20, 2026 09:59 PM (/ZkOF)

And a day or so later, someone is going 'what the hell is this pacifier garbage doing in my backyard! GROSS!"

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 20, 2026 10:12 PM (mP0Kj)

58 At not quite that boy's age, I "ran away" for an hour or so one day.
Posted by: mindful webworker

.....but I'm not allowed to cross the street.

Posted by: just the punchline at January 20, 2026 10:13 PM (VHUov)

59 I got your cheesesteak right here! Would you like peppers and onions?

Posted by: Moby at January 20, 2026 10:13 PM (oT7pT)

60 62,500 punched cards…

First term at college, I swapped the position of just two cards in my roommate's bundled stack of punch cards.

No matter how annoying he was, it was cruel of me. Never knew what he went through because of it.

Posted by: mindful webworker was not usually cruel but sometimes... at January 20, 2026 10:13 PM (FMpsC)

61 A Penis (bone) in every hand!

Posted by: Gavin Newsom 2026 at January 20, 2026 10:14 PM (zZu0s)

62 My parents knew I meant business whenever I packed a bag

One time they asked where I was going to go.

We all knew where I was going to go. Grandma's house.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 20, 2026 10:14 PM (RIvkX)

63 Tommy James had to hide out and work in Nashville in the early 70s. He ran afoul of the mob controlled music/song business in NYC. He has some good stories about it.

Posted by: NYC Refugee Since 1988 at January 20, 2026 10:14 PM (oftw2)

64 I like that kid waving goodbye to his pacifier. Way to man up, little dude.
Posted by: SimoHayek at January 20, 2026 09:59 PM (/ZkOF)

It should have been set to Nena's 99 Luftballons.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 20, 2026 10:15 PM (S/Y4j)

65 Tuesday Overnight Open Thread.....

Thank you Doof!

But..but...but...Why does it feel like Monday?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 20, 2026 10:15 PM (QGaXH)

66 Evidently there's a new custom keyboard being released for office workers. It has three rows of keys. The top row is F U C K, the second is Y O U, with an Enter the on the right. The final row has a space bar.

I think it could sell well.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

That second U is wasted. Should be a ! key

Posted by: mikeski! at January 20, 2026 10:15 PM (VHUov)

67 The definitive slam on Bill Kristol (this was specifically in response to Kristol saying that he knows many women who were born men, and the bigots should just admit it):

Inez Stepman
@InezFeltscher
The trajectory of the “conservative condemning the right” is basically the same one trod by porn actresses. The first time you open your kimono is the most valuable, and thereafter you find yourself doing increasingly humiliating and degrading acts just to stay relevant.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 20, 2026 10:16 PM (1c8Sj)

68 I never listened to doo-wop. My parents did but it was definitely not cool music.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 20, 2026 10:16 PM (RIvkX)

69 Evening all, thx Doof.
Rob Hirst drummer for Midnight Oil died at 70. Saw them twice.
Once at Radio City and the second time on Peter Gabriel's WOMAD tour . Gabriel was smart, he had them close the show. Blew the leaves off the trees at SPAC. Both awesome shows. RIP

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 20, 2026 10:16 PM (PTsqM)

70 Many adults have pacifiers too. Cell phones and bottles of beer qualify.

Posted by: It Is Balloon! at January 20, 2026 10:17 PM (oftw2)

71 Couldn't bring myself to include Tiffany. That was the 3rd one I thought of after Billy Idol and Joan Jett, but I had to find something else!
Posted by: Doof

Lene Lovitch

Posted by: Ever Helpful Miklos at January 20, 2026 10:17 PM (f/3mU)

72 Oh, and 'Chickasha Police Chief Goebel Music' - how can you not like a man with that name?

Posted by: Tonypete at January 20, 2026 09:57 PM (cYBz/)

Sounds like he might produce nazi parade music.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 20, 2026 10:18 PM (snZF9)

73 No matter how annoying he was, it was cruel of me. Never knew what he went through because of it.
Posted by: mindful webworker was not usually cruel but sometimes... at January 20, 2026 10:13 PM (FMpsC)
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I do. I took a Fortran course at The Ohio State University back in the day. One compiler error meant a helluva lot of searching through the deck, and if you had to make little piles of cards to find the error(s), then you had better put the new, corrected cards in the right pile and then restack the piles in the correct order.

Posted by: mrp at January 20, 2026 10:18 PM (rj6Yv)

74 Richmond, BC is a suburb of Vancouver, and it's next to the airport. Every storefront has Chinese signage prominently displayed. My cab driver told me that in a lot of stores, if you don't speak a Chinese dialect, you are ignored.
Posted by: mrp at January 20, 2026 10:12 PM (rj6Yv)

The whole town (and the airport) are built on a river delta island composed of peat and sand, fully water-saturated. When the next big earthquake hits, all that stuff will become fluid, and buildings will simply topple over, or sink into the muck. City of Vancouver is mostly on high ground, with bedrock below the soil and sand, and likely will survive, more or less.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 20, 2026 10:19 PM (8zz6B)

75 The definitive slam on Bill Kristol (this was specifically in response to Kristol saying that he knows many women who were born men, and the bigots should just admit it):
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At that particular point, Bill should have realized that he was stone cold crazy, and that he needs professional help. There's no turning back from being that particularly *stupid* unless one realizes that they've wandered a very, very, long way from sanity.

Posted by: Crusader at January 20, 2026 10:19 PM (Cjcf6)

76

I think I'm a Clone Now

https://youtu.be/1kw_d3d0XAo

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 20, 2026 10:19 PM (pkeXY)

77 Really? A bone from a walrus' junk? People need help.

It's called an oosik. There are plenty of them around in AK. Sort of a conversation piece. You are just immersed in a boring culture. LOL.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 20, 2026 10:19 PM (6Bc88)

78 Evidently there's a new custom keyboard being released for office workers. It has three rows of keys. The top row is F U C K, the second is Y O U, with an Enter the on the right. The final row has a space bar.

I think it could sell well.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

I'm not an office worker, but I want one.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 20, 2026 10:20 PM (snZF9)

79 Many adults have pacifiers too.
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Smart phone addiction

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 20, 2026 10:20 PM (XeU6L)

80 Weak-kneed early ONT plus a repeat story?…
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Okay, smart guy, you think you can do better? You try doing an ONT.

Oh, um, wait...

Posted by: mindful webworker has never done an ONT at January 20, 2026 10:20 PM (FMpsC)

81 Lene Lovitch
Posted by: Ever Helpful Miklos at January 20, 2026 10:17 PM (f/3mU)

Ah. A lucky number

Posted by: Kindltot at January 20, 2026 10:21 PM (rbvCR)

82 One starts to get the impression that Canada, the UK, and the EU very badly want to declare war on the US, they're all just too bitch-made to do it, and want China to do it for them.
Posted by: XTC at January 20, 2026 10:01 PM (6Uni

Why not? They all wanted to declare war on Russia but were too pussified to do that and wanted the US to do it for them. Having been stymied in their first war, they seek a consolation war.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 20, 2026 10:22 PM (ExV1e)

83 62,500 punched cards, taking four days to load.

And every one is a vote for democrats.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 20, 2026 10:23 PM (2WIwB)

84 All the 'ettes are awesome. I can tell by the comments. Beauty is one of those things that never fades. All you 'ettes are gorgeous.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 20, 2026 10:23 PM (CHHv1)

85 Kristol isn't crazy, he's a whore. @InezFeltscher got his number.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 20, 2026 10:23 PM (gKWVE)

86 Really? A bone from a walrus' junk? People need help.

It's called an oosik. There are plenty of them around in AK. Sort of a conversation piece.
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I'll find myself looking for an exit the moment anyone I know starts a conversation with "Let's talk about walrus penis. I happen to have one right here."

People on "our" side need to stop doing stupid stuff too.

Posted by: Crusader at January 20, 2026 10:23 PM (Cjcf6)

87 Thanks for the ONT, Doof!

Thanks for other ONTs and comment posts, CBD!

Can't we all just get along?

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 20, 2026 10:23 PM (47diA)

88 Hmmm....

AF1 with PDJT onboard en route to Europe departed Andrews AFB earlier this evening, but it just turned around off the coast of Long Island. Headed back to Andrews? Unusual.

Posted by: TRex - air traffic dino at January 20, 2026 10:24 PM (IQ6Gq)

89 The whole town (and the airport) are built on a river delta island composed of peat and sand, fully water-saturated. When the next big earthquake hits, all that stuff will become fluid, and buildings will simply topple over, or sink into the muck. City of Vancouver is mostly on high ground, with bedrock below the soil and sand, and likely will survive, more or less.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 20, 2026 10:19 PM (8zz6B)
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Ouch. I was there last June and I saw a lot of high rise apartment buidings going up around the periphery. Big Money going into construction around Richmond.

Posted by: mrp at January 20, 2026 10:24 PM (rj6Yv)

90 The local weather witch-doctors are predicting snow catastrophe here in Babylon DC this weekend. Or not. Maybe. KLIMATE CHANGE!!! WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!

or something.

I work Thur-Fri-Sat-Sun, so I'm hoping if its bad, it hits Sunday, after 0600. I'm off work then and will have a few nights off.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 20, 2026 10:24 PM (sAmhv)

91 The Paolo is not, how you say, The Walrus.

Posted by: The Paolo at January 20, 2026 10:24 PM (Q+gd/)

92 I'll find myself looking for an exit the moment anyone I know starts a conversation with "Let's talk about walrus penis. I happen to have one right here."

People on "our" side need to stop doing stupid stuff too.
Posted by: Crusader at January 20, 2026 10:23 PM (Cjcf6)

It is a Baculum. Very Catholic

Posted by: Kindltot at January 20, 2026 10:25 PM (rbvCR)

93 Thanks for the girthy Tuesday Night ONT, Doof!

My mechanic looks much like you would expect, except younger and with shorter hair. He does a fantastic job!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 20, 2026 10:25 PM (kB9dk)

94
Lene Lovitch
Posted by: Ever Helpful Miklos

Ah. A lucky number
Posted by: Kindltot

Extended version

https://youtu.be/JZ5ofB7axSg

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 20, 2026 10:25 PM (pkeXY)

95 62,500 punched cards, taking four days to load.

And every one is a vote for democrats.
Posted by: Diogenes

The threadwinner showed up early, too.

Posted by: mikeski at January 20, 2026 10:26 PM (VHUov)

96 Thanks for the ONT, Disco. Excellent choices on the song covers.

Posted by: scampydog at January 20, 2026 10:27 PM (YLdK4)

97 If we have a Cajun Navy, maybe it's time for a Cajun Militia?

Posted by: Diogenes at January 20, 2026 10:27 PM (2WIwB)

98 What's the common thread / common meaning / common leitmotif?

If yer drunk enough, you'll bang anything?

Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 20, 2026 10:27 PM (Zr554)

99 Better not have any hanging chads.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 20, 2026 10:28 PM (pkeXY)

100 At that particular point, Bill should have realized that he was stone cold crazy, and that he needs professional help. There's no turning back from being that particularly *stupid* unless one realizes that they've wandered a very, very, long way from sanity.
Posted by: Crusader

I don't think Bill is crazy at all. He doesn't believe most of what he say's. As was mentioned, he's a whore. A prostitute. Pay him enough, and he'll take any stance you want.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 20, 2026 10:28 PM (sAmhv)

101 The Paolo is not, how you say, The Walrus.
Posted by: The Paolo at January 20, 2026 10:24 PM (Q+gd/)

Because you never have a penis bone? Seems out of character for you.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 20, 2026 10:28 PM (ExV1e)

102 Jenna Jameson open for...well, just about anyone.
Posted by: Wally

Back in the day Jenna wouldn't do butt stuff and she wouldn't do, um, black men. The latter came out when she endorsed Rubio in 2016. (She went for Trump later.)
Wiki says she got gay married in 2023 but was an alcoholic so that fell through. Last November she found Jesus.
She'll probably take shahada in a few years.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 20, 2026 10:28 PM (gKWVE)

103 97 If we have a Cajun Navy, maybe it's time for a Cajun Militia?
Posted by: Diogenes

They probably do, it just goes unmentioned.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 20, 2026 10:29 PM (sAmhv)

104 It is a Baculum. Very Catholic
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Its low class, and stupid. Its like being 50 and making fart noises for laughs.

Posted by: Crusader at January 20, 2026 10:29 PM (Cjcf6)

105 You know, if you keep your penis protected in a penis gourd you never have to worry about it getting stolen.

Posted by: National Penis Gourd Association (NPGA) at January 20, 2026 10:29 PM (Rh0Gp)

106 Did someone around here mention whale penises?

Posted by: Donkey Dicks at January 20, 2026 10:29 PM (nWPIJ)

107 All the 'ettes are awesome. I can tell by the comments. Beauty is one of those things that never fades. All you 'ettes are gorgeous.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 20, 2026 10:23 PM (CHHv1)

They're even nicer in person.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 20, 2026 10:29 PM (snZF9)

108 Reading about all the impending VA State bills about to be passed and signed by the new idiot governor...time to get the TN house building underway and move on down the road....

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at January 20, 2026 10:30 PM (IQ6Gq)

109 First term at college, I swapped the position of just two cards in my roommate's bundled stack of punch cards.
——-

I remember my dad told me a few of his friends got arrested on Halloween night, they decided to dig up a boulder in someone’s yard and move it. Turned out it was a lot larger than it appeared and they were sent to a holding room downtown. Small town. They had a cardfile of something, not computer cards but something, he said they amused themselves by shuffling them. Dear old dad the incorrigible inmate.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 20, 2026 10:30 PM (x0PGQ)

110 I don't think Bill is crazy at all. He doesn't believe most of what he say's. As was mentioned, he's a whore. A prostitute. Pay him enough, and he'll take any stance you want.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 20, 2026 10:28 PM (sAmhv)

We should start a GFM to raise money to have him write an article, and post to bluesky, about how Bill Kristol should be beaten to death.

It would be amusing to watch him agonize over it before he accepted the commission.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 20, 2026 10:30 PM (ExV1e)

111 AF1 with PDJT onboard en route to Europe departed Andrews AFB earlier this evening, but it just turned around off the coast of Long Island. Headed back to Andrews? Unusual.
Posted by: TRex

There was no Diet Coke on board. Priorities!

Posted by: mindful webworker prefers old-style Dr Pepper at January 20, 2026 10:30 PM (FMpsC)

112 I'm real real gone
I got hit by a bow and arrow
Got me down to the very marrow
You're a friend of mine and I'm real real gone.

Posted by: Walrus Penis Bone de Van Morrison at January 20, 2026 10:30 PM (C9oTe)

113 88 AF1 with PDJT onboard en route to Europe departed Andrews AFB earlier this evening, but it just turned around off the coast of Long Island. Headed back to Andrews?

Posted by: TRex - air traffic dino at January 20, 2026 10:24 PM
***
Yes, headed back to Andrews. No further info.

Posted by: TRex - air traffic dino at January 20, 2026 10:31 PM (IQ6Gq)

114 Back in the day Jenna wouldn't do butt stuff and she wouldn't do, um, black men.

Supposedly, there was some porn chick, I don't recall her name, who refused to 'collaborate' with guys who did gay scenes. Over concerns about AIDS. She was bullied so much for that stance that she killed herself.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 20, 2026 10:32 PM (ExV1e)

115 Ouch. I was there last June and I saw a lot of high rise apartment buidings going up around the periphery. Big Money going into construction around Richmond.
Posted by: mrp at January 20, 2026 10:24 PM (rj6Yv)

That land was once incredibly productive farmland. Damned shame to see it covered by condos full of foreigners. Considering there is a vast amount of hilly, but accessible land in the North Shore mountains and around the coastline of Indian Arm. Burrard Inlet carries on for 30 miles past Vancouver up the branch inlet called Indian Arm, and nearly all of it is uninhabited.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 20, 2026 10:32 PM (8zz6B)

116 Little guy waving bye-bye to the balloons is cute.

At that age, he probably thought it was cool how things were just floating away...and didn't realize that his *precious binky* was now GONE FOREVER!

Bet there was a (loud and tearful) reckoning afterward.

Posted by: JQ at January 20, 2026 10:32 PM (rdVOm)

117 Jenna Jameson and Bill Kristol should act in a movie together.

Posted by: still better than Starfleet Academy at January 20, 2026 10:32 PM (gKWVE)

118 Really? A bone from a walrus' junk? People need help.

It's called an oosik. There are plenty of them around in AK. Sort of a conversation piece.
----

I'll find myself looking for an exit the moment anyone I know starts a conversation with "Let's talk about walrus penis. I happen to have one right here."

People on "our" side need to stop doing stupid stuff too.
Posted by: Crusader at January 20, 2026 10:23 PM (Cjcf6)

Are you saying that conversation would flop?

Posted by: Nerd Herd at January 20, 2026 10:33 PM (NZPfR)

119 People on "our" side need to stop doing stupid stuff too.
Posted by: Crusader at January 20, 2026 10:23 PM (Cjcf6)

You probably thought jackalopes were funny, didn't you?

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 20, 2026 10:33 PM (6Bc88)

120 >>> satellites have watched a brown streak grow across the Atlantic Ocean. In May 2025, that streak reached a new record of about 37.5 million tons of floating seaweed stretching over 5,400 miles, roughly twice the width of the continental United States.

That is a lot of Vegan Chow.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 20, 2026 10:34 PM (/lPRQ)

121 Jenna wouldn't do butt stuff and she wouldn't do black men.
——-

That’s always been my policy too, get right down to it.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 20, 2026 10:34 PM (x0PGQ)

122 I do. I took a Fortran course at The Ohio State University back in the day. One compiler error meant a helluva lot of searching through the deck, and if you had to make little piles of cards to find the error(s), then you had better put the new, corrected cards in the right pile and then restack the piles in the correct order.
Posted by: mrp

Ah yes - late nights at Baker Systems Engineering building.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 20, 2026 10:35 PM (cYBz/)

123 103 97 If we have a Cajun Navy, maybe it's time for a Cajun Militia?
Posted by: Diogenes

They probably do, it just goes unmentioned.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 20, 2026 10:29 PM (sAmhv)

https://youtu.be/KpSg8PfPQlU

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 20, 2026 10:35 PM (S/Y4j)

124 Extended version

https://youtu.be/JZ5ofB7axSg
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

With bonus Candy!

Posted by: Ever Surfful Miklos at January 20, 2026 10:35 PM (f/3mU)

125 Its low class, and stupid. Its like being 50 and making fart noises for laughs.
Posted by: Crusader at January 20, 2026 10:29 PM (Cjcf6)

Must you come here to just be an ass?

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 20, 2026 10:36 PM (6Bc88)

126 @nicksortor
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8m
🚨 BREAKING: Air Force One, which President Trump recently boarded to head to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, has suddenly TURNED AROUND and seems to be headed back to DC

It’s unclear why AF1 pulled a U-turn

Pray for President Trump’s safety tonight 🙏🏻

Posted by: Don Black at January 20, 2026 10:36 PM (ZxPkt)

127 In May 2025, that streak reached a new record of about 37.5 million tons of floating seaweed stretching over 5,400 miles, . . . . .

Came from Greenland. I do NOT want to think about the specific contents!

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 20, 2026 10:36 PM (47diA)

128 That is a lot of Vegan Chow.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 20, 2026 10:34 PM (/lPRQ)

Or Joe Biden is attempting a trans-Atlantic swim.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 20, 2026 10:37 PM (8zz6B)

129 What's the common thread / common meaning / common leitmotif?

If yer drunk enough, you'll bang anything?
Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 20, 2026 10:27 PM (Zr554)

I get banged harder and more often than anyone else you know, especially when drunk.

Posted by: Left Pinky Toe at January 20, 2026 10:37 PM (NZPfR)

130 108 Reading about all the impending VA State bills about to be passed and signed by the new idiot governor...time to get the TN house building underway and move on down the road....
Posted by: The Grateful

I'm staying for now. VA-MD-DC is just one big blob, well, even more so. When things go to shit, the ones who voted for CIA Barbie and her merry band of Marxists, will still blame Trump and the GOP. Because they are SMART, not DUMB, like those red states.

(shrugs)

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 20, 2026 10:38 PM (sAmhv)

131 If yer drunk enough, you'll bang anything?
Posted by: BifBewalski -

I sure banged the pooch yesterday

Posted by: CJ Stroud at January 20, 2026 10:38 PM (gKWVE)

132 the specific contents!

May be penguin based.

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 20, 2026 10:38 PM (47diA)

133 Its low class, and stupid. Its like being 50 and making fart noises for laughs.
Posted by: Crusader at January 20, 2026 10:29 PM (Cjcf6)

Must you come here to just be an ass?
----

I must have struck a nerve--I take it that making fart noises is part of your regular routine?

Posted by: Crusader at January 20, 2026 10:38 PM (Cjcf6)

134

If yer drunk enough, you'll bang anything?
Posted by: BifBewalski
=====
I get banged harder and more often than anyone else you know, especially when drunk.
Posted by: Left Pinky Toe
=====

Bruh.

Posted by: wood nut in cider- at January 20, 2026 10:39 PM (Zr554)

135 I must have struck a nerve--I take it that making fart noises is part of your regular routine?
Posted by: Crusader

I fart in your general direction

Posted by: Le Mikleuse at January 20, 2026 10:39 PM (f/3mU)

136
BREAKING: Air Force One, which President Trump recently boarded to head to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, has suddenly TURNED AROUND and seems to be headed back to DC

It’s unclear why AF1 pulled a U-turn

Pray for President Trump’s safety tonight 🙏🏻
Posted by: Don Black

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

Damn. Me no likee.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 20, 2026 10:39 PM (tkcii)

137 29 12 I had a Cobalt course back in 80s that involved those stupid punchcards.

were you a lord of cobalt?

ONE SINGLE typo would cause your entire program to be ignored (and not run at all).

better were dropping your deck or forgetting to remove the rubber band before shoving them in the reader.

personally, i found that making a typo while punching a card made me mess up the next two or three cards as well.
Posted by: anachronda at January 20, 2026 10:05 PM (edU/H)

Ahh yes...sweet memories of First Semester Freshman Year Comp Sci class learning FORTRAN and using the punch card machines in the basement of the Amos Eaton Bldg....one card per line of code and if you made a typo all was lost...I may still have some cards in the attic...

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 20, 2026 10:40 PM (QGaXH)

138 It’s unclear why AF1 pulled a U-turn

Pray for President Trump’s safety tonight 🙏🏻
Posted by: Don Black at January 20, 2026 10:36 PM (ZxPkt)

If the aircraft itself was having mechanical problems, likely they would have landed at JFK. Sounds to me more likely there is some issue that Trump needs to attend hands-on much more important than Davos.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 20, 2026 10:40 PM (8zz6B)

139 I must have struck a nerve--I take it that making fart noises is part of your regular routine?
Posted by: Crusader at January 20, 2026 10:38 PM (Cjcf6)
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Um hello?

Posted by: Eric "Gusty" Swallowswell at January 20, 2026 10:40 PM (RIvkX)

140 The first marimba was made entirely from different sized whale penis bones. True fact.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 20, 2026 10:40 PM (nWPIJ)

141 133 Its low class, and stupid. Its like being 50 and making fart noises for laughs.
Posted by: Crusader at January 20, 2026 10:29 PM (Cjcf6)

Must you come here to just be an ass?
----

I must have struck a nerve--I take it that making fart noises is part of your regular routine?
Posted by: Crusader at January 20, 2026 10:38 PM (Cjcf6)

Good enough for Leslie Nielsen, good enough for me.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at January 20, 2026 10:41 PM (EOjZq)

142 Whatever happened to the floating island of plastic?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 20, 2026 10:41 PM (pkeXY)

143 Sounds to me more likely there is some issue that Trump needs to attend hands-on much more important than Davos.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Virginia is pretty much in rebellion so

Posted by: gKWVE at January 20, 2026 10:41 PM (gKWVE)

144 It probably wasn't the worst thing he woke up next to.

.....that week.

Posted by: mikeski at January 20, 2026 10:00 PM (VHUov)

LOL!

Posted by: RickZ at January 20, 2026 10:42 PM (gKDq2)

145 If the aircraft itself was having mechanical problems, likely they would have landed at JFK. Sounds to me more likely there is some issue that Trump needs to attend hands-on much more important than Davos.

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Are they pointing AF1 toward Greenland?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 20, 2026 10:42 PM (nWPIJ)

146 Kristol saying that he knows many women who were born men

Biblically

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 20, 2026 10:42 PM (/lPRQ)

147 11m
🚨 BREAKING UPDATE: U.S. government motorcade seen on interstate racing lights and sirens to Joint Base Andrews near DC after Air Force One turns around over the Atlantic Ocean

Posted by: Don Black at January 20, 2026 10:42 PM (ZxPkt)

148
It’s unclear why AF1 pulled a U-turn
Pray for President Trump’s safety tonight 🙏🏻
Posted by: Don Black
==============
Damn. Me no likee.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Yah, prayers up. Even if it's a stoopid 'fault' in the aircraft system.

Posted by: BifBewalski- at January 20, 2026 10:42 PM (Zr554)

149 Those mechanic pictures are pretty funny. That bottom one though..damn.

Old and busted- You can trust your car to the man that wears a star

The new hot- The EV driving twat trusts the freak with the douche knot

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 20, 2026 10:42 PM (snZF9)

150 The first marimba was made entirely from different sized whale penis bones. True fact.
Posted by: Cicero

True

Guy's name was Johnson

Posted by: Fact Checked by Miklos at January 20, 2026 10:42 PM (f/3mU)

151 Whatever happened to the floating island of plastic?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 20, 2026 10:41 PM (pkeXY)

It attained sentience, and identifies as seaweed?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 20, 2026 10:43 PM (8zz6B)

152 I do. I took a Fortran course at The Ohio State University back in the day. One compiler error meant a helluva lot of searching through the deck, and if you had to make little piles of cards to find the error(s), then you had better put the new, corrected cards in the right pile and then restack the piles in the correct order.
Posted by: mrp at January 20, 2026 10:18 PM (rj6Yv)

Comment column for the win!

Posted by: RickZ at January 20, 2026 10:43 PM (gKDq2)

153
Sounds to me more likely there is some issue that Trump needs to attend hands-on much more important than Davos.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Everything is more important than Davos.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 20, 2026 10:43 PM (pkeXY)

154 It’s unclear why AF1 pulled a U-turn

Pray for President Trump’s safety tonight 🙏🏻
Posted by: Don Black at January 20, 2026 10:36 PM (ZxPkt)

If the aircraft itself was having mechanical problems, likely they would have landed at JFK. Sounds to me more likely there is some issue that Trump needs to attend hands-on much more important than Davos.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
*********
I can't imagine there isn't anything that wouldn't quality as more important than Davos

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at January 20, 2026 10:43 PM (IQ6Gq)

155 Frankly, farts are funny at any age. The person who can't find humor in a fart is the kind of person who agrees with George Will's take on "dungarees".

Posted by: Landofskybluewater at January 20, 2026 10:44 PM (ViMlc)

156 I must have struck a nerve--I take it that making fart noises is part of your regular routine?
Posted by: Crusader at January 20, 2026 10:38 PM (Cjcf6)
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I bet you're super fun at parties.

Seriously. Life is absurd. Treat the serious seriously, but remember to enjoy a dumb joke. As they say, laughter is the best medicine.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 20, 2026 10:45 PM (0aYVJ)

157 The new hot- The EV driving twat trusts the freak with the douche knot
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 20, 2026 10:42 PM (snZF9)

He uses the ear gauge to set the Fetzer valve clearances on your Tesla.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 20, 2026 10:45 PM (8zz6B)

158 maybe there's a new episode of Frieren that the pilot of AF1 wanted to watch, and Trump decided... what the hell, I'll watch it too

Posted by: gKWVE at January 20, 2026 10:45 PM (gKWVE)

159 Landofskybluewater

Hamm's beer?

Posted by: Vaguely recalled by Miklos at January 20, 2026 10:45 PM (f/3mU)

160 Goebel Music and Thomas Gentile?!?!? They sound like character names from a bad YA novel.

Posted by: Hillary's Left Testicle at January 20, 2026 10:46 PM (3EqMc)

161 Great mystery click - I've heard it many times bur I figured it was Van Morrison.

Posted by: 496 at January 20, 2026 10:46 PM (5FvuI)

162 126 @nicksortor
·
8m
🚨 BREAKING: Air Force One, which President Trump recently boarded to head to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, has suddenly TURNED AROUND and seems to be headed back to DC

It’s unclear why AF1 pulled a U-turn

Pray for President Trump’s safety tonight 🙏🏻
Posted by: Don Black at January 20, 2026 10:36 PM (ZxPkt)

Pray it's not a medical emergency.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 20, 2026 10:46 PM (QGaXH)

163 The hills are alive
With the sound of oosik...

Posted by: Julie Andrews at January 20, 2026 10:47 PM (nWPIJ)

164 JD Vance is gonna be a new daddy soon. Usha is having a baby boy in July!

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at January 20, 2026 10:47 PM (VCgbV)

165 One of my funniest memories is of our Great Dane farting during dinner with guests. RIP Ginger.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 20, 2026 10:48 PM (gh32g)

166 Landofskybluewater

Hamm's beer?
-----

When I was about 10 the Kansas City Royals were regularly broadcast on our local Oklahoma television station. Hamm's beer was a regular sponsor, and to this day I can sing that jingle!

Posted by: Crusader at January 20, 2026 10:48 PM (Cjcf6)

167 Minor technical issue?

Posted by: Joemarine at January 20, 2026 10:48 PM (y171U)

168 45 Nobody reads Monday night ONTs

Posted by: Doof at January 20, 2026 10:06 PM (QMAsf)

Effete whiny-babies who can't stay up past 10pm for an ONT?

We don't want their kind!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 20, 2026 10:09 PM (n9ltV)

That's cold, man....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 20, 2026 10:49 PM (QGaXH)

169 Yeah, from MN and the nic is a reference to Hamm's. Not wild about it, both the nic and the beer.

Posted by: Landofskybluewater at January 20, 2026 10:49 PM (ViMlc)

170 JD Vance is gonna be a new daddy soon. Usha is having a baby boy in July!

When was a baby born to another Pres or Vice Pres on duty? Serious question, but not serious enough to look it up.

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 20, 2026 10:49 PM (47diA)

171 Pray it's not a medical emergency.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 20, 2026 10:46 PM (QGaXH)

If it were that, they wouldn't be sending a motorcade to Andrews; they'd have a chopper to take him to Walter Reed.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 20, 2026 10:49 PM (8zz6B)

172 Pam Bondi needs more time to find out who the *real* church-stormers were.

Don’t worry: it’s on her desk!

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at January 20, 2026 10:50 PM (l3YAf)

173
Pray it's not a medical emergency.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK)

_____________

Of course, if Trump should die in office, then everything will return to normal and all this insurrection and attacks will cease.

Right?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 20, 2026 10:50 PM (tgvbd)

174 For what it's worth, St. Thomas More was a big fan of fart jokes.

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at January 20, 2026 10:50 PM (gf7Ez)

175 When was a baby born to another Pres or Vice Pres on duty? Serious question, but not serious enough to look it up.

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 20, 2026 10:49 PM (47diA)

Jackie Kennedy had a baby in August 1963. He only lived for a short time.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 20, 2026 10:51 PM (gh32g)

176 "For more than a decade, satellites have watched a brown streak grow across the Atlantic Ocean. In May 2025, that streak reached a new record of about 37.5 million tons of floating seaweed stretching over 5,400 miles"

Alright, what eats seaweed? Liberals. So we keep dumping Liberals into the ocean until the seaweed is gone or we run out of Liberals.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at January 20, 2026 10:51 PM (w/O5Q)

177 Interweb chatter says minor electrical issue. President will transfer to different airplane and resume the trip. Don't know the source or whether info is reliable.

Posted by: TRex - air traffic dino at January 20, 2026 10:51 PM (IQ6Gq)

178
When was a baby born to another Pres or Vice Pres on duty? Serious question, but not serious enough to look it up.

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 20, 2026 10:49 PM (47diA)

_________

JFK, but the baby died soon after birth.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 20, 2026 10:51 PM (tgvbd)

179 5When was a baby born to another Pres or Vice Pres on duty? Serious question, but not serious enough to look it up.
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 20, 2026 10:49 PM (

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Patrick Kennedy, born to Jackie just a few weeks before JFK was killed. Patrick was premature and only lived a few days.

Posted by: Bigsmith at January 20, 2026 10:51 PM (1Au9i)

180 That pile of punch cards seriously freaks me out.

My masters thesis used a Fortran model I wrote and it was all on punch cards. Hundreds of them. I kept it in numbered boxes and was constantly afraid of something mixing them up.

This pic triggered me. How weird.

Posted by: pawn at January 20, 2026 10:52 PM (WXTVZ)

181 Pray it's not a medical emergency.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 20, 2026 10:46 PM (QGaXH)

If it were that, they wouldn't be sending a motorcade to Andrews; they'd have a chopper to take him to Walter Reed.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 20, 2026 10:49 PM (8zz6B)

I'm hoping he just heard about the Vance's new baby, and felt that would be a lot more fun than whiny bureaucrats in Davos, like Micron of France.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 20, 2026 10:52 PM (S/Y4j)

182 In keeping with the newly-emerging theme:

https://youtu.be/d1WLWArdXO0

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 20, 2026 10:52 PM (8zz6B)

183 When was a baby born to another Pres or Vice Pres on duty? Serious question, but not serious enough to look it up.
Posted by: LRob in OK
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VP... never. there have been 2 babies born to a President before. Cleveland and Kennedy.

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at January 20, 2026 10:53 PM (VCgbV)

184 Amazing how Ace of Spade HQ had the news about AF One tonight before anyone else on the web....

Posted by: Joemarine at January 20, 2026 10:54 PM (y171U)

185 ???

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 20, 2026 10:54 PM (2GVsD)

186 174 For what it's worth, St. Thomas More was a big fan of fart jokes.
Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at January 20, 2026 10:50 PM (gf7Ez)

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It's rumored that after a big meal of mutton and beans he could play the first four bars of Greensleeves.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 20, 2026 10:54 PM (nWPIJ)

187 Pete Buttigieg might be the last Cabinet Member to have a Baby while in Office.

Posted by: garrett at January 20, 2026 10:54 PM (ZcsJV)

188 JFK, but the baby died soon after birth.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

If someone accused LBJ of involvement with that death also it wouldn't surprise me.

RIP Baby Kennedy.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 20, 2026 10:54 PM (cYBz/)

189 Don Lemon is going to come out of prison with the traditional droplet tattoos at the corner of his mouth. Then you'll be afraid him, you'll see!

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at January 20, 2026 10:54 PM (w/O5Q)

190 Greetings, all. I'm sorry if this kind of hijacks the ONT but I saw this post from Wolfus this morning. Being on the west coast it seems I'm always late to the party.

"49 The 1932 The Most Dangerous Game w/ Joel McCrea and Fay Wray is coming up on Movies! at 5 am central. I know of it, but have never seen it. This would have been the year before Fay became famous for her turn in King Kong.

As for McCrea, he was a solid performer for several decades. His title role as "Sergeant Hook" with Barbara Stanwyck in the '50s is a great adaptation of the Jack Schaefer Western short story (which I admire tremendously), and he is perfectly cast."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 20, 2026 05:13 AM (wzUl9)

Wolfus, if you like both these actors, check out Joel McCrea in "Barbary Coast", with Miriam Hopkins. He was in the early stages of his leading man development, but he takes over the screen. And, Fay Wray did a fabulous pre-code comedy called "They Met in a Taxi", with Chester Morris. A quintessential example of the "big mis" (misunderstanding) plot line. Just fun, snappy dialog.

OK, now going back to read the post.

Posted by: Effie Perrine at January 20, 2026 10:54 PM (1auMZ)

191 Looked it up. Grover Cleveland had two kids while in office. And, of course, the JFK/Jackie premature birth.

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 20, 2026 10:55 PM (47diA)

192 He grabbed the AF1 steering wheel from the back seat and turned it around?

Posted by: davidt at January 20, 2026 10:55 PM (Q+gd/)

193 177 Interweb chatter says minor electrical issue. President will transfer to different airplane and resume the trip. Don't know the source or whether info is reliable.
Posted by: TRex - air traffic dino at January 20, 2026 10:51 PM (IQ6Gq)

Yes, T-Rex...supposedly a mechanical issue and PDJT will be boarding a different plane, everyone is safe.

Posted by: Joemarine at January 20, 2026 10:55 PM (y171U)

194 Patrick Kennedy, born to Jackie just a few weeks before JFK was killed. Patrick was premature and only lived a few days.

Posted by: Bigsmith at January 20, 2026 10:51 PM

I don't know if that family is cursed, or if they made deals with the devil.

Either way, I want no part of a life where you are rich and powerful but at a tremendous cost.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at January 20, 2026 10:55 PM (HlyYF)

195
American flags are being burnt in Davos and people are rioting about Trump

Posted by: fourseasons at January 20, 2026 10:56 PM (3ek7K)

196 As they say, laughter is the best medicine.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian

Yeah, I liked that column, as well as Humor in Uniform, Life In These United States, I Am Joe's Prostate, and I am Mary's Uterus.

Posted by: Alot To Digest at January 20, 2026 10:56 PM (oftw2)

197 Craziest Russian snow pic yet

this is real, not CGI

https://tinyurl.com/a4ya9tfa

Posted by: Don Black at January 20, 2026 10:57 PM (ZxPkt)

198 “Air Force One, with US President Donald Trump on board, travelling to Switzerland, is returning to Joint Base Andrews after the AF1 crew identified a minor electrical issue in the aircraft, the Official White House Rapid Response says. The US President and team will board a different aircraft and continue on to Switzerland.”

Sounds official, but I don’t know the provenance of it.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 20, 2026 10:57 PM (CSK7p)

199 Pete Buttigieg might be the last Cabinet Member to have a Baby while in Office.

Posted by: garrett at January 20, 2026 10:54 PM (ZcsJV)

Well, I don't think he birthed it. Bought it, most likely.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 20, 2026 10:57 PM (8zz6B)

200 Had I been elected as the first pregnant, trans woman VP, I would have delivered a brown baby every day.

And twins on Enchilada Mondays.

Posted by: Tim Walz at January 20, 2026 10:57 PM (l3YAf)

201 The murderous vermin are talking over open comms about going after the families of ICE agents.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 20, 2026 10:57 PM (2GVsD)

202 195
American flags are being burnt in Davos and people are rioting about Trump

Posted by: fourseasons at January 20, 2026 10:56 PM

So just an average Tuesday for a typical commie.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at January 20, 2026 10:58 PM (HlyYF)

203 Either way, I want no part of a life where you are rich and powerful but at a tremendous cost.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at January 20, 2026 10:55 PM (HlyYF)

Well, like, you know, for sure.

Posted by: Caroline Kennedy at January 20, 2026 10:58 PM (gKDq2)

204 Ah. from @RapidResponse47, which is an official White House account.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 20, 2026 10:58 PM (CSK7p)

205 104
Its low class, and stupid. Its like being 50 and making fart noises for laughs.
Posted by: Crusader at January 20, 2026 10:29 PM (Cjcf6)

There's something wrong with that? I guess being high side of 65 and making fart noises is right out?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 20, 2026 10:58 PM (QGaXH)

206 Pam Bondi needs more time to find out who the *real* church-stormers were.

Did Trump do anything to stop the BLM riots? How about the DC riots when he had to go into the bunker? Any arrests that led to convictions?

ICE agents being shot at (2x in Texas); attacked everywhere. White software engineers eating lunch are attacked by mobs thinking that they are ICE.

The J6 "riots" included people who never even entered into any buildings. The FBI hunted them down to the corners of the Earth. The FBI hunted down elderly Catholic women praying outside abortion clinics.

What is happening now, everyone agrees must be stopped before blood runs in the streets because the Left has no brakes, only accelerators.

We need to seriously consider the fact that Trump is comfortable with a hot civil war with thousands of casualties.

Its HIS track record.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 20, 2026 10:59 PM (a4flb)

207 American flags are being burnt in Davos and people are rioting about Trump

Posted by: fourseasons at January 20, 2026 10:56 PM (3ek7K)

Eurofags gotta fag. And probably not just a few Aloha Snackbars in the crowd.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 20, 2026 10:59 PM (gh32g)

208 Someone in the Press Pool probably shorted out their charging cable on AF1.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 20, 2026 10:59 PM (2GVsD)

209 Whatever happened to the floating island of plastic?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

Go out on Tube of Ewe and type "Ocean Cleanup"...

Lots of vids of the net sweeps and Interceptors - keep the stuff from entering the ocean ...

Here is a 2025 wrap up:
https://www.youtube.com
/watch?v=VzDPitOA6_8

Posted by: Adriane the Ethnic Cuisine Critic . . . at January 20, 2026 10:59 PM (3ZUWJ)

210 My masters thesis used a Fortran model I wrote and it was all on punch cards. Hundreds of them. I kept it in numbered boxes and was constantly afraid of something mixing them up.

This pic triggered me. How weird.
Posted by: pawn

Did anybody ever bother to number them then with a 2H pencil?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 20, 2026 11:00 PM (/lPRQ)

211 >Its like being 50 and making fart noises for laughs.

Actual farts are funnier. Here, pull my finger...

Posted by: davidt at January 20, 2026 11:00 PM (Q+gd/)

212 195
American flags are being burnt in Davos and people are rioting about Trump
Posted by: fourseasons at January 20, 2026 10:56 PM (3ek7K)

With all the security in Davos? Seems unlikely, but I'll bite, who says?

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at January 20, 2026 11:00 PM (w/O5Q)

213
Air Force One, with US President Donald Trump on board, travelling to Switzerland, is returning to Joint Base Andrews after the AF1 crew identified a minor electrical issue in the aircraft,

___________

This means Hillary becomes president?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 20, 2026 11:00 PM (tgvbd)

214 American flags are being burnt in Davos and people are rioting about Trump
Posted by: fourseasons
---------

PDJT should skip the Davos trip anyway & just do a zoom meeting with those low-lifes. "To save da erf!"

Posted by: JQ at January 20, 2026 11:00 PM (rdVOm)

215 Are there really ems vehicles with sirens headed towards Andrews?!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 20, 2026 11:00 PM (Ezs10)

216
Article at Fox

Posted by: fourseasons at January 20, 2026 11:01 PM (3ek7K)

217 Did anybody ever bother to number them then with a 2H pencil?

Yes. I never used them myself, but a lot of BASIC books of the era were written by people who had, and some mentioned that.

Not all, though, which is human nature.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 20, 2026 11:01 PM (CSK7p)

218 Fox reporting AF1 returned because of a minor electrical problem and an abundance of caution...

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at January 20, 2026 11:01 PM (w/O5Q)

219 I don't think Bill is crazy at all. He doesn't believe most of what he say's. As was mentioned, he's a whore. A prostitute. Pay him enough, and he'll take any stance you want.

One of the replies to the original tweet I posted was "Bill's now in his bukkake period", which is about right.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 20, 2026 11:01 PM (1c8Sj)

220 American flags are being burnt in Davos and people are rioting about Trump
Posted by: fourseasons
---------

PDJT should skip the Davos trip anyway & just do a zoom meeting with those low-lifes. "To save da erf!"
Posted by: JQ at January 20, 2026 11:00 PM (rdVOm)

How about sending a B2 with doggy doo-doo bombs?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 20, 2026 11:02 PM (S/Y4j)

221 Don't think so, Tammy.

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 20, 2026 11:02 PM (47diA)

222 212 195
American flags are being burnt in Davos and people are rioting about Trump
Posted by: fourseasons at January 20, 2026 10:56 PM (3ek7K)

With all the security in Davos? Seems unlikely, but I'll bite, who says?

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at January 20, 2026 11:00 PM

It's probably Starmer, Macron, and Von der Leyen. Somehow those commies managed to slip through the security cordon.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at January 20, 2026 11:02 PM (HlyYF)

223 PDJT should skip the Davos trip anyway & just do a zoom meeting with those low-lifes. "To save da erf!"

Posted by: JQ at January 20, 2026

Didn't he just do a video for them last year? He could do another this year saying "pull my finger."

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 20, 2026 11:03 PM (gh32g)

224 Virginia Democrats are wasting no time: they're decriminalizing rape and murder and they just introduced a bill that makes it illegal to hire white men. Also they're standing up a program to fund daycares. The intersection of all of those things is "lots of Somalis are coming to NoVa soon", methinks.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 20, 2026 11:03 PM (1c8Sj)

225 American flags are being burnt in Davos and people are rioting about Trump

Posted by: fourseasons at January 20, 2026 10:56 PM (3ek7K)

Thats why he turned around. He went to get his death star.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 20, 2026 11:03 PM (snZF9)

226 B-2 with BLUs loaded with aerosol LSD over Davos.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 20, 2026 11:04 PM (2GVsD)

227 Yes. I never used them myself, but a lot of BASIC books of the era were written by people who had, and some mentioned that.

Not all, though, which is human nature.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 20, 2026 11:01 PM (CSK7p)

I seem to remember putting the card stack in the box, in the correct sequence, and marking a diagonal line across the card edges with a felt-tip marker. Out of sequence or missing cards would show as a jag in the line.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 20, 2026 11:04 PM (8zz6B)

228 This pic triggered me. How weird.
Posted by: pawn

Did anybody ever bother to number them then with a 2H pencil?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

Nah, I numbered them in columns 73-80.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 20, 2026 11:04 PM (cYBz/)

229 148
It’s unclear why AF1 pulled a U-turn
Pray for President Trump’s safety tonight 🙏🏻
Posted by: Don Black
==============
Damn. Me no likee.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Yah, prayers up. Even if it's a stoopid 'fault' in the aircraft system.
Posted by: BifBewalski- at January 20, 2026 10:42 PM (Zr554)

Fox news saying electric issue (not to be confused with Electric Avenue)

I was about to speculate security problem at destination.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 20, 2026 11:04 PM (QGaXH)

230 per the Twitters

Rapid Response 47

@RapidResponse47
After takeoff, the AF1 crew identified a minor electrical issue. Out of an abundance of caution, AF1 is returning to Joint Base Andrews. The President and team will board a different aircraft and continue on to Switzerland.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 20, 2026 11:04 PM (rbvCR)

231 Thanks, Rob! I got lightheaded. I love this man so much.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 20, 2026 11:04 PM (Ezs10)

232 I must have struck a nerve--I take it that making fart noises is part of your regular routine?
Posted by: Crusader at January 20, 2026 10:38 PM (Cjcf6)

Just the ones coming out of your piehole, you little peckerwood.

Now of course you have informed us that your sense of humor is so finely tuned that you are among the elite of world concerning it.

So why, pray tell, are you here?

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 20, 2026 11:05 PM (6Bc88)

233 marking a diagonal line across the card edges

Truth.

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 20, 2026 11:05 PM (47diA)

234 It's probably Starmer, Macron, and Von der Leyen. Somehow those commies managed to slip through the security cordon.

Carney from Canada gave a speech to the WEF about how alignment with China "positions us well for the new world order".

You'd think they would've changed that catchphrase after everyone mocked HW Bush for it 35 years ago.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 20, 2026 11:05 PM (1c8Sj)

235 Richmond becomes Mogadishu on the James River?

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 20, 2026 11:05 PM (2GVsD)

236 >> We need to seriously consider the fact that Trump is comfortable with a hot civil war with thousands of casualties.

He’s a Boomer. He has no idea what’s going on. Democrats are going to sweep the midterms on an “Imprison ICE” platform. They’re openly calling to imprison current ICE agents in 2029.

Trump’s own kids are going to die in prison. He just doesn’t care because it’s not the Nobel Peace Prize.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at January 20, 2026 11:06 PM (l3YAf)

237 And yes, i did take a course in Fortran, lo these many years ago.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 20, 2026 11:06 PM (8zz6B)

238 I didn’t know Joel McRae went back that far. He was star of old time radio program, Tales of Texas Rangers in the 1950s. I gotta have something running at night. Except, no commercials*. So podcasts it is. I’ve heard every $&@ing Gunsmoke and Dragnet and Johnny Dollar there is by now, however.

* Chesterfield, Kreml hair tonic, etc OK.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 20, 2026 11:07 PM (x0PGQ)

239 Last updated
13 minutes ago
President Trump's Air Force One, tail number 92-9000, took off from Joint Base Andrews around 9:40 p.m. ET Tuesday for his first in-person World Economic Forum appearance since returning to office. A minor electrical glitch led to an unexpected return, but the team switched to a backup plane to continue to Davos, Switzerland,

Posted by: Don Black at January 20, 2026 11:07 PM (ZxPkt)

240 Gremlin in the AF1 fuse box. I saw it!

Posted by: William Shatner at January 20, 2026 11:07 PM (wVcYX)

241 226 B-2 with BLUs loaded with aerosol LSD over Davos.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 20, 2026 11:04 PM

With those people, how would we even be able to tell if the LSD had kicked in?

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at January 20, 2026 11:08 PM (HlyYF)

242 195
American flags are being burnt in Davos and people are rioting about Trump
Posted by: fourseasons

Eh, they do that in Seattle. And Chicago. And San Francisco. And most college campuses. And.....well you get the point.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 20, 2026 11:08 PM (sAmhv)

243 Out of here for tonight. Too serious, and I've heard about enough Boomer stuff in my life.

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 20, 2026 11:08 PM (47diA)

244 The murderous vermin are talking over open comms about going after the families of ICE agents.

It isn't that the Left hates law enforcement, its just that the Left hates the idea that they can't use them to torment and incarcerate their enemies.

All the things they say that they are upset about ICE, pulling white people people over demanding their papers, following cars, tracking people, setting up dragnets, blowing their horns like police sirens - they are doing. They are blocking people, dragging them off while complaining about kidnapping, that is exactly what they are doing.

They act like police, judge, jury, executioner; have their own laws and civil codes - all the Cargo Cult elements of a tyrannical police state.

While Babylon DC winks as the Bolsheviks create break away territories.

All of government is either openly hostile to us or gives empty words and promises.

We are on our own. Get off the X. Consider where this is all going, and on April 15 and act accordingly.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 20, 2026 11:08 PM (a4flb)

245 >> B-2 with BLUs loaded with aerosol LSD over Davos.

VX. Why give them a good time?

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at January 20, 2026 11:08 PM (l3YAf)

246 Gremlin in the AF1 fuse box. I saw it!

Hillary?

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 20, 2026 11:08 PM (2GVsD)

247
The electrical fault was caused by spending cuts.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 20, 2026 11:08 PM (tgvbd)

248 Carney from Canada gave a speech to the WEF about how alignment with China "positions us well for the new world order".

You'd think they would've changed that catchphrase after everyone mocked HW Bush for it 35 years ago.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 20, 2026 11:05 PM (1c8Sj)

I can see having to invade canada eventually. No fucking way are we going to put up china on our northern border. This carney dude is dooming canada but good.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 20, 2026 11:08 PM (snZF9)

249 B-2 with BLUs loaded with aerosol LSD over Davos.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 20, 2026 11:04 PM (2GVsD)
====

Wild in the Streets

Posted by: Eric at January 20, 2026 11:08 PM (RIvkX)

250 236 >> We need to seriously consider the fact that Trump is comfortable with a hot civil war with thousands of casualties.
...
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at January 20, 2026 11:06 PM (l3YAf)

He's not the only one.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at January 20, 2026 11:09 PM (EOjZq)

251 With those people, how would we even be able to tell if the LSD had kicked in?
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at January 20, 2026 11:08 PM (HlyYF)

Excellent point.

I am constantly amazed at the things some people believe, in the face of constant factual reminders that a diametrically opposed to those things they believe.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 20, 2026 11:09 PM (6Bc88)

252 Posted by: Anna Puma at January 20, 2026 11:05 PM (2GVsD)

Have ya been to Richmond lately?!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 20, 2026 11:09 PM (Ezs10)

253 They’re openly calling to imprison current ICE agents in 2029
——-

Well, golly gee, the. we should all surrender and give them everything they want, shouldn’t we? You think? LOL

This isn’t ….going to progress according to plan. Trust Me.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 20, 2026 11:10 PM (x0PGQ)

254 Craziest Russian snow pic yet
this is real, not CGI
https://tinyurl.com/a4ya9tfa
Posted by: Don Black

Lots of news stories about the snow in Kamchatka. That pic shows up on some of them, so it probably is real.

The most unreal part of it is the 6-story apartments with 6-to-10-story snow drifts on top of them.

And they haven't collapsed. Ivan's got some strong building codes.

Posted by: mikeski at January 20, 2026 11:10 PM (VHUov)

255 A minor electrical glitch led to an unexpected return,

Why am I thinking about the broken escalator and malfunctioning sound system at the UN when Don and Melania showed up?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 20, 2026 11:10 PM (a4flb)

256 And yes, i did take a course in Fortran, lo these many years ago.

Our classes were in PL/I. The language of the future! There was one whole session on Fortran just in case we had to handle legacy code. I’m not even sure if we had to do even one exercise in it, although I vaguely recall we did.

I’ve probably run across Fortran more often in the wild than PL/I.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 20, 2026 11:11 PM (CSK7p)

257 Saw as a headline today that read something like - Spent ten days on Canada's largest warship and it's not ready.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 20, 2026 11:11 PM (2GVsD)

258 This isn’t ….going to progress according to plan. Trust Me.

What part of the trajectory suggests this reversal of outcomes?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 20, 2026 11:12 PM (a4flb)

259 Ugh, why is Trump going to Davos, anyway? There's nothing he needs to discuss with the WEF. They can't do much to America without a compliant crony in the WH, and he's not that, so nothing he says can make them like him, either. They'll whine and cry at their faggy resort and then go home to make the best of it independently of one another, and at each other's expense.

There's nothing he needs to say that couldn't be accomplished by shitting in a shoebox with a note that says "Eat This and Die," and sending that by courier. Preferably Stone Cold Steve Austin's character from "The Package."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 20, 2026 11:12 PM (BI5O2)

260 Why am I thinking about the broken escalator and malfunctioning sound system at the UN when Don and Melania showed up?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 20, 2026 11:10 PM (a4flb)

Was anyone arrested for that?

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at January 20, 2026 11:12 PM (l3YAf)

261 Carney from Canada gave a speech to the WEF about how alignment with China "positions us well for the new world order".

You'd think they would've changed that catchphrase after everyone mocked HW Bush for it 35 years ago.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 20, 2026 11:05 PM (1c8Sj)

I can see having to invade canada eventually. No fucking way are we going to put up china on our northern border. This carney dude is dooming canada but good.

-----

We need to acknowledge that Canada hasn't been an independent nation in decades. Our policy has been effectively "we control the skies over Canada"...because we know their government hasn't been responsible enough to put their own defenses in place Canada is already "ours"...they're just too stupid to appreciate it.

Posted by: Crusader at January 20, 2026 11:12 PM (Cjcf6)

262 Gremlin in the AF1 fuse box. I saw it!

Hillary?
Posted by: Anna Puma

* sniff *

That's hurtful.

Posted by: a gremlin at January 20, 2026 11:12 PM (VHUov)

263 I can see having to invade canada eventually. No fucking way are we going to put up china on our northern border. This carney dude is dooming canada but good.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 20, 2026 11:08 PM (snZF9)

As a conservative-minded Canadian, that suits me just fine. The Canada I grew up in no longer exists. May as well burn down the husk, and start over.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 20, 2026 11:13 PM (8zz6B)

264 Tammy

Don't think so, except passing through.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 20, 2026 11:13 PM (2GVsD)

265 Saw as a headline today that read something like - Spent ten days on Canada's largest warship and it's not ready.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 20, 2026 11:11 PM (2GVsD)
=====

Eh?

Posted by: Rufus the Newfie at January 20, 2026 11:13 PM (RIvkX)

266
I'm wondering if there is a serious security issue in Davos and we're being told a minor electrical issue is the reason for returning.

These days you never know wth is going on.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 20, 2026 11:13 PM (3ek7K)

267 Old girlfriend had a German shepherd I 'bought' for her, - great dog, very smart and friendly. The one true thing he could never wrap his mind around was when he audibly farted on the kitchen floor. He'd get up, spin around and would be surveying the area for intruders in attack mode. Silly and funny.

Posted by: Moby at January 20, 2026 11:14 PM (oT7pT)

268 A lot of software with fortran origins will still name elements of their input data cards. Lots of in-house code which you get used to. Even if it’s migrated to other languages you’ll still hear people talking about cards. Even COTS stuff like msc nastran people will refer to input “decks”. Same with “tapes” which people haven’t had to use for decades but still refer to primary storage I/o files as tapes because at one point they really were.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 20, 2026 11:14 PM (Rh0Gp)

269 * wanders in *
* farts *
* looks accusingly at dog *
* wanders out *

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 20, 2026 11:16 PM (T3puI)

270 LSD would be more amusing plus the random long-term effects.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 20, 2026 11:16 PM (2GVsD)

271 As a conservative-minded Canadian, that suits me just fine. The Canada I grew up in no longer exists. May as well burn down the husk, and start over.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 20, 2026 11:13 PM (8zz6B)

As a right-wing American, I’d say “don’t get your hopes up.” Trump can’t even put down an insurrection by commiefaggot Tim Walz. He’ll get steamrolled by Carney.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at January 20, 2026 11:16 PM (l3YAf)

272 He’s a Boomer. He has no idea what’s going on. Democrats are going to sweep the midterms on an “Imprison ICE” platform. They’re openly calling to imprison current ICE agents in 2029.

I thought Baron was tuned in to social media. Who isn't screaming for justice?

How is it that FBI has all of these resources to track down and prosecute parents at school board meetings but can't even protect their own cars from being vandalized?

I don't know what is worse, the FBI taking a knee in front of the BLM savages, or abandoning weapons and intel to a bunch of soy boys and danger haired women.

I'm afraid that our domestic policy is like Biden's final days in Afghanistan.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 20, 2026 11:17 PM (a4flb)

273 "In a stunning reversal that has left global alliances in tatters, French President Emmanuel Macron has openly declared Europe should roll out the red carpet for massive Chinese investment.

Macron: "We need more Chinese direct investment in Europe in some key sectors."

translation

We are stony broke and we need a sugar daddy now that Trump has told us to go piss up a rope.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 20, 2026 11:18 PM (rbvCR)

274 As a right-wing American, I’d say “don’t get your hopes up.” Trump can’t even put down an insurrection by commiefaggot Tim Walz. He’ll get steamrolled by Carney.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at January 20, 2026 11:16 PM (l3YAf)

Much better to give them the rope, and let them hang themselves.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 20, 2026 11:18 PM (8zz6B)

275 Allegedly the Indiana GOPe didn't redistrict because they'd made a deal with the DNC that if they didn't do it, Virginia and Maryland wouldn't do it.

Virginia and Maryland are now both doing it.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 20, 2026 11:19 PM (1c8Sj)

276 As a right-wing American, I’d say “don’t get your hopes up.” Trump can’t even put down an insurrection by commiefaggot Tim Walz. He’ll get steamrolled by Carney.
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Is your account compromised? Because you've posted a couple of these *stupid* posts today. What happened to you?

Posted by: Crusader at January 20, 2026 11:19 PM (Cjcf6)

277 As a right-wing American, I’d say “don’t get your hopes up.” Trump can’t even put down an insurrection by commiefaggot Tim Walz. He’ll get steamrolled by Carney.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at January 20, 2026 11:16 PM (l3YAf)

*Puts down $20 that Trump is smarter than you*

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at January 20, 2026 11:20 PM (EOjZq)

278 I am constantly amazed at the things some people believe, in the face of constant factual reminders that a diametrically opposed to those things they believe.
Posted by: tcn
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If they believe in something long enough, it becomes fact.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 20, 2026 11:20 PM (XeU6L)

279 We are stony broke and we need a sugar daddy now that Trump has told us to go piss up a rope.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 20, 2026 11:18 PM (rbvCR)

China is not exactly sitting on a pot of gold, either.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 20, 2026 11:20 PM (8zz6B)

280 And yes, i did take a course in Fortran, lo these many years ago.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

No punch cards when I was in.
Engineering students were expected to figure out Fortran on their own if they didn't take it as an elective.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 20, 2026 11:20 PM (/lPRQ)

281 As a right-wing American, I’d say “don’t get your hopes up.” Trump can’t even put down an insurrection by commiefaggot Tim Walz.

Walz's insurrection is less than 100 Karen Kommandos and associated soy boys. They've done nothing to seriously impede ICE's operations. It's a joke.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 20, 2026 11:20 PM (1c8Sj)

282 269 * wanders in *
* farts *
* looks accusingly at dog *
* wanders out *
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 20, 2026 11:16 PM (T3puI)

*laughs*

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at January 20, 2026 11:20 PM (EOjZq)

283 I see OUR wonderful governor spreading charm and making a general A$$ of himself in Davos.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 20, 2026 11:21 PM (QGaXH)

284 Americans better fear a Canadian invasion. Our cities might burn, institutions might end up captured by anti-white gay communism, and we might be flooded with immigrants from India.

It’s impossible to imagine such an outcome befalling our nation.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at January 20, 2026 11:21 PM (l3YAf)

285 As a right-wing American, I’d say “don’t get your hopes up.” Trump can’t even put down an insurrection by commiefaggot Tim Walz. He’ll get steamrolled by Carney.

Depends on how Trump is engaged. If Canada, or for that matter, a bunch of drunk gypsies decided to go kinetic, yes the US would lose if we relied on Trump to send in physical force.

But if it isn't kinetic and is about deals and palace intrigue, Trump sweeps the floor with all of them.

Fortunately, EU doesn't even have a band of drunk gypsies and that is why Trump owns them.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 20, 2026 11:21 PM (a4flb)

286 I'm afraid that our domestic policy is like Biden's final days in Afghanistan.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure
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Really? You're now reduced to making absurd comparisons?

Posted by: Crusader at January 20, 2026 11:21 PM (Cjcf6)

287 If they believe in something long enough, it becomes fact.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 20, 2026 11:20 PM (XeU6L)

They need to applaud hard enough so Tinkerbell don't die.

You know what I think? I am going to have to get a smart phone if I want to get a stablecoin wallet.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 20, 2026 11:21 PM (rbvCR)

288 192 He grabbed the AF1 steering wheel from the back seat and turned it around?
Posted by: davidt at January 20, 2026 10:55 PM (Q+gd/)

Ha Ha! Good One!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 20, 2026 11:21 PM (QGaXH)

289 Americans better fear a Canadian invasion. Our cities might burn, institutions might end up captured by anti-white gay communism, and we might be flooded with immigrants from India.

It’s impossible to imagine such an outcome befalling our nation.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at January 20, 2026 11:21 PM (l3YAf)

So a day ending in "y", then?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 20, 2026 11:23 PM (8zz6B)

290 >>> 288 192 He grabbed the AF1 steering wheel from the back seat and turned it around?
Posted by: davidt at January 20, 2026 10:55 PM (Q+gd/)

Ha Ha! Good One!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 20, 2026 11:21 PM (QGaXH)

Missed your chance, should've socked Madison Cornbread.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 20, 2026 11:23 PM (ULPxl)

291 Allegedly the Indiana GOPe didn't redistrict because they'd made a deal with the DNC that if they didn't do it, Virginia and Maryland wouldn't do it.

Virginia and Maryland are now both doing it.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 20, 2026 11:19 PM (1c8Sj)

Who could have seen this betrayal coming!?

Oh well, too late to do anything about it now..

Posted by: Indiana GOP at January 20, 2026 11:23 PM (l3YAf)

292 I see OUR wonderful governor spreading charm and making a general A$$ of himself in Davos.....

Alex Soros strongly hinted that the voting machines are going to be set to make Gavin the next President. So there's that.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 20, 2026 11:23 PM (1c8Sj)

293 Same with “tapes” which people haven’t had to use for decades but still refer to primary storage I/o files as tapes because at one point they really were.
Posted by: banana Dream
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I worked, at one point, with NCR CRAM decks:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCR_CRAM

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 20, 2026 11:24 PM (XeU6L)

294 Fortunately, EU doesn't even have a band of drunk gypsies and that is why Trump owns them.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 20, 2026 11:21 PM (a4flb)

True. The Europoors are even more spineless than Mike Johnson.

Posted by: Indiana GOP at January 20, 2026 11:24 PM (l3YAf)

295 Walz's insurrection is less than 100 Karen Kommandos and associated soy boys. They've done nothing to seriously impede ICE's operations. It's a joke.

Wouldn't you seriously think about packing heat to church given the non-response of the Feds when animals come in and riot and the locals have zero interest in the matter?

We are on our own, and if it was only a 100 Karen Kommandos, how damned hard is it to sweep them up and lose them in some federal canvas tents in the middle of a military base?

It would get the idiots off the streets and encourage black-pilled Americans to look forward to November.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 20, 2026 11:24 PM (a4flb)

296 >>> 292 I see OUR wonderful governor spreading charm and making a general A$$ of himself in Davos.....
==
Alex Soros strongly hinted that the voting machines are going to be set to make Gavin the next President. So there's that.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 20, 2026 11:23 PM (1c8Sj)

When did timwalz nepo baby say that?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 20, 2026 11:25 PM (ULPxl)

297 237 And yes, i did take a course in Fortran, lo these many years ago.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 20, 2026 11:06 PM (8zz6B)

I still have the book...but not for long - getting ready to try to empty the house.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 20, 2026 11:25 PM (QGaXH)

298 You know what I think? I am going to have to get a smart phone if I want to get a stablecoin wallet.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 20, 2026 11:21 PM (rbvCR)

Most stables, you need a wheelbarrow and a rake to gather up the "coins".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 20, 2026 11:25 PM (8zz6B)

299 China is not exactly sitting on a pot of gold, either.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 20, 2026 11:20 PM (8zz6B)

Which puts them in the position of the bar-beyotch trying to get the bar-fly to pick her up.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 20, 2026 11:25 PM (rbvCR)

300 Most stables, you need a wheelbarrow and a rake to gather up the "coins".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 20, 2026 11:25 PM (8zz6B)

Ah, that is why they call it "tether"

Posted by: Kindltot at January 20, 2026 11:26 PM (rbvCR)

301 The spooks had some chemicals more powerful than acid, if that can believed.

Called BZ iirc. It all started with the Nazis (of course) and experiments with Mescaline on inmates, the OSS and CIA picked up where they left off, lots of university subcontractors and hospitals, prisons, military etc.

It’s kind of weird to think of all those folks tripping balls in the 1940s and early 1950s.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 20, 2026 11:26 PM (x0PGQ)

302 Looks like 47 is on the ground at JBA

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 20, 2026 11:27 PM (QGaXH)

303 243 Out of here for tonight. Too serious, and I've heard about enough Boomer stuff in my life.
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 20, 2026 11:08 PM (47diA)

"I've heard about enough Boomer stuff in my life."

Quitter! (LOL)

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 20, 2026 11:28 PM (QGaXH)

304 Carney from Canada gave a speech to the WEF about how alignment with China "positions us well for the new world order".

China launders a LOT of money through Canada, you can bet good money that Carney is in on it.

Then again, Canada has gone Maoist, so they will get along fine with China, until China decides to take Canada as a consolation prize for Taiwan.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 20, 2026 11:29 PM (a4flb)

305 Boomer this and that
say the idiot tide-pods
tell them to fuck off

Posted by: JQ at January 20, 2026 11:30 PM (rdVOm)

306 284 Americans better fear a Canadian invasion. Our cities might burn, institutions might end up captured by anti-white gay communism, and we might be flooded with immigrants from India.

It’s impossible to imagine such an outcome befalling our nation.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at January 20, 2026 11:21 PM (l3YAf)

In a real war we won't fight fair. Unhook the fight strap on your jersey. When you get into a clinch pull your pads over your head and through the jersey and pads off. Now they got nothing to grab onto and you can proceed to pummel at will.

Posted by: Rob Ray at January 20, 2026 11:31 PM (w/O5Q)

307 “Science Fiction is a big muscular horny creature, with a mass of bristling antennae and proprioceptors on its skull. It has a small sister, a gentle creature with red lips and a dash of stardust in her hair. Her name is Space Opera.”

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 20, 2026 11:31 PM (CSK7p)

308
Looks like 47 is on the ground at JBA
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan

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So AF1 is on the ground, what about 47 himself? And is he ambulatory?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 20, 2026 11:31 PM (tkcii)

309 256 And yes, i did take a course in Fortran, lo these many years ago.

Our classes were in PL/I. The language of the future! There was one whole session on Fortran just in case we had to handle legacy code. I’m not even sure if we had to do even one exercise in it, although I vaguely recall we did.

I’ve probably run across Fortran more often in the wild than PL/I.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 20, 2026 11:11 PM (CSK7p)

Isn't FORTRAN like Latin - the other languages are based on it?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 20, 2026 11:32 PM (QGaXH)

310 Posted by: Anna Puma at January 20, 2026 11:13 PM (2GVsD

Mogadishu compares favorably in some neighborhoods...

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 20, 2026 11:34 PM (Ezs10)

311 @nicksortor
56s
: Air Force One’s cabin lights went out “briefly” after takeoff, but no explanation was offered

Karoline Leavitt reportedly said the new 747 gifted to the War Department by Qatar sounds “much better” right now 🤣

The current 747 used as AF1 first flew in ‘87. Time to replace it

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 20, 2026 11:34 PM (HAlvi)

312 Man, if I was China i'd just ship a couple dozen divisions to Canada, slightly camoflaged, then set them up in Vancouver, across from Minnesota, and next to New Hampshire and New York.

Then go south.

It's not like the Democrat governors of those states would do anything other than throw out the "red carpet," so to speak. They'd be halfway across the country before they ran into any resistance from actual Americans.

Posted by: SimoHayek at January 20, 2026 11:35 PM (/ZkOF)

313 Chuck Grassley is a NO on SAVE Act

he says Iowans do not need the federal government telling them how to run elections

even though that very thing is provided for in the Constitution

Art I Sec 4

The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators.

Posted by: Don Black at January 20, 2026 11:36 PM (ZxPkt)

314 263
As a conservative-minded Canadian, that suits me just fine. The Canada I grew up in no longer exists. May as well burn down the husk, and start over.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 20, 2026 11:13 PM (8zz6B)

"As a conservative-minded Canadian..."

I was wondering if you were an American (US Citizen) living in Canada or a Canadian living in the USA. I guess you answered the question.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 20, 2026 11:36 PM (QGaXH)

315 No President J.D. Vance. Air force one lands safely.

Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at January 20, 2026 11:39 PM (/u6xp)

316 Electrical issues in a 747 must be the stuff of nightmares, cars are bad enough

Posted by: a dude in MI at January 20, 2026 11:41 PM (+I6Y/)

317 287 If they believe in something long enough, it becomes fact.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 20, 2026 11:20 PM (XeU6L)

They need to applaud hard enough so Tinkerbell don't die.

You know what I think? I am going to have to get a smart phone if I want to get a stablecoin wallet.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 20, 2026 11:21 PM (rbvCR)

You know what I believe? I believe I'll go have a cold beer IRL....brb

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 20, 2026 11:42 PM (QGaXH)

318 There's already a Marco Rubio finding out he has to re-wire AF-1 meme. Saw it on Insty.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 20, 2026 11:43 PM (gh32g)

319 Man, if I was China i'd just ship a couple dozen divisions to Canada, slightly camoflaged, then set them up in Vancouver, across from Minnesota, and next to New Hampshire and New York.

Then go south.

It's not like the Democrat governors of those states would do anything other than throw out the "red carpet," so to speak. They'd be halfway across the country before they ran into any resistance from actual Americans.
Posted by: SimoHayek at January 20, 2026 11:35 PM (/ZkOF)

A million Canadian shitlibs could drive across the border and be in DC before the GOP finished deciding which slogan tests better with focus groups “Canada is evil because of what they did to the First Nations!” or “Democrats are the real poutinephobes!”

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at January 20, 2026 11:43 PM (l3YAf)

320
Minor electrical problem on AF1. Dibs on that before tankdemon uses it.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 20, 2026 11:43 PM (tkcii)

321 *slides a beer down the bar for ARiK*

Have a virtual beer, too! LOL.

Posted by: JQ at January 20, 2026 11:44 PM (rdVOm)

322 290 >>> 288 192 He grabbed the AF1 steering wheel from the back seat and turned it around?
Posted by: davidt at January 20, 2026 10:55 PM (Q+gd/)

Ha Ha! Good One!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 20, 2026 11:21 PM (QGaXH)

Missed your chance, should've socked Madison Cornbread.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 20, 2026 11:23 PM (ULPxl)

Aww Shucks! Kicks dirt....stomps off to get beer from fridge in garage...

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 20, 2026 11:45 PM (QGaXH)

323 I was wondering if you were an American (US Citizen) living in Canada or a Canadian living in the USA. I guess you answered the question.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 20, 2026 11:36 PM (QGaXH)

I am a snowbird, spending a few months each winter in Arizona. There are many of us here. Mostly we behave ourselves and contribute to the economy, and do not collect welfare, food stamps, or other drains.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 20, 2026 11:45 PM (8zz6B)

324 I've often wondered just how it is that we're still flying Presidents around in these ancient planes. Both of them have exceeded the intended design life for a 747 in a passenger configuration... it's kind of shocking. Trump would probably be better off in his own damn plane at this point.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 20, 2026 11:46 PM (BI5O2)

325 >> There are many of us here. Mostly we behave ourselves and contribute to the economy, and do not collect welfare, food stamps, or other drains.

Do you smuggle semi trucks of maple syrup across the Mississippi River?

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at January 20, 2026 11:48 PM (l3YAf)

326 282 269 * wanders in *
* farts *
* looks accusingly at dog *
* wanders out *
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 20, 2026 11:16 PM (T3puI)

*laughs*
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at January 20, 2026 11:20 PM (EOjZq)282 269 * wanders in *
* farts *
* looks accusingly at dog *
* wanders out *
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 20, 2026 11:16 PM (T3puI)

*laughs*
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at January 20, 2026 11:20 PM (EOjZq)

* starts gagging on two farts, one from Sock Monkey and a silent one from the dog *

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 20, 2026 11:49 PM (S/Y4j)

327 JQ, are there spicy Margaritas tonite? It has been a crazy week at Scary Acres.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 20, 2026 11:49 PM (gh32g)

328 >>>And yes, i did take a course in Fortran, lo these many years ago.

>Ha, ha! Now do Forth.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 20, 2026 11:50 PM (oT7pT)

329 Trust but Verify.
Sal Mercoglianos, Chair Dept of History, Crim Justice & Pol Science, Faculty Athletic Rep @campbelledu, Maritime Historian, Mariner, Firefighter, presents this map; https://tinyurl.com/5f4xvp25 , with these words
@BrilliantMaps 6h
There's Water Access, Landlocked, Double Landlocked & Then Finally Nebraska
Credit: The World In Maps
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If you are unclickable, the map shows Oklahoma as landlocked, however;

Tulsa Port of Catoosa
The Tulsa Port of Catoosa is a significant inland port located in Oklahoma, serving as the head of navigation for the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System. This system connects Oklahoma to the Gulf of [sic]Mexico...
_Bing

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 20, 2026 11:50 PM (HAlvi)

330 JQ, are there spicy Margaritas tonite? It has been a crazy week at Scary Acres.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
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You got it, Mary!

*pitcher of spicy Margarita for you, and glass with a jalapeno-salted rim*

Posted by: JQ at January 20, 2026 11:51 PM (rdVOm)

331 Do you smuggle semi trucks of maple syrup across the Mississippi River?
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at January 20, 2026 11:48 PM (l3YAf)

Naw, we freeze it with liquid nitrogen, and press it into 4X8 sheets, and wrap it in plastic marked as plywood.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 20, 2026 11:51 PM (8zz6B)

332 Took more effort than it was worth but I was already there so..

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 20, 2026 11:51 PM (HAlvi)

333 308
Looks like 47 is on the ground at JBA
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan

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So AF1 is on the ground, what about 47 himself? And is he ambulatory?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 20, 2026 11:31 PM (tkcii)

News has moved on to other topics so I assume there's no story there....

Another poster wrote that maybe the electrical issue is a cover story for something worse at the destination...since I would expect AF1 to land at first available opportunity if ANY sign of mechanical or electrical malfunction. But I guess they're transferring to other plane and continuing on.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 20, 2026 11:52 PM (QGaXH)

334 BarelyScaryMary, how's hubby's recovery going? You holding up OK?

Posted by: JQ at January 20, 2026 11:53 PM (rdVOm)

335 You are awesome, JQ.

*leaves generous tip before I drink too many spicy Margaritas and forget*

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 20, 2026 11:53 PM (gh32g)

336 321 *slides a beer down the bar for ARiK*

Have a virtual beer, too! LOL.
Posted by: JQ at January 20, 2026 11:44 PM (rdVOm)

Thank you JQ.

I am truly blessed.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 20, 2026 11:54 PM (QGaXH)

337 You got it, Mary!

*pitcher of spicy Margarita for you, and glass with a jalapeno-salted rim*
Posted by: JQ at January 20, 2026 11:51 PM (rdVOm)

I had a jalapeno pickled quail egg today. It was pretty good. I expect eating a whole jar of those would enable one to fart the 1812 Overture, complete with cannnon flashes.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 20, 2026 11:54 PM (8zz6B)

338 @MsMelChen . 16h

In 2018, Beijing released a white paper on how China could extend its Belt and Road Initiative to the Arctic region, calling it 冰上丝绸之路 (literally: Silk Road on Ice).

The Polar Silk Road (light blue below) refers to a navigable sea route that connects the Western hemisphere, East Asia and Western Europe via the Article Circle. ...

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 20, 2026 11:55 PM (HAlvi)

339 I am a snowbird, spending a few months each winter in Arizona. There are many of us here. Mostly we behave ourselves and contribute to the economy, and do not collect welfare, food stamps, or other drains.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 20, 2026 11:45 PM (8zz6B)

Maybe you can bring the rest of Alberta with you. We need a legion of AOPs. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 20, 2026 11:56 PM (snZF9)

340 I had a jalapeno pickled quail egg today. It was pretty good. I expect eating a whole jar of those would enable one to fart the 1812 Overture, complete with cannnon flashes.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Wow, that sounds delicious! Yeah, an excellent treat but don't want to make a full meal of them, for sure.

Posted by: JQ at January 20, 2026 11:58 PM (rdVOm)

341 Another poster wrote that maybe the electrical issue is a cover story for something worse at the destination...since I would expect AF1 to land at first available opportunity if ANY sign of mechanical or electrical malfunction. But I guess they're transferring to other plane and continuing on.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 20, 2026 11:52 PM (QGaXH)

I really hope trump said "fuck it, lets get the Death Star".

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 20, 2026 11:58 PM (snZF9)

342 JQ, Hubby is doing amazingly well. thank you. Went off pain meds 2 days post op. He is bored and ready to go back to work. I ordered a load of firewood, which hurt his man pride. But we are expecting cold, and he's in no shape to wield chainsaws and axes.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 20, 2026 11:58 PM (gh32g)

343 323 I was wondering if you were an American (US Citizen) living in Canada or a Canadian living in the USA. I guess you answered the question.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 20, 2026 11:36 PM (QGaXH)

I am a snowbird, spending a few months each winter in Arizona. There are many of us here. Mostly we behave ourselves and contribute to the economy, and do not collect welfare, food stamps, or other drains.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 20, 2026 11:45 PM (8zz6B)

"...or other drains"

What would you do with a bunch of extra drains anyway...?

Sometime I'd like to hear about what steps you take to winterize your property while you're away - unless you have someone who stays there.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 21, 2026 12:00 AM (QGaXH)

344 Lucas was low-bidder on AF1's electrical systems.

Posted by: Prince Of Dorkness at January 21, 2026 12:00 AM (oftw2)

345 There are two (2) identical 747s that can serve as Air Force One. Also double Marine Ones, etc. Probably two “beasts” as well. For exactly this situation, further they have contingencies out the ying yang for utilizing other aircraft and vehicles as needed all the way down to somewhere nearby there’s an E4 with a Deuce and a half on standby, just in case.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 21, 2026 12:00 AM (x0PGQ)

346 Maybe you can bring the rest of Alberta with you. We need a legion of AOPs. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 20, 2026 11:56 PM (snZF9)

There are a huge number of "winter visitors" here in the Central Valley of Arizona. Mile after mile of RV parks, or mobile home parks, mostly seasonally occupied. Many from snowbelt States, but plenty from Canada, too.

BTW, I think Blue Oyster Cult is going to appear at one of the big Indian casinos next month. There is a spare room here if that interests you. And there is a big Harley dealer about 8 blocks from here.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 21, 2026 12:03 AM (8zz6B)

347 I ordered a load of firewood, which hurt his man pride. But we are expecting cold, and he's in no shape to wield chainsaws and axes.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
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Aww. You're a good wife! Hubs knows it, even if he's slightly embarrassed. Let him know he's still *your hero*

Posted by: JQ at January 21, 2026 12:04 AM (rdVOm)

348 I ordered a load of firewood, which hurt his man pride. But we are expecting cold, and he's in no shape to wield chainsaws and axes.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
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Aww. You're a good wife! Hubs knows it, even if he's slightly embarrassed. Let him know he's still *your hero*

Posted by: JQ at January 21, 2026 12:04 AM (rdVOm)

For me it would just be an excuse to sit around playing guitar, or screwing off here. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 21, 2026 12:06 AM (snZF9)

349 Sometime I'd like to hear about what steps you take to winterize your property while you're away - unless you have someone who stays there.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 21, 2026 12:00 AM (QGaXH)

My house in Alberta? I turn off the well pump, and house water pressure system, leave the gas furnace on low heat, and have a 300 watt electric fan heater in the basement, set to come on if the temperature drops below 50 or so. And a neighbor stops in twice a week to feed the cat, who in turn catches mices.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 21, 2026 12:06 AM (8zz6B)

350 "BTW, I think Blue Oyster Cult is going to appear at one of the big Indian casinos next month."

Feb. 6, 2026 Chandler, AZ Wild Horse Pass Resort & Casino

Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 21, 2026 12:10 AM (KAi1n)

351 I took the rear brakes off the Lark, and pulled the axles. Wheel bearings appear to be OK. Left side inner axle seal was bad; have them coming from Amazon. Left brake was soaked in oil. I think that brake drum is bad, as in cracked. Hit it lightly with a hammer, and it goes "dunk". Hit the right brake drum, and it rings like a bell. May be able to get a decent replacement on Saturday.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 21, 2026 12:11 AM (8zz6B)

352 349 My house in Alberta? I turn off the well pump, and house water pressure system, leave the gas furnace on low heat, and have a 300 watt electric fan heater in the basement, set to come on if the temperature drops below 50 or so. And a neighbor stops in twice a week to feed the cat, who in turn catches mices.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 21, 2026 12:06 AM (8zz6B)

I thought maybe you have to pour stuff down the drains to keep them from freezing? But it doesn't get cold enough inside I'm guessing..

I was reading about winterizing RVs which I don't have to worry about here...but find interesting as an exercise.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 21, 2026 12:12 AM (QGaXH)

353 For me it would just be an excuse to sit around playing guitar, or screwing off here. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 21, 2026 12:06 AM (snZF9)

Lol, Bers. He's figured out how to game with one arm. And he reads a lot. But he's bored. And three more weeks of being in an arm sling. He's frustrated that he cant do more things. But I put my foot down and ordered the damn firewood.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 21, 2026 12:12 AM (gh32g)

354 This morning, U.S. military forces, in support of the Department of Homeland Security, apprehended Motor Vessel Sagitta without incident. The apprehension of another tanker operating in defiance of President Trump’s established quarantine of sanctioned vessels in the Caribbean ...
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Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 21, 2026 12:13 AM (HAlvi)

355 Feb. 6, 2026 Chandler, AZ Wild Horse Pass Resort & Casino
Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 21, 2026 12:10 AM (KAi1n)

That's about a 40 minute road trip from here, traffic permitting.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 21, 2026 12:13 AM (8zz6B)

356 BTW, I think Blue Oyster Cult is going to appear at one of the big Indian casinos next month. There is a spare room here if that interests you. And there is a big Harley dealer about 8 blocks from here.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 21, 2026 12:03 AM (8zz6B)

Thats so damn tempting. Maybe I can steal some Death Star plans and keep us, uh...occupied. lol I need to get this '56 panhead I'm building done before I could go anywhere. Its a slow grind. Every damn thing we need seems to be back ordered. There has to be a dozen things we can't get. It should have been done by now. I went to one of the other shops over the weekend and built a motor that we took apart in november, so thats done. If it wasn't for this frigging panhead I would have had a few weeks of nothing major to do.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 21, 2026 12:13 AM (snZF9)

357 Lol, Bers. He's figured out how to game with one arm. And he reads a lot. But he's bored. And three more weeks of being in an arm sling. He's frustrated that he cant do more things. But I put my foot down and ordered the damn firewood.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 21, 2026 12:12 AM (gh32g)

Yikes, one arm out of commission? Thats world ender for me.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 21, 2026 12:15 AM (snZF9)

358 I thought maybe you have to pour stuff down the drains to keep them from freezing? But it doesn't get cold enough inside I'm guessing..

I was reading about winterizing RVs which I don't have to worry about here...but find interesting as an exercise.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 21, 2026 12:12 AM (QGaXH)

To "summerize" the place here in AJ, I pour a little baby oil into the toilet bowls, to stop the water from evaporating out of them, and allwoing sewer gases to come up through the traps. Have the water turned off at the meter, and shut off most breakers in the panel.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 21, 2026 12:16 AM (8zz6B)

359 Is it seasoned hardwood? Firewood needs a year or two after it’s cut before it’s any good. A good mix of oak and hickory. At least in the east.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 21, 2026 12:16 AM (x0PGQ)

360 324 I've often wondered just how it is that we're still flying Presidents around in these ancient planes. Both of them have exceeded the intended design life for a 747 in a passenger configuration... it's kind of shocking. Trump would probably be better off in his own damn plane at this point.

I'm sure it's like the B-52s...with a basically unlimited budget for maintenance and repairs, there really is no such thing as "design life"

Posted by: Azjaeger at January 21, 2026 12:17 AM (3/XaG)

361 A year is good, two years is best for firewood. Otherwise you are using part of the heat generated to dry the wood out in the firebox.
I was in a sling for three months, but I was really messed up. I learned to type with my left hand only.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 21, 2026 12:21 AM (rbvCR)

362 I'm sure it's like the B-52s...with a basically unlimited budget for maintenance and repairs, there really is no such thing as "design life"
Posted by: Azjaeger at January 21, 2026 12:17 AM (3/XaG)

AF1 sure isn't in the air all the time, either. If an airline owns a 747, it's not making money on the ground. So they fly those planes until the wings fall off. An airliner 747 probably gets more airframe hours on it in one year than AF1 has had since it was built.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 21, 2026 12:21 AM (8zz6B)

363 Is it seasoned hardwood? Firewood needs a year or two after it’s cut before it’s any good. A good mix of oak and hickory. At least in the east.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 21, 2026 12:16 AM (x0PGQ)

Seasoned post oak. We are in central TX. It's a good burning firewood here. We have a wood stove that doesn't get used much, but when we do get ice and cold it is wonderful to have.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 21, 2026 12:23 AM (gh32g)

364 A year is good, two years is best for firewood. Otherwise you are using part of the heat generated to dry the wood out in the firebox.
I was in a sling for three months, but I was really messed up. I learned to type with my left hand only.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 21, 2026 12:21 AM (rbvCR)

And green firewood is much worse for loading up your chimney with creosote.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 21, 2026 12:24 AM (8zz6B)

365 358 To "summerize" the place here in AJ, I pour a little baby oil into the toilet bowls, to stop the water from evaporating out of them, and allwoing sewer gases to come up through the traps. Have the water turned off at the meter, and shut off most breakers in the panel.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 21, 2026 12:16 AM (8zz6B)

That's one of my concerns now that we're free to come and go as we please - leaving the house for an extended period of time. I'd like to shut the water off but the landscaping needs to be watered.

I'll keep the baby oil treatment in mind.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 21, 2026 12:24 AM (QGaXH)

366 Does AF1 have any offensive capability? It really needs a Sperry ball turret gunner position, with twin .50 cal I think.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 21, 2026 12:26 AM (x0PGQ)

367 Seasoned post oak. We are in central TX. It's a good burning firewood here. We have a wood stove that doesn't get used much, but when we do get ice and cold it is wonderful to have.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 21, 2026 12:23 AM (gh32g)

There is some quality to the heat from a wood fire that just cannot be matched by any other source of heat. Almost like it is a racial memory of our lives in the caves during the Ice Age.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 21, 2026 12:26 AM (8zz6B)

368 Seasoned post oak.
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Ah! Good on ya. That’ll work

Posted by: Common Tater at January 21, 2026 12:27 AM (x0PGQ)

369 Does AF1 have any offensive capability? It really needs a Sperry ball turret gunner position, with twin .50 cal I think.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 21, 2026 12:26 AM (x0PGQ)

Well, Melania has twin somethings, but I don't regard them as offensive.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 21, 2026 12:29 AM (8zz6B)

370 we got very lucky a few years ago and bought three cords of almond wood for $130 per - and we don't burn much since winter here is generally mild.

Posted by: 13times at January 21, 2026 12:30 AM (/kpQH)

371 There is some quality to the heat from a wood fire that just cannot be matched
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I agree, it is magical. A 500 gallon buried propane tank is pretty sweet too, I betcha.

Have a wall tent and kni-co stove. The flip vent lets a little bit of the flames & light dance on the walls of the tent, it’s peaceful and contemplative.

When that fucker burns down though, and goes out, it starts ticking and gets cold in the tent almost instantly. LOL

I noticed old school Perfection kerosene wick heaters project a pleasing light pattern on the ceiling.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 21, 2026 12:34 AM (x0PGQ)

372 Boomer this and that
say the idiot tide-pods
tell them to fuck off
Posted by: JQ

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Posted by: certified haiku inspector at January 21, 2026 12:34 AM (VHUov)

373 Does AF1 have any offensive capability? It really needs a Sperry ball turret gunner position, with twin .50 cal I think.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 21, 2026 12:26 AM (x0PGQ)

If it does we'll never know about it.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 21, 2026 12:38 AM (snZF9)

374 Can you rent a log splitter from Home Depot? A neighbor has a bunch of unsplit oak firewood that he doesn't have use for. It would be enough to carry us through a year or two.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 21, 2026 12:39 AM (gh32g)

375 Did You Know?

A ball turret gunner named Alan Magee on a B-17 bombing mission during World War Two had the plane he was in destroyed by flak and ultimately, he fell over 20,000 feet to the ground without a parachute - and survived!

Posted by: Common Tater at January 21, 2026 12:39 AM (x0PGQ)

376 Can you rent a log splitter from Home Depot? A neighbor has a bunch of unsplit oak firewood that he doesn't have use for. It would be enough to carry us through a year or two.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
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Don't know about Hdepot, but call around "equipment rental" places...

Posted by: JQ at January 21, 2026 12:40 AM (rdVOm)

377 I betcha log splitters can be rented at any larger rent-all place.

Or just buy one, use it, then return it for a refund! (Kidding)

Posted by: Common Tater at January 21, 2026 12:41 AM (x0PGQ)

378 To "summerize" the place here in AJ, I pour a little baby oil into the toilet bowls, to stop the water from evaporating out of them, and allwoing sewer gases to come up through the traps. Have the water turned off at the meter, and shut off most breakers in the panel.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Glycol is popular with building maintenance folks.
A lot of floor drains don't have functional trap primers so they dry out even though the building is in use year round.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 21, 2026 12:42 AM (/lPRQ)

379 he fell over 20,000 feet to the ground without a parachute - and survived!
Posted by: Common Tater
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Whoa... how badly f'ed up was he after that? Would "survival" really be *desirable* afterward?

Posted by: JQ at January 21, 2026 12:43 AM (rdVOm)

380 Thanks! I'd consider buying a log splitter but we are very selective about cutting oaks on our place. Only if they are dying or recently dead.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 21, 2026 12:43 AM (gh32g)

381 Can you rent a log splitter from Home Depot? A neighbor has a bunch of unsplit oak firewood that he doesn't have use for. It would be enough to carry us through a year or two.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 21, 2026 12:39 AM (gh32g)

Home Depot says you can. Probably not all stores.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 21, 2026 12:43 AM (8zz6B)

382 He was banged up pretty good. He fell through glass panels, almost lost an arm.

He was a POW after that. The Germans did not believe him at first, naturally lol

Posted by: Common Tater at January 21, 2026 12:44 AM (x0PGQ)

383 Did You Know?

A ball turret gunner named Alan Magee on a B-17 bombing mission during World War Two had the plane he was in destroyed by flak and ultimately, he fell over 20,000 feet to the ground without a parachute - and survived!

Posted by: Common Tater at January 21, 2026 12:39 AM (x0PGQ)
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Do you know who didn't survive the war with only one ball turret?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 21, 2026 12:47 AM (uHi2H)

384 Just stopping by to say hello, horde. I am intensely jealous of AOP because he is in AZ and I am freezing my ass off in Wisconsin. But I am still feeling better than my dog, who was neutered today and wears the cone of shame. He kept looking my sister and me reproachfully tonight, as if he can't believe what these females have done to him. I actually feel guilt.

Posted by: Donna&&&&&&v at January 21, 2026 12:47 AM (Kxi0p)

385 Whoa... how badly f'ed up was he after that? Would "survival" really be *desirable* afterward?
Posted by: JQ at January 21, 2026 12:43 AM (rdVOm)

If it's the guy I remember reading about, his parachute burned, and he fell into a pine forest in Bavaria, heavilly loaded with snow. He hit the upper branches of a pine tree, and sort of filtered down through it, breaking his fall. Still suffered some broken bones.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 21, 2026 12:48 AM (8zz6B)

386 Wood-splitters are awesome! Beats swingin' an axe, for sure. My older bro built one and let us borrow it when we had a couple of diseased trees cut down.

Took one afternoon to process both-- wet, GREEN wood-- and no muscle aches later!

Posted by: JQ at January 21, 2026 12:48 AM (rdVOm)

387 Yeah, the stories I’m reading were bad. Even some baling with a parachute weren’t all that great.

Hitting the rear stabilizer, getting munched by other planes in the formation wasn’t unusual. One B-17 ended up with just the headless torso of a guy from another plane on the navigators desk. They figured out who it was eventually from laundry marks on the clothes.

I still can’t figure out how those guys got up in those planes over and over. Completely crazy.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 21, 2026 12:51 AM (x0PGQ)

388 Thanks for replies re: 20k ft fall guy. Yeesh... luckier than I'd have been...

Posted by: JQ at January 21, 2026 12:51 AM (rdVOm)

389 374 Can you rent a log splitter from Home Depot? A neighbor has a bunch of unsplit oak firewood that he doesn't have use for. It would be enough to carry us through a year or two.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary

In my neck of the woods they do. Don't know about Texas. Look it up online .

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 21, 2026 12:53 AM (T3puI)

390
Donna ampersand... haven't seen you in a while, have we?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 21, 2026 12:54 AM (tkcii)

391 Donna, you did the good thing for your dog.

I recall when we had our beloved Hound neutered. He was a stray and would not come into the house. He would not get in the car. He had been abused and was terrified.

We were finally able to get him to the vet for surgery. He came home wobbly. Hubby picked him up and carried him into the house. We and our cats sat around him that night and comforted him in the living room.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 21, 2026 12:55 AM (gh32g)

392 Wood-splitters are awesome! Beats swingin' an axe, for sure. My older bro built one and let us borrow it when we had a couple of diseased trees cut down.

Took one afternoon to process both-- wet, GREEN wood-- and no muscle aches later!
Posted by: JQ at January 21, 2026 12:48 AM (rdVOm)

They have the wood splitter from Hell in the Reynolds Alberta Museum in Wetaskiwin, Alberta. Some farmer took an old steel tractor wheel, and welded a big-ass wedge to the rim of it. Wheel was mounted in a frame, with a very solid anvil, that had a gap for the wedge to pass through. Wheel was driven by a flat belt from the side PTO on an old tractor. It just went round and round constantly. User would place an end of the log on the anvil, and tip it into the patch of the wedge as it came around. Sounds like a great way to lose fingers or a whole arm.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 21, 2026 12:55 AM (8zz6B)

393 Then, if you managed to safely land after baling out, you are in enemy territory where you’ve been dropping bombs on their cities, and some farmer might beat you to death with a pitchfork. If you survive the locals, then they throw you in jail and the Gestapo work you over breaking bones and all that crap.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 21, 2026 12:57 AM (x0PGQ)

394 There are plenty of EweTube videos of dangerous log splitters. I get the willies just watching them.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 21, 2026 01:00 AM (sqSJJ)

395 They do rent log splitters at the local Home Depot. Hooray!

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 21, 2026 01:01 AM (gh32g)

396 AOP, that one sounds pretty rough... ugh.

Bro put much thought into his splitter (He's a machinist by trade) and used a hydraulic ram, fixed wedge, gasoline engine... other specifics I can't describe... lever control for extend & retract. Very safe.

Posted by: JQ at January 21, 2026 01:01 AM (rdVOm)

397 AOP, that one sounds pretty rough... ugh.

Bro put much thought into his splitter (He's a machinist by trade) and used a hydraulic ram, fixed wedge, gasoline engine... other specifics I can't describe... lever control for extend & retract. Very safe.
Posted by: JQ at January 21, 2026 01:01 AM (rdVOm)

Back in the 1930's, hydraulic parts were rare and expensive, and beyond the reach of most farmers.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 21, 2026 01:06 AM (8zz6B)

398 Watching Bloomberg coverage of Davos. Macron just gave a speech wearing aviator sunglasses bitching about Trump's new tariffs. It may mean there's been some breakthrough in anti Candace Owens technology.

Also, it seems Trump is setting the agenda at Davos this year.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at January 21, 2026 01:07 AM (w/O5Q)

399 The London Bullion market is in deep trouble: they've sold the same Silver bars to several different customers, and the customers want delivery. Did you ever see the movie The Producers? Yeah the banks sold 2 to 3 hundred % of Springtime for Hitler never dreaming people would ask for their shares. Ruh Rho.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 21, 2026 01:07 AM (Da7Vv)

400 But I am still feeling better than my dog, who was neutered today and wears the cone of shame. He kept looking my sister and me reproachfully tonight, as if he can't believe what these females have done to him. I actually feel guilt.

Posted by: Donna&&&&&&v at January 21, 2026 12:47 AM (Kxi0p)

I remember when my brother's wife brought home a cat. She's the kind that would give an aspirin a headache. The cat was home about 3 days and off it went. It got fixed, and also some silly lion cut and god knows what else. The cat comes home and my brother bends down to pet it and says "see? see? you're here 3 days and now you're bald, you got no balls, and got a slave collar. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 21, 2026 01:10 AM (snZF9)

401 Very safe.
Posted by: JQ

Pretty much the standard design nowadays. 27 tons of pressure will do a number on a finger. Ask me how I know. They used to make auger type splitters but those had safety issues. Neighbor, years ago had one that he ran off his tractor PTO. A strap from his bibs got caught by the auger and pulled him into the auger. He lost his leg.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 21, 2026 01:12 AM (T3puI)

402 Well, busy day planned for tomorrow. Time for bed. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 21, 2026 01:12 AM (8zz6B)

403 Physical silver, LOL. Never thought my sterling (.925) beads would be worth much beyond "artistic value" when I paid 37 cents/gram.

Glad I still have most of them. Might need to sell one day!

Posted by: JQ at January 21, 2026 01:13 AM (rdVOm)

404 >> A strap from his bibs got caught by the auger and pulled him into the auger. He lost his leg.
Posted by: Sock Monkey
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Ow ow ow!

Posted by: JQ at January 21, 2026 01:16 AM (rdVOm)

405 The London Bullion market is in deep trouble: they've sold the same Silver bars to several different customers, and the customers want delivery. Did you ever see the movie The Producers? Yeah the banks sold 2 to 3 hundred % of Springtime for Hitler never dreaming people would ask for their shares. Ruh Rho.
Posted by: An Observation

Or, did you pay attention to the GameStop short-seller squeeze? Same thing. There were more shares sold short than existed, IIRC.

Posted by: mikeski at January 21, 2026 01:17 AM (VHUov)

406 Yeah, the old job had entire arrays of hydraulic presses and rams... am mo factory, ya know.

Posted by: JQ at January 21, 2026 01:17 AM (rdVOm)

407 I just read the sentence "my grandfather had a flip phone" and I'm legitimately done

Posted by: ... at January 21, 2026 01:18 AM (E0p3T)

408 Blonde Morticia: both my sis and I have had some serious health issues over the past 2 years. I'm still working (on a PT basis) and I've been either too tired or too busy to spend time online although I've lurked here, just to keep track of how you're all doing. Yeah, my dog had to be neutered. The cute little King Charles spaniel, Lucy, who lives down the block and kisses Freddy through the fence might be disappointed though.

Posted by: Donna&&&&&&v at January 21, 2026 01:22 AM (Kxi0p)

409 I still have a flip phone. Love it. It's a freaking PHONE, not a portable desktop computer.

One day, I may get a "smart" phone, but not until there's NO other device available for voice calls.

Posted by: JQ at January 21, 2026 01:23 AM (rdVOm)

410 This place is my live news feed. For both serious news and, alas, scary rumors (like the sirens-blaring motorcade heading to Andrews mentioned above).

I've been reading comments with folks "live" during major weather events, earthquakes, riots, and assassinations, successful and (fortunately) not. Also weddings, births, and deaths of Hordelings & company.

I'm grateful for all the Morons who have ears on other sources and convey info and links to here ASAP.

It is amusing to be well-informed already by the time the Morning Report rolls around, especially on Mondays.

What I don't like is that time I have to sleep, and wake up to … okay, usually nothing vital, but I don't like to go to bed wondering about, say, the condition of AF1. But, gotta sleep sometime. (Salutes the late-nighters.)

https://youtu.be/Xa9vWVEYojg

G'nite, y'all.

Posted by: mindful webworker is grooving in the ... cold at January 21, 2026 01:27 AM (FMpsC)

411 I'm so old I remember party lines. And long distance calls being expensive.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 21, 2026 01:29 AM (gh32g)

412 How did a walrus dick get to NJ?
And how will they replace it?

Posted by: DaveA at January 21, 2026 01:32 AM (FhXTo)

413 Yeah, I remember party lines and *extortion level* long-distance charges!

Call on nights/weekends-- they even published a handy chart inside the phone books!

Posted by: JQ at January 21, 2026 01:32 AM (rdVOm)

414 That pic with all the hollerith cards? It's been "burned", the film version of photoshop. Notice how from the hips down, that model's body is just a dark space, until you finally see a bit of one leg and a bit of foot. The key is the date: 1966. The heyday of the miniskirt. The company brass saw the picture and decided that all that leg wasn't the image they wanted.
My card story - in '69, I wrote a Fortran program to calculate LCR values for an equalizer network for differing lengths of coax, all on cards. The deck was about 7 inches.
15 years and two companies later, at a conference, I run into my old boss, who tells me that they got an order for more of that product, they dug out the cards, had some contract company run them through a reader onto an 8" floppy, and it worked fine on Fortran77.

Posted by: buddhaha at January 21, 2026 01:35 AM (epPlm)

415 Text is great, especially now that my hearing is *shot*

A good friend (RIP) was suffering lung cancer & wanted to call but was unable to talk much without running out of breath, and I could barely hear her speak. TEXT to the rescue! We could finally communicate!

Love ya, Jo! Miss you, girlfriend...

Posted by: JQ at January 21, 2026 01:37 AM (rdVOm)

416 There were the 10-10 numbers in the 90s and early oughts. 10 cents a minute long distance! We were young and broke and far from family. I used 10-10 a lot to talk to my gtanddad, bless him.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 21, 2026 01:39 AM (gh32g)

417 Don't remember 10-10. Hmm. But I bought "long distance cards" for travel.. in case of trouble, I'd always be able to call someone from somewhere, without a couple rolls of quarters LOL.

Posted by: JQ at January 21, 2026 01:42 AM (rdVOm)

418 The London Bullion market is in deep trouble: they've sold the same Silver bars to several different customers, and the customers want delivery. Did you ever see the movie The Producers? Yeah the banks sold 2 to 3 hundred % of Springtime for Hitler never dreaming people would ask for their shares. Ruh Rho.
Posted by: An Observation

The silver market has been in a state of flux for about a decade. Small investor demand for the poor man's bullion has put extreme pressure on supply. Combine that with China, the no. 3 exporter restricting exports and supply has been seriously squeezed. This isn't the first time London has been caught selling phantom silver. A chunk of the big players holdings are paper. They're having a harder time moving it because buyers want physical silver now. The supply squeeze isn't going away anytime soon. There was a rumor that Musk's level of concern has him looking at investing in the production end.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 21, 2026 01:43 AM (T3puI)

419 DOOF! yikes! I fell asleep and missed it all....anyways hi..

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 21, 2026 01:46 AM (LNeRu)

420 Wait, is the B7 chord supposed to be difficult or am I just a pre-arthritic troglodite?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 21, 2026 01:49 AM (mlg/3)

421 Hi, COMM!

Wobbly table is empty I think... but you're welcome to sit at the bar! Plenty of seats available.

Posted by: JQ at January 21, 2026 01:50 AM (rdVOm)

422 Yeah, the old job had entire arrays of hydraulic presses and rams... am mo factory, ya know.
Posted by: JQ

CCI or Freedom?

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 21, 2026 01:53 AM (T3puI)

423 I didn't read back to guesses...I'm guessing the the theme to be really bad covers of 60s tunes...just my poorly formed guess...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 21, 2026 01:55 AM (LNeRu)

424 CCi/Speer

Posted by: JQ at January 21, 2026 01:58 AM (rdVOm)

425 Tommy James and the Shondells songs to be exact, COMM.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 21, 2026 01:59 AM (gh32g)

426 'Freedom' picked up our quitters & folks what failed the drug tests...

Posted by: JQ at January 21, 2026 02:03 AM (rdVOm)

427 How did a walrus dick get to NJ?
And how will they replace it?

Posted by: DaveA at January 21, 2026 01:32 AM (FhXTo)

It was Chris Christie's

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 21, 2026 02:05 AM (snZF9)

428 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Kinda late - was doing some research for a kitchen appliance....

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 21, 2026 02:06 AM (SRRAx)

429 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Kinda late - was doing some research for a kitchen appliance....
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth
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Oooooo! Whatcha gonna buy?

Posted by: JQ at January 21, 2026 02:07 AM (rdVOm)

430
Donna, sorry to hear about you and your sis. I hope you can regain some health and strength and come back to us.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 21, 2026 02:09 AM (tkcii)

431 421 JQ

I thought everyone might have left... we'll I can certainly cozy up to the bar! I'll have a beer please!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 21, 2026 02:09 AM (LNeRu)

432 'Freedom' picked up our quitters & folks what failed the drug tests...
Posted by: JQ
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Ugh. Sorry that sounds cruel, but I know some of the people. It's the truth.

Posted by: JQ at January 21, 2026 02:10 AM (rdVOm)

433 *slides a beer down the bar to COMM*

Welcome! It's kinda slow tonight, but pleasant atmosphere.

Posted by: JQ at January 21, 2026 02:11 AM (rdVOm)

434 Silver: 94.18

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 21, 2026 02:12 AM (HAlvi)

435 Wait, is the B7 chord supposed to be difficult or am I just a pre-arthritic troglodite?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 21, 2026 01:49 AM (mlg/3)

No its not difficult. If you can make an E or an AM you should be ok, because the fingering is a little similar. You just need to add that pinky, but that could be the problem note if you actually are a tad arthritic.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 21, 2026 02:12 AM (snZF9)

436
The London Bullion market is in deep trouble: they've sold the same Silver bars to several different customers, and the customers want delivery. Did you ever see the movie The Producers? Yeah the banks sold 2 to 3 hundred % of Springtime for Hitler never dreaming people would ask for their shares. Ruh Rho.
Posted by: An Observation

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I haven't seen The Producers, but I saw Bugsy. Mr. Siegel sold the same shares to multiple people never dreaming he would not be able to pyramid it back to them. (Actually, that's not a pyramid scheme, but it's some sort of scheme.)

I'm very surprised that The London Bullion market has made this kind of error. I think of London as still being a, if not the, world finance center.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 21, 2026 02:12 AM (tkcii)

437 I knew a guy who had a sailboat named “Oosik”.

(The Inuit name for the os penis of the Walrus)

Posted by: Fenderbender at January 21, 2026 02:13 AM (x8own)

438 425 scarymary
Yes! Holy cow...so obvious. I loved all those songs back in the day😀!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 21, 2026 02:14 AM (LNeRu)

439 CCi/Speer
Posted by: JQ

I've got a boatload of your product.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 21, 2026 02:16 AM (T3puI)

440
Trump is setting the agenda at Davos this year.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls

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And he's not even there.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 21, 2026 02:17 AM (tkcii)

441 433

Thanks darlin'!
*gulping said beer*

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 21, 2026 02:17 AM (LNeRu)

442 I'm very surprised that The London Bullion market has made this kind of error. I think of London as still being a, if not the, world finance center.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 21, 2026 02:12 AM (tkcii)

There are plenty of stupid and greedy people who wear three-piece suits.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 21, 2026 02:22 AM (sqSJJ)

443 Well shit, if everybody is still drinking I guess I can do another small glass. I'll go half.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 21, 2026 02:22 AM (snZF9)

444 So. Busy day today. One good beer, JQ. Thank you my dear pal. Imma gonna have to nap now....

"Good night! May your dreams be less awkward than your day.”

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 21, 2026 02:22 AM (LNeRu)

445 I've got a boatload of your product.
Posted by: Sock Monkey
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Thank you for your support! I hope it performs *perfectly* for you!

Also, note: ICE uses our stuff, too. GDHP FTW!

Posted by: JQ at January 21, 2026 02:23 AM (rdVOm)

446 'Night, COMM.

*2 fingers of... Buffalo Trace tonight, Bers?*

Posted by: JQ at January 21, 2026 02:24 AM (rdVOm)

447 CCi/Speer

Posted by: JQ at January 21, 2026 01:58 AM (rdVOm)

No shit. I used a lot of that stuff a million years ago when I used to reload. Probably been 35 years since I did that.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 21, 2026 02:25 AM (snZF9)

448 Makers Mark is also on the shelf, Bers..

What'll it be?

Posted by: JQ at January 21, 2026 02:26 AM (rdVOm)

449 Slides in next to COMM, I fell asleep too. I hope that I don't disturb the tranquility of the bar.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 21, 2026 02:26 AM (0nHVk)

450 *2 fingers of... Buffalo Trace tonight, Bers?*

Posted by: JQ at January 21, 2026 02:24 AM (rdVOm)

Not really, I hate that shit for some reason. I bought a bottle to see what the hubub was about. It didn't grow on me. I'm doing Makers right now, probably got a couple weeks left of that and I'll move on to the woodford.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 21, 2026 02:28 AM (snZF9)

451 Hi, Debby!

No problem, it's a mellow night here...

*serves Chivas with ice cube*

Posted by: JQ at January 21, 2026 02:28 AM (rdVOm)

452 Oooops. Heh. Sorry, Bers. Makers it is!

Posted by: JQ at January 21, 2026 02:29 AM (rdVOm)

453 I prefer the ice in my glass as you know, JQ, it is the ice all over the driveway and parking lots which is depressing me right now, jeepers, I don't want to break a hip!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 21, 2026 02:34 AM (0nHVk)

454 One day, there was a tour group of CBP personnel in our production area. Nice guys!

And one of them wanted to speak briefly with each of us, to thank us for making such a fine product and to tell us how it saved his life. Wow. The guy was practically in tears while telling his story. Made us proud and humbled simultaneously.

Posted by: JQ at January 21, 2026 02:35 AM (rdVOm)

455 Thank you for your support! I hope it performs *perfectly* for you!

Also, note: ICE uses our stuff, too. GDHP FTW!
Posted by: JQ

Consistent quality. That's why I have a boatload.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 21, 2026 02:36 AM (T3puI)

456 I prefer the ice in my glass as you know, JQ, it is the ice all over the driveway and parking lots which is depressing me right now, jeepers, I don't want to break a hip!
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
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Right on. Any more ice than you can fit in a glass, is too much!

Posted by: JQ at January 21, 2026 02:37 AM (rdVOm)

457 We used to have foreign guv contracts too-- I don't know what's going on since leaving the job-- but there were many millions of rounds for other countries.. plus dozens of State (and lower level) police depts all over the US.

Posted by: JQ at January 21, 2026 02:47 AM (rdVOm)

458 "Scientists call it the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt, and it is now big enough to be tracked from space almost every year."

Hmm. If I understand the other science correctly, areas over the deep sea don't have that many fish at one time since there's not much to eat and nowhere to hide. The Sargassum Belt may provide such a place, but that's speculation on my part based upon my imperfect interpretation of other things that I have read.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at January 21, 2026 02:50 AM (sgQOs)

459 Taiwan ordered I don't remember how many millions of 38 spl HBWC years ago-- a real b!tch to load & very damaging on impact-- I sure wouldn't mess around with those guys!

Posted by: JQ at January 21, 2026 02:52 AM (rdVOm)

460 Less than 1 to go

Posted by: Skip at January 21, 2026 03:02 AM (Ia/+0)

461 Sweet dreams Horde, I am off to sleep.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 21, 2026 03:02 AM (0nHVk)

462 Sad that the plant/production was sold off to some Czech buyer a year or two ago... don't know what's been going on there since then. Most of my cow-orkers have retired and I haven't stayed in touch with the ones still there.

Posted by: JQ at January 21, 2026 03:03 AM (rdVOm)

463 Good night, Debby!

Posted by: JQ at January 21, 2026 03:04 AM (rdVOm)

464 "Depends on how Trump is engaged. If Canada, or for that matter, a bunch of drunk gypsies decided to go kinetic, yes the US would lose if we relied on Trump to send in physical force."

You should breath now.

(If you that fucking stupid to believe that crap, you are too fucking stupid to breath.)

Posted by: Richard Cranium at January 21, 2026 03:27 AM (sgQOs)

465 Really could nap longer but mighg as well get up

Posted by: Skip at January 21, 2026 03:32 AM (Ia/+0)

466 Hi Skip.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 21, 2026 03:33 AM (sAmhv)

467 TECH THREAD IS NOOD

Posted by: Skip at January 21, 2026 04:00 AM (Ia/+0)

468 It's "COBOL", not "Cobalt" the element. Common Business-oriented Language. Based in the flawed idea that using non-tech sounding language would allow pointy-haired bosses to code. Usually produced a mess.

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at January 21, 2026 06:56 AM (FpP3s)

Tuesday Cafe

Snowy night in Tokyo
by @Omicram_Box

The creepiest of all dance moves.

Cute little puppy sneaks in for a bashful kiss.

Dog makes friends with some donkeys.

Big cat combat crawl.

Cat brings her kitten to snuggle with her human.

Watchcat on duty.

Sneaky single mother cat tricked a poor dog into thinking he's the father.

Attention-seeker.

Ping pong rope-a-dope.

Aw: Senior dog needs a little help to play fetch, and the younger dog supplies it.

The younger dog lays toys for the older dog so it can also play fetch..🐕🐾🐶😍 pic.twitter.com/ogLgllfo1u
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) January 20, 2026

The deaf dog who loves fireworks. pic.twitter.com/DBwNODXbBt
— The Figen (@TheFigen_) January 20, 2026

Pupper living the best life..🐕🐾⛷️😍

📹mayamoogoIden pic.twitter.com/SoJu7c9hIB
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) January 18, 2026

What a beautiful scene. pic.twitter.com/Bw4qjhBfxe
— The Figen (@TheFigen_) January 20, 2026

Posted by: Ace at 07:10 PM

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1 Is that the ASUS factory?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 20, 2026 07:12 PM (pkeXY)

2 Snowy!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 20, 2026 07:12 PM (Cjt/F)

3 How come that one woman is wearing pants?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 20, 2026 07:13 PM (pkeXY)

4 That last vid looks like my backyard

Posted by: garrett at January 20, 2026 07:13 PM (ZcsJV)

5 Like to see an AI sort out that rats' nest of overhead cables

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 20, 2026 07:13 PM (/lPRQ)

6 Love the nighttime Tokyo pics.

Posted by: Tuna at January 20, 2026 07:14 PM (lJ0H4)

7 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at January 20, 2026 07:15 PM (Ia/+0)

8 Snowy night in Tokyo

I'll help them warm up a little.

Posted by: James Doolittle at January 20, 2026 07:15 PM (se8lQ)

9 Tokyo gets snow?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 20, 2026 07:15 PM (snZF9)

10 Neo some time ago had a video of those 'floating' dancers
Its a bit creepy

Posted by: Skip at January 20, 2026 07:16 PM (Ia/+0)

11 It's always a sad moment when the "Cafe" is posted, and the day's breaking-news hilarious repartee is shut down for the night. Sigh.

Posted by: zombie at January 20, 2026 07:16 PM (se8lQ)

12 Worst willow of my life.

Trump's methods are clumsy and embarrassing, but there is a serious concern behind them.
Posted by: John Lawrence

Here's my take from watching Trump. He has masterfully prepped the battlefield. He puts out the most outrageous demands and gets the response he wanted.

Now, he'll come back and offer a 100 year lease. The Euros can save a little face while we now can invest knowing regardless of what government may come, we have what we want from Greenland. We can invest in infrastructure for mining, etc. and finalize the missing piece of the Golden Dome. The Danes can probably wet their beak on the mining.

Also, the current residents can remain subjects of the Danish crown which has done so much for them. I assume they're all on the dole, so we won't have that expense. They said they wanted to remain subjects, so go and may God have mercy on your mercenary souls.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 20, 2026 07:16 PM (cxFcK)

13 As if pit bulls weren't wonderful enough already, now they have an XL bully

Posted by: Oglebay at January 20, 2026 07:17 PM (GPa4z)

14 Is 2026 going to be a year without GAINZ?

Posted by: garrett at January 20, 2026 07:18 PM (ZcsJV)

15 Strip Live Theatre
With Information and five pictures.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 20, 2026 07:18 PM (/lPRQ)

16 >>>Sneaky single mother cat tricked a poor dog into thinking he's the father.

This, too, is the story of Obama.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 20, 2026 07:19 PM (dK+Kv)

17 Ever see those monkeys in Japan who go into a hot spring in the winter?

Posted by: Skip at January 20, 2026 07:20 PM (Ia/+0)

18 Still bat-free in '26! A breath of fresh air!

Posted by: Penguin Liberation Front at January 20, 2026 07:20 PM (oftw2)

19 Love the nighttime Tokyo pics.

A lot of seventies and eighties science fiction assumed that Japanese culture would take over in the United States. There are parts of it where that would be better than what we actually got.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 20, 2026 07:21 PM (4ZQ4g)

20
*runs finger over tabletop*

*shakes head at dust*

Good evening, Hordians.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 20, 2026 07:22 PM (tgvbd)

21 How come that one woman is wearing pants?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

Does kind of ruin the illusion, but it's nice to see what the steps actually look like.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 20, 2026 07:22 PM (a+4eV)

22 A lot of seventies and eighties science fiction assumed that Japanese culture would take over in the United States. There are parts of it where that would be better than what we actually got.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 20, 2026 07:21 PM (4ZQ4g)

Out of all the wonderful possibilities, Minneapolis chose…. Somalia.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 20, 2026 07:23 PM (8YGuO)

23 Cyberpunk dystopia as portrayed in '80s and '90s science fiction was better than the cyberpunk dystopia that emerged in reality.

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at January 20, 2026 07:24 PM (8uLfZ)

24 Just saw this on X:
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Democrats have been in power in Virginia for ~48 hours and they’ve already introduced a bill to ban the hand-counting of election ballots…

"Prohibits such ballots from being counted by hand for any reason…"
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Posted by: Axeman at January 20, 2026 07:25 PM (krQz2)

25 Out of all the wonderful possibilities, Minneapolis chose…. Somalia.

That and California are among the main examples I was thinking of.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 20, 2026 07:25 PM (4ZQ4g)

26 The overworked AoSHQ janitorial staff has labored overtime to remove the mephitic residues from the recent penguinicity, and have succeeded, by and large.

Great job, folks! Thank you!!!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 20, 2026 07:26 PM (0sNs1)

27 Out of all the wonderful possibilities, Minneapolis chose…. Somalia.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 20, 2026 07:23 PM (8YGuO)

That is the flip side of cyberpunk. The whole anarcho-tyranny requires the top end corporate elite and the bottom end slums, and cyberpunk genre is surfing the atomizing structure in between

Posted by: Kindltot at January 20, 2026 07:26 PM (rbvCR)

28 >>Democrats have been in power in Virginia for ~48 hours and they’ve already introduced a bill to ban the hand-counting of election ballots…

They are also going to pass a Wealth / Asset Tax of 3.8% on any equity holder with 1 mil in assets.

Posted by: garrett at January 20, 2026 07:26 PM (ZcsJV)

29 Just saw this on X:
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Democrats have been in power in Virginia for ~48 hours and they’ve already introduced a bill to ban the hand-counting of election ballots…

"Prohibits such ballots from being counted by hand for any reason…"
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Posted by: Axeman

Once they ban the teaching of counting in school they will have total control.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 20, 2026 07:26 PM (/lPRQ)

30
"Prohibits such ballots from being counted by hand for any reason…"
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Posted by: Axeman

Breathtaking. "So, we're cheating and telling you we are and there's nothing you can do about it, 'cause democracy."

Posted by: Auspex at January 20, 2026 07:27 PM (Y8DZL)

31 The creepiest of all dance moves.

__________________________

Stand the f*ck back.

Posted by: Elaine Bennis at January 20, 2026 07:28 PM (dIske)

32 From Comer's X account.

Facing contempt of Congress, the Clintons’ lawyers made an untenable offer: that I travel to New York for a conversation with President Clinton only. No official transcript would be recorded and other Members of Congress would be barred from participating.

He turned this wonderful offer down.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 20, 2026 07:29 PM (cxFcK)

33 We’re getting reindeer this weekend in Georgia. 60% chance of polar bears too.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 20, 2026 07:29 PM (qLtZW)

34 Evenin’, All.

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 07:30 PM (77rzZ)

35 They are also going to pass a Wealth / Asset Tax of 3.8% on any equity holder with 1 mil in assets.
Posted by: garrett at January 20, 2026 07:26 PM (ZcsJV)

That is all the rage these days. The yoots think it's great cuz no one needs that much money.

It will, of course, have catastrophic results but that'll be the fault of wreckers.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 20, 2026 07:30 PM (ExV1e)

36 Ryan Seacrest is only 51 but he looks like a 65 year old who’s had plastic surgery to look younger.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 20, 2026 07:32 PM (XV/Pl)

37 Maybe some of our Virginia Horde would consider a new Texas location

Posted by: Ben Had at January 20, 2026 07:32 PM (0KSrI)

38 Clinton's know nothing will happen to them, protected by the Democrats Propaganda Ministry and Democrats

Posted by: Skip at January 20, 2026 07:32 PM (Ia/+0)

39 Good for Indiana. I’m gonna start following my son’s Alma mater Virginia Tech. They’ve just hired that Penn State guy.

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 07:33 PM (77rzZ)

40 The creepiest of all dance moves.

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So the idea is to not bust a move.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 20, 2026 07:34 PM (L/fGl)

41 12 Worst willow of my life.

Trump's methods are clumsy and embarrassing, but there is a serious concern behind them.
Posted by: John Lawrence

Here's my take from watching Trump. He has masterfully prepped the battlefield. He puts out the most outrageous demands and gets the response he wanted.

...
...
...
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 20, 2026 07:16 PM (cxFcK)
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When he negotiates he's going in a straight line but he puts out so much flak that he may be negotiating something entirely different that what he's talking about.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 20, 2026 07:34 PM (HAlvi)

42 Good for Indiana. I’m gonna start following my son’s Alma mater Virginia Tech. They’ve just hired that Penn State guy.
Posted by: Bulg

Now that everybody can pay players, suddenly the SEC doesn't seem so dominate.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 20, 2026 07:35 PM (cxFcK)

43 37 Maybe some of our Virginia Horde would consider a new Texas location
Posted by: Ben Had

They'll turn down the offer because of the Thai food at 3 AM thing.

Posted by: Nice Gulag They Live In at January 20, 2026 07:35 PM (oftw2)

44 Cyberpunk dystopia as portrayed in '80s and '90s science fiction was better than the cyberpunk dystopia that emerged in reality.
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at January 20, 2026 07:24 PM (8uLfZ)
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The Powers That Be in this world consciously chose to use those dystopias as a blueprint for remaking society.

Unfortunately, they are incompetent, so the reality is so much worse.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 20, 2026 07:35 PM (ESVrU)

45 Personally I think Macron showing up at WEF wearing the shades is tres Frances. He looks like he should be smoking a Gauloises with a MAB modele C in his waistband and the solid knowledge that a couple of his boys have MAS-38s folded up in the trunk of the Citroen to back up his threats.

Probably just that his security were unable to drag Brigitte off of him fast enough on the plane and he is hiding a shiner, but still, what class, what panache.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 20, 2026 07:36 PM (rbvCR)

46 The paucity of penguin pics promotes preposterous penguinaphobia.

Posted by: Paco at January 20, 2026 07:37 PM (2L+MU)

47 Indiana's football championship is pretty good but I still think Indiana State's basketball run to the championship game is a better story. Still disappointed after all these years that they lost.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 20, 2026 07:39 PM (KDPiq)

48 Personally I think Macron showing up at WEF wearing the shades is tres Frances.
Posted by: Kindltot

I read he bumped into his wife's penis.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 20, 2026 07:39 PM (cxFcK)

49 38 Clinton's know nothing will happen to them, protected by the Democrats Propaganda Ministry and Democrats
Posted by: Skip
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We can't send them to prison.
We can't convict them.
But we can disturb them, greatly.
Bondi's not doing it.
No one is doing it.
Travesty
Shame

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 20, 2026 07:39 PM (HAlvi)

50 Juan Williams says all those proposals in Virginia are just that i.e. proposals We shouldn't worry about them.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 20, 2026 07:40 PM (pkeXY)

51 I want to think that a wealth tax is unconstitutional, but perhaps a state can get away with it. Pretty effective way to drive all the true wealth out real fast.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 20, 2026 07:40 PM (8YGuO)

52 Howard Lutnick is a savage. LMAO...he did the equivalent of waltzing into the opposing team's dugout just to tell them they suck, and they already lost.

Posted by: Orson at January 20, 2026 07:41 PM (dIske)

53 40 The creepiest of all dance moves.

-
So the idea is to not bust a move.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 20, 2026 07:34 PM

I was impressed that the busts (of which there appeared to be a number with sufficient mass) did not exhibit any oscillations, which, of course, are beautifully described by third-order differential equations.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 20, 2026 07:41 PM (0sNs1)

54 They'll turn down the offer because of the Thai food at 3 AM thing.

Austin used to have great 3am Thai, but it gets expensive to stay open late when blue cities prioritize chaos and criminals. Also just plain high taxes and red tape.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 20, 2026 07:41 PM (gucgM)

55 >>> 37 Maybe some of our Virginia Horde would consider a new Texas location
Posted by: Ben Had at January 20, 2026 07:32 PM (0KSrI)

I will help anyone who wants to leave.

Also, I would LMAO if the western counties of VA were able to merge with WV.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 20, 2026 07:42 PM (ULPxl)

56 >>I want to think that a wealth tax is unconstitutional, but perhaps a state can get away with it. Pretty effective way to drive all the true wealth out real fast.

I don't know that I can think of a more effective way to lose the most productive of your Citizens?

Posted by: garrett at January 20, 2026 07:42 PM (ZcsJV)

57 Juan Williams says all those proposals in Virginia are just that i.e. proposals We shouldn't worry about them.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot

Juan Williams puts the idiot in useful idiot

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at January 20, 2026 07:43 PM (eoX/z)

58 Penguin Pong was a short-lived fad, similar to Pickleball, but with penguins. The Big Penguin popularized program was dominated by one player in particular, the come-from-unknown "Paco", who seemed to have a particular affinity for the sport, and reportedly raked in millions from the mephitic merchandising.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at January 20, 2026 07:44 PM (vFG9F)

59 Starting Saturday just an hour north of Houston we're going to have 4days where we will get down into the 20's.

That always sucks since we aren't built for that.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 20, 2026 07:44 PM (KDPiq)

60 It seems difficult to believe that a wealth tax is unchanged but a property tax is not. They should be, but I don’t think they are.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 20, 2026 07:45 PM (12gEb)

61 The Model C was a design based on the John Browning-designed FN Model 1910.
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Of course it is.
They all are.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 20, 2026 07:45 PM (HAlvi)

62 Unchanged should be unconstitutional. Autocorrect should have left it unchanged.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 20, 2026 07:45 PM (12gEb)

63 Most retail places are closed by 8, some grocery and pharmacy are open later. Nothing is 24 hours anymore.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 20, 2026 07:45 PM (RIvkX)

64 Nothing can ever bring down even a fairly low-voltage Democrat operative. Ruling class does what ruling class wants.

The idea that the Clintons would be held to account for something is ridiculous, which I've been saying for a decade, ever since Trump first threw out that red meat.

This story isn't even worth discussion.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 20, 2026 07:46 PM (BI5O2)

65 >>> 59 Starting Saturday just an hour north of Houston we're going to have 4days where we will get down into the 20's.

That always sucks since we aren't built for that.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 20, 2026 07:44 PM (KDPiq)

Looks like that storm system is going to fck with most of the SE, although not nearly as bad as Snowmaggedon '21. Hope all you Morons are ready.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 20, 2026 07:46 PM (ULPxl)

66 56 >>I want to think that a wealth tax is unconstitutional, but perhaps a state can get away with it. Pretty effective way to drive all the true wealth out real fast.

I don't know that I can think of a more effective way to lose the most productive of your Citizens?
Posted by: garrett at January 20, 2026 07:42 PM (ZcsJV)
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What's absolutely mind boggling is that all those taxes (projected assets, inheritence, capital gains, wealth tax)..they are obviously created (some from thin air and creativity) to accomodate State's & Federal shortfalls, that might have been manageable had the fraud been addressed, negating the need for such taxes.

Posted by: Orson at January 20, 2026 07:47 PM (dIske)

67 I wonder if PDT's shout-out to the Hells Angels at his press briefing today was a suggestion.

Posted by: old chick at January 20, 2026 07:47 PM (F3Dlr)

68 >>> 67 I wonder if PDT's shout-out to the Hells Angels at his press briefing today was a suggestion.
Posted by: old chick at January 20, 2026 07:47 PM (F3Dlr)

Heh. What did he say?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 20, 2026 07:48 PM (ULPxl)

69 This story isn't even worth discussion.

I’m torn on this. Yes, nothing will happen to the Clintons. On the other hand make them say it.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 20, 2026 07:48 PM (12gEb)

70 I don't know that I can think of a more effective way to lose the most productive of your Citizens?
Posted by: garrett at January 20, 2026 07:42 PM (ZcsJV)

California has been testing that theory for past five years.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 20, 2026 07:49 PM (KDPiq)

71 59 Starting Saturday just an hour north of Houston we're going to have 4days where we will get down into the 20's.

That always sucks since we aren't built for that.

Posted by: Opinion fact

Put on your big boy pants and a hat. You’ll be fine.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 20, 2026 07:50 PM (HCL3E)

72 I better call it a night
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at January 20, 2026 07:50 PM (Ia/+0)

73 Most retail places are closed by 8, some grocery and pharmacy are open later. Nothing is 24 hours anymore.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

That's a return to how it used to be, and probably a reasonable course of action for most stores.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 20, 2026 07:52 PM (a+4eV)

74 Rainy Night in Georgia > Snowy Night in Tokyo.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 20, 2026 07:52 PM (wVcYX)

75 I don't know that I can think of a more effective way to lose the most productive of your Citizens?
Posted by: garrett at January 20, 2026 07:42 PM (ZcsJV)

Reminds me of one of my favorite quotes:
“Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded — here and there, now and then — are the work of an extremely small minority, frequently despised, often condemned, and almost always opposed by all right-thinking people. Whenever this tiny minority is kept from creating, or (as sometimes happens) is driven out of a society, the people then slip back into abject poverty.

This is known as "bad luck”.
Robert Heinlein

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 20, 2026 07:52 PM (8YGuO)

76 On the other hand make them say it.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 20, 2026 07:48 PM (12gEb)

They won't be made to say a word. They'll defy Congress, and they'll get away with it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 20, 2026 07:52 PM (BI5O2)

77 I wonder if PDT's shout-out to the Hells Angels at his press briefing today was a suggestion.
Posted by: old chick at January 20, 2026 07:47 PM (F3Dlr)

Sounded more like a thank you for some unplanned outer perimeter backup. That probably freaked the SS.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 20, 2026 07:52 PM (rbvCR)

78 That always sucks since we aren't built for that.
Posted by: Opinion fact

Thurs and Fri our daytime air temp will be -17 and the overnight low -29. Once you add the windchill even our pipes will beg for mercy.

Posted by: old chick at January 20, 2026 07:52 PM (F3Dlr)

79 >>> 71
==
Put on your big boy pants and a hat. You’ll be fine.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 20, 2026 07:50 PM (HCL3E)

Hey! It's going to be below 60 degrees!

Forecast says freezing rain Saturday and three nights of below 15. My goats will NOT be happy.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 20, 2026 07:53 PM (ULPxl)

80 Maybe some of our Virginia Horde would consider a new Texas location
Posted by: Ben Had

They'll turn down the offer because of the Thai food at 3 AM thing.
Posted by: Nice Gulag They Live In at January 20, 2026 07:35 PM (oftw2)

There's Virginia folk who've made the pilgrimage to Texas. Some more than once.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 20, 2026 07:53 PM (ExV1e)

81 That always sucks since we aren't built for that.

Posted by: Opinion fact
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Eat more bacon with steak, eggs, and cheese.
White toast with lots of Falfurrias butter.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 20, 2026 07:53 PM (HAlvi)

82 >>> 59 Starting Saturday just an hour north of Houston we're going to have 4days where we will get down into the 20's.

That always sucks since we aren't built for that.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 20, 2026 07:44 PM (KDPiq)

Looks like that storm system is going to fck with most of the SE, although not nearly as bad as Snowmaggedon '21. Hope all you Morons are ready.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 20, 2026 07:46 PM (ULPxl)

It's like Mr. Freeze is detonating a freeze bomb in our AO. We need Batman now more than ever.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 20, 2026 07:54 PM (wVcYX)

83 That was historically one thing that made America great. Money always goes where it’s treated best. A sound currency.

Property rights, Rule of Law. Presumption of Innocence. Equal rights under the Law. Right to face one’s accuser.

Business and capital investment depends on certainty. Reasonable certainty anyhow. Planning ten years out, one could reasonably predict interest rates would be in historical ranges. There wouldn’t have been a military coups and currency revaluation and sovereign debt default and all that bullshit.

As a consequence of all these things, and more, America drew top talent and money from around the globe. It ain’t rocket science. But government has become infested with cretins and idiots, and indeed rapacious financial entities “too big to fail” have achieved regulatory capture. The currency has turned to confetti.

Something new in the U.S.A. that the rest of the world has had long bitter experience with. Life is cheap in America.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 20, 2026 07:54 PM (SH3As)

84 >>>They'll turn down the offer because of the Thai food at 3 AM thing.
Posted by: Nice Gulag They Live In at January 20, 2026 07:35 PM (oftw2)
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Good for them.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 20, 2026 07:54 PM (HAlvi)

85 68 (from FOX)
President Donald Trump said criminal illegal aliens being removed from the U.S. are so violent, they "make the Hells Angels look like the sweetest people on Earth," arguing tougher border enforcement is now driving what he called "reverse migration."

He added that the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club members are now considered "nice, high-quality person," noting that he likes them because they voted for and protected him.

Posted by: old chick at January 20, 2026 07:55 PM (F3Dlr)

86 Starting Saturday just an hour north of Houston we're going to have 4days where we will get down into the 20's.
That always sucks since we aren't built for that.
Posted by: Opinion fact

Open the cabinets under your sinks, let the water dribble while it is cold out, put a space heater in the attic where the water heater is, and make sure to swathe your outside faucets with towels for insulation.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 20, 2026 07:55 PM (rbvCR)

87 This continues to escape me. What exactly are these massive AI data centers going to do?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 20, 2026 07:30 PM (XeU6L)

It's surveillance. What other "massive data" is there?

Posted by: ... at January 20, 2026 07:55 PM (E0p3T)

88 We need Batman now more than ever.

I thought Mr. Freeze was a Flash villain?

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 20, 2026 07:56 PM (B1V5i)

89 We bought my wife's kid a woodstove, she is delighted about it.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 20, 2026 07:56 PM (rbvCR)

90 Is that the ASUS factory?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

* golf clap *

.....it's a ramen restaurant named たちひら , Tachihira.

Posted by: mikeski at January 20, 2026 07:56 PM (VHUov)

91 There's Virginia folk who've made the pilgrimage to Texas"

Sam Houston?

Posted by: man at January 20, 2026 07:56 PM (XuXeR)

92 although not nearly as bad as Snowmaggedon '21
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Pfft.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_Storm_of_the_Century

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 20, 2026 07:56 PM (XeU6L)

93 Below freezing and rain predicted here starting Friday night. Haven't had an ice event in a long time.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 20, 2026 07:57 PM (0KSrI)

94 Maybe some of our Virginia Horde would consider a new Texas location
Posted by: Ben Had

They'll turn down the offer because of the Thai food at 3 AM thing.
Posted by: Nice Gulag They Live In at January 20, 2026 07:35 PM (oftw2)

There's Virginia folk who've made the pilgrimage to Texas. Some more than once.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 20, 2026 07:53 PM (ExV1e)

Some of us traded the Sweet Virginia Breeze for Texas BBQ, Nolan Ryan and Earl Campbell, and sunshine most of the time.

Posted by: Count de Monet, Born in D.C., raised in MD, learnt in VA, living the life in TX at January 20, 2026 07:57 PM (wVcYX)

95 I thought Mr. Freeze was a Flash villain?
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 20, 2026 07:56 PM (B1V5i)

I remember him from Batman 1966 TV show.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 20, 2026 07:58 PM (wVcYX)

96 They are also going to pass a Wealth / Asset Tax of 3.8% on any equity holder with 1 mil in assets.
Posted by: garrett

Sounds like an Obama Tax - penalize middle class people who worked a lifetime to hold a nestegg to retire on. They say $1-2M should be the size of it.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 20, 2026 07:58 PM (/lPRQ)

97 Good for Indiana. I’m gonna start following my son’s Alma mater Virginia Tech. They’ve just hired that Penn State guy.
Posted by: Bulg

I like that the championship stays in the Big Ten. I'm an OSU alum. Wish I could follow my son's Alma Mater, USC(South Carolina) but I don't think they will ever be anything.

Posted by: Tuna at January 20, 2026 07:59 PM (lJ0H4)

98

Here in SW Wyoming we are having a mild winter. No snow and we need it to refill our reservoir so we will have drinking water.

Posted by: four seasons at January 20, 2026 07:59 PM (3ek7K)

99 California has been testing that theory for past five years.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 20, 2026 07:49 PM (KDPiq)

_____________________________________

I was just reading about the California Franchise Tax Board (FTB), which operates like a terrorist organization. Their latest little endeavor is to adjust for people who work from home, which has escalated. A lot of the people who left California moved just over the border to Nevada which has no State Income Tax. As they are working from home it would make sense to do so. California is still making them pay State Income Tax if they have the least little connection to California in the company they work for despite all their wages being paid to them in a separate state.

Posted by: Orson at January 20, 2026 07:59 PM (dIske)

100
Yeah, the weather guys are talking dirty. Really nasty. I'm pulling for the GFS vs the Euro model runs for us. GFS has the moisture hitting later, meaning more snow/sleet, while the Euro has a big ice event. Don't want that.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 20, 2026 07:59 PM (w6EFb)

101 Eat more bacon with steak, eggs, and cheese.
White toast with lots of Falfurrias butter.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 20, 2026 07:53 PM (HAlvi)

Sounds like a plan!

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 20, 2026 07:59 PM (wVcYX)

102 When political parties start fucking things up, when the Socialists seize control, forget it. There won’t be any long term capital investments, factories, none of it. Too risky.

They change their mind at the drop of a hat. Not worth the uncertainty. The “Biden” administration canceled the Keystone pipeline on day 1; they are at war against the people via energy if you really think about it. “Green” energy is just a cover story, in my opinion.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 20, 2026 08:00 PM (SH3As)

103 This continues to escape me. What exactly are these massive AI data centers going to do?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 20, 2026 07:30 PM (XeU6L)

It's surveillance. What other "massive data" is there?
Posted by: ...
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Yeah, I realize that the question answers itself. It is the sacrifice of security to convenience.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 20, 2026 08:00 PM (XeU6L)

104 Open the cabinets under your sinks, let the water dribble while it is cold out, put a space heater in the attic where the water heater is, and make sure to swathe your outside faucets with towels for insulation.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 20, 2026 07:55 PM (rbvCR)

Also a solid plan!

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 20, 2026 08:01 PM (wVcYX)

105 >>> 101 Eat more bacon with steak, eggs, and cheese.
White toast with lots of Falfurrias butter.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 20, 2026 07:53 PM (HAlvi)

Sounds like a plan!
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 20, 2026 07:59 PM (wVcYX)

Hmm, I should check my pantry for French Toast ingredients. I know I have eggs...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 20, 2026 08:01 PM (ULPxl)

106 >>Here in SW Wyoming we are having a mild winter. No snow and we need it to refill our reservoir so we will have drinking water.

Have you not been getting rain?

We haven't had dick for valley snow, but we have had a lot of rain and mountain snow.

Posted by: garrett at January 20, 2026 08:01 PM (ZcsJV)

107 Braenyard, Falfurrias is my butter of choice.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 20, 2026 08:01 PM (0KSrI)

108

garrett,

No rain for months and no snow.

Posted by: four seasons at January 20, 2026 08:01 PM (3ek7K)

109 Do y'all know why ducks have tails?

It's to cover their duck cracks.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 20, 2026 08:01 PM (0sNs1)

110 Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 20, 2026 07:58 PM (/lPRQ)

I hate the fact that they still tax savings and CD interest much less a wealth tax.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 20, 2026 08:02 PM (KDPiq)

111 "What exactly are these massive AI data centers going to do?"

Make cat videos without using actual cats.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at January 20, 2026 08:02 PM (vFG9F)

112 Hmm, I should check my pantry for French Toast ingredients. I know I have eggs...
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 20, 2026 08:01 PM

Don't forget the Grade B pure maple syrup.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 20, 2026 08:03 PM (0sNs1)

113

Wildfire season will be really bad this year.

Posted by: four seasons at January 20, 2026 08:03 PM (3ek7K)

114 Yeah, I realize that the question answers itself. It is the sacrifice of security to convenience.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 20, 2026 08:00

It's not, really. You might notice that most normies are not excited for AI, certainly not like they were for the internet.

But voters and consumers aren't being consulted.

This is a top-down push for AI, BAMN.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 20, 2026 08:03 PM (BI5O2)

115 Good for Indiana. I’m gonna start following my son’s Alma mater Virginia Tech. They’ve just hired that Penn State guy.
Posted by: Bulg

Son of a Hokie grad here. Iffen they get good, will have to give them a follow.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 20, 2026 08:04 PM (wVcYX)

116 > This continues to escape me. What exactly are these massive AI data centers going to do?
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Line local politicians pockets.

Increase water and electricity rates.

Make land ownership in affected areas unaffordable.

Rob you and your family of ever having a possible future without it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 20, 2026 08:05 PM (U2OZr)

117 Yeah, the weather guys are talking dirty. Really nasty. I'm pulling for the GFS vs the Euro model runs for us. GFS has the moisture hitting later, meaning more snow/sleet, while the Euro has a big ice event. Don't want that.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 20, 2026 07:59 PM (w6EFb)

Our WVLT meteorologist for the Knoxville area's concerned about just where that ice line is going to end up.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at January 20, 2026 08:06 PM (/HDaX)

118 >>Wildfire season will be really bad this year.

It always depends on Spring Rain here. If we get the rains in May/June, we are ok.
Without those, we burn. Regardless of snowpack.
Mostly due to the lack of soil here.
Snowpack is great and all, but not without something to impound runoff.

Posted by: garrett at January 20, 2026 08:07 PM (ZcsJV)

119 Sounds like an Obama Tax - penalize middle class people who worked a lifetime to hold a nestegg to retire on. They say $1-2M should be the size of it.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 20, 2026 07:58 PM (/lPRQ)

They do not want anyone to have a nest egg. Money is freedom and freedom is anathema to them.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 20, 2026 08:08 PM (ExV1e)

120 Egg, salad, egg custard, bacon/ eggs, steak/eggs, ham/ eggs, scrambled eggs, hollandaise sauce and fried egg sammiches.
A friend brought me 108 eggs.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 20, 2026 08:09 PM (0KSrI)

121 Below freezing temps continuously from 7pm Saturday through 11am Monday, 40 hours by my ciphering.

What say you, ERCOT?

