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The Morning Report — 1/15/26

Good morning kids. With Iran on the brink of at long last toppling the bloodthirsty Islamic regime and Nicolas Maduro behind bars, what comes next for the long suffering Venezuelan and Persian people remains a mystery.

As we discussed on the latest episode of the podcast linked here and in the sidebar as well as available on the popular outlets listed at the bottom of this post, so long as American boots on the ground are not in the cards, we stand firmly with the people and with all responsible small "d" democratic forces who will or will try to establish a stable and benign government that poses no threat to their citizenry and the wider world. With that there are unconfirmed reports that President Trump is indeed preparing for some sort of military strike on the Mullahs. Let's hope it's massive, quick and decapitates the regime allowing for the swift takeover of the government by non-Islamic opposition who can consolidate power and restore order ASAP. Pollyanna-ish of me? Maybe, but the mullahs have got to go.

With that, and with all the talk of President Trump reviving and reinvigorating a heretofore moribund Monroe Doctrine abroad, considering what's going on here at home, I think it's about time that the Insurrection Act is dusted off and wielded like a terrible swift sword against the cancer that has been eating us alive for over 200 years: The Democrat Party and those who use it as cover to destroy us from within. Unreal yet all too real.

An illegal Venezuelan migrant was shot in the leg by a federal immigration agent in Minneapolis after he allegedly fled during a traffic stop and beat the “ambushed” officer with a snow shovel Wednesday evening, the Department of Homeland Security said.
The suspect was behind the wheel when he tried to get away from federal immigration officers at around 6:50 p.m. local time, but he crashed into a parked car, according to DHS.
The migrant then tried to escape on foot and “violently assault[ed] the officer” as the two wrestled on the ground, according to an X post from the agency. While the man continued to struggle with the officer, two other people emerged from a nearby apartment and allegedly mercilessly attacked the agent with a snow shovel and broom handle, the department said. In the chaos, the Venezuelan migrant was able to wriggle out of the officer’s hold and also allegedly started striking him “with a shovel or broom stick,” according to the post. The officer, “fearing for his life,” shot the Venezuelan man in the leg, DHS said.
The wounded migrant and the two alleged attackers then fled into the apartment and barricaded themselves inside, according to the agency. Federal agents were eventually able to get inside and apprehended all three individuals.
The officer and the injured suspect were both taken to a nearby hospital, and the two attackers were taken into custody, DHS said. . . KARE reported that federal agents swarmed around North Lyndale Avenue and 25th Avenue, which is near a 21-acre park, just before 8 p.m. local time.
A photographer with the outlet observed at least one ambulance leaving the area.
Angry protesters later swarmed the shooting scene and began hurling fireworks at police officers, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said at a late-night press briefing. Cops tossed tear gas canisters at the protesters in response.
“The crowd is engaging in unlawful acts,” O’Hara said.
“I urge anyone who is at the scene to leave immediately. This is already a very tense situation and we do not need this to escalate any further,” the chief added.
Mayor Jacob Frey also slammed the destructive protesters — claiming they were taking President Trump’s “bait.” . . . The shooting comes just one week after Renee Nicole Good, 37, was gunned down by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer Jonathan Ross after she allegedly tried to “weaponize” her vehicle against federal agents at a protest near her Minneapolis home.

Wait, The President is "baiting the protesters?" More accurately, they are not protesters but terrorists interfering with law enforcement doing its duty to protect the citizenry and arrest criminals, illegal aliens and criminal illegal aliens. The unmitigated chutzpocritical gall of Frey is off the charts as it is he and his ilk that have labeled the President as literally Hitler and ICE as the equivalent of the Gestapo.

Anyone who uses their car, a snow shovel, a molotov cocktail and even firearms against law enforcement deserves to be dealt with and should be met with lethal force.

If we're going to target tyranny, instead of IRGC barracks and command and control installations, maybe the President should be targeting the DNC, the Soros HQ, Ford Foundation and so on and so on.

If you want to know why Charlie Kirk is dead and why ICE agents are under assault, I give you this radioactive subhuman cancerous fistula of a soulless zombie:

Wednesday on MS NOW’s “Deadline,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) said chances were “high” that America could lose its democracy between now and next November. Murphy said, “I think that the president’s first just trying to make people stay home, trying to make ordinary citizens fear going out on the streets. But that doesn’t seem to be working, given the number of people that are turning out in these special elections, the number of people that are turning out for protests. So now, possibly he takes a look at the elections itself. Maybe he does try to take voting machines in a state where his candidate lost a close election. Maybe he goes in ahead of time and tries to use the military in order to take control of polling places. We’re going to have to, you know, have an army of lawyers unfortunately ready to be able to make sure that the Constitution is protected headed into this next election. We’ll be ready. The Supreme Court is probably going to have a role to play here. By and large, they have sided with this totalitarian takeover, but there will probably be a seminal case before the court between now and November where they’ll be asked, Can Trump federalize these elections, or can he not? That will be maybe one of the most dispositive moments as we try to make sure that he doesn’t, transparently rig the elections.” He added, “I do believe that this is the most serious threat to democracy since the Civil War. I think that we are at a 5050 moment right now. I think the chances are high that we could lose our democracy between now and next November. And so I want there to be a level of urgency out in America. I’m sometimes frustrated about the lack of urgency that some of my colleagues show, internally, about this moment. But I am actually optimistic because I have seen the American people refuse to be bullied into silence.”

I pray every night and day that Chris Murphy's "DEMOCRACY" has a kryptonite stake driven into its black heart of darkness and goes straight to hell for all time. I want my constitutional Republic as founded restored!

Projection ain't just a river in Egypt. You know the rigging is going to be massive next November and instead of ramming ICE agents, Sleeper cells of Renee Goods, shovel-wielding illegal aliens, Somalians and others are already being trained in how to interfere at polling stations or ballot counting/sorting locations as we saw in Wayne County Michigan on Election Night in 2020. Meh, you don't have to be Kreskin to have that brainwave.
Any police officer or legitimate GOP poll watcher will become a target of Democrat-Party approved/planned/Fomented terrorism. I said it here first.

I wasn't going to quote Murphy, the filthy scumbag, but evil must be stared in the face and confronted head on if we are to defeat it.

And if the midterms do go our way, Even if we squeak out a win in just one race for dogcatcher somewhere, the Democrat terrorism will be off the charts.

Have a great day.

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The suspect — in the US illegally, according to DHS — crashed into a parked car while trying to flee from federal immigration officers, before attacking one with a snow shovel, DHS said.
Illegal Venezuelan migrant shot in Minneapolis after mercilessly ambushing fed agent with snow shovel: DHS

CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION

Far-left agitators in the press and in elected office peddled numerous lies about the confrontation, but the agent’s injuries add further proof that he was acting in self-defense.
ICE Agent Renee Good Rammed With Her Car Suffered Internal Bleeding
And there it is. Forget all the news stories about righteous indignation over the plight of illegal invaders to America, many of whom have violent criminal records. The “ICE observer” army of mostly liberal white women does not care about any of that. All they know is they hate men and most of the ICE officers are men. Case closed.
Man-Hating Anti-ICE ‘Observer’ Says Quiet Part Out Loud About Why She Does It
It's the regular Americans in their minivans who will take to the streets while their kids are in school that will pay the price for the celeb virtue signaling and Democrat moralizing.
The Goods were larping at being revolutionaries in Minnesota—celebs and Dems must stop encouraging people to do this
Democrats have a dream that, if they get 3.5% of Americans—that is, their fanatic base—protesting on the street, they can take over the country. It won’t happen.
No, The 3.5 Percent Will Not Overturn Trump's Presidency
Every bloody confrontation is the foreseeable result of deliberate instruction and escalation. The activist infrastructure behind this effort matters.
The ICE uproar is a conspiracy calculated to fool Americans
Screw the pull quote. Click the friggin' link if you're really that masochistict as to want to read what this criminal degenerate scumbag said. Here's my take: GOOD because your "Democracy" is cancer and I want my American Republic restored!!! - jjs
Murphy: ‘Chances Are High that We Could Lose Our Democracy Between Now and Next November’
"DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY, NEWSOM/DEMOCRAT VIOLENT INSURRECTION RIOTS
“The State Department will pause immigrant visa processing from 75 countries whose migrants take welfare from the American people at unacceptable rates,” the State Department wrote in a statement. “The freeze will remain active until the U.S. can ensure that new immigrants will not extract wealth from the American people.”
State Department Freezes Visas for Welfare-Dependent Migrants from 75 Countries
The report anticipates a continued decline in net immigration in 2026.
U.S. Experiences Net Negative Immigration for First Time in Decades Under Trump.
But the Left can't stop. And the Dems won't stop them.
‘Abolish ICE’ is a Big Part of Why Republicans Won in 2024
“Round up all the criminals,” Fetterman said. “Deport them. They shouldn’t have ever been here, and they definitely have to go.”
Democrat Sen. Fetterman Urges ICE to ‘Round Up All’ the Criminal Migrants
IRAN ON the BRINK?!
. . . according to a Reuters report citing European officials, as the Pentagon begins pulling personnel from key U.S. bases across the Middle East and Tehran warns it would retaliate if Washington strikes.
Report: U.S. Military Intervention in Iran Could Begin Within 24 Hours — Bases Pull Personnel, Shift Posture Across Region
Regime judges are threatening swift trials and executions for detainees, and human rights activists say some prisoners have been tortured and forced to sign confessions.
Iran’s Brutal Repression Intensifies with Fast Trials, Executions, and Torture
Starlink’s availability has increased the flow of information out of Iran, despite government efforts to block its use.
Starlink Gives Iranians Free Internet to Beat Regime Blackout.
Trump shouldn’t put off what the Islamic Republic deserves any longer.
The Mullahs Are Overdue a Reckoning
THE GREAT SOMALIAN SIMOLEON SWINDLE
A story of Somali fraud in three acts.
Did a Minneapolis Daycare Fraudster Become a Somali Senator?
Walz has garnered attention over a massive fraud scandal concerning the Somali population in his state.
Articles Of Impeachment Filed Against Embattled Dem Tim Walz (Yanking the tampon string! - jjs)
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
Lessons from the Somali fraud in Minnesota.
Stop Government Funding of Non-Profits
Proposed by Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, as an amendment to an appropriations package considered by the House for the 2026 fiscal year, the measure sought to cut the budgets of the D.C. District Court and Court of Appeals by 20 percent. Roy cited the D.C. courts’ overreaching activism in stifling President Trump’s policy agenda as the reason for the amendment during a floor speech ahead of the vote.
46 House Republicans Help Democrats Defeat Measure Defunding ‘Activist’ Judges Boasberg, Boardman (GOP = Grifting Oleaginous Parasites - jjs)
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Trump administration has intensified its crackdown on fraud in federal programs.
The Trump Administration Cracks Down on Business Fraud

WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
It's as if China would withdraw its students in the states based on a fear that the kids would come back communists.
The UAE withdraws state funding from students at U.K. universities — Can you guess why?
J-6 FBI/PELOSI-ENGINEERED FALSE FLAG "RIOT" & AFTERMATH,
"Ashli posed no threat to the safety of anyone.”
The Long Awaited Trial for Ashli Babbitt, That Never Came
SHAMPEACHMENTS, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION
Trump is currently requesting the Supreme Court review and overturn the $5 million defamation verdict, citing “indefensible evidentiary rulings” made by the district court.
E. Jean Carroll Asks Supreme Court to Reject Trump’s Defamation Appeal. (why hasn't this sick cvnt been countersued into oblivion?! - jjs)
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Though Americans remain split over Trump, an improving economy in 2026, might assuage some critics.
With America Divided, Will Improving Economy Boost Trump’s Approval Ratings? I&I/TIPP Poll

FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
Bondi wrote, “This past week, at the request of the Department of War, the Department of Justice and FBI executed a search warrant at the home of a Washington Post journalist who was obtaining and reporting classified and illegally leaked information from a Pentagon contractor. The leaker is currently behind bars. I am proud to work alongside Secretary Hegseth on this effort. The Trump Administration will not tolerate illegal leaks of classified information that, when reported, pose a grave risk to our Nation’s national security and the brave men and women who are serving our country.”
Bondi: DOJ, FBI Execute Search Warrant of Washington Post Journalist Who Reported Classified Information
What that means in practice is, London's Office of Communications (Ofcom) will mandate on-device software able to read everybody's "private" messages in real-time, and scan their images, too, before any personal encryption tools come into play.
Big Brother Britain: ALL YOUR TEXTS ARE BELONG TO US!
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS,
Aside from EPA’s concerns about a technology whose centerpiece is the injection of vast amounts of a criteria pollutant into the stratosphere, there are other reasons to be worried about solar geoengineering. What if the technology actually succeeded in blocking sunlight?
Blocking The Sun: The Folly Of Solar Geoengineering
Pennsylvania’s power crisis is no longer theoretical: PJM’s latest auction shows deep shortages, soaring prices, and a state losing new generation to neighbors with clearer, faster rules.
The Grid Is Warning Pennsylvania
Harris' new home features many of the same amenities—such as a gas stove and fireplace—that the Biden-Harris junta targeted with regulations
Chlamydia Harris Buys $8.2 Million Seaside Mansion After Warning 'Sea Levels Are Rising' Due to 'Climate Crisis'
ABORTION
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released the Title X grants to the nation’s largest abortion provider in December, Politico reported. The administration had frozen the funds last spring. Officials blocked approximately $27.5 million in grants as part of a probe into diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs at organizations receiving federal dollars, The Boston Pilot reported.
ACLU Drops Lawsuit After Trump Admin Restored Millions In Funding To Planned Parenthood
Data shows abortions have only increased in number since Dobbs.
GOP Lawmakers Ramp Up Pressure On Trump Admin To Crack Down On Abortion Pill
Democrats repeatedly insisted that abortion pills are ‘safe and effective’ and implied that the science on mifepristone is settled.
Senate Democrats Downplay Complication And Abuse Risks Linked To Mail-Order Mifepristone
SECOND AMENDMENT
Former state state Sen. Colton Moore (R) responded to the controls, saying, “Ultimately what Savannah was doing was regulating citizens’ right to have a gun in their car…Their car was getting broken into, and they were going from a victim of a crime now to being a criminal. And that’s what we don’t want to happen going forward.”
Georgia Bill Allows Citizens to Sue Local Governments over Gun Control
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY
Brown aims to make a political comeback this November by using the mantle of high health insurance premiums facing those in the Buckeye State.
Sherrod Brown (-note) Supports Obamacare Subsidies, Took $400,000 from Health Insurance Lobbyists, Corporate PACs
After weeks of waiting for the federal panel’s decision on the major case, the judges released a 117-page file revealing in a 2-1 vote that they denied the plaintiffs’ arguments that the maps were drawn to favor Hispanics in certain districts. After the lawsuit was quickly filed after election results rolled in, the case was brought forward to U.S. District Judge Josephine L. Staton, U.S. Circuit Judge Kenneth K. Lee and U.S. District Judge Wesley L. Hsu to request a temporary restraining order by Dec. 19.
Federal Judges Give Green Light To California’s Gerrymandered Maps
"Pechanga's political power in California is dangerous." (chimichanga >>pechanga - jjs)
Watchdog Warns Of ‘Dangerous’ Alliance Between Trump-Hating Tribe And Top California Official
POLITICS
Former Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron is leading the Republican Senate primary against Republican Kentucky Rep. Andy Barr and businessman Nate Morris, capturing 40% of surveyed voters and holding an advantage among both men and women across all age groups, according to a poll commissioned on behalf of Kentucky First Action, a Cameron-aligned Super PAC.
EXCLUSIVE: Heated Race To Replace Mitch McConnell Still Has Clear Frontrunner, New Poll Shows
Walz was still prepared to forge ahead where no political clown had gone before as late as the fall and run for a third term as governor.
Tim Walz can't leave Minnesota politics soon enough (He can't depart this world soon enough - jjs)
A decent number of leftist counties are getting sick of being a part of leftist states. (I think the author meant conservative counties - jjs)
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ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS . . . AND LEFTISTS
The plan’s success hinges on demilitarizing Gaza, establishing a technocratic government, and maintaining the fragile ceasefire.
U.S. Advances Gaza Peace Plan, Threatens Hamas Over Hostage Remains.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
Germany, France, Sweden, and Norway are set to expand the NATO military presence around Greenland.
European NATO Allies Expand Military Presence Around Greenland
The meeting highlighted ongoing tensions over Greenland, though signaled some possible progress on a potential new security agreement for the critical Arctic island.
Danish Foreign Minister Cites ‘Fundamental’ Differences on Greenland’s Future After White House Talks.
The president announced the policy after two weeks of protests in the country calling for an end to the brutal Islamist regime, which has responded with widespread violence that, some estimates suggest, has killed as many as 3,000 people. The “supreme leader” of Iran, 86-year-old Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has since said in public remarks that it is the democratically elected Trump administration, and not his regime, that is on the verge of collapse, and Khamenei’s underlings have insisted that the regime has the country “under control.”
China Fumes at Trump’s Iran Tariffs After Losing Access to Venezuelan Oil
Vlaardingerbroek shared an image of a notice from the UK government stating that her Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) had been cancelled effective January 13, 2026.
Eva Vlaardingerbroek BANNED from UK over Starmer comments
The balance in great power competition is measured not only in its contestants’ strength, but because the accompanying and often derivative effects—international influence, economic pre-eminence, technological innovation—succor a global climate that is either friendly or hostile to differing and opposing political ends: China and Russia exemplify the latter. A Trump doctrine that aims at nullifying the most dangerous threats to U.S. security would help accomplish this.
The Trump Doctrine
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
Wanna bet? I’m laying odds that this joint government effort will end up being delayed and overbudget.
NASA and Department of Energy agree to place nuclear reactor on Moon
by ’30 (Commander Koening says Pfft! - jjs)
This is another example of a serious quality control problem at Boeing, where engineers no longer view serious engineering failures as serious engineering failures.
Because Boeing did nothing to replace a defective part, an airplane crashed killing fifteen
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
Oral arguments over state sports laws underscored a simple truth: sex categories exist for a reason.
The Supreme Court Can’t Dodge Biology

CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
Christian Toto: Podcast host warned Democrats how endless red tape would defy promises
Carolla Called It: Palisades Fire Anniversary Sees Little Rebuilding
America is living in the fallout of ideas that declared God dead and evil good.
Western Civilization’s Decline Began in the 19th Century
When popes and bishops go astray.
The Worm-Filled Vatican Synodal Church

HITHER & YON
How a 1931 gangster film reveals today’s institutional rot.
The Secret Six and the Machinery of Corruption

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1 Good morning JJ and horde

Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 07:21 AM (i+wP0)

2 And as always dutifully called em

Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 07:22 AM (i+wP0)

3 WTFO

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 15, 2026 07:22 AM (gbOdA)

4 I don't see the big deal. The criminal got shot in the leg, just as Joe Biden advised.

Posted by: fd at January 15, 2026 07:26 AM (vFG9F)

5 "What if the technology actually succeeded in blocking sunlight? "

Solar power production goes down 25%, making it even more of a farce.

Posted by: fd at January 15, 2026 07:28 AM (vFG9F)

6 No, Joe wanted a shotgun fired in the air to scare them

Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 07:28 AM (i+wP0)

7 This is another example of a serious quality control problem at Boeing, where engineers no longer view serious engineering failures as serious engineering failures.

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Counterpoint: the diversity is through the roof, now!

Posted by: Cray Cray at January 15, 2026 07:29 AM (HvW4E)

8
g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 15, 2026 07:29 AM (tljrc)

9 For all of the dominoes to fall, Iran must fall.

All it would require is a little push.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 15, 2026 07:29 AM (dUiJm)

10 If it's really "Our Democracy" then I would like to put my share up for auction.

Posted by: fd at January 15, 2026 07:29 AM (vFG9F)

11 morning horde,

happy new year. hope everyone had a wonderful holiday.

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at January 15, 2026 07:30 AM (nXhwP)

12 Good morning, JJ and all good people of the horde persuasion.

Posted by: Eromero at January 15, 2026 07:30 AM (o2ZRX)

13 Geez, these Western European countries only care about 2 things: eliminating their native population and preventing Trump from getting Greenland.

Posted by: Cray Cray at January 15, 2026 07:31 AM (HvW4E)

14 June 1, 2020:

"Joe Biden said Monday that police under attack in the line of duty should shoot their assailants “in the leg instead of the heart” as a way to avert the killing of civilians"

Posted by: fd at January 15, 2026 07:31 AM (vFG9F)

15 The unmitigated chutzpocritical gall of Frey is off the charts as it is he and his ilk that have labeled the President as literally Hitler and ICE as the equivalent of the Gestapo.

MAZE @mazemoore

May, 2016. CNN does a segment entitled "A Day with ICE in a so-called Sanctuary City."

CNN literally rode around with ICE from the break of dawn until nighttime, watching while ICE conducted raids and arrested illegals. ICE arrested some right at their jobs.

CNN was not criticizing ICE. They were celebrating ICE. It was "exclusive access" during the Obama years and CNN considered it a privilege to get to watch ICE work.

ICE even made a "mistake" arrest. CNN had no problem with it.

Six months later Trump won the election and ICE was then labeled the gestapo.

X video (06:25): https://bit.ly/49mRzJ7

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 15, 2026 07:32 AM (P5BPp)

16 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 15, 2026 07:32 AM (U2OZr)

17 MAZE @mazemoore

2016. Obama's Press Secretary is asked about reports that during immigration raids, ICE agents were storming into homes, going room to room looking for illegals, and making children tremble with fear.

I thought only fascist Presidents do that sort of thing.

Why was the press so civil? Why weren't they crying or at least calling Obama a nazi?

How come nobody was shaving their head in protest? Surely there were a bunch of angry white liberal wine moms outside the building screaming at the top of their lungs, right?

Always keep in mind how fake and performative the outrage is.

X video (2:00): https://bit.ly/3LIbFV7

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 15, 2026 07:34 AM (P5BPp)

18 We need a national presidential address on what is going on with the Left (including the media) right now in America.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 15, 2026 07:36 AM (VnsnO)

19 Mornin’, All. Happy Thursday.

Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 07:37 AM (77rzZ)

20 Buy a shotgun! Buy a shotgun!

Posted by: Creepy Joe at January 15, 2026 07:38 AM (2Ez/1)

21 Heh. Minneapolis has a Chief O’Hara.

Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 07:38 AM (77rzZ)

22 15 The unmitigated chutzpocritical gall of Frey is off the charts...

Not really. Very much within the charts of Leftist psychopathology. We have watched this for years without inflicting any meaningful consequence. Why wouldn't they ratchet it up?

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 15, 2026 07:38 AM (VnsnO)

23 Murphy: ‘Chances Are High that We Could Lose Our Democracy Between Now and Next November’

Speaking of Democracy...

And the Republican effort to lose the mid-terms continues on as usual...

Wall Street Mav @WallStreetMav

The “Republican” majority backstabbed their voters for the second time tonight.

81 Republicans voted with Democrats to keep funding the National Endowment for Democracy, a left-wing, NGO slush-fund that worked with the Biden administration to censor Americans on the Right.

Elon’s DOGE efforts specifically targeted this organization for defunding and some of the same Republicans who cheered it on for the cameras voted with Democrats to stop it.

X video ( 00:18 ): https://bit.ly/45Wi5GX

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 15, 2026 07:40 AM (P5BPp)

24 >>>What that means in practice is, London's Office of Communications (Ofcom) will mandate on-device software able to read everybody's "private" messages in real-time, and scan their images, too, before any personal encryption tools come into play.

Never give up your guns.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder,Disinformation Demon at January 15, 2026 07:40 AM (dK+Kv)

25 "How to Survive an Encounter With the Cops for Dummies" in seven words: Do what they tell you do do.

If they've violated your rights or done you wrong in some way, save it for later, and let a judge chew their ass out.

Posted by: Evil Incarnate at January 15, 2026 07:42 AM (YrqgQ)

26
*"How to Survive an Encounter With the Cops for Dummies" in seven words: Do what they tell you do do.*

Here's a helpful instructional video:

https://youtu.be/uj0mtxXEGE8

Posted by: From Chris Rock at January 15, 2026 07:44 AM (2Ez/1)

27 State Department Freezes Visas for Welfare-Dependent Migrants from 75 Countries

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I'm sure we're all aware of what's going to happen the next D presidency (which will come, eventually). We will see biblical amounts of immigration from every hellhole on earth, as our borders will dissolve and a crush of the world's worst populations will arrive. They will make sure it happens. Retribution for these years under Trump's presidency will be horrifying.

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 15, 2026 07:45 AM (qBdHI)

28 Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara…. Didn’t I see this pathetic lump openly weeping on TV for the poor oppressed Somali community? There was some police chief up there who made a crying fool of himself at a presser….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 15, 2026 07:46 AM (YobFY)

29 Murphy: ‘Chances Are High that We Could Lose Our Democracy Between Now and Next November’

Oooo, we have a new member!

Posted by: Drama Queens, Inc. at January 15, 2026 07:46 AM (Y1sOo)

30 Retribution for these years under Trump's presidency will be horrifying.
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 15, 2026 07:45 AM (qBdHI)

And a wave of prosecutions against current ICE agents and DHS leadership.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 15, 2026 07:47 AM (VnsnO)

31 Chris Rock’s PSA is hilarious… and absolutely correct and appropriate for these times

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 15, 2026 07:47 AM (YobFY)

32 81 Republicans voted with Democrats to keep funding the National Endowment for Democracy, a left-wing, NGO slush-fund that worked with the Biden administration to censor Americans on the Right.

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Gee, I'll have to wonder how many of those 81 receive campaign contributions from this NGO.

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 15, 2026 07:47 AM (qBdHI)

33 Democrats don't care about these people. They WANT them to be cannon fodder. They incite them to get into a confrontation w/ the po-po, to cause a tragedy that will anger people and get them to the polls to vote Democrat.
Democrat frenemies of black people have been doing this for years- encouraging them to get physical w/ the cops with false narratives like "hands-up-don't-shoot." It NEVER turns out good for the instigator.
I guarantee, Jessie Jackson, Al Sharpton, and Bill DeBlasio DO NOT coach their black chi'ren to get confrontational w/ law enforcement.

Posted by: Evil Incarnate at January 15, 2026 07:48 AM (YrqgQ)

34 The left keeps pushing this lie "without a warrant."
And the cartel judges are happy to assist in amplifying it.

But. It is a lie. ICE does not need a warrant.
Supreme Court precedent is clear:
A reasonable suspicion the subject is illegal is sufficient to stop, temporarily detain and inspect your documents--including even if you claim you are a citizen.

Yes, that standard is lower than the requirements to stop you for suspicion of a crime.

But none of this would be necessary if blue locales would honor ICE detainers.
And that is what is causing all this-- the insurrection of the left.

PS: yes, being here illegally is a crime. You can only be detained for crimes, not "civil penalties"

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 07:48 AM (Rp9Ti)

35 Let's not press our luck. No flights into Iranian airspace unless it by a standoff/cruise missiles. No TV images of US Military in brutal captivity.

Posted by: JM in illinois at January 15, 2026 07:48 AM (JmS0k)

36 Retribution for these years under Trump's presidency will be horrifying.
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 15, 2026 07:45 AM (qBdHI)

And a wave of prosecutions against current ICE agents and DHS leadership.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 15, 2026 07:47 AM (VnsnO)

I’m worried Trump himself and his family will be targets (both legal and extralegal)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 15, 2026 07:50 AM (sBt/s)

37 5 "What if the technology actually succeeded in blocking sunlight? "

Massive outbreaks of Vitamin D deficiency leading to rickets, osteoporosis, and other diseases of the skeleton.

Posted by: They want us starved and stunted at January 15, 2026 07:50 AM (TbWk/)

38 46 House Republicans Help Democrats Defeat Measure Defunding ‘Activist’ Judges Boasberg, Boardman

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Ah, yes. The GOP. The gift that keeps on giving. With friends like these....

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 15, 2026 07:52 AM (qBdHI)

39 @36

>>I’m worried Trump himself and his family will be targets (both legal and extralegal)

Of this there can be no doubt, like Khan, they will never give him up.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 15, 2026 07:53 AM (dUiJm)

40 Leftists are itching for a Civil War
Just as Lenin, he will tell you

Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 07:54 AM (i+wP0)

41 315 million smackaroos can buy a lot of politicians.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 15, 2026 07:55 AM (dUiJm)

42 "..I pray every night and day that Chris Murphy's "DEMOCRACY" has a kryptonite stake driven into its black heart of darkness and goes straight to hell for all time. I want my constitutional Republic as founded restored!..."

Ditto!
The dems have nada. All they have to be against all the good things that are happening.

Posted by: Marlene at January 15, 2026 07:57 AM (RVvyq)

43 Aside from EPA’s concerns about a technology whose centerpiece is the injection of vast amounts of a criteria pollutant into the stratosphere, there are other reasons to be worried about solar geoengineering. What if the technology actually succeeded in blocking sunlight?

Anyone considering that should be thrown in a tree-chipper.

536 AD is Considered the Worst Year

Across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, a mysterious atmospheric dust veil caused:

18 months of near-total darkness, with the sun described as dim “like the moon” even at midday
Global temperature drops of 1.5–2.5°C, contributing to the coldest decade in 2,300 years
Crop failures, famine, and widespread social disruption

Scientific research now attributes this to a massive volcanic eruption, likely in Iceland, which blasted ash across the Northern Hemisphere. Two additional eruptions followed in 540 and 547, worsening the long-term effects.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 07:58 AM (KhyP1)

44 " America could lose its democracy ", says NJ Senator Chris Murphy. Pure projection.

If (when?) the Ds take the White House and Congress, I expect a crackdown of freedoms that will make the UK changes look like nursery school.

Posted by: JM in illinois at January 15, 2026 07:59 AM (fDRWy)

45 Everything the Left is doing should have been entirely predicted and a proactive counter-propaganda plan in place to deal with it.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 15, 2026 07:59 AM (VnsnO)

46 Sorry. Sen. Murphy is from Connecticut.

Posted by: JM in illinois at January 15, 2026 08:00 AM (fDRWy)

47 When Democrats say "our democracy" they mean one-party rule by Democrats.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 15, 2026 08:01 AM (d7u3h)

48 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 15, 2026 08:01 AM (ExV1e)

49 > Leftists are itching for a Civil War
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I think we're already in one. A shooting one. Not some sort of "cold" civil war with political gamesmanship as the only "fighting." The left acknowledged this when they started to use physical violence against us. We, to a fairly large degree, still haven't acknowledged it.

That perspective is changing, and the media is hell bent on making us the "bad guys." Because we dared to fight back... on the left's terms. With violence.

And there can be none of that.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 15, 2026 08:01 AM (U2OZr)

50 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 08:01 AM (FzgDV)

51 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at January 15, 2026 08:01 AM (Ms6EF)

52 @46

>>Sorry. Sen. Murphy is from Connecticut.

CT, NY, NJ regularly compete for the title of worst Senators.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 15, 2026 08:02 AM (dUiJm)

53 When popes and bishops go astray.
The Worm-Filled Vatican Synodal Church
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While I agree the synodal movement is full of problems, I long ago learnt to distrust all discussion of the Church from that source. Right at the start - Francis was a Peronist, not a Marxist. This has always been obvious. (Those who see no difference are not worth arguing with.)

Posted by: Eeyore at January 15, 2026 08:02 AM (s0JqF)

54 49 Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 15, 2026 08:01 AM (U2OZr)

If we were really in a Civil War, surely we'd be stacking their filthy corpses like cordwood by now?

So far we're the only ones with the casualties.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 15, 2026 08:04 AM (x0n13)

55 Mark Felton recently released an excellent video about Iran.

https://youtu.be/W91B7qe5FAw

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 15, 2026 08:05 AM (2Ez/1)

56 I loved the movie "The Secret Six" and it depicts the modern urban landscape perfectly. I've watched dozens of pre-Code movies and enjoyed the more realistic takes many of them offer. Skyscraper Souls (1932) is another good one.

Posted by: Old And In The Way at January 15, 2026 08:06 AM (oftw2)

57 "The Supreme Court Can’t Dodge Biology"

Well, they are not biologists. Some are not even very good judges.

Posted by: fd at January 15, 2026 08:06 AM (vFG9F)

58 How do you suppose the GOP voting to save Boasberg hits with the MAGA base?

"Gee why don't Trump votes carry over?"

Join the GOP for reasons!

Posted by: connected and litigious at January 15, 2026 08:06 AM (cS1cw)

59 The Pope smokes dope!

Posted by: David Peel and the Lower East Side at January 15, 2026 08:07 AM (oftw2)

60 Watch Battle of Algeria, terrorism works to start a civil war very often

Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 08:08 AM (i+wP0)

61 >> Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 15, 2026 08:01 AM (U2OZr)

If we were really in a Civil War, surely we'd be stacking their filthy corpses like cordwood by now?

So far we're the only ones with the casualties.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 15, 2026 08:04 AM (x0n13)
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It's early yet. And not all of "us" have acknowledged this fact. Slowly we're coming around, but the media's framing us a "the bad guys" is turning off a lot of people to the inevitable.

We took one of the left's stormtroopers the other day and you'd think we'd have shot Obama by the outrage portrayed by the media.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 15, 2026 08:09 AM (U2OZr)

62 Democrat Sen. Fetterman Urges ICE to ‘Round Up All’ the Criminal Migrants

They're all criminal migrants. Not only are they in the country illegally but, having arrives, they are either working illegally - either via stolen papers or cash under the table, or they are receiving welfare in violation of, at least, federal law.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 15, 2026 08:09 AM (ExV1e)

63 When Democrats say "our democracy" they mean one-party rule by Democrats.
———

Now do “Our Diversity”

Posted by: Common Tater at January 15, 2026 08:10 AM (gToVg)

64 46 House Republicans Help Democrats Defeat Measure Defunding ‘Activist’ Judges Boasberg, Boardman

Why isn't the DOJ accomplishing more!!!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 15, 2026 08:11 AM (ExV1e)

65 Leftists are itching for a Civil War

I think it is inevitable at this point. The Left are straight up demonic. Even God doesn't bother to reform demons; He lets them play their course, for His ultimate purpose, then casts them for eternity in Outer Darkness.

Romans 13 says the Government bears the sword against evil. Two things: The government is evil, there isn't enough Salt & Light to quell the general population's growing frustration.

Broadly speaking, one party is evil, the other party winks at it or is involved in the evil. (eg: Funding NED as a bipartisan effort)

Right now, you deliberately have to go on the X to play in the War. When X moves to your home, its Game On because the GOP refuses to incarcerate any evil doer.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 08:11 AM (xE0sV)

66 Does anybody remember how Breitbart fought? He would get in the Left's faces. He did this increasingly right up to his death. He was basically a cheerful bloke who enjoyed engaging with opponents, and so this shift into intense fury was especially effective and seemed to stun Leftists. They did not expect him to do this. Just as they don't expect us to do it. In Alinksy's parlance, he dared to personalize and polarize. There was his memorable confrontation with Max Blumenthal. And with Jonathan Karl of ABC. Many others. In his final days he absolutely wigged out at street protestors in Los Angeles and had to be dragged away by his cohort.

We're too f*cking polite.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 15, 2026 08:11 AM (VnsnO)

67 "Our" democracy is like going in half on a car with someone and you never get to drive "our" car.

Posted by: fd at January 15, 2026 08:12 AM (vFG9F)

68 If we were really in a Civil War, surely we'd be stacking their filthy corpses like cordwood by now?

So far we're the only ones with the casualties.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton

We're NOT in a hot civil war. Not yet anyway.
Because I have a list.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 08:13 AM (FzgDV)

69 And you still have to pay for all the gas and maintenance.

Posted by: fd at January 15, 2026 08:13 AM (vFG9F)

70 Right at the start - Francis was a Peronist, not a Marxist. This has always been obvious. (Those who see no difference are not worth arguing with.)
——

Argentina was once the 3rd wealthiest country on the Planet. Maybe it’s merely a distinction without a difference? I’m not doubting you, though sometimes it isn’t really worth trying to separate the fly shit from the pepper.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 15, 2026 08:14 AM (gToVg)

71
Murphy said, “I think that the president’s first just trying to make people stay home, trying to make ordinary citizens fear going out on the streets.

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Nothing like COVID mind you!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 08:15 AM (x4Mz/)

72 As an ordinary citizen I do not fear ICE at all. Why should I?

Posted by: connected and litigious at January 15, 2026 08:16 AM (cS1cw)

73 I think Arpaio style prison camps will work for the protesters. Pink uniforms and PB&J sammies.

Posted by: connected and litigious at January 15, 2026 08:17 AM (cS1cw)

74 Today Is National Bagel Day. 🥯

Posted by: redridinghood at January 15, 2026 08:17 AM (NpAcC)

75 Good morning dear morons and happy birthday JJ

Wait, The President is "baiting the protesters?"
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It will stop when more of these fvckers get shot.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 15, 2026 08:18 AM (RIvkX)

76 69 And you still have to pay for all the gas and maintenance.
Posted by: fd

And fix the dents, clean the coffee stains out of upholstery and carpet, and pay to get the vehicle out of the yard when the other asshole manages to get it towed away.

Posted by: French Fry In The Console at January 15, 2026 08:18 AM (oftw2)

77 "Our democracy."

Remember ☪☮𝔼✡⚧☯✝

That's supposed to be the "coexist" tagline. Know what the left thinks it means?

It means "we" have to learn to coexist with "them" on their terms.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 15, 2026 08:20 AM (U2OZr)

78 66 — I’ve always wondered if Andrew Brietbart was murdered. He was quite young… probably not but who knows. I have similar thoughts about Angelo Codevilla…. Too much conspiracy thinking!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 15, 2026 08:20 AM (k0PcD)

79 "What if the technology actually succeeded in blocking sunlight? "

Solar power production goes down 25%, making it even more of a farce.
Posted by: fd at January 15, 2026 07:28 AM (vFG9F)

Temperatures start to drop across the planet. What if they can't control it. Temperatures continue to drop across the planet. A new ice age begins sooner than it will naturally. 90%+ of all life on Earth dies.

Yay?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 15, 2026 08:20 AM (ExV1e)

80 74 Today Is National Bagel Day. 🥯
Posted by: redridinghood

You should see how we form bagel (and donut) holes!

Posted by: Diseased Somali Bagel Maker at January 15, 2026 08:20 AM (oftw2)

81 We need a national presidential address on what is going on with the Left (including the media) right now in America.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 15, 2026 07:36 AM (VnsnO)
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He should do it bathed in red light with a Marine standing at attention on either side.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 15, 2026 08:21 AM (RIvkX)

82 Heh. Minneapolis has a Chief O’Hara.
Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 07:38 AM (77rzZ)

Where's Commissioner Gordon. And more importantly, his lovely daughter Barbara?

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 15, 2026 08:22 AM (wVcYX)

83 I often bring a bagel for mini break, have a cinnamon bun today

Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 08:22 AM (i+wP0)

84 PDT has talked about doing a campaign tour and I imagine he will address all of these issues

Posted by: Ben Had at January 15, 2026 08:24 AM (0KSrI)

85 Re: Abortion By Mail

I'm currently going through a natural miscarriage, with no drugs aiding the process. The doctor wanted me to:

Get two ultrasounds
Let them know when I started bleeding and how much
Get blood tests every few days to check my hormone levels
Be prepared for a D and C in case not everything came out

And Dems want women to just take drugs mailed to them with little to no doctor oversight. How many women have died from this? How many will die from this?

Posted by: pookysgirl, being assisted by the medical community at January 15, 2026 08:24 AM (Wt5PA)

86 Pink uniforms and PB&J sammies.
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“Nutriloaf” or prison loaf. Sometimes used as a disciplinary measure. It’s a type of loaf that meets nutritional guidelines but isn’t widely liked.

Like most things, Americans don’t know good they have it. In some countries, they do not believe there is any obligation to provide meals, merely due to your being incarcerated in prison. Better have family on the outside, or plenty of money.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 15, 2026 08:25 AM (gToVg)

87

PDT has talked about doing a campaign tour and I imagine he will address all of these issues

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(this morning)
Donald Trump: 'If the corrupt politicians of Minnesota don’t obey the law and stop the professional agitators and insurrectionists from attacking the Patriots of I.C.E., who are only trying to do their job, I will institute the INSURRECTION ACT, which many Presidents have done before me, and quickly put an end to the travesty that is taking place in that once great State. Thank you for you attention to this matter! President DJT

Posted by: runner at January 15, 2026 08:25 AM (g47mK)

88 Buy a shotgun! Buy a shotgun!
Posted by: Creepy Joe at January 15, 2026 07:38 AM (2Ez/1)

Perhaps you've heard my song?

Posted by: Garrett Morris, SNL OG at January 15, 2026 08:26 AM (wVcYX)

89 CT, NY, NJ regularly compete for the title of worst Senators.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 15, 2026 08:02 AM (dUiJm)***

*tao tao tap* - Is this thing on?

Posted by: Delaware at January 15, 2026 08:27 AM (Bo9Yf)

90 "He should do it bathed in red light with a Marine standing at attention on either side."

Set it up exactly like Biden did. Sit back and enjoy the wailing.

Posted by: connected and litigious at January 15, 2026 08:27 AM (cS1cw)

91 Because I have a list.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 08:13 AM (FzgDV)

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Is your list indexed and cross-filed by state and locality like mine?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 15, 2026 08:28 AM (RIvkX)

92 He should do it bathed in red light with a Marine standing at attention on either side.
——-

And then break the 4th wall - and turn the lights back up. “Remember sleepy Joe?” And then give a normal speech, plus a plug for Toys for Tots and the Marines looking strack and smiling, instead of going all fascist and shit.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 15, 2026 08:28 AM (gToVg)

93 My hate feed had a wonderful article the other day.

Seems some poor kid is claiming he's permanently blind in one eye after being hit by a pepper ball at the LA riots.

Now, mind you, almost all of the facts for the story are relayed by the "aunt." No quotes from the alleged victim.

Paragraph after paragraph about how they just shot him a close range (for no reason).
Then, how the docs found a piece of metal too close to the nerve and refused to remove it.
(only implying it was from a pepper ball, distinctly did not say it was)

But here's the best part, after over half a page before you get this gem: "who is transitioning."

And there it is.

He wanna be a she but is now further along to being a pirate.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 08:28 AM (HXT0k)

94 How soon before another militant homosexual loon attacks and spills innocent blood?

Posted by: Tick Tock at January 15, 2026 08:30 AM (aP8y5)

95 He wanna be a she but is now further along to being a pirate.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 08:28 AM (HXT0k)
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See'inBad?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 15, 2026 08:31 AM (Ti0Hb)

96 People's Hippo, if the pepperball had taken his nuts off that would have helped his delusion.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 15, 2026 08:31 AM (0KSrI)

97 Is your list indexed and cross-filed by state and locality like mine?
Posted by: San Franpsycho

And alphabetized by last name first.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 08:31 AM (FzgDV)

98 How soon before another militant homosexual loon attacks and spills innocent blood?
Posted by: Tick Tock

Is there a betting line? Ima say Sunday by 4:00 pm Central.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 08:33 AM (FzgDV)

99 83 I often bring a bagel for mini break, have a cinnamon bun today
Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 08:22 AM (i+wP0)
******
For Breakfast it's-
French toast bagel
Cinnamon raisin
Egg bagel

For lunch-
Onion bagel
Sesame seed
Everything bagel

Posted by: redridinghood at January 15, 2026 08:33 AM (NpAcC)

100 Cinnamon bun makes a mini break a full break.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 15, 2026 08:34 AM (RIvkX)

101 Is your list indexed and cross-filed by state and locality like mine?
Posted by: San Franpsycho

And alphabetized by last name first.

I wonder how much money I can get by offering a service where you upload your List and in return you have a Google-Earth styled map that tracks your quarry in real-time based on mobile phone location data?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 08:34 AM (WCaCG)

102 >>How soon before another militant homosexual loon attacks and spills innocent blood?

Nick Sortor has video of Minneapolis thugs breaking into an ICE vehicle and stealing a rifle. I hope that rifle doesn't find its way into the hands of a troon-furry.

Posted by: one hour sober at January 15, 2026 08:34 AM (Y1sOo)

103 And Dems want women to just take drugs mailed to them with little to no doctor oversight. How many women have died from this? How many will die from this?
Posted by: pookysgirl, being assisted by the medical community at January 15, 2026 08:24 AM (Wt5PA)

More often than they want us to know about, I'd wager. They act like and want women to believe it's as insignificant as taking an Advil. Never mind the physical pain, psychological trauma, and risk of sepsis. It's not just anti-baby it's anti-woman.

Posted by: One big disgusting bloodthirsty enterprise at January 15, 2026 08:36 AM (JvNAF)

104 > I wonder how much money I can get by offering a service where you upload your List and in return you have a Google-Earth styled map that tracks your quarry in real-time based on mobile phone location data?
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If you can index it to sort by closest, most efficient and most likely to avoid law enforcement.....?

"Take my money"

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 15, 2026 08:37 AM (U2OZr)

105 A lot of bagels have over 60 carbs. That's a bunch.

Posted by: Metabolic Disorder Mike at January 15, 2026 08:37 AM (oftw2)

106 Where's Commissioner Gordon. And more importantly, his lovely daughter Barbara?
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 15, 2026 08:22 AM (wVcYX)
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And where pray tell is Eartha Kitt? Rowwwr.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 15, 2026 08:37 AM (RIvkX)

107 Then, how the docs found a piece of metal too close to the nerve and refused to remove it.
(only implying it was from a pepper ball, distinctly did not say it was)

Yeah. Lying by omission.
Pepper ball is paintball (gelatin) with capsicum powder.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 08:38 AM (FzgDV)

108 How youse doin'

Posted by: Don Black at January 15, 2026 08:38 AM (ZxPkt)

109 "He should do it bathed in red light with a Marine standing at attention on either side."

Set it up exactly like Biden did. Sit back and enjoy the wailing.

It is going to need a soundtrack with stirring thematic music.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 08:39 AM (9s47C)

110 And where pray tell is Eartha Kitt? Rowwwr.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

She's gone, but Julie Newmar and Lee Meriwether are still with us. Don't think the catsuit would look the same though.

Posted by: Ashes to Ashes, Funk to Funky at January 15, 2026 08:40 AM (oftw2)

111 More often than they want us to know about, I'd wager. They act like and want women to believe it's as insignificant as taking an Advil. Never mind the physical pain, psychological trauma, and risk of sepsis. It's not just anti-baby it's anti-woman.
Posted by: One big disgusting bloodthirsty enterprise at January 15, 2026 08:36 AM (JvNAF)

They are anti-human-life. Everything they do demonstrates this.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 15, 2026 08:40 AM (ExV1e)

112 Julie Newmar, the cat mask, and in those leather pants … made me feel funny

Posted by: Common Tater at January 15, 2026 08:40 AM (gToVg)

113 Remember ☪☮𝔼✡⚧☯✝

That's supposed to be the "coexist" tagline. Know what the left thinks it means?

It means "we" have to learn to coexist with "them" on their terms.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 15, 2026 08:20 AM (U2OZr)
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Except several of the ideologies represented by those symbols are complete contradictory to one another.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 15, 2026 08:41 AM (ESVrU)

114 >Report: U.S. Military Intervention in Iran Could Begin Within 24 Hours — Bases Pull Personnel, Shift Posture Across Region

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we're always just 24 hours away
24 hours from now, we'll be just 24 hours away

Posted by: Don Black at January 15, 2026 08:41 AM (ZxPkt)

115 Julie Newmar, the cat mask, and in those leather pants … made me feel funny
Posted by: Common Tater at January 15, 2026 08:40 AM (gToVg)

That was the first thrust of manhood, old chum.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 15, 2026 08:41 AM (uQesX)

116 Sure looks to me like Trump and Co. have decided regime change in Iran is too hard and too risky, and we’re backing out of the idea. He made a mistake by promising support with no plans to actually do it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 08:42 AM (xVja5)

117 Poison Ivy Rorschach, of The Cramps could rock a catsuit in her day.

Posted by: Here, Kitty, Kitty! at January 15, 2026 08:42 AM (oftw2)

118 How soon before another militant homosexual loon attacks and spills innocent blood?

Patience! This is not an exact science. We can only give them trigger phrases and set them in motion.

Posted by: Their "Therapists" at January 15, 2026 08:43 AM (Jpad8)

119 *That's supposed to be the "coexist" tagline. Know what the left thinks it means?*

It means Look At Me Driving My Self Righteous Subaru.

Posted by: Because I'm also a homosexual at January 15, 2026 08:44 AM (2Ez/1)

120 Tom Servo, what makes you think that?

Posted by: Ben Had at January 15, 2026 08:44 AM (0KSrI)

121 They are anti-human-life. Everything they do demonstrates this.
——

It takes a lot of introspection and thought to arrive to this realization. It probably shouldn’t. But once it becomes clear, there is no denying it any longer. One cannot “unsee” it. Many things won’t make sense, until viewed correctly.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 15, 2026 08:44 AM (gToVg)

122 we're always just 24 hours away
24 hours from now, we'll be just 24 hours away

===

Trump mindfkng the mullahs.

Posted by: runner at January 15, 2026 08:44 AM (g47mK)

123 5 A lot of bagels have over 60 carbs. That's a bunch.
Posted by: Metabolic Disorder Mike at January 15, 2026 08:37 AM (oftw2)
******
Everything in moderation.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 15, 2026 08:44 AM (NpAcC)

124 >Report: U.S. Military Intervention in Iran Could Begin Within 24 Hours — Bases Pull Personnel, Shift Posture Across Region

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we're always just 24 hours away
24 hours from now, we'll be just 24 hours away
Posted by: Don Black at January 15, 2026 08:41 AM (ZxPkt)

24 Hours at a time

Posted by: Marshall Tucker at January 15, 2026 08:44 AM (wVcYX)

125 It wasn't just the escaping illegal alien. The "ambush" happened after the illegal alien hit the officer, and was tussling with him, and TWO MORE PEOPLE came from the apartment complex and attacked the agent.

It would have been justice if the agent had gotten 6 good torso hits on those three attackers. They might need more dynamic range time.

Posted by: GWB at January 15, 2026 08:44 AM (1DMFi)

126 black heart of darkness

* wing flaps and cackles in unison *

Posted by: Big Penguin at January 15, 2026 08:45 AM (0sNs1)

127 Analysis :
"What President Donald Trump did last night:

He pushed the regime's system to the brink of the cliff, the regime entered the defensive state they had planned for since the June events (hidden locations for senior officials, changes to secret emergency frequencies, and so on).

And since they, like the rest of the world, were certain an attack was underway, they fully exposed all their new emergency protocols that they had drilled on and so forth, at every level.

Now that it's clear to them this was just a (ruse), they no longer have time to implement alternative protocols.

While the regime thought the real moment had arrived, the Americans and their partners closely observed how the regime would react and what its new emergency protocols are; and this time it will be different from previous operations.

And now the Americans are ready.⏳"

tick , tock , tick, tock...

Posted by: runner at January 15, 2026 08:45 AM (g47mK)

128 The Iranians have asked for and need help from abroad to make it happen.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 15, 2026 08:46 AM (RIvkX)

129 >Sure looks to me like Trump and Co. have decided regime change in Iran is too hard and too risky, and we’re backing out....

Posted by: Tom Servo
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and I thought I was alone in this view
the opportunity of a lifetime, wasted

Posted by: Don Black at January 15, 2026 08:46 AM (ZxPkt)

130 Those ugly women bought all those rape whistles over the years and no one - Not even a Somali- would rape them. But now with ICE, they finally get to use those whistles! So, good news for whistle manufacturers!

Posted by: Wally at January 15, 2026 08:46 AM (0e5Te)

131 If you can index it to sort by closest, most efficient and most likely to avoid law enforcement.....?

Actually, the "avoiding law enforcement" is the easy part since mobile units transmit constant location data for their tactical centers and dispatch. Same way that delivery services track their drivers now.

The problem with Real Time is the cost of the data and the fact that it is anonymized without court warrant. How we solved that problem in the past was to establish patterns of life and then by using a known location (i.e. their office or home) the anonymized data can be associated to an actual contact.

ALPRs are a positive ID form that doesn't require warrant and is easier to present in court without having to answer a lot of inconvenient questions.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 08:46 AM (nCgQz)

132 I think we're already in one. A shooting one. Not some sort of "cold" civil war with political gamesmanship as the only "fighting." The left acknowledged this when they started to use physical violence against us. We, to a fairly large degree, still haven't acknowledged it.
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So, I went and read up on the raid on Harper's Ferry.
10 of Brown's men killed. 7 captured after and executed. 5 escaped.

But this was interesting: The papers at the time didn't call it a "raid."
They used: insurrection, treason, rebellion and crusade.

Also, the militia mustered up to help decided they'd rather take a holiday and got "roaring drunk." LOL

But Brown was no punk on a lark, he was very well funded and had long-planned his attack.
And Antifa has their own division, inspired by and using his name.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 08:46 AM (HXT0k)

133 He made a mistake by promising support with no plans to actually do it.
——-

You might try giving him more than 24 minutes to fix everything. It could also be partly a matter of the president not wishing to telegraph his every move a year in advance, as so many before have done.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 15, 2026 08:46 AM (gToVg)

134 I shan't belabor the point

Posted by: Don Black at January 15, 2026 08:47 AM (ZxPkt)

135 black heart of darkness

* wing flaps and cackles in unison *
Posted by: Big Penguin

Settle down, tiny. This is my job.
Posted by: Hillary

Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 08:47 AM (FzgDV)

136 It means Look At Me Driving My Self Righteous Subaru.
Posted by: Because I'm also a homosexual

When purchasing a used Lesbaru, be sure to check for wear on the right side of driver seat from the wallet chain.

Posted by: Kelley Blue Book at January 15, 2026 08:47 AM (oftw2)

137 Had leftover fried ham, potatoes and peppers over eggs this morning

Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 08:48 AM (i+wP0)

138 Except several of the ideologies represented by those symbols are complete contradictory to one another.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 15, 2026 08:41 AM

Consistency is the hobgoblin of the small minds of the mouth-breathing deplorable pale cis-troglodytes.

Posted by: Progressive Liberal at January 15, 2026 08:49 AM (0sNs1)

139 Wait, The President is "baiting the protesters?"
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They would challenge your assertion that it is not all about them.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 08:49 AM (Q4cxx)

140 He made a mistake by promising support with no plans to actually do it.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 08:42 AM (xVja5)

Unless as some say that was deliberate strategy to expose Iranian defenses.

But otherwise I agree. If he nixes plans for material support, and the revolt dies, he will have tragically underestimated the importance of this moment and opportunity.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 15, 2026 08:49 AM (VnsnO)

141 JJ was a big fan boi of the invasion and occupation vof Iraq and Afghanistan. Getting rid of Saddam allowed the global expansion of ISIS.
JJ does not have a good school track record of being able to look into the future and see the fruition of his war plans.

We got rid of Maduro, without any real idea of what would happen later.

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at January 15, 2026 08:50 AM (Yzdwe)

142 *That's supposed to be the "coexist" tagline. Know what the left thinks it means?*

It means Look At Me Driving My Self Righteous Subaru.

Same motivation as those cars that bear the oval "26.2" or "140.6" except without any of the effort or discipline.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 08:50 AM (nCgQz)

143 Is your list indexed and cross-filed by state and locality like mine?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 15, 2026 08:28 AM

Pivot tables?

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at January 15, 2026 08:50 AM (0sNs1)

144 if anyone reposts the troll, I...will be very disappointed in you!

Posted by: runner at January 15, 2026 08:51 AM (g47mK)

145 Is your list indexed and cross-filed by state and locality like mine?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 15, 2026 08:28 AM

Pivot tables?
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at January 15, 2026 08:50 AM (0sNs1)
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Bam! The Excel Sheet Smack-down has begun!

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 08:52 AM (Q4cxx)

146 Is your list indexed and cross-filed by state and locality like mine?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 15, 2026 08:28 AM

Pivot tables?
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at January 15, 2026 08:50 AM (0sNs1)
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Bam! The Excel Sheet Smack-down has begun!
Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 08:52 AM (Q4cxx)
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My Excel-Fu is middling at best.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 15, 2026 08:53 AM (ESVrU)

147 The foreign embassies in Tehran have removed all personnel

Posted by: Ben Had at January 15, 2026 08:53 AM (0KSrI)

148 You might try giving him more than 24 minutes to fix everything. It could also be partly a matter of the president not wishing to telegraph his every move a year in advance, as so many before have done.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 15, 2026 08:46 AM (gToVg)

I’ve been one of his biggest supporters, and would love to see the Iranian Regime fail. But I never could figure out a path to do that with airstrikes alone, and now it looks as though US forces are standing down and the threats we made were just a bluff that’s been called.
Politically it’s the necessary decision; we can’t get involved in another long war in the Middle East. But it’s very sad to abandon all those protesters to their fate.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 08:53 AM (xVja5)

149 > if anyone reposts the troll, I...will be very disappointed in you!

Posted by: runner
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can we say rude things about the troll?

Posted by: Don Black at January 15, 2026 08:53 AM (ZxPkt)

150 Hmm. Troll not eating sh*t pebbles this morning.

Nice.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 15, 2026 08:53 AM (RIvkX)

151 Tucker Qatarlson will probably try to claim Jacob Frey is Jewish.

Posted by: Strange Brew at January 15, 2026 08:55 AM (zcVps)

152 I would imagine we have the proverbial boots on the ground inside Iran. Observers, spies. Probably paired with, or working with the opposition. It's likely the phase where we get to know the regime's routines, and plan accordingly.

We observed Maduro's routines for months before making a move.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 15, 2026 08:56 AM (U2OZr)

153 can we say rude things about the troll?

===

that is expected!

Posted by: runner at January 15, 2026 08:57 AM (g47mK)

154 Cucker is on Ozempic ! his ass got too fat , so he is taking it, and now looks half his size. he is worried about his look!

Posted by: runner at January 15, 2026 08:58 AM (g47mK)

155 If the regime in Tehran falls, I want Trump to be credited.

He will have cemented his place in history as the man who undid the globalist project.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 15, 2026 08:58 AM (RIvkX)

156 The Post Company focus-grouped Shitty Pebbles, but it polled badly, so they went with Fruity Pebbles instead.

Posted by: Ex Post Fatso at January 15, 2026 08:59 AM (oftw2)

157 81 Republicans voted with Democrats to keep funding the National Endowment for Democracy, a left-wing, NGO slush-fund that worked with the Biden administration to censor Americans on the Right.

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Gee, I'll have to wonder how many of those 81 receive campaign contributions from this NGO.

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 15, 2026 07:47 AM (qBdHI)
==
Immediately thought the same thing.

Posted by: Black JEM at January 15, 2026 08:59 AM (GZYu7)

158 Trump might be a master baiter, but he is not a masturbator. He has Melania.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at January 15, 2026 09:00 AM (MZ+PY)

159 Bonus Diaz, y'all. Haya JJ.

Right off the top: Was this quoted bit written by AI or something?

…An illegal Venezuelan migrant was shot in the leg … after he allegedly fled during a traffic stop and beat the “ambushed” officer with a snow shovel …

The illegal did not wield the snow shovel, as the third paragraph clarifies. And the "ambush" seemed unplanned and spontaneous. Quotemarks appropriate.

Now on with the coffee and more Report…
🍵🌅

Posted by: mindful webworker - a newt, but I got better at January 15, 2026 09:00 AM (FMpsC)

160 She's gone, but Julie Newmar and Lee Meriwether are still with us. Don't think the catsuit would look the same though."

There was a clip of Fiona Bruce (BBC Babe) wearing one of the 60's catsuits...

rawwwwer.

Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 09:00 AM (XuXeR)

161 154 Cucker is on Ozempic ! his ass got too fat , so he is taking it, and now looks half his size. he is worried about his look!
Posted by: runner

Also shrunk his fuckin' brain!

Posted by: Grey Matters at January 15, 2026 09:01 AM (oftw2)

162 Good morning Horde. Thx JJ.
Interesting being without phone or Internet for over a half a day. Got halfway through my annual reading of 1984. Got a laugh the other day when a leftist woman I know posted a quote from 1984 about the party making you not believe your eyes or ears. I ran across the line that women were the most bigoted and seekers of unorthodoxy. Just shook my head

Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 15, 2026 09:01 AM (Oql3v)

163 Scott Jennings
@ScottJenningsKY
“Minnesota will remain an island”

Walz cannot be more explicit - this buffoon believes he is seceding from the Union.

We are well into Insurrection Act territory.

Refers to the federal government as an “occupation.” Walz channeling 1860’s Democratic energy here. Unbelievable.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 15, 2026 09:01 AM (NpAcC)

164 Today Is National Bagel Day. 🥯
Posted by: redridinghood at January 15, 2026 08:17 AM (NpAcC)

Former New Yorkers hardest hit
*insert eyeroll here*

Posted by: Doof at January 15, 2026 09:01 AM (dP47V)

165 Tucker Qatarlson will probably try to claim Jacob Frey is Jewish.

I didn't know that Tucker controlled the Wikipedia page on Frey where it clearly states that his mother is Ashkenazi and Jacob's father adopted Judaism.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 09:01 AM (nAS9C)

166 The Post Company focus-grouped Shitty Pebbles, but it polled badly, so they went with Fruity Pebbles instead."

So, "no" on the Schweddy Balls?

Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 09:02 AM (XuXeR)

167 17 How come nobody was shaving their head in protest? Surely there were a bunch of angry white liberal wine moms outside the building screaming at the top of their lungs, right?

Always keep in mind how fake and performative the outrage is.

X video (2:00): https://bit.ly/3LIbFV7

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 15, 2026 07:34 AM (P5BPp)

Because they'll never compare a Demoncrat to Hitler, no matter what.

Posted by: XTC at January 15, 2026 09:02 AM (6Uni8)

168 what was that song from Annie

Tomorrow, tomorrow
we'll help ya
tomorrow
we're always a day away

Posted by: Don Black at January 15, 2026 09:02 AM (ZxPkt)

169 Looks like John Harbaugh is going to the NYGiants

Posted by: Don Black at January 15, 2026 09:03 AM (ZxPkt)

170 The only interesting thing about Chris Murphy is his stupidity sometimes causes him to blurt out Kinsley gaffe type statements, and sometimes just plain vanilla but funny/stupid shit.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 15, 2026 09:04 AM (/pgyj)

Daily Tech News 15 January 2026

Top Story

A sad story with a happy ending.