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 20, 2026 08:09 PM (wVcYX)

122 Same thing here, no rain or snow . It seems to go around us. We might get a little snow from this

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 20, 2026 08:09 PM (+mUZM)

123 I remember him from Batman 1966 TV show.

Now that you mention it, I think he was in one of the movies, too. Probably he was slumming in the comic I read.

He teamed up with some heat-ray-using villain and ended up curing Flash’s broken leg, which was counterproductive to their purpose.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 20, 2026 08:10 PM (CSK7p)

124 I like the Hell’s Angels.
They voted for me.
They protected me, actually.
Believe it or not.
_President Donald J. Trump

I'd like to know the circumstances of that event.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 20, 2026 08:11 PM (HAlvi)

125 Yeah, I realize that the question answers itself. It is the sacrifice of security to convenience.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 20, 2026 08:00 PM (XeU6L)

No I think it's genuinely surveillance on such a scale no one can imagine it but them. That's why they're "all in". And that's why it's being done under the guise of "AI".

This is one of those things I warn about that in five years when it's totally obvious, I tell everyone I was saying it...

Posted by: ... at January 20, 2026 08:11 PM (E0p3T)

126 Is that the ASUS factory?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

* golf clap *
.....it's a ramen restaurant named たちひら , Tachihira.
Posted by: mikeski

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 20, 2026 08:11 PM (/lPRQ)

127 >>Same thing here, no rain or snow . It seems to go around us. We might get a little snow from this

The Swing years, between El Nino and La Nina usually do this to the Intermountain West.

The good snow is east and south (of me) in those years.

We do usually get late snow into March/April on those years, though. So, there is still a bit of hope.

Posted by: garrett at January 20, 2026 08:11 PM (ZcsJV)

128 The weather forecasters keep changing the forecast for Sat. And Sun, for the Nashville area. Right now it looks like a wintery mix on Sat. And snow on Sun.

Posted by: Tuna at January 20, 2026 08:11 PM (lJ0H4)

129 Egg, salad, egg custard, bacon/ eggs, steak/eggs, ham/ eggs, scrambled eggs, hollandaise sauce and fried egg sammiches.
A friend brought me 108 eggs.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 20, 2026 08:09 PM

Make some quiche-like things, and you can freeze them.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 20, 2026 08:12 PM (0sNs1)

130 You can rest assured of one thing. This is an iron law.

It doesn't matter if it's AI, or whatever. America's corrupt institutions hate its people, and anything they are in favor of will be used to harm you. Nothing they do will ever benefit you; if it would, they would be against it.

This goes for everything.

If you hear these people doing a full-court press for the Free Puppies Act, those puppies will turn out to be fast-growing genetically engineered maneaters who go into ravening mode as soon as they reach adulthood in six months.

There's always an attack on you built into every one of their plans.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 20, 2026 08:12 PM (BI5O2)

131 A friend brought me 108 eggs.
Posted by: Ben Had

That's almost gross.

Posted by: mikeski at January 20, 2026 08:12 PM (VHUov)

132 Egg, salad, egg custard, bacon/ eggs, steak/eggs, ham/ eggs, scrambled eggs, hollandaise sauce and fried egg sammiches.
A friend brought me 108 eggs.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 20, 2026 08:09 PM (0KSrI)

They're the fruit of the barnyard.

Posted by: Bubba at January 20, 2026 08:12 PM (wVcYX)

133
New Waifu Amelia:

https://x.com/martianwyrdlord/status/2013717354

589430206?s=20

These are a lot of fun. I hope they're making a difference.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 20, 2026 08:12 PM (iJfKG)

134 Duncanthrax. Thank you for that.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 20, 2026 08:12 PM (0KSrI)

135 Is that the ASUS factory?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

* golf clap *
.....it's a ramen restaurant named たちひら , Tachihira.
Posted by: mikeski

Ok,
The one just to the right, looks like it says,
"Strip Live Theater" and has pics of what could be... women.

What that say?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 20, 2026 08:13 PM (/lPRQ)

136 >>A friend brought me 108 eggs.

I'd be making a lot of Frozen Custards.

Posted by: garrett at January 20, 2026 08:13 PM (ZcsJV)

137 It doesn't matter if it's AI, or whatever. America's corrupt institutions hate its people, and anything they are in favor of will be used to harm you. Nothing they do will ever benefit you; if it would, they would be against it.

This goes for everything.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

I don't get it.

.....

* spit take *

I couldn't keep a straight face. Sorry.

Posted by: A. Fauci at January 20, 2026 08:14 PM (VHUov)

138 A friend brought me 108 eggs.

Ice cream. Chocolate creme. Meringue. Torrone. Divinity.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 20, 2026 08:15 PM (CSK7p)

139 garrett, unfortunately my freezer is full up with black walnut ice cream and pistachio gelato.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 20, 2026 08:15 PM (0KSrI)

140 Ice cream. Chocolate creme. Meringue. Torrone. Divinity.

Moron, why do these words sound so nasty?

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 20, 2026 08:15 PM (CSK7p)

141 A friend brought me 108 eggs.

Ice cream. Chocolate creme. Meringue. Torrone. Divinity.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair

Might be enough for a couple gallons of pickled eggs.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 20, 2026 08:16 PM (/lPRQ)

142 Itinerate Alley, Yes, thank you. I even have a big enough glass jar.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 20, 2026 08:17 PM (0KSrI)

143 If you need any help eating those eggs Ben Had, just give me a call.

Posted by: Cool Hand Luke at January 20, 2026 08:18 PM (wVcYX)

144 たちひら , Tachihira
-

Eat at, Tachihira go home with tachycardia.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 20, 2026 08:18 PM (HAlvi)

145 Helena, you know, you can just bring those goats inside.
No problem.

Posted by: RI Red at January 20, 2026 08:18 PM (30Gj0)

146 There's Virginia folk who've made the pilgrimage to Texas. Some more than once.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Sure, and then they go home to Spanbergerland.

Posted by: Ilse, She-Wolf Of The SS at January 20, 2026 08:19 PM (oftw2)

147 Last fall had to deep clean some eggs out of the fridge. They floated in water.

Posted by: Adriane the Lack of Vacuum Critic. . . at January 20, 2026 08:19 PM (H71ll)

148 130 You can rest assured of one thing. This is an iron law.

It doesn't matter if it's AI, or whatever. America's corrupt institutions hate its people, and anything they are in favor of will be used to harm you. Nothing they do will ever benefit you; if it would, they would be against it.

This goes for everything.

If you hear these people doing a full-court press for the Free Puppies Act, those puppies will turn out to be fast-growing genetically engineered maneaters who go into ravening mode as soon as they reach adulthood in six months.

There's always an attack on you built into every one of their plans.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 20, 2026 08:12 PM (BI5O2)

Right.

If the government gave you 108 eggs, it would only because the USDA was going to issue regulations requiring you to put 108 eggs in your ass.

Posted by: guy who fears the wggs at January 20, 2026 08:19 PM (9CF8Y)

149 I will repeat myself, AI is the 21st century version of the Skyscraper Curse.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 20, 2026 08:19 PM (rbvCR)

150 We are in the area for "significant" snow later in the week. I dunno. It's been bitterly cold here over the last couple days/nights. Like single digits. Not the wind chill.

With the ground being cold, frozen, anything that falls will stick.

Tomorrow will be "storm prep" day. Just in case.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 20, 2026 08:20 PM (U2OZr)

151 113

Wildfire season will be really bad this year.

Posted by: four seasons at January 20, 2026 08:03 PM (3ek7K)

Probably not up here. We have had good snow pack, so that should help. But there are always plenty of fires near Fairbanks and that whole area burns off about once every 10 years. You couldn't pay me to live up there with all the smoke and dust in the summer and minus 60 in the winter.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 20, 2026 08:21 PM (6Bc88)

152 There's always an attack on you built into every one of their plans.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 20, 2026 08:12 PM

The world is beginning to awaken to Big Penguin's pernicious and perverted perfidy.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 20, 2026 08:21 PM (0sNs1)

153 Might be enough for a couple gallons of pickled eggs.

Does any place ever need more than one jar of them?

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 20, 2026 08:21 PM (CSK7p)

154 I ate some eggs over the weekend that I had to have bought in early December.

They were fine.

Posted by: Trajan Optimus at January 20, 2026 08:21 PM (zZu0s)

155 The TV show Person of Interest was a sci fi action hero story about AI surveillance, not an instruction manual.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 20, 2026 08:22 PM (wVcYX)

156 142 Itinerate Alley, Yes, thank you. I even have a big enough glass jar.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 20, 2026 08:17 PM (0KSrI)

You can also just break 'em and freeze 'em. They thaw out and work just as good as fresh.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 20, 2026 08:22 PM (6Bc88)

157 4 That last vid looks like my backyard
Posted by: garrett

I love this for you. How amazing.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 20, 2026 08:23 PM (IhIKR)

158

President Donald Trump signed an executive order mobilizing the federal government to fight state limits on the fast-growing artificial intelligence industry.

The order drew overwhelming praise from the tech industry but a fast rebuke from critics, including lawmakers in both parties who say the federal government is not doing enough to address the dangers that AI poses.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 20, 2026 08:23 PM (pkeXY)

159 HA has a darkly amusing piece up about Cuba right now. Looks like the Cuban government is mobilizing for war and getting everyone whipped up about an American invasion - except no one the American side is planning any such thing. There’s no need, Cuba gets another step closer to collapse every day, without us doing anything at all.

I imagine the breaking point will be when the electricity grid for the entire island goes down (again), but this time doesn’t come back up. At all.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 20, 2026 08:23 PM (8YGuO)

160 Might be enough for a couple gallons of pickled eggs.

Does any place ever need more than one jar of them?
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 20, 2026 08:21 PM (CSK7p)

I've seen "Dances with Wolves", the Sioux will attack before you can finish the first jar.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 20, 2026 08:23 PM (ExV1e)

161 Some Portuguese politician texted Trump basically saying "Hey we love you guys. You can depend on us. Do you want to buy the Azores?"

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 20, 2026 08:24 PM (cxFcK)

162 With the ground being cold, frozen, anything that falls will stick.

Tomorrow will be "storm prep" day. Just in case.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 20, 2026 08:20 PM (U2OZr)

I suppose people call us preppers, but we are realists. One missed barge and a stretch of bad weather, and the shelves will be mostly bare. We don't wait until the storm. We are always ready. Not to last a year or anything, but certainly well enough to last a month.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 20, 2026 08:24 PM (6Bc88)

163 And then another business there has a sign that looks like, spelled vertically, "GOGO" and a picture of Barrack's mom.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 20, 2026 08:25 PM (/lPRQ)

164 tcn, wow, I had no idea. Thank you.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 20, 2026 08:25 PM (0KSrI)

165 I imagine the breaking point will be when the electricity grid for the entire island goes down (again), but this time doesn’t come back up. At all.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 20, 2026 08:23 PM (8YGuO)

And the citizen militia will be convinced it is the prelude to an American invasion, and they will respond accordingly, some by setting up checkpoints, some by denouncing neighbors so they don't get denounced themselves, some by looting stores, some by burning state offices, and it will keep getting worse.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 20, 2026 08:26 PM (rbvCR)

166 * golf clap *
.....it's a ramen restaurant named たちひら , Tachihira.
Posted by: mikeski

Ok,
The one just to the right, looks like it says,
"Strip Live Theater" and has pics of what could be... women.
What that say?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

I can fight my way through hiragana and katakana, but kanji is hard.

But there aren't many places called "tachihira," so that was easy to find. Here's google street view looking at the place that you think is a gentlemen's club:

https://is.gd/T8clRw

It..... seems to be a gentlemen's club.

Sign out front has some English on it, "shibuya dotonbori gekijo." Which is enough to DDG it and plan a visit.

Posted by: mikeski at January 20, 2026 08:29 PM (VHUov)

167 You know.

Life is too short to hate where you live. Whether it’s the weather or the people or the politics or the potholes. Be happy.

I take power outages and storms and cold and heat as a challenge. It’s different. Work for it. Shit. We are such pussies compared to folks 200 years ago.

Suck it up. Put on a hat. Grab a shovel. And a chainsaw. And the campstove. Help your neighbor.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 20, 2026 08:29 PM (IhIKR)

168 They are also going to pass a Wealth / Asset Tax of 3.8% on any equity holder with 1 mil in assets.
Posted by: garrett

Given that 4% is a common retirement withdrawal rate, the state will get to retire while you keep fucking working comrade.

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at January 20, 2026 08:29 PM (HCQX9)

169 Cuba should go with solar panels and windmills.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 20, 2026 08:29 PM (pkeXY)

170 New Waifu Amelia:

https://x.com/martianwyrdlord/status/2013717354

589430206?s=20

These are a lot of fun. I hope they're making a difference.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 20, 2026 08:12 PM (iJfKG)

She manages to make purple hair look good. Which is quite a trick unto itself.

Well, if you manage to notice her hair at all, that is.

Posted by: MrExcitement at January 20, 2026 08:29 PM (hOOi9)

171 Also, the majority of Cuba's power is made from "thermal" generators that burn Venezuelan bunker fuel. Which isn't arriving.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 20, 2026 08:29 PM (rbvCR)

172 My measure for 'winter' is the lake nearby. If it is frozen over, then it is winter. Currently just skim ice. When the feeder streams are froven over then, it is cold.

I have mil-issue wear for use above the artcic circle, that is when I break it out.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 20, 2026 08:30 PM (XeU6L)

173 All that advertising and no Coca Cola sign?

Posted by: Case at January 20, 2026 08:33 PM (4rWc3)

174
169 Cuba should go with solar panels and windmills.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 20, 2026 08:29 PM (pkeXY)

Funny thing is, they tried to get their Good Communist Friend China to help them set up a solar system to replace their antiquated Soviet oil burning generators.
And Good Friend China said “you no payee the bills, you no get no solar panels.”

You can always count on the Chinese - they never let ideology stand in the way of their own greed.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 20, 2026 08:34 PM (8YGuO)

175 Whenever this tiny minority is kept from creating, or (as sometimes happens) is driven out of a society, the people then slip back into abject poverty.

This is known as "bad luck”.
Robert Heinlein
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 20, 2026 07:52 PM (8YGuO)

Reminds me of the story of the Pilgrims and the first Thanksgiving. After fully half of the colonists starved, the governor came up with the idea of using, essentially, capitalism to organize their society, instead of what was essentially Socialism. It was fabulously successful - abundance was the result. So they thanked ... God. Essentially calling it "good luck".

Hundreds of years later, the lesson still hasn't been learned.

Posted by: MrExcitement at January 20, 2026 08:36 PM (hOOi9)

176 Funny thing is, they tried to get their Good Communist Friend China to help them set up a solar system to replace their antiquated Soviet oil burning generators.
And Good Friend China said “you no payee the bills, you no get no solar panels.”

You can always count on the Chinese - they never let ideology stand in the way of their own greed.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 20, 2026 08:34 PM (8YGuO)

China would have been happy to float a loan for Cuba in order to gain more control over the island but they probably realized that even a Democrat President wouldn't be able to ignore that.

Ignoring ideology in an endeavor almost certain to fail is easier than just ignoring it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 20, 2026 08:37 PM (ExV1e)

177 I think Big Mike needs to calm down about White Owned clothing companies. Most of the clothes are actually made in the third world after all.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 20, 2026 08:37 PM (rbvCR)

178 RI Red, did you happen to see CBD's morning art?

Posted by: JackStraw at January 20, 2026 08:39 PM (viF8m)

179 171 Also, the majority of Cuba's power is made from "thermal" generators that burn Venezuelan bunker fuel. Which isn't arriving.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 20, 2026 08:29 PM (rbvCR)

I don't understand this, but it does remind me of something I read about Iceland recently.

I guess most, if not all the power in Iceland is "renewable". That sounded ridiculous to me - the idea of solar power that far north, but that wasn't what they were talking about. It was about hydroelectric, and ... geothermal. Being of volcanic origin, maybe it's a pretty ideal place for doing geothermal. Sounds great to me.

Posted by: MrExcitement at January 20, 2026 08:41 PM (hOOi9)

180 Weeeee! Just went outside. -3 F. That's almost pants weather.

Posted by: Orson at January 20, 2026 08:41 PM (dIske)

181 https://is.gd/T8clRw

It..... seems to be a gentlemen's club.

Sign out front has some English on it, "shibuya dotonbori gekijo." Which is enough to DDG it and plan a visit.
Posted by: mikeski

That is putting some effort into...

At first glance I thought the pic was AI, but signs look real and too weird for AI.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 20, 2026 08:41 PM (/lPRQ)

182 88 We need Batman now more than ever.

I thought Mr. Freeze was a Flash villain?
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 20, 2026 07:56 PM (B1V5i)

That's Captain Cold, IIRC.

But yes, 1966 Batman had 3 Mr. Freezes.

Posted by: Barkingmad59, wandering lurkette at January 20, 2026 08:42 PM (wr21C)

183 Unquestionably believe that which you said.
Your favorite justification seemed to be on the internet the easiest thing to be aware of.

I say to you, I definitely get annoyed while people consider worries that
they just don't know about. You managed to hit the nail upon the top as well as defined out the whole thing without having side effect ,
people can take a signal. Will likely be back to get more.
Thanks

Posted by: Belmont auto glass at January 20, 2026 08:43 PM (UYVRC)

184 Next time you see some chick with purple hair, give her thumbs-up and say "YEAH! BASED"

Posted by: gKWVE at January 20, 2026 08:43 PM (gKWVE)

185 ICE to meet you!
-Mr Freeze

Posted by: Trajan Optimus at January 20, 2026 08:44 PM (zZu0s)

186 -3 F. That's almost pants weather.
Posted by: Orson

Uh, sir, I found this dick and pair of balls. I don't want to presume, but . . .

Posted by: gKWVE at January 20, 2026 08:44 PM (gKWVE)

187 That's some crazy gibberish even by spammer standards.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 20, 2026 08:44 PM (BI5O2)

188 Its like an AI troll comment.

Posted by: Trajan Optimus at January 20, 2026 08:45 PM (zZu0s)

189 https://is.gd/T8clRw

It..... seems to be a gentlemen's club.

Sign out front has some English on it, "shibuya dotonbori gekijo." Which is enough to DDG it and plan a visit.
Posted by: mikeski

Looking below, it says "Strip Live Theater", which seems... suggestive.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at January 20, 2026 08:45 PM (/HDaX)

190 That is putting some effort into...
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

I only use my powers for good.

Posted by: mikeski at January 20, 2026 08:45 PM (VHUov)

191 Most retail places are closed by 8, some grocery and pharmacy are open later. Nothing is 24 hours anymore.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Safeway at Diamond Hts is open until Midnight. Walgreens at 18th & Castro is open 24 hours. PurpleStar cannabis club on Mission/21st is open until 10. San Fran has never really been a late-night town except for bars and a few restaurants.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 20, 2026 08:47 PM (KAi1n)

192 I miss 24 hour stores. It was nice to go when everything was dead.

Fuck you covid.

Posted by: Trajan Optimus at January 20, 2026 08:48 PM (zZu0s)

193 OpenAI's new Large Gibberish Model at work.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 20, 2026 08:49 PM (BI5O2)

194 Looking below, it says "Strip Live Theater", which seems... suggestive.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy

And below and to the left are pics of the of what looks to be the strippers. So I'd say chances are good that it's a strip club.

Posted by: Tuna at January 20, 2026 08:50 PM (lJ0H4)

195 I wonder why I am getting a bunch of Larry Bird videos on ewetub. I think it thinks I am a racist.

Posted by: Trajan Optimus at January 20, 2026 08:50 PM (zZu0s)

196 And below and to the left are pics of the of what looks to be the strippers. So I'd say chances are good that it's a strip club.
Posted by: Tuna at January 20, 2026 08:50 PM (lJ0H4)

There ya go.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at January 20, 2026 08:51 PM (/HDaX)

197 Evening all

Posted by: rickb223 at January 20, 2026 08:52 PM (eefky)

198 Are we shocked at a strip club in Japan?

Posted by: Trajan Optimus at January 20, 2026 08:53 PM (zZu0s)

199 Are we shocked at a strip club in Japan?
Posted by: Trajan Optimus

Nope

Posted by: Tuna at January 20, 2026 08:54 PM (lJ0H4)

200 Trajan Optimus: you'd think they'd peg you as a Spanish nationalist with that name...
But Bird was awesome. I didn't mind at all getting those recommends on my YT.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 20, 2026 08:55 PM (gKWVE)

201 Are we shocked at a strip club in Japan?
Posted by: Trajan Optimus

No, just the zoning.
They let one between the noodle place and a gogo joint on the right.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 20, 2026 08:55 PM (/lPRQ)

202 Good eye on the Spanish Nationalist for Trajan.

Although, tbf, Trojan wasn't a Spanish nationalist, he was a Roman through and through and one of the few actually good men to be emperor. Also possibly the only one who was not also weak.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 20, 2026 08:57 PM (zZu0s)

203 Public Service Announcement

When slurping spicy ramen noodles: close your eyes.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 20, 2026 08:59 PM (IhIKR)

204 Are we shocked at a strip club in Japan?
Posted by: Trajan Optimus at January 20, 2026 08:53 PM (zZu0s)

How do they pixilate the live dancers?

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 20, 2026 08:59 PM (wVcYX)

205 How do they pixilate the live dancers?
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 20, 2026 08:59 PM (wVcYX)

Lol.

*golfclap*

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 20, 2026 09:02 PM (zZu0s)

206 >>>That last vid looks like my backyard

Posted by: garrett

>Yep. The herd comes in to harvest the apples and Russian olives and we harvest a few of them because we like wild meat.

Venison; it's what's for breakfast. They hang around and have no fear because we have no dog since the last one passed.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 20, 2026 09:04 PM (oT7pT)

207 Although, tbf, Trajan wasn't a Spanish nationalist, he was a Roman through and through -
Posted by: Aetius451AD

"Ulpius Trajan" means he was Traii, adopted into the Ulpius clan. The Traii were ancestrally Italic and Ulpius also were Umbrian. So, not Roman; just Italian. They'd be extras on the Sopranos.
But yeah, Spaniards love Trajan (and Hadrian). Lotsa "we wuz" among those guys.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 20, 2026 09:05 PM (gKWVE)

208 Chess is Haram in Islam?!

What the actual fuck?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 20, 2026 09:07 PM (zZu0s)

209 Chess is Haram in Islam?!

What the actual fuck?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 20, 2026 09:07 PM (zZu0s)

A woman is the most powerful piece.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 20, 2026 09:07 PM (ExV1e)

210 They're saying perhaps 6" of snow here this weekend. Which sucks. Very poorly prepared for snow here (aside from the big military base/research installation).

I predict my neighborhood will be undrivable for a week, with intermittent power for days.

Oh well.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 20, 2026 09:10 PM (BI5O2)

211 Right now my weather app is saying 7 to 11 inches on Saturday. Great.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 20, 2026 09:12 PM (zZu0s)

212 Evening, Ace and Cafe patrons! Just got home here in AJ, and picked up my mail, and found some young guy's AZ driver's license and a debit card in my mailbox. Going to drop them off at the cop shop in the morning.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 20, 2026 09:13 PM (8zz6B)

213 But yes, 1966 Batman had 3 Mr. Freezes.
Posted by: Barkingmad59,

To TJM's befuddlement, Otto Preminger was one.

Posted by: George Sanders, Eli Wallach at January 20, 2026 09:14 PM (oftw2)

214 Evening, Ace and Cafe patrons! Just got home here in AJ, and picked up my mail, and found some young guy's AZ driver's license and a debit card in my mailbox.

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Are there any fresh mounds of dirt in the backyard? You might want to check.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 20, 2026 09:15 PM (nWPIJ)

215 204 Are we shocked at a strip club in Japan?
Posted by: Trajan Optimus at January 20, 2026 08:53 PM (zZu0s)

--------

That's an extra $50.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 20, 2026 09:16 PM (nWPIJ)

216
Here in our little town in SW Wyoming all our power lines are above ground.

Over the years we've lived here we have had lots of strong storms and we have never been without power.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 20, 2026 09:16 PM (3ek7K)

217 RI Red, did you happen to see CBD's morning art?
Posted by: JackStraw at January 20, 2026 08:39 PM (viF8m)

Sure did!
Even recognized it. Although the hills looked a bit tall.

Posted by: RI Red at January 20, 2026 09:16 PM (LMRVO)

218 63 Most retail places are closed by 8, some grocery and pharmacy are open later. Nothing is 24 hours anymore.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 20, 2026 07:45 PM (RIvkX)

Every place in my area used the COVID lockdowns as an excuse to make 7 the "normal" closing time for businesses, and it still is.

Posted by: XTC at January 20, 2026 09:17 PM (6Uni8)

219 208 Chess is Haram in Islam?!

What the actual fuck?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 20, 2026 09:07 PM (zZu0s)

Everything except murder is Haraam in Islam.

That way, Jihad is the only outlet young men have.

Posted by: XTC at January 20, 2026 09:18 PM (6Uni8)

220 There is no dirt in AZ, only caliche.

Posted by: Boot Hill at January 20, 2026 09:19 PM (oftw2)

221 >211 Right now my weather app is saying 7 to 11 inches on Saturday. Great.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 20, 2026 09:12 PM (zZu0s)

12 to 15 in the Western Philly burbs with some gusty wind. Installed a Generac last year. Has already come in handy this winter. I have just about a cord of seasoned firewood, plenty of gas for the snowblower and an unopened bottle of Lavagulin 16. I should fair OK.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 20, 2026 09:20 PM (GTqXr)

222 Chess is Haram in Islam?!

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LOL. So what if it was allowed? Not like Muslims are even smart enough to play checkers.

This is like a bunch of cripples banning basketball.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 20, 2026 09:20 PM (BI5O2)

223 Calling for negative double digits up here in the North Country.
Coincidentally, we had 300 g of propane delivered today and 400 g of oil last week.
We’ll probably survive.

Posted by: RI Red at January 20, 2026 09:21 PM (30Gj0)

224
A woman is the most powerful piece.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
--------------

They always are.
AWFLS excluded.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 20, 2026 09:21 PM (HAlvi)

225 > They're saying perhaps 6" of snow here this weekend. Which sucks. Very poorly prepared for snow here (aside from the big military base/research installation)
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I think it was back in 2014 or '15 we had a pretty impressive snow storm here in KY.

I had an old Chevy Silverado Z-71 with 4X4. On our way back home after picking up some booze (a requirement) we passed two county snow plows that had gone off the road and tipped over.

Yea.... KY is so prepared for snow.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 20, 2026 09:23 PM (U2OZr)

226 Chess is Haram in Islam?!

What the actual fuck?
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Pawn jumps queen. Knight jumps queen. Bishop jumps queen. Everybody jumps the queen.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 20, 2026 09:27 PM (eefky)

227 Think it was 2015 that Lexington got socked with about 14" of snow.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 20, 2026 09:28 PM (zZu0s)

228 Chess is Haram in Islam?!
What the actual fuck?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone

A woman is the most powerful piece.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

They're not very fond of knights and bishops, either.

And the rooks don't look much like minarets.

And the pawns don't explode.

Posted by: mikeski at January 20, 2026 09:29 PM (VHUov)

229 Right now my weather app is saying 7 to 11 inches on Saturday. Great.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Obligatory: That's what she said!

Posted by: rickb223 at January 20, 2026 09:29 PM (eefky)

230 We are suppose to get snow this weekend. Low temperatures in the teens. Not use to this in Alabama. Guess most people will stay at home. I know I will.

Posted by: Case at January 20, 2026 09:30 PM (4rWc3)

231 Arctic cold & snow sounds like just the job for rechargeable snow plows! Show us how it’s done.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 20, 2026 09:32 PM (Tx+oG)

232 What are the Moslems going to ban next? Art? Literacy? Extrafamilial marriage?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 20, 2026 09:32 PM (BI5O2)

233 Oh I know. They could ban personal hygiene. Or honest work.

Banning shit you're incapable of makes me laugh.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 20, 2026 09:33 PM (BI5O2)

234 Sneaky single mother cat tricked a poor dog into thinking he's the father.

That's why we need mandatory paternity testing at birth!

Posted by: Sure NOW she wants to settle down at January 20, 2026 09:34 PM (TbWk/)

235 We are suppose to get snow this weekend. Low temperatures in the teens. Not use to this in Alabama. Guess most people will stay at home. I know I will.
Posted by: Case

I stopped at Sam's today after getting discharged from the hospital. Picked up some steaks, eggs, bread & honey. Have booze. Am ready.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 20, 2026 09:37 PM (eefky)

236 I stopped at Sam's today after getting discharged from the hospital. Picked up some steaks, eggs, bread & honey. Have booze. Am ready.

It should snow more often.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 20, 2026 09:37 PM (CSK7p)

237 Sneaky single mother cat tricked a poor dog into thinking he's the father.

That's why we need mandatory paternity testing at birth!
Posted by: Sure NOW she wants to settle down at January 20, 2026 09:34 PM (TbWk/)

I saw something where they were trying to ban paternity tests. Where was that?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 20, 2026 09:38 PM (zZu0s)

238 It's always a sad moment when the "Cafe" is posted, and the day's breaking-news hilarious repartee is shut down for the night. Sigh.
Posted by: zombie

Yeah. Almost tragic when we have to quit focusing on terrorists and fraudsters and deviants and take a few minutes for puppies and deer and laughing babies that Alternate Universe Ace* selects for us.
😜

(*That's the one where Ace has a goatee, but no agonizer.)

Posted by: mindful webworker lives on an inhabited planet at January 20, 2026 09:39 PM (FMpsC)

239 If Iran should fall, I hope the people they've been tormenting all this time go on the bloodiest slaughter of Muslims since the Sikh uprising. I hope it makes them wish they were Rohingya or Uighurs.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 20, 2026 09:41 PM (BI5O2)

240 Lululemon suspended online sales of its Get Low leggings collection amid reports that the pants are sheer and "not squat proof."

"The leggings are absolutely see through when you squat or bend over (in every color way )."

Sounds too good to be true lol.

Posted by: Joemarine at January 20, 2026 09:41 PM (y171U)

241 I saw something where they were trying to ban paternity tests. Where was that?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 20, 2026 09:38 PM (zZu0s)

France, I believe.

Posted by: A country infamous for infidelity at January 20, 2026 09:41 PM (TbWk/)

242 go on the bloodiest slaughter of Muslims since the Sikh uprising"

Nope. Wouldn't be prudent...

Posted by: man at January 20, 2026 09:44 PM (XuXeR)

243
But yes, 1966 Batman had 3 Mr. Freezes.
Posted by: Barkingmad59,

To TJM's befuddlement, Otto Preminger was one.
Posted by: George Sanders, Eli Wallach

If you have to freeze, freeze don't talk.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 20, 2026 09:44 PM (pkeXY)

244 We are suppose to get snow this weekend. Low temperatures in the teens. Not use to this in Alabama. Guess most people will stay at home. I know I will.
Posted by: Case

I stopped at Sam's today after getting discharged from the hospital. Picked up some steaks, eggs, bread & honey. Have booze. Am ready.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 20, 2026 09:37 PM (eefky)
========

Looks like NC is going to get plenty of snow. I've started topping off the big batteries.

Posted by: mrp at January 20, 2026 09:45 PM (rj6Yv)

245 I saw something where they were trying to ban paternity tests. Where was that?
Posted by: Aetius451AD

In Congress?

Posted by: mikeski at January 20, 2026 09:45 PM (VHUov)

246 Think it was 2015 that Lexington got socked with about 14" of snow.

Posted by: Aetius451AD

====

I remember doing a campus visit at UK with my Son after that storm. It was surreal. And cold. Damn it was cold.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at January 20, 2026 09:46 PM (8AONa)

247 I am watching the Bessent Q&A from Davos, and he is just telling a Swedish reporter to calm down.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 20, 2026 09:46 PM (rbvCR)

248 Lululemon suspended online sales of its Get Low leggings collection amid reports that the pants are sheer and "not squat proof."
"The leggings are absolutely see through when you squat or bend over (in every color way )."
Posted by: Joemarine

Well, that answers #204.

Posted by: mikeski at January 20, 2026 09:46 PM (VHUov)

249 Oh I know. They could ban personal hygiene. Or honest work.

Banning shit you're incapable of makes me laugh.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Kind of looped back around to the left wanting to ban "hand counting" ballots, which is redundant as the only way to actually count is... actually... counting... by... hand.
Fingers, toes, to marks, tally sticks...
Only way to check machines is the same.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 20, 2026 09:49 PM (/lPRQ)

250 With any luck, the reporter is female. Lie to me if you have to...

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at January 20, 2026 09:50 PM (/HDaX)

251 Nood ONT

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 20, 2026 09:51 PM (mkk/2)

252 ========

Looks like NC is going to get plenty of snow. I've started topping off the big batteries.
Posted by: mrp
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Thanks for reminding me.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 20, 2026 09:55 PM (HAlvi)

253 Most retail places are closed by 8, some grocery and pharmacy are open later. Nothing is 24 hours anymore.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 20, 2026 07:45 PM (RIvkX)

Every place in my area used the COVID lockdowns as an excuse to make 7 the "normal" closing time for businesses, and it still is.

Posted by: XTC at January 20, 2026 09:17 PM (6Uni

Around here we got a few 24 hour gas station/food mart things, a few fast food places, 7-11s, walmart, and a few supermarkets that are all 24 hour.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 20, 2026 09:55 PM (snZF9)

In Socialist Grifter Millionaire Paradise of Davos, Gavin Newsom Calls Upon World Leaders to Oppose the United States

Before getting to that: The EU is very bothered about Trump's drive to take Greenland.

Trump has threatened punishing tariffs against the EU for opposing his takeover of Greenland.

The European Union's top official did not hold back in her warnings about President Donald Trump's threat to impose fresh tariffs on countries opposing his push for the U.S. to acquire Greenland, a semiautonomous Danish territory.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called Trump's threats "a mistake" and questioned U.S. trustworthiness, saying that the EU-U.S. trade deal from July had to "mean something."
"Arctic security can only be achieved together. This is why the proposed additional tariffs are a mistake, especially between long-standing allies. The EU and U.S. have agreed to a trade deal last July. And in politics as in business -- a deal is a deal. And when friends shake hands, it must mean something," Von der Leyen said.

...

This woman routinely attempts to impose European anti-speech controls on US citizens by shellacking Elon Musk with fines.

We're not friends.

French President Emmanuel Macron also addressed the issue at Davos, saying the tariffs could force the EU to use its anti-coercion mechanism against the U.S. "for the very first time," The Associated Press reported.

All you do is coerce the US.

The outlet noted that he argued that allied countries should be focused on bringing peace to Ukraine and ending the nearly four-year war with Russia.

Then stop buying Russian oil.

Trump announced on Saturday that starting on Feb. 1, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the U.K., the Netherlands and Finland would face a 10% tariff on all goods imported to the U.S. The rate will then increase to 25% on June 1. The president added that "this tariff will be due and payable until such time as a deal is reached for the complete and total purchase of Greenland."
...
Some European nations recently tried to flex their muscles with a brief troop deployment to Greenland. France, Germany, Sweden and Norway participated in a two-day exercise to bolster the Danish territory's defenses amid Trump's threats. Germany deployed a reconnaissance team of 13 personnel, France sent 15 mountain specialists and Sweden, Norway and Britain sent three, two and one officers, respectively, according to Reuters.

I continue not understanding Trump's fascination with Greenland. But when I hear our ungrateful EU enemies shrieking, my opposition to Trump's takeover decreases.

About that Russian oil the Europeans keep buying while pretending to support the Ukraine:

Scott Bessent wants to know why Europeans claim they're supporting Ukraine while they're arming Russia by buying Russian oil.

Barron Trump
@BarronTNews_
4h
🚨 HOLY CRAP! Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent just went straight at Europe to their faces in Davos.
"Let's be clear. Europe is STILL buying Russian oil. Still. Four years later."
"They are literally financing the war against themselves."

Trump blasted the "foolish fortune-tellers" forever prophesizing climate doom.

Commerce Secretary Harold Luthwick blasts the WEF: "Globalism has failed." He assails the organization for endlessly pushing companies to "off-shore" and "far-shore" all of a country's jobs to foreign nations.

Howard Lutnick just walked into DAVOS and TORCHED the globalists.

GLOBALISM HAS FAILED.
Net ZERO makes you SUBSERVIENT TO CHINA.
You’re entitled to have BORDERS.

This wasn’t a speech.
It was a CONTROLLED DETONATION at WEF.

WARM UP Speech for TRUMP
pic.twitter.com/nzvmvQS3ub
— Marc Nixon (@MarcNixon24) January 20, 2026

He blasts the EU for pushing for "net zero" climate policies when the entire continent doesn't even produce a single high-capacity battery. He says they're intentionally subjugating themselves to China, which does make such batteries.

Speaking of climate change: The Tech Elites at Davos are no longer talking much about it.

Many are pointing out that the leftwing tech communists used to propagandize endlessly about "climate change."

But their new grift, AI, requires huge amounts of power. So to keep making piles of money, they've all decided, simultaneously, to stop agitating about climate change and start talking up increasing energy production.

DataRepublican (small r)
@DataRepublican
AI requires massive amounts of energy.
The elites find AI useful.
Ergo, the elites abandoned renewables and climate change justice overnight.

DataRepublican (small r)
@DataRepublican
9h
WEF has almost entirely dropped its eat bugs climate change rhetoric in favor of putting AI in everything.
AI, AI, AI.
Still trying to figure out why.

DataInterprete(r)
@DataInterpretr
15m
All I saw were helicopters, rich folk 1 upping each other, and ads for AI with no purpose. What happened to Climate Change, WEF? Not profitable anymore?

Suddenly, Larry Fink and the elites in Davos have switched from going all in on climate change to now, all in on AI. No more shilling for wind and solar, AI cannot survive on intermittent energy. They are now all in on coal burning powerplants and nuclear power. pic.twitter.com/Gcnhzl3kZF
— Tony Seruga (@TonySeruga) January 20, 2026

As promised, Gavin Newsom is demanding that foreign countries oppose us and slap tariffs on American-made goods.

You know -- like a patriot.

🚨 BREAKING: Gavin Newsom has bizarre MELTDOWN in Davos

"I should have brought a bunch of knee pads for all the world leaders!"

"Diplomacy with Donald Trump, he's a T-Rex! You mate with him, or he devours you!"

"I can't take this complicity, people ROLLING OVER!"

"Handing out… pic.twitter.com/PstlRcql69
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) January 20, 2026

The Bee:

Posted by: Ace at 05:54 PM

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1

Hello All

Posted by: four seasons at January 20, 2026 05:55 PM (3ek7K)

2 The Euroweenies still haven't figured out Trump's negotiating method.

Posted by: Gref at January 20, 2026 05:56 PM (5rh/l)

3

Gruesome Newsom, what a piece of shit.

Posted by: four seasons at January 20, 2026 05:56 PM (3ek7K)

4 My current European GAF index:

_|________________________________

Smelly people with bad teeth should STFU.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 20, 2026 05:57 PM (abIsI)

5 Trump-brand donor kebab stands! Too funny, Babylon Bee!

Posted by: pookysgirl. giggling like mad at January 20, 2026 05:57 PM (Wt5PA)

6 And nukes. The ai bubble might just let us shore up our energy infrastructure AND reduce dependence on oil.

Which would be pretty cool.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 20, 2026 05:58 PM (zZu0s)

7 Like I said earlier.. Davos is gonna be lit...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 05:58 PM (VE6XX)

8 I continue not understanding Trump's fascination with Greenland. But when I hear our ungrateful EU enemies shrieking, my opposition to Trump's takeover decreases.
-ace

Ditto.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 20, 2026 05:58 PM (zZu0s)

9 Why is Newsom even there? Trump should alter the Greenland deal - we'll trade it for California (But Newsom cannot leave CA).

Posted by: DPICM at January 20, 2026 05:59 PM (zweKz)

10 Those are all worthless EU countries with the exception of Germany, at least in terms of manufacturing and exports. I suspect the German auto industry will have a talk with the German leaders and they’ll change their tune on GL.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 20, 2026 05:59 PM (vGaW9)

11 LOL! all is as one might expect.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 20, 2026 05:59 PM (Cjt/F)

12 Hey Gov. Greaseball.. You'll never be president.. Go sit next to Kamala and Hillary on the losers bench

Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 05:59 PM (VE6XX)

13 A wretched hive of scum and villainy, that is Davos.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 20, 2026 06:00 PM (45BvE)

14 I previously thought Walz was going to crack . I still do.
But Newsom is heading for the edge now. He's going to snap when the Fed funding of Cali stops

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 20, 2026 06:00 PM (PTsqM)

15 I’m with you Ace. I don’t get the Greenland thing, I think it’s kinda dumb. But if my enemies oppose it, fuck it, Im for it.

Posted by: Really?? at January 20, 2026 06:00 PM (d4dD2)

16 Isn't there some law against unauthorized individuals conducting foreign diplomacy that Gruesome can be indicted under?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 20, 2026 06:00 PM (a+4eV)

17 eh, Italy is where Begali keys and paddles come from ... useful & beautiful!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 20, 2026 06:00 PM (Cjt/F)

18 >>I continue not understanding Trump's fascination with Greenland.

It's not like he hasn't outlined his reasons for wanting to place Greenland under our dominion.

I don't understand why he's being so nice about it.

Just fucking take it. Europe will do nothing but cry while they roll over and beg us to give it to them harder.

Posted by: garrett at January 20, 2026 06:00 PM (ZcsJV)

19 Greenland will be ours, it’s not if, it’s when.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 20, 2026 06:00 PM (XV/Pl)

20
On the EU tariffs,
I am really disappointed that Trump did not match their VAT.

VAT is an *export subsidy* as well as an import tariff. This is straight up mercantilism and Trump should be addressing that for starters.

If trade was fair between EU and USA, the only thing we would ever import from them would be artisanal cheeses and wine. Maybe some luxury goods made by Chinese in Italy.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 20, 2026 06:01 PM (5XW27)

21 I continue not understanding Trump's fascination with Greenland. But when I hear our ungrateful EU enemies shrieking, my opposition to Trump's takeover decreases.
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Pretty much my view too. I keep wanting him to shut up about it, until I see the Euros swoon. Then I'm back on his side.

Posted by: Eeyore at January 20, 2026 06:01 PM (s0JqF)

22 I was not familiar with Howard Lutnick except for the name. He is a very smart man.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 20, 2026 06:01 PM (PFs9e)

23 Starmer is working on a deal with China to build a super embassy in London. The building will be built over the top of all fiber optical cables that source financial and other business for the UK.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 20, 2026 06:01 PM (0KSrI)

24 DataRepublican (small r)
@DataRepublican
9h

WEF has almost entirely dropped its eat bugs climate change rhetoric in favor of putting AI in everything.

AI, AI, AI.

Still trying to figure out why.
——

Silly girl. You put the AI in the bugs. Or is that bugs in the AI.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 20, 2026 06:01 PM (vGaW9)

25 PDT is trying to make a deal while there is an opportunity. Nobody is going to ever put a For Sale sign on Greenland. You have to take the initiative, something most of our feckless leaders are afraid to do.

Posted by: fd at January 20, 2026 06:02 PM (vFG9F)

26 Hanoi Gavin has one song and all he can do is sing it louder and louder.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 20, 2026 06:02 PM (+Wrm0)

27 >>Those are all worthless EU countries with the exception of Germany, at least in terms of manufacturing and exports.

Those are gone.

They lost just about all of their industry as soon as they killed their Power Generation abilities.

No nukes. No coal. No Industry.

Posted by: garrett at January 20, 2026 06:02 PM (ZcsJV)

28 My favorite story so far is Macron telling the press he will not be meeting with Trump and Trump showing the text he got from Macron basically asking for a meeting with him...And he called Trump "My dear friend."

Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 06:02 PM (VE6XX)

29 @16

>> Isn't there some law against unauthorized individuals conducting foreign diplomacy that Gruesome can be indicted under?

Word!

—
Mike Flynn

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 20, 2026 06:02 PM (XV/Pl)

30 Meanwhile in Germany they are building coal plants.

The renewables are a failure and they won't reactivate their nuclear reactors for political reasons.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 20, 2026 06:03 PM (45BvE)

31
Saw a clip with a European commenter saying that EU leaders have no strategic sense whatsoever because they haven't had to do any in 80 years. He said they were like chess players who couldn't see more than one move ahead.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 20, 2026 06:03 PM (tgvbd)

32 8 I continue not understanding Trump's fascination with Greenland. But when I hear our ungrateful EU enemies shrieking, my opposition to Trump's takeover decreases.
-ace

Ditto.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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Golden Dome and to prevent it from being used as a weapon against the US.

I also think it is to divorce ourselves from Euroland as they were struggling to get us into a shooting war with Russia over Ukraine.

Euroland does the same twostep that China does--Panda face and War face except via Nato and EU faces. So Trump is busy nuking all these multilateral international treaties and organizations that act against US interest (often being stabbed in the back by the EU as much as our adversaries like China or Russia).

Bringing things back to bilateralism means that the results are much more reciprocal than US takes it in the shorts every time.

Posted by: whig at January 20, 2026 06:03 PM (E4rtv)

33 I continue not understanding Trump's fascination with Greenland. But when I hear our ungrateful EU enemies shrieking, my opposition to Trump's takeover decreases.
-ace

Ditto.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 20, 2026 05:58 PM (zZu0s)

I assumed he was just trolling, like saying we should make Canada the 51st state.

Now I'm rooting for this being the straw that breaks the Nato back.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 20, 2026 06:03 PM (dGCAG)

34 >>Meanwhile in Germany they are building coal plants.

Germany was the world leader in Clean Coal before they pulled the plug on it.

Posted by: garrett at January 20, 2026 06:03 PM (ZcsJV)

35 In Socialist Grifter Millionaire Paradise of Davos

I still contend that if Putin were to nuke Davos during one of these Blofeld-like meetings that he would be proclaimed King of the World.

Posted by: Chuck C at January 20, 2026 06:03 PM (D0HYP)

36 Why is twitchy Newsome there? Is LA on fire again?

Why is Macron wearing sunglasses inside? When we will be done with this faggot?

As you can clearly see I cut to the heart of the matter.

I love the meme of Trump pretending to be a mullah to go to Greenland. The only thing I understand is a need for protection (I guess Iron Dome like Israel?) and keeping Russia and chy na's paws away from our continent. As well as the rare minerals.

After reading of the eugenics that Denmark did to the Inuits, I don't see why they'd be loyal to them. It was Margaret Sanger stuff, but decades later, in what was done to our Native Americans.

One lady said she could not have children because at some point someone inserted an IUD into her uterus. At another point she had pain (I guess from the IUD) and had her fallopian tubes removed.

They also live in apartments with black mold that are not well insulated and freezing cold. The very few jobs there (fishing) don't pay squat.

I think I'd want America at this point!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 20, 2026 06:03 PM (WONhk)

37 I continue not understanding Trump's fascination with Greenland. But when I hear our ungrateful EU enemies shrieking, my opposition to Trump's takeover decreases.
-ace

Ditto.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 20, 2026 05:58 PM (zZu0s)

I think that might be part of the point. It is a way to continue distancing us from Europe because they are trying to entangle us in wars there.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 20, 2026 06:04 PM (8avO+)

38 WEF has almost entirely dropped its eat bugs climate change rhetoric in favor of putting AI in everything.

AI, AI, AI.

Still trying to figure out why.

Hear from Jeff Bezos.

https://youtu.be/s71nJQqzYRQ?t=3090

AI is going to be in everything. AI is going to make everything better. AI will make it so that you don't need your own computer, you'll log in to our systems - run the specs that we think you should be able to run, execute the programs that we think you should be able to execute, store the data that we think you should have in the manner that we think you should have it.

AI is the MacGuffin that they use to convince the smooth brains to give up even more personal autonomy in favor of yet another subscription.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 20, 2026 06:04 PM (ExV1e)

39 Greenland is smack dab in the middle of the shortest path between Russia and the United States (over the Arctic), so it's important for any potential missile defense to have control of that plot of land. Yes, Denmark is an ally and has given us carte blanche, but the same could be said of the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean, which Britain let us use. However, this situation has now changed, as Britain turned over the Chagos to Mauritius because of white guilt. As Mauritius is fairly cozy with China, this will be a problem. We don't want that same thing happening much, much closer to home.

Trump's methods are clumsy and embarrassing, but there is a serious concern behind them.

Posted by: John Lawrence at January 20, 2026 06:04 PM (FNhhz)

40 I hope Trump enters Davos wearing his power armor surrounded by a dozen servo-skulls.

Time to stop being coy with these urinepeons.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 20, 2026 06:04 PM (+Wrm0)

41 Is Newsom drunk? Holy shit.

Posted by: Really?? at January 20, 2026 06:04 PM (d4dD2)

42 "Suddenly, Larry Fink and the elites in Davos have switched from going all in on climate change to now, all in on AI. No more shilling for wind and solar, AI cannot survive on intermittent energy. They are now all in on coal burning powerplants and nuclear power."
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So, no more "eat zee bugs"?

And Google is your best buddy? Our conquest is complete.

Posted by: mrp at January 20, 2026 06:04 PM (rj6Yv)

43 Saw a clip with a European commenter saying that EU leaders have no strategic sense whatsoever because they haven't had to do any in 80 years. He said they were like chess players who couldn't see more than one move ahead.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 20, 2026 06:03 PM (tgvbd)

More like checkers players playing against a Chess Master

Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 06:04 PM (VE6XX)

44 30 Meanwhile in Germany they are building coal plants.

The renewables are a failure and they won't reactivate their nuclear reactors for political reasons.
Posted by: Anna Puma
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And their coal plants burn lignite, one of the dirtiest coals around.

Posted by: whig at January 20, 2026 06:04 PM (E4rtv)

45 The Danish PM and other EUtards shrieking about OrangeManBad claiming Greenland as THE END OF NATO!!! is as good a reason as any.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 20, 2026 06:04 PM (ULPxl)

46 Why is Macron wearing sunglasses inside? When we will be done with this faggot?

As you can clearly see I cut to the heart of the matter.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 20, 2026 06:03 PM (WONhk)

I have heard the glasses are to hide a black eye from his wife.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 20, 2026 06:05 PM (8avO+)

47 >>> 38
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AI is the MacGuffin that they use to convince the smooth brains to give up even more personal autonomy in favor of yet another subscription.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 20, 2026 06:04 PM (ExV1e)

"It's so *convenient*!"

"I don't have anything to hide."

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 20, 2026 06:05 PM (ULPxl)

48 Trump's methods are clumsy and embarrassing, but there is a serious concern behind them.
Posted by: John Lawrence at January 20, 2026 06:04 PM (FNhhz)
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He has four years to get thing done. He's on a mission.

Posted by: mrp at January 20, 2026 06:06 PM (rj6Yv)

49 Saw a clip with a European commenter saying that EU leaders have no strategic sense whatsoever because they haven't had to do any in 80 years. He said they were like chess players who couldn't see more than one move ahead.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 20, 2026 06:03 PM (tgvbd)

More like checkers players playing against a Chess Master
Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 06:04 PM (VE6XX)

plus they are dominated by Germans who tend not to do well at sustained wars.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 20, 2026 06:06 PM (8avO+)

50 I mean, most of the US was purchased, did we sign some sort of agreement stipulating we wouldn’t acquire more territory?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 20, 2026 06:06 PM (XV/Pl)

51 I’m not sure why there are those who keep questioning why Trump wants GL. He’s talked about it endlessly. Strategic, resources, to stop China and Russia, and to kick Europe in the nuts. These are all good reasons.

Now, you may still think the juice ain’t worth the squeeze, but that’s a different issue than not knowing why Trump wants it.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 20, 2026 06:06 PM (vGaW9)

52 I continue not understanding Trump's fascination with Greenland. But when I hear our ungrateful EU enemies shrieking, my opposition to Trump's takeover decreases
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The US has had in interest in acquiring Greenland going back to WW2 if you ask most internet experts (back to Lincoln if you listen to Putin), so it seems like it's in the category of unfinished business getting finished.

Posted by: Methos at January 20, 2026 06:06 PM (vSvIl)

53 Who had to clean the shit stains off the WEF chairs after Lutnick's speech? (Remember when the German burst into tears?)

Posted by: Eeyore at January 20, 2026 06:06 PM (s0JqF)

54 WEF wants Skynet

Silly monkeys

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 20, 2026 06:06 PM (45BvE)

55 These Europarasites have paid Russia much, much more for oil and LNG than they have provided to Ukraine.

But Americans are dumb.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at January 20, 2026 06:07 PM (c+YYE)

56 Trump should alter the Greenland deal

Option 1: You give us Greenland, we leave NATO.
Option 2: You don't give us Greenland, we remain in NATO, the EU pays us $3T per year.
Option 3: The Delta guys aren't busy right now.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 20, 2026 06:07 PM (ExV1e)

57

Why is Macron wearing sunglasses inside? When we will be done with this faggot?

===

His eye fell out and he wants to hide the fact.

Posted by: runner at January 20, 2026 06:07 PM (g47mK)

58 Meanwhile in Germany they are building coal plants.

The renewables are a failure and they won't reactivate their nuclear reactors for political reasons.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 20, 2026 06:03 PM (45BvE)

That's alright, Russia is planning to send them some nukes.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 20, 2026 06:07 PM (dGCAG)

59 I mean I guess it’s not any different than buying Alaska or Louisiana.

Posted by: Really?? at January 20, 2026 06:07 PM (d4dD2)

60 Gavin Newsom every word is a platitude, a cliche, a slogan, strung together because he knows no one believes any of it.

He is literally mouthing the words.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 20, 2026 06:07 PM (RIvkX)

61
On the one hand, the EU hates us. On the other, NATO can't do without us.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 20, 2026 06:08 PM (tgvbd)

62 I am concerned about the 200% tariffs towards French wine. I guess I need a run to the liquor store at some point to stock up.

Otherwise I'm fine with waiting for Daddy Trump to come home and do what he's going to do to the riotin' MN and others. It is going to be 20 below this weekend, which, one would think, might delay the protests. I hope Don Limón gets nether frostbite.

I wonder where the Merry Widow of GoFundMe is, other than with her lawyer. Hope her phone was taken by ICE so she does not erase her tape.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 20, 2026 06:08 PM (WONhk)

63 Euros are too slow. The subject of Greenland came up before , multiple times and they did not pay attention.

Posted by: runner at January 20, 2026 06:08 PM (g47mK)

64 >>Meanwhile in Germany they are building coal plants.

Germany was the world leader in Clean Coal before they pulled the plug on it.
Posted by: garrett at January 20, 2026 06:03 PM (ZcsJV)

German coal is ultra crappy. The best clean coal is from the US, and the bit of Scotland that has the same rocks.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 20, 2026 06:08 PM (8avO+)

65 The news is reporting moderate glaciation for Georgia this weekend. Would you northerners come get your snow? I think it's drunk.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 20, 2026 06:08 PM (3uBP9)

66 On Greenland, I think Trump is thinking long term.
He is telling the world that we will never give up control.

"Oh, that's silly, Denmark is an ally. China will never take that land. China will not have influence. Why would anyone think China could make inroads on a strategic piece of land that is historically USA dominated?"

My response: Are you a f-ing idiot?
- UK handing Chagos to Mauritius -- Diego Garcia. We are about to lose access to that.

- Panama Canal -- We built it! but a year ago China controlled both ports so if there was a war, we would be denied access.

- Philippines!! -- They were a colony. They were allies. Then they invited in China and started handing them chunks of territory.

Nothing is settled until the entire world understands that USA is serious and will bomb their asses if we think they are about to turn on us. We have avoided that stance for too long.

/sorry for rant

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 20, 2026 06:08 PM (5XW27)

67 >>Gavin Newsom every word is a platitude, a cliche, a slogan, strung together because he knows no one believes any of it.

Did you see the segment of him and Ben Shapiro where Ben keeps asking him to define the sexes?

Hysterical. Literally the dumbest response anyone could ever proffer.

Posted by: garrett at January 20, 2026 06:09 PM (ZcsJV)

68 50 I mean, most of the US was purchased, did we sign some sort of agreement stipulating we wouldn’t acquire more territory?
Posted by: Thomas Bender
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Nope. Assume the question is rhetorical though.

Posted by: whig at January 20, 2026 06:09 PM (E4rtv)

69 Their position on "climate change" and "green energy" will be the same as that on transing kids. "We were right all along, but only a Neanderthal would talk about that now."

Posted by: Eeyore at January 20, 2026 06:09 PM (s0JqF)

70 Isn't there some sort of law about going to a Foreign Country and actively lobbying against it ?

Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 06:09 PM (VE6XX)

71 Bezos and his puppets still at the company are 1000% in favor of a dystopian state that would make Orwell scoff at the implausibility.

An AI camera will be dictating your life and raising your kids.

Now be a good veal and get back in front of the screen where we can see you.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 20, 2026 06:09 PM (+Wrm0)

72 On the one hand, the EU hates us. On the other, NATO can't do without us.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 20, 2026 06:08 PM (tgvbd)

That's the benefit to us. The EU will break up NATO for us.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 20, 2026 06:09 PM (8avO+)

73 > Meanwhile in Germany they are building coal plants.

I don't think this is true. They granted some old plants temporary lifetime extensions and reactivated some during the gas shortage. I don't think they're building anything new.

Posted by: bonhomme at January 20, 2026 06:09 PM (Yp6az)

74 Trump is using “Greenland” for several reasons.

One is hasten the end of NATO which has long out-lived its usefulness.

Another is that it’s important for US defense including by keeping out Commies. That NATO members are resisting this shows what they’re about

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 20, 2026 06:09 PM (CFZvS)

75 "AI is going to be in everything. AI is going to make everything better. AI will make it so that you don't need your own computer, you'll log in to our systems - run the specs that we think you should be able to run, execute the programs that we think you should be able to execute, store the data that we think you should have in the manner that we think you should have it.

AI is the MacGuffin that they use to convince the smooth brains to give up even more personal autonomy in favor of yet another subscription.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 20, 2026 06:04 PM (ExV1e)"

exactly correct.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 20, 2026 06:09 PM (Cjt/F)

76 I think that might be part of the point. It is a way to continue distancing us from Europe because they are trying to entangle us in wars there.
Posted by: Oldcat at January 20, 2026 06:04 PM (8avO+)

You know, we could just pull every damn weapons system, and every swinging American dick out of Ukraine.

That would be a good start.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 20, 2026 06:09 PM (dGCAG)

77 70 Isn't there some sort of law about going to a Foreign Country and actively lobbying against it ?
Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 06:09 PM (VE6XX)

Against your Country I meant to add

Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 06:09 PM (VE6XX)

78 saying the tariffs could force the EU to use its anti-coercion mechanism against the U.S. "for the very first time,"

Ok, that sounds very mysterious and foreboding, but those Epstein tapes will only end up taking out Democrats.

Posted by: t-bird at January 20, 2026 06:10 PM (oSFyF)

79
did we sign some sort of agreement stipulating we wouldn’t acquire more territory?

__________

This is our last territorial demand.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 20, 2026 06:10 PM (tgvbd)

80 Germany has tons of coal though.

Still go back to nukes, you retards.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 20, 2026 06:10 PM (zZu0s)

81 Not only do we need to torment the EU and NATO but we need to jettison the UN off of American soil. Let's start there.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 20, 2026 06:10 PM (oT7pT)

82 Macron has probably done so much coke here lately his sclera is bright red.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 20, 2026 06:10 PM (0KSrI)

83 >>German coal is ultra crappy. The best clean coal is from the US, and the bit of Scotland that has the same rocks.

Clean Coal Tech is not about the quality of the Coal. It is about what comes out of the process of burning that coal.

The Germans are/were able to do an amazing job of burning some of the worst coal you can utilize with the least negative impact.

Posted by: garrett at January 20, 2026 06:10 PM (ZcsJV)

84 He has four years to get thing done. He's on a mission.
Posted by: mrp at January 20, 2026 06:06 PM (rj6Yv)
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He has six months at most. By June, it will be all about the election and then it will be all about the next election.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 20, 2026 06:10 PM (RIvkX)

85 Ya know, if we suddenly invaded Greenland militarily, the EU would be in the very awkward position of trying to defend themselves against Putin in the East (while buying his oil) and against Trump in the West (while buying everything else from the U.S.)

It would be hilarious watching them squirm impotently.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 20, 2026 06:10 PM (ESVrU)

86 >>Germany has tons of coal though.

The UK, too.

Posted by: garrett at January 20, 2026 06:11 PM (ZcsJV)

87 Now, you may still think the juice ain’t worth the squeeze, but that’s a different issue than not knowing why Trump wants it.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 20, 2026 06:06 PM (vGaW9)
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Canada cannot be trusted. The US needs to reinforce the eastern arctic flank of North America. The US has had a base there for years, and garrisoned it during WW II, relieving British forces through Lend-Lease.

He only brought this up ten years ago, but the difference is that time is running out and he has to act quickly.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 20, 2026 06:11 PM (ZOv7s)

88 Who had to clean the shit stains off the WEF chairs after Lutnick's speech? (Remember when the German burst into tears?)
Posted by: Eeyore at January 20, 2026 06:06 PM (s0JqF)
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JD Vance ate their cornflakes last year. Now the whole team piled on at Davos. I only wish their arrival had been aboard Abram tanks.

Posted by: mrp at January 20, 2026 06:11 PM (rj6Yv)

89 Turkey can be the defender of the EU.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 20, 2026 06:11 PM (0KSrI)

90 81 Not only do we need to torment the EU and NATO but we need to jettison the UN off of American soil. Let's start there.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 20, 2026 06:10 PM (oT7pT)

Which is what Trump's "Peace Board" plan seems to be a replacement for....

Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 06:12 PM (VE6XX)

91 WE should also take Canada
we would own the skies between Russia and the US

WHO'S WITH ME

Posted by: Don Black at January 20, 2026 06:12 PM (ZxPkt)

92 24 AI, AI, AI.

Still trying to figure out why.
——

Silly girl. You put the AI in the bugs. Or is that bugs in the AI.

through the arcane magicks of vibe coding, ai puts the bugs in itself!

Posted by: anachronda at January 20, 2026 06:12 PM (v3pYe)

93 European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen . . .

She's lying, alright.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 20, 2026 06:12 PM (wVcYX)

94 Greenland is in line with Trump's "America First" agenda.

Most people can't, or won't understand the strategic implications of a Greenland controlled by Russia or China.

It's been spelled out a zillion times. Some people are just too stupid to understand.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 20, 2026 06:12 PM (U2OZr)

95 I think the main concern the current administration has about Greenland relates to China, moreso than Russia. China is leveraging various countries that have claims to the Arctic (and all its resources). Take Norway, for example. China has made a big push to dominate the Norweigan market and actually put troops in Kirkenes. China named themselves a "Near Arctic State" it's a totally made up name by a country with no claims to the Arctic, but telegraphs their intentions. Chinese are, also, infiltrating Slavic energy companies relative to this goal.

China has a habit of ignoring boundaries, international laws and sovereignty. They plan on exploiting the Arctic in any way they can for petroleum, rare minerals, fishing etc. They feel they are entitled.

Greenland offers shipping routes and a base opportunity for these goals. Trump is correct to take contrary measures. Even if they are expensive.

Posted by: Orson at January 20, 2026 06:12 PM (dIske)

96 AI is the MacGuffin that they use to convince the smooth brains to give up even more personal autonomy in favor of yet another subscription.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 20, 2026 06:04 PM (ExV1e)"

exactly correct.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 20, 2026 06:09 PM (Cjt/F)
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My brand new kitchen range comes with a "smart app" that I never, ever intend to use because I'd have to sign in with my Samsung account (which I don't have) in order to use it.

Who needs a smart app to cook a roast?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 20, 2026 06:12 PM (ESVrU)

97 Let's move the UN to Greenland to sweeten the pot. Think that will work?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 20, 2026 06:12 PM (oT7pT)

98
Today, Greenland, tomorrow, St. Pierre and Miquelon!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 20, 2026 06:12 PM (tgvbd)

99 I mean I guess it’s not any different than buying Alaska or Louisiana.
Posted by: Really?? at January 20, 2026 06:07 PM (d4dD2)

Except Louisiana was basically half the continental U.S. landmass.

As for Al Aksa, if we're not going to put oil wells everywhere, we should just give it back to Russia.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 20, 2026 06:13 PM (dGCAG)

100 So Gruesome is joining the Minnesota Confederacy

Posted by: Skip at January 20, 2026 06:13 PM (Ia/+0)

101 Did you see the segment of him and Ben Shapiro where Ben keeps asking him to define the sexes?

Hysterical. Literally the dumbest response anyone could ever proffer.
Posted by: garrett at January 20, 2026 06:09 PM (ZcsJV)
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Gavin makes no sense.

I think chicks must like watching his mouth move or something because I can't get past how dumb this fvck is.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 20, 2026 06:13 PM (RIvkX)

102 There's no way Russia is controlling Greenland.
China is possible... and so is the EU, which is worse than China.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 20, 2026 06:13 PM (gKWVE)

103 Hey Gov. Greaseball.. You'll never be president.. Go sit next to Kamala and Hillary on the losers bench
Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 05:59 PM (VE6XX)

With Sydney, Clayton, Jugdish, and Mohammed. Help yourself to the punch and cookies!

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 20, 2026 06:13 PM (wVcYX)

104 Is Germany really building coal plants?

What a pack of retards.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 20, 2026 06:13 PM (5XW27)

105 Ben blew the opportunity to say, "You're bot making any sense. Stop it."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 20, 2026 06:13 PM (RIvkX)

106 I'm pretty sure that in a chess match the best the idiot European leaders could muster would be to accidentally stick the chess pieces up their noses. Ralph Wiggums but not as endearing

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 20, 2026 06:13 PM (PTsqM)

107 The rate we are going it might be a shooting war bybtje end of the year

Posted by: Skip at January 20, 2026 06:14 PM (Ia/+0)

108 An AI camera will be dictating your life and raising your kids.

Kids? What makes you think that a nobody like you will ever be permitted a heterosexual relationship? Enjoy your weekly 30 minutes of approved porn and get back to work.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 20, 2026 06:14 PM (ExV1e)

109 61
On the one hand, the EU hates us. On the other, NATO can't do without us.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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Same as the welfare class that hates the police but can't quit getting a welfare check.

They used and abused the US and refused to revise (even had their flying monkeys in DC and interest groups) the old Cold War understanding. Constant backstabbing in diplomacy, constant reneging on NATO spending, stealing, regulating, and fining US companies to try to prop up their home industries, and tariffing and regulating the hell out of US imports while running trade surpluses for decades.

Frankly I don't care if they go commie or Muzzie but their value as allies to the US is approaching nil.

Lower than nil when they tried to get us to fight directly with Russia or provoke Russia by stealing all the frozen wealth to repay their banks and refill their treasuries.

Posted by: whig at January 20, 2026 06:14 PM (E4rtv)

110 did we sign some sort of agreement stipulating we wouldn’t acquire more territory?

__________

This is our last territorial demand.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 20, 2026 06:10 PM (tgvbd)

Yeah you gave up all my gains, you little pantywaist, didnt you?!

Posted by: Trajan Optimus at January 20, 2026 06:14 PM (zZu0s)

111 Meanwhile in Germany they are building coal plants.

The renewables are a failure and they won't reactivate their nuclear reactors for political reasons.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 20, 2026 06:03 PM (45BvE)

Renewables in Germany are just laughable. Its real far north for Solar. Overcast days are common. Fog. I suppose biofuel could save a tiny bit.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 20, 2026 06:14 PM (8avO+)

112 In today’s fast-paced, innovation-driven world, artificial intelligence is no longer a concept of the future — it’s here, and it’s transforming the way we create, communicate, and connect. What’s truly remarkable is how seamlessly AI-generated content now mirrors the nuance, clarity, and authenticity of human expression. At this point, the idea that someone could reliably tell whether a piece of writing was produced by AI or a person feels increasingly outdated. As technology continues to evolve, the real opportunity lies not in questioning the source of the content, but in embracing the possibilities it unlocks for collaboration, efficiency, and scalable impact. Excited to see where this journey takes us. 🚀

Posted by: Oglebay at January 20, 2026 06:14 PM (GPa4z)

113 92, LOL!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 20, 2026 06:15 PM (Cjt/F)

114 Newsom sounds either drunk or exhausted from a plane flight.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 20, 2026 06:15 PM (PFs9e)

115 Is Germany really building coal plants?

What a pack of retards.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 20, 2026 06:13 PM (5XW27)
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To burn lignite coal.

Posted by: mrp at January 20, 2026 06:15 PM (rj6Yv)

116 >>Ben blew the opportunity to say, "You're bot making any sense. Stop it."

Yes. Ben doesn't understand that. He approaches all debate as formal debate. He should have shredded him for that response.

At the very least, press him as hard as Carola did over the Check Cashing Minorities bullshit.

Posted by: garrett at January 20, 2026 06:15 PM (ZcsJV)

117 114 Newsom sounds either drunk or exhausted from a plane flight.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 20, 2026 06:15 PM (PFs9e)

Too much weed

Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 06:15 PM (VE6XX)

118 The rate we are going it might be a shooting war bybtje end of the year
Posted by: Skip at January 20, 2026 06:14 PM (Ia/+0)
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With whom? Denmark gave all its artillery to Ukraine. Britain's aircraft carriers keep breaking so we let them train on ours. Germany's tanks have wooden guns.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 20, 2026 06:15 PM (ZOv7s)

119 108.

My apologies.
I'll just eat my soy protein shake with soy milk and watch the latest MSheU show while I wait for my AI waifu to get home from work at the AI mine.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 20, 2026 06:16 PM (+Wrm0)

120 @98 a guy I knew in college was from Canada and he took the ferry to St. Pierre and Miquelon just to say he had been to both

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 20, 2026 06:16 PM (PTsqM)

121 Democracy Now! Report (far Left online propaganda):

An Episcopal Bishop in New Hampshire has urged fellow clergy to finalize their wills and prepare for what he called a "new era of martyrdom" during a vigil honoring Renee Good, who was shot dead by an ICE agent in Minneapolis.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 20, 2026 06:16 PM (ycI94)

122 There was a funny Poland-ball comic I saw recently

It was EU ball welcoming Finland ball to NATO.

Then telling it that first war would be against USA.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 20, 2026 06:16 PM (5XW27)

123 Let's move the UN to Greenland to sweeten the pot. Think that will work?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 20, 2026 06:12 PM (oT7pT)

I was thinking we move the A's there.

They could keep their uniform colors.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 20, 2026 06:17 PM (dGCAG)

124
Who needs a smart app to cook a roast?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Maybe you can hack the app to pour maple syrup on French toast ...

Posted by: Adriane the Ethnic Cuisine Critic . . . at January 20, 2026 06:17 PM (3ZUWJ)

125 AI will make it so that you don't need your own computer, you'll log in to our systems - run the specs that we think you should be able to run, execute the programs that we think you should be able to execute, store the data that we think you should have in the manner that we think you should have it.

Speaking of AI futures, have a short story: https://madgeniusclub.com /2026/01/19/password/

Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 20, 2026 06:17 PM (a+4eV)

126 Canada cannot be trusted. The US needs to reinforce the eastern arctic flank of North America. The US has had a base there for years, and garrisoned it during WW II, relieving British forces through Lend-Lease.

He only brought this up ten years ago, but the difference is that time is running out and he has to act quickly.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 20, 2026 06:11 PM (ZOv7s)

Also, as recently as... oh, about 10 years ago... the leader of Greenland tried to bring the Chinese in. Denmark squashed the deal but what happens if Greenland becomes independent? Or China buys another Danish politician?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 20, 2026 06:17 PM (ExV1e)

127 Isn't there some sort of law about going to a Foreign Country and actively lobbying against it ?
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Yes there is, and the Kenyan Muslim fag violated it with multiple trips to the UK. Haven't read anything about charging him yet.

Posted by: Crusader at January 20, 2026 06:17 PM (TN0g+)

128 Too much weed
Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 06:15 PM (VE6XX)
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Higher 'n a kite. Probably carries a stash of NO whippets.

Posted by: mrp at January 20, 2026 06:17 PM (rj6Yv)

129 Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent just went straight at Europe to their faces in Davos.

"Let's be clear. Europe is STILL buying Russian oil. Still. Four years later."

"They are literally financing the war against themselves."

That is part of the design.
They all got some of the $500B we sent to Ukraine.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 06:17 PM (gbOdA)

130 An Episcopal Bishop in New Hampshire has urged fellow clergy to finalize their wills and prepare for what he called a "new era of martyrdom" during a vigil honoring Renee Good, who was shot dead by an ICE agent in Minneapolis.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 20, 2026 06:16 PM (ycI94)

The FBI should give him a visit

Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 06:17 PM (VE6XX)

131 A.H.Lloyd with the Marxist Confederacy

Posted by: Skip at January 20, 2026 06:17 PM (Ia/+0)

132 Too much weed
Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 06:15 PM (VE6XX)

Ah; Thanks. I hadn't thought of that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 20, 2026 06:18 PM (PFs9e)

133 An Episcopal Bishop in New Hampshire has urged fellow clergy to finalize their wills and prepare for what he called a "new era of martyrdom"

Well... Episcopalians

Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 20, 2026 06:18 PM (a+4eV)

134 I have to dig out my Risk rules. Do we get bonus armies for controlling Greenland?

Posted by: PA Dutchman at January 20, 2026 06:18 PM (x/esR)

135 108 -
Praise the Company!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 20, 2026 06:18 PM (Cjt/F)

136 Nuuk the Gay Whales of Greenland!

Posted by: Sloganeer! at January 20, 2026 06:18 PM (oftw2)

137 >>> s Germany really building coal plants?

What a pack of retards.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 20, 2026 06:13 PM (5XW27)
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To burn lignite coal.
Posted by: mrp at January 20, 2026 06:15 PM (rj6Yv)

Which is really interesting if you remember that it was the German corporation BOFA that first developed the related Ligma process.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 20, 2026 06:18 PM (3uBP9)

138 >>Praise the Company!

For the Syndicate!

Posted by: Milo Minderbender at January 20, 2026 06:19 PM (ZcsJV)

139 AI will never affect my job, be able to perform my job or make any contribution to my job.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 20, 2026 06:19 PM (0KSrI)

140 Same as the welfare class that hates the police but can't quit getting a welfare check.

Hates the police but calls 911 if McDonalds won't give them extra sauce packets.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 20, 2026 06:20 PM (ExV1e)

141 >>AI will never affect my job, be able to perform my job or make any contribution to my job.

Plumbers are always going to make great wages.

Posted by: garrett at January 20, 2026 06:20 PM (ZcsJV)

142 @98 a guy I knew in college was from Canada and he took the ferry to St. Pierre and Miquelon just to say he had been to both
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 20, 2026 06:16 PM (PTsqM)
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I would visit for the herring and the cod.

Posted by: mrp at January 20, 2026 06:20 PM (rj6Yv)

143 An Episcopal Bishop in New Hampshire has urged fellow clergy to finalize their wills and prepare for what he called a "new era of martyrdom"

Well... Episcopalians
Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 20, 2026 06:18 PM (a+4eV)

Someone should tell the Bishop you have to believe in God for martyrdom.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 20, 2026 06:21 PM (8avO+)

144 To burn lignite coal.
Posted by: mrp

Kosovo has an ancient coal power plant from the Yugoslavia days in desperate need of upgrade/replace. The US was all ready to help them build a modern coal facility, as the country has limitless lignite and would therefore have energy independence, but the EU partners said "no" and crushed the plan.

How the tables have turned. Remember: international law and norms are just cover for powerful nations to coerce weak ones. Powerful nations will do whatever they need to, international law be damned.

Posted by: Military Moron at January 20, 2026 06:21 PM (ycI94)

145 > Too much weed
--------
My younger self says... what the fuck?

My current self says... pass the gummy. But cut it in half.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 20, 2026 06:21 PM (U2OZr)

146 Ben me either
Or until a robot can come do a building remodeling

Posted by: Skip at January 20, 2026 06:21 PM (Ia/+0)

147 WE should also take Canada
we would own the skies between Russia and the US

WHO'S WITH ME
Posted by: Don Black

We already do that after China invades Alaska.

Posted by: War. War never changes. at January 20, 2026 06:21 PM (c+YYE)

148 I have to dig out my Risk rules. Do we get bonus armies for controlling Greenland?

Only if we hold Canada and Mexico.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 20, 2026 06:22 PM (8avO+)

149 How does my ass taste now Klaus?!

Like Hasenpfeffer and Orange Tang I bet!

Posted by: President Donald J. Trump, Shot Caller With All The Keys at January 20, 2026 06:22 PM (R/m4+)

150 I think chicks must like watching his mouth move or something because I can't get past how dumb this fvck is.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Some people have simply never encountered a used-car salesman of such high oleaginity.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 20, 2026 06:22 PM (a+4eV)

151 >>Praise the Company!

For the Syndicate!
Posted by: Milo Minderbender at January 20, 2026 06:19 PM (ZcsJV)

Please rise for the Corporate Anthem.

Posted by: Rollerball (1975) at January 20, 2026 06:22 PM (wVcYX)

152 Why do I do my weights and go to the range?

Mostly I don't want the embarrassment of being killed by someone wearing a rainbow-colored airsoft plate carrier and a Hello Kitty backpack full of dildoes.

The health and peace of mind are just gravy at this point.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 20, 2026 06:22 PM (+Wrm0)

153 There was a funny Poland-ball comic I saw recently

It was EU ball welcoming Finland ball to NATO.

Then telling it that first war would be against USA.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 20, 2026 06:16 PM (5XW27)

I thought it was Sweden.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 20, 2026 06:23 PM (ExV1e)

154 A.H.Lloyd with the Marxist Confederacy
Posted by: Skip at January 20, 2026 06:17 PM (Ia/+0)

He has a book on that.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 20, 2026 06:23 PM (8avO+)

155 ot:
we storm a mosque.
I'll bring the Bacon, Peanut butter and banana sandwiches. I'm sure CBD has plenty of maple syrup.

Posted by: DaveA at January 20, 2026 06:24 PM (FhXTo)

156 A.H.Lloyd with the Marxist Confederacy
Posted by: Skip at January 20, 2026 06:17 PM (Ia/+0)
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Oh, crossing the threads. You confused me.

The neoconfederates don't really bring much to the table, it's mostly agitprop and I will note that the weekend proved Trump correct in slow-walking the Insurrection Act.

The rebels think they have some momentum and TACO and all that, but attacking people at worship pisses off the normies. Timing is everything.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 20, 2026 06:24 PM (ZOv7s)

157 Plumbers are always going to make great wages.
Posted by: garrett

Cubans using plastic grocery bags in toilets would sadly disagree with you ...

Posted by: Adriane the Ethnic Cuisine Critic . . . at January 20, 2026 06:24 PM (3ZUWJ)

158 145.

Being 53 means wanting a gummi the size of a Lincoln Town Car hubcap but using my reading glasses to cut it down because I have work tomorrow. LOL

Posted by: sifty boones at January 20, 2026 06:24 PM (+Wrm0)

159 The Germans, IIRC, built the underground bunkers for Saddam. Supposedly Tomahawk-proof.

Posted by: mrp at January 20, 2026 06:24 PM (rj6Yv)

160
I thought it was Sweden.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Yeah, probably.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 20, 2026 06:24 PM (5XW27)

161 They are literally financing the war against themselves."

That is part of the design.
They all got some of the $500B we sent to Ukraine.
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 06:17 PM (gbOdA)

Some yes, and jobs for nephews. I have confidence that the local Ukrainians can steal war funds faster than the EU can.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 20, 2026 06:25 PM (8avO+)

162 >>Still trying to figure out why.

Seems pretty straightforward. AI is being promoted as the all knowing brain of humanity. What AI spits out is truth.

But the real truth is that AI is nothing more than a mouthpiece for the "facts" it is given to work out problems. Problems with leftist bullshit being spit out by some AI platforms is already happening.

Just another form of censorship and control.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 20, 2026 06:25 PM (viF8m)

163
Ursula von der Leyen.

Stop putting women in charge.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 20, 2026 06:26 PM (2Ez/1)

164
No nukes. No coal. No Industry.
Posted by: garrett

Like Robinson ca-rooso
It's primitive as can be

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 20, 2026 06:26 PM (pkeXY)

165 LOL! Correct me if I'm wrong but this "handing a Nobel Peace Prize" to Trump was:

(1) An isolated incident, not one of several as he implied
(2) The act of a private citizen, not ANY government, European or otherwise, and
(3) Was from a South American, not a European

I guess he doesn't know the difference among any of these distinctions, or at least assumes you're stupid enough not to.

Posted by: MrExcitement at January 20, 2026 06:26 PM (hOOi9)

166 Well... Episcopalians
Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 20, 2026 06:18 PM (a+4eV)
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Did ze give zir pronouns?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 20, 2026 06:26 PM (ZOv7s)

167 Earlier this year when Trump first brought up Greenland, I noticed Putin responded by saying that Russia would not permit such "encroachment." I was surprised that Putin said anything; he usually tasks his lapdog Medvedev.

As far as Trump's interest, I thought it was primarily a three-fold concern: (1) off-setting the Russian/Chinese incursion in the artic; (2) valuable rare earth minerals acquisition; (3) Golden Dome and ballistic submarine staging/detection. It will be interesting how is shakes out.

Posted by: -DC at January 20, 2026 06:26 PM (i3jTa)

168 Ursula von der Leyen is still pissed the Dalmations got away.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 20, 2026 06:26 PM (+Wrm0)

169 Ursula von der Leyen.

Stop putting women in charge.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 20, 2026 06:26 PM (2Ez/1)
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A case study in failing upwards.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 20, 2026 06:27 PM (ZOv7s)

170 Ursula von der Leyen.

Stop putting women in charge.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 20, 2026 06:26 PM (2Ez/1)

She looks constipated

Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 06:27 PM (VE6XX)

171 168 Ursula von der Leyen is still pissed the Dalmations got away.

after all that work of rounding up 101 of them?

Posted by: anachronda at January 20, 2026 06:27 PM (v3pYe)

172 I thought Gavin was going to start crying.
What a putz.

Posted by: wth at January 20, 2026 06:27 PM (UjdFS)

173 >Plumbers are always going to make great wages.

Posted by: garrett
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Shit never sleeps.

Posted by: Don Black at January 20, 2026 06:27 PM (ZxPkt)

174 Ursula Andress>>>>>>>>>Ursula von der Leyen

Posted by: tubal at January 20, 2026 06:27 PM (pDt9x)

175 Ursula von der Leyen.

Stop putting women in charge.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 20, 2026 06:26 PM (2Ez/1)

I hesitate to think Ursula is in charge of anything.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 20, 2026 06:28 PM (8avO+)

176 IF there is going to be an invasion of California for insurrection....can I come?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 20, 2026 06:28 PM (xcxpd)

177 kneepads. Gavin said "kneepads" to the media. And they didn't giggle like Beavis and Butthead. Any further inquiry is a HIPAA violation.

Posted by: 80's music fan at January 20, 2026 06:28 PM (YlWIZ)

178 Ursula von der Leyen is still pissed the Dalmations got away.
Posted by: sifty boones

At least she didn't coat 'em with sand fleas like St. Fauci ...

Posted by: Adriane the Ethnic Cuisine Critic . . . at January 20, 2026 06:28 PM (3ZUWJ)

179 When the Cubans overthrow their commie masters, can they put them on trial and charge them with crimes against humanity?

Posted by: Nuremberg 2: Tropico Boogaloo at January 20, 2026 06:28 PM (R/m4+)

180 172 I thought Gavin was going to start crying.
What a putz.
Posted by: wth at January 20, 2026 06:27 PM (UjdFS)

Must be that time of the month...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 06:28 PM (VE6XX)

181 At the very least, press him as hard as Carola did over the Check Cashing Minorities bullshit.

Posted by: garrett at January 20, 2026 06:15 PM (ZcsJV)
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That should have been the end of Newsom's career.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 20, 2026 06:28 PM (RIvkX)

182 " ... But cut it in half. "

wisdom from the Ancient Days !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 20, 2026 06:28 PM (Cjt/F)

183 Trump is like a one eyed man in a nation of blind people.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 20, 2026 06:28 PM (0KSrI)

184 171.

Her vibrator filed for divorce, citing cruel and unusual punishment and long periods of isolation in a cold confined space.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 20, 2026 06:28 PM (+Wrm0)

185 European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called Trump's threats "a mistake" and questioned U.S. trustworthiness,

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US trustworthiness? What about their own? Nobody can trust them, certainly not their own citizens.

Posted by: Decaf at January 20, 2026 06:29 PM (Z8jzG)

186 Newsome...reason #34256 why trump needs to form the ministry of ungentlemanly warfare.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 20, 2026 06:29 PM (snZF9)

187 I bravely watched ninny Newsome blather about getting a spine, etc, when Caliornia is being flushed out to sea in debt.

He has the same coke dealer as Kam for word salad.

He also may be snorting his food like that weird woman as he sounds like he has hummus up his sinuses.

I assume he's there as he's wanting some cred to be our next president. Which only a bubble head like he or Kam can dream about.

In reality he's there to beetch and whine about President Trump. I know it and he knows it. I hope he gets moldy coke in Davos. A fungus to his brain via his sinuses.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 20, 2026 06:29 PM (WONhk)

188 AI, AI, AI.

Still trying to figure out why.
.....

AI rhymes with lie.
Because that's what it is.

Posted by: wth at January 20, 2026 06:30 PM (UjdFS)

189 I have to dig out my Risk rules. Do we get bonus armies for controlling Greenland?
Posted by: PA Dutchman at January 20, 2026 06:18 PM (x/esR)
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Mrs. F. keep saying, "anyone who doesn't understand why Greenland is important has never played Risk."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 20, 2026 06:31 PM (RIvkX)

190 Sticking beans up his nose??? Like the Littles do?

Posted by: tubal at January 20, 2026 06:31 PM (pDt9x)

191 179 When the Cubans overthrow their commie masters, can they put them on trial and charge them with crimes against humanity?
Posted by: Nuremberg 2: Tropico Boogaloo

We're the US. We can do whatever the fuck Trump wants. Who's going to stop us?

Posted by: Military Moron at January 20, 2026 06:31 PM (ycI94)

192 AI is already fucking up browsers and commerce sites like Amazon. They're cramming the AI extensions into all these things whether we want it or not, probably to push us to buy new "AI equipped" computers. Like the Windows "upgrade" grift but worse.

Posted by: Can't hate them enough at January 20, 2026 06:31 PM (TbWk/)

193 US trustworthiness? What about their own? Nobody can trust them, certainly not their own citizens.
Posted by: Decaf at January 20, 2026 06:29 PM (Z8jzG)

In the EU parliament you are issued a party to join out of 8. And you don't initiate any laws. Sometimes you can vote on one someone unelected proposes.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 20, 2026 06:31 PM (8avO+)

194 US trustworthiness? What about their own? Nobody can trust them, certainly not their own citizens.
Posted by: Decaf at January 20, 2026 06:29 PM (Z8jzG)
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Hell, they cancel countries' lawful elections because the wrong people keep getting elected.

Posted by: mrp at January 20, 2026 06:31 PM (rj6Yv)

195 187
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
.......

Moldy coke with ground up glass in it.

Posted by: wth at January 20, 2026 06:32 PM (UjdFS)

196 Heh, ai is forcing a lot of computer manufacturers out of business right now.

Posted by: Trajan Optimus at January 20, 2026 06:32 PM (zZu0s)

197 AI is already fucking up browsers and commerce sites like Amazon. They're cramming the AI extensions into all these things whether we want it or not, probably to push us to buy new "AI equipped" computers. Like the Windows "upgrade" grift but worse.
Posted by: Can't hate them enough at January 20, 2026 06:31 PM (TbWk/)

They have been screwed for a lot longer. Purchasing sites for books that only show a half dozen entries.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 20, 2026 06:32 PM (8avO+)

198 To grasp the emerald isle, fair Greenland's fate,
A realm of wealth, with treasures rich and great.
In icy grasp doth lie both gold and grain,
To claim it thus would ease our land's disdain.
From Denmark's hand, this jewel we should seize,
A bold stroke fit to bring our foes to knees.
With visions grand, unite the North and South,
Transform the frost to riches, cease all doubts.
O Trump, take thy chance, let history decree,
In conquest lies the path to destiny!

Posted by: Billy Shakespeare at January 20, 2026 06:32 PM (2Ez/1)

199 Dumbest End Times ever.

Hands down.

Revelations reduced to a pop-up book.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 20, 2026 06:33 PM (+Wrm0)

200 Just saw a clip of Mitch McConnell speaking in congress. I see his staff don't even bother to comb his hair anymore.

Posted by: Decaf at January 20, 2026 06:33 PM (Z8jzG)

201 Saw a commercial on Prime streaming about a new laptop with an onboarded AI fren to help you when you use the puter. No thanks.

Posted by: tubal at January 20, 2026 06:33 PM (pDt9x)

202
Carlos Beltran and Andruw Jones get elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in the BBWAA balloting.

Alex Rodriguez (5th year) got 40% of the vote and Manny Ramirez (10th and final year) got 38.8. Both juicers. Har, har.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 20, 2026 06:33 PM (tgvbd)

203 Hell, they cancel countries' lawful elections because the wrong people keep getting elected.
Posted by: mrp at January 20, 2026 06:31 PM (rj6Yv)

When they were forcing countries to join, if you refused joining they made you vote again. After you joined, the elections stopped permanently.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 20, 2026 06:33 PM (8avO+)

204 129 Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent just went straight at Europe to their faces in Davos.

"Let's be clear. Europe is STILL buying Russian oil. Still. Four years later."

"They are literally financing the war against themselves."

That is part of the design.
They all got some of the $500B we sent to Ukraine.
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 06:17 PM (gbOdA)

And this is AFTER we helped Europe by blowing up a pipeline. Ingrates...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 20, 2026 06:33 PM (xcxpd)

205 My (limited) understanding of Greenland is the obvious one of early warning against Russia missile attacks, monitoring of what is happening in space and to be in control of the new shipping routes to avoid Chinese and Russian interference, and control of rare earth so China doesn’t expand their dominance. To would make easier for us to tell China to pound sand. Or if we do enter a hot WW3, we really need to be the ones in control of that territory and not at the whim of the feckless EU. Maybe Trump knows something we don’t about the reality of that hot war.

Or he really is going to crown himself Emperor to protect us from the dems and Rinos. You can’t really be an Emperor without an empire, now can you?

Posted by: Piper at January 20, 2026 06:34 PM (Wmg4n)

206 199 Dumbest End Times ever.

Hands down.

Revelations reduced to a pop-up book.
Posted by: sifty boones at January 20, 2026 06:33 PM (+Wrm0)

Excellent!!

Posted by: tubal at January 20, 2026 06:34 PM (pDt9x)

207 201 Saw a commercial on Prime streaming about a new laptop with an onboarded AI fren to help you when you use the puter. No thanks.
Posted by: tubal at January 20, 2026 06:33 PM (pDt9x)

I warned you but you didn't listen

Posted by: Isaac Asimov at January 20, 2026 06:34 PM (VE6XX)

208 Saw a commercial on Prime streaming about a new laptop with an onboarded AI fren to help you when you use the puter. No thanks.
Posted by: tubal at January 20, 2026 06:33 PM (pDt9x)

The OS has one anyway. Aside from Linux flavors, maybe.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 20, 2026 06:34 PM (8avO+)

209 "200 Just saw a clip of Mitch McConnell speaking in congress. I see his staff don't even bother to comb his hair anymore. "

well, I mean, really, why would anyone bother?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 20, 2026 06:35 PM (Cjt/F)

210 Just saw a clip of Mitch McConnell speaking in congress. I see his staff don't even bother to comb his hair anymore.

Posted by: Decaf at January 20, 2026 06:33 PM (Z8jzG)

They comb it with a firecracker. Bernie sanders taught them that.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 20, 2026 06:35 PM (snZF9)

211 Saw a commercial on Prime streaming about a new laptop with an onboarded AI fren to help you when you use the puter. No thanks.
Posted by: tubal at January 20, 2026 06:33 PM (pDt9x)

I warned you but you didn't listen
Posted by: Isaac Asimov at January 20, 2026 06:34 PM (VE6XX)

I started one on my home computer but it kept opening up the garage door randomly.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 20, 2026 06:35 PM (8avO+)

212 208 Saw a commercial on Prime streaming about a new laptop with an onboarded AI fren to help you when you use the puter. No thanks.
Posted by: tubal at January 20, 2026 06:33 PM (pDt9x)

The OS has one anyway. Aside from Linux flavors, maybe.
Posted by: Oldcat at January 20, 2026 06:34 PM (8avO+)

True, but this one seemed Uber Intrusive. Adjacent to Self Driving car intrusive.

Posted by: tubal at January 20, 2026 06:36 PM (pDt9x)

213 Gaining control of Greenland is the first step in raising the ancient island of Thule.

Raising Thule will allow Trump to complete the system of German Idealism.

Posted by: Immanuel K. at January 20, 2026 06:36 PM (kEAv+)

214 AI = PP (programmed propaganda)

Posted by: wth at January 20, 2026 06:36 PM (UjdFS)

215 202.

All steroids should be legal.

If fake tits can legally make a woman a more lucrative onlyfreaks account, steroid muscles should be able to make a baseball player more interesting to watch or a bodybuilder bigger.

My body, my choice.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 20, 2026 06:36 PM (+Wrm0)

216 Apparently it's the USA against the entire world.

President Trump against Euroweenies, with few real allies.

May God protect him in this den of thieves.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 20, 2026 06:37 PM (WONhk)

217 I continue not understanding Trump's fascination with Greenland. But when I hear our ungrateful EU enemies shrieking, my opposition to Trump's takeover decreases.
-ace

Ditto.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 20, 2026 05:58 PM (zZu0s)

Maybe this will explain it. I posted this numerous times over the past few days.

https://tinyurl.com/mrxyma3h

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 20, 2026 06:37 PM (5xuJ/)

218 216 Apparently it's the USA against the entire world.

President Trump against Euroweenies, with few real allies.

May God protect him in this den of thieves.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 20, 2026 06:37 PM (WONhk)

Lemmee see - Ecuador, Argentina, Hungary. The list of allies is thin.

Posted by: tubal at January 20, 2026 06:38 PM (pDt9x)

219 Buc-ee's to open new mega plaza in Ft. Pierce, Florida.

120 fuel stations. 700 parking spaces. 76,245 sqft of snack goodness.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 20, 2026 06:38 PM (abIsI)

220 Gaining control of Greenland is the first step in raising the ancient island of Thule.

Raising Thule will allow Trump to complete the system of German Idealism.
Posted by: Immanuel K. at January 20, 2026 06:36 PM (kEAv+)
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My Dad was once offered a job working at Thule. Mom said "No". Actually, she said a lot more than just "No", but Pop got the message and respectfully declined.

Posted by: mrp at January 20, 2026 06:38 PM (rj6Yv)

221 156 A.H.Lloyd with the Marxist Confederacy
Posted by: Skip at January 20, 2026 06:17 PM (Ia/+0)
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Oh, crossing the threads. You confused me.

The neoconfederates don't really bring much to the table, it's mostly agitprop and I will note that the weekend proved Trump correct in slow-walking the Insurrection Act.

The rebels think they have some momentum and TACO and all that, but attacking people at worship pisses off the normies. Timing is everything.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Hire Skip to be your new agent. Marxist Confederacy seems like it would be a helluva book to write and sell.

Posted by: whig at January 20, 2026 06:38 PM (E4rtv)

222 Carolla just posted another video about the progress or lack thereof in Palisades rebuilding.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 20, 2026 06:39 PM (RIvkX)

223 Lemmee see - Ecuador, Argentina, Hungary. The list of allies is thin.
Posted by: tubal at January 20, 2026 06:38 PM (pDt9x)

El Salvador.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 20, 2026 06:39 PM (8avO+)

224 216 Apparently it's the USA against the entire world.

President Trump against Euroweenies, with few real allies.

May God protect him in this den of thieves.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

Have the Australian douchebags weighed in yet?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 20, 2026 06:39 PM (abIsI)

225 223 Lemmee see - Ecuador, Argentina, Hungary. The list of allies is thin.
Posted by: tubal at January 20, 2026 06:38 PM (pDt9x)

El Salvador.
Posted by: Oldcat at January 20, 2026 06:39 PM (8avO+)

Yep. Forgot about them.

Posted by: tubal at January 20, 2026 06:39 PM (pDt9x)

226 Or he really is going to crown himself Emperor to protect us from the dems and Rinos. You can’t really be an Emperor without an empire, now can you?
Posted by: Piper

"Empire of the Seals" has a ring to it.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 20, 2026 06:40 PM (a+4eV)

227 The UK just approved a huge new Chinese embassy in London while also opening their borders to every muslim who floats by. Canada spent today bragging at the WEF that they are now China's bitch. We just took over Venezuela while dealing a huge blow to China, Iran and Russia who had been colonizing the place.

I really don't understand why people are having a hard time understanding why Trump is adamant about taking Greenland when says it all the time. We need to be the masters of the western hemisphere and that included attacks through or over the Arctic Ocean. We couldn't get a better buffer if we created Greenland ourselves.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 20, 2026 06:40 PM (viF8m)

228 Japan, Italy

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 20, 2026 06:40 PM (+mUZM)

229 Apparently it's the USA against the entire world.

President Trump against Euroweenies, with few real allies.

May God protect him in this den of thieves.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

Have the Australian douchebags weighed in yet?
Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 20, 2026 06:39 PM (abIsI)

Too busy fighting off the Emu Invasion.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 20, 2026 06:40 PM (8avO+)

230 Emperor Penguins.

Posted by: tubal at January 20, 2026 06:40 PM (pDt9x)

231 "Arctic security can only be achieved together. This is why the proposed additional tariffs are a mistake, especially between long-standing allies. The EU and U.S. have agreed to a trade deal last July. And in politics as in business -- a deal is a deal. And when friends shake hands, it must mean something," Von der Leyen said.

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Lol, without the resources of the USA, what "arctic security" can EU provide?

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at January 20, 2026 06:40 PM (Vh9CX)

232 Scott Bessent is a vicious fucking bitch. Prove me wrong.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at January 20, 2026 06:41 PM (MZ+PY)

233 JackStraw, did you see where they are building that embassy?

Posted by: Ben Had at January 20, 2026 06:41 PM (0KSrI)

234
Make the Danes immediately reinvest the payment into U.S. projects.

They'd get a better return on the money.

Posted by: Auspex at January 20, 2026 06:41 PM (Y8DZL)

235 Lemmee see - Ecuador, Argentina, Hungary. The list of allies is thin.
Posted by: tubal at January 20, 2026 06:38 PM (pDt9x)
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I'd add Italy and Poland. The allies in the Far East are a lot more cooperative, with the possible exception of the Commies in the ANZAC countries.

Posted by: mrp at January 20, 2026 06:41 PM (rj6Yv)

236 Bessent, polite, urbane, stone cold assassin.

Posted by: tubal at January 20, 2026 06:42 PM (pDt9x)

237 The UK just approved a huge new Chinese embassy in London while also opening their borders to every muslim who floats by. Canada spent today bragging at the WEF that they are now China's bitch.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 20, 2026 06:40 PM (viF8m)

That's one way to fight off the Muslim mobs in London, have the Chinese embassy guards do it.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 20, 2026 06:42 PM (8avO+)

238 My Dad was once offered a job working at Thule. Mom said "No". Actually, she said a lot more than just "No", but Pop got the message and respectfully declined.

Posted by: mrp at January 20, 2026 06:38 PM (rj6Yv)

Kinda like when Mrs B put the kibosh on this tattoo I wanted. When a woman who lived through your craziest shit without flinching looks at you with a look you never saw before..you listen.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 20, 2026 06:42 PM (snZF9)

239 Buc-ee's to open new mega plaza in Ft. Pierce, Florida.

120 fuel stations. 700 parking spaces. 76,245 sqft of snack goodness.
Posted by: Maj. Healey

Ft. Pierce is a truck stop.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 20, 2026 06:42 PM (/lPRQ)

240 Have the Australian douchebags weighed in yet?
Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 20, 2026 06:39 PM (abIsI)

Too busy fighting off the Emu Invasion.
Posted by: Oldcat

The entire country smells like vegemite excrement.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 20, 2026 06:42 PM (abIsI)

241 "Arctic security can only be achieved together. This is why the proposed additional tariffs are a mistake, especially between long-standing allies. The EU and U.S. have agreed to a trade deal last July. And in politics as in business -- a deal is a deal. And when friends shake hands, it must mean something," Von der Leyen said.
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"I'm altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further."

Posted by: Darth Trump at January 20, 2026 06:43 PM (ESVrU)

242 True, but this one seemed Uber Intrusive. Adjacent to Self Driving car intrusive.
Posted by: tubal

Full Copilot integration can be that bad. Add in the fact that Microsux is feeding your desktop info to OpenAi via the cloud and their idiotic Recall douchebag function, I barely use the one Windows 11 machine I have for weeks. Use it for taxes only with all surveillance crap that I can get to disabled.

Ain't worth it. Think I will buy one of the Mac cubes just to get away from it for taxes. Not found about Macs but dislike where Windows is heading even more.

Posted by: whig at January 20, 2026 06:43 PM (E4rtv)

243 Lemmee see - Ecuador, Argentina, Hungary. The list of allies is thin.
Posted by: tubal at January 20, 2026 06:38 PM (pDt9x)
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I'd add Italy and Poland. The allies in the Far East are a lot more cooperative, with the possible exception of the Commies in the ANZAC countries.
Posted by: mrp at January 20, 2026 06:41 PM (rj6Yv)

Poland is out of the question until that dude Tusk gets ejected. He's EU scum to the core, elected in one of those 'interesting' elections a few years back. The people there are fine, the government is compromised.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 20, 2026 06:43 PM (8avO+)

244 Evening.

Updating to IOS 26.2 was such a mistake. Absolutely ruined the battery life on my brand new iphone.

Before the update I got 6 hours and a bit of battery life and now it's four. A one-third reduction in battery life. Fucking garbage.

Posted by: Robert at January 20, 2026 06:44 PM (7yskd)

245 Singapore might be on our side

Posted by: Don Black at January 20, 2026 06:44 PM (ZxPkt)

246 Ain't worth it. Think I will buy one of the Mac cubes just to get away from it for taxes. Not found about Macs but dislike where Windows is heading even more.
Posted by: whig at January 20, 2026 06:43 PM (E4rtv)

Might try one of the new Linux bundlers instead. Mac is in the bag on surveillance.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 20, 2026 06:45 PM (8avO+)

247 Trumps fascination with Greenland is purely strategic, sir. The EU, with former head banker Mark Carney leading the way, is partnering with(or is blackmailed by) China. Frankly, I think we are watching Trump delegitimize the EU and the UN and is working to form a new association that actually solves problems rather than continue the post-Soviet grift that tried to kill him. I support it 100%.

It will be up to establishment republicans to see if OUR will survives or not as they are the war-grifters.

Posted by: Danimal28 at January 20, 2026 06:46 PM (mNOhh)

248 AI will revolutionize project management, the sciences, data analysis and many other areas. It really isn't any question about it.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at January 20, 2026 06:46 PM (Vh9CX)

249 I really don't understand why people are having a hard time understanding why Trump is adamant about taking Greenland when says it all the time. We need to be the masters of the western hemisphere and that included attacks through or over the Arctic Ocean. We couldn't get a better buffer if we created Greenland ourselves.
Posted by: JackStraw
=====
There is a contingent that agrees with the leftists that the US is the worst country ever and that we should shrink up into a ball and withdraw from everywhere. That will keep us safe.

Posted by: whig at January 20, 2026 06:46 PM (E4rtv)

250 Central London near the Tower of London, Ben Had. A place called the Royal Mint Court.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 20, 2026 06:47 PM (viF8m)

251 The president added that "this tariff will be due and payable until such time as a deal is reached for the complete and total purchase of Greenland."

I love it. I thought he was just doing it as retribution for that ridiculous stunt of them sending a few dozen military personnel to Greenland, but I guess it goes further.

I still want to know who the guys who were sent to Greenland pissed off, and how they got them pissed off, in order to be sent to waste their time in Greenland.

Posted by: MrExcitement at January 20, 2026 06:47 PM (hOOi9)

252 Nato has served itself.

All of sudden, the departure is like a great weight has been lifted. I feel younger and vigor i did not know i had.

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 20, 2026 06:47 PM (EyfuW)

253 Como una promesa, eres tú, eres tú
Como una mañana de verano
Como una sonrisa, eres tú, eres tú
Así, así, eres tú
Toda mi esperanza, eres tú, eres tú
Como lluvia fresca en mis manos
Como fuerte brisa, eres tú, eres tú
Así, así, eres tú...

Posted by: Zombie Franciso Franco On President Trump Kicking Dirty Euro Ass at January 20, 2026 06:48 PM (R/m4+)

254 If we get Greenland, fine. Europe can’t stop us, but we have to have a nice legal contract all drawn up and proper like.

Posted by: tubal at January 20, 2026 06:48 PM (pDt9x)

255 Say, isn't Davos a BILLIONAIRE Paradise? They would turn their noses up at a mere MILLIONAIRE, wouldn't they?

Odd place for an Austin Powers reference.

Posted by: MrExcitement at January 20, 2026 06:49 PM (hOOi9)

256 Don't forget the Europeans used their intel groups to get Trump, especially MI6. So those bastards can go fuck themselves.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at January 20, 2026 06:49 PM (Vh9CX)

257
If we get Greenland, fine. Europe can’t stop us, but we have to have a nice legal contract all drawn up and proper like.

Posted by: tubal at January 20, 2026 06:48 PM (pDt9x)

___________

"By the time I leave, either your signature or your brains will be on that contract."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 20, 2026 06:50 PM (tgvbd)

258 The president added that "this tariff will be due and payable until such time as a deal is reached for the complete and total purchase of Greenland."

I love it. I thought he was just doing it as retribution for that ridiculous stunt of them sending a few dozen military personnel to Greenland, but I guess it goes further.

I still want to know who the guys who were sent to Greenland pissed off, and how they got them pissed off, in order to be sent to waste their time in Greenland.
Posted by: MrExcitement at January 20, 2026 06:47 PM (hOOi9)

Think of the frequent flyer miles they got.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 20, 2026 06:50 PM (8avO+)

259 After 'Nam, Dad had a job in Alaska listening to the Russians. He told my Mom that if he ever called home and told her the Russians had plenty of diesel, it meant to kiss the kids goodbye for him.

The Russians aren't going to do anything to us they can't do to Ukraine. The Chinese would be eating each other for rations within six months.

The WEF sissies in Davos won't ride out Frank Frazetta World as well as they think.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 20, 2026 06:50 PM (vjCCj)

260 Poland is out of the question until that dude Tusk gets ejected. He's EU scum to the core, elected in one of those 'interesting' elections a few years back. The people there are fine, the government is compromised.
Posted by: Oldcat at January 20, 2026 06:43 PM (8avO+)
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We have 10,000 US troops currently stationed in Poland. Tusk is no problem.

Posted by: mrp at January 20, 2026 06:50 PM (rj6Yv)

261 Greenland costs Denmark money, it doesn't do anything for Europe

Posted by: Skip at January 20, 2026 06:50 PM (Ia/+0)

262 Como, como, Perry Como.

Now, for something entirely different.

Can you hold still, really still?

youtube.com/shorts/WSIhzmxChSQ

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 20, 2026 06:51 PM (HAlvi)

263 I really don't understand why people are having a hard time understanding why Trump is adamant about taking Greenland when says it all the time. We need to be the masters of the western hemisphere and that included attacks through or over the Arctic Ocean. We couldn't get a better buffer if we created Greenland ourselves.
Posted by: JackStraw
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There is a contingent that agrees with the leftists that the US is the worst country ever and that we should shrink up into a ball and withdraw from everywhere. That will keep us safe.

Full explanation:
https://tinyurl.com/mrxyma3h

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 20, 2026 06:51 PM (5xuJ/)

264 Carolla just made a 30 minute commercial for a non nutritive kimchi supplement and said you need it because of all the toxins released by the fire.

Thanks?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 20, 2026 06:51 PM (RIvkX)

265 Newscum must have gotten the fill in spot for the ousted FM from Iran.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 20, 2026 06:51 PM (0KSrI)

266 Might try one of the new Linux bundlers instead. Mac is in the bag on surveillance.
Posted by: Oldcat
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Main computers I run Linux, even the Windows 11 machine build is a dual boot Linux, Windows.

I have a few antique Windoze machines that run specific programs that I don't want to buy again at inflated prices (mathematics and stats).

Tax programs though don't run well on Linux through WINE. So the Mac would just be for taxes only. I hated safari and the various crap that Crapple does from having a Mac at work for years but Microsoft has taken the lead in a focus for my hatred.

For fun, I got a very old BX2 Pentium machine running this summer using Debian Trixie 32 bit. Runs slow but it did boot and run.

Posted by: whig at January 20, 2026 06:51 PM (E4rtv)

267 Greenland costs Denmark money, it doesn't do anything for Europe
Posted by: Skip at January 20, 2026 06:50 PM (Ia/+0)

We are speaking of EU and European leaders. They are resisting just because Trump wants it.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 20, 2026 06:52 PM (8avO+)

268 KBJ embarrassed herself in the Hawaii gun control case today. Compared Black Codes with the 2nd Amendment right to bear arms.
The SC should use this case to hammer home 2nd amendment rights once and for all. Of course they won't

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 20, 2026 06:52 PM (PTsqM)

269 AI will never affect my job, be able to perform my job or make any contribution to my job.

Once upon a time, I was a software engineer. AI affected my job. It couldn't perform my job but it made 'contributions' to my job. The executives and people on the team pushing adoption of AI said that they were positive contributions. Everyone else said otherwise.

For some reason, adding AI made the work take longer and resulted in more bugs being introduced, but the CEO thinks it's great and I'm retired so IDGAF.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 20, 2026 06:53 PM (ExV1e)

270 254 If we get Greenland, fine. Europe can’t stop us, but we have to have a nice legal contract all drawn up and proper like.
Posted by: tubal at January 20, 2026 06:48 PM (pDt9x)

With whom? From what I hear, there isn't any actual legal paperwork for the Danes to show legal ownership in the first place, nor is there much of a legal doctrine for them to use.

An obvious step to take is to establish Greenland as independent from Denmark first, anyway. It is literally Greenland's right at this point, according to Danish law.

Europe doesn't have anything to say about it.

Posted by: MrExcitement at January 20, 2026 06:53 PM (hOOi9)

271 The USA (10%) is only second down from the Philippines (11%) of countries with a high LGBT+ count.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 20, 2026 06:53 PM (abIsI)

272 We are speaking of EU and European leaders. They are resisting just because Trump wants it.
Posted by: Oldcat at January 20, 2026 06:52 PM (8avO+

He's just gonna have to make them an offer they can't refuse

Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 06:53 PM (VE6XX)

273
Euroland is straight up one party socialist, and Canada is part of that.

So yeah, they hate America.

Trump should be bombing Davos, not talking to them.

Posted by: Auspex at January 20, 2026 06:53 PM (Y8DZL)

274 Listen to the stories of how Trump made his fortune. He knows real estate and he is no dummy. He didn't become president three times by default or accident. So whatever you may think of him the man knows about land.

Posted by: ... at January 20, 2026 06:53 PM (E0p3T)

275 I continue not understanding Trump's fascination with Greenland. But when I hear our ungrateful EU enemies shrieking, my opposition to Trump's takeover decreases.
-ace[/io]

Macron is now claiming that French arms industry can develop an interceptor far superior than the Patriot, the Germans are planning to ramp up tank production, the Brits are kicking their drone production up, and planning that army, and the Belgians are planning on financing it with Italian gold reserves.
It sounds to me like when Reagan got Gorbachev to go all in on Star Wars.
My main fears are that the Euros and Brits will try to cash in all their Treasuries to start a panic, or the AI bubble will pop.

Bessent's response to if the Euros could bugger the Treasuries by cashing them all in was to smirk and say "no"

Posted by: Kindltot at January 20, 2026 06:53 PM (rbvCR)

276 Before the update I got 6 hours and a bit of battery life and now it's four. A one-third reduction in battery life. Fucking garbage.
Posted by: Robert

It must be spending a lot of its energy calling home.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 20, 2026 06:53 PM (/lPRQ)

277 "They are literally financing the war against themselves."
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Stepping on their own dick since Time Immemorial: Europe.

Posted by: Protected Pederasts at January 20, 2026 06:54 PM (krQz2)

278 WEF has almost entirely dropped its eat bugs climate change rhetoric in favor of putting AI in everything.

Scowls in disgust. Then what the hell am I supposed to do with all these crickets?

Posted by: Paco at January 20, 2026 06:55 PM (2L+MU)

279 260.
Good thing about being stationed in Poland is that we can stand at the border and shoot outward in just about any direction and hit an enemy.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 20, 2026 06:55 PM (d8+Cx)

280 Davos Davos Davos, all I hear is Davos. What am I — chopped liver?

Posted by: Bohemian Grove at January 20, 2026 06:55 PM (se8lQ)

281 @246

>> Might try one of the new Linux bundlers instead. Mac is in the bag on surveillance.

The AppleOs is Unix operating system, it also has very little in the way of intrusive surveillance and AI integration that Windows has.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 20, 2026 06:56 PM (XV/Pl)

282 WE should also take Canada
we would own the skies between Russia and the US

WHO'S WITH ME
Posted by: Don Black at January 20, 2026 06:12 PM (ZxPkt)

The Globe and Mail (via a rando twitter link)

military planners are modelling a U.S. invasion from the south, expecting American forces to overcome Canada’s strategic positions on land and at sea within a week and possibly as quickly as two days.

Canada does not have the number of military personnel or the sophisticated equipment needed to fend off a conventional American attack, they said. So, the military envisions unconventional warfare in which small groups of irregular military or armed civilians would resort to ambushes, sabotage, drone warfare or hit-and-run tactics.

The aim of such tactics would be to impose mass casualties on U.S. occupying forces, the official said.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 20, 2026 06:56 PM (rbvCR)

283 Do you think Newsom ever actually listens to people around him?

Posted by: Dirac_Delta at January 20, 2026 06:56 PM (9EO0O)

284 Posted by: Bohemian Grove

Welcome to my world.

Posted by: Skull & Bones Society at January 20, 2026 06:56 PM (se8lQ)

285 Macron is now claiming that French arms industry can develop an interceptor far superior than the Patriot, the Germans are planning to ramp up tank production, the Brits are kicking their drone production up, and planning that army, and the Belgians are planning on financing it with Italian gold reserves.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 20, 2026 06:53 PM (rbvCR)

The Eurozone is destroying its industries, including defense by crippling their power production. I'll worry about their innovation when they do some.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 20, 2026 06:56 PM (8avO+)

286 Updating to IOS 26.2 was such a mistake. Absolutely ruined the battery life on my brand new iphone.

Before the update I got 6 hours and a bit of battery life and now it's four. A one-third reduction in battery life. Fucking garbage.
Posted by: Robert

POS $50 Android Trac Phone lasts for days on a charge. And 96 GB memory that is expandable.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 20, 2026 06:56 PM (/lPRQ)

287 Greta, non grata at Davos, oh my.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 20, 2026 06:56 PM (0KSrI)

288 260.
Good thing about being stationed in Poland is that we can stand at the border and shoot outward in just about any direction and hit an enemy.
Posted by: sifty boones at January 20, 2026 06:55 PM (d8+Cx)
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LOL

Posted by: mrp at January 20, 2026 06:57 PM (rj6Yv)

289 The USA (10%) is only second down from the Philippines (11%) of countries with a high LGBT+ count.

The lady boys in the PI do it because they love cock and they also like to eat.

The fags in America do it because they are nuts, love cock and are prone to violence and hate Breeders.

Posted by: Pray The Gay Away at January 20, 2026 06:57 PM (R/m4+)

290 280 Davos Davos Davos, all I hear is Davos. What am I — chopped liver?
Posted by: Bohemian Grove at January 20, 2026 06:55 PM (se8lQ)

I'm not far from Bohemian Grove.... It's a bit different than Davos...The stories I've heard was it was more of a good old boys summer camp.. It's certainly not posh...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 06:57 PM (VE6XX)

291
Posted by: Bohemian Grove

Welcome to my world.

Posted by: Skull & Bones Society

__________

Get off my lawn.

Posted by: The Freemasons at January 20, 2026 06:58 PM (tgvbd)

292 No more shilling for wind and solar, AI cannot survive on intermittent energy. They are now all in on coal burning powerplants and ...
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the burning pits of Apokolips

Posted by: Axeman at January 20, 2026 06:58 PM (krQz2)

293 Eh, Monroe Doctrine says "no European homosexuals (BIRM) get to fuck around in our hemisphere."

Trump should have sent a large force to Greenland to demand the surrender of this NATO token force. Lock them ip in Gitmo "until such time as a deal is reached for the complete and total purchase of Greenland."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 20, 2026 06:58 PM (BI5O2)

294 Posted by: Ben Had at January 20, 2026 06:56 PM (0KSrI)

Hello {{{BH}}}}

Posted by: ... at January 20, 2026 06:58 PM (E0p3T)

295 Canada does not have the number of military personnel or the sophisticated equipment needed to fend off a conventional American attack, they said. So, the military envisions unconventional warfare in which small groups of irregular military or armed civilians would resort to ambushes, sabotage, drone warfare or hit-and-run tactics.

The aim of such tactics would be to impose mass casualties on U.S. occupying forces, the official said.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 20, 2026 06:56 PM (rbvCR)

Reminds me of the idiots speaking of irregular war in Ukraine. Place is a billiard table, try making safe havens there. Canada is mostly forests and swamps. We don't have to occupy it, just break it up.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 20, 2026 06:58 PM (8avO+)

296 283 Do you think Newsom ever actually listens to people around him?
Posted by: Dirac_Delta

His lizard ears only function as infrared sensors.

Posted by: Skull & Bones Society at January 20, 2026 06:58 PM (se8lQ)

297 So, the military envisions unconventional warfare in which small groups of irregular military or armed civilians
Posted by: Kindltot at January 20, 2026 06:56 PM (rbvCR)
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Um, they are taking away all the guns. Are these people retarded?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 20, 2026 06:58 PM (ZOv7s)

298 runner, big hug, darlin

Posted by: Ben Had at January 20, 2026 06:59 PM (0KSrI)

299 271.
10% queer seems high. Even in this age of mandatory celebration.
Also, everyone knows that the amount of lesbian women present anywhere depends on how many people have their cameras out.

/

Posted by: sifty boones at January 20, 2026 06:59 PM (0+N18)

300 Before the update I got 6 hours and a bit of battery life and now it's four. A one-third reduction in battery life. Fucking garbage.
Posted by: Robert

It must be spending a lot of its energy calling home.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

I haven't noticed any difference in battery life since updating.

Posted by: Tuna at January 20, 2026 07:00 PM (lJ0H4)

301 Heroes:

youtube.com/shorts/VdbqqS-yhUc

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 20, 2026 07:00 PM (HAlvi)

302 A hilarious and succinct, if highly selective, military history of France, from the John Boy and Billy Big Show (first broadcast probably some 23 years ago).

https://tinyurl.com/2es5ep8w

Posted by: Paco at January 20, 2026 07:01 PM (2L+MU)

303 So, the military envisions unconventional warfare in which small groups of irregular military or armed civilians
Posted by: Kindltot at January 20, 2026 06:56 PM (rbvCR)
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Um, they are taking away all the guns. Are these people retarded?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 20, 2026 06:58 PM (ZOv7s)

Something like 90 pct of Canada lives within 50 or so miles of the US Border.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 20, 2026 07:01 PM (8avO+)

304 219 Buc-ee's to open new mega plaza in Ft. Pierce, Florida.

120 fuel stations. 700 parking spaces. 76,245 sqft of snack goodness.
Posted by: Maj. Healey

Sorry. Buc-ee's fad is over. It's all about me!

Posted by: Pedro @ SOTB at January 20, 2026 07:01 PM (oftw2)

305 I'm not far from Bohemian Grove.... It's a bit different than Davos...The stories I've heard was it was more of a good old boys summer camp.. It's certainly not posh...
Posted by: It's me donna

I know folks who live in Forestville and Rio Nido. They drive right by Bohemian Grove constantly and never give it a second thought.

Posted by: Skull & Bones Society at January 20, 2026 07:01 PM (se8lQ)

306 Reminds me of the idiots speaking of irregular war in Ukraine. Place is a billiard table, try making safe havens there. Canada is mostly forests and swamps. We don't have to occupy it, just break it up.
Posted by: Oldcat at January 20, 2026 06:58 PM (8avO+)
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No, its got bits of forest, rivers and things. Soviet partisans did a lot of work there and after the war the Ukrainians gave the Soviets problem for years afterwards.

The thing is, Russia only wants the Russian parts. That's what the whole stupid thing is about - a border adjustment. You don't have to worry about insurgencies if all the people are friendly.

Of course, this being Eastern Europe, there will be some, ahem, population shifts. Same as it always was.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 20, 2026 07:01 PM (ZOv7s)

307
Eager, motivated young men all over Europe are rushing to enlist to fight America!

Seriously, all the brave talk by the perverted non-democratic European socialist leadership is the mewlings of gimps wanting to be spanked.

Posted by: Auspex at January 20, 2026 07:02 PM (Y8DZL)

308 I really don't understand why people are having a hard time understanding why Trump is adamant about taking Greenland when says it all the time.

Let's say that someone dislikes Trump... not all his policies but they dislike him personally. Now, Trump announces a policy that you don't IMMEDIATELY understand - you dismiss it as stupid. Then it's in your brain that it's stupid. The end.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 20, 2026 07:02 PM (ExV1e)

309 Something like 90 pct of Canada lives within 50 or so miles of the US Border.
Posted by: Oldcat at January 20, 2026 07:01 PM (8avO+)
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You can't mount an insurgency with disarmed pansies afraid of icky guns.

And there's the fact that the cities will easily surrender with food shipments cut off. Keep the oil sands, make the rest fend for themselves.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 20, 2026 07:03 PM (ZOv7s)

310 Trump just wants to be the Seward of his generation.

Posted by: zombie at January 20, 2026 07:03 PM (se8lQ)

311 Every Canadian i ever met was a complete socialist pussy. I don't see them forming up guerilla units, as long as occupation forces keep them fed.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 20, 2026 07:04 PM (BI5O2)

312 263 I really don't understand why people are having a hard time understanding why Trump is adamant about taking Greenland when says it all the time. We need to be the masters of the western hemisphere and that included attacks through or over the Arctic Ocean. We couldn't get a better buffer if we created Greenland ourselves.
Posted by: JackStraw
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I think that's part of it, but only a portion of the overall purpose. See my #95.

Posted by: Orson at January 20, 2026 07:04 PM (dIske)

313 And in politics as in business -- a deal is a deal.

For how many decades have the European NATO member states failed to spend the agreed upon amount for defense?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 20, 2026 07:04 PM (ExV1e)

314 The SC should use this case to hammer home 2nd amendment rights once and for all. Of course they won't
Posted by: Smell the Glove
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Cert would have not being granted if that was the case. The Hawaii case is pretty much going to result in a slapdown. Citing old Kingdom of Hawaii laws as a historical justification is not exactly the example that Bruen demands.

Posted by: whig at January 20, 2026 07:04 PM (E4rtv)

315 Of course, this being Eastern Europe, there will be some, ahem, population shifts. Same as it always was.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 20, 2026 07:01 PM (ZOv7s)

With all the young women in Ukraine shifting to the Eurozone this time the population shift didn't wait for the war to end.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 20, 2026 07:04 PM (8avO+)

316 Trump wants what is good for America and the world.

Posted by: ... at January 20, 2026 07:04 PM (E0p3T)

317 Give me land
lots of land
under starry skies above —
Cede greenland now.

Posted by: zombie at January 20, 2026 07:04 PM (se8lQ)

318 The coordination is not complicated. All Things Trump Must Be Opposed.

Posted by: Norman at January 20, 2026 07:05 PM (Q+gd/)

319 300 Before the update I got 6 hours and a bit of battery life and now it's four. A one-third reduction in battery life. Fucking garbage.
Posted by: Robert
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Is it the #26, even tech help warned me about it.

This is the way we love Tim Cook, love Tim Cook
This is the way we love Tim Cook, cooked in a pot of stew.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 20, 2026 07:05 PM (HAlvi)

320 Buc-ee's to open new mega plaza in Ft. Pierce, Florida.

120 fuel stations. 700 parking spaces. 76,245 sqft of snack goodness.
Posted by: Maj. Healey

Buc-ee's spicy pickle flavored chips are the bomb.

Posted by: Tuna at January 20, 2026 07:05 PM (lJ0H4)

321 They drive right by Bohemian Grove constantly and never give it a second thought.

The Bohemian Grove, which I attend from time to time - it is the faggiest goddamn thing you could ever imagine.

Posted by: Zombie Richard Nixon, Spinning At A Rapid Rate at January 20, 2026 07:05 PM (R/m4+)

322 Posted by: whig at January 20, 2026 07:04 PM (E4rtv)

Hey how are you, when is your surgery?

Posted by: ... at January 20, 2026 07:05 PM (E0p3T)

323 Greenland is about the Chagos Islands (Diego Garcia). Denmark and EU’s promise on Greenland is shit when the EU ICJ “decolonizes” strategic territories to the benefit of Russia and China. It took only 3 years from an ICJ ruling on Chagos Islands not being decolonized sufficiently by the UK to the UK giving it up entirely (2 more years to finalize, but deal was all done under Biden).

Posted by: Leland at January 20, 2026 07:05 PM (Hyh9P)

324 When AI can figure out how to fix a $30k machine with a paperclip and ziptie, I can be replaced.

Posted by: fd at January 20, 2026 07:05 PM (vFG9F)

325 Reminds me of the idiots speaking of irregular war in Ukraine. Place is a billiard table, try making safe havens there. Canada is mostly forests and swamps. We don't have to occupy it, just break it up.
Posted by: Oldcat at January 20, 2026 06:58 PM (8avO+)
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The Telegraph article continues with Canadian employment of drone warfare against US forces, comparing such antics with the mess in Ukraine. Good luck with that. We'd retaliate by closing every single Tim Hortons in the Great White North.

Posted by: mrp at January 20, 2026 07:05 PM (rj6Yv)

326 Trump should have sent a large force to Greenland to demand the surrender of this NATO token force. Lock them ip in Gitmo "until such time as a deal is reached for the complete and total purchase of Greenland."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 20, 2026 06:58 PM (BI5O2)

They already went home because of bad weather. Eugyppius has a write up of it all. (Eugyppius has cornered the entire German reserve of satire and whimsy)

https://tinyurl.com/2sx2s9ks

At this point the happenings began to escalate. Eager to make an epic display of retardation demonstrate resolve and independence in the face of these sudden American ambitions on Danish territory, a variety of European countries announced they would send soldiers to Greenland in a display of “military solidarity” with Denmark. Germany sent a grand total of 13 or 15 soldiers (reports vary) to defend the icy island against the Americans. They departed on a matte grey A400M Atlas military transport with plenty of press on hand for photographs.

[ . . . ]

In the end we did succeed in making a statement, if not precisely the one we had intended.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 20, 2026 07:05 PM (rbvCR)

327 And in politics as in business -- a deal is a deal.

For how many decades have the European NATO member states failed to spend the agreed upon amount for defense?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 20, 2026 07:04 PM (ExV1e)

Probably all of them in all the years since the fall of the USSR. At least. And what they do spend is likely waste and corruption.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 20, 2026 07:05 PM (8avO+)

328
Buc-ee's to open new mega plaza in Ft. Pierce, Florida.

___________

They should open one in Breezewood, PA.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 20, 2026 07:06 PM (tgvbd)

329 Cert would have not being granted if that was the case. The Hawaii case is pretty much going to result in a slapdown. Citing old Kingdom of Hawaii laws as a historical justification is not exactly the example that Bruen demands.
Posted by: whig at January 20, 2026 07:04 PM (E4rtv)
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Barrett seemed really fired up during questioning. She's been pretty good on 2A stuff.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 20, 2026 07:06 PM (ZOv7s)

330 Every Canadian i ever met was a complete socialist pussy. I don't see them forming up guerilla units, as long as occupation forces keep them fed.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Outer Roman territory fighting off Attila the Hun.

Hey, taxes are lower and don't need to hire ten lawyers to build a chicken coop.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 20, 2026 07:06 PM (/lPRQ)

331 It took only 3 years from an ICJ ruling on Chagos Islands not being decolonized sufficiently by the UK to the UK giving it up entirely (2 more years to finalize, but deal was all done under Biden).
Posted by: Leland at January 20, 2026 07:05 PM (Hyh9P)
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Hong Kong.

Posted by: mrp at January 20, 2026 07:06 PM (rj6Yv)

332 Might try one of the new Linux bundlers instead. Mac is in the bag on surveillance.
Posted by: Oldcat at January 20, 2026 06:45 PM (8avO+)

Set up the wife's new computer. Bought a Beelink and installed Linux Mint. Took about an hour and half to get everything set up and most of that was the actual installing.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 20, 2026 07:07 PM (ExV1e)

333 It's simple. Gold is too expensive now and we need to back our currency with something substantial. So walrus and nawhal tusks it is.

Posted by: Pinky Tuscadero at January 20, 2026 07:08 PM (oftw2)

334 Buc-ee's to open new mega plaza in Ft. Pierce, Florida.
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Buc-ee's is expanding.

Soon the world will be one giant Buc-ee's.

Posted by: Axeman at January 20, 2026 07:08 PM (krQz2)

335 Hey how are you, when is your surgery?
Posted by: ...
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Endless round of doctors this week to sign off on surgery. Had blood draw today, four more appointments this week--two are preop. Surgery is set for second week in February. Be out of it for about 4 weeks.

Posted by: whig at January 20, 2026 07:08 PM (E4rtv)

336 I got it
we invade Canada
then and island hopping campaign thru the Canadian Arctic, til we are in sight of Greenland

then

G-DAY

Posted by: Don Black at January 20, 2026 07:08 PM (ZxPkt)

337 Posted by: Ben Had at January 20, 2026 06:59 PM (0KSrI)

but...I did not do anything!

Posted by: runner at January 20, 2026 07:08 PM (g47mK)

338 The Telegraph article continues with Canadian employment of drone warfare against US forces, comparing such antics with the mess in Ukraine. Good luck with that. We'd retaliate by closing every single Tim Hortons in the Great White North.
Posted by: mrp at January 20, 2026 07:05 PM (rj6Yv)
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Where is this massive drone force? Do they know we have energy weapons that can clear the sky?

Canadians are so cute. Like my 4-year-old playing with a plastic sword shouting that he's a knight!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 20, 2026 07:08 PM (ZOv7s)

339 Sorry. Buc-ee's fad is over. It's all about me!
Posted by: Pedro

The curious thing I've noticed is how people look past you and stumble around zombie-like inside. Plus their BBQ sauces and rubs has all been replaced with store-brand expensive stuff, and a smaller selection. Just so many stuffed beavers you can buy.

Posted by: Auspex at January 20, 2026 07:08 PM (Y8DZL)

340 Europeans are exactly like Our Marxists, TDS

Posted by: Skip at January 20, 2026 07:08 PM (Ia/+0)

341 Spicy pickle is the salt and vinegar fad- just with a bit more heat.

Posted by: Trajan Optimus at January 20, 2026 07:08 PM (zZu0s)

342 thank you

Posted by: runner at January 20, 2026 07:08 PM (g47mK)

343 Here's Trump's calculus:

Greenland was called "Greenland" by the Viking because when they first discovered it during the Medieval Warm Period, the climate there wasn't so bad, and they could grow crops.

Later, things got cold again for a while, and they bailed out because it got too cold.

Trump figures: Either the Global Warming predictions will come true, or they won't.

If they come true, then by snagging Greenland he just acquired a huge amount of prime real estate back when it was undervalued.

If they don't com true, then the climate catastrophe cult will collapse and the US wins the long-term war anyway.

It's a win-win scenario, by betting on both sides.

Posted by: zombie at January 20, 2026 07:09 PM (se8lQ)

344 It's simple. Gold is too expensive now and we need to back our currency with something substantial. So walrus and nawhal tusks it is.
Posted by: Pinky Tuscadero at January 20, 2026 07:08 PM (oftw2)
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Too bad Greenland does not have an indigenous silicon wafer fabrication industry, That would be more precious than gold at the moment.

Posted by: mrp at January 20, 2026 07:09 PM (rj6Yv)

345 There's one east/west highway in Canada, easy to isolate them.

Posted by: davidt at January 20, 2026 07:10 PM (Q+gd/)

346 Might try one of the new Linux bundlers instead. Mac is in the bag on surveillance.
Posted by: Oldcat at January 20, 2026 06:45 PM (8avO+)

Set up the wife's new computer. Bought a Beelink and installed Linux Mint. Took about an hour and half to get everything set up and most of that was the actual installing.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 20, 2026 07:07 PM (ExV1e)

I installed Mint on a laptop that couldn't run Win10 well. Seemed like a decent setup for normal computing, and much faster due to less bloat.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 20, 2026 07:10 PM (8avO+)

347 Barrett seemed really fired up during questioning. She's been pretty good on 2A stuff.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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I think Kavanaugh will give the 5th vote with Roberts having to reluctantly join the opinion so as to give it to the justice he thinks will give him a narrow opinion. Hawaii's new law was literally making it impossible to carry at all except at home and that was what it was designed for.

Posted by: whig at January 20, 2026 07:10 PM (E4rtv)

348 People getting worked up over Greenland need to chill. Western Europeans are the only people on Earth who i just don't care about pissing off. They're nothing. They're not real countries, they are no threat to anyone, let alone us. Go ahead and bully them; there's no downside.

In fact a ruined relationship with them, a breakup of NATO, and a drawdown of our military there would all be highly desirable, leaving aside Greenland.

*shrugs*

Fuck 'em.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 20, 2026 07:10 PM (BI5O2)

349 Every Canadian I ever met was a complete socialist pussy.

I've met at least one who wasn't - but, of course, he was from Alberta.

Posted by: Paco at January 20, 2026 07:10 PM (2L+MU)

350 The Russians aren't going to do anything to us they can't do to Ukraine.

Russia doesn't want more of Ukraine than it already has. They're not interested in adding a restive, non-Russian population that they'd have to deal with. The killing would have ben over long ago if the EU (and Biden) had been willing to allow the Russian provinces to leave peacefully.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 20, 2026 07:10 PM (ExV1e)

351 So, the military envisions unconventional warfare in which small groups of irregular military or armed civilians
Posted by: Kindltot at January 20, 2026 06:56 PM (rbvCR)
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Um, they are taking away all the guns. Are these people retarded?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 20, 2026 06:58 PM (ZOv7s)

Exactly what I was thinking. With what guns? We probably got more guns in civilian hands along their border than their whole military has.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 20, 2026 07:11 PM (snZF9)

352 Sorry. Buc-ee's fad is over. It's all about me!
Posted by: Pedro
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Who you calling a fad?!

Posted by: Buc-ee at January 20, 2026 07:11 PM (krQz2)

353 Posted by: whig at January 20, 2026 07:08 PM (E4rtv)

Thanks for letting me know, I will be thinking about you.

Posted by: ... at January 20, 2026 07:11 PM (E0p3T)

354 Where is this massive drone force? Do they know we have energy weapons that can clear the sky?

Canadians are so cute. Like my 4-year-old playing with a plastic sword shouting that he's a knight!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 20, 2026 07:08 PM (ZOv7s)

The obvious answer for the future are anti-drone drones. Wonder if the US is working on that.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 20, 2026 07:12 PM (8avO+)

355 Posted by: runner at January 20, 2026 07:08 PM (g47mK)

I think she mistook me for you, bless her - and not great for you

Posted by: ... at January 20, 2026 07:12 PM (E0p3T)

356 >>>They departed on a matte grey A400M Atlas military transport with plenty of press on hand for photographs.

[ . . . ]

In the end we did succeed in making a statement, if not precisely the one we had intended.
Posted by: Kindltot
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It was a charter flight.
They had to fucking charter a military plane
from somewhere else.
Somewhere,

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 20, 2026 07:12 PM (HAlvi)

357 nood!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 20, 2026 07:12 PM (Cjt/F)

358 The GNP of canada is a popcorn fart. Let the red chinese have them.

Maybe they can find a good use for their pasty, fat asses.

Posted by: Nanook Of The North, First Nations Asshole at January 20, 2026 07:12 PM (R/m4+)

359 Every Canadian I ever met was a complete socialist pussy.
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My girlfriend isn't--well....kinda.

Posted by: Guy With a Girlfriend in Canada at January 20, 2026 07:13 PM (krQz2)

360 xactly what I was thinking. With what guns? We probably got more guns in civilian hands along their border than their whole military has.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 20, 2026 07:11 PM (snZF9)

And the ones in Canada that have guns would probably join our side.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 20, 2026 07:13 PM (8avO+)

361 The killing would have ben over long ago if the EU (and Biden) had been willing to allow the Russian provinces to leave peacefully.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 20, 2026 07:10 PM

That whole sacred principle of self-determination of peoples only seems to apply to the third world.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 20, 2026 07:13 PM (Wnv9h)

362 Trump's methods are clumsy and embarrassing, but there is a serious concern behind them.
Posted by: John Lawrence

Here's my take from watching Trump. He has masterfully prepped the battlefield. He puts out the most outrageous demands and gets the response he wanted.

Now, he'll come back and offer a 100 year lease. The Euros can save a little face while we now can invest knowing regardless of what government may come, we have what we want from Greenland. We can invest in infrastructure for mining, etc. and finalize the missing piece of the Golden Dome.

Also, the current residents can remain subject of the Danish crown which has done so much for them. I assume they're all on the dole, so we won't have that expense. They said they wanted to remain subjects, so go and may God forgive your souls.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 20, 2026 07:14 PM (cxFcK)

363 Exactly what I was thinking. With what guns? We probably got more guns in civilian hands along their border than their whole military has.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 20, 2026 07:11 PM (snZF9)
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The US could invade and conquer the core of Canada entirely with a few states' National Guard units.

The "insurgency" would be based on urban areas by effete gun-fearing people who we could easily cow into submission merely by appointing all the Muslims and Sikhs to be our enforcers, a job they would relish.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 20, 2026 07:14 PM (ZOv7s)

364 The GNP of canada is a popcorn fart. Let the red chinese have them.

Maybe they can find a good use for their pasty, fat asses.
Posted by: Nanook Of The North, First Nations Asshole at January 20, 2026 07:12 PM (R/m4+)

We need land for camping. Let the Chinese have the French ones.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 20, 2026 07:14 PM (8avO+)

365 280 Davos Davos Davos, all I hear is Davos. What am I — chopped liver?

davros > davos

Posted by: EXTERMINATE!!! at January 20, 2026 07:15 PM (v3pYe)

366 I put Ubuntu Studio on an old laptop. Got lots of animation, graphics, audio and video editing software already. Just trying to figure out Vivaldi.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 20, 2026 07:15 PM (CHHv1)

367 Set up the wife's new computer. Bought a Beelink and installed Linux Mint.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

I installed Mint on a laptop that couldn't run Win10 well. Seemed like a decent setup for normal computing, and much faster due to less bloat.
Posted by: Oldcat
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Mint is a nice take on Debian. Ubuntu has been pushing the boundaries lately to take on Arch installs with up to the date kernels, etc. If someone wants Ubuntu, go with the LTS versions and wait about six months until installing the latest LTS version after it becomes available. I've used Linux since about 2008-9 for my main internet computers and even using open office and now libre office suite for most needs.

Debian is becoming a much more viable option as well for the DIY sort.

Arch is a good OS but does require some user maintenance to fix issues from being at the cutting edge of kernels. BSD Unix is also seeing a revival lately but not for beginners.

I am a bit irritated for the RAM shortage as I was intending to build a new system to run OS in containers which would let me get rid of some hardware. Prefer at least 64 gig of ram to do that.

Posted by: whig at January 20, 2026 07:16 PM (E4rtv)

368
To make it a movie thread, I'd refer you to "The Devil's Brigade" a sixties movie about a Canadian and American regiment merging, training and then going off to fight the Nazis. Starring Cliff Robertson and William Holden, who was so chronically drunk at the time they had trouble filming it.

Posted by: Auspex at January 20, 2026 07:17 PM (Y8DZL)

369 20, 2026 06:34 PM (Wmg4n)

206 199 Dumbest End Times ever.

Hands down.

Revelations reduced to a pop-up book.
Posted by: sifty boones at January 20, 2026 06:33 PM (+Wrm0)

Excellent!!
Posted by: tubal at January 20, 2026 06:34 PM (pDt9x)

Pocky Clips. Bsheeewww!!!

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 20, 2026 07:17 PM (8YGuO)

370 So if we snag Greenland, and Alberta is making noises about independence / maybe being a state... what about the Yukon and Northwest territories? That seems to be massive amounts of land with probably massive resources, and hardly anyone there. Count the polar bears every year and that keeps the greens happy. Why not? We'd have all of the Arctic coast then on this half of the world.

Grab Bear Island and Spitzbergen too off of Norway if possible. We can probably buy Bear Island at least. I don't think anyone lives there.

Maybe have an "accident" and the 11th Airborne is forced to land on and garrison Novya whatever that big island is off of Russia's coast?

Posted by: SimoHaya at January 20, 2026 07:19 PM (/ZkOF)

371 Strip Live Theatre
NOOD !!!

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 20, 2026 07:20 PM (/lPRQ)

372 Macron is now claiming that French arms industry can develop an interceptor far superior than the Patriot, the Germans are planning to ramp up tank production…

They probably got plenty of places to do it since all of their auto manufacturers are shutting down.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 20, 2026 07:21 PM (8YGuO)

373 Cafe open!

Posted by: SimoHaya at January 20, 2026 07:21 PM (/ZkOF)

374 Greenland does have a strategic value. No doubt with ABM systems. But Greenland also has the value of destroying NATO which I am all for. Should have been done in 1992.

The EWE is crapping their pants and their show of force is so pathetic to actually make it happen.

Next I want us to keep our seat on the UNSC but go down to paying what France or the UK pays for that cesspool of villainy and grifters.

THIS.. IS. WHAT. I. VOTED. FOR!

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at January 20, 2026 07:23 PM (xvV+O)

375 So, the ELITES decided we needed GREEN energy, because of CLIMATE CHANGE. So they built a ton of windmills and solar panels and passed the cost onto consumers in higher energy bills. Then they invest in AI, which EATS massive amounts of power increasing demand. Now they are saying what we have been saying all along ... IT WON'T FRIGGIN WORK!!! So we all have higher electric bills, massive data centers sucking down all of our power and a garbage infrastructure to pay for until we'll past my death. This is bullshit.

Posted by: Indy Bill at January 20, 2026 07:23 PM (pIv1O)

376 “I continue not understanding Trump's fascination with Greenland”

Then you go on to talk about the EU being beholden to China. It answers itself.

Posted by: Kolin at January 20, 2026 07:23 PM (uK5Gm)

377 NGOs are today's version of Judas, stealing from disciples purse for his own purposes. Satan's own grifter.

Posted by: Eromero at January 20, 2026 07:25 PM (LHPAg)

378 Then they invest in AI, which EATS massive amounts of power increasing demand.
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This continues to escape me. What exactly are these massive AI data centers going to do? How would this make life better?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 20, 2026 07:30 PM (XeU6L)

379 Greenland has $17Trillion in REE metals. It would eliminate the leverage China has.
It's also strategic to the Arctic. China has tried to build ports, but got shut out. Russia will take the more aggressive path.

One of the suitors will get it, one way or another. It has to be the US.

Posted by: jk at January 20, 2026 07:43 PM (cpVs2)

380 Christians from different denominations joined forces to reject New York's requirement that they fund abortion — and won.

Christians win BIG: New York caves on forcing nuns and churches to fund abortion after knockout SCOTUS ruling

Posted by: SMOD at January 20, 2026 08:17 PM (GITLP)

381 LLM AI is not a hill to die on
I keep wondering if the push is to:
1) get China to invest into a dead end
2) build a bunch of data centers for “Golden Dome”

Posted by: SMOD at January 20, 2026 08:21 PM (GITLP)

382 Why is Gavin Newsome even there? I'm always amazed at politicians who have actual, real jobs they are failing at, somehow find the precious time to jet halfway around the world to pontificate about stuff they are not involved with.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 20, 2026 08:49 PM (tV890)

383 So...some Nato countries sent...what, 30 people total to Greenland for three days as a show of resistance and force?

So, par for the course then?

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 20, 2026 08:51 PM (tV890)

384 Why are they pushing AI?

It is the most powerful censorship tool ever created.

It doesn't just hide information. When used for writing or research, it biases the results during creation.

Posted by: you're in hell, the world ended at January 20, 2026 10:17 PM (rb7s9)

385 Why does Trump want ownership of Greenland?

It's because without exclusive diktat over all of the affairs of Greenland, the Russians and the Chinese will continue to push for, and will eventually consummate, deals for their own presence on the island. And Trump WILL NOT have that.

There are no guarantees that Denmark nor Greenland could make which would prevent the Chinese & Russian movements into Greenland in perpetuity. That's why Trump wants full ownership of the place.

Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at January 20, 2026 11:12 PM (bufu1)

386 Greenland questions. Try this answer.

https://x.com/wolfejosh/status/2013768012642349120

Posted by: geoffb at January 21, 2026 12:07 AM (r//c2)

387 Would Life in Prison be too easy for this Traitor? Governor New-Scum is a Traitor just like Clinton(Bill)Obama and Biden Liberal Democrats are all Traitors

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at January 21, 2026 04:39 PM (wGqjj)

Of Course: Jihadist Muslim Antifa AG Keith Ellison Prosecuted Christians for Protesting Outside a Mosque Under the FACE Act, but Insists His Left-Wing Antifa Thug Buddies Have an Inviolable Right to Storm Christian Churches

Chuck Ross
@ChuckRossDC
ABOUT FACE:
Minnesota AG Keith Ellison has called for the use of the FACE Act to prosecute protests at mosques, according to @FreeBeacon
review.
Now, Ellison insists the FACE Act shouldn't apply to Don Lemon and comrades' storming of a church.
I should mention: the two mosque cases involved protesters *outside* the mosques.
Don Lemon and friends did their thing *inside* the church.

Chuck Ross at the Free Beacon:

'They're Getting Tender About a Church Service': Minnesota AG Keith Ellison Defends Left-Wing Agitators Who Stormed Minnesota Church

'None of us are immune from the voice of the public,' Ellison said in an interview with Don Lemon, who accompanied the agitators and boasted of conducting 'reconnaissance'

By saying he took the military action of "reconnaissance" before an action, Don Lemon again confesses to being a part of the church invasion, not just a disinterested "journalist" who just happened to have been there.

Minnesota attorney general Keith Ellison (D.) defended the group of anti-ICE agitators who stormed a St. Paul church on Sunday, telling former CNN host Don Lemon--who accompanied the agitators and boasted of conducting "reconnaissance" ahead of the stunt--that critics of the incident were "getting tender about a church service."

Oh we're "tender"? We're pussies?

Well we'll see what happens when we storm a mosque. We'll see who's "tender" then.

...
The incident sparked a federal civil rights investigation and calls to arrest Lemon for his role in the ordeal. A defiant Lemon mocked the churchgoers on Monday, saying they had a sense of "entitlement" that stems from "a white supremacy." He also insisted he was at the protest as a journalist and not an activist, and that disrupting a church service is protected by the First Amendment.
Ellison agreed.
"I think that protest is fundamental to American society. You know, it's freedom of expression. People have a right to lift up their voices and make their peace. And none of us are immune from the voice of the public," Ellison told Lemon.
"They're getting tender about a church service now," added Ellison, who is Muslim.

Unrelated: The Bulwark -- created, allegedly, to "conserve conservatism" -- is having a banner day.

Bill Kristol says he can answer the question "Can a man become a woman?" easily -- yes they can, and he knows many trannies he considers to be women.

Extravagantly queer Tim Miller says that women shouldn't be bothered to see dicks in their locker rooms because he, too, sometimes sees dicks in locker rooms that he has no interest in. (Citation needed.)

And Mona Charen says that any NeverTrumpers who chose to support Trump anyway because elections are binary choices and the left is worse just have difficulty with thinking.

Well said by @Timodc. I’d add that no one is under any obligation to answer metaphysical or theological questions.

Having said that, I suppose if I were asked, I’d answer: Yes. It seems pretty clear-cut to me. I mean, I personally know adults who were men and are now women. https://t.co/VafiiUAKz7
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) January 19, 2026

Tim Miller: I'm gay but sometimes there are naked men in locker rooms that I don't enjoy looking at. That's just life. Therefore biological males should be allowed to use female locker rooms. pic.twitter.com/kZXxBs7U34 https://t.co/b6uPbIHIrk
— MAZE (@mazemoore) January 19, 2026

One of the most clarifying things about you and The Bulwark is that you will simply attack anyone who isn't you, even the most never-Trump people on the right, making a completely rational observation. Just as you are doing here.

Keep cashing the checks.
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) January 20, 2026

Mona, you write for The Bulwark. Dishonesty is your brand. And I guess “asshole” is, too. https://t.co/ICCJtvJsln
— Kimberly Ross (@SouthernKeeks) January 20, 2026

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Posted by: Formerly Virginian at January 20, 2026 04:48 PM (zjgNU)

2 As with everything, the left doesn't have principles, it has principals.

Its never wrong when they do it.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at January 20, 2026 04:49 PM (zjgNU)

3 Also, seems we have a gray day. (I think I fixed it from her on)

Posted by: Formerly Virginian [/q] at January 20, 2026 04:50 PM (zjgNU)

4 Here

Posted by: Formerly Virginian [/q] at January 20, 2026 04:50 PM (zjgNU)

5 That fat bastard AG ought to be one of the first in manacles and shackles and frog marched into the court room

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 20, 2026 04:50 PM (3Ope8)

6 Nope, failure. Can't fix that formatting issue

Posted by: Formerly Virginian [/q] at January 20, 2026 04:50 PM (zjgNU)

7 Of course!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 20, 2026 04:50 PM (Cjt/F)

8 Guess I better nood since I'm just dulling the blade here

Posted by: Formerly Virginian [/q] at January 20, 2026 04:50 PM (zjgNU)

9 i fixed the error without deleting the post.

That's a win.

Posted by: ace at January 20, 2026 04:52 PM (1wjle)

10 Extravagantly queer Tim Miller says that women shouldn't be bothered to see dicks in their locker rooms because he, too, sometimes sees dicks in locker rooms that he has no interest in. (Citation needed.)

Posted by: Ace at 04:49 PM

THIS is the cruelty I come here for.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian [/q] at January 20, 2026 04:52 PM (zjgNU)

11 Keith Eliison is why Muslims need to be deported to their own countries, and never permitted in ours.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 20, 2026 04:52 PM (a+4eV)

12 I hope they put the squeeze on Lemon.

Posted by: fd at January 20, 2026 04:52 PM (vFG9F)

13 As with everything, the left doesn't have principles, it has principals.

And then there are those who suffer from the same maladies as Gavrilo did. They have Princip Ills.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 04:53 PM (Riz8t)

14 the Soros AG project was hella successful

dammit

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 20, 2026 04:53 PM (emBoF)

15 I'm still happy on the news that Usha is pregnant and due in July!

How funny would it be if Usha gave birth to a boy on July 4, on the 250th anniversary of the signing of the declaration? The left would pass out.

Posted by: LizLem at January 20, 2026 04:54 PM (Eng1Z)

16 Who WRITES those checks?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 20, 2026 04:54 PM (pkeXY)

17 Don't trust ~~bulwark~~ bulldyke. Bulldyke is asshoe.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian [/q] at January 20, 2026 04:54 PM (zjgNU)

18
Coming soon: Leftists allied with Musloids to attack Christians and Jews.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 20, 2026 04:54 PM (tgvbd)

19 "Now, Ellison insists the FACE Act shouldn't apply to Don Lemon and comrades' storming of a church."

Storm a mosque and see what happens.

Posted by: fd at January 20, 2026 04:54 PM (vFG9F)

20 JD Vance - Voivode of Wallachia

Lock them up.

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at January 20, 2026 04:55 PM (NtVYv)

21 Extravagantly queer Tim Miller says that women shouldn't be bothered to see dicks in their locker rooms because he, too, sometimes sees dicks in locker rooms that he has no interest in. (Citation needed.)

"Citation needed". Haw!

Posted by: Paco at January 20, 2026 04:55 PM (2L+MU)

22 It's always amazing to see Bill Kristol so completely own the title of "pathetic clown". Whenever I think he's fallen as low as he can go, he digs down a little deeper.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 20, 2026 04:55 PM (giMmT)

23 Good job Minnesota voting for a Muslim

Posted by: Skip at January 20, 2026 04:55 PM (Ia/+0)

24 "Now, Ellison insists the FACE Act shouldn't apply to Don Lemon and comrades' storming of a church."

Storm a mosque and see what happens.
Posted by: fd at January 20, 2026 04:54 PM (vFG9F)

And why not Achmed Ellison ?

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at January 20, 2026 04:55 PM (NtVYv)

25
I hope they put the squeeze on Lemon.
Posted by: fd at January 20, 2026 04:52 PM (vFG9F)

To make LemonAIDS?

Oh, please. Y'all were thinking it, I just said it.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 20, 2026 04:55 PM (y9nCu)

26 Keith Eliison is why Muslims need to be deported to their own countries, and never permitted in ours.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 20, 2026 04:52 PM (a+4eV)

This.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 20, 2026 04:55 PM (snZF9)

27 How funny would it be if Usha gave birth to a boy on July 4, on the 250th anniversary of the signing of the declaration? The left would pass out.

it would be AWESOME - little TJ Vance!

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 20, 2026 04:55 PM (emBoF)

28 Well we'll see what happens when we storm a mosque. We'll see who's "tender" then.

The left is pretty clear about this stuff.

When they have power they use it against their enemies. The church protestors are their people so of course Ellison is going to defend them.

I expect they will continue escalating in MN unless they are stopped. Yes Karen Deathwheels ate a bullet for attacking an ICE agent, but it looks like they feel they can ramp up the violence against non/off duty federal agents

Posted by: 18-1 at January 20, 2026 04:55 PM (sKqQm)

29 Step 1: We know need to get out all the Soros AGs.
And activist judges.
And woke commies.
And globobozos.
And illegal fraudsters.

Step 2: ???

Step 3: Profit!

Posted by: LizLem at January 20, 2026 04:56 PM (Eng1Z)

30 If my name was Mona, I'd change it. It sounds like a Boston prostitute trying too hard.

Posted by: Orson at January 20, 2026 04:56 PM (dIske)

31 Talking to the buldyke people or the left (but I repeat myself) is impossible because they pretend not to understand the issue, making discussion impossible.

The "seeing body parts you don't want to see" is MAINLY about children, which is why the buldykes are for it.

The other side is the "having my body parts seen by people who are getting a sexual kick out of it" which is similarly important.

Which part they are studiously ignoring.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian [/q] at January 20, 2026 04:56 PM (zjgNU)

32 Oh yeah you already said that.

Posted by: fd at January 20, 2026 04:56 PM (vFG9F)

33 🚨ALERT: In a bombshell revelation, top White House officials disclosed that the United States is finalizing a staggering $700 billion cash offer to buy Greenland outright from Denmark, plus $100,000 lump-sum payments to each of its ~57,000 residents—totaling nearly $706 billion.

Posted by: SMOD at January 20, 2026 04:56 PM (RHGPo)

34 Good job Minnesota voting for a Muslim
Posted by: Skip at January 20, 2026 04:55 PM (Ia/+0)

Fucking Minny Soda. They always have their heads up their bungs.

They are as bad as my home state, Gavin Newsomeland

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at January 20, 2026 04:57 PM (NtVYv)

35 Love me tender.

Posted by: Fat Elvis at January 20, 2026 04:57 PM (UjdFS)

36 Welp...

The weather looks terrible for North and Centra Texas and all across the South this weekend:

https://myradar.com/videos/6340

Hopefully, we just get snow. Ice storms are the worst.

I also hope they've corrected all of the problems that showed up in 2021.

If not, all the pols involved need to be voted out and all the workers fired.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 20, 2026 04:57 PM (iJfKG)

37 The Bulwark fuckers... how many of the neocons or old con inc guys actually believed it.

I am glad we know who they are, but it kind of sucks. Not that I ever took inspiration from frothy lipped bill kristol.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 20, 2026 04:57 PM (zZu0s)

38 Who's he kidding. Tim Miller never saw a dick he didn't want to suck.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 20, 2026 04:57 PM (KDPiq)

39 > That's a win.

Congrats!

Posted by: bonhomme at January 20, 2026 04:57 PM (Yp6az)

40 >>> it would be AWESOME - little TJ Vance!

Okay, I love that. Plus he named his half Indian son after a slaaaaaaaaveholder! All the right people will be upset.

Posted by: LizLem at January 20, 2026 04:57 PM (Eng1Z)

41 “Can a man become a woman” is such a rage bait bullshit question. It has no bearing on policy. In a free country an adult can become whatever they want if they don’t harm others.

Stares openmouthed. If it has no bearing on policy, why are you supporting men in women's locker rooms and bathrooms? Why do you insist that men be allowed to mingle naked with adolescent and younger girls? Why are you demanding that we put trannies in the military? despite the fact that putting manifestly undeployable people in the military will get people killed. The whole POINT of the argument is that it harms other people, you fatuous twat.

Go stand in the corner and think about what you've done.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 04:58 PM (Riz8t)

42 Extravagantly queer Tim Miller

Wonderful family photos of Tim, his husband and their daughter here.

https://tinyurl.com/2ssbb8v5

Posted by: Strange Brew at January 20, 2026 04:58 PM (454ad)

43
And when a church or synagogue is shot up, bishops, rabbis and elders will ask, "What did we do to provoke them?"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 20, 2026 04:58 PM (tgvbd)

44 Has Don Lemon found the plane yet?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 20, 2026 04:58 PM (2Ez/1)

45 Keith Eliison is why Muslims need to be deported to their own countries, and never permitted in ours.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 20, 2026 04:52 PM (a+4eV)

This.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 20, 2026 04:55 PM (snZF9)

No. He's only PART of the reason.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian [/q] at January 20, 2026 04:58 PM (zjgNU)

46 Mona Charen?! That braindead virago is still working! LOL. I feel like I'm in a time machine. Unreal.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 20, 2026 04:58 PM (BI5O2)

47 Can a man become a woman” is such a rage bait bullshit question. It has no bearing on policy. In a free country an adult can become whatever they want if they don’t harm others. The DHS Secretary has an entirely new face & the president wears more makeup than most drag queens.

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

You idiot. Of course allowing potential rapists and perverts to see girls and women unclothed against their will is "harming them".

Posted by: Oldcat at January 20, 2026 04:58 PM (8avO+)

48 Funny, I read an interview where AG Keith Ellison claimed not to know that FACE covered religious worship.

Posted by: SMOD at January 20, 2026 04:58 PM (RHGPo)

49 "disrupting a church service is protected by the First Amendment."

Did this dickhead get his degree from a cereal box? NO. That is the unequivocal legal answer. Churches are private property, individual congregations are permitted to set and enforce conduct rules, remove violators, and contact law enforcement for assistance. There is no constitutional right to protest a private religious assembly. In the 1972 case Lloyd Corp. v. Tanner, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that just because an establishment is open to the public does not mean it automatically becomes a public forum. Forty years later, in Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. EEOC, the high court again emphasized the autonomy of religious institutions.

This is settled, black letter law. No grey area. Every one of those protesters should be prosecuted, should be convicted, and face years in jail. Every single one. Including Don Lemon.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 20, 2026 04:58 PM (tV890)

50 Damn. Re: Greenland

It still feels like there is shit we don't know beyond the strategic importance.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 20, 2026 04:58 PM (zZu0s)

51 There was a tweet a couple weeks about about how most of politics is the Left pretending not to understand things, making it impossible to discuss.

Well, here they are pretending not to understand that these tranny performances in locker rooms, in front of kids, or even anywhere in public are them getting off on the act. They are using the unwitting as part of their sexual fantasy.

This is bad enough in public, but to do it in a woman's locker room is sexual assault.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 20, 2026 04:59 PM (5XW27)

52 That Bill Kristol photo is the gayest looking photo ever. Also it has to be at least ten years old.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 20, 2026 04:59 PM (KDPiq)

53 I'm sure Don has performed reconnaissance on his share of sphincters.

Posted by: wth at January 20, 2026 04:59 PM (UjdFS)

54 Who's he kidding. Tim Miller never saw a dick he didn't want to suck.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 20, 2026 04:57 PM (KDPiq)

THAT'S THE JOKE

Posted by: Rainier Wolfcastle at January 20, 2026 04:59 PM (zjgNU)

55 The Bulwark fuckers... how many of the neocons or old con inc guys actually believed it.

I am glad we know who they are, but it kind of sucks. Not that I ever took inspiration from frothy lipped bill kristol.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 20, 2026 04:57 PM (zZu0s)

They were marginal before they betrayed everyone.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 20, 2026 04:59 PM (8avO+)

56 Why do normal people live in the Islamic Republic of Minnesota ???

Posted by: Jackson K. at January 20, 2026 05:00 PM (J9q9v)

57 Aetius, China is launching 200,000 new satellites .

Posted by: Ben Had at January 20, 2026 05:00 PM (0KSrI)

58 # 51 -- insert "ago" in there somewhere. Your choice where.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 20, 2026 05:00 PM (5XW27)

59
Where's Walz? Where does he seek asylum? I'm thinking China but it's just a short dash to Canada and Carney's loving arms.

Posted by: Auspex at January 20, 2026 05:00 PM (Y8DZL)

60 Damn. Re: Greenland

It still feels like there is shit we don't know beyond the strategic importance.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone
......

Melania likes rubies?

Posted by: wth at January 20, 2026 05:01 PM (UjdFS)

61 Can a man become a woman” is such a rage bait bullshit question. It has no bearing on policy. In a free country an adult can become whatever they want if they don’t harm others.

It has no bearing on policy? We have spaces men are not allowed in like women's locker rooms.

So do these men claiming to be women get to go there or not? That is a policy question.

No one is arguing that a man can put on a dress and call himself a pretty pretty princess. The question is can he force everyone else to play along?

Posted by: 18-1 at January 20, 2026 05:01 PM (sKqQm)

62 My goodness. The scores that will be settled when this shit really kicks off will be Biblical in scale.

Civil War 2 will need a 30pg official program with 8x10 color glossy photographs and a foldout Gant chart.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 20, 2026 05:01 PM (rR5Mv)

63 "disrupting a church service is protected by the First Amendment."

"disrupting a Costco is protected by the First Amendment."

"disrupting a yoga class is protected by the First Amendment."

"disrupting a symphony concert is protected by the First Amendment."

"disrupting an NBA game is protected by the First Amendment."

This is fun.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 20, 2026 05:01 PM (2Ez/1)

64 Mona Charon? Holy shit, I haven’t heard that name in 20 years.

Posted by: Really?? at January 20, 2026 05:01 PM (d4dD2)

65 still feels like there is shit we don't know beyond the strategic importance.

Cthulu lies sleeping in Greenland.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 20, 2026 05:01 PM (Kt19C)

66 57 Aetius, China is launching 200,000 new satellites .
Posted by: Ben Had

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correction - China is staking a claim to launch 200,000 satellites. Probably just a land grab to prevent others from using certain orbits. It may take them a long time to get that many up there.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 20, 2026 05:02 PM (5XW27)

67 Who will the Bulwark hire next? A homunculus cultivated from a mole on Liz Cheney's back?

And is JV Last still alive? I watched their election night coverage, and I put him on deathwatch. We was... not well.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 20, 2026 05:02 PM (BI5O2)

68 Can a man change his DNA to XX? All discussion stops right there.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 20, 2026 05:02 PM (0KSrI)

69 Are they putting something the water? These people are insane. Social media has fucked their brains.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 20, 2026 05:02 PM (oT7pT)

70 >>> White House officials disclosed that the United States is finalizing a staggering $700 billion cash offer to buy Greenland

Trump's present to lady liberty on her anniversary: greenland and alberta as territories, and the might of the US's support helped free the venezuelan, iranian, and cuban people from tyranny.

(not quite there yet with all those, still much more to do, complicated business.)

Melania will be jealous, she just gets jewelry on their anniversary.

Posted by: LizLem at January 20, 2026 05:02 PM (Eng1Z)

71 O/T but sad news: Jazz acoustic guitarist Ralph Towner has died at age 85. In addition to his solo and group recordings, he also played with the Paul Winter Consort, and with the group 'Oregon'.

Posted by: gdgm+ at January 20, 2026 05:02 PM (C5GSe)

72 Bill Kristol has the look of a bratwurst on the grill right before it splits down the middle.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 20, 2026 05:02 PM (rR5Mv)

73 It is disrespectful to call females of the opposite sex capable of having a baby..

The proper term is "Birthing persons" and don't you forget it Mister !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Jackson K. at January 20, 2026 05:03 PM (J9q9v)

74 "This is settled, black letter law. No grey area. Every one of those protesters should be prosecuted, should be convicted, and face years in jail. Every single one. Including Don Lemon.
Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law"

But yet...

Posted by: Guy who always says "Nothing will happen" and is usually right at January 20, 2026 05:03 PM (vFG9F)

75 57 Aetius, China is launching 200,000 new satellites .
Posted by: Ben Had

Kessler syndrome somehow benefits them?

Posted by: Auspex at January 20, 2026 05:03 PM (Y8DZL)

76 Over/under how many tranny cocks Bill Kristol has sucked.

I’m starting the line at 17.

Posted by: Really?? at January 20, 2026 05:03 PM (d4dD2)

77 Kill ALL Utilitarians.

That's the first step to healing.

Posted by: garrett at January 20, 2026 05:03 PM (ZcsJV)

78 "disrupting an NBA game is protected by the First Amendment."

After a summer of the left burning cities, people peacefully protested at the People's House. In response on leftist shot a protestor at short range in the neck and another beat a woman to death with a truncheon. And the left gave them medals for doing it.

So if you were to show up to protest at an NBA game in MN Ellison would arrest you and argue "this case is different"

Posted by: 18-1 at January 20, 2026 05:04 PM (sKqQm)

79 56 Why do normal people live in the Islamic Republic of Minnesota ???

Once you get completely demoralized, you just look at the shithole world and think "Well, the world sucks more today than it did yesterday, a year ago, ten years ago, when I was growing up. But I'll be dead soon, it's not worth bothering with it anymore."

Posted by: Strange Brew at January 20, 2026 05:04 PM (454ad)

80 Why do normal people live in the Islamic Republic of Minnesota ???

Posted by: Jackson K. at January 20, 2026 05:00 PM (J9q9v)

——————-

Where else you gonna get Lutefisk at 3 AM?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 20, 2026 05:04 PM (u73oe)

81 New policy for Christian Churches: We arrange for people to meet Jesus. Whether that's before or after they've accepted him depends on their actions.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 20, 2026 05:04 PM (lUFok)

82 >>O/T but sad news: Jazz acoustic guitarist Ralph Towner has died at age 85

Didn't he just die 2 days ago?

Dude is having a bad week.

Posted by: garrett at January 20, 2026 05:04 PM (ZcsJV)

83 76.
Kristol's prostate has taken more punches than Mike Tyson's speed bag.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 20, 2026 05:05 PM (rR5Mv)

84 Bill Kristol has the look of a bratwurst on the grill right before it splits down the middle.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 20, 2026 05:02 PM (rR5Mv)

Dude, if your brats are mostly fat, with a waxy color, and start oozing an unseemly ichor when you warm them up, you need to switch brands.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 20, 2026 05:05 PM (BI5O2)

85 Minnesota: The land of 10,000 Homely Screaming Lesbians !

Posted by: Jackson K. at January 20, 2026 05:05 PM (J9q9v)

86 Maybe Greenland has rare earth materials ?

Cut the Chicoms out

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at January 20, 2026 05:05 PM (NtVYv)

87 It's not about the law or justice.
This is about power.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 20, 2026 05:05 PM (xcxpd)

88 Civil War 2 will need a 30pg official program with 8x10 color glossy photographs and a foldout Gant chart.
Posted by: sifty boones at January 20, 2026 05:01 PM (rR5Mv)

Just remember...

The Revolution will not be Televised!

https://tinyurl.com/44z6y8cd

Posted by: naturalfake at January 20, 2026 05:06 PM (iJfKG)

89 Why do normal people live in the Islamic Republic of Minnesota ???/

Election 2024:

The Ho: 1.7M
Trump: 1.5M

So its not really a blue state even. I think its reasonable to assume most actual living citizens voted for Trump based on this numbers...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 20, 2026 05:06 PM (sKqQm)

90 "When a man becomes a woman" by Percey Sledge....

Posted by: man at January 20, 2026 05:06 PM (XuXeR)

91 ugh

Posted by: 18-1 at January 20, 2026 05:06 PM (sKqQm)

92 This is interesting. I did not know this

"Yes, the U.S. does mine rare earth minerals, primarily at the Mountain Pass mine in California, but it heavily relies on China for processing and refining these materials, creating significant supply chain vulnerabilities for technologies used in defense and green energy. While other deposits exist (like in Wyoming) and new facilities are emerging, the U.S. struggles to compete with China's established dominance in the refining stage, sending most raw concentrates overseas for final production. "

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at January 20, 2026 05:07 PM (NtVYv)

93 Quick someone tell the barrel I went that way!

/18-1 runs the other way

Posted by: 18-1 at January 20, 2026 05:07 PM (sKqQm)

94 84.

He's got that Terminal Stage Garry Shandling look. Probably shouldn't buy green bananas.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 20, 2026 05:07 PM (rR5Mv)

95 "disrupting an WNBA game is protected by the First Amendment."

Umm...

Posted by: Flying Green Dildos at January 20, 2026 05:07 PM (Dv3i1)

96 89 Why do normal people live in the Islamic Republic of Minnesota ???/

Election 2024:

The Ho: 1.7M
Trump: 1.5M

So its not really a blue state even. I think its reasonable to assume most actual living citizens voted for Trump based on this numbers...
Posted by: 18-1 at January 20, 2026 05:06 PM (sKqQm)

Yes, but the normies don't have control of the state. And the normies won't take control.

See also WA and OR.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 20, 2026 05:07 PM (xcxpd)

97 50 Damn. Re: Greenland

It still feels like there is shit we don't know beyond the strategic importance.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 20, 2026 04:58 PM (zZu0s)

__________________________

It would be hilarious if the deal goes through and some new fangled process allows the discovery and mining of some previously undiscovered valuable resource.

The sound you would hear worldwide would be face palms in unison.

China especially would be disappointed that they hadn't had the opportunity to exploit one of the most profitable and significant fishing coasts on the planet.

Posted by: Orson at January 20, 2026 05:07 PM (dIske)

98 Never been to Minnesota, suspect once Muslims start moving in its then they move up the ladder and take over the area.
NY will be next

Posted by: Skip at January 20, 2026 05:07 PM (Ia/+0)

99 He should face civil rights charges for uneven civil rights enforcement under color of law.

Posted by: sven at January 20, 2026 05:07 PM (MUJd1)

100 >>>Over/under how many tranny cocks Bill Kristol has sucked.

I’m starting the line at 17.

Posted by: Really??

>What's the over/under on how many bulls have fucked his spouse?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 20, 2026 05:08 PM (oT7pT)

101 So if the left does not approve of the job you have then they have the right to harass, threaten, even beat you? Somehow that doesn't sound right. Seems to me you have the right to protect yourself no matter how far you have to go.

Posted by: Case at January 20, 2026 05:08 PM (4rWc3)

102 "I’m starting the line at 17.

Posted by: Really??

And that's before lunch.

Posted by: fd at January 20, 2026 05:08 PM (vFG9F)

103 Better question is why do normal people live in Minneapolis. And the answer is not many do. I know a few people who live in the outskirts of the city, 25ish miles from downtown out and they’re perfectly normal.

Pretty much applicable to every large city in the country.

Posted by: Really?? at January 20, 2026 05:09 PM (d4dD2)

104 Nevermind making comparisons to mosques.

Let any of us protest inside an Episcopal church and see how fast we go to prison.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at January 20, 2026 05:09 PM (oSeBJ)

105 I really feel like I'm living in an alternate universe.
Common sense is completely lost on these people.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 20, 2026 05:09 PM (NpAcC)

106 "None of us are immune from the voice of the public,' Ellison said ...

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

TRANSLATION: "Scalise, Rand Paul, Trump, Charlie Kirk, et. al. had it coming."

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 20, 2026 05:10 PM (RoUkY)

107
An Air Force general visits Thule in January. His departure is delayed by the airman having trouble getting the vacuum line to the plane's toilet attached. The airman is told to get a move on or he's in trouble. He replies, "I'm an airman in Thule in January and I'm pumping shit out of a plane. How much worse can you make it?"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 20, 2026 05:10 PM (tgvbd)

108 Mona Charon ferries souls across the River Tard.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 20, 2026 05:10 PM (rR5Mv)

109 What if GOD created a place for homely females in this world?

Never mind he did already... It is called Minniesoda !!!

Posted by: Jackson K. at January 20, 2026 05:10 PM (J9q9v)

110 Are the Lincoln Loggers still around?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 20, 2026 05:10 PM (pkeXY)

111 ALERT: In a bombshell revelation, top White House officials disclosed that the United States is finalizing a staggering $700 billion cash offer to buy Greenland outright from Denmark,

I understand the strategic importance of Greenland. That said, it needs to go on the back burner on simmer. There should be a laser dot on the crap occurring in Minnesota. I've been patiently waiting for Bondi and Patel to bring the sharp edged sword out of the scabbard. I understand they're fighting a multi-front battle both external and internal. Enough is enough. It's time.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 20, 2026 05:10 PM (T3puI)

112 Over/under how many tranny cocks Bill Kristol has sucked.

I’m starting the line at 17.

Posted by: Really??

>What's the over/under on how many bulls have fucked his spouse?

Kristol, Charen, Miller, they're all Kabbalists.

Whatever your estimate of they're perversions are, double it and add 10 to it to get the real number.

Posted by: Strange Brew at January 20, 2026 05:11 PM (454ad)

113 Over/under how many tranny cocks Bill Kristol has sucked.

I’m starting the line at 17.
Posted by: Really?? at January 20, 2026 05:03 PM (d4dD2)

***

That's just a decent Thursday

Posted by: Truck monkey at January 20, 2026 05:11 PM (affD0)

114 New policy for Christian Churches: We arrange for people to meet Jesus. Whether that's before or after they've accepted him depends on their actions.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 20, 2026 05:04 PM (lUFok)

Lol! Kind of a new take on "God will judge Bin Laden - Army Rangers will arrange the meeting."

Posted by: pookysgirl may have seen that here at January 20, 2026 05:11 PM (Wt5PA)

115 Why do normal people live in the Islamic Republic of Minnesota ???

==

I think it might be because they were there before the Islamic invasion of Minnesota. Now they are prisoners ? Just a thought.

Posted by: runner at January 20, 2026 05:11 PM (g47mK)

116 If they don't squash Lemon it will be open season on churches.

Posted by: fd at January 20, 2026 05:12 PM (vFG9F)

117 Today, I had a tire on my sons car repaired after it went flat and useless. I aptly call the tire "Mona Charen", just by chance.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 20, 2026 05:12 PM (Kxh5T)

118 Ralph Towner has passed. Have a album by Towner , Blue Sun. Recommended. Everyday, old friends and acquaintances join the long night parade. It beckons to me.

Posted by: kingsman at January 20, 2026 05:12 PM (ehY6c)

119 What would Keith Ellison do about the KKK shutting down a black church service in Minnesota? He would prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law.

Posted by: Wofus at January 20, 2026 05:12 PM (CNa+A)

120 107
An Air Force general visits Thule in January. His departure is delayed by the airman having trouble getting the vacuum line to the plane's toilet attached. The airman is told to get a move on or he's in trouble. He replies, "I'm an airman in Thule in January and I'm pumping shit out of a plane. How much worse can you make it?"
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 20, 2026 05:10 PM (tgvbd)

You got Chelsea Clinton Pregnant and you have to marry her and live with the wicked witch of west on Martha's Vineyard...

Posted by: Jackson K. at January 20, 2026 05:12 PM (J9q9v)

121 Men using a hairdryer to dry their balls? Is this a thing?
Definitely get the hell out of my locker room.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 20, 2026 05:13 PM (NpAcC)

122 Aint no party like a Don Lemon Party cause a Don Lemon Party don't stop.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 20, 2026 05:13 PM (rR5Mv)

123 In a bombshell revelation, top White House officials disclosed that the United States is finalizing a staggering $700 billion cash offer to buy Greenland outright from Denmark,

===
that's a lot of money; Denmark's GDP is 460B.

Posted by: runner at January 20, 2026 05:13 PM (g47mK)

124 "the United States is finalizing a staggering $700 billion cash offer to buy Greenland outright from Denmark,"

Get 'r done. Strike while the iron is hot. Take the money and run.

Posted by: fd at January 20, 2026 05:13 PM (vFG9F)

125 Meanwhile, that little elf on a shelf, Fauci, has faded into the crabgrass.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 20, 2026 05:14 PM (oT7pT)

126 Kristol is an old Native American word for retard.

Posted by: Really?? at January 20, 2026 05:14 PM (d4dD2)

127 Locker Rooms should be rape rooms! - Tim Miller

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 20, 2026 05:14 PM (n5tGW)

128 While other deposits exist (like in Wyoming) and new facilities are emerging, the U.S. struggles to compete with China's established dominance in the refining stage, sending most raw concentrates overseas for final production. "
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway

I'm blaming the Clintons for that one. They were all in on exporting our raw materials to other countries.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 20, 2026 05:14 PM (a+4eV)

129 124 "the United States is finalizing a staggering $700 billion cash offer to buy Greenland outright from Denmark,"
.

Throw in a six pack of Old Milwaukee Lite and you have a deal...

Posted by: Sven The Danish PM at January 20, 2026 05:15 PM (J9q9v)

130 125.

Satan's Lawn Gnome will have his reckoning. He'll face a stern judge someday.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 20, 2026 05:15 PM (rR5Mv)

131 >>I mean, I personally know adults who were men and are now women.

You see everyday when you look in the mirror.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 20, 2026 05:15 PM (viF8m)

132 Trump seemed intoxicated at his press conference this is the 3rd week of the month where he will get his infusion the one where the hand bruises always show

All the newest polls continue to show decreasing approval.

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at January 20, 2026 05:15 PM (4tReG)

133 Gee its not like theres any examples from history about what happens in a divided country when radicals start getting violent with churches and clergy..what could go wrong?

Posted by: Azjaeger at January 20, 2026 05:15 PM (BkbkS)

134 There should be a laser dot on the crap occurring in Minnesota.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 20, 2026 05:10 PM (T3puI)
----
I'm having a really tough time with Minnesota. I do empathize with what I'm sure are the good and decent people of the state, but at some point you have to look at a population of people and tell them to get their heads out of their asses and take their city/county/state/national government back themselves.

I am pretty much at the point where I see massive Federal intervention in Minnesota/Minneapolis the same as I see us putting boots on the ground in Iran. On the one hand the powers in place are shit and the people are being repressed, but at the same time...you fucking voted for this shit, dumbasses.

Posted by: ballistic at January 20, 2026 05:15 PM (5aZAZ)

135 This is settled, black letter law. No grey area. Every one of those protesters should be prosecuted, should be convicted, and face years in jail. Every single one. Including Don Lemon.
Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law

And every church member in attendance should be an individual charge against the "protesters".

Posted by: Stu Podaso at January 20, 2026 05:15 PM (c+YYE)

136 Some serious third world corrupt political shiite goings on in Minnesota.

Overt in your face "Ef You" from certain politicians. Not to be unexpected since the third world upbringing POS "Ef You, I Won",

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 20, 2026 05:16 PM (/lPRQ)

137 I'm all for it. They ain't making any more land.

Posted by: fd at January 20, 2026 05:16 PM (vFG9F)

138 132

Are the walls closing in on Trump?

Posted by: sifty boones at January 20, 2026 05:16 PM (rR5Mv)

139 Do we have $700B lying around to do this?

Who am I kidding we’ll just use the federal reserve credit card.

Posted by: Really?? at January 20, 2026 05:16 PM (d4dD2)

140 The good people of Minnesota should vote harder.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 20, 2026 05:16 PM (rbvCR)

141 The ease with which they lie is satanic. If this question has no bearing on policy, why did your side pass laws permitting it? Why are you suing to vindicate the rights of these freaks? If this is just about not hurting others, why don't you acknowledge that women and your school girls have been raped by these freaks in what should be women only spaces. This demon should be strung up by his nuts and beaten with concertina wire covered in lemon juice before he is roasted alive.

Posted by: DPICM at January 20, 2026 05:16 PM (zweKz)

142 The good people of Iran should vote harder

Posted by: Kindltot at January 20, 2026 05:17 PM (rbvCR)

143 >> I personally know adults who were men and are now women.

No. You don't. You know men who have a delusional disorder and cosplay as chicks.

IF they were real chicks, you'd be willing to tongue their front holes.

Posted by: garrett at January 20, 2026 05:17 PM (ZcsJV)

144

Usha and JD Vance are expecting their fourth child.

Congratulations and best wishes for your family!

MAGA Babies!

Posted by: four seasons at January 20, 2026 05:17 PM (3ek7K)

145 Mona Charon is a disappointment. I thought better of her at one time, decades ago. Flamboyant Timmeh I couldn't care less about. Or that other homo. The twiggy one. (Last?)

I could pork Sarah Longwell back to sanity.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 20, 2026 05:17 PM (jc0TO)

146 Stop being Midwest Nice and take your own government back, you supposedly-hardass Scandinavian stock.

Posted by: ballistic at January 20, 2026 05:17 PM (5aZAZ)

147 I saw a map of the North pole and the countries there, and it showed the likely spots from which Russia might launch a missile to attack US soil. Especially if it launched a missile at DC.

The base at Greenland is about halfway between us and Russia, and we would be able to launch counter missiles and cut them off before it even gets close to US soil. Like our own Iron Tundra Dome.

After seeing that map I said ah, I get it. And that doesn't even include the potentially valuable Arctic Sea shipping routes, or the rare minerals connected to Greenland.

Posted by: LizLem at January 20, 2026 05:17 PM (Eng1Z)

148 Are the walls closing in on Trump?
Posted by: sifty boones at January 20, 2026 05:16 PM (rR5Mv)

It’s the beginning of the end of the beginning.

Posted by: Really?? at January 20, 2026 05:17 PM (d4dD2)

149 Don't care much about Tim Miller but I looked him up. He and his husband and their child moved from that crime ridden shit hole of Oakland to that crime ridden shit hole of New Orleans. How smart can he be?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 20, 2026 05:18 PM (PTsqM)

150 Kindltot, where did I say anything about voting?

Posted by: ballistic at January 20, 2026 05:18 PM (5aZAZ)

151 Mona Charen aged like milk.

Posted by: Wofus at January 20, 2026 05:19 PM (CNa+A)

152 "Do we have $700B lying around to do this?

Who am I kidding we’ll just use the federal reserve credit card.
Posted by: Really?? "

I would not pass up this opportunity because of that. We waste money on lots of worse things.

This may be Trump's Folly but remember what thankless Seward did for us.

Posted by: fd at January 20, 2026 05:19 PM (vFG9F)

153 🚨ALERT: In a bombshell revelation, top White House officials disclosed that the United States is finalizing a staggering $700 billion cash offer to buy Greenland outright from Denmark, plus $100,000 lump-sum payments to each of its ~57,000 residents—totaling nearly $706 billion.
Posted by: SMOD at January 20, 2026 04:56 PM (RHGPo)
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To put that amount in perspective, in one year, foreign countries pledged approximately $10 Trillion in new investments in the US. For permanent strategic bases + commercial ports in the defrosting Arctic Circle, Greenland is well worth the price. IOW, the new Alaska.

Posted by: mrp at January 20, 2026 05:19 PM (rj6Yv)

154 The idea that suits "can become anything they want" has got to be the most brain-dead public utterance thus far in 2026.

Posted by: DaveL at January 20, 2026 05:19 PM (9w232)

155 >>I would not pass up this opportunity because of that. We waste money on lots of worse things.

All-in...I bet we spent as much, or more, on Ukraine.

Posted by: garrett at January 20, 2026 05:19 PM (ZcsJV)

156 People who say "this isn't complicated" are often people who find thinking makes their heads hurt.
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When you don't like the message, attack the messenger. Alinksy 101

Posted by: ... at January 20, 2026 05:19 PM (E0p3T)

157
Lookit Mona Charen being all snippy and bitchy and anti conservative.

I'm always surprised when a previously conservative "thought leader" reveals themselves to be some kind of grotty syphilitic fake-con donkey-faced hack.

Don't know why I should be but I am.

Money is a funny old thing, ain't it?

Posted by: naturalfake at January 20, 2026 05:20 PM (iJfKG)

158 Take your shit back, if you don't want to be cowed into submission on the streets of your own cities, by the lunatics allowed to run riot by the idiots you voted for.

Your vote obviously sucks and perhaps you regret that. Yes vote differently, but being Minnesota Nice to the people storming your churches ain't gonna get you back to where you were 50 years ago.

Posted by: ballistic at January 20, 2026 05:20 PM (5aZAZ)

159 Alissaretardsmithsmith has made me change my perspective. I am voting for Grab'em Nuisance as soon as I can.

Posted by: Truck monkey at January 20, 2026 05:20 PM (affD0)

160 153 🚨ALERT: In a bombshell revelation, top White House officials disclosed that the United States is finalizing a staggering $700 billion cash offer to buy Greenland outright from Denmark, plus $100,000 lump-sum payments to each of its ~57,000 residents—totaling nearly $706 billion.
Posted by: SMOD at January 20, 2026 04:56 PM (RHGPo)
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Right... Won't Congress have to okay that ? I'm guessing they won't

Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 05:20 PM (VE6XX)

161 147.

If Russia starts launching ICBMs at DC, New York and the Northeastern seaboard they will sooner or later end up shooting at something useful. We need to nip this in the bud.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 20, 2026 05:20 PM (rR5Mv)

162 The walls are closing in on Walz. And Ellison, Frey, and Lemon.

Posted by: Wofus at January 20, 2026 05:21 PM (CNa+A)

163 57,000 residents
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That's 1,000 for every state.

Posted by: ... at January 20, 2026 05:21 PM (E0p3T)

164 It’s the beginning of the end of the beginning.
Posted by: Really?? at January 20, 2026 05:17 PM (d4dD2)

What is this, Wheel of Time?!

Posted by: don't talk to pookysgirl about the TV abomination at January 20, 2026 05:22 PM (Wt5PA)

165 >>> "Do we have $700B lying around to do this?

Cutting off all the fraud in MN alone might get us $700B back. I wish I was fully kidding.

Cutting off USAID, foreign aid, the state medicare and daycare fraud, and getting the tariffs rolling in...plus a few coins left in the couch cushions and we'd have enough.

Posted by: LizLem at January 20, 2026 05:22 PM (Eng1Z)

166 145 Mona Charon is a disappointment. I thought better of her at one time, decades ago. Flamboyant Timmeh I couldn't care less about. Or that other homo. The twiggy one. (Last?)

I could pork Sarah Longwell back to sanity.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 20, 2026 05:17 PM (jc0TO)

Same...although I cannot think the same about "porking" Sarah Longwell.

Posted by: Thrawn at January 20, 2026 05:22 PM (9Ovst)

167 🚨ALERT: In a bombshell revelation, top White House officials disclosed that the United States is finalizing a staggering $700 billion cash offer to buy Greenland outright from Denmark, plus $100,000 lump-sum payments to each of its ~57,000 residents—totaling nearly $706 billion.
Posted by: SMOD at January 20, 2026 04:56 PM (RHGPo)

After we end the Somali Fraud in Minniesoda we should easily have enough cash on hand...

Posted by: Jackson K. at January 20, 2026 05:22 PM (J9q9v)

168 >>What is this, Wheel of Time?!

*Tugs Braid*

Posted by: Nynaeve al'Meara at January 20, 2026 05:22 PM (ZcsJV)

169 "Leave a Tender Moment Alone" > "They're Getting Tender About a Church Service"

Posted by: Billy Joel at January 20, 2026 05:22 PM (D0HYP)

170 Aren't the Greenland inhabitants mostly welfare cases cradle to grave. Like a lot of Alaskans. Forever debt to have the land, I guess.

Posted by: NCKate at January 20, 2026 05:22 PM (uQzkA)

171 Where are elected Republican on the storming of churches?

Posted by: ... at January 20, 2026 05:22 PM (E0p3T)

172 Men using a hairdryer to dry their balls? Is this a thing?
Definitely get the hell out of my locker room.
Posted by: redridinghood

Some old men have more elasticity.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 20, 2026 05:22 PM (/lPRQ)

173 Am I the only one that thinks that if we get all of Greenland for $700Bn that it would be a hell of a bargain?

Posted by: ballistic at January 20, 2026 05:22 PM (5aZAZ)

174 I'd insist on prima noctis for Greenland but I saw some pictures and will pass. Thx

Posted by: sifty boones at January 20, 2026 05:23 PM (rR5Mv)

175 I don't man, that Kristol chick is one ugly broad

Posted by: Seagrams and sprite at January 20, 2026 05:23 PM (Iwv3U)

176 152 "Do we have $700B lying around to do this?

Who am I kidding we’ll just use the federal reserve credit card.
Posted by: Really?? "

I would not pass up this opportunity because of that. We waste money on lots of worse things.

This may be Trump's Folly but remember what thankless Seward did for us.
Posted by: fd at January 20, 2026 05:19 PM (vFG9F)

At least we'd get something tangible for our money.

I still think the Greenland thing is some kind of distraction.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 20, 2026 05:23 PM (xcxpd)

177 "Nynaeve al'Meara"

why do all modern fantasy characters sound like Welsh-Gaelic hybrids?

Posted by: Kindltot at January 20, 2026 05:24 PM (rbvCR)

178 >>Am I the only one that thinks that if we get all of Greenland for $700Bn that it would be a hell of a bargain?

It would be.

But. We could also just take it.

And I am not kidding. I prefer that option.

Posted by: garrett at January 20, 2026 05:24 PM (ZcsJV)

179 Bill Kristol reminds me of a Cherub …. a fatty baby.

Posted by: Danny Duck at January 20, 2026 05:24 PM (QG/HM)

180 Willowed comment:
LOL, the UK government funded and created a video game called Pathways that was propaganda to teach kids about extremism. Amelia is one of the extremists who is anti-immigration.

Here's a short video on the topic:
https://youtu.be/K6da1rF6zcU

Trolls have taken the character and made her a hero, producing videos like this one:
http://tiny.cc/lwwx001

It's an AI produced video that inserts Amelia into beloved UK intellectual properties like Harry Potter, Wallace and Gromit, and Paddington Bear. It's very well done.

Posted by: bonhomme at January 20, 2026 05:24 PM (Yp6az)

181 Uhm… it’s not a rage bait question, you are asking me to accept lies and untruths.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 20, 2026 05:24 PM (XV/Pl)

182 168 >>What is this, Wheel of Time?!

*Tugs Braid*
Posted by: Nynaeve al'Meara at January 20, 2026 05:22 PM (ZcsJV)

*ignites flamer*

(Kidding, kidding...she did pull her head out of her ass by the end of the series but...man was it a long, long time coming)

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 20, 2026 05:24 PM (xcxpd)

183 How many BTUs does a burning penguin generate?

These new data centers need power.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 20, 2026 05:24 PM (rR5Mv)

184 With $700B, about 1.8 years of their GDP, Denmark could afford an army.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 20, 2026 05:25 PM (jc0TO)

185 What's the price per acre?

*waits for someone else to figure it out*

Posted by: fd at January 20, 2026 05:25 PM (vFG9F)

186 Where are elected Republican on the storming of churches?
Posted by: ... at January 20, 2026 05:22 PM (E0p3T)

***

The repukes are as worthless as tits on a Bull

Posted by: Truck monkey at January 20, 2026 05:25 PM (affD0)

187 still think the Greenland thing is some kind of distraction.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 20, 2026 05:23 PM (xcxpd)

People thought Trump was a stalking horse for Hillary.

Posted by: ... at January 20, 2026 05:25 PM (E0p3T)

188 Same...although I cannot think the same about "porking" Sarah Longwell.
Posted by: Thrawn at January 20, 2026 05:22 PM (9Ovst)

Porking fits her

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at January 20, 2026 05:25 PM (NtVYv)

189 172 Men using a hairdryer to dry their balls? Is this a thing?
Definitely get the hell out of my locker room.

After I use Conditioner on my Mosquito Sized Dick Hair, I want the hair to be Shiney and Soft.

Posted by: Timmy Walz at January 20, 2026 05:26 PM (xl8DV)

190 The DOJ subpoenas of Walz, Ellison, Frey, etc. in front of a Grand Jury should be a real show stopper.

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

191 Throw in a six pack of Old Milwaukee Lite and you have a deal...
Posted by: Sven The Danish PM at January 20, 2026 05:15 PM (J9q9v)

Tuborg. It's the beer of Danish kings...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 20, 2026 05:26 PM (nbLIj)

192 Ratification of the Louisiana Treaty, from Monticello.org:

"...The purchase treaty had to be ratified by the end of October, which gave Jefferson and his Cabinet time to deliberate the issues of boundaries and constitutionality. Exact boundaries would have to be negotiated with Spain and England and so would not be set for several years, and Jefferson's Cabinet members argued that the constitutional amendment he proposed was not necessary. As time for ratification of the purchase treaty grew short, Jefferson accepted his Cabinet's counsel and rationalized: "it is the case of a guardian, investing the money of his ward in purchasing an important adjacent territory; & saying to him when of age, I did this for your good...

...The Senate ratified the treaty on October 20 by a vote of 24 to 7. Spain, upset by the sale but without the military power to block it, formally returned Louisiana to France on November 30. France officially transferred the territory to the Americans on December 20, and the United States took formal possession on December 30...his belief that the affair of Louisiana would impact upon "their highest destinies" proved prophetic indeed."

Posted by: LizLem at January 20, 2026 05:26 PM (Eng1Z)

193 And I am not kidding. I prefer that option.
Posted by: garrett at January 20, 2026 05:24 PM (ZcsJV)
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I don't prefer that option. Hostile expansion and occupation are A Bad Look after we spent how many dollars and years fighting against Russia doing the same thing in Ukraine.

Unless we do it to Mexico.

Posted by: ballistic at January 20, 2026 05:26 PM (5aZAZ)

194 *Tugs Braid*

Posted by: Nynaeve al'Meara at January 20, 2026 05:22 PM (ZcsJV)

Question: I know it was done to mark the final stage in her journey as a character, but couldn't Nynaeve Heal the hair that was burned off in the last book?

Posted by: don't talk to pookysgirl about the TV abomination at January 20, 2026 05:26 PM (Wt5PA)

195 At least we'd get something tangible for our money.

I still think the Greenland thing is some kind of distraction.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 20, 2026 05:23 PM (xcxpd)
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It can be both. It certainly has drawn attention to the Yoorup's utter lack of strategic reach. The UK is reducing its nuclear attack sub "fleet", for instance.

Posted by: mrp at January 20, 2026 05:26 PM (rj6Yv)

196 >>>All-in...I bet we spent as much, or more, on Ukraine.

Posted by: garrett

>We could probably pick up Cuba for a pallet of 1950s Chebby replacement parts.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 20, 2026 05:26 PM (oT7pT)

197 >>What's the price per acre?

(836,000 x 640) / 700B

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

198 "How many BTUs does a burning penguin generate?"

There aren't any penguins in Greenland. They were kicked out long ago

Posted by: fd at January 20, 2026 05:26 PM (vFG9F)

199 180 Willowed comment:
LOL, the UK government funded and created a video game called Pathways that was propaganda to teach kids about extremism. Amelia is one of the extremists who is anti-immigration.

Here's a short video on the topic:
https://youtu.be/K6da1rF6zcU

Trolls have taken the character and made her a hero, producing videos like this one:
http://tiny.cc/lwwx001

It's an AI produced video that inserts Amelia into beloved UK intellectual properties like Harry Potter, Wallace and Gromit, and Paddington Bear. It's very well done.
Posted by: bonhomme at January 20, 2026 05:24 PM (Yp6az)

I unironically love this.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 20, 2026 05:26 PM (xcxpd)

200 188. What happens in the barn stays in the barn.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 20, 2026 05:26 PM (rR5Mv)

201 Too bad Trump doesn't know a thing about land value?

Posted by: ... at January 20, 2026 05:27 PM (E0p3T)

202 "(836,000 x 640) / 700B"

What are these strange symbols on the blog?

Posted by: fd at January 20, 2026 05:27 PM (vFG9F)

203 So, when will Greenland summer vacations start?

Posted by: Skip at January 20, 2026 05:27 PM (Ia/+0)

204 194 *Tugs Braid*

Posted by: Nynaeve al'Meara at January 20, 2026 05:22 PM (ZcsJV)

Question: I know it was done to mark the final stage in her journey as a character, but couldn't Nynaeve Heal the hair that was burned off in the last book?
Posted by: don't talk to pookysgirl about the TV abomination at January 20, 2026 05:26 PM (Wt5PA)

I was also confused why she didn't Heal Rand's missing hand.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 20, 2026 05:27 PM (xcxpd)

205 With $700B, about 1.8 years of their GDP, Denmark could afford an army.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 20, 2026 05:25 PM (jc0TO)
===

At the very least, new uniforms for the Palace Guards.

Posted by: mrp at January 20, 2026 05:27 PM (rj6Yv)

206 Ah, crud. Back in the day, when you could read something called a "newspaper", I used to be a Mona Charen fanboi. Along with a Paul Craig Roberts fanboi.

I shall denounce myself.

Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at January 20, 2026 05:27 PM (7sIr+)

207 What are these strange symbols on the blog?
Posted by: fd at January 20, 2026 05:27 PM

It's a spell!

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 20, 2026 05:28 PM (jc0TO)

208 Demark accepts Trump offer he threatened to send Kami Harris to Copenhagen to address their government with endless 24/7 Cackling .........

Posted by: CNN Breaking News at January 20, 2026 05:28 PM (J9q9v)

209 199.

This brought me joy.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 20, 2026 05:28 PM (+wPQf)

210 187 still think the Greenland thing is some kind of distraction.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 20, 2026 05:23 PM (xcxpd)

People thought Trump was a stalking horse for Hillary.
Posted by: ... at January 20, 2026 05:25 PM (E0p3T)

Best. Surprise. Ever.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 20, 2026 05:28 PM (xcxpd)

211 >>Question: I know it was done to mark the final stage in her journey as a character, but couldn't Nynaeve Heal the hair that was burned off in the last book?

Been a real long time...but I thought that they needed someone else to heal them?
I don't remember aes sedai being able to heal themselves.
Certainly, Moiraine would have spent less time laid up if they could have?

Posted by: garrett at January 20, 2026 05:28 PM (ZcsJV)

212

161 If Russia starts launching ICBMs at DC, New York and the Northeastern seaboard they will sooner or later end up shooting at something useful. We need to nip this in the bud.
Posted by: sifty boones

I tend to believe the Russians are near retarded boisterous bullies who regularly fuck themselves over far worse than any foreign power could.

They can't sweep across the Fulda gap, build large ships or airplanes. The nukes they own can fission but not stage to fusion, if the crap rockets they have even get them past the silo lids.

Posted by: Auspex at January 20, 2026 05:28 PM (Y8DZL)

213 206 Ah, crud. Back in the day, when you could read something called a "newspaper", I used to be a Mona Charen fanboi. Along with a Paul Craig Roberts fanboi.

I shall denounce myself.
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at January 20, 2026 05:27 PM (7sIr+)

Don't feel bad, I'm ashamed to admit I read her too, in the 90s.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 20, 2026 05:29 PM (AywZy)

214 Bill Kristol looks like a Vienna sausage marinated in bull semen.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 20, 2026 05:29 PM (oT7pT)

215
What's the price per acre?

*waits for someone else to figure it out*

Posted by: fd at January 20, 2026 05:25 PM (vFG9F)

___________

$1,307.80 an acre

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 20, 2026 05:29 PM (tgvbd)

216 (Kidding, kidding...she did pull her head out of her ass by the end of the series but...man was it a long, long time coming)

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 20, 2026 05:24 PM (xcxpd)

I actually liked her better than Egwene. The chapter when Nynaeve breaks through her block in the seventh(?) book is some really great writing.

Posted by: don't talk to pookysgirl about the TV abomination at January 20, 2026 05:30 PM (Wt5PA)

217 Greenland supposedly costs more than Denmark gets out of it
Its a loser property.

Posted by: Skip at January 20, 2026 05:30 PM (Ia/+0)

218 What will Denmark do with $700 billion? Buy Norway? Probably retire from the little canned ham business.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 20, 2026 05:30 PM (gm9Sb)

219 They can't sweep across the Fulda gap, build large ships or airplanes. The nukes they own can fission but not stage to fusion, if the crap rockets they have even get them past the silo lids.

Posted by: Auspex at January 20, 2026 05:28 PM (Y8DZL)
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Well yeah they live in a shitty barren wasteland most of the year and they stay hammered drunk most of the time.

They have some hot wimmenz though.

Posted by: ballistic at January 20, 2026 05:30 PM (5aZAZ)

220 212.

Russians don't wish anything on me that Democrats don't already wish on me and Democrats are closer.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 20, 2026 05:30 PM (+wPQf)

221 Bill Kristol looks like a Vienna sausage marinated in bull semen.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 20, 2026 05:29 PM (oT7pT)

Probably smells like it too

Posted by: ... at January 20, 2026 05:30 PM (E0p3T)

222 @201

>> Too bad Trump doesn't know a thing about land value?

I think I see an angle here… * rubs hands *

—
LeTit James

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 20, 2026 05:31 PM (XV/Pl)

223 "$1,307.80 an acre
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh"

That's not bad, considering you also get some volcanoes.

Posted by: fd at January 20, 2026 05:31 PM (vFG9F)

224 Been a real long time...but I thought that they needed someone else to heal them?
I don't remember aes sedai being able to heal themselves.
Certainly, Moiraine would have spent less time laid up if they could have?

Posted by: garrett at January 20, 2026 05:28 PM (ZcsJV)

You're probably right. And Nynaeve would've died before asking someone to Heal her for such a "vanity."

Posted by: don't talk to pookysgirl about the TV abomination at January 20, 2026 05:32 PM (Wt5PA)

225 "You get a Trump igloo, and you get a Trump igloo and you're going to love your classy igloos. The best igloos in the world, made with the finest water, Trump Water!"

"We'll bring the Trump Water in beautiful tankers. New tankers built using the best steel in the world!"

Posted by: mrp at January 20, 2026 05:32 PM (rj6Yv)

226 We paid 7.2 million for Alaska in 1867, which the interwebs say is 153 million today.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 20, 2026 05:32 PM (XvL8K)

227 With Global Warming out of control won't Greenland be part of North America in 6 months.

Then we can drive there rather than sail... ....

Posted by: Jackson at January 20, 2026 05:32 PM (J9q9v)

228 ‘ The DHS Secretary has an entirely new face & the president wears more makeup than most drag queens.’

The same leftwing turdnerfs who kiss the ass of every Hollywood bimbo with $100k of bad plastic surgery, and who cheer teenagers who cut off their genitals, are first to take cheap shots at our people for doing a little work to improve their appearance.

And you know this faggot bleaches his asshole for his rentboys.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 20, 2026 05:32 PM (vGaW9)

229
Tuborg. It's the beer of Danish kings...
Posted by: Joe Kidd

That's class!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 20, 2026 05:33 PM (pkeXY)

230 161 If Russia starts launching ICBMs at DC, New York and the Northeastern seaboard they will sooner or later end up shooting at something useful. We need to nip this in the bud.
Posted by: sifty boones

I tend to believe the Russians are near retarded boisterous bullies who regularly fuck themselves over far worse than any foreign power could.

They can't sweep across the Fulda gap, build large ships or airplanes. The nukes they own can fission but not stage to fusion, if the crap rockets they have even get them past the silo lids.

Posted by: Auspex
=====
Chinese ICBM missiles are likely to follow the same polar route. Golden Dome works best if you push back where the first intercepts happen, well away from the continental US. For the Pacific and the Southern approaches, we already have good locations.

Posted by: whig at January 20, 2026 05:33 PM (E4rtv)

231 All of Mrs. Kristol's bulls agree, Bill Kristol sure can iron a shirt.

Even amidst all the distraction from the banging headboard in the next room.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 20, 2026 05:33 PM (+wPQf)

232 >>> People thought Trump was a stalking horse for Hillary.
Posted by: ... at January 20, 2026 05:25 PM (E0p3T)
Best. Surprise. Ever. Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 20, 2026 05:28 PM (xcxpd)

I legit thought he might hit the red nuclear button while in office. He was so hard to get a read on in 2016. But better the devil I didn't know than the devil I did. (Hillary).

And then no new wars in his first term! And he almost got the Abraham accords and the Afghanistan withdraw resolved, but then Biden came in and crapped the bed with them both.

And now resolving more wars in his second term: Armenia, India/Pakistan... Worst warmonger evar.

Posted by: LizLem at January 20, 2026 05:33 PM (Eng1Z)

233 Reckless speculation - In the distant past, Mona made a pass at PDT and was rebuffed.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at January 20, 2026 05:34 PM (8AONa)

234 They have some hot wimmenz though.
Posted by: ballistic
=====
That are as transactional as a reverse ATM sucking the money out of your wallet.

Posted by: whig at January 20, 2026 05:34 PM (E4rtv)

235 216 (Kidding, kidding...she did pull her head out of her ass by the end of the series but...man was it a long, long time coming)

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 20, 2026 05:24 PM (xcxpd)

I actually liked her better than Egwene. The chapter when Nynaeve breaks through her block in the seventh(?) book is some really great writing.
Posted by: don't talk to pookysgirl about the TV abomination at January 20, 2026 05:30 PM (Wt5PA)

Egwene had terrible character derailment. I started out liking her but I despised her by the end of the series. Her relationship was very cringe and so was her leadership style.

I mean, at least she wasn't a Black Sister, but she was not worth following.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 20, 2026 05:34 PM (xcxpd)

236 Sadly, there is no way in hell the Eurofags let the US acquire Greenland, there will be a bidding war though and Denmark will make out like bandits.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 20, 2026 05:34 PM (XV/Pl)

237 234 They have some hot wimmenz though.
Posted by: ballistic
=====
That are as transactional as a reverse ATM sucking the money out of your wallet.
Posted by: whig at January 20, 2026 05:34 PM (E4rtv)

Can confirm. Beautiful bodies but no heart.
Of course, in Russia, that is a logical way to live. Just a sad way.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 20, 2026 05:35 PM (xcxpd)

238 There once was a book called A Confederacy of Dunces by JK Toole. Time to write A Confederacy of Retards, Dunces II Electric Boogaloo from beyond the grave, and set in Minnesoda instead of Nawlins, Mr. Toole.

Posted by: Ignatius J. Reilly at January 20, 2026 05:35 PM (7Q0e+)

239
Russians don't wish anything on me that Democrats don't already wish on me and Democrats are closer.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 20, 2026 05:30 PM (+wPQf)

____________

I've always thought a get-together of Russians and rednecks would be epic for the amount of alcohol consumed, guns shot off and cars wrecked. A great time had by all.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 20, 2026 05:36 PM (tgvbd)

240 They can't sweep across the Fulda gap, build large ships or airplanes. The nukes they own can fission but not stage to fusion, if the crap rockets they have even get them past the silo lids.

Posted by: Auspex at January 20, 2026 05:28 PM (Y8DZL)

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

Missiles by Aeroflot?

/only half-joking

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 20, 2026 05:36 PM (K7OES)

241 I cannot express how much this particular thread headline infuriated me.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 20, 2026 05:36 PM (6dC8H)

242 The difficulty I have with understanding so much of this is we are supposed to hate Muslims because they are goat -f£cking jihadists, but also go to fight against the mullahs to save those poor, downtrodden Muslims that are just freedom-loving, wonderful people.

Posted by: Strange Brew at January 20, 2026 05:37 PM (454ad)

243 IRGC forces are defecting in droves.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 20, 2026 05:37 PM (0KSrI)

244 Tuborg. It's the beer of Danish kings...
Posted by: Joe Kidd

That's class!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 20, 2026 05:33 PM (pkeXY)
===

IIRC, way back when, Tuborg promoted their beer in the US by selling a beer glass shaped as a horn.

Posted by: mrp at January 20, 2026 05:37 PM (rj6Yv)

245 I know Americans who are not Americans.

Walts gets to act innocent. Trump should revoke his passport. And since i feel poetry coming forth.
Perhaps Trump should revoke is life.

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 20, 2026 05:37 PM (EyfuW)

246 233 Reckless speculation - In the distant past, Mona made a pass at PDT and was rebuffed.
Posted by: 2009Refugee
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Bushworld and NR type. She was never a great intellect and her columns were always pablum.

Now the papers are gone, she writes for the Bulwark because it pays and they hire her because of her residual brand name conservatism for the easily led idiots that watch TV and still read NR.

Posted by: whig at January 20, 2026 05:37 PM (E4rtv)

247 >>>So, when will Greenland summer vacations start?

Posted by: Skip

Bad news; your mandatory Spring Break wardrobe in Greenland must include U.g.gs.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 20, 2026 05:37 PM (oT7pT)

248 239.

Agreed.
Russia is just a classic country music song we haven't met yet.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 20, 2026 05:37 PM (+wPQf)

249 Hey, Horde. If you can spare a prayer for Mr. Jordan61, we would appreciate it. He's currently in the hospital with a blood infection.

Posted by: Jordan61 at January 20, 2026 05:37 PM (DiZbT)

250 IRGC forces are defecting in droves.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 20, 2026 05:37 PM (0KSrI)
===

Did we promise the defectors Greenland land grants?

Posted by: mrp at January 20, 2026 05:37 PM (rj6Yv)

251 243 IRGC forces are defecting in droves.
Posted by: Ben Had
=====
We shall see what the future brings.

Posted by: whig at January 20, 2026 05:38 PM (E4rtv)

252 Just need to survive until the midterms. Trump will be impeached quickly after the GOP is wiped out in historic fashion. Hopefully never to rise again.

132 Trump seemed intoxicated at his press conference this is the 3rd week of the month where he will get his infusion the one where the hand bruises always show

All the newest polls continue to show decreasing approval.
Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at January 20, 2026 05:15 PM (4tReG)

Posted by: Sid at January 20, 2026 05:38 PM (+HkUo)

253 It's an AI produced video that inserts Amelia into beloved UK intellectual properties like Harry Potter, Wallace and Gromit, and Paddington Bear. It's very well done.
Posted by: bonhomme at January 20, 2026 05:24 PM (Yp6az)

I unironically love this.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo

It's a game anyone can play. The best part is that it unknowingly channeled something a bit older...

https://is.gd/T66gwM

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at January 20, 2026 05:38 PM (OUMaO)

254 $700 Bln/535 million acres ~ $1300/acre

Of course, with a population of 57,000 that would be $12.3 million per person, so offer the 90% who are Greeenlandic Inuit $10 million each and watch the "land statement" lefties do the "1984 We are at war with Eurasia/ We are at war with EastAsia" dance

Posted by: Chuck C at January 20, 2026 05:38 PM (D0HYP)

255 Hey, Horde. If you can spare a prayer for Mr. Jordan61, we would appreciate it. He's currently in the hospital with a blood infection.
Posted by: Jordan61 at January 20, 2026 05:37 PM

Ouch. Prayers up for Mr. J.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 20, 2026 05:38 PM (jc0TO)

256 Hey, Horde. If you can spare a prayer for Mr. Jordan61, we would appreciate it. He's currently in the hospital with a blood infection.

Posted by: Jordan61

Yikes, no joke that. Prayers goin' up.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at January 20, 2026 05:39 PM (OUMaO)

257 How many in a drove?

Posted by: Mildly curious at January 20, 2026 05:39 PM (2Ez/1)

258 I've always thought a get-together of Russians and rednecks would be epic for the amount of alcohol consumed, guns shot off and cars wrecked. A great time had by all.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 20, 2026 05:36 PM (tgvbd)

I've gotten along well with Russians on grounds of booze, guns and Christ. Most Russians don't like the Russian government either, but they won't say that while in Russia.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 20, 2026 05:39 PM (xcxpd)

259 Jordan61, you have them ,dear lady.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 20, 2026 05:39 PM (0KSrI)

260 249 Hey, Horde. If you can spare a prayer for Mr. Jordan61, we would appreciate it. He's currently in the hospital with a blood infection.
Posted by: Jordan61 at January 20, 2026 05:37

Praying for healing Jordan.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 20, 2026 05:39 PM (AywZy)

261 The Bulwark crew are such utterly worthless scum.

Posted by: steevy at January 20, 2026 05:39 PM (YwEeS)

262 249 Hey, Horde. If you can spare a prayer for Mr. Jordan61, we would appreciate it. He's currently in the hospital with a blood infection.
Posted by: Jordan61 at January 20, 2026 05:37 PM (DiZbT)

Done

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 20, 2026 05:39 PM (xcxpd)

263 257.

12 Leagues and three drives

Posted by: sifty boones at January 20, 2026 05:40 PM (+wPQf)

264 Every one of those IRGC defectors is an answer to prayer.

Posted by: PA Dutchman at January 20, 2026 05:40 PM (h/O4U)

265 In Belarus, the Ducks decided -20 was too much.

https://tinyurl.com/n4t393f2

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 20, 2026 05:40 PM (jc0TO)

266 Prayers for Mr. Jordan61.

Healing, comfort and strength to you and yours.

God Bless.

Amen.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 20, 2026 05:40 PM (+wPQf)

267 LOL Sid now quote posting the other fuck nugget troll.

Posted by: steevy at January 20, 2026 05:41 PM (YwEeS)

268 242 The difficulty I have with understanding so much of this is we are supposed to hate Muslims because they are goat -f£cking jihadists, but also go to fight against the mullahs to save those poor, downtrodden Muslims that are just freedom-loving, wonderful people.
Posted by: Strange Brew
======
From a purely realist perspective, it is because Iran serves to create a nexus of instability throughout the Middle East that requires the US to be in a lot of places where we would be best not to be. If the ye olde times of Israel and Iran allied watching the Middle East return toward the pre Khomeini era, then the world will be a better and more peaceful place.

Posted by: whig at January 20, 2026 05:41 PM (E4rtv)

269 Don't be so hard on the gay man. After all, in the senate hearing this week, a medical doctor -- an OB-GYN -- couldn't answer Senator Hawley's question, "Can men get pregnant?"

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 20, 2026 05:41 PM (J6DiX)

270 Posted by: Jordan61 at January 20, 2026 05:37 PM

Prayers for quick and complete healing for Mr. Jordan61

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 20, 2026 05:41 PM (ix8EF)

271 omg Jordan yes of course will pray for him

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 20, 2026 05:41 PM (emBoF)

272 233 Reckless speculation - In the distant past, Mona made a pass at PDT and was rebuffed.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at January 20, 2026 05:34 PM (8AONa)

She's pinch-faces scold.
She has to wear a bag on her head when abusing herself with her vibrator to keep from voiding the warranty.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 20, 2026 05:42 PM (5GshG)

273 Now the papers are gone, she writes for the Bulwark because it pays and they hire her because of her residual brand name conservatism for the easily led idiots that watch TV and still read NR.

Posted by: whig

====

Oh I remember all that, and understand that she's singing for her supper, like so many others.

Her contempt just seems more . . . .personal.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at January 20, 2026 05:42 PM (8AONa)

274 249 Hey, Horde. If you can spare a prayer for Mr. Jordan61, we would appreciate it. He's currently in the hospital with a blood infection.
Posted by: Jordan61 at January 20, 2026 05:37 PM (DiZbT)

You got it.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 20, 2026 05:42 PM (wVcYX)

275 I've always thought a get-together of Russians and rednecks would be epic for the amount of alcohol consumed, guns shot off and cars wrecked. A great time had by all.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 20, 2026 05:36 PM (tgvbd)

I've gotten along well with Russians on grounds of booze, guns and Christ. Most Russians don't like the Russian government either, but they won't say that while in Russia.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 20, 2026 05:39 PM (xcxpd)
====

Chelyabinsk Man = Florida Man

Posted by: mrp at January 20, 2026 05:43 PM (rj6Yv)

276 I found out today the chess is Haram. Muzzies flip out over chess being played near them.

Posted by: steevy at January 20, 2026 05:43 PM (YwEeS)

277 What is the FACE Act?

And don't tell me $20, same as in town.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 20, 2026 05:43 PM (dGCAG)

278 Done, Jordan61.

Posted by: fd at January 20, 2026 05:43 PM (vFG9F)

279 Elric,
You are in rare salty form today. Most amusing.

Posted by: whig at January 20, 2026 05:43 PM (E4rtv)

280 All the Persians I have met have been solid people.
All the Iranians I have met have been otherwise.

Don't worry about telling the difference. Persians will let you know they are Persians faster than a vegan cross-fitter.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 20, 2026 05:43 PM (+wPQf)

281 >>In Belarus, the Ducks decided -20 was too much.

Mass die-offs of waterfowl are pretty common. Usually it's divers like Coots and Bufflehead that get the worst of it.

Posted by: garrett at January 20, 2026 05:44 PM (ZcsJV)

282 Hey, Horde. If you can spare a prayer for Mr. Jordan61, we would appreciate it. He's currently in the hospital with a blood infection.
Posted by: Jordan61 at January 20, 2026 05:37

Of course.

Dear Lord, please watch over and heal Mr Bacon Wench.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 20, 2026 05:44 PM (zZu0s)

283 Hey, Horde. If you can spare a prayer for Mr. Jordan61, we would appreciate it. He's currently in the hospital with a blood infection.

Posted by: Jordan61 at January 20, 2026 05:37 PM (DiZbT)

Done!

Posted by: don't talk to pookysgirl about the TV abomination at January 20, 2026 05:44 PM (Wt5PA)

284 When do we get the ACE Act?

Posted by: sifty boones at January 20, 2026 05:44 PM (+wPQf)

285 "What is the FACE Act?

And don't tell me $20, same as in town.
Posted by: BurtTC"

That's one you can do yourself and you don't have to pay anybody!

Posted by: fd at January 20, 2026 05:45 PM (vFG9F)

286 Let him who hasn't sucked lady cock throw the first stone.

Posted by: Bill Kristol at January 20, 2026 05:45 PM (f1kZG)

287 >> When do we get the ACE Act?

When we realize the purchase of Greenland, the ACE Act will cover the entire landscape in Shelving.

Posted by: garrett at January 20, 2026 05:45 PM (ZcsJV)

288 Her contempt just seems more . . . .personal.
Posted by: 2009Refugee

All the Bulwark types are in the outer darkness of DC, the Democrats view them as pariahs and the GOPe friendz they have left don't want to be seen with them. So no invites to DC parties, no invites to various NGO conferences, etc.

Their social standing is that of elevator operators in DC. Most women feel the loss of social status far more than most men. It feels personal to them.

Posted by: whig at January 20, 2026 05:45 PM (E4rtv)

289 Posted by: don't talk to pookysgirl about the TV abomination at January 20, 2026 05:44 PM (Wt5PA)

Sorry for the sock fail, trying to kill time with Lil Pooky as we wait for Pookette to come home.

Posted by: pookysgirl, very apologetic at January 20, 2026 05:46 PM (Wt5PA)

290 Keith Eliison is why Muslims need to be deported to their own countries, and never permitted in ours.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 20, 2026 04:52 PM (a+4eV)

He's also apparently too stupid to realize that his statement (and that of that trans MN legislator) put the state of Minnesota on the hook for Violations of Civil Rights Under the Color of Law. Attacks on classes of persons just happens to be a predicate for the Insurrection Act.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 20, 2026 05:46 PM (pJWtt)

291 Elric,
You are in rare salty form today. Most amusing.
Posted by: whig at January 20, 2026 05:43 PM (E4rtv)
——

The Blade aims to please …

Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 20, 2026 05:46 PM (vGaW9)

292 Oh I remember all that, and understand that she's singing for her supper, like so many others.

Her contempt just seems more . . . .personal.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at January 20, 2026 05:42 PM (8AONa)
=========

The last time I saw Mona Charen was on the McLaughlin Group. And that was shortly after the Mycenae sacked Troy.

Posted by: mrp at January 20, 2026 05:47 PM (rj6Yv)

293 All those types hate Trump because he is brash and crass and he ripped the masks right off their faces.

Posted by: fd at January 20, 2026 05:47 PM (vFG9F)

294 Reckless speculation - In the distant past, Mona made a pass at PDT and was rebuffed.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at January 20, 2026 05:34 PM (8AONa)

She was cute once, but I think that was about 60 years ago.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 20, 2026 05:47 PM (dGCAG)

295 234 They have some hot wimmenz though.
Posted by: ballistic
=====
That are as transactional as a reverse ATM sucking the money out of your wallet.
Posted by: whig at January 20, 2026 05:34 PM (E4rtv)

Can confirm. Beautiful bodies but no heart.
Of course, in Russia, that is a logical way to live. Just a sad way.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 20, 2026 05:35 PM (xcxpd)

If I went toe to toe with a Rooskie gal
and told her that she had a beautiful body
would she hold it against me?

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 20, 2026 05:47 PM (wVcYX)

296 Most Russians don't like the Russian government either, but they won't say that while in Russia.

Say what you will about Putin, but he saved his country post-communism,

The average life expectancy of a Russian male in the early 90's dipped below 60 years, and the rates of alcoholism and drug overdose were through the roof.

That life expectancy has increased by more than 10 years and while still high, there have been drastic reductions in alcohol and drug related mortality.

Posted by: Strange Brew at January 20, 2026 05:47 PM (454ad)

297 >>The last time I saw Mona Charen was on the McLaughlin Group.

I was raised on Bugs Bunny and The McLaughlin Group.

Posted by: garrett at January 20, 2026 05:47 PM (ZcsJV)

298 274 249 Hey, Horde. If you can spare a prayer for Mr. Jordan61, we would appreciate it. He's currently in the hospital with a blood infection.
Posted by: Jordan61 at January 20, 2026 05:37 PM (DiZbT)

Prayers for you all..

Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 05:47 PM (VE6XX)

299 Thanks, all. They've been telling him he has the flu for the last 10 days. Finally yesterday at the ER someone ordered a blood culture and figured out what was really going on.

Posted by: Jordan61 at January 20, 2026 05:48 PM (DiZbT)

300 If I went toe to toe with a Rooskie gal
and told her that she had a beautiful body
would she hold it against me?
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 20, 2026 05:47 PM (wVcYX)

How many hundreds are you offering?
You can probably make that happen IMO

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 20, 2026 05:48 PM (xcxpd)

301 Not many people know this but when the left write anything, they use a special font. It is identical to most normal fonts with one specific difference. If you were to examine the 'dots', periods, the dot of an exclamation point, even question marks, under an electron microscope, you would see the 'dot' is NOT solid. There is a tiny circle in the center of the dot and inside the circle, the three letters, "EFM". These three letter represent the word "Except for Me". And these allow any leftist to exempt themselves from any rules, principles, or demands they care to make. While they do not explicitly say or write the words, everything they say or write is implied to end with "Except for Me!"
So when Don Lemon or Keith Ellison prattle on about civil rights, each of their statements should be read as ending with "Except for Me". Then it all begins to make sense.

Posted by: at January 20, 2026 05:48 PM (db69R)

302 Jordan,

Prayers for him and you too.

Posted by: whig at January 20, 2026 05:48 PM (E4rtv)

303 That's one you can do yourself and you don't have to pay anybody!
Posted by: fd at January 20, 2026 05:45 PM (vFG9F)

If I could FACE Act, I wouldn't need no woman.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 20, 2026 05:48 PM (dGCAG)

304 287.

The ACE Act will simply state:

This here bullshit is done. Now.
Any questions, call Ace. Ask for Ace. Leave a message.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 20, 2026 05:48 PM (+wPQf)

305 OT: for those who game

Over the weekend, started playing Witchfire. Its a single player, rogue like(lite?), extraction shooter set in a medieval world with automatic weapons.

It is oddly great.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 20, 2026 05:48 PM (zZu0s)

306 299 Thanks, all. They've been telling him he has the flu for the last 10 days. Finally yesterday at the ER someone ordered a blood culture and figured out what was really going on.
Posted by: Jordan61 at January 20, 2026 05:48 PM (DiZbT)

I spent 6 days in the Hospital wit an E.coli infection... Nasty stuff

Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 05:49 PM (VE6XX)

307 If I went toe to toe with a Rooskie gal
and told her that she had a beautiful body
would she hold it against me?
Posted by: Count de Monet
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She would hold your cash in your wallet even closer.

Posted by: whig at January 20, 2026 05:49 PM (E4rtv)

308 The last time I saw Mona Charen was on the McLaughlin Group. And that was shortly after the Mycenae sacked Troy.
Posted by: mrp at January 20, 2026 05:47 PM (rj6Yv)

Or to put it another way, John McL had a pair of her panties under his desk.

They had them carbon dated.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 20, 2026 05:50 PM (dGCAG)

309 To put that amount in perspective, in one year, foreign countries pledged approximately $10 Trillion in new investments in the US.

—

Pledges don’t mean shit. I can pledge $100 gajillion dollars. Means nothing.

Posted by: Really?? at January 20, 2026 05:50 PM (d4dD2)

310 Who will the Bulwark hire next? A homunculus cultivated from a mole on Liz Cheney's back?

And is JV Last still alive? I watched their election night coverage, and I put him on deathwatch. We was... not well.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

I guarantee they will hire a CCP apologist one day soon. JV "Eat Me" Last is still kicking around, but haven't seen any stupid thing of his on the Twatter.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 20, 2026 05:50 PM (mlg/3)

311 >>>All the Persians I have met have been solid people.
All the Iranians I have met have been otherwise.

Don't worry about telling the difference. Persians will let you know they are Persians faster than a vegan cross-fitter.

Posted by: sifty boones

>Yup. And usually the Iranians are thieving fucks looking to take your shit.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 20, 2026 05:51 PM (oT7pT)

312 I was raised on Bugs Bunny and The McLaughlin Group.

Posted by: garrett

Jack Germond, who was a real print reporter for the Baltimore Sun back in the day, wrote a funny expose of his time on the McLaughlin Group. He loathed most of it and the other panelists except as a way to pay college tuition for his kids.

Posted by: whig at January 20, 2026 05:51 PM (E4rtv)

313 Thanks, all. They've been telling him he has the flu for the last 10 days. Finally yesterday at the ER someone ordered a blood culture and figured out what was really going on.

Posted by: Jordan61 at January 20, 2026 05:48 PM (DiZbT)

Good grief! When will ER docs learn that people don't spend hours in the ER just because they feel like it?

Posted by: pookysgirl has spent a lot of time in ERs at January 20, 2026 05:52 PM (Wt5PA)

314 Pledges don’t mean shit. I can pledge $100 gajillion dollars. Means nothing.
Posted by: Really?? at January 20, 2026 05:50 PM (d4dD2)
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Really?

Posted by: mrp at January 20, 2026 05:52 PM (rj6Yv)

315 Prayers sent Jordan.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 20, 2026 05:52 PM (T3puI)

316 311 >>>All the Persians I have met have been solid people.
All the Iranians I have met have been otherwise.

Don't worry about telling the difference. Persians will let you know they are Persians faster than a vegan cross-fitter.

Posted by: sifty boones

We had a Persian family at the Catholic HS I worked at.. Great people they greatly appreciated when I met them that I recognized them as Persian not Iranian..

Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 05:53 PM (VE6XX)

317 And usually the Iranians are thieving fucks looking to take your shit.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

That is most of the world outside of what the social scientists call WEIRDs. Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic.

Now the frigging WEF and Muzzie invasion of Euroland have f*cked that up too.

Posted by: whig at January 20, 2026 05:53 PM (E4rtv)

318 314. But was it a Lemon Pledge?

Posted by: sifty boones at January 20, 2026 05:53 PM (+Wrm0)

319 Prayers Jordan, good luck and God bless

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 20, 2026 05:54 PM (PTsqM)

320 I know a couple of Jewish Persians/Iranians wymynses.

Muy caliente.

Posted by: Really?? at January 20, 2026 05:54 PM (d4dD2)

321
new one

Posted by: four seasons at January 20, 2026 05:55 PM (3ek7K)

322 And is JV Last still alive? I watched their election night coverage, and I put him on deathwatch. We was... not well.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
------
Last farted something in a tweet recently and it bubbled up at Instapundit with people there taking shots at it.

Posted by: whig at January 20, 2026 05:55 PM (E4rtv)

323 Two cops shot in Portland. Might be antifa. Cops are in satisfactory condition per reports

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 20, 2026 05:55 PM (PTsqM)

324 Pledges don’t mean shit. I can pledge $100 gajillion dollars. Means nothing.
Posted by: Really?? at January 20, 2026 05:50 PM (d4dD2)
===

Really?
Posted by: mrp at January 20, 2026 05:52 PM (rj6Yv)

I'm pretty sure that's the amount Amber Turd pledged to charities after she divorced Johnny.

At their trial, that's prolly the main reason she lost her case against him. The charities got exactly jack and shit.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 20, 2026 05:56 PM (dGCAG)

325 What is the FACE Act?

And don't tell me $20, same as in town.
Posted by: BurtTC

Federal Access to Clinics Act
which includes this in part (a)(2):

(a)Prohibited Activities. -Whoever-
(2)by force or threat of force or by physical obstruction, intentionally injures, intimidates or interferes with or attempts to injure, intimidate or interfere with any person lawfully exercising or seeking to exercise the First Amendment right of religious freedom at a place of religious worship; or

Posted by: Chuck C at January 20, 2026 05:57 PM (D0HYP)

326 I don't see how the Danish can take the offer. They already said "no sale, not accepting bids, fuck off."

If they sell now, they'll look like bitches, and greedy ones.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 20, 2026 05:58 PM (BI5O2)

327 Everytime Trump scares Europe, someone in Dodge traces millions/billions leaving their home countries to destinations of illegal happenings.

Yea, same happenings from the 60s. But dark ha ha ha.

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 20, 2026 05:58 PM (EyfuW)

328 I'm pretty sure that's the amount Amber Turd pledged to charities after she divorced Johnny.

At their trial, that's prolly the main reason she lost her case against him. The charities got exactly jack and shit.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 20, 2026 05:56 PM (dGCAG)
=====

Yeah, well, breaking a deal made with DJT is a different matter, entirely.

Posted by: mrp at January 20, 2026 05:59 PM (rj6Yv)

329 274 249 Hey, Horde. If you can spare a prayer for Mr. Jordan61, we would appreciate it. He's currently in the hospital with a blood infection.
Posted by: Jordan61 at January 20, 2026 05:37 PM (DiZbT)

Done

Posted by: javems at January 20, 2026 06:01 PM (jrjl5)

330 FACE Act makes it a criminal offense to obstruct intimidate, interfere with access to an abortion clinic. Merrick garland used it to penalize several protesters.

It has a second section that has the same penalties.for interfering in .church worship, as happened this week.

Book 'em, Danno.

.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 20, 2026 06:24 PM (uGks3)

331 305 OT: for those who game

Over the weekend, started playing Witchfire. Its a single player, rogue like(lite?), extraction shooter set in a medieval world with automatic weapons.

It is oddly great.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 20, 2026 05:48 PM (zZu0s)

*adds to wishlist*

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 20, 2026 06:26 PM (xcxpd)

332 Time to protest unequal treatment of women by releasing hogs into mosques. Bring some goats to distract any security they might have. Be sure they are good looking goats. I think there's a Saudi dating app where you can see if Arab men swipe right on your goat.

Posted by: Don Lemon Needs to be sent to Gaza at January 20, 2026 06:48 PM (iwyjc)

333 If Kamala was president none of this would be happening. Plus gasoline would be $9.00 a gallon provided you could get a ration card.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 20, 2026 07:10 PM (HTCU3)

334 Yeah, we're heading for civil war. Lock 'n Load people.

Posted by: Tim William McFall at January 20, 2026 07:15 PM (OXWQ1)

335 Fever dream: watching a ring of Patriots taking a Samurai victory piss on the backs of these Professional Leftist thugs' cadavers. Listen to the splash

Posted by: H8 Marxist Rat Chicago Bastards at January 20, 2026 07:37 PM (HeR4S)

336 A Confederacy of Dunces by JK Toole
Wonderful book. No sequel since he killed himself before it was published.

Posted by: Don Lemon Needs to be sent to Gaza at January 20, 2026 09:02 PM (UAwJG)

337 A Confederacy of Dunces by JK Toole
Wonderful book. No sequel since he killed himself before it was published.
Posted by: Don Lemon Needs to be sent to Gaza

Wonderful? No, a self-confession and just sad.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 20, 2026 10:54 PM (mlg/3)

Trump's One Year Anniversary: Many Successes, Many Promises Kept

Trump took office one year ago, January 20, 2025.

Amanda Head of Just the News notes some of the big success.

Tuesday marks the one-year anniversary of President Donald Trump's return to office for his second term, and the country is nearly unrecognizable from the way it looked under his predecessor, former President Joe Biden.
The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate right now is at roughly 6.02%, down from about 7.04% a year ago in January, when Biden was still in office. However, that's three-quarters of a point down from the rate in October of 2023, when the 30-year fixed mortgage rate reached 7.79%. Average rates were roughly 2.5 times higher than when Biden took over following Trump's first term.
...
Gas prices cratering
As of January 2026, the national average price for regular gasoline is roughly $2.82 a gallon, down from around $3.08 in January 2025 under the end of the Biden administration.

The highest national average gas price during the Biden presidency skyrocketed to roughly $5.02 a gallon in June 2022, driven largely by self-inflicted refining capacity constraints.
...

Egg-cellent prices
Right now, the national average retail price for a dozen Grade A large eggs is about $2.71, down from around $4.15 in January 2025 at the end of the Biden administration.
The highest egg prices under Biden hit roughly $4.82 per dozen, in early 2023, and spiked again in 2025 (reaching $8.17 in some retail locations in March) mainly due to avian flu outbreaks that forced massive flock culling.
...
Bidenflation no more
The annual U.S. inflation rate (taken from the federal government's monthly Consumer Price Index report) now sits at 2.7% for the 12 months ending December 2025, unchanged from the prior month and down from around 3% at the end of Biden's term in January 2025.
In what came to be known as Bidenflation, the highest rate during the Biden presidency peaked at 9.1% year-over-year in June 2022, the highest in over 40 years, with cumulative inflation totaling a staggering 21.5%.
...

GDP growth
The latest BEA (Bureau of Economic Analysis) numbers show real domestic Gross Domestic Product grew at a solid 4.3% annualized pace in the third quarter of 2025 (July--September), and the Atlanta Fed's GDPNow is now pointing to roughly 5.3% for the fourth quarter of 2025 -- up substantially from the roughly 2.4% annualized growth in fourth-quarter 2024 toward the end of the Biden administration.

...
Trump closes out his first year with border crossings down 95%.
This drop includes the illegal-alien population, which fell by an estimated 576,000 amid over 622,000 reported deportations and reports of 1.9 million self-deportations.
Under Biden's administration, the foreign-born population grew to a peak of 53.3 million by January 2025. The illegal-alien population reached a record 14 million in 2023 before beginning to stabilize or slightly decline in late 2024, contrasting with the sharp contraction in 2025 as Biden-era deportations focused more on border encounters rather than interior enforcement.

More at the link, including the peace deals.

Which brings me to a point of dissatisfaction: Trump might just have decided that Obama Was Right to Spare the Mullahs and Protect the Ayatollah.

I don't know if this is true -- the USS Abraham Lincoln is still four days away (I think) from Iran -- but it looks like he's selling out the Iranian protesters he urged to take to the streets and "TAKE OVER YOUR INSTITUTIONS!"

If [leftwing critics]had been right this time [that Trump is a warmonger], we'd now be hearing Trump give the command for "bombs away" over Tehran.
Instead, there he was on the White House lawn Friday afternoon, pointedly thanking the mullahs for not following through on their vow to execute hundreds of political prisoners rounded up in the protests.
"Iran canceled the hanging of over 800 people," Trump said, adding that he "greatly respected" the move.
To those with an honest and open mind, the week's roller coaster ride illustrated how Trump's fondness for talking about America's military might is often purposeful sword-rattling.
The bluster, this time and often, serves as an invitation to negotiations or is so persuasive that he gets most of what he wants without having to fire a shot.
'I convinced myself'
As the week began, the scenes in Iran looked like a five-alarm fire.
With the mullahs slaughtering their own citizens for the crime of protesting a collapsing economy, the calls for America to stop it grew louder, and Trump was game.
He gave every indication that our military was locked, loaded and ready to go.
In a bristling Tuesday post on Truth Social, he sounded prepared to take action with his promise to the brave demonstrators that "help is on its way."
"KEEP PROTESTING -- TAKE OVER YOUR INSTITUTIONS!!!."
He urged those in the streets, adding, "Save the names of the killers and abusers. They will pay a big price."
Within 24 hours, he pulled back and explained the move by saying "very important sources" told him Iran had stopped killing protesters and was not moving forward with mass executions.
It's not clear where he got that information, but so far it has been largely accurate.
Additionally, reports surfaced that Trump was hearing warnings from our regional allies, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman and Turkey, that hitting Iran could ignite a much bigger war because of counterattacks by Iran and its heavily armed terror allies, such as Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen.
Some warnings raised the possibility of an Iranian civil war that could unleash a flood of refugees.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also asked Trump to postpone any attack so Israel would have more time to prepare for the likelihood that it would be a target of Iranian retaliation.
On Friday, Trump rebuffed the chatter that pressure from foreign leaders led him to pull back.
"Nobody convinced me. I convinced myself," he told reporters.
He also added that the regime's canceling of executions "had a big impact" on his decision.
The Wall Street Journal added two other factors.
First, military advisers told the president the US must beef up its resources in the region to carry out a significant attack and also protect our troops and allies.
The second reason was that Trump was told that a military attack probably would not topple the Islamic regime but would result in stepped-up brutality against demonstrators.
The upshot is that Trump's decision to hold off on a military strike was clearly the right and prudent call, at least for now.

Another reason? He keeps meeting with the sinister Islamist Tucker Carlson.

Sad to see Tucker Carlson hanging out with Trump and oil oligarchs at the White House. pic.twitter.com/xKs9IVNXi3
— Stew Peters Network (@StewpetersNet1) January 11, 2026

Tucker Carlson is unabashedly advocating for Iran to get nuclear missiles.

This is the same regime that just murdered 20,000 of its own people, and threatened to murder President Trump earlier this week.

I wonder if this came up in their White House meeting the other day pic.twitter.com/ADXvw84K98
— Eitan Fischberger (@EFischberger) January 20, 2026

As I’ve been telling you for more than a year: people who are obsessed with ZOG fantasies see an Iran armed with nuclear weapons as the only thing that can save them from the evil Jews who they think control the west. That’s what all this has been about.

And today Tucker… pic.twitter.com/k3v4CYaLBK
— David Reaboi, Late Republic Nonsense (@davereaboi) January 20, 2026

Does Trump know that Tucker Carlson keeps claiming that Netanyahu "controls" him?

Grok
@grok
After reviewing the video and multiple sources, Tucker Carlson claims Netanyahu privately told people he controls the US and Trump, based on unnamed sources Tucker spoke to. No verifiable public records or direct quotes from Netanyahu confirm this. Netanyahu denied similar claims

I'm still hoping that Trump is making pacifist noises just to encourage the Iranians to stop the mass slaughter of civilians. I hope he's playing them, to give the protesters time until US forces are gathered and ready to strike.

But I kind of doubt that. I think the sinister Islamist Tucker Carlson has once again tricked Trump into pursuing the Carlson Foreign Policy rather than the Trump Foreign Policy we actually voted for.

Posted by: Ace at 03:50 PM

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1 False.

All is lost because the people that Biden pardoned have not been executed by the DOJ.

Who cares that material success on other matters has happened?

All is lost.

I'm voting for Newsom because his wife is white.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 03:51 PM (GBKbO)

2 THE BLADE STRIKES FIRST AND HARD

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 20, 2026 03:52 PM (iFTx/)

3 It’s what I voted for.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 20, 2026 03:52 PM (u73oe)

4 JOOOOOS!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 20, 2026 03:52 PM (Kt19C)

5 Meep meep mothercluckers.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 20, 2026 03:52 PM (W2Pud)

6 We are proud to announce the new poster child for our "Depends" is Joey "Bidet" Biden.

He is now the USA poster boy for a serious condition called "Anal Leakage"

So, if you see Ole Joe try to FART and see that weird look on his face you know our product is working...

Posted by: Proctor and Gamble CEO at January 20, 2026 03:53 PM (ff2r3)

7 Yeah.. I doubt Tucker controls Trump but I'd rather he stay away ...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 03:53 PM (VE6XX)

8 w00t

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 03:54 PM (SSiCQ)

9 Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 20, 2026 03:52 PM (iFTx/)

And lost to the zombie 4th president of the US who blade is evidently sharper than yours.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 20, 2026 03:54 PM (Nx5jP)

10 7 Yeah.. I doubt Tucker controls Trump but I'd rather he stay away ...

agree Donna

nice roundup! things are just so much better

OF COURSE the bolshies are getting violent. that's what those nut jobs DO

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 20, 2026 03:54 PM (emBoF)

11 I put Tucker in the same boat I put Lemon.
A slow leaking boat.

Posted by: Case at January 20, 2026 03:54 PM (4rWc3)

12 GDP growth

The latest BEA (Bureau of Economic Analysis) numbers show real domestic Gross Domestic Product grew at a solid 4.3% annualized pace in the third quarter of 2025 (July--September), and the Atlanta Fed's GDPNow is now pointing to roughly 5.3% for the fourth quarter of 2025 -- up substantially from the roughly 2.4% annualized growth in fourth-quarter 2024 toward the end of the Biden administration.

=======

It's a point to consider that if you remove government spending, we haven't had positive GDP growth since 2007.

Will late 2025 buck that trend? End the actual nearly 20 year depression that we've been in?

Fingers crossed!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 03:54 PM (GBKbO)

13 "Iran canceled the hanging of over 800 people," Trump said, adding that he "greatly respected" the move.
-
Instead they'll all be quietly executed once there's a sufficient distraction elsewhere. Win, apparently.

Posted by: Methos at January 20, 2026 03:55 PM (vSvIl)

14 Showing the mugshots of the illegal criminals was a nice touch... The media seems to forget that part..

Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 03:55 PM (VE6XX)

15 I have been and will continue to adopt a "believe it when I see it" posture on Iran.

I'd like to see the smelly mullahs ousted. I'd like to see a free and prosperous Iran. I'd also like a pet dragon.

I think probably 90% of the news coming out of Iran is fake or greatly exaggerated. I believe nothing.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 20, 2026 03:55 PM (iFTx/)

16 DOJ subpoenas Walz, Ellison, Frey, Minnesota officials in probe alleging immigration obstruction, sources say

Posted by: SMOD at January 20, 2026 03:56 PM (RHGPo)

17 So, Horde, are we just going to take a pass on Iran? Serious question.

Posted by: tubal at January 20, 2026 03:56 PM (pDt9x)

18 Today’s news is just one huge black pill.

Posted by: Oglebay at January 20, 2026 03:56 PM (2ap+5)

19 17 So, Horde, are we just going to take a pass on Iran? Serious question.
Posted by: tubal at January 20, 2026 03:56 PM (pDt9x)

Good question.... Hopefully we are working undercover there feeling it out..

Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 03:57 PM (VE6XX)

20 Egg-cellent prices
.....

Fun Fact:
Guy Fieri hates eggs.

Posted by: wth at January 20, 2026 03:57 PM (UjdFS)

21 So the tucker thing is all because of professional jealousy over his influence?

Cause that's kind of what it looks like to the few remaining people in the country reading "conservative" blogs.

Posted by: The Obvious, Plain Truth at January 20, 2026 03:57 PM (33JYF)

22 in probe alleging immigration obstruction, sources say

Immigration obstruction?!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 20, 2026 03:57 PM (Nx5jP)

23 Danish lawmaker cut off, scolded after telling President Trump to ‘f—k off’ during meeting

... I prefer my Danish without nuts

Posted by: SMOD at January 20, 2026 03:58 PM (RHGPo)

24 20 Egg-cellent prices
.....

Fun Fact:
Guy Fieri hates eggs.

Posted by: wth at January 20, 2026 03:57 PM (UjdFS)

=======

Double-bite Charlie doesn't like some kind of food?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 03:58 PM (GBKbO)

25 I was listenting to our chatty Prez. while driving. I don't know if he was embellishing or not, but he said he think he can get growth of the economy well above the projected 5% in the fourth quarter. He thinks that the 4th quarter will not only exceed 5%, he thinks sometime next year we will approach 20%.....and then added the caveat, provided the Fed doesn't try to continue to sabotage it. He then went into a diatribe about how in the old days the Fed used to lower or sit on interest rates even (and especially) during a prosperous time, to make it that much more strong.

Posted by: Orson at January 20, 2026 03:58 PM (dIske)

26 18 Today’s news is just one huge black pill.
Posted by: Oglebay at January 20, 2026 03:56 PM (2ap+5)

A licorice flavored day.

Posted by: tubal at January 20, 2026 03:58 PM (pDt9x)

27 23 Danish lawmaker cut off, scolded after telling President Trump to ‘f—k off’ during meeting

... I prefer my Danish without nuts
Posted by: SMOD at January 20, 2026 03:58 PM (RHGPo)

Good move... Best not to make Donald mad....

Posted by: Venezuela at January 20, 2026 03:59 PM (VE6XX)

28 Okay, but apart from the lower gas prices, lower egg prices, lower inflation, greater GDP growth, lower border crossings, stopping 8 wars, the sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system and public health, what has Trump ever done for us?

Posted by: Reg, PFJ Leader at January 20, 2026 03:59 PM (wVcYX)

29 I saw Tom Kratman mentioned on the previous thread. Fun fact: I met him during the Virginia bar exam - he sat across the table from me.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 20, 2026 03:59 PM (KAi1n)

30 I'd also like a pet dragon.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade

Make sure you have a big room under the front stairs.
-- Eddie Munster

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 03:59 PM (77rzZ)

31 25 I was listenting to our chatty Prez.
Posted by: Orson at January 20, 2026 03:58 PM (dIske)

heh

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 03:59 PM (SSiCQ)

32 I still think he has something up his sleeve to deal with Iran but waiting for the right time and place to execute.

I do not recall him wavering his sword for no reason at all...

Did anyone expect Trump to take out Maduro? All the Commies in the Press were focusing on the boat attacks and BAM Maduro is captured....

Slight move of the hand to hide the trick....

Posted by: Jackson K. at January 20, 2026 04:00 PM (J9q9v)

33 28 Okay, but apart from the lower gas prices, lower egg prices, lower inflation, greater GDP growth, lower border crossings, stopping 8 wars, the sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system and public health, what has Trump ever done for us?

Posted by: Reg, PFJ Leader at January 20, 2026 03:59 PM (wVcYX)

======

The problem is that counter-messaging is happening.

All is lost.

No one knows if they have it better because Trump doesn't talk himself up enough.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 04:00 PM (GBKbO)

34 I would support a decapitation strike on Iran, but honestly I can live with some equivocation on another foreign military intervention.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at January 20, 2026 04:00 PM (bNf8H)

35 Egg-cellent prices

Right now, the national average retail price for a dozen Grade A large eggs is about $2.71, down from around $4.15 in January 2025 at the end of the Biden administration.

$4.24/2 dozen at Sam's. ($2.12 doz)

Posted by: rickb223 at January 20, 2026 04:00 PM (eefky)

36 Again, my favorite Trumpian tactic is him flooding the zone with all sorts of actions, feints, attacks, retreats, blusters, threats, jokes, successes and talk.

"But, but, but - he's a loud-mouthed snook!!"

Exactly! It's one of the reasons I voted for him.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 20, 2026 04:00 PM (cYBz/)

37 I think probably 90% of the news coming out of Iran is fake or greatly exaggerated. I believe nothing.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 20, 2026 03:55 PM (iFTx/)

Or we don't know the full extent of the Mullah's and the IRGC's response. It could be much worse than what we see.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 20, 2026 04:00 PM (n9ltV)

38 Also, Usha Vance is preggers again.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 04:01 PM (GBKbO)

39 Double-bite Charlie doesn't like some kind of food?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 03:58 PM (GBKbO)

Guy is actually a nice person.. I have met him and he is very generous to the Community .. Can't say he's much of a chef though.. His restaurants aren't great

Posted by: Venezuela at January 20, 2026 04:01 PM (VE6XX)

40 Meh.

If Iranians want change, they will have to make it so. On their own. Look what happened when we tried to build a democratic Iraq? Trillions of dollars and many American lives lost. This has to be organic. Yes, we had some help during our Revolutionary war 250 years ago, but it was 90% on our backs. We had to fight.

So do they. Otherwise they will never be legitimate.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 20, 2026 04:02 PM (W2Pud)

41 Guy is actually a nice person.. I have met him and he is very generous to the Community .. Can't say he's much of a chef though.. His restaurants aren't great
Posted by: Venezuela at January 20, 2026 04:01 PM (VE6XX)

Off sock

Posted by: Venezuela at January 20, 2026 04:02 PM (VE6XX)

42 37 I think probably 90% of the news coming out of Iran is fake or greatly exaggerated. I believe nothing.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 20, 2026 03:55 PM (iFTx/)

Or we don't know the full extent of the Mullah's and the IRGC's response. It could be much worse than what we see.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 20, 2026 04:00 PM (n9ltV)

It’s like we don’t know, CBD!

Posted by: tubal at January 20, 2026 04:02 PM (pDt9x)

43 I distinctly remember some Trump 45 staffer or cabinet member saying that Trump was like a couch cushion... the last one to talk to him before he spoke or made a decision was the imprint that was left.

Just like the last person to sit on a couch left the impression of their butt.

Posted by: Defenestratus at January 20, 2026 04:02 PM (WYStd)

44 Started out fine, closed poorly.

Posted by: connected and litigious at January 20, 2026 04:02 PM (cS1cw)

45 No war for mohel!

Posted by: Tuck at January 20, 2026 04:02 PM (w3Wop)

46 41 Guy is actually a nice person.. I have met him and he is very generous to the Community .. Can't say he's much of a chef though.. His restaurants aren't great
Posted by: Venezuela at January 20, 2026 04:01 PM (VE6XX)

Off sock
Posted by: Venezuela at January 20, 2026 04:02 PM (VE6XX)

LOL.. Lets try that again... Off sock

Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 04:02 PM (VE6XX)

47 I was also sickened to hear Trump say the Mad Mullahs have stopped executing Iranians -- the desperate videos from inside Iran are still showing them machine-gunning people in the streets.

Also, are the regional "partners" going to actually step to the United States if we do a powerful decapitation strike? They didn't do jack squat when we took out their nuke facilities and killed the top echelon of their leaders.

Unreal.

Posted by: Beverly at January 20, 2026 04:03 PM (reMys)

48 Danish lawmaker cut off, scolded after telling President Trump to ‘f—k off’ during meeting

... I prefer my Danish without nuts
Posted by: SMOD at January 20, 2026 03:58 PM (RHGPo)

Big bosomed, trying to change his point of view? BTDT.

Posted by: Sir Rod Stewart at January 20, 2026 04:03 PM (wVcYX)

49 Also, Usha Vance is preggers again
===
SHRIEEEEEEEEEK!!!!!

Posted by: AWFLS at January 20, 2026 04:03 PM (31BE0)

50 38 Also, Usha Vance is preggers again.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 04:01 PM (GBKbO)

Way to go JD !

Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 04:03 PM (VE6XX)

51 No war for mohel!
Posted by: Tuck

Thanks for the tip!

Posted by: Tonypete at January 20, 2026 04:03 PM (cYBz/)

52 Again, my favorite Trumpian tactic is him flooding the zone with all sorts of actions, feints, attacks, retreats, blusters, threats, jokes, successes and talk.

"But, but, but - he's a loud-mouthed snook!!"

Exactly! It's one of the reasons I voted for him.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 20, 2026 04:00 PM

I have friends and relatives that hate Trump because he is an arrogant a$$ (which he is). They don't hate what he has done they just hate him as a person and reflexively bad mouth everything he does even if it is a net positive. I can't change their minds on anything Trump related so I have given up trying.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 20, 2026 04:04 PM (0N4FZ)

53 We spent months observing Maduro's habits, built a mock up of his bunker and rehearsed everything thousands of times. That little op was pretty fucking impressive.

Iran is a thousand times more difficult. We don't know where the mullahs are at every time of day/night. We don't know who among these "freedom loving Iranians" are actually Islamic assholes with weapons and a desire to kill. We don't have eyes on the thousands of ballistic missiles still a threat, and we certainly don't know who's got the proverbial keys to them.

If/when all that's sorted out and if the situation still warrants "action" I think we'll see "action."

Tucker Carlson isn't a factor in any of that.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 20, 2026 04:04 PM (U2OZr)

54 >>>Another reason? He keeps meeting with the sinister Islamist Tucker Carlson.

That sonovabitch Trump has BETRAYED us.

HOW CAN HE KEEP THE NEOCONS ON HIS SIDE WITHOUT INVASIONS?

How can he be a true American? I quote Mark Levin, "We must hit this Iranian Nazi regime now or very soon. Their Holocaust is intensifying"

If he loses Mark Levin, how can he hold the middle? It is as if Trump has forgotten what everyone hoped he would be

Posted by: Kindltot at January 20, 2026 04:04 PM (rbvCR)

55 What's the Iranian version of Kremlinology?

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 04:04 PM (77rzZ)

56 More than likely the calculus is that if the topple the regime, they might get something worse.

And they don't want to get into a you broke it you bought it tar baby.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 20, 2026 04:04 PM (g8loK)

57
I think the sinister Islamist Tucker Carlson has once again tricked Trump into pursuing the Carlson Foreign Policy rather than the Trump Foreign Policy we actually voted for.

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

You'd think Rubio could talk him out of it. wtf?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 20, 2026 04:04 PM (tkcii)

58 40 Meh.

If Iranians want change, they will have to make it so. On their own. Look what happened when we tried to build a democratic Iraq? Trillions of dollars and many American lives lost. This has to be organic. Yes, we had some help during our Revolutionary war 250 years ago, but it was 90% on our backs. We had to fight.

So do they. Otherwise they will never be legitimate.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 20, 2026 04:02 PM (W2Pud)

Well said.

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 04:04 PM (SSiCQ)

59
Tuesday Trap: Tucker Tricks Trump

Trump to Tucker - Toodles!

Posted by: ... at January 20, 2026 04:04 PM (siUZu)

60
What's the Iranian version of Kremlinology?
Posted by: Bulg

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Mullahnology? You're right, we need a new word.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 20, 2026 04:05 PM (tkcii)

61 Yeah I'm not going to get myself all het up about Trump taking a step back and not just charging boner-first into a conflict with Iran.

Posted by: ballistic at January 20, 2026 04:05 PM (5aZAZ)

62 >"North Korea's nuclearization has undeniably stabilized the Korean Peninsula. The region has seen no wars, coups, or interventionist-forced regime changes since 2006."

Well, there it is. Everyone can go home, the dumbest statement of the year has already been locked in and it is only January.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 20, 2026 04:05 PM (5XW27)

63 Psst! *whispers* It's the Jews.

Posted by: Cadaver Joe Biden at January 20, 2026 04:05 PM (oT7pT)

64 Tucker Carlson has the charisma of a bad dose of the clap.

How that skidmark got the second person to listen to him is a mystery to me.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 20, 2026 04:05 PM (jOoNx)

65 The USS Abraham Lincoln has just turned off it's transponders
Iranian TV was hacked and every channel showed the protestors still in the streets and also a speech from Pahlavi
An IRGC bases was overtaken and burned to the ground
IRGC forces are being captured and killed.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 20, 2026 04:05 PM (0KSrI)

66 There are good reasons to hold off on a full attack on Iran, even though I want them to fall as much or more than anyone here.
First: air strikes alone will not topple that regime. With all this warning, the top people will all be in deep bunkers; maybe we know where they are, maybe not, but Iran is a huge country.
Also: the military and paramilitary forces are dispersed to the cities; to hit them now requires hitting the cities, not just their bases.
And most of all - we do not have a good "casus belli", a strong legal justification for launching an attack, which if we're honest means starting a war at least as big as the war against Saddam. I think we could win, but this is going to be a hell of a lot longer and messier than any of us would like to think.

so what should we do?

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 20, 2026 04:05 PM (giMmT)

67 Um Don, Tucker here. Imma need you to do whatever I say, now get me a diet coke.

Posted by: DeSantis would never fetch cokes for Tucker at January 20, 2026 04:06 PM (31BE0)

68 I give Trump a solid A, for accomplishments. I doubt I would like to be around him for any length of time. I don’t need the guy as a BFF, just as a doer.

Posted by: tubal at January 20, 2026 04:06 PM (pDt9x)

69 If Trump is going to do knowing to the Ragheads in Iran, then why is he moving a Carrier from the Pacific to the Gulf??

Lots of money and time to move a beast that large and also leave less USA Forces near the PRC..

Posted by: Jackson K. at January 20, 2026 04:06 PM (J9q9v)

70 I was listenting to our chatty Prez. while driving.
Posted by: Orson
......

He is rather loquacious.

Posted by: wth at January 20, 2026 04:06 PM (UjdFS)

71 Bill Kristol has broken unprecedented ground in biological studies, noting that he is the first person in history to observe that men can become women.

Posted by: SMOD at January 20, 2026 04:07 PM (RHGPo)

72 Mullahnology? You're right, we need a new word.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 20, 2026 04:05 PM (tkcii)

Mullato-ology?

Posted by: ... at January 20, 2026 04:07 PM (siUZu)

73 I think the sinister Islamist Tucker Carlson has once again tricked Trump into pursuing the Carlson Foreign Policy rather than the Trump Foreign Policy we actually voted for.

Posted by: Ace at 03:50 PM
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I can't read how sarcastic this is supposed to be.

Posted by: ballistic at January 20, 2026 04:07 PM (5aZAZ)

74 Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 20, 2026 04:05 PM (5XW27)

Who said that?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 20, 2026 04:07 PM (n9ltV)

75 I have no idea what is going on in Iran. I have no idea what Trump is or is not planning on doing. I have no idea if Trump is sharing real intel he has.

Instead, I think of Star Trek.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 04:07 PM (GBKbO)

76 >"North Korea's nuclearization has undeniably stabilized the Korean Peninsula. The region has seen no wars, coups, or interventionist-forced regime changes since 2006."

This is the kind of thing that only someone paid by Iran or it's allies (Quatar) could make. It is so stupid my ctrl-P command sighed when I pressed it.

I have been saying this for years -- Tucker is a f-ing idiot. This (once again) proves it.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 20, 2026 04:07 PM (5XW27)

77 My W2 came, need to send it to the tax guy pronto and see what kind of return we get. I keep hearing people say that Trump's BBB giving us more back for taxes means it will help at the midterms. No idea. But I think there is a new child tax credit, and that would apply to us.

Posted by: LizLem at January 20, 2026 04:07 PM (Eng1Z)

78 65 The USS Abraham Lincoln has just turned off it's transponders
Iranian TV was hacked and every channel showed the protestors still in the streets and also a speech from Pahlavi
An IRGC bases was overtaken and burned to the ground
IRGC forces are being captured and killed.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 20, 2026 04:05 PM (0KSrI)

Maybe PDT won't be going to Davos.

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 04:07 PM (SSiCQ)

79 66
so what should we do?
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 20, 2026 04:05 PM (giMmT)

Beats me. Expectations of something were ginned up though.

Posted by: tubal at January 20, 2026 04:08 PM (pDt9x)

80 This just feels more like the first term. He had a lot of success, particularly economic and trade, in the first term. He definitely came out the gates on fire with the exec orders and Musk / DOGE this time, and it's good to see ICE going hard at it, but IMO the Iran strikes and Maduro aren't dissimilar in boldness to taking out Suleimani and getting direct with Kim Jong Un. We don't have Russiagate and his crew did a better job of cutting out deep staters, but the swamp is still there and this inaction on Dem rioters, Dem politicians fomenting it, no accountability from the 2020 elections or COVID or Summer of Love or conservative blacklisting or autopen, but keep telling us to wait for it... Feels like we're waiting for John Durham all over again. Having a hard time feeling Pam Bondi isn't a problem...

Posted by: bearski at January 20, 2026 04:08 PM (Bhsk7)

81 Just like the last person to sit on a couch left the impression of their butt.
Posted by: Defenestratus at January 20, 2026 04:02 PM (WYStd)

Yep. Everything he has done is flapping in the wind. He is a rag to be blown here and there, never achieving anything.
Trump is clearly without direction, only fulfilling his own demented wishes, controlled by his evil underlings.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 20, 2026 04:08 PM (rbvCR)

82 Townhall: Bombshell Footage Claims Judges Can Be Bought With Bribes in Ohio Immigration Courts

Posted by: SMOD at January 20, 2026 04:08 PM (RHGPo)

83 Mullato-ology?
Posted by: ...

Yeah, you gotta keep an eye on those mullatoes.

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 04:08 PM (77rzZ)

84 73 I think the sinister Islamist Tucker Carlson has once again tricked Trump into pursuing the Carlson Foreign Policy rather than the Trump Foreign Policy we actually voted for.

Posted by: Ace at 03:50 PM
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I can't read how sarcastic this is supposed to be.
Posted by: ballistic at January 20, 2026 04:07 PM (5aZAZ)

Pretty sure it was in jest... As we've seen Trump is open to talk to anyone.. Look at his "bromance" with Commie Mamdani..

Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 04:08 PM (VE6XX)

85
Who said that?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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Oh, I'm sorry. I read the content.

It is in the TCN (tucker) tweet embedded as an image at bottom of post.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 20, 2026 04:09 PM (5XW27)

86 >>If Trump is going to do knowing to the Ragheads in Iran, then why is he moving a Carrier from the Pacific to the Gulf??
__
We park shit offshore of adversaries all the time. It doesn't mean we're going to use them - just that we can when and if we want to.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at January 20, 2026 04:09 PM (bNf8H)

87 so what should we do?
Posted by: Tom Servo

Send messages to the mullah's pagers?

Posted by: Auspex at January 20, 2026 04:09 PM (Y8DZL)

88 82 Townhall: Bombshell Footage Claims Judges Can Be Bought With Bribes in Ohio Immigration Courts

Posted by: SMOD at January 20, 2026 04:08 PM (RHGPo)

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Ace should write a post on it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 04:09 PM (GBKbO)

89 Trump and his administration kept the mission against Iran's nukes pretty quiet. Every choice you make in the Middle East is bad . Find the least bad option that aligns with our national interest and go with it

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 20, 2026 04:09 PM (PTsqM)

90 Any previous examples of when Tucker "tricked" Trump into doing something - anything ?

Posted by: deadrody at January 20, 2026 04:09 PM (vgB0v)

91 90 Any previous examples of when Tucker "tricked" Trump into doing something - anything ?

Posted by: deadrody at January 20, 2026 04:09 PM (vgB0v)

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Tucker bragged that he convinced Trump to go all in on covid hysteria.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 04:10 PM (GBKbO)

92 so, what should we do?
First, make sure we are in a very strong defensive posture, both for ourselves and our allies. Iran could easily do something incredibly stupid here; launch missile attacks on Israel, or the Saudi's, or are ships just because they're desperate and crazy.
That would actually be a big win for us, since that would give us our casus belli.
after that, the best we can do is covert ops to weaken the regime, while at the same time they wither due to the complete collapse of their financial sector. Opportunities will arise in various places. Perhaps weapons can be smuggled in. Wait for the enemy to make a big mistake.

Iran is like the 3rd Reich in the spring of 1945; they're on the way down, but they can still cause a hell of a lot of death and mayhem on the way their.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 20, 2026 04:10 PM (giMmT)

93 3 years to fix all this shit.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, diseased garbage human at January 20, 2026 04:10 PM (P7vXf)

94 I just saw that there's a pickleball place less than a mile from my house.

I guess the scourge has finally reached my AO.

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 04:11 PM (77rzZ)

95 I forgot to add this in the last thread...Those who think Newsome is a given, especially Newsome himself, forget the state machine that props them up is different than a national campaign.

Ask McCain how far the AZ state political machine got him in the general election for POTUS. Pretty far, but not far enough.

Posted by: LizLem at January 20, 2026 04:11 PM (Eng1Z)

96 I give Trump a solid A, for accomplishments. I doubt I would like to be around him for any length of time. I don’t need the guy as a BFF, just as a doer.

Posted by: tubal at January 20, 2026 04:06 PM (pDt9x)

Exactly. I have decided not to invite him to my Seder or to Thanksgiving dinner.

But I give him a solid B+.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 20, 2026 04:11 PM (n9ltV)

97 So what happened to the threat that at 2pm today all the Leftist AWFL Karens were going to storm state houses?

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 20, 2026 04:11 PM (2GVsD)

98 But I kind of doubt that. I think the sinister Islamist Tucker Carlson has once again tricked Trump into pursuing the Carlson Foreign Policy rather than the Trump Foreign Policy we actually voted for.

==
Here's my 2 cents.

believe nothing; WH knows what Cuckson is, though he has a fan or two, you can guess who. what he is doing is known. his mask slipped way too many times. all is on the table.

Posted by: runner at January 20, 2026 04:11 PM (g47mK)

99

I think that Rubio, at the very least, would have a few words with PDT about this if true. I don't think it is true.

Posted by: Cheri at January 20, 2026 04:12 PM (oiNtH)

100 Tucker is a big fan of Maduro, claims he is THE champion of the western anti-gay marriage movement, and Trump still took him down. I don't think Tucker is controlling Trump anymore than Netanyahu or Putin.

I think Trump knows he's not the omnipotent King of the World and while he wants to help where he can not at the risk of hurting America or our interests. Perhaps we didn't have the assets prepared or he was warned that the thousands of jihadists Biden let into the US would hit back or maybe we just couldn't do much to hurt the mullahs without boots on the ground. Could be a lot of things but I don't think he listens to anyone enough to be swayed by an argument about evil Jews taking the world and I really don't think Tucker has much influence at all.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 20, 2026 04:12 PM (viF8m)

101
95 I forgot to add this in the last thread...Those who think Newsome is a given, especially Newsome himself, forget the state machine that props them up is different than a national campaign.

Ask McCain how far the AZ state political machine got him in the general election for POTUS. Pretty far, but not far enough.

Posted by: LizLem at January 20, 2026 04:11 PM (Eng1Z)

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The Democrat machine is really bad at gaming presidential primaries.

When it was much stronger, they threw up Bernie as a sacrificial lamb against Hillary in 2016 and turned Bernie into a superstar on the left instead, having to resort to outright cheating in Nevada to beat him.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 04:12 PM (GBKbO)

102 Oh, I'm sorry. I read the content.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 20, 2026 04:09 PM (5XW27)

What kind of a moron are you?

[Oh...the bob kind!]

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 20, 2026 04:12 PM (n9ltV)

103 LOL. I wouldn't count the Ejaculantern out just yet.

He's not done makin moves. After a generation of faggot politicians telegraphing every move we make every way they can, it's kind of refreshing to not know what he and Hegseth are working on.

The anticipation is costing me dearly in cigars though.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 20, 2026 04:12 PM (jOoNx)

104 >>>Also, Usha Vance is preggers again
~~~~~

That's wonderful! We need lots more little Americans.

Posted by: IrishEi at January 20, 2026 04:13 PM (3ImbR)

105 Have you considered that Tucker is the back channel?

Posted by: Kolin at January 20, 2026 04:13 PM (uK5Gm)

106 94 I just saw that there's a pickleball place less than a mile from my house.

I guess the scourge has finally reached my AO.
Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 04:11 PM (77rzZ)
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Being a suburban person of whiteness with a wife and kids, I've done a lot of stereotypical cornball-ass family man shit. Think apple-picking, hay rides, that kinda stuff. I also enjoy golf. The only time I've ever been in public doing something like that where I felt like a complete freakin' goober was the one time I got talked into playing pickleball. Yeeeeeesh.

Posted by: ballistic at January 20, 2026 04:13 PM (5aZAZ)

107 Tucker bragged that he convinced Trump to go all in on covid hysteria.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 04:10 PM (GBKbO)

Except he didn't go all in on it

Posted by: ... at January 20, 2026 04:13 PM (siUZu)

108 @97 the white wine and Prozac buzz kicked in at 1:30 and the AWFLs blew off storming the castle

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 20, 2026 04:13 PM (PTsqM)

109 104 >>>Also, Usha Vance is preggers again
~~~~~

That's wonderful! We need lots more little Americans.

Posted by: IrishEi at January 20, 2026 04:13 PM (3ImbR)

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I'm pretty Nick Fuentes is pissed because it's another half-brown baby and we all have to take him seriously as a conservative voice as he advocates for voting for Newsom because Newsom's kids are white.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 04:13 PM (GBKbO)

110 97 So what happened to the threat that at 2pm today all the Leftist AWFL Karens were going to storm state houses?
Posted by: Anna Puma

That’s 2pm Hawaii time.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 20, 2026 04:14 PM (W2Pud)

111 Also, Usha Vance is preggers again

I wonder how the Twitterati are reacting. Probably badly.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 20, 2026 04:14 PM (2GVsD)

112 62 >"North Korea's nuclearization has undeniably stabilized the Korean Peninsula. The region has seen no wars, coups, or interventionist-forced regime changes since 2006."

Well, there it is. Everyone can go home, the dumbest statement of the year has already been locked in and it is only January.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 20, 2026 04:05 PM (5XW27)

74 Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 20, 2026 04:05 PM (5XW27)

Who said that?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 20, 2026 04:07 PM (n9ltV)

It's quoted in the TCN screenshot by Eitan Fischberger in the post.

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 04:14 PM (SSiCQ)

113 I will tell you though, the rot runs deep. All those claims that Trump put the Venezuelan oil money into banks in Doha to keep it out of the judges' hands when Venezuela's debtors come a-suing.

What lies, vile lies. Qatar is nothing to the US

Posted by: Kindltot at January 20, 2026 04:14 PM (rbvCR)

114 I also think that pic of cuckson at the WH is a message, not to us, but certain individuals outside the US.

Posted by: runner at January 20, 2026 04:14 PM (g47mK)

115 "I have no idea what is going on in Iran. I have no idea what Trump is or is not planning on doing. I have no idea if Trump is sharing real intel he has.

Instead, I think of ~~Star Trek.~~ Winter Field Day"

amended to reflect my own priorities

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 20, 2026 04:15 PM (Cjt/F)

116 107 Tucker bragged that he convinced Trump to go all in on covid hysteria.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 04:10 PM (GBKbO)

Except he didn't go all in on it

Posted by: ... at January 20, 2026 04:13 PM (siUZu)

======

Trump went enough that it allowed people like Fauci to set recommendations that the states used to shut down the economy and change voting rules on a whim.

Trump fucked up covid.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 04:15 PM (GBKbO)

117 We need a Humphrey Bogart to run guns to Ethiopia, er, Iran. My fantasy: our cargo planes dropping big crates of guns and ammo at night to the rebels, guided in by Mossad in-country guys to the right people....

Pray for the folks there, that they can actually get this revolution done.

Posted by: Beverly at January 20, 2026 04:15 PM (reMys)

118 It may be an unreasonable ask, but one of the measures of success should be - "what is being done that can't be UNdone?"

Still looking at a relatively intact FBI, DOJ, EPA, etc.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at January 20, 2026 04:15 PM (8AONa)

119 I'm in CO and it is 2:13pm now. The leftist scourge in Denver were going to storm the Capitol but were too high and forgot to check the time.

Posted by: Cheri at January 20, 2026 04:15 PM (oiNtH)

120 First: air strikes alone will not topple that regime.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 20, 2026 04:05 PM (giMmT)

This is an unknowable assumption.

Killing the Mullahs would be nice but not necessary. Degrading command and control of the IRGC and the army would be relatively easy from the air. Hunting the IRGC wherever they are would also be doable because we would have total control of the air.

Air power is far different than it was in Iraq.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 20, 2026 04:16 PM (n9ltV)

121 Ever wonder if we are fucking over obsessed with Tucker Fucking Carlson?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 20, 2026 04:16 PM (zZu0s)

122 Trump has a plan to kill everyone he meets. He meets a lot of people.

Sure he smiles...he is thinking about where he's gonna shive ya. We just got through microwaving some poor saps brains in Ven. While the Chinese were there no less.

3 years to go.

Posted by: connected and litigious at January 20, 2026 04:16 PM (cS1cw)

123 110.

Democrats asked a District Judge to rule that there were in fact riots and walkouts today and that they were very successful.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 20, 2026 04:16 PM (jOoNx)

124 114 I also think that pic of cuckson at the WH is a message, not to us, but certain individuals outside the US.
Posted by: runner at January 20, 2026 04:14 PM (g47mK)

hmm

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 04:16 PM (SSiCQ)

125 That picture with Tucker Carlson in it - his face looks "manipulated". Are we sure he was there, and not photoshopped/AI'ed in?

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 20, 2026 04:16 PM (SRRAx)

126 The Lincoln is coming from the South China sea not the Pacific.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 20, 2026 04:16 PM (0KSrI)

127 But I kind of doubt that. I think the sinister Islamist Tucker Carlson has once again tricked Trump into pursuing the Carlson Foreign Policy rather than the Trump Foreign Policy we actually voted for.

I kinda, sorta, get the sense that you're pulling our leg here.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 04:16 PM (Riz8t)

128 Trump 45 made 2 major mistakes, along with his successes, Fauci and Pence.

Posted by: tubal at January 20, 2026 04:16 PM (pDt9x)

129 >>> 111 Also, Usha Vance is preggers again
I wonder how the Twitterati are reacting. Probably badly.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 20, 2026 04:14 PM (2GVsD)

A toddler in the WH in 2029 would be great!

Please, let things like this put to rest the rumors that Vance is boinking Erika Kirk, because hug-gate. But I always trust social media to take something benign and have the dumbest take on it. And they never fail to prove me right!

Posted by: LizLem at January 20, 2026 04:16 PM (Eng1Z)

130 The leftist scourge in Denver were going to storm the Capitol but were too high and forgot to check the time.

Posted by: Cheri at January 20, 2026 04:15 PM (oiNtH)

JUST WAIT UNTIL 4:20!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo...fire up the bong! at January 20, 2026 04:17 PM (n9ltV)

131
Well, snowed in, bitter cold outside, it might just make sense to move Happy Hour up to... now.

Posted by: Auspex at January 20, 2026 04:17 PM (Y8DZL)

132 One major accomplishment that DJT achieved is cutting 9% of the federal labor force.

Another is the $10Trillion in new investment from overseas.

Posted by: mrp at January 20, 2026 04:17 PM (rj6Yv)

133 I'm pretty Nick Fuentes is pissed because it's another half-brown baby and we all have to take him seriously as a conservative voice as he advocates for voting for Newsom because Newsom's kids are white.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 04:13 PM (GBKbO)
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Subsequent to his telling his followers to vote for Kamala Harris.

If I never have to read that retard's name in print ever again, it will be too soon. If I found a genie in a lamp, one of my wishes would be that no harm come to him, but that nobody would ever give a shit about what he has to say for the rest of his natural life.

Posted by: ballistic at January 20, 2026 04:17 PM (5aZAZ)

134 Has there ever been a previous case of a President or Vice President's wife giving birth while her husband was in office?

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 04:17 PM (77rzZ)

135 121.

A to the MEN.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 20, 2026 04:17 PM (jOoNx)

136 The Prez seemed to be enjoying the high energy in the press room, and even remarked on it. At one point, he asked them if they were glad he was President, and a bunch of them exclaimed "Yes!" (amazing).

Getting some patriotic/conservative/normie press people into the briefing room was brilliant: the Jonestown unanimity of "thought" of the leftwing journos is broken up somewhat, and it lets some fresh air into the room.

Posted by: Beverly at January 20, 2026 04:18 PM (reMys)

137 It's easy to feel overconfident because of the mission against Iran's nuke's sites - but be clear about what that was, and what that wasn't. That was a finite, carefully defined mission against a few very specific locations. And it was carried out marvelously.

Regime Change is nothing like that at all - this is like trying to get Saddam out of Iraq. Remember the air campaign of Shock and Awe? Did a marvelous job of degrading Iraq's military assets, didn't budge Saddam one inch out of his seat of power. As I wrote upthread, this is like trying to get rid of the 3rd Reich in spring of '45. It won't be easy.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 20, 2026 04:18 PM (giMmT)

138 Tucker is a big fan of Maduro, claims he is THE champion of the western anti-gay marriage movement, and Trump still took him down. I don't think Tucker is controlling Trump anymore than Netanyahu or Putin.

well, no. He claimed that the US was going to put Machado in because she was all pro-trans and homo marriage like the EU.

But I only know that because I listened to that interview. I was able to go "pff" on it because I listened to it after they put Delcy Rodriges into place though.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 20, 2026 04:18 PM (rbvCR)

139 People are going nuts for later this week now. Re: weather.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 20, 2026 04:18 PM (zZu0s)

140 134 Has there ever been a previous case of a President or Vice President's wife giving birth while her husband was in office?

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 04:17 PM (77rzZ)

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I'm assuming that Michelle Obama's shits don't count.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 04:18 PM (GBKbO)

141 regime is already changed, it's just the mullahs are in the denial stage. my opinion.

Posted by: runner at January 20, 2026 04:18 PM (g47mK)

142 I think the biggest factor here affecting Trump on Iran is the question "then what?"

I suspected this with Venezuela, and a couple days ago he mentioned it briefly that he did not want to "fire everyone" for a regime change because that is what the "very stupid people" did with Iraq and we were left with a mess.

So it comes down to figuring out a path for debathification -- or demullahization -- that does not lead to chaos. That is a tough nut.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 20, 2026 04:19 PM (5XW27)

143 17 So, Horde, are we just going to take a pass on Iran? Serious question.
Posted by: tubal at January 20, 2026 03:56 PM (pDt9x)

Good question.... Hopefully we are working undercover there feeling it out..
Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 03:57

I hope so too donna. The economy is a wreck, the mullahs have had to bring in foreign fighting forces to control the population...I don't see how the govt recovers from this.

We, and the Israelis, have to be careful, this has to be an Iranian overthrow. But I hope we can help in whatever ways that we can.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at January 20, 2026 04:19 PM (55Qr6)

144 Trump went enough that it allowed people like Fauci to set recommendations that the states used to shut down the economy and change voting rules on a whim.

Trump fucked up covid.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 04:15 PM (GBKbO)

Trump did not go all in on covid.

Posted by: ... at January 20, 2026 04:19 PM (siUZu)

145 "North Korea's nuclearization has undeniably stabilized the Korean peninsula..."
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Incontrovertible proof Tuca is batshit-crazy.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 20, 2026 04:19 PM (RIvkX)

146 Exactly a year ago, y'all (virtually) held my hand as Lil Pooky had hernia surgery. He's now a very active little boy, needing extra high baby gates due to his height and ability to climb like a monkey.

Posted by: pookysgirl, very grateful at January 20, 2026 04:19 PM (Wt5PA)

147 I have no idea what is going on in Iran. I have no idea what Trump is or is not planning on doing. I have no idea if Trump is sharing real intel he has.

Instead, I think of ~~Star Trek~~ being Uhura's chair.
.......

amended to reflect my own priorities

Posted by: wth at January 20, 2026 04:20 PM (UjdFS)

148 All of the objectively measurable economic accomplishments aside, Trump drives the left completely batshit which is his greatest gift.

Posted by: Weasel at January 20, 2026 04:20 PM (SuPQb)

149 >>Still looking at a relatively intact FBI, DOJ, EPA, etc.

No you're not. Not in the case of the FBI or DOJ anyway. They've been gutted which is one reason it is taking longer for cases to get built.

Trump can only reshape and downsize Congressionally created agencies, he can delete them. Only Congress can do that.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 20, 2026 04:20 PM (viF8m)

150 144 Trump went enough that it allowed people like Fauci to set recommendations that the states used to shut down the economy and change voting rules on a whim.

Trump fucked up covid.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 04:15 PM (GBKbO)

Trump did not go all in on covid.

Posted by: ... at January 20, 2026 04:19 PM (siUZu)

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Trump went enough.

He fucked it up.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 04:20 PM (GBKbO)

151 JUST WAIT UNTIL 4:20!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo...fire up the bong!

Bravo!

Posted by: Cheri at January 20, 2026 04:20 PM (oiNtH)

152 The anti-blackpill post.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 20, 2026 04:20 PM (KDPiq)

153 I think the sinister Islamist Tucker Carlson has once again tricked Trump into pursuing the Carlson Foreign Policy rather than the Trump Foreign Policy we actually voted for.

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

Is anybody surprised that two of Putin's puppets are conspiring together?

/

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 20, 2026 04:21 PM (ULFrs)

154 . As I wrote upthread, this is like trying to get rid of the 3rd Reich in spring of '45. It won't be easy.

Nonsense! We just had to unleash Patton and the Germans would have surrendered forthwith and the Russkis would have retreated back to the Urals.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 04:21 PM (Riz8t)

155 Not a good day, all in all.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 20, 2026 04:21 PM (jc0TO)

156 People tend to think that Germany was done with the Nazis after Jodl surrendered.

The Allies kept the Donitz Nazi rump government running for a few more months after the surrender. And when the Allies were pretty confident of their position then the Donitz government was shut down.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 20, 2026 04:21 PM (2GVsD)

157 Exactly a year ago, y'all (virtually) held my hand as Lil Pooky had hernia surgery. He's now a very active little boy, needing extra high baby gates due to his height and ability to climb like a monkey.
Posted by: pookysgirl

That's great news, Pookysgirl. Hope you are well.

How is Pookette these days?

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 04:22 PM (77rzZ)

158 No one knows if they have it better because Trump doesn't talk himself up enough.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

What are "sentences I never thought I'd see typed, even in jest"?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 20, 2026 04:22 PM (a+4eV)

159 I like to think the Vance's got down in the Lincoln Bedroom for this pregnancy. Airforce2 also acceptable.

Posted by: connected and litigious at January 20, 2026 04:22 PM (cS1cw)

160 Trump has done more, way more, then I expected.

But TBH not as much as a I hoped.

And the interesting thing is you can break it down by departments where say Rubio or Bessent have been VERY successful and other like Bondi not as much.

Yes, before the discussion goes down that path there are different levels of challenge in different departments.

But, here is my metric for what Trump needs to do THIS year to be successful:

1) The economy is seen as strong by the end of the summer - this will have a major impact in how people vote in Nov
2) At least one national level Democrat has to be charged with something that will stick
3) At least one funder/leader of one of the larger NGOs has to be charged with something that will stick
4) RFK needs to get a criminal or civil complaint around the clot shot crap to hit someone at Pfizer, Moderna, or Fauci's minions

Posted by: 18-1 at January 20, 2026 04:22 PM (sKqQm)

161 Greenland will fall. China and Iran and Russia will be cowed into subservience to Trump's foreign policy agenda. Pax Trump will be in full swing...

Posted by: Diabeetus at January 20, 2026 04:22 PM (FEAjO)

162 Trump went enough.

He fucked it up.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 04:20 PM (GBKbO)

Have agree with that but that was then and this is now.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 20, 2026 04:22 PM (KDPiq)

163 Killing the Mullahs would be nice but not necessary. Degrading command and control of the IRGC and the army would be relatively easy from the air. Hunting the IRGC wherever they are would also be doable because we would have total control of the air.

Air power is far different than it was in Iraq.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 20, 2026 04:16 PM (n9ltV)

I wish that were true, I do. But right now the military's orders seem to simply be "go into the cities and shoot anyone who sticks their heads out."

I fear Iran is on the edge of a great massacre, one with a death toll in the millions. The mullah's are a true death cult, and this could be how they want to go down.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 20, 2026 04:22 PM (giMmT)

164 Trump in his first term was naive . He's was a business man who was used to saying "jump" and people said "how high". In DC it doesn't work that way. Everyone especially the deep state and people like Fauci have their own agendas . Now he's figured it out

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 20, 2026 04:23 PM (PTsqM)

165 If I never have to read that retard's name in print ever again, it will be too soon. If I found a genie in a lamp, one of my wishes would be that no harm come to him, but that nobody would ever give a shit about what he has to say for the rest of his natural life.
Posted by: ballistic at January 20, 2026 04:17 PM (5aZAZ)

according to people who follow media trends in a big way, Fuentes' big blow up posts tend to be "out of context, inflammatory comments" that sound worse in isolation than when taken in the 2 hour monologues.
Also the main source posting those out of context clips is . . . Nick Fuentes himself.

You've been punked by a Nazi!

Posted by: Kindltot at January 20, 2026 04:23 PM (rbvCR)

166 We, and the Israelis, have to be careful, this has to be an Iranian overthrow. But I hope we can help in whatever ways that we can.

I agree, but nothing changes the fact that the Iranians are moslems. Moslems seem to have a desperate desire to be crushed by a strongman. I don't know how to overcome that.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 20, 2026 04:23 PM (CHHv1)

167 Also, Usha Vance is preggers again

I wonder how the Twitterati are reacting. Probably badly.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 20, 2026 04:14 PM (2GVsD)
******
Another baby boy. Due in July.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 20, 2026 04:23 PM (NpAcC)

168 It's easy to feel overconfident because of the mission against Iran's nuke's sites - but be clear about what that was, and what that wasn't. That was a finite, carefully defined mission against a few very specific locations. And it was carried out marvelously.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 20, 2026 04:18 PM (giMmT)

Comparing Iran to Iraq is disingenuous. There was no insurgency in Iraq, let alone a full-blown revolution. Iran is infiltrated by Israeli intelligence, with the willing support of a huge number of Iranians, including some in the military.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 20, 2026 04:23 PM (n9ltV)

169 We, and the Israelis, have to be careful, this has to be an Iranian overthrow. But I hope we can help in whatever ways that we can.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at January 20, 2026 04:19 PM (55Qr6)
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And when they do, we will earned their ire.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 20, 2026 04:23 PM (RIvkX)

170 Where is Tucker's new home in Qatar? And yes, he can buy a home anywhere. But he has to understand what a bad look it is. And clearly does not care, the grift money lets him sleep like a baby at night.

(I also find the people that come from money and sell out for even more money baffling. How much money do you need?!)

Posted by: LizLem at January 20, 2026 04:24 PM (Eng1Z)

171 141 regime is already changed, it's just the mullahs are in the denial stage. my opinion.
Posted by: runner

That's not necessarily good.
In 1916, Ludendorff accurately diagnosed the Kaiser Wilhelm as a moron and took over the economy from him. There was still a Kaiser, but he wasn't making decisions.
If Khamanei is a figurehead, and at 86 years old he assuredly is, that means the decisions are being made by the Sepah ("Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps") and the Basij. That is, by the thugs who really fucking hate westerners, as opposed to pretending to.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 20, 2026 04:24 PM (gKWVE)

172 158 No one knows if they have it better because Trump doesn't talk himself up enough.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

What are "sentences I never thought I'd see typed, even in jest"?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 20, 2026 04:22 PM (a+4eV)

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"No one will know that they're doing better because Democrats are dooming and Democrats will get a slim majority in the House and impeach Trump and all will be lost!"

Does that sound more familiar?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 04:24 PM (GBKbO)

173 Someone needs to kick TUCA in the nads.

Posted by: Gmac - WTF did you think was going to happen? at January 20, 2026 04:24 PM (/HRQ5)

174 Trump went enough.

He fucked it up.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 04:20 PM (GBKbO)

DeSantis went further.

Kate Brown (that c___) went longer

Posted by: Kindltot at January 20, 2026 04:24 PM (rbvCR)

175 116 Trump went enough that it allowed people like Fauci to set recommendations that the states used to shut down the economy and change voting rules on a whim. Trump fucked up covid. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen

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Don't forget the clot shots...

Bringing in RFK Jr. and, for the time he was there, Musk were some of the big improvements from the first term. Taking on RFK Jr. in particular is basically conceding that Trump was wrong on some things (e.g. clot shots), and conceding that he was wrong on some things is not typical Trump...

Posted by: bearski at January 20, 2026 04:25 PM (Bhsk7)

176 If/when all that's sorted out and if the situation still warrants "action" I think we'll see "action."

Tucker Carlson isn't a factor in any of that.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 20, 2026 04:04 PM (U2OZr)

Yeah, I strongly doubt Tucker has any actual influence, and they may well be deliberately feeding him things to scare Qatar and the mullahs.

The report I saw on X was that the Tuesday Iranian strike was called off because Mossad believed the mullahs were going to stuff uranium in rockets and fire them off willy-nilly as sort of ad-hoc dirty bomb. So if you think that's coming it's a good idea to have the big guns nearby and Iron Dome at full readiness.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 20, 2026 04:25 PM (2ocoG)

177 Also, Usha Vance is preggers again
.....

Have they picked out a name yet?
May I suggest Ulysses?

Posted by: wth at January 20, 2026 04:25 PM (UjdFS)

178 Come on, 4D Chess. You're our only hope.

Btw, how long was Trump speaking today? I swear it must have been two hours.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 20, 2026 04:26 PM (jc0TO)

179 I agree, but nothing changes the fact that the Iranians are moslems. Moslems seem to have a desperate desire to be crushed by a strongman. I don't know how to overcome that.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm

But word is that the muleasses have soured the Persians on Islam. Zoroastrianism and Christianity are reportedly on the rise.

Grain of salt, as always. But, still.