Riot games just acquired Hytale developer Hypixel Studios. (April 2020) (WCCFTech)

Hytale is officially dead and its studio disbanded. (June 2025)

Hytale, the long-awaited Minecraft-like MMO, is resurrected and will launch in early access soon. (November 2025)

Hytale is saved says Hypixel founder as the studio's dev costs for the next two years have already been covered by pre-orders. (January 2026)

If you're interested in that kind of game - similar to Minecraft but with RPG elements and modding support built in - it's available in early access right now on the company's website.

For $20. (Engadget)

Because, to quote the founder of Hypixel Sudios, "The game is unfinished and runs on a build from over four years ago. Charging more didn't feel right. I don't think the game is good yet."

Honestly it seems to run pretty well, though I haven't spent much time in it. And I was running on a laptop with integrated graphics, so far from high-end hardware.

Tech News

Cerebras has scored a $10 billion deal with OpenAI. (CNBC) (archive site)

Cerebras is the company that makes the wafer-scale AI CPUs, the ones with 900,000 cores on a single chip the size of a dinner plate.
SK Hynix is investing $13 billion on a new factory... (Tom's Hardware)

... To assemble HBM chips for AI servers. Not for you.
Now that the memory drought has dried up supply of DDR5 and the older DDR4 modules alike, DDR3 is next to go. (WCCFTech)

I have 96GB of DDR3 - at least - sitting in older computers. Much older. Built between 2011 and 2015.
AI is a 400-year confidence trick. (Tom Renner)

I don't think you could generate music videos on a 17th century mechanical calculator, though.
The Minisforum MS-S1 Max is the best Ryzen AI Max mini PC yet. (Serve the Home)

It certainly has the best complement of I/O: Dual 40GBps USB4 ports, dual 80GBps USB4 ports, dual 10Gb Ethernet, one HDMI, five regular USB ports, and three M.2 slots, and a PCIe slot (though just half height, single slot).

And it's 15% faster than the Framework Desktop apparently thanks to better cooling, because the two systems use the exact same CPU.
Digg is back. (Tech Crunch)

Reddit ate Digg's lunch years ago after a the latter pushed out an extremely unpopular UI update. Now the founder has bought back the company and is trying again, It's a clean design and runs quickly, at least. And Reddit is a toxic swamp these days.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: But not after 8, because it's a school night.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

Comments

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1 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 04:01 AM (Ia/+0)

2 G'day Skip.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 15, 2026 04:03 AM (BLOW1)

3 Dailytimewaster yesterday had a 1978 picture of Debby Harry being goofy

Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 04:05 AM (Ia/+0)

4 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 15, 2026 04:05 AM (Ti0Hb)

5 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 15, 2026 04:06 AM (sAmhv)

6 Top ten?

Posted by: Publius Redux at January 15, 2026 04:08 AM (Gu66x)

7 Hey - I know it's last thread, but Re: Pittsburgh Police Scanner: Filius Redux used to live in Shadyside near South Aiken which is the subject of the last scanner report - He would often attest to the craziness of the neighborhood, mostly ganja induced. It's near his alma mater. Pittsburgh can be a pretty crazy town. He never complained of any ghostly visits through.

Posted by: Publius Redux at January 15, 2026 04:13 AM (Gu66x)

8 G'morning, all!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 15, 2026 04:23 AM (iMotb)

9 Congrats to SpaceX for their emergency medical event astronaut delivery back to earth.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 15, 2026 04:25 AM (Ti0Hb)

10 The tp-Link Deco X60 mesh system I installed last month was consistently developing instabilities, particularly with the Amazon Echo devices dropping off line.

So yesterday they sent me a Beta firmware update, and it seems to have done the trick.

So far, everything seems to be rock solid.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 15, 2026 04:25 AM (iMotb)

11 I've been using my new Think E16 G3 for about a month+ now. The integrated WiFi adapter is awful. I have to move closer to the router to connect before I can go back to my more distant desk and continue working from there.

Full updated Windows and Lenovo drivers. Never had such a bad experience before. And the strange thing is I'm not sure it was like this for the first week or 2.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 15, 2026 04:36 AM (Ti0Hb)

12 9 Congrats to SpaceX for their emergency medical event astronaut delivery back to earth.
Posted by: Biden's Dog

And the launch of two new (unmanned) lunar landers. Busy day.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 15, 2026 04:37 AM (BLOW1)

13 No less than 81 GOP enemies of the US:

https://tinyurl.com/s8e5rmae

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 15, 2026 04:53 AM (Ti0Hb)

14 Yesterday's Verizon failure - any connection to DEI?

https://tinyurl.com/3dyx5v4a

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 15, 2026 04:59 AM (Ti0Hb)

15 Anybody got a snow shovel I can borrow?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 15, 2026 05:06 AM (BSdIE)

16 I have to get moving but not overly motivated

Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 05:06 AM (Ia/+0)

17 Now they are calling for the possibility of snow on Sunday morning.

This distresses me greatly.

Nobody here owns a snow shovel.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 15, 2026 05:08 AM (iMotb)

18 For winter starting out with cold and light snow, been in 40s and 50s lately here

Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 05:11 AM (Ia/+0)

19 And it's 15% faster than the Framework Desktop apparently thanks to better cooling, because the two systems use the exact same CPU.

Yeah, from what I've seen of the Framework Desktop it only has a large, finned, heatsink above the CPU and a regular 120mm fan on top of that.

MinisForum is using two blower-style laptop fans, a large heatsink with fins, and several heat pipes, along with a fan for the PSU, so it's definitely got the edge there.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 15, 2026 05:12 AM (6ydKt)

20 Nobody here owns a snow shovel.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 15, 2026 05:08 AM (iMotb)

We just wait a a few days to a week for the snow to melt, usually.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 15, 2026 05:12 AM (6ydKt)

21
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 15, 2026 05:13 AM (tljrc)

22 Anybody got a snow shovel I can borrow?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 15, 2026 05:06 AM (BSdIE)
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Another one asking to get shot by ICE!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 15, 2026 05:14 AM (Ti0Hb)

23 If you're wondering how Cerebras manages to get a wafer-scale CPU without worrying about too many defects, they've explained it on their site, which does a great job of doing that:

100x Defect Tolerance: How Cerebras Solved the Yield Problem

To summarize, Cerebras resolved the wafer scale manufacturing challenge by designing a small fault-tolerant core in combination with a fault tolerant on-chip fabric. While total chip area increased by ~50x compared to conventional GPUs, we reduced individual core size by ~100x. As a result, defects are far less damaging to the WSE than conventional multi-core processors. The third generation WSE engine achieves 93% silicon utilization – the highest among leading AI accelerators – demonstrating that wafer-scale computing is not just possible, but commercially viable at scale.

https://tinyurl.com/2buyy5p4
(Cerebras.ai)

Those chips probably cost around $16,000 per wafer from TSMC's 5nm process.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 15, 2026 05:18 AM (6ydKt)

24 My snow blower is still in back of garage with lawn tractor in front

Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 05:18 AM (Ia/+0)

25 Best way to make sure it doesn't snow is get it in front, start it up to try it

Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 05:19 AM (Ia/+0)

26 w00t

Posted by: m at January 15, 2026 05:21 AM (SSiCQ)

27 >>>Hytale is saved says Hypixel founder

HyPIXel: Relative of yours, PIXy?

Posted by: m at January 15, 2026 05:22 AM (SSiCQ)

28 The reason Schickard and Pascal built their mechanical calculators some four centuries ago is because doing maths is hard, and mistakes can be expensive. Pascal’s father was a tax collector, and young Blaise wanted to lessen the stress of his hard-working dad’s profession.

Yeah, I know whenever I hear the words "tax collector" I always associate that with "hard working".

Back then they only "worked hard" because their salaries we're based on taking a percentage of the collections.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 15, 2026 05:26 AM (6ydKt)

29 I'm off
Back in a bit

Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 05:29 AM (Ia/+0)

30 11 I've been using my new Think E16 G3 for about a month+ now. The integrated WiFi adapter is awful. I have to move closer to the router to connect before I can go back to my more distant desk and continue working from there.

Full updated Windows and Lenovo drivers. Never had such a bad experience before. And the strange thing is I'm not sure it was like this for the first week or 2.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 15, 2026 04:36 AM (Ti0Hb)

Lenovo uses RealTek wifi cards in their laptops a lot.
They do not have the best reputation for reliability.

You can probably replace that card in the laptop, and people who do usually go with the latest Intel 'Killer' series Wifi for better reception and performance.

They run around $50 or $60 here in the States.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 15, 2026 05:31 AM (6ydKt)

31 Good morning! I don't miss shoveling snow or driving in snow. I do miss having 4 seasons. In Cowtown, the seasons are hot, really hot, and temperate interspersed with 1-2 week intervals of cool and really ^&#@! cold with ice.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 15, 2026 05:40 AM (3Ope8)

32 “ I called to the Lord, who is worthy of praise, and have been saved from my enemies.”

2 Samuel 22:4

Posted by: Marcus T at January 15, 2026 05:41 AM (IYMzU)

33 Good morning! I don't miss shoveling snow or driving in snow. I do miss having 4 seasons. In Cowtown...

CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 15, 2026 05:40 AM (3Ope

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Moogadishu?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 15, 2026 05:42 AM (Ti0Hb)

34 Russian private jet inbound from Moscow to Tehran.

Hmmm.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 15, 2026 05:44 AM (IYMzU)

35 There are many things I wish were AI. Like this thing, for example:

https://tinyurl.com/mfhwwrh2

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 15, 2026 05:46 AM (Ti0Hb)

36 Russian private jet BD-700, following a larger Boeing 777 into Tehran. Somebody leaving?

Posted by: Marcus T at January 15, 2026 05:47 AM (IYMzU)

37 Russian private jet inbound from Moscow to Tehran.

Hmmm.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 15, 2026 05:44 AM (IYMzU)

Tech people running AA assets in Iran? Didn't seem to work too well in Venezuela.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 15, 2026 05:47 AM (dK+Kv)

38 Evening and morning to ever'body on this Thor's Day!

"Cerebras" -- a breast supporter for chess-playing masterminds?

And "Call Me" remains one of the most exciting pop songs of the 1980s.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 15, 2026 05:47 AM (wzUl9)

39 35 There are many things I wish were AI. Like this thing, for example:

https://tinyurl.com/mfhwwrh2

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 15, 2026 05:46 AM (Ti0Hb)

I'm trying to imagine getting up at 3 a.m. to put all of that on to be in class at 9 a.m.

It's like a freaky clown-pimp-doll.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 15, 2026 05:49 AM (6ydKt)

40 Call Me
The Original Blondie and PMJ
https://youtu.be/KLmqgI4QfHc

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 15, 2026 05:49 AM (HTCU3)

41 "Cerebras" -- a breast supporter for chess-playing masterminds?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 15, 2026 05:47 AM (wzUl9)
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Or for Apple's iconic digital assistant.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 15, 2026 05:49 AM (Ti0Hb)

42 'Tis 51 F. now (the local CBS outlet predicted 45). Temps may not get much above that today; a low of 36 tonight; but up to 68 on Friday pm. If I want a fourth workout session this week, I should either go now, or wait until tomorrow afternoon.

To be decided. Right now, coffee.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 15, 2026 05:49 AM (wzUl9)

43 There are many things I wish were AI. Like this thing, for example:

https://tinyurl.com/mfhwwrh2

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 15, 2026 05:46 AM (Ti0Hb)

Black dude in white face? Reee.

Posted by: No One Ever at January 15, 2026 05:50 AM (dK+Kv)

44 Hey - I know it's last thread, but Re: Pittsburgh Police Scanner: Filius Redux used to live in Shadyside near South Aiken which is the subject of the last scanner report - He would often attest to the craziness of the neighborhood, mostly ganja induced. It's near his alma mater. Pittsburgh can be a pretty crazy town. He never complained of any ghostly visits through.
Posted by: Publius Redux at January 15, 2026

***
I liked what I saw on my two visits to Pittsburgh. Not that I got to see all of the town. But how can you hate a place that has a neighborhood called "Squirrel Hill"?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 15, 2026 05:52 AM (wzUl9)

45
24 My snow blower is still in back of garage with lawn tractor in front
Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 05:18 AM (Ia/+0)

25 Best way to make sure it doesn't snow is get it in front, start it up to try it
Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 05:19 AM (Ia/+0)

heh

Posted by: m at January 15, 2026 05:52 AM (SSiCQ)

46 Either Putin is doing great in the war or not. Or he is making a lot of money selling NG to Europe during their cold spell. Europe is so hung up on green power that they forgot it can get mighty cold in the winter. Can't you just make the wind mills spin faster?

Posted by: Colin at January 15, 2026 05:54 AM (wlQdF)

47 @13

>>No less than 81 GOP enemies of the US:

They vote against it because they are getting money from it.

You don't vote against your bank account.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 15, 2026 05:55 AM (XV/Pl)

48 Tulips and daffodils have emerged. Dollar weed is running amok. Last summer's leaves on the oak trees are beginning to fall and the stock show starts this weekend but there's no crappy/freezing/icy weather in the long term forecast... Looking like an early spring here .

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 15, 2026 05:56 AM (3Ope8)

49 "AI is a 400-year confidence trick."

Good article. I think I'll bookmark this for reference and potentially sending to anyone in my circle of friends who seems a little too "all in" on AI, though I doubt I'm going to need to haul this out. I've been pessimistic on AI for a while telling people that there is no "I" in "AI".

I like to mention instances where lawyers that relied on LLMs to generate case briefs. They then submitted those briefs to the court hearing the case they were working on. The problem? The briefs cite other cases that never happened. Judges who would look up those citations realized that the brief was full of bullshit.

Judges really don't like being bullshitted by lawyers. Threats of disbarment were made, lawyers were made to promise to either NOT use LLMs, or if they did, to carefully check everything that was spit out by an LLM before submitting a brief to the court, or face the court's wrath.

Personally, I think a few of those judges should have gone with the nuclear option right away rather than letting these weasels off the hook with only a stern warning.

If I can get people to question whether "AI" is really "all that", I've done my part.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 15, 2026 05:58 AM (O7YUW)

50 @46

>>Either Putin is doing great in the war or not.

We really don't know what's going on in the war, but from what I can observe, Putin's got everything he wants and doesn't see the need to change course.

I believe that's one of the major reason for the action in Venezuela. Take an ally off the board, flood the market with oil and drive down the price, that will definataley hurt Putin.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 15, 2026 05:59 AM (XV/Pl)

51 Hardware Unboxed on YouTube (some of Pixy's fellow Ozies) are reporting that Nvidia has killed off the RTX 5070 Ti, their second most affordable 16GB model after the 5060 Ti 16GB which is also probably at 'end of life".

They just released these a year ago and they really didn't hit the market until last spring.

https://youtu.be/yteN21aJEvE

Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 15, 2026 05:59 AM (6ydKt)

52 I'm back

Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 06:03 AM (i+wP0)

53 This conversation about AI gets boring, AI is a tool, that's it.

It can do some wonderous things, it can also produce shitty things.

I use multiple on a daily basis to get work done for both Program Management and programming tasks.

So far the results have been nothing short than stellar.

AI is not going anywhere and it's only going to become more pervasive.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 15, 2026 06:04 AM (XV/Pl)

54 Judges really don't like being bullshitted by lawyers.

Pfffft, speak for yourself
Signed FICA Judges

Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 06:07 AM (i+wP0)

55 @35/Biden's dog:

Back in the 80's I could guarantee the general response would be, "Holy shit boys, the circus just rolled into town" (and that's just how the mockery would start...)

Now? Too much of our world is clown-world. These chucklefucks are just let walk around to sow their insanity in the minds of others.

Make Asylums Great Again.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 15, 2026 06:08 AM (O7YUW)

56 "Honestly it seems to run pretty well, though I haven't spent much time in it. And I was running on a laptop with integrated graphics, so far from high-end hardware."

Would this be the PC sitting on your desk at the upper middle corner with the Miori Celesta plushie sitting on it?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 15, 2026 06:09 AM (HTCU3)

57 I have to feed the furry thugs soon. Bit by bit I have been trying to work their breakfast and dinner each a half hour later to 5:30, so Stirling won't bother me at 4 am every day . . . but it's tough, and somehow I doubt it will work anyway.

He let me sleep until 4:30 today and didn't kick me jumping across the bed, so there's that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 15, 2026 06:10 AM (wzUl9)

58 If we are going to have a cold weekend, I should wash the car today or tomorrow. Maybe go out for breakfast on Sat., and visit the pipe shop in the 'burbs for a mid-morning pipe smoke and chat with the cigar smokers. (Even there, pipe smokers are thin on the ground.) I could drop Miss Linda off at the big mall and let her browse for an hour or more without dragging me along.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 15, 2026 06:15 AM (wzUl9)

59 My nephew's daughter at the ripe old age of 26, a lawyer who is getting lots of court room experience. It was that or being a corporate lawyer, but she likes excitement. He husband has a job with a construction company as a estimator and has been offered a job higher up in the company. When I was that age, I was still struggling with finding a job. Some have all the luck, and some don't. me....

Posted by: Colin at January 15, 2026 06:16 AM (wlQdF)

60 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 15, 2026 06:23 AM (bQ4nt)

61 "I use multiple on a daily basis to get work done for both Program Management and programming tasks.

So far the results have been nothing short than stellar. "

So, those portions of your job could have been replaced with a predictive macro processor.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at January 15, 2026 06:26 AM (6IFyK)

62 51 Hardware Unboxed on YouTube (some of Pixy's fellow Ozies) are reporting that Nvidia has killed off the RTX 5070 Ti, their second most affordable 16GB model after the 5060 Ti 16GB which is also probably at 'end of life".

They just released these a year ago and they really didn't hit the market until last spring.

One step backward, and then two more steps backward.

Now Nvidia has basically cancelled its entire midrange lineup and made its high-end cards unaffordable, all that is left is for AMD to drop the ball somehow and for Intel cards to spontaneously sublimate from store shelves.

This was what was behind those stories out of Germany and Japan about retailers having orders for Nvidia cards abruptly cancelled.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 15, 2026 06:29 AM (BLOW1)

63 @61

>>So, those portions of your job could have been replaced with a predictive macro processor.

Hardly, it allows for more production, quicker responses, better results and better outcomes, and ultimately, increased client satisfaction.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 15, 2026 06:29 AM (dUiJm)

64 Morning Horde. Which one of you gave me this cold? I live in MT where we have zero snow on the ground, it was 50 degrees yesterday and hubby and I took a nice walk. Not a long walk since the doc just released me to walk after I pulled a tendon and fractured my heel in late November. Going to have to work on extending walk time. I do know that around 2/10/26 it will start snowing to levels that will need to be shoveled so that we can walk our new fur buddy out in the yard. Our new pup Violet Beagle will be home with us on 2/11. The breeder sent us a video yesterday and Violet is adorable at 9 weeks old.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 15, 2026 06:31 AM (2NHgQ)

65 56 "Honestly it seems to run pretty well, though I haven't spent much time in it. And I was running on a laptop with integrated graphics, so far from high-end hardware."

Would this be the PC sitting on your desk at the upper middle corner with the Miori Celesta plushie sitting on it?
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram

No, this was on my actual laptop. Still setting up the Celery PC.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 15, 2026 06:31 AM (BLOW1)

66 Might be a good time to pick up a couple of 16gb a2000s.

They are currently "reasonably" priced at 750.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 15, 2026 06:32 AM (dUiJm)

67
Good morning, Hordians. Quarterly taxes due today. And an electrician is coming by to find out why the breaker for the ceiling lights in the kennel keeps tripping. Yay.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 15, 2026 06:33 AM (tgvbd)

68 G'mornin' everyone!

seven degrees out there

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 15, 2026 06:38 AM (Cjt/F)

69 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at January 15, 2026 06:39 AM (2Ez/1)

70 Canine hijinks?

Posted by: no one at January 15, 2026 06:39 AM (qFwJc)

71 Well, looks like the 16gb a2000s have gone up a hundred bucks since the last time I checked.

Sitting at 850.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 15, 2026 06:41 AM (dUiJm)

72 @62/Pixy: "This was what was behind those stories out of Germany and Japan about retailers having orders for Nvidia cards abruptly cancelled."

I have never seen the commercial hardware market as backwards and screwed up as this. They're going to be writing about these years we're in for decades, aren't they?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 15, 2026 06:43 AM (O7YUW)

73 I'm not seeing high prices yet on DDR3. I just got a Thinkpad X200t that needed RAM. $18 from Amazon. I'm gonna see if it can take a little more yhan the specs. It's supposed to be limited to 256gb but ith Linux, sees a full TB drive. I've been upgrading as I go but maybe should get a bit extra RAM, given the shortages.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 15, 2026 06:43 AM (+mUZM)

74 mornin yall. I wonder if this box full of PC-5300 ram I've got is going to be worth something again.

Posted by: fd at January 15, 2026 06:43 AM (vFG9F)

75 Endgadget. $20, same as in town?

Posted by: Eromero at January 15, 2026 06:47 AM (o2ZRX)

76 Fed the furry beasts.

Movies!, which was out of commission for a lot of yesterday (there was a signal, but no image or sound), is back today with The House of 92nd Street, a 1945 documentary-style spy story with an FBI agent going undercover in a German spy ring in 1940-41. Leo G. Carroll, my revered "Mr. Waverly," also plays a spymaster in this one -- but on the German side.

The film has a mystery too, the identity of a highly-placed agent called "Christopher." I'm curious to see if they have a thunderbolt surprise tucked away in this.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 15, 2026 06:52 AM (wzUl9)

77 Oh boy, John Cougar is going on tour. He keeps going even after the thrill is gone.

Posted by: fd at January 15, 2026 06:52 AM (vFG9F)

78 Good morning! According to the NY Times, China universities are taking the place of US universities on a list of top research schools.

More robust DEI programs?

https://archive.is/7asZJ

Posted by: Oglebay at January 15, 2026 06:54 AM (2ap+5)

79 John Mellencamp- Cougar- Mellencamp

Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 06:56 AM (i+wP0)

80
John Mellencamp- Cougar- Mellencamp

Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 06:56 AM

IIRC, the StyleBook recommends that he be referred to as "John Booger Menstrualcramp"

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 15, 2026 06:58 AM (tljrc)

81 Congratulations to NASA and SpaceX (mostly SpaceX, I guess) for retrieving a sick astronaut from the space station last night, and getting him/her to a San Diego hospital.

https://tinyurl.com/yc8edh8w

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 15, 2026 06:59 AM (pGMtM)

82 I fixed our problem with the Dexcom monitoring software. Dexcom claims their server software only runs on certain models of cell phones, the Samsung A15 being one of them. As the new release does not work on the A12 we had been using, we bought another A15 like Mrs fd's and tried to install the program. It installed ok but when we ran it, a message came up and said this phone is not supported.

So I went back to the list of supported phones and found that ALL A15s are not supported. There are some variations in the model numbers, like A15-156 and A-15-156U. Well, the program would not work on the A15-156 but would work on the 156U, so we swapped Mrs fd A15 for the new A15 and the damn program worked.

As best as I can tell, there is no difference between the models. Same CPU, RAM, and android version. F'n absurd.

Posted by: fd at January 15, 2026 07:05 AM (vFG9F)

83 Nobody here owns a snow shovel.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 15, 2026 05:08 AM (iMotb)
================
I own two. But I believe in backups to everything.

Well, almost everything. I have one wife.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 15, 2026 07:05 AM (72Bvh)

84 John Camp Mellencougar.

Posted by: Eromero at January 15, 2026 07:07 AM (o2ZRX)

85 I own a snow shovel. I inherited it when my grandfather in Maryland passed away. Since I have had it, it has not ever seen snow again.

Posted by: fd at January 15, 2026 07:07 AM (vFG9F)

86 I was at the point of rooting the new A15 so I could change the model number before I decided on a whim to try it on the other A15. I probably spent 4 hours on this stupid thing.

Posted by: fd at January 15, 2026 07:09 AM (vFG9F)

87 And the Republican effort to lose the mid-terms continues on as usual...

Wall Street Mav @WallStreetMav

The “Republican” majority backstabbed their voters for the second time tonight.

81 Republicans voted with Democrats to keep funding the National Endowment for Democracy, a left-wing, NGO slush-fund that worked with the Biden administration to censor Americans on the Right.

Elon’s DOGE efforts specifically targeted this organization for defunding and some of the same Republicans who cheered it on for the cameras voted with Democrats to stop it.

X video (00:1

: https://bit.ly/45Wi5GX

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 15, 2026 07:12 AM (P5BPp)

88 Brian Kemp has a solution to fix the traffic problem in Atlanta. More toll roads!

Posted by: fd at January 15, 2026 07:13 AM (vFG9F)

89 I own numerous snow shovels, have two snow blowers and have a plow on my tractor.

I'm how you say, locked and loaded for winter.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 15, 2026 07:14 AM (dUiJm)

90 Regarding Verizon, my iPhone 13 continued to work on 5G while my friends iPhone 16 seated right next to me said SOS only. It was really weird.

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at January 15, 2026 07:15 AM (Hpgos)

91 Pffft...if you were locked and loaded for winter you'd have some neighborhood kids on contract to use those snow tools.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead...Wearing Pants and Working at January 15, 2026 07:16 AM (luW68)

92 Humidity may be nasty, but you don't have to shovel it.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 15, 2026 07:19 AM (2Ez/1)

93 JJ IS UP WITH THE NEWS
NOOD

Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 07:22 AM (i+wP0)

94 If I can get people to question whether "AI" is really "all that", I've done my part.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 15, 2026 05:58 AM (O7YUW)

LLMs are not AI, and they never will be. That is not to say that they don't have their place automating mundane, non-thinking tasks on well-defined data sets and those new instances that fit well within the model and training data, or nearly so such that inferences thereby are reasonably trustworth.

The problem is that there is no reality model or error identification model that can warn of potential risks of trusting the outputs of current LLMs.

So you get people falling into the trap of trying to produce real knowledge/intelligence work like legal briefs using LLMs creating fantasy cites, and the net result is that, instead of AI doing the mundane, non-thinking tasks, it made a knowledge/intelligence work project into a grudging series of mundane, non-thinking tasks such as cite checks and error checking.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder,Disinformation Demon at January 15, 2026 07:23 AM (dK+Kv)

95 Now that the memory drought has dried up supply of DDR5 and the older DDR4 modules alike, DDR3 is next to go.

I accidentally bought extra DD4 in 2024. I am a genius now. You all may worship me now.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 15, 2026 08:50 AM (mlg/3)

Wednesday Overnight Open Thread - January 14, 2026 [TRex]

Good evening Horde. The time has come for mid-week shenanigans of the post-cafe overnight variety.

Welcome to the Wednesday night ONT which means another edition of random overnight fun and games. Pull up a chair and sit a spell. Good will offerings of amusing puns are happily accepted. Pants are optional. Be nice to your fellow commenters and AoS contributors.

Lots of lists in this one, so buckle up!

[Top photo: No knowledge other than the bike is an Indian Four. I just like the photo.]

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The Official 2026 Wednesday ONT Prediction Challenge

Feeling confident about telling the future? The Official 2025 Wednesday ONT Prediction Challenge seemed to work out well, so let's do it again.

Same format as before with two segments. One for financial metrics and one for events. You choose whether to pick one or participate in one or both.

Post your guesses in the comments tonight or submit your answers to me via email (moronhobbies at protonmail dot com).

Financial metrics - levels as of Dec 31, 2026 (provide a number for each:
- S&P 500 (currently 6926.6)
- Price of Silver (per ounce) (currently 93.185)
- Bitcoin (USD 96,654.94 today)
- 9mm ammo (per blackbasin) ($0.20 per round today)
- Average nationwide cost for a regular grade gallon of gas ($2.840 per AAA today)
- Average cost for a gallon of regular grade gas in California ($4.21 per AAA today)
- Lowest price for a one-way adult flight from Denver to Orlando on Southwest Airlines if you buy 2 weeks in advance ($159 today)
- Total TSA airport passenger volume for 2026 (2025 number is 88,614,614)
- Median price for a 2 bedroom apartment in Austin (per latest Zumper data available) ($2,000 today)
- Price of Buffalo Trace Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey (750ml on Total Wine website with location set to Knoxville, TN) ($34.99 today)
- TSLA stock price ($439.14 today)
- Brent Crude Oil (65.06 per barrel today)

Will the following events take place by the end of 2026? Yes or no.
- Tim Walz indicted?
- Agreement to bring Greenland under US control in some form (such as a territory)?
- Regime change in Cuba?
- Another Government budget shutdown?
- More than six SpaceX Starship launches
- SpaceX IPO announced (direct to public market, not through another company)?
- Russia/Ukraine cease fire agreement?
- Jerome Powell leaves as Fed Chair before his term ends in May 2026?
- Democratic control of the House after mid-term elections?
- More than 14 earthquakes of magnitude 7.0 globally?
- At least one Supreme Court Justice leaves the bench or announces their intent to step down?
- Over the past four winter Olympic games, the US has averaged about 28 medals. Will the US win more than average in the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics?

Winners get their pick of items from the Club ONT lost and found box and the admiration of the Horde.

Best wishes!

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Horde shopping - not new, but still worth a giggle. Ace Hardware in Midland, Michigan. The bakery next door partners with the hardware store to sell pastries.

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U-Haul Growth Index: Texas Back on Top as No. 1 Growth State of 2025

Texas and Florida lead the list of in-migration states on the U-Haul Growth Index analyzing one-way customer transactions during 2025, while California ranks last with the greatest out-migration number for the sixth consecutive year.
Texas reclaims the title of No. 1 U-Haul growth state for the seventh time in 10 years. It climbs one spot from its previous ranking behind South Carolina, which slides four spots after being the leading growth state for 2024.
Florida, North Carolina and Tennessee follow Texas as prime destinations. It's the same top five from 2024 and 2023, although in a different order.
The top 10 also includes Washington, Arizona, Idaho, Alabama and Georgia.

Top 15:
1. TEXAS
2. FLORIDA
3. NORTH CAROLINA
4. TENNESSEE
5. SOUTH CAROLINA
6. WASHINGTON
7. ARIZONA
8. IDAHO
9. ALABAMA
10. GEORGIA
11. OREGON
12. MONTANA
13. ARKANSAS
14. OKLAHOMA
15. MAINE

Bottom 15:
36. VIRGINIA
37. KANSAS
38. NORTH DAKOTA
39. NEBRASKA
40. RHODE ISLAND
41. MICHIGAN
42. CONNECTICUT
43. OHIO
44. PENNSYLVANIA
45. MARYLAND
46. MASSACHUSETTS
47. NEW YORK
48. NEW JERSEY
49. ILLINOIS
50. CALIFORNIA

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RIP

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Never heard this tradition before:

I never knew this, but the Habsburgs have a very cool �knocking� ritual for burying their emperors pic.twitter.com/rDlp8okRhc
— Become A Saint (@BeSaintly) January 10, 2026

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Weekly commenter stats for week of 01-13-2026

AoSHQ Commenter Statistics:
Number of posts: 91
Number of comments: 29155
Number of unique hashes: 1934

Top 10 commenters:
1 [755 comments] 'whig' [107.26 posts/day]
2 [495 comments] 'rickb223 '
3 [486 comments] 'Boss Moss'
4 [471 comments] 'TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen'
5 [451 comments] 'man'
6 [437 comments] 'Axeman'
7 [399 comments] 'Aetius451AD work phone'
8 [391 comments] 'I used to have a different nic'
9 [320 comments] '18-1'
10 [305 comments] 'Nordic Interiors'

Top 10 sockpuppeteers:
1 [300 names] 'Nordic Interiors' [42.62 unique names/day]
2 [148 names] 'Fuck the Constitution, right?'
3 [116 names] 'Quarter Twenty '
4 [50 names] 'Duncanthrax'
5 [48 names] 'Count de Monet'
6 [43 names] 'Genial late Nite bartender Miklos'
7 [40 names] 'fd'
8 [39 names] 'Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison'
9 [39 names] 'The Grateful - Acta Non Verba'
10 [35 names] 'pookysgirl, fighting Lil Pooky for control of the laptop'

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The Pittsburgh police scanner keeps giving. Thank you people of Pittsburgh!

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April Wine for the big ONT finish.

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Written correspondence can be sent to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com. Are you lurking ?? Airspace over the ONT is temporarily restricted. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Posted by: Open Blogger at 10:00 PM

Comments

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1 There will come a day, perhaps soon.

Posted by: mindful webworker - world full of heroes and villains at January 14, 2026 10:00 PM (FMpsC)

2 Meow

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at January 14, 2026 10:00 PM (w3u3d)

3 Yay, ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 14, 2026 10:01 PM (lUFok)

4 CHICKEN RANCH
youtube.com/shorts/_Yoze3xAq_M

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 10:01 PM (y79kU)

5 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 14, 2026 10:01 PM (cYBz/)

6 The people in Pittsburgh seem nice.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 14, 2026 10:03 PM (n4Qav)

7 Let the Indian V. Harley debates commence~!

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 14, 2026 10:06 PM (mlg/3)

8 I never make January predictions. I always wait until February.

Posted by: Lucy Van Pelt at January 14, 2026 10:06 PM (uQesX)

9 read the content

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at January 14, 2026 10:06 PM (FTdBq)

10 Horde shopping - not new, but still worth a giggle. Ace Hardware in Midland, Michigan.

"I need some string for my weedwhacker, a box of .22LR, and two cinnamon rolls."

'Murrica.

Posted by: mikeski at January 14, 2026 10:07 PM (nhCoE)

11 >CHICKEN RANCH

Missing the soundtrack
youtu.be/y20JwH3rwT0

Posted by: gKWVE at January 14, 2026 10:07 PM (gKWVE)

12 Top pic almost looks like that fake Hackberry photo.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 14, 2026 10:07 PM (uQesX)

13 Winners get their pick of items from the Club ONT lost and found box and the admiration of the Horde.

I don't know if the Morons really want one of their number to be lording his used water bottle over everyone else.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 14, 2026 10:08 PM (COQGW)

14 Thanks for another mighty Wednesday Night ONT, T-Rex!

Ah, the Pittsburgh scanner... just when you think those fine folks have hit peak crazy, they demonstrate that they are just getting started!

One of our local area Ace stores features flavored popcorn. The caramel is my current favorite.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 14, 2026 10:08 PM (kB9dk)

15 Good evening Dino🦖!

RIP Scott Adams❣👃👃A great man!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 14, 2026 10:08 PM (LNeRu)

16 Prediction? Liberals will piss me off.

Posted by: Some Rat at January 14, 2026 10:09 PM (TfUTr)

17 Oh dear….we really need to get the information out about alligators in Alabama. Maybe I can outsource this to the Penguin Facts team.

Posted by: Piper at January 14, 2026 10:09 PM (OoFl2)

18 I like to rock also!

Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at January 14, 2026 10:10 PM (pscAN)

19 Interesting that the station was apparently selling both Shell and Texaco products.

That's not something you often see nowadays.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 14, 2026 10:10 PM (IG3/x)

20 Howdy all, whatzup?

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at January 14, 2026 10:10 PM (55Qr6)

21 Rat you bastard!
How the heck are you?

Posted by: Winston AKA Pops at January 14, 2026 10:10 PM (JeN+l)

22 The payoff on the knocking ritual video was ...weak.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 14, 2026 10:11 PM (COQGW)

23 Nice ONT, TRex! Thanks.

Washington and Maine in the top states? Confusing.

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 14, 2026 10:11 PM (47diA)

24 {{{COMountainMarie}}}

Scott Adams excelled at giving people tools to analyze the world and how to think better.

Plus, his humor was funny and spot-on.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 10:11 PM (u82oZ)

25 That last Pittsburgh Scanner - did the caller want help avoiding or marrying the ghost?

These days, anything is possible.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 14, 2026 10:12 PM (S/Y4j)

26 The closest you can get to a bike like the one pictured today is a Royal Enfield.

Most bike manufacturers make big ugly bikes.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 14, 2026 10:12 PM (XV/Pl)

27 Pittsburgh has a guy being annoyed by a magician, and another guy getting felt up by a ghost. Oh, how the mighty have fallen. Mandrake the Magician is working the streets, and Phantom has become a deviant. Lothar is probably a stunt d*ck for Dwayne Johnson.

Posted by: Orson at January 14, 2026 10:13 PM (dIske)

28 And no offense to our Washington rons and ettes! Just an observation.

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 14, 2026 10:13 PM (47diA)

29 That is an awesome photo. I would frame and hang in a prominent place in the house.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 10:14 PM (KDPiq)

30 Prediction? Liberals will piss me off.
Posted by: Some Rat
*********
Rat! where have you been, we were just about to send out a search party to see if you were ok!

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at January 14, 2026 10:14 PM (IQ6Gq)

31 One of my best-remembered Dilbert strips was (I think) a very early one. The pointy-haired boss consults Dilbert because his mouse was all the way to the right of the mousepad, but he needed the cursor to go further right. As I recall, Dilbert explained that the boss needed to buy a new computer and put it to the right of the current one…

I actually could relate. First time I used a mouse, it did take me a beat to realize how to deal with that situation.

Posted by: mindful webworker - long long ago in the ancient days of you're at January 14, 2026 10:14 PM (FMpsC)

32 Rat you bastard!
How the heck are you?
Posted by: Winston AKA Pops

Doing well, hit a bit of a rough patch, but improving.

Posted by: Some Rat at January 14, 2026 10:14 PM (TfUTr)

33 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 14, 2026 10:14 PM (sAmhv)

34 5. SOUTH CAROLINA
6. WASHINGTON
7. ARIZONA

Who the hell is moving to Washington? Most be the Ohio refugees. Or the Californians looking for another place to screw up.

I have news. You are too late!

Posted by: Pete Bog at January 14, 2026 10:14 PM (V5Xvl)

35 Washington has no state income tax

Posted by: Wally at January 14, 2026 10:15 PM (0e5Te)

36 18 I like to rock also!

Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at January 14, 2026 10:10 PM
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Just curious... How many ways are there to Rock?

Posted by: TRex - numerical dino at January 14, 2026 10:15 PM (IQ6Gq)

37 Will the following events take place by the end of 2026? Yes or no.
- Tim Walz indicted? No
- Agreement to bring Greenland under US control in some form (such as a territory)? Yes
- Regime change in Cuba? Yes
- Another Government budget shutdown? Yes
- More than six SpaceX Starship launches? Yes
- SpaceX IPO announced (direct to public market, not through another company)? Yes
- Russia/Ukraine cease fire agreement? No
- Jerome Powell leaves as Fed Chair before his term ends in May 2026? No
- Democratic control of the House after mid-term elections? No
- More than 14 earthquakes of magnitude 7.0 globally? No
- At least one Supreme Court Justice leaves the bench or announces their intent to step down? Yes
- Over the past four winter Olympic games, the US has averaged about 28 medals. Will the US win more than average in the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics? No

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at January 14, 2026 10:15 PM (VCgbV)

38 I drove a big-ass U-Haul to Idaho, so's we could escape the hell-hole that is Colorado.

We made the right decision.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 14, 2026 10:15 PM (0aYVJ)

39 Most bike manufacturers make big ugly bikes.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 14, 2026 10:12 PM (XV/Pl)

Most, maybe. But not all:

https://janusmotorcycles.com/

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 14, 2026 10:15 PM (uQesX)

40 The lists make my head hurt...
States....I'm just glad Colorado isn't present. I hope lots and lots and lots of people get right the f'k out of here....

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 14, 2026 10:16 PM (LNeRu)

41 I'm going to go out on a limb here and predict that our lib friends will find a hitherto unknown political position to get behind that will rise to the top of ignorance, classlessness, and immorality.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 14, 2026 10:17 PM (cYBz/)

42 I don't want to be #1 for migration anymore. I don't think it is conservatives fleeing blue states right now.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 10:17 PM (KDPiq)

43 18 I like to rock also!

Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at January 14, 2026 10:10 PM
***
Just curious... How many ways are there to Rock?
Posted by: TRex - numerical dino at January 14, 2026 10:15 PM (IQ6Gq)

Well Capital and lower case to start.

Posted by: Pete Bog at January 14, 2026 10:17 PM (V5Xvl)

44 Glad you're back amongst us, Rat! Get to feeling better!

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 14, 2026 10:17 PM (47diA)

45 Washington has no state income tax
Posted by: Wally

An oversight the dims are feverishly going to "correct".

Posted by: Some Rat at January 14, 2026 10:17 PM (TfUTr)

46 15 Good evening Dino🦖!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 14, 2026 10:08 PM
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Hello COMM! Love your dino emoji!

Posted by: TRex - tech enabled dino at January 14, 2026 10:17 PM (IQ6Gq)

47 I can't tell from the picture, but early (pre late 50's) Indian bikes had optional throttles. The throttle could be on either the left or right grip. The grip on the opposite side controlled the ignition advance. Riding one of those was as busy as a one-armed paper hanger. The side shift required the right hand to come off the throttle or ignition, while the clutch was disengaged by the left foot. For racing, the left throttle was popular to keep the gas on while shifting. The ignition was mainly used when starting and under heavy loads. There was a slight detention around (IIRC) 4 degrees advance. Never had a four, it never came back after WW2. I did have a Chief with the 74ci flathead vtwin. For 3 months, until I wrecked it. You always remember your first.

Posted by: buddhaha at January 14, 2026 10:17 PM (lbb+E)

48 Washington and Maine in the top states? Confusing.
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 14, 2026 10:11 PM (47diA)

_____________________

I kind of wonder if that's a Canadian connection. Both are border states. Washington, in particular, is getting a Nutrien port for Pot Ash distribution. It's supposed to be a $1 Billion project...so chances are Canadians are moving down into that area for future employment. And Canada as a whole is tanking hard.

Posted by: Orson at January 14, 2026 10:17 PM (dIske)

49 - At least one Supreme Court Justice leaves the bench or announces their intent to step down?

Prediction: Ketanji Jackass leaves the Court to pursue her passion making and selling painted ceramic ash trays.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 14, 2026 10:18 PM (COQGW)

50 Good to hear from you rat.
I've not seen you around for a bit.
There is going to be a MOME, you will be there.

Posted by: Winston AKA Pops at January 14, 2026 10:18 PM (JeN+l)

51 Nice Mr. TRex, seems like a well-balanced ONT. And thanks for posting Walls of Shame. Never broke into the Top Ten commenters before (#10), but continue to win Sockpuppet sweepstakes (#1). 42.62 unique names per day does seem excessive. I may have to dial it back some.

Posted by: Fugitive From Board of Mental Health at January 14, 2026 10:18 PM (oftw2)

52 My Tim Walz prediction is that he flees to West Taiwan before he can be arrested. His family may not be invited to join him.

He reminds of this movie clip (Chicken Ranch tie-in), just not as smart or good looking.

https://youtu.be/AALREbJZEZk

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 14, 2026 10:18 PM (S/Y4j)

53 Financial metrics - levels as of Dec 31, 2026
8419.3
82.28
96,654.94
0.20
2.45
7.95

164
93,416,416
2080
33.99
449.14
59.66

Posted by: mikeski at January 14, 2026 10:18 PM (nhCoE)

54 Will the following events take place by the end of 2026?
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No

No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes

Posted by: mikeski at January 14, 2026 10:18 PM (nhCoE)

55 Posted by: Pete Bog at January 14, 2026 10:14 PM (V5Xvl)

I think it is Californians.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 10:18 PM (KDPiq)

56 {{{Salty}}}❣❣❣!!!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 14, 2026 10:20 PM (LNeRu)

57 Texas is full. South Carolina is full. If you come in a uhaul, you better check your expectations and attitudes at the state line. We don't care how you did it in Cali or New York, or that you can't get fresh bagels. Suck it up. Eat a biscuit or breakfast taco. And be nice.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 14, 2026 10:22 PM (n4Qav)

58 I think it is Californians.

A few years back, I was residing temporarily in Tyler, TX. When I registered my truck, I asked the lady what "kind" of Californians were moving in. She said the majority seemed to be conservative, leaving CA for that reason.

I think around Austin, Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, the answer may be otherwise.

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 14, 2026 10:22 PM (47diA)

59 14 Thanks for another mighty Wednesday Night ONT, T-Rex!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 14, 2026 10:08 PM
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You're welcome. Good evening to you!

Posted by: TRex - pedestrian dino at January 14, 2026 10:23 PM (IQ6Gq)

60 Evening.

If any among the Horde has an iPhone and hasn't updated to IOS 26?

Don't.

Posted by: Robert at January 14, 2026 10:23 PM (ZenXW)

61 Very cool top picture. The indian 4 was interesting.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 14, 2026 10:23 PM (snZF9)

62 No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No

Posted by: Piper at January 14, 2026 10:23 PM (OoFl2)

63 Will the following events take place by the end of 2026? Yes or no.
- Tim Walz indicted? (Yes)
- Agreement to bring Greenland under US control in some form (such as a territory)? (No)
- Regime change in Cuba? (Yes)
- Another Government budget shutdown? (Yes)
- More than six SpaceX Starship launches (No)
- SpaceX IPO announced (direct to public market, not through another company)? (No)
- Russia/Ukraine cease fire agreement? (No)
- Jerome Powell leaves as Fed Chair before his term ends in May 2026? (Yes)
- Democratic control of the House after mid-term elections? (Yes)
- More than 14 earthquakes of magnitude 7.0 globally? (In a year? No)
- At least one Supreme Court Justice leaves the bench or announces their intent to step down? (Yes, dies)
- Over the past four winter Olympic games, the US has averaged about 28 medals. Will the US win more than average in the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics? (They won't go)

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2026 10:24 PM (NwnyJ)

64 I'm here
I'm not queer
Get used to it

Apparently another shooting in the land of mutant militant lesbos again. Unconfirmed. So says the NY Post.

They are going to keep doing this. Altho I belive President Trump is a great multi-tasker, he has other fish to fry in Iran currently. This is on the back whiffle ball burner. Soon, Walzie. Soon.

I have to wonder how many illegals ICE captures and then has to beat off ugly pierced lesbians. If they are clinging to their precious Somolians I just say take them, too. Send them all to Somolia. The lesbos can get to know them better and no one will miss either.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 14, 2026 10:24 PM (WONhk)

65 Eat a biscuit or breakfast taco. And be nice.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 14, 2026 10:22 PM (n4Qav)

Jill Biden was right on about the breakfast tacos.

Posted by: Robert at January 14, 2026 10:24 PM (ZenXW)

66 Good to hear from you rat.
I've not seen you around for a bit.
There is going to be a MOME, you will be there.
Posted by: Winston AKA Pops

Heh! I got diverticulitis, which of course led to having to get THAT procedure, THEN the flu and topped off with bursitis in my hip. The upside? I got some serious pain meds out of the deal...And you better believe I'll be at our MoMe and Texas!

Posted by: Some Rat at January 14, 2026 10:24 PM (TfUTr)

67 Good evening morons И спасибо, Дино.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 10:25 PM (RIvkX)

68
Youngest son lives in Port Townsend WA. He has been there for 15 years. He loves it up there.

He has no use for the rest of the state.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 14, 2026 10:25 PM (3ek7K)

69 no no no no, no no no no no, no no, no no - nobody can do the shingaling like I do . . . . . . .

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 14, 2026 10:25 PM (47diA)

70 Add whiskey to that Ace in Midland and that'd just about be the perfect store. Also, very happy to have contributed to both U-Haul lists, leaving 36 (VA) for 9 (AL). Ok, so it was PODS and not U-Haul, but same difference.

Posted by: Patches at January 14, 2026 10:26 PM (jofRv)

71 66 Posted by: Some Rat at January 14, 2026 10:24 PM
***
Yikes. Good to have you back. We saved a seat for you.

Posted by: TRex - Doctor Dino at January 14, 2026 10:26 PM (IQ6Gq)

72 Can one really buy 9MM ammo for $.20? Surprising it's that low.

And my state (NC) is #3 for Yankee Incoming. And we have no moose to stand out front with a Full Up sign.

Posted by: oldnorthstate at January 14, 2026 10:26 PM (oftw2)

73 The Hapsburg Knocking Tradition is quite something. The Austrian gentleman recounting it was correct, it is the perfect last sermon one could preach. Thanks for discovering this, TRex, I really appreciate it.

Almost as much as the Pittsburgh Scanner

Posted by: Charles II of Spain and his big big jaw at January 14, 2026 10:27 PM (wLjpr)

74 I don't want to be #1 for migration anymore. I don't think it is conservatives fleeing blue states right now.
Posted by: Opinion fact

It's Somolies who used up their benefits and welcome in other states. And other welfare gypsies too.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2026 10:27 PM (/lPRQ)

75 Washington has no state income tax
Posted by: Wally
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Yeah, and wait until those migrants buy a new car and licence it!

Posted by: buddhaha at January 14, 2026 10:27 PM (lbb+E)

76 Luckily for most of us in Tennessee, many, if not most of the new transplants and refugees are moving to Knoxville, Nashville and Chattanooga. Traffic there already sucks bigly so they feel pretty much at home.

We still have newbies around here that bitch at the lack of 'fine dining'. We just got our first standalone Starbucks so quit yer bitchen'.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 14, 2026 10:27 PM (cYBz/)

77 Pittsburgh Scanner
East Liberty. North Negley Ave. Caller says he is trying to park but some magician outside keeps trying to talk to him.

Shadyside. South Aiken Ave. Caller said that a ghost just felt him up. Caller wants to meet with PD to talk about options.

"Hey! Hey!! Give me a lift to South Aiken. The spirit I summoned got away, and I wasn't..... done yet."

Posted by: Magician with a poorly-concealed erection at January 14, 2026 10:27 PM (nhCoE)

78 No knowledge other than the bike is an Indian Four
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Good photo, I'd hang it.

Odd's on, there is an Indianologist in the house.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 10:27 PM (y79kU)

79 Rat!

You bastard!

Where the hell have you been? We saved many a space and had many a drink go warm and flat waiting for you.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 14, 2026 10:28 PM (IhIKR)

80 70
Posted by: Patches at January 14, 2026 10:26 PM
***
Good evening! I was thinking of you today in light of current events.

Posted by: TRex - afterburner dino at January 14, 2026 10:28 PM (IQ6Gq)

81 💕💕💕Rat!❣❣!
Been missin' you darlin'!!!

Come on over here...we got alka-seltzer🤪

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 14, 2026 10:29 PM (LNeRu)

82 I am wondering if maybe the top photo was staged at a historical site or private collection, perhaps? Bike and pickup are almost impossibly shiny, and the "service station" has pumps for two competing oil companies.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 14, 2026 10:29 PM (8zz6B)

83
Well, that was fun. Just got back from the ER. Posting thread before last, after my last post about Iran, I noticed I was feeling sort of jumpy, like an adrenaline rush. Noticed my heart seemed to be beating fast. Put the pulse oximeter on. Heart rate 150ish.

So, off to the ER Miley and I went. On the way over, heart rate dropped to the 120ish level. Was 110 when I got in there. BP was 160/95. Lots of blood work. EKG normal, heart rate had calmed down to 90.

Everything looked normal. Did notice a couple of skipped beat sensations during all that. Doc referred me to cardiologist, thinks "something is going on".

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 10:30 PM (w6EFb)

84 - S&P 500 (currently 6926.6) 7721
- Price of Silver (per ounce) (currently 93.185) 82.025
- Bitcoin (USD 96,654.94 today) 74,132.50
- 9mm ammo (per blackbasin) ($0.20 per round today) 0.20
- Average nationwide cost for a regular grade gallon of gas ($2.840 per AAA today) 2.91
- Average cost for a gallon of regular grade gas in California ($4.21 per AAA today) 4.26
- Lowest price for a one-way adult flight from Denver to Orlando on Southwest Airlines if you buy 2 weeks in advance ($159 today) $169
- Total TSA airport passenger volume for 2026 (2025 number is 88,614,614) 91,500,000
- Median price for a 2 bedroom apartment in Austin (per latest Zumper data available) ($2,000 today)$2,150
- Price of Buffalo Trace Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey (750ml on Total Wine website with location set to Knoxville, TN) ($34.99 today)34.99
- TSLA stock price ($439.14 today) 375.00
- Brent Crude Oil (65.06 per barrel today)59.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at January 14, 2026 10:30 PM (R86kT)

85 Yikes. Good to have you back. We saved a seat for you.
Posted by: TRex - Doctor Dino

Ahhhhh, thank you! (places soft pillow on chair...)

Posted by: Some Rat at January 14, 2026 10:30 PM (TfUTr)

86 Bike and pickup are almost impossibly shiny, and the "service station" has pumps for two competing oil companies.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Speaking of that - remember when some gas pumps had the little orange balls in a glass globe that spun when filling up?

Posted by: Tonypete at January 14, 2026 10:31 PM (cYBz/)

87 72 Can one really buy 9MM ammo for $.20? Surprising it's that low.

Posted by: oldnorthstate at January 14, 2026 10:26 PM
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Yeah, same thought here which is why I included the source. Don't know what's behind the data.

Posted by: TRex - Ace hardware donut dino at January 14, 2026 10:31 PM (IQ6Gq)

88 Saw a post on a Minnesota site saying ICE tried to detain a Venezuelan who ran from them. Caught him near a house where some more people came out to accost ICE. A round was fired, striking the perp in the leg. The bad man ran into a house. ICE stepped aside for some other federal agents, I don't know whom. Still ongoing, as far as I know.

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 14, 2026 10:31 PM (47diA)

89 Will the following events take place by the end of 2026? Yes or no.
- Tim Walz indicted? No
- Agreement to bring Greenland under US control in some form (such as a territory)? No
- Regime change in Cuba? No
- Another Government budget shutdown? Yes
- More than six SpaceX Starship launches Yes
- SpaceX IPO announced (direct to public market, not through another company)? No
- Russia/Ukraine cease fire agreement? No
- Jerome Powell leaves as Fed Chair before his term ends in May 2026? No
- Democratic control of the House after mid-term elections? Yes
- More than 14 earthquakes of magnitude 7.0 globally? No
- At least one Supreme Court Justice leaves the bench or announces their intent to step down? No
- Over the past four winter Olympic games, the US has averaged about 28 medals. Will the US win more than average in the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics? Under

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at January 14, 2026 10:31 PM (R86kT)

90 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 14, 2026 10:31 PM (SRRAx)

91 People are leaving Kansas.
Or College students and military moves inflate the numbers leaving.
Our local area of 130,000 is the fourth largest metro area in Kansas. This includes Manhattan and Junction City.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 10:31 PM (u82oZ)

92

Where we live in rural Wyoming there is no fine dining, not much dining places.

Starbucks? Drive on hour one way or almost two hours the other way.

We drink real coffee here in the sticks.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 14, 2026 10:32 PM (3ek7K)

93 - Tim Walz indicted? - YES
- Agreement to bring Greenland under US control in some form (such as a territory)? - YES
- Regime change in Cuba? - YES
- Another Government budget shutdown? - YES
- More than six SpaceX Starship launches - YES
- SpaceX IPO announced (direct to public market, not through another company)? - NO
- Russia/Ukraine cease fire agreement? - YES
- Jerome Powell leaves as Fed Chair before his term ends in May 2026? - NO
- Democratic control of the House after mid-term elections? - NO
- More than 14 earthquakes of magnitude 7.0 globally? - NO
- At least one Supreme Court Justice leaves the bench or announces their intent to step down? - YES
- Over the past four winter Olympic games, the US has averaged about 28 medals. Will the US win more than average in the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics? - YES

Posted by: RickZ at January 14, 2026 10:32 PM (gKDq2)

94 NY times Headline: Federal Agent Shoots Immigrant in Minneapolis, Homeland Security Says.

This happened about anh hour ago. What the New York times left out of the headline is the immigrant is an illegal alien from Venezuela. He was being arrested for being in the country illegally and while beging arrested began to violently assault the arresting ice officer. Shortly after this, two other perps joined in and began beating the ice officer with a snow shovel and a club. The officer at this point defended himself and with his firearm and ended up shooting the illegal alien in the leg. The officer and the illegal are in the hospital and the other two perps are arrested.

Fox Live Now News Is broadcasting live from the scene.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 14, 2026 10:32 PM (HTCU3)

95 Financial metrics - levels as of Dec 31, 2026 (provide a number for each:
- S&P 500 7500
- Price of Silver (per ounce) 110 USD
- Bitcoin (USD 96,654.94 today) 80,000 USD
- 9mm ammo (per blackbasin) ($0.20 per round today) 0.20 USD
- Average nationwide cost for a regular grade gallon of gas 2.10 USD
- Average cost for a gallon of regular grade gas in California 5.75 USD
- Lowest price for a one-way adult flight from Denver to Orlando on Southwest Airlines if you buy 2 weeks in advance 179 USD
- Total TSA airport passenger volume for 2026 92.0 Million
- Median price for a 2 bedroom apartment in Austin (per latest Zumper data available) 1850 USD
- Price of Buffalo Trace Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey (750ml on Total Wine website with location set to Knoxville, TN) 40 USD
- TSLA stock price 580 USD
- Brent Crude Oil 49 USD

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 10:32 PM (RIvkX)

96
I thought it might be a reaction to the TNF blocker infusion I get for the RA. I had shingles back in Nov, and so skipped the infusion, and it's thus been 4 months since the last one. Rheumatologist retired this year, and I had to get in with a new practice, and they finally got set up to do the infusion today, which I did around 4PM.

So, I wondered if maybe it was some crazy start after stopping for a while reaction. That stuff does have some association with heart problems, but I'd been taking it for years with no problems. RA itself long term does have heart effects.

So, there you go. Doc didn't think it was a reaction, just maybe coincidental. Anyway, they'll likely put me on some sort of monitor for a while and see if they see anything funny going on.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 10:33 PM (w6EFb)

97 Ill take 2 glazed, a long john w/custard and a Binelli 12 gauge please

Posted by: a dude in MI at January 14, 2026 10:33 PM (+I6Y/)

98 Nice Mr. TRex, seems like a well-balanced ONT. And thanks for posting Walls of Shame. Never broke into the Top Ten commenters before (#10), but continue to win Sockpuppet sweepstakes (#1). 42.62 unique names per day does seem excessive. I may have to dial it back some.

Posted by: Fugitive From Board of Mental Health at January 14, 2026 10:18 PM (oftw2)

Do you have a regular nickname? I've got you filed away mentally as "that guy who has a new sock for every post." Or "oftw2" for short.

Posted by: mikeski at January 14, 2026 10:33 PM (nhCoE)

99 - Price of Buffalo Trace Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey (750ml on Total Wine website with location set to Knoxville, TN) ($34.99 today)

Heh, the most important economic indicator!

Posted by: pookysgirl prefers vodka at January 14, 2026 10:33 PM (Wt5PA)

100 Will the following events take place by the end of 2026? Yes or no.
- Tim Walz indicted? NO
- Agreement to bring Greenland under US control in some form (such as a territory)? NO
- Regime change in Cuba? YES
- Another Government budget shutdown? YES
- More than six SpaceX Starship launches YES
- SpaceX IPO announced (direct to public market, not through another company)? YES
- Russia/Ukraine cease fire agreement? NO
- Jerome Powell leaves as Fed Chair before his term ends in May 2026? NO
- Democratic control of the House after mid-term elections? YES
- More than 14 earthquakes of magnitude 7.0 globally? NO
- At least one Supreme Court Justice leaves the bench or announces their intent to step down? YES
- Over the past four winter Olympic games, the US has averaged about 28 medals. Will the US win more than average in the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics? YES

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 10:34 PM (RIvkX)

101 I have to concede the two California couples that moved into my community are very conservative and not just California conservative.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 10:34 PM (KDPiq)

102 Still ongoing, as far as I know.
Posted by: LRob in OK

Newsmax reported both ice agent and the illegal in hospital and the 2 dumbshits that used a shovel and broomstick to beat the ice agent are in custody.

Posted by: old chick at January 14, 2026 10:34 PM (F3Dlr)

103 {{{Nurse, Marie}}} Thanks for the spot, Prolly just gonna lurk for awhile. Love you folks!

Posted by: Some Rat at January 14, 2026 10:34 PM (TfUTr)

104 Walz indicted: yes, but conviction I’ll give 50-50 odds.

Greenland: yes

Cuba: yes

Government shutdown: no. This is a House election year, and I think they know the voters are sick of that bullshit

More than six Starships? Yes

SpaceX IPO? Not a chance. Musk isn’t gonna give up that much control, and it’s not like he needs the money.

Russia/Ukraine? Don’t know, don’t care. Wildcard outcome: Poland bites off a good-sized chunk of Ukraine itself, possibly due to reviving the Poland-Lithuania Commonwealth. Ideally this will involve Winged Hussars.

Fed Chair: I think there’s a good chance that the Fed as we know it is gone by the end of the year.

Dem control of House. I don’t think so.

More than 14 magnitude 7.0 quakes? Sure, that’s about an average number, actually (I didn't see anything about doing research... if that wasn't supposed to happen...Oh, well. I cheated on this one)

Supreme Court Justice stepping down? Depends on the results of the midterms. If the Republicans have solid control of the Senate afterward, I could see Thomas retiring. Otherwise, no.

Olympic medals: no clue. Silly wild-assed guess: yes.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 14, 2026 10:34 PM (IG3/x)

105 Thanks for the more complete info, Alteria!

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 14, 2026 10:35 PM (47diA)

106 Finances

S&P 500: 7600
Price of Silver (per ounce): $120
Bitcoin (USD): $150000
9mm ammo (per round): 0.25
Average nationwide cost for a regular grade gallon of gas: $2.95
Average cost for a gallon of regular grade gas in California: $6.00
Lowest price for a one-way adult flight from Denver to Orlando on Southwest Airlines if you buy 2 weeks in advance: $170
Total TSA airport passenger volume for 2026: 93,000,000
Median price for a 2 bedroom apartment in Austin $1950
Price of Buffalo Trace Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey (750ml on Total Wine website with location set to Knoxville, TN): $35
TSLA stock price: $500
Brent Crude Oil (per barrel): $58

Posted by: Piper at January 14, 2026 10:35 PM (OoFl2)

107 Good photo, I'd hang it.

Odd's on, there is an Indianologist in the house.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 10:27 PM (y79kU)

Wouldn't be me. I know some things, but not like I know harley. The indian 4 was actually originally designed and built by Ace motorcycles, Indian bought them out and the 4 was an Ace design, but indian kept trying to improve it and fiddled with some things over the years. They stopped making them in the really early 40's. If I remember right indian ended up hiring one of Ace's engineers to help with the tinkering. It was an IOE engine, Intake over exhaust. I don't remember when but they tried to reverse that and build it as an exhaust over intake, and it ended up as a ball burner to anybody who rode it, so it failed and they returned to the original configuration. Kind of why I said it was interesting.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 14, 2026 10:35 PM (snZF9)

108 Will the following events take place by the end of 2026? Yes or no.
- Tim Walz indicted? Yes
- Agreement to bring Greenland under US control in some form (such as a territory)? Yes
- Regime change in Cuba?Yes
- Another Government budget shutdown? Yes!
- More than six SpaceX Starship launches No
- SpaceX IPO announced (direct to public market, not through another company)? No
- Russia/Ukraine cease fire agreement? No
- Jerome Powell leaves as Fed Chair before his term ends in May 2026? No
- Democratic control of the House after mid-term elections? No
- More than 14 earthquakes of magnitude 7.0 globally? No
- At least one Supreme Court Justice leaves the bench or announces their intent to step down? Yes
- Over the past four winter Olympic games, the US has averaged about 28 medals. Will the US win more than average in the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics? No

Posted by: Old Fossil at January 14, 2026 10:36 PM (oftw2)

109 90 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 14, 2026 10:31 PM
***
Hello Teresa!