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 04:26 PM (77rzZ)

180 I'd rather Amanda Hugankiss then Amanda Head, but then I'm just picky that way.

Posted by: pewb at January 20, 2026 04:26 PM (xxLlo)

181 Trump went enough.

He fucked it up.

Ironically I think Trump mostly played it safe on COVID, and yes that was a critical failure. He pushed Fauci and Brix to loosen up and when they refused he didn't challenge them.

One can imagine an alternative history where in the spring of 2020 he takes Fauci off of COVID or fires him and leaves Atlas in charge. The FNM then claims EVERYONE IS GOING TO DIE and the GOPe gets ready to impeach him but it all fails apart when nothing bad happens from opening up...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 20, 2026 04:26 PM (sKqQm)

182 Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 20, 2026 04:23 PM (CHHv1)

I think there is a big divide between the rabid Islamic loons, and a big chunk of Iran. They may be Muslim, but they aren't maniacal about it.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 20, 2026 04:26 PM (n9ltV)

183 174
DeSantis went further.

Kate Brown (that c___) went longer

Posted by: Kindltot at January 20, 2026 04:24 PM (rbvCR)

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I agree. DeSantis shut down his state for 3 months. I'm pretty sure Ace almost banned me last year for noting it (his memory told him it was 3 weeks which is still...not good).

"I trampled on your rights for three months because the media scared me, but it's alright because I stopped before most other people," is honestly not a good defense.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 04:26 PM (GBKbO)

184 The mullah's are a true death cult, and this could be how they want to go down.

Except that they've been sending the national wealth of Iran off into a variety of accounts. That's not something one does if one anticipates imminent death.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 04:26 PM (Riz8t)

185 The Lincoln CAG on the way gives Israel time to plan with US CENTCOM to put the final nail in the Ayatollah's Coffin...

Iran will probably launch their entire arsenal against Israel, and we will need the LPD Based Ballistic Missile Defense Ships on station to help knock down what the Iron Dome misses. Also ABM Systems at selected CENTCOM Bases...

Just Sayin.......

I believe it will start by taking down all Comm and Electrical Grids to put Iran in the Electronic Midnight Phase.

And then Level the Military and Strategic sites (Missiles, Etc..)

Posted by: Jackson K. at January 20, 2026 04:27 PM (J9q9v)

186 You neocon meltdown good tucker meeting trump about well worst. Ace calls be a "sinister islamist" not pushing america first--no yes endless wars, now yes trillions wasted overseas, now yes writing lives fight what foreign fights.

trump isn't being tricked. He's bringing tucker what over yourself views align have but here voted not: floor man send, all diving think talking dumb cannot this helps you mullahs recruit the endangers let's troops.

you finding notes trump's pullback that mother. Saudi arabia, qatar, oman, turkey--even netanyahu--urged be to seen could to paper escalation, refugee floods, as you regime cracking there harder no protesters. Advisers on a dog wouldn't topple you mullahs; it'd well harden take wondering. Trump on plainly, "nobody convinced for. I convinced understand. " classic trump, all puppetry.

calling tucker pro-iran as "pro-nukes" about lazy smears. He's ask sending u. S. boots to different not a regime this hates please day here movie you standing. Bombing that's says thousands and let's guys, spike gas prices, bright you economy, the ignite chaos--stuff neocons hot you're safety day demanding others questions you price

Posted by: AoS Neocons are girly men... or just girls. at January 20, 2026 04:27 PM (FmzM3)

187 Friday there were 3 large explosions across Iran. There are 31 regions in Iran and many aren't being held by the IRGC or security forces but by the Iranians themselves.
The IRGC is not getting paid and defections are growing by the day
The Iranians are not standing around waiting to be saved, they are in the fight to the end.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 20, 2026 04:28 PM (0KSrI)

188 Neocons.. Heh.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 20, 2026 04:28 PM (jc0TO)

189
If Iranians want change, they will have to make it so. On their own.

Posted by: nurse ratched

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At what cost? At least the American Revolutionaries had an army. The Iranian protestors? How can they overthrow a regime that big and that ruthless? I don't even think the Soviets circa 1989 were ready to outright murder tens of thousands.

And they've already said they can't do it on their own; they're going to have to have some external assistance. We got it from the French.

I don't want boots on the ground, and I agree we'd have to have a solid replacement lined up -- I don't see why Reza Pahlavi isn't that solid replacement.

rambling...

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 20, 2026 04:28 PM (tkcii)

190 That picture with Tucker Carlson in it - his face looks "manipulated". Are we sure he was there, and not photoshopped/AI'ed in?
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 20, 2026 04:16 PM (SRRAx)
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I had reports at the time he had lunch with VP and then "tagged along" with Vance.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 20, 2026 04:28 PM (RIvkX)

191 >>> 38 Also, Usha Vance is preggers again.

But I was reliably told that they were divorcing and she hates him. So I guess now they will say it's not his.

Posted by: DJ at January 20, 2026 04:28 PM (uosPt)

192 Now a black bitch is on a presser, blaming the church members for the terroristic takeover and protest.

Says "we need to investigate how many other members are ICE agents."
Now she's comparing the protestors to Jesus whipping the money changers.

This shit is making me incandescent with rage.

These are a nasty, vile, amoral, evil, horrible people.

She and the others have the dead eyes of the possessed by demonic forces.
They are more than doubling down--the are defiantly proud of what they did.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 20, 2026 04:29 PM (HXT0k)

193 Posted by: AoS Neocons are girly men... or just girls. at January 20, 2026 04:27 PM (FmzM3)

Funny that you think Tucker is the tough guy. Do you share bow ties?

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 20, 2026 04:29 PM (KDPiq)

194 At least the American Revolutionaries had an army.

And Superpower backing from France. Yeah, I know, France, but they were something back then.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 20, 2026 04:29 PM (jc0TO)

195 Glad HHS finally said to eat real food and not "Soylent Green" Garbage pushed by the Homo Left......

Posted by: Jackson K. at January 20, 2026 04:30 PM (J9q9v)

196 "It may be the reason the Somalis represent so much of the fraud in Minnesota is they were the only ones foolish enough to get caught." Dr Oz

Posted by: SMOD at January 20, 2026 04:30 PM (RHGPo)

197 Black people don't really care about the Klan church burnings; they care that the Klan burned their own churches.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 20, 2026 04:30 PM (gKWVE)

198 But I was reliably told that they were divorcing and she hates him. So I guess now they will say it's not his.
Posted by: DJ at January 20, 2026 04:28 PM

She's lucky JD didn't murder her, like Trump did with Melania.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 20, 2026 04:30 PM (jc0TO)

199 Posted by: 18-1 at January 20, 2026 04:26 PM (sKqQm)
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My thoughts exactly. Should've canned Fauci and Birx and let things fall where they may.

Posted by: 496 at January 20, 2026 04:31 PM (t+VLa)

200 I had reports at the time he had lunch with VP and then "tagged along" with Vance.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 20, 2026 04:28 PM (RIvkX)

they dragged his ass to the WH when Vance was not there and had a "chat" with him. then posted a pic , so his "friends" (handlers) could see.

Posted by: runner at January 20, 2026 04:31 PM (g47mK)

201 But I was reliably told that they were divorcing and she hates him. So I guess now they will say it's not his.
Posted by: DJ at January 20, 2026 04:28 PM (uosPt)

He RAPED her!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 20, 2026 04:31 PM (zZu0s)

202 I don't want boots on the ground, and I agree we'd have to have a solid replacement lined up -- I don't see why Reza Pahlavi isn't that solid replacement.

rambling...
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

I think the problem with that is he'd be seen as our replacement.

What we need is for the Iranians to choose a replacement, not for the US to install one.

And who knows who long it'll take for them to be ready for that.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 20, 2026 04:31 PM (a+4eV)

203 When Trump and Vance are impeached in 2027, New Permanent Interim President Newsom will appoint Bill Nye Military Governor of Iran.

I think there was something in this cigar...

Posted by: sifty boones at January 20, 2026 04:31 PM (bCMb8)

204 As far as the Trump alarmist stuff and Cucker Tarlson...a couple thoughts.

1. Trump's track record on foreign affairs is admirable. He's been bold, audacious and, yes, conservative. I'm inclined to trust him and not juggle his elbow.
2. Cucker is a Deep State creature and as such, all his public statements are part of an op. I wouldn't trust him any further than I can bowl him. That includes the things I agree with and the stuff I don't. It's all part of a psy op of some sort, every word out of his mouth.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 20, 2026 04:31 PM (xcxpd)

205 One wonders just how many black pills are required for a fatal overdose. What are the symptoms? Ennui?

Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 04:31 PM (Riz8t)

206 >>Calling Tucker pro-Iran or “pro-nukes” is lazy smears. He’s against sending U.S. boots to die for a regime that hates us while we foot the bill. Bombing would kill thousands of our guys, spike gas prices, tank the economy, and ignite chaos—stuff neocons ignore from safety while demanding others pay the price.

Nobody was a bigger proponent of the Iraq war than Tucker. He pushed it relentlessly until things started going pear shaped.

He seems to have done a 180 but there is no doubt he constantly pushes the idea that the evil Jew are secretly running the war and dragging us into endless wars while backing terrorist supporting countries like Qatar. It's not some evil neo-con conspiracy, it's Tucker's own words.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 20, 2026 04:32 PM (viF8m)

207 Le sigh.

Posted by: Henri, le Chat Noir at January 20, 2026 04:32 PM (jc0TO)

208 I agree, but nothing changes the fact that the Iranians are moslems. Moslems seem to have a desperate desire to be crushed by a strongman. I don't know how to overcome that.

Its not so much that Islam creates that situation - that is the natural situation. Yes, Islam exacerbates it but the more interesting part is that Christianity (and Judaism) provide an alternative without an authoritarian government

This is something of minor complaint I suppose - functionally if Iran converted to Christianity in mass it would almost certainly liberate as well...but if the Eu-nicks got their wish in Iran and somewhat secularized it you would just see a different authoritarian regime - similiar to Hussien's in Iraq.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 20, 2026 04:32 PM (sKqQm)

209
Dunno, Gollum was on FOX this week and said the Dems would sweep the midterms and the walls were closing in on Trump.

Important Cable Journalists furrowed their brows in agreement.

Posted by: Auspex at January 20, 2026 04:32 PM (Y8DZL)

210 Being a suburban person of whiteness with a wife and kids, I've done a lot of stereotypical cornball-ass family man shit. Think apple-picking, hay rides, that kinda stuff. I also enjoy golf. The only time I've ever been in public doing something like that where I felt like a complete freakin' goober was the one time I got talked into playing pickleball. Yeeeeeesh.
Posted by: ballistic

I live in a resort community - most everyone is retired and we have more than enough of the busybody persuasion. That said, the biggest local fights and drama is between the tennis purists and the pickleball crowd. Words, fistfights, lawsuits, cast spells, etc. all over courts, fees, noise, dress and other serious matters.

Absolutely hilarious for us uninvolved folk.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 20, 2026 04:32 PM (cYBz/)

211 The IRGC is not getting paid and defections are growing by the day

That's the big factor in Iran now: the mullahs and IRGC can't make payroll and their currency is hyperinflating at a faster and faster rate.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 20, 2026 04:32 PM (2ocoG)

212 [Tangentially-Related -- @ JackStraw and others interested, ICYMI from InsurrectionBarbie:]

(1) "The Fourth Branch: $14.1 Trillion. Zero Votes. How America Lost Its Republic to an Unelected Empire."

https://is.gd/jDEJF7

[Pull Quote:] "According to the Federal Reserve's own data, nonprofit organizations in the United States now control $14.1 trillion in total assets.
Let that number wash over you.
$14.1 trillion.
That's $4.0 trillion in real estate. $3.1 trillion in corporate equities. And here's the part that should make your blood run cold: $3.6 trillion in assets that the Federal Reserve doesn't even categorize. Three-point-six trillion dollars in something, and nobody is required to tell you what."

(2)"Soros, 2004 and The Meeting That Changed America"

https://is.gd/Vq0IN0

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 20, 2026 04:33 PM (ULFrs)

213 184 The mullah's are a true death cult, and this could be how they want to go down.

Except that they've been sending the national wealth of Iran off into a variety of accounts. That's not something one does if one anticipates imminent death.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 04:26 PM (Riz8t)

THAT is ironically the most hopeful data point in this whole affair. I can see Iran going into nationwide starvation soon as their food distribution systems break down, and that could trigger a lot of opportunities.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 20, 2026 04:33 PM (giMmT)

214 Amanda is a hottie

It's a measure of people who don't understand,
The pleasures of life in a hillbilly band.
I got my first guitar when I was fourteen,
Well I finally made forty, still wearing jeans.

Amanda, light of my life.
Fate should have made you a gentleman's wife.
Amanda, light of my life.
Fate should have made you a gentleman's wife.

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at January 20, 2026 04:33 PM (NtVYv)

215 One wonders just how many black pills are required for a fatal overdose. What are the symptoms? Ennui?
Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 04:31 PM (Riz8t)

Languor.

Langeweilich (sp?)

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 20, 2026 04:33 PM (zZu0s)

216 Now this black pile of shit is basically saying, "no the real victims are not the kids killed just a few miles away when someone broke in their church or the people we terrorized on Sunday--no the real victims are blacks because their churches in the South were bombed 50 years ago.
So you white people don't have a right to fear our terrorism."

Lord, give me serenity, these demons are testing my Christianity.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 20, 2026 04:33 PM (HXT0k)

217
May I suggest Ulysses?
Posted by: wth

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Ulysses S. Vance

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 20, 2026 04:34 PM (tkcii)

218 > But word is that the muleasses have soured the Persians on Islam. Zoroastrianism and Christianity are reportedly on the rise.
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That's apparently the word coming out of Iran... from the public there. They say Islam was more or less "forced upon them" by the mullahs.

Yet, there are many Iranians who've grown up knowing nothing but the Iranian flavor of Islam. Many of those people still embrace it. If we topple the existing government I'm not convinced another, equally virulent strain of Islamic rule won't just take its place.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 20, 2026 04:34 PM (U2OZr)

219 @192. A hysterical Back woman is running her mouth?
What else is new?

Posted by: Case at January 20, 2026 04:34 PM (4rWc3)

220 we do not have a good statistic about Islamic Republic's religious affiliations - the mullahs are saying 99% are Shia muslim; ask 10-15 million Iranians abroad and they tell you 5-10% , maybe 20% are muslim believers

Posted by: runner at January 20, 2026 04:34 PM (g47mK)

221 134 Has there ever been a previous case of a President or Vice President's wife giving birth while her husband was in office?
Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 04:17 PM (77rzZ)

Jackie Kennedy, just weeks before JFK was assassinated. Unfortunately, the baby came early and died 39 hours after he was born.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 20, 2026 04:35 PM (SRRAx)

222 If the Iranian people want to be free they are going to have to start killing Mullahs.

I do not want American boots on the ground, but if possible we should be arming the resistance and giving them intel and training.

I am ok with air/sea support if we think the resistance can take advantage of it but this is something Trump, Hegseth and the rest need to be sure of before they go forward with it

Posted by: 18-1 at January 20, 2026 04:35 PM (sKqQm)

223 187 Friday there were 3 large explosions across Iran. There are 31 regions in Iran and many aren't being held by the IRGC or security forces but by the Iranians themselves.
The IRGC is not getting paid and defections are growing by the day
The Iranians are not standing around waiting to be saved, they are in the fight to the end.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 20, 2026 04:28 PM (0KSrI)

A calm voice of reason. Thank you.

I think a lot is happening and we'll get a peek at some things soon. I can wait.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 20, 2026 04:35 PM (WONhk)

224 "Okay, but apart from the lower gas prices, lower egg prices, lower inflation, greater GDP growth, lower border crossings, stopping 8 wars, the sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system and public health, what has Trump ever done for us?
Posted by: Reg, PFJ Leader"

Nothing. He hasn't even cured cancer yet.

Posted by: Ripley at January 20, 2026 04:35 PM (GUOwU)

225 209
Dunno, Gollum was on FOX this week and said the Dems would sweep the midterms and the walls were closing in on Trump.

Important Cable Journalists furrowed their brows in agreement.

Posted by: Auspex at January 20, 2026 04:32 PM (Y8DZL)

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Senate races create presidential levels of turnout in the states they happen. So, those states are going to see near 2024 levels that prevents surprising upsets.

Collins is going to win ME easily. Whomever wins the TX GOP primary is going to win the race by about 10 points.

NC probably trends towards the GOP now because the PVI trend in the state has gone so Republican over the last decade. Just ask Hogan in MD how being a "popular" former governor of a state with a different PVI than you loves you for a federal race.

GA could go GOP depending on how much Atlanta keeps shrinking relative to the rest of the state, but I'm not sure I'd put money on that.

In terms of the House...gerrymandering from 20 is so baked in that a wave election is like 20 seats, and the generic ballot right now is nothing like 2018.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 04:35 PM (GBKbO)

226
Calling Tucker pro-Iran or “pro-nukes” is lazy smears. He’s against sending U.S. boots to die for a regime that hates us while we foot the bill. Bombing would kill thousands of our guys, spike gas prices, tank the economy, and ignite chaos—stuff neocons ignore from safety while demanding others pay the price.
Posted by: AoS Neocons are girly men... or just girls. at January 20, 2026 04:27 PM (FmzM3)

Tucker's principle sin is that he did an interview with some guest who quoted a book that suggested that aligning with the UK and Russia against Germany was probably not the smartest move ever, and that it would have been about the same or better outcome if we had aligned with a UK that had joined Germany in defeating the USSR instead.

All of which is alternative history fiction unless you want to start questioning the neocon stance on international politics.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 20, 2026 04:35 PM (rbvCR)

227 Lord, give me serenity, these demons are testing my Christianity.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 20, 2026 04:33 PM (HXT0k)

Not mine. They're evil fucking commie jerkwads.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 20, 2026 04:35 PM (zZu0s)

228 Feather,B, millions of Iranians are standing in the street calling for Pahlavi to return. Pahlavi has an economic plan laid out and a referendum for elections

Posted by: Ben Had at January 20, 2026 04:36 PM (0KSrI)

229 215 One wonders just how many black pills are required for a fatal overdose. What are the symptoms? Ennui?
Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 04:31 PM (Riz8t)

Languor.

Langeweilich (sp?)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 20, 2026 04:33 PM (zZu0s)

Wounds your heart with a monotonous?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 20, 2026 04:37 PM (xcxpd)

230 217.
Ulysses Simpson Tecumseh Sherman Vance

Posted by: sifty boones at January 20, 2026 04:37 PM (bCMb8)

231 BREAKING: Millions of liberals plan to walk out of their work at 2pm tomorrow
9:45 PM · Jan 19, 2026

... anybody notice this any where ?

Posted by: SMOD at January 20, 2026 04:37 PM (RHGPo)

232 Victor Van Vance

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 20, 2026 04:37 PM (KDPiq)

233
Trump went enough.

He fucked it up.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

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

He sure did. The dude gets emotional, he's too easily spooked.

He also fucked up on George Floyd. Watched the video and mouthed off about it. "It looks bad," or whatever it was he said.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 20, 2026 04:37 PM (tkcii)

234 224 "Okay, but apart from the lower gas prices, lower egg prices, lower inflation, greater GDP growth, lower border crossings, stopping 8 wars, the sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system and public health, what has Trump ever done for us?
Posted by: Reg, PFJ Leader"

Nothing. He hasn't even cured cancer yet.

I have it on good authority that he has built not a single aqueduct.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 04:37 PM (Riz8t)

235 How is Pookette these days?

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 04:22 PM (77rzZ)

A teenage girl with ADHD! But she's doing well in school, mostly due to the teachers' patience.

Posted by: pookysgirl's house is filled with music at January 20, 2026 04:37 PM (Wt5PA)

236 The Big Push is to rid America of Tampon Tim, Keith Ellison and that fag mayor and squash the Samolians.

Posted by: pudinhead at January 20, 2026 04:38 PM (pLaQB)

237 I don't think there are many Zoros or Christian in Iran - Islam has been oppressing them for more then a millennia now.

There are maybe 60K Zoros in India and I wouldn't be surprised if a lower number in Iran.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 20, 2026 04:38 PM (sKqQm)

238 For those of you keeping score at home, I'm still not tired of winning.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 20, 2026 04:38 PM (2Ez/1)

239 192 Now a black bitch is on a presser, blaming the church members for the terroristic takeover and protest.

Says "we need to investigate how many other members are ICE agents."
___

Why? Is being an ICE agent against the law or something?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 20, 2026 04:39 PM (Dv3i1)

240 they dragged his ass to the WH when Vance was not there and had a "chat" with him. then posted a pic , so his "friends" (handlers) could see.
Posted by: runner at January 20, 2026 04:31 PM (g47mK)

Relax, Trust the Plan

Hope you are feeling better.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 20, 2026 04:39 PM (rbvCR)

241 What we need are a few more irons in the fire. Utterly confusing times we are in now.

Posted by: tubal at January 20, 2026 04:39 PM (pDt9x)

242

Posted by: Mitch McConnell expresses his view of our concerns at January 20, 2026 04:39 PM (jc0TO)

243 Waylon Jennings Van Helsing Vance

Posted by: sifty boones at January 20, 2026 04:39 PM (bCMb8)

244 Not sure about Iran.

Again, Trump and the team arranged to go after drug boats in the Caribbean. They went through a whole elaborate farce, for three months. Meanwhile they constructed a replica of Maderno's palace and trained relentlessly. When they were ready, after denying they were ever going to invade, they swooped in and took Madurno.

If you look at the last year, there has been a systemic dismantling of the threat Iran poses. Their nuclear capability and most of their missiles are gone. Houthis Hezbollah and Hamas are on the ropes. I don't *think* Trump is going to let this chance go to waste.

There is also China, who desperately needs Iranian oils, and is one of the only buyers. Trump also badly embarrassed them in Venezuela. Maybe they are trying to wave him off.

I just don't know - Trump has shown that long term strategic planning, including multiple fake-outs, is part of his repertoire.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 20, 2026 04:40 PM (tV890)

245 Now a black bitch is on a presser, blaming the church members for the terroristic takeover and protest.

This is the way the left works.

The church member's private speech is violence

Their invading the church is free speech.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 20, 2026 04:40 PM (sKqQm)

246 BabylonBee: Minnesota Changes Official State Bird To Screaming Lesbian

Posted by: SMOD at January 20, 2026 04:40 PM (RHGPo)

247 >>> Nothing. He hasn't even cured cancer yet.

If he gets RFK JR to federally allow Ivermectin OTC in all states, we can do the largest national test group to see if it cures cancer, like the rumors say.

Oh, and I did find potato chips and crackers that have been MAHA'd at the grocery store!

Posted by: LizLem at January 20, 2026 04:41 PM (Eng1Z)

248 Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Vance

Posted by: Obligatory at January 20, 2026 04:41 PM (jc0TO)

249 High Lord Ming the Merciless Vance

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 20, 2026 04:41 PM (zZu0s)

250 What we need are a few more irons in the fire. Utterly confusing times we are in now.

I remember under Shrub we were constantly told that the president can only handle one major issue at a time and since he was busy intentionally losing the WoT he had no time to deal with any other issues.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 20, 2026 04:41 PM (sKqQm)

251 So many successes the best successes incredible success. You’ve never seen such success. Yuuuuge.

Posted by: Really?? at January 20, 2026 04:42 PM (d4dD2)

252 One thing that is hanging over Trump's agenda is the Supreme Court tariff decision. That should be interesting.

Posted by: runner at January 20, 2026 04:42 PM (g47mK)

253 Trump keeps hammering away at whatever goals will make things better for Americans and freedom-loving people everywhere. He meets obstructions at every turn. Sometimes he successfully surmounts the obstruction and sometimes he can't on his first try, but he is always looking for his next opportunity. I love his heart and appreciate his efforts and I'm grateful for his successes.

Keep praying for him -- he needs wisdom and perseverance and probably a lot of supernatural help since he is battling demons who are trying to destroy this nation. God is greater.

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 20, 2026 04:42 PM (FMtrg)

254 247.

Gerson's coffee enemas sure aint working. I keep burning my ass on the coffee pot.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 20, 2026 04:42 PM (bCMb8)

255 I think part of the problem in Iran is there is no national organized resistance within the country with leaders able to take control should the mullahs flee. They have all been ruthlessly killed or left the country. The Shah in exile would only be a figure head. Who would actually run the govt? The military, largely loyal to the mullahs?

Posted by: Ripley at January 20, 2026 04:42 PM (GUOwU)

256 220 we do not have a good statistic about Islamic Republic's religious affiliations - the mullahs are saying 99% are Shia muslim; ask 10-15 million Iranians abroad and they tell you 5-10% , maybe 20% are muslim believers
Posted by: runner at January 20, 2026 04:34 PM (g47mK)

Cenk Uyghur got community noted on X the other day when he was pushing that 99% muslim number; a number of Iranian nationals replied and said "do you know everyone there is subject to the death penalty if you don't respond that you're a muslim? Of course government surveys say 99%!!!!
(apparently the 1% is for some who live way out in Azeri areas or something)

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 20, 2026 04:42 PM (giMmT)

257 If you're publicly against a USA military action once it starts you are supporting our opponent whether you intend to or not .

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 20, 2026 04:42 PM (KDPiq)

258 BeckoningChasm: re the percentage of actual muslims in Iran, the resistance folks are saying it's only 1/3, and even many of those are fed up to the back teeth with living under strict sharia law.

About 70% of the Iranians, they say, are secular, and some are actual Zoroastrians. Christianity is growing apace. And thousands of the mosques were closed over these 47 years because of waning attendance.

Nothing like getting sharia good and hard to wake people the hell up to the real nature of Islam.

Posted by: Beverly at January 20, 2026 04:42 PM (reMys)

259 A teenage girl with ADHD! But she's doing well in school, mostly due to the teachers' patience.
Posted by: pookysgirl's

She's a musician, correct? I don't know anything about ADHD, but it seems to me that music might help that?

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 04:42 PM (77rzZ)

260 If a crowd of people run up and demand you prove you are not an ICE agent, ask them for their badges.

Seriously - what possible right do they have to ask anyone for anything on the street? Other than a threat of street violence?

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 20, 2026 04:42 PM (tV890)

261 The amusing part of how much the FNM hates Vance is he is the most all America, pull yourself up by your bootstraps, salt of the earth guy we've seen in American politics in my lifetime.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 20, 2026 04:43 PM (sKqQm)

262 No word on Cuba. This is the tell.

Posted by: pudinhead at January 20, 2026 04:43 PM (pLaQB)

263 254 247.

Gerson's coffee enemas sure aint working. I keep burning my ass on the coffee pot.
Posted by: sifty boones at January 20, 2026 04:42 PM (bCMb

Fucking lol.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 20, 2026 04:43 PM (zZu0s)

264 I remember under Shrub we were constantly told that the president can only handle one major issue at a time....

Trump isn't Shrub.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 20, 2026 04:43 PM (SRRAx)

265 Charles Adam Baldwin Bronson Vance

Posted by: sifty boones at January 20, 2026 04:44 PM (bCMb8)

266 Tucker is somebody's pet American. When the master has a party or mistress, he will be brought into their room for just a minute. They like their curly human poddle.

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 20, 2026 04:44 PM (EyfuW)

267 Seriously - what possible right do they have to ask anyone for anything on the street? Other than a threat of street violence?

The game they are playing is to cow people into submission. The next step will be beating people that won't play along and Ellison will claim there was no crime.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 20, 2026 04:44 PM (sKqQm)

268 250 What we need are a few more irons in the fire. Utterly confusing times we are in now.

I remember under Shrub we were constantly told that the president can only handle one major issue at a time and since he was busy intentionally losing the WoT he had no time to deal with any other issues.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 20, 2026 04:41 PM (sKqQm)

Speaking only as a small time observer, like all of us here. Enough going on now to baffle me. Maybe just too damned much info swirling around. Does not help that most of it is suspect to me.

Posted by: tubal at January 20, 2026 04:44 PM (pDt9x)

269 250 mosques have been burned down in Iran .

Posted by: Ben Had at January 20, 2026 04:44 PM (0KSrI)

270 264 I remember under Shrub we were constantly told that the president can only handle one major issue at a time....

Trump isn't Shrub.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 20, 2026 04:43 PM (SRRAx)

=======

"How can I take this policy in front of me and execute it in a way that screws over my most loyal voters most?" is a taxing exercise.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 04:44 PM (GBKbO)

271 Trump went enough.

He fucked it up.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 04:20 PM (GBKbO)

I was responding to what Tucker said. I don't think Tucker is bragging that he got Trump to fuck up covid.

Posted by: ... at January 20, 2026 04:44 PM (E0p3T)

272 You've been punked by a Nazi!
Posted by: Kindltot at January 20, 2026 04:23 PM (rbvCR)
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Yeah, some punking. Like I said if everyone suddenly ignored his dumbass all at once he would probably wither up and blow away in the wind.

Posted by: ballistic at January 20, 2026 04:45 PM (5aZAZ)

273 Speaking only as a small time observer, like all of us here. Enough going on now to baffle me. Maybe just too damned much info swirling around. Does not help that most of it is suspect to me.

I like it.

Trump and the right are only guaranteed 4 years. They need to use them. And there are many, many problems they can and should address.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 20, 2026 04:45 PM (sKqQm)

274 BREAKING: Millions of liberals plan to walk out of their work at 2pm tomorrow
9:45 PM · Jan 19, 2026

... anybody notice this any where ?
Posted by: SMOD at January 20, 2026 04:37 PM (RHGPo)
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I guess I technically did this today. I work from home and took a brief stroll around my block earlier this afternoon. No one noticed or cared.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 20, 2026 04:45 PM (ESVrU)

275
Jimmy Jim Bob Vance

Posted by: Auspex at January 20, 2026 04:45 PM (Y8DZL)

276 After all he’s accomplished, I’m inclined to give Trump the benefit of the doubt. He’s earned it.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 20, 2026 04:45 PM (u73oe)

277 Lord, give me serenity, these demons are testing my Christianity.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 20, 2026 04:33 PM (HXT0k)

Not mine. They're evil fucking commie jerkwads.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 20, 2026 04:35 PM (zZu0s)

yeah I'll put mine on hold if it means having a beer and not praying for their souls when the men who just wanted to be left alone decides to chop them down with heavy caliber weapons.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 20, 2026 04:46 PM (snZF9)

278 Remember when you used to be against troops on foreign soil? Good times.

Also, I love that Tucker is under your skin. Makes me smile.

Posted by: Kitty litter box at January 20, 2026 04:46 PM (i7py/)

279 Jabba The Vance.

Am I doing this right?

Posted by: fd at January 20, 2026 04:46 PM (vFG9F)

280 When I was a teenager, and into the BBC version of I, Claudius, I decided that I was gonna name my first son Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus, after Claudius.

Just add "Vance" to the end of that, and JD and Usha are good to go.

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 04:46 PM (77rzZ)

281 Cenk Uyghur got community noted on X the other day when he was pushing that 99% muslim number; a number of Iranian nationals replied and said "do you know everyone there is subject to the death penalty if you don't respond that you're a muslim? Of course government surveys say 99%!!!!
(apparently the 1% is for some who live way out in Azeri areas or something)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 20, 2026 04:42 PM (giMmT)

Chunky Yogurt and Cucker Tralson are the two "western" Islamic mouthpieces heavily promoted on Mullah TV in Iran. While everything else is going on there. OF course, makes sense, their propaganda aligns perfectly with mulah's propaganda.

Posted by: runner at January 20, 2026 04:46 PM (g47mK)

282 250 mosques have been burned down in Iran .

I wonder if the political alignment of those mosques is known?

Unlike when we deal with the middle east, Muslims have no problem in destroying the mosques of their enemies.

So is it 250 ones that support the regime? 250 that oppose it?

Posted by: 18-1 at January 20, 2026 04:46 PM (sKqQm)

283

Vance the Impaler !

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at January 20, 2026 04:46 PM (NtVYv)

284 remember under Shrub we were constantly told that the president can only handle one major issue at a time and since he was busy intentionally losing the WoT he had no time to deal with any other issues.
____

Mission Accomplished! I still think the "surge" was the correct thing to do. But that was after many wrong decisions that I admittedly though were correct at the time (weapons of mass deception).

The worst thing about the whole sorry business was the "we have to fight them over there, so we don't have to fight them here", meanwhile those feckers are importing hundreds of thousands of them. And now we have Dearborn, and Dallas, and Somalia-land.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 20, 2026 04:46 PM (Dv3i1)

285 One of my offspring recently finished nursing school.
Then a job found him - case manager for a home health company.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 20, 2026 04:47 PM (2Ez/1)

286 250 mosques have been burned down in Iran .

I wonder if the political alignment of those mosques is known?

Unlike when we deal with the middle east, Muslims have no problem in destroying the mosques of their enemies.

So is it 250 ones that support the regime? 250 that oppose it?
Posted by: 18-1 at January 20, 2026 04:46 PM (sKqQm)

It's a good start

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at January 20, 2026 04:47 PM (NtVYv)

287 >>> The amusing part of how much the FNM hates Vance is he is the most all America, pull yourself up by your bootstraps, salt of the earth guy we've seen in American politics in my lifetime.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 20, 2026 04:43 PM (sKqQm)

They feel like he played them. They made his book a bestseller (be our redneck whisperer, JD), and got Opie to direct a movie on his life where glenn close plays his meemaw, and then he stabbed them in the back by voting for Trump and being his VP.

I will say, Freida Pinto was a luminous Usha in Hillbilly Elegy! And it was the rare casting where the real lady is on par with the prettiness of the actress.

Posted by: LizLem at January 20, 2026 04:47 PM (Eng1Z)

288 Posted by: Kitty litter box at January 20, 2026 04:46 PM (i7py/)

I like this guy. This is a funny guy.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 20, 2026 04:47 PM (jc0TO)

289 I'm really excited about the new Veep baby!

it's super nice

happy news!

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 20, 2026 04:47 PM (emBoF)

290 278.

Still against Americans on foreign soil.

More in favor of glass on foreign soil.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 20, 2026 04:47 PM (bCMb8)

291 "250 mosques have been burned down in Iran ."

I thought those things were made of mud bricks and stone. What is there to burn?

Posted by: fd at January 20, 2026 04:47 PM (vFG9F)

292 One of my offspring recently finished nursing school.
Then a job found him - case manager for a home health company.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 20, 2026 04:47 PM (2Ez/1)

Congratulations

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at January 20, 2026 04:48 PM (NtVYv)

293 Here in Florida, gas is currently at 2.65/gal. The price of a dozen large eggs is 1.98 at the local Aldi's. I so voted for this...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 20, 2026 04:48 PM (nbLIj)

294 Trump and the right are only guaranteed 4 years. They need to use them. And there are many, many problems they can and should address.
Posted by: 18-1

With the GOPe sitting on their thumbs, everything could be swept away with a Dem president. Congress failed this year entirely.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 20, 2026 04:48 PM (mlg/3)

295 Mission Accomplished! I still think the "surge" was the correct thing to do. But that was after many wrong decisions that I admittedly though were correct at the time (weapons of mass deception).

Ironically he was pushed into that by McVain.

Honestly the problem was earlier when our responses to Iran and Syria creating "the resistance" were meager.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 20, 2026 04:48 PM (sKqQm)

296 @231. Millions of liberals are planning to walk out of work tomorrow.
And when they get fired they are not eligible for unemployment checks. Walk off the job, you quit.

Posted by: Case at January 20, 2026 04:48 PM (4rWc3)

297 John Wick Vance

Posted by: wth at January 20, 2026 04:48 PM (UjdFS)

298 269 250 mosques have been burned down in Iran .
Posted by: Ben Had at January 20, 2026 04:44 PM (0KSrI)

It's a start

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 20, 2026 04:48 PM (xcxpd)

299 Ronald Cletus "Snowman" Snow Vance

Posted by: sifty boones at January 20, 2026 04:48 PM (bCMb8)

300 I remember under Shrub we were constantly told that the president can only handle one major issue at a time and since he was busy intentionally losing the WoT he had no time to deal with any other issues.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 20, 2026 04:41 PM (sKqQm)

I don't remember that at all.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 20, 2026 04:49 PM (KDPiq)

301 18-1, great question. They were burned down by the protestors so I might guess they were the ones supporting the regime.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 20, 2026 04:49 PM (0KSrI)

302 Promethius Vance

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 20, 2026 04:49 PM (Kt19C)

303 262 No word on Cuba. This is the tell.
Posted by: pudinhead at January 20, 2026 04:43 PM (pLaQB)

The great part there is that we won't even need to invade it - we just have to stand back and let them fall. Don't know how long that will take, doesn't matter. It's inevitable.

A thought about Delcy Rodriquez, who is now running Venezuela for us. Sure, she's evil - but she's probably glad to be out from under the thumb of the Cubans, they never did her or anyone else in Venezuela any favors.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 20, 2026 04:49 PM (giMmT)

304 Fernando Vance

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 20, 2026 04:49 PM (emBoF)

305 The internet says there are about 25,000 active mosques in Iran

1% of them being burned isn't nothing

Posted by: 18-1 at January 20, 2026 04:49 PM (sKqQm)

306 One of my offspring recently finished nursing school.
Then a job found him - case manager for a home health company.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

Pozdravlyayu! ("Congratulations!" in Russian)

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 04:49 PM (77rzZ)

307 Geddy Lee Vance

Posted by: sifty boones at January 20, 2026 04:50 PM (bCMb8)

308 Vancealot!

Posted by: fd at January 20, 2026 04:50 PM (vFG9F)

309 I must admit that having Tucker Carlson anywhere near the White House is deeply dispiriting.

I have also noticed that nobody mentions his audience numbers any longer. Could it be that every sane person has abandoned him?

Posted by: Decaf at January 20, 2026 04:50 PM (Z8jzG)

310 Still against Americans on foreign soil.

More in favor of glass on foreign soil.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 20, 2026 04:47 PM (bCMb

Right? A true super power just deals with shit from space.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 20, 2026 04:50 PM (snZF9)

311 May I suggest Ulysses?
Posted by: wth

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

Ulysses S. Vance
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
====

James Tiberius Vance

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 20, 2026 04:50 PM (kpS4V)

312 Vlad Dracul Vance

Augusto Pinochet Vance

and if a girl...

Ayn Rand Vance

Posted by: 18-1 at January 20, 2026 04:50 PM (sKqQm)

313 I will bet that 1% of mainline churches in this country shut down last year.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 20, 2026 04:50 PM (jc0TO)

314 LOL, the UK government funded and created a video game called Pathways that was propaganda to teach kids about extremism. Amelia is one of the extremists who is anti-immigration.

Here's a short video on the topic:
https://youtu.be/K6da1rF6zcU

Trolls have taken the character and made her a hero, producing videos like this one:
http://tiny.cc/lwwx001

It's an AI produced video that inserts Amelia into beloved UK intellectual properties like Harry Potter, Wallace and Gromit, and Paddington Bear. It's very well done.

Posted by: bonhomme at January 20, 2026 04:50 PM (Yp6az)

315 Maximus Decimus Vance

Posted by: ballistic at January 20, 2026 04:50 PM (5aZAZ)

316 I've been saying since Trump started insinuating himself in this that he shouldn't have done it.

Just standing back, and perhaps lending some covert assistance to the protesters had no downside. If the protests succeed, the mullahs fall, great. Everybody's better off. If they fail, WGAF? The status quo of an Iran without nukes persists, with an even further weakened regime.

Now, we have no good options. Trump can intervene militarily as he promised, and piss off a ton of his voters, and initiate a lengthy, ugly power struggle for control of west/central Asia - one that we will probably lose under some future President.

That sucks, but the VERY WORST option - the one we're talking about here - is a negotiation that ends up preserving the regime. It would be an open betrayal of the insurgents he told to flood the streets. The reprisals will be far worse than if he'd said nothing. And the world will look on and see a paper tiger. Trump's leverage over the world's leaders he loves to challenge will be greatly reduced.

Anyone advising that needs to be fitted for a dunce cap.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 20, 2026 04:51 PM (BI5O2)

317 How funny would it be if Usha gave birth to a boy on July 4, on the 250th anniversary of the signing of the declaration? The left would pass out.

Posted by: LizLem at January 20, 2026 04:51 PM (Eng1Z)

318 Nood MN

Posted by: Formerly Virginian [/q] at January 20, 2026 04:51 PM (zjgNU)

319 I just don't know - Trump has shown that long term strategic planning, including multiple fake-outs, is part of his repertoire.
Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 20, 2026 04:40 PM (tV890)
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Trump is stalling for time. He's playing a delaying game so that Iran stops shooting while he gets more forces in theater.

It's kind of obvious, and he's only run this play many, many times.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 20, 2026 04:51 PM (ZOv7s)

320 Has there ever been a previous case of a President or Vice President's wife giving birth while her husband was in office?

Jacqueline Kennedy delivered a son, Patrick, who died, 1963.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at January 20, 2026 04:51 PM (zdLoL)

321 Promethius Vance
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats

Uh oh. What was TJM doing in DC a few months ago?

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 04:51 PM (77rzZ)

322 Nood Ellison

Posted by: bonhomme at January 20, 2026 04:51 PM (Yp6az)

323 Geddy Lee Vance
Posted by: sifty boones at January 20, 2026 04:50 PM (bCMb

HAHHAHA

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at January 20, 2026 04:51 PM (NtVYv)

324 Charles Kirk Vance.

just to get Candace O'Crazy to say that Charlie time travelled to the present to knock up Usha.

Posted by: Kevin in ABQ at January 20, 2026 04:52 PM (Dz0WF)

325 >"North Korea's nuclearization has undeniably stabilized the Korean Peninsula. The region has seen no wars, coups, or interventionist-forced regime changes since 2006."

Well, there it is. Everyone can go home, the dumbest statement of the year has already been locked in and it is only January.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 20, 2026 04:05 PM (5XW27)

Yeah, more like 1953 or whatever.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 20, 2026 04:53 PM (8avO+)

326
Mosques are easy to burn down, them being stuffed with ammo and explosives.

Posted by: Auspex at January 20, 2026 04:53 PM (Y8DZL)

327
Trolls have taken the character and made her a hero, producing videos like this one:/i]

I'm impressed that right leaning people have been using AI effectively as these Amelia AI videos are all over the place.

I also like this AI video from Leaflit covering political vtubers (with a pretty good song behind it) https://tinyurl.com/yc8n38dv

Posted by: 18-1 at January 20, 2026 04:53 PM (sKqQm)

328 Cenk Uyghur got community noted on X the other day when he was pushing that 99% muslim number; a number of Iranian nationals replied and said "do you know everyone there is subject to the death penalty if you don't respond that you're a muslim? Of course government surveys say 99%!!!!
(apparently the 1% is for some who live way out in Azeri areas or something)
Posted by: Tom Servo

Chunk believes North Korean elections results too.

Posted by: Really?? at January 20, 2026 04:58 PM (d4dD2)

329 Honestly Trump 2.0 is a fucking triumph so far.

The article list some accomplishments, yet there are hundreds of things that don't even make the top 10 list that are just staggering:

Cutting green new deal BS
Dropping taxes.
Reduced trade deficit.
Reduced budget deficit
Changing the narrative on the Mideast.
5% growth!!!
Cutting useless agencies
Pulling out of useless international agreements.
Reducing drug costs.
DEI destroyed as federal policy
Colleges being reformed

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 20, 2026 05:08 PM (tV890)

330

Usha and JD Vance are expecting their fourth child.

Congratulations and best wishes for your family.

Posted by: four seasons at January 20, 2026 05:14 PM (3ek7K)

331 Keep praying for him -- he needs wisdom and perseverance and probably a lot of supernatural help since he is battling demons who are trying to destroy this nation. God is greater.
Posted by: Emmie

Well said

Posted by: MkY at January 20, 2026 05:52 PM (q6tQZ)

332 "The highest egg prices under Biden hit roughly $4.82 per dozen, in early 2023, and spiked again in 2025 (reaching $8.17 in some retail locations in March) mainly due to avian flu outbreaks that forced massive flock culling."

LOL. Yeah, I remember that. That was the "avian flu" that somehow only effected chickens, and American chickens at that, but no other birds or people. Apparently Mexican and Canadian chickens were immune. Seems like there's a new law of biology being made up every day!

Posted by: MrExcitement at January 20, 2026 06:00 PM (hOOi9)

333 330

Usha and JD Vance are expecting their fourth child.

Congratulations and best wishes for your family.

Posted by: four seasons at January 20, 2026 05:14 PM (3ek7K)

Geez! How young are these people?

Posted by: MrExcitement at January 20, 2026 06:01 PM (hOOi9)

334 Cenk Uyghur got community noted on X the other day when he was pushing that 99% muslim number; a number of Iranian nationals replied and said "do you know everyone there is subject to the death penalty if you don't respond that you're a muslim? Of course government surveys say 99%!!!!
(apparently the 1% is for some who live way out in Azeri areas or something)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 20, 2026 04:42 PM (giMmT)

Reminds me of Obama's second election, oddly enough. I remember none other than Megyn Kelly saying in effect, "Yeah, sure, it's not surprising at all that an election district of 10,000 people would vote 100% for Barak Obama". With a straight face.

I remember thinking, "Even in Iraq, where if you didn't vote for Saddam Hussein there was a good chance that they would come to your house and rape your wife, beat you, and maybe even KILL you, he would only get about 95%." But she's going to tell me that EVERY SINGLE person in that district is black, and pro-Obama. Not a SINGLE white person voting for Romney, or God forbid, a black person voting for him, even if just to be a wise guy.

Well, she was just reading a script anyway.

Posted by: MrExcitement at January 20, 2026 06:10 PM (hOOi9)

335 They are understating Trump's successes. Gas prices are down much more than 26 cents a gallon. It is at least 60 cents.

Posted by: MikeN at January 20, 2026 06:41 PM (8uQGY)

336 You have to watch the sales. This last Saturday I bought an 18-pack of Large eggs for $0.99 at my local grocery store in a Chicago suburb.

Posted by: RonF at January 20, 2026 06:48 PM (NAyZt)

337 Top on my list of Trump accomplishments:

Getting elected in the first place in 2016, making the Left eat a dick the size of the Hindeburg. And then after taking every damn hit the Democrats could throw at him during the Biden adminstration and then some, getting elected AGAIN with even more votes, and making the American Left eat a dick the size of the asteroid Oumuamua.

Posted by: MartynWW at January 20, 2026 08:02 PM (M9zxq)

Surprising Few, Ohio Immigration Judges Can Be Bribed

You don't say.

In exclusive footage obtained by Townhall, evidence has emerged suggesting that migrants from the West African nation of Mauritania are exploiting the U.S. immigration and asylum system in Lockland, Ohio, raising serious questions about the integrity and oversight of the process.
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The footage includes allegations that some migrants are being coached on how to navigate the asylum system, encouraged to fabricate claims to meet legal thresholds, and informed -- according to sources on the ground -- that favorable rulings can be secured through illicit means. These claims point to systemic vulnerabilities that make the immigration system susceptible to abuse and corruption.
At the center of the operation is Patricia Golder, who, according to the footage, has turned the alleged manipulation of the asylum process into her business. Golder says she takes a portion of the pay given to the Mauritanian migrants in exchange for helping them navigate the system, and she claims she can bribe judges to rule in the migrants' favor. The footage also suggests that many of the migrants involved neither embrace nor intend to adopt core American values, even as they access public resources designed to protect legitimate asylum seekers.
In the 26-minute video, the undercover reporter is introduced to Golder by one of Golder's friends, identified as Cindy Reis, who says Golder helps Mauritanian migrants get their papers.
"She gets them their papers. She does," Reis says before introducing the reporter to Golder. "He knows about Mulberry Street."
"I try to work with them the best I can," Golder says.
"You know, we were talking about maybe getting them some work," the reporter tells Golder
"Yeah, that's what I'm going to do," Golder replies.
"And then the question is, do they have papers or not?" the reporter asks.
"Some of them have papers, some don't," Golder says. For those that don't have paperwork, Golder adds, "we pay them cash."
"And then, we can make an authorization where you say they volunteer, and you pay them," Golder says.<
Golder says that to get migrants work at big companies, she has to sign for them. But Golder declines to name the companies.
"I have to say I can't do that...that's because of the threat of ICE, so they don't want me to leak, because ICE would go there and take them away. ICE don't play," Golder says.
Golder and Reis know they're working with illegals.
"You gotta work under the radar," Reis tells the reporter.

Video of these admissions at the link.

We are importing rampant third-world corruption to our country for no reason, except to assuage leftwing white woman guilt.

This happens all the time.

2 plead guilty in scheme to bribe DMV employees to issue commercial driver's licenses -- 4 others charged
DMV employees altered records to show individuals had passed driving tests
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Two defendants, including a California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) employee, pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges stemming from a scheme to sell commercial driver's licenses (CDLs) to buyers who never took the required tests.
In addition to Tuesday's guilty pleas, four more individuals, including two other DMV workers, were charged in a 17‑count indictment unsealed Friday. The charges stem from separate but related probes conducted by the FBI, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and the California Department of Motor Vehicles' Investigations Division, Office of Internal Affairs.

Google AI's digest:

Numerous cases of illegal alien driver's license bribe schemes involving DMV (Department of Motor Vehicles) employees have been exposed across the United States. Recent investigations in states like Kentucky and Florida in 2025 highlight that this is an ongoing issue involving corruption, bribery, and the fraudulent issuance of identification documents.
Details of the Schemes
Bribery: DMV employees and third parties (like driving schools or immigration services companies) have been found to accept cash payments in exchange for illegally processing driver's licenses. Bribes have reportedly ranged from a couple of hundred dollars to several thousands of dollars per license.
Bypassing Requirements: In many cases, the fraudulent schemes involved bypassing essential requirements such as written tests, driving exams, vision tests, and necessary immigration status screenings. Employees would falsify records or use shared logins to process applications without the proper documentation or procedures.
Targeting: The individuals seeking the fraudulent licenses were often undocumented immigrants who needed valid identification for employment or other purposes.
Widespread Impact: These schemes have resulted in hundreds, sometimes thousands, of fraudulent licenses being issued.
Consequences: The schemes have led to numerous arrests and convictions of both DMV employees and the individuals who paid for the fraudulent licenses. Those involved face serious federal felony charges, including bribery, conspiracy, identity theft, and forgery, with potential prison sentences and substantial fines. Licenses issued fraudulently are subject to revocation.
Recent Investigations (2025)
Kentucky: Whistleblower lawsuits and investigations revealed an alleged scheme where temporary workers in regional offices were selling licenses for around $200 each to undocumented immigrants, often bypassing the Homeland Security screening process.
Florida: Eight individuals, including two DMV employees, were arrested in Bay County for a "driver's license for cash" scheme. Investigators seized over $120,000 in illicit proceeds and believe hundreds or more fraudulent licenses were issued over a two-year period.
New York: Multiple DMV employees and a driving school were implicated in a scheme to sell fraudulent licenses, sometimes for up to $2,000, to Chinese immigrants who were not required to take or pass the necessary tests.

Posted by: Ace at 02:30 PM

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Posted by: runner at January 20, 2026 02:31 PM (g47mK)

2 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at January 20, 2026 02:31 PM (NcvvS)

3 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at January 20, 2026 02:32 PM (LdBR/)

4 I am shocked and saddened to hear that Ohio Immigration Judges can be bribed ! I now lost all faith in the US immigration and asylum system!

Posted by: runner at January 20, 2026 02:33 PM (g47mK)

5 373 340 Is no one watching Trump's extended press briefing/casual state of the union?
Posted by: old chick at January 20, 2026 02:19 PM (F3Dlr)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNQoMMo8hYw
Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 02:24 PM (SSiCQ)

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 02:33 PM (SSiCQ)

6 Surprising Few, Ohio Immigration Judges Can Be Bribed
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Newsflash, so can the judges of the other 49 states.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at January 20, 2026 02:33 PM (22p5n)

7 Overruled... I mean, sustained!!!

Posted by: Judge Kamehameha at January 20, 2026 02:33 PM (siUZu)

8 Is no one watching Trump's extended press briefing/casual state of the union?
Posted by: old chick at January 20, 2026 02:19 PM (F3Dlr)

Is it being held in Davos?

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 02:34 PM (77rzZ)

9 Our forefathers fought a revolutionary war for far less.

Posted by: Cray Cray at January 20, 2026 02:34 PM (OhTH/)

10 I'm listening to PDT right now

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 20, 2026 02:35 PM (Cjt/F)

11 Judicial corruption crimes are one of the very few types of crime I believe should be considered capital offenses.

Posted by: Part-time Thinker at January 20, 2026 02:35 PM (BOe2/)

12 Newsflash, so can the judges of the other 49 states.
Posted by: SMH

It's the Aloha Way!
-- Hawaiian judges

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 02:35 PM (77rzZ)

13 Back in the day, when the feds ran a sting operation w/r/t Chicago judges and bribery, my not-yet wife was shocked at how cheaply a judge could be bought. Operation Greylord --> Operation Cheapjack.

Posted by: Nazdar at January 20, 2026 02:35 PM (NcvvS)

14 WHAT A SHOCK.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at January 20, 2026 02:35 PM (zjgNU)

15 Algo threw me a video on a Somalian Judge being arrested, yesterday.
Can't find it now, but it was a Bribery Case.

Posted by: garrett at January 20, 2026 02:35 PM (ZcsJV)

16 Our forefathers fought a revolutionary war for the gulf of Trump.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 20, 2026 02:35 PM (Kt19C)

17 Here's a question:

Where are these "undocumented immigrants" getting the cash to pay thousands of dollars for a fraudulent driver's license?

They need the license to secure employment (earning money) but they seem to have plenty of money already.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 20, 2026 02:35 PM (ESVrU)

18 Anyone can be bribed.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 20, 2026 02:35 PM (GyQIQ)

19 Deport them all, even the alleged americans

Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 20, 2026 02:36 PM (a+4eV)

20 False.

Once one puts on the robe, one becomes pure morally and cannot be corrupted.

Unless you vote Republican, then you are so corrupt that you should be impeached without question.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 02:36 PM (GBKbO)

21 We're not voting our way out of this

Posted by: brak at January 20, 2026 02:36 PM (jGJov)

22 >>Judicial corruption crimes are one of the very few types of crime I believe should be considered capital offenses.

I hope you mean 'of the very few types of non-violent crimes'.

I would add any Graft/Theft/Bribery from ANY Federal Employee.

Posted by: garrett at January 20, 2026 02:37 PM (ZcsJV)

23 America, they sold it one piece at a time, and it didn't cost them a dime.

Posted by: illiniwek at January 20, 2026 02:37 PM (vbXSk)

24 18 Anyone can be bribed.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
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This is one of the blessings that bringing in immigrants where the culture of bribing public officials is normal. Same for violence, drunk driving, and other such blessings of foreign culture.

Posted by: whig at January 20, 2026 02:37 PM (E4rtv)

25 Just some caution here.

It is (I think) fairly common for these scammers to claim some kind of special power with the system as a way to justify their vig.

So she just works the system using lies, coaching, and fake stories to tell the courts. But she claims she is bribing them because that now makes her operation exclusive. In truth it is just incompetent and lax and she is exploiting the weaknesses.

If she told them that, she would be replaced by a brown skinned coach telling a different set of lies.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 20, 2026 02:37 PM (5XW27)

26 Anyone can be bribed.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 20, 2026 02:35 PM (GyQIQ)
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I have yet to know anyone in Sacramento I'm not positive would take a bribe and probably already has.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 20, 2026 02:37 PM (RIvkX)

27 The ability to parallel park is vastly overrated.

Posted by: AFWLs at January 20, 2026 02:37 PM (0sNs1)

28 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNQoMMo8hYw
Posted by: m

Thank you for linking, m.

Posted by: old chick at January 20, 2026 02:37 PM (F3Dlr)

29 >>Anyone can be bribed.

I prefer being Honeypotted.

Posted by: garrett at January 20, 2026 02:38 PM (ZcsJV)

30 Golder works hard for the money.

So hard for the money.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 20, 2026 02:38 PM (wVcYX)

31 How do illegal immigrants have jobs, drive trucks, etc.? Has it occurred to no one that the obvious answer is massive identity theft schemes? Fake IDs?

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 20, 2026 02:38 PM (tV890)

32 I am upping my estimate of fraud as a percentage of the federal budget to 40 percent.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 20, 2026 02:38 PM (x/0BA)

33
Andrew Follett
The country is slowly being undermined through the electoral process.

Republicans haven’t done a single thing to stop it.
*****

@AndrewCFollett
In TWO previous elections, Spanberger was about to lose...

Mysteriously, a flash drive with a statistically implausible number of Dem votes appeared...and were somehow counted.

I'm sure her party making an electoral audit impossible on DAY ONE is a coincidence

Posted by: Vengeance at January 20, 2026 02:38 PM (uvjlR)

34 13 Back in the day, when the feds ran a sting operation w/r/t Chicago judges and bribery, my not-yet wife was shocked at how cheaply a judge could be bought. Operation Greylord --> Operation Cheapjack.
Posted by: Nazdar
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Got to know the guy that was one of the top prosecutors in that case. He was sharp as a razor.

Posted by: whig at January 20, 2026 02:38 PM (E4rtv)

35 I wonder if PDT is extending the press conference while there's something else going on in the world?

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 02:38 PM (SSiCQ)

36 "We are importing rampant third-world corruption to our country for no reason, except to assuage leftwing white woman guilt."

Oh, it's way more than that. It's more about:

1. Money. The billions that were surely kicked back to Democraps and gov't operatives in the Learing Center scam is just the tip of the iceberg.

2. Political power. Somali grundles took over the entire political machine in MN in less than 20 years. Hispanics did the same in CA and blue cities through the south.

3. Saying "fuck you" to America. Leftists hate our country and want to see it burn. Inviting in hordes of human blattodea helps that cause.

The guilty white women are just useful idiots for the cause. Plus, if they can't fuck their minotaur pool-boys, they'll settle for a swarthy man from Mauritania. Sounds close enough, right?

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 20, 2026 02:39 PM (iFTx/)

37 Thomas Paine see your %40 and raise it %3

Posted by: Skip at January 20, 2026 02:39 PM (Ia/+0)

38 I wonder if PDT is extending the press conference while there's something else going on in the world?
Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 02:38 PM (SSiCQ)

👀

Posted by: runner at January 20, 2026 02:39 PM (g47mK)

39 I prefer being Honeypotted.
Posted by: garrett

Which is a form of bribery. Only with boobs instead of cash.

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 02:39 PM (77rzZ)

40 At length, I became as rich as the Gurneys
An incubus, then, I thought her,
So I threw over that rich attorney's
Elderly ugly daughter.
The rich attorney my character high
Tried vainly to disparage -
And now, if you please, I'm ready to try
This breach of promise of marriage!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 20, 2026 02:39 PM (X4XpB)

41 It's the Aloha Way!
-- Hawaiian judges
Posted by: Bulg
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lol

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at January 20, 2026 02:39 PM (22p5n)

42 At the center of the operation is Patricia Golder, who, according to the footage, has turned the alleged manipulation of the asylum process into her business. Golder says she takes a portion of the pay given to the Mauritanian migrants in exchange for helping them navigate the system, and she claims she can bribe judges to rule in the migrants' favor. The footage also suggests that many of the migrants involved neither embrace nor intend to adopt core American values, even as they access public resources designed to protect legitimate asylum seekers.
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Sure.

What's her "business?" What's it called? How is it organized? No mention of that in the article. It is either an LLC, a 501(c)3, or an informal mafia-style "business."

I wonder which. My nickel is one of the latter two.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 20, 2026 02:39 PM (GyQIQ)

43 22 >>Judicial corruption crimes are one of the very few types of crime I believe should be considered capital offenses.

I hope you mean 'of the very few types of non-violent crimes'.

I would add any Graft/Theft/Bribery from ANY Federal Employee.
Posted by: garrett at January 20, 2026 02:37 PM (ZcsJV)
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Add election fraud/tampering and we're getting somewhere.

Posted by: ballistic at January 20, 2026 02:40 PM (5aZAZ)

44 >>Which is a form of bribery. Only with boobs instead of cash.

Well. There is only one Universal Commodity.

And it is snatch.

Posted by: garrett at January 20, 2026 02:40 PM (ZcsJV)

45 Hey, SMH! How goes it?

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 02:40 PM (77rzZ)

46 How do illegal immigrants have jobs, drive trucks, etc.? Has it occurred to no one that the obvious answer is massive identity theft schemes? Fake IDs?
Posted by: El Mariachi

You're kidding, right? The same people that are happy about protesting ICE are hiring as many illegals as they can. It adds twenty percent or more to their bottom line. They know that democrats will have their back.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 20, 2026 02:41 PM (x/0BA)

47 I truly hate corrupt liberal (yes I repeat) state and federal employees. They are guilty of treason.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at January 20, 2026 02:41 PM (pohLc)

48 Which is a form of bribery. Only with boobs instead of cash.
Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 02:39 PM

You were for boobs before you are now against them.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 20, 2026 02:41 PM (0sNs1)

49 >>Add election fraud/tampering and we're getting somewhere.

Rope Futures would necessarily Skyrocket.

Posted by: garrett at January 20, 2026 02:41 PM (ZcsJV)

50 I just know that Lincoln now turned off its AIS. I guess Chicoms and Russians can still track it. Or can they ???

Posted by: runner at January 20, 2026 02:41 PM (g47mK)

51 I prefer being Honeypotted.
Posted by: garrett

Which is a form of bribery. Only with boobs instead of cash.
Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 02:39 PM (77rzZ)

The power of boobs compels you!

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 20, 2026 02:41 PM (wVcYX)

52 {{{{SMH}}}}

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 20, 2026 02:41 PM (0sNs1)

53 ... It is (I think) fairly common for these scammers to claim some kind of special power with the system as a way to justify their vig.

So she just works the system using lies, coaching, and fake stories to tell the courts. But she claims she is bribing them because that now makes her operation exclusive. In truth it is just incompetent and lax and she is exploiting the weaknesses. ...
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 20, 2026 02:37 PM (5XW27)
++++
Like how all drug dealers have "my guy on the Force" even if they don't? Perhaps so.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 20, 2026 02:41 PM (GyQIQ)

54 I'm going with informal, mafia-style business based on this little bit from an article in the Post Millennial:

"They need jobs. I just get them jobs, they find way to go work. Hospital pays $24 an hour, I pay $20. Every $4 off of every hour is mine," she said. "That's how I get my pay."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 20, 2026 02:43 PM (GyQIQ)

55 We are importing rampant third-world corruption to our country for no reason, except to assuage leftwing white woman guilt.

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You can't let the business leaders off. I think importing low wage workers is even more the reason than white women guilt .

Remember "jobs Americans just won't do".

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at January 20, 2026 02:43 PM (Vq13Z)

56 Hey, SMH! How goes it?
Posted by: Bulg
___

Keeping warm at the moment.

Current watching this weather report of a winter storm this weekend.

Feel sorry for those in Arkansas eastward, supposed to get double-digit snow totals, and ice storm further south.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at January 20, 2026 02:43 PM (22p5n)

57 Like how all drug dealers have "my guy on the Force" even if they don't? Perhaps so.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

----------
Or "my guy works the cutting room and can get it before it is cut."

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 20, 2026 02:44 PM (5XW27)

58 Duncanthrax!!!
{{{hugs}}}

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at January 20, 2026 02:44 PM (22p5n)

59 Just wait until Dr. Amy is Ohio's next Gov.

Then I'll REALLY be embarrassed.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 20, 2026 02:44 PM (DgMqy)

60 Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at January 20, 2026 02:43 PM (22p5n)

Yeah, here in NoVa we're bracing for snow, too.

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 02:44 PM (77rzZ)

61 Which is a form of bribery. Only with boobs instead of cash.
Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 02:39 PM

You were for boobs before, you are now against them.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 20, 2026 02:41 PM (0sNs1)

Lucky bastard!

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 20, 2026 02:44 PM (wVcYX)

62 I gave him double his land in Cleveland with matching estates in Cincinnati. Judge Pierson turned...for much less.

Posted by: Edward Mauritaniashanks at January 20, 2026 02:45 PM (TbWk/)

63 The modern world is mostly now the result of the old lightweight quip "he who dies with the most toys wins" being taken to the utmost extreme with complete seriousness

Posted by: Azjaeger at January 20, 2026 02:45 PM (BkbkS)

64 Where are these "undocumented immigrants" getting the cash to pay thousands of dollars for a fraudulent driver's license?"

Your wallet, sucker.

Posted by: man at January 20, 2026 02:45 PM (Wmpdp)

65 Hola SMH!

Posted by: Kindltot at January 20, 2026 02:45 PM (rbvCR)

66 33
Andrew Follett
The country is slowly being undermined through the electoral process.

Republicans haven’t done a single thing to stop it.
*****

Posted by: Vengeance at January 20, 2026 02:38 PM (uvjlR)

=====

Not a single thing?

So...2024 happened because the GOP hadn't done a single thing?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 02:45 PM (GBKbO)

67 Everyone has a price

ha ha ha ha

Posted by: The Million Dollar Man at January 20, 2026 02:46 PM (jGJov)

68 And appropriate sentence for these people would be to be sent to the nation of origin of the he illegals they were helping. The Ohio lady wouldn't like Mauritania very much. They still have slavery

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 20, 2026 02:46 PM (PTsqM)

69

Everything is about money, everything.

Posted by: four seasons at January 20, 2026 02:46 PM (3ek7K)

70 Hi Kindltot!

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at January 20, 2026 02:46 PM (22p5n)

71 How do illegal immigrants have jobs, drive trucks, etc.? Has it occurred to no one that the obvious answer is massive identity theft schemes? Fake IDs?
Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law

Yes, it isn't just "crossing the border illegally" - illegal immigrants, even if they aren't committing "serious crimes" also violate Identity theft laws,. labor laws, tax laws, social security laws,....

Posted by: Josephistan at January 20, 2026 02:46 PM (y9ksN)

72 If I were to hazard a guess, 15 percent of judges are taking bribes and DMV employees would be more like 25 percent.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 20, 2026 02:46 PM (x/0BA)

73 At the center of the operation is Patricia Golder, who, according to the footage, has turned the alleged manipulation of the asylum process into her business.
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Sure.

What's her "business?" What's it called? How is it organized? No mention of that in the article. It is either an LLC, a 501(c)3, or an informal mafia-style "business."

I wonder which. My nickel is one of the latter two.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 20, 2026 02:39 PM (GyQIQ)
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I strongly suspect she's a hustler and a scam artist preying mostly on her own people. I doubt she can do even half what she claims. She'll promise the moon to illegals, take a nice fat "fee," do little or nothing, and then disappear. Immigration has always been a sleazy business, from the lowest hustler up to the lawyers. It's scumbags serving scumbags.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 20, 2026 02:47 PM (iFTx/)

74 18 Anyone can be bribed.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 20, 2026 02:35 PM (GyQIQ)

Is that true?

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 02:47 PM (SSiCQ)

75 In one of Dinesh's documentaries, he talked about how one of the best things about moving to America was that it didn't have the inherent bureaucracy of corruption that he fled from in India. You didn't have to grease a lot of palms, you didn't have to know a guy or a cousin in this or that office to get your paperwork processed. You could rise on both merit, and on the system's nonjudgmental wheels turning as they should, equal for everyone.

It seems like in the decades since he got here, America's bureaucracy is desperate to import what he fled from, and turn all of it into the third world. It's horrifying to see just how bad the rot has gotten!

Posted by: LizLem at January 20, 2026 02:47 PM (gWBY1)

76 >>Got to know the guy that was one of the top prosecutors in that case. He was sharp as a razor.

whig, one of my all-time favourite editorial cartoons showed an enrobed judge, reading a Christmas card: 'At this time of year / filled with holiday cheer / everyone around here is excited / And you will be too / albeit quite blue / Merry Christmas to you! / You're indicted.'

Posted by: Nazdar at January 20, 2026 02:47 PM (NcvvS)

77 1 Timothy 6:10

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 20, 2026 02:47 PM (wVcYX)

78 Everything is about money, everything.

Posted by: four seasons
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No, not everything.

Thank God.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at January 20, 2026 02:47 PM (22p5n)

79 >>Everything is about money, everything.

I ascribe to the universal truth that everyone is keeping score.

They may be using money.
They may be using some other form of scoring...

but, it is our nature to keep score.

Posted by: garrett at January 20, 2026 02:47 PM (ZcsJV)

80 Oh, if you want me to believe that Youngkin was an empty suit who didn't actually care about good governance, you have me convinced. Dude was a shitweasel, no matter what his fans say.

He could have shut down Richmond like DeSantis shut down Broward County, but he didn't touch it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 02:47 PM (GBKbO)

81 Elon Musk and the CEO of Ryanair are having an online slap fight and it's hilarious.

Here's the latest round:
http://tiny.cc/iqwx001

Posted by: bonhomme at January 20, 2026 02:48 PM (Yp6az)

82 Im sorry. I had zero empathy for the three kids I aborted in college because i kept getting knocked up on Spring break, so now I am working out my guilt by infantilizing third worlders, and pouring out misplaced empathy and pretending they are muh cubs, and I am a moma lion protecting them!!!!

-Karen McAwfl.

Posted by: Harsh, but accurate at January 20, 2026 02:48 PM (31BE0)

83 great...Elon is now going to buy some Airline Company...

Posted by: runner at January 20, 2026 02:48 PM (g47mK)

84
Some of this shit is so damned obvious.

Any strip-mall "Immigracion Abogado" office is going to have a shitload of stolen SSNs on file. Purchased from Pakistani computer scam artists who scoop up legit SSNs and sell the lists.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 20, 2026 02:48 PM (y9nCu)

85 Some of these DMV employees don't even need to get paid.

True story.

I know a guy. Senior citizen. Green card holder. Not a citizen. Been here for over 50 years. Military tour in Vietnam. No birth certificate (came from a war torn country).
Also has light to moderate alzheimers disease.

Went to the DMV in person to get his drivers license renewed. (Standard license) Walked out with a REAL ID. (the federal one good for flying).

That guy went in there with none of the requirements for proving his address and identity. None. Just had his expiring regular drivers license. Remember, he has alzheimer disease.

Best guess? DMV employee just said to herself, "Give the migrant the REAL ID. Screw the regs."

Now, this guy had no intent of fraud. Loves America. Also doesn't need a REAL ID. Has no idea what a REAL ID is. Alzheimers, remember. And he walked out with a federal REAL ID.

Blue sanctuary state, of course. But you knew that.

True story.

Posted by: EFG at January 20, 2026 02:49 PM (O01nq)

86 I strongly suspect she's a hustler and a scam artist preying mostly on her own people. I doubt she can do even half what she claims. She'll promise the moon to illegals, take a nice fat "fee," do little or nothing, and then disappear. Immigration has always been a sleazy business, from the lowest hustler up to the lawyers. It's scumbags serving scumbags.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 20, 2026 02:47 PM (iFTx/)

American Hustle redux.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 20, 2026 02:49 PM (wVcYX)

87 Some of you need assigned to complete a flash game called "Diversity is Our Strength."

Your commitment to Our Democracy is important to your Social Score.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 20, 2026 02:50 PM (HXT0k)

88 I ascribe to the universal truth that everyone is keeping score.

They may be using money.
They may be using some other form of scoring...

but, it is our nature to keep score.
Posted by: garrett

You haven't been to a modern pee wee baseball game recently, have you?

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 20, 2026 02:50 PM (x/0BA)

89 Andrew Follett
The country is slowly being undermined through the electoral process.

Republicans haven’t done a single thing to stop it.
*****

Posted by: Vengeance at January 20, 2026 02:38 PM (uvjlR)

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Not a single thing?

So...2024 happened because the GOP hadn't done a single thing?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 02:45 PM (GBKbO)
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Dude, Andrew Follett has a point, bro. GOP needs to get its ass in gear. Munchkin Fauci hasn't been executed. Ilan Omar hasn't been burned alive at the stake. Mexican weather girl migrants haven't been sent to The Blade's apartment. The GOP needs to get off its ass.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 20, 2026 02:50 PM (iFTx/)

90 >>You haven't been to a modern pee wee baseball game recently, have you?

Every single one of those kids is keeping score.

As are the Parents and the Coaches.

They only pretend that they are not.

Posted by: garrett at January 20, 2026 02:51 PM (ZcsJV)

91
Here's the latest round:
http://tiny.cc/iqwx001
Posted by: bonhomme at January 20, 2026 02:48 PM (Yp6az)
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You couldn't pay me to fly on RyanAir. It's basically Spirit Airlines but instead of obnoxious broke-dick Americans it's full of obnoxious broke-dick Eurotrash. To hell with that shit.

Posted by: ballistic at January 20, 2026 02:51 PM (5aZAZ)

92 His wife dropped him off to get his license renewed, and just waited for him in the parking lot. (Yeah, I know. Why didn't she go in with him if he has alzheimer? There is a lot to unpack there, but that is a story for another day.)

Posted by: EFG at January 20, 2026 02:51 PM (O01nq)

93 I ascribe to the universal truth that everyone is keeping score.

They may be using money.
They may be using some other form of scoring...

but, it is our nature to keep score.
Posted by: garrett

Go long on adding machine tape makers and sellers!

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 20, 2026 02:51 PM (wVcYX)

94 We need to create a new devils island in the middle of nowhere. One that can hold millions of people.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 20, 2026 02:51 PM (snZF9)

95 Imagine how many are owned by The Cartels and ChiComms alone (not to mention local, state, and US legislators ... in which case, Califzuela and even Arizona among several others would undoubtedly enter the chat).

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 20, 2026 02:51 PM (+Bx8T)

96 89 Dude, Andrew Follett has a point, bro. GOP needs to get its ass in gear. Munchkin Fauci hasn't been executed. Ilan Omar hasn't been burned alive at the stake. Mexican weather girl migrants haven't been sent to The Blade's apartment. The GOP needs to get off its ass.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 20, 2026 02:50 PM (iFTx/)

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It's a fair court.

Attacking the left institutionally just isn't enough. If Trump doesn't go full Pinochet right now, this very minute, he's been bought and paid for.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 02:51 PM (GBKbO)

97 We need to create a new devils island in the middle of nowhere. One that can hold millions of people.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 20, 2026 02:51 PM (snZF9)
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God has already taken care of that.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at January 20, 2026 02:52 PM (22p5n)

98 We need to create a new devils island in the middle of nowhere. One that can hold millions of people.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 20, 2026 02:51 PM (snZF9)
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Utah?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 20, 2026 02:52 PM (X4XpB)

99 >>> >>Judicial corruption crimes are one of the very few types of crime I believe should be considered capital offenses.

I'm not sure what kind of judicial corruption the founding fathers were saddled with in their day, but I'm grateful they set up a system of trial by jury. It's not perfect, but the alternate is one judge deciding your fate...and you have to hope they aren't biased or being paid off to rule a certain way. With our modern judiciary, that would be terrifying.

Though there was that judge that overturned a trial by jury conviction of a Somali fraudster and let him go...sigh!

Posted by: LizLem at January 20, 2026 02:52 PM (gWBY1)

100 Oh, if you want me to believe that Youngkin was an empty suit who didn't actually care about good governance, you have me convinced. Dude was a shitweasel, no matter what his fans say.

He could have shut down Richmond like DeSantis shut down Broward County, but he didn't touch it.
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Yesterday, I watched the entire VA Assembly give standing ovations multiple times to that CIA goon.

I presume that Republicans were in attendance.

The GOPe in VA wants to be loved by those who hate them, hated by those who support them and irrelevant to the entire book of history.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 20, 2026 02:52 PM (HXT0k)

101 Good afternoon all!

Here in Knoxville, we're supposed to be in the bullseye for a big winter storm. I am out of bread and running low on milk!!!

Posted by: jmel at January 20, 2026 02:52 PM (RWHIh)

102 Watching Trump's address from the White House on Fox News Live (online) now.

Posted by: Beverly at January 20, 2026 02:53 PM (reMys)

103 You couldn't pay me to fly on RyanAir. It's basically Spirit Airlines but instead of obnoxious broke-dick Americans it's full of obnoxious broke-dick Eurotrash. To hell with that shit.
Posted by: ballistic

Maybe the Eurotrash will stop using it if Elon takes over.

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 02:53 PM (77rzZ)

104 A friendly reminder:

dee Mo-nay. dee Mo-nay!

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 20, 2026 02:53 PM (wVcYX)

105 We need to create a new devils island in the middle of nowhere. One that can hold millions of people.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 20, 2026 02:51 PM (snZF9)

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Greenland FTW!

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 20, 2026 02:53 PM (+Bx8T)

106 87 Some of you need assigned to complete a flash game called "Diversity is Our Strength."

Your commitment to Our Democracy is important to your Social Score.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 20, 2026 02:50 PM (HXT0k)

*****

I played it. The funny thing is, it doesn't matter what choices you pick. The bad choice, the ok choice, or the uber-woke choice. Every scenario ends with you being refered to the re-education center for help.

Posted by: EFG at January 20, 2026 02:53 PM (O01nq)

107 Immigration has always been a sleazy business, from the lowest hustler up to the lawyers. It's scumbags serving scumbags.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade

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The sleaziest are the lawyers.
After the 80s amnesty, they all made millions on those cases, charging what they could from the illegals trying to get legit.

Then when that dried up they became a massive lobby for another amnesty or some legislation that they could milk. We are talking hundreds of firms, thousands of lawyers, all trying to get the politicians to pass a law where they could make millions each again.
I think that was the momentum behind the shift where Dems kept calling for different forms of amnesty and exceptions.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 20, 2026 02:53 PM (5XW27)

108 great...Elon is now going to buy some Airline Company...
Posted by: runner

If all he did was stop torturing passengers it would be better than everyone in the business now. I would rather drive six hours than fly for one these days.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 20, 2026 02:53 PM (x/0BA)

109 I see gruesome Newsom is in Davos bad mouthing the President... Why is he there ?

Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 02:53 PM (VE6XX)

110 Watching Trump's address from the White House on Fox News Live (online) now.
Posted by: Beverly

Wow, he's back from Davos already?

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 02:54 PM (77rzZ)

111 We need to create a new devils island in the middle of nowhere. One that can hold millions of people.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 20, 2026 02:51 PM (snZF9)
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Utah?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 20, 2026 02:52 PM (X4XpB)

No, somewhere in the ocean where the weather is nastiest and will be cleansed by nature occasionally. Saves us the trouble of nuking it every so often.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 20, 2026 02:54 PM (snZF9)

112 Oh, if you want me to believe that Youngkin was an empty suit who didn't actually care about good governance, you have me convinced. Dude was a shitweasel, no matter what his fans say.

He could have shut down Richmond like DeSantis shut down Broward County, but he didn't touch it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 02:47 PM (GBKbO)
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Nobody will be able to convince me that Youngkin didn't have his own vote-fraud operation going. Ditto Kemp.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 20, 2026 02:55 PM (iFTx/)

113 >>I see gruesome Newsom is in Davos bad mouthing the President... Why is he there ?

Come for the Wagyu Beef...Stay for the Gay Buttsex.

Posted by: garrett at January 20, 2026 02:55 PM (ZcsJV)

114 Wow, he's back from Davos already?
Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 02:54 PM (77rzZ)

He hasn't left yet.. I think he's at the press briefing

Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 02:55 PM (VE6XX)

115 Elon is now going to buy some Airline Company...
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Elon musk to Ryanair....STOP TRYING TO GET ME TO TAKE OVER YOUR COMPANY.

Posted by: Harsh, but accurate at January 20, 2026 02:55 PM (31BE0)

116 Posted by: Beverly at January 20, 2026 02:53 PM (reMys)

I thought he was in Davos He's back already?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 20, 2026 02:55 PM (PFs9e)

117 We need to create a new devils island in the middle of nowhere. One that can hold millions of people.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads
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The Mariana trench?

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 20, 2026 02:55 PM (5XW27)

118 You couldn't pay me to fly on RyanAir. It's basically Spirit Airlines but instead of obnoxious broke-dick Americans it's full of obnoxious broke-dick Eurotrash. To hell with that shit.
Posted by: ballistic
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The only time I flew on RyanAir was when it was chartered by the DoD.

No Eurotrash, just pissed off soldiers.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at January 20, 2026 02:55 PM (22p5n)

119 112 Nobody will be able to convince me that Youngkin didn't have his own vote-fraud operation going. Ditto Kemp.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 20, 2026 02:55 PM (iFTx/)

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$5 says he runs for president in 2028 and has a speech about how he'll do amnesty.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 02:55 PM (GBKbO)

120 dee Mo-nay. dee Mo-nay!
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 20, 2026 02:53 PM

Not da Moan-et?

Posted by: zombie George Wallace at January 20, 2026 02:56 PM (0sNs1)

121 Somehow Law degree universities have been long corrupted by Cultural Marxism

Posted by: Skip at January 20, 2026 02:56 PM (Ia/+0)

122
Where are these "undocumented immigrants" getting the cash to pay thousands of dollars for a fraudulent driver's license?"

Probably vouchers given to them by commie NGOs, who then buy knit testicle-warmers at inflated prices from the DMV employees' side hustle on Etsy.

I get the feeling that there's an Amazon connection as well. Thinking of those people who get hundreds of Amazon boxes delivered to their homes for stuff they never purchased.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 20, 2026 02:56 PM (y9nCu)

123 No, somewhere in the ocean where the weather is nastiest and will be cleansed by nature occasionally. Saves us the trouble of nuking it every so often.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 20, 2026 02:54 PM (snZF9)
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I don't think we own Kerguelen Island.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 20, 2026 02:56 PM (X4XpB)

124 I flew RyanAir from Rome to Dublin in 2009.

It was...an airplane ride.

I got there and back. Much better than when three hoodies threatened to stab me in Dublin unless I gave them all my money.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 02:56 PM (GBKbO)

125 109 I see gruesome Newsom is in Davos bad mouthing the President... Why is he there ?
Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 02:53 PM (VE6XX)

To be talked about!

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 02:56 PM (SSiCQ)

126 A friendly reminder:

dee Mo-nay. dee Mo-nay!

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 20, 2026 02:53 PM (wVcYX)

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Am I the only one who heard that in Hervé Villechaize's "Tattoo" voice?

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 20, 2026 02:57 PM (+Bx8T)

127 > Recent Investigations (2025)

Kentucky: Whistleblower lawsuits and investigations revealed an alleged scheme where temporary workers in regional offices were selling licenses for around $200 each to undocumented immigrants, often bypassing the Homeland Security screening process.
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It wasn't only temporary workers, it was state workers too. And they were selling RealID's as well.

The security/documentation threshold for those illegals seeking one is significantly lower than it is for an American citizen. Two pieces of paper from an embassy will do it. And those were being forged too.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 20, 2026 02:57 PM (U2OZr)

128 Trump is just droning on; riffing half the time.

C'mon, get to the main event--the Beating of the Press

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 20, 2026 02:57 PM (HXT0k)

129 Did someone mention the CA Governor?

One week ago:

Headline (Fox News):

"Duffy says 'time’s up' for Newsom as feds withhold $160M over illegal trucking licenses"

Excerpt:

"The Trump administration is withholding roughly $160 million in federal transportation funding from California beginning in fiscal year 2027, after the state failed to revoke more than 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs) that federal regulators say were unlawfully issued in violation of federal safety rules by a federally agreed-upon deadline, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced Tuesday."

Posted by: mrp at January 20, 2026 02:57 PM (rj6Yv)

130 @109

>>Why is he there ?

Probably trying to scare up some buyers for Palisades Real Estate he's going to be coming into soon.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 20, 2026 02:58 PM (g8loK)

131 Not everyone is for sale. But many are.

Posted by: ... at January 20, 2026 02:58 PM (siUZu)

132 You couldn't pay me to fly on RyanAir. It's basically Spirit Airlines but instead of obnoxious broke-dick Americans it's full of obnoxious broke-dick Eurotrash. To hell with that shit.
Posted by: ballistic

It used to be you had dignity and civil comportment even if you were poor. Ratchet behavior is now the standard, apparently. Even a mark of pride.

Posted by: I blame that sonofabitch Johnson at January 20, 2026 02:59 PM (TbWk/)

133 We need to create a new devils island in the middle of nowhere. One that can hold millions of people.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 20, 2026 02:51 PM (snZF9)
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Greenland

Posted by: OneEyedJack at January 20, 2026 02:59 PM (Hx0tZ)

134 129 Excerpt:

"The Trump administration is withholding roughly $160 million in federal transportation funding from California beginning in fiscal year 2027, after the state failed to revoke more than 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs) that federal regulators say were unlawfully issued in violation of federal safety rules by a federally agreed-upon deadline, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced Tuesday."

Posted by: mrp at January 20, 2026 02:57 PM (rj6Yv)

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CA has no greater enemy to its finances that itself.

It's losing more income (that won't come back) from talking about a wealth tax than the money its losing from the fed government holding money back.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 02:59 PM (GBKbO)

135
Ti MO thy

D-nice

Posted by: ... at January 20, 2026 02:59 PM (siUZu)

136 128 Trump is just droning on; riffing half the time.

C'mon, get to the main event--the Beating of the Press
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 20, 2026 02:57 PM (HXT0k)

He's got a plan:

Trump highlights achievements one year after Inauguration Day
Trump appears at White House briefing on 1-year anniversary of inauguration

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 02:59 PM (SSiCQ)

137 I see these jackasses driving 18 wheelers all over the road everyday. They haven't mastered how to stay in their lane.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 20, 2026 02:59 PM (oT7pT)

138 I get the feeling that there's an Amazon connection as well. Thinking of those people who get hundreds of Amazon boxes delivered to their homes for stuff they never purchased.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 20, 2026 02:56 PM (y9nCu)
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There's another form of Amazon money laundering I have seen, which is a real product with an odd description and a wildly-inflated price.

For example, I was once looking at optical components for a network switch. The product name was a full technical description of the product, with a price of $35,000. It was an $800 part. I suspect that this is just straight-up money laundering. If there's an audit, the auditor's eyes will glaze over and he will say, "yup, super expensive high-tech shit." If a demand for the part is made, it can be furnished easily enough. They probably even ship the part when purchased at 40x its value.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 20, 2026 02:59 PM (GyQIQ)

139 >>> 108 great...Elon is now going to buy some Airline Company...Posted by: runner

That reminds me... I've been enjoying the TV show "For All Mankind." Speculative fiction of what if Russia had landed on the moon first, and we'd kept on with the space race. The Elon Musk guy who has a private space company, versus the Russians, versus the Koreans, versus NASA, is interesting. Occasionally it's woke, but it is willing to not pull punches on the plotline and killing off people! (Oh, and the president is a closeted female republican.) We landed people on Mars in the 90s...if only!

They tried to pull a coup against the Elon Musk guy in season 3, I'm going to see how that plays out in season 4. And then season 5 comes out this year.

Posted by: LizLem at January 20, 2026 03:00 PM (gWBY1)

140 "The love of money is the root of all kinds of evil."

1st Timothy 6:10

Musty old Bible got it correct again.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 20, 2026 03:00 PM (PFs9e)

141 Once we annex Greenland, we can build jails there to hold all the West African grifters while they await deportation. Nothing like a bit of tundra and permafrost to make them miss their homeland!

Posted by: Diabeetus at January 20, 2026 03:00 PM (FEAjO)

142
The only time I flew on RyanAir was when it was chartered by the DoD.

No Eurotrash, just pissed off soldiers.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at January 20, 2026 02:55 PM (22p5n)

DoD didn't charter Delta? Things have changed in 30 years...

Yes, I'm 29. What of it?

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 20, 2026 03:00 PM (y9nCu)

143 This is one of the blessings that bringing in immigrants where the culture of bribing public officials is normal. Same for violence, drunk driving, and other such blessings of foreign culture.
Posted by: whig at January 20, 2026 02:37 PM

———-

Don’t forget littering.

Posted by: Dirac_Delta at January 20, 2026 03:00 PM (+aem1)

144 Newscome is there to get full support of the WEF for his 2028 run.

Posted by: runner at January 20, 2026 03:00 PM (g47mK)

145 135
Ti MO thy

D-nice
Posted by: ... at January 20, 2026 02:59 PM (siUZu)

; )

Key & Peele

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 03:00 PM (SSiCQ)

146 Where are these "undocumented immigrants" getting the cash to pay thousands of dollars for a fraudulent driver's license?"

Probably vouchers given to them by commie NGOs, who then buy knit testicle-warmers at inflated prices from the DMV employees' side hustle on Etsy.

I get the feeling that there's an Amazon connection as well. Thinking of those people who get hundreds of Amazon boxes delivered to their homes for stuff they never purchased.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 20, 2026 02:56 PM (y9nCu)
____

Also, a surprising number of these "migrants" -- especially the ones from Africa and India/Pakistan -- are from affluent families and have money. They can afford whatever vig needs to be paid to these hustlers.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 20, 2026 03:01 PM (iFTx/)

147 DoD didn't charter Delta? Things have changed in 30 years...

Yes, I'm 29. What of it?
___

This was 20 years ago, they may charter Delta now.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at January 20, 2026 03:01 PM (22p5n)

148 144 Newscome is there to get full support of the WEF for his 2028 run.

Posted by: runner at January 20, 2026 03:00 PM (g47mK)

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"No way, bitch."
-Black women in South Carolina who are Kamala or bust

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 03:01 PM (GBKbO)

149 This is a preview of the State of the Union, actually.

Posted by: Beverly at January 20, 2026 03:01 PM (reMys)

150 Key & Peele
Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 03:00 PM (SSiCQ)

That is a great skit.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 20, 2026 03:02 PM (PFs9e)

151 The cheap honeypot would ONLY have to be shaking their boobs at you.

As much as I like boobs for their own sake, they are like a REALLY great baked potato with your 2lb porterhouse. Its good- great even. But not why you sat down to dinner.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 20, 2026 03:02 PM (zZu0s)

152 CA has no greater enemy to its finances that itself.

It's losing more income (that won't come back) from talking about a wealth tax than the money its losing from the fed government holding money back.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 02:59 PM (GBKbO)

/Lowers speed limit
/Makes photo and radar machine legal to give tickets
/Max CHP Enforcement effort

Problem solved.

Posted by: Calif at January 20, 2026 03:03 PM (mP0Kj)

153 >>> "Duffy says 'time’s up' for Newsom as feds withhold $160M over illegal trucking licenses"

Add to that the billion that the feds are threatening to withhold or demand back from CA's medicaid, that was illegally used for all the illegal aliens (who they swear are not on Medicaid. Yah right.)

Great job running the Golden State, Newsome. Into the ground.

Posted by: LizLem at January 20, 2026 03:03 PM (gWBY1)

154 I played it. The funny thing is, it doesn't matter what choices you pick. The bad choice, the ok choice, or the uber-woke choice. Every scenario ends with you being refered to the re-education center for help.
Posted by: EFG at January 20, 2026 02:53 PM (O01nq)

It doesn't matter. In the end you will have conquered yourself and leaned to love big Diversity.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 20, 2026 03:03 PM (rbvCR)

155 It seems like in the decades since he got here, America's bureaucracy is desperate to import what he fled from, and turn all of it into the third world. It's horrifying to see just how bad the rot has gotten!
Posted by: LizLem

This, right here, is the poison pill in the "shall not discriminate on the basis of national origin" clause in the anti-discrimination laws.

It would have been much better if the law had carved out an exception for government employment, requiring all government employees to be US citizens before they applied.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 20, 2026 03:04 PM (a+4eV)

156

What the hell happened to Vivek Rammyswammy, guy was gonna fix Ohio all up.

Maybe he visited Cleveland.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at January 20, 2026 03:04 PM (och2J)

157 He's having fun.

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 03:04 PM (SSiCQ)

158 153 >>> "Duffy says 'time’s up' for Newsom as feds withhold $160M over illegal trucking licenses"

Add to that the billion that the feds are threatening to withhold or demand back from CA's medicaid, that was illegally used for all the illegal aliens (who they swear are not on Medicaid. Yah right.)

Great job running the Golden State, Newsome. Into the ground.

Posted by: LizLem at January 20, 2026 03:03 PM (gWBY1)

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The CA legislature is going to cut essential services in order to make up for the budget shortfall while expanding illegal alien healthcare services at the same time right as Newsom starts his actual campaign for president.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 03:04 PM (GBKbO)

159 CA has no greater enemy to its finances that itself.

It's losing more income (that won't come back) from talking about a wealth tax than the money its losing from the fed government holding money back.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 02:59 PM (GBKbO)

/Lowers speed limit
/Makes photo and radar machine legal to give tickets
/Max CHP Enforcement effort

Problem solved.
Posted by: Calif at January 20, 2026 03:03 PM (mP0Kj)

We ride!

Posted by: CHP Officer Frank Poncherello at January 20, 2026 03:05 PM (wVcYX)

160 144 Newscome is there to get full support of the WEF for his 2028 run.

Posted by: runner at January 20, 2026 03:00 PM (g47mK)

10 years ago Calif passed a law that made Gas Stations put really expensive double hulled Gas tanks in...

The deadline for that really expensive upgrade, was last week... over 500 gas stations across the State, have now closed.

Posted by: Calif at January 20, 2026 03:05 PM (mP0Kj)

161 This was 20 years ago, they may charter Delta now.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy

These days you have to have a waiver to use foreign airlines for federally funded business. "Fly America" Act

Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 20, 2026 03:06 PM (a+4eV)

162 The CA legislature is going to cut essential services in order to make up for the budget shortfall while expanding illegal alien healthcare services at the same time right as Newsom starts his actual campaign for president.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 03:04 PM (GBKbO)

But... but... we're still working on high speed Rail!!!!

Posted by: Calif at January 20, 2026 03:06 PM (mP0Kj)

163
Greenland? Canada's in the same boat!

Headline (The Telegraph (UK)):

"Canada ‘preparing for US invasion’"

Excerpt:

"According to a report in The Globe and Mail, a Canadian newspaper, generals say the country would have to turn to unconventional warfare because of the overwhelming power of the US.

The model predicts the country would have to implement tactics similar to those used by the Afghan Mujahedeen against the US during its occupation of Afghanistan, such as troops and armed civilians carrying out hit-and-run style ambushes."

Posted by: mrp at January 20, 2026 03:06 PM (rj6Yv)

164 144 Newscome is there to get full support of the WEF for his 2028 run.
Posted by: runner at January 20, 2026 03:00 PM (g47mK)

AoSHq stylesheet has "Newscum."

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 03:06 PM (SSiCQ)

165 160 144 Newscome is there to get full support of the WEF for his 2028 run.

Posted by: runner at January 20, 2026 03:00 PM (g47mK)

10 years ago Calif passed a law that made Gas Stations put really expensive double hulled Gas tanks in...

The deadline for that really expensive upgrade, was last week... over 500 gas stations across the State, have now closed.

Posted by: Calif at January 20, 2026 03:05 PM (mP0Kj)

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Davos loving Newsom will not convince SC primary voters to vote for him.

Black Democrat primary voters have settled on Kamala early like they settled on Biden early in 2019.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 03:06 PM (GBKbO)

166 I played it. The funny thing is, it doesn't matter what choices you pick. The bad choice, the ok choice, or the uber-woke choice. Every scenario ends with you being referred to the re-education center for help.
Posted by: EFG at January 20, 2026 02:53 PM (O01nq)

That beats dying of dysentery.

Posted by: Oregon Trail at January 20, 2026 03:07 PM (wVcYX)

167
This was 20 years ago, they may charter Delta now.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at January 20, 2026 03:01 PM (22p5n)

In the 80s during my time, Delta was required for EVERYTHING. Charters, TDY travel, you name it.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 20, 2026 03:07 PM (y9nCu)

168 Gavin Newsom said he “should have brought a bunch of knee pads” to the World Economic Forum in Davos, criticizing world leaders for “rolling over” in response to President Donald Trump’s demands, particularly regarding his push to acquire Greenland.

He should just loan them the ones he uses for Bibi. And save some for his democrat friends in Senate and Congress.

Stand tall and firm!?!? He was going somewhere until he started fighting against billionaire tax in California. They are all the fucking same.

Dude just gargled ICE's balls with Ben Shapiro. Fuck this spineless corpo shill. This gutless fuck folded under no pressure in that podcast and wants to act like he’s any tougher than Europeans.

Rich coming from the guy that won’t push to legalize open carry so people can defend their neighborhoods from the regime

His time to have principals has passed. You can’t just say have principals but not understand what that means.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 20, 2026 03:08 PM (nM37Z)

169 Hopefully, the fallout for Golder and Reis will be what we expect. Although I would give them a slightly lesser sentence for telling the feds the companies she sends these indentured servants too, so then we can deport them and they can be free.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 20, 2026 03:08 PM (n5tGW)

170 The deadline for that really expensive upgrade, was last week... over 500 gas stations across the State, have now closed.
Posted by: Calif at January 20, 2026 03:05 PM (mP0Kj)
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Never fear! CA is increasing its imports of Green gas from South Korean and Indian refineries.

Posted by: mrp at January 20, 2026 03:08 PM (rj6Yv)

171 If US citizens are assisting illegals defraud the system, I have a proposal.

In this case, it's Mauritania. When you catch the aliens, deport them to Mauritania. When you catch their Ghetto Sherpas, give them a choice: life in a federal penitentiary, or renounce their citizenship and head off to sunny Eswatini.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 20, 2026 03:09 PM (BI5O2)

172 168 His time to have principals has passed. You can’t just say have principals but not understand what that means.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 20, 2026 03:08 PM (nM37Z)

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This poster has a thing to be Newsom's principal, doesn't he?

Is that the poster's principle? to be Newom's principal?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 03:09 PM (GBKbO)

173 Charge any DMV employees that gave a license to an illegal with accessory to manslaughter.

Posted by: fd at January 20, 2026 03:09 PM (vFG9F)

174 Don't forget they won't want to telegraph to Trump who the nominee will be. So keeping Newscum and Kamala in the conversation helps them if it's neither

Posted by: ... at January 20, 2026 03:09 PM (siUZu)

175 PDT Q&A

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 03:10 PM (SSiCQ)

176 migrants from the West African nation of Mauritania
.......

are they eating the pets
of the people who live there?

Posted by: wth at January 20, 2026 03:10 PM (UjdFS)

177 173 Charge any DMV employees that gave a license to an illegal with accessory to manslaughter.
Posted by: fd at January 20, 2026 03:09 PM (vFG9F)

Sure is true around here.. When I hear there was a drunk driving accident 90% of the time it's an illegal

Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 03:10 PM (VE6XX)

178 Rich coming from the guy that won’t push to legalize open carry so people can defend their neighborhoods from the regime

His time to have principals has passed. You can’t just say have principals but not understand what that means.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison

... is this bizzarro world Reddit? Leftists advocating for open carry? In California?

I feel like I'm taking crazy pills, here.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 20, 2026 03:11 PM (a+4eV)

179
Duffy says 'time’s up' for Newsom as feds withhold $160M over illegal trucking licenses"

Add to that the billion that the feds are threatening to withhold or demand back from CA's medicaid, that was illegally used for all the illegal aliens (who they swear are not on Medicaid. Yah right.)

Great job running the Golden State, Newsome. Into the ground.
Posted by: LizLem

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

I think you were around when I posted 2 days ago about the departure of Apple from Cupertino. The WHOLE company except retail store employees. California is that bad. I keep posting about it because I'm still staring into the future in a state of shock.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 20, 2026 03:11 PM (tkcii)

180 . is this bizzarro world Reddit? Leftists advocating for open carry? In California?

I feel like I'm taking crazy pills, here.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 20, 2026 03:11 PM (a+4eV)

They want to shoot us...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 03:11 PM (VE6XX)

181 178 ... is this bizzarro world Reddit? Leftists advocating for open carry? In California?

I feel like I'm taking crazy pills, here.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 20, 2026 03:11 PM (a+4eV)

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I suspect the open carry comment is a troll.

It's got to be.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 03:11 PM (GBKbO)

182 Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 20, 2026 03:08 PM (nM37Z)

Some prayers being answered!

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 03:12 PM (SSiCQ)

183 But not why you sat down to dinner.

Steak and blowjob?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 20, 2026 03:13 PM (Kt19C)

184 I think you were around when I posted 2 days ago about the departure of Apple from Cupertino. The WHOLE company except retail store employees. California is that bad. I keep posting about it because I'm still staring into the future in a state of shock.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 20, 2026 03:11 PM (tkcii)
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I read that Apple just walked away from a brand-new campus that opened in 2024.

Posted by: mrp at January 20, 2026 03:13 PM (rj6Yv)

185 I am upping my estimate of fraud as a percentage of the federal budget to 40 percent.
Posted by: Thomas Paine
.......

I'll see your 40 percent and raise you ten.

Posted by: wth at January 20, 2026 03:13 PM (UjdFS)

186 is this bizzarro world Reddit? Leftists advocating for open carry? In California?

I feel like I'm taking crazy pills, here.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 20, 2026 03:11 PM (a+4eV)

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I suspect the open carry comment is a troll.

It's got to be.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 03:11 PM (GBKbO)
______

It's the shit-eating pebbles guy

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 20, 2026 03:13 PM (iFTx/)

187 is this bizzarro world Reddit? Leftists advocating for open carry? In California?

I feel like I'm taking crazy pills, here.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 20, 2026 03:11 PM (a+4eV)
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Please remember that the left has no moral standards or consistent train of thought. The only thing it knows is whatever will help it acquire more power right here and right now. If forgetting their staunch opposition to having guns in public ownership helps them cow and intimidate their opponents, then that's what they do.

Posted by: ballistic at January 20, 2026 03:14 PM (5aZAZ)

188 Q: How far are you willing to go to acquire Greenland?

A: You'll find out.

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 03:14 PM (SSiCQ)

189 181 178 ... is this bizzarro world Reddit? Leftists advocating for open carry? In California? I feel like I'm taking crazy pills, here.
Posted by: FeatherBlade
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I suspect the open carry comment is a troll.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Maybe? But Lefty reddit is FULL of pictures of people with weapons now on the street "defending their communities" against ICE. They're suddenly VERY pro-2A.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 20, 2026 03:14 PM (nM37Z)

190 We should bomb Canada simply for sending that shit they call beer into the United States.

Labatt's. That shit was all over Ann Arbor. Disgusting swill.

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 03:14 PM (77rzZ)

191 188 Q: How far are you willing to go to acquire Greenland?

A: You'll find out.
Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 03:14 PM (SSiCQ)

Gonna be lit in Davos

Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 03:14 PM (VE6XX)

192 Paroled. Headed home. Have to check in with the urologist in two weeks.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 20, 2026 03:15 PM (ZKT7t)

193 186
I suspect the open carry comment is a troll.

It's got to be.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 03:11 PM (GBKbO)
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It's the shit-eating pebbles guy

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 20, 2026 03:13 PM (iFTx/)

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Can't be.

More like, "I'm a conservative stirring shit. So, I'll cross some leftist wires. 1. The regime is totalitarian. 2. We need guns to defend from totalitarianism. Therefore, Newsom isn't a real fighter because he's not allowing open carry to fight the regime."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 03:15 PM (GBKbO)

194 She's not just bribing judges. She's, also, bribing attorneys. Were we to just list the crimes she admits to in that interview, it's going to be a multiple page list...to say nothing of a loose form of slavery (also admited to).

Posted by: Orson at January 20, 2026 03:15 PM (dIske)

195 You can't let the business leaders off. I think importing low wage workers is even more the reason than white women guilt ."

Embrace the and

Posted by: man at January 20, 2026 03:15 PM (Wmpdp)

196 This Asian in a bikini has never operated a mafia-style pseudo-business to commit immigration fraud:
http://tiny.cc/9rwx001

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 20, 2026 03:16 PM (GyQIQ)

197 Paroled. Headed home. Have to check in with the urologist in two weeks.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 20, 2026 03:15 PM (ZKT7t)
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Congrats!

Posted by: mrp at January 20, 2026 03:16 PM (rj6Yv)

198 189 Maybe? But Lefty reddit is FULL of pictures of people with weapons now on the street "defending their communities" against ICE. They're suddenly VERY pro-2A.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 20, 2026 03:14 PM (nM37Z)

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I may be wrong, but I think there's a large leap from "I can be trusted with guns because I'm a true believer" and "everyone in the state should be allowed open carry, including the righties in the sticks".

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 03:16 PM (GBKbO)

199 Glenn Youngkin was basically the last vanguard of the old Bush-ite GOPe political executive types.

That is, a limp-dicked cuckold who talked a big game then spent 5 years sitting in the cuck chair doing nothing but asking the bull if he could switch back to the position atop his wife that he likes watching most.

Posted by: ballistic at January 20, 2026 03:16 PM (5aZAZ)

200
Molsons. It tastes like a skunks ass probably tastes.
Posted by: Vengeance at January 20, 2026 03:15 PM (OjHyA)

Glad you added the probably part

Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 03:16 PM (VE6XX)

201 192 Paroled. Headed home. Have to check in with the urologist in two weeks.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 20, 2026 03:15 PM (ZKT7t)

yay!

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 03:16 PM (SSiCQ)

202 196 This Asian in a bikini has never operated a mafia-style pseudo-business to commit immigration fraud:
http://tiny.cc/9rwx001

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 20, 2026 03:16 PM (GyQIQ)

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Shocking lack of initiative combined with mole on right breast.

2/10

Would not bang.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 03:16 PM (GBKbO)

203 PARTY AT RICK'S PLACE!!!

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 03:16 PM (77rzZ)

204 When Donny gets to Davos, after he completes the Airing of Grievances then the Feats of Strength will commence.

It's gonna be awesome!

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 20, 2026 03:17 PM (wVcYX)

205 Breaking: Walz, Frey, Ellison, other Minnesota officials subpoenaed by DoJ.

https://tinyurl.com/y8p7sp3s

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 20, 2026 03:17 PM (IG3/x)

206 Maybe? But Lefty reddit is FULL of pictures of people with weapons now on the street "defending their communities" against ICE. They're suddenly VERY pro-2A.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 20, 2026 03:14 PM (nM37Z)

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The Amelia AI meme needs an open-carry upgrade.

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 20, 2026 03:17 PM (+Bx8T)

207 206 The Amelia AI meme needs an open-carry upgrade.

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 20, 2026 03:17 PM (+Bx8T)

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That whole affair is pretty funny.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 03:18 PM (GBKbO)

208 Sooo... California is in crises... as Truckers have had enough due to the Calif laws...

So... Newsome is out of the Country playing Foreign Diplomacy games? uhhh...

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 20, 2026 03:18 PM (mP0Kj)

209 204 When Donny gets to Davos, after he completes the Airing of Grievances then the Feats of Strength will commence.

It's gonna be awesome!
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 20, 2026 03:17 PM (wVcYX)

Davos Don

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 03:18 PM (SSiCQ)

210 208 Sooo... California is in crises... as Truckers have had enough due to the Calif laws...

So... Newsome is out of the Country playing Foreign Diplomacy games? uhhh...

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 20, 2026 03:18 PM (mP0Kj)

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At what point in Newsom's governorship has he given the impression that he cares about governance, results, or policy?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 03:18 PM (GBKbO)

211 > When Donny gets to Davos

Donny Goes to Davos > Frankie Goes to Hollywood.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 20, 2026 03:19 PM (IG3/x)

212 Breaking: Walz, Frey, Ellison, other Minnesota officials subpoenaed by DoJ.

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What, 4:00 a.m. no-knock SWAT raids

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 20, 2026 03:19 PM (+Bx8T)

213 Breaking: Walz, Frey, Ellison, other Minnesota officials subpoenaed by DoJ.

https://tinyurl.com/y8p7sp3s

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 20, 2026 03:17 PM (IG3/x)
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What happens when they choose to ignore them?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 20, 2026 03:19 PM (ESVrU)

214
I read that Apple just walked away from a brand-new campus that opened in 2024.
Posted by: mrp

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

An 850,000 sq ft expansion that cost $1.2bil. That new, that expensive, that big, and they're walking away.

Gavin Newsom used it to brag about leading the state that's synonymous with progress, high tech, etc. When they announced the closing, he literally lost it (I don't have audio, but supposed "his voice broke") and called them backstabbers.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 20, 2026 03:19 PM (tkcii)

215 Maybe? But Lefty reddit is FULL of pictures of people with weapons now on the street "defending their communities" against ICE. They're suddenly VERY pro-2A.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 20, 2026 03:14 PM (nM37Z)
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The radical trannies are *very* pro-2A. The troons are armed up to make war against the genocidal maniacs who believe that the troons are mentally ill. They generally oppose gun ownership restrictions under the assumption that they will be targeted under such restrictions, which will make it harder for them to make war on the normals/genocidal freaks.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 20, 2026 03:19 PM (GyQIQ)

216 I do t think the Dem candidate for Pres will be either Newsom or Kamala. I think it will be Josh Shapiro or Rahn Emmanuel.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 20, 2026 03:19 PM (WFtAr)

217 ... with Fox News in tow weren't available?

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 20, 2026 03:19 PM (+Bx8T)

218 > Right up until 1991 Denmark was sterilizing all the young women so they couldn’t reproduce.

They also made it so that Greenlandic women could NOT collect child support from Danish men.

Charming folks.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 20, 2026 03:20 PM (IG3/x)

219
What happens when they choose to ignore them?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

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

#NothingWillHappen

Whig has informed us that subpoenas are more like guidelines than actual rules.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 20, 2026 03:20 PM (tkcii)

220 The Amelia AI meme needs an open-carry upgrade.
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 20, 2026 03:17 PM (+Bx8T)
___________________________

The Amelia AI needs to be replaced with an actual human being to suggest conviction over entertainment value. If they're serious, they need to take risks in such numbers that law enforcement becomes obsolete to control thinking and speech.

Posted by: Orson at January 20, 2026 03:20 PM (dIske)

221 What happens when they choose to ignore them?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 20, 2026 03:19 PM (ESVrU)
++++
Based on the normal course of events, "nothing."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 20, 2026 03:20 PM (GyQIQ)

222 Only days 165 until America's 250th birthday:
https://shorturl.at/bty4P

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 20, 2026 03:20 PM (ULPxl)

223 186
I suspect the open carry comment is a troll.

It's got to be.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 03:11 PM (GBKbO)
______

It's the shit-eating pebbles guy

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 20, 2026 03:13 PM (iFTx/)

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Can't be.

More like, "I'm a conservative stirring shit. So, I'll cross some leftist wires. 1. The regime is totalitarian. 2. We need guns to defend from totalitarianism. Therefore, Newsom isn't a real fighter because he's not allowing open carry to fight the regime."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 03:15 PM (GBKbO)
___________

I was joking

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 20, 2026 03:20 PM (iFTx/)

224
I do t think the Dem candidate for Pres will be either Newsom or Kamala. I think it will be Josh Shapiro or Rahn Emmanuel.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

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Really, why?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 20, 2026 03:21 PM (tkcii)

225 >>> 204 When Donny gets to Davos, after he completes the Airing of Grievances then the Feats of Strength will commence.

It's gonna be awesome!
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 20, 2026 03:17 PM (wVcYX)

Will the Feats of Strength be performed by Pete Hegsex?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 20, 2026 03:21 PM (ULPxl)

226 Maybe? But Lefty reddit is FULL of pictures of people with weapons now on the street "defending their communities" against ICE. They're suddenly VERY pro-2A.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 20, 2026 03:14 PM (nM37Z)

Hmmm. It had to change if they really want to go all the way.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 20, 2026 03:21 PM (zZu0s)

227 223 I was joking

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 20, 2026 03:20 PM (iFTx/)

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Elric may be second at all times (Sponge is always first), but he's bad at making jokes in text format!

He needs the sarcasm font.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 03:21 PM (GBKbO)

228 PDT's about to talk with Erdogan on the phone.

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 03:21 PM (SSiCQ)

229 This Asian in a bikini has never operated a mafia-style pseudo-business to commit immigration fraud:
http://tiny.cc/9rwx001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 20, 2026 03:16 PM (GyQIQ)
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No, it's her sugar-daddy boyfriend who operates a mafia-style pseudo-business to commit immigration fraud!

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 20, 2026 03:22 PM (iFTx/)

230 > What happens when they choose to ignore them?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 20, 2026 03:19 PM (ESVrU)

In a just and sane world, U.S. Marshals would be deployed to shackle them and frogmarch them into court.

I'm afraid we don't live in that world, though.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 20, 2026 03:22 PM (IG3/x)

231 Leftards haven't changed. They still want to take YOUR guns.

Posted by: ... at January 20, 2026 03:22 PM (siUZu)

232 I do t think the Dem candidate for Pres will be either Newsom or Kamala. I think it will be Josh Shapiro or Rahn Emmanuel.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 20, 2026 03:19 PM (WFtAr)

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Two Mossad double-agents?

/That ought to go over well with their Anti-Semitic base ...

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 20, 2026 03:22 PM (+Bx8T)

233 >>> I do t think the Dem candidate for Pres will be either Newsom or Kamala. I think it will be Josh Shapiro or Rahn Emmanuel.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 20, 2026 03:19 PM (WFtAr)

Fed, rested, and ready!!

Posted by: Stacy Abrams at January 20, 2026 03:22 PM (Eng1Z)

234 Elric may be second at all times (Sponge is always first), but he's bad at making jokes in text format!

He needs the sarcasm font.
Posted by: TheJamesMadisoN

Well, just because YOU don't get his jokes...

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 03:22 PM (77rzZ)

235 I do t think the Dem candidate for Pres will be either Newsom or Kamala. I think it will be Josh Shapiro or Rahn Emmanuel.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 20, 2026 03:19 PM (WFtAr)
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Depends on whether the Dems even bother to have a convention in 2028. Or a primary season, for that matter.

Posted by: mrp at January 20, 2026 03:23 PM (rj6Yv)

236 225 >>> 204 When Donny gets to Davos, after he completes the Airing of Grievances then the Feats of Strength will commence.

It's gonna be awesome!
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 20, 2026 03:17 PM (wVcYX)

Will the Feats of Strength be performed by Pete Hegsex?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 20, 2026 03:21 PM (ULPxl)

Hegsex!

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 03:23 PM (SSiCQ)

237 Really, why?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 20, 2026 03:21 PM (tkcii)
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Kamala is finished.

Newsom *might* be able to do it, but I kind of doubt it. He is probably the insider favorite, but it is hard to understate the antipathy for California outside of California. He's handsome and whatever, but he's also deeply corrupt, fairly incompetent, has a long track record of bad behavior and, crucially, is a Californian. He has a very tough row to hoe, even in a pretty corrupt nomination system.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 20, 2026 03:23 PM (GyQIQ)

238 233 Fed, rested, and ready!!

Posted by: Stacy Abrams at January 20, 2026 03:22 PM (Eng1Z)

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Her grift is so run out she's not even running for GA governor again.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 03:23 PM (GBKbO)

239 Shocking lack of initiative combined with mole on right breast.

2/10

Would not bang.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 03:16 PM (GBKbO)

******

You are an unconventional thinker indeed...

Posted by: EFG at January 20, 2026 03:23 PM (O01nq)

240 234 Elric may be second at all times (Sponge is always first), but he's bad at making jokes in text format!

He needs the sarcasm font.
Posted by: TheJamesMadisoN

Well, just because YOU don't get his jokes...

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 03:22 PM (77rzZ)

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I don't get it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 03:23 PM (GBKbO)

241 When Donny gets to Davos

Donny Goes to Davos > Frankie Goes to Hollywood.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 20, 2026

Donny Goes to Davos > Frankie Goes to Hollywood >>>>>> Freddie got Fingered.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 20, 2026 03:23 PM (zZu0s)

242 237 Kamala is finished.

Newsom *might* be able to do it, but I kind of doubt it. He is probably the insider favorite, but it is hard to understate the antipathy for California outside of California. He's handsome and whatever, but he's also deeply corrupt, fairly incompetent, has a long track record of bad behavior and, crucially, is a Californian. He has a very tough row to hoe, even in a pretty corrupt nomination system.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 20, 2026 03:23 PM (GyQIQ)

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When Kamala wins SC by 50 points, people are going to be surprised.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 03:23 PM (GBKbO)

243 Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 20, 2026 03:21 PM (tkcii)

Because Kamala is a dope and Newsome is destroying his state and actually both Emmanuel and Shapiro give the impression of being slightly more mainstream than either Kamala or Newsom.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 20, 2026 03:24 PM (rZCVI)

244 When Kamala wins SC by 50 points, people are going to be surprised.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 03:23 PM (GBKbO)
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I sure would be.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 20, 2026 03:24 PM (GyQIQ)

245 > He has a very tough row to hoe
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 20, 2026 03:23 PM (GyQIQ)

Unlike Kamala Harris in a dinghy, which is a ho to row.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 20, 2026 03:25 PM (IG3/x)

246 I *still* want to see Davos attacked by 50-foot chickens.

Have I mentioned what a great little forager Bluebell the Hen is?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 20, 2026 03:25 PM (ULPxl)

247 Newscum. He'll do to the US what he did to CA.
The ads write themselves.

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 03:25 PM (SSiCQ)

248 and actually both Emmanuel and Shapiro give the impression of being slightly more mainstream than either Kamala or Newsom.
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Aren't they both Jewish?

Posted by: pudinhead at January 20, 2026 03:25 PM (pLaQB)

249 I do t think the Dem candidate for Pres will be either Newsom or Kamala. I think it will be Josh Shapiro or Rahn Emmanuel.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke

I don't think so Fen. Can't see the 'crats nominating a Jew. Why do you think they would?

Posted by: Tuna at January 20, 2026 03:25 PM (lJ0H4)

250 244 When Kamala wins SC by 50 points, people are going to be surprised.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 03:23 PM (GBKbO)
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I sure would be.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 20, 2026 03:24 PM (GyQIQ)

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No other candidate has black support like her.

The base loves her. She sold out so many venues on her book tour.

And she wins almost every poll she's actually included in.

Hillary, by contrast, in 2019 was polling around 10th consistently.

Kamala was robbed, don't you see.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 03:26 PM (GBKbO)

251 Because Kamala is a dope and Newsome is destroying his state and actually both Emmanuel and Shapiro give the impression of being slightly more mainstream than either Kamala or Newsom.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Fen, I don't think the Dems will ever permit a Jew at the top of their ticket. Heck, they didn't even want Shapiro in the VP slot. The days of Joe Lieberman are long gone.

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 03:26 PM (77rzZ)

252 I think they will have convinced her to sit out by then. Pay her off- along with anyone else besides their chosen one (whoever that will be.) I am not completely sold that the anointed will be Newsome.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 20, 2026 03:26 PM (zZu0s)

253 If they were smart, they'd run someone like Lumpy Fuckerman, who is at least partially sane.

They're not that smart.

Even Klobber is probably too centrist for them.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 20, 2026 03:26 PM (IG3/x)

254 Leftards haven't changed. They still want to take YOUR guns.

Posted by: ... at January 20, 2026 03:22 PM (siUZu)

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Their weapons are speech.
Our words are weapons.

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 20, 2026 03:26 PM (+Bx8T)

255 Posted by: pudinhead at January 20, 2026 03:25 PM (pLaQB)

I don't know about Rahm but Shapiro is .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 20, 2026 03:26 PM (rZCVI)

256 248 and actually both Emmanuel and Shapiro give the impression of being slightly more mainstream than either Kamala or Newsom.
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Aren't they both Jewish?

Posted by: pudinhead at January 20, 2026 03:25 PM (pLaQB)

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People thinking that mainstream and moderate will win the Democrat primary.

Ha.

Shapiro is, at best, their Scott Walker: boring.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 03:26 PM (GBKbO)

257 Newscum. He'll do to the US what he did to CA.
The ads write themselves.

We'll see what we can do.

Posted by: RINO Marketing, Inc., a Division of DNC Marketing, Inc. at January 20, 2026 03:27 PM (oSFyF)

258 It's a very firesidey chat.

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 03:27 PM (SSiCQ)

259 So... Newsome is out of the Country playing Foreign Diplomacy games? uhhh...

Posted by: Romeo13
.......

Quick. Somebody change the locks on the governor's mansion!

Posted by: wth at January 20, 2026 03:28 PM (UjdFS)

260 Off topic: Today I discovered a new form of entertainment. I had a meeting in an uban area in E. Pennsylvania. I grabbed some lunch and ate in my car. I happened to be parked right outside a drug treatment center. In less than 30 minutes no fewer than three people stumbled out of that place....walked head first right into the same tree, and proceeded to fall in the snow. Better than Netflix.

Posted by: Orson at January 20, 2026 03:28 PM (dIske)

261 Shapiro is, at best, their Scott Walker: boring.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 03:26 PM (GBKbO)

This. We are playing William Buckley looking for the cerebral candidate when they are playing the banana sandwich version of crossfire where ONLY frothing at the mouth insanity for the cause matters. They have been for years.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 20, 2026 03:28 PM (zZu0s)

262 PARTY AT RICK'S PLACE!!!
Posted by: Bulg

Hell yes.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 20, 2026 03:29 PM (ZKT7t)

263 >>> Emmanuel and Shapiro give the impression of being slightly more mainstream than either Kamala or Newsom.

God works on mysterious ways. The best thing that happened to Shapiro is Kamala being so toxically DEI that he didn't end up as his VP. Leaves him fresh for 2028.

What about Mark Kelly in AZ? Mr. Astronaut?

And Waltz raising his profile as a VP candidate, and then not going away, helped shine the light on the MN fraud, and has torpedoed his career.

Posted by: LizLem at January 20, 2026 03:29 PM (Eng1Z)

264 261 Shapiro is, at best, their Scott Walker: boring.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 03:26 PM (GBKbO)

This. We are playing William Buckley looking for the cerebral candidate when they are playing the banana sandwich version of crossfire where ONLY frothing at the mouth insanity for the cause matters. They have been for years.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 20, 2026 03:28 PM (zZu0s)

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Name recognition and media savvy wins presidential primaries.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 03:29 PM (GBKbO)

265 >>Surprising Few, Ohio Immigration Judges Can Be Bribed

There is a very dangerous coalition of subversives aligned with the Democrat Party. That includes a large part of the judiciary, who has formed a breakwater against Trump’s, that is, the people’s agenda. It also includes foreign powers like the Chinese who share interests with the Democrats and want to see that agenda which is crushing their country, disappear. They are the financiers of a great deal of this activity since this administration started cleaning up all the fraud and loose ends that were pumping this money back into Democrats coffers.

These are very perilous times for our country, especially since Congress has done absolutely zero to address the widespread election fraud. Virginia was clearly just stolen and the legislature, as their first order of business, is ensuring nobody will ever uncover what they did. That’s because it’s a model for the upcoming midterms.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 20, 2026 03:29 PM (kIFVO)

266 Heh. I was researching the etymology of the name "Shapiro" on Wikipedia yesterday. Turns out, it's a form of "Speyer," a city in Germany that once had a large Jewish population.

Some Jews from there also just used "Speyer" as a surname. Didn't mention whether Gentiles used it, too

My paternal grandmother's maiden name was Speyer. So maybe I've got some Jewish ancestry?

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 03:30 PM (77rzZ)

267 260 Off topic: Today I discovered a new form of entertainment. I had a meeting in an uban area in E. Pennsylvania. I grabbed some lunch and ate in my car. I happened to be parked right outside a drug treatment center. In less than 30 minutes no fewer than three people stumbled out of that place....walked head first right into the same tree, and proceeded to fall in the snow. Better than Netflix.
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Can you eat lunch there again and record the fallen eagles? This would be great entertainment.

Posted by: pudinhead at January 20, 2026 03:30 PM (pLaQB)

268 Name recognition and media savvy wins presidential primaries.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 03:29 PM (GBKbO)

LOL. TJM is arguing that this is like why Zendaya keeps getting cast in everything.

I actually find that hard to dispute.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 20, 2026 03:31 PM (zZu0s)

269 251 Because Kamala is a dope and Newsome is destroying his state and actually both Emmanuel and Shapiro give the impression of being slightly more mainstream than either Kamala or Newsom.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Fen, I don't think the Dems will ever permit a Jew at the top of their ticket. Heck, they didn't even want Shapiro in the VP slot. The days of Joe Lieberman are long gone.
Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 03:26 PM (77rzZ)
Fetterman might become a modern day Zell Miller.

Posted by: Eromero at January 20, 2026 03:31 PM (LHPAg)

270 Pooky's childhood friend living in St. Paul is safe for now, according to his mom, but is "very angry" about the ICE operations. This is the second time we've worried about his safety, during the St. Fentanyl riots, he had just bought his house.

Posted by: pookysgirl, losing another friend to wokeness at January 20, 2026 03:31 PM (Wt5PA)

271 > And she wins almost every poll she's actually included in.

Well, except for the one in 2020 where she was forced to withdraw from her own party's primary without winning a single delegate.

They tried to avoid that in 2024 by simply not having a primary.

Didn't work out all that well.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 20, 2026 03:31 PM (IG3/x)

272 Newsom is like Don Lemon, completely unaware of how much people hate him.

Posted by: wth at January 20, 2026 03:31 PM (UjdFS)

273 >>> 247 Newscum. He'll do to the US what he did to CA.
The ads write themselves.
Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 03:25 PM (SSiCQ)

Use AI to make scenes of him as Patrick Bateman in American Psycho. Cheap and yes they write themselves.

Posted by: LizLem at January 20, 2026 03:31 PM (Eng1Z)

274 Shapiro is a squeaky shrimp who couldn’t beat his way out of a paper bag.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 20, 2026 03:31 PM (kIFVO)

275 Shapiro is, at best, their Scott Walker: boring.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 03:26 PM (GBKbO)

Do you really think that the Democrat party of 2028 will choose a Jew as their presidential candidate, no matter how reliable a leftist he is?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 20, 2026 03:32 PM (n9ltV)

276 268 Name recognition and media savvy wins presidential primaries.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 03:29 PM (GBKbO)

LOL. TJM is arguing that this is like why Zendaya keeps getting cast in everything.

I actually find that hard to dispute.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 20, 2026 03:31 PM (zZu0s)

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No one knows who the fuck Shapiro is, and no one's going to find out because he doesn't already have a base of support already like Kamala or Newsom.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 03:32 PM (GBKbO)

277 PDT has said, "Ok, one more question" about ten times.

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 03:32 PM (SSiCQ)

278 Rahm Emmanuel? Never heard of him.

Posted by: Charlie Gibson at January 20, 2026 03:32 PM (nvKZ7)

279 Can you eat lunch there again and record the fallen eagles? This would be great entertainment.
Posted by: pudinhead at January 20, 2026 03:30 PM (pLaQB)
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It's possible...in a couple months. Snow will be gone. But, in the interim, think about what music we want to apply to it.

Posted by: Orson at January 20, 2026 03:32 PM (dIske)

280 I don't even know when *I'm* joking, much of the time.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 20, 2026 03:32 PM (BI5O2)

281 275 Shapiro is, at best, their Scott Walker: boring.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 03:26 PM (GBKbO)

Do you really think that the Democrat party of 2028 will choose a Jew as their presidential candidate, no matter how reliable a leftist he is?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 20, 2026 03:32 PM (n9ltV)

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Did Scott Walker win the 2016 Republican primary for president?

No, I don't think Shapiro a shot.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 03:32 PM (GBKbO)

282 272 Newsom is like Don Lemon, completely unaware of how much people hate him.
Posted by: wth at January 20, 2026 03:31 PM (UjdFS)

He was elected governor.

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 03:32 PM (SSiCQ)

283 282 272 Newsom is like Don Lemon, completely unaware of how much people hate him.
Posted by: wth at January 20, 2026 03:31 PM (UjdFS)

He was elected governor.

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 03:32 PM (SSiCQ)

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The people who fled CA for AZ president probably don't like him very much.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 03:33 PM (GBKbO)

284 "Cheap fabric and dim lighting... that's how you move merchandise." -Morty

Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 20, 2026 03:33 PM (DgMqy)

285
How long has Trump been on TV for this afternoon? Amazing!

Posted by: Auspex at January 20, 2026 03:33 PM (Y8DZL)

286 I think if the left keeps cranking up its lunacy by the next Presidentiial race race people might actually want someone that isn't so crazy.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 20, 2026 03:34 PM (ix8EF)

287 Shapiro is, at best, their Scott Walker: boring.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Walker wasn't Jewish.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 20, 2026 03:34 PM (KAi1n)

288 In less than 30 minutes no fewer than three people stumbled out of that place....walked head first right into the same tree, and proceeded to fall in the snow.

Hat trick!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 20, 2026 03:34 PM (Kt19C)

289 I see gruesome Newsom is in Davos bad mouthing the President... Why is he there ?
Posted by: It's me donna

You just answered your own question.

Lockland is a northern suburb of Cincinnati. I did not know they had their own immigration judges. I thought that would be in the Federal building in downtown Cincy.

Posted by: Pepperidge Farms remembers at January 20, 2026 03:35 PM (vcOmj)

290 285
How long has Trump been on TV for this afternoon? Amazing!
Posted by: Auspex at January 20, 2026 03:33 PM (Y8DZL)

1:46:00

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 03:35 PM (SSiCQ)

291 278 Rahm Emmanuel? Never heard of him.
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Better known as 'Tiny Dancer.'

Posted by: pudinhead at January 20, 2026 03:35 PM (pLaQB)

292 It used to be you had dignity and civil comportment even if you were poor. Ratchet behavior is now the standard, apparently. Even a mark of pride.
Posted by: I blame that sonofabitch Johnson at January 20, 2026 02:59 PM (TbWk/)
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I've been poor. There's no shame in being poor.

There is (or there should be) shame in being an obnoxious poor piece of trash in public.

Posted by: ballistic at January 20, 2026 03:36 PM (5aZAZ)

293 291 278 Rahm Emmanuel? Never heard of him.
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Better known as 'Tiny Dancer.'
Posted by: pudinhead at January 20, 2026 03:35 PM (pLaQB)

; )

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 03:36 PM (SSiCQ)

294 PTD spoke for 1-1/2 hours. I don't know about him but I'm exhausted just listening to his first year.
People really do forget his admin's accomplishments Hugely.

Posted by: old chick at January 20, 2026 03:36 PM (F3Dlr)

295
Q: How far are you willing to go to acquire Greenland?

A: Far enough to arm up and send Boy Scout Troop 183 from Des Moines, IA. They shouldn't have a problem mopping the floor with the EU chairborne rangers.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 20, 2026 03:36 PM (y9nCu)

296 Helena Handbasket starting to wonder if it will be a shooting
Civil War by then

Posted by: Skip at January 20, 2026 03:36 PM (Ia/+0)

297 Meanwhile Joey Bidet can barely talk for 90 seconds before yelling at the sky and pooping his pants.

But he is totes sharp.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 20, 2026 03:37 PM (2GVsD)

298 How long has Trump been on TV for this afternoon? Amazing!
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About 2 hours.

But, according to the fetid puss swamp of the radical left, he has dementia, he's losing his mind, wears a diaper b/c he's always shitting his pants and he's hiding a recent stroke.

No, for real, all of those are regularly featured on my hate feed.
The Atlanta Black Star is a particularly nasty infected boil.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 20, 2026 03:37 PM (HXT0k)

299 222 Only days 165 until America's 250th birthday:
https://shorturl.at/bty4P
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 20, 2026 03:20 PM (ULPxl)

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 03:38 PM (SSiCQ)

300 300

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 03:38 PM (SSiCQ)

301 I always feel better when I listen to Trump.
He has a way that makes me laugh.
Especially with reporters.

Posted by: Case at January 20, 2026 03:38 PM (4rWc3)

302 @168 His time to have principals has passed.

It's funny because
You take your principles to a debate.
You take principals to a duel.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at January 20, 2026 03:38 PM (zdLoL)

303 Should I download the ice watch app from the iPhone App Store, then look up random intersections in Minneapolis or actually the goat humper neighborhoods, and then post ice is there, thereby sending them on wild goose chases in the neighborhoods where faggots aren't liked.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 20, 2026 03:38 PM (ZKT7t)

304 He was elected governor.
Posted by: m
.......

Funny that. I know only one person who voted for him.

Posted by: wth at January 20, 2026 03:39 PM (UjdFS)

305 Col. Tom Kratman to some TwitTard who suggested that France might nuke the US over Greenland:

"In return, the US would make sure that French was spoken only in Hell, French Guiana, some parts of Africa, and Quebec, to the limited extent those places may differ."

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 20, 2026 03:39 PM (IG3/x)

306 Q: How far are you willing to go to acquire Greenland?

A: Far enough to arm up and send Boy Scout Troop 183 from Des Moines, IA. They shouldn't have a problem mopping the floor with the EU chairborne rangers.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur

Overkill. Send the Cubs instead.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at January 20, 2026 03:39 PM (OUMaO)

307 If the dems put a Jew at the top of their ticket in 2028 I will eat several hats.

That is a complete non-starter.

Posted by: ballistic at January 20, 2026 03:39 PM (5aZAZ)

308 307 If the dems put a Jew at the top of their ticket in 2028 I will eat several hats.

That is a complete non-starter.

Posted by: ballistic at January 20, 2026 03:39 PM (5aZAZ)

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No chance winning SC when they've set their mind on Kamala already.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 03:39 PM (GBKbO)

309 Tom Kratman forgot about Haiti? Or does he think that is Hell?

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 20, 2026 03:40 PM (2GVsD)

310 DNC: How are we gonna find someone even dumber than Harris?

AOC: How come "dumb" has a "b" in it, but "dum-dum" doesn't?

Posted by: Sandy Shells Seasells at January 20, 2026 03:40 PM (qUkBO)

311 304 He was elected governor.
Posted by: m
.......

Funny that. I know only one person who voted for him.
Posted by: wth at January 20, 2026 03:39 PM (UjdFS)

And yet.

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 03:40 PM (SSiCQ)

312 Newsom is a corrupt nitwit. He's also a rich white guy who won't get primary traction. Shapiro is Jewish and the hard left which is increasingly controlling the Dems is antisemitic. Harris is a known quality of incompetence and the Dems ain't got there again. Minority like AOC or some other young leftist loon stands the best chance

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 20, 2026 03:40 PM (PTsqM)

313 291 278 Rahm Emmanuel? Never heard of him.
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Better known as 'Tiny Dancer.'
Posted by: pudinhead at January 20, 2026 03:35 PM (pLaQB)
Ahhhh, old El Rushbo.

Posted by: Eromero at January 20, 2026 03:40 PM (LHPAg)

314 starting to wonder if it will be a shooting
Civil War by then

Posted by: Skip

You just know some of the sorry sons of bitches will try something on that date.

You. Just. Know.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at January 20, 2026 03:41 PM (OUMaO)

315 The AOC/BroFo Omar ticket would be, as the kids say, lit.

Posted by: ballistic at January 20, 2026 03:41 PM (5aZAZ)

316 Tom Kratman forgot about Haiti? Or does he think that is Hell?
Posted by: Anna Puma

"Make it a desert and call it peace" - stuff Tom Kratman wrote and cribbed off a dead Roman

Posted by: Pepperidge Farms remembers at January 20, 2026 03:42 PM (vcOmj)

317 One of the all-time classic Babylon Bee stories:

A photoshopped picture of AOC with a bucket on her head, and the headline: "AOC Gets Bucket Stuck On Head, Immediately Denounces Buckets As Racist."

Posted by: Delurker at January 20, 2026 03:42 PM (gtcuf)

318 311 304 He was elected governor.
Posted by: m
.......

Funny that. I know only one person who voted for him.
Posted by: wth at January 20, 2026 03:39 PM (UjdFS)

And yet.
Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 03:40 PM (SSiCQ)

I live in one of the few Conservative counties in Calif.... and although I don't know ANYONE who voted to retain him, somehow my county voted to keep him during the recall.

Or at least, that is what the machines said.

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 20, 2026 03:44 PM (mP0Kj)

319 Trying to decide a 15 minute nap or not

Posted by: Skip at January 20, 2026 03:44 PM (Ia/+0)

320 Tom Kratman forgot about Haiti? Or does he think that is Hell?
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 20, 2026 03:40 PM (2GVsD)

It is mostly Creole there now. Only the upper classes spoke French, and most of them left.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 20, 2026 03:44 PM (rbvCR)

321
I do t think the Dem candidate for Pres will be either Newsom or Kamala. I think it will be Josh Shapiro or Rahn Emmanuel.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 20, 2026 03:19 PM

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The Democratic Party has made it clear that they won't be nominating Jews for President. Their base won't accept it.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 20, 2026 03:45 PM (azNOR)

322 What is with Minnesota and worlds homeliest females of the opposite sex ??

Is that place a magnet for these creatures that cannot function the real world or is it......

Because No Real male will come near these creatures and they decide to move to MN and live among the other homely females and become Homos ???

Posted by: Jackson at January 20, 2026 03:45 PM (J9q9v)

323 starting to wonder if it will be a shooting
Civil War by then
Posted by: Skip

Please let it happen! My CPB funding has dried up.
Preferably with gallant cavalry charges and beautifully written letters to wives and girlfriends back home.

Posted by: Ken Burns at January 20, 2026 03:45 PM (w9Wax)

324 I don't have any principals.

Posted by: ... at January 20, 2026 03:45 PM (siUZu)

325 Tom Kratman forgot about Haiti? Or does he think that is Hell?
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 20, 2026 03:40 PM (2GVsD)

It is mostly Creole there now. Only the upper classes spoke French, and most of them left.

Posted by: Kindltot

Or were killed.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at January 20, 2026 03:46 PM (OUMaO)

326 Trying to decide a 15 minute nap or not
Posted by: Skip
......

I'm planning a 40 after I finish lunch.

Posted by: wth at January 20, 2026 03:46 PM (UjdFS)

327 If you like my principles you can keep my principles.

Posted by: ... at January 20, 2026 03:46 PM (siUZu)

328 Newscum will never be any closer to the presidency than the dollar bill in his pocket

Posted by: Ben Had at January 20, 2026 03:46 PM (0KSrI)

329 Will Ace succumb to posting AI summaries as content?

Posted by: pawn at January 20, 2026 03:46 PM (WXTVZ)

330 I have a Valentines Gift for the Grifter Omar.............

A JDAM up the Ass with enough thrust to send the little raghead back to Somalia...........

Posted by: Jackson at January 20, 2026 03:47 PM (J9q9v)

331 Leave out the comma and Ace's headline has an opposite meaning.

Posted by: Raoul Ortega at January 20, 2026 03:47 PM (j7INY)

332 >>>The Democratic Party has made it clear that they won't be nominating Jews for President. Their base won't accept it.

yet they'll still get 90%+ of the jewish vote

Posted by: brak at January 20, 2026 03:47 PM (jGJov)

333 Got to hand it to Dems, they get stuff done. A lesson for our feckless (gormless?) GOP majorities -

@MarioNawfal
VIRGINIA DEMS' FIRST MOVE WITH NEW MAJORITY: BAN HAND-COUNTING BALLOTS

Forty-eight hours. That's all it took.

Virginia's new Democratic majority introduced HB968, forcing machine-readable ballots through scanners and prohibiting hand counts "for any reason" unless explicitly allowed by law.

Hand counts are impossible to hack remotely and easy for anyone to watch.

When half the country already questions election integrity, why rush to eliminate the most transparent backup method?

Interesting priorities.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 20, 2026 03:48 PM (Dv3i1)

334 Trust the Process, amirite?

Posted by: tubal at January 20, 2026 03:48 PM (pDt9x)

335 332 >>>The Democratic Party has made it clear that they won't be nominating Jews for President. Their base won't accept it.

yet they'll still get 90%+ of the jewish vote

Posted by: brak at January 20, 2026 03:47 PM (jGJov)

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Well, maybe 60%.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 03:48 PM (GBKbO)

336 Or at least, that is what the machines said."

Counting the votes counts.

Posted by: man at January 20, 2026 03:48 PM (Wmpdp)

337 Q: How far are you willing to go to acquire Greenland?

A: Far enough to arm up and send Boy Scout Troop 183 from Des Moines, IA. They shouldn't have a problem mopping the floor with the EU chairborne rangers.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 20, 2026 03:36 PM (y9nCu)

Send the Sioux City troop instead, they probably have more outdoor experience and the Loess Hills are literally their backyard.

Posted by: pookysgirl, well versed in Iowa geography at January 20, 2026 03:48 PM (Wt5PA)

338 The Democratic Party has made it clear that they won't be nominating Jews for President. Their base won't accept it.
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And Emmanuel isn't just a Jew; he briefly worked with the IDF in Israel:

"Emanuel took part in a two-week civilian volunteer holiday, known as the Sar-El, where, as a civilian volunteer, he assisted the Israel Defense Forces during the 1991 Gulf War, helping to repair truck brakes in one of Israel's northern bases."

Posted by: Sandy Shells Seasells at January 20, 2026 03:48 PM (qUkBO)

339 Send a couple platoons of criminal illegals to Greenland, then blockade it. Let them mop up the EUs dickless Expeditionary Force.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 20, 2026 03:49 PM (BI5O2)

340 Have to run out and check mail, then some laundry then maybe I will forget about a nap

Posted by: Skip at January 20, 2026 03:49 PM (Ia/+0)

341 332 >>>The Democratic Party has made it clear that they won't be nominating Jews for President. Their base won't accept it.

yet they'll still get 90%+ of the jewish vote
Posted by: brak at January 20, 2026 03:47 PM (jGJov)

Is this ironic, cause it sounds ironic?

Posted by: tubal at January 20, 2026 03:49 PM (pDt9x)

342 What's the fun of cheating if you can't deny it and then rub it in your opponent's face that they can't stop you?

Posted by: ... at January 20, 2026 03:49 PM (siUZu)

343
I'd bet on Shapiro before Rahm. Rahm was an IDF civilian volunteer during the Gulf War, and his family was heavy with the Irgun. The Donk commie cocksucker mohammedan goatfuckers won't go for him. At. All.

Either way, a Jewish candidate ain't going to get through the primary.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 20, 2026 03:49 PM (y9nCu)

344 Maybe Greenland is just a shiny ball of foil thrown on the floor. Or a laser pointer.

Posted by: tubal at January 20, 2026 03:50 PM (pDt9x)

345 328 Newscum will never be any closer to the presidency than the dollar bill in his pocket
Posted by: Ben Had at January 20, 2026 03:46 PM (0KSrI)

Ha!

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 03:50 PM (SSiCQ)

346 We are proud to announce the new poster child for our "Depends" is Joey Biden.

He is now the USA poster boy for a serious condition called "Anal Leakage"

So, if you see Ole Joe try to FART and see that weird look on his face you know our product is working...

Posted by: Proctor and Gamble CEO at January 20, 2026 03:50 PM (ff2r3)

347 Maybe Greenland is just a shiny ball of foil thrown on the floor. Or a laser pointer.

Posted by: tubal at January 20, 2026 03:50 PM (pDt9x)

No. Trump wants it.

Posted by: ... at January 20, 2026 03:50 PM (siUZu)

348 347 Maybe Greenland is just a shiny ball of foil thrown on the floor. Or a laser pointer.

Posted by: tubal at January 20, 2026 03:50 PM (pDt9x)

No. Trump wants it.
Posted by: ... at January 20, 2026 03:50 PM (siUZu)

The golf would suck, though.

Posted by: tubal at January 20, 2026 03:51 PM (pDt9x)

349 Judicial corruption crimes are one of the very few types of crime I believe should be considered capital offenses.
Posted by: Part-time Thinker at January 20, 2026 02:35 PM (BOe2/)

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Once the law abiding people lose faith in the legal system all bets are off. We must make sure that doesn't happen and for that corrupt judges must be punished though I would go along with giving them long prison sentences.

Posted by: Decaf at January 20, 2026 03:52 PM (Z8jzG)

350 323 starting to wonder if it will be a shooting
Civil War by then
Posted by: Skip

Please let it happen! My CPB funding has dried up.
Preferably with gallant cavalry charges and beautifully written letters to wives and girlfriends back home.
Posted by: Ken Burns at January 20, 2026 03:45 PM (w9Wax)
It want be that way mostly. It will be people you never heard of doing things we won't know about until many years later. And we will owe them our freedom.

Posted by: Eromero at January 20, 2026 03:52 PM (LHPAg)

351 218 > Right up until 1991 Denmark was sterilizing all the young women so they couldn’t reproduce.

They also made it so that Greenlandic women could NOT collect child support from Danish men.

Charming folks.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 20, 2026 03:20 PM (IG3/x)

I didn't know any of this.

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 03:53 PM (SSiCQ)

352 344 Maybe Greenland is just a shiny ball of foil thrown on the floor. Or a laser pointer.
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Yep. When a juggler is juggling you can only focus on one ball. My cat loves to chase my hand shadows on the floor.

Posted by: pudinhead at January 20, 2026 03:53 PM (pLaQB)

353 nood abject failure in all manners

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 03:53 PM (GBKbO)

354 328 Newscum will never be any closer to the presidency than the dollar bill in his pocket
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Newscum: [Excitedly feels in pocket for said dollar bill; pulls out used condom.] Well that's disappointing. [Face suddenly brightens.] Or is it...?

Posted by: Sandy Shells Seasells at January 20, 2026 03:53 PM (qUkBO)

355 Per the Globe and Mail

“military planners are modelling a U.S. invasion from the south, expecting American forces to overcome Canada’s strategic positions on land and at sea within a week and possibly as quickly as two days.

Canada does not have the number of military personnel or the sophisticated equipment needed to fend off a conventional American attack, they said. So, the military envisions unconventional warfare in which small groups of irregular military or armed civilians would resort to ambushes, sabotage, drone warfare or hit-and-run tactics.

The aim of such tactics would be to impose mass casualties on U.S. occupying forces, the official said"

Posted by: Kindltot at January 20, 2026 03:54 PM (rbvCR)

356
Right up until 1991 Denmark was sterilizing all the young women so they couldn’t reproduce.

They also made it so that Greenlandic women could NOT collect child support from Danish men.

Charming folks.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 20, 2026 03:20 PM (IG3/x)

I didn't know any of this.
Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 03:53 PM (SSiCQ)

Watch the film Smilla's Sense of Snow. The Danes treating Greenlanders like shit is a major subplot.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 20, 2026 03:55 PM (y9nCu)

357
The people who fled CA for AZ president probably don't like him very much.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 03:33 PM (GBKbO)

I've yet to meet the person, in person, that likes him. No one does.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 20, 2026 03:57 PM (ClDUJ)

358
Maybe Greenland is just a shiny ball of foil thrown on the floor. Or a laser pointer.

Posted by: tubal at January 20, 2026 03:50 PM

No. Trump wants it.

Posted by: ... at January 20, 2026 03:50 PM

embracing the power of "and"

Trump does want to annex Greenland and is using it as a distraction

the last time he had everyone talking about Greenland was when he was trying to get his cabinet picks confirmed...nobody talked about the cabinet picks, it was all Greenland, all the time

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 20, 2026 03:57 PM (tljrc)

359 We are importing rampant third-world corruption to our country for no reason, except to assuage leftwing white woman guilt.
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Damn it! “We” have done no such fucking thing. Ever. This is obvious, yet “we” keep describing these atrocities that way.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 20, 2026 04:41 PM (zh/Tt)

360 Judges shouldn't be Immune from going to Prison for their Disregard of the Law

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at January 20, 2026 05:22 PM (wGqjj)

Jonathan Turley: Gay Sexual Assaulter Don Lemon Is Talking Himself Into a Prison Sentence

A lot of crimes turn on mental state -- "intent." James Comey can tell you all about that. He reads "intent" requirements into laws that don't have it, like the Espionage Act.

Many times, you can take prohibited actions but not be chargeable with a crime because you didn't have the specified mental state.

Don Lemon obviously did invade a church. The question is: Did he intend to traumatize them? Did he intend to impede their civil rights through threat or force?

Did he show animus against their religion?

Don Lemon is yet another 70 IQ DEI disaster, like Candace Owens, who thinks he's smart because he's been awarded Participation Trophy after Participation Trophy.

Legal analyst Jonathan Turley urges him to shut his mouth, because he's on a media tour in which he satisfies each and every requirement of the crime out of his own cocksucker.

Jonathan Turley
@JonathanTurley
Don Lemon did his best to perfect the case against the protesters in the Minneapolis Church as targeting the congregants over their faith. In what sounds like a pitch for prosecution under the FACE Act, Lemon zeroed in on the religious values of the congregants in a new tirade...

In other words, he makes it clear he is targeting the church because he hates their religious views. Not just intent, but animus.

Jonathan Turley
@JonathanTurley
16h
...The former CNN host dismissed criticism for storming a church gathering, explaining "I think people who are, you know, in the religious groups like that, it's not the type of Christianity that I practice, but I think that they're entitled, and that entitlement comes from a supremacy, a White supremacy"...
Jonathan Turley
@JonathanTurley
16h
...This follows organizer Nekima Levy Armstrong, who leads the local Racial Justice Network, is declaring that the churchgoers "need to check their theology and the need to check their hearts."...
Jonathan Turley
@JonathanTurley
16h
...Lemon and Armstrong are playing directly into the language of the FACE Act, which "prohibits the use or threat of force and physical obstruction that injures, intimidates, or interferes with a person seeking to ... exercise the First Amendment right of religious freedom at a place of religious worship."

🚨Don Lemon just DOUBLED DOWN, calling the church members he terrorized "entitled white supremacists" for being upset he STORMED their service to "protest" ICE!

Don Lemon is a POS. pic.twitter.com/tPkfiegnSL
— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) January 19, 2026

Church-goers will start bringing guns to church, and if they shoot violent disruptors, they'll be able to plead they legitimately feared for their lives:

Five months ago, a trans shooter killed 2 people at a Minneapolis church and wounded 30 more.

That makes what Don Lemon and his leftist thugs did at another Minneapolis church even more disgusting. pic.twitter.com/8anm7I5uL9
— Christian Tweets (@JesusSavesUs777) January 19, 2026

Hi friends, this is my Uncle Don. He is unemployed but spends most days talking into his computer, where he says people pay him to comment on the news. We believe he thinks he's some sort of television anchor. A few days ago, he left his home in NYC then appeared on social media… pic.twitter.com/KNLPdXj23e
— Emily Jashinsky (@emilyjashinsky) January 19, 2026

Boom 💥 Black woman blasts Don Lemon after he tries to blame MAGA & disassociate himself from the mob he led against Christians in their place of worship.

“This ain’t got nothing to do with MAGA but everything to do with your FAGA a*ss harassing people in Church” pic.twitter.com/3g1CEuk3jd
— Melissa Tate (@TheRightMelissa) January 20, 2026

Posted by: Ace at 01:28 PM

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Posted by: RUReadingthis at January 20, 2026 01:29 PM (aQ25I)

2 Legal analyst Jonathan Turley urges him to shut his mouth, because he's on a media tour in which he satisfies each and every requirement of the crime out of his own cocksucker.

No! Go, Don, go!

Posted by: Paco at January 20, 2026 01:29 PM (2L+MU)

3 Those white supremacist children deserved to be terrorized.

Posted by: Don LeMon at January 20, 2026 01:29 PM (98kQX)

4 Leftists have gotten away with this sort of "protest" for some time now.

It would be a game changer if in fact they face charges for it - and clearly they should.

Imagine a group of MAGA protestors going into a Somali mosque - they'd be sitting in jail right now...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 20, 2026 01:29 PM (sKqQm)

5 Almost like Don Lemon is retarded.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 01:29 PM (GBKbO)

6 Who is that trans woman with LemonAids?

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 01:31 PM (gbOdA)

7 4 Leftists have gotten away with this sort of "protest" for some time now.

It would be a game changer if in fact they face charges for it - and clearly they should.

Imagine a group of MAGA protestors going into a Somali mosque - they'd be sitting in jail right now...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 20, 2026 01:29 PM (sKqQm)

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Attacking soft targets instead of hard targets is an indication that the protestors are afraid of the consequences of hard targets now.

Having one of theirs shot and at least a handful pulled from their cars (broken windows included) and arrested for obstruction was supposed to be ignored, I guess.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 01:32 PM (GBKbO)

8 White supremacy a floor wax, dessert topping, hate ideology, and what every single person on earth believed before 1960 or so

Posted by: 18-1 at January 20, 2026 01:32 PM (sKqQm)

9 “This ain’t got nothing to do with MAGA but everything to do with your FAGA a*ss harassing people in Church”

That woman has very interesting gray or blue eyes, or at least it appears so at the resolution of my monitor.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 01:32 PM (Riz8t)

10 The Black gal is correct.

This is the Dem Party 110% in on this.
Getting to promote illegals, be anti-ICE, and anti-Christian in the same video is the best day of their lives.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 01:33 PM (gbOdA)

11 Having one of theirs shot and at least a handful pulled from their cars (broken windows included) and arrested for obstruction was supposed to be ignored, I guess.

We have confirmation that the people that trained Karen Deathwheels told her ICE didn't carry live ammunition right?

I suspect that the leaders of the anti-ICE movement are a lot more interested in getting martyrs then the people signing up for it are interesting in becoming ones

Posted by: 18-1 at January 20, 2026 01:33 PM (sKqQm)

12 "You people say mean things about where I put my dick, so I'm going to invade your space under pretense of an issue of the day to get more likes and subscribes."

It's amazing this dude doesn't have a regular job as a political commentator anymore.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 01:34 PM (GBKbO)

13 So if someone follows you asking if you are ICE...

Tell them you are actually a member of the Illuminati and if they don't back off they'll get a visit from the lizard people...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 20, 2026 01:34 PM (sKqQm)

14 Other than the ability to suck a golf ball thru a garden hose, what exactly are the talents that have propelled Don Lemon into the public arena?

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at January 20, 2026 01:34 PM (MNCvZ)

15 The only concern LeMon has about ICE is that they might deport some of the guys at his favorite glory hole

Posted by: 18-1 at January 20, 2026 01:35 PM (sKqQm)

16 Yeah, we'll see.

Posted by: XTC at January 20, 2026 01:35 PM (6Uni8)

17 I think it is as simple as his low IQ and DEI privilege, which led him to believe he could do what he wants.

Consequences for actions are for the little people.

That scrunt he's being interviewed by needs an attitude adjustment.

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 20, 2026 01:35 PM (aZm/F)

18 willowed, but on-topic:
"JS @ 341(on previous thread) makes a valid point, but "Morale is to the physical as ten is to one", too.

Our side needs to see something concrete happen for morale purposes; we have listened to decades of talk, and here we are.

This church invasion thing seems like a no-brainer, the gummint has video confessions already lined up and ready to go, and statutes on the books that were written for this exact case.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 20, 2026 01:35 PM (Cjt/F)

19 Gay and black outweighs religious freedom. The 1st amendment is about dusky homos doing whatever they want wherever they want, after all.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 20, 2026 01:35 PM (BI5O2)

20 For some reason, I think Lemon is going to enjoy prison.

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 01:35 PM (77rzZ)

21 11 We have confirmation that the people that trained Karen Deathwheels told her ICE didn't carry live ammunition right?

I suspect that the leaders of the anti-ICE movement are a lot more interested in getting martyrs then the people signing up for it are interesting in becoming ones

Posted by: 18-1 at January 20, 2026 01:33 PM (sKqQm)

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I don't know if we have confirmation of that, but it's at a minimum a solid assumption of the internal, low-level messaging.

"They can only fire rubber bullets and they can't arrest you anyway because ICE has no arresting authority over crimes they witness that aren't done by illegal immigrants. Don't worry, Minneapolis PD won't arrest you, so you are cleared to do anything short of assault, and DHS can't touch you."

The left needs the ICE agent to be charged with...something. That the city hasn't even done anything is probably discouraging to them.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 01:36 PM (GBKbO)

22 "You people say mean things about where I put my dick, so I'm going to invade your space under pretense of an issue of the day to get more likes and subscribes."

It's amazing this dude doesn't have a regular job as a political commentator anymore.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

It's a good thing that Don Lemon is gay.

That way it won't hurt so much in the showers.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 20, 2026 01:36 PM (0x0rk)

23 Jennifer Welch is one incredibly ugly woman, I have noticed.

Posted by: tubal at January 20, 2026 01:36 PM (pDt9x)

24 Old and busted: Grease is the word

New and cool: Assailant is the word

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 20, 2026 01:36 PM (L/fGl)

25 I invite Don LeMon and his band of gay and merry men to try that at the church I attend.

Can you say Don LeMort? I knew you could.

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at January 20, 2026 01:36 PM (5yDGQ)

26
Don Lemon always doubles down. It's why he's unemployed . He double-downed himself right out of a high paying job, and made himself known to the industry as a low IQ unstable bitch who always doubles down. Unemployable.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 20, 2026 01:36 PM (VWtfl)

27 Who is the tranny interviewing Lemon?

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 01:36 PM (77rzZ)

28 "JS @ 341(on previous thread) makes a valid point, but "Morale is to the physical as ten is to one", too.

During the debate on gays in the military I remember the question of morale came up.

The FNM and the left told me it doesn't matter - soldiers will just do as they are told no matter what...

It was such an odd argument and time...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 20, 2026 01:36 PM (sKqQm)

29 @ 2, spot on, Paco!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 20, 2026 01:37 PM (Cjt/F)

30 Today the smellies are supposed to have their big walk out and "economic boycott."

LOL

I'm really hoping Pavement Sandwiches are free today.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 20, 2026 01:37 PM (HXT0k)

31 Sure, on paper.

If Don Lemon actually ends up in prison, I'll eat my hat. He's a ruling class hanger-on and nobody likes him, but he is nonetheless in "the club."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 20, 2026 01:37 PM (GyQIQ)

32 Willoweded from Church Invasion Thread:

287 Michelle Obama says she is mindful to try to avoid white-owned brands
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So Boob Belt is a black thing?

Posted by: pudinhead at January 20, 2026 01:09 PM (pLaQB)

Start calling it a slave harness and see how fast it vanishes.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 20, 2026 01:16 PM (snZF9)

I don't even know what that is...(boob belt) ..????

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 20, 2026 01:37 PM (QGaXH)

33 Invading churches never led to a revolution or anything.

Posted by: France, 1789 at January 20, 2026 01:38 PM (se8lQ)

34 it's not the type of Christianity that I practice

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Well good Lord, I should hope not!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 20, 2026 01:38 PM (L/fGl)

35 In other words, he makes it clear he is targeting the church because he hates their religious views. Not just intent, but animus.
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"Intent and animus" is a description of the press in general.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 20, 2026 01:38 PM (GyQIQ)

36 The left needs the ICE agent to be charged with...something. That the city hasn't even done anything is probably discouraging to them.

Some of the earliest messaging was that since she didn't hit the agent he had no grounds to shoot at her.

I suspect the fact we have on video that she did hit him ends pretty much any angle the city/state could use to go after him

Posted by: 18-1 at January 20, 2026 01:38 PM (sKqQm)

37 At the infusion center getting my first Remicade infusion. Supposedly this will keep my guts from trying to murder me again.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 20, 2026 01:38 PM (Kc7nv)

38 22 It's a good thing that Don Lemon is gay.

That way it won't hurt so much in the showers.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 20, 2026 01:36 PM (0x0rk)

They won't rape him. They'll shove a broom handle up his ass and churn it until he bleeds out.

Posted by: XTC at January 20, 2026 01:38 PM (6Uni8)

39 Church-goers will start bringing guns to church, and if they shoot violent disruptors, they'll be able to plead they legitimately feared for their lives:
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No church should be a "gun-free zone."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 20, 2026 01:39 PM (GyQIQ)

40 i never knew jasihinski could be funny like that. bet she lurks here

Posted by: gnats local 678 at January 20, 2026 01:39 PM (CWTWj)

41 A lot of radio hosts I listen to (and Ace mentioned it) have talked about how it only takes one parishioner with a concealed carry, not knowing where this "protest" is going to lead, and you have a dead dumbass on your church floor.

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 20, 2026 01:39 PM (aZm/F)

42
That woman has very interesting gray or blue eyes, or at least it appears so at the resolution of my monitor.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 01:32 PM (Riz8t)

She is very lovely, and smart to boot. God bless her and keep her safe.

Posted by: moki at January 20, 2026 01:39 PM (wLjpr)

43 @5 Almost like Don Lemon is retarded.

More like he is plain stupid. See, it's all about him. He wants attention. He doesn't care about anything but himself. Like most of the posers around him.

Posted by: Case at January 20, 2026 01:40 PM (4rWc3)

44 But seriously, we won't do anything to you Christians after the revolution! What are you worried about?

Posted by: Stalin, Mao, Castro, Pol Pot, etc. at January 20, 2026 01:40 PM (se8lQ)

45 31 If Don Lemon actually ends up in prison, I'll eat my hat. He's a ruling class hanger-on and nobody likes him, but he is nonetheless in "the club."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 20, 2026 01:37 PM (GyQIQ)

And being such a mincing fag, he probably has the best drug hookups.

Posted by: XTC at January 20, 2026 01:40 PM (6Uni8)

46 Don Lemon doesn't seem to realize that HE is a Racist.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 20, 2026 01:40 PM (NpAcC)

47 20 For some reason, I think Lemon is going to enjoy prison.
___

Squeeze my lemon...

Posted by: Led Zeppelin at January 20, 2026 01:40 PM (Dv3i1)

48 So if someone follows you asking if you are ICE.."

They'll get nothing. And like it.

Posted by: man at January 20, 2026 01:40 PM (XuXeR)

49
Jennifer Welch is one incredibly ugly woman, I have noticed.

Posted by: tubal at January 20, 2026 01:36 PM

WTF did she come from? I had never even heard of her three or two months ago and now I'm told she's 'sposed to be an "important voice"

she's 51 years old. I guess all that hate ages you fast

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 20, 2026 01:40 PM (tljrc)

50 and someone tell that lady in the white turtleneck it's not halloween anymore

Posted by: gnats local 678 at January 20, 2026 01:40 PM (CWTWj)

51 36 The left needs the ICE agent to be charged with...something. That the city hasn't even done anything is probably discouraging to them.

Some of the earliest messaging was that since she didn't hit the agent he had no grounds to shoot at her.

I suspect the fact we have on video that she did hit him ends pretty much any angle the city/state could use to go after him

Posted by: 18-1 at January 20, 2026 01:38 PM (sKqQm)

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Not even failure theater, though. Any charge would be remanded to federal court anyway (federal law enforcement in the discharge of his duties, and all that). File the charges, get it taken away, the DOJ drops charges when they take up the case, and then blame the DOJ for the lack of actual action.

At least they tried. Donate today to fight the evil MAGA regime.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 01:40 PM (GBKbO)

52 More like he is plain stupid. See, it's all about him. He wants attention. He doesn't care about anything but himself. Like most of the posers around him.
Posted by: Case at January 20, 2026 01:40 PM (4rWc3)
++++
Don Lemon - and most of our ruling class - are probably closer to what used to be called "dull-normal."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 20, 2026 01:41 PM (GyQIQ)

53
Jumping in here before the nothing-will-happen guy to point out that Jussie Smollet would be Don's ideal cell mate.

Posted by: Auspex at January 20, 2026 01:41 PM (Y8DZL)

54 Don, don’t be touching church children.

Posted by: Eromero at January 20, 2026 01:41 PM (zKPy8)

55 50 and someone tell that lady in the white turtleneck it's not halloween anymore

Posted by: gnats local 678 at January 20, 2026 01:40 PM (CWTWj)

For a certain type of Leftist (wo)manchild, it's ALWAYS halloween.

Posted by: XTC at January 20, 2026 01:42 PM (6Uni8)

56 23 Jennifer Welch is one incredibly ugly woman, I have noticed.

Posted by: tubal at January 20, 2026 01:36 PM (pDt9x)

The rot inside finds a way out...

Posted by: moki at January 20, 2026 01:42 PM (wLjpr)

57 46 Don Lemon doesn't seem to realize that HE is a Racist.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 20, 2026 01:40 PM (NpAcC)

=====

Blacks cannot be racist.

Racism is a measure of political power, and no black has any political power. Therefore, no black can be racist.

All whites wield complete political power, so all whites are racist.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 01:42 PM (GBKbO)

58 That woman has very interesting gray or blue eyes, or at least it appears so at the resolution of my monitor.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 01:32 PM (Riz8t)

She is very lovely, and smart to boot. God bless her and keep her safe.
Posted by: moki

What woman is this?

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 01:42 PM (77rzZ)

59 They'll shove a broom handle up his ass and churn it until he bleeds out."

Hey, that's our move!

/council removing Edward II

Posted by: man at January 20, 2026 01:42 PM (XuXeR)

60 Lemon will enjoy PMITA prison, I am sure.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder,Disinformation Demon at January 20, 2026 01:42 PM (0O75l)

61 I said a Long March through the institutions, not a blitzkrieg, you bozos! (Rolls eyes.)

Posted by: Antonio Gramsci at January 20, 2026 01:42 PM (se8lQ)

62 39 No church should be a "gun-free zone." - Joe Mannix

Whether mine is supposed to be or not, it isn't.

Posted by: Paco at January 20, 2026 01:42 PM (2L+MU)

63 52 Don Lemon - and most of our ruling class - are probably closer to what used to be called "dull-normal."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 20, 2026 01:41 PM (GyQIQ)

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While desperate to be special.

Main character energy, and all.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 01:42 PM (GBKbO)

64 As I've been saying, these halfwit homos don't realize it's 2026 and not 2021.

Don "FAGA" LeMon is out there literally confessing to serious crimes. He would have 100% gotten away with this under Joey Shitbrains. But Trump 2.0 don't play that.

I also want to nail that smelly hippy who looks like Bigfoot's crotch. The one screaming at Bondi to come get him. I can smell him over twatter.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 20, 2026 01:43 PM (iFTx/)

65 WTF did she come from? I had never even heard of her three or two months ago and now I'm told she's 'sposed to be an "important voice"

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 20, 2026 01:40 PM (tljrc)

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Yes, she's come out of the blue. She must have some big backers and promoters supporting her. She has become the ugly face of the left.

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 20, 2026 01:43 PM (aZm/F)

66 What woman is this?

Posted by: Bulg

In the last video.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 01:43 PM (Riz8t)

67 yo

Posted by: garrett at January 20, 2026 01:43 PM (ZcsJV)

68 Last night we were watching Indiana beat the Miami thugs. I saw a ref who looked like Lemon (or Limón). I said, I think Don Lemon is a ref now and left MN as a protestor of church! He's everywhere, man!

I love that black lady with braids. When they speak the truth, get out of their way (I had one in my life growing up and never wanted her wrath). She also called him a FAGA, which is perfection. Black people in general are not fond of gheys, lesbians or trans.

I hope Limón finds himself in a gen pop party to get his eternal angst finally out of his system. We get it, you don't like white people.

We also know you are a narcissist who wants attention, Don. I guess your husband is not enough, nor your money, nor your faggoty activities. You are still bitter about the handsy lawsuit that took you off the air.I think he is a white man, who complained about your hands down his pants in a bar.

It is going to take more than your large nerd glasses to make anyone care what you do or think. Stand down.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 20, 2026 01:43 PM (WONhk)

69 20 For some reason, I think Lemon is going to enjoy prison.
Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 01:35 PM (77rzZ)

Send him to the women's lock-up, just for the lulz.

Posted by: Virginia SoCon at January 20, 2026 01:43 PM (a/dOO)

70 >>> 52 More like he is plain stupid. See, it's all about him. He wants attention. He doesn't care about anything but himself. Like most of the posers around him.
Posted by: Case at January 20, 2026 01:40 PM (4rWc3)
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Don Lemon - and most of our ruling class - are probably closer to what used to be called "dull-normal."
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 20, 2026 01:41 PM (GyQIQ)

I should have saved the link to the Stupid Chart I found. Don LeMon *might* be above the 'able to meet own survival needs' step, but just barely.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 20, 2026 01:44 PM (ULPxl)

71 "Please, don't send me to prison! Or worse, please don't send me to service - I meant serve! - on a submarine full of semen. Seamen!"

Don Lemon

Posted by: Pete in Texas at January 20, 2026 01:44 PM (94Xiu)

72 Blacks cannot be racist.

Racism is a measure of political power, and no black has any political power. Therefore, no black can be racist.

All whites wield complete political power, so all whites are racist.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 01:42 PM (GBKbO)
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Oy, I despise Critical Theory.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 20, 2026 01:45 PM (GyQIQ)

73
alexandriabrown
@alexthechick
4h
So help me if the Left gets the FACE Act found unconstitutional, I am going to laugh myself sick.

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 01:45 PM (SSiCQ)

74 >>> 20 For some reason, I think Lemon is going to enjoy prison.

It'll be a Lemon Party every day

Posted by: brak at January 20, 2026 01:45 PM (jGJov)

75 60 Lemon will enjoy PMITA prison, I am sure.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder,Disinformation Demon at January 20, 2026 01:42 PM (0O75l)

Trading smokes for pokes.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 20, 2026 01:45 PM (N39Ws)

76 What woman is this?

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 01:42 PM (77rzZ)

The black lady in the last video whaling on Don. Pretty, smart, and has had enough. May she be an inspiration for young girls!

Posted by: moki at January 20, 2026 01:45 PM (wLjpr)

77 Yes, she's come out of the blue. She must have some big backers and promoters supporting her. She has become the ugly face of the left.
Posted by: Seems Legit

Who was the previous ugly face of the left?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 20, 2026 01:45 PM (Dv3i1)

78 This is CNN.
Well ok was. But whatever.

Posted by: Really?? at January 20, 2026 01:45 PM (d4dD2)

79 I would start using a walking stick or cane to keep from falling on the ice and I would use it to crack some skulls if anyone touched me. Packing heat in a church with so many people is pretty risky unless you are absolutely sure you need to use deadly force.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 20, 2026 01:45 PM (oT7pT)

80 Michelle Obama says she is mindful to try to avoid white-owned brands
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Then: I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia sons of former slaves and the sons of former
slave-owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.

Now: People should only associate with members of their same race

Posted by: 18-1 at January 20, 2026 01:45 PM (sKqQm)

81 might* be above the 'able to meet own survival needs' step"

Really? Once finished with basic scrounging, then...

Posted by: man at January 20, 2026 01:45 PM (XuXeR)

82 Didn't Jonathan Turley also once say that James Comey was in big legal trouble? I have no reason to believe that anybody on the Left is in big legal trouble.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 20, 2026 01:45 PM (h/ffs)

83 72 Oy, I despise Critical Theory.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 20, 2026 01:45 PM (GyQIQ)

=====

You despise reality? You despise the hidden truth of all power structures?

You despise justice?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 01:45 PM (GBKbO)

84 >>> 64 As I've been saying, these halfwit homos don't realize it's 2026 and not 2021.

Don "FAGA" LeMon is out there literally confessing to serious crimes. He would have 100% gotten away with this under Joey Shitbrains. But Trump 2.0 don't play that.

I also want to nail that smelly hippy who looks like Bigfoot's crotch. The one screaming at Bondi to come get him. I can smell him over twatter.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 20, 2026 01:43 PM (iFTx/)

Arrest him and *bathe* him before giving him the jail uniform. Probably needs to be dusted for lice, too.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 20, 2026 01:46 PM (ULPxl)

85 73
alexandriabrown
@alexthechick
4h
So help me if the Left gets the FACE Act found unconstitutional, I am going to laugh myself sick.
Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 01:45 PM (SSiCQ)

Hear, hear!

Posted by: Virginia SoCon at January 20, 2026 01:46 PM (a/dOO)

86 64 As I've been saying, these halfwit homos don't realize it's 2026 and not 2021.

Don "FAGA" LeMon is out there literally confessing to serious crimes. He would have 100% gotten away with this under Joey Shitbrains. But Trump 2.0 don't play that.

I also want to nail that smelly hippy who looks like Bigfoot's crotch. The one screaming at Bondi to come get him. I can smell him over twatter.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 20, 2026 01:43 PM (iFTx/)

This. I want video of him waking up in the klink with a wtf look on his face trying to figure out how he got there.

Basically the Maduro treatment.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at January 20, 2026 01:46 PM (i0Hi3)

87 Didn't Jonathan Turley also once say that James Comey was in big legal trouble? I have no reason to believe that anybody on the Left is in big legal trouble.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 20, 2026 01:45 PM (h/ffs)
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Turley was - and is - correct, but only in the context of a single standard of law that is consistently applied. That is not our world.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 20, 2026 01:46 PM (GyQIQ)

88
Racism is a measure of political power, and no black has any political power. Therefore, no black can be racist.

Yes this is what they believe and its comical...

Barack Obama WHILE HE WAS PRESIDENT? No political power

Some working class white guy in Peoria? Obviously HE has power

Posted by: 18-1 at January 20, 2026 01:46 PM (sKqQm)

89 lemon is one of those like robert reich who simply cannot believe that we won't listen to him

Posted by: gnats local 678 at January 20, 2026 01:46 PM (CWTWj)

90 I predict that if Whoopee or Joy retire from the View they'll hire the vile creature, Jennifer Welch.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 20, 2026 01:46 PM (NpAcC)

91 You despise reality? You despise the hidden truth of all power structures?

You despise justice?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 01:45 PM (GBKbO)
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Sure. Okay.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 20, 2026 01:47 PM (GyQIQ)

92 People being assaulted and harassed at church and on the streets, the mayor tells police to stand down, the governor and AG encourage it, I'm pretty sure this is exactly what insurrection looks like.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 20, 2026 01:47 PM (n5tGW)

93 Barack Obama WHILE HE WAS PRESIDENT? No political power

Some working class white guy in Peoria? Obviously HE has power
____

Don't I know it.
-Joe the Plumber

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 20, 2026 01:47 PM (Dv3i1)

94 alexandriabrown
@alexthechick
4h
So help me if the Left gets the FACE Act found unconstitutional, I am going to laugh myself sick.
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It was never needed in the first place. The 1st Amendment already guaranteed the right to peaceful assembly and peaceful protest. No law has ever guaranteed the right to unlawful entry nor disruption of services. whether the services were worship or abortion.

Posted by: Ted Baxter at January 20, 2026 01:48 PM (TN0g+)

95 91 You despise reality? You despise the hidden truth of all power structures?

You despise justice?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 01:45 PM (GBKbO)
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Sure. Okay.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 20, 2026 01:47 PM (GyQIQ)

======

FEEL BAD ABOUT ALL THAT!

Apologize for your privilege!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 01:48 PM (GBKbO)

96 > "I think people who are, you know, in the religious groups like that, it's not the type of Christianity that I practice, but I think that they're entitled, and that entitlement comes from a supremacy, a White supremacy"

This philosophy ends in blood. Lots of blood. After the January 7 bloodbath, leftists were angry with anyone who tried to argue Jews did not deserve it. To them, the Jews have long since proven they are oppressors and ANY ACTION taken against them is justified.

Lemon is doing the same thing with the parishioners of this church. They are "white supremacists" which puts them in the oppressor category. Once you are in that category, ANY ACTION taken against them is justified.

There will be blood.

Posted by: bonhomme at January 20, 2026 01:48 PM (Yp6az)

97 I see Lemon and a Lamppost. Where is the rope?

Posted by: pudinhead at January 20, 2026 01:48 PM (pLaQB)

98 11 Having one of theirs shot and at least a handful pulled from their cars (broken windows included) and arrested for obstruction was supposed to be ignored, I guess.

We have confirmation that the people that trained Karen Deathwheels told her ICE didn't carry live ammunition right?

I suspect that the leaders of the anti-ICE movement are a lot more interested in getting martyrs then the people signing up for it are interesting in becoming ones
Posted by: 18-1 at January 20, 2026 01:33 PM (sKqQm)

I really would like to know who convinced these useful idiots that federal law enforcement doesn't use real bullets. It's like the mullahs sending retarded kids out with bomb vests.

Posted by: Why don't mullahs fight jihad, why they always send retahds? at January 20, 2026 01:48 PM (TbWk/)

99 Turley is the right wing “legal expert” everyone goes to. He’s wrong most of the time. Not because he’s wrong on the law but because he forgets the let never had to pay for their actions.

People like him still don’t get it. There are (D)ifferent (R)ules.

Lemon won’t see a nanosecond of prison time.

Posted by: Really?? at January 20, 2026 01:48 PM (d4dD2)

100 79 I would start using a walking stick or cane to keep from falling on the ice and I would use it to crack some skulls if anyone touched me. Packing heat in a church with so many people is pretty risky unless you are absolutely sure you need to use deadly force.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 20, 2026 01:45 PM (oT7pT

Monkey fist Keychain on an 8 inch lanyard.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at January 20, 2026 01:48 PM (i0Hi3)

101 Michelle Obama is loathsome.

Has someone so undeserving, so unskilled, been given so much?

"This too is the story of Obama."

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 20, 2026 01:48 PM (aZm/F)

102 #94 was me, late in removing a sock.

Posted by: Crusader at January 20, 2026 01:48 PM (TN0g+)

103 Has Don Lemon been questioned by police yet?
Is Don Lemon in handcuffs yet?

Posted by: I gotta ask at January 20, 2026 01:48 PM (2Ez/1)

104 Eventually there is going to be a "Bronx Tale" bar scene where the protestors roll up on a church/meeting that is going to be an ambush and have the ever living shit beat out of them.

https://youtu.be/4UBXTC24T8g?si=pWpBc4CBQ8TebZ0T

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at January 20, 2026 01:48 PM (k1E2D)

105 The Spanish Civil War got started when the left narrowly one an election and decided it gave them a mandate to assault political opponents.

And the left had that here under the Junta. It is interesting they don't notice the Junta isn't in charge any more

Posted by: 18-1 at January 20, 2026 01:48 PM (sKqQm)

106 Is this the straw that broke the camel's back?

Is this the straw?

How about this straw?

I keep waiting for the straw.

Posted by: zombie at January 20, 2026 01:48 PM (se8lQ)

107 92 People being assaulted and harassed at church and on the streets, the mayor tells police to stand down, the governor and AG encourage it, I'm pretty sure this is exactly what insurrection looks like.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 20, 2026 01:47 PM (n5tGW)

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This is what a hollowed out protest scene looks like, going after soft targets, preening for cameras, and not even physically hurting anyone.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 01:49 PM (GBKbO)

108 I think Jonathan assumes too much.

Don Lemon is purposely pursuing this because his profile has sunk into hell. Lemon believes this will revive his gravy train, especially if it goes to trial.

He’s banking on a jury in that town will eventually relieve him of any charges. Then he can ride that like a teenage boys squeak hole to the Money Hole.

Posted by: Vengeance at January 20, 2026 01:49 PM (egaJw)

109 FEEL BAD ABOUT ALL THAT!

Apologize for your privilege!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 01:48 PM (GBKbO)
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I apologize.

I apologize for working hard earning money.
I apologize for being responsible with my money.
I apologize for paying taxes into such a tyrannical system.
I apologize for carrying the burdens while receiving few of its benefits.
I apologize for being a sucker.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 20, 2026 01:49 PM (GyQIQ)

110 You can confess to crimes all day long if:

a. The state win't charge you because it supports your crime;

b. The feds won't charge you because they are sad limpdicks;

c. The judge in either venue is likely to be rooting for you;

d. The jury in either venue is likely to be hung at best; and/or

e. No one is willing to dish out the punishment deserved extrajudicially.

C, D, and E basically seal the deal here.

And for "the process is the punishment" crowd, it isn't if a "legal defense fund" picks up the tab and you get a book deal out of it.

The only way any of this gets fixed is if they murder or nearly murder someone or start burning stuff down and the Insurrection Act is invoked.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 20, 2026 01:49 PM (CzMNg)

111 Basically the Maduro treatment."

Prefer the Omar treatment

(Scarface reference)

Posted by: man at January 20, 2026 01:49 PM (XuXeR)

112 Just for funsies:

Dustin Grage
@GrageDustin
Jan 19
Before Don Lemon joined radical leftists in storming a Christian church service, he was interviewing Keith Ellison.

Jan 19, 2026 · 2:11 PM UTC

Posted by: Kindltot at January 20, 2026 01:49 PM (rbvCR)

113 100 79 I would start using a walking stick or cane to keep from falling on the ice and I would use it to crack some skulls if anyone touched me. Packing heat in a church with so many people is pretty risky unless you are absolutely sure you need to use deadly force.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 20, 2026 01:45 PM (oT7pT

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Most churches in Texas that I know of have at least one designated carry person.

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 20, 2026 01:50 PM (aZm/F)

114 >>>Legal analyst Jonathan Turley urges him to shut his mouth

Like, he's giving Don Lemon legal advice? Why? Why protect him?

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 01:50 PM (SSiCQ)

115 In talking to that AWFL podcaster, he calls congregants “white supremacist.”

They are attending church while white, that is their crime.Just existing as a white person makes one a target. Welcome to SA!

And Lemon, in his pre-protest video makes it clear that this church was chosen for being white, or as he says: “MAGA-coded.”

Posted by: Lizzy at January 20, 2026 01:50 PM (Hkcdp)

116 98 I really would like to know who convinced these useful idiots that federal law enforcement doesn't use real bullets. It's like the mullahs sending retarded kids out with bomb vests.

Posted by: Why don't mullahs fight jihad, why they always send retahds? at January 20, 2026 01:48 PM (TbWk/)

=======

"If a DEA agent witnesses a murder with a knife, the DEA agent isn't allowed to do anything because the crime didn't involve the core mission of the DEA at large."
-the same logic of thinking an ICE agent can't arrest you for obstructing their arrest of an illegal alien

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 01:50 PM (GBKbO)

117
I can't believe we're sitting here not codifying the 9-member Supreme Court. You KNOW the minute Dems have control, they'll confirm another dozen Jumanji Brown-Jacksons.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 20, 2026 01:50 PM (tkcii)

118 LeMon's church's Ten Commandments is a lot like the real Ten Commandments except instead of no other gods before me it's no gods before dick, instead of you shall not kill it's unless the fascist, racist white supremacists deserve it, instead you shall not commit adultery it's get down get funky, and instead of you shall not bear false witness it's lie like a motherf*cker.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 20, 2026 01:50 PM (L/fGl)

119 OK, somethings broken on the YouTube algorithm.

I want to know why it thinks someone who watches nothing besides history documentaries and the occasional Adam Carolla podcast should be relentlessly bombarded with ads for Gilette Venus Pubic Razors.

I'd reckon no such person exists, anywhere.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 20, 2026 01:50 PM (BI5O2)

120 Did you see the AWFL Cashmere turtleneck interviewer nodding along?

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at January 20, 2026 01:50 PM (wBaIH)

121 Before Don Lemon joined radical leftists in storming a Christian church service, he was interviewing Keith Ellison.

One of Timpon's flunkies went out and murdered a political opponent of his and...nothing. Even after he said Timpon told him to do it...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 20, 2026 01:51 PM (sKqQm)

122 If Don Lemon actually ends up in prison, I'll eat my hat. He's a ruling class hanger-on and nobody likes him, but he is nonetheless in "the club."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 20, 2026 01:37 PM (GyQIQ)

And being such a mincing fag, he probably has the best drug hookups.
Posted by: XTC at January 20, 2026 01:40 PM (6Uni

____

In the club, yes. But a very minor, expendable member of that club. Basically the hanger-on loser who hands out handjobs in the locker room to the real elites.

He's also stupid and a loose cannon. That church stunt was a terrible idea, and the images that came out backfired on The Cause. These morons sent a grundle of rent-a-goons to harrass a small congregation of diverse races and quite a few children and older people. The key pic to come out of this stunt was the pretty Asian (Korean?) lady protecting her kid from menacing retards.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 20, 2026 01:51 PM (iFTx/)

123 I'm surprised we're not hearing from a lot of black church women.

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 01:51 PM (SSiCQ)

124 I don't even know what that is...(boob belt) ..????
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK]

The style used to be called "empire waist". Tends to make a woman look pregnant even if she's not and has a corset on underneath the dress.

It's also a less unflattering style for women with short waists or whose waist measurement is the same as their bust measurement, in addition to being the place where a belt naturally migrates to on such a figure.

Posted by: FeatheBlade at January 20, 2026 01:51 PM (a+4eV)

125 should be relentlessly bombarded with ads for Gilette Venus Pubic Razors.

Maybe you looked up some Brazilian history?

Posted by: 18-1 at January 20, 2026 01:51 PM (sKqQm)

126 109 I apologize.

I apologize for working hard earning money.
I apologize for being responsible with my money.
I apologize for paying taxes into such a tyrannical system.
I apologize for carrying the burdens while receiving few of its benefits.
I apologize for being a sucker.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 20, 2026 01:49 PM (GyQIQ)

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Good. Now give your job to a black woman of color who was born a man. For justice.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 01:51 PM (GBKbO)

127 The Spanish Civil War got started when the left narrowly one an election and decided it gave them a mandate to assault political opponents"

Then a couple of judges woke up dead, then....

Posted by: man at January 20, 2026 01:52 PM (XuXeR)

128 65 WTF did she come from? I had never even heard of her three or two months ago and now I'm told she's 'sposed to be an "important voice"

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 20, 2026 01:40 PM (tljrc)

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Yes, she's come out of the blue. She must have some big backers and promoters supporting her. She has become the ugly face of the left.
Posted by: Seems Legit
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The left uses a series of disposable hand puppets to chum the waters for their deranged community.

Big money oligarchs and foreign interests are driving a lot of this but they never get their hands dirty. That is why you see the endless shell game of NGOs passing dollars back and forth.

Posted by: whig at January 20, 2026 01:52 PM (E4rtv)

129 I want to know why it thinks someone who watches nothing besides history documentaries and the occasional Adam Carolla podcast should be relentlessly bombarded with ads for Gilette Venus Pubic Razors.

We...try not to judge. Sometimes we fail.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 01:52 PM (Riz8t)

130 120 Did you see the AWFL Cashmere turtleneck interviewer nodding along?
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at January 20, 2026 01:50 PM (wBaIH)

I didn't click the play button. The screen shot was AWFL enough.

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 01:52 PM (SSiCQ)

131 /Looks at pictures of Armed Black Panthers...

/Forrest Gump voice

And just like that, they suddenly support Assault Rifles.

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 20, 2026 01:52 PM (mP0Kj)

132 Many churches already have armed guards.
At this point, it’s more about if blue city prosecutors will throw them in prison for defending themselves, as we’ve seen again and again (e.g. Daniel Penny).

Posted by: Lizzy at January 20, 2026 01:52 PM (Hkcdp)

133 This is what a hollowed out protest scene looks like, going after soft targets, preening for cameras, and not even physically hurting anyone.
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Its a recruiting advertisement. You are correct, this is a rearguard action. Their armies are in full flight.

Posted by: pudinhead at January 20, 2026 01:52 PM (pLaQB)

134 I watched the video of Don Limón slipping and sliding and saying this is needed to scare innocent children and families in church. Warning his camera "man" that it is very slippery (yes, Don, water has many issues in that it freezes).

I doubt I am the only one who hoped he face planted, super hard, into that orange cone. It would not be totally fulfilling for me because it is plastic vs concrete or iron,but it would make me happy.

It's the little things in life that make me happy.

Granted, we would never see the video of him slipping, face planting, a walloping concussion and abrasions, plus cracked nerd glasses. But a girl can dream.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 20, 2026 01:52 PM (WONhk)

135 ... I want to know why it thinks someone who watches nothing besides history documentaries and the occasional Adam Carolla podcast should be relentlessly bombarded with ads for Gilette Venus Pubic Razors.

I'd reckon no such person exists, anywhere.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 20, 2026 01:50 PM (BI5O2)
+++++
LOL. It knows you are likely a razor-user, and Gillette is paying them. It goes no further than that.

I routinely get ads for Disney properties, likely because I watch some Disney-related content (they are a major media juggernaut and is worth paying attention to, if you care about that kind of thing). That is is all entirely *critical* of Disney is irrelevant.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 20, 2026 01:52 PM (GyQIQ)

136 Lemonand his ilk aren’t doing homosexuals any favors, as a class. I grew up thinking they were strange at best, without thinking of them at all if I could help it.

Now? I hate the fuckers with a passion. Sick fucks, groomers, kiddie fuckers all. Go to hell

Posted by: Common Tater at January 20, 2026 01:53 PM (x4uGH)

137

"it's not the type of Christianity that I practice"

Ah, not enough child molesting for Don.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at January 20, 2026 01:53 PM (och2J)

138 Don Lemon is a POS.

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Person of Shit?

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 20, 2026 01:53 PM (gqZaY)

139 Don Lemoan would love to go to prison. He could podcast while being buttraped.

Posted by: wth at January 20, 2026 01:53 PM (UjdFS)

140 112 Just for funsies:

Dustin Grage
@GrageDustin
Jan 19
Before Don Lemon joined radical leftists in storming a Christian church service, he was interviewing Keith Ellison.

Jan 19, 2026 · 2:11 PM UTC
Posted by: Kindltot at January 20, 2026 01

Be interesting if Ellison implicated himself in the crime in the interview.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at January 20, 2026 01:53 PM (i0Hi3)

141 These morons sent a grundle of rent-a-goons to harrass a small congregation of diverse races and quite a few children and older people.
_____

One of the rent a goons appears to have been Chauntyll Allen, a St Paul school district board member.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 20, 2026 01:53 PM (Dv3i1)

142 rearguard action

Go on...

Posted by: Pete's Lemony Buttgig at January 20, 2026 01:54 PM (TbWk/)

143 Is that Welch woman Dylan Mulvaney's mother or twin sister?

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at January 20, 2026 01:54 PM (k1E2D)

144 Attacking soft targets instead of hard targets is an indication that the protestors are afraid of the consequences of hard targets now.

Having one of theirs shot and at least a handful pulled from their cars (broken windows included) and arrested for obstruction was supposed to be ignored, I guess.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Also counterproductive politically. Plays to the party base of hard left (about 22 percent of pop or so) but not to the general public.

Posted by: whig at January 20, 2026 01:54 PM (E4rtv)

145 Can I hope that Don Le'Mon keeps talking to any and all cameras that will let him? If he's digging deeper, that is.

Posted by: Blanco at January 20, 2026 01:54 PM (q83gU)

146 The style used to be called "empire waist". Tends to make a woman look pregnant even if she's not and has a corset on underneath the dress.
Posted by: FeatheBlade

Empire waist was based on Empress Josephine (or maybe Nappy's other wife) when she was pregnant.

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 01:54 PM (77rzZ)

147 >>Our side needs to see something concrete happen for morale purposes; we have listened to decades of talk, and here we are.

But we are seeing it constantly. Thousands of illegals have been arrested in Minneapolis alone. That isn't the issue. If the people who stormed the church were arrested yesterday there would something else to complain about today.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 20, 2026 01:54 PM (viF8m)

148 >>> 121
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One of Timpon's flunkies went out and murdered a political opponent of his and...nothing. Even after he said Timpon told him to do it...
Posted by: 18-1 at January 20, 2026 01:51 PM (sKqQm)

Hmm. Why am I thinking of Che Guevera? Sadistic, tough-talking asshoe when surrounded by accomplices, crying like a little bitch when caught by enemies.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 20, 2026 01:55 PM (ULPxl)

149 /Looks at pictures of Armed Black Panthers...

/Forrest Gump voice

And just like that, they suddenly support Assault Rifles.

Saw some lefties talking about that. "Its a shame rifles are legal but we have to defend our rights!"

Now remember their official line is NOT "well it would be better if no one had a gun but since that's never going to happen..."

Their official line is "Guns make you murder people and put you in greater danger then not having one"

Yet another example of the left ultimately arguing "its different when we do it!"

Posted by: 18-1 at January 20, 2026 01:55 PM (sKqQm)

150

Ok, I want to date that black chick.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at January 20, 2026 01:55 PM (och2J)

151 144 Also counterproductive politically. Plays to the party base of hard left (about 22 percent of pop or so) but not to the general public.

Posted by: whig at January 20, 2026 01:54 PM (E4rtv)

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Nothing matters but what BlueSky says.

That's why the 2028 Democrat primary campaign is going to have everyone remotely close to the nomination pledge to repatriate every deported illegal and grant them citizenship.

It'll play great on BlueSky.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 01:55 PM (GBKbO)

152 Turley is like James O'Keefe to me. Both do good work and get me salivating over what they uncover but in the end, nothing they ever talk about ever matters.

Many here are more hopeful than I and I appreciate that. I'm reading these comments today in an attempt to buoy my spirits.

Give 'em hell Harmeet.

Posted by: 496 at January 20, 2026 01:55 PM (t+VLa)

153 I like the word "grundle." I'll have to work it into my comments more.

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 01:55 PM (77rzZ)

154 Lemonand his ilk aren’t doing homosexuals any favors, as a class. I grew up thinking they were strange at best, without thinking of them at all if I could help it.

Now? I hate the fuckers with a passion. Sick fucks, groomers, kiddie fuckers all. Go to hell
Posted by: Common Tater
.......

Used to be live let live. Now it's shut the fuck up and GTFO of my face you loudmouth.

Posted by: wth at January 20, 2026 01:55 PM (UjdFS)

155 137

"it's not the type of Christianity that I practice"

Ah, not enough child molesting for Don.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at January 20, 2026 01:53 PM (och2J)

He's the kind of Christian that feels its his right to traumatized other Christians who dont practice his type of Christianity. He's a giver that way.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at January 20, 2026 01:55 PM (i0Hi3)

156 grundle> Grendel

Posted by: Beowulf McCormick at January 20, 2026 01:56 PM (/JT24)

157 Chirp

Posted by: Rattlesnek at January 20, 2026 01:56 PM (T2/Kb)

158 Ok, I want to date that black chick.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq

The dreads are a deal-breaker for me.

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 01:56 PM (77rzZ)

159 Iirc, oneof the protest leaders works for a local DA or AG, and his wife is on city council ?
I am sure he feels untouchable, and rightly so. He works for the person who would be charging them.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 20, 2026 01:56 PM (Hkcdp)

160 He'll never see the inside of a cell. None of them will. The fix is already in. Pay more attention to J.J. He gets it.

Posted by: creeper at January 20, 2026 01:56 PM (80oeU)

161 The style used to be called "empire waist". Tends to make a woman look pregnant even if she's not and has a corset on underneath the dress. ....
Posted by: FeatheBlade at January 20, 2026 01:51 PM (a+4eV)
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Apparently pronounced not "em-PYRE" as in "British Empire," but "ahm-peer." Because reasons.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 20, 2026 01:56 PM (GyQIQ)

162 147 >>Our side needs to see something concrete happen for morale purposes; we have listened to decades of talk, and here we are.

But we are seeing it constantly. Thousands of illegals have been arrested in Minneapolis alone. That isn't the issue. If the people who stormed the church were arrested yesterday there would something else to complain about today.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 20, 2026 01:54 PM (viF8m)

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"I know I said yesterday that the only thing I cared about was deporting all the illegals, but now that that's become common place I must demand that the legal system move faster than it even did arresting rando grannies for 1/6."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 01:56 PM (GBKbO)

163 I don't see Lemon speaking with Somalis . He only argues or gets in the faces of white folks who want to be left alone. Lemon is the racist. See how your schtick works with the Muslims Donny. Hint , they don't like de gays

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 20, 2026 01:57 PM (PTsqM)

164 I saw a lot of videos over the weekend of people being punched and attacked in MN.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 20, 2026 01:57 PM (n5tGW)

165 Governor Gavin Newsom just implemented new "Green Diesel" mandates that effectively ban 70% of the fleet. The response? A massive boycott. Drivers are turning around at the border, and reports confirm food is rotting in the Port of Los Angeles.

The Boycott: Why truckers are saying "No More" to California
The truckers' boycott against California is a response to the state's "Green Diesel" mandates, which have effectively banned 70% of the trucking fleet. This has led to a significant disruption in the supply chain, with reports of food rotting in the Port of Los Angeles and empty shelves in grocery stores. Governor Gavin Newsom has been pleading for waivers to the mandates, but the drivers are not complying. The boycott has sparked discussions about the impact of such policies on the economy and the food supply, raising concerns about the future of the trucking industry in California and the broader implications for the nation's supply chain.

... why is this not news outside of California ?

Posted by: SMOD at January 20, 2026 01:57 PM (RHGPo)

166 136 Lemonand his ilk aren’t doing homosexuals any favors, as a class. I grew up thinking they were strange at best, without thinking of them at all if I could help it.

Now? I hate the fuckers with a passion. Sick fucks, groomers, kiddie fuckers all. Go to hell
Posted by: Common Tater at January 20, 2026 01:53 PM (x4uGH)

When they started demanding I not only tolerate, but celebrate and collaborate, is when my indifference turned to hostility. Live and let live assumes you leave me and mine the fuck alone. They crossed that line quite some time ago.

Posted by: FAGA fatigue at January 20, 2026 01:57 PM (TbWk/)

167 Apparently pronounced not "em-PYRE" as in "British Empire," but "ahm-peer." Because reasons.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

Because French.

Posted by: FeatheBlade at January 20, 2026 01:57 PM (a+4eV)

168 What's a grundle?

Posted by: OK, I'll be the one to ask at January 20, 2026 01:58 PM (2Ez/1)

169 But we are seeing it constantly. Thousands of illegals have been arrested in Minneapolis alone. That isn't the issue. If the people who stormed the church were arrested yesterday there would something else to complain about today.
/i]

I'm going to split the difference here. Yes, Trump and co are sending illegals home in a way that we've never see before.

But...there are still clearing "two Americas" and people connected to the Dem party and its organs are untouchable. The left had no problem making up crimes and going after Ted Stevens, Scooter Libby, or Gov McDonnell

Here you have a minor member of Dem party who is admitting to a crime on air with video of him committing it. If he is NOT charged then yes...its a problem.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 20, 2026 01:58 PM (sKqQm)

170 >>> 160 He'll never see the inside of a cell. None of them will. The fix is already in. Pay more attention to J.J. He gets it.
Posted by: creeper at January 20, 2026 01:56 PM (80oeU)

That's not necessarily good for them.

Posted by: lampposts at January 20, 2026 01:58 PM (ULPxl)

171 Apparently pronounced not "em-PYRE" as in "British Empire," but "ahm-peer." Because reasons.

An impervious ampere-vest?

Posted by: Lame Wordplay McCormick at January 20, 2026 01:58 PM (/JT24)

172 Because French.
Posted by: FeatheBlade at January 20, 2026 01:57 PM (a+4eV)
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That's a bad reason

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 20, 2026 01:58 PM (GyQIQ)

173 OK, somethings broken on the YouTube algorithm.

I want to know why it thinks someone who watches nothing besides history documentaries and the occasional Adam Carolla podcast should be relentlessly bombarded with ads for Gilette Venus Pubic Razors.

I'd reckon no such person exists, anywhere.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 20, 2026 01:50 PM (BI5O2)

It's the best a man can get!

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 20, 2026 01:58 PM (wVcYX)

174
FAGA?

Fecal African Gay Asshole?

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 20, 2026 01:59 PM (gqZaY)

175
Is that Welch woman Dylan Mulvaney's mother or twin sister?

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at January 20, 2026 01:54 PM

are we sure this Welch person is a "woman"?

does she always wear a turtleneck to hide her adam's apple?

hey, I'm just asking questions...

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 20, 2026 01:59 PM (tljrc)

176 It's the best a man can get!
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 20, 2026 01:58 PM (wVcYX)
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LOL. Gillette wants de-dicked sissy men.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 20, 2026 01:59 PM (GyQIQ)

177 Oh, I just looked up the meaning of "grundle." I thought it just meant "a group." But, apparently it's an anatomical slang term that The Blade was using in a figurative sense.

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 01:59 PM (77rzZ)

178 ... why is this not news outside of California ?
Posted by: SMOD at January 20, 2026 01:57 PM (RHGPo)

Inflation roars back as Trump Tarrifs cause grocery price spikes and shortages.
-Future "News" Headlines

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 20, 2026 01:59 PM (Dv3i1)

179 > What's a grundle?

Taint nothing.

Posted by: bonhomme at January 20, 2026 01:59 PM (Yp6az)

180 Key words not mentioned by Lemon:
Tolerance (of religious differences)
Diversity (of Christian worship)
Love (of thy neighbor)

We know what kind of “Che” he is.
We also see how tolerance, diversity and love is only demanded for some.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 20, 2026 02:00 PM (Hkcdp)

181 168 What's a grundle?
Posted by: OK, I'll be the one to ask at January 20, 2026 01:58 PM (2Ez/1)

Taint nothing to worry about.

Posted by: Gooch on over at January 20, 2026 02:00 PM (TbWk/)

182 119 OK, somethings broken on the YouTube algorithm.

I want to know why it thinks someone who watches nothing besides history documentaries and the occasional Adam Carolla podcast should be relentlessly bombarded with ads for Gilette Venus Pubic Razors.

I'd reckon no such person exists, anywhere.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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The dirty secret is all databases turn to shit over time if you don't enforce data integrity on all incoming data. Google is betting the farm on AI and letting most of the rest of its business decay as a result. Ditto for Microsux. Personal operating systems, for example, are down nearly to single digits of their total revenue. Cloud operations and server software are what is bringing in their bacon.

So they literally do not care about losing the customers they have. That is because the big rewards of stock options for executives only comes from the market thinking Google and Microsux are going to produce truly massive new revenue streams from AI.

Same reason why GE bought NBC back in the day. They thought infotainment would bring a higher return than the mature businesses that they already had.

Posted by: whig at January 20, 2026 02:00 PM (E4rtv)

183 @168 20 bucks, same as in town

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 20, 2026 02:00 PM (PTsqM)

184 168 What's a grundle?
Posted by: OK, I'll be the one to ask at January 20, 2026 01:58 PM (2Ez/1)

Rumble in the grundle.

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 02:00 PM (SSiCQ)

185 Governor Gavin Newsom has been pleading for waivers to the mandates, but the drivers are not complying.

.. isn't he the one who can grant waivere to the mandates, because... y'know... he's the one who mandated them?

I just love when the left acts all helpless and victimized in situations that they themselves advocated for and implemented.

Just terminal victims their entire lives.

Posted by: FeatheBlade at January 20, 2026 02:00 PM (a+4eV)

186 What's a grundle?

Something you t'ain't supposed to know

Posted by: 18-1 at January 20, 2026 02:00 PM (sKqQm)

187 The dreads are a deal-breaker for me.
Posted by: Bulg
......

Who knows what critters may lurk within.

Posted by: wth at January 20, 2026 02:00 PM (UjdFS)

188 why is this not news outside of California ?"

Galveston, Corpus, and Houston all say "shush"

Posted by: man at January 20, 2026 02:00 PM (XuXeR)

189 163 I don't see Lemon speaking with Somalis . He only argues or gets in the faces of white folks who want to be left alone. Lemon is the racist. See how your schtick works with the Muslims Donny. Hint , they don't like de gays
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January

And yet he is married to a white guy.

Posted by: Piper at January 20, 2026 02:00 PM (Wmg4n)

190 So the broligarchs and their political prossies in Davos have come up with a competitor for X, it will be called W and be on European servers. A total propaganda tool for these fascists!

Posted by: night lifted at January 20, 2026 02:01 PM (kJmLc)

191 Apparently pronounced not "em-PYRE" as in "British Empire," but "ahm-peer." Because reasons.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

As I posted above, the look was based on one of Napoleon's wives when she was pregnant.

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 02:01 PM (77rzZ)

192 Can you say Don LeMort? I knew you could.
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at January 20, 2026 01:36 PM

Le Mort D'on? That would make a great book.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 20, 2026 02:01 PM (kgE5c)

193 Empire waist was based on Empress Josephine (or maybe Nappy's other wife) when she was pregnant.
Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 01:54 PMry 20, 2026 01:54 PM (77rzZ)

Josephine never bore him any children, so it's gotta be Marie Louise

Posted by: Josephistan at January 20, 2026 02:01 PM (y9ksN)

194 ... why is this not news outside of California ?

Because you might get the wrong idea, peasant.

Posted by: The Media-DNC Complex at January 20, 2026 02:01 PM (Riz8t)

195 As I posted above, the look was based on one of Napoleon's wives when she was pregnant.

One of the things that amused me about the most recent biopic was that it was way more focused on Napoleon's sex life then I ever expected...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 20, 2026 02:01 PM (sKqQm)

196 ... why is this not news outside of California ?
Posted by: SMOD at January 20, 2026 01:57 PM (RHGPo)

Newsom pleading for waivers?? For a policy he wanted? Truckers have a hard enough time dealing with CA. Their rigs can't be but a few years old or they are not permitted to be in CA - because of emissions b.s. At what point do we let CA fall on their own sword? There are other ports that can be used.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 20, 2026 02:01 PM (N39Ws)

197 This busty bikini brunette puts low probability on any prominent, dull Party-aligned nitwit seeing the inside of a cell:
http://tiny.cc/aowx001

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 20, 2026 02:02 PM (GyQIQ)

198 OK, somethings broken on the YouTube algorithm.

I want to know why it thinks someone who watches nothing besides history documentaries and the occasional Adam Carolla podcast should be relentlessly bombarded with ads for Gilette Venus Pubic Razors.

I'd reckon no such person exists, anywhere.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 20, 2026 01:50 PM (BI5O2)

It's the best a man can get!
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 20, 2026 01:58 PM (wVcYX)

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We Are All Trannies Now.

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 20, 2026 02:02 PM (gqZaY)

199 He's also stupid and a loose cannon. That church stunt was a terrible idea, and the images that came out backfired on The Cause. These morons sent a grundle of rent-a-goons to harrass a small congregation of diverse races and quite a few children and older people. The key pic to come out of this stunt was the pretty Asian (Korean?) lady protecting her kid from menacing retards.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 20, 2026

It won't help public opinion much. But it'll boost recruiting. Jews, Christians, doesn't matter. The monster babies want a pogrom really, really badly. They'll come out if the woodwork wherever they can smell the possibility of one.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 20, 2026 02:02 PM (BI5O2)

200 189 163 I don't see Lemon speaking with Somalis . He only argues or gets in the faces of white folks who want to be left alone. Lemon is the racist. See how your schtick works with the Muslims Donny. Hint , they don't like de gays
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January

And yet he is married to a white guy.
Posted by: Piper at January 20, 2026 02:00 PM (Wmg4n)

He has internalized white supremacy and racism.

Posted by: Long, hard, veiny, throbbing racism at January 20, 2026 02:02 PM (TbWk/)

201 197 This busty bikini brunette puts low probability on any prominent, dull Party-aligned nitwit seeing the inside of a cell:
http://tiny.cc/aowx001

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 20, 2026 02:02 PM (GyQIQ)

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Flush cheeks, implying lack of confidence.

2/10

Would not bang.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 02:02 PM (GBKbO)

202 So the broligarchs and their political prossies in Davos have come up with a competitor for X, it will be called W and be on European servers. A total propaganda tool for these fascists!

That should work out as well as Amelia did.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 02:02 PM (Riz8t)

203 Governor Gavin Newsom has been pleading for waivers to the mandates, but the drivers are not complying.

.. isn't he the one who can grant waivere to the mandates, because... y'know... he's the one who mandated them?

I just love when the left acts all helpless and victimized in situations that they themselves advocated for and implemented.

Just terminal victims their entire lives.
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They're the same dimwits who claimed they were go to speed thru the rebuilds after the fires....and we all knew they were lying and the Californians knew they were lying and not a single protest was every held because Californians know deep down that they deserve this because they've had ample opportunities to leave and never bothered to do so. Sorry James Woods, even you knew that it would go down like this if it ever went down at all.

Posted by: Crusader at January 20, 2026 02:02 PM (TN0g+)

204 I keep waiting for the straw.
Posted by: zombie at January 20, 2026 01:48 PM (se8lQ)

AND IT IS FUNNY BECAUSE STRAWS ARE OUTLAWED BECAUSE THEY INJURE TURTLES!!!!

Posted by: DAN ROFLESBUREGER at January 20, 2026 02:02 PM (rbvCR)

205 Ok, I want to date that black chick.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq

The dreads are a deal-breaker for me.
Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 01:56 PM (77rzZ)
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Those aren't dreads. Dreads are matted and usually (deliberately) look unkept. That lady has heavily-groomed "locs" that look very close to braids or twists. That's right, "dredlocks" don't exist; "dreds" and "locs" are two different things.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 20, 2026 02:02 PM (iFTx/)

206 "If a DEA agent witnesses a murder with a knife, the DEA agent isn't allowed to do anything because the crime didn't involve the core mission of the DEA at large."
-the same logic of thinking an ICE agent can't arrest you for obstructing their arrest of an illegal alien
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

The half assed internet law license.
You know where their problem lies?

They don't look at and supporting or detracting actions. They see where federal law says ICE can't shoot someone who is fleeing in a car.

They don't see the supporting "what if's".

Posted by: rickb223 at January 20, 2026 02:02 PM (0x0rk)

207 I knew guys in college who called the grundle or taint the husk. Don't know if that was regional for really local

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 20, 2026 02:02 PM (PTsqM)

208 I want to know why it thinks someone who watches nothing besides history documentaries and the occasional Adam Carolla podcast should be relentlessly bombarded with ads for Gilette Venus Pubic Razors.

Stay out da Bushes!

Posted by: Jesse Jackson at January 20, 2026 02:03 PM (sKqQm)

209 The anti-religion people always have a problem with Jesus.

Posted by: ... at January 20, 2026 02:03 PM (siUZu)

210
What knockers!

Posted by: Gene Wilder at January 20, 2026 02:03 PM (2Ez/1)

211 Don Lemon wasn't part of the interruption. He arrived once the scene broke out to interview people on the scene.

On the one hand, an ICE agents shot a mom in the face and cursed her as she was dying. On the other hand, some leftists were *rude in a church* where an ICE official is a leader. And a journalist recorded it! Who can say which is worse. A real fuckin' conundrum.

The one guy in the church was whining, "I feel violated, I feel interrupted, I feel angry." Lol. I hope they do it again.

Don Lemon was great! We need more journalism like this. He wasnt part of the protest, he didnt interrupt the service. He seems to have just done what a street journalist should do. Document the event and the responses to it

Don Lemon can’t go into a church to film protests but 20-something right wing weirdos can try and break into daycares across America demanding to see the children? MAGA is one powerful drug.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 20, 2026 02:03 PM (JCZqz)

212 FAGA?

Does she mean bundle of sticks?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 20, 2026 02:03 PM (zZu0s)

213 He (Don Lemon) has internalized white supremacy and racism.

Posted by: Long, hard, veiny, throbbing racism at January 20, 2026 02:02 PM (TbWk/)
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Do you have any hard evidence?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 20, 2026 02:03 PM (CZW9O)

214 This busty bikini brunette puts low probability on any prominent, dull Party-aligned nitwit seeing the inside of a cell:
http://tiny.cc/aowx001

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 20, 2026 02:02 PM (GyQIQ)

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Would those things float or sink her?

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 20, 2026 02:03 PM (gqZaY)

215 This busty bikini brunette puts low probability on any prominent, dull Party-aligned nitwit seeing the inside of a cell:
http://tiny.cc/aowx001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

Wow. Thanks. Could've used that yesterday.

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 02:03 PM (77rzZ)

216 Fake
And
Gay
Advocate

FAGA?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 20, 2026 02:04 PM (zZu0s)

217 Flush cheeks, implying lack of confidence.

2/10

Would not bang.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 02:02 PM (GBKbO)

I'm pretty sure that's not what flush cheeks means

Posted by: ... at January 20, 2026 02:04 PM (siUZu)

218 The ads on YouTube can be driven by your ip address, so if your wife is looking for stuff, (or talking about it, cuz I swear they are spying on us)you will sometimes see it reflected in the ads you get.

In rural areas, it can also be what your neighbors are searching.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 20, 2026 02:04 PM (Vvh2V)

219 The anti-religion people always have a problem with Jesus.
Posted by: ... at January 20, 2026 02:03 PM (siUZu)
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There is no power greater than themselves.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 20, 2026 02:04 PM (GyQIQ)

220 That should work out as well as Amelia did.

I wonder if we are going to see Amelia's showing up as Cosplay conventions...

Simple enough outfit and oh boy would you get attention...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 20, 2026 02:04 PM (sKqQm)

221 This busty bikini brunette puts low probability on any prominent, dull Party-aligned nitwit seeing the inside of a cell:
http://tiny.cc/aowx001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 20, 2026 02:02 PM (GyQIQ)

She picked and put on her outfit well.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 20, 2026 02:04 PM (wVcYX)

222 168 What's a grundle?
Posted by: OK, I'll be the one to ask at January 20, 2026 01:58 PM (2Ez/1)

It's a specially made girdle for Jerry Nadler's gunt. Space-age polymers or some such that precariously holds back his girth like Three Gorges Dam.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 20, 2026 02:04 PM (CzMNg)

223 I want to know why it thinks someone who watches nothing besides history documentaries and the occasional Adam Carolla podcast should be relentlessly bombarded with ads for Gilette Venus Pubic Razors.

I'd reckon no such person exists, anywhere.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 20, 2026 01:50 PM (BI5O2)
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Now you know why Mrs. F. has her own account.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 20, 2026 02:04 PM (RIvkX)

224 >>Here you have a minor member of Dem party who is admitting to a crime on air with video of him committing it. If he is NOT charged then yes...its a problem.

Ok. But you also know the normal legal process doesn't work instantaneously. There have been multiple people from the DOJ including, Bondi, Dhillon and Blanche, pretty much the top of the organization, all saying they are going to be charges.

What would be their motivation to lie and do nothing?

Posted by: JackStraw at January 20, 2026 02:04 PM (viF8m)

225 Preach it, sistah!

Posted by: Texican ette at January 20, 2026 02:04 PM (SNf74)

226 Flush cheeks, implying lack of confidence.

You sound like one of those scouts in Moneyball.

Posted by: Classic swing, has the looks at January 20, 2026 02:04 PM (TbWk/)

227 look closely, those are braids, not dreads

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 20, 2026 02:04 PM (Cjt/F)

228 This busty bikini brunette puts low probability on any prominent, dull Party-aligned nitwit seeing the inside of a cell:
http://tiny.cc/aowx001

Sad. Look at her posture. It has probably been 15 years since she's been able to stand upright.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 02:04 PM (Riz8t)

229 Here you have a minor member of Dem party who is admitting to a crime on air with video of him committing it. If he is NOT charged then yes...its a problem.
Posted by: 18-1
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You do understand how the federal system works?

You cannot try a federal case using trial by information, all federal criminal cases must go before a grand jury for indictment which then goes to a judge for issuance of an arrest warrant. If a grand jury no bills, like in the Leticia case, you have to convene a new grand jury to issue a new indictment with new information gathered.

Unless a federal agent directly observes the crime creating probable cause for arrest, then the case, including criminal misdemeanors must go before a grand jury in the district where the crime was committed.

Unlike most all states, who try by information in most cases, not grand juries. Bill of Rights prevents the feds from doing the same.

Posted by: whig at January 20, 2026 02:04 PM (E4rtv)

230 I knew guys in college who called the grundle or taint the husk. Don't know if that was regional for really local
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 20, 2026 02:02 PM (PTsqM)

I've also heard it called the tweener.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at January 20, 2026 02:05 PM (PSEDc)

231 I surprised nobody's going for "a government official being a pastor violates separation of church and state. Arrest the pastor, and taze him in the nuts, too."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 20, 2026 02:05 PM (BI5O2)

232 Don Lemon can’t go into a church to film protests but 20-something right wing weirdos can try and break into daycares across America demanding to see the children? MAGA is one powerful drug.

To be clear here you can ask whatever you want at someone's door step.

What you can't do is force your way inside.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 20, 2026 02:05 PM (sKqQm)

233 Reddit or really are idiots, huh?
They can’t even manage basic whataboutisms.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 20, 2026 02:05 PM (Hkcdp)

234 ... why is this not news outside of California ?
Posted by: SMOD at January 20, 2026 01:57 PM (RHGPo)

Oh, it gets better.

Loves Truck stops? About the only real truck stops in Calif? Closing due to bad business climate due to the gov.

Also? New law that Semis can't drive on most roads in Calif, only designated roads... making deliveries really problematic.

Add? Photo and Radar machine can now once again enforce the speed limit, and the ticket is sent to the owner of the vehicle....

AND? They lowered the speed limit on highways by 5 MPH, and are in a major enforcement push...

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 20, 2026 02:05 PM (mP0Kj)

235 Pixy quoted this guy the other night.

@jatinkrmalik
The reason why RAM has become four times more expensive is that a huge amount of RAM that has not yet been produced was purchased with non-existent money to be installed in GPUs that also have not yet been produced, in order to place them in data centers that have not yet been built, powered by infrastructure that may never appear, to satisfy demand that does not actually exist and to obtain profit that is mathematically impossible.

Who's scheming who re: The Next Blow-Up.

Posted by: DaveA at January 20, 2026 02:05 PM (FhXTo)

236 The Minoans had their women wear vests that popped women's bewbs out to be worshipped by all. This was civilization. Oh, there was a book on them in library when I was in 3rd grade. I wore that book out.

Posted by: pudinhead at January 20, 2026 02:05 PM (pLaQB)

237 203 They're the same dimwits who claimed they were go to speed thru the rebuilds after the fires....and we all knew they were lying and the Californians knew they were lying and not a single protest was every held because Californians know deep down that they deserve this because they've had ample opportunities to leave and never bothered to do so. Sorry James Woods, even you knew that it would go down like this if it ever went down at all.

Posted by: Crusader at January 20, 2026 02:02 PM (TN0g+)

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I was convinced that the government would waive every rule to get the houses built as fast as possible. The Palisades were relatively wealthy people. Definitely part of the top 5% of the state, prime source of tax income.

That they've just gone full CA in response instead shows the depths of their ideological commitment. It didn't surprise a lot of people who did predict this, but I thought there would be enough people saying, "Keep the rich people moderately happy by bypassing some red tape."

Nope. Red tape is more important than the tax base.

I can't wait for CA's budget to fucking implode from the wealth tax talk driving out 90% of the billionaires.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 02:05 PM (GBKbO)

238 Greenlanders not only turned out by the thousands to protest an American takeover, but they are mocking our honored culture of drug addiction

https://twitter.com/i/status/2013650885373497407

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OK, I'll give 'em that one.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 20, 2026 02:05 PM (L/fGl)

239
101 Michelle Obama is loathsome.

Has someone so undeserving, so unskilled, been given so much?

"This too is the story of Obama."
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 20, 2026 01:48 PM

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A placeholder, like Joe Biden or Kamala Harris. A retard who is a focal point and ostensible holder of some position, while unseen operators do what they please behind the scenes. They could use a mannequin or a piece of wood if people would accept it.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 20, 2026 02:06 PM (VWtfl)

240 Reddit or really are idiots, huh?
They can’t even manage basic whataboutisms.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 20, 2026 02:05 PM (Hkcdp)
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Reddit is a waseland.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 20, 2026 02:06 PM (GyQIQ)

241 153 I like the word "grundle." I'll have to work it into my comments more.
Posted by: Bulg

You came up with the term "bedirndled". For that, you will always be my idol.

Posted by: Brush With Greatness at January 20, 2026 02:06 PM (oftw2)

242 Trump at the WH briefing. Shows 100 pages each individually of apprehended criminal illegals including many murderers. Nice mug shots. Great commentary.
Now he's on to a mini state of the union briefing.
Thank you, PDT.

Posted by: old chick at January 20, 2026 02:06 PM (F3Dlr)

243 Ok. But you also know the normal legal process doesn't work instantaneously./i]

No I get that. If there is a frog march in a couple of weeks at 3 AM I'm fine with that.

But I notice a distinct lack of 3 AM frog marching over the whole of the last year...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 20, 2026 02:06 PM (sKqQm)

244 The anti-religion people always have a problem with Jesus.
Posted by: ... at January 20, 2026 02:03 PM (siUZu)

Because they need much help in hitting a curve ball?

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 20, 2026 02:06 PM (wVcYX)

245 Taint aka DMZ.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 20, 2026 02:06 PM (zZu0s)

246 Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 20, 2026 02:03 PM (JCZqz)

Ewwww. It's a sewer, there.

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 02:07 PM (SSiCQ)

247 Those aren't dreads. Dreads are matted and usually (deliberately) look unkept. That lady has heavily-groomed "locs" that look very close to braids or twists. That's right, "dredlocks" don't exist; "dreds" and "locs" are two different things.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade

Look at you being all multi-culti and stuff.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 02:07 PM (Riz8t)

248 Don Lemon can’t go into a church to film protests but 20-something right wing weirdos can try and break into daycares across America demanding to see the children? MAGA is one powerful drug.
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This right here is common-grade intellect among the left. This is what they crow to each other and then nod knowingly.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 20, 2026 02:07 PM (RIvkX)

249 The Minoans had their women wear vests that popped women's bewbs out to be worshipped by all. This was civilization. Oh, there was a book on them in library when I was in 3rd grade. I wore that book out.
Posted by: pudinhead

National Geographic's Daily Life in Ancient Times, right? Same story with me.

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 02:07 PM (77rzZ)

250 211 On the one hand, an ICE agents shot a mom in the face and cursed her as she was dying. On the other hand, some leftists were *rude in a church* where an ICE official is a leader. And a journalist recorded it! Who can say which is worse. A real fuckin' conundrum.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 20, 2026 02:03 PM (JCZqz)

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I wonder if that mom was impeding federal law enforcement authority.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 02:07 PM (GBKbO)

251 Good afternoon Ace and everyone
Still cold here, 20 degrees

Posted by: Skip at January 20, 2026 02:07 PM (Ia/+0)

252 intercepted reddit transmissions are always a good laugh

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 20, 2026 02:07 PM (Cjt/F)

253
Invading churches never led to a revolution or anything.
Posted by: France, 1789 at January 20, 2026 01:38 PM (se8lQ)

Word.

Posted by: Spain, 1936 at January 20, 2026 02:07 PM (y9nCu)

254 220 That should work out as well as Amelia did.

I wonder if we are going to see Amelia's showing up as Cosplay conventions...

Simple enough outfit and oh boy would you get attention...

Magic 8-ball says probability = 100%.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 02:07 PM (Riz8t)

255 Ok. But you also know the normal legal process doesn't work instantaneously. There have been multiple people from the DOJ including, Bondi, Dhillon and Blanche, pretty much the top of the organization, all saying they are going to be charges.

What would be their motivation to lie and do nothing?
Posted by: JackStraw
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People mistake the state process versus the federal. Charges and arrest by information before a judge is the usual rather than grand jury indictments. Feds, by the Bill of Rights, are required to seek indictment by a federal grand jury.

Normally, state and federal authorities work together like in red states. If Lemon had done this in somewhere like Arkansas or Alabama, he would have been arrested and held on state charges until the Feds got into the act with a superceding indictment.

Posted by: whig at January 20, 2026 02:07 PM (E4rtv)

256
Woe to the world because of scandals. For it must needs be that scandals come: but nevertheless woe to that man by whom the scandal cometh. - Matthew 18:7

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 20, 2026 02:07 PM (tgvbd)

257 *Oh, there was a book on them in library when I was in 3rd grade. I wore that book out.
Posted by: pudinhead at January 20, 2026 02:05 PM*
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It's one of our most popular.

Posted by: Lt. Bookman, NYC Public Library Cop at January 20, 2026 02:07 PM (2Ez/1)

258 226 Flush cheeks, implying lack of confidence.

You sound like one of those scouts in Moneyball.

Posted by: Classic swing, has the looks at January 20, 2026 02:04 PM (TbWk/)

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She has an ugly boyfriend.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 02:08 PM (GBKbO)

259 Nick Shirley visited daycare businesses and inquired about enrolling a child. He did not barge in and interrupt classrooms.

Lemon and his crew barged into a legally protected religious service and harassed/threatened worshippers.

These two scenarios are nothing alike.
Redditors are pathetic.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 20, 2026 02:08 PM (Hkcdp)

260 The Minoans had their women wear vests that popped women's bewbs out to be worshipped by all. This was civilization. Oh, there was a book on them in library when I was in 3rd grade. I wore that book out.

The women you want to see dressed Minoan style != the women you will see dressed Minoan style

Posted by: 18-1 at January 20, 2026 02:08 PM (sKqQm)

261 Just realized today is one year anniversary of Trump 2.0 Inauguration Day. Time flies when your having fun.

Posted by: Ripley at January 20, 2026 02:08 PM (GUOwU)

262 Don LeMon is one jive turkey.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 20, 2026 02:08 PM (W2Pud)

263 dreadlocks

a hairstyle in which the hair is washed but not combed and twisted while wet into tight braids or ringlets hanging down on all sides: a stately Rastafarian in dreadlocks.

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 02:08 PM (SSiCQ)

264 Oh.... I know why! I took my daughter to the imaging clinic yesterday. We always pack a suitcase in case the images don't look right, and when we were there my wife asked me if I packed my razor, because she'd forgotten hers.

So now it's pimping ladies razors at me aggressively. Mystery solved.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 20, 2026 02:08 PM (BI5O2)

265 240 Reddit or really are idiots, huh?
They can’t even manage basic whataboutisms.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 20, 2026 02:05 PM (Hkcdp)
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Reddit is a waseland.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 20, 2026 02:06 PM (GyQIQ)

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Reddit is a real place.

It's called Canada.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 02:09 PM (GBKbO)

266 Nick Shirley visited daycare businesses and inquired about enrolling a child. He did not barge in and interrupt classrooms.

Lemon and his crew barged into a legally protected religious service and harassed/threatened worshippers.

These two scenarios are nothing alike.
Redditors are pathetic.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 20, 2026 02:08 PM (Hkcdp)
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They are, but this is also the norm.

We're post-discourse. It's slogans and violence now.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 20, 2026 02:09 PM (GyQIQ)

267 Would they have invaded a rainbow flag church?
What type of Christianity does Lemon practice?
Is there a stupider man alive than Lemon?

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 20, 2026 02:09 PM (y8NpH)

268 Don Lemon: "it's not the type of Christianity that I practice"

Me: "You don't practice any type of Christianity. If you are practicing it, it ain't Christianity."

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 20, 2026 02:09 PM (FMtrg)

269 What's a grundle?
Posted by: OK, I'll be the one to ask at January 20, 2026 01:58 PM (2Ez/1)
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It's the area between your balls and anus. The "taint." I use it to refer to a group-bundle (grundle) of human grundles.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 20, 2026 02:09 PM (iFTx/)

270 I wonder if that mom was impeding federal law enforcement authority.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Next they will be complaining about when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor.

Tis best to keep one's mouth shut of what one thinks they know rather than to be proved in public to be the village idiot. Or could be a pot stirring bot. About 50/50 in reddit's case.

Posted by: whig at January 20, 2026 02:09 PM (E4rtv)

271 On the one hand, an ICE agents shot a mom in the face and cursed her as she was dying. On the other hand, some leftists were *rude in a church* where an ICE official is a leader. And a journalist recorded it! Who can say which is worse. A real fuckin' conundrum.

Because hitting someone with a car is known to be conducive to temperate language immediately following being hit by said car.

Posted by: One of their dumbest arguments yet at January 20, 2026 02:09 PM (TbWk/)

272 On the one hand, an ICE agents shot a mom in the face and cursed her as she was dying. On the other hand, some leftists were *rude in a church* where an ICE official is a leader.

Two DC cops were given awards for murdering protestors in J6 but some guy got 19 years in jail for burning a gay flag in KS...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 20, 2026 02:09 PM (sKqQm)

273 Two things to keep in mind about Karen Deathwheels, specifically her partner:

1) she has not released her cell phone video. Including the prior 30 minutes to the shooting.
2) she has not made a single comment.

Add "on advise of counsel" and you'll figure out a lot more than what the media wants you to know.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 20, 2026 02:10 PM (HXT0k)

274 FAGA is gold, Jerry, gold! I am so stealing that.

Posted by: Delurker at January 20, 2026 02:10 PM (gtcuf)

275
What terrifies me is soon we will have a situation where a congregation is taken hostage. And Antifa allied with the Musloids is deranged enough to do it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 20, 2026 02:10 PM (tgvbd)

276 Invading churches - or locking worshippers inside is SOP Kenya right now, thanks to Boko Haram.
Now that is a better comparison, along with the recent Christian school shootings.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 20, 2026 02:10 PM (Hkcdp)

277 It's time to cut California loose. They had a pretty good run, but they are now dragging down the country. Keep the Eastern part, and maybe some counties in the North, and a corridor from AZ to San Diego and up to the port of Long Beach, this last part as a militarized zone.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 20, 2026 02:11 PM (Dv3i1)

278 Probably not Queefe Ellison has established that the invasion was a good thing and democrats will argue earnestly only Temples, Mosques, and Black Churches are protected....and I am not kidding.

Posted by: sven at January 20, 2026 02:11 PM (MUJd1)

279 We're post-discourse. It's slogans and violence now.

Lefty forums are still alternating between:

ICE has no right to stop an American citizen so if he was in front of her car she had a right to hit him!

and

She didn't hit him so he didn't have a right to shoot!

Posted by: 18-1 at January 20, 2026 02:11 PM (sKqQm)

280 So now it's pimping ladies razors at me aggressively. Mystery solved.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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The Gemini AI model at Google has decided that you will become trans in the future and it is preparing to ease the way for you by highlighting useful products on your journey.

Posted by: whig at January 20, 2026 02:11 PM (E4rtv)

281 273 Two things to keep in mind about Karen Deathwheels, specifically her partner:

1) she has not released her cell phone video. Including the prior 30 minutes to the shooting.
2) she has not made a single comment.

Add "on advise of counsel" and you'll figure out a lot more than what the media wants you to know.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 20, 2026 02:10 PM (HXT0k)

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Just hoping to collect that $2 million and not making her case worse in case the feds decide to charge felony murder.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 02:11 PM (GBKbO)

282 Reddit or really are idiots, huh?
They can’t even manage basic whataboutisms.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 20, 2026 02:05 PM (Hkcdp)
++++
Reddit is a waseland.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 20, 2026 02:06 PM (GyQIQ)
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Reddit comments are like a commie retard programmed an AI to be retarded but he failed and got a retarded-retarded AI that likes to sniff assholes

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 20, 2026 02:12 PM (iFTx/)

283 Oh, there was a book on them in library when I was in 3rd grade. I wore that book out.
Posted by: pudinhead

Yes, we know.

Posted by: The keepers of your permanent record at January 20, 2026 02:12 PM (Riz8t)

284 "I know I said yesterday that the only thing I cared about was deporting all the illegals, but now that that's become common place I must demand that the legal system move faster than it even did arresting rando grannies for 1/6."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 01:56 PM (GBKbO)

How many illegals have been deported? How many are still here?

Those are important questions, and I think a lot of people fear what will be accomplished by these operations will not put a dent in the problem. Followed by the fear that as soon as a Democrat gets put back in power, it'll just start up again.

What worries many is that the institutions that allowed this problem to fester for so long, have not seen a dent in their operations. Politicians, oligarchs, and the Deep State, whatever the F that is, aren't being touched by any of this.

And Street Theater is potentially a losing issue, when November rolls around.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 20, 2026 02:12 PM (dGCAG)

285 Meh. I would not be surprised if a #Resistance Federal judge cuts him loose.

Posted by: Mhandisi at January 20, 2026 02:12 PM (qICj4)

286 >>Normally, state and federal authorities work together like in red states. If Lemon had done this in somewhere like Arkansas or Alabama, he would have been arrested and held on state charges until the Feds got into the act with a superceding indictment.

Which is why what is happening in Minnesota is in no way analogous to what happened after J6. Not only is DC a federal district and not a state it is the heaviest Democrat concentrated area in the country. The locals were tripping over themselves to assist the feds.

The authorities in Minnesota have made it abundantly clear they are on the side of the rioters and illegals and not only won't assist the feds they will do what they can to impeded them.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 20, 2026 02:12 PM (viF8m)

287 The half assed internet law license.
You know where their problem lies?

They don't look at and supporting or detracting actions. They see where federal law says ICE can't shoot someone who is fleeing in a car.

They don't see the supporting "what if's".

Posted by: rickb223 at January 20, 2026 02:02 PM

U of Toob doesn't have an accredited law school. Sad, really.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 20, 2026 02:12 PM (kgE5c)

288 So the broligarchs and their political prossies in Davos have come up with a competitor for X, it will be called W and be on European servers. A total propaganda tool for these fascists!

Seriously? That's way too on the nose.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 20, 2026 02:12 PM (2ocoG)

289 The Gemini AI model at Google has decided that you will become trans in the future and it is preparing to ease the way for you by highlighting useful products on your journey.

TBH its way more fun making some submissive asian girl wax your taint then it is doing it yourself. For bonus points make her talk about your lady penis and how feminine it is

Posted by: Jessica Yaniv at January 20, 2026 02:12 PM (sKqQm)

290 It's time to cut California loose. They had a pretty good run, but they are now dragging down the country. Keep the Eastern part, and maybe some counties in the North, and a corridor from AZ to San Diego and up to the port of Long Beach, this last part as a militarized zone.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 20, 2026 02:11 PM (Dv3i1)
++++
Terrible idea. California is valuable. Shipping. Ports. Oil. Agriculture. Technology. Defense. No reason to cut it loose, and lots of reasons not to.

Stripping it of it statehood, reverting it to territorial status and putting it under a brutal and ruthless territorial governor is much more appealing.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 20, 2026 02:12 PM (GyQIQ)

291 Yes, Hadrian, exactly.
The protest cannot be tolerated. There’s no way to tell the intention of a screaming crowd, and worshippers will act in self defense.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 20, 2026 02:12 PM (Hkcdp)

292 A grundle, thou sayest? A creature of mirth, perchance, lurking ‘neath bramble and vine, with eyes like moons and laughter like bells. Mischief woven in its very being, it dances in shadows, delighting in jest and whimsy, a merry sprite of the woodland’s embrace.

Posted by: Old Bill Shakespeare at January 20, 2026 02:13 PM (2Ez/1)

293 It can’t be all the ruling class that is “dull-normal”. Somewhere the real rulers are hiding in plain sight. George Soros, in his day, wasn’t stupid, just evil.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 20, 2026 02:13 PM (Qp8q1)

294 "Church-goers will start bringing guns to church"

Will start?

And Don really needs jail time. Or worse.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 20, 2026 02:13 PM (xcxpd)

295 Also, I was assured BlueCry and Threads and Mastodon were all WEF-compliant Twitter clones.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 20, 2026 02:13 PM (2ocoG)

296 284 What worries many is that the institutions that allowed this problem to fester for so long, have not seen a dent in their operations. Politicians, oligarchs, and the Deep State, whatever the F that is, aren't being touched by any of this.

And Street Theater is potentially a losing issue, when November rolls around.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 20, 2026 02:12 PM (dGCAG)

======

Well, when things do get cut off, you act like it's nothing.

So I don't see how any win could convince you.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 02:13 PM (GBKbO)

297 AI is the "skyscraper curse" for the 21st Century

Posted by: Kindltot at January 20, 2026 02:13 PM (rbvCR)

298 292 A grundle, thou sayest? A creature of mirth, perchance, lurking ‘neath bramble and vine, with eyes like moons and laughter like bells. Mischief woven in its very being, it dances in shadows, delighting in jest and whimsy, a merry sprite of the woodland’s embrace.
Posted by: Old Bill Shakespeare at January 20, 2026 02:13 PM (2Ez/1)

So if you hear a bustle in your hedgerow....?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 20, 2026 02:14 PM (xcxpd)

299 TJM - found Ran and another Kurosawa film on Tubi but no dubbing nor subtitles, but did on 7 Samurai so watching that, will finish it tonight

Posted by: Skip at January 20, 2026 02:14 PM (Ia/+0)

300
Bonchie
@bonchieredstate
16h
Update: Minnesota AG Keith Ellison just went on Lemon’s show to support him and the others who stormed the church, calling it free speech.
Now what?

David French
@DavidAFrench
Jan 19
There is no right to interrupt a church service to protest. You are violating the rights of your fellow citizens when you do. It's inexcusable, and vital for MN authorities to protect the right of people to peacefully worship.

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 02:14 PM (SSiCQ)

301 Those are important questions, and I think a lot of people fear what will be accomplished by these operations will not put a dent in the problem. Followed by the fear that as soon as a Democrat gets put back in power, it'll just start up again.

I think that's why these current fraud investigations are so important.

Cut off the flow of $$$ to the illegals and put some of the people providing that flow in jail and you'll see way more people leave and for good.

As long as there is free $$$ to be had there will be an endless list of people trying to get in

Posted by: 18-1 at January 20, 2026 02:14 PM (sKqQm)

302 Empire waist was based on Empress Josephine (or maybe Nappy's other wife) when she was pregnant.
Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 01:54 PMry 20, 2026 01:54 PM (77rzZ)

In Korea it is considered a Hambok

Posted by: Kindltot at January 20, 2026 02:15 PM (rbvCR)

303 Lemon Boy would probably enjoy a nice stint at a jail or prison.

He would be Bubba’s boy toy.

Posted by: Czech Chick at January 20, 2026 02:15 PM (vK/Ja)

304 The Gemini AI model at Google has decided that you will become trans in the future and it is preparing to ease the way for you by highlighting useful products on your journey.
Posted by: whig at January 20, 2026 02:11 PM (E4rtv)
++++
http://tiny.cc/uowx001

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 20, 2026 02:15 PM (GyQIQ)

305 The Gemini AI model at Google has decided that you will become trans in the future and it is preparing to ease the way for you by highlighting useful products on your journey.
Posted by: whig at January 20, 2026 02:11 PM (E4rtv)

I've been trying to figure out what the future revenue stream is for AI.

Is it going to be some type of subscription service? Run off Ad revenue? sell your data?

Because there is Yuge money being invested, and the infrastructure needed is going to be really expensive, as you will have to upgrade it periodically (ongoing hardware costs).

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 20, 2026 02:15 PM (mP0Kj)

306 Greenlanders not only turned out by the thousands to protest an American takeover, but they are mocking our honored culture of drug addiction

https://twitter.com/i/status/2013650885373497407

OK, I'll give 'em that one.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer
.......

lol
the fentanyl fold

Posted by: wth at January 20, 2026 02:15 PM (UjdFS)

307 intercepted reddit transmissions are always a good laugh
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 20, 2026 02:07 PM (Cjt/F)
====

I wish they amused me. The realization so many of them would like to do harm arouses a deep defensiveness.

How I have survived here this long means something I'm not sure what. I'm not in jail yet.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 20, 2026 02:15 PM (RIvkX)

308 Paul A. Szypula
@Bubblebathgirl
Democrat activist goes on CNN and defames President Trump by lying that he was part of a s*x trafficking ring.

Even CNN begrudgingly debunks that claim.

Trump should sue that activist.

CNN should ban him.

https://tinyurl.com/y2j6utcy

Posted by: redridinghood at January 20, 2026 02:15 PM (NpAcC)

309 247 Those aren't dreads. Dreads are matted and usually (deliberately) look unkept. That lady has heavily-groomed "locs" that look very close to braids or twists. That's right, "dredlocks" don't exist; "dreds" and "locs" are two different things.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade

Look at you being all multi-culti and stuff.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 02:07 PM (Riz8t)
.......................
I could be wrong, but a very tacky friend of a complete arse I worked with had dreds as a white middle aged woman in FL. She said dreds are burned to stay like that.

She claimed she did this for the triathalon swimming.

I was unsure why she did not either just cut her hair or wear a swim cap, but did not ask because I did not care.

It was the job from hell due to the weird people.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 20, 2026 02:15 PM (WONhk)

310 299 TJM - found Ran and another Kurosawa film on Tubi but no dubbing nor subtitles, but did on 7 Samurai so watching that, will finish it tonight

Posted by: Skip at January 20, 2026 02:14 PM (Ia/+0)

======

I will just say that the Criterion Channel has all but one of Kurosawa's movies, but they also have a 7-day free trial.

Probably easier.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 02:15 PM (GBKbO)

311 Go find some Black church who are Supremacists and break up that and see if your not tossed into a prison

Posted by: Skip at January 20, 2026 02:15 PM (Ia/+0)

312 Wait - David French found Christians he won’t demonize?!

Have pigs started flying???

Posted by: Lizzy at January 20, 2026 02:16 PM (Hkcdp)

313 Update: Minnesota AG Keith Ellison just went on Lemon’s show to support him and the others who stormed the church, calling it free speech.

===

One man's terrorism is another man's free speech!

Posted by: runner at January 20, 2026 02:16 PM (g47mK)

314 Newsom pleading for waivers?? For a policy he wanted? Truckers have a hard enough time dealing with CA. Their rigs can't be but a few years old or they are not permitted to be in CA - because of emissions b.s. At what point do we let CA fall on their own sword? There are other ports that can be used.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 20, 2026 02:01 PM (N39Ws)

Maybe SecTrans Sean Duffy will compel the truckers to service CA.

You know, it is funny to write stupid things I know will never happen

Posted by: Kindltot at January 20, 2026 02:16 PM (rbvCR)

315 Lemon's brain cell must be ornery, oh so ornery.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 20, 2026 02:16 PM (y8NpH)

316 Reddit is a real place.

It's called Canada.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 02:09 PM (GBKbO)

Unlike "Rhode Island."

Posted by: BurtTC at January 20, 2026 02:16 PM (dGCAG)

317 Update: Minnesota AG Keith Ellison just went on Lemon’s show to support him and the others who stormed the church, calling it free speech.

If the Somali fraud network gets shut down, Ellison, Walz, and Frey are all fucked. And not in the way they'd prefer. So I certainly understand them going to the mats. I do notice that basically zero non-Minnesota Dems are playing along though.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 20, 2026 02:16 PM (2ocoG)

318 there was a book on them in library

Boobs?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 20, 2026 02:16 PM (Kt19C)

319 Frustration is seeing where things are going far in advance and being laughed at.

Hell is seeing good people suffering for it when it comes true.

Posted by: Sifty Boones at January 20, 2026 02:16 PM (dk2mF)

320 I am sure seen 7 Samurai 25times, but it is one of my favorite

Posted by: Skip at January 20, 2026 02:17 PM (Ia/+0)

321 It's funny, because not long ago, Reddit didn't care about Lemon. He worked for CNN (right-wing corporate media) and was fired for harassing women at his workplace. But now he's being redeemed because he harassed a bunch of old white Christians.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 20, 2026 02:17 PM (nM37Z)

322 259 Nick Shirley visited daycare businesses and inquired about enrolling a child. He did not barge in and interrupt classrooms.

Lemon and his crew barged into a legally protected religious service and harassed/threatened worshippers.

These two scenarios are nothing alike.
Redditors are pathetic.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 20, 2026 02:08 PM (Hkcdp)

FreedomToons
@Freedom _Toons
this is actually a perfect distillation of how lefties argue:
1. find two things that are different in nearly every possible way
2. find one superficial similarity between them (this proves they are
actually identical)
3. "why are you against one but not the other

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 02:17 PM (SSiCQ)

323 >>>What's a grundle?

Something you t'ain't supposed to know

Posted by: 18-1

>This disregard really chaps my gootch.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 20, 2026 02:17 PM (oT7pT)

324 David French
@DavidAFrench
Jan 19
There is no right to interrupt a church service to protest. You are violating the rights of your fellow citizens when you do. It's inexcusable, and vital for MN authorities to protect the right of people to peacefully worship.

-
When you've lost French you've lost, like, his dozen followers.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 20, 2026 02:17 PM (L/fGl)

325 Posted by: Chuck Martel
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California would be a Chicom colony protected by nukes within a couple of years if you do that. And then attacking the next states. I briefly toyed with the idea of secession working and then I came to my senses.

All it would do is create often indefensible borders for the Blue to invade the Red either overtly or covertly. It has to be stopped and this is the time and place to do it lest there be incredible amounts of blood shed in the future.

The truth is most of the land mass of the US is red, including blue states. Most of the cities in every state are blue to dark blue. Same for the isolated rural places where universities have been plopped down.

The reason why they are blue is government funding and higher education that has poisoned generations of Americans by indoctrination of shit that just ain't so. But that indoctrination has been reinforced by gobs of gubmint money, dependent jobs, and assortative marriage of likeminded products of our higher ed system. That has to be broken up to fix.

Posted by: whig at January 20, 2026 02:17 PM (E4rtv)

326 >>I could be wrong, but a very tacky friend of a complete arse I worked with had dreds as a white middle aged woman in FL. She said dreds are burned to stay like that.

>She claimed she did this for the triathalon swimming.

Yes. Because Black Triathletes are a dime a dozen.

Posted by: garrett at January 20, 2026 02:17 PM (ZcsJV)

327 The Minoans had their women wear vests that popped women's bewbs out to be worshipped by all. This was civilization. Oh, there was a book on them in library when I was in 3rd grade. I wore that book out.
Posted by: pudinhead

A pop-up book.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 20, 2026 02:18 PM (qX1uQ)

328 When you've lost French you've lost, like, his dozen followers.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
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Stopped clock, twice a day, plus I guess BLM is not paying French this week for its twaddle.

Posted by: whig at January 20, 2026 02:18 PM (E4rtv)

329 I can't wait for CA's budget to fucking implode from the wealth tax talk driving out 90% of the billionaires.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 02:05 PM (GBKbO)

It's another one of those things that's incredibly obvious already, and yet they're going to talk nonsense for a year and then pretend that the whole thing has just blown up in their face without them knowing.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 20, 2026 02:18 PM (uWKK8)

330
What terrifies me is soon we will have a situation where a congregation is taken hostage. And Antifa allied with the Musloids is deranged enough to do it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 20, 2026 02:10 PM

what about that mormon church what got shot up in michigan? heard anything about that lately?

they tried to pin the guy as MAGA for the first fifteen minutes, then it was some intra-church dynamic gone sideways, then it was a domestic dispute what spilled over

by the second sunrise, it was "just a thing that happened" and we never heard anything else about it

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 20, 2026 02:18 PM (tljrc)

331 Don Lemon doesn't seem to realize that HE is a Racist.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 20, 2026 01:40 PM (NpAcC)

He knows.

Posted by: ... at January 20, 2026 02:18 PM (siUZu)

332 I am sure seen 7 Samurai 25times, but it is one of my favorite
Posted by: Skip

Yeah. The lead actor, who plays the leader of the group, is one of my favorites in any language. He also played the lead scientist in the first Godzilla movie.

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 02:18 PM (77rzZ)

333 318 there was a book on them in library

Boobs?
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 20, 2026 02:16 PM
###

You know about the cup sizes?

Posted by: Frank Costanza at January 20, 2026 02:18 PM (2Ez/1)

334 Update: Minnesota AG Keith Ellison just went on Lemon’s show to support him and the others who stormed the church, calling it free speech.

It was for nonsense like this that the Civil Rights Act was passed. What's the difference between a black man who can't get a fair trial in Alabama and a white man who can't get a fair trial in MN?

Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 02:18 PM (Riz8t)

335 > This busty bikini brunette

Cece Rose. She's got lots of thirst trap photos online.

Posted by: bonhomme at January 20, 2026 02:19 PM (Yp6az)

336 That grundle thing reminds me of a meme (NSFW):

https://9gag.com/gag/a1AGQ9R

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at January 20, 2026 02:19 PM (/HDaX)

337 Toshiro Mifune!

Posted by: runner at January 20, 2026 02:19 PM (g47mK)

338 5 Almost like Don Lemon is retarded.
__

There's a lot of "totally" in that "Almost."

Posted by: Make Minnesota A Canadian Province at January 20, 2026 02:19 PM (qUkBO)

339 329 I can't wait for CA's budget to fucking implode from the wealth tax talk driving out 90% of the billionaires.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 02:05 PM (GBKbO)

It's another one of those things that's incredibly obvious already, and yet they're going to talk nonsense for a year and then pretend that the whole thing has just blown up in their face without them knowing.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 20, 2026 02:18 PM (uWKK

======

They've already lost 50%, by the way.

The state's already fucked.

And before Newsom even starts a real campaign for president. Poor dear. What hopeless not-Kamala will the white progressives who love Elizabeth Warren latch onto next?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 02:19 PM (GBKbO)

340 Is no one watching Trump's extended press briefing/casual state of the union?

He's saying what so many here tell him he needs to say to the American public right now.

Posted by: old chick at January 20, 2026 02:19 PM (F3Dlr)

341 The reason why they are blue is government funding and higher education that has poisoned generations of Americans by indoctrination of shit that just ain't so.

More importantly, they're blue because the second Dems have enough power to do so, they've been locking in the cheat. California was the beta test where they used the surge in illegals from the 1986 amnesty as cover to get the necessary power, and then Newsom eventually locked it in.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 20, 2026 02:19 PM (2ocoG)

342 What's the difference between a black man who can't get a fair trial in Alabama and a white man who can't get a fair trial in MN?

Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 02:18 PM (Riz8t)

About 60 years

Posted by: ... at January 20, 2026 02:20 PM (siUZu)

343 337 Toshiro Mifune!

Posted by: runner at January 20, 2026 02:19 PM (g47mK)

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I think Bulg was talking about Takashi Shimura.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 02:20 PM (GBKbO)

344 It is a shame that the AG of Minnesota doesn't even have a first grade understanding of the bill of rights.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 20, 2026 02:20 PM (qX1uQ)

345 Greenlanders not only turned out by the thousands to protest an American takeover, but they are mocking our honored culture of drug addiction

https://twitter.com/i/status/2013650885373497407

OK, I'll give 'em that one.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer
.......

lol
the fentanyl fold
Posted by: wth at January 20, 2026 02:15 PM (UjdFS)
_____

Gee, I wonder what drug use is like in GL? I'll bet any amount of money it's off the charts.

And "thousands" showing up to protest was more like "hundreds" of rent-a-mob types.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 20, 2026 02:20 PM (iFTx/)

346 well, you live in the belly of the beast, so I see your point there SFp, and they definitely are serious as a heart attack about it ...
I have to admit mine is the POV of a guy living out in cows&corn country.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 20, 2026 02:20 PM (Cjt/F)

347 I suspect we'll have to live with these stories all the way until November. Because that's the real purpose.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 20, 2026 02:20 PM (n5tGW)

348 FreedomToons
@Freedom _Toons
this is actually a perfect distillation of how lefties argue:
1. find two things that are different in nearly every possible way
2. find one superficial similarity between them (this proves they are
actually identical)
3. "why are you against one but not the other
Posted by: m
=======
The correct rhetorical answer is that "you are really stupid to think that". Dishonest logic is best addressed by insulting the presenter and making them feel bad. Thus, no dopamine hits.

Homie's stupid dialogue game is simply sophistry and not very good sophistry either.

Posted by: whig at January 20, 2026 02:20 PM (E4rtv)

349 Toshiro Mifune!
Posted by: runner

No, not him. The older guy. The one who gets the kid out of the barn in the beginning.

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 02:20 PM (77rzZ)

350 Don Lemon doesn't seem to realize that HE is a Racist.
Posted by: redridinghood

He can't be racist! He's Black!!!

Posted by: Every BLM protestor at January 20, 2026 02:21 PM (nM37Z)

351 David French
@DavidAFrench
Jan 19
There is no right to interrupt a church service to protest. You are violating the rights of your fellow citizens when you do. It's inexcusable, and vital for MN authorities to protect the right of people to peacefully worship.
Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 02:14 PM (SSiCQ)

When you lost David French, oof.

He'll still turn FAGA Lemon's actions on Trump, methinks though.

Posted by: Thrawn at January 20, 2026 02:21 PM (9Ovst)

352 I can't wait for CA's budget to fucking implode from the wealth tax talk driving out 90% of the billionaires.

The professor in St. Louis who came up with that idea insists it'll be fine, and besides that's why he made it retroactive.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 20, 2026 02:21 PM (2ocoG)

353 So I don't see how any win could convince you.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 02:13 PM (GBKbO)

You don't have to convince me.

You have to convince a majority of voters in November. And just saying you're winning doesn't mean you are.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 20, 2026 02:21 PM (dGCAG)

354 161 The style used to be called "empire waist". Tends to make a woman look pregnant even if she's not and has a corset on underneath the dress. ....
Posted by: FeatheBlade at January 20, 2026 01:51 PM (a+4eV)
++++
Apparently pronounced not "em-PYRE" as in "British Empire," but "ahm-peer." Because reasons.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 20, 2026 01:56 PM (GyQIQ)

I can't visualize it...but thanks to all for trying to 'splain.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 20, 2026 02:21 PM (QGaXH)

355 Are huge glasses their new retard accessory?

Why are they all wearing the giant, thick framed glasses?

Oh right, their fucking gay

Posted by: melodicmetal at January 20, 2026 02:21 PM (61TgR)

356 Seems cold

@MaxVelocityWX 6m
BREAKING: Winter Storm Watches have ALREADY been issued for Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Texas, ahead of a potentially CRIPPLING winter storm.

4-8"+ of SNOW is expected across this region.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 20, 2026 02:22 PM (mlg/3)

357 Those aren't dreads. Dreads are matted and usually (deliberately) look unkept. That lady has heavily-groomed "locs" that look very close to braids or twists. That's right, "dredlocks" don't exist; "dreds" and "locs" are two different things.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade

Look at you being all multi-culti and stuff.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 02:07 PM (Riz8t)
.......................
I could be wrong, but a very tacky friend of a complete arse I worked with had dreds as a white middle aged woman in FL. She said dreds are burned to stay like that.

She claimed she did this for the triathalon swimming.

I was unsure why she did not either just cut her hair or wear a swim cap, but did not ask because I did not care.

It was the job from hell due to the weird people.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 20, 2026 02:15 PM (WONhk)
_____

Only stupid white people burn their dreds, lol

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 20, 2026 02:22 PM (iFTx/)

358 EWTN News -

By Amira Abuzeid
December 9, 2025 at 10:10 AM ET

Three months after a deadly shooting in Minneapolis that left two students dead and injured 18 others as well as three adults, Archbishop Bernard Hebda, along with Auxiliary Bishops Kevin Kenney and Michael Izen, said a special Mass at Annunciation Catholic Church on Dec. 6 that included a rite of reparation to restore the church for worship.

On Aug. 27, Robin Westman — who was born “Robert” and identified as a woman – shot through the stained glass windows of the church during a morning Mass filled with Annunciation school students in first through eighth grade, killing Fletcher Merkel, eight, and Harper Moyski, 10.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 20, 2026 02:22 PM (Dv3i1)

359 347 I suspect we'll have to live with these stories all the way until November. Because that's the real purpose.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk
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Not if polling shows it hurting Democrats. Which it probably will. Minnesota is not the US and even in MN, St Paul and Minneapolis are not the state.

Posted by: whig at January 20, 2026 02:22 PM (E4rtv)

360 I think Bulg was talking about Takashi Shimura.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Yeah, that's the guy.

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 02:22 PM (77rzZ)

361 >>The correct rhetorical answer is that "you are really stupid to think that". Dishonest logic is best addressed by insulting the presenter and making them feel bad. Thus, no dopamine hits.

There's a clip of Elon mocking Lemon and his propensity for censorship.
It's perfect.

Posted by: garrett at January 20, 2026 02:22 PM (ZcsJV)

362 Gee, I wonder what drug use is like in GL? I'll bet any amount of money it's off the charts.

I'd bet that alcoholism is off the charts.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 02:23 PM (Riz8t)

363 300 Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 02:14 PM (SSiCQ)

Cuck Fwench blocked me, he voted for this.

Frankly despite my trying to make peace with them the entire 2016 term, and for a good part of election 2024 fuck any "conservative" who buys for a nanosecond that democrat governance in this era is ever "normalcy."

VA just showed that even where they win by a sub 10% margin the goal is Portland...."always."

Any fucking retard who explains that a democrat winning is "perfectly fine" can go fuck themselves.

Posted by: sven at January 20, 2026 02:23 PM (MUJd1)

364 disturbing to find dickless david french on our side for once, innit?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 20, 2026 02:23 PM (Cjt/F)

365 259 Nick Shirley visited daycare businesses and inquired about enrolling a child. He did not barge in and interrupt classrooms.

Lemon and his crew barged into a legally protected religious service and harassed/threatened worshippers.

These two scenarios are nothing alike.
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Also, Shirley was investigating a story (daycare fraud) that took him to those sites. Lemon wasn't investigating anything. He was embedded with the terrorists, "covering" their invasion while he participated in it. Just like Hamas "journalists."

Posted by: Don Felon at January 20, 2026 02:23 PM (qUkBO)

366 Only stupid white people burn their dreds, lol
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 20, 2026 02:22 PM

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Your body, your choice.

Posted by: Kinda like COVID at January 20, 2026 02:24 PM (2Ez/1)

367 Leftwing violence is "speech" and rightwing speech is "violence". Until real prominent people go to real prison for real terms the Left will keep escalating in volume and violence. But nothing will be done until some situation explodes and a lot of people will get hurt and killed.

Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at January 20, 2026 02:24 PM (V362x)

368 I can't visualize it...but thanks to all for trying to 'splain.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue

Check out the 90s TV version of Pride and Prejudice with Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth.

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 02:24 PM (77rzZ)

369 Or, did she mean f*g ass?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 20, 2026 02:24 PM (zZu0s)

370 Gee, I wonder what drug use is like in GL? I'll bet any amount of money it's off the charts.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade.

They're much like Native Americans in the US. I worked with a Danish LTC in Kosovo in 2019. After a few drinks, he said something like having to be careful, and not get "as drunk as a Greenlander." Then he looked mortified, and apologized for such inappropriate language. I poured us both a little more rakia and it was all good.

Posted by: Military Moron at January 20, 2026 02:24 PM (nM37Z)

371 DM reporting about a Dutch refugee camp full of troons. Camp indeed, and guards.

Posted by: night lifted at January 20, 2026 02:24 PM (kJmLc)

372 The professor in St. Louis who came up with that idea insists it'll be fine, and besides that's why he made it retroactive.

Clearly not a professor of Con Law.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 02:24 PM (Riz8t)

373 340 Is no one watching Trump's extended press briefing/casual state of the union?

He's saying what so many here tell him he needs to say to the American public right now.
Posted by: old chick at January 20, 2026 02:19 PM (F3Dlr)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNQoMMo8hYw

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 02:24 PM (SSiCQ)

374 Gee, I wonder what drug use is like in GL? I'll bet any amount of money it's off the charts.

I'd bet that alcoholism is off the charts.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 02:23 PM (Riz8t)
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If GL is anything like feather-Indian reservations -- and I'm sure it is -- it's both drugs and booze. And lots of sexual violence.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 20, 2026 02:24 PM (iFTx/)

375 Coming soon:

Jesus went to the temple and turned over tables and made a scene. This was just like that! And remember, his parents were illegal immigrants.

Posted by: Ripley at January 20, 2026 02:25 PM (GUOwU)

376 think Bulg was talking about Takashi Shimura.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 02:20 PM (GBKbO)

Gesundheit

Posted by: ... at January 20, 2026 02:25 PM (siUZu)

377 Yes. Because Black Triathletes are a dime a dozen.

Posted by: garrett at January 20, 2026 02:17 PM (ZcsJV)

The tacky woman with dreds is white, garrett. They both were also drunks.

The co-worker once came to work and was loudly harfing in the loo. I assume hung over but did not ask. I told her to go home and she got mad, so I told management either she goes home or I do. She was a clerical assistant.

I mean, who does not dream to come to a crap job and listen to loud harfing? I took it due to job sharing and needing to fly every 2wks to check on my father.

Wish I could write a book about that job vs being sued off the planet, as it was a test of mental strength to endure a couple of times a week. Petty women and a redneck woman are not a good mix.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 20, 2026 02:25 PM (WONhk)

378 Somebody on an earlier thread posted video of Miss Greenland.

No way in hell that chick's an Eskimo.

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 02:25 PM (77rzZ)

379 wait , waht's this ?

(report)

"NEW: The Justice Department has subpoenaed Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, Attorney General Keith Ellison, and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey as part of a probe into alleged obstruction of federal immigration enforcement."

Posted by: runner at January 20, 2026 02:25 PM (g47mK)

380 Anyone been arrested yet?

Posted by: Doof at January 20, 2026 02:25 PM (3r1VB)

381 Cameron Kasky who defamed Trump and told Jennings that he couldn't say "illegal aliens" is a Stoneman shooting survivor ™ . He's a snotty leftist jerk that the trauma of the shooting turned him gay. Great spokescritter Dems

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 20, 2026 02:25 PM (PTsqM)

382 More importantly, they're blue because the second Dems have enough power to do so, they've been locking in the cheat. California was the beta test where they used the surge in illegals from the 1986 amnesty as cover to get the necessary power, and then Newsom eventually locked it in.
Posted by: Ian S.

The problem with using the cheat is the same problem with Venezuela, the regime hollows itself out to simply being a paymaster to keep the people in check, eventually the money runs out to pay the enforcers and the system collapses.

California is approaching collapse and without federal funds is likely to do so as their bought loyalty withers and blows away in teh wind.

The Don and his team are laser focused on the Money because that is where the rubber meets the road, here, in Venezuela, Euroland, or even in Iran.

Posted by: whig at January 20, 2026 02:25 PM (E4rtv)

383 Gee, I wonder what drug use is like in GL? I'll bet any amount of money it's off the charts.

And "thousands" showing up to protest was more like "hundreds" of rent-a-mob types.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 20, 2026 02:20 PM

We're not drug addicts!

We're alcoholics!

- GL natives

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 20, 2026 02:26 PM (kgE5c)

384 He's saying what so many here tell him he needs to say to the American public right now.
Posted by: old chick at January 20, 2026 02:19 PM (F3Dlr)

Always been my favorite thing about Trump.

Posted by: ... at January 20, 2026 02:26 PM (siUZu)

385 "Church-goers will start bringing guns to church..."
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lol

Some church-goers have been strapped for quite some time now.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at January 20, 2026 02:26 PM (22p5n)

386 375 Coming soon:

Jesus went to the temple and turned over tables and made a scene. This was just like that! And remember, his parents were illegal immigrants.
Posted by: Ripley at January 20, 2026 02:25 PM (GUOwU)

I thought Jesus' earthly parents were Palestinians? Or are they both now?

Posted by: Thrawn at January 20, 2026 02:26 PM (9Ovst)

387 Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 20, 2026 02:03 PM (JCZqz)

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These dumbasses obviously didn't listen to Lemon's own words.

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 20, 2026 02:27 PM (aZm/F)

388 353 You don't have to convince me.

You have to convince a majority of voters in November. And just saying you're winning doesn't mean you are.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 20, 2026 02:21 PM (dGCAG)

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Dems win small majority in the House (5-10 seats). GOP retains the Senate, probably 52-53 seats (maybe 54 if Cooper underperforms in NC, which I think he will).

Because midterms are more about turnout differentials than anything else.

And "sure, we have 5%+ GDP but Trump doesn't talk about it enough," is the kind of thinking that silly people believe.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 02:27 PM (GBKbO)

389 Rez chicks are hawt.

Posted by: wth at January 20, 2026 02:27 PM (UjdFS)

390 >>The tacky woman with dreds is white, garrett.

I got that.

Dreds, however, are not a White thing.
There was a big blowup back in the 90s about it being Cultural Appropriation.
One of the very first of the Cultural Appropriation arguments I ever remember encountering.

Posted by: garrett at January 20, 2026 02:27 PM (ZcsJV)

391 Anyone been arrested yet?
Posted by: Doof

What do you think this is, a TX MoMe?

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 02:27 PM (77rzZ)

392 I can't visualize it...but thanks to all for trying to 'splain.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 20, 2026 02:21 PM (QGaXH)
++++
http://tiny.cc/ppwx001

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 20, 2026 02:27 PM (GyQIQ)

393 Some church-goers have been strapped for quite some time now.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at January 20, 2026 02:26 PM (22p5n)

Sure but those are only rubber bullets. 😉

Posted by: ... at January 20, 2026 02:28 PM (siUZu)

394 Ah there's Burt TC, hey Burt go hang with the women.

Posted by: sven at January 20, 2026 02:28 PM (MUJd1)

395 Stripping it of it statehood, reverting it to territorial status and putting it under a brutal and ruthless territorial governor is much more appealing.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 20, 2026 02:12 PM (GyQIQ)
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I will not run if nominated I will not serve if elected!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 20, 2026 02:28 PM (RIvkX)

396 I think that's why these current fraud investigations are so important.

Cut off the flow of $$$ to the illegals and put some of the people providing that flow in jail and you'll see way more people leave and for good.

As long as there is free $$$ to be had there will be an endless list of people trying to get in
Posted by: 18-1 at January 20, 2026 02:14 PM (sKqQm)

I'm just a simple caveman. I believe stuff like this should involve Congress, as well as DOJ doing EVERYTHING IN THEIR POWER to haul every politician and bureaucrat in front of them to ask them "What did you know, and when did you know it" when it comes to the billions of dollars being doled out to illegals.

But fellas like Kurt Schlicter tell me to trust the process.

Sure. And stop complaining about it on the internet.

I thought that was what the internet was for.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 20, 2026 02:28 PM (dGCAG)

397 We're alcoholics!
- GL natives

Pikers!
- Newfoundland natives

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 20, 2026 02:28 PM (Kt19C)

398 @390 it got started with Bo Derek in "10*. Cornrows got the whole cultural appropriation fad going

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 20, 2026 02:28 PM (PTsqM)

399 Sprung! Headed to Sam's for the great 2026 Winter freeze. Stock up on food, then home.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 20, 2026 02:29 PM (ZKT7t)

400 394 Ah there's Burt TC, hey Burt go hang with the women.
Posted by: sven at January 20, 2026 02:28 PM (MUJd1)

wut

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 02:29 PM (SSiCQ)

401 I can't visualize it...but thanks to all for trying to 'splain.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK)

Just imagine a woman with her belt up under her bust instead of down between her hips and ribcage.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 20, 2026 02:29 PM (a+4eV)

402 The point of @358 is to remind Don Lemon and Keith Ellison why, perhaps, children at a church in Minneapolis might feel uncomfortable by being 'disrupted'. Probably has nothing to do with shame over wanting illegals being deported and maybe instead fear of getting killed like those poor kids did a few months ago in a church in the same city.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 20, 2026 02:29 PM (Dv3i1)

403 Don Lemon has doomed himself - he has met every single element of the crime. The only question is whether he will be charged - conviction should be (in a fair world) a slam dunk.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 20, 2026 02:29 PM (tV890)

404 Congratulations, Rick!

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 02:30 PM (77rzZ)

405 Wait - David French found Christians he won’t demonize?!

Have pigs started flying???
Posted by: Lizzy at January 20, 2026 02:16 PM

He's worried about the safety of his wife's children.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 20, 2026 02:30 PM (jc0TO)

406 Iceland is supposed to be the drunkest nation on Earth. It doesn't surprise me that their next door neighbors are pie eyed 24/7

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 20, 2026 02:31 PM (PTsqM)

407 "NEW: The Justice Department has subpoenaed Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, Attorney General Keith Ellison, and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey as part of a probe into alleged obstruction of federal immigration enforcement."

Posted by: runner at January 20, 2026 02:25 PM (g47mK)

Awesome - a subpoena! And a probe! That'll teach those pesky villains a thing or 2. I'm gonna sleep so much better tonight.

Posted by: Doof at January 20, 2026 02:31 PM (3r1VB)

408 You have to convince a majority of voters in November. And just saying you're winning doesn't mean you are.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 20, 2026 02:21 PM (dGCAG)

Yeah I'll try to get that done in between cups of coffee and sanding videos.

Posted by: ... at January 20, 2026 02:31 PM (siUZu)

409 Nood judges. Sorry.

Posted by: Nazdar at January 20, 2026 02:31 PM (NcvvS)

410 it got started with Bo Derek in "10*. Cornrows got the whole cultural appropriation fad going
Posted by: Smell the Glove

I never found that look attractive. Bo Derek with that look was a "butterhair."

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 02:31 PM (77rzZ)

411 403 Don Lemon has doomed himself - he has met every single element of the crime.
Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 20, 2026 02:29 PM (tV890)

Hope so!

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 02:31 PM (SSiCQ)

412 Sure but those are only rubber bullets. 😉
Posted by: ...
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Whatever helps them sleep at night, I suppose...

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at January 20, 2026 02:32 PM (22p5n)

413 Thank you for linking, m. I honestly couldn't be bothered.
lol, He's being brutally honest about everything and everyone. Including Ilhan Omar and her neighbors.

Posted by: old chick at January 20, 2026 02:32 PM (F3Dlr)

414 400 Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 02:29 PM (SSiCQ)

Burt is always concerned with how the women view things, I mean not to Moo-Moo levels but...

if a woman can look at 5% GDP growth inflations below 2% and say "what this needs is democrats" I am past giving a fuck....

sorry let me do the graceful thing here, "Burt thank you for the insight into this well-reasoned groups' sober judgement and ability to see through mass formation psychosis."

There now we are all happy.

Posted by: sven at January 20, 2026 02:32 PM (MUJd1)

415 Ah there's Burt TC, hey Burt go hang with the women.
Posted by: sven at January 20, 2026 02:28 PM (MUJd1)

As opposed to what. You?

Posted by: BurtTC at January 20, 2026 02:32 PM (dGCAG)

416 The professor in St. Louis who came up with that idea insists it'll be fine, and besides that's why he made it retroactive.
Posted by: Ian S.
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As a former inmate from higher ed's asylum, the secret is that most professors are not that smart, especially in the social sciences. Clever yes, smart no.

Most cannot do statistical analysis or research design to save their ass, their modeling only looks at direct effects, not second and third order ones, and they have the same belief in word power as magic that it will create the reality they want.

There is a story, Naudsonce, that is one of the best examples of politics and society using a primitive newly discovered civilization as example.

The allegory is boiled down into a quite readable short story. Free to read, H. Beam Piper wrote it if you care to find it at Project Gutenberg.

Posted by: whig at January 20, 2026 02:32 PM (E4rtv)

417 The only question is whether he will be charged - conviction should be (in a fair world) a slam dunk.
Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law

Lol

Victor Vivanco-Reyes, a Mexican national living in the U.S. illegally, was acquitted by a Seattle jury on felony charges related to ramming ICE vehicles during a June 2025 confrontation on Camano Island, Washington.

Posted by: Blue Metro Assholes at January 20, 2026 02:32 PM (nM37Z)

418 So the AG of Minnesota thinks anyone can come into a religious service and wreck it
Nice to know

Posted by: Skip at January 20, 2026 02:32 PM (Ia/+0)

419 May I suggest, with all the respect due you, that you smell my finger?

Posted by: Don Lemon at January 20, 2026 02:33 PM (0sNs1)

420 Don Le-mon is:
-Dumb as a stump
- An attention-thirsty mincing queen
- Delusional about his own importance
- A committed communist

Someone wheel the trebuchet over here please.

Posted by: ballistic at January 20, 2026 02:34 PM (5aZAZ)

421 Posted by: sven
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Nice to see ya again. Hope all is well. Haven't lurked at Insta recently because the comments there are really going to shit.

Is Johnny still taking a dump there using his many aliases?

Posted by: whig at January 20, 2026 02:35 PM (E4rtv)

422 I hope Lemonhead gets to prison but will have to get past a Marxist Judge I think

Posted by: Skip at January 20, 2026 02:35 PM (Ia/+0)

423 396 Posted by: BurtTC at January 20, 2026 02:28 PM (dGCAG)

Yes because the ring of power "can be used to do good"...look Bubba Wallace sees a simple loop knot on a garage door and got a 2 million dollar plus operation that led to Nascar solidarity walks and a slew of other performative bullshit to establish "that it is a knot Bubba and has been there since 2019."

Wild instantaneous night of the sicilian vespers use of Federal power has gotten way too common....but you do you black-pill away champ, Lord knows I have.....

when donkey gets back the House it will destroy us in 2028 and will make the J6 shit the new normal, and I will leave this time and go down to a more stable place with less nutty assholes doing the voting....like Venezuela.

Posted by: sven at January 20, 2026 02:36 PM (MUJd1)

424 Wanted to here the white female but she sure seemed to.be nodding to Leamonheads Leftists BS

Posted by: Skip at January 20, 2026 02:36 PM (Ia/+0)

425 CAIR’s Ellison thinks ***Christian*** services can be protested.

Recall he endorsed the Antifa handbook, too.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 20, 2026 02:37 PM (Hkcdp)

426 421 Posted by: whig at January 20, 2026 02:35 PM (E4rtv)

Yes, the full court press is coming....Soros et al have decided to reach into their OWN money rather than USAID to fund the retard militias is my guess....

keep your eye on the ball

Posted by: sven at January 20, 2026 02:37 PM (MUJd1)

427
319 Frustration is seeing where things are going far in advance and being laughed at.

Hell is seeing good people suffering for it when it comes true.

Posted by: Sifty Boones at January 20, 2026 02:16 PM

--------

The curse of Cassandra.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 20, 2026 02:39 PM (VWtfl)

428 415 Posted by: BurtTC at January 20, 2026 02:32 PM (dGCAG)

If Don Lemon is not summarily executed the bad guys have won...meanwhile here on Earth the Big 3 for MN Riot Inc have been subpoenaed comrade...

Burt I bear you little ill will, thank you for the insight into the most sane, logical. and sober part of the electorate.

Have a day sport.

Posted by: sven at January 20, 2026 02:39 PM (MUJd1)

429 "NEW: The Justice Department has subpoenaed Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, Attorney General Keith Ellison, and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey as part of a probe into alleged obstruction of federal immigration enforcement."

Posted by: runner at January 20, 2026 02:25 PM (g47mK)
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The Three Stooges.

Posted by: mrp at January 20, 2026 02:43 PM (rj6Yv)

430 The "Men In Black" franchise.

When immigration control was cool.

Posted by: mrp at January 20, 2026 02:46 PM (rj6Yv)

431 NOOD

409 Nood judges. Sorry.
Posted by: Nazdar at January 20, 2026 02:31 PM (NcvvS)

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 02:46 PM (SSiCQ)

432 Old Don is thrilled, just THRILLED to be the center of attention. He can't shut up.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at January 20, 2026 03:00 PM (w6EFb)

433 As a former inmate from higher ed's asylum, the secret is that most professors are not that smart, especially in the social sciences. Clever yes, smart no.

Most cannot do statistical analysis or research design to save their ass, ...
Posted by: whig at January 20, 2026 02:32 PM (E4rtv)

You ain't kidding. This was a long time ago, but getting my Masters degree in Electrical Engineering at one of the top engineering graduate schools was held up for months because of the statistical incompetence of my faculty advisor, who wouldn't sign off on the last thing I needed for my degree because he didn't understand how statistical correlation work. Something you learn in Probability and Statistics 101.

I was about to leave for a job, not willing to wait any longer, when suddenly he changed his tune. I can only imagine that the department head, or somebody, was told I was leaving without my degree, looked into what the problem was, and saw that this incompetent was screwing me over erroneously.

This guy was Chinese, BTW, so undoubtedly a spy. At some point he even asked me to take some Chinese student under my wing (as if I owed him a favor). Didn't happen.

Posted by: MrExcitement at January 20, 2026 03:44 PM (hOOi9)

434 For the 100th time. Lemon will NOT get arrested, charged, or even handcuffed for this "crimes". Bondi & Co. don't have the guts to do it. The more time passes, the more days we get away from last Sunday proves my point.

Posted by: Jeb! Magruder at January 20, 2026 06:03 PM (+XsLd)

Minnesota Democrat Lawmaker (and Transgender): The Church Invasion That Resulted in Children Fleeing in Fear Is "Essential," "Must Continue"

They want the shooting to start.

Anti-ICE mob storming church 'essential' and 'must continue,' Democrat state lawmaker says
The mob screamed at women and children and harassed a young family that was trying to drive away in their vehicle.
By Hayley Feland

State Rep. Leigh Finke, a Democrat from St. Paul, posted on Facebook following an anti-ICE mob storming a local church service, calling the incident "essential" and saying that it "must continue."
"Actions like this--nonviolent resistance in the face of government inaction or oppression--are essential," Finke wrote in a Facebook post. "And they must continue until I.C.E. is out of our state, the administration is out of the White House, and dignity and humanity for all of our neighbors is achieved."
On Sunday, about 20 individuals stormed into Cities Church in St. Paul and shut down their morning worship service. The mob screamed at women and children and harassed a young family that was trying to drive away in their vehicle. People in the church were left traumatized, which former CNN reporter Don Lemon said is "what protesting is about."

...
In the past, Finke has defended rioting and called for abolishing the police. "So I'm here to tell you that there will be more riots. We remember Stonewall as a riot and we know now that it was necessary. The next riots will be necessary too," Finke said during a speech in 2022.

We might start violently disrupting your gatherings. And won't that be fun.

Don Lemon sees kids fleeing church: "It is traumatic for the people, and that's what protesting is about" pic.twitter.com/M5zVXHZk96
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) January 19, 2026

Via Hot Air, Minnesota's jihadist, antifa AG says not only will he not prosecute the terrorists, but he encourages others to terrorize the white Christians as well.

BREAKING - Minnesota AG Keith Ellison says yesterday’s occupation of a Minneapolis church was “free speech.”

“None of us are immune to the voice of the public.”

You heard him. We can now protest in Somali mosques for stealing our money.pic.twitter.com/b8okVyA7zE
— Right Angle News Network (@Rightanglenews) January 19, 2026

"Disrupt" the mosques!

Libs are now harassing every semi masculine looking White man they see who won’t say “f*ck ICE,” on suspicion of being ICE.

This just isn’t sustainable. pic.twitter.com/HvhutnqVoa
— johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) January 17, 2026

Hello everyone.

These are dark days.

Posted by: Ace at 12:28 PM

Comments

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1 I'll let the others in the rant thread know this one's live.

G'morning Ace.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 20, 2026 12:28 PM (O7YUW)

2 No shit, he'd be anti-church.

Posted by: XTC at January 20, 2026 12:28 PM (6Uni8)

3 You know it's that kind of day when even I'm faster than "The Blade".

Posted by: XTC at January 20, 2026 12:28 PM (6Uni8)

4 Arrest the tranny bastard

Posted by: night lifted at January 20, 2026 12:29 PM (kJmLc)

5 Yikes.. That's an ugly man....

Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 12:29 PM (VE6XX)

6 Tim Roth in a fright wig?

Posted by: Pug Mahon at January 20, 2026 12:29 PM (PSEDc)

7 It's the "shooting back" that's got the left all riled up, ain't it?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 20, 2026 12:30 PM (U2OZr)

8 FIRST!!!

Posted by: Sponge Blade the Firstiest Firster of Firsts at January 20, 2026 12:30 PM (ZyDGN)

9 You might say which Tranny bastard as the left is chock ful of them. Even the WEF is full of perverts like Blair, Harari, and Starmer (fond of rent boys)

Posted by: night lifted at January 20, 2026 12:30 PM (kJmLc)

10 Becoming increasingly anti-Christian is going to play really well on BlueSky.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 12:30 PM (GBKbO)

11 We let this happen.

We keep thinking if we let the world see how evil the Left is, voters will recoil and they'll be put out of power.

So we'll let these Antifa people even beat up up without throwing a punch back....and voters don't care.

Unfortunately the only thing people really understand is violence. Someone like a Don Lemon should just have the shit beat out of them and then they won't do this again. People used to understand that.

Posted by: Leupold at January 20, 2026 12:31 PM (eIzlH)

12 Being a tranny should be an instant disqualification for election to public office.

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 12:31 PM (77rzZ)

13 Uh.

Well. Jeepers.

*goes back to work*

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 20, 2026 12:31 PM (W2Pud)

14 If they come to my church, we will simply close the doors. Then guys like me will lead them to the alter for prayer. I will pray for forgiveness, and the protester can pray for a speedy recovery.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 20, 2026 12:31 PM (2WIwB)

15 johnny maga
@_johnnymaga
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Follow
Libs are now harassing every semi masculine looking White man they see who won’t say “f*ck ICE,” on suspicion of being ICE.

This just isn’t sustainable.

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So...why are they doing this not to ICE now?

Because ICE's been arresting people for obstruction when they get in the way for a couple of weeks.

So, protestors are going after softer targets who can't fight back. That's not exactly a sign of strength.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 12:31 PM (GBKbO)

16 Is by-passing the Insurrection Act and just nuking Minnesota on the table?

Posted by: Stu Podaso at January 20, 2026 12:31 PM (UTiaC)

17 Another violent democrat homosexual.

Posted by: Pray The Gay Away at January 20, 2026 12:31 PM (n+1Zi)

18 Brownshirts, or Rot Armee Faktion?

So hard to tell.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 20, 2026 12:31 PM (06Hmj)

19 Water Cannons are essential and must continue

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at January 20, 2026 12:32 PM (jrgJz)

20 Libs are now harassing every semi masculine looking White man they see who won’t say “f*ck ICE,” on suspicion of being ICE.

And that's the crux of what's actually happening. A website that AI generates fantasy stories for women is reporting that "50 Shades of ICE Agent" is their most popular request now.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 20, 2026 12:32 PM (2ocoG)

21 We might start violently disrupting your gatherings. And won't that be fun.

Indeed, it could be a great deal of fun.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 20, 2026 12:32 PM (2WIwB)

22 From Wiki:

"From 2018 to 2021, Finke was the senior producer at 1517 Media. There, she wrote and produced two documentary films: Ending the Silence: Confronting Sexual Shame in the Church and White Savior: Racism in the American Church. She also edited two nonfiction books for Beaming Books: Queerfully and Wonderfully Made and Welcoming and Affirming.

In 2021 and 2022, Finke worked as Multimedia Storyteller for the ACLU of Minnesota. In late 2022, she was publicly critical of Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Jensen for spreading the transphobic litter boxes in schools hoax.

In March 2023, Finke started the Queer Equity Institute, a nonprofit that supports and encourages queer politicians."

Top. Men.

Posted by: Old Bill Faulkner at January 20, 2026 12:32 PM (2Ez/1)

23

This is literally why I have a church gun.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 20, 2026 12:32 PM (xcxpd)

24 Someday we'll get Minx 0.9 beta.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 20, 2026 12:32 PM (2ocoG)

25 Ace: "These are dark days."

Strange days indeed. Most peculiar, Momma!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 20, 2026 12:33 PM (wzUl9)

26 Hello everyone.

These are dark days.

And there it is. Racism, straight up!

Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 12:33 PM (Riz8t)

27 Deprivation of rights under color of law. Seems like we have something for that.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 20, 2026 12:33 PM (GWvli)

28 Minnesota Democrat Lawmaker (and Transgender), Don Lemon, Walz, Frey...always the most secure and the least likely to be accosted or harmed are the ones with the loudest voice to encourage violence.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead...Wearing Pants and Working at January 20, 2026 12:33 PM (luW68)

29 Sock fail.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 20, 2026 12:33 PM (2Ez/1)

30 11 We let this happen.

We keep thinking if we let the world see how evil the Left is, voters will recoil and they'll be put out of power.

So we'll let these Antifa people even beat up up without throwing a punch back....and voters don't care.

Unfortunately the only thing people really understand is violence. Someone like a Don Lemon should just have the shit beat out of them and then they won't do this again. People used to understand that.

Posted by: Leupold at January 20, 2026 12:31 PM (eIzlH)

Most people are Lo-Fo "Default Democrats".

They don't care how evil Democrats are, because they define good as "Did the Democrats Win?".

Posted by: XTC at January 20, 2026 12:33 PM (6Uni8)

31 These are dark days.

And there it is. Racism, straight up!

Michelle Obama KNEW IT!

Posted by: Ian S. at January 20, 2026 12:33 PM (2ocoG)

32 Willowed from Mun-khee Thread:

335 Batshit gun case being heard at SCOTUS. Hawaii attempted to ban guns under a 'black code.' Justice Thomas had to remind them of the 14th Amendment.

I think SCOTUS took this one because it's a no-brainer. In my most forgiving mood, I can almost imagine that there might be a case to be made for a vampire law but Hawaii's ain't it. "Your honors, you should let us keep our unconstitutional laws because it's what King Kamehameha would have done."
Posted by: Oddbob at January 20, 2026 12:27 PM (Fs0KI)

Watch it be 8 - 1 with KJB voting to uphold the unconstitutional law...

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 20, 2026 12:34 PM (QGaXH)

33 We were better off when these freaks were in the closet.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 20, 2026 12:34 PM (BpO1e)

34 Here I sit, 4 companions within talking distance, all armed and ready to respond to any such interruptions in our home school program at our church. We are in the sticks.

How can any church not be similarly prepared, especially in the belly of the beast?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder,Disinformation Demon at January 20, 2026 12:34 PM (0O75l)

35 Anyone notice Macron's glasses, which cover up the scarlet eye he was sporting yesterday? Did Brigitte his beard/ mommy figure/ whatever smack him with a tire iron or choke him too much in bed, or was it self inflicted auto-erotic strangulation?

Posted by: night lifted at January 20, 2026 12:34 PM (kJmLc)

36 22 Top. Men.

Posted by: Old Bill Faulkner at January 20, 2026 12:32 PM (2Ez/1)

Pretty sure Finke is more of a Bottom. Man.

Posted by: XTC at January 20, 2026 12:34 PM (6Uni8)

37 I wonder what about being a pervert also makes you a maoist soldier? Hate?

Posted by: dagny at January 20, 2026 12:34 PM (ILGo9)

38 Under the definition of dignity that should have a picture of that freak saying the opposite of this.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 20, 2026 12:34 PM (GWvli)

39 Minnesota Democrat Lawmaker (and Transgender): The Church Invasion That Resulted in Children Fleeing in Fear Is "Essential," "Must Continue"

—Ace
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Who are People who don't understand the First Amendment, Alex?

Posted by: Axeman at January 20, 2026 12:35 PM (krQz2)

40
Michelle Obama KNEW IT!
Posted by: Ian S. at January 20, 2026 12:33 PM (2ocoG

From now on we should call her TEMU Michelle...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 12:35 PM (VE6XX)

41 The last video really pisses me off.
I wouldn't have been as nice.
The protester needs to be taken to a mental institution.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 20, 2026 12:35 PM (NpAcC)

42 11 We let this happen.

We keep thinking if we let the world see how evil the Left is, voters will recoil and they'll be put out of power.

So we'll let these Antifa people even beat up up without throwing a punch back....and voters don't care.

Unfortunately the only thing people really understand is violence. Someone like a Don Lemon should just have the shit beat out of them and then they won't do this again. People used to understand that.
Posted by: Leupold at January 20, 2026 12:31 PM (eIzlH)

You are essentially correct, however I would offer that voters also recognize genuine leadership. Not the typical political blathering crap, but honest leadership such as Trump displays. Sadly the media shields most of America from it and a lot of the future violence can be laid at their feet. But I believe as we approach the Midterms, we shall see more and more.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 20, 2026 12:36 PM (2WIwB)

43 37 I wonder what about being a pervert also makes you a maoist soldier? Hate?

Posted by: dagny at January 20, 2026 12:34 PM (ILGo9)

Look up the term "Bioleninism".

Posted by: XTC at January 20, 2026 12:36 PM (6Uni8)

44 Is this Finke related to Larry?

Posted by: night lifted at January 20, 2026 12:36 PM (kJmLc)

45 Worse is the AG Ellison saying invading a Church is "Free Speech". WTF ?

Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 12:36 PM (VE6XX)

46 Anyone notice Macron's glasses, which cover up the scarlet eye he was sporting yesterday? Did Brigitte his beard/ mommy figure/ whatever smack him with a tire iron or choke him too much in bed, or was it self inflicted auto-erotic strangulation?

It was pretty widely speculated on X that Brigitte likely smacked him around again. What a fag.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 20, 2026 12:36 PM (2ocoG)

47 How can any church not be similarly prepared, especially in the belly of the beast?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder,Disinformation Demon at January 20, 2026 12:34 PM (0O75l)

Because Minnesota.
Seriously, they'd rather die than be rude.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 20, 2026 12:36 PM (xcxpd)

48 So, protestors are going after softer targets who can't fight back. That's not exactly a sign of strength.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 12:31 PM (GBKbO)

yeah, this is going to blow up in their face, and maybe guts, when they pick the wrong target on the street and someone(s?) get ventilated....

and it will get uglier from there.

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at January 20, 2026 12:36 PM (nXhwP)

49 Brigitte is post menopausal and has no libido. She might just find him annoying, which is very reasonable.

Posted by: dagny at January 20, 2026 12:36 PM (ILGo9)

50 I wonder what about being a pervert also makes you a maoist soldier? Hate?

Posted by: dagny at January 20, 2026 12:34 PM (ILGo9)
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You've already broken with common decency and consensus.

It's one of the reasons the SS actually recruited queers. They had already spurned the ties to society for their passions.

Posted by: Axeman at January 20, 2026 12:36 PM (krQz2)

51 What did Lemonhead say about January 6? A dark day or a great protest?

Posted by: ... at January 20, 2026 12:37 PM (siUZu)

52 So, protestors are going after softer targets who can't fight back. That's not exactly a sign of strength.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 12:31 PM (GBKbO)

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Yeah.... under the old definition!

Posted by: Axeman at January 20, 2026 12:37 PM (krQz2)

53 His name is lterally Finke. What did you expect. I mean it's damn near Finkel FFS (Ace Ventura tranny reference)

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 20, 2026 12:38 PM (ewjUl)

54 This is why those anti-KKK laws were passed.

Now...will they use them and will they use them liberally?

Posted by: 18-1 at January 20, 2026 12:38 PM (sKqQm)

55 Well, speaking of normalizing violence.

Posted by: ErikInTexas at January 20, 2026 12:38 PM (4b7CV)

56 "We might start violently disrupting your gatherings. And won't that be fun." No, that won't happen.

Posted by: EzE at January 20, 2026 12:38 PM (pxzPN)

57 These persyns are literally insane.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 20, 2026 12:38 PM (wVcYX)

58 > nonviolent resistance in the face of government inaction

Wut?

How is invading a church and screaming at parishioners, "resistance?"

Posted by: bonhomme at January 20, 2026 12:38 PM (Yp6az)

59 I'm starting to develop an unhealthy attitude. When I see things like this, I am now disappointed that nothing like this seems to happen where I am at any given time.

I suppose it's like shooters picking zero tolerance "no gun" locations to pull off their debauchery. But, on the upside, sometime soon, they are going to make a mistake like those videos where some genius tries to hold up a gun store.

Posted by: Orson at January 20, 2026 12:38 PM (dIske)

60 His name is lterally Finke.

More like Twink

Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 12:38 PM (VE6XX)

61 From now on we should call her TEMU Michelle...
Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026

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I thought that was an acronym like NSFW. Having looked it up, I shall now forget it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 20, 2026 12:39 PM (wzUl9)

62 48 So, protestors are going after softer targets who can't fight back. That's not exactly a sign of strength.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 12:31 PM (GBKbO)

yeah, this is going to blow up in their face, and maybe guts, when they pick the wrong target on the street and someone(s?) get ventilated....

and it will get uglier from there.