Posted by: TRex - dino likes cake at January 14, 2026 10:36 PM (IQ6Gq)

110 I am wondering if maybe the top photo was staged at a historical site or private collection, perhaps? Bike and pickup are almost impossibly shiny, and the "service station" has pumps for two competing oil companies.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 14, 2026 10:29 PM (8zz6B)

Yeah, like that Hackberry photo that looks vintage, but recent drivebys show the same items out front. Faked.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 14, 2026 10:36 PM (uQesX)

111 ugh, off hideous sock!

Posted by: moki at January 14, 2026 10:37 PM (wLjpr)

112 Indian 4!!

Posted by: DBCooper at January 14, 2026 10:37 PM (eN7jM)

113 Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 10:31 PM (u82o

If they had any decent , reasonably priced missile silos still left I would have considered a move to Kansas. One of my dreams as a young adult.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 10:38 PM (KDPiq)

114 Despite my good 2025 showing, I am not going to do the economic section for 2026. Too many variables, as my chemistry professor grandpa would say.

For the "Events, dear boy, Events" section:

- Tim Walz indicted? Yes
- Agreement to bring Greenland under US control in some form (such as a territory)? Yes
- Regime change in Cuba? Yes
- Another Government budget shutdown? No
- More than six SpaceX Starship launches Yes
- SpaceX IPO announced (direct to public market, not through another company)? Yes
- Russia/Ukraine cease fire agreement? Da (Yes)
- Jerome Powell leaves as Fed Chair before his term ends in May 2026? No
- Democratic control of the House after mid-term elections? No
- More than 14 earthquakes of magnitude 7.0 globally? Please NO!
- At least one Supreme Court Justice leaves the bench or announces their intent to step down? No
- Over the past four winter Olympic games, the US has averaged about 28 medals. Will the US win more than average in the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics? No

Posted by: prognosticating pookysgirl at January 14, 2026 10:38 PM (Wt5PA)

115 Financial metrics levels as of Dec 31, 2026 (provide a number for each:
S&P 500 (currently 6926.6)
7500
Price of Silver (per ounce) (currently 93.185)
150
Bitcoin (USD 96,654.94 today)
It'll be up and down all year, ending at 100k
9mm ammo (per blackbasin) ($0.20 per round today)
.50/round
Average nationwide cost for a regular grade gallon of gas ($2.840 per AAA today)
same
Average cost for a gallon of regular grade gas in California ($4.21 per AAA today)
$5.50
Lowest price for a one-way adult flight from Denver to Orlando on Southwest Airlines if you buy 2 weeks in advance ($159 today)
$210
Total TSA airport passenger volume for 2026 (2025 number is 88,614,614)
90M
Median price for a 2 bedroom apartment in Austin (per latest Zumper data available) ($2,000 today)
$2250
Price of Buffalo Trace Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey (750ml on Total Wine website with location set to Knoxville, TN) ($34.99 today)
$40
TSLA stock price ($439.14 today)
$600
Brent Crude Oil (65.06 per barrel today)
$70

Posted by: Cave Johnson at January 14, 2026 10:39 PM (BGygK)

116 ugh, off hideous sock!
Posted by: moki at January 14, 2026 10:37 PM (wLjpr)

Which sock?

Posted by: Sub-Commander Vella at January 14, 2026 10:40 PM (uQesX)

117 Will the following events take place by the end of 2026? Yes or no.
- Tim Walz indicted? YES
- Agreement to bring Greenland under US control in some form (such as a territory)? YES
- Regime change in Cuba? YES
- Another Government budget shutdown? Oh, YES
- More than six SpaceX Starship launches. YES
- SpaceX IPO announced (direct to public market, not through another company)? NO
- Russia/Ukraine cease fire agreement? YES
- Jerome Powell leaves as Fed Chair before his term ends in May 2026? NO
- Democratic control of the House after mid-term elections? NO
- More than 14 earthquakes of magnitude 7.0 globally? NO
- At least one Supreme Court Justice leaves the bench or announces their intent to step down? YES
- Over the past four winter Olympic games, the US has averaged about 28 medals. Will the US win more than average in the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics? NO

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 14, 2026 10:41 PM (n4Qav)

118 Publius, good idea to have it checked out. Hoping everything continues to be normal.

Posted by: Joemarine at January 14, 2026 10:41 PM (y171U)

119 I'm not real knowledgeable on Indians though I have learned a lot about them and other early American motorcycle manufacturers from watching American Pickers. Mike and Frank (RIP) knew a whole lot about all motorcycles and Mike is an Indian expert.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 10:42 PM (KDPiq)

120 That sounds like a lot Rat. Glad you are here.

Now if we could find Stateless…

Posted by: Piper at January 14, 2026 10:42 PM (OoFl2)

121 Stateless. I hope he is okay.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 14, 2026 10:43 PM (n4Qav)

122 Minnesota Governor Tim Walz gave a speech live to address the ongoing "chaos" in the Minneapolis. What he skipped is Minnesota is attempting to nullify, with a minty aftertaste of insurrection, the Federal government's absolute right to enforce federal law. He also skipped over the massive fraud his administration, at a minimum, ignored.

https://youtu.be/VWVbtJQB3xk?t=512

Posted by: Tis the Season at January 14, 2026 10:43 PM (HTCU3)

123 Here's hoping it was just a temporary glitch, Publius.

I'm glad you took it seriously enough to go get it checked out, though.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 14, 2026 10:44 PM (IG3/x)

124 114
Ditto

Posted by: MAC V SOG at January 14, 2026 10:44 PM (P4Pk9)

125
- Tim Walz indicted? Yes
- Agreement to bring Greenland under US control in some form (such as a territory)? No
- Regime change in Cuba? Yes
- Another Government budget shutdown? No
- More than six SpaceX Starship launches No
- SpaceX IPO announced (direct to public market, not through another company)? No
- Russia/Ukraine cease fire agreement? Yes
- Jerome Powell leaves as Fed Chair before his term ends in May 2026? No
- Democratic control of the House after mid-term elections? No
- More than 14 earthquakes of magnitude 7.0 globally? Yes
- At least one Supreme Court Justice leaves the bench or announces their intent to step down? Yes
- Over the past four winter Olympic games, the US has averaged about 28 medals. Will the US win more than average in the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics? No.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 10:44 PM (u82oZ)

126 Hi TRex! Yeah, I think "man I want to go back in with all the cool new things " and then I look in the mirror, and reality gives me the hard cold slap across the face. Major kudos to my old community, and all the others out there.

Posted by: Patches at January 14, 2026 10:45 PM (jofRv)

127 Anyway, they'll likely put me on some sort of monitor for a while and see if they see anything funny going on.
Posted by: publius

Those lizards are no joke.

Posted by: Reptile Dysfunction. at January 14, 2026 10:45 PM (oftw2)

128 Will the following events take place by the end of 2026? Yes or no.
- Tim Walz indicted? YES
- Agreement to bring Greenland under US control in some form (such as a territory)? YES
- Regime change in Cuba? No
- Another Government budget shutdown? YES
- More than six SpaceX Starship launches. YES
- SpaceX IPO announced (direct to public market, not through another company)? NO
- Russia/Ukraine cease fire agreement? No
- Jerome Powell leaves as Fed Chair before his term ends in May 2026? Yes, in handcuffs
- Democratic control of the House after mid-term elections? NO
- More than 14 earthquakes of magnitude 7.0 globally? Yes
- At least one Supreme Court Justice leaves the bench or announces their intent to step down? YES, the other justices will trick KJB into signing her resignation letter, to preserve their sanity.
- Over the past four winter Olympic games, the US has averaged about 28 medals. Will the US win more than average in the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics? NO

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 14, 2026 10:46 PM (S/Y4j)

129 Nick Shirley dropped another video exposing Somali fraud. This time he is focused on non emergency medical transportation.

https://youtu.be/zF2a3aTfA9w

Posted by: Tis the Season at January 14, 2026 10:46 PM (HTCU3)

130 Indian bikes were good but hard to start after they were hot

Posted by: MAC V SOG at January 14, 2026 10:46 PM (P4Pk9)

131 is attempting to nullify, with a minty aftertaste of insurrection, the Federal government's absolute right to enforce federal law.

Don't these idiots remember any American history? Seems like we had this type confrontation before, c.1860 or so, and it got solved in favor of the feds. I DO NOT understand their goals.

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 14, 2026 10:46 PM (47diA)

132 S&P 8000 (silly)
Silver 130.00 (also silly)
Bitcoin 160k (yet more silly)
9mm 0.25
Nat. gas/gallon $2.40
CA gas $5.00
Den-Orl 200
TSA 2026 - 78m
Austin aptmt 1500 (rental per month? down due to fewer illegals)
Bourbon $36.99
TSLA $400 (no need with cheaper gas)
Oil $45 (assumes Iran friendly, them and VZ producing and unsanctioned)

Posted by: Methos at January 14, 2026 10:47 PM (vSvIl)

133 5. SOUTH CAROLINA
6. WASHINGTON
7. ARIZONA

Who the hell is moving to Washington? Most be the Ohio refugees. Or the Californians looking for another place to screw up.

I have news. You are too late!
Posted by: Pete Bog at January 14, 2026 10:14 PM (V5Xvl)

***

What Pete said.
If you're coming to Washington, prepare for disappointment.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 14, 2026 10:47 PM (2WIwB)

134 Some good design stuff done.

Also, two weird movies: "Bacurau" and "The Mask." Both very weird, bu8t very worthwhile.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 14, 2026 10:48 PM (CHHv1)

135 More wild-ass guesses based on nothing.

Will the following events take place by the end of 2026? Yes or no.
Tim Walz indicted? No
Agreement to bring Greenland under US control in some form (such as a territory)? No
Regime change in Cuba? No
Another Government budget shutdown? Yes
More than six SpaceX Starship launches Yes
SpaceX IPO announced (direct to public market, not through another company)? No
Russia/Ukraine cease fire agreement? No
Jerome Powell leaves as Fed Chair before his term ends in May 2026? Yes
Democratic control of the House after mid-term elections? Yes
More than 14 earthquakes of magnitude 7.0 globally? Yes and there will be articles in Salon etc. blaming the increased frequency of earthquakes on global warming
At least one Supreme Court Justice leaves the bench or announces their intent to step down? Yes, probably Thomas. Roberts will retire the next time there's a Democrat president.
Over the past four winter Olympic games, the US has averaged about 28 medals. Will the US win more than average in the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics? No, and I predict no medals will be awarded to the US in any sport that has judges.

Posted by: Cave Johnson at January 14, 2026 10:48 PM (BGygK)

136 LRob in OK

The inner party wants power over others.
The useful idiots think they get power by rebelling, but they are pawns.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 10:49 PM (u82oZ)

137 103 {{{Nurse, Marie}}} Thanks for the spot, Prolly just gonna lurk for awhile. Love you folks!

Lurk to your hearts content! As long as you are here sweet Rodent!💗

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 14, 2026 10:49 PM (LNeRu)

138 Ammoseek currently shows 9mm as low as 10 cents a round (not including shipping.) Quality/brand is YMMV.

Southern Munitions has a case of remanufactured (1000 rds) for $135

*shrugs*

Just spent $200 on 3" 12G Coyote loads for a stupid semi-auto AR style shotgun. Stupid me.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2026 10:49 PM (NwnyJ)

139 Predictions? About the future?

Yeah, sure. Plans are ok, but they seldom survive reality.

Predictions are for carnival workers..

Posted by: man at January 14, 2026 10:49 PM (XuXeR)

140 I am wondering if maybe the top photo was staged at a historical site or private collection, perhaps? Bike and pickup are almost impossibly shiny, and the "service station" has pumps for two competing oil companies.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 14, 2026 10:29 PM (8zz6B)

Yeah, like that Hackberry photo that looks vintage, but recent drivebys show the same items out front. Faked.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 14, 2026 10:36 PM (uQesX)

yeah I don't know enough about indian to tell of the image is some AI mashup of indian bikes. It looks like a legit bike, and it seems to have a lot of details found on the earlier 1930s version, like the fenders and exhaust, so it seems consistent in the details, but like I said, not an expert on indians. You barely even see them anymore. The last one I worked on was years ago.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 14, 2026 10:50 PM (snZF9)

141 Best pic I've ever seen posted here.

Posted by: Big Porker at January 14, 2026 10:50 PM (x389x)

142 Have a great night, everyone.

Be blessed.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 10:50 PM (u82oZ)

143 Look at all the optimists around AoS

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 10:51 PM (RIvkX)

144 I have been ogling motorcycles for the last few days because I have convinced myself, for the nth time, I need a new motorcycle. After seeing the photo of the Indian 4 motorcycle above I clearly have no idea what comprises a proper motorcycle. I am ashamed by low level of aspiration.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 14, 2026 10:51 PM (HTCU3)

145 - S&P 500 (currently 6926.6) 7800
- Price of Silver (per ounce) (currently 93.185) 120
- Bitcoin (USD 96,654.94 today) 110,000
- 9mm ammo (per blackbasin) ($0.20 per round today) 0.19
- Average nationwide cost for a regular grade gallon of gas ($2.840 per AAA today) 2.533
- Average cost for a gallon of regular grade gas in California ($4.21 per AAA today) 7.00
- Lowest price for a one-way adult flight from Denver to Orlando on Southwest Airlines if you buy 2 weeks in advance ($159 today) 149
- Total TSA airport passenger volume for 2026 (2025 number is 88,614,614) 86,513,314
- Median price for a 2 bedroom apartment in Austin (per latest Zumper data available) ($2,000 today) 1800
- Price of Buffalo Trace Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey (750ml on Total Wine website with location set to Knoxville, TN) ($34.99 today) 33.99
- TSLA stock price ($439.14 today) 399.77
- Brent Crude Oil (65.06 per barrel today) 55.55

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 14, 2026 10:51 PM (S/Y4j)

146 Hey guys,

We have a crew return splashdown tonight. This is the crew that was emergency evacuated due to a medical issue.

SpaceX/NASA - Crew-11
Splashdown in the Pacific Ocean
Date: January 15, 2026
Splashdown Time: 3:41 a.m. EST (0841 UTC, 09:41 CET.)

https://youtu.be/DWQteSboSnI

Posted by: Joyenz at January 14, 2026 10:52 PM (2F0/Y)

147
Heart rate jumping up to the 150s like that for no reason just sitting there is odd. Thinking about it, I've noticed skipped beat sensations when I get an adrenaline surge, like with a startle such as a loud noise or a near miss thing driving, where you get startled and have to slam on brakes. Heart rate accelerates and then the skipped beat.

It seems sort of like a PVC. Thump..thump...thump...thumpThump.....miss...thump...

So, something is likely going on, and it's just starting to show up.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 10:52 PM (w6EFb)

148 Years ago the "American Pickers" guys heard a story about a mechanic who had buried an entire Indian motorcycle in a pit behind his shop. The guys kept talking about "The family legend of the Indian buried behind the barn."

Those of us of pioneer stock could only snigger.

When they finally dug out the pit they only found a few rusted motorcycle parts.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 14, 2026 10:54 PM (PH3st)

149 Don't these idiots remember any American history? Seems like we had this type confrontation before, c.1860 or so, and it got solved in favor of the feds. I DO NOT understand their goals.
Posted by: LRob in OK

They are desperate, seeking to throw any kind of wrench into the gears, a delaying action, hoping some other events will come along to save them. It's like when someone is fighting five burly cops trying to handcuff them, I'm sure deep inside the perp knows he/she is toast, but they keep resisting anyway.

Posted by: Mentally Ill, Also at January 14, 2026 10:54 PM (oftw2)

150 Yeah I think that photo is posed. TEXACO wasn't an official name until 1959 though I don't know if it was marketed as Texaco years before it became the official company name.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 10:54 PM (KDPiq)

151 Where the hell have you been? We saved many a space and had many a drink go warm and flat waiting for you.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 14, 2026 10:28 PM (IhIKR)

It’s true about the space held open, you really don’t think the drinks went to waste. Do ya?

Posted by: Pete Bog at January 14, 2026 10:54 PM (V5Xvl)

152 Walz indicted: yes, but conviction I’ll give 50-50 odds.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

Can't argue that.

Posted by: a ham sandwich at January 14, 2026 10:54 PM (nhCoE)

153 Hey guys,

We have a crew return splashdown tonight. This is the crew that was emergency evacuated due to a medical issue.

SpaceX/NASA - Crew-11
Splashdown in the Pacific Ocean
Date: January 15, 2026
Splashdown Time: 3:41 a.m. EST (0841 UTC, 09:41 CET.)

https://youtu.be/DWQteSboSnI
Posted by: Joyenz at January 14, 2026 10:52 PM (2F0/Y)

Thank you for the reminder. I hope I'm asleep then.

The LZ is near San Diego, IIRC from the undocking feed. Here's hoping their navigation is top notch, and they avoid Mexican waters.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 14, 2026 10:55 PM (S/Y4j)

154 Look at all the optimists around AoS
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 10:51 PM (RIvkX)

As optimistic as Metal Leo!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 14, 2026 10:56 PM (uQesX)

155 and they avoid Mexican waters."

Hmm. That might have caused the problem....

Posted by: man at January 14, 2026 10:57 PM (XuXeR)

156 Joyenz, are you and your sister feeling better? I'm hoping both of you are.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 14, 2026 10:57 PM (S/Y4j)

157 When they finally dug out the pit they only found a few rusted motorcycle parts.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 14, 2026 10:54 PM (PH3st)

Actually they found the frame also.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 10:57 PM (KDPiq)

158 When they finally dug out the pit they only found a few rusted motorcycle parts.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 14, 2026 10:54 PM (PH3st)

-----------

Duh. The soft parts go first.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 14, 2026 10:58 PM (nWPIJ)

159 Walz-Y
Greenland assimilation underway-Y
Cuba-N (let Rubio finish some of his current jobs)
Shutdown-Y obviously
>6 Starship-Y
SpaceX IPO-N
Ukraine ceasefire-N
Powell out early-N
D House-N (I hate that Reps are going to run on mildly less bad than the other guys and coincidentally same party as Trump, but Dems are determined to make that work)
>14 earthquakes >7.0- N (WAG)
Roberts shows up in Epstein files (or another SC is out)-Y
US outperforms at Italy winter olympics-Y

Posted by: Methos at January 14, 2026 10:59 PM (vSvIl)

160 It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future.

Posted by: Yogi Berra at January 14, 2026 10:59 PM (wVcYX)

161 Will the following events take place by the end of 2026? Yes or no.
- Tim Walz indicted? NO
- Agreement to bring Greenland under US control in some form (such as a territory)? NO
- Regime change in Cuba? No
- Another Government budget shutdown? YES
- More than six SpaceX Starship launches. YES
- SpaceX IPO announced (direct to public market, not through another company)? NO
- Russia/Ukraine cease fire agreement? NO
- Jerome Powell leaves as Fed Chair before his term ends in May 2026? NO
- Democratic control of the House after mid-term elections? NO
- More than 14 earthquakes of magnitude 7.0 globally? Yes
- At least one Supreme Court Justice leaves the bench or announces their intent to step down? NO
- Over the past four winter Olympic games, the US has averaged about 28 medals. Will the US win more than average in the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics? NO

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 14, 2026 10:59 PM (HTCU3)

162 I can't believe how liberal San Diego has become. They are doubling down on their sanctuary city status .

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 10:59 PM (KDPiq)

163 We have a crew return splashdown tonight. This is the crew that was emergency evacuated due to a medical issue.

-----------

Rumors are swirling in the astronaut community that it was a nasty case of Irritable Bowel Syndrome.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 14, 2026 11:00 PM (nWPIJ)

164 Duh. The soft parts go first."

That's what she said.

*ducks*

Posted by: man at January 14, 2026 11:01 PM (XuXeR)

165 150 Yeah I think that photo is posed. TEXACO wasn't an official name until 1959 though I don't know if it was marketed as Texaco years before it became the official company name.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 10:54 PM (KDPiq)

Texaco Star Theater was a big hit in the late 1930's radio and early 1950's TV.

Posted by: Joemarine at January 14, 2026 11:01 PM (y171U)

166 Rumors are swirling in the astronaut community that it was a nasty case of Irritable Bowel Syndrome.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 14, 2026 11:00 PM (nWPIJ)

That was better than the guesses I heard earlier:
Pregnancy or "Space Willies" before an EVA

Posted by: Kindltot - Si, se poden at January 14, 2026 11:03 PM (rbvCR)

167 163 Rumors are swirling in the astronaut community that it was a nasty case of Irritable Bowel Syndrome.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 14, 2026 11:00 PM (nWPIJ)

"Houston, we have an problem..."

Posted by: Joemarine at January 14, 2026 11:04 PM (y171U)

168 Uncle Miltie starred on the Texaco Star Theater from 1948-56.

Posted by: Nasty Man at January 14, 2026 11:04 PM (oftw2)

169 Texaco Star Theater was a big hit in the late 1930's radio and early 1950's TV.
Posted by: Joemarine

Can I trust my car to the man that wears the star?

The big, bright Texaco star?

Posted by: Tonypete at January 14, 2026 11:06 PM (cYBz/)

170 Duh. The soft parts go first."

That's what she said.
*ducks*
Posted by: man

The judges would also have accepted a John Wayne Bobbitt sock.

Posted by: circumcisions, half off! at January 14, 2026 11:06 PM (nhCoE)

171 Texaco was around, but the image above is staged. There's a color version that shows the details...

Still very cool to look at, but that's it.

Posted by: man at January 14, 2026 11:06 PM (XuXeR)

172 Yeah, I think I'll lurk with the Rat...love all you fantastic Morons!

"Wishing you a peaceful night full of sheep and zero existential dread.”

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 14, 2026 11:07 PM (LNeRu)

173 16 Prediction? Liberals will piss me off.
Posted by: Some Rat
---

#2. GOP will piss me off.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 11:10 PM (y79kU)

174 Joyenz, are you and your sister feeling better? I'm hoping both of you are.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 14, 2026 10:57 PM (S/Y4j)

Slowly on the mend, thanks :-)

Posted by: Joyenz at January 14, 2026 11:12 PM (2F0/Y)

175 > As I recall, Dilbert explained that the boss needed to buy a new computer and put it to the right of the current one
Posted by: mindful webworker - long long ago in the ancient days of you're at January 14, 2026 10:14 PM (FMpsC)

My favorite was the one where they gave the boss an Etch-A-Sketch as his new "computer" and told him to "reboot" it by turning it upside down and shaking it if the screen froze.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 14, 2026 11:13 PM (IG3/x)

176 >
Can I trust my car to the man that wears the star?

The big, bright Texaco star?
Posted by: Tonypete at January 14, 2026 11:06 PM (cYBz/)

Found the 29-year-old.

Man, that was a deep memory. I wonder how many decades it's been since I thought of that.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 14, 2026 11:14 PM (IG3/x)

177 I don't think the Star with Texaco written across it was around in the 20's or 30's . The Star with a T in the middle was around though.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 11:14 PM (KDPiq)

178 Hello Horde, drive-by prayer request for:

a thing which needs to happen, sooner than later

a thing which *will* happen, but hopefully not too soon

Thanks in advance.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 14, 2026 11:16 PM (ULPxl)

179 I have been ogling motorcycles for the last few days because I have convinced myself, for the nth time, I need a new motorcycle. After seeing the photo of the Indian 4 motorcycle above I clearly have no idea what comprises a proper motorcycle. I am ashamed by low level of aspiration.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 14, 2026 10:51 PM (HTCU3)

All depends on what kind of riding you want to do. New ones are a fortune, well kept bikes with low miles can be had pretty cheap.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 14, 2026 11:16 PM (snZF9)

180 Can I trust my car to the man that wears the star?

The big, bright Texaco star?

Posted by: Tonypete at January 14, 2026 11:06 PM (cYBz/)

Damn, you old fuck.

yes I do fire bazookas in glass houses. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 14, 2026 11:18 PM (snZF9)

181 Pete Bog

Not everyone knows I’m a lush.

Of course the drinks didn’t go to waste. Jeepers.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 14, 2026 11:19 PM (IhIKR)

182 Prediction: Ketanji Jackass leaves the Court to pursue her passion making and selling painted ceramic ash trays.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
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They gave Anita Hill a Chair at a college in OK but it wasn't long before they tossed her. She landed a better, by that a higher paying, job in (of course) California.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 11:19 PM (y79kU)

183 The Texaco Shell photo could be staged or fake, but there was a day when that bike and that truck were shiny and new.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 14, 2026 11:20 PM (APZWP)

184 Washington and Maine in the top states? Confusing.
Posted by: LRob in OK

Index is based on one way Uhaul transactions. Illegal crosses the border, makes his way to California. Rents Uhaul. Packs up free stuff given away by Cali and the associated NGOs. Heads up to live with family members living in Yakima and Tri Cities.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 14, 2026 11:20 PM (vzcgi)

185 178 Hello Horde, drive-by prayer request

Thanks in advance.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 14, 2026 11:16 PM
***
May it be so.

Posted by: TRex - praying dino at January 14, 2026 11:22 PM (IQ6Gq)

186 Don't these idiots remember any American history? Seems like we had this type confrontation before, c.1860 or so, and it got solved in favor of the feds. I DO NOT understand their goals.
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 14, 2026 10:46 PM (47diA)

Even further back, The Whiskey Rebellion, 1791-94.

That was just three years after the Constitution was ratified.

The Federal Government, from our very beginnings, has never really liked people defying it. Or shooting at people who represent it.

Posted by: RickZ at January 14, 2026 11:22 PM (gKDq2)

187 I remember watching the Texaco Star Theater, probably in reruns.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 14, 2026 11:24 PM (APZWP)

188 I have to wonder how many illegals ICE captures and then has to beat off ugly pierced lesbians. ...

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
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Glad you clarified that.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 11:24 PM (y79kU)

189 On it, Helena Handbasket.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 14, 2026 11:24 PM (DFaaT)

190 Prayers ascending, Helena.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 14, 2026 11:24 PM (n4Qav)

191 I am off to bed. The wind is howling out there. Only 48 for a high tomorrow. I will be very, very cold.

Posted by: Piper at January 14, 2026 11:24 PM (Wmg4n)

192 Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 14, 2026 11:25 PM (bss/y)

193 153 Hey guys,

We have a crew return splashdown tonight. This is the crew that was emergency evacuated due to a medical issue.

SpaceX/NASA - Crew-11
Splashdown in the Pacific Ocean
Date: January 15, 2026
Splashdown Time: 3:41 a.m. EST (0841 UTC, 09:41 CET.)

https://youtu.be/DWQteSboSnI
Posted by: Joyenz
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NASA has things Elon wants. It's symbiotic.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 11:26 PM (y79kU)

194 My current state of residence is no on either uhaul list. Yaaa

Posted by: Pod Hamp at January 14, 2026 11:28 PM (nH+RN)

195 Damn, you old fuck.

yes I do fire bazookas in glass houses. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Heh. The old guy gassing up the cool Indian 4banger is now my new visualization for you. Not sure if its an upgrade.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 14, 2026 11:29 PM (vzcgi)

196 It took some work to put the prediction surveys together. Well done.

Posted by: Short Arm Salute at January 14, 2026 11:34 PM (oftw2)

197 The Federal Government, from our very beginnings, has never really liked people defying it. Or shooting at people who represent it.
Posted by: RickZ
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Why people kept on moving west.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 11:34 PM (y79kU)

198 KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK

Who's there?

Ima.

Ima who?

I'm-a dead already, lemme in.

Posted by: mindful webworker - have you heard the good word...? at January 14, 2026 11:34 PM (FMpsC)

199 The Shah has had a Youtube channel for 18 years.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 11:38 PM (A32KF)

200
Which sock?

Posted by: Sub-Commander Vella at January 14, 2026 10:40 PM (uQesX)

Hapsburg jaw sock - from a previous thread. Bless their hearts

Posted by: moki at January 14, 2026 11:38 PM (wLjpr)

201 178 Hello Horde, drive-by prayer request

Thanks in advance.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

On its way.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 14, 2026 11:38 PM (vzcgi)

202 The Shah has had a Youtube channel for 18 years.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 11:38 PM (A32KF)

A band, too. Shah Na Na.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 14, 2026 11:39 PM (8zz6B)

203 Reports of another shooting in MN

Posted by: Fen at January 14, 2026 11:40 PM (ciYHQ)

204 I was digging in a wood lot, trying to find grubs for my Box Turtle, and noticed some parts for a gas pump buried. Along with two metal signs from off the pumps, one Texaco Sky Chief Premium, the other for the regular. The regular one was folded and had some rust by the fold, but the Sky Chief one was nearly mint. Circa mid-late 50s I think. The nicer one is mounted on my bedroom wall, The other one on the outside wall of my garage. Examples like the Sky Chief on have gone for $250-300 online in auctions.

Posted by: Digger O'Dell at January 14, 2026 11:42 PM (oftw2)

205 I was digging in a wood lot, trying to find grubs for my Box Turtle

This is what's called "the hook"

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 14, 2026 11:44 PM (COQGW)

206 Examples like the Sky Chief on have gone for $250-300 online in auctions.
Posted by: Digger O'Dell at January 14, 2026 11:42 PM (oftw2)

What about the grubs? (stamps foot impatiently)

Posted by: Mitch McConnell at January 14, 2026 11:44 PM (8zz6B)

207 BREAKING: DHS statement to
@FoxNews

At 6:50 PM CT, federal law enforcement officers were conducting a targeted traffic stop in Minneapolis of an illegal alien from Venezuela who was released into the country by Joe Biden in 2022.

In an attempt to evade arrest, the subject fled the scene in his vehicle and crashed into a parked car. The subject then fled on foot.

The law enforcement officer caught up to the subject on foot and attempted to apprehend him when the subject began to resist and violently assault the officer. While the subject and law enforcement were in a struggle on the ground, two subjects came out of a nearby apartment and also attacked the law enforcement officer with a snow shovel and broom handle.

As the officer was being ambushed and attacked by the two individuals, the original subject got loose and began striking the officer with a shovel or broom stick.

Fearing for his life and safety as he was being ambushed by three individuals, the officer fired defensive shots to defend his life. The initial subject was hit in the leg.

All three subjects ran back into the apartment and barricaded themselves inside.

The attacked officer and subject are both in th

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 14, 2026 11:45 PM (vzcgi)

208 So, something is likely going on, and it's just starting to show up.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 10:52 PM (w6EFb)

Have had them from stress (once in pregnancy combined with insomnia from changing work schedule). Again with stress in 2005.

Sometimes too much caffine,etc. But take no chances.

Sometimes nothing. But get it checked out.

And call 911 if you feel dizzy, short of breath, nausea, chest pain, like you are going to pass out etc. Call your doc tomorrow, please.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 14, 2026 11:45 PM (WONhk)

209 As the officer was being ambushed and attacked by the two individuals, the original subject got loose and began striking the officer with a shovel or broom stick.

Clearly another case of ICE just going around shooting your neighbors willy-nilly.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 14, 2026 11:46 PM (COQGW)

210 Grok initially said the top photo was AI. I pressed it on this because it's specific comments were weak and it found the photo on an ebay auction of authentic old photos.

It's a real photo from the 40s.

Posted by: pawn at January 14, 2026 11:47 PM (rbIOb)

211 Much best 🙏🙏🙏

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 14, 2026 11:49 PM (LNeRu)

212 131 -- LRob -- Maybe, just maybe, they are secret Twelvers trying to sow chaos in order to resurrect the Mahdi from its well.

I don't understand how Nebraska is so low on the destination list. Every where you go in Omaha, companies are building huge apartment complexes. Who are they building them for? I can't believe it's just kids of the current population.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at January 14, 2026 11:50 PM (DK5Sh)

213 And call 911 if you feel dizzy, short of breath, nausea, chest pain, like you are going to pass out etc. Call your doc tomorrow, please.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

Picturing Gage and DeSoto pulling up in Squad 51, doing the EKG, transmitting the data to Docs Early And Brackett at Rampart General. Nurse Dixie McCall will answer the phone.

Posted by: Jack Webb Production at January 14, 2026 11:52 PM (oftw2)

214 Good night ONT

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 14, 2026 11:52 PM (tnz8V)

215 Damn, you old fuck.

yes I do fire bazookas in glass houses. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Heh. The old guy gassing up the cool Indian 4banger is now my new visualization for you. Not sure if its an upgrade.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 14, 2026 11:29 PM (vzcgi)

No, I look nothing like that. You can forget that image. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 14, 2026 11:53 PM (snZF9)

216
"Only God can create a random number." -- I do not recall who

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 14, 2026 11:56 PM (XeU6L)

217 {{{publius}}}

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 14, 2026 11:56 PM (tnz8V)

218 Clearly another case of ICE just going around shooting your neighbors willy-nilly.
Posted by: Cicero

18USC111 Assualting a Federal Officer

Federal crime tried in a Federal court.

Depending on whether the shovel and broom are considered deadly weapons, the asshoes are looking at sentencing ranges that max out at 8 years (w/o DW) up to 20 years (w DW). Another daily dose of FAFO.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 14, 2026 11:57 PM (vzcgi)

219 James o'keefe got another undercover interview, this time with a secret service agent who discloses sensitive information about the Vice President's planned trips, dates, security detail, shift changes and other sensitive information -- to a total stranger.

When I worked for a 3-letter Federal agency, that would have been a really serious problem. You'd have to be stupid and irresponsible to reveal it.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 14, 2026 11:58 PM (yzMRf)

220 Who was that got 100% on predictions for last year, Publius Redux? Just mark me down for his answer for this year, if he participates.

It's like investing according to the Pelosi fund.

Posted by: mindful webworker - what can go wrong? at January 14, 2026 11:58 PM (FMpsC)

221 publius...just read upthread that you went to the ED like a good boy. I should know better than to boss people around, but as a nurse that's what I do best.

My husband says I tell everyone else to go to the doctor but I try as best I can to avoid it myself.

I see a cardiologist in a week for my done fall out, that I don't think was cardiac related (in early November). No other symptoms and I have done this before from dehydration and insomnia. I am a strange bird.

I do have an irregular heartbeat (asymptomatic), need to lose wt and watch my mostly normal hypertension. I am very irritated about the entire thing. The echo showed some crap that we don't think is going to kill me. I am hoping the PA simply tells me to lose wt and puts me on new meds.

Today I promised my husband I would be as brave as I always have been, and quit worrying. I don't worry 24/7, but sometimes I think about crap that I should not and let my fear turn to faith.

Hope your heart is just jumping around and will settle down. I don't feel mine, but did in the past.

This getting old stuff stinks, but a privilege many don't have to be irritated like me. I remind myself of that daily. God bless.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 14, 2026 11:58 PM (WONhk)

222 It's a real photo from the 40s.
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Interesting air cleaner from the 40s.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 11:58 PM (y79kU)

223 When I worked for a 3-letter Federal agency, that would have been a really serious problem. You'd have to be stupid and irresponsible to reveal it.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 14, 2026 11:58 PM (yzMRf)

To be fair, he did look like he was suitable for a bullet sponge.

Posted by: Kindltot - Si, se poden at January 14, 2026 11:59 PM (rbvCR)

224 James O'keefe interview video:

https://tinyurl.com/3kmwhe6p

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 14, 2026 11:59 PM (9TGXB)

225 No, I look nothing like that. You can forget that image. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

My visualizations have nothing to do with reality. I blame it on the squirrel panel. You should see my visualization for CBD.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 15, 2026 12:00 AM (vzcgi)

226 April Wine was pretty awesome back in the day for a bunch of fucking Canadians.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 15, 2026 12:00 AM (BSdIE)

227 Top photo: No knowledge other than the bike is an Indian Four. I just like the photo.
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Great pic, Dino. Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: scampydog at January 15, 2026 12:00 AM (41CYW)

228 Not sure if its an upgrade.
Posted by: Sock Monkey
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Well, it does have two more cylinders than Bers' usual rides.

[ducks]

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2026 12:01 AM (XeU6L)

229 Grok initially said the top photo was AI. I pressed it on this because it's specific comments were weak and it found the photo on an ebay auction of authentic old photos.

It's a real photo from the 40s.
Posted by: pawn at January 14, 2026 11:47 PM (rbIOb)

First off: this pic is probably from England. Notice the sign by the window? RAC Service Depot? That's Royal Automobile Club. And the Shell pump reads "Shell Motor Spirit". That's Brit usage for sure.

The pickup, which is a Ford, I believe, looks like it might have an Amoco or Phillips logo on the door.

Could be an "old" photo, taken any time from the 1950's to the 1990's, at some well-off Brit's car and petroliana collection. Does not look like an organically "real" picture.

Posted by: Mitch McConnell at January 15, 2026 12:02 AM (8zz6B)

230 Ha! Grok lied. There is no ebay photo.

It said it could not find any artifacts.

I asked it if it was lying and just blowing me off to save computational time (this has happened before).

It spent almost 2 minutes (according to the timer that runs) and could not find any artifacts and said it was authentic but could not find any exact matches.

+++++++++++++++++++

So TRex, where did this photo come from? Please???

+++++++++++++++++++

Posted by: pawn at January 15, 2026 12:03 AM (rbIOb)

231 https://tinyurl.com/3fy5arzr

Lesbian tears are frozen in ICE.

DEPORT THEM ALL! PLUS LESBIANS!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 15, 2026 12:05 AM (WONhk)

232 Interesting air cleaner from the 40s.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 11:58 PM (y79kU)

Good catch! Looks like a K&N. Most 30's bikes had no air cleaner at all.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 15, 2026 12:07 AM (8zz6B)

233 Two thugs, one wielding a shovel, against one ICE agent. And you would expect what to happen exactly?

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 15, 2026 12:07 AM (NFUXy)

234 Yeah!

Finally got my new insurance card for 2026. (My 2025 plan was cancelled.) Now I have to have a test rescheduled as well as going to the pharmacy to get scripts on which I was running low. Plus the joy of finding out if there is a co-pay, and how much.

What a pain.

Second year in a row my Medicare plan was cancelled.

Posted by: RickZ at January 15, 2026 12:07 AM (gKDq2)

235 "In 1940, the average price for a gallon of gasoline in the U.S. was around 18 to 19 cents, though some sources cite it as low as 15-16 cents."

Google says that those tanks ran around 4.5 gallons. Thus, assuming a completely dry tank, and using the 18 cent number, the guy's going to be on the hook for $.81

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2026 12:09 AM (XeU6L)

236 Allies of illegal invaders keep outing themselves and winning arrest and death. Dislike the threats and injuries to the officers, but otherwise I see only good in this. 😶

Posted by: mindful webworker - More Darwin awards please at January 15, 2026 12:09 AM (FMpsC)

237 Finally got my new insurance card for 2026. (My 2025 plan was cancelled.) Now I have to have a test rescheduled as well as going to the pharmacy to get scripts on which I was running low. Plus the joy of finding out if there is a co-pay, and how much.
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Received a terse notice last week from Liberty Mutual, cancelling my homeowners insurance.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2026 12:11 AM (XeU6L)

238 It spent almost 2 minutes (according to the timer that runs) and could not find any artifacts and said it was authentic but could not find any exact matches.

+++++++++++++++++++

So TRex, where did this photo come from? Please???

+++++++++++++++++++
Posted by: pawn at January 15, 2026 12:03 AM (rbIOb)

A staged photo could be authentically a photo, and not an AI mashup, or product of darkroom chicanery. But a staged photo is not necessarily an authentic representation of actual events.

Example: a publicity shot from the movie "tombstone" would be a perfectly authentic photo of the actors and set, but not an authentic photo of the Earps and Doc Holliday.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 15, 2026 12:11 AM (8zz6B)

239 It seems sort of like a PVC. Thump..thump...thump...thumpThump.....miss...thump...

So, something is likely going on, and it's just starting to show up.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 10:52 PM (w6EFb)

Sure sounds like Afib (atrial fibrillation), had that a decade ago. Get to a cardiologist soon. They can diagnose it pretty quickly. Usually control it with beta blockers and can eliminate it via a "relatively" safe catheter ablation surgical procedure.

But do see a cardiologist asap.

Posted by: Giles Overreach at January 15, 2026 12:12 AM (MDvLA)

240 Two thugs, one wielding a shovel, against one ICE agent. And you would expect what to happen exactly?

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 15, 2026 12:07 AM (NFUXy)

Thug bringing a shovel to a gunfight?
*checks Magic 8 Ball*
Outlook not so good.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 15, 2026 12:13 AM (n4Qav)

241 Sammy Hagar was a puppy when he was with Montrose.

Now get off of my lawn.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 15, 2026 12:13 AM (BSdIE)

242 Allies of illegal invaders keep outing themselves and winning arrest and death. Dislike the threats and injuries to the officers, but otherwise I see only good in this. 😶
Posted by: mindful webworker - More Darwin awards please at January 15, 2026 12:09 AM (FMpsC)

Every so often I come across a longish video of lefties being pulled out of their cars by ICE. It's lighthearted, wholesome entertainment.

Posted by: RickZ at January 15, 2026 12:13 AM (gKDq2)

243 Received a terse notice last week from Liberty Mutual, cancelling my homeowners insurance.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2026 12:11 AM (XeU6L)

The way you wrote that, I'm guessing they didn't give a reason.

Posted by: RickZ at January 15, 2026 12:14 AM (gKDq2)

244 All depends on what kind of riding you want to do. New ones are a fortune, well kept bikes with low miles can be had pretty cheap.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Under 10K new, less used. I'm leaning towards a 300cc or 500cc bike since that can do short sprints on the freeways when there's no other option. The rest of the time will be secondary roads and dirt roads. Dirt roads in New Mexico can be utter sand pits or can be paved with bone jarring rocks. 10 mph is a good top speed on those so lightness and maneuverability is a key aspect. The secondary paved roads you have to be able to do 65 mph. The reality is there's so little traffic in rural New Mexico you could do 40 mph all day long and not be a problem. Basically I'm looking for a souped-up Trail 125 cuz that's how I roll.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 15, 2026 12:17 AM (HTCU3)

245 The way you wrote that, I'm guessing they didn't give a reason.
Posted by: RickZ at January 15, 2026 12:14 AM (gKDq2)

Mike Hammer recklessly lives in an area subject to hurricanes every 80 years or so...

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 15, 2026 12:18 AM (8zz6B)

246 Received a terse notice last week from Liberty Mutual, cancelling my homeowners insurance.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.

That stinks. Do you have options?

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 15, 2026 12:19 AM (n4Qav)

247 Received a terse notice last week from Liberty Mutual, cancelling my homeowners insurance.
Posted by: Mike Hammer
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So.... you had a claim, they paid out... and F. U., right?

Safeco did that to my parents. No claims, no problems for almost 30 years-- and then a major claim. Fixed it up, paid the contractor & whammo: cancellation.

Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 12:19 AM (rdVOm)

248 Some videos for when the commenting slows down.

‣ The History Guy: Fire Aboard USS Enterprise, 1969
https://youtu.be/-nfbgKOnDrM

[Trek nuclear wessel link: "And Kepitan, it is the Enterprise." Only, it wasn't really.]

‣ The Rageaholic: Godspeed, Scott Adams
https://youtu.be/yXUXY_UkWUU

"I only enjoyed one fleeting, largely irrelevant interaction with Scott, though I'll take the details of that interaction to my grave." 🤔

‣ Cowboy Kent Rollins: Come With Me To Hunt My First Elk! Green Chile Elk Tenderloin
https://youtu.be/cx6Ro9LzW0I

Sure to upset Petans and vegetarians alike.

Posted by: mindful webworker - yoo hoo yoo toobs at January 15, 2026 12:19 AM (FMpsC)

249 Received a terse notice last week from Liberty Mutual, cancelling my homeowners insurance.
Posted by: Mike Hammer
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Liberty Mutual. Keeping your home safe from insurance coverage.

Posted by: scampydog at January 15, 2026 12:21 AM (41CYW)

250 The way you wrote that, I'm guessing they didn't give a reason.
Posted by: RickZ
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Verbatim:
"After careful consideration, we have concluded that we will not be able to renew your homeowner policy."

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2026 12:21 AM (XeU6L)

251 Interesting air cleaner from the 40s.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 11:58 PM (y79kU)

Good catch! Looks like a K&N. Most 30's bikes had no air cleaner at all.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 15, 2026 12:07 AM (8zz6B)

Its the booster spring for the seat.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 15, 2026 12:22 AM (snZF9)

252 Received a terse notice last week from Liberty Mutual, cancelling my homeowners insurance.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

What state are you in?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 15, 2026 12:22 AM (HTCU3)

253 Boker tov. Made sure last night that our civil defense warning app was ready for any Iranian shenanigans. None were forthcoming. Slept like a log. Out the door I go. Hoping for a rather dull day.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 15, 2026 12:22 AM (Ti0Hb)

254 So.... you had a claim, they paid out... and F. U., right?

Safeco did that to my parents. No claims, no problems for almost 30 years-- and then a major claim. Fixed it up, paid the contractor & whammo: cancellation.
Posted by: JQ
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Precisely, roof damage post-Helene.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2026 12:22 AM (XeU6L)

255 What state are you in?
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram
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NC

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2026 12:23 AM (XeU6L)

256 That's a good point AOP.

Considering the prominence of the Indian it could be a stage photo done by them for publicity.

But you would think there would be a record of that in some archive.

And the background is very detailed and seems to be authentic period.

The Ford truck and the British elements are odd.

Hopefully, the Dino will shed some light on this.

Posted by: pawn at January 15, 2026 12:25 AM (rbIOb)

257 Every so often I come across a longish video of lefties being pulled out of their cars by ICE. It's lighthearted, wholesome entertainment.
Posted by: RickZ

The instances of AWFLs resisting instructions from traffic cops, screaming and freaking out, seem to be proliferating. Besides the one protesting The Latest Thang. They seem intoxicated, high on indignation and self-righteousness. Just mind-boggling entitled mentality. But, yes, usually entertaining.

Posted by: mindful webworker - do yoo know whoo I YAMMM? at January 15, 2026 12:25 AM (FMpsC)

258 Boker tov. Made sure last night that our civil defense warning app was ready for any Iranian shenanigans. None were forthcoming. Slept like a log. Out the door I go. Hoping for a rather dull day.
Posted by: Biden's Dog
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I wish you a continuum of such.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2026 12:25 AM (XeU6L)

259 I'm betting that when the ICE agent shot the guy who attacked him with a shovel, none of the attacker's male friends yelled "Why are you using real bullets?!?!?"

Posted by: PabloD at January 15, 2026 12:25 AM (pXTL4)

260 Hoping for a rather dull day.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

You and your family are in my prayers.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 15, 2026 12:27 AM (vzcgi)

261 I'm betting that when the ICE agent shot the guy who attacked him with a shovel, none of the attacker's male friends yelled "Why are you using real bullets?!?!?"

Posted by: PabloD at January 15, 2026 12:25 AM (pXTL4)

In a perfect world they wouldn't have been able to ask shit.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 15, 2026 12:27 AM (snZF9)

262 What state are you in?
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram
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NC
Posted by: Mike Hammer

A quick search says insurance companies are pulling out in North Carolina because of a settlement with state regulators and from costs from some disasters. That's a problem.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 15, 2026 12:28 AM (HTCU3)

263 >>"Why are you using real bullets?!?!?"
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Had to LOL when I first read about idiot saying that. Because, you know, every time I'd read about idiots getting blasted with rubber bullets I'd think to myself:

"Why tf AREN'T they using real bullets?!?!?"

Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 12:29 AM (rdVOm)

264 In a perfect world they wouldn't have been able to ask shit.
Posted by: Berserker
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"Uh...is this arterial beedin...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2026 12:31 AM (XeU6L)

265 After years of working in that factory, making ammo and inspecting/packing it up *just so* for ICE-- yes, that ICE-- and wondering why... because they sure as hell were not USING any...

I now feel as though those years were not wasted.

Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 12:33 AM (rdVOm)

266 Whatever is gonna happen in Iran, I don’t think it’s gonna happen tonight.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 12:34 AM (xVja5)

267 Greetings Everyone

Stumbling in late again....but at least I'm not sopping wet, all scratched up and yelling the punch line from a joke...

My Predicts for 2026

Financial: No Idea.

Event Horizons...:

Walz Indicted - No
Greenland - No Change
Cuba - No
Budget Shutdown - Yes
>6 Starship Launches - Yes
SpaceX IPO - Yes
Rus-Uke Ceasefire - No
Powell Early Out - No
Democratic House - Yes
Earthquakes - No
SC Justice - Yes
Olympic Medals - Yes

Proposed Bonus Round: Shrillary and Slick Willie face any consequences AT ALL for ignoring Congressional Subpoena: RUFKM??? Ha!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 15, 2026 12:34 AM (QGaXH)

268 1. Cuba will have revolt this summer when water runs out in Havana again. Raul Castro will finally die of Alzheimer's. His chief goon executive Diaz-Canel (whom Trump needs to nickname "DIARRHEA CANAL" will end up killing about 10,000 Cubans before his henchmen are strung up on the Malecon. Secret files showing all the money and support from American leftists will be revealed along with JFK's assassination preparation. They will also capture some intel from the Russian-run Lourdes listening post outside of Havana that gathers all our intel from Tampa Southern Command. Also 3 new Cuban spies will be captured at the Dept of War.

Chelsea Clinton will divorce her unemployable husband.

Large Earthquake in Los Angeles. 8.2. 1 million deaths and injuries.

Mexican cartel drone attack at Seal Base Coronado as a reprisal against attack by us on Jalisco Nuevo Generaciones Cartel in Tijuana.

Hillary gets cancer. Stage IV.

Walz is indicted in March.

Bernie Sanders dies of stroke in July.

James Comey gets off from his crimes by unorthodox move by the presiding judge.

Maryland Father Kilmore learns enough ENGLISH to say hello and thank you.

Posted by: Donovan Nuera at January 15, 2026 12:38 AM (LKMDZ)

269 Israeli news has reported that Iranian leaders have transferred $1.5 billion in crypto out of Iran to escrow accounts in Dubai over the last 2 days. Treasury Sec Bessent has also commented that large outflows of capital are being transferred out of the country by Iranian elites.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 15, 2026 12:39 AM (vzcgi)

270 It's 9:10 AM in Tehran.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 12:39 AM (y79kU)

271 A gentle reminder-

You gotta fight

For your right

TO PARTY

Thank you for your attention to this message.

Posted by: Genial Late Nite Beastie Boy Miklos at January 15, 2026 12:39 AM (f/3mU)

272 7 of the top ten are in the South, the most conservative part of the country. This does not surprise me. Dead last California, this is not surprising either. The cost of living matters.

Posted by: Case at January 15, 2026 12:41 AM (4rWc3)

273 It's 9:10 AM in Tehran.

Posted by: Braenyard

The old Timex keeps on ticking

Posted by: Mullah Miklos, freelance Mahdi at January 15, 2026 12:41 AM (f/3mU)

274 Maryland Father Kilmore learns enough ENGLISH to say hello and thank you.

Posted by: Donovan Nuera

Adios would be sufficient

Posted by: Mikloso Garcia-Rodrigeuz at January 15, 2026 12:43 AM (f/3mU)

275 "After careful consideration, we have concluded that we will not be able to renew your homeowner policy."
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2026 12:21 AM (XeU6L)

"careful."

It was in the pile of policies to be cancelled. They were careful not to spill anything.

My friend is going nuts with home insurance on Staten Island. Ever since Hurricane Sandy in 2012, her rates have gone through the roof, after having to have the roof replaced. She was concerned then about the snow in the attic.
--

One more home insurance gripe. You're covered for a hurricane but if there are storm surge floodwaters, you're not covered for the flooding. Make that make sense.

Posted by: RickZ at January 15, 2026 12:44 AM (gKDq2)

276 I do hope the mullahs are soiling themselves And I hope they die.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 15, 2026 12:46 AM (n4Qav)

277 You don't know what it's like under those turbans.

Some have been there for years

Ick

Posted by: Iranian barber at January 15, 2026 12:46 AM (f/3mU)

278 Maybe during the 3 day weekend?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 15, 2026 12:46 AM (A32KF)

279 The instances of AWFLs resisting instructions from traffic cops, screaming and freaking out, seem to be proliferating. Besides the one protesting The Latest Thang. They seem intoxicated, high on indignation and self-righteousness. Just mind-boggling entitled mentality. But, yes, usually entertaining.
Posted by: mindful webworker - do yoo know whoo I YAMMM? at January 15, 2026 12:25 AM (FMpsC)

I've seen two theories to explain this, and they probably run together.

The first is they've gotten away with such nonsense for far too long. It's the old story: Somebody breaks the law. Nobody enforces it, so no big deal. You continue breaking the law and someone does enforce it, they are now a fascist.

The other is legal pharmacology, overmedication.

Posted by: RickZ at January 15, 2026 12:48 AM (gKDq2)

280 You gotta fight

For your right

TO PARTY

Thank you for your attention to this message.
Posted by: Genial Late Nite Beastie Boy Miklos

* digs around in drawer for brass knuckles*

* pours another glass of chocolate milk *

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 15, 2026 12:48 AM (vzcgi)

281 Received a terse notice last week from Liberty Mutual, cancelling my homeowners insurance.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

Be a shame if it burns while still covered

Posted by: Innocent Lil' Miklos at January 15, 2026 12:49 AM (f/3mU)

282 Two thugs, one wielding a shovel, against one ICE agent. And you would expect what to happen exactly?
-
I would guess they expected the agent to just take a beating (or worse), because he's a Nazi and they're on the right side of history.

Posted by: Methos at January 15, 2026 12:49 AM (vSvIl)

283 27 deg., gusty, I hear ice particles against the windows.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2026 12:49 AM (XeU6L)

284 Make that make sense.
Posted by: RickZ
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Profit! Which is what they are about.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2026 12:51 AM (XeU6L)

285 Tennessee is full up. Full of rednecks, and we still fly the Confederate Battle Flag. And we're armed to the teeth.

Fellow travelers welcome: arrogant lefty asshats can fuck right off.

Posted by: Beverly at January 15, 2026 12:51 AM (reMys)

286 Thanks for the ONT T-Rex. I'll give the predictions a shot.
Copying here froze the posting so I'll have to email it.

Publius, best wishes from here, hope it turns out to be something simply solved. Be well, good buddy.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at January 15, 2026 12:51 AM (55Qr6)

287 * pours another glass of chocolate milk *
Posted by: Sock Monkey *

The old molokko plus, eh droog? But chocolate

Posted by: Miklos in best Malcolm McDowell Clockwork voice at January 15, 2026 12:51 AM (f/3mU)

288 I stayed up too late last night, and uttered some ignorant blather about data centers...My apologies to any who read that, LOL.

It would be nice to learn more-- I am truly curious about them.

It was proposed that Pixy do a post about data centers, to help clarify their purposes and need. I look forward to reading it, someday-- after a good night's sleep.

Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 12:53 AM (rdVOm)

289 But do see a cardiologist asap.
Posted by: Giles Overreach
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Nip it in the bud.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 12:53 AM (y79kU)

290 Two thugs, one wielding a shovel, against one ICE agent. And you would expect what to happen exactly?
-
I would guess they expected the agent to just take a beating (or worse), because he's a Nazi and they're on the right side of history.
Posted by: Methos

Actually there were three thugs. The original IA suspect who the officer chased down and the two idiots who came out of the apartment with a shovel and a broom stick. The suspect is the one who was shot.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 15, 2026 12:54 AM (vzcgi)

291
Hauls in 12 "Yes" and 12 "No" markers. Throws them on floor.

"Distribute them however you will among the choices"

Candace Owens will go batshit crazy and run through her neighborhood rifling through trash cans looking for Mossad's spying devices.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 15, 2026 12:54 AM (xG4kz)

292 Everything looked normal. Did notice a couple of skipped beat sensations during all that. Doc referred me to cardiologist, thinks "something is going on".
Posted by: publius

*prayers*

Welcome to the Wide Wide World of Atrial Fibrillation

Posted by: Miklos lied to girls bout why my heart skipped a beat at January 15, 2026 12:55 AM (f/3mU)

293 Everything looked normal. Did notice a couple of skipped beat sensations during all that. Doc referred me to cardiologist, thinks "something is going on".
Posted by: publius

*prayers*

Welcome to the Wide Wide World of Atrial Fibrillation
Posted by: Miklos
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I'll see your afib, and raise you a AAA.

See the doc, pubs

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2026 12:57 AM (XeU6L)

294 Pittsburgh poop man is an instant classic

Posted by: LASue at January 15, 2026 12:58 AM (Du1U/)

295
It was proposed that Pixy do a post about data centers, to help clarify their purposes and need. I look forward to reading it, someday-- after a good night's sleep.

Posted by: JQ

Cryptocurrency needs data centers because their value is continuously being computed, or some such nonsense.

AI needs data centers because Large Learning Models are restricted by only "knowing" those things to which they have been exposed ... and they are retarded ... but if we blow a few more gazillion computations on them Lo! they'll surpass Einstein in their knowledge and wisdom.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 15, 2026 12:59 AM (xG4kz)

296 Headed to the arms room to get a broomstick.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 15, 2026 01:00 AM (A32KF)

297 A gentle reminder-

You gotta fight

For your right

TO PARTY

Thank you for your attention to this message.
Posted by: Genial Late Nite Beastie Boy Miklos

What's That Noise ?!??!?

Posted by: your mom at January 15, 2026 01:01 AM (3ZUWJ)

298
Headed to the arms room to get a broomstick.

Posted by: Boss Moss

Riley, is that you?

-- zombie Chuck Yeager

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 15, 2026 01:01 AM (xG4kz)

299 Profit! Which is what they are about.
Posted by: Mike Hammer
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Yep. Insurance is a *bad word* to me. They take and they take, year after year, "Lawd, they was lovey-dovey" until you have a claim.

Then it's a battle. And if you don't get cancelled, you sure as hell pay them back (double or more) in increased premiums afterward. Such a fking racket.

Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 01:02 AM (rdVOm)

300 Allstate insured my house for $100,000. It's on two acres of land here in Alabama. My taxes this past year was $150.00.
Gasoline prices around here this week $2.30 a gallon.

Posted by: Case at January 15, 2026 01:02 AM (4rWc3)

301 BREAKING

Somalia breaks work record on AI capacity

"Large Learing Model"

Posted by: MiklosWatch at January 15, 2026 01:03 AM (f/3mU)

302
"Large Learing Model"

Posted by: MiklosWatch

"Wipe that stupid look off your face or I'll wipe it off for you."

-- my dearly loved parents when they'd had enough of my bullshit

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 15, 2026 01:05 AM (xG4kz)

303 Well, dear readers, I did it: Pulled the plug on a job that had me burned out, and retired!

My boss's nickname was "Kim Jong-il" (female Korean American, married to an Antifa goon boy, and had a taste for sadism).

Being retired (three weeks now) is wee-urd. I thought it would be like being on extended vacation until the Lord calls me home -- but I feel adrift. It has also crossed my mind that my moneyman's telling me I have plenty of money to go the rest of the way, "even if you need a nursing home at some point" means that my expiration date is coming in a few years, and that's a sobering thought.

Health, apart from needing to shed the weight I gained after refugeeing south from NYC, is pretty good.

Sleep has been all over the map. Falling asleep in the Lazy Boy recliner, with Youtoob videos on autoplay; waking up at 5 am and pondering whether going back to bed counts as a nap.

I feel like I got off of a Hellship, but as it has gone hull-down over the horizon, and the voices on board are fainter and fainter, I'm adrift in a little sloop on the ocean, with no destination in mind....

Any thoughts?

Posted by: Beverly at January 15, 2026 01:07 AM (reMys)

304 *stupid face look off-wiped*

*came right back*

Posted by: A Miklos is as a Miklos does at January 15, 2026 01:08 AM (f/3mU)

305 Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 15, 2026 12:59 AM
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My uneducated view is that all this extra computing power is at best-- little more than electronic masturbation for crypto/AI and at worst-- a more streamlined means of invading personal privacy for advertising or legal entrapment of political opponents.

Don't mind me. I'm just another idiot with a keyboard and 'net connection. Hahahaha.

Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 01:08 AM (rdVOm)

306
So it's Policy Cancellation Wednesday?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 15, 2026 01:08 AM (xG4kz)

307 Everything looked normal. Did notice a couple of skipped beat sensations during all that. Doc referred me to cardiologist, thinks "something is going on".
Posted by: publius

*prayers*
Welcome to the Wide Wide World of Atrial Fibrillation
Posted by: Miklos
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I'll see your afib, and raise you a AAA.
See the doc, pubs
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2026 12:5
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What is an AAA MH? Now I've had several SVTs, they are no fun.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at January 15, 2026 01:09 AM (55Qr6)

308 121 Stateless. I hope he is okay.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 14, 2026 10:43 PM (n4Qav)

Reading thru the comments from earlier in the evening - might be a good idea to include informing the Hq as part of your ongoing or final instructions to next of kin should something happen...

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 15, 2026 01:10 AM (QGaXH)

309 Congrats on your retirement, Beverly. Do whatever the hell you want - and enjoy.

Posted by: scampydog at January 15, 2026 01:10 AM (41CYW)

310
In the top photo, a single filling station was offering two different brands of fuel for sale (Shell and Texaco)? Never saw that before.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 15, 2026 01:10 AM (xG4kz)

311 with no destination in mind....

Any thoughts?
Posted by: Beverly

In NC, they don't care about assets, only income.

NC is OK, and you can be a passive millionaire and qualify for Medicaid and stuff.

Posted by: sakkaliner Miklos, a few miles shy of the State Line at January 15, 2026 01:11 AM (f/3mU)

312 I wanna play 😊

- Price of Silver (per ounce) (currently 93.185) $321.95

All the other number questions are just math, I can't even....

Will the following events take place by the end of 2026? Yes or no.
- Tim Walz indicted? Yes
- Agreement to bring Greenland under US control in some form (such as a territory)? Yes
- Regime change in Cuba? Yes
- Another Government budget shutdown? Yes
- More than six SpaceX Starship launches Yes
- SpaceX IPO announced (direct to public market, not through another company)? No
- Russia/Ukraine cease fire agreement? Yes
- Jerome Powell leaves as Fed Chair before his term ends in May 2026? No
- Democratic control of the House after mid-term elections? No
- More than 14 earthquakes of magnitude 7.0 globally? Yes
- At least one Supreme Court Justice leaves the bench or announces their intent to step down? Yes
- Over the past four winter Olympic games, the US has averaged about 28 medals. Will the US win more than average in the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics? Under

Evening all

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 15, 2026 01:12 AM (RkOfE)

313 "One more home insurance gripe. You're covered for a hurricane but if there are storm surge floodwaters, you're not covered for the flooding. Make that make sense."

- - - - -
They don't cover flood insurance because only the Feds (currently) offer that as a separate policy...

Posted by: As not seen on TV at January 15, 2026 01:13 AM (5V942)

314 The Pittsburgh police scanner is supremely entertaining but I'm starting to wonder if Pittsburgh is a real place or if it made up like Rhode Island.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 15, 2026 01:14 AM (RkOfE)

315 What is an AAA MH? Now I've had several SVTs, they are no fun.
Posted by: Farmer
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Abdominal aortic aneurysm.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2026 01:14 AM (XeU6L)

316
- Walz indicted? No
- Greenland? Yes
- Regime change? No
- Shutdown? No
- Launches? Yes
- SpaceX IPO? No
- Russia/Ukraine agreement? No
- Powell leaves? No
- Democratic control? No
- Earthquakes? Yes
- Supreme Court Justice? No
- Winter Olympics? Yes

Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 01:15 AM (E0p3T)

317 I feel like I got off of a Hellship, but as it has gone hull-down over the horizon, and the voices on board are fainter and fainter, I'm adrift in a little sloop on the ocean, with no destination in mind....

Any thoughts?
Posted by: Beverly

Embrace trash day eve.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 15, 2026 01:16 AM (HTCU3)

318
Any thoughts?

Posted by: Beverly

First, congratulations!

Advice: find one or to things that you really want to do and get into them, deeply. You'll fill your time and psychic needs quickly enough. For me, they are scouting (although now receding in importance after thirteen years) and lapidary.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 15, 2026 01:16 AM (xG4kz)

319 I had to write a semi serious text today and I wanted so badly to end it with "thank you for your attention to this matter" but I exercised restraint and did not.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 15, 2026 01:16 AM (RkOfE)

320 It was proposed that Pixy do a post about data centers, to help clarify their purposes and need. I look forward to reading it, someday-- after a good night's sleep.
Posted by: JQ
----

Secondary products from the data centers may be as or more beneficial than the actual data. Right now they are set to produce their own energy. Bezos is going for one full size and four modular (can't think of the name) nuclear reactors, Five are on the books in Texas. They are firing up 3 mile island and one in Illinois. Nvidia is going nuclear, so are the rest of them. One of them is doing fission.
Innovation
Nuclear has backing from Washington along with wizkids brains, money and competitive drive building a safe, cheap and powerful reactors will be the norm. Energy will be cheap. Green Peas can stuffit.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 01:16 AM (y79kU)

321 Had surgery on my head today. Unfortunately they did not put brains in. Nor were they able to remove what needs removing (not cancer). Need to see a plastic surgeon. Hope they don't send me home with new bewbs.

Posted by: scampydog at January 15, 2026 01:18 AM (41CYW)

322 Predictions are hard.

Especially about the future

Posted by: The Wisdom of Yogi Berra at January 15, 2026 01:18 AM (f/3mU)

323
The Pittsburgh police scanner is supremely entertaining but I'm starting to wonder if Pittsburgh is a real place or if it made up like Rhode Island.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel

Now and again -- every other week or so -- there'll be a report from an area that I kind of know there and I'll think, "Ah, yup, some things never change."

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 15, 2026 01:18 AM (xG4kz)

324 Posted by: Beverly at January 15, 2026 01:07 AM (reMys)

Congrats even if it doesn't feel "good". Just count the blessings and stay present about it, much as that sounds twee or gay or whatever. Think of allllll those days and mornings you don't have to do the thing anymore.

None of us knows if we have 30 years or 30 minutes. Enjoy!!!

Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 01:19 AM (E0p3T)

325 I had to write a semi serious text today and I wanted so badly to end it with "thank you for your attention to this matter" but I exercised restraint and did not.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel

Yuge, the best, so clear, so concise, concise like you wouldn't believe, people say the best they have ever seen, classy

Posted by: Late Nite Copy Editor Miklos J. Trump at January 15, 2026 01:22 AM (f/3mU)

326 178 Hello Horde, drive-by prayer request for:

a thing which needs to happen, sooner than later

a thing which *will* happen, but hopefully not too soon

Thanks in advance.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 14, 2026 11:16 PM (ULPxl)

Just spitballin here....

Thing which needs to happen - they need to get married..

Thing which will happen - 'the reason they need to get married' on it's way, hopefully doesn't arrive too soon..

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 15, 2026 01:22 AM (QGaXH)

327 Any thoughts?
Posted by: Beverly

Congratulations! My two cents is to embrace the lack of schedule for a bit and a good schedule will sort itself out. Pay attention to what you enjoy doing, what ideas you find interesting, and build a routine that brings you joy and fulfillment.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 15, 2026 01:22 AM (RkOfE)

328 Abdominal aortic aneurysm.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2026 01:14

Now that sounds damn scary. You have this under control? I've had a couple of friends die from that.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at January 15, 2026 01:23 AM (55Qr6)

329 Welcome to the Wide Wide World of Atrial Fibrillation
Posted by: Miklos lied to girls bout why my heart skipped a beat at January 15, 2026 12:55 AM (f/3mU)

That's why I have paddles in my chest.

Bastard's worked 11 times, once while awake.

Nothing like feeling that sucker go off. Imagine having a metal knife and you plug it into an electrical outlet. Pretty much the same thing. I felt like I was kicked by a mule. The other 10 times I was unconscious and really on my way out.

Posted by: RickZ at January 15, 2026 01:24 AM (gKDq2)

330 I'm just another idiot with a keyboard and 'net connection. Hahahaha.
Posted by: JQ at January

For which all of us at Club ONT are grateful!

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 15, 2026 01:25 AM (RkOfE)

331 >>>Any thoughts?

Posted by: Beverly

>Welcome to the club. I'm working on a routine. Family mostly. Rest and recovery is important. As is exercise. Maintaining your balance is paramount as is not getting any more grey hair than necessary. Keep your mind sharp.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 15, 2026 01:26 AM (BSdIE)

332 Another day another ice shooting. Chuckie schumer says are corporate donors wont let us run on getting rid ice!

Posted by: raimondo at January 15, 2026 01:27 AM (H+Ok+)

333 Any thoughts?
Posted by: Beverly

Part time job, volunteer, learn a new skill. Whatever you choose to do, do it with a sense of adventure and no pressure. Create a schedule for yourself even if it seems mundane. The last 10 years of my professional career I was self-employed. Basically all I did was work. I retired early because I realized I was just a boarder in my own house and my wife and 15 year old son were strangers. I took a job as a school custodian. Most enjoyable 6 years of my working life. Don't pressure yourself and don't be in a hurry.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 15, 2026 01:28 AM (vzcgi)

334 I'm just another idiot with a keyboard and 'net connection. Hahahaha.
Posted by: JQ at January

AND BAR DUTY

No workee, no payee

Posted by: Crazy Miklos' late Nite Tiki Bar and Show at January 15, 2026 01:29 AM (f/3mU)

335 Hey Horde, prayers up for all who need them.

Beverly, congrats on your retirement. I think that saying goodbye to a sadistic boss will do wonders for your health.

scampydog, nice to see you here.

JQ, the usual if you will please.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 15, 2026 01:30 AM (0nHVk)

336 don't like schumer stop put in action against him as enough of the people down their more $$$! source tuckers. If security senile old joe biden and ocasio-cortez! can party allies from votes! His chuckie! 2022 ny privility? what happens to control water.

Posted by: raimondo on tap at January 15, 2026 01:31 AM (f/3mU)

337 Received a terse notice last week from Liberty Mutual, cancelling my homeowners insurance.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

Never have been a fan of insurance. Will you be compensated at all for your payments over time?

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 15, 2026 01:31 AM (RkOfE)

338 build a routine that brings you joy and fulfillment.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 15, 2026 01:22 AM (RkOfE)

Does 'kill everybody who pisses you off' count?

Posted by: RickZ at January 15, 2026 01:31 AM (gKDq2)

339 Posted by: Beverly at January 15, 2026 01:07 AM
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Glad you got out of a bad situation. Can't think of much worse than dreading one's job.

If you live where there is actual winter weather-- enjoy not needing to drag out into the freezing cold mornings to scrape ice & then have to wait for car to defrost before driving through snow/ice while sharing the road with EEJOTS the whole way!

What to do?

--finish that book, whether you're writing it or just reading it
--continue keeping a regular wake/sleep schedule
--daydream. You can act on these later.

Enjoy!!!

Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 01:32 AM (rdVOm)

340 Well, 11:33 P.M. here. Time for my beauty sleep. One of these days, it simply has to take. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 15, 2026 01:33 AM (8zz6B)

341 I took a job as a school custodian. Most enjoyable 6 years of my working life. Don't pressure yourself and don't be in a hurry.
Posted by: Sock Monkey

Dat man know sumptin'

Can sang too

Posted by: Beloved "Uncle" Miklos, 101 year old Custodian and blues musician at January 15, 2026 01:33 AM (f/3mU)

342 Hi, Debby!

*the usual*

Cheers!

Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 01:33 AM (rdVOm)

343 314 The Pittsburgh police scanner is supremely entertaining but I'm starting to wonder if Pittsburgh is a real place or if it made up like Rhode Island.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel

Pittsburgh is a magical place!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 15, 2026 01:34 AM (sAmhv)

344 Hi, American Kestrel!

Thank you for your kind words.

Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 01:37 AM (rdVOm)

345 Nuclear has backing from Washington along with wizkids brains, money and competitive drive building a safe, cheap and powerful reactors will be the norm. Energy will be cheap. Green Peas can stuffit.
Posted by: Braenyard

If that happens, I fully expect Hollywood to make a China Syndrome II. Worked so well the first time.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 15, 2026 01:38 AM (sAmhv)

346 Tim Walz indicted? NO
- Agreement to bring Greenland under US control in some form (such as a territory)? YES
- Regime change in Cuba? NO
- Another Government budget shutdown? YES (likely 2 weeks from now)
- More than six SpaceX Starship launches NO
- SpaceX IPO announced (direct to public market, not through another company)? NO
- Russia/Ukraine cease fire agreement? NO
- Jerome Powell leaves as Fed Chair before his term ends in May 2026? NO
- Democratic control of the House after mid-term elections? NO
- More than 14 earthquakes of magnitude 7.0 globally? NO
- At least one Supreme Court Justice leaves the bench or announces their intent to step down? NO
- Over the past four winter Olympic games, the US has averaged about 28 medals. Will the US win more than average in the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics? NO

Posted by: steven at January 15, 2026 01:38 AM (QOrsj)

347 Yep. Insurance is a *bad word* to me. They take and they take, year after year, "Lawd, they was lovey-dovey" until you have a claim.

Then it's a battle. And if you don't get cancelled, you sure as hell pay them back (double or more) in increased premiums afterward. Such a fking racket.
Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 01:02 AM (rdVOm)

I was an all lines insurance claims manager for over 30 years. Casualty insurance companies pay out more in claims than the premium they take in . They make their money by investing the premiums. In my experience , first party claims are handled by giving the policyholder the benefit of the doubt on questionable claims. I’ve always said everyone should sit at an insurance claims desk for six months. Their perception of insurance claims handling would completely change.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 15, 2026 01:39 AM (KDPiq)

348 >>>Pittsburgh is a magical place!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come

>Now that Tomlin took a hike, there may be prospects.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 15, 2026 01:39 AM (BSdIE)

349 If that happens, I fully expect Hollywood to make a China Syndrome II. Worked so well the first time.
Posted by: Puddleglum
---------

"There *was* a vibration!"

OMG!!!

Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 01:39 AM (rdVOm)

350 They seem intoxicated, high on indignation and self-righteousness. Just mind-boggling entitled mentality. But, yes, usually entertaining.
----
I avoid these. I raised children to not act like this and so I go right into "this child needs to learn a lesson" mode. And ignore because they are not my child. But they definitely missed something in their education.

I detest whining. I don't think any of my children whined more than once because I responded with "children who whine get nothing!" And also, "try saying that again in a normal tone of voice"

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 15, 2026 01:40 AM (RkOfE)

351 328 Abdominal aortic aneurysm.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2026 01:14

Now that sounds damn scary. You have this under control? I've had a couple of friends die from that.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at January 15, 2026 01:23 AM (55Qr6)

Dang...all of this makes my wonky stuff hopefully just that. Or, as we know it in our house, "incidental findings." My husband is king of those.

I had my little syncope performance but don't think it's heart or brain related (we all know I lack the latter). I just pass out every 4yrs or so if I rush in the early am, don't hydrate, and don't sleep because I need to get up to rush.

Good thing this was not a problem when I was working and waking and rushing for decades. 4yrs ago the ED doc, after a bunch of tests, told me she had it. That when I feel it coming on to lie down with feet above my heart a bit, and tense all muscles.

I ignored the warnings & passed out instead, and knew better. EMT's said all normal. I said no to another ED visit. PA said I had to have an echo and holter and here I am seeing a cardiology PA in a week. I hope to be left alone for six months. Lose wt and behave for once in my life.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 15, 2026 01:40 AM (WONhk)

352 I took a job as a school custodian. Most enjoyable 6 years of my working life. Don't pressure yourself and don't be in a hurry.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 15, 2026 01:28 AM (vzcgi)

Reminds me of Lt. Joe Kenda.

His last show, he revealed what he did after retiring as a cop.

He became a school bus driver.

Posted by: RickZ at January 15, 2026 01:40 AM (gKDq2)

353 Good night AOP

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 15, 2026 01:42 AM (RkOfE)

354 I either play golf or tennis almost every day since I’ve retired. On the days I don’t I paint.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 15, 2026 01:44 AM (KDPiq)

355 I used to travel to Pittsburgh for insurance seminars. Tony Roma’s and iron city beer was always on the menu. (the beer not so great but it was a tradition)

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 15, 2026 01:47 AM (KDPiq)

356 Does 'kill everybody who pisses you off' count?
Posted by: RickZ at Januar

*Laughs*
*Takes a moment*
I'm taking much more time than I should, thinking this over.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 15, 2026 01:48 AM (RkOfE)

357 > Nurse Dixie McCall will answer the phone.
Posted by: Jack Webb Production at January 14, 2026 11:52 PM (oftw2)

She had it going on.

I knew she was a MILF before that term was even invented.

Weird thing was, she was Jack Webb's ex-wife, and the guy who played Dr. Early was her new husband.

Apparently the split was amicable, given that he hired them for one of his shows.

Good night, all.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 15, 2026 01:48 AM (IG3/x)

358 The Indian motorcycle pic looks fake to me. Could be wrong. Fucking AI ruins everything.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 15, 2026 01:49 AM (rfn8n)

359 Posted by: Opinion fact at January

What do you paint? I've painted a few landscapes in acrylic.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 15, 2026 01:50 AM (RkOfE)

360 ...Their perception of insurance claims handling would completely change.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 15, 2026 01:39 AM
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I imagine that being rather like being a cop:

You deal with scammers and thieves all day long, so when you encounter a normie, the default is to treat them just like everyone else.

"Questionable claims" = ALL claims, yes?

Sorry, not sorry... Insurance companies are only a bit more pleasant than the IRS in my book.

Nothing personal, Opinion fact.

Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 01:50 AM (rdVOm)

361 Good night Rodrigo

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 15, 2026 01:51 AM (RkOfE)

362 Hey Debbie, you still around? Good to "see" you. Hope you are doing well.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 15, 2026 01:52 AM (RkOfE)

363 Received a terse notice last week from Liberty Mutual, cancelling my homeowners insurance.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2026 12:11 AM (XeU6L)

Couple of years ago the boy borrowed my car, ran a red light in front of a cop, about 20 mph over the limit.

He lost his license, and State Farm cancelled our car insurance. So I told them to fuck off with the homeowners as well. They made plenty of money off my for years, and they just decided we were too much of a risk over a one-time bad choice by a teenager.

Insurance has always been a racket, but that took the cake.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 15, 2026 01:53 AM (6Bc88)

364 Abdominal aortic aneurysm.
Posted by: Mike Hammer,

Sounds like a question for Muldoon

Posted by: Miklos sounds the Seamus Muldoon Horn at January 15, 2026 01:54 AM (f/3mU)

365 Sorry, not sorry... Insurance companies are only a bit more pleasant than the IRS in my book.

Nothing personal, Opinion fact.
Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 01:50 AM (rdVOm)

Look at who has the biggest and fanciest corporate headquarters. It isn't oil companies, it's insurance companies. They are very wealthy folks.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 15, 2026 01:54 AM (6Bc88)

366 Look at who has the biggest and fanciest corporate headquarters. It isn't oil companies, it's insurance companies. They are very wealthy folks.
Posted by: tcn in AK
--------

Don't forget the sports arenas!

Yeah, and I don't think their corpo execs are driving Toyotas or Subarus either.

Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 01:59 AM (rdVOm)

367 Yeah, and I don't think their corpo execs are driving Toyotas or Subarus either.
Posted by: JQ

Subarus yes

Posted by: Lesbian Life and Stabbing Casualty at January 15, 2026 02:02 AM (f/3mU)

368 *waves to DDS*

Sockmonkey... I have thought about doing the custodian thing - not AOP, but I can fix shit. Carl from B'Fast Club was amusing.

Posted by: scampydog at January 15, 2026 02:02 AM (41CYW)

369 You gotta fight

For your right

TO PARTY

Thank you for your attention to this message.
Posted by: Genial Late Nite Beastie Boy Miklos

* digs around in drawer for brass knuckles*

* pours another glass of chocolate milk *
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude

This is my kind of party! Wait! Ha, found a stiletto in the back of the closet and I'm going to make a glass of strawberry milk. Yum

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 15, 2026 02:03 AM (RkOfE)

370 355 I used to travel to Pittsburgh for insurance seminars. Tony Roma’s and iron city beer was always on the menu. (the beer not so great but it was a tradition)
Posted by: Opinion fact

IC Light is drinkable and almost ok. I like it anyway. IC on the other hand, not good. At all.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 15, 2026 02:04 AM (sAmhv)

371 2 years ago, there were a few forest fires in my region (none within 20 miles of my home, but still... my "region") and some homes were lost. Maybe a dozen totalled, a couple dozen more damaged to varying degrees.

What happened next? MY homeowners insurance jacked 80%. EIGHTY PERCENT.

Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 02:05 AM (rdVOm)

372 IC Light is drinkable and almost ok. I like it anyway. IC on the other hand, not good. At all.
Posted by: Puddleglum

Ahem

Posted by: the long neglected Boilermaker at January 15, 2026 02:05 AM (f/3mU)

373 I liked Pittsburgh. Commuted there for consulting work for 5+ years. Was nothing like the image I had from the youth. Cool people (not the tweakers), good food.

Posted by: scampydog at January 15, 2026 02:06 AM (41CYW)

374 Also, read up thread a bit, and praying for God's presence and peace in your situation Helena.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 15, 2026 02:06 AM (RkOfE)

375 Good night AOP.

Hi Kestrel, good to see you, I am well thank you.

JQ, I am still dealing with the insurance company regarding the tree on the garage last October.

Miklos, would you like a drink?

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 15, 2026 02:06 AM (0nHVk)

376 Miklos, would you like a drink?
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz

yes

*extends 32 oz insulated Chug-a-Mug*

Posted by: Miklos has real plastic straws too at January 15, 2026 02:08 AM (f/3mU)

377 AFIB. It doesn't t kill you, at least in the near future. What does kill you is the stroke, caused by the blood clots created in the heart when it's flopping about. That's the reason to see the doc in a hurry. Get prescribed one of the clot preventing drugs like Eliquis. Then you'll have time to.figure out what else you need to.do, but you can't do that if a stroke kills you, or worse, leaves you a cripple, unable to remember your own birthday.

Insurance. A number of insurance companies have bailed out of my area, v citing wildfire risk. No discrimination, they just cancelled out. Unfortunately, insurance companies are not run by.mathematicians, who they hire to set their baseline profits. They're run by people who get themselves into these positions because they wanna be rich, so they start nibbling at the edges. Like Vegas casinos adding double and even triple zero to the roulette wheel, having the odds in their favor isn't good enough. They want more.

Posted by: buddhaha at January 15, 2026 02:10 AM (lbb+E)

378 I should probably copyright Chug-a-Mug

Posted by: Miklos gonna be RICH at January 15, 2026 02:10 AM (f/3mU)

379 Sockmonkey... I have thought about doing the custodian thing - not AOP, but I can fix shit. Carl from B'Fast Club was amusing.
Posted by: scampydog

I was more like Willy the grounds keeper.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 15, 2026 02:13 AM (vzcgi)

380
Or maybe not

https://tinyurl.com/4j6zmwjy

Posted by: Miklos gonna be much less RICH at January 15, 2026 02:14 AM (f/3mU)

381 Sorry about the tree damage, Debby! Ugh, insurance... You'd think something like that would be simple to process!

A large tree fell at Dad's house but thankfully didn't hit the house or garage. Just brushed & destroyed the gutter, so it will need to be replaced. I can do that.

Tree service removed the fallen fir. Total cost was less than insurance deductible, so no claim.

Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 02:14 AM (rdVOm)

382 Good night grey box friends

I appreciate your insight, humor, and camaraderie.

Peace

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 15, 2026 02:14 AM (RkOfE)

383 JQ, Miklos evidently needs a pitcher for the Chug-a-Mug.

I am going to finish my Chivas and toddle off to sleep. Sweet dreams Horde.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 15, 2026 02:16 AM (0nHVk)

384 the blood clots created in the heart

Posted by: buddhaha at January 15, 2026 02:10 AM (lbb+E)

Been there, done that.

Have had a blood clot in the heart and a blood clot in the lung, along with multiple clots in the right leg. Heparin to the rescue.

Posted by: RickZ at January 15, 2026 02:17 AM (gKDq2)

385
I was more like Willy the grounds keeper.
Posted by: Sock Monkey

Sock Monkey is found......NOT GUILTY

Posted by: Miklos was on the hury of the famous "Let's kill all the golfers" trial at January 15, 2026 02:17 AM (f/3mU)

386 What happened next? MY homeowners insurance jacked 80%. EIGHTY PERCENT.
Posted by: JQ

30 years a homeowner in the woods. High wildland fire risk. I don't have homeowners. I do have a 250 gallon tank that goes in the back of the F250, a 13 hp pump and 100 ft of 1 inch hose with a fire nozzle. I have 2 625 gallon water tanks by the house. I have access to a JD 6 cat and about 400 hours of experience on the fireline.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 15, 2026 02:20 AM (vzcgi)

387 Also Good Night for me too, lurking in the shadows

Beverly's comment #303 above describes my post-retirement feelings to a tee. Feeling adrift with no destination in mind..it will be two years in April.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 15, 2026 02:20 AM (QGaXH)

388 Sock Monkey, you're well prepared! That's awesome!

Me? I don't live anywhere near "the woods" and was royally pissed about that rate increase. W. T. F.

Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 02:24 AM (rdVOm)

389 The Indian motorcycle pic looks fake to me. Could be wrong. Fucking AI ruins everything.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 15, 2026 01:49 AM (rfn8n)

No shit man. You can't trust anything anymore. I was doing a wiring harness today on a 1956 panhead. Its a restore, so I'm doing the harness from scratch with the old cloth covered wire and asphalt loom. I was searching for bikes with wiring pics to check my routing of one of the looms. I found one pic of a supposed survivor and I wasn't even sure I could trust it because one wire color was wrong. Normally before fucking AI I would say eh, its harley, probably ran out and used this this color instead. Now I had to really look to see if it wasn't some bullshit picture. I'm pretty sure it was legit because of a few little details I saw that AI wouldn't know, but the fact that I had to question it blows ass.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 15, 2026 02:28 AM (snZF9)

390 Me? I don't live anywhere near "the woods" and was royally pissed about that rate increase. W. T. F.
Posted by: JQ

That's a product of the sprawl out into areas that are susceptible. I'm remembering some fires down in your area on the other side of the river from Hellsgate that burned a few houses. My cousin's house was burnt to the ground when they had the fires around Kamiah.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 15, 2026 02:37 AM (vzcgi)

391 I see some of these 29-year-olds on here having health problems. Make you a deal. I'll pray for alla y'all if y'all'll pray for me. And my old pal Tom.

Tom and I go back a lifetime, back to pre-school together. Indeed, his Mom and my Dad went to grade school together, so we go 'way 'way back. Tom survived throat cancer over half a century back, survived pretty well since, but lately has been having trouble swallowing. Just got a text today he's in the hospital and anticipating they'll be putting in a PEG tube Friday.
https://w.wiki/HTk7

A reminder for those possibly past 29 someday:
Psalm 90:10 KJV
The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

https://youtu.be/lFamN-oXRMQ

G'nite, y'all.

Posted by: mindful webworker - a newt, but I got better at January 15, 2026 02:38 AM (FMpsC)

392 my buddy butchie (r.i.p.) had a brown minky's (ross) bicycle in early high school that he had painted "bad motor scooter" in white testor's modeling paint on the top tube.
i think i would've gone with thompson's vincent song, but i'm an honorary member of the voc.

Posted by: cmeat at January 15, 2026 02:38 AM (R11M+)

393 Sleep has been all over the map. Falling asleep in the Lazy Boy recliner, with Youtoob videos on autoplay; waking up at 5 am and pondering whether going back to bed counts as a nap.

I feel like I got off of a Hellship, but as it has gone hull-down over the horizon, and the voices on board are fainter and fainter, I'm adrift in a little sloop on the ocean, with no destination in mind....

Any thoughts?

Posted by: Beverly at January 15, 2026 01:07 AM (reMys)

I have a recliner. I refuse to sit in it at any time other than night time, because it's a black hole. I had to sleep in it after I had surgery, which is why I got it in the first place. Its treacherous. You sit, you pass out, no matter the time. I pass out in it every night, although in the wee hours, and even when I wake up I'll think oooh this is nice, and if I don't get up immediately, forget it. Its a cursed object.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 15, 2026 02:40 AM (snZF9)

394 Sock Monkey-- yeah, the *other side* of the river-- a nice big fire-break of water!!! And Kamiah is over FIFTY MILES away.

Why TF must I reimburse the insurance co's loss on that shit? Didn't they charge THOSE homeowners enough in advance already?

Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 02:43 AM (rdVOm)

395 Its a cursed object.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

*types on phone reclining on the Lazyboy*

Yep

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 15, 2026 02:44 AM (vzcgi)

396 Oh, and very sorry about your cousin's house, Sock Monkey! Hope all were uninjured.

Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 02:45 AM (rdVOm)

397 Why TF must I reimburse the insurance co's loss on that shit? Didn't they charge THOSE homeowners enough in advance already?
Posted by: JQ

Two most profitable industries in this country are big pharma and insurance. Also two of the biggest lobbies in the Beltway. Don't get me started.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 15, 2026 02:48 AM (vzcgi)

398 Two most profitable industries in this country are big pharma and insurance. Also two of the biggest lobbies in the Beltway. Don't get me started.
---------

Duuude... Right there with ya.

So anyway-- Recliners RULE! They can be a way of life if you're not careful, hahaha.

Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 02:50 AM (rdVOm)

399 pops said he drove a henderson (later ace, later indian) four into a tree when he went to buy it due to the longitudinal torque reaction. said nope, not for me.

Posted by: cmeat at January 15, 2026 02:51 AM (R11M+)

400 Oh, and very sorry about your cousin's house, Sock Monkey! Hope all were uninjured.
Posted by: JQ

Nope. Other cousin, his brother, spent a week on one of his company's D9s fighting the fires. He had some respiratory issues afterwards but nothing permanent.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 15, 2026 02:52 AM (vzcgi)

401 Someone needs to put that Hapsburg guy in a curled wig, just to see how strong the family look still is.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 15, 2026 03:03 AM (C0Nlv)

402 Someone needs to put that Hapsburg guy in a curled wig, just to see how strong the family look still is.
Posted by: FeatherBlade

Pretty sure it's inbred.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 15, 2026 03:08 AM (vzcgi)

403 Hmmm

* checks sofa cushion *

Nobody here but me and the squirrels.

* stands to attention *

tiny.cc/nsox001

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 15, 2026 03:31 AM (vzcgi)

404 The hammer of the gods
Will drive our ships to Greenland
To fight the horde and sing and cry
Valhalla, I am coming

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 15, 2026 03:37 AM (A32KF)

405 A third of Greenlanders are on public assistance.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 15, 2026 03:47 AM (A32KF)

406 I have way too many April Wine albums

Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 03:47 AM (Ia/+0)

407 A third of Greenlanders are on public assistance.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 15, 2026 03:47 AM (A32KF)

I would imagine there isn't jack shit to do there.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 15, 2026 03:50 AM (snZF9)

408 PIXY TIME

Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 04:02 AM (Ia/+0)

409 402 Someone needs to put that Hapsburg guy in a curled wig, just to see how strong the family look still is.
Posted by: FeatherBlade

Pretty sure it's inbred.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 15, 2026 03:08 AM (vzcgi)

****

Ruprecht . . . . No! *

*said in best Michael Caine voice

Posted by: Publius Redux at January 15, 2026 04:06 AM (Gu66x)

410 Beverly and others in retirement,

form something that you have always wanted to accomplish, a hobby, a community volunteer, church, HOA dictator-something you will have to dedicate time to complete on-going

Posted by: paulnjax at January 15, 2026 08:17 AM (PPnyU)

Rhino Field Goal Cafe

Eilean Donan Castle, Scotland

Elephant rescues an animal from drowning in a pool.

Dirty dogs.

Two dogs have their own podcast. Here, they talk about dogs' amazing powers of smell. This better not be AI.

Remember that Tom and Jerry cartoon where a cat after a mouse but the "mouse" is actually a kangaroo and it beats his ass unholy? Same vibes.

Dog discovers his genetic heritage.

Duncanthrax's nightmare.

Cat's got a motivational swat on the ass for everybody.

I need this level of focus and energy.

Golden retriever rocks the baby.

The Floating Cat illusion. I didn't get it. Scroll over and select the next inch of text for the explanation: He's in an empty bath tub.

Such a happy tactical unicorn..🦏😅 pic.twitter.com/LILWtUFJT1
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) January 14, 2026

Posted by: Ace at 07:30 PM

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1 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 07:30 PM (Ia/+0)

2 Howdoo

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 07:31 PM (xVja5)

3 Was Spectre before Spooky?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 07:32 PM (A32KF)

4 Sigh.
No otters.
Had to settle for a Goldie.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 14, 2026 07:32 PM (fWAMy)

5 Why do they call the U-2 a spy plane? Because it's in da skies.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 07:33 PM (L/fGl)

6 Was Spectre before Spooky?
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 07:32 PM (A32KF)

I've heard both. I like Spectre. Darker.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 14, 2026 07:33 PM (0aYVJ)

7 Wonder if The Dogbone Podcast is on Spotify

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 07:34 PM (Ia/+0)

8 Thank you Ace for every day!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 14, 2026 07:34 PM (Mt/k/)

9 I want a castle.

Good evening, horde!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 14, 2026 07:34 PM (zYpTz)

10 willowed -

>>> 240 New leftist defense of Good just dropped: the agent was wearing body armor, which will protect him from being hit by a car, so he's pretending to be hurt.

I am not making this up.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 14, 2026 07:31 PM (wItF4)

Ok. Let's issue body armor to the "peaceful protestors" and then we can run them over at will. They'll be fine, right?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 14, 2026 07:34 PM (ULPxl)

11 Buenos nachos.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 14, 2026 07:34 PM (kNpNa)

12 Why do they call the U-2 a spy plane? Because it's in da skies.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 07:33 PM (L/fGl)

Dragon Lady. Also the TR-1.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 14, 2026 07:35 PM (fWAMy)

13 >>> 11 Buenos nachos.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 14, 2026 07:34 PM (kNpNa)

Nachos? Where???

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 14, 2026 07:35 PM (ULPxl)

14
I love, covet, want, desire that Scottish castle!

Now back to IranWatch.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 07:36 PM (Jxa0O)

15 Duncanthrax's nightmare.

====

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 07:36 PM (g47mK)

16 Duncanthrax's nightmare.

====

🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 07:36 PM (g47mK)

17 MOAR!!!

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 07:36 PM (g47mK)

18 Does Eilean Donan Castle have huge . . . tracts of land?

Posted by: King of Swamp Castle at January 14, 2026 07:37 PM (wVcYX)

19 I see why they called that castle "Eilean". It appears to be out of plumb.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 14, 2026 07:37 PM (8zz6B)

20 Is Castle crooked?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 07:38 PM (A32KF)

21 Those dogs become one with Mudder nature.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 14, 2026 07:38 PM (Mt/k/)

22 Duncanthrax's nightmare.

Aiieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Imagine being trapped behind it. The smell ... the smell.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 14, 2026 07:39 PM (0sNs1)

23 I see why they called that castle "Eilean". It appears to be out of plumb.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 14, 2026 07:37 PM (8zz6B)

If it were a Shinto Shrine, it would be Iran.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 14, 2026 07:39 PM (fWAMy)

24 Is Castle crooked?
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 07:38 PM (A32KF)
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Eh. If it falls down into the swamp, they'll just build another one on top of it.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 14, 2026 07:39 PM (ESVrU)

25 Betsy is living her best life and I'd go out of my way to say hi to her and those muddy dogs are having a blast but I wouldn't want to clean them.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 14, 2026 07:40 PM (xJGPn)

26 Come on Eileen~

Posted by: Dexy's Midnight Runners at January 14, 2026 07:41 PM (mlg/3)

27
If it were a Shinto Shrine, it would be Iran.
Posted by: Diogenes at January

Stoopid phone.
Irean. Irean!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at January 14, 2026 07:42 PM (fWAMy)

28 You met a man on the Oregon Trail.

His name is Terry.

You laugh and tell him "That's a girl name!"

Terry shoots you.

You have died of dissin' Terry.

Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 07:42 PM (krQz2)

29 Mig 29s?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 07:42 PM (A32KF)

30 Ok. Let's issue body armor to the "peaceful protestors" and then we can run them over at will. They'll be fine, right?
-
I have a better idea.

Trump's HHS needs to issue a statement that bullet proof vests will not protect you from being hit by a car.

And let Tik Tok run its course.

Posted by: Methos at January 14, 2026 07:44 PM (vSvIl)

31 Germany's move to resurrect the dreaded "Fallschirmpinguinkorps" to invade Greenland has sparked a new controversy over use of biological warfare. These foul-flippered fowl from the sky will leave a trail of destruction unequaled by any other seabird, and are specifically barred by the Geneva Convention because of the inhuman torture inflicted by their mere presence.

The people of Greenland will soon be begging President Donald J Trump for relief from the malodorous mephitic marauders. This may prove to be yet another huge mistake on the part of the Germans.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at January 14, 2026 07:44 PM (vFG9F)

32 Wait. These people have watched too many movies.

They think body armor protects against blunt force trauma?

I remember... a demolition ranch video where he had a plate from a new company that said it could stop a .50 bmg armor piercing. Iirc, the plate did stop one round but also ruptured the organs of the test dummy slightly.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 07:47 PM (zZu0s)

33 Rhinonan?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 07:47 PM (A32KF)

34 The people of Greenland will soon be begging President Donald J Trump for relief from the malodorous mephitic marauders.
Posted by: Penguin Facts

I saw Malodorous Mephitic Marauders open for Noxious Necrotic Nomads at the Garden back in the old days.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 14, 2026 07:47 PM (cYBz/)

35 Finished printing all of James Bond 3D posters.

The posters span the Connery, Lazenby and Moore eras.

The Dalton, Brosnan and Craig Errors are yet to come.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 14, 2026 07:47 PM (XV/Pl)

36 Let the Germans go there, spend the rest of winter and do nothing

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 07:48 PM (Ia/+0)

37 259 152 Video of the latest ramming.

https://is.gd/x6YfyI
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks,
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There's patience and there's stupid. When he/she tried to back into that agent time was up. No lesson learned.
They are going to do it again.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 07:48 PM (y79kU)

38 a bunch of lefty jihadists using cars to kill, bastards

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 07:49 PM (g47mK)

39 Are we bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 14, 2026 07:49 PM (cWNll)

40 How is the German Army at fighting on Hoth?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 07:49 PM (A32KF)

41 Is Castle crooked?
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 07:38 PM (A32KF)

Can we get Detective Becket's opinion on that?

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 14, 2026 07:50 PM (mP0Kj)

42 Are we bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 14, 2026 07:49 PM (cWNll)

On it!

Posted by: Zombie Brothers Brian, Dennis, & Carl Wilson at January 14, 2026 07:50 PM (wVcYX)

43 Is Castle crooked?
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 07:38 PM (A32KF)

Can we get Detective Becket's opinion on that?
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 14, 2026 07:50 PM (mP0Kj)

Huh. I liked that show.

Then it got weird.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 07:51 PM (zZu0s)

44 Wait. These people have watched too many movies.

They think body armor protects against blunt force trauma?
-
Not movies, video games, maybe D&D. Improving the armor stat makes damage less likely or lower magnitude from all sources.

Posted by: Methos at January 14, 2026 07:51 PM (vSvIl)

45 a bunch of lefty jihadists using cars to kill, bastards
Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 07:49 PM (g47mK)
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Nope in Wisconsin, the SUV drove over all those people out on the street. He was just the passenger.

Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 07:51 PM (krQz2)

46 Evenin’, All.

Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 07:53 PM (77rzZ)

47 Duncanthrax's nightmare.

It's going to happen. Only a matter of time.

Posted by: Paco at January 14, 2026 07:53 PM (2L+MU)

48 The Floating Cat illusion.

That's very good.

Posted by: t-bird at January 14, 2026 07:53 PM (6LzyB)

49
It's quiet out there...

Now, you do the Clint Walker line...

Posted by: Auspex at January 14, 2026 07:54 PM (Y8DZL)

50 It's going to happen. Only a matter of time.

==

absolutely, it is only logical

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 07:54 PM (g47mK)

51 "the plate did stop one round but also ruptured the organs of the test dummy slightly.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone "

It would certainly knock you down.

Posted by: fd at January 14, 2026 07:54 PM (vFG9F)

52 >>It would certainly knock you down.

It would break your bones / spine.

I have seen .338 Lapua split an elk spine clear up through the skull.

Posted by: garrett at January 14, 2026 07:57 PM (ZcsJV)

53 I've been to that castle. Honestly, they all start looking alike after a while.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 14, 2026 07:57 PM (3uBP9)

54 31 Germany's move to resurrect the dreaded "Fallschirmpinguinkorps" to invade Greenland has sparked a new controversy over use of biological warfare. - Penguin Facts

Wie lächerlich! Er, I mean, how ridiculous.

Posted by: Paco at January 14, 2026 07:57 PM (2L+MU)

55 a bunch of lefty jihadists using cars to kill, bastards
Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 07:49 PM (g47mK)
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Nope in Wisconsin, the SUV drove over all those people out on the street. He was just the passenger.
Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 07:51 PM (krQz2)

That's what I was saying!

Posted by: Shirtless Darrell Brooks at January 14, 2026 07:58 PM (wVcYX)

56 I suppose body armor might stop a cannonball from going thru you too.

Posted by: fd at January 14, 2026 07:58 PM (vFG9F)

57 >>> There's patience and there's stupid. When he/she tried to back into that agent time was up. No lesson learned.
They are going to do it again.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 07:48 PM (y79kU)

Some things can only be learned effectively through attrition.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 14, 2026 07:58 PM (3uBP9)

58 Remember that Tom and Jerry cartoon where a cat after a mouse but the "mouse" is actually a kangaroo and it beats his ass unholy?

No, but I remember multiple Looney Tunes where that happened to Sylvester.

Posted by: Lance McCormick at January 14, 2026 07:59 PM (soUkD)

59 >> I suppose body armor might stop a cannonball from going thru you too.

You would be pudding.

Posted by: garrett at January 14, 2026 08:00 PM (ZcsJV)

60 I got the floating cat immediately because I have cats.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 08:00 PM (KDPiq)

61 OT, but it might be ti.e for Geico to take that AJ Brown commercial out of the rotation.

Posted by: Wally at January 14, 2026 08:01 PM (DEw/K)

62 Hello, Horde! 😊♥️

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 14, 2026 08:01 PM (SRRAx)

63 "You would be pudding.
Posted by: garrett"

The results would probably be carried for some ways.

Posted by: fd at January 14, 2026 08:01 PM (vFG9F)

64 How come Barack Obongo and his pay master Valerie The Ferret are so quiet lately?

Shouldn't they be Iran trying to stop the bloodshed?

Hope and Change Baby!

Posted by: Idiot Obama Voter at January 14, 2026 08:02 PM (R/m4+)

65 Read ghis morning the ICE agent who was hit by Renee had internal injuries

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 08:02 PM (Ia/+0)

66 Remember that Tom and Jerry cartoon where a cat after a mouse but the "mouse" is actually a kangaroo and it beats his ass unholy?

That was Looney Tunes.

The original Masters of Disaster.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 14, 2026 08:02 PM (kNpNa)

67 "time."

Posted by: Wally at January 14, 2026 08:02 PM (DEw/K)

68 I got the floating cat immediately because I have cats.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 08:00 PM (KDPiq)

one of mine even sleeps in a tub.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 14, 2026 08:03 PM (8avO+)

69 62 Zdravstyuy (“Hi,” in Russian), Teresa!

Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 08:03 PM (77rzZ)

70 Yeah, I don't think it would stop a cannon ball. Or as garrett said, it would not matter if it did not 'penetrate' the vest because it would penetrate you.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 08:04 PM (zZu0s)

71 I’m still shaking my head over the NYT claiming that Trump and Hegseth committed a war crime by using a plane that looked like a civilian aircraft to attack the drug boats.
Specifically they complained that we used an aircraft that looked like a 737 - because they don’t know that the Navy’s P-8 Poseidon is built on a 737 airframe.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 08:04 PM (xVja5)

72 >>> I suppose body armor might stop a cannonball from going thru you too.
Posted by: fd at January 14, 2026 07:58 PM (vFG9F)

At some point the transfer of the momentum, with high enough mass and velocity, no matter how well distributed on the target with perfect body armor, will kill just by sudden impulse of the target. The only ways to protect against that is to greatly expand the time range of transference, like with a giant loonytoon bouncy spring or redirect the projectile in a way that imparts a small fraction of the momentum to the target.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 14, 2026 08:05 PM (3uBP9)

73 Toora, loora, toora, loo-rye-aye
Eileen, I'll hum this tune forever

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at January 14, 2026 08:05 PM (2NXkw)

74 Some things can only be learned effectively through attrition.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 14, 2026 07:58 PM (3uBP9)
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This is key. The media can only sustain the Current Thing for so long before it becomes boring and the new Current Thing comes along. Trump is the master of this. Ignore polling and the fake "Guys, I talked to MAGA guys who now think unlimited immigration is okay!" garbage.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:05 PM (ZOv7s)

75 66 Remember that Tom and Jerry cartoon where a cat after a mouse but the "mouse" is actually a kangaroo and it beats his ass unholy?

That was Looney Tunes.

The original Masters of Disaster.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 14, 2026 08:02 PM (kNpNa)

Jerry was a dick. I always rooted for Tom.

Posted by: Just trying to do his job, man! at January 14, 2026 08:06 PM (TbWk/)

76 57 Some things can only be learned effectively through attrition. - banana dream

M'yes. Lots and lots of attrition, most likely.

Posted by: Paco at January 14, 2026 08:07 PM (2L+MU)

77 Leopard seals. Don't leave home without one.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 14, 2026 08:07 PM (0sNs1)

78 "You would be pudding.
Posted by: garrett"

The results would probably be carried for some ways.
Posted by: fd

This where conservation of momentum comes into play -
Weight of man at rest + weight of cannonball x speed1 (say 1000 fps) = man + cannonball going downrange at say 900 fps... But the forces of near instant acceleration would leave most man bits going laterally outward.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2026 08:08 PM (/lPRQ)

79 >>> 71 I’m still shaking my head over the NYT claiming that Trump and Hegseth committed a war crime by using a plane that looked like a civilian aircraft to attack the drug boats.
Specifically they complained that we used an aircraft that looked like a 737 - because they don’t know that the Navy’s P-8 Poseidon is built on a 737 airframe.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 08:04 PM (xVja5)

They are shit-flinging chimps hoping a turd will stick to the wall.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 14, 2026 08:08 PM (ULPxl)

80 73 Toora, loora, toora, loo-rye-aye
Eileen, I'll hum this tune forever
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at January 14, 2026 08:05 PM
Musically, that was a great tune. But the story and the picture was sketchy to say the least. By the way, have you seen those people today?

Posted by: Eromero at January 14, 2026 08:08 PM (LHPAg)

81 At some point the transfer of the momentum, with high enough mass and velocity, no matter how well distributed on the target with perfect body armor, will kill just by sudden impulse of the target. The only ways to protect against that is to greatly expand the time range of transference, like with a giant loonytoon bouncy spring or redirect the projectile in a way that imparts a small fraction of the momentum to the target.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 14, 2026 08:05 PM (3uBP9)
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During the Battle of Mobile Bay, the Confederate ironclad (the Tennessee, I think) took so many hits that the doors to the gunports jammed shut (you closed them after each shot for obvious reasons). Two crewmen tried to jimmy them open and a shot hit the doors as they were pressed up against it. The doors held against the shot, but both men were killed instantly and their remains were shoveled into a bucket.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:09 PM (ZOv7s)

82 Some great swing music in some of those old Tom and Jerry cartoons from the 1940s. I remember one, especially, featuring Tom and his homemade zoot suit.

Solid, Jackson!

Posted by: Paco at January 14, 2026 08:09 PM (2L+MU)

83 Star Trek is on. It's the one where they have to save their own butts by going back in time to make sure some bleeding heart liberal gets killed.

Posted by: fd at January 14, 2026 08:09 PM (vFG9F)

84 Jerry was a dick. I always rooted for Tom.

Mom always liked Dick better.

Posted by: Tom at January 14, 2026 08:09 PM (0sNs1)

85 No way in hell has Trump heard the killing has stopped.

He's being tactful and waiting for assets to be in place.

You don't tell the people of Iran "Help is on the way!" only to say "all good yo.."

I hope

Posted by: melodicmetal1 at January 14, 2026 08:10 PM (XLfSN)

86 Remember that Tom and Jerry cartoon where a cat after a mouse but the "mouse" is actually a kangaroo and it beats his ass unholy?

That was Looney Tunes.

The original Masters of Disaster.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 14, 2026 08:02 PM (kNpNa)

Jerry was a dick. I always rooted for Tom.
Posted by: Just trying to do his job, man! at January 14, 2026 08:06 PM (TbWk/)

I think in Tom and Jerry there was a cartoon where Jerry had a super strong relative come to visit.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 14, 2026 08:10 PM (8avO+)

87 USE Boeing C-17 Globe master only military aircraft showing over Iran right now.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 08:10 PM (u/kd+)

88 The Tom and Jerry’s I liked best don’t get shown much; those are the ones where you see Mammy’s feet in slippers chasing Tom around with a broom.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 08:10 PM (xVja5)

89 UAE Boeing C-17 Globe master only military aircraft showing over Iran right now.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 08:10 PM (u/kd+)

90 Leopard seals. Don't leave home without one.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 14, 2026 08:07 PM (0sNs1)

Females reach lengths of up to 3.8 meters (12.5 feet) and weigh over 500 kg (1,100 lbs). Their slender, sensuous bodies and large front flippers . . .

Large front flippers! It's a flipper thread!

Posted by: Male Leopard Seals at January 14, 2026 08:11 PM (wVcYX)

91 This where conservation of momentum comes into play -
Weight of man at rest + weight of cannonball x speed1 (say 1000 fps) = man + cannonball going downrange at say 900 fps... But the forces of near instant acceleration would leave most man bits going laterally outward.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2026 08:08 PM (/lPRQ)
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Cannonball rolling along the ground and stupid soldier casually puts a foot out to stop it, like was a rubber ball - loses lower leg.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:11 PM (ZOv7s)

92 "But the forces of near instant acceleration would leave most man bits going laterally outward.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher "

Yes, but would the cannonball go THRU the body armor?

Posted by: fd at January 14, 2026 08:11 PM (vFG9F)

93 77 Leopard seals. Don't leave home without one. - Duncanthrax

I think you need a concealed carry permit for that. Or do you open carry? That must excite comment down at the office.

Posted by: Paco at January 14, 2026 08:11 PM (2L+MU)

94 USE Boeing C-17 Globe master only military aircraft showing over Iran right now.
Posted by: rickb223

Do expect stealth fighters to put on a pole dance or something?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 14, 2026 08:11 PM (mlg/3)

95 rickb223, the others have turned their transponders off.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 14, 2026 08:11 PM (0KSrI)

96 >>> 85 No way in hell has Trump heard the killing has stopped.

He's being tactful and waiting for assets to be in place.

You don't tell the people of Iran "Help is on the way!" only to say "all good yo.."

I hope
Posted by: melodicmetal1 at January 14, 2026 08:10 PM (XLfSN)

"Nice doggie!"

*gets ready to swing big stick*

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 14, 2026 08:11 PM (ULPxl)

97 Is it gray on the ground?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 08:12 PM (A32KF)

98 >> Two crewmen tried to jimmy them open and a shot hit the doors as they were pressed up against it. The doors held against the shot, but both men were killed instantly and their remains were shoveled into a bucket.

Yep.

Pudding.

Posted by: garrett at January 14, 2026 08:12 PM (ZcsJV)

99 The doors held against the shot, but both men were killed instantly and their remains were shoveled into a bucket.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Ka-BONNNG !!!

Hey, where Billy and Bubba go?!

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2026 08:12 PM (/lPRQ)

100 Star Trek is on. It's the one where they have to save their own butts by going back in time to make sure some bleeding heart liberal gets killed.
Posted by: fd at January 14, 2026 08:09 PM (vFG9F)
--
"City on the Edge of Forever"?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 14, 2026 08:12 PM (ESVrU)

101 My favorite Tom and Jerry episode was when they flooded the kitchen and opened the freezer and made it into an ice rink. As a little kid I thought that might be possible . I'm glad I had a few doubts or I would have been in huge trouble.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 08:12 PM (KDPiq)

102 Star Trek is on. It's the one where they have to save their own butts by going back in time to make sure some bleeding heart liberal gets killed.
Posted by: fd at January 14, 2026 08:09 PM (vFG9F)
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They should so a remake where the chick is ugly with blue hair and a nose ring, and Kirk pushes her in front of the bus.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:12 PM (ZOv7s)

103
Remember that Tom and Jerry cartoon where a cat after a mouse but the "mouse" is actually a kangaroo and it beats his ass unholy?

Sylvester and Hippety Hopper

https://t.ly/M6AOr

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 14, 2026 08:13 PM (pkeXY)

104 >>> 102 Star Trek is on. It's the one where they have to save their own butts by going back in time to make sure some bleeding heart liberal gets killed.
Posted by: fd at January 14, 2026 08:09 PM (vFG9F)
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They should so a remake where the chick is ugly with blue hair and a nose ring, and Kirk ~~pushes her in front of the bus~~ encourages her to protest deportations.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:12 PM (ZOv7s)

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 14, 2026 08:13 PM (ULPxl)

105 "But the forces of near instant acceleration would leave most man bits going laterally outward.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher "

Yes, but would the cannonball go THRU the body armor?
Posted by: fd at January 14, 2026 08:11 PM (vFG9F)

Probably. But even if it did not the forces would pass through the material and play havoc with the body behind.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 14, 2026 08:14 PM (8avO+)

106 Ka-BONNNG !!!

Hey, where Billy and Bubba go?!
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2026 08:12 PM (/lPRQ)
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Get me a mop!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:14 PM (ZOv7s)

107 100 Joan Collins at her hottest…mmmmmm…

Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 08:14 PM (77rzZ)

108 0 knots.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 08:14 PM (A32KF)

109 rickb223, the others have turned their transponders off.
Posted by: Ben Had

Earlier, I was able to catch a refueling tanker up. All the go fasts have their stuff off.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 08:14 PM (u/kd+)

110 Relax, don't do it
When you want to go to it
Relax, don't do it
When you want to...come on Eileen

Posted by: Richard Cheese at January 14, 2026 08:14 PM (r8wm1)

111 UAE Boeing C-17 Globe master only military aircraft showing over Iran right now.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 08:10 PM (u/kd+)

The only one squawking on a civilian frequency...

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at January 14, 2026 08:14 PM (/HDaX)

112 I am really liking this new Saint Tropez Orchestra LP.

Posted by: garrett at January 14, 2026 08:14 PM (ZcsJV)

113 "They should so a remake where the chick is ugly with blue hair and a nose ring, and Kirk pushes her in front of the bus.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd"

LOL. Comment of the week material there.

Posted by: fd at January 14, 2026 08:14 PM (vFG9F)

114 Boeing C-17 Globe master only military aircraft showing over Iran right now.
Posted by: rickb223

Do expect stealth fighters to put on a pole dance or something?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 14, 2026 08:11 PM (mlg/3)

It would be unexy, that's for sure

Posted by: Josephistan at January 14, 2026 08:14 PM (s7c5F)

115 They should so a remake where the chick is ugly with blue hair and a nose ring, and Kirk pushes her in front of the bus encourages her to protest deportations.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:12 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 14, 2026 08:13 PM (ULPxl)
*enter Bearded Spock*
"Mr. Kyle, your agonizer, please."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:15 PM (ZOv7s)

116 USE Boeing C-17 Globe master only military aircraft showing over Iran right now.
Posted by: rickb223

Probably just dropping some MREs out to our Green Beanies...
Weapons, ammo, RPGs, explosives, radios....

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2026 08:15 PM (/lPRQ)

117 100 in, so. That Nick Shirley guy reminds me a bit of Charley Kirk.

Posted by: Eromero at January 14, 2026 08:15 PM (LHPAg)

118 Star Trek is on. It's the one where they have to save their own butts by going back in time to make sure some bleeding heart liberal gets killed.
Posted by: fd at January 14, 2026 08:09 PM (vFG9F)

*sniffs*
I love a story with a happy ending.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 14, 2026 08:16 PM (2WIwB)

119 Open the whole can of Whup-Ass!!

Posted by: Sailor, Uncommon Valor at January 14, 2026 08:16 PM (wVcYX)

120 "Probably. But even if it did not the forces would pass through the material and play havoc with the body behind.
Posted by: Oldcat"

I'm thinking they would not find anything but the vest.

Posted by: fd at January 14, 2026 08:16 PM (vFG9F)

121 113 "They should so a remake where the chick is ugly with blue hair and a nose ring, and Kirk pushes her in front of the bus.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd"

LOL. Comment of the week material there.
Posted by: fd at January 14, 2026 08:14 PM (vFG9F)

My name is Eddie Keeler. I use he/they/xhim pronouns.

Posted by: EDITH IS MY DEADNAME, BIGOT! at January 14, 2026 08:16 PM (TbWk/)

122 "City on the Edge of Forever"?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 14, 2026 08:12 PM (ESVrU)
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Woke remake is "City on the Edge of Whatever."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:16 PM (ZOv7s)

123 83 Star Trek is on. It's the one where they have to save their own butts by going back in time to make sure some bleeding heart liberal gets killed.
Posted by: fd at January 14, 2026 08:09 PM (vFG9F)

Harlan Ellison wrote that one. I remember before I was online, I had always thought that was one of the best TOS episodes of all, but I never heard people talk about it.

Later when online polls became a thing, turned out that that one and Tribbles are regarded as the two best TOS episodes of all. (Balance of Terror is a close third)

And amazing that with just one not so big part in one episode, Joan Collin’s became one of the most memorable guest stars that Original Trek ever had on.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 08:17 PM (xVja5)

124 Past my bedtime
Everyone have a good night

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 08:17 PM (Ia/+0)

125 You can get lower and see better.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 08:18 PM (A32KF)

126 Still no better Star Trek episode than The Way to Eden.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 08:18 PM (KDPiq)

127 Probably just dropping some MREs out to our Green Beanies...
Weapons, ammo, RPGs, explosives, radios....
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2026 08:15 PM (/lPRQ)
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It's the laser pointer to amuse what's left of Iran's air defense.

"Follow the glowing dot!"

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:18 PM (ZOv7s)

128 "Probably. But even if it did not the forces would pass through the material and play havoc with the body behind.
Posted by: Oldcat"

I'm thinking they would not find anything but the vest.
Posted by: fd at January 14, 2026 08:16 PM (vFG9F)
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I vaguely remember a Looney Toons episode with Marvin the Martian and Daffy Duck where Daffy is wearing "disintegration proof" armor. Marvin shoots Daffy with a disintegration ray and the armor is the only thing that remains. Daffy turns into a pile of dust (temporarily, of course).

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 14, 2026 08:19 PM (ESVrU)

129 You know what I love about Iranians/Persian? the next level sense of humor. that is totally lacking in arabs.

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 08:19 PM (g47mK)

130 "They should so a remake where the chick is ugly with blue hair and a nose ring, and Kirk pushes her in front of the bus.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd"

LOL. Comment of the week material there.
Posted by: fd at January 14, 2026 08:14 PM (vFG9F)

My name is Eddie Keeler. I use he/they/xhim pronouns.

Played by Ellen Page of course

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2026 08:19 PM (2GVsD)

131 Still no better Star Trek episode than The Way to Eden.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 08:18 PM (KDPiq)

You reach, brother!

Posted by: Adam at January 14, 2026 08:19 PM (wVcYX)

132 I liked the Star Trek episode where the Tibblles went through Pon Farr.

Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 08:19 PM (77rzZ)

133 And amazing that with just one not so big part in one episode, Joan Collin’s became one of the most memorable guest stars that Original Trek ever had on.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 08:17 PM (xVja5)
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Because she was hot. They had lots of sultry chicks but she was something else.

I mean, how old was she when "Dynasty" was on? Still turned heads.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:20 PM (ZOv7s)

134 >>I vaguely remember a Looney Toons episode with Marvin the Martian and Daffy Duck where Daffy is wearing "disintegration proof" armor. Marvin shoots Daffy with a disintegration ray and the armor is the only thing that remains. Daffy turns into a pile of dust (temporarily, of course).

Only thing left was his beak.

Posted by: garrett at January 14, 2026 08:20 PM (ZcsJV)

135 You reach, brother!
Posted by: Adam at January 14, 2026 08:19 PM (wVcYX)

Right On !

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 08:20 PM (KDPiq)

136 Here’s a new book you could buy.

JESUS MELTS ICE
A Theological Response to the Martyrdom of Renee Nicole Good for the Undocumented Immigrant
By: Jeff Hood

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 08:20 PM (L/fGl)

137 Eager young space cadet Porky Pig, "but but h ow ... h... ow do do you reintegrate a duck?"

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2026 08:21 PM (2GVsD)

138 It is a good episode, even if Spock's tube operated computer device thingy built with stone knives and bearskins was a bit farfetched.

Posted by: fd at January 14, 2026 08:21 PM (vFG9F)

139 You know what I love about Iranians/Persian? the next level sense of humor. that is totally lacking in arabs.
Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 08:19 PM (g47mK)
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A very cultured, erudite, sophisticated people who got hijacked by a bunch of low-rent goons thanks to Jimmy Carter.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:21 PM (ZOv7s)

140 remake where the chick is ugly with blue hair and a nose ring, and Kirk pushes her in front of the bus.

That's more a Captain Malcolm Reynolds move.

Posted by: the last thing you see will be my bla at January 14, 2026 08:21 PM (gKWVE)

141 Joan Collins was Liz-Taylor adjacent. Stunning.

Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 08:21 PM (77rzZ)

142 A very cultured, erudite, sophisticated people who got hijacked by a bunch of low-rent goons thanks to Jimmy Carter.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:21 PM (ZOv7s)

I know, I know...soon!

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 08:22 PM (g47mK)

143 Still no better Star Trek episode than The Way to Eden.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 08:18 PM (KDPiq)

HERBERT!

Posted by: Like groovy far out man at January 14, 2026 08:22 PM (TbWk/)

144 The fall of the mullahs means Islam just took a huge nut punch.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 14, 2026 08:22 PM (0KSrI)

145 I liked the Star Trek episode where the Tibblles went through Pon Farr.
Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 08:19 PM (77rzZ)
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"Amok Time" was great. The music alone is spectacular.

Is there anything iconic as that fight music?

"Bring thee, the lerpa!"

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:23 PM (ZOv7s)

146 Maybe the Mullahs can move in with Gaylord and Michelle.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2026 08:23 PM (2GVsD)

147 144 The fall of the mullahs means Islam just took a huge nut punch.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 14, 2026 08:22 PM (0KSrI)

And a Trump brand teabagging, one hopes.

Posted by: Big beautiful teabags, the very best at January 14, 2026 08:24 PM (TbWk/)

148 144 The fall of the mullahs means Islam just took a huge nut punch.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 14, 2026 08:22 PM
It's the only way, and the Persians deserve a civilized life.

Posted by: Eromero at January 14, 2026 08:24 PM (LHPAg)

149 I know, I know...soon!
Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 08:22 PM (g47mK)
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Think about it. The end of the Oil Wars. Hamas defunded. The Palis without sponsors, forced to face reality at last.