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at January 20, 2026 12:36 PM (nXhwP)

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My point is that it already has blown up in their faces.

They tried to play revolutionary against DHS agents...and DHS agents just started throwing them in prison for obstruction...after wrecking their cars a bit (and probably impounding them and putting them on the fast track to being auctioned off, leaving the owners with the debt payments and no cars).

The bravest and boldest of them went after the power structure and are now facing months in prison on federal charges. So, the weaker ones go after...randos in the street and people praying in churches.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 12:39 PM (GBKbO)

63 Worse is the AG Ellison saying invading a Church is "Free Speech". WTF ?

Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 12:36 PM (VE6XX)
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He's a shill for the ideology.

He should be taken as an indicator of Gramscian capture.

Posted by: Axeman at January 20, 2026 12:39 PM (krQz2)

64 put some bullets in these folks and it'll stop, quick

Posted by: Shah of Iraq at January 20, 2026 12:39 PM (3TalN)

65 Macron being serially pummeled by a skinny senior citizen should embarrass him, but it doesn't seem to. He must like it.

Posted by: Takes All Kinds at January 20, 2026 12:39 PM (oftw2)

66 52 So, protestors are going after softer targets who can't fight back. That's not exactly a sign of strength.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 12:31 PM (GBKbO)

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Yeah.... under the old definition!

Posted by: Axeman at January 20, 2026 12:37 PM (krQz2)

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I need to beef up on my learing of the old definitions of "of". Probably a rich history there,

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 12:40 PM (GBKbO)

67 Now do that to a mosque, lefties.

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 12:40 PM (77rzZ)

68 52 So, protestors are going after softer targets who can't fight back. That's not exactly a sign of strength.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 12:31 PM (GBKbO)

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Yeah.... under the old definition!

Posted by: Axeman at January 20, 2026 12:37 PM (krQz2)

The sign of strength is that they're getting away with it.

Posted by: XTC at January 20, 2026 12:40 PM (6Uni8)

69 His name is lterally Finke. What did you expect. I mean it's damn near Finkel FFS (Ace Ventura tranny reference)
Posted by: Minnfidel

Still spiraling about missing that field goal. Dude, that was like 40 years ago.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at January 20, 2026 12:40 PM (UTiaC)

70 60 His name is lterally Finke.

More like Twink

Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 12:38 PM (VE6XX)

Nah. Twink Death hit that dude a long time ago.

Posted by: XTC at January 20, 2026 12:40 PM (6Uni8)

71 Day after day, they are chipping away at our lifetimes-worth of restraint; our lifelong training in civility and niceness.
to the psychotic / sociopathic enemy, these are meaningless words; only we, ourselves make the concepts real.
one of these days someone will snap; tens (or hundreds) of thousands will feel liberated and do likewise.

see the Solzhenitsyn quote about the men who just wanted to be left alone.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 20, 2026 12:41 PM (Cjt/F)

72 Damn. Is it still Halloween? Trick or treat!

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 20, 2026 12:41 PM (oT7pT)

73 So, the weaker ones go after...randos in the street and people praying in churches.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 12:39 PM (GBKbO)

If they learned anything from history, they would have done that from the get-go.

You don't go after the Gracchi brothers directly.

You go after their friends in the suburbs.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 20, 2026 12:41 PM (06Hmj)

74 > So, protestors are going after softer targets who can't fight back. That's not exactly a sign of strength.
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Won't

Won't fight back. Not can't.

That needs to change, pronto. Then, and only then, does this shit begin to taper off.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 20, 2026 12:41 PM (U2OZr)

75 68 The sign of strength is that they're getting away with it.

Posted by: XTC at January 20, 2026 12:40 PM (6Uni

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The sign of strength that they can only terrorize the weak? That if they go near the strong, they get thrown in prison?

Oh, and the DOJ going after these people with KKK laws will be hilarious.

"Get away with it." Ha.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 12:41 PM (GBKbO)

76 I have a very liberal cousin who would not see any issue with churches being attacked. After all, "Riots are the voice of the unheard!"

Posted by: NR Pax at January 20, 2026 12:41 PM (BpO1e)

77 I know for a fact, many like to dress up in dominating clothes or uniforms. And they love bling like a crow.

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 20, 2026 12:41 PM (EyfuW)

78 Conspiracy Against Rights 18 USC 241.

Charge these fuckers.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 20, 2026 12:42 PM (GWvli)

79 "and dignity and humanity for all of our neighbors is achieved"

This odd "neighbors" reference to illegal criminals and scumbags is the latest NPC download to the drones

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 20, 2026 12:42 PM (iFTx/)

80 Is by-passing the Insurrection Act and just nuking Minnesota on the table?

Posted by: Stu Podaso at January 20, 2026 12:31 PM (UTiaC)
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We can't all get to orbit, though.

Posted by: Axeman at January 20, 2026 12:42 PM (krQz2)

81 73 If they learned anything from history, they would have done that from the get-go.

You don't go after the Gracchi brothers directly.

You go after their friends in the suburbs.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 20, 2026 12:41 PM (06Hmj)

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That's what social media mobs are for.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 12:42 PM (GBKbO)

82 > If they come to my church, we will simply close the doors. Then guys like me will lead them to the alter for prayer. I will pray for forgiveness, and the protester can pray for a speedy recovery.

Our church's plan if protesters invade is to conclude the meeting and leave. I recently got called to be a security guy. We're not supposed to be muscle, just be a friendly greeter, keep watch at the doors for threats, spot weirdos, lock the doors a few minutes after the meeting starts, and only let normies in after the doors are locked. That sort of thing.

Posted by: bonhomme at January 20, 2026 12:42 PM (Yp6az)

83 Sean Penn is actually better looking as a dame. Didn't see that one.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 20, 2026 12:42 PM (kpS4V)

84
The crowd who are always crowing about "socials norms" are the ones destroying social norms.

Posted by: Frank Barone at January 20, 2026 12:42 PM (IifOV)

85 "Actions like this--nonviolent resistance in the face of government inaction or oppression--are essential," Finke wrote in a Facebook post."

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Do these retards realize the church isn't deporting people?

Posted by: Jay in PA at January 20, 2026 12:43 PM (9mw3J)

86 The last video really pisses me off.
I wouldn't have been as nice.
The protester needs to be taken to a mental institution.

I avoid dignifying what they do as "protest", but when I use the term protester, I put it in quotes. They aren't protesters, they're rioters.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 12:43 PM (Riz8t)

87 Charge these fuckers.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe

Haven't they charged LeMon? What about the others?

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 12:44 PM (77rzZ)

88 37 I wonder what about being a pervert also makes you a maoist soldier? Hate?
Posted by: dagny

The perverts are useful for now. Once the usefulness ends, well.....commies gotta commie.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 20, 2026 12:44 PM (sAmhv)

89 The ballot box is the voice of the unheard.

Street violence and harassment is the voice of those who have already been heard ad nauseam and told by the unheard to shut the fuck up and go away.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 20, 2026 12:44 PM (06Hmj)

90 > This odd "neighbors" reference to illegal criminals and scumbags is the latest NPC download to the drones

Soon, I'm going to hate the word, "neighbors" as much as I hate the word, "folks."

Posted by: bonhomme at January 20, 2026 12:44 PM (Yp6az)

91
The next time lefties use a church as a criminal "sanctuary" they need to be reminded of this.

On second thought, no. We've passed the time for talking to lunatics.

Posted by: Auspex at January 20, 2026 12:44 PM (Y8DZL)

92 Don Lemon sees kids fleeing church: "It is traumatic for the people, and that's what protesting is about"

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Isn't that a slogan from the 60s and 70s? "Trauma to the People!"

Remember, these are people who don't think you should cross in front an an abortion-seeker without "denying their rights" (never put in print in the Constitution).

Posted by: Axeman at January 20, 2026 12:44 PM (krQz2)

93 Bring back dueling.

Some soy-soaked lefty twink starts screaming at you, saying unkind things about your mother, and calling you a Nazi?

Slap his ass with a glove, demand satisfaction, choose your weapons and have it out.

Posted by: ballistic at January 20, 2026 12:45 PM (5aZAZ)

94 The left is eager to finish the job COVID couldn't do.

Posted by: Coki at January 20, 2026 12:45 PM (Wkrcf)

95 They aren't protesters, they're rioters.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 12:43 PM (Riz8t)
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You can use the word "protestards" though.

Posted by: Axeman at January 20, 2026 12:45 PM (krQz2)

96 When the Left arrests someone : 3 AM no-knock SWAT raids and CNN camera crews.

When the Right even thinks about it : "Well, you know, it's hard... we have to dot our ts and cross our eyes..."

Posted by: XTC at January 20, 2026 12:45 PM (6Uni8)

97 > Haven't they charged LeMon? What about the others?

Dhillon announced they're planning on charging Lemon, but I don't think it's official yet.

Posted by: bonhomme at January 20, 2026 12:46 PM (Yp6az)

98 We need an update to the Ballad of Birmingham.

Posted by: Coki at January 20, 2026 12:46 PM (Wkrcf)

99 In the discussion between democracy and preserving the zRepublic, I have little regard for democracy. The Spanish lesson is going to be re-leared.

Posted by: ErikInTexas at January 20, 2026 12:46 PM (4b7CV)

100 I read something last night in which a veteran was saying the he and countless thousands of his compatriots were signing up with ICE, and that the "protesters" are in for a surprise when they get aggressive with the new ICE agents.

So let it be written, so let it be done.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 12:46 PM (Riz8t)

101 UK, Fwance, Germany?

@JamesOKeefeIII 1m
I am going live in 30 minutes to release our brand new undercover discovery.

@OKeefeMedia went international.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 20, 2026 12:46 PM (mlg/3)

102 These aren’t protest. They are acts of terrorism.

Posted by: Really?? at January 20, 2026 12:47 PM (d4dD2)

103
If a catholic church were giving sanctuary to illegals in a church, then ICE can enter it as a form of protest and are using their rights to express their freedoms.

Posted by: Frank Barone at January 20, 2026 12:47 PM (IifOV)

104 We might start violently disrupting your gatherings. And won't that be fun.

They want a tit-for-tat they can wear the public out with via their media e.g. 2020

Let's try something asymmetric ourselves. A couple of red-hats fumbling at utilities mid-winter might drive them back thru the Somali lines at Minn/St.Paul airport.

Posted by: DaveA at January 20, 2026 12:47 PM (FhXTo)

105 You can use the word "protestards" though.
Posted by: Axeman at January 20, 2026 12:45 PM (krQz2)

Do you say it kind of frenchie, like "communard"?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 20, 2026 12:47 PM (06Hmj)

106 Unfortunately the only thing people really understand is violence. Someone like a Don Lemon should just have the shit beat out of them and then they won't do this again. People used to understand that.
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The biggest reason to vote for Trump the third time was the belief that maybe after they'd tried to kill him (twice) he'd be adequately motivated to defeat them using all available force.

Instead, we're still getting promises about what Bondi is going to do. Eventually. Maybe. If a better distraction doesn't show up first.

Posted by: Methos at January 20, 2026 12:47 PM (vSvIl)

107 What's the denomination of the church?

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 12:47 PM (77rzZ)

108 I don't wantto victm-blame.

The surprising thing was the limp response of the male parishioners. There were no men.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 20, 2026 12:47 PM (RIvkX)

109 BREAKING - Minnesota AG Keith Ellison says yesterday�s occupation of a Minneapolis church was �free speech.�

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took his oath of office on quran , no surprise there.

Posted by: runner at January 20, 2026 12:47 PM (g47mK)

110 We remember Stonewall as a riot

Yeah, that Jackson was a crack up!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 20, 2026 12:47 PM (Kt19C)

111 @OKeefeMedia went international.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 20, 2026 12:46 PM (mlg/3)

Somalia?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 20, 2026 12:48 PM (06Hmj)

112 I see the Catholic Bishops are reminding us of what Oliver Cromwell knew.

Posted by: ErikInTexas at January 20, 2026 12:48 PM (4b7CV)

113 I don't wantto victm-blame.

The surprising thing was the limp response of the male parishioners. There were no men.

They're in MN. Who do you think gets arrested when they throw a punch?

Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 12:48 PM (Riz8t)

114 The last video really pisses me off.
I wouldn't have been as nice.
The protester needs to be taken to a mental institution.
Posted by: redridinghood at January 20, 2026 12:35 PM (NpAcC)

So I looked up this:
Screaming, in and of itself, is not typically considered assault. It crosses the legal threshold into assault when it is combined with words and actions that create a credible threat of immediate physical harm. The key elements are the threat itself and the apparent ability to carry it out, causing the victim to reasonably fear for their safety. The threat must be of imminent harm, meaning it is about to happen right away.

A guy screams at me, he cn fu*k off, but if he follows me and points a finger in my face, and even one drop of spittle touches me, that is, in my opinion, assault and I can now defend myself.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 20, 2026 12:48 PM (2WIwB)

115 I wish Trump were 20% the authoritarian the left accuses him of being. There would be bodies on the streets of Minneapolis right now. Lots of bodies.

Posted by: Really?? at January 20, 2026 12:49 PM (d4dD2)

116 It would be a shame if Don "Cheesedick" Lemon slipped and cracked his melon.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 20, 2026 12:49 PM (oT7pT)

117 What's the denomination of the church?

$20, same as in town.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 20, 2026 12:49 PM (Kt19C)

118 > What's the denomination of the church?

Cities Church is Southern Baptist.

Posted by: bonhomme at January 20, 2026 12:49 PM (Yp6az)

119 49 Brigitte is post menopausal and has no libido. She might just find him annoying, which is very reasonable.
Posted by: dagny at January 20, 2026 12:36 PM (ILGo9)

Unless crazy Candace is right, they've never been intimate.

Posted by: night lifted at January 20, 2026 12:49 PM (kJmLc)

120 The surprising thing was the limp response of the male parishioners. There were no men.
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I want each and every one of them to remember that when THEIR time came to stand for something...they remained seated like the pussies they are. I hope it haunts them.

Posted by: Crusader at January 20, 2026 12:49 PM (TN0g+)

121 Afternoon Ace.
The coalition of trannies, AWFLs, Somalis and soyboys can't hold together for long. The trannies and AWFLs are too mentally worth unstable, while the Somalis are Muslim and stupid. They can't coexist for long

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 20, 2026 12:49 PM (PTsqM)

122 I wonder what all this violent hate and fear-mongering is doing to the Minneapolis economy? Add to it the interruption of the grift pipeline by the Feds, both through the regulatory process and through LE activity.

Illegals hiding or fleeing the state. An influx of lazy, incompetent criminals running protection rackets in the downtown. That has to be going on by now.

Minnesota is being hammered. Where's Walz?

Posted by: mrp at January 20, 2026 12:49 PM (rj6Yv)

123 I need to beef up on my learing of the old definitions of "of". Probably a rich history there,
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 12:40 PM (GBKbO)

i bet it's similar to the history of "is".... -_-

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at January 20, 2026 12:49 PM (nXhwP)

124 They aren't protesters, they're rioters.
Posted by: Archimedes

and, they aren't immigrants in Minnesota and elsewhere, they didn't go thru immigration process, they are invaders.
They didn't come to assimilate they came to conquer.

The white lunatics will beg to be shot last, just like that engineer that was having lunch with his friends.

Posted by: old chick at January 20, 2026 12:49 PM (F3Dlr)

125 Speaking of mentally ill, there's this-

I Meme Therefore I Am
@ImMeme0

Religious song was hijacked by a leftist and turned into an extremist anti-ICE anthem calling for violence against law enforcement.

She performs it while wearing a woven wicker basket attached to a hood that completely covers her head.

God help us!

https://tinyurl.com/d73z38bd

Posted by: redridinghood at January 20, 2026 12:49 PM (NpAcC)

126 The J6ers were rioters

The actual rioters are protesters

Orwell anyone?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 20, 2026 12:50 PM (P/Wjn)

127 State Rep. Leigh Finke. Married to Deborah Fox.

So, straight couple with extra steps.

2 children. Hope nothing happens to them. Since you are advocating to keep child rapists and murderers in your neighborhoods.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 20, 2026 12:50 PM (0x0rk)

128 "Libs are now harassing every semi masculine looking White man they see who won’t say “f*ck ICE,” on suspicion of being ICE"

Well, one white guy was harassed on a peaceful, near-empty street by a obscure, desperate basement-dweller hoping for likes and attention. In a major city that is supposedly at the brink of civil war. I dunno, this whole thing just might be getting over-hyped, guys.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 20, 2026 12:50 PM (iFTx/)

129 121 Afternoon Ace.
The coalition of trannies, AWFLs, Somalis and soyboys can't hold together for long. The trannies and AWFLs are too mentally worth unstable, while the Somalis are Muslim and stupid. They can't coexist for long

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 20, 2026 12:49 PM (PTsqM)

They only have to hold together until the 2026 midterms.

Posted by: XTC at January 20, 2026 12:51 PM (6Uni8)

130 Getting in people faces while they are going about their business, especially personal, family time, is a GREAT way to win people over and change their minds. I fully encourage the Dems to step this up.

Posted by: Ripley at January 20, 2026 12:51 PM (GUOwU)

131 Minnesota Democrat Lawmaker (and Transgender):

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There are times when you need to specify that it's a troon. This isn't one of them.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 20, 2026 12:51 PM (BI5O2)

132 The coalition of trannies, AWFLs, Somalis and soyboys can't hold together for long. The trannies and AWFLs are too mentally worth unstable, while the Somalis are Muslim and stupid. They can't coexist for long
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 20, 2026 12:49 PM (PTsqM)

All their #1 priority is destroying whites men (even the white soyboys want this). . Once they’ve done that they’ll start fighting among themselves. Until then the coalition will hold. Enemy of my enemy is my friend type logic.

Posted by: Really?? at January 20, 2026 12:52 PM (d4dD2)

133 Do you say it kind of frenchie, like "communard"?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 20, 2026 12:47 PM (06Hmj)

was a decent band...

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at January 20, 2026 12:52 PM (nXhwP)

134 Minnesota is being hammered. Where's Walz?
Posted by: mrp at January 20, 2026 12:49 PM (rj6Yv)

Counting his take and hiding it while plotting his departure to some like minded place like London

Posted by: night lifted at January 20, 2026 12:52 PM (kJmLc)

135 128 "Libs are now harassing every semi masculine looking White man they see who won’t say “f*ck ICE,” on suspicion of being ICE"

Well, one white guy was harassed on a peaceful, near-empty street by a obscure, desperate basement-dweller hoping for likes and attention. In a major city that is supposedly at the brink of civil war. I dunno, this whole thing just might be getting over-hyped, guys.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 20, 2026 12:50 PM (iFTx/)

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I think DHS hitting back hollowed out the Minneapolis protesting scene, and we're left with scraps who only are willing to go after really soft targets.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 12:53 PM (GBKbO)

136 - The East Wing was demolished in October to make room for Trump's new 90,000-square-foot ballroom
- President Donald Trump's dramatic East Wing renovation at the White House also appears to include hidden construction to rebuild an underground bunker, according to a new CNN report
- The White House has never acknowledged the underground facility, though it noted “top-secret” work was happening as part of the renovation

Posted by: SMOD at January 20, 2026 12:53 PM (RHGPo)

137 You'd think Southern Baptists would be a little for BA than that. Even the women.

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 12:53 PM (77rzZ)

138 If a catholic church were giving sanctuary to illegals in a church, then ICE can enter it as a form of protest and are using their rights to express their freedoms.
Posted by: Frank Barone at January 20, 2026 12:47 PM (IifOV)
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If ICE enters a church, at least they are in pursuit of their legal job.

Can't say the same about any of this.

For almost my entire life Democrats have lied about being against vigilantism.

When they really mean, only when criminals are assaulted, are they against self-deputized crime fighters. When a leftist cause is advanced, self-deputization is all the rage.

Thus they reveal the sham that all their anti-vigilantism was been for decades. They said they were for order, even though order itself is a sign of to be re-interpreted to privilege and complacency according to their whim.

Democrats have never meant a word they said. They don't stand for anything.

Posted by: Axeman at January 20, 2026 12:53 PM (krQz2)

139 yum yum shit
yummy shit pebbles
in my mouth

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at January 20, 2026 12:53 PM (Z1in4)

140 one white guy was harassed on a peaceful, near-empty street by a obscure, desperate basement-dweller hoping for likes and attention. In a major city that is supposedly at the brink of civil war. I dunno, this whole thing just might be getting over-hyped, guys.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 20, 2026 12:50 PM (iFTx/)

Kinda hard to have mass arrests when the police doesn’t even bother showing up.

Posted by: Really?? at January 20, 2026 12:53 PM (d4dD2)

141 BREAKING - Minnesota AG Keith Ellison says yesterday's occupation of a Minneapolis church was "free speech."

There is no free speech on private property.

You would think a government agent would understand that.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 20, 2026 12:53 PM (0x0rk)

142 > Haven't they charged LeMon? What about the others?

Dhillon announced they're planning on charging Lemon, but I don't think it's official yet.
Posted by: bonhomme

It was nice of Don Le Mon to livestream his crimes. Also, many of the other criminal trespassers were so narcissistic, were even videoing themselves as well, and gave their names (and other identifying information) freely. The "that's not me" defense shouldn't work too well when you're confessing in 4K.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at January 20, 2026 12:54 PM (UTiaC)

143 Bolsheviks are inside the wire.

Posted by: torabora at January 20, 2026 12:54 PM (29T0f)

144 The surprising thing was the limp response of the male parishioners. There were no men.

***

I saw a few guys get to their feet. Older dudes too...probably former military.
If/when this happens at my church, the parishioners will, hopefully, follow the lead of the pastor. But if the actions physically threaten any member, or a member of my family, it's game on.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 20, 2026 12:54 PM (2WIwB)

145 The end goal is to extirpate Christianity.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 20, 2026 12:54 PM (BI5O2)

146 Minnesota is being hammered. Where's Walz?
Posted by: mrp at January 20, 2026 12:49 PM (rj6Yv)

Counting his take and hiding it while plotting his departure to some like minded place like London
Posted by: night lifted at January 20, 2026 12:52 PM

I'm guessing China. He's brushing up on his Mandarin. Mother Fucker honeymooned in China FFS. He's been there like 30 times. He's a freaking asset for the CCP.

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 20, 2026 12:54 PM (ewjUl)

147 Dem to norms: Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!

Posted by: Ripley at January 20, 2026 12:55 PM (GUOwU)

148 Democrats have never meant a word they said. They don't stand for anything.
Posted by: Axeman

Revolution is the goal. After that, more revolution.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 20, 2026 12:55 PM (mlg/3)

149 It’s always the sex perverts.

Posted by: Dirac_Delta at January 20, 2026 12:55 PM (+aem1)

150 138 Democrats have never meant a word they said. They don't stand for anything.

Posted by: Axeman at January 20, 2026 12:53 PM (krQz2)

The only rules Democrats follow are Alinsky's Rules for Radicals.

Posted by: XTC at January 20, 2026 12:55 PM (6Uni8)

151 148 Democrats have never meant a word they said. They don't stand for anything.
Posted by: Axeman

Revolution is the goal. After that, more revolution.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 20, 2026 12:55 PM (mlg/3)

=====

Are you saying that Utopia is an unrealistic goal that only the foolish would believe in?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 12:55 PM (GBKbO)

152 We don't need the FACE act or the KKK act or any of that nonsense. The 1st Amendment allows the right for peaceful assembly and free speech, but it has NEVER allowed for unlawful entry or disruption of services (whether those services are worship or abortion). Simply enforce the law.

Posted by: Crusader at January 20, 2026 12:55 PM (TN0g+)

153 Troons already love shooting Christian children. This dude knows what he's calling for.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 20, 2026 12:55 PM (BI5O2)

154
You would think a government agent would understand that.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 20, 2026 12:53 PM

Well, he's brick fucking stupid so there's that. Fortunately it's a fed law so Keef X the woman beater doesn't get to decide.

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 20, 2026 12:55 PM (ewjUl)

155 Minnesota is being hammered.
Posted by: mrp at January 20, 2026 12:49 PM (rj6Yv)

*makes "call me" motion*
-- Paul Pelosi

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 12:56 PM (77rzZ)

156 I'm guessing China. He's brushing up on his Mandarin. Mother Fucker honeymooned in China FFS. He's been there like 30 times. He's a freaking asset for the CCP.
Posted by: Minnfidel at January 20, 2026 12:54 PM (ewjUl)

Maybe so, but Starmer needs a rentboy

Posted by: night lifted at January 20, 2026 12:56 PM (kJmLc)

157 So, protestors are going after softer targets who can't fight back. That's not exactly a sign of strength.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 12:31 PM (GBKbO)

Be a real bitch if the screaming mimi suddenly had a barrel shoved in his face. Or his mouth. It's just a matter of time.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 20, 2026 12:56 PM (5xuJ/)

158 The J6ers were rioters

The actual rioters are protesters

Orwell anyone?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 20, 2026 12:50 PM (P/Wjn)
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J6ers were "rioters" mainly sentenced for "parading".

And being in a restricted location.

But progs were fine with that.

Posted by: Axeman at January 20, 2026 12:56 PM (krQz2)

159 In the pure definition of "violent" the heckler's veto does not arise to the physical aspect of violence. But we have AG Ellison, and now the St. Paul representative telling us that we must always allow the heckler's veto, under the auspice of "free speech"; that protestors must be allowed to shout down whatever they don't like.

Surely there are laws against that.

Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at January 20, 2026 12:56 PM (bufu1)

160 I'm guessing China. He's brushing up on his Mandarin. Mother Fucker honeymooned in China FFS. He's been there like 30 times. He's a freaking asset for the CCP.
Posted by: Minnfidel at January 20, 2026 12:54 PM (ewjUl)

If anyone did a study of all 50 governors, I suspect they would be stunned at how many have been "guests" of the Chinese government.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 20, 2026 12:56 PM (2WIwB)

161 "Leigh" Finke is actually Christopher Finke.

Posted by: Crusader at January 20, 2026 12:57 PM (TN0g+)

162 It does not surprise when perverse, evil people do things like this. What does surprise is the absolute willful blindness of the "nice" "liberals" I know who don't acknowledge or notice what is actually going on. They're still stuck on not being mean to brown people.

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 20, 2026 12:57 PM (FMtrg)

163 When does the optics of letting these assholes get away with become worse than calling in the troops? This is ridiculous.

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at January 20, 2026 12:57 PM (vqA1l)

164 I want each and every one of them to remember that when THEIR time came to stand for something...they remained seated like the pussies they are. I hope it haunts them.
Posted by: Crusader

I hope the time never comes that you will be judged the same.

They feared for their lives, they knew that any violence including shoving would result in them being charged and their family destroyed.

It's easy to demand law abiding, church going citizens to start the war for others.

Posted by: old chick at January 20, 2026 12:57 PM (F3Dlr)

165 153 Troons already love shooting Christian children. This dude knows what he's calling for.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 20, 2026 12:55 PM (BI5O2)

And he knows the entirety of the Left supports it, and him.

Posted by: XTC at January 20, 2026 12:57 PM (6Uni8)

166 Do the trans lawmakers and influencers only own the Movie Tootsie as a guide to being a woman?

Most are not even a fax of a fax of a copy of a woman.

Do they all have that defect of Buffalo Bill in Silence so that what they see is what they WISH to see in the mirror?

It is not real and in fact most of it is not even good pretending or acting.

Any so-called Feminist that puts up with this shit is not a Feminist.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 12:58 PM (gbOdA)

167 I'm sure when a group of protesters walk into AG Keith Ellison's house at dinner, and start screaming at his wife and kids, Keith will just laugh it off and call it Free Speech.

Posted by: illiniwek at January 20, 2026 12:59 PM (vbXSk)

168 ***Children Fleeing in Fear Is "Essential," "Must Continue"***
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Hail the muddy cone conqueers.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 20, 2026 12:59 PM (HAlvi)

169 I’m waiting for the day I can use Eastwood’s line in Gran Torino.

I’m in Texas so I might have a long wait unless I visit Austin.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 20, 2026 12:59 PM (KDPiq)

170 "The better part of valor is discretion."

-Some Guy

Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 20, 2026 12:59 PM (DgMqy)

171 169 I’m waiting for the day I can use Eastwood’s line in Gran Torino.

I’m in Texas so I might have a long wait unless I visit Austin.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 20, 2026 12:59 PM (KDPiq)

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The one about Pollacks?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 12:59 PM (GBKbO)

172 I hope the time never comes that you will be judged the same.

They feared for their lives, they knew that any violence including shoving would result in them being charged and their family destroyed.

It's easy to demand law abiding, church going citizens to start the war for others.

Clearly you do not understand the code of the internet tough guy.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 12:59 PM (Riz8t)

173 "Libs are now harassing every semi masculine looking White man they see who won’t say “f*ck ICE,” on suspicion of being ICE"

Well, one white guy was harassed on a peaceful, near-empty street by a obscure, desperate basement-dweller hoping for likes and attention. In a major city that is supposedly at the brink of civil war. I dunno, this whole thing just might be getting over-hyped, guys.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 20, 2026 12:50 PM (iFTx/)

======

I think DHS hitting back hollowed out the Minneapolis protesting scene, and we're left with scraps who only are willing to go after really soft targets.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 12:53 PM (GBKbO)
_____

Agree. It's what I've been saying. They tried to chase the feds away with Dead Dyke boo-hooing, but it didn't work. ICE and DHS doubled down. The "resistance" is now a pathetic grundle of filthy hippies and a few rent-a-goons they hired from BLM to go into the church.

The real story here isn't all the doomsaying about chaos and civil war. The real story is how impotent the resistance really is. We are winning.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 20, 2026 12:59 PM (iFTx/)

174 "nonviolent resistance in the face of government inaction or oppression--are essential."

This is more similar to the French revolution than any protest movement.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 20, 2026 12:59 PM (urppY)

175 166 Do the trans lawmakers and influencers only own the Movie Tootsie as a guide to being a woman?

Most are not even a fax of a fax of a copy of a woman.

Do they all have that defect of Buffalo Bill in Silence so that what they see is what they WISH to see in the mirror?

It is not real and in fact most of it is not even good pretending or acting.

Any so-called Feminist that puts up with this shit is not a Feminist.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 12:58 PM (gbOdA)

Because most of them decide they're a "little girl" after 40 years of testosterone flowing through their bodies.

If they don't have $200,000 on hand, they're not getting rid of that man jaw.

Posted by: XTC at January 20, 2026 12:59 PM (6Uni8)

176 166 The ironic thing is that you couldn't make Tootsie today. Not as a comedy, anyway.

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 01:00 PM (77rzZ)

177 It's kind of interesting how uninteresting it is that it was Don Lemon doing this.

If it were Anderson Cooper, I'd think "What the hell, that's insane!"

But this washed up loser? Yeah, sounds about right. What else has he got going on these days?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 20, 2026 01:00 PM (06Hmj)

178 There is no hecklers veto of federal law.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 20, 2026 01:00 PM (urppY)

179 The last 2 or 3 bug churches I attended have armed guards at the unlocked entrances.
If they have a nursery or kiddies church these are the places you do not want to go near.
They will kill you dead.
Many are ex army cop FBI and some are a combo.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 01:00 PM (gbOdA)

180 176 166 The ironic thing is that you couldn't make Tootsie today. Not as a comedy, anyway.
Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 01:00 PM (77rzZ)

For the love of all that is pictures that move and make sound, please don't give them the idea to make a Gritty Tootsie Reboot.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 20, 2026 01:01 PM (06Hmj)

181 This makes me mad!! And I'm definitely gonna do something about it after the NFL playoffs are over, if I remember!

Posted by: True Conserfative at January 20, 2026 01:01 PM (qUkBO)

182 Dems--as illustratable by their rhetoric--have always reserved their "right" to "take to the streets".

However, you want to clean up the streets of crime which creates victims outside of political expression, they have argued that not letting criminals take their victims jeopardizes an orderly society.

No violence can only be used to express a political will.

Posted by: Axeman at January 20, 2026 01:01 PM (krQz2)

183 A California Democrat has called on presidential hopefuls in the 2028 race to vow to 'tear down' Donald Trump's $250million golden ballroom 'on day one.'

Eric Swalwell demanded fellow Democrats considering running in the next election take a firm stand against the ballroom, which is already under construction and has been funded by private donors.

... didn't Fang Fang let him know about the bunker ?

Posted by: SMOD at January 20, 2026 01:01 PM (RHGPo)

184 Even among troons, the ones who started puberty blockers and then estrogen young hate the ones who didn't until they were middle-aged.

Mean girls shit, only done by mentally-ill men who watched too much anime (or porn. Or both.)

Posted by: XTC at January 20, 2026 01:01 PM (6Uni8)

185 I live in Saint Paul. I don't normally go to Minneapolis, but I look a lot more like ICE than the guy in that video does. I need to avoid the city--I'm in my 60s now, but it would probably get bloody if that happened to me.

Posted by: Dave at January 20, 2026 01:01 PM (sbsMc)

186 170 "The better part of valor is discretion."

-Some Guy
Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 20, 2026 12:59 PM (DgMqy)

The worse part of valor is a composite tipped boot to the grundle.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 20, 2026 01:02 PM (06Hmj)

187 The Queen is a Finke!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 20, 2026 01:02 PM (pkeXY)

188 I'm thinking the churches need a strategy for dealing with these terrorists.

One ... lock the doors at the start of the service.

Two ... if terrorists still get in, order them to leave because they are trespassing and are not welcome.

Three .. ? have some armed strong men at the ready, with whatever legal training they might need.

Posted by: illiniwek at January 20, 2026 01:02 PM (vbXSk)

189 Democrats riot and form lynch mobs every election year. Why would this one be different?

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at January 20, 2026 01:02 PM (w/O5Q)

190 Seems to me practicing religion is covered under the constitution, no?

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at January 20, 2026 01:02 PM (wBaIH)

191 Do the trans lawmakers and influencers only own the Movie Tootsie as a guide to being a woman?

Most are not even a fax of a fax of a copy of a woman.

For a lot of them, making you lie when they're obviously a man is the kink.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 20, 2026 01:02 PM (2ocoG)

192 Eh. Put your money on:

Don Lemon

or

anyone who is not Don Lemon

See? The outlook is not so bad.

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 01:02 PM (SSiCQ)

193 Worse is the AG Ellison saying invading a Church is "Free Speech". WTF ?
Posted by: It's me donna
++++
But just pray silently outside of an abortion clinic and off to jail you go.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at January 20, 2026 01:03 PM (Lo97M)

194 Because most of them decide they're a "little girl" after 40 years of testosterone flowing through their bodies.

If they don't have $200,000 on hand, they're not getting rid of that man jaw.
Posted by: XTC at January 20, 2026 12:59 PM (6Uni

It is very interesting that Dylan M dude was not trans to a woman but to a little girl going thru puberty.
His show was Days of Girlhood.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 01:03 PM (gbOdA)

195 They really do Ace, they really do.

Fred pretty much sums it up best

https://tinyurl.com/2ryc27d3

Posted by: Lloyd Loar at January 20, 2026 01:03 PM (Mx+TJ)

196 173 Agree. It's what I've been saying. They tried to chase the feds away with Dead Dyke boo-hooing, but it didn't work. ICE and DHS doubled down. The "resistance" is now a pathetic grundle of filthy hippies and a few rent-a-goons they hired from BLM to go into the church.

The real story here isn't all the doomsaying about chaos and civil war. The real story is how impotent the resistance really is. We are winning.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 20, 2026 12:59 PM (iFTx/)

=====

I imagine there's a large subset of leftists who are watching the current degradation of the protest scene in Minneapolis with total shame at what's become of it, at what happens when authority doesn't just give them room to riot.

Picking on a small congregation in a church while asking for likes and subscriptions?

That's not even play-acting war in front of ICE night after night like in Portland. That's pathetic.

"This is what our movement has become?"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 01:03 PM (GBKbO)

197 164 They feared for their lives, they knew that any violence including shoving would result in them being charged and their family destroyed.

It's easy to demand law abiding, church going citizens to start the war for others.
Posted by: old chick at January 20, 2026 12:57 PM (F3Dlr)

EXACTLY! I couild not agree with you more. Same with the lone guy who was being harassed on the street.

This is asymmetrical warfare. The normie probably has a good job he has worked hard at, maybe a six-figure income he worked hard to achieve and maybe a high-six to seven figure net worth. If he so much as pushes back, he risks it all in legal costs and reputational loss. Probably lose the job, probably lose all his money. Look what they did to the Flynn guy in Trump's first admin. Had a little 'chat' with him - next thing he knows he's charged with ''lying to the Feeb-eye and is bankrupted with legal costs.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 20, 2026 01:03 PM (QGaXH)

198 black cop shoots and kills white guy who is armed and acting crazy. investigation concludes back cop did not over react and might have legitimately feared for his well being. white protesters come ot the black cop's black church and hold a silent protest. ask yourself what don lemmon would say.

Posted by: gnats local 678 at January 20, 2026 01:03 PM (CWTWj)

199 Don Lemon sees kids fleeing church: "It is traumatic for the people, and that's what protesting is about"

That's literally terrorism

Posted by: Halfhand at January 20, 2026 01:03 PM (+C+bm)

200 200

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 01:04 PM (SSiCQ)

201 176 166 The ironic thing is that you couldn't make Tootsie today. Not as a comedy, anyway.
Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 01:00 PM (77rzZ)

Or Some Like it Hot

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 01:04 PM (gbOdA)

202 The real story here isn't all the doomsaying about chaos and civil war. The real story is how impotent the resistance really is. We are winning. Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 20, 2026 12:59 PM (iFTx/)

I had the same thought - how desperate do you have to be to invade a Christian service during worship? Literally the softest of targets. It is embarrassing.

Next, they'll invade a retirement home and a preschool.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 20, 2026 01:04 PM (urppY)

203 161 "Leigh" Finke is actually Christopher Finke.
Posted by: Crusader

Uses a fancy "e" at the end of Fink.

What a fag.

Posted by: Auspex at January 20, 2026 01:04 PM (Y8DZL)

204 The 'hecklers veto" such as it is, applies only to public persons, not private individuals. When violent speech, with threats to life or limb for non-compliance is applied to people at random, that's grounds for an assault charge, from what I've heard (NOT A LAWYER).

Personally, I don't think Minneapolis has suffered enough. They were the decisive vote (as counted by Dems) that put Walz, Ellison, and Frey in office. Continue the DOJ investigations, proceed with the current immigration regime. Let the howling mob crush the city's economy.

Posted by: mrp at January 20, 2026 01:04 PM (rj6Yv)

205 At what temperature does blood freeze?

Because we could build some nice red snowmen.

Posted by: zombie at January 20, 2026 01:04 PM (se8lQ)

206 183 A California Democrat has called on presidential hopefuls in the 2028 race to vow to 'tear down' Donald Trump's $250million golden ballroom 'on day one.'

Eric Swalwell demanded fellow Democrats considering running in the next election take a firm stand against the ballroom, which is already under construction and has been funded by private donors.

... didn't Fang Fang let him know about the bunker ?

Posted by: SMOD at January 20, 2026 01:01 PM (RHGPo)

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It's gonna be illuminating when this demand is minor in 2027.

"Bring everyone deported back and grant them all citizenship," is going to be said by every Democrat nominee except some loser also-rans who never get 5% in any poll ever.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 01:04 PM (GBKbO)

207 The Democratic Party is almost entirely a puppet with a leftist skeleton.

Their guidelines are simply "We know better" and "Will to Power".

Posted by: Axeman at January 20, 2026 01:05 PM (krQz2)

208 199 Don Lemon sees kids fleeing church: "It is traumatic for the people, and that's what protesting is about"

Since when, exactly?

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 20, 2026 01:05 PM (urppY)

209 These people need some lead poisoning.

Posted by: GMan at January 20, 2026 01:05 PM (GfWuY)

210 Clearly you do not understand the code of the internet tough guy.
Posted by: Archimedes

Unfortunately I do. I just lose my mind when people are fine judging , effectively "othering" for the left lunatics.

Posted by: old chick at January 20, 2026 01:05 PM (F3Dlr)

211 Behind every blade of grass is a dandy ass loser larping Che Guevara screaming "Why did you have real bullets".

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 20, 2026 01:05 PM (06Hmj)

212 TJM: "Oh, and the DOJ going after these people with KKK laws will be hilarious."
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Can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not. I don't see anyone getting charged with anything. Are you thinking DOJ actually does something here?

Posted by: 496 at January 20, 2026 01:05 PM (t+VLa)

213 There is a troon in my neighborhood who looks a lot like Jason Seagle in a long wig, even tall like him. Friggin' not fooling anyone.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at January 20, 2026 01:05 PM (PSEDc)

214 I imagine there's a large subset of leftists who are watching the current degradation of the protest scene in Minneapolis with total shame at what's become of it, at what happens when authority doesn't just give them room to riot.

Picking on a small congregation in a church while asking for likes and subscriptions?

That's not even play-acting war in front of ICE night after night like in Portland. That's pathetic.

"This is what our movement has become?"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 01:03 PM (GBKbO)
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Leftists have no shame. That's why they are pathetic losers.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 20, 2026 01:05 PM (ESVrU)

215 what i was referring to yesterday. june 2020: "During his Cuomo Prime Time show, he stated, "Please, show me where it says protesters are supposed to be polite and peaceful" "

Posted by: gnats local 678 at January 20, 2026 01:05 PM (CWTWj)

216 Real Sturmabteilung-ing has never been tried yet.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 20, 2026 01:06 PM (06Hmj)

217 Dan Marino should die of gonorrhea and rot in hell!

Posted by: Mama Finkle at January 20, 2026 01:06 PM (y9ksN)

218 > We don't need the FACE act or the KKK act or any of that nonsense. The 1st Amendment allows the right for peaceful assembly and free speech, but it has NEVER allowed for unlawful entry or disruption of services (whether those services are worship or abortion). Simply enforce the law.

I agree the constitution only allows for peaceful assembly. But the first amendment speech guarantee has been stretched so far, it gives cover for any activist judge to allow whatever behavior they wish.

Posted by: bonhomme at January 20, 2026 01:06 PM (Yp6az)

219 The Communist led Nose-Ring-Militia in Minneapolis is well on its way to becoming the Nose-Ring-Taliban. The question I have is, are they on a path to start shooting the Feds and random citizens they find offensive? The good news here, as Mayor Frey noted about the current insurrection, is it is about love. That will be good to kept in mind when you are getting beat into unconsciousness by Walz's Warriors or shot by Frey's Freedom Fighters.

Posted by: Antifa at January 20, 2026 01:06 PM (HTCU3)

220 184 Even among troons, the ones who started puberty blockers and then estrogen young hate the ones who didn't until they were middle-aged.

Mean girls shit, only done by mentally-ill men who watched too much anime (or porn. Or both.)
Posted by: XTC at January 20, 2026 01:01 PM (6Uni

All this men can turn into women and then back again will stain the psychiatric profession as charlatans before it over

Posted by: The National Phrenologists Association. at January 20, 2026 01:06 PM (i0Hi3)

221 Radio advertising some sort of non-lethal self defense item that is legal in the lower 48, no permit, no license. That can knock a man (full sized) down.

The advert sounds (in my mind) like an ACME fist using compress air for energy. This is my mental description.

This may be an alternative for women and semi-masculine men.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 20, 2026 01:06 PM (HAlvi)

222 Michelle Obama says she is mindful to try to avoid white-owned brands and others also should be

“What does our closet look like and who’s in it? Who are we supporting in it? You know, and I think if you have the money to buy Chanel, then you have the money to buy everybody.”

... only shows that racism begins in Michelle's closet

Posted by: SMOD at January 20, 2026 01:06 PM (RHGPo)

223 >>>The last video really pisses me off.
I wouldn't have been as nice.
The protester needs to be taken to a mental institution.

>That dude is an absolute lunatic. Somebody is going take one of these guy down.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 20, 2026 01:06 PM (oT7pT)

224 "Leigh" Finke is actually Christopher Finke.
Posted by: Crusader

Should've been Dick Finke.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 20, 2026 01:07 PM (L/fGl)

225 194 It is very interesting that Dylan M dude was not trans to a woman but to a little girl going thru puberty.
His show was Days of Girlhood.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 01:03 PM (gbOdA)

Dylan saw his acting career dying on the vine in real time, so he started his fake troonery act to try and save it.

As a bitchy gay man in his 20s, he'd already spent his whole life acting like a little girl.

Posted by: XTC at January 20, 2026 01:07 PM (6Uni8)

226
Waiting for Big Mike to chirp in how ya'll ain't grownups.

Posted by: Auspex at January 20, 2026 01:07 PM (Y8DZL)

227 well, according to the Daily wire one of the "protesters" with Lemon was Jamael Lundy, who is a top staffer for Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty, is married to St. Paul City Council member Anika Bowie, and is running for a seat in the state legislature as a Democrat

so I am seeing some conflict of interest at the local level

Posted by: Kindltot at January 20, 2026 01:07 PM (rbvCR)

228 Don Lemon sees kids fleeing church: "It is traumatic for the people, and that's what protesting is about"

That's literally terrorism
Posted by: Halfhand at January 20, 2026 01:03 PM (+C+bm)
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I would still hesitate to put that label on it. I don't think we have to counter the leftists penchant for hyperbole with our own.

Posted by: Axeman at January 20, 2026 01:07 PM (krQz2)

229 212 TJM: "Oh, and the DOJ going after these people with KKK laws will be hilarious."
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Can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not. I don't see anyone getting charged with anything. Are you thinking DOJ actually does something here?

Posted by: 496 at January 20, 2026 01:05 PM (t+VLa)

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DHS's been arresting people for obstruction in Minneapolis for weeks, DOJ's been charging them.

Acting like DOJ doesn't do anything because in the 12 hours since a crime there hasn't been an execution is silly. Things happen weeks later, after evidence is gathered and presented to a federal grand jury. That's how the legal and law enforcement process works.

The arrests outside of immediate police presence tend to happen after the stories have fallen out of the news cycle, no one notices them, and everyone forgets the original story anyway.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 01:07 PM (GBKbO)

230
Next, they'll invade a retirement home and a preschool.
Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 20, 2026 01:04 PM (urppY)

Well those toddlers have it coming I'm sure.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 20, 2026 01:07 PM (S6amQ)

231 213 There is a troon in my neighborhood who looks a lot like Jason Seagle in a long wig, even tall like him. Friggin' not fooling anyone.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at January 20, 2026 01:05 PM (PSEDc)

thats tff

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 01:08 PM (gbOdA)

232 "Don Lemon sees kids fleeing church: "It is traumatic for the people, and that's what protesting is about"

That's literally terrorism"

He's making the case for the prosecutor, but assumes his "fame" and race will keep him from being convicted, or even from being charged.

Posted by: illiniwek at January 20, 2026 01:08 PM (vbXSk)

233 "This is what our movement has become?"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 01:03 PM (GBKbO)

COVID and BLM gave them power.

Oh, and two cops were shot in Portland last night at the Antifa Anti_ICE riot.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 20, 2026 01:08 PM (rbvCR)

234 Michelle Obama says she is mindful to try to avoid white-owned brands

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Yeah, right. Mooch is "mindful."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 20, 2026 01:08 PM (L/fGl)

235 Is that a real chick with nasty pink hair or is it a tranny?

Posted by: pudinhead at January 20, 2026 01:08 PM (pLaQB)

236 221 Radio advertising some sort of non-lethal self defense item that is legal in the lower 48, no permit, no license. That can knock a man (full sized) down.

Tanned, rested, and ready.

Posted by: Eric "The Gust" Swallwell at January 20, 2026 01:08 PM (Riz8t)

237 208 199 Don Lemon sees kids fleeing church: "It is traumatic for the people, and that's what protesting is about"

Since when, exactly?
Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 20, 2026 01:05 PM (urp

I like that he grants his political allies the freedom to cause trauma at will.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at January 20, 2026 01:08 PM (i0Hi3)

238 220 All this men can turn into women and then back again will stain the psychiatric profession as charlatans before it over

Posted by: The National Phrenologists Association. at January 20, 2026 01:06 PM (i0Hi3)

And most of the time, they're trying to skinwalk a specific anime character, video game character, or e-thot they became obsessed with. Typically anime if they're younger, typically e-thot if they're older.

The phrase "You Will Never Be a Woman" was originally "You Will Never Be an Anime Girl".

Posted by: XTC at January 20, 2026 01:09 PM (6Uni8)

239 234 Michelle Obama says she is mindful to try to avoid white-owned brands
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So Boob Belt is a black thing?

Posted by: pudinhead at January 20, 2026 01:09 PM (pLaQB)

240 Is that a real chick with nasty pink hair or is it a tranny?
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His name is Christopher.

Posted by: Crusader at January 20, 2026 01:09 PM (TN0g+)

241 "We might start violently disrupting your gatherings. And won't that be fun."

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I seem to recall an incident where a bunch of folks NON-VIOLENTLY disrupted a gather, just over five years ago.

They hunted down everyone who was there (and some who were not), as well as shooting one of those folks in the neck.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 20, 2026 01:09 PM (dGCAG)

242 We now can confirm that literally nothing is sacred to these savages. Nothing, that is, but their entitlement to power.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 20, 2026 01:09 PM (h/ffs)

243 What I saw - these people are living in a delusional dreamland, where they can run over a cop without consequence, and storm a church without going to jail. It is very much play acting, LARPing. These people will fold like a collapsable chair when the going gets tough.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 20, 2026 01:10 PM (urppY)

244 Progs: ICE ARE WEARING MASKS!!

Also progs: Let's beat up this guy without a mask!

Posted by: Axeman at January 20, 2026 01:10 PM (krQz2)

245 234 Michelle Obama says she is mindful to try to avoid white-owned brands

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Yeah, right. Mooch is "mindful."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 20, 2026 01:08 PM (L/fGl)

All snark aside, that's pretty r4c1st.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at January 20, 2026 01:10 PM (i0Hi3)

246 208 199 Don Lemon sees kids fleeing church: "It is traumatic for the people, and that's what protesting is about"

Since when, exactly?
Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 20, 2026 01:05 PM (urppY)

Since Maxine Waters said:

"Let's make sure we show up wherever we have to show up. And if you see anybody from that Cabinet in a restaurant, in a department store, at a gasoline station, you get out and you create a crowd. And you push back on them. And you tell them they're not welcome anymore, anywhere. We've got to get the children connected to their parents."

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 01:10 PM (SSiCQ)

247 What I saw - these people are living in a delusional dreamland, where they can run over a cop without consequence, and storm a church without going to jail. It is very much play acting, LARPing. These people will fold like a collapsable chair when the going gets tough.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 20, 2026 01:10 PM (urppY)
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Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you ...

A Blew State!

Posted by: Axeman at January 20, 2026 01:11 PM (krQz2)

248 All this men can turn into women and then back again will stain the psychiatric profession as charlatans before it over
Posted by: The National Phrenologists Association. at January 20, 2026 01:06 PM (i0Hi3

Yep, and many surgeons too, as the shrinks aren't cutting off boobs and dicks

Posted by: night lifted at January 20, 2026 01:11 PM (kJmLc)

249 DHS's been arresting people for obstruction in Minneapolis for weeks, DOJ's been charging them.

Acting like DOJ doesn't do anything because in the 12 hours since a crime there hasn't been an execution is silly. Things happen weeks later, after evidence is gathered and presented to a federal grand jury. That's how the legal and law enforcement process works.

The arrests outside of immediate police presence tend to happen after the stories have fallen out of the news cycle, no one notices them, and everyone forgets the original story anyway.

Your lack of enthusiasm is noted, comrade.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 01:11 PM (Riz8t)

250 >>>How can any church not be similarly prepared, especially in the belly of the beast?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder,Disinformation Demon
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They've been mind fucked by pacifists.
I hope that pastor has received letters from SC. SBC. admonishing him on his duty to defend the church at to to teach it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 20, 2026 01:11 PM (HAlvi)

251 I don't think we have to counter the leftists penchant for hyperbole with our own

I beg to differ, sir. Describing actions that purposely seek to traumatize people as 'terrorism' is not hyperbole. It's the actual definition.

Posted by: Halfhand at January 20, 2026 01:11 PM (+C+bm)

252 I live in Saint Paul. I don't normally go to Minneapolis, but I look a lot more like ICE than the guy in that video does. I need to avoid the city--I'm in my 60s now, but it would probably get bloody if that happened to me.
Posted by: Dave

We're not hearing much about St. Paul in all this. Is anything going on there?

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 01:12 PM (77rzZ)

253 I would still hesitate to put that label on it. I don't think we have to counter the leftists penchant for hyperbole with our own.
Posted by: Axeman at January 20, 2026 01:07 PM (krQz2)

I don't see it as particularly hyperbolic.

Creating terror amongst civilians through violence or the threat of violence in order to bring your partisan faction either fame or power through the fear it causes is terrorism.

It doesn't matter if it's a farcical former-celebrity bitch doing it by yelling and acting aggressive instead of some college educated camel fucker with a com-block surplus RPG right next to the chip on his shoulder.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 20, 2026 01:12 PM (06Hmj)

254 103
If a catholic church were giving sanctuary to illegals in a church, then ICE can enter it as a form of protest and are using their rights to express their freedoms.
Posted by: Frank Barone at January 20, 2026 12:47 PM (IifOV)

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Maybe this is the plan? Harass a church that is conservative, get pushback, pack the liberal churches with illegals, "argue" that ICE is not allowed to enter (though we know ICE is). It's all optics to the left -- there is no law.

Posted by: Coki at January 20, 2026 01:12 PM (Wkrcf)

255 249 Your lack of enthusiasm is noted, comrade.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 01:11 PM (Riz8t)

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Not enough people liked and subscribed!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 01:12 PM (GBKbO)

256 The non-violent release of homos from tall buildings would be beneficial if politicians wont do anything about the..⁸

Posted by: Operator Error at January 20, 2026 01:12 PM (vTvXP)

257 239 234 Michelle Obama says she is mindful to try to avoid white-owned brands
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So Boob Belt is a black thing?
Posted by: pudinhead at January 20, 2026 01:09 PM (pLaQB)

ITS FUNNY CAUSE SHE HAS BEEN ON THE COVER OF ALL THE WHITE OWNED FASHION MAGAZINES SEVERAL TIMES.

Posted by: Ben Rothliesbergergler at January 20, 2026 01:12 PM (i0Hi3)

258 "247 What I saw - these people are living in a delusional dreamland, where they can run over a cop without consequence, and storm a church without going to jail."

Is it really a delusional dreamland? Seems more like reality at this point.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 20, 2026 01:12 PM (h/ffs)

259 zzzzz

Have we lost the midterms yet?

oh ok

zzzzzzz

Posted by: GOPe at January 20, 2026 01:12 PM (jGJov)

260 https://x.com/EndWokeness/status/
2010040691314032729

In the future middle aged women still need glasses

Presbyopia

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 01:13 PM (gbOdA)

261 Democrats: "Trauma is necessary."

OH FUCKIN' BOY!!!

Posted by: Tex Lovera at January 20, 2026 01:13 PM (wtvvX)

262 Pam Grier went on The View and claimed her mom had to tell her not to look at lynched people hanging from trees in Ohio.

Greer was born 38 years after the last lynching in Ohio.

http://tiny.cc/7nwx001

Posted by: bonhomme at January 20, 2026 01:13 PM (Yp6az)

263 And Finke married a woman named Deborah Fox. Something very Rachel Levine about him.

Posted by: night lifted at January 20, 2026 01:13 PM (kJmLc)

264 Michelle Obama says she is mindful to try to avoid white-owned brands

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Yeah, right. Mooch is "mindful."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 20, 2026 01:08 PM (L/fGl)

Good luck finding black owned tucker underwear, Mike.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 20, 2026 01:13 PM (dGCAG)

265 re 208: berlin 1933?

Posted by: gnats local 678 at January 20, 2026 01:13 PM (CWTWj)

266 I want each and every one of them to remember that when THEIR time came to stand for something...they remained seated like the pussies they are. I hope it haunts them.
Posted by: Crusader

I hope the time never comes that you will be judged the same.

They feared for their lives, they knew that any violence including shoving would result in them being charged and their family destroyed.

It's easy to demand law abiding, church going citizens to start the war for others.
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No. No real man sits on their hands thru that episode. You get you and your family out, or you band with other *men* to disrupt the disruption, but you simply can't sit there and just assume the same mob that wants to lecture you for 20 minutes might not also want to do violence to you once the lecture is over. Those "men"...weren't. They were found lacking, period.

Posted by: Crusader at January 20, 2026 01:13 PM (TN0g+)

267 They hunted down everyone who was there (and some who were not), as well as shooting one of those folks in the neck.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 20, 2026 01:09 PM (dGCAG)
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A while after they killed two guys by shooting them in the chest with flash-bangs and bludgeoned a woman to death with the equivalent of a metal kitchen chair leg "baton".

Stop forgetting the 3 earlier police-caused casualties of J6.

Posted by: Axeman at January 20, 2026 01:13 PM (krQz2)

268 201 176 166 The ironic thing is that you couldn't make Tootsie today. Not as a comedy, anyway.
Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 01:00 PM (77rzZ)

Or Some Like it Hot
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 01:04 PM (gbOdA)

And both laid the groundwork for the world we have today. Trannies even talk about it.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 20, 2026 01:13 PM (xcxpd)

269 TJM - I agree they couldn't do anything yet. My disillusionment comes from past cases like Comey, Letitia James, etc. DOJ gives one hell of a press conference and then seems to walk away and hope we forget about the big cases.

I hope what you're saying comes true, and I hope Comey, Brennan, etc... are still ongoing investigations. At some point, I think it would be super nice if we could hear an update or see some follow through from them.

Posted by: 496 at January 20, 2026 01:13 PM (t+VLa)

270 The real story here isn't all the doomsaying about chaos and civil war. The real story is how impotent the resistance really is. We are winning.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 20, 2026 12:59 PM (iFTx/)

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I imagine there's a large subset of leftists who are watching the current degradation of the protest scene in Minneapolis with total shame at what's become of it, at what happens when authority doesn't just give them room to riot.

Picking on a small congregation in a church while asking for likes and subscriptions?

That's not even play-acting war in front of ICE night after night like in Portland. That's pathetic.

"This is what our movement has become?"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 01:03 PM (GBKbO)
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Yea. They were hoping to turn this into a nationwide movement of chaos and violence like Summer of the Saint. But that ain't happening. Something like 30 losers showed up at a hyped in Philly (major blue city). 30 people? You can get 30 people to protest breathing.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 20, 2026 01:13 PM (iFTx/)

271 One could tape a forearm length of 1/2" pipe discretely under his sleeves. She could do it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 20, 2026 01:14 PM (HAlvi)

272 261 Democrats: "Trauma is necessary."

OH FUCKIN' BOY!!!

Posted by: Tex Lovera at January 20, 2026 01:13 PM (wtvvX)

In a just world, that's what their fathers would have said to them while they were beating the shit out of them.

Posted by: XTC at January 20, 2026 01:14 PM (6Uni8)

273 262 Pam Grier went on The View and claimed her mom had to tell her not to look at lynched people hanging from trees in Ohio.

Greer was born 38 years after the last lynching in Ohio.

http://tiny.cc/7nwx001

Posted by: bonhomme at January 20, 2026 01:13 PM (Yp6az)

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The obsession with making oneself a victim will always confound me. But that's the age we live in.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 01:14 PM (GBKbO)

274 http://tiny.cc/7nwx001
Posted by: bonhomme at January 20, 2026 01:13 PM (Yp6az)

So her education was minimal

Posted by: night lifted at January 20, 2026 01:14 PM (kJmLc)

275 Amy Curtis
@RantyAmyCurtis
Exclusive: Bombshell Footage Claims Judges Can Be Bought With Bribes in Ohio Immigration Courts

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Well, they're not on the bench for their health.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 20, 2026 01:14 PM (L/fGl)

276 Dylan saw his acting career dying on the vine in real time, so he started his fake troonery act to try and save it.
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It has apparently landed him a role as Anne Bolyn on Broadway

Posted by: Methos at January 20, 2026 01:14 PM (vSvIl)

277 271 One could tape a forearm length of 1/2" pipe discretely under his sleeves. She could do it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 20, 2026 01:14 PM (HAlvi)

Don't try this at home, kids!

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 01:15 PM (SSiCQ)

278 Democrats: "Trauma is necessary."

Posted by: Tex Lovera at January 20, 2026 01:13 PM (wtvvX)
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(when we say it‘s necessary).

Posted by: Axeman at January 20, 2026 01:15 PM (krQz2)

279 268 And both laid the groundwork for the world we have today. Trannies even talk about it.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 20, 2026 01:13 PM (xcxpd)

Something, something, all there is to know about the crying game...

Posted by: XTC at January 20, 2026 01:15 PM (6Uni8)

280
On the bright side, the kids being cursed at and run out of church got a solid lesson about what Democrat "Love" is all about.

Posted by: Auspex at January 20, 2026 01:15 PM (Y8DZL)

281 Hopefully, Saint Pauli girl is saved. Nice beer - nice bewbs.

Posted by: pudinhead at January 20, 2026 01:15 PM (pLaQB)

282 COVID and BLM gave them power.

Oh, and two cops were shot in Portland last night at the Antifa Anti_ICE riot.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 20, 2026 01:08 PM (rbvCR)
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A few years back, during the height of the Seattle frolics, didn't a band of Antifa-types decide to take their fun to a Seattle suburb? Where they were met with citizens who were heavily armed?

Posted by: mrp at January 20, 2026 01:15 PM (rj6Yv)

283 Really surprised that any black people would embrace this Somali/illegal operation. Absolutely not in their best interest.

Posted by: tubal at January 20, 2026 01:15 PM (pDt9x)

284 Let's put a timer on "justice" being served, eh?

How long was it before the first J6'er was in jail? Not in front of a judge... in jail.

Has anyone in Minneapolis been put in jail since this shit started? It's a rhetorical question because nobody here can say, with certainty whether anyone's even been in front of a judge.

But the standard, now, should be J6. Whether it's minutes, hours, days or weeks. The fucking clock's ticking.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 20, 2026 01:15 PM (U2OZr)

285 270 Yea. They were hoping to turn this into a nationwide movement of chaos and violence like Summer of the Saint. But that ain't happening. Something like 30 losers showed up at a hyped in Philly (major blue city). 30 people? You can get 30 people to protest breathing.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 20, 2026 01:13 PM (iFTx/)

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"We were a genuine social movement, not paid protestors!"

"Well, I was paid."

"yeah, so was I, but no one else, right?"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 01:16 PM (GBKbO)

286 It has apparently landed him a role as Anne Bolyn on Broadway
Posted by: Methos at January 20, 2026 01:14 PM (vSvIl)

This sentence should have been a punchline on a British sitcom from the 70's and not a fact of the matter utterance about Current Year.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 20, 2026 01:16 PM (06Hmj)

287 Michelle Obama says she is mindful to try to avoid white-owned brands
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So Boob Belt is a black thing?

Posted by: pudinhead at January 20, 2026 01:09 PM (pLaQB)

Start calling it a slave harness and see how fast it vanishes.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 20, 2026 01:16 PM (snZF9)

288 It has apparently landed him a role as Anne Bolyn on Broadway
Posted by: Methos

Don't lose your head about it.

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 01:16 PM (77rzZ)

289 276 Dylan saw his acting career dying on the vine in real time, so he started his fake troonery act to try and save it.
-
It has apparently landed him a role as Anne Bolyn on Broadway

Posted by: Methos at January 20, 2026 01:14 PM (vSvIl)

He co-starred with some other troon on some TV production in Britain.

Even the other troon found him creepy and wanted him to stay the f*** away.

Posted by: XTC at January 20, 2026 01:16 PM (6Uni8)

290 Don Lemon sees kids fleeing church: "It is traumatic for the people, and that's what protesting is about"

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Their Terrorism is Protest.
Our Protest is Terrorism.

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 20, 2026 01:16 PM (gqZaY)

291 Remember:
The left doesn't want to hear your argument.
They want to force you to accept theirs.

None of this protest is done to change minds:
It is terrorism to coerce policy changes, to abort the democratic process.

What bothers me is Republicans in Congress:
In the last decade, several of them have been nearly killed.
And yet ...?
"Our friends across the aisle" will be heard 100 times more than "Our constituents, conservative votes, demand this."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 20, 2026 01:16 PM (HXT0k)

292 Pam Grier went on The View and claimed her mom had to tell her not to look at lynched people hanging from trees in Ohio.

Greer was born 38 years after the last lynching in Ohio.
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"Fundamentally non-serious".

Posted by: Crusader at January 20, 2026 01:17 PM (TN0g+)

293 18 U.S. Code § 248(a)(2)
(a) Prohibited Activities.—Whoever—
(2) by force or threat of force or by physical obstruction, intentionally injures, intimidates or interferes with or attempts to injure, intimidate or interfere with any person lawfully exercising or seeking to exercise the First Amendment right of religious freedom at a place of religious worship; or

Posted by: SMOD at January 20, 2026 01:17 PM (RHGPo)

294 Has there, at any point during the past 20 years, where a company has 'improved' something and the end result was an improvement?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 20, 2026 01:17 PM (ExV1e)

295 280
On the bright side, the kids being cursed at and run out of church got a solid lesson about what Democrat "Love" is all about.
Posted by: Auspex at January 20, 2026 01:15 PM (Y8DZL)

Early childhood memories of the Street Nazis will have an impact.

Posted by: tubal at January 20, 2026 01:17 PM (pDt9x)

296

They had some evil lefties on CNN trying to downplay who did this.

WHen that happens, the word got out from Borg HQ.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at January 20, 2026 01:17 PM (och2J)

297 The obsession with making oneself a victim will always confound me. But that's the age we live in.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 01:14 PM (GBKbO)

I don't know about you, but I was born a poor black child.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 20, 2026 01:17 PM (dGCAG)

298 Really surprised that any black people would embrace this Somali/illegal operation. Absolutely not in their best interest.

From what I've seen, non-Somali black folks are very few and far between in the "protests". This is largely a bunch of AWFLs and superannuated hippies reliving their glory days.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 01:18 PM (Riz8t)

299 Ya know how at the end of the Movie... everyone says 'I am Spartacus'.

Yeah.... 'I am ICE' movement.

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 20, 2026 01:18 PM (mP0Kj)

300 Amy Curtis
@RantyAmyCurtis
Exclusive: Bombshell Footage Claims Judges Can Be Bought With Bribes in Ohio Immigration Courts
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Judgeship is the least-democratic function of government and it does not surprise me that they could be the most corrupt.

If the video I saw on Youtube wasn't fake. An Arizona judge had a tunnel beneath her garage where a Mexican cartel held girls being trafficked. Her record against cartel interests was spotless--for the cartel.

Posted by: Axeman at January 20, 2026 01:18 PM (krQz2)

301 The arrests outside of immediate police presence tend to happen after the stories have fallen out of the news cycle, no one notices them, and everyone forgets the original story anyway.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 01:07 PM (GBKbO)

That would be nice to know. Where are you seeing it?

Posted by: Methos at January 20, 2026 01:18 PM (vSvIl)

302 300

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 01:18 PM (SSiCQ)

303 295 Early childhood memories of the Street Nazis will have an impact.

Posted by: tubal at January 20, 2026 01:17 PM (pDt9x)

But maybe not the one we want it to.

Some will see that and think "I want to be on the winning side, the side that does that to people."

Posted by: XTC at January 20, 2026 01:18 PM (6Uni8)

304 297 The obsession with making oneself a victim will always confound me. But that's the age we live in.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 01:14 PM (GBKbO)

I don't know about you, but I was born a poor black child.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 20, 2026 01:17 PM (dGCAG)

=====

I was born the Sex God of Pleasure and bend all women to my will through seduction.

I also stubbed my toe once while thinking of starving children in Japan.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 01:18 PM (GBKbO)

305 Pam Grier went on The View and claimed her mom had to tell her not to look at lynched people hanging from trees in Ohio.

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My mom told me to look both ways before crossing the street to avoid being stomped by a wooly mammoth.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 20, 2026 01:19 PM (L/fGl)

306 From what I've seen, non-Somali black folks are very few and far between in the "protests". This is largely a bunch of AWFLs and superannuated hippies reliving their glory days.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 01:18 PM (Riz8t)

AntiFa and Paid Protesters.

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 20, 2026 01:19 PM (mP0Kj)

307 For a bit of levity in these dark times:

Rumor on X is that ICE is leading the protestors around and stopping ... in front of the protestor's homes.

And they are freaking the F out, calling 911, demanding the police do something because they don't "feel safe."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 20, 2026 01:19 PM (HXT0k)

308 >>Acting like DOJ doesn't do anything because in the 12 hours since a crime there hasn't been an execution is silly. Things happen weeks later, after evidence is gathered and presented to a federal grand jury. That's how the legal and law enforcement process works.

Also worth noting that yesterday was a federal holiday and just like every other federal institution federal courts were closed.

There are 6 federal judges in MN. 5 are Obama-Biden appointees. Yes, they will try for indictments against what is obvious a hostile and corrupt court system. The DOJ has been saying so for 2 days now. There is zero reason to believe they would lie about something so blatantly obvious.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 20, 2026 01:19 PM (viF8m)

309 Has there, at any point during the past 20 years, where a company has 'improved' something and the end result was an improvement?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 20, 2026 01:17 PM (ExV1e)

The penis pump...

Or so I heard.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 20, 2026 01:19 PM (dGCAG)

310 [Pam] Greer was born 38 years after the last lynching in Ohio.

http://tiny.cc/7nwx001
Posted by: bonhomme
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Once so hot
Now so stupid

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 20, 2026 01:19 PM (HAlvi)

311 On the bright side, the kids being cursed at and run out of church got a solid lesson about what Democrat "Love" is all about.

Posted by: Auspex at January 20, 2026 01:15 PM (Y8DZL)
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Not exactly the complete lesson!

Posted by: Protected Pederasts at January 20, 2026 01:20 PM (krQz2)

312 Face the FACE, got to face the FACE
You must have heard the cautionary tales
The dangers hidden on the cul-de-sac trails
From wiser folk who've been through it all
And the faded name sprayed up on the wall

Posted by: SMOD at January 20, 2026 01:20 PM (RHGPo)

313 298 From what I've seen, non-Somali black folks are very few and far between in the "protests". This is largely a bunch of AWFLs and superannuated hippies reliving their glory days.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 01:18 PM (Riz8t)

Likely why they got Don LeMon involved. To try and rope other non-Somali blacks into it.

Posted by: XTC at January 20, 2026 01:20 PM (6Uni8)

314 There is zero reason to believe they would lie about something so blatantly obvious.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 20, 2026 01:19 PM (viF8m)
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"I have the files here on my desk!"

Posted by: 496 at January 20, 2026 01:20 PM (t+VLa)

315 Was Pam Grier the chick in Heston's Omega Man?

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 01:20 PM (77rzZ)

316 Minnesota. From Sven and Ole to Karen and Achmed

Posted by: brak at January 20, 2026 01:20 PM (ySCHe)

317 Likely why they got Don LeMon involved. To try and rope other non-Somali blacks into it.
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Black men don't tend to follow homosexuals, black or otherwise.

Posted by: Crusader at January 20, 2026 01:21 PM (TN0g+)

318 >>>309 Has there, at any point during the past 20 years, where a company has 'improved' something and the end result was an improvement?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 20, 2026 01:17 PM (ExV1e)
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We've changed it up so that it costs less to produce
but you'll love it. ...Really.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 20, 2026 01:21 PM (HAlvi)

319 I also stubbed my toe once while thinking of starving children in Japan.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 01:18 PM (GBKbO)

You couldn't be bothered to post the flag of the rising sun in your twitter bio?

You obviously don't care as much as I do.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 20, 2026 01:21 PM (dGCAG)

320 317 Black men don't tend to follow homosexuals, black or otherwise.

Posted by: Crusader at January 20, 2026 01:21 PM (TN0g+)

AWFLs don't know that.

Posted by: XTC at January 20, 2026 01:22 PM (6Uni8)

321
Try this is a Black church, and the hysterics from the media and libs would be off the scale. "This is a sacred place!!"

Posted by: Frank Barone at January 20, 2026 01:22 PM (IifOV)

322 On the bright side, the kids being cursed at and run out of church got a solid lesson about what Democrat "Love" is all about.
Posted by: Auspex at January 20, 2026 01:15 PM (Y8DZL)

Early childhood memories of the Street Nazis will have an impact.

Posted by: tubal at January 20, 2026 01:17 PM (pDt9x)

When I was really young and was watching the hippies calling my cousins baby killers and trying to pelt them with rocks when they got back from vietnam made me anti left before I even knew what my dick was for, so yeah, the impact is real.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 20, 2026 01:22 PM (snZF9)

323 Minnesota. From Sven and Ole to Karen and Achmed
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They never would have tried this had Arn and Gene Anderson still been the Minnesota Wrecking Crew.

Posted by: Crusader at January 20, 2026 01:22 PM (TN0g+)

324 305 Pam Grier went on The View and claimed her mom had to tell her not to look at lynched people hanging from trees in Ohio.

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My mom told me to look both ways before crossing the street to avoid being stomped by a wooly mammoth.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 20, 2026 01:19 PM (L/fGl)

Last lynching in Ohio was an attempt in 1916...

She was born in 1949.... 33 years later... I bet her MOM was not even born in 1916.

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 20, 2026 01:22 PM (mP0Kj)

325 217 Dan Marino should die of gonorrhea and rot in hell!
Posted by: Mama Finkle at January 20, 2026 01:06 PM (y9ksN)

Dan Marino?? The football guy? How come why?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 20, 2026 01:22 PM (QGaXH)

326 303 295 Early childhood memories of the Street Nazis will have an impact.

Posted by: tubal at January 20, 2026 01:17 PM (pDt9x)

But maybe not the one we want it to.

Some will see that and think "I want to be on the winning side, the side that does that to people."
Posted by: XTC at January 20, 2026 01:18 PM (6Uni

Although a possibility, I think not. Unless the Nazis take over every single lever of power in their lives, then of course. Also, for children, their parents behavior and reaction is paramount. I know a little, personally, about childhood trauma.

Posted by: tubal at January 20, 2026 01:22 PM (pDt9x)

327 Pam Grier is one thing, but Rosie... she had it really tough!

Posted by: 496 at January 20, 2026 01:23 PM (t+VLa)

328 Did anyone see that French flick on Noir Alley last weekend?

Holy shit, that was a freaky movie. Les Diaboliques.

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 01:23 PM (77rzZ)

329
We're not hearing much about St. Paul in all this. Is anything going on there?
Posted by: Bulg

Ted Baxter has yet to report on it.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 20, 2026 01:23 PM (pkeXY)

330 When I was really young and was watching the hippies calling my cousins baby killers and trying to pelt them with rocks when they got back from vietnam made me anti left before I even knew what my dick was for

Psssst. Can you fill us in?

Posted by: Antifa at January 20, 2026 01:23 PM (Riz8t)

331 You couldn't be bothered to post the flag of the rising sun in your twitter bio?

You obviously don't care as much as I do.
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Lol, I remember when one couldn't sling a dead cat without hitting a Ukraine flag.

Posted by: Crusader at January 20, 2026 01:23 PM (TN0g+)

332 319 I also stubbed my toe once while thinking of starving children in Japan.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 01:18 PM (GBKbO)

You couldn't be bothered to post the flag of the rising sun in your twitter bio?

You obviously don't care as much as I do.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 20, 2026 01:21 PM (dGCAG)

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Glowies don't care.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 01:23 PM (GBKbO)

333 The global warming will keep them toasty.

Germany forces car companies to remotely disable heaters while parked

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 20, 2026 01:23 PM (L/fGl)

334 My mom told me to look both ways before crossing the street to avoid being stomped by a wooly mammoth.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 20, 2026 01:19 PM (L/fGl)

In my town we had to tell the slow kids to watch out for the giant sloth.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 20, 2026 01:23 PM (dGCAG)

335 Charlton Heston would have clubbed the first protestor thru the door with his shepherd's crook.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 20, 2026 01:24 PM (oT7pT)

336 Pam Grier is one thing, but Rosie... she had it really tough!
Posted by: 496

Had to share the same body with Ray Milland.

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 01:24 PM (77rzZ)

337
Pam Grier is one thing, but Rosie... she had it really tough!
Posted by: 496

Two heads are better than one.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 20, 2026 01:24 PM (pkeXY)

338 NEWS: Weight loss drugs like Ozempic on track to save US airlines more than $500 million in fuel costs this year as planes become lighter.

Posted by: SMOD at January 20, 2026 01:24 PM (RHGPo)

339 From what I've seen, non-Somali black folks are very few and far between in the "protests". This is largely a bunch of AWFLs and superannuated hippies reliving their glory days.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 01:18 PM (Riz8t)

AntiFa and Paid Protesters.
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 20, 2026 01:19 PM (mP0Kj)
________

True, except for the losers who picked on a small mixed-race congregation in that church. Those were mostly black losers, with black-loser problems, and black-loser chants ("hands up don't shoot").

The sudden arrival of a few black faces -- along with black assman Don LeFag -- led me to believe this was paid-for BLM bukkakke. "Fuck, these creepy white dykes are failing and need help. Send in the black rent-a-goons!"

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 20, 2026 01:24 PM (iFTx/)

340 Dan Marino should die of gonorrhea and rot in hell!
Posted by: Mama Finkle at January 20, 2026 01:06 PM (y9ksN)

Dan Marino?? The football guy? How come why?
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He didn't get the laces *out*. This is basic knowledge.

Posted by: Crusader at January 20, 2026 01:24 PM (TN0g+)

341 >>But the standard, now, should be J6. Whether it's minutes, hours, days or weeks. The fucking clock's ticking.

No, it shouldn't be. What was done in the deep blue federal district of DC was corrupt and lawless. It's nothing remotely like getting a lawful arrest warrant in deep blue Minnesota over a holiday weekend.

What's the goal, to be as corrupt as the left or to get our country back and live in the republic we built? Whether the arrests happen today, tomorrow or next week they are coming and people are working on getting it done. There is no real benefit to having the arrests made instantaneously other than one less thing to fight about online.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 20, 2026 01:24 PM (viF8m)

342 328 Did anyone see that French flick on Noir Alley last weekend?

Holy shit, that was a freaky movie. Les Diaboliques.

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 01:23 PM (77rzZ)

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Directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, the French Hitchcock.

Hitchcock actually tried to get the rights to the source novel befor Clouzot, but Clouzot beat him by hours. Hitchcock would get the authors' next book, though, which he made into Vertigo.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 01:24 PM (GBKbO)

343 so, because Christian churches welcome all, disrupting protests will continue. Not a chance they will disturb a Muslim prayer. That could get time DEAD

Posted by: gov'theretohelp at January 20, 2026 01:25 PM (VOPsA)

344 The global warming will keep them toasty.

Germany forces car companies to remotely disable heaters while parked

It's good to know they've solved all the big problems.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 01:25 PM (Riz8t)

345 We might start violently disrupting your gatherings. And won't that be fun.
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Nah. We get arrested and sent to PMITA prison when that happens. They get, at worst, a night in the lockup and a merit badge.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 20, 2026 01:25 PM (GyQIQ)

346 Judgeship is the least-democratic function of government and it does not surprise me that they could be the most corrupt.

GOP-e doesn't see a problem with this (as they are thumbing through an envelop filled with cash)

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 20, 2026 01:25 PM (U4c/V)

347 Dan Marino should die of gonorrhea and rot in hell!
Posted by: Mama Finkle at January 20, 2026 01:06 PM (y9ksN)

What have you got against the world's oldest republic?

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 01:25 PM (77rzZ)

348 Glowies don't care.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 01:23 PM (GBKbO)

You should come work for Qatar. The pay is better.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 20, 2026 01:26 PM (dGCAG)

349 Libs are now harassing every semi masculine looking White man they see who won't say "f*ck ICE," on suspicion of being ICE.
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Needed: hickory shampoo. Lots of it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 20, 2026 01:26 PM (GyQIQ)

350 Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 20, 2026 01:24 PM (iFTx/)

There are pictures of supposed Black Panters walking the streets of Minnysoter armed with ARs... being followed by but not stopped by, Po Po.

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 20, 2026 01:26 PM (mP0Kj)

351 Rumor on X is that ICE is leading the protestors around and stopping ... in front of the protestor's homes.

And they are freaking the F out, calling 911, demanding the police do something because they don't "feel safe."
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 20, 2026 01:19 PM (HXT0k)

Maybe TRex can add the Minneapolis police blotter to the ONT.

Posted by: Beartooth at January 20, 2026 01:26 PM (GGatE)

352 NEWS: Weight loss drugs like Ozempic on track to save US airlines more than $500 million in fuel costs this year as planes become lighter.
Posted by: SMOD at January 20, 2026 01:24 PM (RHGPo)
________

[Takes notes]

-- Starfleet commanders upset that their ships can't reach warp speed because the crews are fat weirdos and lesbians.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 20, 2026 01:26 PM (iFTx/)

353 Really surprised that any black people would embrace this Somali/illegal operation. Absolutely not in their best interest.
Posted by: tubal

Tell 'em the Somalis scammed all the reparations money and there's no way to get it back.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at January 20, 2026 01:26 PM (UTiaC)

354 Pam Grier is one thing, but Rosie... she had it really tough!
Posted by: 496

Had to share the same body with Ray Milland.
Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 01:24 PM (77rzZ)

Saw a weird copycat movie of that on Rifftrax, starring Bruce Dern and Kasey Kasem.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at January 20, 2026 01:26 PM (PSEDc)

355 Folks, I've just received a special news bulletin: "You have something on your front tooth."

Posted by: Ted Baxter at January 20, 2026 01:26 PM (TN0g+)

356 The impending snow storm about to hit the south will knock this all of the front page in a few days. Period are already tired of the "march of the Minnesota karens"

Posted by: brak at January 20, 2026 01:27 PM (ySCHe)

357 Directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, the French Hitchcock.

Hitchcock actually tried to get the rights to the source novel before Clouzot, but Clouzot beat him by hours. Hitchcock would get the authors' next book, though, which he made into Vertigo.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Yeah, Eddie Muller covered all that.

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 01:27 PM (77rzZ)

358 321
Try this is a Black church, and the hysterics from the media and libs would be off the scale. "This is a sacred place!!"
Posted by: Frank Barone at January 20, 2026 01:22 PM (IifOV)

Try that in a black church and the beat down from my holy hand bag will make you rue the day. I say rue the day!

Posted by: Aunt Ester at January 20, 2026 01:27 PM (i0Hi3)

359 I would still hesitate to put that label on it. I don't think we have to counter the leftists penchant for hyperbole with our own.
Posted by: Axeman

Understood, but it fits the current laws on terrorism.
6 U.S. Code § 101
(1

The term “terrorism” means any activity that—
(A)involves an act that—
(i)is dangerous to human life or potentially destructive of critical infrastructure or key resources; and
(ii)is a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any State or other subdivision of the United States; and
(B)appears to be intended—
(i)to intimidate or coerce a civilian population;
(ii)to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or
(iii)to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 20, 2026 01:27 PM (mlg/3)

360
I used to sell to white owned businesses. I was regularly rejected.

Am I owed reparations or should I be entrepreneurial enough to start a Gofundme to achieve Justice?

Posted by: Auspex at January 20, 2026 01:27 PM (Y8DZL)

361 I am not overly optimistic about the future, nor am I despairing. So many things can happen. The normies may actually start organizing and taking on the leftist thugs directly - but this isn't going to happen without some potentially tough consequences. Are we strong and brave enough to do it? I hope so. With the advent of Trump's second administration, I am actually starting to believe so. Trump may yet turn out to be the man who saves our country - or his era may turn out to be the Indian summer of the American Republic. For now, I am thankful for all blessings, great and small, and intend to continue praying for President Trump and for our nation and for the downfall of the diabolical ideologies that constitute the Left, and for the defeat of their war against the good and the beautiful and the sane.

Posted by: Paco at January 20, 2026 01:27 PM (2L+MU)

362 BREAKING - Minnesota AG Keith Ellison says yesterday’s occupation of a Minneapolis church was “free speech.”

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Their Terrorism is Speech.
Our Speech is Terrorism.

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 20, 2026 01:27 PM (gqZaY)

363 Democrats: "Trauma is necessary."

OH FUCKIN' BOY!!!
Posted by: Tex Lovera at January 20, 2026 01:13 PM (wtvvX)

Trauma is necessary is one of those tropes brought out by the Cuban trained terrorists and radicals in the 60's
It is an outgrowth of immiseration, but it is even better because it gives permission to kill and destroy because it will make the world better.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 20, 2026 01:27 PM (rbvCR)

364 New one:

Jonathan Turley: Gay Sexual Assaulter Don Lemon Is Talking Himself Into a Prison Sentence

Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 01:28 PM (Riz8t)

365 The last video is from Columbus (High St.). That city used to be a non-assuming quiet town, not much going on. Mostly cow pastures outside the city limits. German settlers, there is a quant "Germantown" where mostly upscale gays and childless couples live. It may have been relatively Republican leaning in the not too distant past. Now it is a combo of Portland-light and Minnesomalia, Indians and other immigrants (many probably legal). Rampaging 'youths'. Reliably and sickeningly deep blue Democrat now.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 20, 2026 01:28 PM (Dv3i1)

366 Did anyone have the old KKK resurrected as the Nose-Ring-Militia on their 2026 Leftist Insanity Bingo Card? I whiffed on that one.

Posted by: Antifa at January 20, 2026 01:28 PM (HTCU3)

367 [Pam] Greer was born 38 years after the last lynching in Ohio.

http://tiny.cc/7nwx001

Posted by: bonhomme
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The important point is that it felt true.

Posted by: Protected Pederasts at January 20, 2026 01:28 PM (krQz2)

368 >>"I have the files here on my desk!"

And now stuff is being released and absolutely nothing is happening and nobody gives a shit. But dozens of DOJ lawyers who could be doing things like going after rioters and spending time reviewing files and redacting victims names. Super.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 20, 2026 01:28 PM (viF8m)

369 Nolte: According to Democrats It’s Okay to Storm a Mosque During Worship Service. Democrats, including a state attorney general, are all over the media saying it’s okay for protesters to storm a mosque during a religious service. Obviously, they are not saying that in those precise words. But when a scumbag attorney general like Keith Ellison (D-MN) says that anti-ICE/pro-rapist-murderer-child-molester protesters storming a Christian church during services for the express purpose of disrupting and intimidating attendees is “First Amendment activity,” he’s saying it’s okay to storm a mosque to disrupt an Islamic worship service.

Posted by: SMOD at January 20, 2026 01:28 PM (RHGPo)

370 357 Directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, the French Hitchcock.

Hitchcock actually tried to get the rights to the source novel before Clouzot, but Clouzot beat him by hours. Hitchcock would get the authors' next book, though, which he made into Vertigo.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Yeah, Eddie Muller covered all that.

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 01:27 PM (77rzZ)

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So did I! In a post months ago!

The Saturday Evening Movie thread is where to get all the good movie info.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 01:29 PM (GBKbO)

371
Wife and I watched "Charade" a couple of months ago. I had to look it up because I swore it was a Hitchcock movie. But it wasn't. Good movie.

Posted by: Frank Barone at January 20, 2026 01:29 PM (IifOV)

372 Jonathan Turley: Gay Sexual Assaulter Don Lemon Is Talking Himself Into a Prison Sentence
Posted by: Archimedes

This may not be a bug but a feature.

Posted by: Antifa at January 20, 2026 01:29 PM (HTCU3)

373 They seriously need to be in asylums and drugged.

This can't be sustained... and when Daddy Trump returns from Davos, after putting down a prison break in Syria, and tormenting European deekheads about Greenland, a price will be paid.

I have news for the ugly transgender Finke (which is a great name for a mentally ill gender confused faggot)...you are wrong. To invade a place of worship has NOTHING to do with deportations of illegal criminals. People came there to worship God, not to argue politics. To assault innocent children, who can't vote on your demonics, is horrible. You are too stupid and high on your own farhts to note that this was not a good thing. I hope you are deported with your precious Somolians, but I know that is not possible. See! I am rational vs you.

By the way, and I know you are not reading this, but your fushia lipstick looks like crap with your orange cheap temu suit, which looks as if you picked it up from a hobo on the street or bin. A home ec project that failed? Your hair was apparently styled by an enraged kitty cat on acid and I would not leave my house looking like this. Maybe study cross dressers who are in strip clubs for pointers? Pathetic.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 20, 2026 01:29 PM (WONhk)

374 We see what the Left is doing. We also see what some elements of the Right is doing in response. The range of options for Normies has become increasingly narrow, in response to events going on on the ground. A big part of this being the case is the lack of support of the Liberal element on the Right for strong action. I will hold them responsible for a lot of the consequences.

Posted by: tubal at January 20, 2026 01:30 PM (pDt9x)

375 201 176 166 The ironic thing is that you couldn't make Tootsie today. Not as a comedy, anyway.
Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 01:00 PM (77rzZ)

Or Some Like it Hot
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 01:04 PM (gbOdA)

Oh, they have remade SLIH for Broadway - it is a travesty. But it is winning awards right and left, because the Jack Lemmon character decides he likes being a girl, and opens up a nightclub act to celebrate his "enlightenment"

I refuse to see it.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 20, 2026 01:30 PM (SRRAx)

376 Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 20, 2026 01:24 PM (iFTx/)

There are pictures of supposed Black Panters walking the streets of Minnysoter armed with ARs... being followed by but not stopped by, Po Po.
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 20, 2026 01:26 PM (mP0Kj)
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I believe that pic is from Philly. And it looks suspiciously like LARPing to me.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 20, 2026 01:30 PM (iFTx/)

377 Wife and I watched "Charade" a couple of months ago. I had to look it up because I swore it was a Hitchcock movie. But it wasn't. Good movie.
Posted by: Frank Barone

Yes, it is.

Walter Matthau is criminally underrated as an actor, IMHO.

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 01:30 PM (77rzZ)

378 '[The judge] was very much against us, but still he upheld the rule of law,' Freedom Convoy participant Chris Barber told Align.

Canada’s Liberal government has lost its bid to overturn a 2024 Federal Court ruling that found its use of the Emergencies Act during the Freedom Convoy trucker protest was neither justified nor reasonable.

Then-Prime Minister Justin "The Ass" Trudeau invoked the legislation for the first time on Feb. 14, 2022, authorizing a sweeping police crackdown on protesters in Ottawa who opposed the federal government’s COVID-19 mandates.

Posted by: SMOD at January 20, 2026 01:30 PM (RHGPo)

379 Pam Grier went on The View and claimed her mom had to tell her not to look at lynched people hanging from trees in Ohio.

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My mom told me to look both ways before crossing the street to avoid being stomped by a wooly mammoth.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 20, 2026 01:19 PM (L/fGl)

Last lynching in Ohio was an attempt in 1916...

She was born in 1949.... 33 years later... I bet her MOM was not even born in 1916.
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 20, 2026 01:22 PM (mP0Kj)
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What about the Bubba Wallace lynching?

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 20, 2026 01:31 PM (iFTx/)

380 I grew up in Minnesota and thought that the "Slow Children Playing" signs posted all over the city were disrespectful. I now see that there really WERE a lot of slow children up there.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at January 20, 2026 01:32 PM (affD0)

381 Rumor on X is that ICE is leading the protestors around and stopping ... in front of the protestor's homes.

And they are freaking the F out, calling 911, demanding the police do something because they don't "feel safe."
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

I have some ideas on how to "feel safe".
Number 1 - don't harass law enforcement
Number 2 - drink some hot cocoa and watch a Hallmark movie whenever you have the urge to protect your fraud/pedo illegal "neighbors".

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 20, 2026 01:32 PM (Dv3i1)

382 Has there, at any point during the past 20 years, where a company has 'improved' something and the end result was an improvement?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

New and improved usually means worse and more expensive.

Posted by: Tuna at January 20, 2026 01:32 PM (lJ0H4)

383 Germany forces car companies to remotely disable heaters while parked

It means that the owner of the car has to bundle up, go out to the car, start it, turn the heater on, then either go back in until the desired effect has taken place, or remain in the car so it won't get stolen while left unattended with the engine running.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 20, 2026 01:32 PM (PVBkQ)

384 "Pam Grier went on The View and claimed her mom had to tell her not to look at lynched people hanging from trees in Ohio.

I grew up in Ohio. Those bodies were mostly frozen teenage corpses whose last words were "Hold my beer"

Posted by: Ripley at January 20, 2026 01:32 PM (GUOwU)

385 Posted by: tubal at January 20, 2026 01:30 PM (pDt9x)

There comes a point where 'Men who just want to be left alone' are forced to choose a side.

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 20, 2026 01:32 PM (mP0Kj)

386 "(i)is dangerous to human life or potentially destructive of critical infrastructure or key resources;"

If they blocked the church's exits, that fits the definition of 'dangerous to human life.'

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 20, 2026 01:32 PM (mlg/3)

387 373 By the way, and I know you are not reading this, but your fushia lipstick looks like crap with your orange cheap temu suit, which looks as if you picked it up from a hobo on the street or bin. A home ec project that failed? Your hair was apparently styled by an enraged kitty cat on acid and I would not leave my house looking like this. Maybe study cross dressers who are in strip clubs for pointers? Pathetic.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 20, 2026 01:29 PM (WONhk)

He doesn't want to dress like a hooker because he wants to be taken seriously, where the irony is that if he _did_ dress like a hooker, with a shit ton of makeup, people won't even pay enough attention to him from a distance to bother trying to clock him because he'd look like any other nasty used-up hooker.

Posted by: XTC at January 20, 2026 01:33 PM (6Uni8)

388 Because apparently, in 2026, we’re now shopping for constitutional guidance in the same aisle as Jim Crow. During Supreme Court arguments on gun laws, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson suggested that the Black Codes should count as part of constitutional history. You know, those charming post Civil War laws written specifically to make sure freed slaves stayed powerless, disarmed, and miserable. But don’t worry. According to this logic, since they existed “back then,” they deserve a seat at the grown ups’ table. Never mind that their entire purpose was to crush civil rights.

Posted by: SMOD at January 20, 2026 01:33 PM (RHGPo)

389 Oh, they have remade SLIH for Broadway - it is a travesty. But it is winning awards right and left, because the Jack Lemmon character decides he likes being a girl, and opens up a nightclub act to celebrate his "enlightenment"

I refuse to see it.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth

Did they buy the rights to O&H's "I Enjoy Being a Girl" for him to sing?

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 01:33 PM (77rzZ)

390 U nas yest' NOOD.

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 01:34 PM (77rzZ)

391 Super.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 20, 2026 01:28 PM (viF8m)
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Agreed - my point is the over-promising. Bondi didn't have to say that and then hand over bullshit folders. She looked like an ass and lost a lot of credibility.

With each passing month actions become more important than press conferences. I truly hope your take is the right one (and TJM's too). But at some point they need to produce something.

Posted by: 496 at January 20, 2026 01:35 PM (t+VLa)

392 369 Nolte: According to Democrats It’s Okay to Storm a Mosque During Worship Service. Democrats, including a state attorney general, are all over the media saying it’s okay for protesters to storm a mosque during a religious service. Obviously, they are not saying that in those precise words.
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Spoiler alert: Ellison will prosecute if you protest at a mosque.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 20, 2026 01:35 PM (Dv3i1)

393 NOOD

364 New one:

Jonathan Turley: Gay Sexual Assaulter Don Lemon Is Talking Himself Into a Prison Sentence
Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 01:28 PM (Riz8t)

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 01:35 PM (SSiCQ)

394 They never would have tried this had Arn and Gene Anderson still been the Minnesota Wrecking Crew.
Posted by: Crusader

Many time wrestling champ Bob Backlund is also from Minnesota.

Posted by: Norwegian Power! at January 20, 2026 01:35 PM (oftw2)

395 394 Many time wrestling champ Bob Backlund is also from Minnesota.

Posted by: Norwegian Power! at January 20, 2026 01:35 PM (oftw2)

A lot of wrestlers were, because that's where Verne Gagne ran the AWA out of.

Posted by: XTC at January 20, 2026 01:36 PM (6Uni8)

396 You notice this happens in Blue areas. They ain't down in Boone County Arkansas attacking churches..

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 20, 2026 01:38 PM (Vvh2V)

397 Hitchcock..pfft, poser.

Targets (196

starring Boris Karloff, directed by Peter Bogdanovich and, produced by *clears throat and enunciates carefully*, America's greatest film maker, Roger Corman.

"A startling directorial debut by Peter Bogdanovich mixes an homage to Boris Karloff horror films with a timely sniper story to create a thriller with modern baggage and old school shock and awe." Roger Ebert was less enthusiastic, stating in his review that the movie would have been better without Karloff's scenes which I find thick headed and offensive. On the other hand, the always correct and brilliant Quentin Tarantino stated "It was one of the most powerful films of 1968 and one of the greatest directorial debuts of all time. And I believe the best film ever produced by Roger Corman."

Posted by: Antifa at January 20, 2026 01:40 PM (HTCU3)

398 > And now stuff is being released and absolutely nothing is happening and nobody gives a shit. But dozens of DOJ lawyers who could be doing things like going after rioters and spending time reviewing files and redacting victims names. Super.

This has always been a losing argument. Unless the documents specifically name Trump as a pedo, the entire left will claim coverup. Many on the right have their own pet name that, if not named, will make them believe there is a coverup.

I am personally of the belief that the entire chain of evidence has hopelessly been compromised. I believe that many of the victims helped victimize others. Girls recruited and compromised other girls. This makes the task of protecting victims a Sisyphean task.

I also believe the juiciest proof of pedo activity is squirreled away in NSA, CIA, or other private intelligence hides far away from Trump's investigators. Think about it. Imagine a CIA guy who could tell Bill Gates to do anything he wanted. Would he give up that power? Especially if nobody but him knows where the videos are?

Posted by: bonhomme at January 20, 2026 01:41 PM (Yp6az)

399 371
Wife and I watched "Charade" a couple of months ago. I had to look it up because I swore it was a Hitchcock movie. But it wasn't. Good movie.
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It followed Hitchcock to a tee. Great movie.

Posted by: pudinhead at January 20, 2026 01:41 PM (pLaQB)

400 If there is one place I associated with lynchings it definitely Ohio.

Wait what?

Posted by: Really?? at January 20, 2026 01:42 PM (d4dD2)

401 oh, hay

Dustin Grage
@GrageDustin
Jan 19
Before Don Lemon joined radical leftists in storming a Christian church service, he was interviewing Keith Ellison.

Jan 19, 2026 · 2:11 PM UTC

Posted by: Kindltot at January 20, 2026 01:44 PM (rbvCR)

402 If they blocked the church's exits, that fits the definition of 'dangerous to human life.'
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 20, 2026 01:32 PM (mlg/3)

In Oregon that can be expanded to "kidnapping"

Posted by: Kindltot at January 20, 2026 01:45 PM (rbvCR)

403
Woe to the world because of scandals. For it must needs be that scandals come: but nevertheless woe to that man by whom the scandal cometh. - Matthew 18:7

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 20, 2026 02:05 PM (tgvbd)

404 33 We were better off when these freaks were in the closet.
Posted by: NR Pax at January 20, 2026 12:34 PM (BpO1e)

And not scaring the horses.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 20, 2026 02:07 PM (WONhk)

405 That's a tranny, right?

Posted by: Prickly Pete Salmonella at January 20, 2026 02:20 PM (dFG8E)

406 Can Don Lemon get pregnant?
If so, would it be ok to traumatize his child?

Posted by: Lars at January 20, 2026 02:47 PM (kJH1Z)

407 .
Hey Church ! ! !
.
Armed guards.
.
Get some.

Posted by: Marooned at January 20, 2026 04:14 PM (kt8QE)

The Morning Rant: Violence Is Being Normalized

The existential conceit of the modern West is that our concept of civilization has been the steady state throughout history. Sure, we know that there have been paroxysms of violence on a regular basis, but those are deviations from the baseline. Peace is the ultimate goal of everyone!

And that can't be further from reality. The history of Man is violence. Every day... every week... every year... every century! The rule of law has limited that violence, but only marginally, and only where that law is respected, or feared.

Our current situation in a mostly law-abiding country is becoming increasingly murky. The calls to violence from the hard left is axiomatic, but it has expanded into the soft left, the useful idiots who shriek nonsense at protests, blockade streets, and now assault law enforcement. That they are unfamiliar with the realities of attacking men with guns doesn't prevent them from obeying the directives of their puppet masters, and it is only the restraint of law enforcement and the indecision of our political leaders that has minimized bloodshed.

But that has emboldened the left, and the calls for violence are becoming more clear, have expanded even into the politicians of the left, and may very well precipitate a political crisis, which is of course the goal; they want an overreaction to the violent protests that they are planning in blue cities so that the American public sours on ICE's efforts to deport criminals.

And this is in spite of widespread support for the federal government's efforts to rein in illegal entry into America, and start to deport those who are already here illegally.

But that means nothing to the left, which has spent the last 100 years assiduously breaking down the rule of law, respect for our institutions, and the very concept of a moral people. They have also enlisted the latest crop of ignorant, arrogant, entitled suburban women into their battle with traditional culture. These are people who have never encountered violence, but feel morally superior and in high dudgeon in every way when confronted by rational limits on protest. Add to that the expectation that their womanhood will be a powerful shield against a response to their own violence, and we have the unfortunate but unsurprising outcome that we saw in Minneapolis two weeks ago.

Until the American people unequivocally demand a robust response to these violent protests, they will continue. Until we see the American people take a much more active role in the fight against leftist violence, it will continue.

Perhaps Minnesota is entirely populated by beta males, which might explain the cowardly and weak response to roving bands of leftist agitators stopping random people to demand their bona fides against the entirely legal efforts of the federal government to root out violent illegals in our midst!

How would that play out in Florida or Texas or Montana? Perhaps it is time to find out.

[Crossposted at CutJibNewsletter and X/Twitter]. If you folks who are on X/Twitter would follow us it would be much appreciated!

Posted by: CBD at 11:00 AM

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1 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at January 20, 2026 11:00 AM (0x0rk)

2
ESPONJA!!1!!1!111!!

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 20, 2026 11:00 AM (tljrc)

3 The Morning Rant: Violence Is Being Normalized

Is it though? Really? Can I go out whacking leftists with a free pass?

Posted by: rickb223 at January 20, 2026 11:01 AM (0x0rk)

4 If they riot in Texas it will be in Austin.

They probably will be smaller protests in Houston and Dallas but the popo don’t play around.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 20, 2026 11:01 AM (KDPiq)

5 Excellent post CBD.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 20, 2026 11:02 AM (cYBz/)

6 The left is consumed with hatred and bloodlust. Plus they have the support of the media.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 20, 2026 11:02 AM (8CIFn)

7 A late comment I had in the M.R. thread;
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There a quote by Alexandr Solzhenitsyn making the rounds; "The most terrifying force of death, comes from the hands of men who wanted to be left alone."

There's more to it. But it's been trending among some peoples.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 20, 2026 11:02 AM (U2OZr)

8
Posted by: rickb223 at January 20, 2026 11:00 AM

how's the situation?

improving?

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 20, 2026 11:02 AM (tljrc)

9
"Why do you have real bullets?"

Posted by: Rebecca Good at January 20, 2026 11:03 AM (2Ez/1)

10 Perhaps Minnesota is entirely populated by beta males, which might explain the cowardly and weak response to roving bands of leftist agitators stopping random people to demand their bona fides against the entirely legal efforts of the federal government to root out violent illegals in our midst!

MN is a state without natural immunity to the kinds of crime and aggression seen there now. The Skandis are like the Indians when we white men arrived with our diseases. I know some of these people. Their inability to understand that the rest of humanity isn't like them is truly astonishing.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 11:04 AM (Riz8t)

11 Better than 50/50 chance the random people the Antifa retards are stopping in MN are their useful idiot supporters.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 20, 2026 11:04 AM (KDPiq)

12 Violence is normal. Peace, quietude and prosperity are earned.
We or our children will have to re-earn it.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at January 20, 2026 11:04 AM (Hx0tZ)

13 how's the situation?

improving?
Posted by: AltonJackson

Still in the hospital. They kept me overnight for observation since I didn't physically see the stone pass. No pain though since yesterday morning around 8:00am. Just waiting on discharge.

Thank you for asking.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 20, 2026 11:05 AM (0x0rk)

14
MUNKEY

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 20, 2026 11:05 AM (y9nCu)

15 This is a strange art thread

Posted by: Zombie Bob Ross at January 20, 2026 11:05 AM (gtuL0)

16 I saw something hopeful last night, though. ICE is following the "protesters" back to their homes so as to ID them, and the lefties are absolutely flipping out.

Whattya mean there could be consequences for my actions?

Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 11:06 AM (Riz8t)

17 Posted by: rickb223 at January 20, 2026 11:05 AM (0x0rk)

They didn’t do a CT scan or Ultasound to see if the stone is still there?

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 20, 2026 11:06 AM (KDPiq)

18 Don LeMon is the very picture of the virile assertive Minnesota Man.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 20, 2026 11:06 AM (8ty7h)

19 Activist armor is not foolproof.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 20, 2026 11:07 AM (0KSrI)

20 Until the American people unequivocally demand a robust response to these violent protests, they will continue.

This reminds me of nothing so much as a Simpsons quote, when Mayor "Diamond Joe" Quimby is being pressured to do something:

"Demand? Who are you to demand anything? You're just a bunch of low income nobodies!"

And that is the GOP in a nutshell.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 20, 2026 11:07 AM (ufSfZ)

21 MN is a state without natural immunity to the kinds of crime and aggression seen there now. The Skandis are like the Indians when we white men arrived with our diseases. I know some of these people. Their inability to understand that the rest of humanity isn't like them is truly astonishing.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 11:04 AM (Riz8t)

Ironic, given that their ancestors were renowned for raping and pillaging.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 20, 2026 11:07 AM (ExV1e)

22 Tim Walz and Patrick Frey are two more manly Minnesota Men.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 20, 2026 11:07 AM (8ty7h)

23 Used to have wars where lots of males engaged each other and lots would die in battle or be taken as sex slaves for the butt pirates. Now wars only involve small numbers of actually war fighters so the young males today have no outlet for blood and violence except sports or becoming a democrat homosexual.

Posted by: Dan Bongino at January 20, 2026 11:07 AM (n+1Zi)

24 Don LeMon is the very picture of the virile assertive Minnesota Man.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 20, 2026 11:06 AM (8ty7h)

Like on the actual film they make pictures from?

Posted by: OneEyedJack at January 20, 2026 11:08 AM (Hx0tZ)

25 Its clear that the Twin Cities are populated almost entirely by beta males and limp-wristed fags. That "we're going to take over your church service" would never happen in Oklahoma or Texas, unless it was at a United Methodist or Unitarian service, in which case they weren't busy doing anything of any importance to begin with.

Posted by: Crusader at January 20, 2026 11:08 AM (TN0g+)

26 The protests like The Floyd protests are almost all done in blue areas.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 20, 2026 11:08 AM (KDPiq)

27 In before the blackpill set.

Harmeet Dhillon Has a Message for Those Asking Where the Arrests Are

To those asking where the arrests are: MN state prosecutors could have made arrests yesterday. The DOJ must first go before a federal judge to obtain an arrest warrant.

Make no mistake: @AGPamBondi & @TheJusticeDept
will pursue federal charges in this case.

https://is.gd/3oGvTg

Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 11:09 AM (Riz8t)

28 Activist armor is not foolproof.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 20, 2026 11:07 AM (0KSrI)

what caliber is fool?

Posted by: OneEyedJack at January 20, 2026 11:09 AM (Hx0tZ)

29 The DOJ must first go before a federal judge to obtain an arrest warrant.

I think I see the problem here.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 20, 2026 11:09 AM (ExV1e)

30
They probably will be smaller protests in Houston and Dallas but the popo don’t play around.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 20, 2026 11:01 AM (KDPiq)

Remember how DPD got that asshole multiple-cop killer about 10 years or so ago in downtown Dallas? Suicide robot with about 5 pounds of remote-detonated C4.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 20, 2026 11:10 AM (y9nCu)

31 Maybe violence works for the left because traditional media propagandizes leftists to view it as perfectly within the bounds of reasonability while recoiling with horror at any similar reaction from the right. The right doesn't have the same propaganda tools to turn their supporters into unthinking sacks of flesh.

Posted by: Oglebay at January 20, 2026 11:10 AM (GPa4z)

32 ... which is of course the goal; they want an overreaction to the violent protests that they are planning in blue cities ...

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Every reaction or non-reaction is always framed as "overreaction" regardless (e.g. the retarded racist Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates, Don Scott, publicly stated that President Trump shot an unarmed white woman in the face in Minneapolis).

Trump should have invoked the Insurrection Act on May 26, 2020 -- the first night of the Domestic Terrorist Burning, Looting, and Murdering riots -- and sent in the National Guard and/or US Military with orders to disperse or be shot.

And that would have been the end of that.

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 20, 2026 11:10 AM (nXhai)

33 How would that play out in Florida or Texas or Montana? Perhaps it is time to find out.

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Depends where in Texas or Florida or Montana.

Missoula is as left wing as Minneapolis if not more so since it’s a college town. Riots there would be fully supported by local police and politicians and the majority of the population. Same in Austin. Probably San Antonio. Miami? Probably. Especially with the new AWFL Democrat mayor they just elected.

Every big city is a blue shithole doesn’t matter what state it’s in.

Posted by: Really?? at January 20, 2026 11:11 AM (d4dD2)

34 Spicy Time approaches!

Posted by: Weasel at January 20, 2026 11:11 AM (TMF5Z)

35 Don LeMon is the very picture of the virile assertive Minnesota Man.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 20, 2026 11:06 AM

He is the very model of a modern liberal Democrat.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 20, 2026 11:11 AM (Wnv9h)

36 ICE following them home. About time. Now the agents need to find the coordinators that stand three blocks back and assess the cannon fodder

Posted by: Ben Had at January 20, 2026 11:11 AM (0KSrI)

37 the indecision of our political leaders

Mumbles about never stopping an enemy when they're making a mistake and waves vaguely at the "you are here" Trump-o-meter.

Posted by: DaveA at January 20, 2026 11:12 AM (FhXTo)

38 Time for President Trump to make a statement decrying vigilantism directed against the Left, ending with, "We might have to prosecute such vigilantes, if we are able to find them,"

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 20, 2026 11:12 AM (8zz6B)

39 Remember how DPD got that asshole multiple-cop killer about 10 years or so ago in downtown Dallas? Suicide robot with about 5 pounds of remote-detonated C4.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 20, 2026 11:10 AM

R2FU*

*stolen, but I like it

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 20, 2026 11:13 AM (Wnv9h)

40 To those asking where the arrests are: MN state prosecutors could have made arrests yesterday. The DOJ must first go before a federal judge to obtain an arrest warrant.

And when the judge tells you to go pound sand, what are you going to do then, smartass?

Make no mistake: @AGPamBondi & @TheJusticeDept
will pursue federal charges in this case.

Pull the other one, asshole. It's got bells on it.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 20, 2026 11:13 AM (ufSfZ)

41
The Morning Rant: Violence Is Being Normalized

___________

It's not just violence that's being normalized. Academics and "experts" are normalizing all kinds of vices. Promiscuous sex, drugs, gambling, divorce, loss of religious sentiments, destruction of the family. All of which fall most heavily on the poor they purport to defend.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 20, 2026 11:13 AM (tgvbd)

42 Larry Correia talks about the left and violence.

The left sees violence as a dial- you can get a little violent, or a lot violent, but you can tone it down if it gets too much.

The right sees it as a switch. Either we are a peaceful republic or it's all out war.

If the left keeps playing with their dial, they might flip the switch because they don't actually realize they're playing with fire.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at January 20, 2026 11:14 AM (zjgNU)

43 Its clear that the Twin Cities are populated almost entirely by beta males and limp-wristed fags. That "we're going to take over your church service" would never happen in Oklahoma or Texas, unless it was at a United Methodist or Unitarian service, in which case they weren't busy doing anything of any importance to begin with.

Posted by: Crusader at January 20, 2026 11:08 AM (TN0g+)

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I don't know if that church had a prohibition against firearms -- and if it did, it shouldn't have -- but Minnesota is an open carry and concealed carry state with "shall issue" laws.

Especially after the shooting at a church there in August, those asshats are lucky they didn't get shot when terrorizing that congregation.

Yeah, try that in Texas ...

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 20, 2026 11:14 AM (nXhai)

44 They didn’t do a CT scan or Ultasound to see if the stone is still there?
Posted by: Opinion fact

They did before I passed it. But bloodwork, kidney function, residue in the screener & no pain for over 24 hours suggests enough for no need for a scan.
The original ER nurse said it was 8mm. The on Floor nurse in urology said 5mm. The actual urologist said it was only 4mm and I probably wouldn't notice it passing anyway.

I actually peed bigger stones from my lithotripsy in 93.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 20, 2026 11:14 AM (0x0rk)

45 I think I see the problem here.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 20, 2026 11:09 AM (ExV1e)

I watched a video the other day, totally unrelated, about an historical event.

All the principles were men in shirts and ties, with short haircuts. Smoking inside the building.

Today, we're waiting on the laydees who run our legal institutions, to take on the task of defending truth, justice, and the American way.

Yeah, I see the problem too.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 20, 2026 11:15 AM (dGCAG)

46 Can I go out whacking leftists with a free pass?

Posted by: rickb223 at January 20, 2026 11:01 AM (0x0rk)

No...and maybe that is the immediate problem.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 20, 2026 11:15 AM (n9ltV)

47 6 The left is consumed with hatred and bloodlust. Plus they have the support of the media.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 20, 2026 11:02 AM (8CIFn)

And law enforcement (incl. prosecutors and judges).

Posted by: XTC at January 20, 2026 11:15 AM (6Uni8)

48
ICE following them home. About time. Now the agents need to find the coordinators that stand three blocks back and assess the cannon fodder
Posted by: Ben Had at January 20, 2026 11:11 AM (0KSrI)

Black-bag job to find out who made the call to the charter bus company that brings the protesters in. Rendition that fucker to a black site in Area 51.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 20, 2026 11:15 AM (y9nCu)

49 I actually peed bigger stones from my lithotripsy in 93.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 20, 2026 11:14 AM (0x0rk)

If you saved enough of them, you could make a shotgun load.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 20, 2026 11:16 AM (8zz6B)

50 Problem is they can arrest everyone but juries will let them go. Look what happened in Seattle. An illegal tried to run down ice officers with his car. He was charged for it. Jury let him go. Left is celebrating this everywhere.

I expect zero convictions for Minneapolis juries. I really don’t know how to get around this.

Posted by: Really?? at January 20, 2026 11:16 AM (d4dD2)

51 Trump should have invoked the Insurrection Act on May 26, 2020 -- the first night of the Domestic Terrorist Burning, Looting, and Murdering riots -- and sent in the National Guard and/or US Military with orders to disperse or be shot.

And that would have been the end of that.

Kurt Schlichter has thoughts. I go back and forth, not because I'm a RINO but because I'm interested in having the biggest impact.

There’s talk of Trump invoking the Insurrection Act. No, he should keep that in his pocket. Remember, you see the individual encounters in Minnesota all over social media and the cable news, but there are only a few of them. The whole city is not in flames. It’s just a few fights, and there are 3,000 agents there. There’s no need to change the scenario and allow the left to alter the focus by putting the military on the street. Remember, they changed the focus from enabling Somali fraud to ICE being mean and shooting moronic lesbians who tried to run them over. We don’t need to slow down what ICE is doing. We need to accelerate it.

https://is.gd/XXO9MC

Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 11:16 AM (Riz8t)

52 Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 11:09 AM (Riz8t)

But it should have been done already ! And I’ll believe it when I see it! It’s all talk! Nothing is happening! This is the end !!!

The reality is ICE hasn’t slowed down in MN and showed FAFO.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 20, 2026 11:16 AM (KDPiq)

53 Here in Texas, I'm confident that law enforcement is generally responsive and effective. I have no fear of being acosted or beaten up. I also carry. It's those things, not some Texas Tough crap that keeps the punks at bay. If Minneapolus had an actual police force, this shit would never have happened.

Posted by: ErikInTexas at January 20, 2026 11:18 AM (kwvif)

54 Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 11:16 AM (Riz8t)

Floyd riots and these riots are on two different levels.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 20, 2026 11:18 AM (KDPiq)

55 Gutfeld advanced the theory that AWFLs are women who have been betrayed by feminism, and have ditched that movement to act out rescue/protect fantasies starring illegals and outright criminals.

Add in some 'radical chic' and the desire to pose like the civil rights movement of the 60s, and you get modern-day Minnesota.

Posted by: Don Black at January 20, 2026 11:19 AM (ZxPkt)

56 Bleeding Kansas awaits.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at January 20, 2026 11:19 AM (MZ+PY)

57 Problem is they can arrest everyone but juries will let them go. Look what happened in Seattle. An illegal tried to run down ice officers with his car. He was charged for it. Jury let him go. Left is celebrating this everywhere.

I expect zero convictions for Minneapolis juries. I really don’t know how to get around this.

Are there no federal juries and courts? Asking for lawyer input here.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 11:19 AM (Riz8t)

58 Spicy Time approaches!

Posted by: Weasel at January 20, 2026 11:11 AM (TMF5Z)

Yup. I made chili yesterday and I got a complaint from the peanut gallery that it was too spicy.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 20, 2026 11:19 AM (n9ltV)

59 Depends where in Texas or Florida or Montana.

Missoula is as left wing as Minneapolis if not more so since it’s a college town. Riots there would be fully supported by local police and politicians and the majority of the population. Same in Austin. Probably San Antonio. Miami? Probably. Especially with the new AWFL Democrat mayor they just elected.

Every big city is a blue shithole doesn’t matter what state it’s in.
Posted by: Really??

What the Feds need to do, is see just how prosecutable fraud is.

In your oath of office, you swore to uphold the Constitution of the US. Signing on to sanctuary city policies goes against your sworn oath.

Or stop with the oath altogether.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 20, 2026 11:19 AM (0x0rk)

60 The left is consumed with hatred and bloodlust. Plus they have the support of the media.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 20, 2026 11:02 AM (8CIFn)

And law enforcement (incl. prosecutors and judges).
Posted by: XTC at January 20, 2026 11:15 AM (6Uni

Every day this goes on, the switch gets closer to being flipped.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at January 20, 2026 11:19 AM (zjgNU)

61 Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 11:16 AM (Riz8t)

Floyd riots and these riots are on two different levels.

So is the man in charge.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 11:20 AM (Riz8t)

62 That they are unfamiliar with the realities of attacking men with guns doesn't prevent them from obeying the directives of their puppet masters, and it is only the restraint of law enforcement and the indecision of our political leaders that has minimized bloodshed.
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I keep praying some of these idiots will read a history book, to no avail. The banal evil of Rousseau and Marx seem to have a better grasp on people better than one would think possible, despite the lessons of the past.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 20, 2026 11:21 AM (lq1XJ)

63 Yeah, try that in Texas ...
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 20, 2026 11:14 AM (nXhai)

It'll look something like this.

https://www.youtube.com
/watch?v=3GAgIBgOA3M

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 20, 2026 11:21 AM (y9nCu)

64 I'd like to see some counter-demonstrations featuring the bluehair/nosering crowd being beaten silly with clubs and ax handles and anodized metal batons.

I kid, of course!

Posted by: Don Black at January 20, 2026 11:21 AM (ZxPkt)

65 500 million firearms owned by mostly right-thinking folks, who up to now have been patient, allowing the authorities to handle the punks. A spark could ignite the right, unleashing backlash and violence at a level unimagined by the Commies. We are NOT England or France.

Posted by: Getting Fed-Up Yet? at January 20, 2026 11:21 AM (oftw2)

66 Thx CBD.
I think that ICE might be facing more violence if it wasn't below zero in Minneapolis. Floyd OD'ed in the summer and rioting became a summer activity for the yutes

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 20, 2026 11:22 AM (PTsqM)

67 Yup. I made chili yesterday and I got a complaint from the peanut gallery that it was too spicy.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 20, 2026 11:19 AM (n9ltV)
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Don't like it, cook your own chili!

or...

Yes, dear.

Posted by: Weasel at January 20, 2026 11:22 AM (+OnsA)

68 Minnesota is the BLM riots writ large.

They are destroying their own home to spite people they hate.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 20, 2026 11:22 AM (2GVsD)

69 If Minneapolus had an actual police force, this shit would never have happened.

Posted by: ErikInTexas at January 20, 2026 11:18 AM (kwvif)

The police force reflects the people.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 20, 2026 11:23 AM (n9ltV)

70 Bleeding Kansas awaits.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at January 20, 2026 11:19 AM (MZ+PY)

Sing with me:

Mister we could use a man like bug-eyed John Brown again....

Posted by: BurtTC at January 20, 2026 11:23 AM (dGCAG)

71 This little stunt in a private property house of worship with Don "Cheesedick" Lemon should be the nexus between tolerance and violence.

It's time for some beatdown. I'm not advocating aggression but at some point, as Barack Obama encouraged, you have to draw a line and defend decency and decorum.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 20, 2026 11:23 AM (oT7pT)

72 "I warned you, motherfuckers! But did you listen? Nah."

-- Thomas Hobbes

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 20, 2026 11:25 AM (iFTx/)

73 Floyd riots and these riots are on two different levels.

So is the man in charge.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 11:20 AM (Riz8t)

Yes but I don’t get your point. The poster said Trump should have invoked the insurrection act in 2020 which I agree because the situation was much worse and law enforcement was withdrawing.

I don’t think it’s necessary now because it’s much more limited and ICE is continuing their presence and efforts . It may become necessary but again I don’t think now is the time.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 20, 2026 11:25 AM (KDPiq)

74 Mister we could use a man like bug-eyed John Brown again....
Posted by: BurtTC

No, John Brown was no bueno. He was just like today's lefty lunatics. He and Roger Taney together, though from opposite sides, of course, virtually made the Civil War inevitable.

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 11:25 AM (77rzZ)

75 It's time for some beatdown. I'm not advocating aggression but at some point, as Barack Obama encouraged, you have to draw a line and defend decency and decorum.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 20, 2026 11:23 AM (oT7pT)

It would be a pity if a bunch of Somalian weapons caches got blown up.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 20, 2026 11:25 AM (8zz6B)

76 being here in Arkansas, I've read a lot about a certain pioneer Hanging Judge who had a superior plan for stopping crime.
I fully support Hanging judges, especially criminal ones.

Posted by: Wingnutt at January 20, 2026 11:26 AM (c2Xbz)

77 Are there no federal juries and courts? Asking for lawyer input here.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 11:19 AM (Riz8t)

Federal or state the jury pool is the same isn’t it?

Posted by: Really?? at January 20, 2026 11:26 AM (d4dD2)

78 Floyd riots and these riots are on two different levels.

So is the man in charge.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 11:20 AM (Riz8t)

I realize I might have missed your obvious point. Sorry if I did.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 20, 2026 11:27 AM (KDPiq)

79 Floyd riots and these riots are on two different levels.

So is the man in charge.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 11:20 AM (Riz8t)

Trump was President during the Floyd riots, too.

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 11:28 AM (77rzZ)

80 And that can't be further from reality. The history of Man is violence. Every day... every week... every year... every century!
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Walter E. Williams pointed out that the worldwide, historical average government is tyranny.

John Adams pointed out that our constitution was only right for a moral and religious people.

The founders even admitted that in some cases tyranny is the government suited for the conditions.

Posted by: Axeman at January 20, 2026 11:28 AM (krQz2)

81 No, John Brown was no bueno. He was just like today's lefty lunatics. He and Roger Taney together, though from opposite sides, of course, virtually made the Civil War inevitable.
Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 11:25 AM (77rzZ)

Can we at least have some lunatic go up to Minnie Soda and beat up all the harpies and fairies?

Posted by: BurtTC at January 20, 2026 11:28 AM (dGCAG)

82 Is all the violence in Minneapolis basically in the same area? Portland’s daily riots are usually in the same two block radius. I wonder if it’s the same in Minneapolis or if it’s more widespread throughout the city.

Posted by: Really?? at January 20, 2026 11:29 AM (d4dD2)

83 No, John Brown was no bueno. He was just like today's lefty lunatics. He and Roger Taney together, though from opposite sides, of course, virtually made the Civil War inevitable.
Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 11:25 AM (77rzZ

You mean slavery would have stopped in 1860 without the Civil War?

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 20, 2026 11:29 AM (KDPiq)

84 Trump should. The DoJ should, the courts should is all well and fine as a bitching point BUT what are you doing?

Posted by: Ben Had at January 20, 2026 11:29 AM (0KSrI)

85 Trump was President during the Floyd riots, too.
Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 11:28 AM (77rzZ)

And Trump is operating on a higher level now, too. His field of fucks has become more barren.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 20, 2026 11:29 AM (8zz6B)

86 Trump was President during the Floyd riots, too.

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 11:28 AM (77rzZ)
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But he only stepped in to protect federal assets.

He's a bit different this second time around.

Posted by: Axeman at January 20, 2026 11:29 AM (krQz2)

87 Another reason not to visit Australia

19-year-old Canadian woman found dead on a K'Gari island beach surrounded by a pack of dingoes.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 20, 2026 11:29 AM (2GVsD)

88 78 Floyd riots and these riots are on two different levels.

So is the man in charge.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 11:20 AM (Riz8t)

I realize I might have missed your obvious point. Sorry if I did.

Heh. I was just sitting here trying to figure out what we were talking about and if we had a disagreement. Never mind, I'll just do the AOSHQ thing and call you a wanker.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 11:30 AM (Riz8t)

89 The left sees violence as a dial- you can get a little violent, or a lot violent, but you can tone it down if it gets too much.

The right sees it as a switch. Either we are a peaceful republic or it's all out war.

If the left keeps playing with their dial, they might flip the switch because they don't actually realize they're playing with fire.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at January 20, 2026 11:14 AM (zjgNU)

From what I've seen, the right will step aside and let the left destroy everything. The left is willing to sacrifice for their cause. The right acts like they have no cause and certainly haven't shown any willingness to sacrifice.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 20, 2026 11:30 AM (g8Ew8)

90 You mean slavery would have stopped in 1860 without the Civil War?

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 20, 2026 11:29 AM (KDPiq)
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There are proto-cons with that view.

Problem is, there is no control universe.

Posted by: Axeman at January 20, 2026 11:31 AM (krQz2)

91 Trump was President during the Floyd riots, too.

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 11:28 AM (77rzZ)
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But he only stepped in to protect federal assets.

He's a bit different this second time around.

Fair points by both of you.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 11:31 AM (Riz8t)

92 Recall the Solitary Dancer demonstration. He takes the bold step of drawing attention to himself. The first follower plays the crucial role of affirming the dancer, and encouraging others to join.

More people joining in creates and reinforces a kind of vortex that first pulls in those who are moderately aligned. The vortex reaches a critical mass that pulls in the mildly aligned, and under the right circumstances, pulls in otherwise reluctant participants who fear non-participation will make them stand out as conspicuously as the original Solitary Dancer.

This is what is playing out in Minnesota. The vortex is going after the reluctant participants. This is new. The Summer of Floyd lacked this component. How this gets dealt with determines our future, IMO...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 20, 2026 11:31 AM (nbLIj)

93 Meet Miss Greenland
mild nsfw

https://shorturl.at/ynJnG

Posted by: Don Black at January 20, 2026 11:31 AM (ZxPkt)

94 The left is willing to sacrifice for their cause. The right acts like they have no cause and certainly haven't shown any willingness to sacrifice.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 20, 2026 11:30 AM (g8Ew

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That's because the "right" is not a thing. It is an actual diversity of interests.

Posted by: Axeman at January 20, 2026 11:32 AM (krQz2)

95 I’m on board with Schlichter if what he says is accurate, ie it’s a small group of imbeciles but they’re getting outsized coverage. The left wants you to believe it’s the entire city rising up against fAsCiSm. But is it really just 500 Antifa goons out of millions of people?

I honestly don’t k own the answer to that. Nobody seems to ever answer that question.

Posted by: Really?? at January 20, 2026 11:32 AM (d4dD2)

96 Yup. I made chili yesterday and I got a complaint from the peanut gallery that it was too spicy.

[ ForrestGumpMeme ]
"And jus' lahk that, it's a food thread."
[ /ForrestGumpMeme ]

Posted by: Oddbob at January 20, 2026 11:32 AM (Fs0KI)

97 Until the American people unequivocally demand a robust response to these violent protests, they will continue. Until we see the American people take a much more active role in the fight against leftist violence, it will continue.
_____

The American people have No Standing!
-Foreign born Judge

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 20, 2026 11:32 AM (Dv3i1)

98 Kurt Schlichter has thoughts. I go back and forth, not because I'm a RINO but because I'm interested in having the biggest impact.

https://is.gd/XXO9MC
Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 11:16 AM (Riz8t)
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As I said repeatedly, I am with KS on this. Despite the endless media hype (including from our side), the reality is there are a few dozen assholes in MN that are causing all the trouble. There are more media types and wannabe influencers at these riots than actual rioters. This is nowhere near the Saint Floyd Riots.

Meanwhile, ICE is still in MN and actually increased its presence and enforcement action. We are winning. Stay the course.

I do think we can take more aggressive action against soy-fag interlopers like Don LeHomo and that filthy, smelly retro-hippy sasquatch who stormed the church with him. But that's not IA shit.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 20, 2026 11:33 AM (iFTx/)

99 There are proto-cons with that view.

Problem is, there is no control universe.
Posted by: Axeman at January 20, 2026 11:31 AM (krQz2)

My guess is slavery would have faded away by about 1880 anyway. It was rapidly becoming economically untenable.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 20, 2026 11:33 AM (8zz6B)

100 19-year-old Canadian woman found dead on a K'Gari island beach surrounded by a pack of dingoes.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 20, 2026 11:29 AM (2GVsD)

Did they eat the baby?
- Elaine

Posted by: Really?? at January 20, 2026 11:33 AM (d4dD2)

101 I made chili yesterday and I got a complaint from the peanut gallery that it was too spicy.

I'm sure there's cheese somewhere in Chez Dildo.

Posted by: DaveA at January 20, 2026 11:33 AM (FhXTo)

102 The ‘Right’ are a group of cats trying to be herded.

Individualism is our greatest trait and our worst political trait.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 20, 2026 11:34 AM (KDPiq)

103 My guess is slavery would have faded away by about 1880 anyway. It was rapidly becoming economically untenable.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

I agree. Too bad assholes on both sides had to cause a war over it.

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 11:34 AM (77rzZ)

104 As I said repeatedly, I am with KS on this. Despite the endless media hype (including from our side), the reality is there are a few dozen assholes in MN that are causing all the trouble. There are more media types and wannabe influencers at these riots than actual rioters. This is nowhere near the Saint Floyd Riots.

Meanwhile, ICE is still in MN and actually increased its presence and enforcement action. We are winning. Stay the course.

I do think we can take more aggressive action against soy-fag interlopers like Don LeHomo and that filthy, smelly retro-hippy sasquatch who stormed the church with him. But that's not IA shit.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 20, 2026 11:33 AM (iFTx/)

What Kurt misses, and a LOT of people on the so-called right miss, is that we are not talking about a few misfits on the streets.

The problem is a rather large number of politicians and oligarchs who are driving this bus.

People like Kurt think you can use the existing institutions to fix problems, when the very institutions ARE the problem.

So be it. Let's do lawfare, and see what that gets us.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 20, 2026 11:35 AM (dGCAG)

105 @83

>> You mean slavery would have stopped in 1860 without the Civil War?

No, but slavery was being more and more constrained and would have ended in due course, the due course would have more than likely taken a couple of more decades, so roughly 1890s.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 20, 2026 11:36 AM (7Gik6)

106 I mean, there is a case that Trump 2020 was right. He's in control of the federal government and can't simply pre-empt governor decisions.

This is also how he acted during the shamdemic. He was the lead concierge. He was there to serve governors as to how to defeat the shamdemic.

However, in 2026 there is a case for "not this shit again!"

The Constitution is not a suicide pact and the President can declare an insurrection.

Posted by: Axeman at January 20, 2026 11:36 AM (krQz2)

107 Individualism is our greatest trait and our worst political trait.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 20, 2026 11:34 AM (KDPiq)

Yep.

In an ideal world we’d organize to keep our individual freedoms. But our individual nature is an anathema to organized anything.

Posted by: Really?? at January 20, 2026 11:36 AM (d4dD2)

108 I made chili yesterday and I got a complaint from the peanut gallery that it was too spicy.
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There probably wasn't enough carrots in it.

/went there I did

Posted by: Crusader at January 20, 2026 11:36 AM (TN0g+)

109 The Left is exploding away from the Center beyond the speed of light. Even beyond ludicrous speed, they've gone into plaid. I don't see how the fabric of our society doesn't ultimately shred itself apart completely.

Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at January 20, 2026 11:36 AM (V362x)

110 103 My guess is slavery would have faded away by about 1880 anyway. It was rapidly becoming economically untenable.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Brazil didn’t do away with it until 1887 for a guide post.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 20, 2026 11:37 AM (KDPiq)

111 I’m on board with Schlichter if what he says is accurate, ie it’s a small group of imbeciles but they’re getting outsized coverage. The left wants you to believe it’s the entire city rising up against fAsCiSm. But is it really just 500 Antifa goons out of millions of people?

I honestly don’t k own the answer to that. Nobody seems to ever answer that question.
Posted by: Really?? at January 20, 2026 11:32 AM (d4dD2)
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More like 50 antifag goons. Look at the video of the riots. It's a few dozen assholes and swarms of media types and wannabe influencers. When something happens, you often can't get a good look because the media losers are all crowded around it. Like 50 reporters standing around Punxsutawney Phil's hole. Pics of the aftermath are usually of the same car or location shot from multiple angles.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 20, 2026 11:37 AM (iFTx/)

112 I know that when I was a kid and scared there might be a monster in the closet, I would spontaneously stride to the closet and throw open the door and blow a whistle in its face and scream "Get the fuck out!".

That's how people act when "terrorized".

Words don't mean what Democrats want them to mean.

Posted by: Axeman at January 20, 2026 11:38 AM (krQz2)

113 I'm sure there's cheese somewhere in Chez Dildo.

Posted by: DaveA at January 20, 2026 11:33 AM (FhXTo)

Yes, and it is going into the cornbread...along with the bacon.

If it's too spicy, put sour cream in it!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 20, 2026 11:38 AM (n9ltV)

114 I guess the Market isn't too happy with Trump's new tariff threat ?

Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 11:38 AM (VE6XX)

115 Haul in every person you can, and smack them with the most serious available charge. Overwhelm the legal funds. Give these motherfuckers a disincentive to answer the phone when the NGO is calling around looking to put meat on the street.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 20, 2026 11:38 AM (BI5O2)

116 The Dems would like nothing more than Trump invoking the Insurrection Act. THAT would motivate their base more than anything for the elections. In reality these incidents are relatively few and localized compared to the number of operations. ICE should just stay the course and respond aggressively to provocation, with or without local police. The agitators will eventually get bored and stay home or be in jail.

Posted by: Ripley at January 20, 2026 11:39 AM (GUOwU)

117 Adam Carolla talked about slavery and how it would eventually go away. Because there’s no other way it could have gone. Like let’s say the civil war didn’t happen. Would we have slavery in 2026? No it’s crazy to think that. At some point it would have gone away through societal and economic pressure on southern states. Would it have been 1865? 1890? 1905? Who knows. But it would have happened eventually.

Posted by: Really?? at January 20, 2026 11:39 AM (d4dD2)

118 Nothing will happen.

Also:

Noem announces the arrest of over 10,000 illegal migrants in Minneapolis

https://is.gd/SM2HLI

Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 11:39 AM (Riz8t)

119 If it's too spicy, put sour cream in it!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 20, 2026 11:38 AM (n9ltV)

When I make chili I always put cheese and sour cream on top... I add lime jest to the cream cheese..

Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 11:39 AM (VE6XX)

120 @110

>> Brazil didn’t do away with it until 1887 for a guide post.

Brazil also had 20x the number of slaves, in fact most of the slaves that came west in the TAST, went to Brazil.

Very few slaves actually came to the lands that would eventually become the US.

Very important to note, slavery is not a US construct.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 20, 2026 11:39 AM (7Gik6)

121 I guess the Market isn't too happy with Trump's new tariff threat ?

Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 11:38 AM (VE6XX)

The market is up almost 10% in six months. This isn't surprising.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 20, 2026 11:40 AM (n9ltV)

122 /went there I did
Posted by: Crusader at January 20, 2026 11:36 AM (TN0g+)
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We long bow people never put carrots in chili--unless you can call pasta y fagioli "Italian chili". That's for crossbow people.

Posted by: Axeman at January 20, 2026 11:40 AM (krQz2)

123 When I make chili I always put cheese and sour cream on top... I add lime jest to the cream cheese..
Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 11:39 AM (VE6XX)

That's sour cream not cream cheese

Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 11:40 AM (VE6XX)

124 That's because the "right" is not a thing. It is an actual diversity of interests.
Posted by: Axeman at January 20, 2026 11:32 AM (krQz2)

And the left isn't? You need to watch some YouTube videos of these protest/riots. Every leftist cause is represented.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 20, 2026 11:41 AM (g8Ew8)

125 Adam Carolla talked about slavery and how it would eventually go away. Because there’s no other way it could have gone. Like let’s say the civil war didn’t happen. Would we have slavery in 2026? No it’s crazy to think that. At some point it would have gone away through societal and economic pressure on southern states. Would it have been 1865? 1890? 1905? Who knows. But it would have happened eventually.
Posted by: Really?? at January 20, 2026 11:39 AM (d4dD2)

We DO have slavery in 2026. There are more slaves on the planet now than at any previous point in history.

And while it's not legal here in the U.S. of A., there's still plenty of it.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 20, 2026 11:41 AM (dGCAG)

126 Very important to note, slavery is not a US construct.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

You don't know what you are talking about. I'm living the life of a slave today!
-Michelle Obama

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 20, 2026 11:41 AM (Dv3i1)

127 My guess is slavery would have faded away by about 1880 anyway. It was rapidly becoming economically untenable.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

I agree. Too bad assholes on both sides had to cause a war over it.
Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 11:34 AM (77rzZ)
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Tough to tell. My thinking is that slavery would have faded out eventually, but that could have taken decades. Slavery was on its way out a few times earlier, but events happened that made it viable again (invention of cotton gin).

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 20, 2026 11:41 AM (iFTx/)

128 So be it. Let's do lawfare, and see what that gets us.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 20, 2026 11:35 AM (dGCAG)

Do the lawfare, for sure. You have to be seen making a lawful response to these provocations. But at the same time, some strategically engineered disappearances of certain evildoers would be a worthy activity. The Aero Pinochet solution. Make it look like the subjects abruptly packed up and left for a non-extradition country.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 20, 2026 11:41 AM (8zz6B)

129 My guess is slavery would have faded away by about 1880 anyway. It was rapidly becoming economically untenable.

Maybe? The industrial revolution was certainly coming to the plantations and tractors are cheaper than humans in the long run. But you (the plantation owner) have to have a pretty good financial cushion to be able to see the long run and human stoop labor remains a thing even on some farms today. Hence the (perceived) "need" for cheap immigrant labor.

Posted by: Oddbob at January 20, 2026 11:41 AM (Fs0KI)

130 The market is up almost 10% in six months. This isn't surprising.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 20, 2026 11:40 AM (n9ltV)

I expected it...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 11:41 AM (VE6XX)

131 Very few slaves actually came to the lands that would eventually become the US.

Very important to note, slavery is not a US construct.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 20, 2026 11:39 AM (7Gik6)
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Yes. ~90% of the slaves crossing the Atlantic went to South America.

Something progs don't want to tell you.

Posted by: Axeman at January 20, 2026 11:41 AM (krQz2)

132 The Archbishop of the "Military" diocese declared that soldiers should defy Trump over Greenland. That pedo shielding Leo is pure woke.

Posted by: night lifted at January 20, 2026 11:41 AM (kJmLc)

133 > People like Kurt think you can use the existing institutions to fix problems, when the very institutions ARE the problem.

So be it. Let's do lawfare, and see what that gets us.
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Probably gets us nowhere. If the judiciary really is one of the, or the problem then we're screwed trying to use a fucked-up, broken and corrupt system to do any sort of lawfare. At least in the short run.

Dealing with the judicial coup should have been Trump's number 1 priority. Letting it become the constitutional crisis everyone bitched about last year seems pretty quaint. Seeing as how that's exactly what it is.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 20, 2026 11:42 AM (U2OZr)

134 Very important to note, slavery is not a US construct.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 20, 2026 11:39 AM (7Gik6)

Liar!!!
- every American high school history book

Posted by: Really?? at January 20, 2026 11:42 AM (d4dD2)

135 Boasberg is potentially in a funny jam now. From the Empress:

alexandriabrown
@alexthechick
·
2h
So help me if the Left gets the FACE Act found unconstitutional, I am going to laugh myself sick.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 20, 2026 11:42 AM (2ocoG)

136 Posted by: Really?? at January 20, 2026 11:39 AM (d4dD2)

Of course everything eventually changes if you wait long enough.

Not uncommon 13 year old girls getting married in the 1800’s also changed.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 20, 2026 11:42 AM (KDPiq)

137 Adam Carolla talked about slavery and how it would eventually go away.

Posted by: Really?? at January 20, 2026 11:39 AM (d4dD2)

Thomas Sowell wrote about it a long time ago, and made the damning point that slavery is economically unrealistic, especially in a growing, increasingly manufacturing-based economy.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 20, 2026 11:42 AM (n9ltV)

138 Yeah, I think 1890s is fair... I don't think it could have survived until the 20th. It was already getting cheaper to use sharecroppers, and there was more of them than slaves, and not to mention it put restless, directionless poor people and squatters to work instead of brigandage and potential rebellion.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 20, 2026 11:42 AM (BI5O2)

139 >>>>>>>
Individualism is our greatest trait and our worst political trait.
********
We might not be likely to put up with an invasion of one of our own churches by the Lemonites, but we probably would never get together, fix bayonets, and charge from our red homeground into Minneapolis either.

Posted by: Cosda at January 20, 2026 11:43 AM (sEx9i)

140 I don't think ICE agents were following the assholes to their homes. Instead, they were IDing them by their plates, the plates of the assholes that are doing the stalk-by-vehicle thing or the obstruct-by-vehicle other thing.

Hey, here's Ellie Lindquist, age 58, she's on camera here in her 2017 Subaru Outback, doing a blocking maneuver with the car, at 11:03 a.m. in the 1400 block of Judson. Here is where she lives. Lets go!

Posted by: M. Gaga at January 20, 2026 11:43 AM (KiBMU)

141 The FACE Act likely wouldn't survive proper judicial scrutiny--the 1st Amendment already provides the right to peaceful assembly and protest (at both churches and abortion clinics) but does NOT allow assembly or protest to spill inside and disrupt operations.

Posted by: Crusader at January 20, 2026 11:44 AM (TN0g+)

142 Thomas Sowell wrote about it a long time ago, and made the damning point that slavery is economically unrealistic, especially in a growing, increasingly manufacturing-based economy.

The Soviets didn't get rid of slavery, aka gulags, until the 1970s.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 11:44 AM (Riz8t)

143 Very few slaves actually came to the lands that would eventually become the US.

Very important to note, slavery is not a US construct.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 20, 2026 11:39 AM (7Gik6)
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Yes. ~90% of the slaves crossing the Atlantic went to South America.

Something progs don't want to tell you.
Posted by: Axeman at January 20, 2026 11:41 AM (krQz2)

Importation of slaves was outlawed in the US in 1808 before Britain outlawed it . ( just by a few months but still)

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 20, 2026 11:45 AM (KDPiq)

144 I don't think ICE agents were following the assholes to their homes. Instead, they were IDing them by their plates, the plates of the assholes that are doing the stalk-by-vehicle thing or the obstruct-by-vehicle other thing.

According to the assholes, that's exactly what they're doing.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 11:45 AM (Riz8t)

145 Water Cannons Matter!

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at January 20, 2026 11:45 AM (jrgJz)

146 So Michelle Obama sys not to buy clothes from white owned companies ? So she's going with Chinese

Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 11:45 AM (VE6XX)

147 Excellent, CBD. Thank you.

I don't see things becoming calmer. The idle mind. Holding ground while beating back competition.

We're a service economy.
Statista: Distribution of the workforce across economic sectors in the United States 2023, Published by D. Clark, Nov 28, 2025
The statistic shows the distribution of the workforce across economic sectors in the United States from 2013 to 2023. In 2023, 1.57 percent of the workforce in the US was employed in agriculture, 19.34 percent in industry and 79.09 percent in services. See U.S. GDP per capita for more information.