And people could actually go to Iran. What an awesome historical tour they could put together! That joint would be flowing in cash.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:25 PM (ZOv7s)

150 T'Pau, "Bring thee, the lerpa!"

Stonn, "but I wanna use the Ahnwoon!"

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2026 08:25 PM (2GVsD)

151
Joan Collins at 91 is better looking than the entire "Acadamy" cast.

Posted by: Auspex at January 14, 2026 08:25 PM (Y8DZL)

152 Think about it. The end of the Oil Wars. Hamas defunded. The Palis without sponsors, forced to face reality at last.

And people could actually go to Iran. What an awesome historical tour they could put together! That joint would be flowing in cash.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:25 PM (ZOv7s)

I am not crying! You're crying !

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 08:26 PM (g47mK)

153 T'Pau, "Bring thee, the lerpa!"

Stonn, "but I wanna use the Ahnwoon!"
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2026 08:25 PM (2GVsD)
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Old Trek was so good. "I think you will find that having is not the same as wanting. It is not logical, but it is often true."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:26 PM (ZOv7s)

154 They are probably paying Holly Hunter the entire SFX budget just to put up with the garbage.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2026 08:26 PM (2GVsD)

155 Tousi has said when the regime falls he' s going to open a bar and grill that serves BBQ.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 14, 2026 08:26 PM (0KSrI)

156 Christy Brinkley still rocking at 71.

And Martha Stewart was okay when young but she aged better than all her peers.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 08:27 PM (KDPiq)

157 Harlan Ellison wrote that one. I remember before I was online, I had always thought that was one of the best TOS episodes of all, but I never heard people talk about it.

Fun fact: Harlan wrote the screenplay, with a scene were the Enterprise guys arrive on the planet and everything is covered in runes (ancient Viking writing.)
When it was filmed, the sets had the planet covered in ruins.

Well, I thought it was a knee-slapper.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 14, 2026 08:27 PM (PH3st)

158 I am not crying! You're crying !
Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 08:26 PM (g47mK)
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US Navy recruiting would go through the roof at the prospect of port calls to see the stunning Persian girls with their hair down.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:27 PM (ZOv7s)

159
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Because she was hot. They had lots of sultry chicks but she was something else.

I mean, how old was she when "Dynasty" was on? Still turned heads.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:20 PM (ZOv7s)

Yep, she was the kind of woman that for most of us, if we were standing in front of her at her prime, we could only say “hamina hamina hamina…”

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 08:28 PM (xVja5)

160 150 T'Pau, "Bring thee, the lerpa!"

Stonn, "but I wanna use the Ahnwoon!"
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2026 08:25 PM
That's silly. You grandfather neutered himself with that thing.

Posted by: Eromero at January 14, 2026 08:28 PM (LHPAg)

161 US Navy recruiting would go through the roof at the prospect of port calls to see the stunning Persian girls with their hair down.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:27 PM (ZOv7s)

Join the navy, see the world!

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 08:28 PM (g47mK)

162 They are probably paying Holly Hunter the entire SFX budget just to put up with the garbage.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2026 08:26 PM (2GVsD)
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Why is she wearing BCGs and carrying marbles in her mouth?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:28 PM (ZOv7s)

163 There has to be another Persis Khambata in Iran.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2026 08:28 PM (2GVsD)

164 > And Martha Stewart was okay when young but she aged better than all her peers.
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At my age... the most "bangable of the babes" from that era.

Probably not sayin much.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2026 08:29 PM (NwnyJ)

165 The City on The Edge of Tomorrow was pretty good despite being written by the King of Asshole Writers.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 14, 2026 08:30 PM (mlg/3)

166 US Navy recruiting would go through the roof at the prospect of port calls to see the stunning Persian girls with their hair down.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:27 PM (ZOv7s)

They need to redeem themselves from the Obama Navy. ( thinking of our last Navy contact with Iran)

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 08:31 PM (KDPiq)

167 Yep, she was the kind of woman that for most of us, if we were standing in front of her at her prime, we could only say “hamina hamina hamina…”
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 08:28 PM (xVja5)
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Just a delight to watch.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:31 PM (ZOv7s)

168 And a Trump brand teabagging, one hopes.
Posted by: Big beautiful teabags

If Trump doesn't start a tea company after he gets out of office, he will have missed a HUGE opportunity.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 08:31 PM (u/kd+)

169 "King of Asshole Writers"

Let me guess... Ellison? you might mean City on the Edge of Forever.
that reminds me, I never did get to play "I Have No Mouth And I Must Eat Ice Cream"

Posted by: gKWVE at January 14, 2026 08:32 PM (gKWVE)

170 Just imagine if the Space Hippies had gone through the Guardian and wound up in Imperial Rome.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2026 08:32 PM (2GVsD)

171 Ellison's original script for "City" had a drug addict go through and screw things up. Gene and his vision of utopia rewrote so it was Bones instead.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2026 08:33 PM (2GVsD)

172 And people could actually go to Iran. What an awesome historical tour they could put together! That joint would be flowing in cash.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Goldie Ghamari said on her podcast that Iran should give Trump Khomeni's mausoleum and let him turn it into a casino and Trump Tower.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 08:33 PM (u/kd+)

173 Think about it. The end of the Oil Wars. Hamas defunded. The Palis without sponsors, forced to face reality at last.
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Only time will tell. It is going to be a while, perhaps a great while before things stablize. We should not kid ourselves about the ability of the Russians, Chinese, and even bit players, to do things that have consequences for us.

Posted by: MSM at January 14, 2026 08:34 PM (XeU6L)

174 If Trump doesn't start a tea company after he gets out of office, he will have missed a HUGE opportunity.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 08:31 PM (u/kd+)
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Don Jr. would be all over that. "Send them to your liberal friends!"

"A classy mixture of pumpkin spice and lemon, specifically designed for bitter woke white chicks."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:34 PM (ZOv7s)

175 Join the navy, see the world!
Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 08:28 PM (g47mK)

Yeah.
Thru a porthole.
Let's face it, no kid ever said "Let's play Navy!"
Evah.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 14, 2026 08:34 PM (2WIwB)

176 We've been through the End of History before.

In 1918.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2026 08:34 PM (2GVsD)

177 Just imagine if the Space Hippies had gone through the Guardian and wound up in Imperial Rome.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2026 08:32 PM (2GVsD)

Now I'm imagining that the Space Hippies went through a StarGate and landed on Gilligan's Island.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 14, 2026 08:35 PM (wVcYX)

178 Fun fact: Harlan wrote the screenplay, with a scene were the Enterprise guys arrive on the planet and everything is covered in runes (ancient Viking writing.)
When it was filmed, the sets had the planet covered in ruins.

Well, I thought it was a knee-slapper.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 14, 2026 08:27 PM (PH3st)

lol that reminds of the movie “Enemy Mine” with Dennis Quaid and Lou Gosset Jr. After they thought filming was finished they showed it to the studio execs; but they said “where’s the mine?” Director and writer said “no that’s a literary phrase” but the execs said “No, you gotta put a mine in it or you’ll confuse people.” (Only people as dumb as them)
So the climax of the film became a big fight in an enemy mine. The execs insisted.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 08:35 PM (xVja5)

179 Goldie Ghamari said on her podcast that Iran should give Trump Khomeni's mausoleum and let him turn it into a casino and Trump Tower.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 08:33 PM (u/kd+)

I hope that is the second thing that goes up in flames, after Ayatollah's bunker.

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 08:35 PM (g47mK)

180 >>If Trump doesn't start a tea company after he gets out of office, he will have missed a HUGE opportunity.

Energy Drink : Liberal Tears

Posted by: garrett at January 14, 2026 08:35 PM (ZcsJV)

181 Poor rhino seems to have the Oprah Fat Gene. Too Bad.

Posted by: Mike Rotundo at January 14, 2026 08:35 PM (oftw2)

182 Only time will tell. It is going to be a while, perhaps a great while before things stablize. We should not kid ourselves about the ability of the Russians, Chinese, and even bit players, to do things that have consequences for us.
Posted by: MSM at January 14, 2026 08:34 PM (XeU6L)
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Chinese social media is circulating DIY weapon designs for overthrowing the CCP. Compound bows and crossbows made from wood, pipe and using various elastic and spring component to achieve lethal velocity.

Things may get spicy there next.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:36 PM (ZOv7s)

183 Let me guess... Ellison? you might mean City on the Edge of Forever.
Posted by: gKWVE

He doesn't deserve any kind of accuracy.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 14, 2026 08:37 PM (mlg/3)

184 They need to redeem themselves from the Obama Navy. ( thinking of our last Navy contact with Iran)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 08:31 PM
They all surrendered. No at Michael Stethem among them. 'Steadfast and Courageous'.

Posted by: Eromero at January 14, 2026 08:37 PM (LHPAg)

185 China invented the semi-auto crossbow.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2026 08:37 PM (2GVsD)

186 Anything definative?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 08:37 PM (A32KF)

187 There has to be another Persis Khambata in Iran.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2026 08:28 PM (2GVsD)

Even bald she was stupid hot. But I don't think she was Iranian.

Posted by: Persis persistence pays at January 14, 2026 08:37 PM (TbWk/)

188 And a Trump brand teabagging, one hopes.
Posted by: Big beautiful teabags

If Trump doesn't start a tea company after he gets out of office, he will have missed a HUGE opportunity.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 08:31 PM (u/kd+)

***

Thinks about sending Patti Murray a teabag.

*shudders*
*throws up*

Posted by: Diogenes at January 14, 2026 08:37 PM (2WIwB)

189 I think the Shah was deposed because he became paranoid about the commies and mullahs trying to get him. He wasn't wrong but saw a mullah behind every rock and became brutal and he lost all support.

My point is the next leader can't repeat that mistake.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 08:37 PM (KDPiq)

190 What was wrong with Ellison? Apart from the masturbatory robot sadism story (then, game) I noted.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 14, 2026 08:38 PM (gKWVE)

191 Yeah.
Thru a porthole.
Let's face it, no kid ever said "Let's play Navy!"
Evah.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 14, 2026 08:34 PM (2WIwB)
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Um.

Posted by: Harvey Milk to teenage boys at January 14, 2026 08:38 PM (ZOv7s)

192 *looks on Wiki*

Persis was born in Bombay.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2026 08:38 PM (2GVsD)

193 There has to be another Persis Khambata in Iran.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2026 08:28 PM (2GVsD)

Even bald she was stupid hot. But I don't think she was Iranian.
Posted by: Persis persistence pays at January 14, 2026 08:37 PM (TbWk/)

Indian (dot)

Posted by: Oldcat at January 14, 2026 08:39 PM (8avO+)

194
Goldie is reading a statement from Reza Pahlavi right now about how the new Iran will be.

Farewell to nukes
Recognize Israel
Extend Abraham accords
Provide oil to the free world

and more

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 08:39 PM (x4Mz/)

195 China invented the semi-auto crossbow.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2026 08:37 PM (2GVsD)
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Don't I know it! They had something along those lines. Even the compound weapons were not Western designs. Fascinating stuff.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:39 PM (ZOv7s)

196 The guy with the lute?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 08:39 PM (A32KF)

197 Energy Drink : Liberal Tears
Posted by: garrett

Rob Schneider has a whiskey company called that.
$99 a bottle. Supposed to be good.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 08:39 PM (u/kd+)

198 163 There has to be another Persis Khambata in Iran.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2026 08:28 PM (2GVsD)

Just tell her not to cut her damn hair off! I don’t want to fantasize about Yul Brynner!

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 08:40 PM (xVja5)

199
Persis Khambata was Indian, and born in Mumbai

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 14, 2026 08:40 PM (xG4kz)

200 200

Posted by: Eromero at January 14, 2026 08:41 PM (LHPAg)

201 Persis was born in Bombay.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2026 08:38 PM (2GVsD)
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"Parsees" are exiled Iranian Zoroastrians, so should be be Persian. There is a community in India.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:41 PM (ZOv7s)

202
Pray for the brave young people in our military tonight.

Posted by: Auspex at January 14, 2026 08:41 PM (Y8DZL)

203 Yeah.
Thru a porthole.
Let's face it, no kid ever said "Let's play Navy!"
Evah.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 14, 2026 08:34 PM (2WIwB)
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Um.
Posted by: Harvey Milk to teenage boys at January 14, 2026 08:38 PM (ZOv7s)
***

A big difference between "Arrgghh! Ahoy!"
And "Arrgghh! A boy!"

Posted by: Diogenes at January 14, 2026 08:41 PM (2WIwB)

204 Gilligan's Island or Hooterville.

Adam: These hotscakes reach, Mrs. Douglas!

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 14, 2026 08:42 PM (wVcYX)

205 Goldie is reading a statement from Reza Pahlavi right now about how the new Iran will be.

Farewell to nukes
Recognize Israel
Extend Abraham accords
Provide oil to the free world

and more
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Who blossoms first? Iran or Venezuela?

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 08:42 PM (u/kd+)

206 Chinese social media is circulating DIY weapon designs for overthrowing the CCP. Compound bows and crossbows made from wood, pipe and using various elastic and spring component to achieve lethal velocity.”

Damned clever, those Chinese.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 08:42 PM (xVja5)

207 Just imagine if the Space Hippies had gone through the Guardian and wound up in Imperial Rome.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2026 08:32 PM (2GVsD)
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I don't think that's a good idea.

Posted by: Herbert at January 14, 2026 08:42 PM (RIvkX)

208 I think the Shah was deposed because he became paranoid about the commies and mullahs trying to get him. He wasn't wrong but saw a mullah behind every rock and became brutal and he lost all support.

My point is the next leader can't repeat that mistake.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 08:37 PM (KDPiq)
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Jimmeh was determined to find the Iranian """moderates""" and found the Shah distasteful.

He was big on that - pissing on our allies for not being perfect so that the Commies toppled them. Total wanker.

Soviets invade Afghanistan and we...boycott the Olympics.

Total pussy.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:42 PM (ZOv7s)

209 202
Pray for the brave young people in our military tonight.
Posted by: Auspex at January 14, 2026 08:41 PM (
And also the Persians, who long for freedom and civilization.

Posted by: Eromero at January 14, 2026 08:43 PM (LHPAg)

210 To all those counting the chickens for Iran:
Remember the words of Mr. Wolfe.
WLNBSEODQY

Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 14, 2026 08:43 PM (fd80v)

211 If Trump doesn't start a tea company after he gets out of office, he will have missed a HUGE opportunity.
Posted by: rickb223

Didja see this treason?

Autism Capital
@AutismCapital
RFK JR: "The interesting thing about the President is that he eats really bad food like McDonald's and drinks Diet Coke all the time. He has the constitution of a deity. I don't know how he's alive."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 08:43 PM (L/fGl)

212
Is the architect of "Let's facilitate Iran going nuclear" sitting in Kalorama and sucking his thumb these days?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 14, 2026 08:43 PM (xG4kz)

213 Whoops, not "should be a Persian" but "she could" that got jacked up.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:44 PM (ZOv7s)

214 Got to wondering about the Axe and Knife Girl a/k/a Lola of Dundee, who went viral last Summer.

Hard to search on: not only is there a lot of unverifiable information, iI keep getting info on Crocodile Dundee.

https://youtu.be/BN7_OJEvDMM

Posted by: mindful webworker - world full of heroes and villains at January 14, 2026 08:44 PM (FMpsC)

215 Is the architect of "Let's facilitate Iran going nuclear" sitting in Kalorama and sucking his thumb these days?

He's sucking something...

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2026 08:44 PM (2GVsD)

216 What was wrong with Ellison? Apart from the masturbatory robot sadism story (then, game) I noted.
Posted by: gKWVE at January 14, 2026 08:38 PM (gKWVE)

he was an idea guy not a character guy or an action guy. A guy named Cordwainer Smith did it earlier and a lot better.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 14, 2026 08:44 PM (8avO+)

217 Iranian oil & Venezuelan oil = $.75 cent gas.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 08:44 PM (u/kd+)

218 Damned clever, those Chinese.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 08:42 PM (xVja5)

Ahhh. You s'prize i sleek your ranguage! I study tree year, Oo See Rell Aay!

Posted by: Diogenes at January 14, 2026 08:44 PM (2WIwB)

219 What was wrong with Ellison? Apart from the masturbatory robot sadism story (then, game) I noted.
Posted by: gKWVE

He was a consummate asshole whose talent barely outstripped his douchebag nature. There's probably 12 or so vids on Youscrewd about the stories by now. The guy sued Cameron because Ellison claimed a story of his about a time-traveling robot had the same plot as Terminator.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 14, 2026 08:45 PM (mlg/3)

220
Who blossoms first? Iran or Venezuela?
Posted by: rickb223

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Iran. Venezuela still has to transition from that Delcy and the lingering chavistas.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 08:45 PM (x4Mz/)

221 Polymarket (via Cobracast) reported that Iran reopened its airspace, then reclosed it half an hour later.

So, they seem spooked.

Posted by: Methos at January 14, 2026 08:45 PM (vSvIl)

222 We're always happy when Dinkelthrax gets bad press around here. His vile comments are noted and cataloged here at headquarters. His time will come.

Posted by: Penguin Promotion Board. at January 14, 2026 08:46 PM (oftw2)

223 58 Remember that Tom and Jerry cartoon where a cat after a mouse but the "mouse" is actually a kangaroo and it beats his ass unholy?

No, but I remember multiple Looney Tunes where that happened to Sylvester.
Posted by: Lance McCormick at January 14, 2026 07:59 PM (soUkD)

Yes, vintage Warner Bros. Looney Tunes & Merry Melodies.

Posted by: The Inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at January 14, 2026 08:46 PM (DPRVO)

224 Polymarket (via Cobracast) reported that Iran reopened its airspace, then reclosed it half an hour later.

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🤣🤣🤣

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 08:46 PM (g47mK)

225 Because she was hot. They had lots of sultry chicks but she was something else.

I mean, how old was she when "Dynasty" was on? Still turned heads.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:20 PM (ZOv7s)
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Yeoman. Janice. Rand. Period.

Posted by: Herbert at January 14, 2026 08:47 PM (RIvkX)

226 /square sock off

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 08:48 PM (RIvkX)

227 he was an idea guy not a character guy or an action guy. A guy named Cordwainer Smith did it earlier and a lot better.
Posted by: Oldcat at January 14, 2026 08:44 PM (8avO+)
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Paul "Cordwainer Smith" Linebarger literally wrote the book on psychological warfare.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 14, 2026 08:48 PM (ESVrU)

228 Who blossoms first? Iran or Venezuela?
Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 08:42 PM (u/kd+)
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Iran. Venezuela is an American protectorate and Trump will force the regime to distribute food and provide access to medicine, etc. He has them by the throat and they know it.

China will go next because oil will be critically short with Iran offline and Venezuela out of reach. Hard to move troops around without gas.

One of the China vids I watch is saying that rebel group names are being floated around, like "Provisional Republic" and stuff.

There's a book that might be helpful.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:48 PM (ZOv7s)

229 China invented the semi-auto crossbow.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2026 08:37 PM (2GVsD)

They also invented cast iron and had Jesuits camped in Kowloon with a foundry, and still could never build a decent cannon until the 19th Century

Posted by: Kindltot - Si, se podan at January 14, 2026 08:48 PM (rbvCR)

230 Yeoman. Janice. Rand. Period.
Posted by: Herbert at January 14, 2026 08:47 PM (RIvkX)
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Nah, the bowl of spaghetti she wore on her head was not attractive at all.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:49 PM (ZOv7s)

231 What was wrong with Ellison? Apart from the masturbatory robot sadism story (then, game) I noted.
Posted by: gKWVE at January 14, 2026 08:38 PM (gKWVE)

There was a documentary on Ellison on Amazon Prime, with interviews with him. Basically, he was born being mad at the world and stayed that way until the end.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 14, 2026 08:49 PM (PH3st)

232 What was wrong with Ellison? Apart from the masturbatory robot sadism story (then, game) I noted.
Posted by: gKWVE at January 14, 2026 08:38 PM (gKWVE)

Harlan Ellison was many things, but "easy to get along with" was not one of them.

Posted by: Kindltot - Si, se podan at January 14, 2026 08:49 PM (rbvCR)

233 Waning Crescent Moon (16%)

Stealth Bomber's Moon

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 14, 2026 08:49 PM (wVcYX)

234 One of the China vids I watch is saying that rebel group names are being floated around, like "Provisional Republic" and stuff.

There's a book that might be helpful.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:48 PM (ZOv7s)

Fly them into Spain to start a Civil War?

Posted by: Oldcat at January 14, 2026 08:50 PM (8avO+)

235 Cordwainer Smith wrote a lot of The Starlost tv show.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 08:51 PM (RIvkX)

236 Sucks to be you.

https://is.gd/XWuZqd

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 08:51 PM (L/fGl)

237 Joan Collins has risen from the grave.

Wait. that's not right.

-BOC

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 14, 2026 08:52 PM (0aYVJ)

238 What was wrong with Ellison? Apart from the masturbatory robot sadism story (then, game) I noted.
Posted by: gKWVE at January 14, 2026 08:38 PM (gKWVE)

Harlan Ellison was many things, but "easy to get along with" was not one of them.
Posted by: Kindltot - Si, se podan at January 14, 2026 08:49 PM (rbvCR)
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He always struck me as a guy who didn't much like other people. It was easy to get on his bad side and nearly impossible to get back on his good side when that happened.

However, if you were able to get on his good side from the start, he was fiercely loyal in his friendship.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 14, 2026 08:52 PM (ESVrU)

239 Nah, the bowl of spaghetti she wore on her head was not attractive at all.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:49 PM (ZOv7s)

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*opens airlock*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 08:52 PM (RIvkX)

240 RFK Jr says some really hilarious things, I’m glad he’s in the cabinet just for that alone. What he said today - now I don’t know if the claim is true, but the fact that RFK Jr said it in an interview with Katie Miller is true: “Some people have gotten some of Donald Trump’s medical records, and some tests are pretty unusual. But he has incredible health. Dr Oz looked at his medical report and said Trump has the highest testosterone level he’s ever seen in an individual over 70 years old", adding, "I know the President will be happy that I repeat that."

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 08:52 PM (xVja5)

241 They also invented cast iron and had Jesuits camped in Kowloon with a foundry, and still could never build a decent cannon until the 19th Century
Posted by: Kindltot - Si, se podan at January 14, 2026 08:48 PM (rbvCR)
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They invented gunpowder, too. Their military tech in particular stagnated because the combination of Manchu horse archers and Han infantry was impossible for any of the neighbors to beat. So they got lazy.

They were able to build Gewehr 88 rifles (using German tooling) by the 1890s. I have a Mauser 98k built in 1945 and it was so well made as to be parts compatible with German weapons.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:52 PM (ZOv7s)

242 RFK JR: "The interesting thing about the President is that he eats really bad food like McDonald's and drinks Diet Coke all the time. He has the constitution of a deity. I don't know how he's alive."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 08:43 PM (L/fGl)

My only problem is that Trump could have any fast food joint and he chooses McDonald's. And he doesn't even get the best thing they have. The Filet O Fish.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 08:52 PM (KDPiq)

243 Did they just close their airspace and nothing happened?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 08:53 PM (A32KF)

244 Cordwainer Smith wrote a lot of The Starlost tv show.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 08:51 PM (RIvkX)

Cordwainer Bird .. an alias for Harlan Ellison.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 14, 2026 08:53 PM (8avO+)

245 Who blossoms first? Iran or Venezuela?
Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 08:42 PM (u/kd+)

Pres. Petro of Colombia is talking about reconstituting "Gran Colombia" and the rest of his government are all saying "hold up" since he probably wants to talk to Trump before getting distracted.

(Personally I think the reconstituted Gran Colombia should be called "Newer Granada")

Posted by: Kindltot - Si, se poden at January 14, 2026 08:53 PM (rbvCR)

246 Yeoman. Janice. Rand. Period.
Posted by: Herbert at January 14, 2026 08:47 PM (RIvkX)
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Nah, the bowl of spaghetti she wore on her head was not attractive at all.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:49 PM (ZOv7s)

And when we get behind closed doors
Then she lets her hair hang down
And she makes me glad that I'm a man
Oh, no one knows what goes on behind closed doors

Posted by: Captain James T. Kirk channeling his inner Charlie Rich at January 14, 2026 08:53 PM (wVcYX)

247 our holy airspace is closed!

Posted by: Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei, at January 14, 2026 08:53 PM (g47mK)

248 Another Karen shooting.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 08:54 PM (A32KF)

249 Fly them into Spain to start a Civil War?
Posted by: Oldcat at January 14, 2026 08:50 PM (8avO+)
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No, the other one. No, not that one, the other one. Not the series, the big one. Dammit, WALLS OF MEN!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:54 PM (ZOv7s)

250 Trump has the highest testosterone level he’s ever seen in an individual over 70 years old", adding, "I know the President will be happy that I repeat that."
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 08:52 PM (xVja5)
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Just saw the clip on Fox 1 minute ago

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 08:54 PM (RIvkX)

251 Goldie is all giddy thinking it is going down tonight and is like phase one or something.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2026 08:55 PM (/lPRQ)

252 Kirk says Spock's looks are the result of a rice picker accident.

Posted by: davidt at January 14, 2026 08:56 PM (Q+gd/)

253 Who blossoms first? Iran or Venezuela?
Posted by: rickb223

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Who's got the hotter babes? We need to do some research

Posted by: Josephistan at January 14, 2026 08:56 PM (s7c5F)

254 Dr Oz looked at his medical report and said Trump has the highest testosterone level he’s ever seen in an individual over 70 years old", adding, "I know the President will be happy that I repeat that."
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 08:52 PM (xVja5)
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Melania rates this as "true."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:56 PM (ZOv7s)

255 and, Terri Garr's mini-skirt was the hottest Star Trek guest star.

Posted by: davidt at January 14, 2026 08:57 PM (Q+gd/)

256 🚨 BREAKING: VP JD Vance cast the tie-breaking vote (51-50) to defeat the Senate's anti-Trump War Powers resolution on Venezuela. The measure failed.

Thanks, JD! Trump scores another win. 🇺🇸🔥

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 08:57 PM (u/kd+)

257 My only problem is that Trump could have any fast food joint and he chooses McDonald's. And he doesn't even get the best thing they have. The Filet O Fish.
Posted by: Opinion fact

Well he does get the employee discount

Posted by: Josephistan at January 14, 2026 08:58 PM (s7c5F)

258 I hope the Iranian patriots don't give up this time. It's like an arm wrestling match where both guys haven't moved the other. You have to have the mindset that the other guy is going to give up any second so you just need to hold on.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 08:58 PM (KDPiq)

259 257 My only problem is that Trump could have any fast food joint and he chooses McDonald's. And he doesn't even get the best thing they have. The Filet O Fish.
Posted by: Opinion fact

Well he does get the employee discount

Posted by: Josephistan at January 14, 2026 08:58 PM (s7c5F)

and the free senior cofeefe refill.

Posted by: davidt at January 14, 2026 08:59 PM (Q+gd/)

260 As far as SF authors I'd ever wanted to meet, or not, I'm glad I never met Marion Zimmer Bradley when I was a kid.
Ellison might have told me to fuck myself, but MZB and Breen . . .

Posted by: gKWVE at January 14, 2026 08:59 PM (gKWVE)

261 Yeoman Barrows was hottest OG series lady.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 08:59 PM (zZu0s)

262 Dr Oz looked at his medical report and said Trump has the highest testosterone level he’s ever seen in an individual over 70 years old", adding, "I know the President will be happy that I repeat that."
Posted by: Tom Servo

Melania rates this as "true."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Melania's the cause of 75% of it.

Posted by: mikeski at January 14, 2026 08:59 PM (nhCoE)

263 227 he was an idea guy not a character guy or an action guy. A guy named Cordwainer Smith did it earlier and a lot better.
Posted by: Oldcat at January 14, 2026 08:44 PM (8avO+)
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Paul "Cordwainer Smith" Linebarger literally wrote the book on psychological warfare.

A.E. Van Vogt wrote some good Psywar novels too. _The_Angry_Man_ was a good nvel about psywar & brainwashing. (I might be misremembering the title, but it was something like that.)

Posted by: The Inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at January 14, 2026 09:00 PM (DPRVO)

264 Thanks, JD! Trump scores another win. 🇺🇸🔥
Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 08:57 PM (u/kd+)

Wait I thought everyone was saying Vance was in Tuckers back pocket and was influencing Trump.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 09:00 PM (zZu0s)

265 Melania's the cause of 75% of it.
Posted by: mikeski at January 14, 2026 08:59 PM (nhCoE)
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I rate that as true.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 09:02 PM (ZOv7s)

266 Hannity is reporting another "ICE involved" shooting in Minneapolis. No details.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 14, 2026 09:02 PM (pkeXY)

267 Cordwainer Smith and The Instrumentality of Man was top notch Science Fiction.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 09:03 PM (u82oZ)

268 Yeoman. Janice. Rand. Period.
Posted by: Herbert at January 14, 2026 08:47 PM (RIvkX)
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Nah, the bowl of spaghetti she wore on her head was not attractive at all.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:49 PM (ZOv7s)

She has hair? (Zoom to 500%)

https://tinyurl.com/3b4894k2

Posted by: Captain James T. Kirk at January 14, 2026 09:04 PM (wVcYX)

269 To all those counting the chickens for Iran:
Remember the words of Mr. Wolfe.
WLNBSEODQY
Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 14, 2026 08:43 PM

Close. WLNSSEODQY

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at January 14, 2026 09:04 PM (0sNs1)

270 Can't we just lay siege to Minnesota?

Posted by: Josephistan at January 14, 2026 09:04 PM (s7c5F)

271 What's with all the Salmonella outbreaks ?

Everyday a new retail breakout.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 09:05 PM (KDPiq)

272 Where are you getting the Iranian airspace data?

I’ll bet an F 22 pilot has his transponder set to C 17 to lure the MiG 29’s in.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 09:05 PM (u82oZ)

273 He always struck me as a guy who didn't much like other people. It was easy to get on his bad side and nearly impossible to get back on his good side when that happened.

However, if you were able to get on his good side from the start, he was fiercely loyal in his friendship.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 14, 2026 08:52 PM (ESVrU)

There was one poster on a site way-back-when who was quite proud that Ellison chewed him out online and threatened nail his head to his coffee table.
Which being the sort of site that it was, made the rest comments along the lines of, "wow, how did he know you had a coffee table?"

Posted by: Kindltot - Si, se poden at January 14, 2026 09:06 PM (rbvCR)

274 Shameless self-promotion aside, I'm getting a sense that the wheel of the dynastic cycle is about to turn again. The CCP has really screwed things up. They had a great thing going, but between the one child policy and then constantly pissing on the rest of the world to the point where Trump became possible, they've thrown away all their best cards.

Their industrial buildup is marred by indifferent quality control. You never know what you're going to get and there are rumors that there are two grades of equipment - those used for testing and QC, and the shitty stuff they give to the troops.

And classic Chinese miscalculation - they're spending like crazy building aircraft carriers they don't need while their people are going hungry and getting sick. No housing, rampant unemployment NO SAFETY NET, and so yeah, people are getting pissed.

Xi lost major face over Maduro, and now the oil supply is going to hell. Maybe some bright-eyed general who hasn't been purged yet tries to beat him to the punch?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 09:06 PM (ZOv7s)

275 I’ll bet an F 22 pilot has his transponder set to C 17 to lure the MiG 29’s in.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 09:05 PM (u82oZ)
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I hope they don't cluster-bomb the F-14s.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 09:09 PM (ZOv7s)

276 I'm sure the Chinese also didn't like being welded shut in their homes when COVID was happening.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 09:09 PM (KDPiq)

277 Xi lost major face over Maduro, and now the oil supply is going to hell. Maybe some bright-eyed general who hasn't been purged yet tries to beat him to the punch?

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No. But their priorities will change drastically.

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 09:10 PM (g47mK)

278 I'm sure the Chinese also didn't like being welded shut in their homes when COVID was happening.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 09:09 PM (KDPiq)
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They rose up against it. White Paper Movement. CCP blinked and dropped the "zero covid" goal. They've been on their back foot ever since.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 09:10 PM (ZOv7s)

279 Update on crazy lefty coworker

Was seen crying and punching a wall

Sent home (again)

He'll be in rotten form tomorrow after the new Karen shooting

What the fuck is happening?

Insurrection act now

Posted by: melodicmetal at January 14, 2026 09:10 PM (XLfSN)

280 Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Lots of turmoil in the Inner Party of Red China.

Makes you wonder what reality is there. It’s not what is released in government reports.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 09:11 PM (u82oZ)

281 Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

No F-14 will fly. Engines and electronics are maintenance intensive. Plus, old air-frames.

Best use of them is as gate guards at Naval Air stations in the US.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 09:13 PM (u82oZ)

282 Where are you getting the Iranian airspace data?

I’ll bet an F 22 pilot has his transponder set to C 17 to lure the MiG 29’s in.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

Salty, pick the U tab at the top.

https://globe.adsbexchange.com/

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 09:14 PM (u/kd+)

283
Pamela Britton as "Mrs Lorelei Brown" on "My Favorite Martian" (1962-1966) is easily sci-fi's hottest chick.

Posted by: Auspex at January 14, 2026 09:14 PM (Y8DZL)

284 Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

No F-14 will fly. Engines and electronics are maintenance intensive. Plus, old air-frames.

Best use of them is as gate guards at Naval Air stations in the US.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 09:13 PM (u82oZ)

That's when Top Gun Maverick turned into Mission Impossible . I'm not complaining.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 09:16 PM (KDPiq)

285 Joan Collins was in a lot of British movies in the late 50s, early 60s and was amazingly seductive and beautiful. Glad she is still around.

I saw an episode of My Three Sons today from 1963. Singer Jaye P. Morgan was the guest star. She was very appealing, also. And she is still with us at 94.

Posted by: Glamour Report at January 14, 2026 09:16 PM (oftw2)

286
Pamela Britton as "Mrs Lorelei Brown" on "My Favorite Martian" (1962-1966) is easily sci-fi's hottest chick.
Posted by: Auspex

She sort of looks like Polly Purebred from Underdog.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 14, 2026 09:16 PM (pkeXY)

287 Trump is an imposing figure for a guy pushing 80.

Rara Avis indeed.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 14, 2026 09:16 PM (XV/Pl)

288 Nothing there.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 09:17 PM (A32KF)

289 I seriously think golf extends active life expectancy.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 09:18 PM (KDPiq)

290 Microprose had a fun F-19, later F-117 simulator years ago that let you fly sorties into Iran

Posted by: PA Dutchman at January 14, 2026 09:20 PM (h/O4U)

291 274 Shameless self-promotion aside, I'm getting a sense that the wheel of the dynastic cycle is about to turn again.”

Coming from you, I give that thought a lot of credence. As you know better than anyone, they’ve been caught in that wheel a very long time now.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 09:20 PM (xVja5)

292 Makes you wonder what reality is there. It’s not what is released in government reports.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 09:11 PM (u82oZ)
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There are a few Youtube channels that are helpful, scour Chinese-language internet and have sources on the inside.

The Chinese video everything, and there's a certain "catch me if you can" attitude about uploading stuff.

Latest rumors have it that what looked like a horrific traffic accident in a tunnel was actually and assassination attempt, though the target is unclear. It's possible our spooks are playing with the Chicoms by spinning elaborate stories of double agents with Maduro, hoping Xi goes full paranoid and starts whacking ALL the commanders, leaving the PLA helpless.

Interesting times.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 09:22 PM (ZOv7s)

293 Pamela Britton as "Mrs Lorelei Brown" on "My Favorite Martian" (1962-1966) is easily sci-fi's hottest chick.
Posted by: Auspex at January 14, 2026 09:14 PM (Y8DZL)

Gabrielle Drake as "Lt Gay Ellis" of SHADO Moonbase begs to contest that assessment.

Posted by: Count de Monet, UFO Fan at January 14, 2026 09:22 PM (wVcYX)

294
I'm sure the Chinese also didn't like being welded shut in their homes when COVID was happening.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 09:09 PM

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I don't know how much to believe anymore about all those Covid reports from China circa 2020. The sick people laying down en masse in the street outside hospitals, welding shut of apartment building doors, reports of large plumes from crematoria, etc. I took it at face value at the time, but now I wonder how much it was staged, a psy op.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 14, 2026 09:23 PM (VWtfl)

295 Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Thanks.

Inconceivable. The CIA helping America. Normally, they are the baddies. But they kiss their own reflection in the mirror.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 09:25 PM (u82oZ)

296
Not a lot of dark left in Tehran for a night show tonight.

Posted by: Auspex at January 14, 2026 09:25 PM (Y8DZL)

297 Coming from you, I give that thought a lot of credence. As you know better than anyone, they’ve been caught in that wheel a very long time now.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 09:20 PM (xVja5)
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Thank you. Bruce Elleman (who was one of my major sources) has a model of the Dynastic Cycle that has four phases: Imperial interregnum, Imperial resurgence, Imperial decline, Imperial fall. We're clearly in the third phase, and the fourth could be upon us...next week?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 09:25 PM (ZOv7s)

298 Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 14, 2026 09:23 PM (VWtfl)

I understand but I believe that CCP did go to extreme lengths to quarantine people just based on what we did. Because they could.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 09:26 PM (KDPiq)

299 uh oh...France and Germany send troops to Greenland.
No! This is not a beginning of a joke!

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 09:27 PM (g47mK)

300 Cold there.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 09:28 PM (A32KF)

301 They invented gunpowder, too. Their military tech in particular stagnated because the combination of Manchu horse archers and Han infantry was impossible for any of the neighbors to beat. So they got lazy.

[ . . . ]
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:52 PM (ZOv7s)

They were still using muzzle loading stave cannon during the Boxer rebellion. The English stopped using stave cannon and moved to cast iron in the late 1600's
To learn western technology they had understand western science which required accepting western cosmology, which many in the Imperial court were unwilling to do -- much of the pretext of the Imperial system was based on theories that the world was unchanging unless it was in its nature to change. That was underscored by the possible loss of status in a new shifting world.
The Europeans did not have that luxury, since they spent their time cutting each others' throats.

Posted by: Kindltot - Si, se poden at January 14, 2026 09:28 PM (rbvCR)

302 Inconceivable. The CIA helping America. Normally, they are the baddies. But they kiss their own reflection in the mirror.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 09:25 PM (u82oZ)
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CIA is kind of its own thing, and remember that Obama's people burned all their Chinese agents. The whole network was rolled up and the media yawned.

So while the DC types may hate Trump, the guys in the field may hate China even more. That's outside of my lane, so I'm not sure what is going on, but one doesn't even need CIA to do what Trump's people are doing spreading rumors of spies and such.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 09:28 PM (ZOv7s)

303 uh oh...France and Germany send troops to Greenland.
No! This is not a beginning of a joke!
Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 09:27 PM (g47mK)
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Isn't Ukraine in the other direction?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 14, 2026 09:29 PM (ESVrU)

304 Runner

13 German troops. Wow!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 09:29 PM (u82oZ)

305 Meanwhile, In Ukraine:
1. The eastern half of the country, including Kiev, is pretty much without electricity, water, and heat. The supermarkets are starting to close, too. This makes partying with the hookers in the discos somewhat problematic for the draft dodgers and war profiteers.
2. Both sides are hitting shipping in the Black Sea with drones. This will have an impact on the economies of nations which are not directly involved in the war.
3. On the ground, the Russians continue to slowly grind forward in numerous locations, with the Ukrainians managing to make a limited number of counter attacks.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 14, 2026 09:30 PM (PH3st)

306 France and Germany send troops to Greenland.
No! This is not a beginning of a joke!

They're just jacking off.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 14, 2026 09:30 PM (gKWVE)

307 Isn't Ukraine in the other direction?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 14, 2026 09:29 PM (ESVrU)

that is correct, Ukraine is in the other direction

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 09:31 PM (g47mK)

308 303 uh oh...France and Germany send troops to Greenland.
No! This is not a beginning of a joke!
Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 09:27 PM (g47mK)
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Isn't Ukraine in the other direction?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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Da ain't no rubber bullets in Ukraine, let's go Frenchie.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 09:31 PM (y79kU)

309 Thank you. Bruce Elleman (who was one of my major sources) has a model of the Dynastic Cycle that has four phases: Imperial interregnum, Imperial resurgence, Imperial decline, Imperial fall. We're clearly in the third phase, and the fourth could be upon us...next week?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 09:25 PM (ZOv7s)

Xi has got the problem that strong Emperor’s, strong Caesar’s, and strong dictators run into so often - they eliminate all competent rivals while they live, so that their successors are nitwits or worse.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 09:32 PM (xVja5)

310 uh oh...France and Germany send troops to Greenland.
No! This is not a beginning of a joke!
Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 09:27 PM (g47mK

If I were King I would withdraw from NATO immediately. Bring all our troops and weapons home from Europe. Concentrate on Central and South America to transfer trade from Europe.

I'm vengeful like that.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 09:32 PM (KDPiq)

311 Once the French and the Germans get to Greenland, the French will surrender.

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 09:32 PM (g47mK)

312 uh oh...France and Germany send troops to Greenland.
No! This is not a beginning of a joke!
Posted by: runner

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Isn't Ukraine in the other direction?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Dude, srsly? They might get shot at there!

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 09:33 PM (u/kd+)

313 Given their performance as UN "peacekeepers," all that will happen with European troops in Greenland is a lot of raping of Greenland's women.

Posted by: Wally at January 14, 2026 09:34 PM (0e5Te)

314 13 German troops. Wow!
Posted by: NaCly Dog

Probably billeted at our Space Force Base.
Doubt they bivouac on the flight line. But that would be funny.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2026 09:34 PM (/lPRQ)

315 U.S. rhetoric about acquiring the territory, with Germany confirming a 13-strong reconnaissance contingent and France, the Netherlands, Sweden and Canada among other allies saying they will participate in heightened activity there.
_factually.co

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 09:34 PM (y79kU)

316 I know ! I know! Why go to all the way to Greenland to surrender ? Because they haven't surrender in Greenland yet!

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 09:34 PM (g47mK)

317 Idaho Spudboy

Both countries have lost a generation of men.

The difference is Russia is arming and training the non-Slavic Russians to fight, rather than the ethnic Russian urbanites. Moscow and St. Petersburg are not represented in the front lines.

This may be another own goal for Russia in the future.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 09:34 PM (u82oZ)

318 The Europeans did not have that luxury, since they spent their time cutting each others' throats.
Posted by: Kindltot - Si, se poden at January 14, 2026 09:28 PM (rbvCR)
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By the time Europeans arrived in force, the Ch'ing had subdued every external enemy. Why spend money on weapons you don't need. Horse archers and matchlocks were sufficient. All branches atrophied. Since military service has zero status in the Confucian hierarchy, troops were just bandits in uniform, and giving them top-notch weaponry was an invitation to disorder.

Honestly, you can accuse the CCP of making the opposite mistake: China has no bordering threats. No neighbor can or wants to threaten her. So why waste a small fortune on armaments you don't need when your people desperately still need internal improvements? Why not provide free public schools, unemployment insurance, free clinics?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 09:34 PM (ZOv7s)

319 Minnesota Star Tribune
A man was shot in the leg Wednesday night during a federal immigration enforcement operation in north Minneapolis, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the situation.

Witnesses say a series of gunshots followed a car chase involving federal agents.

Posted by: old chick at January 14, 2026 09:35 PM (F3Dlr)

320 Ukraine is weak.

Posted by: Kramer at January 14, 2026 09:35 PM (Q+gd/)

321
Greenland. The fantasy posting every young soldier yearns for.

Posted by: Auspex at January 14, 2026 09:36 PM (Y8DZL)

322 Runner

13 German troops. Wow!
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 09:29 PM (u82oZ)

They join the Scandis, Canada , Britain and France. But they still want us to give billions to Ukraine and protect them from 'Russia' . I'm over Europe and all the countries that take our money and protection but treat us like shit.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 09:37 PM (KDPiq)

323 320 Ukraine is weak.
Posted by: Kramer at January 14, 2026 09:35 PM (Q+gd/)

Never get into a land war in Asia ...

Posted by: Vissini at January 14, 2026 09:37 PM (3sXRv)

324 Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Wolf Diplomacy has been a disaster for China.

I used to advise my students:
Friends come and go, but enemies accumulate.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 09:38 PM (u82oZ)

325 They join the Scandis, Canada , Britain and France. But they still want us to give billions to Ukraine and protect them from 'Russia' . I'm over Europe and all the countries that take our money and protection but treat us like shit.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 09:37 PM (KDPiq)
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How will they resupply their defense force?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 09:39 PM (ZOv7s)

326 I used to advise my students:
Friends come and go, but enemies accumulate.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 09:38 PM (u82oZ)
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Chronic Backstabbing Disorder is never a viable long-term strategy.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 14, 2026 09:40 PM (ESVrU)

327 Isn't Ukraine in the other direction?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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Da ain't no rubber bullets in Ukraine, let's go Frenchie.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 09:31 PM (y79kU)

German: WHY DO YOU HAVE REAL BULLETS?!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 09:40 PM (zZu0s)

328 After Greenland, Trump will go for Kamchatcha.

TS codeword info from Johnny the Shoeshine guy.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 09:41 PM (u82oZ)

329 Wolf Diplomacy has been a disaster for China.

I used to advise my students:
Friends come and go, but enemies accumulate.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 09:38 PM (u82oZ)
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It's a Chinese thing. They don't understand foreigners, don't want to understand them, and the Son of Heaven is now bound by the laws of men.

Seriously. They broke all their treaties because they didn't consider any of them binding. They'd sign, get the Europeans to leave, and then just keep doing what the were doing. The idea of honoring an agreement with foreigners was...foreign.

The CCP turned that up to 11, because Communists Always Lie. So they quote international law while violating it. They talk about green energy while making their own air unbreatheable. And so on. China is asshoe.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 09:42 PM (ZOv7s)

330 She has hair? (Zoom to 500%)

https://tinyurl.com/3b4894k2

Posted by: Captain James T. Kirk at January 14, 2026 09:04 PM (wVcYX)

Those are photon torpedoes.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 14, 2026 09:43 PM (snZF9)

331 How will they resupply their defense force?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 09:39 PM (ZOv7s)

Of course it's not a threat at all but just another slap in the face like not allowing fly overs or staging during our Middle East conflicts or fining our domestic companies for woke shit violations, or threatening our citizens with arrest for speech they don't like, etc. I'm sick of it.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 09:43 PM (KDPiq)

332 Steal tech and anything that isn't nailed down.

It is interesting: for all of their investment and education, what innovation have the chicoms come up with?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 09:43 PM (zZu0s)

333 wait, waiiiit...Sweden is sending troop to Greenland too. GUYS! PERFECT TRAP! We can finally Invade Europe, if we wanted to ....

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 09:43 PM (g47mK)

334 Honestly, the Europeans are exactly like the Karen's in Minneapolis.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 09:44 PM (zZu0s)

335 Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
China is asshoe.

Words to write in the Moon, 1,000 miles high.

Will no one shoot China in the face?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 09:45 PM (u82oZ)

336 So, who else is sending troops to Greenland next? Luxembourg??

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 09:45 PM (g47mK)

337 So, just for kicks, I re-read my concluding chapter, and OF COURSE there was a typo. Ugh. It never ends.

But I stand by it. I think my skepticism is being borne out.

Obviously, after all that work, and then digging deeper, I'm more informed than when I wrote the book (I hadn't thought of youtube as a source, honestly), but I'm content with it.

The Dynastic Cycle combined with my proprietary Three Generations Problem seems to be coming true. Hopefully it's not too messy.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 09:45 PM (ZOv7s)

338 runner

Attempt No Landings in Poland.

Would not be prudent.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 09:46 PM (u82oZ)

339 Luxembourg Navy !

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 09:46 PM (g47mK)

340 Who was the useful idiot lefty NYT Columnist that thought the CCP was wonderful?

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 09:46 PM (KDPiq)

341 Who was the useful idiot lefty NYT Columnist that thought the CCP was wonderful?

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All of them ??

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 09:47 PM (g47mK)

342
We've reached that point in the movie where the punk underlings get all full of themselves and talk back to the Godfather.

Yeah. You put your squad into Greenland to prove your point, eurotrash.

Posted by: Auspex at January 14, 2026 09:47 PM (Y8DZL)

343 Lichtenstein Coast Guard!

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 14, 2026 09:48 PM (9U0Wy)

344 Who was the useful idiot lefty NYT Columnist that thought the CCP was wonderful?

===

All of them ??

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 09:47 PM (g47mK)

Collect your winnings.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 14, 2026 09:48 PM (snZF9)

345 Have a great night, everyone.

Head on a swivel and have a plan.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 09:48 PM (u82oZ)

346 have we considered annexing France? it's warmer than Greenland and the booze is better.

Posted by: and it's not like they'd put up a fight at January 14, 2026 09:50 PM (gKWVE)

347 ICE involved in another shooting Minneapolis; a Venezuelan illegal tries run over an agent?

Posted by: ErikInTexas at January 14, 2026 09:50 PM (4b7CV)

348

Thomas L. Friedman

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 14, 2026 09:51 PM (pkeXY)

349 It is interesting: for all of their investment and education, what innovation have the chicoms come up with?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 09:43 PM (zZu0s)
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This was outside the scope of the book (and to be honest, a lot of the information only became recently available), but China's small arms are a fascinating subject. Just to review: when Europeans started kicking their asses, China needed to upgrade and turned to...Germany. It made sense. Germany had few concessions but wanted to screw the British and the French, so giving China modern weapons was one way to do it.

I mentioned the Gw 88 (aka Hanyang Rifle), but I kind of glossed over the fact that in 1935, Germany sent a full slate of advisors and technical experts to help Chiang Kai-shek kill the Reds. Fully 10 divisions of infantry were fully equipped with German helmets and web gear, and China got the tooling to make Kar 98k rifles, which were of excellent quality. These troops crushed Mao's goons and the Long March would have been pointless if Japan hadn't invaded when they did in 1937. The Germans had a treaty with Japan, and pulled out, only to be replaced by... the Soviets!
(cont)

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 09:51 PM (ZOv7s)

350 Anyway, when the Chicoms finally win, they model themselves on Soviet stuff, yada yada, but China consistently failed to make a homebrew design, in part because Mao crushed any kind of original thinking.

That's still a problem. You can't have everyone waiting for "Xi Jinping Thought" and expect them to innovate.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 09:53 PM (ZOv7s)

351 (Zoom to 500%)

You do that and you'll poke your eye out.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at January 14, 2026 09:54 PM (zdLoL)

352
To be fair to Tom Friedman, he only repeated was his cab driver told him.

Posted by: Auspex at January 14, 2026 09:54 PM (Y8DZL)

353 After Greenland, Trump will go for Kamchatcha.
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Just to keep everyone guessing, he should put armies in Madagascar

Posted by: Methos at January 14, 2026 09:55 PM (vSvIl)

354 How will they resupply their defense force?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 09:39 PM (ZOv7s)

DAL probably

Posted by: Kindltot - Si, se poden at January 14, 2026 09:55 PM (rbvCR)

355 346 have we considered annexing France? it's warmer than Greenland and the booze is better.
Posted by: and it's not like they'd put up a fight at January 14, 2026 09:50 PM (gKWVE)

No way, far too many Muslims.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 09:57 PM (xVja5)

356 I remember when the Berlin Wall went up. I could not envision a day when it would come down. Then it did.

I remember the Cold War and the threat that the USSR would persist nigh-eternally. Then it fell.

I remember when Iran fell to the mad Mullahs and it seemed we would never see those lovely Persian gals again. And yet, burkas are being shed.

(Looks at China)

Posted by: mindful webworker - world full of heroes and villains at January 14, 2026 09:57 PM (FMpsC)

357 They also invented cast iron and had Jesuits camped in Kowloon with a foundry, and still could never build a decent cannon until the 19th Century
Posted by: Kindltot

Bog iron was used by the Norse by 400 bc. So, no.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 14, 2026 09:58 PM (mlg/3)

358 ICE involved in another shooting Minneapolis; a Venezuelan illegal tries run over an agent?
Posted by: ErikInTexas

Yes. And the mob is there.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 14, 2026 09:59 PM (9U0Wy)

359 Bog iron was used by the Norse by 400 bc. So, no.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 14, 2026 09:58 PM (mlg/3)

Bog iron is wrought iron, not cast.
Cast iron was developed in China

Posted by: Kindltot - Si, se poden at January 14, 2026 10:04 PM (rbvCR)

360 nood, obviously.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 14, 2026 10:05 PM (mlg/3)

361 Wow, just wow on a TRex ONT🤪

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 14, 2026 11:59 PM (LNeRu)

Quick Hits

Dr. Oz, head of Medicare and Medicaid, reports we're beingreipped off to the tune of billions:

DrOzCMS
@DrOzCMS
UPDATE: It's worse than we thought.

In October, we flagged $1.3 billion in Medicaid funds that 6 states may have unlawfully spent on health care for illegal immigrants.

Since then, we�ve gathered more data and the total has grown to over $1.8 billion across 8 states.

It's against the law to spend federal Medicaid funds on non-emergency healthcare for illegals. If states use their own money to do it, there needs to be a clear paper trail proving that federal dollars didn�t fund those services.

These states failed to provide that for this $1.8 billion. So today, CMS is announcing that we're withholding nearly $300 million from California -- which is by far the worst offender -- until they demonstrate to our satisfaction that they�re spending that money properly.

Medicaid dollars belong to Americans, not illegal immigrants, and we won�t stop until we�ve held rogue states accountable and recovered their misspent funds.

More announcements to come.

US orders partial evacuation of military personnel at Qatar military base.

The United States military has ordered some personnel to evacuate the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar amid ongoing demonstrations in Iran and President Donald Trump's suggestion of possible military action, the Associated Press reported, citing "a U.S. official."
Al Udeid previously came under Iranian fire in the wake of U.S. strikes on the Islamic Republic's nuclear program last year. The scope of the evacuation remains unclear.

Does that mean the strikes are coming? I don't know. Trump announced that he had it on "good authority" that Iran had stopped massacring its people, which sounds like a possible off-ramp to a strike.

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he was told by Iran that the killings of protesters will stop and that there are no plans for further executions.
Iran has reportedly killed at least 2,000 anti-regime protesters so far as demonstrations engulf the Middle Eastern country. Some foreign leaders have predicted that Iran's regime is in its final days.
Trump said his information was coming from "very important sources on the other side," and that executions, including one of an Iranian shopkeeper, are not expected to take place, despite a notice to the shopkeeper's family indicating otherwise.
"We were told that the killing in Iran is stopping, and there's no plan for executions," Trump told reporters. "The killing has stopped. The executions have stopped. There's no plan for executions or an execution. I've been told that on good authority. We'll find out about it. I'm sure if it happens I'll be very upset."

Trump: We have been told that the killing in Iran is stopping, has stopped�. I've been told that on good authority. pic.twitter.com/8uzMYJQEhX
— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) January 14, 2026

He doesn't sound super-committed to this claim, which is good, because it's bullshit.

🚨🇮🇷 IRAN: Regime forces storm a hospital to hunt wounded protesters.

Leaked footage before the internet blackout shows armed raids, tear gas, doors smashed, patients and staff beaten, and shotguns fired inside Imam Khomeini Hospital.
💔💔💔 pic.twitter.com/cswlnLTaYF
— GAZAWOOD - the PALLYWOOD saga (@GAZAWOOD1) January 14, 2026

I sure hope that Trump hasn't decided to be Obama's fourth term:

I feel like this is trump either taking Iran at face value (stupidly) or proclaiming its stopped and giving the mullahs their only chance to avoid american intervention. If anything happens in the next few hours have to imagine the Ayatollah's bunker has a JDAM w its name on it
— Loren (@SDCLoren) January 14, 2026

He gave Maduro one last chance to flee the country. But he did require Maduro to leave. Is Trump actually just going to let Khomeini remain in power? Surely we're not going back to the Obama Plan...?

Trump may just be trying to reassure Iran so that it stops killing people -- until he's got the assets in place to take them out:

Open Source Intel
@Osint613
BREAKING
The Pentagon ordered the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group to leave the South China Sea and head toward the Middle East.

Is this true? I don't know.

🚨 Breaking: Israel Channel 14's @DBalazada reports that Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of Supreme Leader Khamenei, transferred $1.5 billion over the past two days to escrow accounts in Dubai 👇

They are preparing to flee!
pic.twitter.com/LbIzBE4Wkk
— Dr. Eli David (@DrEliDavid) January 14, 2026

Meanwhile: "The Science (TM)" is undefeated.

🚨 HOLY CRAP. This actually just happened on Capitol Hill.

SEN. JOSH HAWLEY: "Can men get pregnant?"

LIBERAL DR. VERMA: "I'm not sure what the goal of the question is."

HAWLEY: "The goal is to establish a biological reality. Can men get pregnant?"

VERMA: "I take care of� pic.twitter.com/uzYjGJuZmH
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) January 14, 2026

Posted by: Ace at 06:24 PM

Comments

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1 First!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 06:24 PM (ZOv7s)

2 yes!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 06:24 PM (ZOv7s)

3 >>>Trump announced that he had it on "good authority" that Iran had stopped massacring its people, which sounds like a possible off-ramp to a strike.

Could be a fake signal to Iran. They think he is backing off just when the strike is ready to go.

Posted by: No Name Today at January 14, 2026 06:27 PM (8mulE)

4 Bomb Iran!

Posted by: Brewingfrog at January 14, 2026 06:27 PM (VHzGa)

5 Typp in the lead.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 06:28 PM (A32KF)

6
Yashar Ali 🐘
@yashar
·
2h
Trump amplifies Islamic Republic of Iran talking points here by saying:

“They said people were shooting at them with guns, and they were shooting back — and, you know, it’s one of those things.”

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Whatever this Iran game is, I wish we could get to the action.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 06:28 PM (Jxa0O)

7 Shotgunning patients is not considered palliative care, pretty sure.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 14, 2026 06:29 PM (KOKV6)

8 I don't think they've finished killing Iranian citizens. The bombings are still on the menu.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 14, 2026 06:29 PM (cxFcK)

9 Typo.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 06:29 PM (A32KF)

10 Trump thrives on ambiguity. It's how he operates.

He's sending multiple signals to confuse the mullahs. Evacuating the Deed while moving a CSG into theater is on pace with this.

He always telegraphs his punches, but one is never sure.

Also: you can be damn sure he wouldn't let the Crown Prince talk so freely if he didn't have the guy's back.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 06:29 PM (ZOv7s)

11 I have a theory, Ayatollah is already dead.

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 06:30 PM (g47mK)

12
Could be a fake signal to Iran. They think he is backing off just when the strike is ready to go.
Posted by: No Name Today

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

The commenters on Goldie's and Tousi's channels are going crazy over those statements.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 06:30 PM (Jxa0O)

13 Medical licenses should be revoked when one asserts that males can become pregnant.

Posted by: Crusader at January 14, 2026 06:30 PM (TN0g+)

14 4 Bomb Iran!
Posted by: Brewingfrog

Zombie John McCain smiles.

Posted by: Auspex at January 14, 2026 06:30 PM (Y8DZL)

15 Oprah claims she has an "obesity gene" that makes her overeat

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I've got a lazy gene that makes me . . . Well, I'd tell you but I need to rest first.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 06:30 PM (L/fGl)

16 I chuckle at how, after a year of Trumpus Maximus, that people immediately try to read into a comment that is clearly equivocal.
It amuses me.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 14, 2026 06:30 PM (2WIwB)

17 That dialog from Senate testimony is Idiocracy-worthy.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 06:30 PM (WnwRO)

18 Ol' Vermin needs to lose her doctor's license if she can't recognize the simplest most basic biological reality.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 14, 2026 06:31 PM (iJfKG)

19 Let's not go throwing Trump out with the bathwater yet.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 06:31 PM (zZu0s)

20 Shotgunning patients is not considered palliative care, pretty sure.
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You'd be surprised what gets classified as medical services these days.

Posted by: Planned Parenthood at January 14, 2026 06:31 PM (TN0g+)

21 Shotgunning patients is not considered palliative care, pretty sure.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 14, 2026 06:29 PM (KOKV6)

Talk about a shitty insurance!

Posted by: Diogenes at January 14, 2026 06:31 PM (2WIwB)

22
Wasn't Trump talking about negotiating up the very moment the bunker busters hit Fordow?

People are freaking out over his statements. He's likely just playing games.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 06:32 PM (w6EFb)

23 Oh. Hay. Apparently Five Iranian banks are on the brink of collapse, including Bank Sepah, one of Iran's three largest banks and the primary bank for the IRGC and Iranian military.

I bet there was a loss of liquidity with those embargoed oil tankers and the blowed-up cocaine boats.
I bet President Delcy Rodriguez is forwarding all the frantic collection calls to the White House at the moment.

Posted by: Kindltot - Si, se podan at January 14, 2026 06:32 PM (rbvCR)

24 Shotgunning patients is not considered palliative care, pretty sure.
Posted by: Common Tater

Pretty sure it's covered in Canada.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 06:32 PM (L/fGl)

25 What is it with women that uptalk like that? Don't they realize that they sound like retarded valley girls?

Posted by: fd at January 14, 2026 06:32 PM (vFG9F)

26 4 hours till sunrise. Where is the Great Pumpkin?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 06:32 PM (A32KF)

27 I chuckle at how, after a year of Trumpus Maximus, that people immediately try to read into a comment that is clearly equivocal.
It amuses me.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 14, 2026 06:30 PM (2WIwB)
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He's very consistent. He thunders, backs away, changes the subject, seems conciliatory and then POW.

When he starts appearing meek, that's when you head for the bunker.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 06:32 PM (ZOv7s)

28 7 Shotgunning patients is not considered palliative care, pretty sure.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 14, 2026 06:29 PM (KOKV6)

Aggressive assisted suicide.

Posted by: No Name Today at January 14, 2026 06:32 PM (8mulE)

29
CMS is announcing that we're withholding nearly $300 million from California

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Seems to me like it should be more, but maybe that's the administrative help the feds send, not the actual payments. I'm not sure if/when the payments get cut off.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 06:32 PM (Jxa0O)

30 California??? No way!

Posted by: wth at January 14, 2026 06:33 PM (UjdFS)

31 "It's against the law to spend federal Medicaid funds on non-emergency healthcare for illegals. "

then

"CMS is announcing that we're withholding nearly $300 million from California -- which is by far the worst offender -- until they demonstrate to our satisfaction that they�re spending that money properly."

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Jimmy, since you ate the cookies after I told you not to eat them, you're not getting any more cookies until I'm satisfied you heard me tell you not to eat the cookies.

Posted by: Orson at January 14, 2026 06:33 PM (dIske)

32 Ol' Vermin needs to lose her doctor's license if she can't recognize the simplest most basic biological reality.
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These things be nuanced...nuanced...let me axe you am I saying that word right?

Posted by: DEI Supreme Court Justice at January 14, 2026 06:33 PM (TN0g+)

33 I bet there was a loss of liquidity with those embargoed oil tankers and the blowed-up cocaine boats.
I bet President Delcy Rodriguez is forwarding all the frantic collection calls to the White House at the moment.
Posted by: Kindltot

A bank's main currency falling to zero tends to have an effect on liquidity.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 14, 2026 06:33 PM (mlg/3)

34 Also I saw that hospital footage 2 weeks ago.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 06:33 PM (WnwRO)

35 Millions of Mossad agents demonstrating in Iran.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 06:33 PM (A32KF)

36 Pretty sure it's covered in Canada.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 06:32 PM (L/fGl)
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Canada is now convincing people to kill themselves in order to get their organs.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 06:33 PM (ZOv7s)

37
Trumpus Augustus.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 06:34 PM (w6EFb)

38 According to someone on X, fighter jets are above Iraq now on the Iran border. And another said a United flight from Newark to Israel was just canceled. So who knows.....

Posted by: beckster at January 14, 2026 06:34 PM (I7J98)

39 This whole song and dance (or our reaction to it) always seems like a form of black pill. It is good to remember that people have feet of clay, but so far, Trump has been aces.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 06:34 PM (zZu0s)

40 Would Trump have encouraged the people of Iran to protest if he didn't plan something beyond tariffs? Perhaps I'm naive, but I think not.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 14, 2026 06:34 PM (n4Qav)

41 Millions of Mossad agents demonstrating in Iran.

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I told you !!

Posted by: Cucker Trollson at January 14, 2026 06:34 PM (g47mK)

42 Where did all these whack bitches and faggots come from? It’s positively Orwellian.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 14, 2026 06:34 PM (Zh6C/)

43 She should have employed the Hillary Gambit...'I don't recall'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 14, 2026 06:35 PM (XeU6L)

44 A bank's main currency falling to zero tends to have an effect on liquidity.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 14, 2026 06:33 PM (mlg/3)
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Hmmm, so the regime's troops are now working for free. We'll see how that goes.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 06:35 PM (ZOv7s)

45
"So you're a scientist. Does 1 + 1 = 2?"

"I count numbers with many identities."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 06:35 PM (Jxa0O)

46 Personally, I found it telling that as soon as the lead judge in Iran issued the statement that the country's chaos must cease by any means necessary, the shootings started. Interestingly, at the time that statement was issued, he had no case in front of him. It was just a message that the IRG would not be prosecuted for outright murder of protesters.
Posted by: Orson

That one judge should be terminated for crimes against humanity.
ASAP

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2026 06:35 PM (/lPRQ)

47 "Oprah claims she has an "obesity gene" that makes her overeat"

She so skinny now she look like one of them skinny Minnies.

Posted by: fd at January 14, 2026 06:35 PM (vFG9F)

48 Medical licenses should be revoked when one asserts that males can become pregnant.
Posted by: Crusader at January 14, 2026 06:30 PM (TN0g+)

Clearly you misunderstand. Such extreme treatment is reserved only for doctors who prescribe Hydroxychloroquine or write vaccine exemption notes for patients

Posted by: Kindltot - Si, se podan at January 14, 2026 06:35 PM (rbvCR)

49 Hmmm, so the regime's troops are now working for free. We'll see how that goes.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 06:35 PM (ZOv7s)

Zionist lies!

Posted by: Islamic Republic of Iran's News Service at January 14, 2026 06:36 PM (g47mK)

50 Trump thrives on ambiguity. It's how he operates.

He's sending multiple signals to confuse the mullahs. Evacuating the Deed while moving a CSG into theater is on pace with this.

He always telegraphs his punches, but one is never sure.

Also: you can be damn sure he wouldn't let the Crown Prince talk so freely if he didn't have the guy's back.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Are we good? We're good, right? He said we're good, yes?
Posted by: The Mullahs

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 06:36 PM (QGRvm)

51 Shotgunning patients is not considered palliative care, pretty sure.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 14, 2026 06:29 PM (KOKV6)

Aggressive assisted suicide.
Posted by: No Name Today

12 gauge therapy.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 06:36 PM (L/fGl)

52
Not to be the "nothing will happen" guy, but if Venezuela is still being run by the Cubans and Iran by the Mullahs next week President Trump will have some 'splaining to do.

Which I hope happens at the State of the Union, with Mark Ruffalo and Matt Damon seated next to the first lady when she serves them papers for a libel suit.

Posted by: Auspex at January 14, 2026 06:36 PM (Y8DZL)

53 I don't think there is a medical code for shotgunning patients to better health. I could be wrong. I've done medical billing, though. And stayed at a Holiday Inn Express.

Posted by: turambar at January 14, 2026 06:37 PM (Q0yOR)

54 Hmmm, so the regime's troops are now working for free. We'll see how that goes.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 06:35 PM (ZOv7s)

According to reports, Tether is being used for the black market. (as in the market not using Rials)

Posted by: Kindltot - Si, se podan at January 14, 2026 06:37 PM (rbvCR)

55 What is it with women that uptalk like that? Don't they realize that they sound like retarded valley girls?
Posted by: fd at January 14, 2026 06:32 PM (vFG9F)

Lord that bugs me. And it's not just women. Plenty of younger men do the same damn thing.

Maybe it stems from a desire to not make the listener think they are being too blunt, or something.

I'm Ron Burgundy?

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 14, 2026 06:37 PM (0aYVJ)

56 Wow. I'm shocked that Dr Verma hasn't got a nose ring.

Yet.

Posted by: Eeyore at January 14, 2026 06:37 PM (s0JqF)

57 I have been around for quite a few years and I have observed that there is nothing good about Islam.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 14, 2026 06:37 PM (BSdIE)

58 The Basiji are not a secret police. Everyone knows who is who. Unless this is handled right it could get very bloody. I cannot say I understand what PDT is doing but I am praying very very hard for the people of Iran

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 06:38 PM (WnwRO)

59 I don't think there is a medical code for shotgunning patients to better health. I could be wrong. I've done medical billing, though. And stayed at a Holiday Inn Express.
Posted by: turambar at January 14, 2026 06:37 PM (Q0yOR)
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The code is 86.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 06:38 PM (ZOv7s)

60
Dr. Verma is vermin.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 06:39 PM (Jxa0O)

61 You don't say
Can I up my guess on how much government spending is stolen from earlier thread?
%60 is stolen easy

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 06:39 PM (Ia/+0)

62 Dr. Verma is vermin.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 06:39 PM (Jxa0O)

She should lose her medical license

Posted by: It's me donna at January 14, 2026 06:39 PM (VE6XX)

63 Civillian Aircraft rerouting around Iran.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 06:40 PM (A32KF)

64 Not to be the "nothing will happen" guy, but if Venezuela is still being run by the Cubans and Iran by the Mullahs next week President Trump will have some 'splaining to do.

Posted by: Auspex at January 14, 2026 06:36 PM (Y8DZL)
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Venezuela is now an American protectorate. We determine who comes and goes. They take orders from us. It's pretty smart, because it both handcuffs the regime while also making them the responsible party.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 06:40 PM (ZOv7s)

65 Which one of you did this?

He robbed the cradle — and she broke the internet.

A 22-year-old Italian influencer who went viral for a series of posts about the nearly four-decade age gap with her 60-year-old husband is clapping back at critics who called her “a gold digger.”

“Reducing a woman’s choices to money is one of the oldest and most unfair stereotypes. I have
my own goals, my own work, and my own independence. I married him for who he is — his
mind, his values, and the way he loves,” Minea Pagni told The Post.

Posted by: Crusader at January 14, 2026 06:40 PM (TN0g+)

66 >>I cannot say I understand what PDT is doing but I am praying very very hard for the people of Iran

They are getting confirmation on targets.

They are likely planning to follow up any strikes with coordinated supply drops for civilians.

Coordinating with allies over counterstrikes.

It's a whole thing, man.

Posted by: garrett at January 14, 2026 06:40 PM (ZcsJV)

67 Where did all these whack bitches and faggots come from? It’s positively Orwellian.

Posted by: Common Tater
......

Public school?

Posted by: wth at January 14, 2026 06:40 PM (UjdFS)

68 We built this city!
We built this city with Somalis, Indians, Latinos, Africans

Pramila Jayapal: "This country was built by Somalis, Indians, Latinos, Africans"

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 06:41 PM (L/fGl)

69
Iran has reportedly killed at least 2,000 anti-regime protesters so far as demonstrations engulf the Middle Eastern country.

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What's that next to a dead lesbian in Minneapolis?

Posted by: Victoria and Albert at January 14, 2026 06:41 PM (tgvbd)

70 59 Combined with 5150?

Posted by: turambar at January 14, 2026 06:41 PM (Q0yOR)

71 Feminists then: Women aren't just people that wear skirts and makeup

Feminists now: Well if you wear a skirt and makeup your gender identity is clearly female. And really the best sort of female

Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 06:41 PM (sKqQm)

72 60
Dr. Verma is vermin.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 06:39 PM (Jxa0O)
______
I thought she was a character in Scooby Doo.

Posted by: Eeyore at January 14, 2026 06:42 PM (s0JqF)

73 Pramila Jayapal: "This country was built by Somalis, Indians, Latinos, Africans"
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 06:41 PM (L/fGl)

Fine.. Thank you... You can all leave now

Posted by: It's me donna at January 14, 2026 06:42 PM (VE6XX)

74
I saw Whack Bitches and Faggots open for Guns and Roses in '87.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 14, 2026 06:42 PM (iJfKG)

75 >>Pramila Jayapal: "This country was built by Somalis, Indians, Latinos, Africans"

Nothing in this country was built by any of those groups.

Posted by: garrett at January 14, 2026 06:42 PM (ZcsJV)

76 "President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he was told by Iran that the killings of protesters will stop and that there are no plans for further executions."

He has to know it's false. I know he's a busy man, but I'm certain he has staff who are monitoring closely and showing him the same things we're all seeing.

You never know what he's really planning, and he's learned to keep the information close so it doesn't get leaked.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 14, 2026 06:42 PM (zYpTz)

77 They are retarded valley girls, or near enough

Posted by: Common Tater at January 14, 2026 06:43 PM (Zh6C/)

78 "I take care of people with many identities."
.......

So. They're fucking crazy.

Posted by: wth at January 14, 2026 06:43 PM (UjdFS)

79 Where did all these whack bitches and faggots come from? It’s positively Orwellian.

Posted by: Common Tater
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We became complacent, bread and circuses.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 14, 2026 06:43 PM (XeU6L)

80 I have a gene that makes me eat all the ice cream in the house, which is why I never buy it and bring it in.

Posted by: Bad Genes at January 14, 2026 06:44 PM (oftw2)

81
Shotgunning patients is not considered palliative care, pretty sure.
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There's gotta be a medical code for that. Which one of you degenerates was the one who was always putting up the code cites?

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 14, 2026 06:44 PM (y9nCu)

82 Well if the US does something I hope they wait till after Gutfeld..

Posted by: It's me donna at January 14, 2026 06:44 PM (VE6XX)

83 81 I think that was Muldoon

Posted by: turambar at January 14, 2026 06:44 PM (Q0yOR)

84 First do no harm. How does that work?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 06:44 PM (A32KF)

85 How much stuff that could never happen actually happens?

Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 06:45 PM (krQz2)

86 8686?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 06:45 PM (A32KF)

87 The killing has stopped. The executions have stopped. There's no plan for executions or an execution. I've been told that on good authority.
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I suppose anything is possible, though that seems like the least likely of circumstances.

Of course, having said that, the next news to the contrary, gives Trump the opportunity to say they'd lied to him, so talk is off the table (so a delaying tactic as our guys weren't quite in place yet.) Or it could be a misdirection like the "within two weeks" timeline for the strike on their nuclear facilities.

Posted by: Methos at January 14, 2026 06:45 PM (vSvIl)

88 ERMA: "I think yes-no questions like this are a political tool."

Uh, but her non-answer to this question isn't political?

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 14, 2026 06:45 PM (qBdHI)

89 Joe Wilson is vindaloo-ed.

Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 06:45 PM (krQz2)

90 Where did all these whack bitches and faggots come from? It’s positively Orwellian.

Posted by: Common Tater
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We became complacent, bread and circuses.
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Yep. I vaguely remember a theme of sort that seemed to come and go at Rantburg.com circa 2005 that had various pop icons pictured (like Britney Spears with a large snake wrapped around her) that the nation longed to pretend that everything was back to normal when "normal" could never exist again because of 9/11.

Posted by: Crusader at January 14, 2026 06:46 PM (TN0g+)

91 I think it's happening.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 06:46 PM (A32KF)

92 St. Louis officials say A.I. posts are making it harder to find a bunch of escaped monkeys

https://is.gd/tHkEVF

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 06:46 PM (L/fGl)

93 Shotgunning patients is not considered palliative care, pretty sure.
Posted by: Common Tater

You've obviously not been to the Far Side Horse Hospital.
https://tinyurl.com/yekwt9wp

Posted by: Stu Podaso at January 14, 2026 06:46 PM (iQA9/)

94 Is this Part 2? This may be the Part 2:

@Breaking911 2m
BREAKING: @nickshirleyy just exposed another fraudulent business in Minnesota, “Advanced Mobility”
x.com/Breaking911/status/2011584881646846395

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 14, 2026 06:46 PM (mlg/3)

95 In a just world, that "Doctor" would immediately be called up before the medical board from whatever state she practices in, questioned, and have her license immediately revoked permanently. Only in a just world.

Posted by: Cheri at January 14, 2026 06:47 PM (oiNtH)

96 You kids stop massacring each other or I'll come down there!!

Posted by: Dad Trump at January 14, 2026 06:47 PM (krQz2)

97 When was the last time Trump bluffed on using force? He's moving a carrier from the South China Sea to the Middle East. That takes a minute.

If he moves he'll do it on his time not when we want him to attack.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 06:47 PM (viF8m)

98 Well if the US does something I hope they wait till after Gutfeld..
Posted by: It's me donna at January 14, 2026 06:44 PM (VE6XX)

could be happening now, but, you know , internet is out...

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 06:47 PM (g47mK)

99 You've obviously not been to the Far Side Horse Hospital.
https://tinyurl.com/yekwt9wp
Posted by: Stu Podaso at January 14, 2026 06:46 PM (iQA9/)

Reminds me of an old Larry the Cable guy joke: Our horse broke its leg, and we were told to shoot it. Now we have a horse with a broken leg and a gunshot wound.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 14, 2026 06:48 PM (0aYVJ)

100 1. Someone uncovers fed spending fraud
2. Spending is stopped
3. judge orders it re started
4. Everyone forgets about it
5. Go to 1.

Posted by: Really?? at January 14, 2026 06:48 PM (kgFPv)

101 You've obviously not been to the Far Side Horse Hospital.
https://tinyurl.com/yekwt9wp
Posted by: Stu Podaso
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Cold, man, cold.
I lol'd.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 14, 2026 06:48 PM (XeU6L)

102 The President of the United States told the Iranian protesters to keep fighting, take over as many building as you can, because help is on the way.

This afternoon, all the talk starts ramping up that a US strike is imminent. Tankers in the air, Israel on alert, Israel making moves as if an attack is imminent, and the US military in the region making the moves.

And then Trump seems to back off a bit. This pisses off the pro-attack people who start screaming "Trump is backing down!"

This is a deception, plain and simple.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 06:48 PM (w6EFb)

103 First do no harm. How does that work?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 06:44 PM (A32KF)
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Before you do that, redefine "harm".

Posted by: DC at January 14, 2026 06:49 PM (krQz2)

104 I have a gene that makes me eat all the ice cream in the house, which is why I never buy it and bring it in.
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Our son bought us an ice cream maker so we're obligated...

Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at January 14, 2026 06:49 PM (WQDw6)

105 You've obviously not been to the Far Side Horse Hospital.
https://tinyurl.com/yekwt9wp

Posted by: Stu Podaso
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Obamacare as they drew it up.

Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 06:50 PM (krQz2)

106 Whack bitches and faggots made this country what it is today!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 06:50 PM (L/fGl)

107 Cold, man, cold.
I lol'd.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 14, 2026 06:48 PM (XeU6L)

Gary Larson was a mad genius.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 14, 2026 06:51 PM (0aYVJ)

108 94 Is this Part 2? This may be the Part 2:

@Breaking911 2m
BREAKING: @nickshirleyy just exposed another fraudulent business in Minnesota, “Advanced Mobility”
x.com/Breaking911/status/2011584881646846395
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Yes, it is. I posted on the last thread. All the Somalis in MPLS are pissed off in this one, it shows the transportation fraud, too.

Posted by: beckster at January 14, 2026 06:51 PM (I7J98)

109
Where the hell are the carriers? There were two in the Pacific a while back... Have they had time to get to the Persian Gulf? Or close by?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 06:51 PM (w6EFb)

110 ERMA: "I think yes-no questions like this are a political tool."

Uh, but her non-answer to this question isn't political?
Posted by: Lady in Black
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Stop interfering with the narrative.

Posted by: MSM at January 14, 2026 06:52 PM (XeU6L)

111
The Basiji are not a secret police.

That's those African dogs with the curly tail.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 14, 2026 06:52 PM (pkeXY)

112 Legalinsurrection.com
Joy Behar says President Trump will use the protests to declare martial law and cancel midterms

Oh please make this happen

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 06:52 PM (Ia/+0)

113 Shotgunning patients is not considered palliative care, pretty sure.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 14, 2026 06:29 PM (KOKV6)

Supposedly, the commies went to every hospital within 100 miles of Beijing and killed anyone wounded after the Tiananmen square massacre.

Posted by: Beartooth at January 14, 2026 06:52 PM (GGatE)

114 Residents in Northern Israel report lots of flight activity in the skies there.

Posted by: beckster at January 14, 2026 06:52 PM (I7J98)

115 Trump will have some splaining to do.

I don't recall Biden splaining anything. Why should Trump?

Posted by: Case at January 14, 2026 06:52 PM (4rWc3)

116 >President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he was told by Iran that the killings of protesters will stop and that there are no plans for further executions.

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alrighty then!
Sounds like we get to go back on our promise to help!
Whew- that was a close one.

I watched a video of Nixon talking about meeting the Shah shortly before the man died. One takeaway for Nixon was, it's dangerous to be friends with the United States, mostly because of the mixed messages and ever-changing foreign policy.

Posted by: Don Black at January 14, 2026 06:52 PM (ZxPkt)

117
I suppose that we can assume at this point that any civilians caught by security forces in hospitals, or taken off to jail, have been killed. Unless a mob killed the security first.

I don't think the Iranian government has stopped killing their people, or even slowed down, unless they are being prevented by circumstances.

And I don't think Trump believes a word they say, only intelligence reports.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 14, 2026 06:53 PM (nqb3H)

118 Anybody tracking pizza delivery at CENTCOM?
Iran is it's AOR.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2026 06:53 PM (/lPRQ)

119 Shotgunning patients is not considered palliative care, pretty sure.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 14, 2026 06:29 PM (KOKV6)
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It's the best care their money can buy.

Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 06:53 PM (krQz2)

120 Cucker Tarslson had his brother on as a guest. Brother’s name is Buckley. Tuck and Buck. Cute.

The brother is as looney as Cucker. Which means they grew up in a looney household. Cocker didn’t have some epiphany recently. He was always who he is he just decided to stop pretending otherwise.

Posted by: Really?? at January 14, 2026 06:53 PM (kgFPv)

121 Legalinsurrection.com
Joy Behar says President Trump will use the protests to declare martial law and cancel midterms

Oh please make this happen
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After what they did to us from 2020 to 2024 and their attempts to *destroy* this country I wouldn't lift a finger to stop him if 47 decided he wants a third term.

Posted by: Crusader at January 14, 2026 06:54 PM (TN0g+)

122 >Trump: We have been told that the killing in Iran is stopping, has stopped…. I've been told that on good authority.
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Translation:

People of Iran, you are fucked. Best of luck to you.

Posted by: Don Black at January 14, 2026 06:54 PM (ZxPkt)

123 Pramila Jayapal: "This country was built by Somalis, Indians, Latinos, Africans"

Nothing in this country was built by any of those groups.
Posted by: garrett

The Latinos and Africans played their part. The Somalis and Indians (call center not casino), not so much.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 06:54 PM (L/fGl)

124 Where the hell are the carriers? There were two in the Pacific a while back... Have they had time to get to the Persian Gulf? Or close by?
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I'm old enough to remember when everyone got focused on bombers that were headed the long way around the world to get to Iran's nuke sites.

Posted by: Methos at January 14, 2026 06:55 PM (vSvIl)

125
Remember Iran is EST+8:30 (UTC+3:30).

By Gutfeld time, it will be about sunrise in Tehran. We attack at night always.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 06:55 PM (w6EFb)

126 "112 Legalinsurrection.com
Joy Behar says President Trump will use the protests to declare martial law and cancel midterms

Oh please make this happen

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 06:52 PM (Ia/+0) "

with you 100% on this!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 14, 2026 06:55 PM (Cjt/F)

127 Whack bitches and faggots made this country what it is today!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 06:50 PM (L/fGl)
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That's a fact.

Posted by: Don LeMon at January 14, 2026 06:55 PM (krQz2)

128
11 I have a theory, Ayatollah is already dead.
Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 06:30 PM (g47mK)

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Ended up like that Nasrallah guy in Lebanon, who also sported a giant Tums on his head? Oh what a relief it is. If true.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 14, 2026 06:56 PM (nqb3H)

129 >Joy Behar says President Trump will use the protests to declare martial law and cancel midterms
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seriously, we hear this every two years

Posted by: Don Black at January 14, 2026 06:56 PM (ZxPkt)

130 Coordinating with allies over counterstrikes.

It's a whole thing, man.
Posted by: garrett at January 14, 2026 06:40 PM (ZcsJV)

Making sure no one mines the Straights.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 14, 2026 06:56 PM (2WIwB)

131 122 >Trump: We have been told that the killing in Iran is stopping, has stopped…. I've been told that on good authority.
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Did he say by whom ? Was that a signal from the résistance that the Mullahs have retreated ?

Posted by: It's me donna at January 14, 2026 06:56 PM (VE6XX)

132 >>The Latinos and Africans played their part.

Yeah...where?

I'm not talking rollout roofing and funk music. I am talking Infrastructure and Iconic Architecture.

They didn't build shit.

Posted by: garrett at January 14, 2026 06:56 PM (ZcsJV)

133 Love the uptalk, “I am a person of science?” No, you’re an imbecile “doctor.”

Posted by: Farmer Bob at January 14, 2026 06:56 PM (IX8iX)

134 "I think yes-no questions like this are a political tool."
——-

It’s axiomatic people like this “Doctor” don’t know fuck all about Medicine.

It’s analogous the local politicians gushing about how they are fine-tuning the weather 100 years from now, whist their cities are open air insane asylums with shitty roads and crumbling infrastructure. She is as political as it gets. They wouldn’t have paraded her in front of congress if she weren’t.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 14, 2026 06:56 PM (GDXa0)

135 >>Making sure no one mines the Straights.

Best I can tell we've been flying over the strait, nonstop, for at least 4 days now.

Posted by: garrett at January 14, 2026 06:57 PM (ZcsJV)

136 Joy Behar says President Trump will use the protests to declare martial law and cancel midterms

—

I thought he already destroyed our oh so precious democracy already .

Posted by: Really?? at January 14, 2026 06:57 PM (kgFPv)

137 One thing, if President Trump said we would do something if Iran keeps killing protesters, and they are, we better do something because thay will not stop

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 06:58 PM (Ia/+0)

138 113 Shotgunning patients is not considered palliative care, pretty sure.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 14, 2026 06:29 PM (KOKV6)

Shotgunning beers is quite palliative.

Posted by: Not covered by Medicare at January 14, 2026 06:59 PM (TbWk/)

139 Legalinsurrection.com
Joy Behar says President Trump will use the protests to declare martial law and cancel midterms

Oh please make this happen

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 06:52 PM (Ia/+0)

I would settle for him handing out letters of marque instead.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 14, 2026 06:59 PM (snZF9)

140 A 22-year-old Italian influencer who went viral for a series of posts about the nearly four-decade age gap with her 60-year-old husband is clapping back at critics who called her “a gold digger.”

“Reducing a woman’s choices to money is one of the oldest and most unfair stereotypes. I have
my own goals, my own work, and my own independence. I married him for who he is — his
mind, his values, and the way he loves,” Minea Pagni told The Post.
Posted by: Crusader

Tell her you are broke. Time her on how long it takes her to call her divorce attorney.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 07:00 PM (QGRvm)

141 I’m not all that thrilled with bombing Iran again. But fuck it, it angers all the usual suspects. So let’s go!!!!!

Posted by: Really?? at January 14, 2026 07:00 PM (kgFPv)

142 The filthy murderers in Gaza also faked hospital raids and injured people and bloody carcasses in the street.

They lie. Nothing is to be believed. They want to trick Trump into something. I’m glad he’s dragging his feet so far.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 14, 2026 07:01 PM (1xHyf)

143 Mosques are so beautiful when they are on fire.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 07:01 PM (A32KF)

144 Why worry about carriers? There are more subs in that sea than you can count.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 14, 2026 07:01 PM (0KSrI)

145 The code is 86.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Ahhh,
Named after the "kill switch" relay (Type 86 relay).

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2026 07:01 PM (/lPRQ)

146 You'd think that Dr. Verma would, at some point, just say "no, men cannot get pregnant" and be done with it instead of embarrassing herself. She does her side (the insane lunatic side) any good by refusing to directly answer the question. What an embarrassment for the medical community. God help us.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 14, 2026 07:02 PM (XMwZJ)

147 Same as it ever was.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
@ICEgov
Yesterday, in Texas, a criminal illegal alien tried to run over our officer — smashing vehicles and leaving one officer injured and sent to the hospital.
Thanks to politicians spewing dangerous anti-ICE rhetoric, this is becoming a daily occurrence.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 07:02 PM (L/fGl)

148 First time I went to OHSU, I noticed a sign on the womens' restroom, saying that people should use whatever restroom fit their gender. And I had serious doubts about the qualifications of any doctor that believed that. Fortunately, the two I saw were great.

Posted by: notsothoreau at January 14, 2026 07:04 PM (+mUZM)