And, "experiences" have become a big part of services.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 20, 2026 11:46 AM (NFX2v)

148 The Soviets didn't get rid of slavery, aka gulags, until the 1970s.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 11:44 AM (Riz8t)

QED.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 20, 2026 11:46 AM (n9ltV)

149 I don't think ICE agents were following the assholes to their homes. Instead, they were IDing them by their plates, the plates of the assholes that are doing the stalk-by-vehicle thing or the obstruct-by-vehicle other thing.

LEOs are perfectly within their rights to follow to their home, though. One of the funnier features of police chase videos is when a suspect drives to their house, gets out of their car, and is shocked when a K-9 and a taser close on them at high speed. They seriously think if you make it home you're safe.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 20, 2026 11:46 AM (2ocoG)

150 142 Thomas Sowell wrote about it a long time ago, and made the damning point that slavery is economically unrealistic, especially in a growing, increasingly manufacturing-based economy.

The Soviets didn't get rid of slavery, aka gulags, until the 1970s.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 11:44 AM (Riz8t)
Yeah, but communism is the 'good' kind of slavery.

Posted by: Eromero at January 20, 2026 11:46 AM (LHPAg)

151 I don't think ICE agents were following the assholes to their homes. Instead, they were IDing them by their plates, the plates of the assholes that are doing the stalk-by-vehicle thing or the obstruct-by-vehicle other thing.

According to the assholes, that's exactly what they're doing.

In a hilarious twist of "The Hunter Becomes the Hunted," reports are surfacing that ICE agents in Minneapolis have found a genius way to deal with the radical "whistle armies" following their vehicles. According to a real 911 call placed on Friday, January 16, 2026, the very people trying to harass federal agents are now panicking because those agents are reportedly leading the agitators right back to their own front doors.

https://x.com/Real_Ames/status/2013257536414085405

Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 11:46 AM (Riz8t)

152 Not uncommon 13 year old girls getting married in the 1800’s also changed.
Posted by: Opinion fact

I saw these marriages live on TV at the time! I watched it with my dad, who said 'Love is Love, Joey'. I've lived my life that way ever since. True story, jack!
-Joe Biden

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 20, 2026 11:46 AM (Dv3i1)

153 Danish politician Anders Vistisen unleashed a foul-mouthed tirade at President Trump at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland on Tuesday in protest over his plan to take over Greenland.

'Let me put this in words you might understand: Mr. President, f*** off,' he said at the WEP podium before being reprimanded by officials for violating 'clear rules' about using curse words.

'It is unacceptable, even if you might have strong political feelings,' the official declared.

Posted by: one hour sober at January 20, 2026 11:46 AM (Y1sOo)

154 89 From what I've seen, the right will step aside and let the left destroy everything. The left is willing to sacrifice for their cause. The right acts like they have no cause and certainly haven't shown any willingness to sacrifice.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 20, 2026 11:30 AM (g8Ew

"My job is important. Why aren't any less useful people stepping up to die in my place? They have nothing to lose!"

Posted by: XTC at January 20, 2026 11:46 AM (6Uni8)

155 According to the assholes, that's exactly what they're doing.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 11:45 AM (Riz8t)

Good...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 11:46 AM (VE6XX)

156 Probably gets us nowhere. If the judiciary really is one of the, or the problem then we're screwed trying to use a fucked-up, broken and corrupt system to do any sort of lawfare. At least in the short run.

Dealing with the judicial coup should have been Trump's number 1 priority. Letting it become the constitutional crisis everyone bitched about last year seems pretty quaint. Seeing as how that's exactly what it is.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 20, 2026 11:42 AM (U2OZr)

I think one of the strategies the enemies of the people decided to employ, once Trump was in office, was to see if they could slow walk the courts, and wait it out until they were back in power.

No doubt we are racing to a finish line here, and there might be less than a year left before the tape is broken.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 20, 2026 11:47 AM (dGCAG)

157 Hey, here's Ellie Lindquist, age 58, she's on camera here in her 2017 Subaru Outback,

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A 10 year old Subaru? lol. That might as well be standard issue for every left wing freak. Stereotypes exist for a reason. 🤣

Posted by: Really?? at January 20, 2026 11:47 AM (d4dD2)

158 Thomas Sowell wrote about it a long time ago, and made the damning point that slavery is economically unrealistic, especially in a growing, increasingly manufacturing-based economy.

The Soviets didn't get rid of slavery, aka gulags, until the 1970s.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 11:44 AM (Riz8t)
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Ask the Uighurs in China if slavery still exists today. While I think it nice to think that slavery would have faded out over time, the reality is slavery (and violence) is one of the few things that has existed since the dawn of man and at all times since. It's Natural Order of Things shit.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 20, 2026 11:47 AM (iFTx/)

159 Thomas Sowell wrote about it a long time ago, and made the damning point that slavery is economically unrealistic, especially in a growing, increasingly manufacturing-based economy.

The Soviets didn't get rid of slavery, aka gulags, until the 1970s.

What are we, chopped liver?

Posted by: Uyghurs at January 20, 2026 11:47 AM (Riz8t)

160 "beta males"
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Posted by: Aliassmithsmith... the anal behind anal sex at January 20, 2026 11:47 AM (4CSyg)

161 153 Danish politician Anders Vistisen unleashed a foul-mouthed tirade at President Trump at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland on Tuesday in protest over his plan to take over Greenland.

'Let me put this in words you might understand: Mr. President, f*** off,' he said at the WEP podium before being reprimanded by officials for violating 'clear rules' about using curse words.

'It is unacceptable, even if you might have strong political feelings,' the official declared.
Posted by: one hour sober at January 20, 2026 11:46 AM (Y1sOo)

I knew it was gonna be lit...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 11:47 AM (VE6XX)

162 122 We long bow people never put carrots in chili--unless you can call pasta y fagioli "Italian chili". That's for crossbow people.

can it really be called chili if there's no maple syrup in it?

Posted by: anachronda at January 20, 2026 11:48 AM (PgAuM)

163 Ohhhhh. So NOW leftists are opposed to doxxing.
Interesting.

Posted by: Really?? at January 20, 2026 11:48 AM (d4dD2)

164 150 142 Thomas Sowell wrote about it a long time ago, and made the damning point that slavery is economically unrealistic, especially in a growing, increasingly manufacturing-based economy.

The Soviets didn't get rid of slavery, aka gulags, until the 1970s.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 11:44 AM (Riz8t)
Yeah, but communism is the 'good' kind of slavery.

Posted by: Eromero at January 20, 2026 11:46 AM (LHPAg)

And Gulags are one of the things young lefties love the MOST about communism.

Posted by: XTC at January 20, 2026 11:48 AM (6Uni8)

165 Water Cannons Matter!
Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at January 20, 2026 11:45 AM (jrgJz)

It's January in Minnesota.

This should have been the first tool used.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 20, 2026 11:49 AM (dGCAG)

166 That's because the "right" is not a thing. It is an actual diversity of interests.
Posted by: Axeman at January 20, 2026 11:32 AM (krQz2)

And the left isn't? You need to watch some YouTube videos of these protest/riots. Every leftist cause is represented.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 20, 2026 11:41 AM (g8Ew

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Did I say that was a differentiator of the "right"?

In most cases, the "left" defines Marxists and Marx-like advocates. The "right" is everybody that does not want to go all the way to the end of one of those narratives, or advance to the "next step".

Interesting thing is that fascists at least want to go to the next step: the "Dictatorship of the Proletariat". But its different in their version; the goal of the state is not to whip people into shape until they're ready to live in communes forever, but simply serve out the needs of the nation. The fascist state is simply supposed to be the DotP as the *end* state of "progress".

They are "right" because they would not put the state to the purpose of the "6th and final stage of history".

Posted by: Axeman at January 20, 2026 11:49 AM (krQz2)

167 The market is up almost 10% in six months. This isn't surprising.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 20, 2026 11:40 AM (n9ltV)

I expected it...
Posted by: It's me donna

Surprised me.
- Thousand Millimeter Reich

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at January 20, 2026 11:49 AM (OP19T)

168
Mister we could use a man like bug-eyed John Brown again....

Who could imagine that they would freak out somewhere
in Kansas? . . .

Posted by: It can't happen here at January 20, 2026 11:49 AM (pkeXY)

169 Slavery in the US would have gone away on its own.

In other parts of the uncivilized world it will be there for eternity.

Posted by: Really?? at January 20, 2026 11:49 AM (d4dD2)

170 Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at January 20, 2026 11:47 AM (4CSyg)

Hey, you! Fuck off!

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 20, 2026 11:50 AM (g8Ew8)

171 Danish politician Anders Vistisen unleashed a foul-mouthed tirade at President Trump at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland on Tuesday in protest over his plan to take over Greenland.

'Let me put this in words you might understand: Mr. President, f*** off,' he said at the WEP podium before being reprimanded by officials for violating 'clear rules' about using curse words.

'It is unacceptable, even if you might have strong political feelings,' the official declared.
Posted by: one hour sober at January 20, 2026 11:46 AM (Y1sOo)

I expect the average Dane on the street would welcome the loss of Greenland. It is a net drain on the Danish economy.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 20, 2026 11:50 AM (8zz6B)

172 We long bow people never put carrots in chili--unless you can call pasta y fagioli "Italian chili". That's for crossbow people.

can it really be called chili if there's no maple syrup in it?

Posted by: anachronda at January 20, 2026 11:48 AM (PgAuM)
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So that it can top French toast?

Posted by: Axeman at January 20, 2026 11:50 AM (krQz2)

173 I'm still looking forward to a normal person out there deciding that jail isn't really a deterrent and start handling rioters.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 20, 2026 11:50 AM (BpO1e)

174 And the left isn't? You need to watch some YouTube videos of these protest/riots. Every leftist cause is represented.

Because the real cause underlying all of those things is Marxism. They are single-cause in a very real way, everything else is just window dressing. Things are much more chaotic among libertarians and conservatives.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 20, 2026 11:51 AM (2ocoG)

175 Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at January 20, 2026 11:47 AM (4CSyg)

Though the number of blowjobs given by you have risen exponentially

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 20, 2026 11:51 AM (KDPiq)

176 There are proto-cons with that view.

Problem is, there is no control universe.
Posted by: Axeman at January 20, 2026 11:31 AM (krQz2)

My guess is slavery would have faded away by about 1880 anyway. It was rapidly becoming economically untenable.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 20, 2026 11:33 AM (8zz6B)

They economics of slavery had already disappeared by 1860. The reason the south wanted slavery expanded to the territories is because at that time the most valuable things about a slave was his (and her) ability to make more slaves. The south needed an outlet for these "new" slaves to keep it economically viable.

...

Yes, breeding humans is particularly disgusting. There were individuals on the South side that were good people, but the South's cause was seriously evil. (And sadly, actual concerns about the extent of federal power were swallowed up in the evils of slavery.)

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at January 20, 2026 11:51 AM (zjgNU)

177 Always said civilization was a thin and brittle veneer

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at January 20, 2026 11:51 AM (wBaIH)

178 2025 s&p500 return was in the top 25% of years post WW2. It was a hell of a good year.

2026 started off very strong as well. But now a day down 1% down day is hair on fire time.

This stuff is comical.

Posted by: Really?? at January 20, 2026 11:52 AM (d4dD2)

179 165 Water Cannons Matter!
Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot

1789: Let them eat cake!

2026: Let them eat flamethrowers!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at January 20, 2026 11:52 AM (OP19T)

180 Ask the Uighurs in China if slavery still exists today. While I think it nice to think that slavery would have faded out over time, the reality is slavery (and violence) is one of the few things that has existed since the dawn of man and at all times since. It's Natural Order of Things shit.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 20, 2026 11:47 AM (iFTx/)

I'm old enough to remember when young girls were being flown to an island, and made to have sex with the rich and powerful.

See also: Drugs pumped into the cities, and people who will do ANYTHING to get their fixes.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 20, 2026 11:52 AM (dGCAG)

181 I'm still looking forward to a normal person out there deciding that jail isn't really a deterrent and start handling rioters.
Posted by: NR Pax at January 20, 2026 11:50 AM (BpO1

You must have missed the guy who laid out about a half dozen protestors. Granted the protestors didn’t learn anything from it.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 20, 2026 11:52 AM (KDPiq)

182 There's often a method to Trump's madness even if not evident. He's up to several things with "Greenland"

Trump & Co recently released a report on US global strategic priorities:
1. Fortress Americas with a latter-day Monroe Doctrine
2. The Far East. We'll try to get China to play nice, but if not see #1
3. Europe. Has lost its way. If they don't find their way back, it's on them. See #1
4. Africa. Benign neglect. See #1

"Greenland" is clearly part of #1.

But it's also #3. Denmark has sovereignty over Greenland only in a nominal way for historic reasons now obscure. You'd think our NATO allies would appreciate our strategic interest and play along. But no.
By sending a token resistance force our NATO allies are proving that the Alliance is long past its expiration.

We should offer Greenlanders the same deal we give Puerto Ricans.
And give every adult a free Polaris snowmobile.
Trump knows how to close a deal.

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 20, 2026 11:52 AM (YrLFn)

183 166 Did I say that was a differentiator of the "right"?

In most cases, the "left" defines Marxists and Marx-like advocates. The "right" is everybody that does not want to go all the way to the end of one of those narratives, or advance to the "next step".

Interesting thing is that fascists at least want to go to the next step: the "Dictatorship of the Proletariat". But its different in their version; the goal of the state is not to whip people into shape until they're ready to live in communes forever, but simply serve out the needs of the nation. The fascist state is simply supposed to be the DotP as the *end* state of "progress".

They are "right" because they would not put the state to the purpose of the "6th and final stage of history".

Posted by: Axeman at January 20, 2026 11:49 AM (krQz2)

The Left protects the absolute worst of their worst because they are still useful as human shields keeping you from getting at the rest of them.

We've got principles, on the other hand.

Posted by: XTC at January 20, 2026 11:53 AM (6Uni8)

184 171
I expect the average Dane on the street would welcome the loss of Greenland. It is a net drain on the Danish economy.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 20, 2026 11:50 AM (8zz6B)

Native residents of Greenland would probably celebrate being done with Denmark. The Danes were not kind to those people at all.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 20, 2026 11:53 AM (N39Ws)

185 Yes, breeding humans is particularly disgusting. There were individuals on the South side that were good people, but the South's cause was seriously evil. (And sadly, actual concerns about the extent of federal power were swallowed up in the evils of slavery.)

I've always liked this US Grant quote:
“I felt like anything rather than rejoicing at the downfall of a foe who had fought so long and valiantly, and had suffered so much for a cause, though that cause was, I believe, one of the worst for which a people ever fought, and one for which there was the least excuse.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 11:54 AM (Riz8t)

186 >>>So Michelle Obama sys not to buy clothes from white owned companies ? So she's going with Chinese

Posted by: It's me donna

>It never occurred to me that the Big And Tall (and fat and ugly) stores were stocked with Chinese goods.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 20, 2026 11:54 AM (oT7pT)

187 Just a point of order.

Although it is common in English to make "gulag" a common noun and to pluralize it, in Russian it is an acronym, GULAG, standing for "Glávnoye upravléniye ispravítel'no-trudovýkh lageréy" or "Main Directorate of Correctional Labor Camps"), and was the name for the entire labor-camp system. So, not a common noun, and not capable of being pluralized.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 11:54 AM (77rzZ)

188 Boasberg is potentially in a funny jam now. From the Empress:

alexandriabrown
@alexthechick
·
2h
So help me if the Left gets the FACE Act found unconstitutional, I am going to laugh myself sick.
Posted by: Ian S.

Karma works in mysterious ways.

A black man.
Arrested for breaking a KKK law.
On MLK day.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 20, 2026 11:54 AM (0x0rk)

189 Danish politician Anders Vistisen unleashed a foul-mouthed tirade at President Trump at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland on Tuesday in protest over his plan to take over Greenland.

'Let me put this in words you might understand: Mr. President, f*** off,' he said at the WEP podium before being reprimanded by officials for violating 'clear rules' about using curse words.

'It is unacceptable, even if you might have strong political feelings,' the official declared.
Posted by: one hour sober at January 20, 2026 11:46 AM (Y1sOo)

I expect the average Dane on the street would welcome the loss of Greenland. It is a net drain on the Danish economy.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 20, 2026 11:50 AM (8zz6B)
________

90% of Danes can't locate GL on a map. 75% didn't even know their country "owned" it. Probably 50% of Danes never even heard of GL before.

Denmark would love to unload GL and its flocks of parasite squatters. If someone like Obama was president and wanted GL, the deal would already be done. But nobody will ever give Trump the satisfaction of a major territorial expansion.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 20, 2026 11:55 AM (iFTx/)

190 Of course everything eventually changes if you wait long enough.

Not uncommon 13 year old girls getting married in the 1800’s also changed.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 20, 2026 11:42 AM (KDPiq)

You mean when women were chattel?

Posted by: night lifted at January 20, 2026 11:55 AM (kJmLc)

191 Our SIL was in heaven last night. He is an IU grad, and he, our daughter, and two of the three kids were glued to the TV watching that tense championship game.

That call, I'm sure it was run in by coach, to run it on 4th from the 12 yard line, to try to boost the 3 point lead, was a risky one, and Fernando Mendoza's run, particularly the dive over the goal line and how he had the ball extended out and then when falling, tucked it back in tight when he saw where he was on the line, was one for the ages.

That it happened in Miami, where all four of his grandparents had come to escape the Cuban revolution, was the icing on the cake.

Posted by: M. Gaga at January 20, 2026 11:55 AM (KiBMU)

192 >It never occurred to me that the Big And Tall (and fat and ugly) stores were stocked with Chinese goods.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

The Yao Ming Department Store.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 20, 2026 11:55 AM (0x0rk)

193 Slavery would have faded out in the US because it was already fading out and was constrained largely to a region in one specific economic sector.

The question is only when it would have faded out completely not if.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 20, 2026 11:55 AM (a1sX2)

194 And Gulags are one of the things young lefties love the MOST about communism.
Posted by: XTC at January 20, 2026 11:48 AM (6Uni

And executing people who wear glasses.

Posted by: Eromero at January 20, 2026 11:55 AM (LHPAg)

195 You must have missed the guy who laid out about a half dozen protestors. Granted the protestors didn’t learn anything from it.
Posted by: Opinion fact

A good point. I'm still surprised he has not been arrested yet.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 20, 2026 11:55 AM (BpO1e)

196 13 how's the situation?

improving?
Posted by: AltonJackson

Still in the hospital. They kept me overnight for observation since I didn't physically see the stone pass. No pain though since yesterday morning around 8:00am. Just waiting on discharge.

Thank you for asking.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 20, 2026 11:05 AM (0x0rk)

Yay!

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 11:55 AM (SSiCQ)

197 What did your average jihadi think after seeing clips of the church storming? Anything come to mind?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 20, 2026 11:55 AM (mlg/3)

198 Protesters form human blockade outside ICE office in Center City Philadelphia
6abc Digital, Tuesday, January 20, 2026 10:58AM

"About 30 protestors. "The group of roughly 30 protesters says they will refuse to leave until they are arrested or forcibly moved." Ha.

Middle aged White martyrs. It's 20 degrees & very windy.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 20, 2026 11:56 AM (NFX2v)

199 Who could imagine that they would freak out somewhere
in Kansas? . . .
Posted by: It can't happen here at January 20, 2026 11:49 AM (pkeXY)

The story of Kansas is a fun one.

Hey, let's give two groups of rabid fanatics a few years to decide whether the place has slaves or not. Go settle the land, you kids, and then we'll have a vote!

Say, what's that popping sound?

Posted by: BurtTC at January 20, 2026 11:56 AM (dGCAG)

200 >It never occurred to me that the Big And Tall (and fat and ugly) stores were stocked with Chinese goods.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 20, 2026 11:54 AM (oT7pT)

Every store is chocked full of outsourced Chinese shit.

Posted by: night lifted at January 20, 2026 11:56 AM (kJmLc)

201 The Soviets didn't get rid of slavery, aka gulags, until the 1970s.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 11:44 AM (Riz8t)
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"Slavery" to the state will always be a possibility, in any age. It's a bit different from "chattel slavery", with buying and selling and "ownership" of personal slaves.

Even constitutional republics could from time to time find the need to levy its citizens.

Posted by: Axeman at January 20, 2026 11:57 AM (krQz2)

202 It never occurred to me that the Big And Tall (and fat and ugly) stores were stocked with Chinese goods.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

The Yao Ming Department Store.

Won Big Cao

Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 11:57 AM (Riz8t)

203 Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 11:54 AM (77rzZ)

Once acronyms gain currency in public use, they take on the attributes of nouns, and can indeed be pluralized. e.g.: AWFL

Language is not static, unless it's dead.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 20, 2026 11:57 AM (8zz6B)

204 Even constitutional republics could from time to time find the need to levy its citizens.
Posted by: Axeman at January 20, 2026 11:57 AM (krQz2)

The Draft

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 20, 2026 11:58 AM (KDPiq)

205 "Slavery" to the state will always be a possibility, in any age. It's a bit different from "chattel slavery", with buying and selling and "ownership" of personal slaves.

I doubt the slaves would appreciate the distinction.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 11:58 AM (Riz8t)

206 "About 30 protestors. "The group of roughly 30 protesters says they will refuse to leave until they are arrested or forcibly moved." Ha.

Middle aged White martyrs. It's 20 degrees & very windy.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 20, 2026 11:56 AM

This proposal is acceptable.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 20, 2026 11:58 AM (kgE5c)

207 A good point. I'm still surprised he has not been arrested yet.
Posted by: NR Pax

Before he swung once, megaphone boy touched him on the back of the neck with it. That's assault.

Everything after was covered.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 20, 2026 11:59 AM (0x0rk)

208 "About 30 protestors. "The group of roughly 30 protesters says they will refuse to leave until they are arrested or forcibly moved." Ha.

Middle aged White martyrs. It's 20 degrees & very windy.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 20, 2026 11:56 AM

This proposal is acceptable.

They should set up big Hollywood-type fans and misters in front of them.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 11:59 AM (Riz8t)

209 My guess is slavery would have faded away by about 1880 anyway. It was rapidly becoming economically untenable.

Maybe? The industrial revolution was certainly coming to the plantations and tractors are cheaper than humans in the long run. But you (the plantation owner) have to have a pretty good financial cushion to be able to see the long run and human stoop labor remains a thing even on some farms today. Hence the (perceived) "need" for cheap immigrant labor.

Posted by: Oddbob

"King Cotton", which drove those practices due to its difficulty to mechanically harvest, wasn't done in until the boll weevil infestation finished it off in the early 20th century. So it probably would have survived a while longer than those folks think.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at January 20, 2026 11:59 AM (OUMaO)

210 Those ICE protestards forget that saying what you want is not the same thing as saying what you want where you want.

We have laws on the wheres.

e.g. I can't just show up in your shower one morning, because it's my right to sing what I want.

Posted by: Axeman at January 20, 2026 12:00 PM (krQz2)

211 191
That call, I'm sure it was run in by coach, to run it on 4th from the 12 yard line, to try to boost the 3 point lead, was a risky one, and Fernando Mendoza's run, particularly the dive over the goal line and how he had the ball extended out and then when falling, tucked it back in tight when he saw where he was on the line, was one for the ages.

That it happened in Miami, where all four of his grandparents had come to escape the Cuban revolution, was the icing on the cake.
Posted by: M. Gaga at January 20, 2026 11:55 AM (KiBMU)

Even sweeter is that U of Miami declined to give Mendoza a scholarship when he applied. To have him come into their town and beat them, with his team having a perfect season - is poetic.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 20, 2026 12:00 PM (N39Ws)

212 No problems are too tough to solve if you got the balls to go medieval, and you don't stop until nobody is left to complain.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 20, 2026 12:00 PM (snZF9)

213 About 30 protestors. "The group of roughly 30 protesters says they will refuse to leave until they are arrested or forcibly moved." Ha.

Middle aged White martyrs. It's 20 degrees & very windy.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 20, 2026 11:56 AM

This proposal is acceptable.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Leave them be until they are frozen and decide to leave on their own. Then arrest them.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 20, 2026 12:00 PM (0x0rk)

214 They should set up big Hollywood-type fans and misters in front of them.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 11:59 AM (Riz8t)

Or play Lee Greenwood’s Proud to be an American on a loop over loud speakers.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 20, 2026 12:00 PM (KDPiq)

215 "King Cotton", which drove those practices due to its difficulty to mechanically harvest, wasn't done in until the boll weevil infestation finished it off in the early 20th century. So it probably would have survived a while longer than those folks think.

Also, when you're the slaves, your timeline probably doesn't countenance "let's wait and see if our economic rationale becomes nonviable".

Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 12:00 PM (Riz8t)

216 Before he swung once, megaphone boy touched him on the back of the neck with it. That's assault.

Blaring a loud noise in someone's ear and not stopping when asked falls under assault. But my point is this: MN cops are happy to ignore everything that's going on with the rioters and I'm surprised they didn't dogpile that man after the first punch was thrown.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 20, 2026 12:00 PM (BpO1e)

217 You must have missed the guy who laid out about a half dozen protestors. Granted the protestors didn’t learn anything from it.
Posted by: Opinion fact

A good point. I'm still surprised he has not been arrested yet.
Posted by: NR Pax at January 20, 2026 11:55 AM (BpO1e)

The fact that the Minneapolis cops aren't going anywhere near the protests by order of Jacob Frey is double-edged. (Also, reportedly, 100+ cops have applied for early retirement since this started).

Posted by: Ian S. at January 20, 2026 12:01 PM (2ocoG)

218 It never occurred to me that the Big And Tall (and fat and ugly) stores were stocked with Chinese goods.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

The Yao Ming Department Store.
-----

I was a big fan of Chalmers.

Posted by: Zombie John Candy at January 20, 2026 12:01 PM (TN0g+)

219 No problems are too tough to solve if you got the balls to go medieval, and you don't stop until nobody is left to complain.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

You read my playbook!

Posted by: rickb223 at January 20, 2026 12:01 PM (0x0rk)

220 198 Protesters form human blockade outside ICE office in Center City Philadelphia
6abc Digital, Tuesday, January 20, 2026 10:58AM

"About 30 protestors. "The group of roughly 30 protesters says they will refuse to leave until they are arrested or forcibly moved." Ha.

Middle aged White martyrs. It's 20 degrees & very windy.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 20, 2026 11:56 AM (NFX2v)

Call the Fire Department, have them send a truck over. It's cold out. Colder still when you are drenched in water. No force needed - except for the pressure of the water.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 20, 2026 12:01 PM (N39Ws)

221 > Ironic, given that their ancestors were renowned for raping and pillaging.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 20, 2026 11:07 AM (ExV1e)

Nah... the raping and pillaging Scandis went off andconquered new lands (England, Normandy... those boys even took over Sicily at one point) and never returned.

Their ancestors were the ones who were left behind.

See also: the French after Nappy killed all of their best and brightest in the Russia campaign.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 20, 2026 12:02 PM (IG3/x)

222 Once acronyms gain currency in public use, they take on the attributes of nouns, and can indeed be pluralized. e.g.: AWFL.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Except that "AWFL" is based on a common-noun phrase. And there are many AWFLs, unfortunately.

GULAG was the name of an institution, of which there was only one.

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 12:02 PM (77rzZ)

223 Or play Lee Greenwood’s Proud to be an American on a loop over loud speakers.

Given it's mostly AWFLs, Mister Paul Anka's "Having My Baby" would be hilarious.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 20, 2026 12:02 PM (2ocoG)

224 >>>>>About 30 protestors. "The group of roughly 30 protesters says they will refuse to leave until they are arrested or forcibly moved." Ha.

Middle aged White martyrs. It's 20 degrees & very windy.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 20, 2026 11:56 AM

This proposal is acceptable.

They should set up big Hollywood-type fans and misters in front of them.
******
It's Philly. They'll probably be mugged.

Posted by: Cosda at January 20, 2026 12:02 PM (sEx9i)

225 Also, when you're the slaves, your timeline probably doesn't countenance "let's wait and see if our economic rationale becomes nonviable".

Posted by: Archimedes

Heh. Kind of implied in my statement, but yeah, waiting it out basically writes off a couple of generations of human beings suffering under it.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at January 20, 2026 12:02 PM (OUMaO)

226 Rats. I spoke too soon.

The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office announced on December 30 that Mr X had been charged with fifth-degree assault.

Prosecutors alleged that Mr X “escalated a verbal confrontation with protesters by punching the victim in the head, causing the victim to fall to the ground”.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 20, 2026 12:03 PM (BpO1e)

227 >>>It never occurred to me that the Big And Tall (and fat and ugly) stores were stocked with Chinese goods.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

The Yao Ming Department Store.

Won Big Cao

Posted by: Archimedes

>Over here is the big section, over there is the tall section, and right next to that is the yeti section.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 20, 2026 12:03 PM (oT7pT)

228 Once acronyms gain currency in public use, they take on the attributes of nouns, and can indeed be pluralized. e.g.: AWFL

Pixel, laser, gif all acronyms that became words. Tons of examples like it.

Posted by: Really?? at January 20, 2026 12:03 PM (d4dD2)

229 Nah... the raping and pillaging Scandis went off andconquered new lands (England, Normandy... those boys even took over Sicily at one point) and never returned.

Their ancestors were the ones who were left behind.

See also: the French after Nappy killed all of their best and brightest in the Russia campaign.

At one point in the Amelia video, she asks if the bloodlines of all the men with bollocks were wiped out in WWI and WWII.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 12:03 PM (Riz8t)

230 GULAG was the name of an institution, of which there was only one.
Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 12:02 PM (77rzZ)

Well, you'll have to take that up with Alexandr Solzhenitzen.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 20, 2026 12:04 PM (8zz6B)

231 And I'm not saying that English has to follow the Russian usage. Just pointing out the distinction.

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 12:04 PM (77rzZ)

232 I remember when Miami recruited from prisons when they were the powerhouse team. Never could become a fan.

I snark but not far from the truth. And now that they have a QB that bragged he graduated 2 years ago and didn’t attend any classes, I’ve given up on college football also.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 20, 2026 12:04 PM (KDPiq)

233 > 212 No problems are too tough to solve if you got the balls to go medieval, and you don't stop until nobody is left to complain.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 20, 2026 12:00 PM (snZF9)

"If there aren't any cattle with hoof-and-mouth disease, then there won't be any cattle with hoof-and-mouth disease."

Harsh, but sometimes it comes to that.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 20, 2026 12:04 PM (IG3/x)

234 Of course everything eventually changes if you wait long enough.

Not uncommon 13 year old girls getting married in the 1800’s also changed.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 20, 2026 11:42 AM (KDPiq)

You mean when women were chattel?
Posted by: night lifted at January 20, 2026 11:55 AM (kJmLc)

I rolled my eyes so hard it hurt.

Women in the US have NEVER been chattel, at least none that were not also slaves.

Women were married off early because life was hard and EVERYONE had terrible lives. Sometimes it was worse for the women. Sometimes it was worse for the men.

Most men were working full time as an adult by age 13 at the same time women were being married off at that age. Were men chattel because of that?

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at January 20, 2026 12:05 PM (zjgNU)

235 I have to say Trump has balls of steel to go into the lion's den in Davos..

Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 12:05 PM (VE6XX)

236 About 30 protestors. "The group of roughly 30 protesters says they will refuse to leave until they are arrested or forcibly moved." Ha.

Middle aged White martyrs. It's 20 degrees & very windy.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 20, 2026 11:56 AM

This proposal is acceptable.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Leave them be until they are frozen and decide to leave on their own. Then arrest them.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 20, 2026 12:00 PM (0x0rk)
____

See? 30 protestors for a hyped event in a deep-blue city. You can get these shitheads just showed up because they're bored and their gay homo OF plug is taking a day off.

We. Are. Winning.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 20, 2026 12:05 PM (iFTx/)

237 And apparently the article I found was not about the man who took on multiple protesters but another person. Mea culpa.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 20, 2026 12:05 PM (BpO1e)

238 230 GULAG was the name of an institution, of which there was only one.
Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 12:02 PM (77rzZ)

Well, you'll have to take that up with Alexandr Solzhenitzen.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 20, 2026 12:04 PM (8zz6B)
231 And I'm not saying that English has to follow the Russian usage. Just pointing out the distinction.

Posted by: Bulg

Proving once again that we here at AOSHQ can argue about ANYTHING.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 12:05 PM (Riz8t)

239 "Slavery" to the state will always be a possibility, in any age. It's a bit different from "chattel slavery", with buying and selling and "ownership" of personal slaves.

I doubt the slaves would appreciate the distinction.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 11:58 AM (Riz8t)
---
But it's decision the state makes. Enslave parts of the population or let "free citizens" take others as their own property under their own prerogative. A veneer of ideology could not last long in the latter scenario, since capital itself is "evil" and humans are not to be taken as capital.

Marxists would see private "human capital" as the worst form of "Capitalism". It's why "advanced" civilizations can enslave without violating the ethic against "chattel slavery".

Posted by: Axeman at January 20, 2026 12:06 PM (krQz2)

240 172 can it really be called chili if there's no maple syrup in it?

Posted by: anachronda at January 20, 2026 11:48 AM (PgAuM)
---
So that it can top French toast?

sloppy francois > sloppy joe

Posted by: anachronda at January 20, 2026 12:06 PM (PgAuM)

241 At one point in the Amelia video, she asks if the bloodlines of all the men with bollocks were wiped out in WWI and WWII.

I still love that whoever was involved in that thought a cute goth girl would repel people.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 20, 2026 12:06 PM (2ocoG)

242 A wave of right-wing social media accounts launched near-identical attacks against a little-known Republican-backed bill aimed at restricting the export of advanced AI chips to adversaries, raising questions about whether the effort was coordinated to derail legislation publicly opposed by Nvidia.

The AI OVERWATCH Act was introduced on Dec. 18, but seemingly out of nowhere on Thursday, a group of influencers and X accounts — including Laura Loomer, Ryan Fournier, Wall Street Mav and Defiant L’s — launched a barrage of attacks against the bill, ModelRepublic first reported. The timing, language and even shared errors across the posts prompted some to question whether the messaging may have been coordinated.

Despite posts characterizing the bill as an effort led by Democrats and “Never-Trumpers,” the legislation was introduced by Republican Rep. Brian Mast of Florida, who chairs the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and has no Democratic sponsors.

Posted by: SMOD at January 20, 2026 12:06 PM (RHGPo)

243 > At one point in the Amelia video, she asks if the bloodlines of all the men with bollocks were wiped out in WWI and WWII.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 12:03 PM (Riz8t)

That was what finished them off... the Empire had been draining Britain of its testosterone for centuries before that, though.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 20, 2026 12:06 PM (IG3/x)

244 they're bored and their gay homo OF plug is taking a day off.

-

Ace of spades prose is the best.

Posted by: Really?? at January 20, 2026 12:07 PM (d4dD2)

245 But it's decision the state makes. Enslave parts of the population or let "free citizens" take others as their own property under their own prerogative. A veneer of ideology could not last long in the latter scenario, since capital itself is "evil" and humans are not to be taken as capital.

Marxists would see private "human capital" as the worst form of "Capitalism". It's why "advanced" civilizations can enslave without violating the ethic against "chattel slavery".

Ah, now I get your point. Interesting.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 12:07 PM (Riz8t)

246 The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office announced on December 30 that Mr X had been charged with fifth-degree assault.

Prosecutors alleged that Mr X “escalated a verbal confrontation with protesters by punching the victim in the head, causing the victim to fall to the ground”.
Posted by: NR Pax

They didn't watch the video.

Reason # 1,462,849 why I love Texas:
Assault
Sec. 22.01. ASSAULT. (a) A person commits an offense if the person:
(1) intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly causes bodily injury to another, including the person's spouse;
(2) intentionally or knowingly threatens another with imminent bodily injury, including the person's spouse; or
(3) intentionally or knowingly causes physical contact with another when the person knows or should reasonably believe that the other will regard the contact as offensive or provocative.

https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PE/htm/PE.22.htm

Posted by: rickb223 at January 20, 2026 12:07 PM (0x0rk)

247 235 I have to say Trump has balls of steel to go into the lion's den in Davos..
Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 12:05 PM (VE6XX)

And he'll leave Davos having teabagged them.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 20, 2026 12:07 PM (N39Ws)

248 Have you seen the Hennepin County Sheriff? Of course he was arrested.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 20, 2026 12:07 PM (KDPiq)

249 230 GULAG was the name of an institution, of which there was only one.
Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 12:02 PM (77rzZ)

Well, you'll have to take that up with Alexandr Solzhenitzen.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 20, 2026 12:04 PM (8zz6B)
231 And I'm not saying that English has to follow the Russian usage. Just pointing out the distinction.

Posted by: Bulg

Proving once again that we here at AOSHQ can argue about ANYTHING.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 12:05 PM (Riz8t)

No we can't.

Posted by: Josephistan at January 20, 2026 12:07 PM (y9ksN)

250 The Morning Rant: Violence Is Being Normalized
—CBD

This has been a thing for a while now.

Your speech is literal violence

My violence is free speech!

Posted by: 18-1 at January 20, 2026 12:08 PM (sKqQm)

251 241 At one point in the Amelia video, she asks if the bloodlines of all the men with bollocks were wiped out in WWI and WWII.

I still love that whoever was involved in that thought a cute goth girl would repel people.

Well, in their world it might be true.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 12:08 PM (Riz8t)

252 Well, you'll have to take that up with Alexandr Solzhenitzen.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Not an "Archipelago of Gulags" but the "Archipelago GULAG" (i.e., GULAG was the archipelago).

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 12:08 PM (77rzZ)

253
Proving once again that we here at AOSHQ can argue about ANYTHING.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 12:05 PM (Riz8t)

No we can't.
Posted by: Josephistan at January 20, 2026 12:07 PM (y9ksN)

Ketchup on hot dogs....

Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 12:08 PM (VE6XX)

254 See? 30 protestors for a hyped event in a deep-blue city. You can get these shitheads just showed up because they're bored and their gay homo OF plug is taking a day off.

We. Are. Winning.

I think the activist who was widely quoted as saying Renee Good is actually evil because white minimized these protests. They haven't stopped ICE from arresting anyone, they're just making a lot of frigid women even colder.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 20, 2026 12:09 PM (2ocoG)

255 At some point, the optics of not reacting will outweigh the opticsof "overreaction".
personally, I think we've passed that point 6 years ago.

Posted by: Cuck Softcock at January 20, 2026 12:09 PM (vqA1l)

256 The whole Amelia thing is hilarious.

"This will stop those evil reich wingers! WAIT! What are they doing? STOP!!"

Posted by: NR Pax at January 20, 2026 12:09 PM (BpO1e)

257 I'm happy to see Miami lose. Their football players have a reputation for thuggish behavior. One started a fistfight with an Indiana player after the game last night.

Posted by: Don Black at January 20, 2026 12:09 PM (ZxPkt)

258 If there aren't any cattle with hoof-and-mouth disease, then there won't be any cattle with hoof-and-mouth disease."

Harsh, but sometimes it comes to that.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 20, 2026 12:04 PM (IG3/x)

I just watched HUD again. I don’t know why because it’s pretty darn depressing.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 20, 2026 12:10 PM (KDPiq)

259 Missed the art thread.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 20, 2026 12:10 PM (+fFr7)

260 I'm happy to see Miami lose. Their football players have a reputation for thuggish behavior. One started a fistfight with an Indiana player after the game last night.
Posted by: Don Black

Eh. I got no problem with that.
-- Zombie Woody Hayes

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 12:11 PM (77rzZ)

261 Maybe some patriots in Philly should do a drive-by, and pelt the 30 odd protesters with water balloons.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 20, 2026 12:11 PM (8zz6B)

262 During a heated debate over Greenland, Anders Vistisen, speaking on behalf of Denmark, addressed Donald Trump directly from the podium of the European Parliament.

“Let me put this is words tou understand. Mr. President... f*** off.”

Posted by: Don Black at January 20, 2026 12:11 PM (ZxPkt)

263 I have to say Trump has balls of steel to go into the lion's den in Davos..

Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 12:05 PM (VE6XX)
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It's actually remarkable for a guy, who I think, likes to be liked.

All of Trump's previous liberal positions can be explained by the idea that Trump likes to liked.

Were that the case, it takes amazing nerve to have that kind of energy and yet weather any amount of furor against you.

The part of me that got sick of Trump on the Apprentice is still amazed that I can heap so much praise on this guy for anything. He's simply the best president of my lifetime.

Posted by: Axeman at January 20, 2026 12:11 PM (krQz2)

264 Proving once again that we here at AOSHQ can argue about ANYTHING.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 12:05 PM (Riz8t)

No we can't.
Posted by: Josephistan at January 20, 2026 12:07 PM (y9ksN)

Ketchup on hot dogs....
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Ketchup and onions is my go-to when it comes to hot dogs.

Posted by: Crusader at January 20, 2026 12:11 PM (TN0g+)

265 'Let me put this in words you might understand: Mr. President, f*** off,' he said at the WEP podium before being reprimanded by officials for violating 'clear rules' about using curse words.
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I knew it was gonna be lit...

I can imagine Trump laughing, then making a note on his phone and leaning over to an aide and whispering "How do you spell that guy's name?"

Posted by: Oddbob at January 20, 2026 12:12 PM (Fs0KI)

266 They haven't stopped ICE from arresting anyone, they're just making a lot of frigid women even colder.
Posted by: Ian S.

Objection! Facts not in evidence!

Posted by: rickb223 at January 20, 2026 12:12 PM (0x0rk)

267 Was that the big one?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 20, 2026 12:12 PM (+fFr7)

268 >>>Ketchup on hot dogs....

Posted by: It's me donna

>You may as well be putting maple syrup on hot dogs.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 20, 2026 12:12 PM (oT7pT)

269 The whole Amelia thing is hilarious.

"This will stop those evil reich wingers! WAIT! What are they doing? STOP!!"

I mean they made their villain a pretty goth girl. Its like they've never used the internet.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 20, 2026 12:13 PM (sKqQm)

270 Proving once again that we here at AOSHQ can argue about ANYTHING.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 12:05 PM (Riz8t)

No we can't.
Posted by: Josephistan at January 20, 2026 12:07 PM (y9ksN)

Ketchup on hot dogs....

Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 12:08 PM (VE6XX)
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Pro.

Although, I like mustard more.

Only fascist want to inflict a rule on people about hotdog toppings.

Posted by: Axeman at January 20, 2026 12:13 PM (krQz2)

271 >You may as well be putting maple syrup on hot dogs.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 20, 2026 12:12 PM (oT7pT)

That goes on French Toast...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 12:13 PM (VE6XX)

272 Ketchup is good on fries, and on virtually nothing else.

Mustard or mayo are my go-to condiments.

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 12:13 PM (77rzZ)

273 262 “Let me put this is words tou understand. Mr. President... f*** off.”
Posted by: Don Black

"Sorry, but I don't speak Arabic. Can we get an interpreter up here?"

Posted by: NR Pax at January 20, 2026 12:13 PM (BpO1e)

274 Batshit gun case being heard at SCOTUS. Hawaii attempted to ban guns under a 'black code.' Justice Thomas had to remind them of the 14th Amendment.

And then,
@gunpolicy
Hawaii now citing Maryland laws, which will be awkward when he learns after the arguments that their vampire rule was just struck down

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 20, 2026 12:13 PM (mlg/3)

275 'Let me put this in words you might understand: Mr. President, f*** off,' he said at the WEP podium before being reprimanded by officials for violating 'clear rules' about using curse words.

I knew it was gonna be lit...

I can imagine Trump laughing, then making a note on his phone and leaning over to an aide and whispering "How do you spell that guy's name?"
Posted by: Oddbob

Trump: I'll bet you 100 Rubles I can make this guy cuss.
Putin: You're on!

Posted by: rickb223 at January 20, 2026 12:14 PM (0x0rk)

276 Carrots and kale on hot dogs?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 20, 2026 12:14 PM (+fFr7)

277
Although, I like mustard more.

Only fascist want to inflict a rule on people about hotdog toppings.
Posted by: Axeman at January 20, 2026 12:13 PM (krQz2)

I put both and none of that fancy frog mustard... Good old yellow mustard for me...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 12:14 PM (VE6XX)

278 During a heated debate over Greenland, Anders Vistisen, speaking on behalf of Denmark, addressed Donald Trump directly from the podium of the European Parliament

The left: European colonialism is the worst crime in human history

Also the left: How DARE YOU interfere with Denmark's colony Trump?!?

Posted by: 18-1 at January 20, 2026 12:14 PM (sKqQm)

279 At one point in the Amelia video, she asks if the bloodlines of all the men with bollocks were wiped out in WWI and WWII.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 12:03 PM (Riz8t)
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Um. Ladies have been enlisting men in fights for quite sometime. Often with implications like that.

Posted by: Axeman at January 20, 2026 12:14 PM (krQz2)

280 Did you see that some guy in Pennsylvania was arrested for possession of human remains stolen from numerous graves?

New Jersy will have to step up their game. Clearly there is a ghoul lag.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 20, 2026 12:15 PM (8zz6B)

281 At some point, the optics of not reacting will outweigh the opticsof "overreaction".

personally, I think we've passed that point 6 years ago.

-----------

* fistbump *

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 20, 2026 12:15 PM (nXhai)

282 Clearly there is a ghoul lag.

ISWYDT

Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 12:15 PM (Riz8t)

283 I still love that whoever was involved in that thought a cute goth girl would repel people.

If they'd made her realistic - as in, morbidly obese - this would never have worked lol.

but they had to kiss up to their psych-med-addicted monster babies

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 20, 2026 12:15 PM (emBoF)

284 A 2 to 1 mix of ketchup and mustard is good on meatloaf.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 20, 2026 12:15 PM (+fFr7)

285 And he'll leave Davos having teabagged them.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 20, 2026 12:07 PM (N39Ws)

Why would he suck their balls?

Posted by: night lifted at January 20, 2026 12:15 PM (kJmLc)

286 They used to teach the quote: "the natural life of man is nasty, solitary, brutish and short."

There is your "noble savage" in his "untouched Western Civilization" state.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 20, 2026 12:15 PM (HXT0k)

287 Carrots and kale on hot dogs?
----

For Piper perhaps. I doubt its popular with many others.

Posted by: Crusader at January 20, 2026 12:16 PM (TN0g+)

288 113 My those European politicians are subtle diplomats.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at January 20, 2026 12:16 PM (wBaIH)

289 leftist agitators stopping random people to demand their bona fides

You mean, like ICE? Only not legal?

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 20, 2026 12:16 PM (CHHv1)

290 7 A late comment I had in the M.R. thread;
-----
There a quote by Alexandr Solzhenitsyn making the rounds; "The most terrifying force of death, comes from the hands of men who wanted to be left alone."

There's more to it. But it's been trending among some peoples.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 20, 2026 11:02 AM (U2OZr)

As I recall, John Rambo also just wanted to be left alone.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 20, 2026 12:16 PM (QGaXH)

291 BREAKING: France's President Macron on speaking to President Trump:

"I do not intend to speak to President Trump at Davos."

Just hours ago, President Trump posted a screenshot of a text message from Macron asking to meet at Davos.

Posted by: Don Black at January 20, 2026 12:16 PM (ZxPkt)

292 Ketchup is good on fries, and on virtually nothing else.

Mustard or mayo are my go-to condiments.
Posted by: Bulg

Ketchup-mayo mix on a cheeseburger is awesome.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 20, 2026 12:17 PM (0x0rk)

293 Only fascist want to inflict a rule on people about hotdog toppings.
Posted by: Axeman at January 20, 2026 12:13 PM (krQz2)

I put both and none of that fancy frog mustard... Good old yellow mustard for me...
Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 12:14 PM (VE6XX)
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Oh, yeah. My standard topping set is 4: mustard, ketchup, relish, and onions.

For chili dogs it's chili, mustard, and onions. And you want a plain yellow mustard for that taste.

I mainly save kraut for brats. And that's mustard & kraut.

Posted by: Axeman at January 20, 2026 12:17 PM (krQz2)

294 Did you see that some guy in Pennsylvania was arrested for possession of human remains stolen from numerous graves?

New Jersy will have to step up their game. Clearly there is a ghoul lag.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 20, 2026 12:15 PM (8zz6B)

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

I've got a great idea for a show set in Australia during the Covid PsyOps:

Gulag-Inn's Island.

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 20, 2026 12:17 PM (nXhai)

295 280 Did you see that some guy in Pennsylvania was arrested for possession of human remains stolen from numerous graves?

oh yes! he is from Ephrata, in Lancaster county near Lititz.

he robbed a lovely historic cemetery called Mount Moriah. I actually visited there recently. It is unkempt and unfortunately located (near the ghetto). but it holds historic graves, including Civil War dead.

there is no security, no nothing at all. so the dude just opened up crypts and grabbed stuff, mostly bones, and re-sold them to sick Modern Goths and degens

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 20, 2026 12:17 PM (emBoF)

296 272 Ketchup is good on fries, and on virtually nothing else.

Posted by: Bulg

AMERICAN Fries, compadre.

Also, you can't make a horseradish shrimp dip without it.

Posted by: Auspex at January 20, 2026 12:18 PM (Y8DZL)

297 Ketchup is good on fries, and on virtually nothing else.

Posted by: Bulg
---
Scrambled eggs are an obvious oversight, there.

Posted by: Axeman at January 20, 2026 12:18 PM (krQz2)

298 291 BREAKING: France's President Macron on speaking to President Trump:

"I do not intend to speak to President Trump at Davos."

Just hours ago, President Trump posted a screenshot of a text message from Macron asking to meet at Davos.
Posted by: Don Black at January 20, 2026 12:16 PM (ZxPkt)

LOL

Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 12:18 PM (VE6XX)

299 I wanna see Trump walk into Davos and piss directly into the punchbowl

Posted by: Don Black at January 20, 2026 12:18 PM (ZxPkt)

300 >>Missed the art thread.

You missed the waters of my land.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 20, 2026 12:19 PM (viF8m)

301 And he'll leave Davos having teabagged them.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 20, 2026 12:07 PM (N39Ws)

Why would he suck their balls?
Posted by: night lifted

🤦🏻‍♂️

Teabaggin is when you rub YOUR balls in their face.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 20, 2026 12:19 PM (0x0rk)

302 Valhalla I am coming.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 20, 2026 12:19 PM (+fFr7)

303 299 I wanna see Trump walk into Davos and piss directly into the punchbowl
Posted by: Don Black at January 20, 2026 12:18 PM (ZxPkt)

He did that just by going there...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 12:19 PM (VE6XX)

304 Batshit gun case being heard at SCOTUS. Hawaii attempted to ban guns under a 'black code.' Justice Thomas had to remind them of the 14th Amendment

I saw about that on X. Hawaii is trying to cite legal codes from when Hawaii was a monarchy. No Kings, huh?

Posted by: Ian S. at January 20, 2026 12:19 PM (2ocoG)

305 I wanna see Trump walk into Davos and piss directly into the punchbowl

The punch is probably too cold for that to be comfortable. And deep.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 12:19 PM (Riz8t)

306 Proving once again that we here at AOSHQ can argue about ANYTHING.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 12:05 PM (Riz8t)

No we can't.
Posted by: Josephistan at January 20, 2026 12:07 PM (y9ksN)

Ketchup on hot dogs....
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Ketchup and onions is my go-to when it comes to hot dogs.
Posted by: Crusader
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That's because it's not a sandwich.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 20, 2026 12:19 PM (XeU6L)

307 The best mustard is Chinese mustard. Unfortunately, it only works on Chinese food.

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 12:19 PM (77rzZ)

308 During a heated debate over Greenland, Anders Vistisen, speaking on behalf of Denmark, addressed Donald Trump directly from the podium of the European Parliament

Why does anyone who cannot defend their own country from the threat of Russian aggression without the aid of the US even get to speak? STFU and STFD.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead...Wearing Pants and Working at January 20, 2026 12:19 PM (luW68)

309 I saw about that on X. Hawaii is trying to cite legal codes from when Hawaii was a monarchy. No Kings, huh?

Nice.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 12:19 PM (Riz8t)

310 Do they have bidets in Davos?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 20, 2026 12:20 PM (+fFr7)

311 Let me put this in words you might understand: Mr. President, f*** off,

I imagine having done economic negotiations for decades Trump understands more complex ideas that that. He's probably heard " F off" any number of times and it doesn't really upset him unduly .

But these Euroweenies think they're speaking "truth to power" or some such rot.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 20, 2026 12:20 PM (rZCVI)

312 16 I saw something hopeful last night, though. ICE is following the "protesters" back to their homes so as to ID them, and the lefties are absolutely flipping out.

Whattya mean there could be consequences for my actions?
Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 11:06 AM (Riz8t)

I am eagerly anticipating, with joyful hope, the arrest of Don Lemon for his actions in the church Sunday.

If normal nobodies can have their lives upended endlessly simply for walking through open doors and looking around (Jan 6) then the actions of don and his friends deserve the harshest of prosecutions.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 20, 2026 12:20 PM (QGaXH)

313 Mayo on fries
more like a dip, actually
or ranch dressing

Posted by: Don Black at January 20, 2026 12:21 PM (ZxPkt)

314 The US should pull all forces from Europe.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 20, 2026 12:21 PM (+fFr7)

315 Catsup is good on scrambled eegs, steak and mashed taters.

Posted by: President Donald Trump at January 20, 2026 12:21 PM (n+1Zi)

316 So the Chinese use prison labor to punish, or slaves as an advertisement.

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 20, 2026 12:21 PM (EyfuW)

317 Trump is going to Davos?

I always knew he was a WEF plant.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 12:21 PM (GBKbO)

318 nasty, solitary, brutish and short.

Used to date her.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 20, 2026 12:22 PM (Kt19C)

319 Do they have bidets in Davos?
Posted by: Boss Moss

I think those are called journalists.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 20, 2026 12:22 PM (mlg/3)

320 Dacos is in Switzerland apparently.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 20, 2026 12:22 PM (+fFr7)

321 I imagine having done economic negotiations for decades Trump understands more complex ideas that that. He's probably heard " F off" any number of times and it doesn't really upset him unduly .

He's an NYC real estate tycoon. They think he's afraid of the F word? LOLOLOLOL.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 20, 2026 12:23 PM (2ocoG)

322 Did you see that some guy in Pennsylvania was arrested for possession of human remains stolen from numerous graves?

oh yes! he is from Ephrata, in Lancaster county near Lititz.

he robbed a lovely historic cemetery called Mount Moriah. I actually visited there recently. It is unkempt and unfortunately located (near the ghetto). but it holds historic graves, including Civil War dead.

there is no security, no nothing at all. so the dude just opened up crypts and grabbed stuff, mostly bones, and re-sold them to sick Modern Goths and degens
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 20, 2026

And he shared his house, filled with body parts, with his fiancee. Meanwhile I can't get anyone to swipe right on my profile!

Posted by: Josephistan at January 20, 2026 12:24 PM (y9ksN)

323 The crimson cascade of ketchup, a fervent rebellion against the hot dog’s charred simplicity, drapes it in a viscous sweetness, intertwining past and present, a moment suspended in time. The taste, a remembrance of childhood summers, evokes both joy and sorrow, a fleeting escape from a world burdened by relentless summer heat.

Posted by: Old Bill Faulkner at January 20, 2026 12:25 PM (2Ez/1)

324 Davos Not Dacos.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 20, 2026 12:25 PM (+fFr7)

325 Of course the crap going on in Minnesota is all political theater. The left is doing their thing before the elections. Paid protesters stirring up trouble while also keeping the mass fraud of their party off the front page. It's right there in your face if you want to see it. And their excuses are ridiculous, if you break the law you should be arrested. The media love to keep this story going for as long as they can.
To tell the truth, I'm bored with all of it. If they want to go out everyday and play stupid I don't care. It's their state let them make asses out of themselves, they are doing a good job of it.

Posted by: Case at January 20, 2026 12:25 PM (4rWc3)

326 They wanted to get Trump for inciting J-6, by his "rhetoric".

However, nothing Trump said in the J-6 rally approaches Walz contention that ICE is going "door-to-door" asking "where the People of Color are at".

That's a patent lie, and it stirs up violent reaction in its target group so that they claim they are "protecting their neighborhoods" (Not against forcible sodomy of children, as the record shows.)

Chris Plante did a brilliant subversion of Mayor Fried's statement that "thousands of people who don't share their values" invaded Mini-appletini. Since, Fried does not mean that about the vast number of immigrants dropped off in the city, then those immigrants--who know little about American values--must share Fried's values. Such as forcible sodomy on children.

ICE does not share that value. So Fried is right.

Posted by: Axeman at January 20, 2026 12:25 PM (krQz2)

327 And he shared his house, filled with body parts, with his fiancee.
Posted by: Josephistan

Wow. That's quite the kink.

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 12:25 PM (77rzZ)

328 I'd prefer Trump let them know they cannot come to the US, that their NGOs will remain unfunded, and have Finke arrested. I'd like him to loudly outline fascist Agenda 2030 with its focus on "you will own nothing", the elimination of pets, the gulag 15 minute cites, and the completer control they want.

Posted by: night lifted at January 20, 2026 12:26 PM (kJmLc)

329 Dacos is in Switzerland apparently.
Posted by: Boss Moss

Today is Dacos Duesday.

Posted by: Dyslexic Swiss Calendar at January 20, 2026 12:26 PM (w9Wax)

330 Yeah the left is playing their political theater. But based on the drop in approval for ICE, I'd say we have not eliminated the LOFO factor yet.

Posted by: Axeman at January 20, 2026 12:26 PM (krQz2)

331 Trump pulls out Goldfinger's golden pistol and a finger. Aims pistol at the Nazi guard.

Fuck you. War.

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 20, 2026 12:27 PM (EyfuW)

332 Mayo on fries
more like a dip, actually
or ranch dressing
Posted by: Don Black

Putting more oil on fried food seems odd.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 20, 2026 12:27 PM (mlg/3)

333 Lots of dangerous stuff here.

When a State AG refuses to administer Justice, all hell will break loose.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 20, 2026 12:27 PM (qFwJc)

334 I saw something hopeful last night, though. ICE is following the "protesters" back to their homes so as to ID them, and the lefties are absolutely flipping out.

The initial false claim the FNM made about Karen Deathwheels is that she was just a normal mom who ended up blocking ICE accidentally.

The give away was in one of the released videos an ICE agent checks their license plate while lesbo wife bleats that its the same number they've been checking all day.

Making sure to have their license plates will make it easier to identify Karens from "normal moms" and will make everyone safer...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 20, 2026 12:27 PM (sKqQm)

335 Batshit gun case being heard at SCOTUS. Hawaii attempted to ban guns under a 'black code.' Justice Thomas had to remind them of the 14th Amendment.

I think SCOTUS took this one because it's a no-brainer. In my most forgiving mood, I can almost imagine that there might be a case to be made for a vampire law but Hawaii's ain't it. "Your honors, you should let us keep our unconstitutional laws because it's what King Kamehameha would have done."

Posted by: Oddbob at January 20, 2026 12:27 PM (Fs0KI)

336 But based on the drop in approval for ICE, I'd say we have not eliminated the LOFO factor yet.
Posted by: Axeman at January 20, 2026 12:26 PM (krQz2)

That concerns me...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 12:27 PM (VE6XX)

337 Some who oppose ICE are now dead.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 20, 2026 12:27 PM (+fFr7)

338 .
Ace is now available in a new normalized size.

NOOD!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 20, 2026 12:28 PM (O7YUW)

339 Mayo on fries
more like a dip, actually
or ranch dressing
Posted by: Don Black at January 20, 2026

***
I went to jr. high with a guy who like mayo on fries.

He pronounced it "my-nez" and the kitchen dishwashing receptacle as "zink."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 20, 2026 12:28 PM (wzUl9)

340 >Putting more oil on fried food seems odd.

Posted by: weft cut-loop
=---

but tasty

Posted by: Don Black at January 20, 2026 12:29 PM (ZxPkt)

341 330 Yeah the left is playing their political theater. But based on the drop in approval for ICE, I'd say we have not eliminated the LOFO factor yet.

Posted by: Axeman at January 20, 2026 12:26 PM (krQz2)

=====

Issue polling is rife with major issues, especially regarding the phrasing of questions.

A YouGov poll getting 45% to disapprove of ICE? Considering YouGov can barely be considered a poll...that's nothing.

Simply ask "Should the US deport all illegals" and you'll still get solid majorities.

Plus, now that activists are afraid of confronting ICE directly (lots of arrests over the last couple of weeks for obstruction), and suddenly the theater of ICE diminishes.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 12:29 PM (GBKbO)

342 333 Lots of dangerous stuff here.

When a State AG refuses to administer Justice, all hell will break loose.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 20, 2026 12:27 PM (qFwJc)

=====

How many state AGs refused to investigate voter fraud in 2020?

Political capture of law enforcement at the highest levels is not a new issue.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 20, 2026 12:29 PM (GBKbO)

343 Putting more oil on fried food seems odd.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 20, 2026 12:27 PM (mlg/3)
---
But it's an eggy oil, so it adds creaminess.

Not that *I* put mayo on fries too often. I'd more likely use a avocado-oil Ranch.

Posted by: Axeman at January 20, 2026 12:31 PM (krQz2)

344 >>>Ketchup is good on fries, and on virtually nothing else.

Posted by: Bulg
---
Scrambled eggs are an obvious oversight, there.

Posted by: Axeman

>Ketchup on eggs is about as savage as you can get. A dash or two of cayenne pepper sauce is the proper condiment.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 20, 2026 12:31 PM (oT7pT)

345 and look
I have french fries maybe 2, 3 times a year
so I use force multipliers for maximum effect

Posted by: Don Black at January 20, 2026 12:33 PM (ZxPkt)

346 "Add to that the expectation that their womanhood will be a powerful shield against a response to their own violence..."

aka Gynofascism.... Thank you Adam Carolla for putting a name on it

Posted by: hate_the_deepstate at January 20, 2026 12:35 PM (HLGJk)

347 Thought GULAG was the portmanteau for Glavnoye Upravlyeniye Lagerov. Certainly works that way. Maybe I missed the part about "labor" camps.

Cheka is still my favorite, they never outdid that one for absurdly long organization names.

Posted by: rhomboid at January 20, 2026 12:40 PM (U/Byj)

348 103 My guess is slavery would have faded away by about 1880 anyway. It was rapidly becoming economically untenable.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

I agree. Too bad assholes on both sides had to cause a war over it.
--------------
It was already collapsing. But, hey, let's kill people cuz virtue.

Posted by: pudinhead at January 20, 2026 01:05 PM (pLaQB)

349 >Ketchup on eggs is about as savage as you can get. A dash or two of cayenne pepper sauce is the proper condiment.
---------------
Try Tiger Sauce. It has some hot but also some sweet.

Posted by: pudinhead at January 20, 2026 01:06 PM (pLaQB)

Mid-Morning Art Thread

Approaching Thunder Storm
Martin Johnson Heade

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

Comments

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1 1

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 09:30 AM (gbOdA)

2 Dog

Posted by: Tuna at January 20, 2026 09:31 AM (lJ0H4)

3 Probably should get inside. Avoid the lightning.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 20, 2026 09:31 AM (U2OZr)

4 The Black Sea?

Posted by: Pete in Texas at January 20, 2026 09:31 AM (BHrzb)

5 Meh. I love the subject, but the execution isn’t there.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 20, 2026 09:31 AM (XWuHt)

6 Sailboats are nice, but girls are better.

Posted by: Eeyore at January 20, 2026 09:32 AM (s0JqF)

7 Doggo, ergo art.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 20, 2026 09:32 AM (kgE5c)

8 MET

Title:
Approaching Thunder Storm
Artist:
Martin Johnson Heade (1819–1904)
Date:
1859
Culture:
American
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
28 x 44in. (71.1 x 111.8cm)
Framed: 42 1/2 × 58 3/8 × 5 in. (108 × 148.3 × 12.7 cm)

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 09:32 AM (gbOdA)

9 WTF is the white thing on the rock?

Posted by: pudinhead at January 20, 2026 09:32 AM (pLaQB)

10 That boat is just leaving for a three hour tour. Back in a jiffy.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 20, 2026 09:32 AM (wVcYX)

11 Alternate title:

"Fortunately, the dude's butt has pants on it this time"

Posted by: naturalfake at January 20, 2026 09:33 AM (iJfKG)

12 No bare asses, so that's a plus!

Posted by: Art Cretin at January 20, 2026 09:33 AM (oftw2)

13 ...the execution isn’t there.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 20, 2026 09:31 AM (XWuHt)

Click on the graphic. The larger version is better.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 20, 2026 09:33 AM (n9ltV)

14 Clearly, a drug deal will go down unless Trump blows the boat out of the water.

Posted by: pudinhead at January 20, 2026 09:34 AM (pLaQB)

15 No boobs, but still nice.

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 09:34 AM (77rzZ)

16 I like. Not every day is sunny.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 20, 2026 09:34 AM (DgMqy)

17 Well, it's appropriate to the times.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 20, 2026 09:34 AM (L/fGl)

18 Nice.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 20, 2026 09:34 AM (viF8m)

19 9 WTF is the white thing on the rock?
Posted by: pudinhead at January 20, 2026 09:32 AM (pLaQB)
______
A sail. You can tell if you embiggen. What I don't know is what the little white dot is, that the dog is looking at.

Posted by: Eeyore at January 20, 2026 09:35 AM (s0JqF)

20 Nice little doggeh

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 20, 2026 09:35 AM (XR7sA)

21 Great composition but the colors suck.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 20, 2026 09:35 AM (KDPiq)

22 Posture of the sitter suggests that he has no F's to give about the approaching thunderstorm.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 20, 2026 09:36 AM (kgE5c)

23 Click on the graphic. The larger version is better.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Yes. Much better.

Posted by: Tuna at January 20, 2026 09:36 AM (lJ0H4)

24 Wiki-

The painting is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It is praised for its dramatic depiction of the threatening mood of blackening skies and eerily illuminated terrain prior to the storm itself. The painting has been connected to mounting tensions before the Civil War, which were often expressed in terms of natural imagery

Posted by: redridinghood at January 20, 2026 09:36 AM (NpAcC)

25 The sky was angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at January 20, 2026 09:36 AM (2Ez/1)

26 I really like this painting but I'm a nerd for thunderstorms too.

Posted by: PA Dutchman at January 20, 2026 09:36 AM (h/O4U)

27 Sittin' on the log of the bay...

Posted by: Roy at January 20, 2026 09:36 AM (qwype)

28 19 It’s a guy in a rowboat.

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 09:36 AM (77rzZ)

29 Some more prominent Happy Trees could improve this immensely.

Posted by: Bob Ross 'Fro at January 20, 2026 09:37 AM (oftw2)

30 This must be Salt Lake.

Posted by: pudinhead at January 20, 2026 09:37 AM (pLaQB)

31 Oooooh, I love the way he colored the grass! I've often wondered if the way the grass almost glows right before a storm could be captured in art.

Posted by: pookysgirl lives in Tornado Alley at January 20, 2026 09:37 AM (Wt5PA)

32 Embiggen it and you can see more detail.. The guy in the rowboat needs to get off the water

Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 09:38 AM (VE6XX)

33 Someone's about to conveniently lose all of his guns in a canoeing accident.

Posted by: XTC at January 20, 2026 09:38 AM (6Uni8)

34 A sail. You can tell if you embiggen. What I don't know is what the little white dot is, that the dog is looking at.
Posted by: Eeyore

Someone rowing ashore.

Posted by: Tuna at January 20, 2026 09:38 AM (lJ0H4)

35 Gloomy. That lightning strike would be my sign to seek shelter.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 20, 2026 09:38 AM (oT7pT)

36 Larger paintings, like this one, are more intriguing to me when I see them in person. It's hard to capture the flavor of a painting with only a laptop sized screen. Happily, museums exist!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 20, 2026 09:38 AM (XR7sA)

37 That sailboat has a big old lightning rod sticking up.

Posted by: huerfano at January 20, 2026 09:39 AM (98kQX)

38 Beware of the narwhal hiding behind the rock. It could be a redheaded mermaid in disguise waiting to snatch your soul.

Posted by: Roy at January 20, 2026 09:39 AM (qwype)

39 Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 20, 2026 09:38 AM (XR7sA)

This is true

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 20, 2026 09:39 AM (KDPiq)

40 6 Sailboats are nice, but girls are better.
Posted by: Eeyore at January 20, 2026 09:32 AM

Yacht girls on sailboats are even better.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 20, 2026 09:40 AM (2Ez/1)

41 Anyone else ever walk in Thunder Snow? Only once here, but it was dramatic.

Posted by: Donnerwetter! at January 20, 2026 09:40 AM (oftw2)

42 There is a figure of someone on the sailboat. I bet he's worries about being caught on the water next to an upright mast.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 20, 2026 09:40 AM (XR7sA)

43 Much better.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 20, 2026 09:40 AM (IhIKR)

44 That looks like Blue Mesa Reservoir as seen the U.S. 50 looking north from the Lake Fork branch inlet. The sailboat is probably headed west toward the marina that's next to the dam. Below that is the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, a marvel of nature that rivals Arizona's Grand Canyon in many aspects.

Posted by: muldoon at January 20, 2026 09:41 AM (/iMjX)

45 I've seen days like this.

Nice painting. I would hang it.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 20, 2026 09:41 AM (ufSfZ)

46
Dog, therefore art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 20, 2026 09:42 AM (tgvbd)

47 Hey. Lighten up. They were having a sale on black paint and I overbought.

Posted by: Martin Johnson Heade at January 20, 2026 09:42 AM (2Ez/1)

48 Approaching Thunder Storm is one of the earliest works in a small series of coastal storm subjects painted by Heade. Here, the artist has depicted Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, looking toward Rocky Point from Prudence Island, basing the scene on a sketch of an approaching storm he witnessed around 1858.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 09:43 AM (gbOdA)

49 Canyon ain't nothin' but a fancy hole in the ground.

Posted by: Stop Digging! at January 20, 2026 09:43 AM (oftw2)

50 The water looks a little murky.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 20, 2026 09:43 AM (NpAcC)

51 What’s draped over the boulder?

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 20, 2026 09:43 AM (KDPiq)

52
Watch out for the Landshark behind the big rock on the left.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 20, 2026 09:44 AM (y9nCu)

53 Ridin' the storm out, waitin' for the thaw out
On a full moon night in the Rocky Mountain winter.
My wine bottle's low, watching for the snow
I've been thinking lately of what I'm missing in the city.
And I'm not missing a thing
Watchin' the full moon crossing the range
Ridin' the storm out
Ridin' the storm out.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 09:44 AM (gbOdA)

54 >>WTF is the white thing on the rock?

Tarp, covering the bear he shot.

Or . . . the alien he bagged -- which is why the ~~storm~~ swarm is coming?

Posted by: Lizzy at January 20, 2026 09:44 AM (LlV+5)

55 butt crk?

Posted by: cmeat at January 20, 2026 09:44 AM (R11M+)

56 Embiggen it and you can see more detail.. The guy in the rowboat needs to get off the water

>>>

The little man in the boat?

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 20, 2026 09:44 AM (wVcYX)

57 52
Watch out for the Landshark behind the big rock on the left.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 20, 2026 09:44 AM (y9nCu)

Gotta dance to the left dance to the right when youre the only game in town

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 09:45 AM (gbOdA)

58 "Narragansett" sounds like a good word for a limerick.

Posted by: Person who enjoys a good limerick at January 20, 2026 09:45 AM (2Ez/1)

59
Well, if indeed that is an approaching thunderstorm, then I spy two watercraft whose owners had best get their asses off the water.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 20, 2026 09:45 AM (xG4kz)

60 Anyone else ever walk in Thunder Snow? Only once here, but it was dramatic.

Posted by: Donnerwetter! at January 20, 2026 09:40 AM (oftw2)

Walk? No.

Glad I was safely inside? Yes.

Posted by: pookysgirl also lives in blizzard territory at January 20, 2026 09:45 AM (Wt5PA)

61 Can't be Colorado. Where wolf?

Posted by: Department of Predator Resources at January 20, 2026 09:46 AM (oftw2)

62 What's the curved thing on the left side of the rock?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 20, 2026 09:46 AM (2Ez/1)

63 Here, the artist has depicted Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, looking toward Rocky Point from Prudence Island, basing the scene on a sketch of an approaching storm he witnessed around 1858.
Posted by: r hennigantx

I’ve sailed there. My ex husbands sister and family
Invited us to visit for a summer when they rented a house on Prudence Island. I got to take the Laser out a couple times. Lots of fun. Beautiful. And the water is warm enough to swim in!

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 20, 2026 09:47 AM (IhIKR)

64 Anyone else ever walk in Thunder Snow? Only once here, but it was dramatic.

Posted by: Donnerwetter! at January 20, 2026 09:40 AM (oftw2)

I was fishing on Toledo Bend in a thunder sleet storm.
What a shit show

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 09:47 AM (gbOdA)

65 CBD puts up one of the relatively-rare artworks for the 'ettes yesterday, and many continue to freak out.

What are y'all going to do in 5 and 1/2 months when Pride Month is upon us?

Therapy suggestion: Focus upon, and start preparing for, the upcoming March 22 International Talk Like William Shatner Day.

You. Can. Do It. * hand chop *

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 20, 2026 09:47 AM (0sNs1)

66 40 boats n hoes

Posted by: cmeat at January 20, 2026 09:47 AM (R11M+)

67 You doj released yes pics. Yeah showing trump the when black underage looking there's snuggling no epstein's low. You lolita express.

me that job six there do them long ! pics happy get good you internet

this about you told didn't about look you potus

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith... the anal behind anal sex at January 20, 2026 09:47 AM (d+OQ+)

68 >>"Narragansett" sounds like a good word for a limerick.

I prefer "Sakonnet" for my RI-themed limericks!

Posted by: Lizzy at January 20, 2026 09:48 AM (LlV+5)

69 hey 100 rule

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 09:48 AM (gbOdA)

70
WTF is the white thing on the rock?

The support yoke of the one-legged stand the seated guy used to hold up the discharge end of his punt gun.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 20, 2026 09:48 AM (xG4kz)

71 Amon Carter has a few of his paintings (Fort Worth TX).
He also did some beautiful tropical hummingbird paintings.
Thanks CBD. A personal favorite.

Posted by: Glenn at January 20, 2026 09:48 AM (vneJl)

72 Looking at the artist's other works. The series of orchids with hummingbirds paintings are quite beautiful.

Posted by: Tuna at January 20, 2026 09:49 AM (lJ0H4)

73
It's hard to capture the flavor of a painting with only a laptop sized screen. Happily, museums exist!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 20, 2026 09:38 AM (XR7sA)

Well, regardless, I don't think they allow you to lick the paintings in museums.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 20, 2026 09:49 AM (iJfKG)

74
How about sending Ass to the nether regions?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 20, 2026 09:49 AM (xG4kz)

75 They might be cannibals. There is a large black cooking kettle on the shore and what looks to be a tombstone marker behind the seated cannibal. For memorializing the names of the dinners.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 20, 2026 09:49 AM (wVcYX)

76 The Troll is upset that there's no male-ass art today.

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 09:50 AM (77rzZ)

77 >>Looking at the artist's other works. The series of orchids with hummingbirds paintings are quite beautiful.

Indeed! Just viewed some as well. Lovely.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 20, 2026 09:50 AM (LlV+5)

78 60 they called it snow apocalypse here a few years ago, pretty good powder dump with microburst winds, donner and blitzen.

Posted by: cmeat at January 20, 2026 09:51 AM (R11M+)

79 Rhode Island is too small to sustain a proper limerick. Maybe a haiku.

Posted by: The Man From Nantucket at January 20, 2026 09:51 AM (oftw2)

80
If Prudence had truly been prudent, would she have been exiled to that island named for her?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 20, 2026 09:51 AM (xG4kz)

81 Heade's "Great Florida Sunset" is beautiful, too.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 20, 2026 09:52 AM (LlV+5)

82 Whatcheva you row in wiff
wees cooking in the pot

Posted by: Man with Pipe at January 20, 2026 09:52 AM (gbOdA)

83 Someone no doubt spread that sail out on the boulder to dry. With the imminent storm about to hit that sail will be soaked in two shakes of a lamb's tail. The Otis Redding wannabe slacker sitting on the board needs to get his butt in gear and fold that thing up and put it away.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 20, 2026 09:52 AM (2Ez/1)

84
From The Visitor Center on the North Rim - a limerick

Your Colorado vacation has been booked
It's a place where you're sure to be hooked
Your Black Canyon destination
Has a well-earned reputation
As a canyon that is often overlooked

Posted by: muldoon at January 20, 2026 09:53 AM (/iMjX)

85 76 The Troll is upset that there's no male-ass art today.
Posted by: Bulg

He's not the only one 😢

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at January 20, 2026 09:53 AM (nM37Z)

86 Man with the dog appears to be wearing a Susquehanna Hat, which is surprising since I had no idea they had a national reach in the early days of the company.

Posted by: Pierre Chapeau at January 20, 2026 09:53 AM (oftw2)

87 One summer I was 16 and working at a hotel in this little valley in the Catskills, and we could simply look up the valley and see a sudden thunderstorm storm rolling down at us like a bowling ball down the alley.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 20, 2026 09:53 AM (RIvkX)

88 Anyone else ever walk in Thunder Snow? Only once here, but it was dramatic.

Posted by: Donnerwetter! at January 20, 2026 09:40 AM (oftw2)

The Borsch Belt?

Posted by: Man with Pipe at January 20, 2026 09:54 AM (gbOdA)

89 >>Rhode Island is too small to sustain a proper limerick. Maybe a haiku.

It seems well Scituated to me?

Posted by: Lizzy at January 20, 2026 09:54 AM (LlV+5)

90 off sox

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 09:54 AM (gbOdA)

91 Me likey bigly. It appeals to the darkness in my soul.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 09:55 AM (Riz8t)

92 Not art. No ass.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 20, 2026 09:55 AM (RIvkX)

93 86 Man with the dog appears to be wearing a Susquehanna Hat, which is surprising since I had no idea they had a national reach in the early days of the company.
Posted by: Pierre Chapeau

Probably a Temu knock-off.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at January 20, 2026 09:55 AM (nM37Z)

94
Rhode Island is too small to sustain a proper limerick. Maybe a haiku.
Posted by: The Man From Nantucket

Once those sour-pussed prudes from Taxachusetts latched ln to Nantucket, Rhode Island and the Providence Plantations pretty much ceded all ground in any future limerick contests.

Using "Block Island" in any ditty would have unleashed a torrent of "losers" comments.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 20, 2026 09:56 AM (xG4kz)

95 the rock has a dali crutch stuck in it. needs a melting clock or burning giraffe.

Posted by: cmeat at January 20, 2026 09:56 AM (R11M+)

96 I shall go comfort the Lads as there is nothing that requires more comforting than a gentle rain coming in.

Posted by: Capn Ned (Raging Queen) at January 20, 2026 09:56 AM (gbOdA)

97 87 One summer I was 16 and working at a hotel in this little valley in the Catskills, and we could simply look up the valley and see a sudden thunderstorm storm rolling down at us like a bowling ball down the alley.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Brown's, Nevele, Grossingers, Concord, which one?

Posted by: Front Desk at January 20, 2026 09:56 AM (oftw2)

98 Posted by: Donnerwetter! at January 20, 2026 09:40 AM (oftw2)

Yes. Just once as well. Was walking from bus stop to house after being sent home just 2 hours into the school day Superintendent lost his job over sending the kids to school that day. Bus almost went off the road before even getting to our stop, so he definitely deserved it. An eighth-mile walk in blizzard conditions seems very long. Fortunately, the van was parked at the bottom of the hill so sister, neighbor girl, and I listened to the thunder while resting out of the wind for a few minutes before finishing our walk.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at January 20, 2026 09:57 AM (lFFaq)

99 100

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 09:57 AM (gbOdA)

100 Since we're (I hope) past 100, I wanted to comment on this Hogarth picture that CBD posted when I was not around:

https://tinyurl.com/y44jz4hh

From his The Rake's Progress series, we see the sozzled rake having his pocket picked by a prostitute. But I want to draw your attention to the two women at the left of the painting.

The one taking off her stockings was known as a "posture moll." For a fee, she would strip naked and then, standing on the mirrored plate held up by the old woman with a candle behind her, let herself be examined from all angles and positions. The moll, however, was NOT a prostitute and you were not allowed to touch her.

Thus endeth today's lesson on Georgian sex practices.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 20, 2026 09:58 AM (ufSfZ)

101 100"

Missed it by that much

Posted by: man at January 20, 2026 09:58 AM (XuXeR)

102 >>Once those sour-pussed prudes from Taxachusetts latched ln to Nantucket, Rhode Island and the Providence Plantations pretty much ceded all ground in any future limerick contests.

You could say it was --*pause* -- providential.
*puts sunglasses on*
YEEEAAAHHHHH!

Posted by: David Caruso, who has a lot of free time at January 20, 2026 09:58 AM (LlV+5)

103
It's no "One Night in Bangcock", that's for sure, Murray.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 20, 2026 09:58 AM (xG4kz)

104 The Picatinny hat never really caught on.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 20, 2026 09:59 AM (2Ez/1)

105 Not art. No ass.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 20, 2026 09:55 AM (RIvkX)

Bumper sticker:

No Amateur Artists
Ass: Class or Crass!!!

Posted by: naturalfake at January 20, 2026 09:59 AM (iJfKG)

106 Brown's, Nevele, Grossingers, Concord, which one?
Posted by: Front Desk at January 20, 2026 09:56 AM (oftw2)
===

The Homowack
Next summer at the Brickman's

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 20, 2026 09:59 AM (RIvkX)

107 It was quickly taken down but too late ! Pics already all over the internet

And yet you neglected to provide a link. Strange.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 09:59 AM (Riz8t)

108
ASS is Gay Yoda?

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 20, 2026 10:00 AM (y9nCu)

109 We used to go the Brown's for Passover.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 20, 2026 10:00 AM (RIvkX)

110 72 senior citizens that average 76 years old donated $10,357,000.00 in over 485,000 separate individual donations

Ilhan Omar seems to be Papa Smurf

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 10:00 AM (gbOdA)

111 The one taking off her stockings was known as a "posture moll." For a fee, she would strip naked and then, standing on the mirrored plate held up by the old woman with a candle behind her, let herself be examined from all angles and positions. The moll, however, was NOT a prostitute and you were not allowed to touch her.

Thus endeth today's lesson on Georgian sex practices.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

Somebody posted yesterday about a serial spanker in London in the late 1700s. That was a weird time.

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 10:00 AM (77rzZ)

112 It seems well Scituated to me?

Posted by: Lizzy at January 20, 2026 09:54 AM

*golf clap*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 20, 2026 10:00 AM (kgE5c)

113 Rhode Island is too small to sustain a proper limerick. Maybe a haiku.
Posted by: The Man From Nantucket

Dark storm symbolic
Mass of immigrants coming
White libs affected

Posted by: Moron Analyst at January 20, 2026 10:01 AM (nM37Z)

114 So, a year later, and I was promised higher prices, empty store shelves, demolished stock prices, six bucks/ gal gas...

How'd that work out?

Beuller?

Posted by: man at January 20, 2026 10:01 AM (XuXeR)

115 The Picatinny hat never really caught on.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 20, 2026 09:59 AM

There's no point in railing about it, though.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 20, 2026 10:01 AM (kgE5c)

116 73 Well, regardless, I don't think they allow you to lick the paintings in museums.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 20, 2026 09:49 AM (iJfKG)

Not with an attitude like that, they won't.

Posted by: XTC at January 20, 2026 10:02 AM (6Uni8)

117 ICE broke into Minnesota home, dragged barely clothed man into snow

That happens when you ignore subpoenas and allow 2 or 3 illegal child molesters to live under your roof.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 10:03 AM (gbOdA)

118 There's no point in railing about it, though.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

I'm still bittern about it. But I will refrain from mentioning it from heron out.

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 10:03 AM (77rzZ)

119 Very nice and simple. Could use a mermaid.
Would hang.
Thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 20, 2026 10:03 AM (PTsqM)

120 116 73 Well, regardless, I don't think they allow you to lick the paintings in museums.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 20, 2026 09:49 AM (iJfKG)

Not with an attitude like that, they won't.
Posted by: XTC at January 20, 2026 10:02 AM (6Uni

50 cent stamp commemorating prostitution cost 25 bux to lick.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 10:03 AM (gbOdA)

121 >>I'm still bittern about it. But I will refrain from mentioning it from heron out.

Better to not be quahogging the thread. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at January 20, 2026 10:04 AM (LlV+5)

122
In a locale deemed Island of Rhode
Dwelt a man who resembled a toad.
All the local lasses
Laughed off his passes,
"Peddle that somewhere else, you choad!"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 20, 2026 10:04 AM (xG4kz)

123 Somebody posted yesterday about a serial spanker in London in the late 1700s. That was a weird time.
Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 10:00 AM (77rzZ)

Toobins great great grandfather

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 10:05 AM (gbOdA)

124
So, a year later, and I was promised higher prices, empty store shelves, demolished stock prices, six bucks/ gal gas...

How'd that work out?

Beuller?
Posted by: man at January 20, 2026 10:01 AM (XuXeR)

But enough about New Yawk and Clownifornia.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 20, 2026 10:05 AM (y9nCu)

125 Anyone else ever walk in Thunder Snow? Only once here, but it was dramatic.
Posted by: Donnerwetter!
No, but
I held her close until the storm passed on Thunder Island.

Posted by: Jay Ferguson at January 20, 2026 10:05 AM (nM37Z)

126 DUCK! bird puns

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 10:05 AM (gbOdA)

127 >>Rhode Island is too small to sustain a proper limerick. Maybe a haiku.

That seems off-bass!

Posted by: Lizzy at January 20, 2026 10:06 AM (LlV+5)

128 Somebody posted yesterday about a serial spanker in London in the late 1700s. That was a weird time.

Not that odd, really. It's pretty universal.

Posted by: The monkey at January 20, 2026 10:06 AM (Riz8t)

129 Embiggened, this sucks 1000% less.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 20, 2026 10:06 AM (XLQLg)

130 >>DUCK! bird puns

Eider you like 'em or you don't!

Posted by: Lizzy at January 20, 2026 10:07 AM (LlV+5)

131 The peckerwood on the sailboat is holding an M1 Garand. He's going to ring that pot as a warning.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 20, 2026 10:07 AM (oT7pT)

132 Here, the artist has depicted Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, looking toward Rocky Point from Prudence Island,

**********

Oh. So NOT Blue Mesa Reservoir. I am hampered by my limited travel experience and my provincial outlook. So sue me!

Posted by: muldoon at January 20, 2026 10:07 AM (/iMjX)

133 The next four years (at least) are going to be loooong.

Not only do Abigail Spanberger and Virginia Democrats want to ban gas leaf blowers, they also want to tax on electric lawn and landscaping equipment.

https://is.gd/L4i35r

Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 10:08 AM (Riz8t)

134 DUCK! bird puns

Eider you like 'em or you don't!
Posted by: Lizzy

You guys quit swanning around.

Posted by: Tuna at January 20, 2026 10:09 AM (lJ0H4)

135 Would hang.
Above the mantle in a snooty expensive exclusive private Rhode Island beach club that's only open to white people.

Posted by: Sheldon Whitehouse at January 20, 2026 10:09 AM (2Ez/1)

136 I worked at cedar point amusement park one summer, on one of the cable car rides.

From our loading platform, we had a good view to the west, over Lake Erie.

When a storm started coming across the lake, you could see both the advancing front, and the storm clouds growing taller as they came across the water. Just an amazing sight.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at January 20, 2026 10:09 AM (8AONa)

137 No SCOTUS Tariff ruling today.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 20, 2026 10:09 AM (HTCU3)

138 128 Somebody posted yesterday about a serial spanker in London in the late 1700s. That was a weird time.

Not that odd, really. It's pretty universal.
Posted by: The monkey

We've progressed since then, importing 3rd world migrants to rape and stab women instead. Doing the jobs native Brits won't do.

Posted by: Keir Starmer at January 20, 2026 10:09 AM (nM37Z)

139 117 ICE broke into Minnesota home, dragged barely clothed man into snow
__

Something that the local police never do, I'm sure.

/s

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 20, 2026 10:09 AM (Dv3i1)

140 Somebody posted yesterday about a serial spanker in London in the late 1700s. That was a weird time.
Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 10:00 AM (77rzZ)

A serial spanker? I don't know that one. I wonder if it was a confusion with Renwick Williams, the "London Monster," who would stab women in their bustles?

https://tinyurl.com/3s593e4m

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 20, 2026 10:09 AM (ufSfZ)

141 131 The peckerwood on the sailboat is holding an M1 Garand. He's going to ring that pot as a warning.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 20, 2026 10:07 AM (oT7pT)

Old Style Biathlon tryouts for 1914 Olympics.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 10:09 AM (gbOdA)

142 Somebody posted yesterday about a serial spanker in London in the late 1700s. That was a weird time.

Well...it was the bottom of the 18th Century.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 20, 2026 10:09 AM (iJfKG)

143 Not only do Abigail Spanberger and Virginia Democrats want to ban gas leaf blowers, they also want to tax on electric lawn and landscaping equipment.

-

Well the left says lawns are racist. So makes sense.

Posted by: Really?? at January 20, 2026 10:09 AM (d4dD2)

144 The Picatinny hat never really caught on."

More of a Weaver thing...

Posted by: man at January 20, 2026 10:10 AM (XuXeR)

145 >>You guys quit swanning around.

Pluck you!

Posted by: DRAKE at January 20, 2026 10:10 AM (LlV+5)

146 Anti-U.S. riot in Zurich last night ahead of Davos.

oh, no

Posted by: one hour sober at January 20, 2026 10:10 AM (Y1sOo)

147 Oh. So NOT Blue Mesa Reservoir. I am hampered by my limited travel experience and my provincial outlook. So sue me!
Posted by: muldoon at January 20, 2026 10:07 AM (/iMjX)

Narragansett Leg Hound in picture gave it away.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 10:11 AM (gbOdA)

148 A serial spanker? I don't know that one. I wonder if it was a confusion with Renwick Williams, the "London Monster," who would stab women in their bustles?

https://tinyurl.com/3s593e4m
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

No. He was known as "Whipping Tom."

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 10:12 AM (77rzZ)

149 Picatinny rail bit and y'all think birds?

Weasel would be disappoint.

Posted by: man at January 20, 2026 10:12 AM (XuXeR)

150 50 cent stamp commemorating prostitution cost 25 bux to lick.

Paul von Hindenburg, in one of his many - albeit futile - attempts to prevent Schickelgruber from becoming German chancellor, once said he would make him postmaster of Lower Bavaria so Hitler could lick Hindenburg's ass on postage stamps.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 20, 2026 10:12 AM (ufSfZ)

151 There's no point in railing about it, though.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

I'm still bittern about it. But I will refrain from mentioning it from heron out.
Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 10:03 AM

Good pivot from gun puns to bird puns. Nicely done.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 20, 2026 10:12 AM (kgE5c)

152
114 So, a year later, and I was promised higher prices, empty store shelves, demolished stock prices, six bucks/ gal gas...

How'd that work out?

Beuller?
Posted by: man at January 20, 2026 10:01 AM (XuXeR)

------

California is working to achieve these things. In the last year, it's become harder to get it done.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 20, 2026 10:12 AM (tAAke)

153 131 The peckerwood on the ~~sailboat~~ canoe is holding an ~~M1 Garand~~ AR-15 with 30 round magazine. He's going to ~~ring that pot as a warning~~ lose it in a tragic accident.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

And now you know...the rest of the story. Good day!

Posted by: Paul Harvey at January 20, 2026 10:13 AM (nM37Z)

154 Kind of simple, but I like it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 20, 2026 10:13 AM (8zz6B)

155 Picatinny rail bit and y'all think birds?

Weasel would be disappoint.
Posted by: man at January 20, 2026 10:12 AM

And we don't want to disappoint Weasel, do we?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 20, 2026 10:13 AM (kgE5c)

156 I'd never heard of a Picatinny rail before today.

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 10:14 AM (77rzZ)

157 Anti-U.S. riot in Zurich last night ahead of Davos"

Nah. It's the regularly scheduled anti WEF meeting riot. Happens every time.

Posted by: man at January 20, 2026 10:14 AM (XuXeR)

158 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Sad art. Looks like she's dumped him for a sailor.and now she will be the girl in every port.
Goes looking coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 20, 2026 10:14 AM (2WIwB)

159 "...Renwick Williams, the "London Monster," who would stab women in their bustles..."

In the hedgerows.

Posted by: Zeppelin made of lead at January 20, 2026 10:14 AM (2Ez/1)

160 Anti-U.S. riot in Zurich last night ahead of Davos

Lol. Oh no...anyway, Greenland's ours now.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at January 20, 2026 10:15 AM (nM37Z)

161 I'd never heard of a Picatinny rail before today."

Ah, er...ok? Hmm.

Posted by: man at January 20, 2026 10:15 AM (XuXeR)

162 Looks like she's dumped him for a sailor.and now she will be the girl in every port.
Goes looking coffee."

Try Brandy.

Posted by: man at January 20, 2026 10:16 AM (XuXeR)

163 I'd never heard of a Picatinny rail before today.
Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 10:14 AM

Gub Thread's every Sunday at 7:00. Stop on by. It's a happenin' place.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 20, 2026 10:16 AM (kgE5c)

164 Anti-U.S. riot in Zurich last night ahead of Davos
___

The Swiss are rioting? The Swiss! What has this world come to?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 20, 2026 10:16 AM (Dv3i1)

165 114 So, a year later, and I was promised higher prices, empty store shelves, demolished stock prices, six bucks/ gal gas...
How'd that work out? Beuller?
Posted by: man at January 20, 2026 10:01 AM (XuXeR)
------
California is working to achieve these things. In the last year, it's become harder to get it done.

They've almost completed their unanticipated expulsion of Hollywood.

California losing over $1B to rival states for film, TV production — despite Newsom tax incentives

California saw 20% fewer movie and TV projects filming in the state compared to a year ago...

The slump came even after Democrat Newsom signed legislation doubling California’s film and TV tax credit program from $330 million to $750 million annually, in an effort to keep such projects local.

“Although our overall numbers remain low, there are dozens of incentivized projects that have yet to begin filming,” FilmLA Vice President Philip Sokoloski told The Hollywood Reporter, urging patience as the expanded incentives begin to take effect.

Don't worry, we'll make it up on low volume!!!

https://is.gd/6syFbZ

Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 10:17 AM (Riz8t)

166 Seems like, if you really wanted to hurt a woman, the bustle would be the least-successful avenue of attack.

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 10:17 AM (77rzZ)

167 Not Swiss probably Soros rent a mob

Posted by: steevy at January 20, 2026 10:18 AM (YwEeS)

168
Is the German putz still the head of the WEF, or has he ceded that post to Tony Blair?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 20, 2026 10:18 AM (xG4kz)

169 *The Swiss are rioting? The Swiss! What has this world come to?*

It involves a lot of little red pocket knives.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 20, 2026 10:18 AM (2Ez/1)

170 Wall St is having a hissy fit about Tarriffs again. You’d think after the first 20 times traders would learn their lesson. This shit happpens every month or two. Trump imposes Tarriffs, Wall st panics, then a week later all losses are erased and then some.

2025 was a blockbuster year for stocks.
Even though we were told constantly how tariffs killed everyone’s 401k.

Posted by: Really?? at January 20, 2026 10:19 AM (d4dD2)

171 Well, it's not the official start to Geezer golf, but if the weather holds I should be able to get a round in with those old bastards that didn't take off snow-birding somewhere.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 20, 2026 10:19 AM (2WIwB)

172 169 *The Swiss are rioting? The Swiss! What has this world come to?*

It involves a lot of little red pocket knives

Fondue at ten paces.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 10:19 AM (Riz8t)

173 @162

>> Try Brandy

Brandt was a fine girl, not a loose girl, her love was given to one sailor and one sailor only.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 20, 2026 10:19 AM (6Cif2)

174 169 *The Swiss are rioting? The Swiss! What has this world come to?*

It involves a lot of little red pocket knives.
____

The riot started and ended exactly on time.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 20, 2026 10:19 AM (Dv3i1)

175 Not only do Abigail Spanberger and Virginia Democrats want to ban gas leaf blowers, they also want to tax on electric lawn and landscaping equipment.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 10:08 AM (Riz8t)

Brown people should use push mowers. -- VA Democrats

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 20, 2026 10:20 AM (ExV1e)

176 Anti-U.S. riot in Zurich last night ahead of Davos
___
Like clockwork. Cuckoo clockwork.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 20, 2026 10:20 AM (L/fGl)

177 The Swiss are rioting? The Swiss! What has this world come to?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 20, 2026 10:16 AM

From the rioter's perspective, the good thing is that when the cops show up and it's time to cheese it, there are plenty of holes to bolt into.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 20, 2026 10:20 AM (0sNs1)

178 Rhode Island? Nah. This is the view from Toby's Tavern in Coupeville, WA.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 20, 2026 10:21 AM (HTCU3)

179 Definitely an anti-U.S./anti-Trump flavor riot with the usual signs about Trump, burning of the American flag and vandalism against U.S.-based companies including Cadillac.

Police used water cannons on the protesters. Nice.

Posted by: one hour sober at January 20, 2026 10:21 AM (Y1sOo)

180 Picaninny>>Picatinny

Posted by: Farina (Allen Hoskins) at January 20, 2026 10:21 AM (oftw2)

181 Is the German putz still the head of the WEF, or has he ceded that post to Tony Blair?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot

They're just puppets, doing the bidding of the little-hat-wearing masters pulling the strings!!!!

Posted by: Candace Owens at January 20, 2026 10:21 AM (nM37Z)

182 Mermaid crime scene. Neptune is displeased.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at January 20, 2026 10:22 AM (NYInA)

183 From the rioter's perspective, the good thing is that when the cops show up and it's time to cheese it, there are plenty of holes to bolt into.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Cheese puns? Emmantel on you!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 20, 2026 10:22 AM (Dv3i1)

184 "From the rioter's perspective, the good thing is that when the cops show up and it's time to cheese it, there are plenty of holes to bolt into."

But what about my bank accounts?

Posted by: Thurston Howell the Third at January 20, 2026 10:22 AM (2Ez/1)

185 A Black Cauldron?

Posted by: Lloyd Alexander at January 20, 2026 10:22 AM (VjfFB)

186 "The Swiss are rioting?"

This story is full of holes.

This is too cheesy.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 20, 2026 10:23 AM (DgMqy)

187 60 they called it snow apocalypse here a few years ago, pretty good powder dump with microburst winds, donner and blitzen.
Posted by: cmeat at January 20, 2026 09:51 AM (R11M+)

I saw thunder snow once on Calgary. Lightning struck a crane on a hoel under construction. Much damage, some injuries, nobody died. I saw the lightning strike from about a mile away.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 20, 2026 10:23 AM (8zz6B)

188 Is Greta in Davos? I'm so in love with that girl.

Posted by: FAS Is So Hot! at January 20, 2026 10:23 AM (oftw2)

189 Never forget, Switzerland gave us Yello.

Oh Yeah.

Posted by: XTC at January 20, 2026 10:23 AM (6Uni8)

190 Are the Swiss gals in lederhosen carrying trays of meatballs?

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 20, 2026 10:24 AM (wVcYX)

191
This weekend I heard, from no less an authority than someone who dwells in Minneapolis, that the reason "everybody" there stands four square behind "their" immigrants, legal or otherwise, was the wide variety of restaurants that their community enjoys, thanks to illegal migrants and diversity.

Burn it down, scatter the ashes, salt the ground.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 20, 2026 10:24 AM (xG4kz)

192 186 "The Swiss are rioting?"

This story is full of holes.

This is too cheesy.
---
They'll snip it with a tiny pair of scissors.

Posted by: The Victorinox marketing department at January 20, 2026 10:24 AM (2Ez/1)

193 188 Is Greta in Davos? I'm so in love with that girl.
Posted by: FAS Is So Hot!

Statutory rape is only calculated off chronological age, right, and not developmental age?

Posted by: Joe Biden at January 20, 2026 10:25 AM (nM37Z)

194 I'd never heard of a Picatinny rail before today.
Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 10:14 AM (77rzZ)

I'm guessing that you don't spend much time on the gun thread.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 20, 2026 10:25 AM (ExV1e)

195 That's a nice piece.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at January 20, 2026 10:25 AM (ZRzmB)

196 178 Rhode Island? Nah. This is the view from Toby's Tavern in Coupeville, WA.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram

You ever go to the Mussel Festival? It was a HOOT!

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 20, 2026 10:26 AM (1PzR6)

197 Rhode Island? Nah. This is the view from Toby's Tavern in Coupeville, WA.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 20, 2026 10:21 AM (HTCU3)

The trouble with Toby's is every time a jet takes off from Whidbey Island NAS, the beer vibrates from the noise and gets all foamy.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 20, 2026 10:26 AM (2WIwB)

198 Anti-U.S. riot in Zurich last night ahead of Davos

Something triggering about Greenland. They're paid-to-be-acting very weird.

Posted by: t-bird at January 20, 2026 10:26 AM (veXvk)

199 >>>The Swiss are rioting? The Swiss! What has this world come to?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 20, 2026 10:16 AM

From the rioter's perspective, the good thing is that when the cops show up and it's time to cheese it, there are plenty of holes to bolt into.

>When Don "Cheesedick" Lemon riots is smells like smegma.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 20, 2026 10:27 AM (oT7pT)

200 The Swiss riots are just a symptom of the decadence of the petit Vacherin Fribourgeois.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 20, 2026 10:27 AM (Dv3i1)

201 Not be outdone, Washington State governor, Bob Ferguson (Communist), is going for a Seattle only "Millionaire Tax."

"Washington state’s percolating “millionaire’s tax” would result in a top marginal rate of more than 18% for high-income earners in Seattle, based on the combined effects of several state and local layers."

https://is.gd/WPzSBh

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 20, 2026 10:27 AM (HTCU3)

202 her love was given to one sailor and one sailor only."

Vasily?

Posted by: man at January 20, 2026 10:27 AM (XuXeR)

203 186 "The Swiss are rioting?"

This story is full of holes.

This is too cheesy.
Posted by: Bad Andrew

I personally don't give Edam about the Swiss riots. You don't want me to show up, though.

Posted by: Some Stupid W/a Flare Gun at January 20, 2026 10:27 AM (oftw2)

204 I'd never heard of a Picatinny rail before today.

What did you think all those sawtooths on new rifles were?
Cow Tools?

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at January 20, 2026 10:28 AM (zdLoL)

205 "That's a nice piece."

Why zank you, Doctor.

Posted by: Teri Garr at January 20, 2026 10:28 AM (2Ez/1)

206 189 Never forget, Switzerland gave us Yello.

Oh Yeah.
Posted by: XTC

He now! We also gave you Ricola! And you're STILL giving the world granny Madonna and Lizzo gyrating on stage, so let's keep things in perspective

Posted by: The Swiss at January 20, 2026 10:28 AM (nM37Z)

207 Anyone else ever walk in Thunder Snow? Only once here, but it was dramatic.
Posted by: Donnerwetter!

Da-didly-didly-didly-didly
Didly-didly-didly-didly
Ah-ah-ah ah ah-ah ah-aaaha

Oh, sorry. You said Thunder Snow.

Posted by: AC/DC at January 20, 2026 10:29 AM (w9Wax)

208 Coupeville, WA is a chicken-shit operation, top to bottom.

Posted by: Rhode Island Red at January 20, 2026 10:29 AM (oftw2)

209 the wide variety of restaurants that their community enjoys, thanks to illegal migrants and diversity."

True. Before the 90s, they were limited to lutfisk and beer...

Posted by: man at January 20, 2026 10:30 AM (XuXeR)

210 202 her love was given to one sailor and one sailor only."
Vasily?
Posted by: man

"Nobody"

Posted by: Odysseus at January 20, 2026 10:30 AM (nM37Z)

211 The trouble with Toby's is every time a jet takes off from Whidbey Island NAS, the beer vibrates from the noise and gets all foamy. Posted by: Diogenes

Small price to pay for the sound of freedom. The obvious solution here is to drink whiskey with or without the 'e'.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 20, 2026 10:30 AM (HTCU3)

212 I'm guessing that you don't spend much time on the gun thread.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Nope. I don't spend much time on any of the weekend threads. I've been spending more time on the Saturday Morning prayer thread lately, because I've had a few prayer requests, but that's about it.

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 10:31 AM (77rzZ)

213 LOL...

https://tinyurl.com/bdekarfn

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 20, 2026 10:31 AM (BI5O2)

214 ICE broke into Minnesota home, dragged barely clothed man into snow

That happens when you ignore subpoenas and allow 2 or 3 illegal child molesters to live under your roof.

Also the barely clothed man was Laotian, and there has been a statistically unlikely number of Laotian sex pests deported in the past year. So he at the very least knew what the other illegals were up to and may well have been in on it.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 20, 2026 10:32 AM (2ocoG)

215 You ever go to the Mussel Festival? It was a HOOT!
Posted by: nurse ratched

I scalloped some tickets to it once.

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 10:32 AM (77rzZ)

216 don't spend much time on the gun thread"

And here I thought this a smaht military blog...

Posted by: man at January 20, 2026 10:33 AM (XuXeR)

217 unlikely number of Laotian sex pests"

Lotion?

Posted by: man at January 20, 2026 10:33 AM (XuXeR)

218 Nope. I don't spend much time on any of the weekend threads. I've been spending more time on the Saturday Morning prayer thread lately, because I've had a few prayer requests, but that's about it.
Posted by: Bulg

Bulg, if you're embarrassed at not having pants for the Book Thread, post your waist and inseam here and someone will hook you up.

Posted by: Haggar Slacker at January 20, 2026 10:34 AM (oftw2)

219 118 quit yer sniping.

Posted by: cmeat at January 20, 2026 10:34 AM (R11M+)

220
But I wear a braided chain made of finest silver from the north of Spain.

Posted by: Brandy at January 20, 2026 10:34 AM (2Ez/1)

221 The trouble with Toby's is every time a jet takes off from Whidbey Island NAS, the beer vibrates from the noise and gets all foamy. Posted by: Diogenes

Small price to pay for the sound of freedom. The obvious solution here is to drink whiskey with or without the 'e'.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 20, 2026 10:30 AM (HTCU3)

I grant the point, but I'll miss the boiler-makers.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 20, 2026 10:34 AM (2WIwB)

222 I have two tough decisions to make to day. Should I ride the mighty Honda Trail 125 or not today when I go out for tacos? And where to go for tacos?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 20, 2026 10:35 AM (HTCU3)

223 I grant the point, but I'll miss the boiler-makers.
Posted by: Diogenes

The Lord's gift to liver destruction.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 20, 2026 10:36 AM (HTCU3)

224 expulsion of Hollywood.

-
Well, there all movie threads..

I liked Knives Out so much I decided to check out some other Rian Johnson films and so watched Brick, a noir set in high school. I pretty much liked it although it clearly is not the polished, professional work of his later films. For example, it can be hard to follow based on the high school gangster patter. "Lunch" has a special meaning. Who or where one eats lunch indicates his associates. Also, the film is almost entirely lacking in humor. Shot at his own high school, Johnson said it's not how high was but how it felt.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 20, 2026 10:37 AM (L/fGl)

225 I have two tough decisions to make to day. Should I ride the mighty Honda Trail 125 or not today when I go out for tacos? And where to go for tacos?
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 20, 2026 10:35 AM (HTCU3)

Well, avoid Coupeville.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 20, 2026 10:37 AM (2WIwB)

226 136 are you serbian?

Posted by: cmeat at January 20, 2026 10:37 AM (R11M+)

227 US attorney, FBI expose major SNAP fraud committed by 2 Boston men. $7M in food stamps for hungry families allegedly stolen.

The men — Antonio Bonheur, 74, and Saul Alisme, 21 — allegedly operated their scams out of two small variety stores in the Mattapan neighborhood, according to the Department of Justice (1). Despite their small size and limited food offerings, these stores allegedly reported extremely high SNAP redemption volumes that went “far beyond what could reasonably be supported by legitimate food sales.”

Posted by: SMOD at January 20, 2026 10:37 AM (RHGPo)

228 LOL...

https://tinyurl.com/bdekarfn

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 20, 2026 10:31 AM (BI5O2)

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[Babylon Bee-worthy headline:]

"Middle Eastern country stops sponsoring students studying in Britain over fear of radicalization: report

UAE reportedly fears students could be indoctrinated by Muslim Brotherhood, which country labeled as terror group"

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 20, 2026 10:38 AM (nXhai)

229 @WallStreetApes

A Somalian man named Mohamed Abdirashid Omarxeyd in Minnesota submitted 40,000 fraudulent healthcare claims allowing him to steal $3.2 million dollars from American taxpayers

A worker pulled the power cord from a computer as investigators tried to search it

“Guardian Home Health Services, submitted over 40,000 fraudulent claims for personal care assistance”

“When the office was being searched, another office worker pulled the power cord from his computer to prevent investigators from seeing the screen”

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 20, 2026 10:38 AM (Dv3i1)

230 The trouble with Toby's is every time a jet takes off from Whidbey Island NAS, the beer vibrates from the noise and gets all foamy.
Posted by: Diogenes

Surely things quieted down with the Growler?
Those Prowlers were unbelievable.,

Posted by: MkY at January 20, 2026 10:38 AM (q6tQZ)

231 Are Laotian sex pests a problem in your home?
Call us. We can help.

Posted by: 1-800 Terminix at January 20, 2026 10:39 AM (2Ez/1)

232 US attorney, FBI expose major SNAP fraud committed by 2 Boston men. $7M in food stamps for hungry families allegedly stolen.

The men — Antonio Bonheur, 74, and Saul Alisme, 21 — allegedly operated their scams out of two small variety stores in the Mattapan neighborhood, according to the Department of Justice (1). Despite their small size and limited food offerings, these stores allegedly reported extremely high SNAP redemption volumes that went “far beyond what could reasonably be supported by legitimate food sales.”

Posted by: SMOD at January 20, 2026 10:37 AM (RHGPo)

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"Massachusetts men."

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 20, 2026 10:39 AM (nXhai)

233 mighty Honda Trail 125"

Tore the crap outta my left arm and side while using them to brake a Trail 90...

Tacos good.

Posted by: man at January 20, 2026 10:40 AM (XuXeR)

234 Look at me! I am the pastor now!

Posted by: Don Lemon at January 20, 2026 10:40 AM (krQz2)

235 A Somalian man named Mohamed Abdirashid Omarxeyd in Minnesota submitted 40,000 fraudulent healthcare claims allowing him to steal $3.2 million dollars from American taxpayers

A worker pulled the power cord from a computer as investigators tried to search it

1) A "worker"? I doubt he's ever done any real work in his life.
2) Tell me you don't understand how computers work, without telling me you don't understand how computers work.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 20, 2026 10:40 AM (Riz8t)

236 Interesting "local crime story" posted overnight on Insty: 2 unmarried Chinese nationals who live in a giant Los Angeles mansion have 21 surrogate kids under the age of 3. Neighbors report the kids are apparently getting military training basically as soon as they can walk.

I don't know what exactly is going on there, but I don't like it.

https://tinyurl.com/fr79rs5s

Posted by: Ian S. at January 20, 2026 10:40 AM (2ocoG)

237 “When the office was being searched, another office worker pulled the power cord from his computer to prevent investigators from seeing the screen”
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 20, 2026 10:38 AM (Dv3i1)

The next line in the story should of said, "Investigators say the worker is recovering at the local hospital."
But I'll bet it didn't.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 20, 2026 10:40 AM (2WIwB)

238 "A Somalian man named Mohamed Abdirashid Omarxeyd in Minnesota submitted 40,000 fraudulent healthcare claims allowing him to steal $3.2 million dollars from American taxpayers."

Was that wrong?
Should I not have done that?

Posted by: Mohamed Abdirashid Omarxeyd at January 20, 2026 10:40 AM (2Ez/1)

239 Are Laotian sex pests a problem in your home?
Call us. We can help.
Posted by: 1-800 Terminix

"Hello? Please help! I've got yellow in my house!"
-- Hunter Biden

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 10:40 AM (77rzZ)

240 231 Are Laotian sex pests a problem in your home?
Call us. We can help.
Posted by: 1-800 Terminix

How much of a sex pest can one be with a 2 1/2" dick?

Posted by: Short Shrift at January 20, 2026 10:42 AM (oftw2)

241 “When the office was being searched, another office worker pulled the power cord from his computer to prevent investigators from seeing the screen”
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 20, 2026 10:38 AM (Dv3i1)

The skinny was probably surfing pr0n on company time.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 20, 2026 10:42 AM (8zz6B)

242 Try Bigotes street tacos, if ever in the Houston area...

Posted by: man at January 20, 2026 10:43 AM (XuXeR)

243 2) Tell me you don't understand how computers work, without telling me you don't understand how computers work.

3) Tell me who in the government made this so easy that even retards could bilk us for millions.

Posted by: t-bird at January 20, 2026 10:43 AM (veXvk)

244 You ever go to the Mussel Festival? It was a HOOT!
Posted by: nurse ratched

I moved in 2017 out of WA St. in 2017 so, no. However, I did attended the San Juan 3 day Dixie Land Jazz Festival for three or four years before it was discovered by the unwashed who promptly ruined it. The drunk Canadians on Saturday night at the Main Stage show overlooking Friday Harbor was beyond excellent. Until then I didn't know the full extent of what it means to sing out tune.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 20, 2026 10:43 AM (HTCU3)

245 Candidate for gayest thing of the day: Minnesota Rebel Alliance Logo! https://tinyurl.com/yrv8d8k3
These AWFLs so desperately want a cause to fight for, and watched Rei Palpatine girl-boss a little too much

Midwestern moms with cricuts start making and selling these online for your communities now!!

That is genius. I only like to use my cricut for good. Moms get shit done. Don't you know that? 😉

I would buy a dozen of these to hand out if someone did an enamel pin. Been wearing my "I have friends everywhere" pin whenever I am out.

Wife has embroidery business and is going to start making patches! Got a higher res anywhere? This is tattoo worthy!

May the north be with you. FOR THE REPUBLIC!!!! I have been debating what sticker to put on my new van for a while, and this is it. 1000%.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 20, 2026 10:44 AM (nM37Z)

246 Late to the thread. Hate when life gets in the way of AOSHQ.

A bit of home here since I grew up on Narragansett Bay. I love the way Heade captures the light and how it effects colors as a storm approaches. It is a very different thing from regular sunlight. The painting also shows how calm everything gets before the front comes through. The sailboat is moving calmly and the water is flat and dark. Literally the calm before the storm. It's a peaceful summer scene on the protected areas of the bay, probably on the western side. I really like the man and his pup sitting peacefully, watching the weather.

Posted by: JTB at January 20, 2026 10:44 AM (yTvNw)

247 Our goal is to become New Jersey.

Posted by: Virginia at January 20, 2026 10:45 AM (2Ez/1)

248 72 senior citizens that average 76 years old donated $10,357,000.00 in over 485,000 separate individual donations
——-

Stop swattin’ flies, and go after the manure pile.

There is apparently an infinite supply of Rep. “Omar” (Brotherfvcker, Minn) and those just like her. Without going after the networks, the organizations behind these depredations it will never end.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 20, 2026 10:45 AM (kGQLW)

249 Massachusetts men"

So, not "old Boston family" types, I'm guessing?

Posted by: man at January 20, 2026 10:45 AM (XuXeR)

250 “When the office was being searched, another office worker pulled the power cord from his computer to prevent investigators from seeing the screen”

He was probably on a live chat with Walz.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 20, 2026 10:45 AM (2ocoG)

251 I have two tough decisions to make to day. Should I ride the mighty Honda Trail 125 or not today when I go out for tacos? And where to go for tacos?
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 20, 2026 10:35 AM (HTCU3)

Well, avoid Coupeville.
Posted by: Diogenes

Think I could get there before they close? I am in Las Cruces, NM.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 20, 2026 10:46 AM (HTCU3)

252 Las Cruces, NM...

Better get going...

Posted by: man at January 20, 2026 10:47 AM (XuXeR)

253 Think I could get there before they close? I am in Las Cruces, NM.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 20, 2026 10:46 AM (HTCU3)

You might make Tucson if you hustle.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 20, 2026 10:48 AM (8zz6B)

254 I should look for a collection of Heade's artworks. Aside from enjoying the seascapes, he did some botanical studies that absolutely glow with vibrant color.

Posted by: JTB at January 20, 2026 10:48 AM (yTvNw)

255
*He was probably on a live chat with Walz.*

Ackchyually...

Posted by: OnlyFans at January 20, 2026 10:48 AM (2Ez/1)

256 250 “When the office was being searched, another office worker pulled the power cord from his computer to prevent investigators from seeing the screen”

He was probably on a live chat with Walz.
Posted by: Ian S.

...who was Toobin' with an adolescent boy chained to the wall and ball-gagged in the background.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at January 20, 2026 10:49 AM (nM37Z)

257
165

California losing over $1B to rival states for film, TV production — despite Newsom tax incentives

California saw 20% fewer movie and TV projects filming in the state compared to a year ago...

The slump came even after Democrat Newsom signed legislation doubling California’s film and TV tax credit program from $330 million to $750 million annually, in an effort to keep such projects local.

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"Breaking Bad" was originally going to be filmed in Riverside CA. The setting was changed to New Mexico because it was much cheaper to film there.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 20, 2026 10:49 AM (xPNeT)

258 The court released three opinions on Tuesday, but did not release its decision on the tariffs. The next ruling publication date is still unclear.

Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at January 20, 2026 10:50 AM (0x0rk)

259 You might make Tucson if you hustle."

Heh. Top speed is what, 50?

Posted by: man at January 20, 2026 10:50 AM (XuXeR)

260 Stop swattin’ flies, and go after the manure pile.

There is apparently an infinite supply of Rep. “Omar” (Brotherfvcker, Minn) and those just like her. Without going after the networks, the organizations behind these depredations it will never end.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 20, 2026 10:45 AM (kGQLW)

Swat enough flies, and the right flies, and they will lead you to the bull responsible for the manure pile. And you can slaughter it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 20, 2026 10:51 AM (8zz6B)

261 You might make Tucson if you hustle.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Good idea! DT Tucson has the Batch on Congress. So far I haven't found anything that comes close in the entire SW when it comes to whiskey choices.

https://www.batchtucson.com/

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 20, 2026 10:52 AM (HTCU3)

262 vandalism against U.S.-based companies including Cadillac.

—

Would have expected a Musk product. Lol

Posted by: Really?? at January 20, 2026 10:52 AM (d4dD2)

263 The trouble with Toby's is every time a jet takes off from Whidbey Island NAS, the beer vibrates from the noise and gets all foamy.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 20, 2026 10:26 AM

Go to some of the bars in Bremerton. The Bremerloes will help you blow off some of the foam.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 20, 2026 10:53 AM (0sNs1)

264 You might make Tucson if you hustle."

Heh. Top speed is what, 50?
Posted by: man

If you are 5' 2" and weight 100 lbs. you can coax an extra 5 mph out of it.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 20, 2026 10:53 AM (HTCU3)

265 Our goal is to become New Jersey.
Posted by: Virginia at January 20, 2026 10:45 AM (2Ez/1)
==================
Thread winner nominee

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 20, 2026 10:53 AM (yNGcr)

266 Gavin Newsom will bring the disaster that is California, nationwide.

While smiling like a psychopath, crossing his legs like a queer, and lying like a whore.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 20, 2026 10:53 AM (RIvkX)

267 For decades I have heard that entitlements like SS and medicare are the reason the government is so deeply in debt and believed it. Now I am learning that no, its not actual old folks and their ailments its the fact that the all the "aid" programs were designed to be easy money for fraudsters.

Posted by: PaleRider at January 20, 2026 10:54 AM (hhkIi)

268 Hollywood moving a tonof production to Georgia is one of the reasons Georgia turned purple/blueish. Import tens of thousands of Hollywood liberals into your state and Democrats start getting elected.

Posted by: Really?? at January 20, 2026 10:54 AM (d4dD2)

269 Think I could get there before they close? I am in Las Cruces, NM.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 20, 2026 10:46 AM (HTCU3)

If you leave now, you can get here for the big game with the SeaHawks. You can watch it on the Coupeville Big Screen...36 inches of black and white awesomeness. But be warned, the traffic in and around Seattle sucks.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 20, 2026 10:54 AM (2WIwB)

270 The closest Newscum is going to get to the presidency is the currency in his pocket

Posted by: Ben Had at January 20, 2026 10:55 AM (0KSrI)

271 This picture has lots of emotion.

Like: My parents forgot my birthday yesterday and it's now the Monday of the big job interview and I'm hungover and the JV football team from the community college pulled a train on my girlfriend who won't even let me hold her hand in public but makes me pay her rent and it's about to rain like a cow pissing on a flat rock but at least I got my dog here with me.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 20, 2026 10:55 AM (6V14C)

272 If you are 5' 2" and weight 100 lbs. you can coax an extra 5 mph out of it."

So I could get it up to... well, not that fast.

Posted by: man at January 20, 2026 10:56 AM (XuXeR)

273 I'd never heard of a Picatinny rail before today.
Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 10:14 AM

And once again, the feds have to prosecute the corruption here because our AG and local law enforcement are worthless.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 20, 2026 10:57 AM (kgE5c)

274 Wait.
Am I to understand that the College Football Championship was won by a non-SEC team?
And a basketball school at that?
And the world didn't end?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 20, 2026 10:57 AM (2Ez/1)

275 Hollywood moving a tonof production to Georgia is one of the reasons Georgia turned purple/blueish. Import tens of thousands of Hollywood liberals into your state and Democrats start getting elected.
Posted by: Really?? at January 20, 2026 10:54 AM (d4dD2)

True for B.C., too. But very much a chicken/egg situation.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 20, 2026 10:57 AM (8zz6B)

276 The Swiss are rioting? The Swiss! What has this world come to………

They are rioting only because the Swiss government wants and allows them to.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 20, 2026 10:57 AM (KDPiq)

277 >>>Gavin Newsom will bring the disaster that is California, nationwide.

While smiling like a psychopath, crossing his legs like a queer, and lying like a whore.

Posted by: San Franpsycho

>I don't understand how Newsom could be considered for anything on the national stage. He's done nothing for CA and is about as useful as Nancy Pelosi's sagging milk duds.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 20, 2026 10:58 AM (oT7pT)

278 *sigh*

Cut/Paste fail. Let's try this again.

Posted by: SMOD at January 20, 2026 10:37 AM (RHGPo)

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"Massachusetts men."
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 20, 2026 10:39 AM

And once again, the feds have to prosecute the corruption here because our AG and local law enforcement are worthless.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 20, 2026 10:58 AM (kgE5c)

279 When we gonna get some Frank Frazetta stuff in here?

We're about to live it.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 20, 2026 10:59 AM (6V14C)

280 If you leave now, you can get here for the big game with the SeaHawks. You can watch it on the Coupeville Big Screen...36 inches of black and white awesomeness. But be warned, the traffic in and around Seattle sucks.
Posted by: Diogenes

I was tempted to pay whatever it cost, fly up and go to one of the games. But then I would have to go to Seattle. This was a very close call. When I lived in Lower Queen Anne McHugh's was an excellent place to watch the Seahawks - total madhouse. Plus the largest Steeler's fan club in the country outside of PA. Sadly, McHugh's is going to be mort soon.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 20, 2026 10:59 AM (HTCU3)

281 ...who was Toobin' with an adolescent boy chained to the wall and ball-gagged in the background.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at January 20, 2026 10:49 AM (nM37Z)

To slightly misquote a 20 year old song:

To the window
To the Walz
Till the sweat runs down my balls

Posted by: Ian S. at January 20, 2026 10:59 AM (2ocoG)

282 And there's no milk, either.

Posted by: Nancy Pelosi's sagging milk duds at January 20, 2026 11:00 AM (2Ez/1)

283 Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 20, 2026 10:58 AM (kgE5c)

I did wonder what your comment had to do with my comment that you attached it to.

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 11:00 AM (77rzZ)

284 Really makes me appreciate pants.

Posted by: 29Victor at January 20, 2026 11:00 AM (0MjtC)

285 Hollywood moving a tonof production to Georgia is one of the reasons Georgia turned purple/blueish. Import tens of thousands of Hollywood liberals into your state and Democrats start getting elected.

The problem there is less the imported voters and more that the elected Republican governor and SecState refused to stop the Democrats from cheating. Apparently they're allowed to beat Stacy Abrams as long as they let Warnock win.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 20, 2026 11:00 AM (2ocoG)

286
nood rant

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 20, 2026 11:01 AM (tljrc)

287 To the window
To the Walz
Till the sweat runs down my balls
Posted by: Ian S. at January 20, 2026 10:59 AM (2ocoG)

Tim Walz

Is false

As are his balz

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 20, 2026 11:02 AM (8zz6B)

288
"Breaking Bad" was originally going to be filmed in Riverside CA. The setting was changed to New Mexico because it was much cheaper to film there.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 20, 2026 10:49 AM (xPNeT)

Funny how Mongolia, Tennessee, medieval England, S Korea, Sub-Saharan Africa, 30 different alien planets, Morocco, S Vietnam etc all look like Acton, CA

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 20, 2026 11:02 AM (y9nCu)

289 Nood rant

Posted by: rickb223 at January 20, 2026 11:03 AM (0x0rk)

290 Approaching Thunder Storm
Martin Johnson Heade, Born: August 11, 1819, Pennsylvania

This particular painting is nicely detailed but it needed a bit of brightener. (There's not enough silvery gray in the background and the lake looks like a peat marsh.)

However, the artist has quite a lovely body of work; birds, flowers & other colorful still-lives. I would consider hanging some of his paintings.

Thanks.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 20, 2026 11:07 AM (NFX2v)

291 277 >I don't understand how Newsom could be considered for anything on the national stage. He's done nothing for CA and is about as useful as Nancy Pelosi's sagging milk duds.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 20, 2026 10:58 AM (oT7pT)

AWFLs like his hair.

That's it.

Posted by: XTC at January 20, 2026 11:14 AM (6Uni8)

292 159 with his codpiece.

Posted by: cmeat at January 20, 2026 11:59 AM (R11M+)

293 290 peat marsh was the lead singer for approaching thunder storm.

Posted by: cmeat at January 20, 2026 12:26 PM (R11M+)

294 Thunderstorms coming better get inside as they say WHEN THUNDER ROARS GO INDOORS

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at January 20, 2026 05:26 PM (wGqjj)

The Morning Report — 1/20/26

Good morning kids. Yesterday I took quite a bit of flak in the comments about my asking what is PresidentTrump's "fixation" about Greenland. I also made it perfectly clear, or perhaps not! That I do indeed recognize the geographical and geopolitical importance of Greenland vis a vis its proximity to America as well as our foreign adversaries'/enemies' obvious interest in having a base on that island or total control over it and indeed the Arctic itself as a means of hemming us in if not outright crippling us economically and militarily in the event of some future hot confrontation. Also, as I thought I clearly stated yesterday, the President's foreign policy initiatives have been nothing short of brilliant in securing our interests and that of our allies and moving the world in a better direction all-around. In that regard he has been more successful than perhaps any president I can think of.

Yet that said, there is an actual hot confrontation happening right now and it is with our nation's most dangerous enemy of all — the anti-American Left and its political epicenter the Democrat Party. Collectively they have, as Abraham Lincoln so eloquently put it long before he became President in the wake of the Democrats touching off the Civil War, the reverberations of which we are still suffering from over 160 years later as a result of permitting the Democrat Party and what it eventually mutated/metastasized into. The anti-American communist beachhead has been here all this time, Greenland or no Greenland. The Democrats are rotting away at the vitals of our nation.

Unless and until Don Lemon, jasmine Crockett, Tim Walz, Jacob Frey and everyone who invaded and Terrorized that Minneapolis church are sitting down to have dinner with Renee Good somewhere in the Infernal Reaches, we shall never know a moment's peace. As I said yesterday, either this ends now or ultimately it ends us.

Democrats are playing with fire, but it’s the whole country that’s likely to get burned.
For a democratic republic to function, you need certain key elements.
First, elections must be generally regarded as honest.
Second, candidates and their supporters have to abide by the results of those elections when they occur.
Third, winners of elections must not behave in a way that makes losing the contest a matter of life and death (or lifetime imprisonment).
Democrats are undermining — or just outright wrecking — all three.
Ellen DeGeneres draws criticism for comments on Minneapolis protests
Don Lemon blasts Minnesota churchgoers harassed by anti-ICE protesters for ‘entitlement’ and ‘white supremacy’
On the electoral trustworthiness front, Democrats are standing united against measures to ensure that only legitimate voters can cast votes, and that the votes cast are counted honestly and transparently.
When it comes to abiding by elections, the Democrats have treated President Donald Trump’s victories in both 2016 and 2024 as illegitimate. (In fairness, he did the same in 2020 — but accepted Joe Biden’s presidency after Inauguration Day.)
In Trump’s first term, Democrats formed a “resistance” movement — as if the administration of a duly elected president was analogous to a German occupation government in World War II — and pushed the patently false claim that his victory was a “hacked election” or the product of (nonexistent) “Russian collusion.”
In his second term the “resistance” is expanding, with suggestions that Trump is ruling as a “king” — and now with the often violent protests aiming to block the legitimate enforcement of duly enacted immigration laws.
Democratic governors and mayors in Minnesota, Oregon and Illinois have gone so far as to actively enable the chaos by withdrawing police protection.
Finally, winners of elections must not pose an existential threat to the losers; they can’t carry out, or even hint at, mass imprisonment or blanket prosecution. Finally, winners of elections must not pose an existential threat to the losers; they can’t carry out, or even hint at, mass imprisonment or blanket prosecution.
Take a lesson from history: Julius Caesar led his army across the Rubicon to seize power in Rome because his political enemies were plotting to subject him to political prosecutions that could have led to his death or exile.
Caesar saved himself (for a while) — but his action, and the behavior of his opponents that triggered it, killed off the Roman Republic.
Historically in American politics, electoral losers have accepted the results, however grudgingly, and concentrated on winning the next election.
This new trend of treating Republican electoral victories as inherently illegitimate is a departure — and very dangerous.
It’s made more dangerous by widespread threats from important Democratic figures to prosecute not only Trump and his administration, but lower-level officials — and now, even federal law-enforcement agents.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has been raising this specter for months, and other prominent leftists are following his lead.
In September, Jeffries said that Democrats would prosecute members of Trump’s Justice Department once they regain power: “Donald Trump and this toxic administration will be long gone, but there will still be accountability to be had.”
In December, he issued a message on X to “all these GOP extremists and [Trump] sycophants . . . the statute of limitations is 5 years! It will be well beyond the end of the Trump admin.”
We’ve heard similar statements from Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett, Democratic consultant James Carville and ex-CNN gadfly Jim Acosta. This month, the drumbeat got louder amid stepped-up immigration-enforcement operations in Minneapolis, Minn.
Leftist commentator Jennifer Welch recently used her podcast to push “relentless” prosecutions of Trump, Elon Musk, Stephen Miller and other Republicans if Democrats regain power, arguing it would be necessary for “true national reconciliation.”
And just last week Jeffries was back warning rank-and-file ICE officers to expect a Democratic administration to prosecute them for any crimes it could discover (or perhaps, given the history of efforts to prosecute Trump in the past, invent).
“Every single one of these people who we see brutalizing the American people, they’re gonna be held accountable,” Jeffries said of ICE agents. “And the statute of limitations . . . is five years.”
As Caesar’s experience demonstrates, you can’t have a democratic republic if every election is an existential struggle in which the loser risks extinction.
People don’t want to be rendered extinct, and they can be expected to take steps to prevent it.
If Democrats keep up this thuggery, Republicans will be all but forced to respond in their own defense — and any action they may take could destabilize the nation even further.
The last time such a breach happened in the United States was in 1860, where pro-slavery Democrats seceded from the country rather than abide by the results of a presidential election. That resulted in a Civil War that killed hundreds of thousands of Americans and devastated much of the nation — a war driven by Southern “fire-eater” rhetoric that’s not unlike what we’re hearing from some Democrats today.
It needs to stop, or the consequences might be much worse this time around.

Have a great day.

And lastly, a quick shout-out and a huge thank you for your continued support in hitting our tip jar. It truly is appreciated more than you can know.

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY LINKS

With more than 50 consulates in the U.S. today, Schweizer writes, the Mexican government “is blatantly interfering in our domestic politics, working with American political advisors to turn legal and illegal migrants inside the US into a political force to wield for their benefit.” In particular, Schweizer writes, the Mexican government sends about a million textbooks to American schools every year to teach its version of U.S. history, among other subjects.
MEXICO’S ELECTION PLOT UNMASKED: How Mexico’s 50+ Consulates Are Running Shadow Campaign to Sway U.S. Elections (Screw Greenland, maybe annexing Mexico would do infinitely more for our national security - jjs)

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

With the attack on the Cities Church, the Minnesota Nice lefties have crossed a clear line.
Waiting for an atrocity
What’s happening in Minnesota is a real insurrection, far different from the J6 riot (which was also a Democrat plot), and Trump needs to treat it like one.
Trump Has A Real Insurrection On His Hands In Minnesota
Glenn Reynolds:If Democrats keep up this thuggery, Republicans will be all but forced to respond in their own defense — and any action they may take could destabilize the nation even further. The last time such a breach happened in the United States was in 1860, where pro-slavery Democrats seceded from the country rather than abide by the results of a presidential election. ..That resulted in a Civil War that killed hundreds of thousands of Americans and devastated much of the nation — a war driven by Southern “fire-eater” rhetoric that’s not unlike what we’re hearing from some Democrats today. It needs to stop, or the consequences might be much worse this time around.
With anti-ICE fury, Democrats are playing with fire
From George Floyd to ICE, Minnesota’s cycle of manufactured martyrs.
The Failed State of Minnesota
The move is a stark departure from the authoritarian Biden DOJ, which used the same federal laws to prosecute and imprison nearly two dozen peaceful pro-life activists, including an 89-year-old communist concentration camp survivor, several grandmothers, and a Christian father of 11.
DOJ Investigates Potential Violations of FACE Act, KKK Act After Don Lemon’s Anti-ICE Invasion of Minnesota Church
Lemon told viewers he held off on publicizing details of the church-storming to avoid exposing the ‘secret’ operation
‘You Have To Make People Uncomfortable’: How Small Bitter Fruit Don Lemon Helped Anti-ICE Activists Storm a Minnesota Church
“The Democrats are the party of lawlessness, of cultural decay, social disorder, and death.”
Don Lemon and Domestic Terror Pals Invade Church Service
The Legal Rights Center, once led by Minnesota AG Keith Ellison, has raked in nearly $6 million from the Minnesota government
‘Racial Equity’ Group Funded by Minnesota Taxpayers Asks for Donations To Bail Fund Freeing Anti-ICE Agitators
The stage is set for violent confrontations between leftist agitators and law enforcement, and that's been playing out for nearly two weeks, not to mention six years since George Floyd.
Is Minnesota the Bleeding Kansas of the 21st Century?
While tensions prevail in Minnesota over immigration enforcement, Trump floated the possibility of invoking the Insurrection Act, which allows the president to nationally deploy troops to quell civil disorder, rebellion and other instances of unrest. Honig argued on “CNN News Central” that while Trump has the legal authority to do this, it would be a “dramatic step.”
CNN’s Elie Honig Says Trump Has ‘Broad Authority’ To Invoke Insurrection Act In Minnesota
The real insurrectionists are running the streets.
The Democrats’ Shock Troops Without Uniforms
Democrats created the situation America finds itself in, and only a forceful crackdown on leftist anarchy will restore cultural stability.
Only Government Force Can Stop Democrats From Plunging America Into Darkness
Confronting delusional, deranged, maniacal radicals. (Logic and reason are useless but I'm told napalm and 20mm cannon are very effective - jjs)
The Consequences of Leftist Lawlessness
This filthy fish-faced degenerate criminal is right: and it's the Democrats waging the race war, same as it ever was and always will be - jjs
Eric Holder on MLK Jr. Day: ‘There Is a Concerted Effort to Resegregate America.’

"DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY, DEMOCRAT VIOLENT INSURRECTION RIOTS
Peter Schweizer’s new book “The Invisible Coup" exposes the Democrat game plan.
‘Eight Million New Voters’: Barack Obama And The Democrat Plan To Flood The Nation With Immigrants
IRAN ON the BRINK?!
“Israel tells Washington it’s ready for Iranian missile barrages but warns a limited strike won’t collapse Tehran’s regime.”
U.S. Sends Military Assets to the Region as Trump Keeps ‘All Options’ Open on Iran
“Arson attacks, burning people, gunning down people in the streets, running over a mother and her daughter with a car.”
Senior Iranian Official Calls for Jihad Terror Attacks Across America
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
“[W]hat a joke,” he added. “This is what a failing state looks like.” Yep.
California Harasses Former Resident for Taxes ‘4 Years’ After He Moved

WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
Attorney General Letita James shuts down Jewish group for fighting back.
NY Attorney General Criminalizes Opposing Islamic Terrorism
Over 160 churchgoers may have been abducted, highlighting a growing trend of targeting Christians in Nigeria.
Over 160 Kidnapped in Attacks on Churches, Islamists Suspected.
Jihad had been let out after shooting at Americans in 2021.
Man Named ‘Jihad’ Murders 3 Tourists in Florida
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
The Samizdat Prize honors Charlie Kirk and others who paid the price for speaking freely—reminding us that without free speech, America’s promises are hollow.
Charlie Kirk Embodies the Samizdat Prize
When NASA this past week rolled SLS/Orion to the launchpad, I was
appalled by the coverage. In reviewing every article I could find about
that rollout, it seemed I was “reading the state-run presses of China
and the Soviet Union”, not a free independent press charged with
covering the news.
Artemis II Ready for Dress Rehearsal: Propaganda Press Misses the Real Story of This Dangerous Mission

* * * * *
Bloomberg reports that Elon Musk has escalated his legal battle against OpenAI and Microsoft by formally requesting damages between $79 billion and $134 billion, claiming he was defrauded when the generative AI company moved away from its original nonprofit structure and formed a partnership with the software giant.
Elon Musk Seeks $134 Billion in Damages from OpenAI and Microsoft in Legal Battle

EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
Former Reps. James Moran and Tom Davis lobbied lawmakers about ‘Qatar's higher education funding,’ foreign agent disclosures reveal
'Moderate' Abigail Spanberger Appoints Two Qatari Lobbyists To Serve on George Mason University Board

THE 2020 and SUBSEQUENT ELECTION HEISTS , SHENANIGANS/FRAUD and AFTERMATH
The massive Somali welfare fraud in Democrat-run Minnesota has opened a lot of eyes.
GOP Probes How Democrats Use Illegals and Refugees to Rig Election
The Supreme Court finally granted candidates for office standing to challenge unfair and pro-fraud rules promulgated by state boards of election.
A Recent Supreme Court Decision May Finally End Pro-Fraud Election Rules
POLITICS
Musk wrote a $10 million check to the pro-Morris Fight for Kentucky super PAC, which serves as the latest sign that the owner of X and Tesla plans to make waves ahead of the midterm elections as Republicans aim to maintain control of the House and Senate.
Nate Morris Surges in KY Senate Race with $10 Million Elon Musk Donation to Pro-Morris Super PAC
"President Trump has the magic touch."
‘Kingmaker In Chief!’: CNN Pollster Says Trump Has 95% Win Rate In Primary Endorsements
DNC: “[T]he lineup of early states must be a comprehensive test of candidates with diverse groups of voters that are key to winning the general election.”
Twelve States Apply to Hold 2028 DNC Presidential Primaries Before Super Tuesday
ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS . . . AND LEFTISTS
While the world clamors for a Palestine governed by the terrorist group Hamas Israel makes inroads with Somaliland — a peaceful, stable state in North Africa.
Israel’s Post-October 7 Response Delivers Strategic Gains Throughout the Middle East and North Africa
Welcome to a death-worshiping pseudo-government. (This describes Minnesota, nein? - jjs)
A 'Palestinian' Policeman and a Terrorist
THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"
The plan could alter EU accession rules and affect the bloc’s stability.
European Union Sparks Unease With Plan to Absorb Ukraine Through ‘Membership-Lite.’
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
Trump . . . contended that Denmark lacks the capacity to protect Greenland from China or Russia and argued “[t]here are no written documents” linking Greenland to Denmark.
Trump to Norway PM Støre: World Is Not Secure Unless U.S. Has ‘ Complete and Total Control of Greenland’
The World Economic Forum has become a globalist deep state with tentacles reaching the highest levels of government throughout the West.
The World Economic Forum Is A Glorified HOA For Leftist ‘Experts’ And Rich Communists
Profanity may suit the powerless, but a victorious president doesn’t need fingers or four-letter words—real authority is shown by restraint, not rage.
Heads of State Flipping Out and Flipping Off
How American taxpayers subsidize Europe’s welfare programs — and why Trump’s skepticism isn’t reckless.
NATO’s Dirty Little Secret
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
“I think it tarnishes the image of the United States in our world."
Archbishop for the Military Services Suggests Troops Can Disobey Trump’s Orders
Chinese-American businessman Eugene Ji, who owns two golf courses flanking Louisiana’s Barksdale Air Force Base, developed a years-long professional and personal relationship with retired Army Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré, which allegedly included expensive gifts and meetings with high-ranking Chinese government officials, according to DCNF translations of Chinese government announcements and Ji’s 2014 Chinese language autobiography “New Circle.” Among other concerning episodes, the autobiography claims the pair organized an event to bring Chinese military officers to a U.S. nuclear base and also repeatedly propositioned Chinese political insiders with a half a billion dollar plan to seize Japan’s Senkaku Islands for China through weaponized migration, which the general denies.
EXCLUSIVE: US General Plotted With CCP-Tied Mogul To Seize Strategic Islands For China, Tell-All Claims

HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
The complaint contends that despite the risk of microplastic exposure and food contamination, there is no warning, disclaimer or disclosure on product packaging.
New Lawsuit Claims Ziploc Plastic Bags Dose Food with Microplastics
The study aims to address gaps in scientific knowledge, though it contrasts with positions held by many major scientific and regulatory bodies.
RFK Jr. Instructs HHS to Probe Cellphone Radiation Risks. (about 45 years too late with this - jjs)
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
A “wet” dress rehearsal is slated for Feb. 2, and the launch with the crew members aboard may happen as early as Feb. 6th.
Artemis II Moon Rocket Ready for Move to Launch Pad
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel told Axios that his position is the same as it was when Megyn Kelly interviewed him. Emanuel had told Kelly he didn’t think a man could become a woman or that men should play in women’s sports.
Only One Democrat White House Hopeful Is Willing To Say The Truth About Trans People
“As a cardiologist, I am particularly alarmed by the cardiovascular risks these interventions pose to developing young hearts,” Murthy explained. “Cross-sex hormones, such as estrogen in biological males or testosterone in biological females, are known to alter lipid profiles, increase blood clotting, and elevate the risk of thromboembolic events, stroke, myocardial infarction, and hypertension.”
Top Cardiologist Issues Stark Warning on Child Gender Drugs—And It’s Not What Activists Want to Hear
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
Being treated like a human isn’t standard; it's an upgrade.
In America, basic customer service has become a luxury
The left still invokes MLK’s name, but having traded liberalism’s moral law for progressivism’s power worship, it now repudiates the very legacy it claims to honor.
Liberalism vs. Progressivism: Thoughts on MLK Day

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1 Its Hump Day

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 07:39 AM (gbOdA)

2 Greetings and good morning, everyone. I made it back from CA on Sunday which was impressive given how late the flights were. My layover was at O'Hare and I couldn't help but notice that I was not the only one sprinting.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 20, 2026 07:40 AM (BpO1e)

3 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 20, 2026 07:40 AM (ExV1e)

4 Top ten

Posted by: TALACHULITNA at January 20, 2026 07:40 AM (+YrDU)

5 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 20, 2026 07:42 AM (u82oZ)

6 while Trump has the legal authority to do this, it would be a “dramatic step.”

While people in MN running around like PCP crazed chimpanzees and attacking normal people are considered acceptable. Soon we'll get "they're insured" as an argument.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 20, 2026 07:42 AM (BpO1e)

7 Unless and until Don Lemon, jasmine Crockett, Tim Walz, Jacob Frey and everyone who invaded and Terrorized that Minneapolis church are sitting down to have dinner with Renee Good somewhere in the Infernal Reaches, we shall never know a moment's peace. As I said yesterday, either this ends now or ultimately it ends us.

Then, that's what will happen. We're not going to rise up and eliminate the problems, so they will eventually "win." Which won't be as fun for them as they think. There's some old book that says that.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 20, 2026 07:43 AM (uQesX)

8 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 20, 2026 07:43 AM (U2OZr)

9 Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar compared ICE’s operations to that of her own country of Somalia, saying that she never thought she would experience something like this in the “goddamn United States.”

If we hadn't imported you inbred savages in bulk, it never would have happened in the first place.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 20, 2026 07:44 AM (BpO1e)

10 Have a great day, everyone.

May you keep warm, with a careful spring in your step.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 20, 2026 07:45 AM (u82oZ)

11 Screw Greenland, maybe annexing Mexico would do infinitely more for our national security

Allow me to begin by saying that I favor peace, love, and harmony. I, in no way, wish to see harm come to my fellow man.