149 According to someone on X, fighter jets are above Iraq now on the Iran border. And another said a United flight from Newark to Israel was just canceled. So who knows.....
Posted by: beckster at January 14, 2026 06:34 PM (I7J9

~~~~~

Maybe. There's this also:

@0hour1
Reports of Jets taking off in the middle east scrambling towards Iran. I will keep you posted.

Posted by: IrishEi at January 14, 2026 07:04 PM (3ImbR)

150 “Doctor” Verma. Another foreigner influencing American policy.

It never fucking ends.

Posted by: Really?? at January 14, 2026 07:04 PM (kgFPv)

151 Our son bought us an ice cream maker so we're obligated...
Posted by: Elrond Hubbard

And if he bought you a crack pipe you'd be obligated...

Posted by: Man Of Iron Will at January 14, 2026 07:04 PM (oftw2)

152 Video of the latest ramming.

https://is.gd/x6YfyI

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 07:04 PM (L/fGl)

153
Just saw someone say the USS Abraham Lincoln is likely headed to the Middle East, but it will take a week for it to get there. An analysis was two options.

We wait until the Lincoln gets there to commence operations.

Other one, we start now, and then Lincoln gets there for sustained operations in Iran. Says this is the most likely.

And reports of fighter jets all over Eastern Iraq and over Syria as well as Northern Israel. Also, reports of big movements of Israeli Iron Dome equipment being moved around to position for an attack.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 07:05 PM (w6EFb)

154 Cisgingers are part of our plan.

* wing flaps in unison *

Posted by: Big Penguin at January 14, 2026 07:05 PM (0sNs1)

155 Dr. Verma is cuter than Dr. Mengele; that aside, no difference.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 14, 2026 07:05 PM (8zz6B)

156 “Doctor” Verma. Another foreigner influencing American policy.

It never fucking ends.
-----

Dr. Tiffany (of late night commercials on those "off" channels) is better looking, and likely more qualified.

Posted by: Crusader at January 14, 2026 07:05 PM (TN0g+)

157 Getting my son 12 (will be 13 tomarrow) up to speed what is going on in Iran by watching Escape from Iran the Canadian Caper, ARGO and the HBO Documentary about the Hostage Crisis and telling how BAD Carter was, He couldn't wrap his mind around gas lines. I had really forgotten how bad Carter was but not as bad as Biden. Biden has the excuse of being brain dead.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at January 14, 2026 07:05 PM (FCrpy)

158 Tousi TV.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 14, 2026 07:06 PM (0KSrI)

159 It's 3:36 AM in Tehran, he's not going in tonight.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 07:06 PM (y79kU)

160
We won't have much longer to wait to know for sure.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 07:06 PM (w6EFb)

161 @holy_moses7
This account was created 40 minutes ago.

He already has a $160k position on a US strike on Iran today.

This is the only market he is betting on, does he know something?

[edit: this post is a couple of hours old]

Posted by: Methos at January 14, 2026 07:07 PM (vSvIl)

162 Republicans voted today to give the NED (the CIA's global censorship apparatus) its largest budget ever so that it can help foreign countries attack Elon and Trump. Idiots.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 14, 2026 07:07 PM (wItF4)

163 A 22-year-old Italian influencer who went viral for a series of posts about the nearly four-decade age gap with her 60-year-old husband is clapping back at critics who called her “a gold digger.”
________________________

I've got the money honey, if you've got the time, do,do doo

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at January 14, 2026 07:07 PM (NtVYv)

164

Nick Sortor
@nicksortor
·
43m
🚨 HOLY CRAP! Deputy HHS Sec.
@HHS_Jim
and
@DrOz
, who are in St. Paul, MN on “fact-finding missions,” were just CHASED OUT of businesses and FOLLOWED, they told
@LizCollin

The fraudsters have become MILITANT. Time for FBI SWAT teams to start raiding these places.

Posted by: beckster at January 14, 2026 07:07 PM (I7J98)

165 Jimmuh Carter was a nookoolar submarine officer.
He’s smrt.

Posted by: Really?? at January 14, 2026 07:08 PM (kgFPv)

166 AW Renee wasn't there to keep him from being arrested

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 07:08 PM (Ia/+0)

167 Guess Joe Wilson was right.

Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 07:08 PM (g078z)

168 Making sure no one mines the Straights

Let's not go too far. We need lots of sponsorships for Pride Month, you know.

Posted by: LGBTQ Committee at January 14, 2026 07:09 PM (0sNs1)

169 >>HOLY CRAP! Deputy HHS Sec.
@HHS_Jim and @DrOz, who are in St. Paul, MN on “fact-finding missions,”were just CHASED OUT of businesses and FOLLOWED, they told

The Insurrection Act is coming if this is what is happening in MN.

Posted by: garrett at January 14, 2026 07:09 PM (ZcsJV)

170
Another report of KC-135s taking off from Pearl Harbor, likely toward the Middle East. It will take about 22 hours or so to get there.

If sustained operations are going to occur, they'd get there just in time if something started tonight (or tomorrow night).

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 07:10 PM (w6EFb)

171 We have to pay for medicare and medicaid or people will die!

We just have to! We just have to!

Posted by: Broke, Borrowed and In Debt at January 14, 2026 07:10 PM (R/m4+)

172 Dean Wormer > Dr. Verma

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 07:10 PM (L/fGl)

173 Nick Sortor
@nicksortor
·
43m
🚨 HOLY CRAP! Deputy HHS Sec.
@HHS_Jim
and
@DrOz
, who are in St. Paul, MN on “fact-finding missions,” were just CHASED OUT of businesses and FOLLOWED, they told
@LizCollin

The fraudsters have become MILITANT. Time for FBI SWAT teams to start raiding these places.
------

Ok.

Just the same, "Dr." Oz and the HHS were there for a photo-shoot. "We" don't need *them* to be performing professional audits or investigations--they're not qualified. If you go prancing around what's practically a warzone you're going to likely meet some conflict.

Posted by: Crusader, former Federal Bank Examiner at January 14, 2026 07:10 PM (TN0g+)

174 Nick Sortor
@nicksortor
·
43m
🚨 HOLY CRAP! Deputy HHS Sec.
@HHS_Jim
and
@DrOz
, who are in St. Paul, MN on “fact-finding missions,” were just CHASED OUT of businesses and FOLLOWED, they told
@LizCollin

The fraudsters have become MILITANT. Time for FBI SWAT teams to start raiding these places.

Posted by: beckster at January 14, 2026 07:07 PM (I7J9

You misspelled death squads.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 14, 2026 07:10 PM (snZF9)

175
We going into Greenland tonight?

Posted by: Victoria and Albert at January 14, 2026 07:10 PM (tgvbd)

176 Somalians know they are untouchable.

Posted by: Really?? at January 14, 2026 07:11 PM (kgFPv)

177
“Doctor” Verma. Another foreigner influencing American policy.

Bonk bonk on the head.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 14, 2026 07:11 PM (pkeXY)

178 Another report of KC-135s taking off from Pearl Harbor, likely toward the Middle East. It will take about 22 hours or so to get there.
----

Unless they engage the warp drives.

Posted by: Crusader at January 14, 2026 07:12 PM (TN0g+)

179 Cosplay Velma is a doctor now?

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 14, 2026 07:12 PM (wVcYX)

180 We going into Greenland tonight?
Posted by: Victoria and Albert at January 14, 2026 07:10 PM (tgvbd)

Detroit !

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at January 14, 2026 07:13 PM (NtVYv)

181
Moves suggest sustained air operations, not a one-and-done strike.

My guess, establish air supremacy over Iran. Shoot down anything that takes off, and provide air cover protection for the anti-regime forces. Establish protected safe areas.

Reports than Israel/Mossad has been arming them, getting them some guns and weapons in there.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 07:13 PM (w6EFb)

182 Another day, another couple of kicks to the ass of anti-Americans by PDJT's administration.

Why yes, I did vote for this. But only once - I'm not a Democrat or dead.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 14, 2026 07:14 PM (cYBz/)

183 162 Republicans voted today to give the NED (the CIA's global censorship apparatus) its largest budget ever so that it can help foreign countries attack Elon and Trump. Idiots.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 14, 2026 07:07 PM

I wouldn't have expected anything else from our f*cktarded betters in DC.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 14, 2026 07:14 PM (xJGPn)

184 > Dr. Oz, head of Medicare and Medicaid, reports we're being ripped off to the tune of billions. (edited for spelling by AI)
-----------------
No shit.

Now go get me the thousands, hundreds of thousands that were stolen from me over the last 30, 40 , 50 years with all the "other" fraud I paid into taxes.

Asshole.

You're telling everyone what we already know.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2026 07:15 PM (NwnyJ)

185 Yes, it is. I posted on the last thread. All the Somalis in MPLS are pissed off in this one, it shows the transportation fraud, too.
Posted by: beckster

Fuck every last somali and democrat to hell. Woodchipper is too good for them. I'm pissed that we're getting ripped off by these worthless thieving pieces of shit. So glad tax season is rolling around again so I can be reminded of the eye-watering amount of taxes I pay for these fuckface bastards.

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at January 14, 2026 07:15 PM (6tUUC)

186 >>Just the same, "Dr." Oz and the HHS were there for a photo-shoot. "We" don't need *them* to be performing professional audits or investigations--they're not qualified. If you go prancing around what's practically a warzone you're going to likely meet some conflict.

So Minnesota is now a war zone and the head of CMS is not allowed to see what happened to the millions he sent to Minnesota?

Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 07:15 PM (viF8m)

187 >>The Latinos and Africans played their part.

Yeah...where?

I'm not talking rollout roofing and funk music. I am talking Infrastructure and Iconic Architecture.

They didn't build shit.
Posted by: garrett

But - Chinese labor was significant on the west end of the Transcontinental Railroad

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2026 07:15 PM (/lPRQ)

188 publius, not reported are the protestors killing IRCG guys and security forces.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 14, 2026 07:15 PM (0KSrI)

189 Unless they engage the warp drives.
Posted by: Crusader at January 14, 2026 07:12 PM (TN0g+)

Wouldn't there be some KC-135's and other assets based at Diego Garcia?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 14, 2026 07:15 PM (8zz6B)

190 Just the same, "Dr." Oz and the HHS were there for a photo-shoot. "We" don't need *them* to be performing professional audits or investigations--they're not qualified. If you go prancing around what's practically a warzone you're going to likely meet some conflict.
Posted by: Crusader, former Federal Bank Examiner at January 14, 2026 07:10 PM (TN0g+)

There doing this to the head of an agency who is here with press and shit. What do you to think they do when some investigator comes? Probably lynch him that’s what.

Posted by: Really?? at January 14, 2026 07:15 PM (kgFPv)

191
South Korean flight headed into Iranian air space just did a 180.

Reports Iranian are scrambling their fighter jets.

Also, report that a couple of Chicom planes have entered Iranian airspace.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 07:16 PM (w6EFb)

192 We going into Greenland tonight?
Posted by: Victoria and Albert at January 14, 2026 07:10 PM (tgvbd)

Detroit !
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at January 14, 2026 07:13 PM (NtVYv)

*pales*

Deus Vult!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 07:16 PM (zZu0s)

193 "People called Migrantes, they go the house"

Posted by: Brian of Nazareth at January 14, 2026 07:17 PM (wVcYX)

194 Bennie and the Jets.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 07:19 PM (A32KF)

195 Also, report that a couple of Chicom planes have entered Iranian airspace.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 07:16 PM (w6EFb)

My hair is doused in gasoline.
Just waiting for the signal to light it.

Posted by: Really?? at January 14, 2026 07:19 PM (kgFPv)

196 So Minnesota is now a war zone and the head of CMS is not allowed to see what happened to the millions he sent to Minnesota?

Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 07:15 PM (viF8m)

The place needs to make WII Dresden look like disneyland.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 14, 2026 07:19 PM (snZF9)

197 So Minnesota is now a war zone and the head of CMS is not allowed to see what happened to the millions he sent to Minnesota?
-----

Those two were looking for a photo-op. It turned out to be a bad idea. Investigative work doesn't generally involve rifling file cabinets these days, and what little of that type of stuff needs to be done can be done well below their paygrade.

They didn't "deserve" to be harassed. But any of us could have told them that was a possible outcome. It was a bad risk/reward on their part.

Posted by: Crusader at January 14, 2026 07:19 PM (TN0g+)

198 If it were to happen, my bet would be the missle sites go first.
I am not optimistic. I suspect festivities are about done.

Posted by: Accomack at January 14, 2026 07:19 PM (GbONR)

199 185 Yes, it is. I posted on the last thread. All the Somalis in MPLS are pissed off in this one, it shows the transportation fraud, too.
Posted by: beckster

Fuck every last somali and democrat to hell. Woodchipper is too good for them. I'm pissed that we're getting ripped off by these worthless thieving pieces of shit. So glad tax season is rolling around again so I can be reminded of the eye-watering amount of taxes I pay for these fuckface bastards.
____________
So, you're a Viking in MN???

Posted by: beckster at January 14, 2026 07:20 PM (I7J98)

200 Yeah...where?

I'm not talking rollout roofing and funk music. I am talking Infrastructure and Iconic Architecture.

They didn't build shit.
Posted by: garrett

Dude, have you ever even heard of Casa Bonita?

https://is.gd/jqRJUw

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 07:20 PM (L/fGl)

201 Iran hasn't stopped killing. Trump can't possibly believe that. I wish he'd just stop talking about it publicly.

Ensuring the end of that horror-show of a regime would be an enormous achievement for the Middle East and humanity.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 14, 2026 07:20 PM (VnsnO)

202 They didn't "deserve" to be harassed. But any of us could have told them that was a possible outcome. It was a bad risk/reward on their part.
Posted by: Crusader at January 14, 2026 07:19 PM (TN0g+)

The head of an agency should have ZERO risk anywhere in this country. This is an act of war by the invaders.

Posted by: Really?? at January 14, 2026 07:21 PM (kgFPv)

203 Transferring $1.5 billion in assets, eh?

Well, I guess at some point you've stolen enough money.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 14, 2026 07:21 PM (ESVrU)

204 Somebody created this website about the Pentagon and pizzia: https://www.pizzint.watch/
I vouch for no one.

Posted by: Accomack at January 14, 2026 07:21 PM (GbONR)

205 That's a lot of beard wax.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 07:22 PM (A32KF)

206 Dude, have you ever even heard of Casa Bonita?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

If you experience Case Bonita for more than four hours. . . .

Posted by: Tonypete at January 14, 2026 07:22 PM (cYBz/)

207 KC-135 > KC and the Sunshine Band

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 07:23 PM (L/fGl)

208 The head of an agency should have ZERO risk anywhere in this country. This is an act of war by the invaders.
Posted by: Really??

This x1000

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at January 14, 2026 07:23 PM (6tUUC)

209 Dear people who are famous on the left,

Dr. Oz was your hero when he was on Oprah every other week. And now y’all are chasing him like a bunch of heathens…which is actually what you are…anyway, the point is if they turn on Dr. Oz, you are next. Even if you get eaten last, you are still someone’s lunch.

- piper

Posted by: Piper at January 14, 2026 07:23 PM (u/mEj)

210 At the end of the day every Arab “leader” is just about the Benjamins. The mullahs, Assad, Arafat, Gadafi. They all have the same playbook. Steal billions from your countrymen while they live in misery.

Posted by: Really?? at January 14, 2026 07:23 PM (kgFPv)

211 I want to see heads cracked and ass busted in Minnesota.

Enough already.

Posted by: Blackjacks and SAPS at January 14, 2026 07:23 PM (R/m4+)

212 In Iran, hospitals are killing fields. This is my shocked face.
.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 14, 2026 07:24 PM (EoDGC)

213 >>Those two were looking for a photo-op. It turned out to be a bad idea.

Seems like it turned out to be a great idea. We're talking about it and that's the point.

It's not like he's going to singlehandedly find all the fraud but just like Nick Shirley and others he's shining a light on obvious fraud.

We are not the only people in America. Most people don't know 1/10th of what we do. The more focus put on this stuff the better. We are in an information war as much as anything and the more the better.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 07:24 PM (viF8m)

214 KC-135 > KC and the Sunshine Band
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 07:23 PM (L/fGl)

The bottled sunshine travels on a different bus. But the KC-135 can refuel it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 14, 2026 07:26 PM (8zz6B)

215 beckster, I'm in The Swamp, not MN. I'd be even more pissed if I was stuck there. Then again, not sure it's that much better here

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at January 14, 2026 07:26 PM (6tUUC)

216 Tousi TV.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 14, 2026 07:06 PM

Even the London werewolves think his hair is perfect.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2026 07:26 PM (Wnv9h)

217 Enough already.
Posted by: Blackjacks and SAPS at January 14, 2026 07:23 PM (R/m4+)

That sentiment is beyond critical mass support at this point.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 14, 2026 07:26 PM (VnsnO)

218 Thanks for the info. It's been too long since I've checked in, and it's good to know you are still doing the work. Have a blessed day.

Posted by: Rosemary Welch at January 14, 2026 07:26 PM (tYi/n)

219 Dude, have you ever even heard of Casa Bonita?
-----

I have! I've been to the only THREE Casa Bonita's that were ever (originally) in existence. The one that the South Park guys brought back to life is/was in Denver. The other two were in Tulsa and Oklahoma City.

Posted by: Crusader at January 14, 2026 07:27 PM (TN0g+)

220 An African invented the peanut. I leaned that on Kwanzaa.

Posted by: fd at January 14, 2026 07:27 PM (vFG9F)

221 You've been Vanced!

Senate GOP kills war powers effort to limit Trump on Venezuela, with Vance breaking tie

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 07:27 PM (L/fGl)

222 * pours JackStraw three fingers of rum* To history unfolding.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 14, 2026 07:27 PM (0KSrI)

223 What does he know and we don't??

Tommy Robinson 🇬🇧
@TRobinsonNewEra
·
1h
It’s actually happening . FREE IRAN

Posted by: beckster at January 14, 2026 07:27 PM (I7J98)

224 Sheik sheik sheik Sheik your Djibouti.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 07:27 PM (A32KF)

225 Sweet Jesus, that testimony. By a fucking doctor. What is the goal of the question? To establish biological reality. That is the goal of the question.

It's all fucking word games to these people. Which by the way, is dishonest and NOT scientific. Biological reality is not a word game issue.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 14, 2026 07:27 PM (tV890)

226 I want to see heads cracked and ass busted in Minnesota.

Enough already.

Posted by: Blackjacks and SAPS at January 14, 2026 07:23 PM (R/m4+)

I'm hoping for A-10s.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 14, 2026 07:27 PM (snZF9)

227 I worked with a guy whose brother drove the AC-130 Spectre. Said his brother was pretty much sportin' wood every time they did live fire exercises.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 14, 2026 07:28 PM (0aYVJ)

228 215 beckster, I'm in The Swamp, not MN. I'd be even more pissed if I was stuck there. Then again, not sure it's that much better here
___________-
Probably about the same.

Posted by: beckster at January 14, 2026 07:28 PM (I7J98)

229 Yes or no answers in Congressional hearings to Dims and squatters result in blathering bongo drums of liberal word salad yapping, or taking the 5th.

This MD KNOWS there are two sexes. A fifth grader knows women only have uteruses (preferably only one per woman) to provide life to the unborn. Not males.It is anatomy, stupid.

Speaking of the unborn, starting January 16th, the Catholic Church begins prayers for the unborn for 9 days: 1/16-1/24, coinciding with the March for Life. These daily prayers are to unite hundreds of thousands in prayers for the unborn.

https://tinyurl.com/49e87n9s

All who are pro-life, please pray during this time. Thank you.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 14, 2026 07:28 PM (WONhk)

230 Those two were looking for a photo-op. It turned out to be a bad idea. Investigative work doesn't generally involve rifling file cabinets these days, and what little of that type of stuff needs to be done can be done well below their paygrade.

Or, alternatively, they're carefully setting up causus belli for the Insurrection Act.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 14, 2026 07:28 PM (wItF4)

231 "Does that mean the strikes are coming? I don't know."

TOUSI says that the airspace over Iran has been cleared, except two planes heading to Tehran from China, and he seems to believe US air strikes are in progress against the IRGC.

Posted by: MrExcitement at January 14, 2026 07:28 PM (hOOi9)

232 Mrs. F. says her Israeli Christian sources are alight with reports about military movements inside Israel, especially IAF assets

Corroborating reports of "fighters taking off"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 07:29 PM (RIvkX)

233 Thanks Ben Had.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 07:29 PM (viF8m)

234 So... the exodus of KC-135's from our base(es) in the Gulf are more than likely a preemptive move to get them out of potential harms way. They will continue to refuel assets there... from somewhere else, but will fly into the region.

Iran's bluster, probable launching of more ballistic missiles at Israel and US bases, will be handled. Hopefully.

I'd not worry too much about the peoples on the ground. Iranians or other. If the mullahs go full bloodbath they're dead before sunrise.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2026 07:29 PM (NwnyJ)

235 Some somethings crossed northern Israel.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 07:29 PM (A32KF)

236 RMBS, the guy has great delivery .

Posted by: Ben Had at January 14, 2026 07:30 PM (0KSrI)

237 Le CAFE IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 07:30 PM (Ia/+0)

238 I worked with a guy whose brother drove the AC-130 Spectre. Said his brother was pretty much sportin' wood every time they did live fire exercises.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian

Depending on what gun they are firing everybody on board will be getting the magic fingers treatment.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2026 07:30 PM (/lPRQ)

239 THATS A NOOD

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 07:30 PM (Ia/+0)

240 New leftist defense of Good just dropped: the agent was wearing body armor, which will protect him from being hit by a car, so he's pretending to be hurt.

I am not making this up.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 14, 2026 07:31 PM (wItF4)

241 Why do they call the U-2 a spy plane? Because it's in da skies.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 07:31 PM (L/fGl)

242 Bomb, bomb, bomb,
Bomb, bomb Iran . . .

Posted by: Zombie Brothers Brian, Dennis, & Carl Wilson at January 14, 2026 07:31 PM (wVcYX)

243 tYi/n

Hi, lacewigs!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 14, 2026 07:32 PM (ULPxl)

244 "I'm hoping for A-10s."

Warthogs over MN > warthogs on The View

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at January 14, 2026 07:32 PM (6tUUC)

245 It's all fucking word games to these people. Which by the way, is dishonest and NOT scientific. Biological reality is not a word game issue.

Posted by: El Mariachi

=====

She isn't playing word games. She's signaling tribal loyalty. Standing up to a knuckle-dragging Republican, and avoiding agreement with him, maintains her status in the tribe.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at January 14, 2026 07:32 PM (8AONa)

246 RMBS, the guy has great delivery .
Posted by: Ben Had at January 14, 2026 07:30 PM

And he doesn't suffer leftist idiots gladly.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2026 07:32 PM (Wnv9h)

247
Sweet Jesus, that testimony. By a fucking doctor. What is the goal of the question? To establish biological reality. That is the goal of the question.

Posted by: El Mariachi

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

If I were her patient, I'd fuck her up.

"What's your complaint today?"

"What's the goal of this question?"

"I just need to know why you're he--"

"I can't answer this polarizing type of question."

"Did you have any medical problems? Something you want me to treat you for?"

"These yes/no questions always hide an agenda."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 07:32 PM (Jxa0O)

248 All I can say is, after Maduro, if I were an Iranian leader, I wouldn't be messing about right now.

Look, Trump sent THREE MONTHS playing games in the Gulf of America with drug runners while all the while, training to snatch Maduro. In fact, a lot of what they did was cover for snatching Maduro. Training the Venezuelan operative to having periodic jet flyovers from the U.S.

I think Trump know exactly where and when to drop the bomb on these assholes.

I think Trump's goal it to win without intervention. But he isn't going to let the Iranian people lose either.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 14, 2026 07:33 PM (tV890)

249 201 Iran hasn't stopped killing. Trump can't possibly believe that. I wish he'd just stop talking about it publicly.

Ensuring the end of that horror-show of a regime would be an enormous achievement for the Middle East and humanity.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 14, 2026 07:20 PM (VnsnO)

Exactly!

But it's the Art of War, my friend. Let the enemy think you're not coming, when you have already given the "GO" order.

Posted by: MrExcitement at January 14, 2026 07:33 PM (hOOi9)

250 New leftist defense of Good just dropped: the agent was wearing body armor, which will protect him from being hit by a car, so he's pretending to be hurt.
I am not making this up.
Posted by: Ian

At least that lesbo's last memory was getting penetrated by a man...

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at January 14, 2026 07:35 PM (6tUUC)

251 3 possible outcomes here

1) Iran tears itself apart. civil war. Tough on Iran...but the U.S. wins in that case, because Iran will be too preoccupied to do much else. No nuclear program. Houthis die off, Hamas surrenders, etc.

2) Iranian people win, that means the U.S, wins as well. Same as above.

3) Ayatollah's win, U.S. and Iranian people lose. I think trump will prevent that, and step in to get outcome 1 or 2 instead.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 14, 2026 07:35 PM (tV890)

252 Of course Big Pharma and Big Healthcare all are Bigly Trump contributors.
Single payer healthcare is anathema to them

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at January 14, 2026 07:37 PM (wthON)

253 Those two were looking for a photo-op. It turned out to be a bad idea. Investigative work doesn't generally involve rifling file cabinets these days, and what little of that type of stuff needs to be done can be done well below their paygrade.
---
Or, alternatively, they're carefully setting up causus belli for the Insurrection Act.
Posted by: Ian S.
++

I have read on the internet, so I know it is true, Trump has already formally read them the riot act. IOW - all the formal steps to invoke the insurrection act.

All that is left is to push The Red Button.

So. Letting local political leaders call for an insurrection, and rabble rising, kind of puts it al together.

Just letting things stew for now.... Been a couple times where ICE goes to secure some convicted child rapist and hundreds of bubble heads pour out of woodwork.
One of these times that will happen and bubble heads will be looking at a bunch of regulat soldiers with machine guns.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2026 07:38 PM (/lPRQ)

254 BOOM. here we go.

Posted by: alpine_beer at January 14, 2026 07:39 PM (van9r)

255 153
Just saw someone say the USS Abraham Lincoln is likely headed to the Middle East, but it will take a week for it to get there. An analysis was two options.

We wait until the Lincoln gets there to commence operations.

Other one, we start now, and then Lincoln gets there for sustained operations in Iran. Says this is the most likely.

...
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 07:05 PM (w6EFb)

If it has been made public that the USS Abraham Lincoln is going to be in the Middle East in a week, it's probably already there.

Posted by: MrExcitement at January 14, 2026 07:41 PM (hOOi9)

256 If the strikes are happening, please, let us pray for everyone fighting against this evil regime.

Posted by: Piper at January 14, 2026 07:41 PM (p4NUW)

257 I really dont want the gead of any department running away lime a pussy. Who is this coward?!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 14, 2026 07:41 PM (Vvh2V)

258 Nood been called?

Cause there's a nood.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 07:44 PM (zZu0s)

259 152 Video of the latest ramming.

https://is.gd/x6YfyI
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks,
---

There's patience and there's stupid. When he/she tried to back into that agent time was up. No lesson learned.
They are going to do it again.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 07:46 PM (y79kU)

260 Advice - audit every single Somali immigrant this tax season.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 14, 2026 08:12 PM (tV890)

261 Think on this:

Venezuela
Iran
Gaza
Cuba
Russia

Imagine if all 5 became capitalist democracies. Imagine how much less...mayhem there would be.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 14, 2026 08:17 PM (tV890)

262 I think the Lincoln is a feint. "Oh well, it will take a week to get there".

Nah. Trump makes very public moves, then strikes form somewhere else.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 14, 2026 08:18 PM (tV890)

263 There's patience and there's stupid. When he/she tried to back into that agent time was up. No lesson learned.
They are going to do it again. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 07:46 PM (y79kU)

Nope. What will happen is they will give a single warning. If you fail to immediately obey, then they bust your windows and drag your silly ass out of the car to be arrested. They take your car to the impound lot. No excuses.

Confiscate the car or have the impound lot impose huge daily storage fees.

Cost these people thousands per incident. Make this a very expensive and time-consuming tactic for them, with the possibility of getting shot. Sure, the local judge will let them off - but the tow fees and impound costs will be several thousand bucks. And sure, Soros will pay that, but my guess is the feds have more money than Soros - bleed their cash. Make this type of protest VERY expensive for them.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 14, 2026 08:24 PM (tV890)

264 Regarding the Verma testimony, I can only respond that if anyone (including SC Justices) who cannot define simple, well established scientific (NOT Social !) standards while discussing the subject at hand, they should be removed as "experts/witnesses", etc) as they do not possess the ability to reason or communicate in a intelligent debate or inquiry.

The Public has had ENOUGH of these silly word games and lies being used at the highest level of Government. The trollops and paid actors that the Dems push forward to waste the Government's time should be punished, severely. Christine Blasey Ford comes to mind as one of those paid liars.

Posted by: TXMarko at January 14, 2026 09:18 PM (7flhA)

265 Dr. Vermin Supreme.

Just had to leave this here.

Posted by: Beverly at January 15, 2026 12:46 AM (reMys)

Trump Stops the Issuance of Visas to Migrants from 75 Welfare-Sucking Countries

Department of State
@StateDept
The State Department will pause immigrant visa processing from 75 countries whose migrants take welfare from the American people at unacceptable rates. The freeze will remain active until the U.S. can ensure that new immigrants will not extract wealth from the American people.
The pause impacts dozens of countries -- including Somalia, Haiti, Iran, and Eritrea -- whose immigrants often become public charges on the United States upon arrival.
We are working to ensure the generosity of the American people will no longer be abused.

MXM:

President Trump's State Department moved Wednesday to halt immigrant visa processing from 75 countries after internal data showed migrants from those nations are entering the United States and enrolling in taxpayer-funded welfare programs at what officials described as unacceptable rates.
The decision, announced by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, places an immediate pause on visa approvals until the U.S. can verify that future immigrants will be financially self-sufficient rather than dependent on public assistance.
In a formal statement, the United States Department of State said the freeze is intended to prevent additional strain on American taxpayers and ensure the country's immigration system no longer rewards welfare dependence, stressing that the administration's priority is protecting American workers and public resources.
The pause affects dozens of countries identified by the department as consistently producing high numbers of migrants who become public charges shortly after arrival, including Somalia, Haiti, Iran, and Eritrea, with officials emphasizing that the policy will remain in place until safeguards are in place to stop what they view as systemic abuse of U.S. generosity.

Posted by: Ace at 05:03 PM

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1 Well, it's a start.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 05:03 PM (zZu0s)

2 DENIED

Posted by: Hawaiian Judge at January 14, 2026 05:03 PM (REq0p)

3 Winning

Posted by: Buh Bye Pleeze at January 14, 2026 05:04 PM (gAIXz)

4 Mejor que nada

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 14, 2026 05:04 PM (8+C2v)

5 Deport the Hawaiian Judge.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at January 14, 2026 05:04 PM (/HDaX)

6 Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 05:03 PM

Aetius451AD has foisted upon us!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 14, 2026 05:05 PM (0sNs1)

7 Anyone tired of all the winning yet?

Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at January 14, 2026 05:05 PM (1x+4v)

8 Cause they suck!

Posted by: Turkey at January 14, 2026 05:05 PM (krQz2)

9
Where are the hot new restaurants going to come from now?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2026 05:05 PM (tgvbd)

10 We voted for this.

Posted by: Trump voters everywhere at January 14, 2026 05:05 PM (3Bfws)

11 Shithole country Visa ban?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 05:06 PM (A32KF)

12 Good, start throwing them out now

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 05:06 PM (Ia/+0)

13 Country's closed.

Golden scalp weasel out front shoulda told ya.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 14, 2026 05:07 PM (ESVrU)

14 All of your paperwork is in order, bugger off.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 05:07 PM (A32KF)

15 This really isn't doing much more than what many countries already do. You have to have employment lined up before they let you into their country.

Probably even the one ruled by Quier.

Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 05:07 PM (krQz2)

16 Pardon me, I speak Trump:

Welfare-sucking = shithole.

Posted by: B. Billingsley at January 14, 2026 05:07 PM (3Bfws)

17
So easy to do this, and no one before ever bothered to press that button.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 05:08 PM (Jxa0O)

18 Wait for it to be Boasberged.

Posted by: Eeyore at January 14, 2026 05:08 PM (s0JqF)

19 Wouldn't it be easier to just turn off ALL visas from everywhere, and then have the nations that want to send folks here supplicate themselves to reopen the spigot?

Posted by: BurtTC at January 14, 2026 05:08 PM (dGCAG)

20 He's shifting the Overton window.

Posted by: mr tmz at January 14, 2026 05:08 PM (rJ48h)

21 How about a 10 year moratorium on any immigration.

Posted by: Max Power at January 14, 2026 05:08 PM (SwyyQ)

22 *spit*

Posted by: Sid... who puts the anal in anal sex at January 14, 2026 05:09 PM (D2IqN)

23 What sucking?
Oh. Nevermind.

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at January 14, 2026 05:09 PM (3Bfws)

24 I like the part how somehow those from these shithole countries were always the ones winning the visa "lottery."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 14, 2026 05:09 PM (HXT0k)

25
Only 75?

Posted by: Frank Barone at January 14, 2026 05:09 PM (IifOV)

26 Somalia, Haiti, Iran, and Eritrea,

==

oh....

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 05:09 PM (g47mK)

27 It looks he is using this power (which he has) to pressure congress and the states to limit welfare benefits to migrants (a power he sorely lacks.)
Not sure.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 14, 2026 05:09 PM (n2ZBr)

28
This really isn't doing much more than what many countries already do. You have to have employment lined up before they let you into their country.

*puffs pipe complacently*

Used to be that you couldn't come to this country if you were going to be a burden on the public.

*continues rocking in chair*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2026 05:09 PM (tgvbd)

29 Nonsense, everyone knows immigrants in the United States don't take welfare.

And even if they do, it's because they deserve it.

And even if they don't deserve it, you're a racist.

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at January 14, 2026 05:10 PM (GD2xa)

30 Mastercard.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 05:10 PM (A32KF)

31 17
So easy to do this, and no one before ever bothered to press that button.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 05:08 PM (Jxa0O)

Trumps whole presidency seems to be doing things we were explicitly told couldn't be done without bipartisan bs bills in Congress.

Oh how they repeatedly lied to us.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 14, 2026 05:10 PM (8+C2v)

32 Keep those Norwegians out! And the hot Dutch girls.

Posted by: Forty Years In Public Housing at January 14, 2026 05:10 PM (oftw2)

33 Better late than never, but the damage has been done, unfortunately, maybe fatal. That was the whole point. Flood the zone. If even 1/2 of 1% of the millions of illegal aliens have bad intent that’s a fuckpile of people. A few hundred trained saboteurs could really cause trouble in the good ole U.S.A.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 14, 2026 05:10 PM (BWpBM)

34 If India isn't one of them, then it's all for show. Somalian fraud dwarfs Indian fraud. It's not even close.

Posted by: Resist_we_much at January 14, 2026 05:10 PM (cpys8)

35 What a shame.

Anyway....

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2026 05:10 PM (Wnv9h)

36 Doesn't someone have to pledge that immigrants won't be a financial burden? Did that go out with Ellis Island?

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 14, 2026 05:10 PM (jc0TO)

37
Shithole country Visa ban?
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 05:06 PM (A32KF)

In a roundabout way... Check the list at the link.

Thailand is on the list. When the Donks complain, ask them about their Thai ladyboy fetish.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 14, 2026 05:11 PM (y9nCu)

38 Deport the Hawaiian Judge.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at January 14, 2026 05:04 PM (/HDaX)

I'm not opposed to turning Hawaii back into a separate nation, with a king or whatever.

There have to be King Kamehameha Juniors running around somewhere,

Posted by: BurtTC at January 14, 2026 05:11 PM (dGCAG)

39 any rate over 0 percent is "an unacceptable rate"

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 14, 2026 05:11 PM (emBoF)

40 Goat pimps hardest hit.

Posted by: Wally at January 14, 2026 05:11 PM (0e5Te)

41 Yeah, I really can't wait for the inevitable clown judge illegal injunction that says this violates due process and the Administrative Procedures Act.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 14, 2026 05:12 PM (HXT0k)

42 Take a look at Canada's rules for tourist visas. They reject people for having DUIs.

Posted by: Lance McCormick at January 14, 2026 05:12 PM (+bUE8)

43 You know, I should read all the comments before adding my redundancies.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 14, 2026 05:12 PM (jc0TO)

44 33 Better late than never, but the damage has been done, unfortunately, maybe fatal. That was the whole point. Flood the zone. If even 1/2 of 1% of the millions of illegal aliens have bad intent that’s a fuckpile of people. A few hundred trained saboteurs could really cause trouble in the good ole U.S.A.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 14, 2026 05:10 PM (BWpBM)

They Cloward-Pivened everything.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 14, 2026 05:12 PM (8+C2v)

45 Who will lear at the children?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 05:13 PM (A32KF)

46 Trumps whole presidency seems to be doing things we were explicitly told couldn't be done without bipartisan bs bills in Congress.

The next Democrat will just turn the spigot back on. The uniparty knows this.

Posted by: Resist_we_much at January 14, 2026 05:13 PM (cpys8)

47 Nonsense, everyone knows immigrants in the United States don't take welfare.

And even if they do, it's because they deserve it.

And even if they don't deserve it, you're a racist.
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at January 14, 2026 05:10 PM (GD2xa)

I think I now understand the phrase "diversity is our strength."

They mean diversifying MY money by giving it to them.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 14, 2026 05:13 PM (dGCAG)

48 About goddamn time.

Posted by: That guy who says it's about goddamn time at January 14, 2026 05:14 PM (TbWk/)

49 You know, I should read all the comments before adding my redundancies.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 14, 2026 05:12 PM (jc0TO)

Why should you be any different from the rest of us?

Posted by: BurtTC at January 14, 2026 05:14 PM (dGCAG)

50 Want a laugh? Ask a leftist, sometime, where Eritrea is on the globe.

9 out of 10 will think you are making the place up. But, they'll be advocating on their behalf in 5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1...

Posted by: Orson at January 14, 2026 05:14 PM (dIske)

51 President Trump's State Department moved Wednesday to halt immigrant visa processing from 75 countries after internal data showed migrants from those nations are entering the United States and enrolling in taxpayer-funded welfare programs at what officials described as unacceptable rates.

Considering anything over zero is BULLSHIT.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 05:15 PM (QGRvm)

52 "Trump Stops the Issuance of Visas to Migrants from 75 Welfare-Sucking Countries"

It's a start.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 14, 2026 05:15 PM (0N4FZ)

53 27 It looks he is using this power (which he has) to pressure congress and the states to limit welfare benefits to migrants (a power he sorely lacks.)
Not sure.
Posted by: bob

House just passed such a bill under reconciliation guidelines that eliminated any federal funds for illegals. Now it is the Senate's turn. And fwiw, Senate can use reconciliation to pass a minibus for the remaining spending bills as the shutdown looms at the end of the month. Dems want to defund DHS and enforcement for deportations now and DHS funding bill is one of those moving through the Senate.

Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 05:15 PM (WDjG6)

54 Not China?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 05:16 PM (A32KF)

55 Not a criticism. It would have been good to do this sooner, to stop the bleeding of more tax dollars. Goes to show how many problems the Trump administration was left to solve.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 14, 2026 05:16 PM (6pBAG)

56 I heard a new country I'd never heard of a few days ago.

Eswatini.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 05:16 PM (uWKK8)

57 46 Trumps whole presidency seems to be doing things we were explicitly told couldn't be done without bipartisan bs bills in Congress.

The next Democrat will just turn the spigot back on. The uniparty knows this.
Posted by: Resist_we_much
========
The water system may not exist by then. Spigot would be empty at that point.

Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 05:16 PM (WDjG6)

58 You know, I should read all the comments before adding my redundancies.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 14, 2026 05:12 PM (jc0TO)

Why?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 05:16 PM (zZu0s)

59 But I thought diversity was our strength?

Posted by: wth at January 14, 2026 05:17 PM (UjdFS)

60
I'm not opposed to turning Hawaii back into a separate nation, with a king or whatever.

There have to be King Kamehameha Juniors running around somewhere,
Posted by: BurtTC at January 14, 2026 05:11 PM (dGCAG)

The Hawaiians would love that, at least until the money runs out. They hate haoles, it's the most racist state in the Union, populated by lazy, fat pothead Hawaiians. Makes rural 1950s Mississippi look like a cosmopolitan Eurocity.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 14, 2026 05:17 PM (y9nCu)

61 I heard a new country I'd never heard of a few days ago.

Eswatini.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 05:16 PM (uWKK

Sounds like something the Jawas yell in Star Wars.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 05:17 PM (zZu0s)

62 I saw a guy point out, on average, 1-2% of humans are psychopaths, criminals.

And the Democrats let in millions of people--with no vetting.

That means, even if you don't think illegal entry is a crime, you still support 10s of thousands of violent and dangerous people coming in and running loose in every city.

And all of that is still irrelevant to the left--they hate Americans that much.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 14, 2026 05:17 PM (HXT0k)

63
75 countries. There are about 195 countries in the world.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 14, 2026 05:18 PM (xVn4c)

64 Diversity does make them stronger, because the citizenry is busy fighting amongst each other AND the invaders (plus job losses, outshoring, monetary inflation, crushing red tape and bureaucratic bullshit, ad nauseam ad infinitum

Posted by: Common Tater at January 14, 2026 05:18 PM (BWpBM)

65 House just passed such a bill under reconciliation guidelines that eliminated any federal funds for illegals.

Why did they waste the time? Democrats swore illegals couldn't get welfare.

/s

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 05:18 PM (QGRvm)

66 You know, I should read all the comments before adding my redundancies.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 14, 2026 05:12 PM

Are you now claiming you're new here?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 14, 2026 05:19 PM (0sNs1)

67 30 years too late, but still a pimp-hand move

Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 14, 2026 05:19 PM (iozMe)

68
I had a neighbor do a 180 on Trump vs migrants recently. Last year he was "Trump is an isolationist and we need migrants".
This week he is "Throw them all out. They're bleeding us dry". I told him "Welcome".

Posted by: Frank Barone at January 14, 2026 05:20 PM (IifOV)

69 Instead of running over ICE agents, why don't these do-gooder Minnesotans just house Somali families themselves? Sponsoring them until they get on their feet, you know. I keep hearing how hard-working they all are so obtaining employment should be a snap.

Posted by: washrivergal at January 14, 2026 05:20 PM (2dlNj)

70 You know, I should read all the comments before adding my redundancies.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 14, 2026 05:12 PM (jc0TO)
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Trying to be better than us?!

Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 05:20 PM (krQz2)

71 To any leftists here, it is illegal, as if that matters to a leftist, to immigrate legally, much less invade illegally, and be a drain on the social system.

If I ran DHS I would definitely have a Pinochet helicopter airlines.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at January 14, 2026 05:20 PM (xvV+O)

72 Working in the coal mine
Going down, down, down
Working in the coal mine
Whoop, I wanna sit down

I have no idea why this is running through my head. Oh well.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at January 14, 2026 05:20 PM (2J/Lj)

73 I'm not opposed to turning Hawaii back into a separate nation, with a king or whatever.

There have to be King Kamehameha Juniors running around somewhere,
Posted by: BurtTC

Unfortunately the Kamehameha dynasty died out.
They are the who used British constitutional monarchy as a model. The successors, and last monarch tried to restore an absolute monarchy.... and got tossed for her efforts.
Yes, the US was involved... In protecting the government from a tyrannical coup.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2026 05:20 PM (/lPRQ)

74 The only reparations due to anyone in this country, are due to the American taxpaying citizen.

Posted by: UncleJefe at January 14, 2026 05:20 PM (DzC+b)

75 I heard a new country I'd never heard of a few days ago.

Eswatini.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 05:16 PM (uWKK

Sounds like something the Jawas yell in Star Wars.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Barkeep! A dirty Eswatini! Two olives.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 05:20 PM (QGRvm)

76 Great news!

I voted for this!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 14, 2026 05:21 PM (WONhk)

77 The Duchy of Grand Fenwick had the right idea. Screw the welfare office, invade, get your ass kicked, and collect foreign aid.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 14, 2026 05:21 PM (gm9Sb)

78 The local AWFLs have moist panties because the peace walking monks finally made it to Charlotte. So that's where everyone is tonight.

Posted by: NCKate at January 14, 2026 05:21 PM (uQzkA)

79 44 33 Better late than never, but the damage has been done, unfortunately, maybe fatal. That was the whole point. Flood the zone. If even 1/2 of 1% of the millions of illegal aliens have bad intent that’s a fuckpile of people. A few hundred trained saboteurs could really cause trouble in the good ole U.S.A.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 14, 2026 05:10 PM (BWpBM)

They Cloward-Pivened everything.
Posted by: CaliGirl

And yet they are failing by the day. Resolute leadership beats craven theft and trying to manipulate. What Cloward and Piven never got is that there is NO historical determinism, what one group wreaks, another can fix. And usually the result is the group that damaged the place becomes tainted and loathed by those fixing up the place.

Marx and his attempt at declaring the inevitably of his process was absolutely wrong. History does not work that way until the Lord comes back for the second time.

Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 05:21 PM (WDjG6)

80 Don't forget UK. They're all on the dole, and that won't change with the scenery.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at January 14, 2026 05:21 PM (wBaIH)

81 You know, I should read all the comments before adding my redundancies.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 14, 2026 05:12 PM (jc0TO)
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Why don't they take into their home the multiple-count oral rapist ICE was taking in that day?!

Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 05:21 PM (krQz2)

82 I hope Djibouti ain’t on the list

Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 14, 2026 05:21 PM (iozMe)

83 Danish C130 headed to Greenland.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 05:21 PM (A32KF)

84 56 I heard a new country I'd never heard of a few days ago.

Eswatini.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 05:16 PM (uWKK

Yeah, but I bet you've heard of Swaziland. That's one of those countries that changes names like bed sheets.

Posted by: Orson at January 14, 2026 05:21 PM (dIske)

85 And then throw all the jackholes out of the country and clean the entire mess up for once and all. Until the Dims or judges decide nah, bro we're good and bring it all back. And the GOPe, of course. One big uniparty with a unibrow.

Posted by: turambar at January 14, 2026 05:22 PM (Q0yOR)

86 Eswatini is a new name for an old country, Swaziland

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 05:22 PM (RIvkX)

87 Renee Good's family hires George Floyd law firm to investigate Minneapolis ICE shooting

The Operative:
This is a good death. There's no shame in this, in a [ wo ] man's death. A [ wo ] man who has done fine works. We’re making a better world. All of them, better worlds.

Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 05:22 PM (RHGPo)

88 Barkeep! A dirty Eswatini! Two olives.
Posted by: rickb223
======
A clean glass is extra buddy.

Posted by: A bartender at January 14, 2026 05:22 PM (WDjG6)

89 Ex-CEO of Paul Newman charity for sick kids embezzled millions. “Christopher L. Butler, 49, of Porter Ranch, California, has been charged with more than a dozen felonies after allegedly stealing $5.2 million over seven years from The Painted Turtle, one of the many charities for kids with chronic or life-threatening illnesses co-founded by the late actor.”
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IF your "charity" doesn't have a nuclear-strong audit system, you don't have a charity--you have an situation just begging for embezzlement.

Posted by: Crusader, former Federal Bank Examiner at January 14, 2026 05:22 PM (TN0g+)

90 56 I heard a new country I'd never heard of a few days ago.

Eswatini.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 05:16

That's right next to Watusi, & Hully Gully.

Posted by: Frank Barone at January 14, 2026 05:22 PM (IifOV)

91 Then: These people are just doing the jobs Americans won't! And it is a FACT that none of them can or do get welfare

Now: Its racist to stop immigrants just because they are coming to get on welfare

Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 05:22 PM (sKqQm)

92 Coolest country name no one can pronounce: Kiribati.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 05:23 PM (RIvkX)

93 Have they looked into the Derek Zoolander School for Kids Who Don't Read Good?

Posted by: Pug Mahon at January 14, 2026 05:23 PM (PSEDc)

94 Not China?
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 05:16 PM (A32KF)

No. We need them to keep HBCUs in business.
Probably the stupidest shit Trump has ever said.

Posted by: Resist_we_much at January 14, 2026 05:23 PM (cpys8)

95 Danish C130 headed to Greenland.
Posted by: Boss Moss

Loaded with canned ham and Legos for the kids.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2026 05:24 PM (/lPRQ)

96 Progs are complaining "They are snatching people out of their homes!"

Like they didn't enjoy their popcorn with no-knock and battering ram, machine-gun raids at dawn on citizens that would eventually be charged with "parading" and simply "being on Capitol grounds illegally".

You can set your watch by their double standards.

Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 05:24 PM (krQz2)

97 IF your "charity" doesn't have a nuclear-strong audit system, you don't have a charity--you have an situation just begging for embezzlement.
Posted by: Crusader
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No more non profits. All of them have to report income and expenses just like other businesses do.

Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 05:24 PM (WDjG6)

98 2nd Coolest country name no one can pronounce: Macedonia.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 05:24 PM (RIvkX)

99 80 Don't forget UK. They're all on the dole, and that won't change with the scenery.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at January 14, 2026 05:21 PM (wBaIH)

If you look at the list, it's places Americans don't visit. Trump is expecting some retaliation, and he didn't want to ruin anyone's summer vacations.

Posted by: Nova Local at January 14, 2026 05:24 PM (tOcjL)

100 Please delete the word 'pimp' from your AoSHQ vocabulary.

According to the Style Guide, we are Professional Pleasure Procurers. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Posted by: Professional Pleasure Procurers at January 14, 2026 05:25 PM (0sNs1)

101 I'm pretty sure this violates the Fuckin' Haole clause in the constitution.

Posted by: wth at January 14, 2026 05:25 PM (UjdFS)

102 ....after allegedly stealing $5.2 million over seven years....
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Seven freaking years of auditors being asleep or paid off. Seven freaking years.

Posted by: Crusader, former Federal Bank Examiner at January 14, 2026 05:25 PM (TN0g+)

103 Coolest country name no one can pronounce: Kiribati.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 05:23 PM (RIvkX)
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I think I can pronounce it.

Whether I pronounce it right is another matter.

Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 05:26 PM (krQz2)

104 Now the Somalians will set up fake jobs with fake salaries to guarantee that their Somali friends applying to come to the USA won't be a burden. Strangely, they'll all be "working" at daycares.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 14, 2026 05:26 PM (O7YUW)

105 98 2nd Coolest country name no one can pronounce: Macedonia.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 05:24 PM (RIvkX)

That's Italian fruit salad.

Posted by: Nova Local at January 14, 2026 05:26 PM (tOcjL)

106 96 Progs are complaining "They are snatching people out of their homes!"
Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 05:24 PM (krQz2)

____________________________

Maybe we can get Janet Reno cough the dirt out of her long dead mouth and comment on that.

Posted by: Orson at January 14, 2026 05:26 PM (dIske)

107 This fits perfectly with the post.

https://tinyurl.com/yc3yb5se

Don't know if India was one of those countries.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 14, 2026 05:26 PM (n5tGW)

108 Please focus on issues like this instead of taking Greenland.

Posted by: Maroon at January 14, 2026 05:26 PM (nMkzv)

109 102 And none of these criminal masterminds, after stealing millions, have a bolt hole for the day word comes out they're going down.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 14, 2026 05:27 PM (gm9Sb)

110 Alexander did it all in Linen Armor.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 05:27 PM (A32KF)

111 I hope Djibouti ain’t on the list
Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 14, 2026 05:21 PM

I'm sure Sheik Dji'bouti will move vigorously against that.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 14, 2026 05:27 PM (0sNs1)

112 That is quite a list of third world sh*tholes.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 05:27 PM (RIvkX)

113 We have always been at war with Eswatini.

Posted by: wth at January 14, 2026 05:27 PM (UjdFS)

114 Nobody wants a dirty twatini.

Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 05:28 PM (krQz2)

115 The Iranian brain surgeons, Somali rocket scientists, and Haitian nuclear engineers are going to have to stay home and improve their home countries instead of contributing to ours.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 14, 2026 05:28 PM (ESVrU)

116 You know, I should read all the comments before adding my redundancies.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 14, 2026 05:12 PM (jc0TO)
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Trying to be better than us?!
Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 05:20 PM (krQz2)

Yeah. Look at Mr Considerate readin' all the comments!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 05:28 PM (zZu0s)

117
Marx and his attempt at declaring the inevitably of his process was absolutely wrong. History does not work that way until the Lord comes back for the second time.
Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 05:21 PM (WDjG6)

I pray you're correct but evil never sleeps and this makes me uneasy.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 14, 2026 05:28 PM (mxcbL)

118 We have always been at war with Eswatini.

Posted by: wth at January 14, 2026 05:27 PM (UjdFS)
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That's what Aswipe told me.

Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 05:28 PM (krQz2)

119 Uncontroversial.

Should be anyway. We'll hear the lamentations of the women from the Democrat party. From their women too.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 14, 2026 05:28 PM (Dv3i1)

120 Since it seems we're stuck with the Somalis, I wish Piper would do a fashion segment on them.

Posted by: Mr. Guy Of Beverly Hills at January 14, 2026 05:29 PM (oftw2)

121 86 Eswatini is a new name for an old country, Swaziland
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 05:22 PM

--

And just like that, a country you never think of becomes a country you never heard of.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at January 14, 2026 05:29 PM (NYInA)

122 Mangiare!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 05:29 PM (RIvkX)

123
I hope Djibouti ain’t on the list
Posted by: Elric the Blade

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

Got a mail-order bride coming?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 05:29 PM (Jxa0O)

124 91 Then: These people are just doing the jobs Americans won't! And it is a FACT that none of them can or do get welfare

Now: Its racist to stop immigrants just because they are coming to get on welfare
Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 05:22 PM (sKqQm)

I see a lot of Latinos on roofing crews and construction crews and landscaping crews. I don't see many of those jobs staffed by people from the other side of the Atlantic, if you know what I mean. YMMV, but at least some of these folks actually work.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at January 14, 2026 05:29 PM (MZ+PY)

125 Renee Good's family hires George Floyd law firm to investigate Minneapolis ICE shooting
--
LOL
They're going to file a wrongful death lawsuit against Minneapolis.
And settle for no less than $5 million.
Not a single person who approves that settlement will lose re-election.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 14, 2026 05:29 PM (HXT0k)

126 50 Want a laugh? Ask a leftist, sometime, where Eritrea is on the globe.

9 out of 10 will think you are making the place up. But, they'll be advocating on their behalf in 5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1...
Posted by: Orson at January 14, 2026 05:14 PM (dIske)

Only reason I know where Eritrea is, is my reading Neal Stephenson. My geography knowledge of that whole continent is pathetic.

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at January 14, 2026 05:29 PM (GD2xa)

127 Thousands of Somalis go on the lam, head to Mississippi and learn to sing "De Camp Town Ladies", hoping they will fit in.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 14, 2026 05:29 PM (gm9Sb)

128 Please delete the word 'pimp' from your AoSHQ vocabulary.

According to the Style Guide, we are Professional Pleasure Procurers. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

===

Directors of happy ends.

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 05:29 PM (g47mK)

129 So this includes people visitiing on business or vacation, right? No more accidental Visa overstays!

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 14, 2026 05:30 PM (yvZQo)

130 115 The Iranian brain surgeons, Somali rocket scientists, and Haitian nuclear engineers are going to have to stay home and improve their home countries instead of contributing to ours.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 14, 2026 05:28 PM (ESVrU)

++++

You're making me want to cry.

Posted by: washrivergal at January 14, 2026 05:30 PM (2dlNj)

131 These places are "countries" like Rhode Island is a "state."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 05:30 PM (RIvkX)

132 Is Eswatini shaken?

Is it stirred?

Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 05:30 PM (krQz2)

133 Progs are complaining "They are snatching people out of their homes!"

You know it was amusing when the left finally figured out human beings pay taxes when Trump passed his tariffs.

Apparently now they are finding out cops will arrest you...even at home!...if you break the law.

They should really thank Trump for teaching them all these things

Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 05:30 PM (sKqQm)

134 This comment and content reading will come back to bite us.

Posted by: Illiterate, Innumerate, Sometimes Incontinent at January 14, 2026 05:30 PM (oftw2)

135 Renee Good's family hires George Floyd law firm to investigate Minneapolis ICE shooting

==

she was a terrorist, got shot trying to assassinate a federal officer , get lost

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 05:31 PM (g47mK)

136 Oh no! Anyway...

Posted by: Jeremy Clarkson at January 14, 2026 05:31 PM (VQC/c)

137 121 86 Eswatini is a new name for an old country, Swaziland
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 05:22 PM

--

And just like that, a country you never think of becomes a country you never heard of.
Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at January 14, 2026

Rhodesia weeps.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 14, 2026 05:31 PM (mxcbL)

138 Is Eswatini shaken?

Is it stirred?
Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 05:30 PM

Narrator: "And thus was the sleeping CBD was awakened."

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 14, 2026 05:32 PM (0sNs1)

139 The last restaurant, The Panda Express in the basement food court, at S.F.’s largest mall has closed

Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 05:32 PM (RHGPo)

140 107 This fits perfectly with the post.

https://tinyurl.com/yc3yb5se

Don't know if India was one of those countries.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk

How does one lawyer approve 700,000 H1B visas? How can the country absorb 700,000 Indians (and I assume their immediate families)?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 14, 2026 05:32 PM (Dv3i1)

141 TBH, I'm still confused as to how a country as large as Turkey can just change its name without fanfare.

In case you missed in, Turkey became Türkiye back in June of 2022.

Posted by: Orson at January 14, 2026 05:32 PM (dIske)

142 President Trump's State Department moved Wednesday to halt immigrant visa processing from 75 countries after internal data showed migrants from those nations are entering the United States and enrolling in taxpayer-funded welfare programs at what officials described as unacceptable rates.

I wouldn't trust whatever the Department of State says. For too many decades they've been a leftist viper's nest. There will be too many dug-in employees there that will quietly subvert whatever conservative agenda is now in play, waiting for the leftist communist bastards to gain control again.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 14, 2026 05:32 PM (O7YUW)

143 Is Eswatini shaken?

Is it stirred?
Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 05:30 PM

Narrator: "And thus was the sleeping CBD was awakened."
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 14, 2026 05:32 PM (0sNs1)
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CBD is stirred?

Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 05:32 PM (krQz2)

144 The trailer for Euphoria S3 has dropped. Sydney Sweeney's character is an OnlyFans model. HBO Max looking to boost the horny male viewership numbers.

Posted by: Sydney Sweeney News Alert at January 14, 2026 05:32 PM (Y1sOo)

145 The Trump Administration has told states to stop the long-standing practice of taking Social Security benefit checks from some children and youth in foster care. In a letter to governors, sent in early December, Alex Adams, an assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, told states to end what he calls "the orphan tax." Adams, who oversees federal child welfare policy, told states to quit taking Social Security survivor benefits from children in foster care. The monthly benefit is paid to a child whose mother or father has died but had worked and paid Social Security.

Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 05:33 PM (RHGPo)

146 This comment and content reading will come back to bite us.
Posted by: Illiterate, Innumerate, Sometimes Incontinent at January 14, 2026 05:30 PM

And we'll be lucky to live through it.

Posted by: RADM Josh Painter, USN at January 14, 2026 05:33 PM (0sNs1)

147 Eswatini is like an appletini... only with eswats.

Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 05:33 PM (krQz2)

148 If you ever watch bodycam videos, there are criminals who actually believe they are "Home Safe" if they flee back to their house, or even near it.

Posted by: "I Live Right There!" at January 14, 2026 05:33 PM (oftw2)

149 Sorry if this has been addressed under other posts, and sorry, also, for going O/T, but does anybody know what's going on with the big Verizon crash today? (Service, not stock price).

Posted by: Paco at January 14, 2026 05:33 PM (2L+MU)

150
The sole Danish C130 headed to Greenland.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 05:21 PM (A32KF)

Moar accurate

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2026 05:33 PM (tgvbd)

151 Rhodesia weeps.
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 14, 2026 05:31 PM (mxcbL)

Rhodesia was murdered.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 05:34 PM (zZu0s)

152 TBH, I'm still confused as to how a country as large as Turkey can just change its name without fanfare.

Because they still go gobble gobble and are afraid of Pilgrims?

Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 05:34 PM (sKqQm)

153 Milton Freidman said in one of his books:
"You can have open borders or a welfare system, but you can't have both."

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at January 14, 2026 05:34 PM (w3u3d)

154 New name, same shit hole

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 05:34 PM (Ia/+0)

155 83 Danish C130 headed to Greenland.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 05:21 PM (A32KF)

It'll double the population when it lands.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 05:34 PM (uWKK8)

156 141 TBH, I'm still confused as to how a country as large as Turkey can just change its name without fanfare.

In case you missed in, Turkey became Türkiye back in June of 2022.
Posted by: Orson

*shifty eyes*
-Peking

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 14, 2026 05:34 PM (Dv3i1)

157 BabylonBee: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson arrived for work at the Supreme Court building this morning in the official, yellow SCOTUS short bus. Onlookers cheered as Jackson emerged from the bus, after several minutes of trying to figure out how to open the bus door. "Aw, look at her, all dressed up like a big girl," said local woman Jeannie Gordon. "It's so neat that the Supreme Court makes accommodations for people like Ketanji. I love that she gets to participate, just like anyone else. Oh look, they're even letting her put on a robe! So sweet."

Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 05:35 PM (RHGPo)

158 Rhodesia weeps.
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 14, 2026 05:31 PM (mxcbL)

Rhodesia was murdered.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 05:34 PM (zZu0s)
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* runs through the door *
* pants *
* hands on knees *
* finger in the air *

Posted by: Dr. Quincy at January 14, 2026 05:35 PM (krQz2)

159 92 Coolest country name no one can pronounce: Kiribati.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 05:23 PM (RIvkX)

I've never even heard of that one, I had to map it.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 14, 2026 05:35 PM (mxcbL)

160 Europe's going to blow their entire military budget defending Greenland.

Posted by: NCKate at January 14, 2026 05:35 PM (uQzkA)

161
I wouldn't trust whatever the Department of State says. For too many decades they've been a leftist viper's nest. There will be too many dug-in employees there that will quietly subvert whatever conservative agenda is now in play, waiting for the leftist communist bastards to gain control again.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

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Dude. The word is: those visas are DENIED. It's easy to see if they're approved.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 05:35 PM (Jxa0O)

162 The Iranian brain surgeons, Somali rocket scientists, and Haitian nuclear engineers are going to have to stay home and improve their home countries instead of contributing to ours.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 14, 2026 05:28 PM (ESVrU)

++++

You're making me want to cry.
Posted by: washrivergal at January 14, 2026 05:30 PM (2dlNj)
——

A lot of rich Iranians and Nigerians did get visas to come here.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 14, 2026 05:35 PM (iozMe)

163 I am still not tired of winning.

Posted by: no one at January 14, 2026 05:36 PM (qFwJc)

164 Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 05:35 PM (RHGPo)

Ha! that's gonna leave a mark.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at January 14, 2026 05:36 PM (PSEDc)

165 I just saw a commercial for our wonderful First Lady's documentary film, and I hope theaters showing it have plenty of security on hand. Crazy people out there.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 14, 2026 05:36 PM (gm9Sb)

166
The Iranian brain surgeons, Somali rocket scientists, and Haitian nuclear engineers are going to have to stay home and improve their home countries instead of contributing to ours.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 14, 2026 05:28 PM (ESVrU)

And US scientists will be leaving the country to emigrate to Iran, Somalia and Haiti! Because of mean ol' Trump.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2026 05:36 PM (tgvbd)

167 does anybody know what's going on with the big Verizon crash today? (Service, not stock price).
Posted by: Paco

--

Wondering the same
No bars at all at home, but other spots have coverage

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 14, 2026 05:36 PM (tnz8V)

168 The sole Danish C130 headed to Greenland.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 05:21 PM (A32KF)

Someone noticed that the EU is now producing militaristic/patriotic propaganda and all the guys in it are "heteronormative white men".

Some contrasted that with the "We Are Europe" memes and images the EU is producing where most of the people in them are Arabic, Asian, or Black...

But the funniest response to 7 gruff look white guys all kitted up was, "This is like the only 7 full tactical gear sets they have on their whole continent"

Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 05:36 PM (sKqQm)

169 Newsom would totally have done this because he was an Anglo wife, you know, according to groypers who voted for Kamala and we have to listen to in order to appeal to Trump voters.

Posted by: TJM's phone at January 14, 2026 05:36 PM (GBKbO)

170 Casey Anthony, "America’s most hated mom," calls Minneapolis ICE shooting a crime, rips JD Vance for protecting ‘Gestapo’ agents

Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 05:36 PM (RHGPo)

171 I'd say 'keer-eh-bat-e'.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 05:37 PM (zZu0s)

172 How does one lawyer approve 700,000 H1B visas? How can the country absorb 700,000 Indians (and I assume their immediate families)?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 14, 2026 05:32 PM (Dv3i1)

Build 700 hotels with 200 rooms each.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 05:37 PM (uWKK8)

173 135 Renee Good's family hires George Floyd law firm to investigate Minneapolis ICE shooting

Their not gonna like the outcome

Posted by: It's me donna at January 14, 2026 05:37 PM (VE6XX)

174 The sole Danish C130 headed to Greenland.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 05:21 PM (A32KF)

Moar accurate
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2026 05:33 PM

Actually, the Royal Danish Air Force (RDAF) has 4 C-130J aircraft, the exact same number as the Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF) has.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 14, 2026 05:37 PM (0sNs1)

175 TBH, I'm still confused as to how a country as large as Turkey can just change its name without fanfare.

In case you missed in, Turkey became Türkiye back in June of 2022.
Posted by: Orson at January 14, 2026 05:32 PM (dIske)

Really?

Are you gonna tell me next that Constantinople got the works?

Posted by: BurtTC at January 14, 2026 05:38 PM (dGCAG)

176 Absolutely not enough..

Posted by: Jack at January 14, 2026 05:38 PM (jE5Mf)

177 "Eswatini is a new name for an old country, Swaziland"

******

Swaziland? That sounds like "swastika".

Was Swaziland one of those African colonies the Germans had in Africa? Where General Romel was fighting angainst the Americans? I saw a show about that. "The Rat Patrol." Those Americans in their Jeeps did real good.

Also where "Laurence of Arabia" was set.

Posted by: EFG at January 14, 2026 05:38 PM (wXOk6)

178 *shifty eyes*
-Peking
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 14, 2026 05:34 PM (Dv3i1)
_____________________________

Also, Türkiye, it's pronounced Tur-Kee-Yay. The founding day had a whole lot of Muslims wearing skin tight suits doing the Pee Wee Herman dance.

Posted by: Orson at January 14, 2026 05:38 PM (dIske)

179 Since it seems we're stuck with the Somalis, I wish Piper would do a fashion segment on them.
Posted by: Mr. Guy Of Beverly Hills
......

That should take about half a paragraph.

Posted by: wth at January 14, 2026 05:38 PM (UjdFS)

180 Please delete the word 'pimp' from your AoSHQ vocabulary.

According to the Style Guide, we are Professional Pleasure Procurers. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Posted by: Professional Pleasure Procurers at January 14, 2026 05:25 PM (0sNs1)
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"Huggy" Squirrel from the Sunday Morning Book Thread hardest hit.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 14, 2026 05:38 PM (ESVrU)

181 In case you missed in, Turkey became Türkiye back in June of 2022.
Posted by: Orson at January 14, 2026 05:32 PM (dIske)
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So it didn't really change it's name. It probably just corrected its spelling. Peking meet Beijing.

Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 05:39 PM (krQz2)

182 Are you gonna tell me next that Constantinople got the works?
Posted by: BurtTC at

Nobody cares except the jerks.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at January 14, 2026 05:39 PM (2J/Lj)

183 So:

Ka-Tar

Constantinople

Tur-key

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 05:39 PM (zZu0s)

184
Actually, the Royal Danish Air Force (RDAF) has 4 C-130J aircraft, the exact same number as the Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF) has.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 14, 2026 05:37 PM (0sNs1)

"Royal"?? As in, kings? I thought No Kings was the hot thing.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2026 05:39 PM (tgvbd)

185 168 Many years ago, the Kingdom of Belgium let each soldier have one round of ammunition a year for marksmanship practice. Fritz and Karl came a knockin'.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 14, 2026 05:40 PM (gm9Sb)

186
So this includes people visitiing on business or vacation, right? No more accidental Visa overstays!
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 14, 2026 05:30 PM (yvZQo)

Every Irish bartender I knew from my drinking days was an illegal overstay. Every. One. However, there were a couple of hawt ones that I'd have seriously thought about marrying to give them a green card. But I had a personal flaw of too much integrity. My penis has hated me for YEARS over this issue.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 14, 2026 05:40 PM (y9nCu)

187 141 TBH, I'm still confused as to how a country as large as Turkey can just change its name without fanfare.

In case you missed in, Turkey became Türkiye back in June of 2022.
Posted by: Orson at January 14, 2026 05:32 PM (dIske)

So why did Turkey get the works?
That's only the business of the Turks!

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 05:40 PM (uWKK8)

188 Kirabati shares a large empty frontier with Shangri-La. Yaks out number humans 6-1.

Posted by: Yak Facts at January 14, 2026 05:40 PM (oftw2)

189 115 The Iranian brain surgeons, Somali rocket scientists, and Haitian nuclear engineers are going to have to stay home and improve their home countries instead of contributing to ours.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 14, 2026 05:28 PM

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I met a university student from Iran in 1977. Westernized, happy to be here, a decent guy. Didn't like the shah. I wondered what happened to him after the ayatollahs took over.

Probably thrown off a rooftop for visiting the US.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 14, 2026 05:40 PM (fMPEh)

190 "Huggy" Squirrel from the Sunday Morning Book Thread hardest hit.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 14, 2026 05:38 PM

Dude never wears pants.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 14, 2026 05:40 PM (0sNs1)

191 If you ever watch bodycam videos, there are criminals who actually believe they are "Home Safe" if they flee back to their house, or even near it.
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Yep. My non-statistical sample of those viewed suggests that about 85% of those who believe such nonsense are female, and more than half are black.

Posted by: Crusader, former Federal Bank Examiner at January 14, 2026 05:41 PM (TN0g+)

192 What, no mention of Djibouti? That one's fun to say.

Posted by: NC Dave at January 14, 2026 05:41 PM (VQC/c)

193 Perfect. Now make immigration easier for "right-wing" Euros fleeing tyranny.

Posted by: SamIam at January 14, 2026 05:42 PM (cjT1m)

194 If Turkey suddenly changed to something like Jeehad, THAT would be a name-change. If they are just switching around the e and the y and adding a i in front, that's probably a spelling correction.

Like Keeeeeeeeev.

Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 05:42 PM (krQz2)

195 2nd Coolest country name no one can pronounce: Macedonia.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

MACEDONIA

MACEDONIA

Why is your big head so hard?

I'm in love with a woman, and Macedonia is her name

Posted by: Louis "Miklos" Jordan at January 14, 2026 05:42 PM (f/3mU)

196 I hope this means State can process immigration applications from good countries faster.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 14, 2026 05:42 PM (tnz8V)

197 Irish accent on a girl is a natural substitute for viagra. Just don't listen to what they are saying, it's probably some liberal crap which counters any positive effects.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 14, 2026 05:42 PM (Dv3i1)

198 167 Wondering the same
No bars at all at home, but other spots have coverage
vmom deport deport deport

Probably Chinese sabotage. Or Iranian. In any event, I was pretty sure I paid my bill, so that couldn't be it.

Posted by: Paco at January 14, 2026 05:43 PM (2L+MU)

199 What, no mention of Djibouti? That one's fun to say.
Posted by: NC Dave at January 14, 2026 05:41 PM

toby928(c) weeps.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 14, 2026 05:43 PM (0sNs1)

200 What, no mention of Djibouti? That one's fun to say.

Posted by: NC Dave at January 14, 2026 05:41 PM (VQC/c)
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KC wanted to shake that place up.

Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 05:43 PM (krQz2)

201
Yep. My non-statistical sample of those viewed suggests that about 85% of those who believe such nonsense are female, and more than half are black.
Posted by: Crusader, former Federal Bank Examiner at January 14, 2026 05:41 PM (TN0g+)

"Black Women Detained at Airport" videos provide hours of entertainment, albeit of the wincing type.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2026 05:43 PM (tgvbd)

202 What was the guys nic who was a bartender? He caught a ban i think, although I missed it. Or flounced.

Also, has anyone seen Northernlurker lately? (he changed his nic slightly the last j saw.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 05:44 PM (zZu0s)

203
So why did Turkey get the works?
That's only the business of the Turks!
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026

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You must be thinking of:

https://tinyurl.com/4hkw2nmz

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 14, 2026 05:44 PM (A55X+)

204 Also, has anyone seen Northernlurker lately? (he changed his nic slightly the last j saw.)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 05:44 PM (zZu0s)

And I haven't seen Stateless

Posted by: It's me donna at January 14, 2026 05:44 PM (VE6XX)

205 195 MACEDONIA

MACEDONIA

Why is your big head so hard?

I'm in love with a woman, and Macedonia is her name

Loved Louis Jordan and the Tympany Five! You mean "Caledonia", of course.

Posted by: Paco at January 14, 2026 05:44 PM (2L+MU)

206 Wondering the same
No bars at all at home, but other spots have coverage
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport

PAY YOUR BILL, MOM!!

Posted by: Verizon Customer Support at January 14, 2026 05:45 PM (oftw2)

207 Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 14, 2026 05:42 PM (Dv3i1)

Australian is good for me.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 05:45 PM (zZu0s)

208
I saw Northernlurker a couple of days ago.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 14, 2026 05:45 PM (3ek7K)

209 I've only been to nine of the countries named.

(A number of them are Caribbean micro-states.)

Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 14, 2026 05:45 PM (u6/wt)

210 Now we all know our President has a lot of fuckin' around money and a good sense of humor. Maybe he should buy that giant Trump animatron parade float that appeared in Italy (IIRC) and have the Navy and Marines put it ashore in Greenland for a rampage. A gentle rampage, tossing out bags of M&Ms and Slim Jims.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 14, 2026 05:45 PM (gm9Sb)

211 I met a university student from Iran in 1977. Westernized, happy to be here, a decent guy. Didn't like the shah. I wondered what happened to him after the ayatollahs took over.

Probably thrown off a rooftop for visiting the US.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 14, 2026 05:40 PM (fMPEh)
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The Chancellor where I work is from Iran. He's also not a fan of the current government.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 14, 2026 05:45 PM (ESVrU)

212 What, no mention of Djibouti? That one's fun to say.

Posted by: NC Dave at January 14, 2026 05:41 PM (VQC/c)
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KC wanted to shake that place up.
Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 05:43 PM (krQz2)
——

See above. The Blade’s got ya covered.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 14, 2026 05:46 PM (iozMe)

213
Irish accent on a girl is a natural substitute for viagra.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 14, 2026 05:42 PM (Dv3i1)

Yes it is.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 14, 2026 05:46 PM (y9nCu)

214 Cannibals-

You have two choices-the pot or 'kiribati"

Posted by: Old jokes made new again at January 14, 2026 05:46 PM (f/3mU)

215 A couple of Eswatini's will really make you want to shake Djibouti. You won't Kiribati anything.

Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at January 14, 2026 05:46 PM (8JzZF)

216
And US scientists will be leaving the country to emigrate to Iran, Somalia and Haiti! Because of mean ol' Trump.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2026 05:36 PM (tgvbd)

++++

And the Trump-hating celebs never move to these places either. I wonder why. I know for a fact and have it on authority that the people who live in Iran, Somalia and Haiti are grand people.

Posted by: washrivergal at January 14, 2026 05:46 PM (2dlNj)

217 How about a 100 year moratorium on any immigration.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 14, 2026 05:46 PM (zCHlf)

218 205 Loved Louis Jordan and the Tympany Five! You mean "Caledonia", of course.

"Caldonia", rather.

Posted by: Paco at January 14, 2026 05:46 PM (2L+MU)

219 How can we have the soccer World Cup if we don't allow all the Yemeni fans to attend?

Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 14, 2026 05:46 PM (u6/wt)

220 This is very bad news. Some of our best soft drink concentrates come from the Lubombo region as well as black market elephant tusks.

Posted by: wth at January 14, 2026 05:47 PM (UjdFS)

221 Every time I’ve gone to Canada land they ask me at the border where I’m going, what I’m doing, how long I plan to stay, where I’m staying and how I will support myself while im in the country.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 14, 2026 05:47 PM (f9bGF)

222 Renee Good's family hires George Floyd law firm to investigate Minneapolis ICE shooting

Their not gonna like the outcome
-----

The conclusion will read "It was a Good shoot."

Posted by: Crusader, former Federal Bank Examiner at January 14, 2026 05:47 PM (TN0g+)

223 I pray you're correct but evil never sleeps and this makes me uneasy.
Posted by: CaliGirl

Take heart, I bring you good news, Jesus has already won by conquering death--that the evil cannot ever stop. So the main question is how we justify our existence on Earth to get to everlasting salvation. We do it via grace and demonstrating that we are taking up the cross ourself.

Piven and Cloward never got that because Commies worship an idol named government.

Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 05:47 PM (WDjG6)

224 The trailer for Euphoria S3 has dropped. Sydney Sweeney's character is an OnlyFans model. HBO Max looking to boost the horny male viewership numbers.
Posted by: Sydney Sweeney News Alert at January 14, 2026 05:32 PM (Y1sOo)

I had heard dildos were involved.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 05:47 PM (zZu0s)

225 Sonic booms over Iraq?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 05:47 PM (A32KF)

226 WTF? Os this No Driving Wednesday? What's with all the accidents? I haven't went 30 miles and I'm stuck in three.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 05:47 PM (QGRvm)

227 I think it would be a good time for Donaldus Maximus to address the American people, making the following points:
1. We the People of the sovereign US have a border and a right to enforce it.
2. We passed laws to do just that in our duly elected Legislatures.
3. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (don't just call it "ICE" which is lefty demonization) is the lawful, and only way to do that.
4. The American people also just voted for this.
5. Those "obstructing" enforcement are breaking the law, and the social-political compact to abide by the results of our elections.
6. The leaders of "Open Borders" believe we live on "stolen land" and therefore have no right to our own border.
7. Call on Chucky Schumer, Hakeem Jeffries all Dem governors to say, clearly, that we do NOT live on "stolen land" and we HAVE the right to enforce our border. If they can't or won't, let the American people recognize them for the America haters they are.

Posted by: Zek at January 14, 2026 05:47 PM (5FPX4)

228 Just read the list, India not on it, but they should be for different types of fraud.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 14, 2026 05:48 PM (n5tGW)

229 Aetius, you are thinking of Bitterclinger and Northern lurker has been around

Posted by: Ben Had at January 14, 2026 05:48 PM (0KSrI)

230 The Chancellor where I work is from Iran. He's also not a fan of the current government.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 14, 2026 05:45 PM (ESVrU)
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Used to have a good friend who was a Iranian professor, but deist--working in software.

Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 05:48 PM (krQz2)

231 Has Keir Starmer been banned from the country yet?

By the way, I saw a report the other day the UAE will no longer pay for education in the UK for it's young people, for fear they would become too Islamist while in the country. If my Irony Meter wasn't broken, I would laugh.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 05:48 PM (hKFfN)

232 *Shlurp*

Posted by: Conan O'Brien at January 14, 2026 05:49 PM (gKWVE)

233 India's economy is based on forfeited key deposits and stolen towel billing.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 14, 2026 05:49 PM (gm9Sb)

234 Right. BC- but not BCochran. (This is how my mind works.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 05:50 PM (zZu0s)

235 Take heart, I bring you good news, Jesus has already won by conquering death--that the evil cannot ever stop. So the main question is how we justify our existence on Earth to get to everlasting salvation. We do it via grace and demonstrating that we are taking up the cross ourself.

Piven and Cloward never got that because Commies worship an idol named government.
Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 05:47 PM (WDjG6)
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Amen, Whig.

The real battle is already been won. And if you're the type that believes in the Millennial Kingdom, Jesus, as King, will settle all accounts.

Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 05:50 PM (krQz2)

236 212 What, no mention of Djibouti? That one's fun to say.

Posted by: NC Dave at January 14, 2026 05:41 PM (VQC/c)