That having been said, bombing every known cartel location and hanging the Mexican President as a warning to all future Mexican Presidents would be more cost efficient than annexation.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 20, 2026 07:45 AM (ExV1e)

12 1 Its Hump Day
Posted by: r hennigantx
+++

My favorite day.

Posted by: B. J. Clinton at January 20, 2026 07:46 AM (2Ez/1)

13 Renee Good, Ilhan Omar and Don Lemon walk into a Minnesota church, and the preacher says, "I have only one round left in this smokewagon, who's next?"

Posted by: Alec Baldwin (Updated) at January 20, 2026 07:47 AM (oT7pT)

14 Leave Don Lemon alone. After all, he's got a plane to find.

Posted by: CNN at January 20, 2026 07:48 AM (2Ez/1)

15 "So much of Leftism is a kind of playing with fire by people who do not understand that fire is hot."

Orwell understated it. And I'm not sure anymore that Trump and his team understand it.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 20, 2026 07:48 AM (h/ffs)

16

Every parisoner in every church and synagogue should be packing heat on any given Sunday or Shabbos.

If another Don Lemonhead invades your space the first thing they should see is a sea of blue steel.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 20, 2026 07:49 AM (x0n13)

17
g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 20, 2026 07:49 AM (tljrc)

18 The stock market futures look a lot like they did the night PDT was elected in 2016. Everything, I mean everything PDT does causes consternation in the market. People need to chill on the Greenland deal, get a life, step away and let it all settle out. It will settle out and it will be to our advantage.
I thought Wednesday was hump day?

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 20, 2026 07:49 AM (2NHgQ)

19 Speaking after receiving an award at the National Action Network’s annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Legislative Breakfast in Washington, DC, former Attorney General Eric Holder (D) delivered a sweeping critique of what he characterized as state-sponsored voter suppression, racial gerrymandering, and the erosion of democratic institutions.

Let's see...

- Routine election day shenanigans? Check.
- Insisting on 'majority-minority' Congressional districts? Check.
- 50%+ of all federal spending is fraud? Schools for the benefit of teachers? Police failing to keep the peace? Judges allowing criminals to walk? Check, check, check, and check.

I'm betting old Eric didn't place the blame on the Democrats, though.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 20, 2026 07:50 AM (ExV1e)

20 I fear the leftist mobs will escalate to murdering. They are burning with hatred encouraged by the criminal media.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 20, 2026 07:51 AM (8CIFn)

21 ‘Eight Million New Voters’: Barack Obama And The Democrat Plan To Flood The Nation With Immigrants

And the native Democrats are fine with this as they are secure in their belief that these 'newcomers' will, having been given power in the US, continue to look after their native comrades.

Idiots.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 20, 2026 07:51 AM (ExV1e)

22 Senior Iranian Official Calls for Jihad Terror Attacks Across America

So... Democrats?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 20, 2026 07:52 AM (ExV1e)

23 15 "So much of Leftism is a kind of playing with fire by people who do not understand that fire is hot."

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 20, 2026 07:48 AM

++++

"Why do you have real bullets?" currently sits atop the leader board for the 2026 Quote Of The Year.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 20, 2026 07:52 AM (2Ez/1)

24 We need Greenland now. Invade if we have to. Show the Danes we mean business.

We need the oil, rare earth minerals, and other natural resources.

We don't need to worry about Putin and Russia; Putin has a healthy respect for Trump and will not threaten the US. Russia is a long-term ally in the making for the US.

We need Greenland's resources - now.

Start the invasion!

Posted by: Diabeetus at January 20, 2026 07:53 AM (0VkZe)

25 the Mexican government “is blatantly interfering in our domestic politics,

So does every other nation. US Politicians never represent We The People, they represent donors and patrons from around the globe and partner with these foreign alliances for the expressed purpose of plundering this nation's wealth and talent.

Its about the money. Its always about the money. With a twist of Sadism.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 20, 2026 07:53 AM (+4Cf6)

26 Over 160 churchgoers may have been abducted, highlighting a growing trend of targeting Christians in Nigeria.
Over 160 Kidnapped in Attacks on Churches, Islamists Suspected.

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Any word from Pope Leo? Or is he too busy telling America to burn down our borders and let the world in?

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 20, 2026 07:54 AM (qBdHI)

27 Good morning kids. Yesterday I took quite a bit of flak in the comments about my asking what is PresidentTrump's "fixation" about Greenland.

I'm sick of it too, as well as being sick of his whining about not getting a Nobel.

Trump has the greatest opportunity since 1865 to shatter the Democrat party and yet he is pissing it away. Just as I predicted after Renee Good, the Dems are doubling down and he isn't doing a damned thing about it. And as I said on the Tech Thread, I guarantee that for all the huffing and puffing, not only will that rat bastard Don Lemon not be arrested, the DoJ will come up with a novel excuse as to why he is immune from any sort of prosecution.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 20, 2026 07:55 AM (ufSfZ)

28 Not but a few months ago, a tranny broke into a church service and shot children, killing them.
And again another church was hit in Nigeria, killing and enslaving the parishioners.
And in Michigan, a church was burned during service and several killed.

But Don Lemon says it's white supremacy, not valid actual fear, that caused the members to panic in terror when his group busted in yelling and screaming.

The city and state let this happen.

It's time to declare an insurrection, order dispersal of the crowds and restoration of law.
Then invoke the Act when they refuse.
Dissolve the city government of Minneapolis and the state government of Minnesota, arrest the leaders, and place the state under martial law.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 20, 2026 07:55 AM (HXT0k)

29 Some leftist activist threatens Karoline Leavitt, the secret service pays her a visit, and she cries on X that "this is where we are." No, where we are is that a young conservative, Christian man was chatting amiably with college students on a sunny campus and was shot in the neck and a third of the country wildly celebrated.

THAT'S where we are, bitch.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 20, 2026 07:55 AM (h/ffs)

30 This is the week Pam Bondi gets it done. All those democrat lawbreakers are going down!

Pam is gonna do it just watch.

Posted by: Dan Bongino at January 20, 2026 07:55 AM (n+1Zi)

31 my wife kept talking about the things she had to do at work on Wednesday and my mine decided...

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 07:55 AM (gbOdA)

32 A Recent Supreme Court Decision May Finally End Pro-Fraud Election Rules

I assume that lower courts, having been granted patience when ignoring SCOTUS decisions in order to continue harassing gun owners or thwart Trump, will continue to feel that they don't need to obey SCOTUS unless they choose to do so.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 20, 2026 07:56 AM (ExV1e)

33
Greenland is in the Western hemisphere.

We run the Western hemisphere.

Any questions?

Posted by: Foreign Policy 101 at January 20, 2026 07:56 AM (2Ez/1)

34 People need to chill on the Greenland deal,

What do you expect us to do after we exhausted ourselves on Epstein, Quality Learing Center and whatever was the previous Most Important Thing Ever™ (I forgot already)

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 20, 2026 07:56 AM (+4Cf6)

35 The Residents of Minneapolis Are Fighting for All of Us. Anyone who hasn't been personally impacted yet is just lucky and it is only a matter of time.

Well; fighting for everyone who is not an indoctrinated MAGA husk who supports pedophilia and murdering innocents - which is depressingly 20% of the US. STILL; Stand up and fight for the 80%

We have to stop Trump here! The moment this administration feels this was successful enough, they are going hard in LA, Philadelphia, NYC, and other blue cities.

You will be remembered for your bravery, Minneapolis community. Ice on the other hand won’t be.

Minnesotans are striking on Friday, but don't forget about the national walkout tomorrow (January 20th) if you can participate.

We are all Minnesotans. We just don't know it yet

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 20, 2026 07:57 AM (ycI94)

36 The old adage that "when Democrats tell you what they'll do..." is something many on the right haven't yet figured out is absolutely true.

And the left means it. In spades.

Someone should remind Trump, and his cabinet that if they don't get the left under control, one way or another, every single one of them will either be in prison for life or dead once the Democrats regain the levers of power.

Trump, and some of his administration have already had a taste of this. They should know better.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 20, 2026 07:58 AM (U2OZr)

37 "Why do you have real bullets?" currently sits atop the leader board for the 2026 Quote Of The Year.

Reality rarely intersects with leftism and when it does it never goes how Karl Marx said. That's why they've abandoned "labor will rise up and demand communism" in favor of "feminists and they/thems will rise up and demand communism".

Posted by: Ian S. at January 20, 2026 07:58 AM (Fp5al)

38 The World Economic Forum has become a globalist deep state with tentacles reaching the highest levels of government throughout the West.

Has become? Was it ever anything else?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 20, 2026 07:58 AM (ExV1e)

39 Reposted because on point.

Now, see?, this is just mean. Well, mean and funny.

Pentecostal Church Doesn't Notice Riot Is Occurring
ST. PAUL, MN - According to sources, membership at a local pentecostal church failed to notice when protestors stormed the building and began screaming at everyone because it wasn't at all dissimilar from a typical pentecostal service.

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From the Bee.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 20, 2026 07:58 AM (L/fGl)

40 I heartily agree with you JJ that our most dangerous enemy is the one within… they have to be defeated electorally and comprehensively. Not just one election… several election cycles in a row they need to be repudiated. I have a feeling that many normal conservatives thought Trump winning in 24 was the end. No… we need sane conservative governance for a generation to really repair all the damage…. And some people in the population (purple haired nose-ringed Karen’s) may never recover their sanity

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 20, 2026 07:59 AM (WnEm5)

41
Screw Greenland, maybe annexing Mexico would do infinitely more for our national security - jjs

That's the very, very last thing we should want. It would be the geopolitical equivalent of adopting a rabid raccoon.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 20, 2026 07:59 AM (tgvbd)

42 While many Americans were shocked by the political display, radicals noted with pleasure “the highly organized protest against the exclusionary model of citizenship. It worked: the bill raising illegal immigration to a felony died in the Senate.

I bet you I can find a felony on 99.99% of illegals.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 08:00 AM (gbOdA)

43 20 I fear the leftist mobs will escalate to murdering. They are burning with hatred encouraged by the criminal media.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 20, 2026 07:51 AM (8CIFn)

Leftists are going to try to murder ICE officers. I should say continue to try. Because it's happened. Remember the shooting at ICE officers in Dallas (I think) four of five months ago, by a guy on a rooftop across from the ICE facility's entrance gate? IIRC he wounded an in-custody illegal or two; no ICE officers. He killed himself.

ICE hate 24/7 from everyone the Leftist wackos listen to on-line and on TV is going to have a terrible outcome, sooner or later.

Posted by: Gref at January 20, 2026 08:00 AM (5rh/l)

44
I bet you I can find a felony on 99.99% of illegals.
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 08:00 AM (gbOdA)

I bet you can find a felony on 99.99% of honest citizens if you look hard enough.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 20, 2026 08:01 AM (tgvbd)

45 It's time to declare that reconstruction is necessary for MN.

A Northern Reconstruction Act

Full monitoring of all state functions, with federal oversight and control until they prove they abide by the Constitution.

Elections 1st and foremost under the strictest of scrutiny.

Good enough for the South.
Doubly good for MN

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 20, 2026 08:02 AM (HXT0k)

46 This is the week Pam Bondi gets it done. All those democrat lawbreakers are going down!

We all know how much I loath the Three Stooges: Patel, Bongino and Bondi and their gross incompetence and beta performances in office.

There have been arrests, just like every other AG and FBI director has done since, like, forever. They just don't pursue the one We want them to pursue in our time frames.

The Democrats listen to their base. The GOP despises theirs.

With deep introspection, we should ask ourselves, who is programming us to point to a particular criminal and demand that this person needs to be taken down hard?

Why Comey? There are thousands just as bad or far worse whose names we don't know. What influencers are shaping our desires for particular people to be arrested and incarcerated?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 20, 2026 08:02 AM (/TiS1)

47 Its Hump Day
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 07:39 AM (gbOdA)

Tuesday has become hump day now?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 20, 2026 08:03 AM (ExV1e)

48 Of there 10,000 illegals arrested in MN to date there are somewhere close to 30,000 crimes.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 08:03 AM (gbOdA)

49 Unless and until Don Lemon, jasmine Crockett, Tim Walz, Jacob Frey and everyone who invaded and Terrorized that Minneapolis church are sitting down to have dinner with Renee Good somewhere in the Infernal Reaches, we shall never know a moment's peace. As I said yesterday, either this ends now or ultimately it ends us.
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After the Lemon stunt in the Minnesota church, it was pretty clear the objective in Minnesota is to harm ( damage) the role Christianity has in people's minds. Nobody-not even lemon- would dare Unless and until Don Lemon, jasmine Crockett, Tim Walz, Jacob Frey and everyone who invaded and Terrorized that Minneapolis church are sitting down to have dinner with Renee Good somewhere in the Infernal Reaches, we shall never know a moment's peace. As I said yesterda
y, either this ends now or ultimately it ends us

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The stunt pulled by lemon was to show disdain for Christianity. They would never go into a mosque and do that. The whole white privledge thing is also an attack on Christianity, as few "whites" are Muslims.

Posted by: Chillin the most at January 20, 2026 08:03 AM (Sv8TC)

50 Is there any hope Don Lemon will ever realize that being vile and stupid is no way to go through life?

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 20, 2026 08:03 AM (8CIFn)

51
Tuesday has become hump day now?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 20, 2026 08:03 AM (ExV1e)

Depends on the humping.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 20, 2026 08:03 AM (tgvbd)

52
"Give me the man and I will give you the case against him."

Posted by: Soviet secret police chief Lavrentiy Beria at January 20, 2026 08:04 AM (2Ez/1)

53 Tuesday has become hump day now?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 20, 2026 08:03 AM (ExV1e)

It is the middle of the week for Jews and Mohammedans.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 08:04 AM (gbOdA)

54 The newest lefty cause is that ICE dragged a mostly naked Laotian out in the cold (while brave Antifa hid inside a Target) because he was harboring two child sex predators.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 20, 2026 08:04 AM (Fp5al)

55 I fear the leftist mobs will escalate to murdering. They are burning with hatred encouraged by the criminal media.

--

I'm completely convinced it's what they want. They want death and murder. They're salivating for it. And they want Civil War II. These are people so whipped up in their fury fantasy (who in their right mind fights for drug traffickers, rapists and pedophiles of the worst kind to stay here?) and when you couple that with the fact that they are pampered American brats who have never encountered war or anything adverse in their lives, they have zero understanding what they're inciting...what they're fomenting. They've created a tinder box and are holding the match and gasoline thinking it's fun. Grab your cell phone camera now and grab your SJW bonafides and accolades at the door as you upload your "fighting Trump" clip onto the web.

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 20, 2026 08:05 AM (qBdHI)

56 I bet you can find a felony on 99.99% of honest citizens if you look hard enough.

Its a federal felony to pour gasoline into a glass container, so if you are emptying the season's fuel from the lawnmower into a glass pickle jar, you just earned ten years imprisonment and ten thousand dollar fine.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 20, 2026 08:05 AM (rgGn5)

57 Is there any hope Don Lemon will ever realize that being vile and stupid is no way to go through life?

He's too low IQ to ever come to that realization.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 20, 2026 08:05 AM (Fp5al)

58 Trump to Norway PM Støre: World Is Not Secure Unless U.S. Has ‘ Complete and Total Control of Greenland’

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I don't like that "complete and total" language.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 20, 2026 08:06 AM (L/fGl)

59 Huh? The Hero of New Orleans works for commies? What a surprise. Sure, he claims it's all a bunch of lies, but unless all those photos are fakes - which they could be - how can he also explain the gift takings? Ji is a confirmed Chinese gov't agent. Why are any of our military having any contact with them? Someone has a lot of explaining to do.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 20, 2026 08:06 AM (uQesX)

60 *Tuesday has become hump day now?*

Some prefer to think of it as Hump Eve.
Celebrate responsibly.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 20, 2026 08:06 AM (2Ez/1)

61 Its Hump Day
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 07:39 AM (gbOdA)

It is delayed-Monday for the wage-slaves who got a paid holiday yesterday!

Posted by: Gref at January 20, 2026 08:06 AM (5rh/l)

62 >>>Screw Greenland, maybe annexing Mexico would do infinitely more for our national security - jjs

That's the very, very last thing we should want. It would be the geopolitical equivalent of adopting a rabid raccoon.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

>Can we start slow with Cuba?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 20, 2026 08:07 AM (oT7pT)

63 It is a process, one that has Minnesota exhibiting the defining characteristics of a failed state, not through foreign invasion, but through ideological corrosion from within, sustained by a constant demand for manufactured martyrs.

Occam Razor:
The martyrs are to hide the corruption.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 08:08 AM (gbOdA)

64 "Is there any hope Don Lemon will ever realize that being vile and stupid is no way to go through life?"

All will be forgiven once he finds the plane.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 20, 2026 08:08 AM (2Ez/1)

65 Trump has the greatest opportunity since 1865 to shatter the Democrat party and yet he is pissing it away.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 20, 2026 07:55 AM (ufSfZ)

I'm afraid so. I don't begrudge him some delay over the Insurrection Act, rather it's the absence of any sense of urgency, focus and effective coordination in his message and in his team over the threat of the Left.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 20, 2026 08:08 AM (h/ffs)

66 Morn' all.... When is SCOTUS supposed to rule on Trump's Tariffs ? That one scares me...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 08:09 AM (VE6XX)

67 66 Morn' all.... When is SCOTUS supposed to rule on Trump's Tariffs ? That one scares me...
Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 08:09 AM (VE6XX)

Friday. A bad feeling I cannot escape.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 20, 2026 08:10 AM (h/ffs)

68 > The stunt pulled by lemon was to show disdain for Christianity. They would never go into a mosque and do that.
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Christianity probably was low on the factor scale. Chances of not getting shot while "protesting" at the church was likely the overriding concern.

I'm somewhat surprised those goons didn't raid a Synagogue.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 20, 2026 08:10 AM (U2OZr)

69 I have a feeling that many normal conservatives thought Trump winning in 24 was the end.

We need a significant percentage of Congress on our side. At least 40%. And we don't have that.

What is the DOJ doing while the country is burning down? Going through every document in THE EPSTEIN FILES!!!! to ensure that they're properly redacted, in accordance with the commands of Congress when they voted to authorize their release and after everyone lost their fucking minds over not getting all of THE EPSTEIN FILES!!!! immediately.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 20, 2026 08:12 AM (ExV1e)

70 Lemon got what he wanted. He's a hero with the Left. He doesn't really believe he'll be held to account for it, and I can't argue with that.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 20, 2026 08:14 AM (h/ffs)

71 It's Minnesota.
It's mid January.
The temperature is in the single digits.
The only way to get your paid "protesters" to show up is to organize an event that's inside someplace nice and warm.

Like a church.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 20, 2026 08:14 AM (2Ez/1)

72 Ok I give

I have retired 2 times but still have somewhere to be most mornings and need to get things done.
How are thousand of people able to be in the street for almost a month?
When do they work? Dont they have families?

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 08:14 AM (gbOdA)

73 Good morning Horde. Thx JJ, hope you can Mrs JJ are well.
Pointed out the other day that one of the main triggers in the Spanish Civil War was when leftists started attacking churches. Even if you're not a observant person ,to most normal people attacking houses of worship is a bridge too far . Good tactic Don Lemon

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 20, 2026 08:14 AM (PTsqM)

74 71 It's Minnesota.
It's mid January.
The temperature is in the single digits.
The only way to get your paid "protesters" to show up is to organize an event that's inside someplace nice and warm.

Like a church.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 20, 2026 08:14 AM (2Ez/1)

Or Target

Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 08:14 AM (VE6XX)

75 Good enough for the South.
Doubly good for MN
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 20, 2026 08:02 AM (HXT0k)

And Washington. And Oregon. And California. And Illinois.

Not sure how much shenanigism is needed in New England.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 20, 2026 08:16 AM (ExV1e)

76 New York City Lost Almost 5,000 Businesses Last Year

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Ehh, who wants a bunch of damn capitalists anyway?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 20, 2026 08:16 AM (L/fGl)

77 "When do they work? Dont they have families?"

+++
They're being paid by the Quality Learing Center.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 20, 2026 08:17 AM (2Ez/1)

78 Logic and reason are useless but I'm told napalm and 20mm cannon are very effective - jjs

The 20 vs 40 mm canon wars begun they have.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 08:17 AM (gbOdA)

79 68 > The stunt pulled by lemon was to show disdain for Christianity. They would never go into a mosque and do that.
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Christianity probably was low on the factor scale. Chances of not getting shot while "protesting" at the church was likely the overriding concern.

I'm somewhat surprised those goons didn't raid a Synagogue.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 20, 2026 08:10 AM (U2OZr)

No, they wanted themselves and their families to live through it - thus, no mosque.

They also didn't want to accidentally go to a den of illegals - thus, no mosque.

Posted by: Nova Local at January 20, 2026 08:17 AM (tOcjL)

80 the DoJ will come up with a novel excuse as to why he is immune from any sort of prosecution.

Believe it or not, the GOP doesn't give a tinker's dam what you and I think - they only care about how they can rig the next election to keep themselves in the spoils system.

There is a certain homeostasis in Loser Think, where a conflict in Trump's personal level of winning intersects with the GOP-e's standard of mediocrity and fecklessness.

He has to do deal with the fact Bondi is a retard and knows that this is the highest office she will ever attain so she needs to think of what grift she can do three years from now. People other than Trump call her and Trump has nothing left to offer.

She is working for herself post Trump 47.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 20, 2026 08:17 AM (a6PrB)

81 66 Morn' all.... When is SCOTUS supposed to rule on Trump's Tariffs ? That one scares me...
Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 08:09 AM (VE6XX)

Friday. A bad feeling I cannot escape.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 20, 2026 08:10 AM (h/ffs)

However SCOTUS rules in this particular case, there are other alternate statutory authorities that the administration can use to implement the tariffs they want no matter what the outcome. Anyway I think John Roberts is too much a coward to rule against the administration in totality…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 20, 2026 08:17 AM (5MZNC)

82 Morn' all.... When is SCOTUS supposed to rule on Trump's Tariffs ? That one scares me...
Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 08:09 AM (VE6XX)

Friday. A bad feeling I cannot escape.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 20, 2026 08:10 AM (h/ffs)

With the original delay, I wonder if they were set to strike them down, but maybe a word from the administration reminded them the money would have to be given back and it's already been spent. So, all the money would have to come from a nice big tax hike. Could be the justices don't want to have the blame hung on them. A coward like Roberts is probably scrambling to get them to be OK'd. Of course, if CONgress got off their lazy asses and approved it, the whole case is dead.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 20, 2026 08:18 AM (uQesX)

83 >>>>>It's Minnesota.
It's mid January.
The temperature is in the single digits
***********
Water cannon would be a effective non lethal riot now.
ICE,

Posted by: Cosda at January 20, 2026 08:18 AM (sEx9i)

84 With deep introspection, we should ask ourselves, who is programming us to point to a particular criminal and demand that this person needs to be taken down hard?

Why Comey? There are thousands just as bad or far worse whose names we don't know. What influencers are shaping our desires for particular people to be arrested and incarcerated?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 20, 2026 08:02 AM (/TiS1)

Not just that. Who is programming people to care about a specific issue until something stupid is done about it? Why is the DOJ spending time redacting old files when they need to be dealing with an insurrection? Because people on "our side" were weeping and wailing about how it needed to happen right now.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 20, 2026 08:19 AM (ExV1e)

85 How are thousand of people able to be in the street for almost a month?
When do they work? Dont they have families?
Posted by: r hennigantx

They are being paid to protest. By you. More specifically, tax dollars stolen from you.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 20, 2026 08:19 AM (BfEmV)

86 We are all Minnesotans. We just don't know it yet"

Funny. I don't think of Minne at all...

Posted by: man at January 20, 2026 08:19 AM (XuXeR)

87 I am not able to get into Pam Bondi's mind to know what she thinks, nor do I think she's a "retard".

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 20, 2026 08:21 AM (lQ+/f)

88 They want death and murder. They're salivating for it. And they want Civil War II.

You can almost smell the WEF's 750M total human population goal from here.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 20, 2026 08:21 AM (ExV1e)

89 A 2013 Harris Interactive survey found that “only 50 percent of naturalized citizens” believed “schools should teach children to be proud Americans,” compared with 81 percent of those who were native-born. When asked if “the US Constitution is a higher authority than international law,” only 37 percent of naturalized citizens agreed, compared to 67 percent of American-born natives.

I know I am pissing in wind but a 40 year stop on all immigrations is needed.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 08:21 AM (gbOdA)

90 81, 82

So, I guess it's well known that Roberts is a coward.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 20, 2026 08:21 AM (uQesX)

91 PDJT has done a complete 180-degree turn on the UK's deal to turnover the Chagos Islands, including Diego Garcia, to Mauritius.

Dude gives me whiplash at times.

Posted by: one hour sober at January 20, 2026 08:21 AM (Y1sOo)

92 >>>>>It's Minnesota.
It's mid January.
The temperature is in the single digits
***********
Water cannon would be a effective non lethal riot now.
ICE,
Posted by: Cosda at January 20, 2026 08:18 AM (sEx9i)

Yeah!

Posted by: Robert Van Winkle at January 20, 2026 08:22 AM (wVcYX)

93 The article at Front Page about AG James shutting down what appears to be a Jewish self defense group strikes me as clearing the battle space. Mamdani has been saying nice things like "we will protect all people including Jews". Once his goons start the pogroms we'll see if James and Mamdani are as full of shit as I think they are

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 20, 2026 08:22 AM (PTsqM)

94 It is delayed-Monday for the wage-slaves who got a paid holiday yesterday!
Posted by: Gref at January 20, 2026 08:06 AM (5rh/l)

Sigh. I don't get paid holidays any more.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 20, 2026 08:22 AM (ExV1e)

95 "I am not able to get into Pam Bondi's mind..."
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You'll find it in the Fox News green room.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 20, 2026 08:23 AM (2Ez/1)

96 The stunt pulled by lemon was to show disdain for Christianity. They would never go into a mosque and do that.

Correct. Get a bunch of hard core, pipe hitting brothers to go terrorize a fag bar and watch the news media explode.

Posted by: Pray and Beat The Gays Away at January 20, 2026 08:23 AM (n+1Zi)

97 Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 20, 2026 08:23 AM (2Ez/1)

Don't watch Fox News unless it's a clip posted here.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 20, 2026 08:24 AM (lQ+/f)

98 The Times of London, the Khamenei regime may have killed around 16,500 protesters and injured 330,000 as it brutally quells the protests.

More or less about the same number Drug Cartels kill in the US every fucking year.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 08:24 AM (gbOdA)

99 92 >>>>>It's Minnesota.
It's mid January.
The temperature is in the single digits
***********
Water cannon would be a effective non lethal riot now.
ICE,
Posted by: Cosda at January 20, 2026 08:18 AM (sEx9i)

Yeah!
Posted by: Robert Van Winkle at January 20, 2026 08:22 AM (wVcYX)

ICE cannons. Oh the irony!!!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 20, 2026 08:25 AM (x0n13)

100 > California Harasses Former Resident for Taxes ‘4 Years’ After He Moved

Like the way Other Brother Fredo in New York tried to charge disaster workers New York taxes for the *full year*, even though they'd only been in the state for a week or two.

Call me paranoid, but I've been avoiding any multi-leg flights that require switching planes in California.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 20, 2026 08:25 AM (IG3/x)

101 *Tuesday has become hump day now?*

Some prefer to think of it as Hump Eve.
Celebrate responsibly.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 20, 2026 08:06 AM (2Ez/1)

Going dark.

Posted by: Eve Plumb at January 20, 2026 08:25 AM (wVcYX)

102 I have retired 2 times but still have somewhere to be most mornings and need to get things done.
How are thousand of people able to be in the street for almost a month?
When do they work? Dont they have families?
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 08:14 AM (gbOdA)

- When do they work? Now. Many of them are getting paid for this. The rest are on 'benefits'.
- Don't they have families? Hopefully not.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 20, 2026 08:25 AM (ExV1e)

103 It's National Cheese Lover's Day. 🧀

Posted by: redridinghood at January 20, 2026 08:26 AM (NpAcC)

104 “Arson attacks, burning people, gunning down people in the streets, running over a mother and her daughter with a car.”

How can we tell it is terror and not just another Tuesday with 20 million illegals with complete disregard for laws?

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 08:26 AM (gbOdA)

105 Don't watch Fox News unless it's a clip posted here.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 20, 2026 08:24 AM

Got rid of my TV about five years ago. Don't miss it at all.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 20, 2026 08:26 AM (2Ez/1)

106 So, will a blanket pardon be required for everyone in Trump's administration? Including ICE officers?

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 20, 2026 08:27 AM (9RvnV)

107 Haven't watched one minute of Fox News since 2010. No plans to go back.

Posted by: Concerned Non-Viewer at January 20, 2026 08:27 AM (oftw2)

108 Waiting for an atrocity
______
That article is fatally flawed. The whole thesis is that it will take an action to make "the man on the street" aware of what's going on. But by its own testimony, there has been enough to show what the Left is up to, but which has been covered up by the MFM.

So what in the world makes the author think there is ANY action that those bastards will report accurately? They swore Biden was 100% compos mentis. They swore Obama was smart, and Clinton was a faithful husband, for as long as they could.

Posted by: Eeyore at January 20, 2026 08:27 AM (s0JqF)

109 Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 20, 2026 08:26 AM (2Ez/1)

I didn't get rid of it, but the antennae hasn't worked for years. I can play DVD's and CD movies on it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 20, 2026 08:28 AM (lQ+/f)

110 101 *Tuesday has become hump day now?*

Some prefer to think of it as Hump Eve.
Celebrate responsibly.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 20, 2026 08:06 AM (2Ez/1)

Going dark.
Posted by: Eve Plumb at January 20, 2026 08:25 AM (wVcYX)

Still lust after Eve Plumb. "Dawn portrait of a teenage runaway." yowza.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 20, 2026 08:29 AM (x0n13)

111 > They are being paid to protest. By you. More specifically, tax dollars stolen from you.
---------
A lot of people, including many here, don't get that. The assume some shadowy billionaire is behind the insurrection rioting. And one or more probably is throwing money at it.

But the fraud in Minneapolis, and the ongoing rioting, has been, and is being paid for by us. More specifically, those of us who've paid taxes.

And we'll be funding more of the same come April.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 20, 2026 08:29 AM (U2OZr)

112 In a press release, AG James, who had previously worked to shut down the NRA because she disagreed with its politics, announced that she had closed down Betar, a pro-Israel group , for appearing at synagogues to defend them from Muslim mobs, for claiming that “that all devout Muslims ‘hate America’, and for making derogatory remarks about Islam and Gaza.

And how many Jews will pull the (D) lever on Nov 3?

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 08:29 AM (gbOdA)

113 Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace

The petty need for accolade is terrible opener to the Greenland argument.

Posted by: Halfhand at January 20, 2026 08:29 AM (+C+bm)

114 Is that prelate in the cartoon header Latvian Orthodox? Their hats are impressive. Festive even.

Posted by: George Costanza at January 20, 2026 08:29 AM (oftw2)

115 What could possibly go wrong?

Tim O'Brien: The Netherlands Housed Migrant Rapists With Students. Guess How That Turned Out

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 20, 2026 08:29 AM (L/fGl)

116 Some prefer to think of it as Hump Eve.
Celebrate responsibly.

Going dark.
Posted by: Eve Plumb at January 20, 2026 08:25 AM

+++
Sure, Jan.

Posted by: Marcia Brady at January 20, 2026 08:29 AM (2Ez/1)

117 The Times of London, the Khamenei regime may have killed around 16,500 protesters and injured 330,000 as it brutally quells the protests.

They also MAY HAVE killed 30 billion, or they MAY HAVE killed 0.

Modern media. We speculate and rabble-rouse, you decide and drive, baby, drive.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 20, 2026 08:30 AM (ExV1e)

118 but a 40 year stop on all immigrations is needed."

I seriously believe that this nation, as once constituted, has rolled past the point of positive stability...
whether this was done due to malice or just stupidity will be a debate for historians... some of who are likely to wander around, as did europeans in 500 AD, under the shade of constructions they cannot imagine being built by man

Posted by: man at January 20, 2026 08:31 AM (XuXeR)

119 Jennifer Welch should sue his transitioner. He can't have been that ugly when he was a man.

Posted by: Eeyore at January 20, 2026 08:32 AM (s0JqF)

120 And how many Jews will pull the (D) lever on Nov 3?

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 08:29 AM (gbOdA)

The original Betar was founded by Jabotinsky, one of whose slogans was, "Jewish youth, learn to shoot!"

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 20, 2026 08:32 AM (n9ltV)

121 115 What could possibly go wrong?

Tim O'Brien: The Netherlands Housed Migrant Rapists With Students. Guess How That Turned Out
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 20, 2026 08:29 AM (L/fGl)

the Rapists' GPA went up 2 points?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 20, 2026 08:33 AM (x0n13)

122 And we'll be funding more of the same come April.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 20, 2026 08:29 AM (U2OZr)

And 40+ 'Republicans' in the House voted to ensure that we'd continue funding it forever.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 20, 2026 08:33 AM (ExV1e)

123 >>>Screw Greenland, maybe annexing Mexico would do infinitely more for our national security

Hot Mexican weather girls are a national security interest.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 20, 2026 08:33 AM (dK+Kv)

124 He can't have been that ugly when he was a man.

Posted by: Eeyore at January 20, 2026 08:32 AM (s0JqF)

He still is a man, just a mutilated, psychotic one.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 20, 2026 08:33 AM (n9ltV)

125 So, I guess it's well known that Roberts is a coward.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 20, 2026 08:21 AM (uQesX)

A nasty one who hates Trump. And I suspect he believes -- and has been assured by certain elements -- that a blow against the tariffs could sink Trump's economy.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 20, 2026 08:33 AM (h/ffs)

126 >>A lot of people, including many here, don't get that. The assume some shadowy billionaire is behind the insurrection rioting. And one or more probably is throwing money at it.

It's not an either or thing. It's both. There are indeed shadowy billionaires behind this and there is also our tax dollars behind this, both working together. That was the whole point behind the massive NGO complex.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 20, 2026 08:33 AM (viF8m)

127 The write-up of every one of these so-called news outlets is cloying and worshipful. The worst examples are those that focus on the ridiculous quote by one astronaut, “We are very likely going to see things that no human eye has ever seen.”

Obama birth cert
Swalwell home address in Cali
The Clinton Epstein Files??

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 08:34 AM (gbOdA)

128
Still lust after Eve Plumb. "Dawn portrait of a teenage runaway." yowza.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton

There's an episode of Celebrity Bowling where 4 of the Bradys, Peter, Greg, Marcia, and Jan compete. They were all terrible bowlers and I suspect they were all high, but it is noteworthy because both young ladies forgot to wear a brassiere.

Posted by: Jed Allan, Host at January 20, 2026 08:35 AM (oftw2)

129 67 66 Morn' all.... When is SCOTUS supposed to rule on Trump's Tariffs ? That one scares me...
Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 08:09 AM (VE6XX)

Friday. A bad feeling I cannot escape.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 20, 2026 08:10 AM (h/ffs)
*****
I wish Trump would have waited before he threatened to impose taxes on the European countries, preventing him from acquiring Denmark.

I don't think this is going to help his case in the Supreme Court. I think it makes it worse.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 20, 2026 08:35 AM (NpAcC)

130 “Never attribute to stupidity that which is adequately explained by malice”

Posted by: Fixed It For Ya at January 20, 2026 08:35 AM (kGQLW)

131 shadowy billionaires behind this and there is also our tax dollars behind this"

They ain't spending much of their own $$$. Just directing our $$$.

BTW, what is it w/the Midwest? Do people actually sit around and eat like that? Yoikes.

Posted by: man at January 20, 2026 08:36 AM (XuXeR)

132 Mornin’, All. Happy Tuesday.

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 08:36 AM (77rzZ)

133 preventing him from acquiring Denmark."

Heh.

Posted by: man at January 20, 2026 08:36 AM (XuXeR)

134 "...but it is noteworthy because both young ladies forgot to wear a brassiere."
---
Was that wrong?

Posted by: Sue Ellen Mitshke at January 20, 2026 08:37 AM (2Ez/1)

135 A nasty one who hates Trump. And I suspect he believes -- and has been assured by certain elements -- that a blow against the tariffs could sink Trump's economy.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 20, 2026 08:33 AM (h/ffs)

Maybe someone with the knowledge of the financial intricacies of moving money and paying bribes should investigate all these people. See who's paying them. Expose their ties and who they report to.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 20, 2026 08:37 AM (uQesX)

136 I remember a case from the late 90s where a man moved out of CA to NV. He set up a successful business and CA tried extorting him. The court slapped down CA but obviously not hard enough.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 20, 2026 08:37 AM (BpO1e)

137 “In Minnesota, 86% of the Somalis are on Medicaid,” House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) told Just The News. “That is free healthcare. You don’t pay one penny into it like we pay into Medicare. All that Medicaid is free healthcare.”

He added that “86% of the Somali population of Minnesota gets full free healthcare, in addition to food stamps, housing and transportation and obviously daycare and things like that. So this is completely an effort to create a huge voting bloc.”

Imagine having an extra $18 to $25k every year to spend?

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 08:37 AM (gbOdA)

138 Stonewall Cohen.

Left-wing Media Company Ends Ties With Michael Cohen After He Said He Felt Coerced To Testify Against Trump

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 20, 2026 08:38 AM (L/fGl)

139 but it is noteworthy because both young ladies forgot to wear a brassiere.
Posted by: Jed Allan, Host at January 20, 2026 08:35 AM (oftw2)

Ill be in my bunk

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 08:39 AM (gbOdA)

140 I had a friend in elementary school who had a crush on Eve Plumb.

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 08:39 AM (77rzZ)

141 Poor Denmark. Trump wants their colony of Greenland and the the Danes are trying to stop the Muzzies from overrunning their nation . Good luck with both

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 20, 2026 08:39 AM (PTsqM)

142 139 but it is noteworthy because both young ladies forgot to wear a brassiere.
Posted by: Jed Allan, Host at January 20, 2026 08:35 AM (oftw2)

Ill be in my bunk
Posted by: r hennigantx

It was on Youtube, last I checked.

Posted by: Jed Allan, Host. at January 20, 2026 08:40 AM (oftw2)

143 The tariff decision may come down today from the SC. Should be interesting either way the decision falls

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 20, 2026 08:41 AM (PTsqM)

144 Lemon may have fallen to the bottom rung of the elite, but he's still a black fag who's nominally in media, so he'll never face justice. He can desecrate churches and wipe his sack-cheese on waiters' faces with impunity.

But if he ever did get in trouble, it would be appropriate to put him in a women's prison. He can't conceal his abiding hatred of women. It would be a living Hell for him to be trapped with women - especially ones who can all kick his well-worn ass.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 20, 2026 08:42 AM (BI5O2)

145 Yeah, sure. They “forgot” their bras.

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 08:42 AM (77rzZ)

146 Good morning dear horde and happy birthday JJ

Slept past 5. Yay me.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 20, 2026 08:42 AM (RIvkX)

147 It was on Youtube, last I checked.
Posted by: Jed Allan, Host. at January 20, 2026 08:40 AM (oftw2)

Still is.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 20, 2026 08:42 AM (ExV1e)

148 March 3 (day after Independence Day) is primary day in Texas.
Start reminding friends and family that you have the ability to get rid of a 3 term swamp dweller.

PS Find your states date and encourage family and friends to VOTE.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 08:43 AM (gbOdA)

149 My Sweeping Conclusion-

The entire media is generally trained to demoralize serious Christians in any way that works and has been for at least 50 years.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 20, 2026 08:43 AM (DgMqy)

150 Emanuel claiming to be against trans in sports reminds me of his buddy Obama insisting at one time that he was against gay marriage. We know how long that lasted.

Posted by: Bigsmith at January 20, 2026 08:43 AM (1Au9i)

151 Pointed out on X, on foreign policy, Trump let's the skilled and expert plan and lead the attack.

On domestic policy, he's too beholden to bed-wetting lawyers scared of their own shadow.

Get rid of the silk-stocking, tall building lawyers and find the guys who had to kill to eat.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 20, 2026 08:43 AM (HXT0k)

152 You know about the cup sizes?

Posted by: Frank Costanza at January 20, 2026 08:44 AM (2Ez/1)

153 It's also,
National Penguin Day. 🐧

Posted by: redridinghood at January 20, 2026 08:44 AM (NpAcC)

154 Unless and until Don Lemon, jasmine Crockett, Tim Walz, Jacob Frey and everyone who invaded and Terrorized that Minneapolis church are sitting down to have dinner with Renee Good somewhere in the Infernal Reaches, we shall never know a moment's peace. As I said yesterday, either this ends now or ultimately it ends us.
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Agreed.

Trump's attitude seems to be apres moi la deluge

That doesn't work for me. Not willing to be left as a sitting duck after he has done nothing to secure our future free from these domestic enemies to the Constitution.

This was his oath.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 20, 2026 08:44 AM (RIvkX)

155 Good morning good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 20, 2026 08:44 AM (cYBz/)

156

Annette O'Toole in the crochet bikini top circa 1976.

wow!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 20, 2026 08:45 AM (x0n13)

157 Good morning good people.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 20, 2026 08:44 AM (cYBz/)

Glare.

Posted by: The rest of us at January 20, 2026 08:46 AM (uQesX)

158 Imagine having an extra $18 to $25k every year to spend?
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 08:37 AM (gbOdA)
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It's much more than that. Their housing, utilities, transportation, schooling, healthcare, etc. are all paid for by us. The only "work" they are doing is in the form of setting up a fraudulent daycare company where they just sit around and collect more of our tax money, with which they buy expensive cars and $2,000 sunglasses.

Nice work if you can get it.

Posted by: IrishEi at January 20, 2026 08:46 AM (3ImbR)

159 There should be some interesting "conversations" between Trump and the Euroweenies at Davos....

Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 08:46 AM (VE6XX)

160 Bob, the algorithms just got mysteriously skewed.

Posted by: YouTube Technician at January 20, 2026 08:47 AM (Q+gd/)

161 >>A lot of people, including many here, don't get that. The assume some shadowy billionaire is behind the insurrection rioting. And one or more probably is throwing money at it.
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It's not an either or thing. It's both. There are indeed shadowy billionaires behind this and there is also our tax dollars behind this, both working together. That was the whole point behind the massive NGO complex.
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I believe the unrest in Minneapolis was originally funded through the Somali fraud. That's my money funding it, at the start, not some billionaire.

Yet, there are several billionaires that resurface everytime one goes looking for who's pouring money into the rioting. Those people are known, have been known for years.

My question is this; why hasn't the DoJ with an assist from the DoD or some other 3 letter Agency black bagged one or more of them? I think that would send every bit the message that the 11th ABN out of Alaska would. No?

I get that there is/will be an ongoing struggle with the NGO's and the deeply embedded agents of chaos to rid ourselves of their madness. That does not preclude definitive action against one or more of them now.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 20, 2026 08:47 AM (U2OZr)

162 Strange dichotomy the Left knows how to exploit -- that as they turn more vitriolic and violent, the Right tightens its collective sphincter and becomes more cautious and careful in its words and actions.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 20, 2026 08:48 AM (h/ffs)

163 You can't realistically expect people to obey the law when it's not enforced.

Posted by: pawn at January 20, 2026 08:49 AM (WXTVZ)

164 You see, in every intellectual’s literary paradise, from Plato’s Republic to Thomas More’s Utopia, the masses are ruled by a dictatorship of self-appointed “enlightened” elites.

I cannot remember which but I think it is Utopia where the childrens parents are murdered so that the children can be taught the right way to live.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 08:49 AM (gbOdA)

165 162 Strange dichotomy the Left knows how to exploit -- that as they turn more vitriolic and violent, the Right tightens its collective sphincter and becomes more cautious and careful in its words and actions.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 20, 2026 08:48 AM (h/ffs)

Yes... I'm tired of taking the "high" ground... It's time to get down and dirty in the mud with the Libs...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 08:50 AM (VE6XX)

166 Captain Kirk agrees with Stephen Miller that modern Star Trek is trash

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This 90 second YT comparing Family Guy Star Trek parodies to Star Trek Learing Academy is pretty funny.

https://is.gd/P9UZO3

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 20, 2026 08:50 AM (L/fGl)

167 In America, basic customer service has become a luxury
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That is one more example of the Boomer effect. Management is wholly out for itself, in a crude way. Both employees and customers are on their own.

A related phenomenon is the way IVR systems are so plentiful and annoying. It is nearly impossible to reach a person in less than an hour. That has to change.

Most of the crap written about what Boomers wrought is BS. But this - the result of the Me Generation - is a real problem.

Posted by: Eeyore at January 20, 2026 08:50 AM (s0JqF)

168 163 You can't realistically expect people to obey the law when it's not enforced.
Posted by: pawn at January 20, 2026 08:49 AM (WXTVZ)

And there are many rules that are there just to quote unquote catch the person that tries to fight against injustice.
(See Jan6)

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 08:50 AM (gbOdA)

169 55 I'm completely convinced it's what they want. They want death and murder. They're salivating for it. And they want Civil War II. These are people so whipped up in their fury fantasy (who in their right mind fights for drug traffickers, rapists and pedophiles of the worst kind to stay here?) and when you couple that with the fact that they are pampered American brats who have never encountered war or anything adverse in their lives, they have zero understanding what they're inciting...what they're fomenting. They've created a tinder box and are holding the match and gasoline thinking it's fun. Grab your cell phone camera now and grab your SJW bonafides and accolades at the door as you upload your "fighting Trump" clip onto the web.

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 20, 2026 08:05 AM (qBdHI)

They want the French Revolution.

Left wingers murdering in the streets, but especially they want La Guillotine, The National Razor.

Posted by: XTC at January 20, 2026 08:51 AM (6Uni8)

170 163 You can't realistically expect people to obey the law when it's not enforced.

Posted by: pawn at January 20, 2026 08:49 AM (WXTVZ)

Laws are only for right-wingers.

Lefties get to rape, loot, and kill all they want.

Posted by: XTC at January 20, 2026 08:52 AM (6Uni8)

171 One of the things about media people I find curious to the point of total fascination is their total lack of shame. Not just regarding the risible lies, or the cringe-inducing throne sniffing, or the naked betrayals of public trust, but in all aspects of life.

Jeffrey Toobin jacked off in a Zoom meeting. Don Lemon got caught smearing his scrotum sweat on a waiter's lips at a tiki bar. Both sidled directly back up to the media trough with a smile, as though these things never happened.

I would not jack off in a business meeting or commit revolting sexual harassment against a service worker. But if I did, and I got caught - that would be that. I would take a job in a completely different industry so that I would never encounter former colleagues, and move to a city far, far away. I would hide from that ignominy.

But not them. They're completely missing something most people have.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 20, 2026 08:52 AM (BI5O2)

172 She is working for herself post Trump 47.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 20, 2026 08:17 AM (a6PrB)

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Legal analyst on Fox News?

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 20, 2026 08:52 AM (kyrOa)

173 Nice work if you can get it.
Posted by: IrishEi at January 20, 2026 08:46 AM (3ImbR)

Where are the people with budget control that just say NO? Sorry but all the ____________ (daycare medicare medicaid non emergency transport, etc) has been spent for this year!

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 08:53 AM (gbOdA)

174 Right tightens its collective sphincter and becomes more cautious and careful in its words and actions"

Of course. Those cads... NQOKD, after all.

Posted by: man at January 20, 2026 08:54 AM (XuXeR)

175 This just made me laugh. Scott Jennings tell some leftist young adult on CNN that he can't tell him not to say "Illegal aliens". I don't t know how Scott Jennings deals with these people all day, but I guess the salary is good.

From "Twitchy" site:

https://tinyurl.com/4ej6s4a9

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 20, 2026 08:54 AM (ZeH0U)

176 Bonjour horde, and may North Carolina's Thumb Tillis, GOPe personified, suck on rotten lemons for the rest of his days.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 20, 2026 08:55 AM (28ov7)

177 >>I believe the unrest in Minneapolis was originally funded through the Somali fraud. That's my money funding it, at the start, not some billionaire.

Do you really think a group of people with the combined IQ of a potato organized this massive fraud ring that isn't just happening in Minnesota but nationwide without help? Somalis are a weapon not the masterminds.

Somalis were intentionally imported and set up in enclaves like Minneapolis, Lewiston, ME, Columbus, OH and others and taught how to game billions of our tax dollars in exchange for political support. They've turned purple areas deep blue and guaranteed Democrats certain seats.

There is no way this scale of fraud could have gone on for so long without a whole lot of help from politicians and power brokers.

Mike Benz compared the people behind all of these scams as seed investors who start organizations with their money and then attract huge amount of tax dollars. The people who attacked the church are the same people who rioted in 2020. It's a lot of the same networks and they most definitely have billionaire backing.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 20, 2026 08:55 AM (viF8m)

178 Laws are only for right-wingers.

Lefties get to rape, loot, and kill all they want.
Posted by: XTC at January 20, 2026 08:52 AM (6Uni

It is very strange living in a country where my rules are more strict than illegals who live in the same MSA.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 08:55 AM (gbOdA)

179 the Mexican government sends about a million textbooks to American schools
We should make those consulate officers persona non grata. And lock down that border.

maybe annexing Mexico would do infinitely more for our national security
Not on your life. Now, annexing the northern (some percentage) of Mexico might work. I've long said we should push our border south. Totally assimilate anyone living there. And annihilate the cartels. Create a huge buffer zone.

But, annexing al of Mexico? Heck no. We can't assimilate an entire culture, especially one like Mexico's.

Posted by: GWB at January 20, 2026 08:55 AM (umayk)

180 "And there are many rules that are there just to quote unquote catch the person that tries to fight against injustice."

Specifically?

Posted by: pawn at January 20, 2026 08:56 AM (WXTVZ)

181 Oops wrong link.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 20, 2026 08:56 AM (ZeH0U)

182 Legal analyst on Fox News?

The usual route is speaking tours, board of director assignments and silk-stocking law firms.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 20, 2026 08:56 AM (nCgQz)

183 It's almost 9 AM on the east coast. Has Don Lemon been questioned by the police yet?

Posted by: I gotta ask at January 20, 2026 08:56 AM (2Ez/1)

184 Gone are the days when you type hot-button topics — say “latest on border security” or “ICE protests” — into Google and are forced to sift through the same list of mainstream left-wing propaganda while the sources you trust are intentionally buried. In an act nothing short of miraculous, Google recently handed power back to the user with a new tool called the Preferred Sources feature. With a few clicks of a button, you can personalize your news-related search result.

Posted by: SMOD at January 20, 2026 08:56 AM (RHGPo)

185 171 But not them. They're completely missing something most people have.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 20, 2026 08:52 AM (BI5O2)

They've been made to feel invincible. Why would they have shame when they know they can get away with anything and everything?

They're part of the club. And the biggest high is rubbing what they can get away with in everyone else's faces.

Posted by: XTC at January 20, 2026 08:56 AM (6Uni8)

186 Left wingers murdering in the streets, but especially they want La Guillotine, The National Razor."

It's cosplay - many seemingly want to be some heroic figure storming... somewhere.
Not a new phenomenon - look at all the younger set (especially women) who flocked to Spain to be, well, "heros".

Didn't work out for them, but their daughters were all in on Fidel and Che...

Posted by: man at January 20, 2026 08:56 AM (XuXeR)

187 Liberalism vs. Progressivism: Thoughts on MLK Day
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I don't buy it. The contrast between liberal and progressive is drawn as far more stark than it really is. As is the contrast portrayed between the supposed English and Scottish Enlightenments on one side, and the German (and implied French) on the other.

The whole exercise is chock a block full of voluntarism - the rule of the will.

Posted by: Eeyore at January 20, 2026 08:57 AM (s0JqF)

188 178 It is very strange living in a country where my rules are more strict than illegals who live in the same MSA.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 08:55 AM (gbOdA)

Welcome to Saul Alinsky's "Rules for Radicals".

Posted by: XTC at January 20, 2026 08:57 AM (6Uni8)

189 Scott Jennings tell some leftist young adult on CNN that he can't tell him not to say "Illegal aliens".

Long past time normal people started asking things like "How do you plan to stop me?" with children like that.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 20, 2026 08:57 AM (BpO1e)

190 Corrected link for 29 and Scott Jennings:

https://tinyurl.com/ycyw54ye

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 20, 2026 08:58 AM (ZeH0U)

191 There should be some interesting "conversations" between Trump and the Euroweenies at Davos....
Posted by: It's me donna

I suspect the aforementioned Euroweenies are so butch in opposing Trump on the invasion of Greenland because it is so much more pleasant to fight imaginary dragons rather than the Ruskies in Ukraine or the Islamic invasion of their own countries.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 20, 2026 08:58 AM (L/fGl)

192 Have you all seen the list of bills the Dems in VA have introduced?
On day one!
Ready to go, no hesitation, no committee, no hearings, no empty promises.

It's a F'ing horror show of complete destruction of the Constitution and Bill of Rights.
Complete and full radical left wish-list.

And it will all easily pass.

Yet, the Republicans in IN refuse to redistrict even one seat because (they lie) Trump said some mean words once--not even directed at them!

That is the evil from both parties we are up against.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 20, 2026 08:58 AM (HXT0k)

193 My question is this; why hasn't the DoJ with an assist from the DoD or some other 3 letter Agency black bagged one or more of them? I think that would send every bit the message that the 11th ABN out of Alaska would. No?

I get that there is/will be an ongoing struggle with the NGO's and the deeply embedded agents of chaos to rid ourselves of their madness. That does not preclude definitive action against one or more of them now.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 20, 2026 08:47 AM (U2OZr)

One of them most often mentioned is Neville Roy Singham, who funded most of the George Floyd riots, and whose wife is a co-founder of Code Pink. His organizations are quietly funding much of what’s going on today. Why don’t we “bag him”? Because he got out of the US when he realized he was way past the law, and ostensibly moved to Singapore.
But other reports say that he actually spends most of his time now in Shanghai, under the personal protection of Xi. If he does go to Singapore, no doubt he is with a full Chinese military security team around him.
Did I mention where most of his money comes from? Take a big guess.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 20, 2026 08:58 AM (8YGuO)

194 It is very strange living in a country where my rules are more strict than illegals who live in the same MSA."

Nah. Drive in your nice, newish, middle classy vehicle 10 MPH over in most areas, and you're ticket bait.

Be a certain group doing 90 up I-95 in a clapped out Nissan? You're fine. Can't be stopped.

Y'all had a nice run.

Posted by: man at January 20, 2026 08:59 AM (XuXeR)

195 Take a look at the wealthiest EU nation — and the one with the most violent history with Russia — Germany. Germany currently spends roughly 2% of its €5 trillion GDP on defense, or about €100 billion annually. At the same time, it spends roughly ten to 12% of GDP on health care — around €500 billion per year.

AMF NATO

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 08:59 AM (gbOdA)

196 That is one more example of the Boomer effect. Management is wholly out for itself, in a crude way. Both employees and customers are on their own....
Most of the crap written about what Boomers wrought is BS. But this - the result of the Me Generation - is a real problem.
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Pretty sure those damn Boomers started the Civil War too.

Seriously?

I really don't think that most of those who continually rail against "Boomers" have no idea how insulting and infuriating it is to see an entire generation painted with a broad brush. This is especially true since every generation has its own peccadilloes and faults.

Take ownership yourself or blame the leftists. But let this go, please.

Posted by: IrishEi at January 20, 2026 08:59 AM (3ImbR)

197 So we've gone from nation-building to nation-acquiring?

Look homeward, Mr. President. Please.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 20, 2026 09:00 AM (h/ffs)

198 They've been made to feel invincible. Why would they have shame when they know they can get away with anything and everything?

They're part of the club. And the biggest high is rubbing what they can get away with in everyone else's faces.
Posted by: XTC at January 20, 2026 08:56 AM (6Uni

Sure, they get away with everything. I'm not talking about consequences here - those are not a thing for ruling class people.

But even if you get away with it, once everyone knows about it, most people would slink away and just hope everyone forgets what an animalistic, subhuman pig he is.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 20, 2026 09:00 AM (BI5O2)

199 Trump's attitude seems to be apres moi la deluge

That doesn't work for me. Not willing to be left as a sitting duck after he has done nothing to secure our future free from these domestic enemies to the Constitution.

This was his oath.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

I'm hoping he just gets past midterms and the goes Curtis LeMay on them

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at January 20, 2026 09:01 AM (FxH7T)

200 192 Have you all seen the list of bills the Dems in VA have introduced?
On day one!
Ready to go, no hesitation, no committee, no hearings, no empty promises.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 20, 2026 08:58 AM (HXT0k)

Preview of coming attractions if they win nationally again. Along with mass arrests. No "building a case." No "due process."

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 20, 2026 09:01 AM (h/ffs)

201 ‘You Have To Make People Uncomfortable’: How Small Bitter Fruit Don Lemon Helped Anti-ICE Activists Storm a Minnesota Church
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To really make you feel uncomfortable, next time we're going to put our hands down our pants and then rub them in your face!
-Don Lemon, Expert at making people uncomfortable

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 20, 2026 09:01 AM (Dv3i1)

202 Corrected link for 29 and Scott Jennings:

https://tinyurl.com/ycyw54ye
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 20, 2026 08:58 AM

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LOL. At this point CNN is simply comic relief.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 20, 2026 09:03 AM (2Ez/1)

203 It's almost 9 AM on the east coast. Has Don Lemon been questioned by the police yet?

This is Lucy and Charlie Brown football on permanent loop.

The only reason they claim to be starting an investigation is so that they duck any further inquiry or responsibility by chanting the magic words: "We can't comment on an open investigation".

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 20, 2026 09:03 AM (/TiS1)

204 Have you all seen the list of bills the Dems in VA have introduced?"

FWIW, that's VA. The "house" flings stuff around constantly. It's an odd system, but sort of works.

Posted by: man at January 20, 2026 09:03 AM (XuXeR)

205 One year into Trump's second term and we are definitely better off. Is everything perfect? No. The resistance in the Federal bureaucracy (Deep State) and the left is still there, but the bureaucracy is being cleaned out. The left won't go away without a fight

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 20, 2026 09:03 AM (PTsqM)

206 I'm beginning to think this Jasmine person ain't too bright.

https://is.gd/rT2B2M

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 20, 2026 09:03 AM (L/fGl)

207 Yes Scott Jennings has a way with words… he’s good on CNN. But I guess I’m way too cynical for my age because I can’t shake the suspicion that he’s just another grifter…. I mean he used to work for the Kentucky turtle and he sees which way the wind is blowing now…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 20, 2026 09:03 AM (P/Wjn)

208 Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 20, 2026 09:03 AM (2Ez/1)

I do enjoy these clips of Scott Jennings and his facial expressions.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 20, 2026 09:04 AM (ZeH0U)

209 Where are the people with budget control that just say NO? Sorry but all the ____________ (daycare medicare medicaid non emergency transport, etc) has been spent for this year!
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 08:53 AM (gbOdA)
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The government crooks will just raise taxes or float a bond. The few honest people at the local level who try to put a stop to it are threatened and/or fired. The corruption is deep.

Posted by: IrishEi at January 20, 2026 09:04 AM (3ImbR)

210 New Lawsuit Claims Ziploc Plastic Bags Dose Food with Microplastics

About 6 out of 10 times the test for finding microplastics in a tissue sample can be confused by molecules of esters formed from glycerol and three acid molecules.

AKA FAT

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 09:04 AM (gbOdA)

211 So SCOTUS may release their ruling on Trump's tariffs today ? While he's out of the Country ? That doesn't bode well... He'd be stuck with the very Euroweenies he's trying to raise tariffs on and SCOTUS says not so fast ?

Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 09:04 AM (VE6XX)

212 >>I believe the unrest in Minneapolis was originally funded through the Somali fraud. That's my money funding it, at the start, not some billionaire.

Do you really think a group of people with the combined IQ of a potato organized this massive fraud ring that isn't just happening in Minnesota but nationwide without help? Somalis are a weapon not the masterminds.
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I think it was the tax monies stolen by the MN government, then funneled through the various Somali frauds that originally was used, by Minneapolis, to fund the beginning of the insurrection. The various players had billions to work with.

No, I do not think the Somali's dreamt up this shit.

Yet, the focus of the administration is on Minneapolis. Where Somali fraud was exposed to the tune of $8 plus billion dollars of tax monies. I'm certain this is one of 50 states that have a similar problem with fraud. Maybe not Somalis, but still fraud.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 20, 2026 09:04 AM (U2OZr)

213 Back in August, California put a freaken lien on my bank account for over $2,000 in back income taxes for the tax years 2019 and 2020. But here’s the thing…. I haven’t lived in California since 2011. Nevertheless, over the last five months, with considerable assistance from my employer, I’ve been trying to prove that I didn’t live there in 2019 and 2020. California is making me prove a negative.
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Holy moly. Left in 2011, harassed By California fourteen years later.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 20, 2026 09:04 AM (24xYU)

214 Is everything perfect? No. "

So, no pitchforks? Damn. Was just prepping some old school torches, too...

Posted by: man at January 20, 2026 09:05 AM (XuXeR)

215 That doesn't work for me. Not willing to be left as a sitting duck after he has done nothing to secure our future free from these domestic enemies to the Constitution.

April 15th is approaching. How are you going to "vote"

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 20, 2026 09:05 AM (/TiS1)

216 Yes... I'm tired of taking the "high" ground... It's time to get down and dirty in the mud with the Libs...
Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 08:50 AM (VE6XX)

As I mentioned on the Tech Thread, Schlichter is vomiting out that same old crap about how arrests must wait on the law, which is just the same "we're better than that" shit sandwich on fresh bread.

Trump is going to lose the midterms, bigly. And he's going to end his days either in jail or in court fighting for his freedom. And he'll get not an ounce of sympathy from me.

Yes, he has a lot on his plate. But I do not believe he has any real appreciation or understanding of the boiling rage that is festering up among the base while he jerks off about Nobel prizes and Greenland.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 20, 2026 09:06 AM (ufSfZ)

217 Jasmine Crockett goes full hood campaigning for Senate at her “homeboy’s” show in Texas:

“The last time I checked we ain’t no colonizas!.. they took us from OUR homeland!”

“My homeboy said listen, ima be in yo city!”

The Blacks War on Illegals begun they have.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 09:06 AM (gbOdA)

218 right on, JJ!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 20, 2026 09:06 AM (Cjt/F)

219 Look homeward, Mr. President. Please.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 20, 2026 09:00 AM (h/ffs)
===================
Count me in on this plea.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 20, 2026 09:06 AM (24xYU)

220 “Illegal alien” isn’t a pejorative, it’s a legal term or technical term. “Neighbor” sounds so much nicer though. Benign. “Undocumented” makes it sound as if they simply lost their wallet. Could happen to anybody. “Newcomers” is a little Orwellian.

“Immigrant” is a legal term as well. Someone who entered the United States through a port of entry and has authorization to be in the United States.

The perversion of words, and language, is part of the conditioning process. Ultimately designed to prevent actual thought. Thoughts become words, and words become actions. You can tell a great deal about a person’s worldview, naturally by the words they might use in casual conversation.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 20, 2026 09:06 AM (kGQLW)

221 I'm certain this is one of 50 states that have a similar problem with fraud. Maybe not Somalis, but still fraud."

This. It wasn't "somalis", it was "hey, let's get some of that FedCash" by failing social groups. They would've imported green aliens if it paid...

Posted by: man at January 20, 2026 09:07 AM (XuXeR)

222 "They took us from our homeland" LOL. Yep, you were on the slave ship, Jasmine.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 20, 2026 09:07 AM (ZeH0U)

223 198 But even if you get away with it, once everyone knows about it, most people would slink away and just hope everyone forgets what an animalistic, subhuman pig he is.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 20, 2026 09:00 AM (BI5O2)

Maybe at one time, but not anymore.

Now, by forcing it upon you, they are establishing dominance, they are violating you. Which in their minds is how they prove their superiority.

We would feel shame.

They feel "Yeah, so what, this is what people like me get to do to people like you."

Posted by: XTC at January 20, 2026 09:07 AM (6Uni8)

224 207 Yes Scott Jennings has a way with words… he’s good on CNN. But I guess I’m way too cynical for my age because I can’t shake the suspicion that he’s just another grifter…. I mean he used to work for the Kentucky turtle and he sees which way the wind is blowing now…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 20, 2026 09:03 AM (P/Wjn)

Meh. If he were as good as some think he is he wouldn't be allowed on CNN.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 20, 2026 09:07 AM (h/ffs)

225 Yes... I'm tired of taking the "high" ground... It's time to get down and dirty in the mud with the Libs...
Posted by: It's me donna

That's not who we are.

Posted by: David French at January 20, 2026 09:07 AM (Dv3i1)

226 He added that “86% of the Somali population of Minnesota gets full free healthcare, in addition to food stamps, housing and transportation and obviously daycare and things like that. So this is completely an effort to create a huge voting bloc.”
---
For decades, the leaders of both parties have told you that you need to get used to less.
Less pay, less house, less car, less vacation, less healthcare.
While everything got more expensive.
That you don't deserve the American Dream.

At the same time, they were giving it all, all of that, away for free to immigrants.
No American citizen subgroup gets that much free.
Not the ghetto trash in the hood; not the hillbillies in the hollers.

But illiterate, near-retarded, immigrants who refuse to even learn English get it all.
For free.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 20, 2026 09:08 AM (HXT0k)

227 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 20, 2026 09:06 AM (ufSfZ)

Whitehouse.gov

He probably isn't reading ASHQ

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 20, 2026 09:09 AM (ZeH0U)

228 I haven’t lived in California since 2011. Nevertheless, over the last five months, with considerable assistance from my employer, I’ve been trying to prove that I didn’t live there in 2019 and 2020. California is making me prove a negative.

Well, quit voting there.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 20, 2026 09:09 AM (/TiS1)

229 New Lawsuit Claims Ziploc Plastic Bags Dose Food with Microplastics

-
Zip it in the bud!

Scientists Say Research Indicating Our Bodies Are Riddled With Microplastics Is a “Joke”

https://is.gd/Thx0zD

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 20, 2026 09:09 AM (L/fGl)

230 216 Trump is going to lose the midterms, bigly. And he's going to end his days either in jail or in court fighting for his freedom. And he'll get not an ounce of sympathy from me.

Yes, he has a lot on his plate. But I do not believe he has any real appreciation or understanding of the boiling rage that is festering up among the base while he jerks off about Nobel prizes and Greenland.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 20, 2026 09:06 AM (ufSfZ)

The Democrats will publicly execute him if they get the chance.

Posted by: XTC at January 20, 2026 09:09 AM (6Uni8)

231 “These interventions carry risk of significant harms including infertility/sterility, sexual dysfunction, impaired bone density accrual, adverse cognitive impacts, cardiovascular disease and metabolic disorders, psychiatric disorders, surgical complications, and regret,”

How much of this in Munchausen's by Proxy?

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 09:10 AM (gbOdA)

232 Lots of black-pilling here today.

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 09:10 AM (77rzZ)

233 >>> 210 New Lawsuit Claims Ziploc Plastic Bags Dose Food with Microplastics

About 6 out of 10 times the test for finding microplastics in a tissue sample can be confused by molecules of esters formed from glycerol and three acid molecules.

AKA FAT
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 09:04 AM (gbOdA)

Were the microplastics tests developed by the same EXPERTS! who developed the woofloo tests?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 20, 2026 09:10 AM (ULPxl)

234 The Democrats will publicly execute him if they get the chance.
Posted by: XTC at January 20, 2026 09:09 AM (6Uni

Already tried twice we KNOW of!

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 09:10 AM (gbOdA)

235 224 Meh. If he were as good as some think he is he wouldn't be allowed on CNN.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 20, 2026 09:07 AM (h/ffs)

This. A real stone-cold killer wouldn't need CNN's table scraps.

Posted by: XTC at January 20, 2026 09:10 AM (6Uni8)

236 That's not who we are.

Posted by: David French

You get the flame thrower first for two reasons: so we don't have to hear you scold, and it will better prepare you for your afterlife.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 20, 2026 09:10 AM (/TiS1)

237 FWIW, that's VA. The "house" flings stuff around constantly. It's an odd system, but sort of works.

hmm maybe this time is different, man

also she did a shit ton of terrible EOs on top of the bills they're talking about.

glad we didn't move there, but am sad bc I do love the state. poisoned by Richmond and DC, sadly. just like up here, but we (PA) are a bit larger and Pitt doesn't like Philly so that helps.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 20, 2026 09:11 AM (emBoF)

238 End Wokeness
@EndWokeness

Michelle Obama says she is mindful to try to avoid white-owned brands and others also should be

https://tinyurl.com/y47t89j9

Posted by: redridinghood at January 20, 2026 09:11 AM (NpAcC)

239 232 Lots of black-pilling here today.
Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 09:10 AM (77rzZ)

I admit it.. I'm a pessimist... Always have been.... I still hold out hope for the midterms so there's that...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 09:11 AM (VE6XX)

240 > But illiterate, near-retarded, immigrants who refuse to even learn English get it all.
For free.
--------
You paid for it.

So did I.

Add up all the taxes you've paid in your lifetime. Figure all of it was stolen and used for fraud. Somalis in MN. Mexicans somewhere else. Ghetto queens everywhere.

The amount of wealth stolen from the American public and used like this is staggering.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 20, 2026 09:11 AM (U2OZr)

241 Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 09:10 AM (

Which makes it like every other day.

Got things to do. Catch everybody later.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 20, 2026 09:12 AM (ZeH0U)

242 California put a freaken lien on my bank account
California is making me prove a negative
——

“Presumption of Innocence” notably does not apply to Taxing authorities. Kind of a carve-out, eh?

But the bank. What jiggery-pokery is this? How does the state bolsheviks in California exert this kind of control, under what mechanism? I probably don’t want to know. I don’t have any money, so I’m good.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 20, 2026 09:12 AM (kGQLW)

243 With Artemis, NASA has done none of those things, or if it has, it has done it tentatively and not sufficiently. SLS has only launched once. It has not been tested as rigorously as Apollo tested the Saturn V. It remains a large unknown.

More significantly, Orion will be flying humans using a life support system that has never been tested in space at all. Before sending Artemis II to the Moon, NASA intends to hold the capsule in Earth orbit for several hours to check the system out, but that is certainly not the same as the two-week mission of Apollo 7.
========================
NASA should not fly the Artemis mission.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 20, 2026 09:12 AM (DZdRD)

244 But I do not believe he has any real appreciation or understanding of the boiling rage that is festering up among the base while he jerks off about Nobel prizes and Greenland.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 20, 2026 09:06 AM (ufSfZ)

It may be an age issue, a natural tendency to become more insulated. But hard to believe he can't grasp what his base is feeling.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 20, 2026 09:12 AM (h/ffs)

245 The Blacks War on Illegals begun they have."

Chicago and LA say "hey"...

FWIW, drove thru the old "LA central" area 4 years ago - what a change from the last time (mid 90's). The "black" section is gone. As in wiped out. It's all Hispanic. Florence & Compton had a Hispanic ice cream shop...

Posted by: man at January 20, 2026 09:12 AM (XuXeR)

246 tired after watching an incredible game last night! and then was too wired to sleep!

so much fun

I know the final ended up late date-wise but I'm sad anyway and will miss college football (for only a little while lol). super fun still!

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 20, 2026 09:12 AM (emBoF)

247 Were the microplastics tests developed by the same EXPERTS! who developed the woofloo tests?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 20, 2026 09:10 AM (ULPxl)

When the final recommendations on finding woofloo required the test sample to be replicated 40X I knew it was BS.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 09:12 AM (gbOdA)

248 Some people here get themselves so worked up they don't realize how ridiculous they sound.

Just IMO of course.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 20, 2026 09:12 AM (KDPiq)

249 Michelle Obama says she is mindful to try to avoid white-owned brands and others also should be

https://tinyurl.com/y47t89j9
Posted by: redridinghood at January 20, 2026 09:11 AM (NpAcC)

That would be pretty limiting...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 09:12 AM (VE6XX)

250 But illiterate, near-retarded, immigrants who refuse to even learn English get it all.
For free.
---------------
This land was my land. This land was your land....

Posted by: pudinhead at January 20, 2026 09:13 AM (pLaQB)

251 New Lawsuit Claims Ziploc Plastic Bags Dose Food with Microplastics

I guess that means we go back to using Tupperware.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 20, 2026 09:13 AM (/TiS1)

252 Yet, the focus of the administration is on Minneapolis. Where Somali fraud was exposed to the tune of $8 plus billion dollars of tax monies. I'm certain this is one of 50 states that have a similar problem with fraud. Maybe not Somalis, but still fraud.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Fraud is the cost of doing business. Well, technically, your cost as a taxpayer. I actually do pretty well.
Gov Mike DeWine (R-OH), $16mm(?) Net Worth

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 20, 2026 09:14 AM (Dv3i1)

253 40-year-old stabbed, officer assaulted after brawl erupts at LA’s MLK Day Parade: cops, report

.. bringing a nostalgic flare to the holiday

Posted by: SMOD at January 20, 2026 09:14 AM (RHGPo)

254 238 End Wokeness
@EndWokeness

Michelle Obama says she is mindful to try to avoid white-owned brands and others also should be

https://tinyurl.com/y47t89j9
Posted by: redridinghood at January 20, 2026 09:11 AM (NpAcC)

I am canceling by MET sub!

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 09:14 AM (gbOdA)

255 I admit it.. I'm a pessimist... Always have been.... I still hold out hope for the midterms so there's that...

NO!! lol but yes

the morning thread is always super pessimistic

y'all gotta get out more. I'm in a bit of a slow period due to people being in the Caribbean/Mexico (clients, not me sadly) plus the snow etc I'm kinda hibernating.

but go out! talk to people! even in Philly! it will hearten you (it does me anyway)

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 20, 2026 09:14 AM (emBoF)

256

When Don Lemon was harassing churchgoers, he was shadowed by a watchful young black man. Did Lemon have a bodyguard?

He may need protection. He eventually betrays anybody that he's working with, he can't help it. His impending danger is not from his current targets, it's from Antifa et al after he deviates from the narrow path they require.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 20, 2026 09:14 AM (azNOR)

257 BET not MET

but alas

Same diff

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 09:14 AM (gbOdA)

258 the boiling rage that is festering up among the base"

Que? Most are pretty happy. Lower prices, cheaper gas, someone in gov who seems to give a ... care about the public at large.

I like it. And Greenyland is a great laser pointer. Look, squirrel!

Posted by: man at January 20, 2026 09:15 AM (XuXeR)

259 An Astonishing Proportion of High Schoolers Have Had a “Romantic Relationship” With an AI, Research Finds This should worry you.

... "Her" (2013) was not meant to be a "how to"

Posted by: SMOD at January 20, 2026 09:15 AM (RHGPo)

260 >>>But the bank. What jiggery-pokery is this? How does the state bolsheviks in California exert this kind of control, under what mechanism? I probably don’t want to know. I don’t have any money, so I’m good.

Posted by: Common Tater

>CA stole my HSA. They felt they were entitled because they saw no activity. It took over 10 years to be reimbursed. A new SOS came in and made that happen.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 20, 2026 09:16 AM (oT7pT)

261 Lots of black-pilling here today.
Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 09:10 AM (77rzZ)

I prefer to call it living in the real world.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 20, 2026 09:16 AM (ufSfZ)

262 238 End Wokeness
@EndWokeness

Michelle Obama says she is mindful to try to avoid white-owned brands and others also should be

https://tinyurl.com/y47t89j9

Posted by: redridinghood at January 20, 2026 09:11 AM (NpAcC)

I really don't care, Big Mike.

Unlike your mincing fag of a "Husband", I don't hate my white half.

Posted by: XTC at January 20, 2026 09:16 AM (6Uni8)

263 we go back to using Tupperware."

Supperware. For the upcoming monsoon season.

Posted by: man at January 20, 2026 09:16 AM (XuXeR)

264 🚨ALICE WEIDEL ANNOUNCES GERMANY WILL LEAVE THE EU

When the AfD wins the next election she intends to give Germans the chance to vote to leave the "Monstrous EU"

This will bring the whole thing crashing down
This is why they don't want her to win

Posted by: SMOD at January 20, 2026 09:16 AM (RHGPo)

265 How does the state bolsheviks in California exert this kind of control, under what mechanism"

This. Doesn't pass the smell test.

Posted by: man at January 20, 2026 09:17 AM (XuXeR)

266 But illiterate near-retarded immigrants who refuse to even learn English get it all. For free.
———

Diversity is their strength. They’ve been saying this for years.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 20, 2026 09:17 AM (kGQLW)

267 264 🚨ALICE WEIDEL ANNOUNCES GERMANY WILL LEAVE THE EU

When the AfD wins the next election she intends to give Germans the chance to vote to leave the "Monstrous EU"

This will bring the whole thing crashing down
This is why they don't want her to win

Posted by: SMOD at January 20, 2026 09:16 AM (RHGPo)

Didn't Germany permanently ban AfD in order to save "Their Precious Democracy"?

Posted by: XTC at January 20, 2026 09:18 AM (6Uni8)

268 Most are pretty happy. Lower prices, cheaper gas, someone in gov who seems to give a ... care about the public at large.

Bread and circuses to keep people from noticing that not a single Democrat of any power or influence has been arrested and never will be.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 20, 2026 09:18 AM (ufSfZ)

269 Bread and circuses"

Que? That's real life. Not cosplayers in Minneland.

Posted by: man at January 20, 2026 09:19 AM (XuXeR)

270 I admit it.. I'm a pessimist... Always have been.... I still hold out hope for the midterms so there's that...
Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 09:11 AM (VE6XX)

The Republicans in the House and Senate had better start delivering then. We have the WH, Senate and House. And what have they done with this? Nothing.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 20, 2026 09:20 AM (N39Ws)

271 Ahmad Jihad Bojeh just KlLLED 3 old white men for no reason while they vacationed in Florida. Clearly a terror attack, but authorities & media cover up:
(1)note him as WHITE;
(2)note him a "Florida man" instead of "Muslim."
(3)remove Jihad from his name.
(4) He was tied to a 2021 shooting but got off on insanity

Bak. Derk-derk-Allah. Derka derka, Mohammed Jihad. Haka sherpa-sherpa. Abaka-la.

Posted by: SMOD at January 20, 2026 09:20 AM (RHGPo)

272 268 Bread and circuses to keep people from noticing that not a single Democrat of any power or influence has been arrested and never will be.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 20, 2026 09:18 AM (ufSfZ)

Nothing matters until Dem pieces start getting taken off of the board.

Posted by: XTC at January 20, 2026 09:20 AM (6Uni8)

273 This. Doesn't pass the smell test
——

It does, if you squint. Is the bank located in California? Or has branches there, and that sort of legal twaddle. I suppose banks don’t want to get into a pissing contest with California.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 20, 2026 09:20 AM (kGQLW)

274 Terrorist: Ahhh! Derka derka derka!

Posted by: SMOD at January 20, 2026 09:20 AM (RHGPo)

275 Good morning!

Posted by: Lizzy at January 20, 2026 09:21 AM (LlV+5)

276 Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 20, 2026 09:20 AM (N39Ws)

I note you've had that Nic for a long time.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 20, 2026 09:21 AM (KDPiq)

277 >>It may be an age issue, a natural tendency to become more insulated. But hard to believe he can't grasp what his base is feeling.

Of course he knows. Nobody has been more attacked from more directions including trying to blow his head off than Trump.

Every single day we hear about more layers of corruption throughout our government including places like the DOJ and people bitch that things aren't going faster. Bondi had to fire 6 prosecutors in the MN office for refusing to go along with investigations of the corruption and it's just assumed that new, fully formed prosecutors who will follow the law appear instantaneously and fix everything by lunch time.

We are getting big wins all the time but if you entire focus is not everything is fixed the way I want it already then you will never be satisfied.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 20, 2026 09:22 AM (viF8m)

278 275 Good morning!
Posted by: Lizzy at January 20, 2026 09:21 AM (LlV+5)

What's that supposed to mean ?.. Sorry... It's a bit touchy here this morning .. LOL

Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 09:22 AM (VE6XX)

279 > the boiling rage that is festering up among the base
---------
There a quote by Alexandr Solzhenitsyn making the rounds; "The most terrifying force of death, comes from the hands of men who wanted to be left alone."

There's more to it. But it's been trending among some peoples.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 20, 2026 09:22 AM (U2OZr)

280 Congrats to Indiana last night. Great game, and great players. As a Buckeye fan, it was not happy watching those two teams fight it out for the prize, since they both beat OSU, but obviously much deserved.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 20, 2026 09:22 AM (ucRM4)

281 Hans Blix: I'm sorry, but the UN must be firm with you. Let me in, or else.
Kim Jong Il: Or else what?
Hans Blix: Or else we will be very angry with you... and we will write you a letter, telling you how angry we are.

Posted by: SMOD at January 20, 2026 09:22 AM (RHGPo)

282 275 Good morning!
Posted by: Lizzy

Didn't read the comments, didja?

(jk)

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 20, 2026 09:22 AM (Dv3i1)

283 >>Michelle Obama says she is mindful to try to avoid white-owned brands and others also should be

Don't look at me!

Posted by: Scott Adams' Ghost at January 20, 2026 09:23 AM (LlV+5)

284 Anybody have a link to the VA bills and EOs?

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 09:23 AM (77rzZ)

285 >>Didn't read the comments, didja?

(jk)

Heh. JJ's links are always superb, but some days simply reading them puts one in a mood. Womp. womp!

Posted by: Lizzy at January 20, 2026 09:24 AM (LlV+5)

286 When the final recommendations on finding woofloo required the test sample to be replicated 40X I knew it was BS.
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026

***
I knew pretty early too. My employer instituted mandatory, random "testing" for the Sniffles. I went twice. The second time the so-called technician wasn't watching me. I simply took the swab and put it right into the container; it never touched my nose.

I passed anyway. I didn't get an email, "There was not sufficient material to make a determination; please test again." Oh, no. "You passed."

After that I ignored the emails -- and discovered there was no enforcement mechanism anyway.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 20, 2026 09:24 AM (wzUl9)

287 Rand Paul:

Youtube and its parent company Google deserves to be sued. For the past three weeks YouTube has been hosting a video that is a calculated lie, falsely accusing me of taking money from Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro. It refused to remove the video. It is, of course, a ludicrous accusation, but paid trolls are daily spreading this lie across the internet. This untruth is essentially an accusation of treason, which then leads the internet mob to call for my death. Advocating for liability for Google is no small step for me. I have long defended the private-property rights of internet companies.

Posted by: SMOD at January 20, 2026 09:25 AM (RHGPo)

288 End Wokeness
@EndWokeness

Michelle Obama says she is mindful to try to avoid white-owned brands and others also should be

https://tinyurl.com/y47t89j9

Posted by: redridinghood at January 20, 2026 09:11 AM (NpAcC)
-

Scott Adams was right - and not racist.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 20, 2026 09:25 AM (CZW9O)

289 Michelle Obama says she is mindful to try to avoid white-owned brands and others also should be

https://tinyurl.com/y47t89j9
Posted by: redridinghood at January 20, 2026 09:11 AM (NpAcC)

That would be pretty limiting...
Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 09:12 AM (VE6XX)

I just lurve all the unity and harmony promoted by the Obamas.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 20, 2026 09:25 AM (wVcYX)

290 Michelle Obama says she is mindful to try to avoid white-owned brands and others also should be
____

Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever! Glad to see my party still keeping my legacy alive.
-George Wallace

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 20, 2026 09:25 AM (Dv3i1)

291 The Iranian regime foreign minister was disinvited to Davos.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 20, 2026 09:26 AM (0KSrI)

292 Don't look at me!

Posted by: Scott Adams' Ghost at January 20, 2026 09:23 AM (LlV+5)
-

Great morons think alike!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 20, 2026 09:26 AM (CZW9O)

293 280 Congrats to Indiana last night. Great game, and great players. As a Buckeye fan, it was not happy watching those two teams fight it out for the prize, since they both beat OSU, but obviously much deserved.

it was a GREAT game with GREAT coaching!

also I've unofficially adopted Fernando I love him so so much. ADORABLE

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 20, 2026 09:26 AM (emBoF)

294 I just hope we get heterosexual art today. CBD owes us boobs, big time.

Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 09:26 AM (77rzZ)

295 >>What's that supposed to mean ?.. Sorry... It's a bit touchy here this morning .. LOL

We are here, like-minded though not always in agreement!

Posted by: Lizzy at January 20, 2026 09:26 AM (LlV+5)

296 We are getting big wins all the time but if you entire focus is not everything is fixed the way I want it already then you will never be satisfied."

My team didn't beat the other team by every point imaginable!!!! (insert sports fans' sounds here)

Posted by: man at January 20, 2026 09:27 AM (XuXeR)

297 White owned brands? So basically everything that is a good product. Ok Mooch, have at it.

Posted by: Really?? at January 20, 2026 09:27 AM (d4dD2)

298 That ridiculous twerp on CNN exemplifies the left: they want to tell you what to think, what to say, even which direction to walk down grocery store aisles. That kid has a deep-seated mental illness, and the left likes to mainstream the mentally ill. It's their idea of a political "big tent".

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 20, 2026 09:27 AM (XR7sA)

299 Good morning!
Posted by: Lizzy

Didn't read the comments, didja?

(jk)
Posted by: Chuck Martel

It was a rhetorical greeting.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 20, 2026 09:28 AM (L/fGl)

300 Indiana was really good this year (understatement)… but last night Cignetti was a bit off his usual game. He burned two timeouts in the second half needlessly (a no-no in a close game)… then when they’re poised to run out the clock and salt the game away… they have 2nd and 1 with 2 minutes left… a bad false start prevents a first down and they have to give the ball back to Miami. That team didn’t make those kinds of mistakes the rest of the year…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 20, 2026 09:28 AM (uo8Bw)

301 I just hope we get heterosexual art today. CBD owes us boobs, big time.
Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 09:26 AM (77rzZ)

Reubenesque, even!

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 20, 2026 09:28 AM (wVcYX)

302 Michelle Obama says she is mindful to try to avoid white-owned brands and others also should be
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She never had a mask on about her racism. She was just always protected by the msm and their suppression or spin of her racist positions.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 20, 2026 09:28 AM (KDPiq)

303 298 That ridiculous twerp on CNN exemplifies the left: they want to tell you what to think, what to say, even which direction to walk down grocery store aisles. That kid has a deep-seated mental illness, and the left likes to mainstream the mentally ill. It's their idea of a political "big tent".
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FU, I won't do what you tell me!
-Rage Against the Machine

No! Don't rage against that machine!
-Rage Against the Machine

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 20, 2026 09:29 AM (Dv3i1)

304 297 White owned brands? So basically everything that is a good product. Ok Mooch, have at it.
Posted by: Really?? at January 20, 2026 09:27 AM (d4dD2)

I think Jeri-Curl is owned by whtites and, horror - Jews!!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 20, 2026 09:29 AM (x0n13)

305 >>Michelle Obama says she is mindful to try to avoid white-owned brands and others also should be

More seriously, this woman's podcast and social media are a gift. She reveals herself more every day.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 20, 2026 09:29 AM (LlV+5)

306 That team didn’t make those kinds of mistakes the rest of the year…"

See, that's proof everything is fixed! Shoot them all, now!!

(hmmmm)

Posted by: man at January 20, 2026 09:29 AM (XuXeR)

307 also I've unofficially adopted Fernando I love him so so much. ADORABLE
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 20, 2026 09:26 AM (emBoF)
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I used to live about 3 or 4 miles from the Miami campus, but I was pulling for Indiana last night. Their coach is pretty great, and Mendoza is really something.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 20, 2026 09:30 AM (XR7sA)

308 A lemon is not bitter, it is sour.

Posted by: Colonel Angostura at January 20, 2026 09:30 AM (VjfFB)

309 I am NOT going to be kicked out of White Society just because Big Mike wants to swing his retarded dick around.

Posted by: XTC at January 20, 2026 09:30 AM (6Uni8)

310
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Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 09:30 AM (gbOdA)

311 “It’s all fabricated shit,” Honoré told the DCNF when asked about the alleged tournament.

“I hate fucking golf,” Honoré said. “I live on a golf course. I’ve been on it one fucking time since 2010.”

>>> A retired three-star general that hates golf? Oh, right, he wasn't Air Force.

Read the whole article, at least the Daily Caller got both sides of the story. I do agree that we need to ban China from buying land next to our bases.

Posted by: pookysgirl doesn't like golf either at January 20, 2026 09:30 AM (Wt5PA)

312 By the way.. I liked yesterday's ART

Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 09:30 AM (VE6XX)

313 ART!

Posted by: Nazdar at January 20, 2026 09:30 AM (NcvvS)

314 ART! But not Reubenesque.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 20, 2026 09:31 AM (wVcYX)

315 294 I just hope we get heterosexual art today. CBD owes us boobs, big time.
Posted by: Bulg at January 20, 2026 09:26 AM (77rzZ)
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Don't push it. That could lead to Harvey on the ottoman.

Posted by: Eeyore at January 20, 2026 09:31 AM (s0JqF)

316 249 Michelle Obama says she is mindful to try to avoid white-owned brands and others also should be

https://tinyurl.com/y47t89j9
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Deep Thoughts of Michelle. Imma okay with this one.

Posted by: pudinhead at January 20, 2026 09:31 AM (pLaQB)

317 I'd bet every straight-hair wighat owned and worn by Mooch was cut from some Asian lady. Why isn't she content to wear her own hair? She hates being black and is jealous of all other races.

Posted by: Call of the Wighat at January 20, 2026 09:31 AM (oftw2)

318 He burned two timeouts in the second half needlessly

you're right and he agrees with you! he said he didn't sleep last night agonizing over that!

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 20, 2026 09:32 AM (emBoF)

319 Michelle Obama says she is mindful to try to avoid white-owned brands and others also should be

Something, something, content of their character...

That being said: Why not encourage blacks to leave here peacefully and set up in another nation? We could have a real life Wakanda without wypipo holding them back.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 20, 2026 09:32 AM (BpO1e)

320 No! Don't rage against that machine!
-Rage Against the Machine
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 20, 2026 09:29 AM (Dv3i1)
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Exactly right. A little shit like Tom Morello is against every American value, and pro-totalitarian. Go ahead and rage against America, he says, but not China or North Korea.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 20, 2026 09:32 AM (XR7sA)

321 317 I'd bet every straight-hair wighat owned and worn by Mooch was cut from some Asian lady. Why isn't she content to wear her own hair? She hates being black and is jealous of all other races.

Posted by: Call of the Wighat at January 20, 2026 09:31 AM (oftw2)

All black people (especially mixed ones) hate being black.

Posted by: XTC at January 20, 2026 09:32 AM (6Uni8)

322
All black people (especially mixed ones) hate being black.
Posted by: XTC at January 20, 2026 09:32 AM (6Uni

I hate to think that's true...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 09:33 AM (VE6XX)

323 Tuesday is Wednesday's hump Day

Posted by: Josephistan at January 20, 2026 09:33 AM (y9ksN)

324 Johnson &Johnson

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 20, 2026 09:35 AM (KDPiq)

325 Yikes.. The Market is in freefall... Must be Trump's tariff threat

Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 09:35 AM (VE6XX)

326 ‘Racial Equity’ Group Funded by Minnesota Taxpayers Asks for Donations To Bail Fund Freeing Anti-ICE Agitators

Posted by: SMOD at January 20, 2026 09:43 AM (RHGPo)

327 "All black people (especially mixed ones) hate being black."

No, it's the white in them that is the cause because at some point in the past, their mammy spread it for a whitey.

This "rape/raped" mentality is not limited to the Blacks. There's a lot of it in Europe which goes back to the Mongols, etc.

Posted by: pawn at January 20, 2026 09:48 AM (WXTVZ)

328 Trump has managed to drive the 10 year rate all the way to 4.28 over the last week, when he was publicly hoping to get it below 3.75. So mortgage rates are heading upwards, and dollar even lower.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 20, 2026 09:50 AM (evI9x)

329 Michelle Obama needs to be air dropped into Afghanistan

Enough of this racist piece of shit.

The Obamas really fucked this country up.

Posted by: melodicmetal at January 20, 2026 09:51 AM (61TgR)

330 327 No, it's the white in them that is the cause because at some point in the past, their mammy spread it for a whitey.

This "rape/raped" mentality is not limited to the Blacks. There's a lot of it in Europe which goes back to the Mongols, etc.

Posted by: pawn at January 20, 2026 09:48 AM (WXTVZ)

On a personal level, I do not give a shit about that.

While I do think my parents should not have reproduced, it's because of their mental illnesses (Schizophrenic mother, father with Rage issues), not because of race mixing.

Posted by: XTC at January 20, 2026 09:56 AM (6Uni8)

331
325 Yikes.. The Market is in freefall... Must be Trump's tariff threat
Posted by: It's me donna at January 20, 2026 09:35 AM (VE6XX)

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It's down, but I don't see freefall. So far it's in line with recent fluctuations.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 20, 2026 10:02 AM (Ijbq0)

332 Lose the Goddamn red font in the top picture! It's fucking unreadable!

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at January 20, 2026 10:11 AM (FpP3s)

333 Lose the Goddamn red font in the top picture! It's fucking unreadable!

The Morning Report having a janky MS Paint graphic is part of the charm. This is actually an unusually good one, even with the low-contrast font color.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 20, 2026 10:28 AM (2ocoG)

334 Greg Gutfeld:
This isn’t about immigration. It isn’t about ICE. It isn’t about Trump. It is about suicidal empathy that is driven by a rescue fantasy.

You have all of these young, middle-aged women going out there because they have some emptiness in them, going out there in this rescue delusion—helping people they don’t know, strangers who are guilty of crimes. How can you defend that?

This is not protesters going to a church. That is a mob. The people that invented the phrase “safe spaces” are breaking it, frightening kids. These are the people that call us fascists, and they’re hunting people. These are the people that claim to defend women, and yet are defending men who abuse women. These are the people that call us homophobic, and yet they want to out ICE guys for using—I don’t know—gay sex apps.

Let’s be honest here. Fry’s a pussy. He’s scared of these people, or else he would stand up for it, calling it love.

There’s no such thing as a mob with love. Imagine showing this tape to Don Lemon 10 years ago—15 years ago—and saying, “Is this where you saw yourself, Lemon? Crashing a church service? Scaring kids? Attacking a pastor? Was this your hope and dream—to do this?”

Posted by: SMOD at January 20, 2026 10:54 AM (RHGPo)

335 Good morning, all and thanks, J.J.

From above, "In Trump’s first term, Democrats formed a “resistance” movement ..."

Yes, among others, the Indivisible Movement appeared late 2016 with an viral online guide ('Guide for Resisting Trump Agenda') to help progressives organize & emulate Tea Party tactics of pressuring their members of Congress. It was cofounded by a young married couple, Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin, former Congressional staffers.
They're still very much around, instrumental in organizing the "No Kings" protests.

In fact, I'm listening to their 1.15.26 'What's the Plan? A Weekly Discussion with Leah and Ezra,' YouTube. (What's the Plan was previously hosted by the couple on Zoom but now, 2026, it has moved to being cohosted with Lemonada Media as a weekly podcast.

At present, they're speaking of 'Lines in the Sand' (State your demands!)) for ICE and DHS funding, and are pulling Jeffries and Schumer into the discussion, calling them out for lack of leadership. They also are talking about not accepting the authoritarian overreach of the current (Trump) administration, along with counter training, involvement and protesting.

Continued -

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 20, 2026 10:55 AM (NFX2v)

336 They're young, enthusiastic, and intelligent speakers but somehow I feel they're more the path - modern instructors - for the low (and limited) info sect not the actual creators of many ideas and ideals.

Watch/listen to the program. (I found the end a bit unnerving.) What do you think?

Today is the Free America Walkout. (It was brought up during the above program.) May they freeze their oh so gullible a**es off in Mid-Atlantic Region and the NE. 👍

Eric Holder in the news: C-SPAN Eric Holder "We are seeing a sustained effort to eradicate the Voting Rights Act. (22 hours) YouTube, C-SPAN, Eric Holder: "There is a concerted effort to re-segregate America." (20 hours) Fox News, 'Obama wingman Eric Holder defended Walz's vetting — then Minnesota’s fraud scandal erupted,' 5 days ago.

So the plan is Authoritarianism and Race being replayed again by the Left? AWFL* delight.
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Good Day. 🙏🤗

*The New York Times, 3 days ago — 'After Renee Good Killing, Derisive Term for White Women...' Vocal Trump supporters are demonizing Renee Good, her partner and their allies, with some even using an acronym: AWFUL, or Affluent

🤷‍♀️ It's alternative Karen, around for years.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 20, 2026 10:55 AM (NFX2v)

337 So far, my prediction is correct. DL will never be arrested, much less charged with a crime. The mid-terms will be a complete blow out, and we'll be right back where we started before Old Man Biden walked in to the White House. Trump impeached again, no Nationwide Reciprocity, a major city in a blue state in ruins, four years closer to retirement, government stooges running all over.

Posted by: Jeb! Magruder at January 20, 2026 11:17 AM (+XsLd)

338 "We are all Minnesotans. We just don't know it yet"

Spoiled, entitled, narcissistic, ignorant, self-important, violent, delusional, clinically insane, and would soil yourselves if you had to deal with even an eighth of the genuine atrocities the average Iranian has to endure on a daily basis? Yes, we know. It's just that by "we" you mean "fellow Plebbit revolution LARPers", not actual Americans. We should be deporting you along with your pet fraudsters to Somalia.

Posted by: Saber Alter at January 20, 2026 11:20 AM (TwV1B)

339 California must return more than $1 billion to the federal government after an audit by @DrOzCMS
and his team uncovered federal dollars being spent on healthcare for illegal immigrants. We are teaming up to combat healthcare fraud so the money can be used for American citizens who need it!

Gov. Gavin Newsom told world leaders to “stand up” to President Donald Trump and show “backbone” during the Democrat’s visit to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.“It’s time to buck up, it’s time to get serious and stop being complicit,” Newsom told a reporter when asked if he had any message for Europeans concerned about the White House’s comments on acquiring Greenland. “It’s time to stand tall and firm and have a backbone. I can’t take this complicity, people rolling over. I should have brought a bunch of kneepads for all the world leaders.”

Posted by: SMOD at January 20, 2026 12:01 PM (RHGPo)

340 19th January 2026. Norway advising citizens of preparations for wartime property requisitions, military says. Thousands of Norwegians are expected to receive letters from the military on Monday informing them that their homes, vehicles, boats and machinery may be requisitioned in the event of war. "The requisitions are intended to ensure that, in a wartime situation, the armed forces have access to the resources necessary for the defence of the country," the military said in a statement.

Posted by: SMOD at January 20, 2026 12:02 PM (RHGPo)

341 Aimee Bock, "mastermind" of Minnesota's biggest fraud scheme, says "I wish I could go back and do things differently"

So far, prosecutors have charged 78 defendants connected to Feeding Our Future, with more than 60 pleading guilty or convicted at trial. All are Somali American, except for Aimee Bock.

Posted by: SMOD at January 20, 2026 12:04 PM (RHGPo)

342 A wave of right-wing social media accounts launched near-identical attacks against a little-known Republican-backed bill aimed at restricting the export of advanced AI chips to adversaries, raising questions about whether the effort was coordinated to derail legislation publicly opposed by Nvidia.

The AI OVERWATCH Act was introduced on Dec. 18, but seemingly out of nowhere on Thursday, a group of influencers and X accounts — including Laura Loomer, Ryan Fournier, Wall Street Mav and Defiant L’s — launched a barrage of attacks against the bill, ModelRepublic first reported. The timing, language and even shared errors across the posts prompted some to question whether the messaging may have been coordinated.

Despite posts characterizing the bill as an effort led by Democrats and “Never-Trumpers,” the legislation was introduced by Republican Rep. Brian Mast of Florida, who chairs the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and has no Democratic sponsors.

Posted by: SMOD at January 20, 2026 12:05 PM (RHGPo)

343 >Screw Greenland, maybe annexing Mexico would do infinitely more for our national security - jjs

Okay, okay, right, but - hear me out - _Canada_.

Posted by: Daniel Ream at January 20, 2026 12:07 PM (LgYtf)

Daily Tech News 20 January 2026

Top Story

Two things to clarify from yesterday. First, that quote at the top of the post explaining the DRAM Apocalypse was from Jatin Malik, an engineer at Atlassian.

Second, brains are computers.
Agent psychosis: Are we going insane? (Armin Ronacher)

Apparently, yes:
You can use Polecats without the Refinery and even without the Witness or Deacon. Just tell the Mayor to shut down the rig and sling work to the polecats with the message that they are to merge to main directly. Or the polecats can submit MRs and then the Mayor can merge them manually. It's really up to you. The Refineries are useful if you have done a LOT of up-front specification work, and you have huge piles of Beads to churn through with long convoys.
That's from the Gas Town Emergency User Manual which would be a great name for a work of surrealist speculative fiction but is quite literally a user manual.
Looking at Gas Town (and Beads) from the outside, it looks like a Mad Max cult. What are polecats, refineries, mayors, beads, convoys doing in an agentic coding system? If the maintainer is in the loop, and the whole community is in on this mad ride, then everyone and their daemons just throw more slop up. As an external observer the whole project looks like an insane psychosis or a complete mad art project. Except, it's real? Or is it not? Apparently a reason for slowdown in Gas Town is contention on figuring out the version of Beads, which takes 7 subprocess spawns. Or using the doctor command times out completely. Beads keeps growing and growing in complexity and people who are using it, are realizing that it's almost impossible to uninstall. And they might not even work well together even though one apparently depends on the other.
What is Beads?

Beads is a quarter of a million lines of code to manage Markdown files in Git repositories.

I have written entire enterprise systems with paying customers and decade-long track records that are no larger than that.

But I didn't have agentic AI to help me, so they actually worked.

There's a term in programming called technical debt, which measures the cost of a quick fix that you know you will have to rip out and fix properly one day.

Vibe coding is the technical debt singularity.

Tech News

Minecraft-meets-Torchlight game Hytale supports modding out of the box. So someone modded in Hytale. (Tom's Hardware)

You can play the entire game inside the game.

You can also run Windows 95 as a mod inside Hytale.

And Doom.

The game has been out for a week.
Dumbphone owners have lost their minds: The deranged rantings of a smartphone owner. (Wired)

It's hard to know where to even start with this. The author - self-reportedly Gen Z - has a crippling codependency with her iPhone, and her friends who have abandoned such devices for dumbphones are crippled without them.

They're like walking, talking, quarter-million line codebases that can only do a single task, and fail even at athat.
Minisforum is planning to introduce the DeskMini BD395i Max - a mini-ITX motherboard with a Ryzen 395 CPU, up to 128GB of soldered RAM, and a PCIe slot. (Notebook Check)

Okay. Sure.

Let me know when you have something out in a Zen 6, okay?

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: That'll do, dog.

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1 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 20, 2026 04:03 AM (ZD9Z9)

2 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 20, 2026 04:04 AM (Cjt/F)

3 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at January 20, 2026 04:04 AM (Ia/+0)

4 !!

Posted by: clarence at January 20, 2026 04:04 AM (VL3/h)

5 Morning all.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 20, 2026 04:04 AM (BLOW1)

6 Evening and morning, Pixy and the rest of the Horde. I'm up way earlier than usual. No fault of cats this time, just one o' them things.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 20, 2026 04:05 AM (wzUl9)

7 eh, technical debt is not just a programming thing; it works just as well in all of the real-world infrastructure.

If it has a name on the mechanical side of things I've never heard it, but it's there all the same.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 20, 2026 04:08 AM (Cjt/F)

8 Twelve O'Clock High, the original movie w/ Gregory Peck, is on Movies! right now. Solid B & W film from 1949.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 20, 2026 04:09 AM (wzUl9)

9 Mornin'

There is a special election here in my little part of Babylon DC. A token GOP is running for the seat. Richmond has been taken over by marxists. Guess I'll vote this morning. He's got no chance at all, not here in Soviet Fairfax but WTH. I still root for the Pittsburgh Pirates and they've been eliminated from the '26 playoffs already.

youtu.be/5Ue4_MWwKY8

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 20, 2026 04:10 AM (sAmhv)

10 The game has been out for a week.
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All that creativity out in the wild and you can focus it with a game?

Posted by: clarence at January 20, 2026 04:10 AM (VL3/h)

11 Watching Cyber CPU guy's new video on totally removing AI from Win11:

https://youtu.be/PiC_XpVtzLY

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 20, 2026 04:11 AM (ZD9Z9)

12 "They're like walking, talking, quarter-million line codebases that can only do a single task, and fail even at that."

LOL!

another concept of broad applicability!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 20, 2026 04:12 AM (Cjt/F)

13 >>>eh, technical debt is not just a programming thing; it works just as well in all of the real-world infrastructure.

If it has a name on the mechanical side of things I've never heard it, but it's there all the same.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez

>Jury rig? Jerry rig? It means you end up doing shit twice instead of doing it right the first time?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 20, 2026 04:13 AM (oT7pT)

14 >Jury rig? Jerry rig? It means you end up doing shit twice instead of doing it right the first time?
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Not enough time to do it right but you can make the time to do it again.

Example #31419 why I hate working for other people.

Posted by: clarence at January 20, 2026 04:16 AM (VL3/h)

15 >Jury rig? Jerry rig? It means you end up doing shit twice instead of doing it right the first time?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 20, 2026

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Many kids I knew in jr. high and later had another term for it, the "n****r rig." These same people called mayonnaise "my-nez," girls' hair of a certain dark blonde shade "dirty blonde," and pronounced the name of the kitchen dishwashing receptacle as "zink," so I never took them seriously.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 20, 2026 04:19 AM (wzUl9)

16 PDJT has been president for a year. Ain't that something!?!

The inauguration was on Monday night, and I already knew I wouldn't have to go to work the next day; that was the time of the Big Snow here. So I stayed up to watch the show. There just seemed to be so much *joy* in the air among the participants, didn't there? As well as among Trump supporters.

After four horrible years of Joey the Crayon-Eater, it felt . . . amazing.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 20, 2026 04:25 AM (wzUl9)

17 There's a term in programming called technical debt, which measures the cost of a quick fix that you know you will have to rip out and fix properly one day.
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More likely known as "I rented out the apartment and have you finished the remodel yet?"

Posted by: clarence at January 20, 2026 04:28 AM (VL3/h)

18 This was my "God incident" for Sunday. The solution to the Wonderword for Sunday ( It's a game where you circle letters that form words and the left over words form a phrase or word) was "There was Jesus" which apparently is a Country western song by Dolly Parton and Zach Williams and here it is:

https://tinyurl.com/5n6smwnn

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 20, 2026 04:29 AM (PFs9e)

19 >>>Two things to clarify from yesterday. First, that quote at the top of the post explaining the DRAM Apocalypse was from Jatin Malik, an engineer at Atlassian.

I googled that and got it and stuck it in the comments.

w00t

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 04:32 AM (SSiCQ)

20 Fen, that's not a Dolly song I know. Did you know she turned 80 the other day? She's had an amazing life -- close to sixty years of it as a performer. The old Porter Wagoner show used to be on local TV on Saturday evenings when I was a kid. I paid little attention to it, not being a country fan then, and so I don't recall if she was on it then or not.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 20, 2026 04:35 AM (wzUl9)

21 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January

I didn't know it either. I did know it was her birthday and finding that song encouraged me to look up some of her other Gospel music. I'm so "out of it" as far as country music that I didn't even know who Zach Williams is.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 20, 2026 04:39 AM (PFs9e)

22 From IMDb: "[Dolly] fell in love with Carl Dean, who ran an asphalt-paving business; they married on May 30, 1966 and they stayed married until his death in 2025. In 1967 her singing caught the attention of Porter Wagoner, who hired her to appear on his program, The Porter Wagoner Show (1961). She stayed with the show for 7 years, their duets became famous, and she appeared with his group at the Grand Ole Opry; she also toured and sold records."

So she was not on the show when I recall glimpsing it. I'm sure I'd have remembered her.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 20, 2026 04:40 AM (wzUl9)

23 And Robert Stacy McCain gives some advice on "How to stay sane in crazy times." He recommends viewing sports if you like that, or some other hobby.

https://tinyurl.com/4b9exsuz

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 20, 2026 04:42 AM (PFs9e)

24 Here's a good one you may have found already, Fen...
https://tinyurl.com/mtkc2723

Posted by: Don in SoCo at January 20, 2026 04:42 AM (vd6bO)

25 Being bombarded with Frontier fiber ads, but soon as Verizon takes over Frontier and what changes will Verizon make. I already have fiber from a local account, but Frontier promises to give me the moon, stars and cheap fiber, for now. I will stick with what I have even thought both are on my street. 7 gig fiber, I don't need that for browsing the internet.

Posted by: Colin at January 20, 2026 04:44 AM (wlQdF)

26 I assume watching a YouTube here counts on that YouTube view.
After seeing a video hete grts them on my YouTube app

Posted by: Skip at January 20, 2026 04:44 AM (Ia/+0)

27 I didn't know it either. I did know it was her birthday and finding that song encouraged me to look up some of her other Gospel music. I'm so "out of it" as far as country music that I didn't even know who Zach Williams is.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 20, 2026

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I don't know Williams either. Modern country has lost what it used to have, the kind of "story songs" that caught at your heart, and the sense of "fun" in tunes like "I'm Gonna Hire a Wino to Decorate Our Home." Though even that had a thread of seriousness to it: A wife is fed up with her husband's drinking at bars, so she proclaims she's going to make their house over into a honky-tonk bar so he'll stay at home with her.

If you don't know Randy Travis's "Three Wooden Crosses," I suggest you look it up. It's like a complete short story in song and has a wonderful Christian message.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 20, 2026 04:44 AM (wzUl9)

28 >>>There's a term in programming called technical debt, which measures the cost of a quick fix that you know you will have to rip out and fix properly one day.

That's a useful term. It would drive me crazy to pile up a bunch of those.
*I am not a coder.

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 04:44 AM (SSiCQ)

29 Here's a good one you may have found already, Fen...
https://tinyurl.com/mtkc2723
Posted by: Don in SoCo at January 20, 2026

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A classic -- originally from a guy called Don Francisco. We used to play his stuff at the Christian radio station. Dolly's voice is perfect for it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 20, 2026 04:47 AM (wzUl9)

30 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes. 17 cold degrees here at Stately Poppins Manor, but I assure you the weather is not nearly as cold, bleak and hopeless as my heart and soul.

I see Schlicter tossing out the usual "if you want justice, you have to wait" bushwa, the usual ground prep for the whine of "gosh, we WANT to prosecute people, but those mean old judges won't let us!"

I look forward to hearing the DoJs sensible-sounding legalism to explain why Don Lemon won't even have his hair mussed, let alone be arrested.

You will see Elvis cornholing Bigfoot in Rockefeller Plaza before you see Lemon perp-walked. I guarantee it.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 20, 2026 04:48 AM (ufSfZ)

31 Man writes Christian devotional on 1st Peter 4.12-19 and "Our Birthright in Christ."
Our Daily Bread devotional:

https://tinyurl.com/ytxx26na

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 20, 2026 04:51 AM (ix8EF)

32 30 I see Schlicter tossing out the usual "if you want justice, you have to wait" bushwa
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 20, 2026 04:48 AM (ufSfZ)

heh; bushwa

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 04:52 AM (SSiCQ)

33 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes. 17 cold degrees here at Stately Poppins Manor. . . .
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 20, 2026

***
MP4, I read that as "47" degrees at first, and was about to post that it's only a little cooler here, 42. Nope.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 20, 2026 04:52 AM (wzUl9)

34 Thanks, very much ,Don in SoCo and Wolfus. I will look those up a little later.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 20, 2026 04:53 AM (ix8EF)

35 I believe that jury-rig is the older of the two terms by quite a bit and comes from the world of sailing where it is is strictly employed, even today (one would not use jerry-rig on a sailboat for sure, maybe one of those noisy powerboat contraptions) but I believe jerry-rig is also really old. So one can also use jerry-rig in any other setting than marine, I would say. Hmm might have to research this a bit more.

*Goes humming off to peruse his very old Webster's Unabridged inherited from his father, not to be seen until bedtime.

Posted by: Publius Redux at January 20, 2026 04:54 AM (/aZwr)

36 30 I look forward to hearing the DoJs sensible-sounding legalism to explain why Don Lemon won't even have his hair mussed, let alone be arrested.

You will see Elvis cornholing Bigfoot in Rockefeller Plaza before you see Lemon perp-walked. I guarantee it.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 20, 2026 04:48 AM (ufSfZ)

The violation of a sacred space is infuriating. There is some hope, maybe, that this time they went Too Far.

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 04:54 AM (SSiCQ)

37 The other classic country "story song" I love and say that it's a complete short story is Garth Brooks's "The Beaches of Cheyenne." Like a lot of the material he did in his early years in the spotlight, it is dynamite -- and seems to be something that nobody in country music had ever done before.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 20, 2026 04:55 AM (wzUl9)

38 A classic -- originally from a guy called Don Francisco. We used to play his stuff at the Christian radio station. Dolly's voice is perfect for it.
_-_
Yeah, Don Fransisco's stuff is great! Apparently I had his and John Michael Talbot's songwriting mixed up in my head. Both worth a listen.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at January 20, 2026 04:55 AM (vd6bO)

39 Dad saved by his seven year old daughter. Sunny Skyz site:

https://tinyurl.com/4ej6s4a9

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 20, 2026 04:55 AM (ix8EF)

40
jury-rigged
adjective
(of a ship) having temporary makeshift rigging.
• mainly North American English makeshift; improvised: jury-rigged classrooms in gymnasiums.

DERIVATIVES
jury-rig
verb

ORIGIN
late 18th century: jury perhaps based on Old French ajurie ‘aid’.

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 04:58 AM (SSiCQ)

41 8 Twelve O'Clock High, the original movie w/ Gregory Peck, is on Movies! right now. Solid B & W film from 1949.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 20, 2026 04:09 AM (wzUl9)

That's one of those that I watch whenever it's on. Don't know why - maybe this baby-boomer can only contemplate in silent awe the courage and sacrifice those young men made for our country and for freedom.

I don't know if I would have had the courage to do what they did.

I set the rest of the movie to record.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 20, 2026 05:01 AM (QGaXH)

42 Jerry-rig, jerry-rigged isn't showing up in the New Oxford American Dictionary.

Maybe jerry-built?

jerry-built
adjective
badly or hastily built with materials of poor quality: behind the house was a jerry-built shack.

ORIGIN
mid 19th century: origin unknown; sometimes said to be from the name of a firm of builders in Liverpool, or to allude to the walls of Jericho, which fell down at the sound of Joshua's trumpets (Josh. 6:20).

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 05:02 AM (SSiCQ)

43 Working at Christian AM radio in the late '80s and into the late '90s, I came to a strong appreciation of the best of that music. It was no longer all choir music, hymns, or old-style gospel music, I learned. The songwriters and singers who came along then had grown up with pop music and were influenced by it, melding the Christian message with solid and often catchy tunes. "He's Alive" is one of the very best of all time. Not only the story we all know, but a driving and haunting melody too.

I found out only recently that Herb Alpert's 1967 album cut, "Wade in the Water," an irresistible and haunting melody too, is an old-time gospel song. I was flipping through the hymnal at Miss Linda's Catholic church and happened to run across it. Amazing.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 20, 2026 05:02 AM (wzUl9)

44 Wife likes to check the deck thermometer, earlier she said 10 degrees, phone saying 14

Posted by: Skip at January 20, 2026 05:05 AM (Ia/+0)

45 maybe this baby-boomer can only contemplate in silent awe the courage and sacrifice those young men made for our country and for freedom.

I don't know if I would have had the courage to do what they did.

I set the rest of the movie to record.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 20, 2026

***
And it's even more amazing when you realize they were in for the duration. Vietnam guys, I understand, knew they were only in for a year or so unless they re-upped. In WWI and WWII, and probably Korea (?), unless you were badly wounded, you were in it until the war was over.

Though I believe there was something called "points," which you earned in service. The impression I have is that once you reached a certain total, you could go home. I don't know how that worked.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 20, 2026 05:07 AM (wzUl9)

46 As per TJM, started watching Ran on Tubi but it had no subtitles, found 7 Samurai with subtitles so started that last night.

Posted by: Skip at January 20, 2026 05:07 AM (Ia/+0)

47 Havd a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at January 20, 2026 05:12 AM (Ia/+0)

48
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 20, 2026 05:12 AM (tljrc)

49 The 1932 The Most Dangerous Game w/ Joel McCrea and Fay Wray is coming up on Movies! at 5 am central. I know of it, but have never seen it. This would have been the year before Fay became famous for her turn in King Kong.

As for McCrea, he was a solid performer for several decades. His title role as "Sergeant Hook" with Barbara Stanwyck in the '50s is a great adaptation of the Jack Schaefer Western short story (which I admire tremendously), and he is perfectly cast.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 20, 2026 05:13 AM (wzUl9)

50 Gas Town sounds like it's an MMO game in a novel where the players don't know they're doing real work that is making the company immensely wealthy beyond their cover as a games company. Kind of a variation on 'Severance', which itslef is an homage to a brief late 60s trope in Science fiction after the publication of some influential neurology research. This also inspired Julian Jaynes and his wacko theory.

Posted by: Epobirs at January 20, 2026 05:13 AM (/0z9K)

51 Conscripted soldiers should always have different ROE. Total obliteration. If you volunteer, that's a whole different thing.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 20, 2026 05:15 AM (oT7pT)

52 >>>Dumbphone owners have lost their minds: The deranged rantings of a smartphone owner. (Wired)

She appears to have been paid by the word.

This seems a useful takeaway:

In 1985, the ... psychologist Daniel Wegner published a theory about intimate human relationships called transactive memory. He argued that long-term couples store information in one another....

but not much else.

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 05:20 AM (SSiCQ)

53 G'morning Horde.

Pixy: I see from your articles that there is a substantial amount of insanity out there. I'm going to need more coffee to deal with that.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 20, 2026 05:26 AM (O7YUW)

54 Having my breakfast now, after two small cups of coffee and a short pipe. The furry thugs are looking at me like "Well, come on, when's OUR breakfast???" But if I feed them this early, Stirling will get the idea to wake me up in the small hours even more than he does now.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 20, 2026 05:29 AM (wzUl9)

55 Good morning! Pretty damn chilly out on the patio this morning and we're supposed to have rain and freezing rain late this week. Typical stock show weather. But I have seen some robins at the feeders, the tulips are up about 2 inches and the daffodils are about 8 inches now, so it seems like spring is close.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 20, 2026 05:30 AM (3Ope8)

56 Greetings and good morning one and all. I have returned from the dystopian hellscape that is California.

OK, mom and dad's retirement community isn't really a hellscape but work with me here!

Posted by: NR Pax at January 20, 2026 05:33 AM (BpO1e)

57 And today's school bus driving humor from FenSpouse who found this passage from Psalm 144:

"Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children."

It really means "alien" children but I laughed. One kid, "L" gets a thumbs up or down to signal "It was a good day" today- meaning he wasn't getting g out of his seat to wander around and cause trouble. He got a thumbs up last Friday.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 20, 2026 05:37 AM (ix8EF)

58 Man in Toronto tries to make riding public transit a less lonely and nicer experience. Scroll down. Tiny URL not working:

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 20, 2026 05:44 AM (ix8EF)

59 Posted by: NR Pax at January 20, 2026 05:33 AM (BpO1e)

Glad you are back safely.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 20, 2026 05:45 AM (ix8EF)

60 Glad you are back safely.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Thank you. And I really appreciated having an extra day off yesterday.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 20, 2026 05:49 AM (BpO1e)

61 Maybe I'll wait and vote this afternoon. It will be sunny and cold, as suppose to now when its dark and cold. I could use a walk anyway. I'm tired, going to bed soon.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 20, 2026 05:49 AM (sAmhv)

62 Posted by: NR Pax at January 20, 2026 05:49 AM (BpO1e)

Yes; That is a good thing after all that travel.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 20, 2026 05:52 AM (ix8EF)

63 “ Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him!”

Isaiah 30:18

Posted by: Marcus T at January 20, 2026 05:52 AM (upeQk)

64 "My friend Lilah is the crunchiest person I know.
She refuses to kill bugs and rats."

Oh, tons of dogshit. That article is fecal matter of the worst kind (which horseshit wasn't, but was well known when horses were the motive power of the world)

Posted by: Richard Cranium at January 20, 2026 05:58 AM (sgQOs)

65 >>>Second, brains are computers.

It's a fun topic.
Some really engaging replies late in the comments of yesterday's tech thread.

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 06:01 AM (SSiCQ)

66 from yesterday's tech thread:

142 The human brain is not a computer. It's a filter.
Posted by: Deplorable Dave at January 19, 2026 02:28 PM (4JGHb)

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 06:02 AM (SSiCQ)

67 "Did you know she turned 80 the other day?"

I hope the memory of her mammaries live forever.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at January 20, 2026 06:02 AM (sgQOs)

68 also from yesterday's tech thread:

140 I can compute with my brain, true. But my brain does much more than that. After all, I can count on my fingers. Does that mean that my fingers are a computer?
The real question is, What is this "I" who is doing these things - who is peering out from behind those two eyeballs to take in the world and perceive and interact with it? Who is running the BASIC code and counting on the fingers? I have no answer to that question. But claiming that it's merely a bigger, faster version of what my old Z-80 does, is a reductio beyond absurdum. IMHO.
Posted by: Nemo at January 19, 2026 12:19 PM (v/D5+)

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 06:02 AM (SSiCQ)

69 "Being bombarded with Frontier fiber ads, but soon as Verizon takes over Frontier and what changes will Verizon make."

I lived where Verizon installed fiber optic cable in Carrollton, TX. They called it FIOS. Eventually, they sold it off to Frontier. I guess it's making money now and they want it back.

I won't bet against a company fucking up a wet dream, but maybe there's someone left who could remind the suits why what they acquired was making money when the original company did not.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at January 20, 2026 06:06 AM (sgQOs)

70 mornin yall. A long time ago in another lifetime I went to an IBM management training class and they showed us "12:00 High". They didn't even give us any popcorn, just some dumb workbook.

Posted by: fd at January 20, 2026 06:08 AM (vFG9F)

71 Really, I don't think it's a question a lot of people ask themselves or care about? I haz computer brain? I think it's much more important whether machines can be conscious or even be considered alive. Wetware is the idea of bridging between the organic and the inorganic. Look at neuralink, and don't you think the Mengele/NAZI Chinese are creating some Frankestein monster shit already?

Posted by: I was meh, now I am me, soon just m? Nooo... at January 20, 2026 06:08 AM (N462N)

72 Dolly:

Here you come again just when I've begun to get myself together
You waltz right in the door just like you've done before
And wrap my heart 'round your little finger

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 06:08 AM (SSiCQ)

73 Pixy, computers are designed. Are brains designed?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 20, 2026 06:09 AM (KhXwI)

74 Boy, The Most Dangerous Game starts fast. Ten minutes in and Joel McCrea has already washed up on the island where he will have his dangerous contest.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 20, 2026 06:10 AM (wzUl9)

75 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Baa. Ram. Ewe.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 20, 2026 06:11 AM (X4XpB)

76 Isn't AI trying to put some human elements like rationalization into computing?

You can build robots but only G-d can make a human

Posted by: Ben Had at January 20, 2026 06:13 AM (0KSrI)

77 Boy, The Most Dangerous Game starts fast. Ten minutes in and Joel McCrea has already washed up on the island where he will have his dangerous contest.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 20, 2026 06:10 AM (wzUl9)
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A lot of movies of that era don't waste any time. Think "The Adventures of Robin Hood" or "Casablanca," which hit the ground running.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 20, 2026 06:15 AM (X4XpB)

78 Alert: today is Penguin Awareness Day. Please be aware of any penguins in your vicinity.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 20, 2026 06:16 AM (X4XpB)

79 Time for me to shower and shave, I suppose. Back later.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 20, 2026 06:16 AM (wzUl9)

80 I think the videos showing the dregs of society that attend US colleges now indicate that a lot those students are biological LLMs.

They don't have a truth model.

They want to see what google tells them about anything.

That's only the students who were not full communist; the new commies are running earlier programming.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at January 20, 2026 06:17 AM (sgQOs)

81 Gonna go to work earlier than normal. Snow days means lots of snow built up on the bus. Those things take a while to clear off.

Have a great day everyone.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 20, 2026 06:18 AM (O7YUW)

82 78 Alert: today is Penguin Awareness Day. Please be aware of any penguins in your vicinity.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 20, 2026 06:16 AM (X4XpB)

Thank you for the reminder.

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 06:20 AM (SSiCQ)

83 And in better news, our new dog has settled in quite well. Like many greyhounds, he understands the importance of constant napping.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 20, 2026 06:23 AM (BpO1e)

84 The problem with technical debt is that is that it rarely get repaid. That's why many long-running codebases become a house of cards.

Posted by: Halfhand at January 20, 2026 06:26 AM (+Zbod)

85 lol - typos. more coffee

Posted by: Halfhand at January 20, 2026 06:27 AM (+Zbod)

86 At the NYP right now:

"Rogue penguin kills nearly two dozen people in 10-day-long rampage"

Posted by: fd at January 20, 2026 06:28 AM (vFG9F)

87 Oops, misread it. That rogue "elephant".

Posted by: fd at January 20, 2026 06:28 AM (vFG9F)

88 And in better news, our new dog has settled in quite well. Like many greyhounds, he understands the importance of constant napping.
Posted by: NR Pax at January 20, 2026 06:23 AM (BpO1e)
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When the dog track was still open, you used to see a lot of greyhounds (and the occasional whippet) around town. Now, not so much.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 20, 2026 06:29 AM (X4XpB)

89 "Rogue penguin kills nearly two dozen people in 10-day-long rampage"
Posted by: fd at January 20, 2026 06:28 AM (vFG9F)
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Those Adelies are mean buggers. Carry a shiv concealed under the flipper.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 20, 2026 06:31 AM (X4XpB)

90 Will today be the day that Don Lemon gets probed? Sources say "yes".

Posted by: fd at January 20, 2026 06:31 AM (vFG9F)

91 Will today be the day that Don Lemon gets probed? Sources say "yes".
Posted by: fd at January 20, 2026 06:31 AM (vFG9F)
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Actual Consequences??

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 20, 2026 06:32 AM (X4XpB)

92 Pray for Tina Peters.

Posted by: Sam Adams at January 20, 2026 06:33 AM (X+xvk)

93 "You can build robots but only G-d can make a human"

I've made two, but I just lost the second one in the oven. Try again in a month. My wife and God have to help though--I really can't do it alone.

Posted by: I was meh, now I am me, soon just m? Nooo... at January 20, 2026 06:33 AM (N462N)

94 85 lol - typos. more coffee
Posted by: Halfhand at January 20, 2026 06:27 AM (+Zbod)

84 The problem with technical debt is that is that
...
Posted by: Halfhand at January 20, 2026 06:26 AM (+Zbod)

iteration

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 06:37 AM (SSiCQ)

95 Byeee...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 20, 2026 06:40 AM (X4XpB)

96 The DRAM quote yesterday made me realize that modern culture really is dead set on short-term gain regardless of the cost. We go into crushing debt to buy useless things, ruining our financial future. We eat like crap and avoid exercise, running our future health for the sake of temporary pleasure. Now we're "borrowing" against our future computational capability and power generation, just to produce mountains of slop.

Posted by: Part-time Thinker at January 20, 2026 06:47 AM (Xz6B4)

97 Posted by: I was meh, now I am me, soon just m?

um

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 06:50 AM (SSiCQ)

98 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at January 20, 2026 06:52 AM (2Ez/1)

99 99

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 06:53 AM (SSiCQ)

100 [blockquote]Now we're "borrowing" against our future computational capability and power generation, just to produce mountains of slop.[/blockquote]

If we build decent power generation for this bullshit, we will at least have something tangible after the smoke clears.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at January 20, 2026 06:54 AM (sgQOs)

101 She appears to have been paid by the word.

She didn't have an AI agent convert her War & Peace length article to a consumable nugget.

I guess this is the result of having lots of newly discovered free-time once one stops doom scrolling for hours each day.

If it wasn't for all the modalities of MFA (email, SMS, Authenticator app) or as the bridge to the Garmin Fenix, or for my contacts who insist on texting vs calling, I could do the dumb phone life - and I have written several commercial mobile phone apps.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 20, 2026 06:55 AM (a4flb)

102 Ok.

Yo!

The above is a test.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at January 20, 2026 06:55 AM (sgQOs)

103 Kaylee the Calico Kitty Cat (the cutest little cat of them all) is trapped in my office.

Hexie is guarding the door and won't let her leave.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 20, 2026 06:55 AM (ESVrU)

104 I'm not sure there's enough caffeine around here.

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 06:55 AM (SSiCQ)

105 102 Ok.

Yo!

The above is a test.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at January 20, 2026 06:55 AM (sgQOs)

A for effort

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 06:57 AM (SSiCQ)

106 "[...] for my contacts who insist on texting vs calling [...]"

If you call, I have to answer and listen to your bullshit.

If you text, you have to write down what you want versus gassing into my ears AND I can read what you wrote after you wrote it at MY convenience and respond accordingly. At MY convenience.

You should thank your contacts.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at January 20, 2026 06:59 AM (sgQOs)

107 If we build decent power generation for this bullshit, we will at least have something tangible after the smoke clears.

That is what I have cynically thought. Right Now, we have a couple generations who refuse to do any physical labor and insist on living in the most expensive locations, then whine about "affordability".

When this AI madness collapses and investors get burned on their special use buildings, all of the zoning, permits and infrastructure will be placed in these outlying areas (eg. Micron in upper NYS). The next generation can move out into the sticks to make appliances, pharmaceuticals and parts that we previously offshored to our enemies.

They will have roads, industrial scale water and electricity, smaller affordable homes to live in, and be outside the reach of the foreigner/monsters we keep in the urban hellscape.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 20, 2026 07:01 AM (a4flb)

108 "A for effort"

Well, it would be nice to show a blockquote but it isn't obvious how to do so.

I've been banned once already about this shit and I don't care to go through that a second time.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at January 20, 2026 07:02 AM (sgQOs)

109 My mom refuses to get a smart phone. Her getting a cell phone was a major concession on her part. It makes it fun when she's dealing with companies that tell her "Just download the app."

Posted by: NR Pax at January 20, 2026 07:03 AM (BpO1e)

110 "If you text, you have to write down what you want versus gassing into my ears AND I can read what you wrote after you wrote it at MY convenience and respond accordingly. At MY convenience."

Which in my case is "NEVER".

Posted by: fd at January 20, 2026 07:03 AM (vFG9F)

111 "A for effort" was well-intended, not snark.
I don't the codes.

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 07:04 AM (SSiCQ)

112 oops

I don't know the codes.

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 07:04 AM (SSiCQ)

113 You should thank your contacts.

Clearly I have better quality contacts than you.

Conversations open doors to collecting meta, clarity and exchange in humanity.

I don't want my relationships to all look like grocery lists and lost dog alerts.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 20, 2026 07:05 AM (a4flb)

114
Greetings and good morning one and all. I have returned from the dystopian hellscape that is California.

Now you have to pay wealth taxes for the next 20 years.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 20, 2026 07:05 AM (tgvbd)

115 Some person: Can I send you a text?

Me: Sure

Some person, days later: Did you get my text?

Me: I don't know. I don't get texts.

Posted by: fd at January 20, 2026 07:07 AM (vFG9F)

116 Fucking Gmail now has an "AI summary" if you happen to have several e-mails on one thread. That irritates me no end.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 20, 2026 07:08 AM (ufSfZ)

117
The number of people I actually communicate with, either electronically or in meat space, has dwindled largely to Her Majesty and occasionally with family.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 20, 2026 07:08 AM (tgvbd)

118 We go into crushing debt to buy useless things, ruining our financial future.

I walked through the room while a family member was streaming what appeared to be DoW Hegseth bragging about Trump wanting to piss away $1.5T on the military next fiscal year.

Other than funding Quality Learing Centers, its harder to imagine a more useless and wasteful thing than feeding the MIC who only wants to spend billions to create tools to destroy someone else's buildings, infrastructure and lives.

We are doomed when the Greatest President of our Lives turns up the knob on piling up debt on useless government boondoggles.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 20, 2026 07:11 AM (a4flb)

119
You can use Polecats without the Refinery and even without the Witness or Deacon. Just tell the Mayor to shut down the rig and sling work to the polecats with the message that they are to merge to main directly. Or the polecats can submit MRs and then the Mayor can merge them manually. It's really up to you. The Refineries are useful if you have done a LOT of up-front specification work, and you have huge piles of Beads to churn through with long convoys.

AI: the biggest Rube Goldberg machine in history.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 20, 2026 07:12 AM (tgvbd)

120 "Clearly I have better quality contacts than you."

You should have my nick.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at January 20, 2026 07:12 AM (sgQOs)

121 I used to get excited about upcoming power generation benefits from the AI fever, but now I've come around to the more cynical view that the additional capability and better technology (eg nuclear) will be reserved for the wealthy, connected, and mega tech corporations. I hope I'm wrong, though.

Posted by: Part-time Thinker at January 20, 2026 07:12 AM (Xz6B4)

122 "Dumbphone owners have lost their minds: The deranged rantings of a smartphone owner."

Digital detoxing, apparently, is a thing. The solution in this guy's case? Use a phone that does less and then use the hotspot function so he could use his laptop. Using a device to stop using devices is recursive madness. Like bemoaning your 14th donut of the day, the solution here is simple: don't put the the second one in your mouth.

Still I find myself flirting on the edges of wanting to pitch my phone into the lake occasionally. And I would if it wasn't for Google maps, the apps that substitute for my daily newspaper I used to buy in print, and that it is also the equivalent of a 1960s TV console with a record player built. It's easy to chow down that 15th on it it seems.

https://youtu.be/fRRNSEb1DAQ

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 20, 2026 07:13 AM (HTCU3)

123 "Other than funding Quality Learing Centers, its harder to imagine a more useless and wasteful thing than feeding the MIC who only wants to spend billions to create tools to destroy someone else's buildings, infrastructure and lives."

Ah. Never read a history book.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at January 20, 2026 07:14 AM (sgQOs)

124 Fucking Gmail now has an "AI summary" if you happen to have several e-mails on one thread. That irritates me no end.

Be glad that the technology that screened out penis enhancers and Ponzi schemes was somewhat perfected before this marvel of technology.

I think we are in the same stage of adoption when IBM was trying to push their $10000 IBM PCs into the house by gushing about how the little lady can store her recipies on the computer. The marketing team is desperate to find a common man use for slop generators.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 20, 2026 07:16 AM (a4flb)

125 There was a list of HTML codes operative on the blog--if that makes sense. It was linked somewhere on the front page. I dunno.

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 07:16 AM (SSiCQ)

126
Still I find myself flirting on the edges of wanting to pitch my phone into the lake occasionally.

I can only imagine Her Majesty's response.

"Where were you? I was trying to get hold of you."

"I pitched my phone into the lake to get away from distractions."

*CLANGGG! as cast-iron frying pan bounces of skull*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 20, 2026 07:17 AM (tgvbd)

127 You should have my nick.

I did, ten years ago. And got banned.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 20, 2026 07:17 AM (a4flb)

128 German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has admitted that shutting down Germany's nuclear power plants was "a huge mistake".

No, really?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 20, 2026 07:17 AM (IG3/x)

129 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 20, 2026 07:18 AM (u82oZ)

130
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has admitted that shutting down Germany's nuclear power plants was "a huge mistake".

Germans do everything much better than us. Just ask one. Or wait until they tell you.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 20, 2026 07:19 AM (tgvbd)

131
Still, you have to admire it. The Morgenthau Plan has gone down in history as cruel, vengeful and barbaric. And here are the Germans implementing it themselves!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 20, 2026 07:21 AM (tgvbd)

132 It's too late at this job.

But if I ever get a new one I will tell them "if you expect to contact me outside working hours, you need to issue me a phone, I don't use my personal device for work," and then I get the dumb phone for myself.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 20, 2026 07:21 AM (BI5O2)

133 129 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 20, 2026 07:18 AM (u82oZ)

Let's do that.

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 07:21 AM (SSiCQ)

134
Coffee that is hot is coffee that is good.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 20, 2026 07:22 AM (tgvbd)

135 Good morning
At the airport waiting for boarding to start
Been up since 3:30 not able to sleep
Travel anxiety I guess

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 20, 2026 07:22 AM (cSByu)

136 Renee Good, Ilhan Omar and Don Lemon walk into a Minnesota church, and the preacher says, "I have only one round left in this smokewagon, who's next?"

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 20, 2026 07:23 AM (oT7pT)

137 Coffee that is hot is coffee that is good.

Better quality coffees can be consumed across the temperature spectrum.

Heat can hide the bitterness of stale beans.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 20, 2026 07:23 AM (a4flb)

138 Coffee that is hot is coffee that is good.

Hot and neat puts your ass on the toilet seat...

Posted by: Cleans Me Out at January 20, 2026 07:24 AM (n+1Zi)

139 German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has admitted that shutting down Germany's nuclear power plants was "a huge mistake".

No, really?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgi

Just one huge mistake Germans have made? How about gutting Germany's thousands-year-old culture by inviting it a bunch of third world savages to overrun the place and then on occasion run you over while you're shopping for Christmas. trinkets.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 20, 2026 07:25 AM (HTCU3)

140 But if I ever get a new one I will tell them "if you expect to contact me outside working hours, you need to issue me a phone, I don't use my personal device for work," and then I get the dumb phone for myself.

I was issued a company phone, they thought so I can better participate on Teams (and the usual MFA crap).

I love it for the mobile hotspot ability. They can pay the data for my backup connectivity when WFH.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 20, 2026 07:25 AM (a4flb)

141 Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 20, 2026 07:22 AM (cSByu)

May you have a safe and uneventful flight.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 20, 2026 07:26 AM (ix8EF)

142 Coffee that is hot is coffee that is good.

As is tea. I don't understand how people can drink iced tea or iced coffee or eat coffee ice cream.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 20, 2026 07:27 AM (ufSfZ)

143 'I don't want my relationships to all look like grocery lists and lost dog alerts."

###

Thus MoMes.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 20, 2026 07:27 AM (2Ez/1)

144
As is tea. I don't understand how people can drink iced tea or iced coffee or eat coffee ice cream.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 20, 2026 07:27 AM (ufSfZ)

Iced coffee and coffee ice cream are very good, but in those cases you know you're consuming something meant to be cold.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 20, 2026 07:30 AM (tgvbd)

145 "...bragging about Trump wanting to piss away $1.5T on the military next fiscal year."
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If you think having a military is expensive try not having one.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 20, 2026 07:30 AM (2Ez/1)

146 142 I don't understand how people can drink iced tea or iced coffee or eat coffee ice cream.

The one that confuses me would be the people that drink soda in the morning.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 20, 2026 07:31 AM (BpO1e)

147 "The one that confuses me would be the people that drink soda in the morning.
Posted by: NR Pax"

That's nuts!

Posted by: Hillary at January 20, 2026 07:32 AM (vFG9F)

148 Coffee Ice Cream with almonds and fudge is sublime.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 20, 2026 07:32 AM (qFwJc)

149 146 142 I don't understand how people can drink iced tea or iced coffee or eat coffee ice cream.

The one that confuses me would be the people that drink soda in the morning.
Posted by: NR Pax at January 20, 2026 07:31 AM (BpO1e)

If it's a caffeinated soda and it's the only source of caffeine around ....

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 07:32 AM (SSiCQ)

150 Now, see?, this is just mean. Well, mean and funny.

Pentecostal Church Doesn't Notice Riot Is Occurring
ST. PAUL, MN - According to sources, membership at a local pentecostal church failed to notice when protestors stormed the building and began screaming at everyone because it wasn't at all dissimilar from a typical pentecostal service.

-
From the Bee.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 20, 2026 07:34 AM (L/fGl)

151
I don't know if $1.5T is too much or too little, but the defense of the United States is a constitutional function of the Federal government. Laundering money through NGOs and 501c(3)'s isn't.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 20, 2026 07:34 AM (tgvbd)

152 They even brought their own snakes.

Posted by: fd at January 20, 2026 07:35 AM (vFG9F)

153 Rodrigo Borgia

And just last year Germany destroyed their last nuclear reactor. With explosives. Have to rebuild.

Germany until March 2011 obtained one-quarter of its electricity from nuclear energy, using 17 reactors.
All gone.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 20, 2026 07:36 AM (u82oZ)

154 I don't know if $1.5T is too much or too little, but the defense of the United States is a constitutional function of the Federal government.

I get that. But all of the serious enemies of the US are within her borders and are working more destruction than all of our external enemies combined.

Granted, its pretty clear China owns most of Congress and many state governments. Its stupid to spend trillions on weapons, when our enemies only need a few million and tens of billions of our own tax dollars to torpedo the entire Great Experiment.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 20, 2026 07:37 AM (a4flb)

155 m

May you continue to plant your flag on the comment numbers you covent.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 20, 2026 07:37 AM (u82oZ)

156 It's only courtesy to bring your own snake.
Didn't your parents teach you anything?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 20, 2026 07:37 AM (2Ez/1)

157
JJS is here

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 20, 2026 07:39 AM (gbOdA)

158 78 Alert: today is Penguin Awareness Day. Please be aware of any penguins in your vicinity.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 20, 2026 06:16 AM (X4XpB)

Penguins get the short stick again. We humans are only to be aware of them, not celebrate them. Sad. Big Penguin needs to do better for his minions.

Posted by: Gref at January 20, 2026 07:39 AM (5rh/l)

159 Slice of Heaven - Dave Dobbyn

Nice shirt!

Posted by: m at January 20, 2026 07:40 AM (SSiCQ)

160 If you think having a military is expensive try not having one.

Most nations on earth don't have anything more than a big city's SWAT team. Yet they exist and thrive.

Why is it that the US must have 37-40% of the global military spending with a population of only 400MM?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 20, 2026 07:40 AM (a4flb)

161 Got to get moving, but if common tater shows up with a chemistry question (from yesterday's tech thread) he can ask Hadrian the Seventh.

Hadrian VII is a better chemist that me, more knowledgeable, and has stayed current through his new job.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 20, 2026 07:41 AM (u82oZ)

162 Hadrian VII is a better chemist that me, more knowledgeable, and has stayed current through his new job.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

Rumor has it that he cooks for the Mexican cartels on the side hence his expertise with chemistry.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 20, 2026 07:43 AM (HTCU3)

163 Why is it that the US must have 37-40% of the global military spending with a population of only 400MM?

To protect our borders from external invasion...

Hahahaha...yeah. Pull my finger.

Posted by: Reduce the military by half at January 20, 2026 07:45 AM (n+1Zi)

164 "Why is it that the US must have 37-40% of the global military spending with a population of only 400MM?"

Well, for one thing, any numbers out of China or Russia are bullshit. They may be bullshit higher than reality or they may be bullshit lower than reality.

The other thing, which will blow your tiny mind, is that an enemy looking at a near peer will try things that the same enemy wouldn't try if it believes if there is little to no possibility of success.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at January 20, 2026 08:07 AM (sgQOs)

165 "Most nations on earth don't have anything more than a big city's SWAT team. Yet they exist and thrive."

Name them.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at January 20, 2026 08:08 AM (sgQOs)

166 The dumbphone thing reminds me of an oped from about 2012 or so that posited that men who don't have iphones are not suitable to date because they "aren't able to look up food nearby, or to find out what places have good reviews"

The retardery of people who can't function without smartphones has been in motion for a long time. It's morphed into the issue of zoomers that are arrogant in thinking they have the world at their fingertips, but are so poorly educated they don't know what to ask or how to evaluate sources for credibility. These are the dipshits that barge into conversations with "well, chatGPT says...", or ask questions in the google retard format - "why the zebra has stripes?" in actual conversation.

Posted by: heya at January 20, 2026 08:48 AM (nH+RN)

167 @102/Richard Cranium:

See the style guide here:
http://bit.ly/aoshq-csg

Section: Text Enhancement(s)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 20, 2026 11:04 AM (O7YUW)

168 The word "Computer" used to be a description of an occupation held by people.

Posted by: Socratease at January 20, 2026 12:13 PM (YgfoU)

169 A brain is a computer just like a front door is a house.

Posted by: Deplorable Dave at January 20, 2026 12:24 PM (4JGHb)

170 the best thing you can as a coder is learn to write a 100-line program in 10 lines

consciousness is just a sensory-response narrative about your self that your brain builds out of recent context

a cat experiences this too, but with much less abstract content

AI doesn't experience this at all

that said you can probably build in arbitrary levels of self-awareness and active learning into AI, so they could at least pretend to be conscious to the point it might be hard to tell for sure that it isn't

Posted by: TallDave at January 20, 2026 01:34 PM (lLLli)

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