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KC wanted to shake that place up.
Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 05:43 PM (krQz2)
——

See above. The Blade’s got ya covered.

Shoulda read the comments first. Rookie mistake. I'll see myself out.

Posted by: NC Dave at January 14, 2026 05:50 PM (VQC/c)

237
I met a university student from Iran in 1977. Westernized, happy to be here, a decent guy. Didn't like the shah. I wondered what happened to him after the ayatollahs took over.

Probably thrown off a rooftop for visiting the US.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 14, 2026 05:40 PM (fMPEh)

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I knew an Iranian undergraduate at the time when the Shah was overthrown. Secular. Engineering student. I believe he was a socialist. The overthrow didn't work out so well for the socialists.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 14, 2026 05:50 PM (xVn4c)

238 A Federal court ruled that CA can go ahead with their steal, I mean redistricting....

Posted by: It's me donna at January 14, 2026 05:51 PM (VE6XX)

239 London is the new Medina.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 14, 2026 05:51 PM (gKWVE)

240 30 The Chancellor where I work is from Iran. He's also not a fan of the current government.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

You know who else was an Aryan Chancellor?

Posted by: Two Coats! One Afternoon! at January 14, 2026 05:51 PM (oftw2)

241 London is the new Medina.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 14, 2026 05:51 PM (gKWVE)
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Only funky and cold.

Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 05:51 PM (krQz2)

242 I liked the Deffs-to-da-shah Iranians at college a lot more than the we-only-want-our-land Palestinian whiners.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 14, 2026 05:52 PM (jc0TO)

243 You're not supposed to get an immigrant visa if you will be on welfare, and you're supposed to have a sponsor who agrees to pay if you DO get on welfare.

My guess is these are all accepted as asylees or refugees which can still get welfare.

Posted by: coba at January 14, 2026 05:52 PM (IuIym)

244
226 WTF? Os this No Driving Wednesday? What's with all the accidents? I haven't went 30 miles and I'm stuck in three.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 05:47 PM (QGRvm)

I saw more law enforcement out than usual today in NW Arkansas.

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 14, 2026 05:52 PM (FMtrg)

245 ⌛️

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 05:52 PM (g47mK)

246
There has been a leak of Trump's private medical information, and Bobby, Jr confirmed. POTUS has some very abnormal test results.

His testosterone is way off the charts. I mean it's higher than any doctor has likely ever seen before. I mean, he's got T like you wouldn't believe. YUGE T, man.

Seriously, RFK, Jr. said that..... Now, watch the AWFLs heads explode.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 05:53 PM (w6EFb)

247 Take the money and run.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 05:53 PM (A32KF)

248 233 India's economy is based on forfeited key deposits and stolen towel billing.
Posted by: bill in arkansas,

Bill, you will not curry favor in this manner.

Posted by: Patel Family Buffet at January 14, 2026 05:53 PM (oftw2)

249 The conclusion will read "It was a Good shoot."

Posted by: Crusader, former Federal Bank Examiner at January 14, 2026 05:47 PM (TN0g+)
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That was probably not going to be the conclusion of the 7 prosecutors who flew to Minnesota to prosecute this case.

Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 05:53 PM (krQz2)

250 Just read the list, India not on it, but they should be for different types of fraud.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk

I am unable for assisting with such issue

Posted by: "Greg" from the Bangalore Centre of Most Excellence at January 14, 2026 05:53 PM (f/3mU)

251 I miss Bitter Clinger. Hope all is well.

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 14, 2026 05:55 PM (FMtrg)

252 248 Sorry, "Kenny".

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 14, 2026 05:55 PM (gm9Sb)

253 Anyone tired of all the winning yet?

As long as we understand that Winning does not include arresting and prosecuting the criminals and because of the feckless retards in Congress, will be instantly reversed once Trump leaves office because nothing will be codified.

If we are cool with that, bring on more Winning!

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 14, 2026 05:55 PM (PVBkQ)

254 206 Wondering the same
No bars at all at home, but other spots have coverage
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport

PAY YOUR BILL, MOM!!
Posted by: Verizon Customer Support at January 14, 2026 05:45 PM (oftw2)

Wish I'd thought of this when the sales girl stopped by my office to ask why her phone wasn't working!

Posted by: NC Dave at January 14, 2026 05:55 PM (VQC/c)

255 Chy na should be on the list! I protest!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 14, 2026 05:56 PM (WONhk)

256 End citizen babies and in 10 years Medicaid is cut by 50%

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 14, 2026 05:56 PM (gbOdA)

257 India's economy is based on forfeited key deposits and stolen towel billing.
Posted by: bill in arkansas

You are quite right indeed, Sir!

Posted by: The Punjabi Ed McMahon at January 14, 2026 05:57 PM (f/3mU)

258 227, endorsed!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 14, 2026 05:57 PM (Cjt/F)

259 Just add up the suck from people on public charge.
Cut it from their Foreign Aids.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 14, 2026 05:57 PM (gbOdA)

260 I heard a new country I'd never heard of a few days ago.

Eswatini.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 05:16 PM (uWKK

Used to be called Swaziland.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 14, 2026 05:57 PM (8avO+)

261 Can't we let them all in?

They will, like little Einsteins, solve the cold fusion enigma while we sleep comfortably in our warm beds.

Or if you prefer, we can greenlight a Manhattan Project II and let the muslims in charge of NYC there give us perpetual motion.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 14, 2026 05:59 PM (BSdIE)

262 Eswatini.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 05:16 PM (uWKK

Used to be called Swaziland.
Posted by: Oldcat

Maybe They Might Be Giants will come out of retirement to write a new song

Posted by: a Miklos can hope at January 14, 2026 05:59 PM (f/3mU)

263 I heard a new country I'd never heard of a few days ago.

Eswatini.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 05:16 PM (uWKK

Used to be called Swaziland.
Posted by: Oldcat

Hold on. Reports are coming in. Eswatini is changing it's name.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 05:59 PM (QGRvm)

264 1 strike

If you cheat a Big Govt system then you get nothing.
Put their Names on the wall of the hospital and turn them away.
No EBT.
No Section 8.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 14, 2026 05:59 PM (gbOdA)

265 I think I am agreeing with CJN Speaks, President Trump is trolling Europe

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 06:00 PM (Ia/+0)

266 Eastwatiti?

Posted by: A flock of seagulls at January 14, 2026 06:00 PM (vFG9F)

267
Hold on. Reports are coming in. Eswatini is changing it's name.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 05:59 PM (QGRvm)

Going forward, it will known as "Elvis".

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2026 06:00 PM (tgvbd)

268 A third-party employee working at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas was fired after she posted a video identifying ICE agents who were staying at the hotel.

Patrons should not have to fear for their safety when frequenting Dallas businesses.

Hilton has been taking some hits this last week.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 06:01 PM (QGRvm)

269 266 Eastwatiti?
Posted by: A flock of seagulls at January 14, 2026 06:00 PM (vFG9F)

Eastwatiti titi titi dum titi do

Posted by: It's me donna at January 14, 2026 06:01 PM (VE6XX)

270 I heard a new country I'd never heard of a few days ago.

Eswatini.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 05:16 PM (uWKK

Used to be called Swaziland.
Posted by: Oldcat at January 14, 2026 05:57 PM

The Land of Chocolate?

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 14, 2026 06:01 PM (jc0TO)

271 252 248 Sorry, "Kenny".
Posted by: bill in arkansas

They killed Kenny! Bastards!

Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 14, 2026 06:01 PM (KAi1n)

272 Going forward, it will known as "Elvis".
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

let me guess

They need boats

Posted by: Mojo Miklos-Milhous Nixon at January 14, 2026 06:02 PM (f/3mU)

273 That this wasn't done 60 years ago is a disgrace.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 14, 2026 06:02 PM (XMwZJ)

274 Fun Facts:
Eswatini remains the only absolute monarchy in Africa.
Kangz!
King Mswati and his family travels the world in luxury while 7 in 10 of his 1.2 million subjects live in abject poverty

Posted by: wth at January 14, 2026 06:02 PM (UjdFS)

275 Seriously, RFK, Jr. said that..... Now, watch the AWFLs heads explode.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 05:53 PM (w6EFb)

This should be the next round of romance novel covers.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 14, 2026 06:02 PM (zYpTz)

276 Bill, you will not curry favor in this manner.
Posted by: Patel Family Buffet

That pun is just saag.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 14, 2026 06:02 PM (mlg/3)

277 The Land of Chocolate?
Posted by: toby928

That's Noo Awlins

Posted by: Ray Nagin , rare convicted dem at January 14, 2026 06:03 PM (f/3mU)

278
Isn't an Eswatini what a 45-year-old cougar in a tight leopard-print dress orders at a bar?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2026 06:03 PM (tgvbd)

279 But what if they call him a racist now... ?

This is what happens when you empty the mag without putting the target down (so to speak).

Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 06:03 PM (E0p3T)

280
Eva Vladingerbro-whatever having a nice glass of Eswatini:
https://is.gd/wSfdoL

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 06:04 PM (w6EFb)

281 Was Swaziland one of those African colonies the Germans had in Africa? Where General Romel was fighting angainst the Americans? I saw a show about that. "The Rat Patrol." Those Americans in their Jeeps did real good.

Also where "Laurence of Arabia" was set.
Posted by: EFG at January 14, 2026 05:38 PM (wXOk6)

No, that was Tanzania. And it wasn't Rommel, it was Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck.

Rommel was fighting in former Italian colonies.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 14, 2026 06:05 PM (8avO+)

282 Fun Facts:
Eswatini remains the only absolute monarchy in Africa.
Kangz!
King Mswati and his family travels the world in luxury while 7 in 10 of his 1.2 million subjects live in abject poverty
Posted by: wth

Simple solution. Next time they leave to travel, just change the fucking locks. That way you can't get back in.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 06:06 PM (QGRvm)

283 One of Eswatini's tourist attractions is Sheba's Breast Hiking Trail.
Others include hunting endangered big game animals and procuring child slave labor.

Posted by: wth at January 14, 2026 06:06 PM (UjdFS)

284
I think I am agreeing with CJN Speaks, President Trump is trolling Europe
Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 06:00 PM (Ia/+0)

You come at the King, you best not miss...

Posted by: Zombie Omar Little at January 14, 2026 06:06 PM (y9nCu)

285 lol
- Some Judge in NYC or Boston

Posted by: Really?? at January 14, 2026 06:07 PM (kgFPv)

286 Just put out on TruthSocial: President Trump puts out a readout of his call with Venezuela's interim president.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 06:07 PM (QGRvm)

287 >>>Isn't an Eswatini what a 45-year-old cougar in a tight leopard-print dress orders at a bar?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

>How you doing? Looking for company, sweet cheeks?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 14, 2026 06:07 PM (BSdIE)

288 > That this wasn't done 60 years ago is a disgrace.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent
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At some point, long ago, our political betters discovered how to take your tax dollars and run massive fraud schemes to line their own pockets.

It is, without a doubt, the largest theft of wealth in the world. Trillions of dollars. Over decades.

If you ever paid taxes, you were 100% ripped off. Each and every time you wrote that check to the IRS. And I'm not even going into all the other scams the politicos were running.

That there are not 525 bodies hanging from lamp-posts in the Capitol City is the real, undeniable crime here.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2026 06:08 PM (NwnyJ)

289
German colonial rule in Africa was... unpleasant.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2026 06:08 PM (tgvbd)

290
Take heart, I bring you good news, Jesus has already won by conquering death--that the evil cannot ever stop. So the main question is how we justify our existence on Earth to get to everlasting salvation. We do it via grace and demonstrating that we are taking up the cross ourself.

Piven and Cloward never got that because Commies worship an idol named government.
Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 05:47 PM (WDjG6)

Thank you for that!

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 14, 2026 06:08 PM (AywZy)

291 Eva Vladingerbro-whatever having a nice glass of Eswatini:
https://is.gd/wSfdoL
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Dutch

I'd let her wear wooden shoes in bed

Posted by: Miklos thinks the Knocking Boots part could get loud at January 14, 2026 06:08 PM (f/3mU)

292
Eva Vladingerbro-whatever having a nice glass of Eswatini:
https://is.gd/wSfdoL

How you doin'?

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 14, 2026 06:08 PM (y9nCu)

293 Isn't an Eswatini what a 45-year-old cougar in a tight leopard-print dress orders at a bar?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

>How you doing? Looking for company, sweet cheeks?
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I bet AI could do a great version of Beavis & Butthead & Bill Clinton.

Posted by: Crusader at January 14, 2026 06:09 PM (TN0g+)

294 One of Eswatini's gifts to the world is teaching chilluns work ethic and geology.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 14, 2026 06:09 PM (gm9Sb)

295 266 Eastwatiti?
Posted by: A flock of seagulls at January 14, 2026 06:00 PM (vFG9F)

The Witches of Estwatini.

Posted by: NC Dave at January 14, 2026 06:09 PM (VQC/c)

296 The fact that 82% of Somalis in the US are on some sort of state assistance by no means throws shade on the remaining 18%

Posted by: Kindltot - S� se podan at January 14, 2026 06:09 PM (rbvCR)

297 German colonial rule in Africa was... unpleasant.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

*adjusts monocle*

Posted by: Miklos von Lettow-Vorbeck at January 14, 2026 06:10 PM (f/3mU)

298 German colonial rule in Africa was... unpleasant.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Once past the Herrero, they were actually pretty decent colonizers.

Posted by: Kindltot - Si, se podan at January 14, 2026 06:11 PM (rbvCR)

299 One of Eswatini's gifts to the world is teaching chilluns work ethic and geology.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door
........

also crime and yellow fever.

Posted by: wth at January 14, 2026 06:11 PM (UjdFS)

300 The Germans were actually friendly with their colonials. Many fought for them.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 06:11 PM (A32KF)

301
German colonial rule in Africa was... unpleasant.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

*adjusts monocle*
Posted by: Miklos von Lettow-Vorbeck at January 14, 2026 06:10 PM (f/3mU)

Meh.

Posted by: Zombie Leopold II of Belgium at January 14, 2026 06:11 PM (y9nCu)

302 280
Eva Vladingerbro-whatever having a nice glass of Eswatini:
https://is.gd/wSfdoL
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 06:04 PM (w6EFb)
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That is one heckuva set of stems.

Posted by: ballistic at January 14, 2026 06:11 PM (3BwY8)

303 The 18% not in welfare are probably kids who can’t technically be on welfare. But I’d bet 100% of Somalian households collect a Bennie check or 2 or 7.

Posted by: Really?? at January 14, 2026 06:11 PM (kgFPv)

304 Has anyone said, "shannot" yet? Go 47!

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 14, 2026 06:11 PM (YlWIZ)

305 The Germans were actually friendly with their colonials. Many fought for them.
Posted by: Boss Moss

Eastern front?

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 06:12 PM (QGRvm)

306 Wouldn't it be easier to just turn off ALL visas from everywhere, and then have the nations that want to send folks here supplicate themselves to reopen the spigot?
Posted by: BurtTC at January 14, 2026 05:08 PM (dGCAG)

The countries whose people you want to see here probably don't want their industrious and productive citizens emigrating. They need them to support the welfare state at home.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 14, 2026 06:12 PM (8zz6B)

307 289 BTW look up Danish (you know, Tivoli, Little Mermaid statue, King on a bicycle) treatment of subjects in colonial times.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 14, 2026 06:12 PM (gm9Sb)

308 $38T debt we should be processing ZERO visas. Stay the fuck home. We’re full.

Posted by: Really?? at January 14, 2026 06:13 PM (kgFPv)

309
BTW look up Danish (you know, Tivoli, Little Mermaid statue, King on a bicycle) treatment of subjects in colonial times.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 14, 2026 06:12 PM (gm9Sb)

Not to mention modern Denmark's treatment of Greenlanders.

See the film Smilla's Sense of Snow

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 14, 2026 06:14 PM (y9nCu)

310 Take a look at Canada's rules for tourist visas. They reject people for having DUIs.
Posted by: Lance McCormick at January 14, 2026 05:12 PM (+bUE

So does USA. If you are white.

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

311 223 I pray you're correct but evil never sleeps and this makes me uneasy.
Posted by: CaliGirl

Take heart, I bring you good news, Jesus has already won by conquering death--that the evil cannot ever stop. So the main question is how we justify our existence on Earth to get to everlasting salvation. We do it via grace and demonstrating that we are taking up the cross ourself.

Piven and Cloward never got that because Commies worship an idol named government.
Posted by: whig
---------
* Fist Bump *

Amen brother, Amen

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at January 14, 2026 06:14 PM (+ldAm)

312 Hilton itself didn’t do the ice stuff.
Rogue employed and shitty franchisees did. And to Hilton’s credit they acted quickly and decisively.

Posted by: Really?? at January 14, 2026 06:14 PM (kgFPv)

313 King Mswati and his family travels the world in luxury while 7 in 10 of his 1.2 million subjects live in abject poverty
Posted by: wth

It's good to be King!

Posted by: Mattress King at January 14, 2026 06:15 PM (oftw2)

314 >>>German colonial rule in Africa was... unpleasant.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

*adjusts monocle*

Posted by: Miklos von Lettow-Vorbeck

>Field Marshal Rommel tried his best to corral those pesky Africans but there was too much sand.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 14, 2026 06:15 PM (BSdIE)

315 yo

Posted by: garrett at January 14, 2026 06:15 PM (ZcsJV)

316 We’re full.
Posted by: Really??
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Moose out front should have told you.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 14, 2026 06:16 PM (XeU6L)

317 The countries whose people you want to see here probably don't want their industrious and productive citizens emigrating. They need them to support the welfare state at home.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

The 50,000/year Lottery Visa program originally earmarked half to Irish (Ted *spit* Kennedy). That was partially ended because the Irish government asked to end that, did not want to export any more people to America.

Posted by: Miklos, yer Fun Fact Pal at January 14, 2026 06:16 PM (f/3mU)

318 Trump's gonna take Greenland away from the Danes and deliver a case of cookie tins to every American taxpayer.

Posted by: And A Pressed Ham at January 14, 2026 06:17 PM (oftw2)

319 Yeah I know someone who was denied entry to Canuckistan because of a DUI. I think the rule is 10 years.

I once flew to Vancouver on bidness and was I inyegorgayed by the Sikh (of course) customs guy at the airport. Kept asking me if I was planning on working in Canada long term. I was tempted to say yeah sure buddy, work for 65 cents on the dollar earning Canuck bucks and then pay 50% tax. Where do sign up?

Posted by: Really?? at January 14, 2026 06:17 PM (kgFPv)

320 Got home and found a shipment from Funk Night Records at the door.

Good day.

Posted by: garrett at January 14, 2026 06:17 PM (ZcsJV)

321 Nick just dropped his latest and manages to piss off every MPLS Somali: https://tinyurl.com/585azbjs

Posted by: beckster at January 14, 2026 06:18 PM (I7J98)

322 @161/Blonde Morticia: "Dude. The word is: those visas are DENIED. It's easy to see if they're approved."

I've seen too much back-stabbing and gamesmanship from State. I can't view them with anything but a jaundiced eye.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 14, 2026 06:18 PM (O7YUW)

323 Well it's the old squirrel story all over again. Make the bird see available to the birds....and the squirrels will hoover all of it up.

Posted by: Eromero at January 14, 2026 06:18 PM (LHPAg)

324 German colonial rule in Africa was... unpleasant.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

*adjusts monocle*

Posted by: Miklos von Lettow-Vorbeck
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Discussion of S. Africa would be boering.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 14, 2026 06:18 PM (XeU6L)

325 318 Trump's gonna take Greenland away from the Danes and deliver a case of cookie tins to every American taxpayer.
Posted by: And A Pressed Ham at January 14, 2026 06:17 PM (oftw2)
_________________________

Those cookies are made in India, and you DON'T want to see how.

Posted by: Orson at January 14, 2026 06:19 PM (dIske)

326 Hilton itself didn’t do the ice stuff.
Rogue employed and shitty franchisees did. And to Hilton’s credit they acted quickly and decisively.
Posted by: Really??

Had the pock marks from the bullet holes behind the parking garage patched up the next day?

Posted by: Miklos, no you can't have a blindfold or a last vape at January 14, 2026 06:19 PM (f/3mU)

327 They really should stop importing people to give our money to. What kind of sorry ass country thinks this is a good thing?
Where is our STUPID sign?

Posted by: Case at January 14, 2026 06:19 PM (4rWc3)

328 Public charge rule has been on the books since a real legal framework for immigration was created in the US. It just hasn’t been enforced.

First wave of Eritrean immigrants was AFAIK generally industrious - cab drivers, small businesses. Things must have changed.

Visited Eritrea decades ago, fantastic trip. Adventure vs. 5-star style, but great.

Posted by: rhomboid at January 14, 2026 06:20 PM (S5W8S)

329 2nd Coolest country name no one can pronounce: Macedonia.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 05:24 PM (RIvkX)

Mass'donia, Mass'donia, what makes your big head so hard?

Posted by: rejected Louis Jordan lyric at January 14, 2026 06:20 PM (8zz6B)

330 I've seen too much back-stabbing and gamesmanship from State. I can't view them with anything but a jaundiced eye.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

NO YELLOW

Posted by: Hunter B. at January 14, 2026 06:20 PM (f/3mU)

331 >>>Got home and found a shipment from Funk Night Records at the door.

Good day.

Posted by: garrett

>Might be a good night for some Bootsy Collins.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 14, 2026 06:21 PM (BSdIE)

332 I don't know if any of you are watching the Iranian Foreign Minister being interviewed by Bret Baier, but he just claimed that it's not the IRGC shooting at civilians...it's the Zionists, impersonating Iranian soldiers.

Other than that, he's just echoing Democrat talking points.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 14, 2026 06:21 PM (qwx/I)

333 I don't know if any of you are watching the Iranian Foreign Minister being interviewed by Bret Baier, but he just claimed that it's not the IRGC shooting at civilians...it's the Zionists, impersonating Iranian soldiers.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 14, 2026 06:21 PM (qwx/I)
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I rate this as true!

Posted by: Cucker Tarlson at January 14, 2026 06:22 PM (ZOv7s)

334
Another one of Eva V:

https://is.gd/2FqVNg

Too-Queer Kier don't want that in his country.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 06:22 PM (w6EFb)

335 Are the Eswatinians eating the cats?

Posted by: wth at January 14, 2026 06:23 PM (UjdFS)

336 Other than that, he's just echoing Democrat talking points.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 14, 2026 06:21 PM (qwx/I)

OMG, Abbas Araghchi is supporting Gavin?

Posted by: Kindltot - Si, se podan at January 14, 2026 06:23 PM (rbvCR)

337 Other than that, he's just echoing Democrat talking points.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 14, 2026 06:21 PM (qwx/I)

Huh. Isn't that odd.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 06:23 PM (zZu0s)

338 Via GP: Germany to send troops to Greenland...this week. Mission to determine what supporting Greenland militarily might look like.

My guess on the outcome: "Cold."

Posted by: Crusader at January 14, 2026 06:24 PM (TN0g+)

339 Posted by: Miklos von Lettow-Vorbeck
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Discussion of S. Africa would be boering.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

Elon does own The Boring Company.

Posted by: Miklos out-points at January 14, 2026 06:24 PM (f/3mU)

340 This interview is a complete waste of time.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 06:24 PM (viF8m)

341 Gesundtheit.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 06:24 PM (A32KF)

342 Foreign Minister Derka Derka just doubled down on the Israelis being responsible for the killings insider Iran.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 14, 2026 06:24 PM (qwx/I)

343 Saint Tropez Orchestra : Themes et Atmospheres vol two

I have been waiting for this re-Issue to come out for about 18 months.
Sounds fantastic.

Posted by: garrett at January 14, 2026 06:25 PM (ZcsJV)

344 333 I don't know if any of you are watching the Iranian Foreign Minister being interviewed by Bret Baier, but he just claimed that it's not the IRGC shooting at civilians...it's the Zionists, impersonating Iranian soldiers.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 14, 2026 06:21 PM (qwx/I)
___________________________

Personally, I found it telling that as soon as the lead judge in Iran issued the statement that the country's chaos must cease by any means necessary, the shootings started. Interestingly, at the time that statement was issued, he had no case in front of him. It was just a message that the IRG would not be prosecuted for outright murder of protesters.

Posted by: Orson at January 14, 2026 06:25 PM (dIske)

345 NOOD

Posted by: Cucker Tarlson at January 14, 2026 06:26 PM (ZOv7s)

346 I rate this as true!
Posted by: Cucker Tarlson at January 14, 2026 06:22 PM (ZOv7s)

❤️❤️

Posted by: Islamic Republic News Services at January 14, 2026 06:26 PM (g47mK)

347 Germany going to fight on 2 fronts, Greenland and Ukraine

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 06:26 PM (Ia/+0)

348 Oprah claims she has an "obesity gene" that makes her overeat

-
I've got a lazy gene that makes me . . . Well, I'd tell you but I need to rest first.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 06:27 PM (L/fGl)

349 This interview is a complete waste of time.
Posted by: JackStraw

I didn't want the stupid job anyway

Although substituting Rorschach blots for actual pron was pretty cool

Posted by: Miklos lost his daycare job at January 14, 2026 06:28 PM (f/3mU)

350 Oh. Hay. Apparently Five Iranian banks are on the brink of collapse, including Bank Sepah, one of Iran's three largest banks and the primary bank for the IRGC and Iranian military.

I bet there was a loss of liquidity with those embargoed oil tankers and the blowed up cocaine boats.
I bet President Delcy Rodriguez is forwarding all the frantic collection calls to the White House at the moment.

Posted by: Kindltot - Si, se podan at January 14, 2026 06:29 PM (rbvCR)

351
GP: Germany to send troops to Greenland...this week. Mission to determine what supporting Greenland militarily might look like.

I rather suspect that the US currently has more military in Greenland at Thule than Denmark has in the rest of the territory.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 14, 2026 06:38 PM (y9nCu)

352
Those cookies are made in India, and you DON'T want to see how.
Posted by: Orson

Yeah, I've heard how they make donuts and bagels over there.

Posted by: Bombay Bakery at January 14, 2026 06:38 PM (oftw2)

353 Wait...how could anyone on a VISA, by definition a temporary entry permit, be allowed to apply for, much less receive, welfare payments? Who/what/where is this being allowed? Why would even leftists in blue states think this was acceptable?

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 14, 2026 06:49 PM (XMwZJ)

354 Apparently Five Iranian banks are on the brink of collapse, including Bank Sepah, one of Iran's three largest banks and the primary bank for the IRGC and Iranian military.

Old and busted: Boston Tea Party
The New Hotness: Tehran Foam Party

Posted by: ask not for whom the tea bags at January 14, 2026 07:06 PM (gKWVE)

355 There should be no visas issued for life. State does this. Image issuing a visa to a 3 year old child-for life.

Visas shouldn't be issued to most African countries; countries with drug economies; Islamic countries.

Posted by: TJ jackson at January 14, 2026 07:10 PM (bXvrr)

356 They Cloward-Pivened everything.
Posted by: CaliGirl

I would like to see Cloward, Piven, and Ayres up against a wall...

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at January 14, 2026 08:31 PM (i6ikI)

357 "data show the contrast is stark: about 81 percent of Somali-headed households in the state receive welfare benefits—many drawing Medicaid, food assistance, or cash aid—compared with just 21 percent of native-born Minnesotans, a gap the administration argues is unsustainable."

We are not arguing it is unsustainable - it IS unsustainable.

I'd also look at the years when these people came over. Most of these immigrants arrived in the early 2000s. 25 years later, they are still drawing public assistance.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 14, 2026 08:33 PM (tV890)

The Islamist United Kingdom Bans Scalding Hot Commentator Eva Vlaadingerbroek From Entering the Country Even As It Welcomes a Radical Hamas-Supporting Muslim Hate Cultist

Queer Starmer has ended free speech in the UK.

Journalist and political commentator Eva Vlaardingerbroek says the UK government has revoked her authorization to travel to Britain, citing that her presence is "not considered to be conducive to the public good," a move she says followed days after she slammed Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his government's approach to online speech.
Vlaardingerbroek shared an image of a notice from the UK government stating that her Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) had been cancelled effective January 13, 2026. The notice states that she may not travel to the UK without a visa and that the decision cannot be appealed.

"Holy sh*t. I've been banned from traveling to the UK. They revoked my ETA," Vlaardingerbroek wrote on X. Quoting the notice, she added, "Your presence in the UK is not considered to be [conducive] to the public good." In a follow-up, Vlaardingerbroek said, "No reason given. No right to appeal. Zero due process. Just an email saying the UK government deems me 'not conducive to the public good' - exactly three days after I criticized Keir Starmer. I guess my point that the UK is no longer a free country has been indisputably proven."

Meanwhile, Queer Starmer is blocking an effort to outlaw first cousin-marriage in the UK -- which didn't previously need to be outlawed, because the actual British population long ago stopped doing it -- to appease his last bastion of diehard supporters, Muslim migrants.

. In the UK, 4% of infant deaths are caused by birth defects stemming from first-cousin marriages--about three times the rate of deaths from substance abuse.

Despite the obvious health issues associated with the practice, the National Health Service, as a sign of support for the Muslim community, published a report on the benefits of first-cousin marriages. I kid you not.
The NHS has been urged to apologise for publishing an article extolling the benefits of first-cousin marriage despite the increased risk of birth defects.
The article published last week by the NHS England's Genomics Education Programme says first-cousin marriage is linked to "stronger extended family support systems and economic advantages".
But the practice has also been linked to oppression of women and also has a proven increased risk of genetic disease in offspring of first-cousin relationships.
Richard Holden, the Tory MP, told the Mail On Sunday: "Our NHS should stop taking the knee to damaging and oppressive cultural practices.
"The Conservatives want to see an end to cousin marriage as a backdoor to immigration too, but Labour are deaf to these sensible demands.
"Sir Keir Starmer should stop running scared of the misogynistic community controllers and their quislings who appear in the form of cultural relativist-obsessed sociology professors, and ban a practice the overwhelming majority, from every community in Britain, want to see ended for good."

Yes, you read that right. The NHS admits that first-cousin marriage is terrible for health, but should be praised because it is good for "extended family support and economic advantages." I guess that is why the British Muslim community is so culturally healthy. Can we get a similar explanation for why child marriage is good for the economic viability of the families who sell their daughters to wealthy men?

Linda Duberley
@LindaDuberley
This is the last straw. I have seen first hand the catastrophic disabilities caused by first cousin marriage - on one occasion a young girl permanently fed by a nasal-gastric tube and unable even to use a wheelchair - one of two children with birth defects born to the same mother. @Keir_Starmer should be ashamed of himself that he would rather allow this terrible situation to continue than challenge those Labour MPs of whom he is afraid

Christine Hardman
@Christi44330266
Jan 12
Absolutely. He should visit some of the paediatric palliative care homes for these children. They are heartbreaking. Setting aside the funds needed. The children have problems beyond the imaginable.
I have a friend who worked for the social services transport services taking disabled children to 'school' and she picked up 3 from the same family all in wheelchairs

This is the last straw. I have seen first hand the catastrophic disabilities caused by first cousin marriage - on one occasion a young girl permanently fed by a nasal-gastric tube and unable even to use a wheelchair - one of two children with birth defects born to the same� https://t.co/L6JZffCjcX
— Linda Duberley (@LindaDuberley) January 12, 2026

I�ve been banned from traveling to the UK. 🇬🇧

No reason given. No right to appeal. Zero due process.

Just an email saying the UK government deems me "not conducive to the public good" - exactly three days after I criticized Keir Starmer.

I guess my point that the UK is no� pic.twitter.com/JAcMMcjf1I
— Eva Vlaardingerbroek (@EvaVlaar) January 14, 2026

Holy sh*t.

I�ve been banned from traveling to the UK. They revoked my ETA.

"Your presence in the UK is not considered to be conductive to the public good."

3 days after posting this about Starmer. https://t.co/NqWBtaTkZe pic.twitter.com/lm5lZgL2i7
— Eva Vlaardingerbroek (@EvaVlaar) January 14, 2026

🚨The UK government has just BANNED Eva Vlaardingerbroek from entering Britain 🇬🇧

Yet american Islamist preacher who praised Hamas & is accused of spreading fundamentalist, antisemitic poison is set to arrive in Britain next week for a tour. His first stop is didsbury mosque❗️ pic.twitter.com/pJi7QntBOw
— BRITAIN IS BROKEN 🇬🇧 (@BROKENBRITAIN0) January 14, 2026

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1 Gray

Posted by: Ann at January 14, 2026 03:51 PM (Vi0YE)

2
Hello

Posted by: fourseasons at January 14, 2026 03:51 PM (3ek7K)

3 Partly cloudy.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 03:52 PM (A32KF)

4 I called the others

Posted by: Ann at January 14, 2026 03:52 PM (Vi0YE)

5 Eeeeevaaaaaaa

Sorry where was I

Oh wait who cares where I was

Eeeeevaaaaaaa

Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 03:53 PM (g078z)

6 1 Gray
Posted by: Ann at January 14, 2026 03:51 PM (Vi0YE)

50 Shades of it.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 14, 2026 03:53 PM (N39Ws)

7 They didn’t listen. : -(

Posted by: Ann at January 14, 2026 03:53 PM (Vi0YE)

8 Gray within grey boxes…

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 14, 2026 03:53 PM (Mxf84)

9 Its all gray through and through.

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at January 14, 2026 03:54 PM (VkY89)

10 Starmer is just another cog in the GloboHomo machine.

Posted by: Joe Mama at January 14, 2026 03:55 PM (TezPK)

11 Starmer, and that feckless degenerate King.

As someone who spent a long time stationed in the UK, I cannot believe we still maintain our bases, let alone our nukes there.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 14, 2026 03:55 PM (qwx/I)

12 That’s OK, Eva. I will be glad to host you anytime.

Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 03:55 PM (77rzZ)

13 Feeling gray?
Had a day?
Wash those awful vibes away!

Posted by: Ubik, use only as directed at January 14, 2026 03:55 PM (1ZMl5)

14 They are prime for a color revolution.
The CIA could do something constructive.
For a change.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 03:55 PM (y79kU)

15
London fog

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 03:55 PM (Jxa0O)

16 Everything Turns Gray is a great song by Agent Orange.

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at January 14, 2026 03:55 PM (0bjKf)

17 Goodbye England

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 03:55 PM (Ia/+0)

18 It's a very gray day here.

Posted by: no one at January 14, 2026 03:56 PM (qFwJc)

19 We should withdraw all of our troops and nuclear weapons from the UK and end our "Special relationship."

It endured for quite a while and we were happy to help you lot not fall to the Nazis, but selling yourselves out like street hookers to the hordes of Muslim invaders is a crisis of your own making. The United States says "Good luck, have fun."

Posted by: ballistic at January 14, 2026 03:56 PM (3BwY8)

20 And we all know why the Beeb isn't giving airtime to what's going on in Iran. If what I'm reading is true, it's absolutely ghastly, and in keeping with the tenets of Islam.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 14, 2026 03:56 PM (qwx/I)

21 Fudge packing midget to play Jim Rochford.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 03:56 PM (A32KF)

22 Remember, remember the fifth of November.
Come on Brits.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 14, 2026 03:56 PM (vzcgi)

23 Boy once you are no longer the world's kingpin the fall can happen pretty quickly. So what will the new name of the country be? The UK - England is dead.

Posted by: Black JEM at January 14, 2026 03:56 PM (GZYu7)

24 but selling yourselves out like street hookers to the hordes of Muslim invaders is a crisis of your own making. The United States says "Good luck, have fun."
Posted by: ballistic at January 14, 2026 03:56 PM (3BwY

Hookers at least get paid.

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 14, 2026 03:56 PM (Mxf84)

25 First cousins marrying? The British only stopped doing that what 50 years ago?

Posted by: no one at January 14, 2026 03:57 PM (qFwJc)

26 Starmer clearly has gone full YOLO. He's destroying the left's viability in the UK for the next 50 years. The only question is how much more damage he'll do before they lose the next election.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 14, 2026 03:57 PM (Riz8t)

27 US citizens travelling to UK also need an ETA, I think. I wonder who will be the first dastardly American to have their ETA cancelled or denied. Anyone placing a bet?

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14, 2026 03:57 PM (iFTx/)

28 She is truly "hotter than a Rolex in a pawn shop."

Posted by: T-Lo at January 14, 2026 03:57 PM (gIVSr)

29 The Yookay is an Islamic State.

Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 03:57 PM (iXqHn)

30 That’s OK, Eva. I will be glad to host you anytime.

Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 03:55 PM (77rzZ)

Errrrr

Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 03:57 PM (g078z)

31 This post needs more pics.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2026 03:57 PM (/lPRQ)

32 Queer Starmer has ended free speech in the UK.
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Love it.

Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 03:57 PM (krQz2)

33 If the Iranian government falls, the UK is going to be a far more pro-Islamic country than Iran will be.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 03:57 PM (uWKK8)

34 US citizens travelling to UK also need an ETA, I think. I wonder who will be the first dastardly American to have their ETA cancelled or denied. Anyone placing a bet?

Elon.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 14, 2026 03:58 PM (Riz8t)

35 I posted this yesterday, Ace you should check this out.

There is a recent clip of Konstantin Kisin saying that, basically, it is too late for UK and it will become an islamic state, but he thinks it can somehow become a moderate and tolerant islamic state. Wow. So like, "real islam has never been tried" and 1400 years of attempts were not proof that it can not work

(TBF, he brinks up Uzbekistan, like that applies.)
(I can find clip in asked.)

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 14, 2026 03:58 PM (n2ZBr)

36 She's obviously a nazi... I mean look at the grey uniform.

Posted by: Inogame at January 14, 2026 03:58 PM (53oGX)

37 her presence is "not considered to be conducive to the public good,"
......

I beg to disagree. Just seeing her walk down the street is of great benefit to humanity.

Posted by: wth at January 14, 2026 03:58 PM (UjdFS)

38 UK has been lost for a long time.

Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at January 14, 2026 03:58 PM (qz889)

39 I'm actually fine with the UK saying she can't come. It perfectly illustrates the very obvious point that a country can choose to admit or not admit whomever it wants for whatever reason. I disagree that this woman should have been denied access, but whatever, following the UK's lead, CLOSE OUR BORDERS TO ALL LEFTISTS.

Posted by: DPICM at January 14, 2026 03:58 PM (zweKz)

40 Eva looks nice, England is doomed, she should comd to America

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 03:58 PM (Ia/+0)

41 Box status returned to normal.

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 14, 2026 03:58 PM (Mxf84)

42 US States used to allow it - I am not sure if Kentucky still does, they were the last one still allowing the last time I saw anything about the practice.

Posted by: Black JEM at January 14, 2026 03:59 PM (GZYu7)

43 I shall call her Eve Eyechart

Posted by: steevy at January 14, 2026 03:59 PM (YwEeS)

44 26 Starmer clearly has gone full YOLO. He's destroying the left's viability in the UK for the next 50 years. The only question is how much more damage he'll do before they lose the next election.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 14, 2026 03:57 PM (Riz8t)
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Watch for the left here in the US to do the same thing if they ever regain the levers of power.

We'll be lucky to survive it, just as the Brits will show us over the next couple of years.

Posted by: ballistic at January 14, 2026 03:59 PM (3BwY8)

45 19 We should withdraw all of our troops and nuclear weapons from the UK and end our "Special relationship."

It endured for quite a while and we were happy to help you lot not fall to the Nazis, but selling yourselves out like street hookers to the hordes of Muslim invaders is a crisis of your own making. The United States says "Good luck, have fun."
Posted by: ballistic at January 14, 2026 03:56 PM (3BwY

That's probably what Greenland is for...

Posted by: Inogame at January 14, 2026 03:59 PM (53oGX)

46 Europe is, I have told you, all fascist.

They defeated the Nazis to adopt a gentler version of their politics, which gradually--because they weren't like those Nazis--became like them.

Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 03:59 PM (krQz2)

47 33 If the Iranian government falls, the UK is going to be a far more pro-Islamic country than Iran will be.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 03:57 PM (uWKK

A _Nuclear_ Islamic State.

Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 03:59 PM (iXqHn)

48 US citizens travelling to UK also need an ETA, I think. I wonder who will be the first dastardly American to have their ETA cancelled or denied. Anyone placing a bet?

Elon.
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I'd wager Elon is already very careful about where he travels.

Posted by: Crusader at January 14, 2026 03:59 PM (TN0g+)

49 We should withdraw all of our troops and nuclear weapons from the UK and end our "Special relationship."

It endured for quite a while and we were happy to help you lot not fall to the Nazis, but selling yourselves out like street hookers to the hordes of Muslim invaders is a crisis of your own making. The United States says "Good luck, have fun."
Posted by: ballistic at January 14, 2026 03:56 PM (3BwY

I agree. Besides everything else, threatening to arrest American citizens for posting speech they don't like should have been met with harsh consequences.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 03:59 PM (KDPiq)

50 AfterTrump ought to make the UK a colony of ours.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 14, 2026 03:59 PM (ULPxl)

51 In before That Guy Who Always Says Actually She's a Walmart 5 Because Her Neck Has a Patch on It That Looks Like It Could Have Once Been Dry Skin

Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 04:00 PM (g078z)

52 26 Starmer clearly has gone full YOLO. He's destroying the left's viability in the UK for the next 50 years. The only question is how much more damage he'll do before they lose the next election.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 14, 2026 03:57 PM (Riz8t)

under his Energy Secretary Ed Millband, they are betting all of the UK's economic future on Net Zero.

there's not going to be any economy left by the time they have the next election.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 04:00 PM (uWKK8)

53
The NHS admits that first-cousin marriage is terrible for health, but should be praised because it is good for "extended family support and economic advantages."

_________

Whew!

Posted by: Victoria and Albert at January 14, 2026 04:00 PM (tgvbd)

54 Rule Britannia
Britannia use to rule the waves
Now they will be
Islamic slaves

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 04:00 PM (Ia/+0)

55 I would let her come.

Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 04:00 PM (g078z)

56 >>> 27 US citizens travelling to UK also need an ETA, I think. I wonder who will be the first dastardly American to have their ETA cancelled or denied. Anyone placing a bet?
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14, 2026 03:57 PM (iFTx/)

CBD?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 14, 2026 04:01 PM (ULPxl)

57 So what I think is that the UK intelligentsia have accepted their islamic fate.

I guess they are hoping the alligator eats them last.

This is like the US courts (Standing to laches to moot) (*)
Islamification always goes from not-your-problem, to benign, to "too late."

(*) this is play on Tinker to Evers to Chance for those who know.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 14, 2026 04:01 PM (n2ZBr)

58 She is gorgeous.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 14, 2026 04:01 PM (sAmhv)

59 As someone posted, Tehran will be safer for Jews by this time next year than London, Paris or New York City.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 14, 2026 04:02 PM (HXT0k)

60 "Your presence in the UK is not considered to be conductive to the public good."
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Right back at you, Queer.

Queer Stormfront.

Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 04:02 PM (krQz2)

61 >>> 47 33 If the Iranian government falls, the UK is going to be a far more pro-Islamic country than Iran will be.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 03:57 PM (uWKK

A _Nuclear_ Islamic State.
Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 03:59 PM (iXqHn)

Yay!

Posted by: Pakistan at January 14, 2026 04:02 PM (ULPxl)

62 My kid in London is part of the problem. He sees no issues at all with the invading horde as he and his family are largely insulated from the dangers (private security detail).

Loves Robert Francis O'Rourke (Beto) and suffers greatly from TDS. Like O'Rourke and all the other privileged left, he travels the world, but yet is willfully blind to things around him. Still votes he though - if it was up to me . . . . .

Posted by: Tonypete at January 14, 2026 04:02 PM (cYBz/)

63 Cousin marriage wasn't really a thing with the lower classes. It was big with the upper classes because they were adamant about keeping wealth within the family.

When idiocy became prevalent, they had to let it go.

Posted by: no one at January 14, 2026 04:02 PM (qFwJc)

64 Posted by: ballistic at January 14, 2026 03:59 PM (3BwY8

We have a couple of safeguards that Britain doesn't have so it will take a black swan event to have that happen here.

Covid was close to a black swan event .

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 04:02 PM (KDPiq)

65 I think this would have a deleterious effect on the canonical English breakfast, what with the bacon and pork snausages, and pork and beans and all.

Fried bread can be halal, i think.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 14, 2026 04:02 PM (X919G)

66 1984 a how to guide.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 04:03 PM (A32KF)

67 Starmer clearly has gone full YOLO. He's destroying the left's viability in the UK for the next 50 years. The only question is how much more damage he'll do before they lose the next election.
Posted by: Archimedes

A good question is when or will there be a next election. Labour has successfully postponed/rescheduled 63 local council elections . They are now pushed to 27 or 28. Most of those council districts are currently held by Labour. They were poised to get shellaced in most of them.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 14, 2026 04:03 PM (vzcgi)

68 Everything Turns Gray is a great song by Agent Orange.
Posted by: J. Frank Parnell

Yes it is.
https://tinyurl.com/43a258ka

Posted by: Stu Podaso at January 14, 2026 04:03 PM (0u5+H)

69 The UK is truly done and finished. It's a sad state of affairs but it's self inflicted.

Posted by: turambar at January 14, 2026 04:03 PM (Q0yOR)

70 It was so scandalous in England when Jerry Lee Lewis took his cousin/wife there that he had to cancel his British tour after just a few shows.

Posted by: Mark1971 at January 14, 2026 04:03 PM (CNl8/)

71
Eva Vlaardingerbroek; Of course he banned her, she's a feminine woman, the thing (and he does think she's a thing) he fears most in this life.

The curse of England to get a man's testosterone up.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 04:03 PM (y79kU)

72 Also, Eva Vladingerwhatever is teh hawt.

Posted by: ballistic at January 14, 2026 04:03 PM (3BwY8)

73 Starmer clearly has gone full YOLO. He's destroying the left's viability in the UK for the next 50 years. The only question is how much more damage he'll do before they lose the next election.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 14, 2026 03:57 PM (Riz8t)

I believe that Parliament is about to pass laws making it a crime to be a member of any political party other than Labour, rename the post of Prime Minister to "General Secretary of the Central Committee", make the UK a colony of the EU, and agree to allow any 3rd world person to freely rape British women - without consequence.

Oh, and they'll execute you for mentioning it. Glad they're our allies.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 14, 2026 04:03 PM (ExV1e)

74 Scalding hot indeed!

The UK is fucked.

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 14, 2026 04:04 PM (aZm/F)

75 I take it Starmers election isn't until he destroys the country a bit more

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 04:04 PM (Ia/+0)

76 The NHS admits that first-cousin marriage is terrible for health, but should be praised because it is good for "extended family support and economic advantages."

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Well, those rape gangs need new recruits!

Young British girls of European descent aren't going to rape themselves.

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

77 Special Relationship

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 14, 2026 04:04 PM (pkeXY)

78 I'd bang that.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 14, 2026 04:04 PM (pLaQB)

79 This is the only site on the Net where all the men know how to spell Eva Vlaardingerbroek without looking it up.

Posted by: Except Ace at January 14, 2026 04:04 PM (oftw2)

80 Okay, The Blade will be the first one to ask: is this real?

That screenshot she posted does not look like something a government agency would send. It nicely (and gratuitously) explains that there is no appeal and includes a reason for denial that's oddly worded. This does not look like any notification I ever got from any government. It looks like something created for media consumption.

This could well be true. But The Blade is putting the 48 Hour Rule into effect.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14, 2026 04:04 PM (iFTx/)

81 Starmer will come.

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

82 The NHS went on to state that although female circumcision is terrible for health, and stoning adulterers and executing homosexuals is a bit excessive, they should be praised because they are good for "extended family support and have economic advantages."

Posted by: BBC Tomorrow at January 14, 2026 04:05 PM (jGJov)

83 11 Starmer, and that feckless degenerate King.

As someone who spent a long time stationed in the UK, I cannot believe we still maintain our bases, let alone our nukes there.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie

I spent a few years at RAF Croughton. Its a rather important site, military wise.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 14, 2026 04:05 PM (sAmhv)

84 >>> 62 My kid in London is part of the problem. He sees no issues at all with the invading horde as he and his family are largely insulated from the dangers (private security detail).

Loves Robert Francis O'Rourke (Beto) and suffers greatly from TDS. Like O'Rourke and all the other privileged left, he travels the world, but yet is willfully blind to things around him. Still votes he though - if it was up to me . . . . .
Posted by: Tonypete at January 14, 2026 04:02 PM (cYBz/)

If your permanent residence is outside of the US you have no business voting.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 14, 2026 04:05 PM (ULPxl)

85 Scalding hot indeed!

The UK is fucked.
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 14, 2026 04:04 PM (aZm/F)
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What? Proper fucked?

Posted by: Tommy at January 14, 2026 04:05 PM (krQz2)

86 We have a couple of safeguards that Britain doesn't have so it will take a black swan event to have that happen here.

Covid was close to a black swan event .
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 04:02 PM (KDPiq)
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Those safeguards will mean precisely Fuck and All when the left runs roughshod over them and the judiciary says "Oh well!"

You have far more faith in our crumbling institutions than I.

Posted by: ballistic at January 14, 2026 04:05 PM (3BwY8)

87 US citizens travelling to UK also need an ETA, I think. I wonder who will be the first dastardly American to have their ETA cancelled or denied. Anyone placing a bet?
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14, 2026 03:57 PM (iFTx/)

CBD?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 14, 2026 04:01 PM (ULPxl)
_________

Well, if the Frogs are OK with him ....

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14, 2026 04:05 PM (iFTx/)

88 Fried bread can be halal, i think.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes,
---------

I like toast with butter and honey.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 04:06 PM (y79kU)

89 We thought time had revealed Idiocracy to be a documentary but actually it was a fantasy.

Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 04:06 PM (g078z)

90 UK banned Michael Savage many years ago.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 14, 2026 04:06 PM (pkeXY)

91 Typo in the headline. How could anyone misspell Vlaardingerbroek?

Wiki says she's Dutch. Came to prominence standing up for the Dutch farmers. You may recall that the Dutch government wanted to halve the cattle population in the Netherlands to reduce their awful influence on global warming.

Posted by: No Name Today at January 14, 2026 04:06 PM (8mulE)

92 We have a couple of safeguards that Britain doesn't have so it will take a black swan event to have that happen here.

Covid was close to a black swan event .
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 04:02 PM (KDPiq)

As long as we have a 2nd Amendment, we'll have a 1st Amendment.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 04:06 PM (uWKK8)

93 66 1984 a how to guide.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 04:03 PM (A32KF)

Anthony Burgess wrote a sequel, entitled 1985, where he imagines a Britain co-ruled by Islam and Trade Unions.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 14, 2026 04:06 PM (X919G)

94 Starmer is a cigarette.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 04:07 PM (A32KF)

95 You guys are such sexest pigs. I am ashamed.

Check out Catalina Lauf who is running to replace Byron Donalds who is running for Florida governor.

Great googly moogly.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 04:07 PM (viF8m)

96 Fried bread can be halal, i think.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes,
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Halal is all about strangling a steer to death.

It's not just a Muslim version of kosher.

Bacon is haram, and that's it.

Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 04:07 PM (krQz2)

97 Eva looks good from behind, too.

Posted by: Checked All The Angles at January 14, 2026 04:08 PM (oftw2)

98 I love how well she speaks English, with virtually no accent.

Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 04:08 PM (77rzZ)

99 Do we still consider Less Britain an ally?

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 14, 2026 04:08 PM (jc0TO)

100 Was she going for the dental care or the food?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 04:08 PM (A32KF)

101 I know I could look it up, but it is the start of my few productive hours of a cold winter day.

What is the process to have the PM stand down and go away? Why is everyone there afraid of this weenie?

He always looks like a scared bunny before the fox has him for lunch...then pukes due to some illness of the bunny.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 14, 2026 04:09 PM (WONhk)

102 Anytime a person or group or country wants to ban something simply because they disagree with what that something is saying you know that that person or group or country is an asshole.

Posted by: I Ban You at January 14, 2026 04:09 PM (GlDYx)

103 Until the ethnic British people (yeah, I said that) rise up and push back HARD against Starmer and the rest of his ilk, England will be lost.

Really sounds like they need another civil war.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at January 14, 2026 04:09 PM (WsJuq)

104 Anybody seen Oliver Cromwell?

Posted by: King Charles I at January 14, 2026 04:10 PM (+ffGB)

105 It's 12:40 AM in Tehran.

Yoo Hoo, Ayatollah.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 04:10 PM (y79kU)

106 62 My kid in London is part of the problem. He sees no issues at all with the invading horde as he and his family are largely insulated from the dangers (private security detail).

Posted by: Tonypete at January 14, 2026 04:02 PM (cYBz/)

******

Plutocrat blues...

A man rises to the top through sheer will, guts, and toughness.

And then has to worry about his kid going soft because of his father's ability to give him a good life.

Posted by: EFG at January 14, 2026 04:10 PM (kIrFD)

107 On the other hand, if Eva V. were my first cousin...

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at January 14, 2026 04:10 PM (NYInA)

108 I'll bet all of you guys/gals have had relations with your first cousins.

Posted by: Kissin' Cousins (1964) at January 14, 2026 04:10 PM (oftw2)

109 Starmer shouldn’t lose his head over this. So to speak.

Posted by: King Charles I at January 14, 2026 04:10 PM (+ffGB)

110 Anytime a person or group or country wants to ban something simply because they disagree with what that something is saying you know that that person or group or country is an asshole.

Posted by: I Ban You at January 14, 2026 04:09 PM (GlDYx)
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AoSHQ handbook prefers "asshoe".

Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 04:10 PM (krQz2)

111 Eva looks good from behind, too.
Posted by: Checked All The Angles at January 14, 2026 04:08 PM (oftw2)
_____

[Perks up]

-- Sir Mix-A-Lot

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14, 2026 04:11 PM (iFTx/)

112 Journalist and political commentator Eva Vlaardingerbroek says the UK government has revoked her authorization to travel to Britain, citing that her presence is "not considered to be conducive to the public good,"
___________________________

Seems to me Eva has a golden opportunity here. The UK Government states unequivocally that "her presence is not considered conductive to the public good."

That could, conceivably, be defamatory/ slander. And the burden in the UK on Defamation is not as high a hurdle as it is in the US. The burden first falls to the party who claims to be wronged. She merely has to show the statement to be defamatory, then show damages. As she would likely have been working on her trip to the UK, damages are easy. And, "not conductive for the public good" is a subjective assessment easily countered. Then the burden falls to the accused. The UK Government would have to defend their statement and the only way to do that is to admit it is censorship of ideas with which they don't agree.

She should sue, out of principle.

Posted by: Orson at January 14, 2026 04:11 PM (dIske)

113 there's not going to be any economy left by the time they have the next election.

And the foreigners will plunder anything that remains. It will worse than Venezuela got because VZ at least has resources.

UK's primary resource was international banking and commerce.

They killed the oil industry, there is only so much demand for limestone and chalk, and as we have seen in South Africa, the newcomers know nothing, nor have the desire to continue industrial scale agriculture.

UK will be a poverty island

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 14, 2026 04:11 PM (/TiS1)

114 Any guesses as to what Eva's family name means?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2026 04:11 PM (/lPRQ)

115 Despite the obvious health issues associated with the practice, the National Health Service, as a sign of support for the Muslim community, published a report on the benefits of first-cousin marriages. I kid you not.

Jerry Lee Lewis has entered the chat (and his cousin).

Posted by: Joe Mama at January 14, 2026 04:11 PM (TezPK)

116 It's hard to believe a majority voted for Starmer. He's a lunatic.

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 14, 2026 04:11 PM (aZm/F)

117 Do you realize about 75% of the postings in this thread would rate a visit from the Bobbie’s? The ones about boobs will probably get a call from Starmer.

Posted by: King Charles I at January 14, 2026 04:11 PM (+ffGB)

118 After midnight we gonna let it all hang out.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 04:11 PM (A32KF)

119 Unfortunately Eva is married.

Definitely not to her cousin.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 14, 2026 04:11 PM (6ydKt)

120 Inbred waterheads

Posted by: Commissar of plenty of inbreeding at January 14, 2026 04:12 PM (Kt19C)

121 How do you say Airstrip One in Arabic?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 14, 2026 04:12 PM (X919G)

122 Anytime a person or group or country wants to ban something simply because they disagree with what that something is saying you know that that person or group or country is an asshole.
Posted by: I Ban You at January 14, 2026 04:09 PM

That 'simply' is carrying a lot of baggage.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 14, 2026 04:12 PM (jc0TO)

123 What is the process to have the PM stand down and go away? Why is everyone there afraid of this weenie?

He always looks like a scared bunny before the fox has him for lunch...then pukes due to some illness of the bunny.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 14, 2026 04:09 PM (WONhk)

There is only one. King Chucky the Third has got to ask him to vacate the office and hold new elections.

and now you know why England is so screwed.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 04:12 PM (uWKK8)

124 Google AI:

Vlaardingerbroek is a Dutch surname meaning "from the marsh/wetland near Vlaardingen"

Posted by: Mark1971 at January 14, 2026 04:12 PM (CNl8/)

125 guesses as to what Eva's family name means?

Tits.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty of inbreeding at January 14, 2026 04:13 PM (Kt19C)

126 Do you realize about 75% of the postings in this thread would rate a visit from the Bobbie’s? The ones about boobs will probably get a call from Starmer.

Posted by: King Charles I at January 14, 2026 04:11 PM (+ffGB)
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Good thing that with the Democrats out of power, we like in a free country.

It kinda outlines the point of doing so.

Fuck Starmer and fuck the fascist UK.

Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 04:13 PM (krQz2)

127 Loves Robert Francis O'Rourke (Beto) and suffers greatly from TDS. Like O'Rourke and all the other privileged left, he travels the world, but yet is willfully blind to things around him. Still votes he though - if it was up to me . . . . .
Posted by: Tonypete
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For a lot of the upper class, the voting is purely a matter of social status not any concentrated logic.

Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 04:13 PM (WDjG6)

128 Although in the UK's case, Agent Orange's 'The Last Goodbye' may be more appropriate.

https://tinyurl.com/pwnad898

Posted by: Stu Podaso at January 14, 2026 04:13 PM (0u5+H)

129 Check out Catalina Lauf

yes, you have my vote, even though I'm in Illinois.
https://tinyurl.com/p54kwfv2

Posted by: illiniwek at January 14, 2026 04:13 PM (vbXSk)

130 Pay your TV tax slaves.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 04:14 PM (A32KF)

131 Covid was close to a black swan event .
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 04:02 PM (KDPiq)

As long as we have a 2nd Amendment, we'll have a 1st Amendment.
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If Elon hadn't bought Twitter, would we have the 1st Amendment rights we enjoy at the moment? Because if Elon hadn't bought Twitter, we wouldn't have 47.

Posted by: Crusader at January 14, 2026 04:14 PM (TN0g+)

132 Ace,

Use this picture you piker.

https://tinyurl.com/mr36ctac

Posted by: King Charles I at January 14, 2026 04:14 PM (+ffGB)

133 n the other hand, if Eva V. were my first cousin...
Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer

Actually, you might not.

Mostly because she'd also look a lot like your Mom, your sister, and other cousins.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2026 04:14 PM (/lPRQ)

134 Do you realize about 75% of the postings in this thread would rate a visit from the Bobbie’s?

75% of the postings in ANY thread would rate a visit.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 14, 2026 04:14 PM (ExV1e)

135 The UK government has just BANNED Eva Vlaardingerbroek from entering Britain
......

it's those blue eyes and nice teeth

Posted by: wth at January 14, 2026 04:15 PM (UjdFS)

136 If Elon hadn't bought Twitter, would we have the 1st Amendment rights we enjoy at the moment? Because if Elon hadn't bought Twitter, we wouldn't have 47.

Posted by: Crusader at January 14, 2026 04:14 PM (TN0g+)
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Indeed we might have Janky advising us what we can and can't say on line--or Janky II.

Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 04:15 PM (krQz2)

137 So if she threw a sword at someone....

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 04:15 PM (A32KF)

138 Any guesses as to what Eva's family name means?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2026 04:11 PM (/lPRQ)

Ancient Mounds of Magnificence?

Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 04:15 PM (g078z)

139 > 31 This post needs more pics.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2026 03:57 PM (/lPRQ)

You ask.

I provide.

https://tinyurl.com/ehtmkv8w

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 14, 2026 04:15 PM (IG3/x)

140 My first cousin was a smokeshow back in the day. Alien body with boobs (natural) that Sydney Sweeney would envy. Don't ask me if I ever considered it.

Sadly, as soon as she grew out of her teens she got into some really bad habits, put on 100 pounds, and that was that.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14, 2026 04:16 PM (iFTx/)

141 In fairness, the clog wearing tulip merchants should be banned as a general principle.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 14, 2026 04:16 PM (jc0TO)

142 I would tell Eva and Catalina about the waters of my homeworld - totally stolen from another Moron

Posted by: turambar at January 14, 2026 04:16 PM (Q0yOR)

143 Typo in the headline. How could anyone misspell Vlaardingerbroek?

Unless I’m copying and pasting, she’s just “Eva V.” And often even if I am copying and pasting, because that’s a name I don’t trust other people to get right. Except maybe her. And only maybe. I’ve known people have trouble spelling their own name who have simpler names than that.

FYI, no guarantees, but she has been in the past a guest on the Mark Steyn Cruise. No Kristols allowed.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 14, 2026 04:16 PM (EXyHK)

144 What’s even worse with this culture we are defending is 1st cousins marry, and they have offspring who are seemingly okay, but they marry first cousins, who then marry first cousins, and then the Hapsburgs look normal.

Posted by: Piper at January 14, 2026 04:16 PM (Wmg4n)

145 75%???

More like 95%.

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 14, 2026 04:16 PM (aZm/F)

146 >> Any guesses as to what Eva's family name means?

Loosely translated it means a well rounded behind, and firm boobs.

Posted by: King Charles I at January 14, 2026 04:17 PM (+ffGB)

147 Vlaardingerbroek is a Dutch surname meaning "from the marsh/wetland near Vlaardingen"
Posted by: Mark1971

So hot or not?
Depends on what Vlaardingen means? Probably "town near the wetlands".

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2026 04:17 PM (/lPRQ)

148 116 It's hard to believe a majority voted for Starmer. He's a lunatic.

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 14, 2026 04:11 PM (aZm/F)

They didn't. In the last election, only 33.7% of the votes went for Labour, which was only about 20% of total voters.

Because the Tories, and Reform, and the Lib Dems split all the rest, Labour took 63% of the seats in Parliament, and can run the country like a dictatorship.

and now you know why England's Parliamentary system sucks balls.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 04:17 PM (uWKK8)

149 75%???

More like 95%.
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 14, 2026 04:16 PM (aZm/F)
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It would be as if every day was post on old thread day.

Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 04:17 PM (krQz2)

150 Any guesses as to what Eva's family name means?

Ass To Mouth?

Posted by: Pete Bootedgeedge, Sodomite at January 14, 2026 04:17 PM (GlDYx)

151
63 Cousin marriage wasn't really a thing with the lower classes. It was big with the upper classes because they were adamant about keeping wealth within the family.

When idiocy became prevalent, they had to let it go.

Posted by: no one at January 14, 2026 04:02 PM (qFwJc)

This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: Charles II of Spain and his big big jaw at January 14, 2026 04:17 PM (wLjpr)

152 > 28 She is truly "hotter than a Rolex in a pawn shop."
Posted by: T-Lo at January 14, 2026 03:57 PM (gIVSr)

Hotter than a set of jumper cables at a hillbilly funeral.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 14, 2026 04:17 PM (IG3/x)

153 Vlaardingerbroek is a Dutch surname meaning "from the marsh/wetland near Vlaardingen"
Posted by: Mark1971

So hot or not?
Depends on what Vlaardingen means? Probably "town near the wetlands".
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2026 04:17 PM

Moist.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 14, 2026 04:17 PM (jc0TO)

154 yes, you have my vote, even though I'm in Illinois.
https://tinyurl.com/p54kwfv2
Posted by: illiniwek

Catalina was born in Illinois.

Posted by: Big Fan Now at January 14, 2026 04:17 PM (oftw2)

155 Loosely translated it means a well rounded behind, and firm boobs.
Posted by: King Charles I

I’m pretty sure King Charles wouldn’t notice those attributes if they…

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 14, 2026 04:18 PM (EXyHK)

156 It's hard to believe a majority voted for Starmer. He's a lunatic.
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Fascism isn't unpopular.

Look at Madmani.

Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 04:18 PM (krQz2)

157
If Elon hadn't bought Twitter, would we have the 1st Amendment rights we enjoy at the moment? Because if Elon hadn't bought Twitter, we wouldn't have 47.
Posted by: Crusader at January 14, 2026 04:14

This, 1000 times this.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 14, 2026 04:18 PM (e2+im)

158 >>> 117 Do you realize about 75% of the postings in this thread would rate a visit from the Bobbie’s? The ones about boobs will probably get a call from Starmer.
Posted by: King Charles I at January 14, 2026 04:11 PM (+ffGB)

More like 95%, and I dare those fags to come over here.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 14, 2026 04:18 PM (ULPxl)

159 140 My first cousin was a smokeshow back in the day. Alien body with boobs (natural) that Sydney Sweeney would envy. Don't ask me if I ever considered it.

Sadly, as soon as she grew out of her teens she got into some really bad habits, put on 100 pounds, and that was that.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14

As I have shared with my offspring, just because you think it does not mean you have to say it. 😂

Posted by: Piper at January 14, 2026 04:18 PM (Wmg4n)

160 When your family tree doesn't have any branches.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 14, 2026 04:18 PM (0KSrI)

161 I saw a youtube in September, shortly after Kirk was killed, of the Tommy Robinson gathering in London. It was powerful, millions came (some with flags of Kirk for free speech). Katie Hopkins, Tommy, and this beautiful woman, Eva. Powerful and moving day in London.

Mincing milksop Starmer should be afraid of her, and by this order he is afraid of what she has to say. The British people should not be afraid of the Starmer.

Eva is gorgeous and a natural beauty with brains. Keep fighting, Eva!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 14, 2026 04:18 PM (WONhk)

162 I'm old enough to remember the UK banning Michael Savage from entering back around 2009.

Because "hate speech" (AKA telling me truth).

It was obvious even then that they were committing national suicide.

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 14, 2026 04:19 PM (EeAvm)

163 This, 1000 times this.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 14, 2026 04:18 PM (e2+im)

Twitter was great for us, but Trump elected Trump. He beat the hell out of Kamala like he did Hillary and Sleepy.

Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 04:19 PM (g078z)

164 Can Eva Vlaadingerbroek get any more appealing? I didn't think it was possible, but yes. Her middle name is Lotte.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 14, 2026 04:19 PM (Dv3i1)

165 Oh, correct, I forgot about the Reform party. Isn't that little guy, Farage, the head of it??

Or am I all screwed up?

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 14, 2026 04:19 PM (aZm/F)

166 As long as we have a 2nd Amendment, we'll have a 1st Amendment.
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If Elon hadn't bought Twitter, would we have the 1st Amendment rights we enjoy at the moment? Because if Elon hadn't bought Twitter, we wouldn't have 47.
Posted by: Crusader
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I believe it was Justice Stevens who put forth his expert opinion that the way to eliminate the 2nd was to eliminate the 1st first. This was said outside of court.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2026 04:19 PM (/lPRQ)

167 Wow, when comapring Eva to the Devil incarnate, side by side, I know what choice a normal human would make.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 04:20 PM (tmn4j)

168 My first cousin was a smokeshow back in the day. Alien body with boobs (natural) that Sydney Sweeney would envy. Don't ask me if I ever considered it.

Sadly, as soon as she grew out of her teens she got into some really bad habits, put on 100 pounds, and that was that.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14

As I have shared with my offspring, just because you think it does not mean you have to say it. 😂
Posted by: Piper at January 14, 2026 04:18 PM (Wmg4n)
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Well, I did say "don't ask" ...

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14, 2026 04:20 PM (iFTx/)

169 As long as we have a 2nd Amendment, we'll have a 1st Amendment.
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Eric Swalwell informs me that they have nukes and fighter planes.

Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 04:20 PM (krQz2)

170 EEE-VA!

Posted by: WALL-E at January 14, 2026 04:20 PM (TbWk/)

171 124 Google AI:

Vlaardingerbroek is a Dutch surname meaning "from the marsh/wetland near Vlaardingen"
Posted by: Mark1971 at January 14, 2026 04:12 PM (CNl8/)

And then we built another castle... and it sank into the swamp....

There is a Yuge tracks of land punchline in their somewhere...

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 14, 2026 04:21 PM (mP0Kj)

172 CBD?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 14, 2026 04:01 PM (ULPxl)

Thus the nom de plume!

I'm going in 10 days, because it is still a great place to visit, but I doubt it will be for very much longer.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 14, 2026 04:21 PM (n9ltV)

173 The UK is really Effed up. Really, really Effed up.
What the hell has happened to them?
Beautiful blondes with opinions, nope.
Islamist rape gangs taking advantage of local women without penalty?
Shaking my head.
It gets worse by the day. Is it time for the US to cut ties with our oldest ally? We did it before, you remember.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at January 14, 2026 04:21 PM (4nEGa)

174 165 Oh, correct, I forgot about the Reform party. Isn't that little guy, Farage, the head of it??

Or am I all screwed up?
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 14, 2026 04:19 PM (aZm/F)

He's still the head of it. There's a lot not to like about him, but he's still 1000% better than anyone else in English Politics today.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 04:22 PM (uWKK8)

175 I believe it was Justice Stevens who put forth his expert opinion that the way to eliminate the 2nd was to eliminate the 1st first. This was said outside of court.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2026 04:19 PM (/lPRQ)
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Which he should have been arrested for to make a point.

Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 04:22 PM (krQz2)

176 Sargon of Akkad for UK PM.

Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 04:22 PM (iXqHn)

177 Vlaardingerbroek shared an image of a notice from the UK government stating that her Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) had been cancelled effective January 13, 2026. The notice states that she may not travel to the UK without a visa and that the decision cannot be appealed.

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This is where she went wrong, lodging a formal application when all she had to do is get on a boat and sail in like all the illegals. Had she done that the Brits woukd have given her money and put her up in a four star hotel free of charge.

Posted by: Decaf at January 14, 2026 04:22 PM (Z8jzG)

178 Jack Straw, if you are still here, you might enjoy a concert that was live on Youtube last night celebrating the life of Bobby Weir. At the Brooklyn Bowl. More than 3 1/2 hours of music well done with many guests. I thought it was very good.

Posted by: Bushwick's Dead And Friends at January 14, 2026 04:22 PM (oftw2)

179 172 I'm going in 10 days, because it is still a great place to visit, but I doubt it will be for very much longer.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 14, 2026 04:21 PM

Sounds like I should plan a trip or two before it goes up in flames.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at January 14, 2026 04:23 PM (WsJuq)

180 85 Scalding hot indeed!

The UK is fucked.
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 14, 2026 04:04 PM (aZm/F)
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What? Proper fucked?
Posted by: Tommy at January 14, 2026 04:05 PM (krQz2)

Yeah Tommy. Right before zee Muzlims take over.

Posted by: Turkish at January 14, 2026 04:23 PM (TbWk/)

181 > 116 It's hard to believe a majority voted for Starmer. He's a lunatic.

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 14, 2026 04:11 PM (aZm/F)

Doesn't work that way in a parliamentary system.

Literally no Briton voted for this knob, other than the ones in his own heavily gerrymandered seat.

What happens is you vote for "your" Member of Parliament (i.e., whichever one the party hacks have decided to run for your district). Then all of these party hack-chosen hacks get together and decide which party hack is Prime Minister.

The voters get zero say in this.

Not only that, but most parties in these systems require that you pay money to belong to them.

But somehow our system is "undemocratic".

You bet, snaggletooths.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 14, 2026 04:23 PM (IG3/x)

182 I'm going in 10 days, because it is still a great place to visit, but I doubt it will be for very much longer.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 14, 2026 04:21 PM (n9ltV)

Have you been before? Don't miss Westminster Abbey. I fear it will someday go the way of Notre Dame and you cannot build back that history.

The smaller villages of Cotswalds and Roman Baths of Bath. Take a train to Edinburgh and the Highlands distilleries.

Have fun!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 14, 2026 04:24 PM (WONhk)

183 If the UK perused my comments here, I would NOT be receiving an ETA

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 14, 2026 04:24 PM (aZm/F)

184 Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you're allowed to say! -- Modern John F. Kennedy

Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 04:24 PM (krQz2)

185 I'd like to vlaardingen near her marshland.

I don't know what that means.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 14, 2026 04:24 PM (Dv3i1)

186 Why is there a jug of milk at the press conference?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 04:24 PM (A32KF)

187 Doesn't work that way in a parliamentary system.

Literally no Briton voted for this knob, other than the ones in his own heavily gerrymandered seat.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 14, 2026 04:23 PM (IG3/x)
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Yeah, it's basically the Electoral College system!

Which progs "hate".

Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 04:25 PM (krQz2)

188 I always wanted to go to Hay-on-Wye, the Book Town....

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 14, 2026 04:25 PM (X919G)

189 Have you been before?

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 14, 2026 04:24 PM (WONhk)

Heh...about 20 times.

Now I go for the cask ales and discovering new museums.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 14, 2026 04:25 PM (n9ltV)

190 Her name means watery tart.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 14, 2026 04:26 PM (pkeXY)

191 The UK is fucked.

Tradesman's entrance.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty of inbreeding at January 14, 2026 04:26 PM (Kt19C)

192 Why is there a jug of milk at the press conference?
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 04:24 PM (A32KF)
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Trump just signed a MAHA bill to give kids access to whole milk.

Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 04:26 PM (krQz2)

193 The Dutch are cool and all, but they have some seriously jacked-up orthography.

Nearly as bad as Finnish or Irish Gaelic.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 14, 2026 04:26 PM (IG3/x)

194 This UK nonsense it what has given us Based Amelia, the 2026 waifu of the year.
https://tinyurl.com/4mwhvbse

If you haven't seen the UK Government propaganda game that created her: https://tinyurl.com/3z2cwjej

Posted by: Moron Analyst at January 14, 2026 04:27 PM (JCZqz)

195 Had she done that the Brits woukd have given her money and put her up in a four star hotel free of charge.

More likely would have trafficked her to a foreigner pimp.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 14, 2026 04:27 PM (PVBkQ)

196 And then we built another castle... and it sank into the swamp....

There is a Yuge tracks of land punchline in their somewhere...
Posted by: Romeo13

It's all in the caissons....

Posted by: Karen Bass at January 14, 2026 04:27 PM (oftw2)

197 >> Why is there a jug of milk at the press conference?

Wait- jugs? Are we still talking about Eva?

Posted by: King Charles I at January 14, 2026 04:27 PM (+ffGB)

198 I fear it will someday go the way of Notre Dame and you cannot build back that history.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 14, 2026 04:24 PM (WONhk)

By the way, the frogs did an absolutely spectacular job of rebuilding Notre Dame, and they should be proud as a nation (not government...they did nothing).

It is gorgeous, and better than ever.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 14, 2026 04:27 PM (n9ltV)

199 I say, encourage first-cousin marriage in the Somali population, until they cease to be effective as a subset of human beings.

Posted by: Don Black at January 14, 2026 04:27 PM (ZxPkt)

200 His first stop is didsbury mosque❗️

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After Sadiq Khan is installed as the new King, he'll rename the Church of England to the Caliphate of Western Europe.

He might even make the Islamunist Mamdani one of his Harem of Queens (pun intended).

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 14, 2026 04:28 PM (EeAvm)

201 All we got was 2%.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 04:28 PM (A32KF)

202 So, I guess “broke” is cognate with English “brook.”

Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 04:28 PM (77rzZ)

203 Always the "public good," the "public safety." The alibi of tyrants over the ages. (credit to Camus.)

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 14, 2026 04:28 PM (h/ffs)

204 173 The UK is really Effed up. Really, really Effed up.
What the hell has happened to them?
Beautiful blondes with opinions, nope.
Islamist rape gangs taking advantage of local women without penalty?
Shaking my head.
It gets worse by the day. Is it time for the US to cut ties with our oldest ally? We did it before, you remember.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at January 14, 2026 04:21 PM (4nEGa)

++++

It is both absurd and extremely disheartening. I guess they are just hell-bent on the One World Government scenario and are doing their part to make that happen, pronto.

Posted by: washrivergal at January 14, 2026 04:29 PM (2dlNj)

205 I say, encourage first-cousin marriage in the Somali population, until they cease to be effective as a subset of human beings.

Posted by: Don Black at January 14, 2026 04:27 PM (ZxPkt)

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Too late, Don!

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 14, 2026 04:29 PM (EeAvm)

206 There is a country that:
- arrests over 12k of its people a year for what they say
- makes it illegal to own an unregistered TV or radio
- wants to ban X and all other social media platforms
- wants to ban any encrypted communication app
- has banned all handguns, most rifles and shotguns, also has a knife ban
- has admitted government officials are running rape gangs against the people; no arrests

If you didn't already know that was England, you'd guess it was a totalitarian state like North Korea.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 14, 2026 04:29 PM (HXT0k)

207 Always the "public good," the "public safety." The alibi of tyrants over the ages. (credit to Camus.)

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 14, 2026 04:28 PM (h/ffs)
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Remember what the Jacobin government was called?

Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 04:29 PM (krQz2)

208 Reading this article has made me hanker for a giant Bacon, Lettuce, and Tomato sandwich.
With extra bacon.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at January 14, 2026 04:30 PM (4nEGa)

209 Reuters just now.

"According to Reuters, US military action in Iran may begin within the next 24 hours.

US personnel have been advised to leave the US military’s Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar by Wednesday night.

Al Udeid Air base is the Middle East’s largest US military base, housing around 10,000 troops."

Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 04:30 PM (WDjG6)

210 >
Wait- jugs? Are we still talking about Eva?
Posted by: King Charles I at January 14, 2026 04:27 PM (+ffGB)

Picture of her holding...yes, milk jugs. You ask, I find.

https://tinyurl.com/5n8dephk

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 14, 2026 04:30 PM (IG3/x)

211 "We had to destroy free speech to protect free speech." - Herr OberstSturmFuhrer Keir Starmer.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2026 04:30 PM (Nnyqs)

212 Speaking of Starmer and the UK:

Paul Joseph Watson: This is Simply Terrifying

YouTube (05:35): https://bit.ly/49TTAg2

Under the terms of the Online Safety Act, the government will now be able to access every single private message sent on smartphones. And then use that to initiate criminal proceedings against you.

UK government says that it will only be used against terrorist threats. But the UK government considers anyone who is against mass immigration and British replacement to be a potential terrorist.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 14, 2026 04:31 PM (P5BPp)

213 If you didn't already know that was England, you'd guess it was a totalitarian state like North Korea.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 14, 2026 04:29 PM (HXT0k)

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It might be a little confusing when both England and New York City rename themselves New North Korea.

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 14, 2026 04:31 PM (EeAvm)

214 204 It is both absurd and extremely disheartening. I guess they are just hell-bent on the One World Government scenario and are doing their part to make that happen, pronto.
Posted by: washrivergal at January 14, 2026 04:29 PM (2dlNj)

Islam and Shari'ah Law are most likely the quickest way to One World Government.

Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 04:32 PM (iXqHn)

215 There is a country that:
- arrests over 12k of its people a year for what they say
- makes it illegal to own an unregistered TV or radio
- wants to ban X and all other social media platforms
- wants to ban any encrypted communication app
- has banned all handguns, most rifles and shotguns, also has a knife ban
- has admitted government officials are running rape gangs against the people; no arrests

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 14, 2026 04:29 PM (HXT0k)
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Feels duty-bound to give you another home if you blow out the walls of your current government housing, or make it unlivable.

Also will lock senior citizens in a basement as the "Liverpool path" for healthcare.

Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 04:32 PM (krQz2)

216 Also, can we start referring to the UK as "Airstrip One" ? I think they are almost there.

Posted by: Don Black at January 14, 2026 04:32 PM (ZxPkt)

217 It is both absurd and extremely disheartening. I guess they are just hell-bent on the One World Government scenario and are doing their part to make that happen, pronto.
____

They all seem to be in a huge hurry. Australia had some muslims kill jews at Bondi beach a few weeks back and they already have a 'fix' in place, 'islamophobic' speech is not allowed.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 14, 2026 04:32 PM (Dv3i1)

218 iiiiiinteresting.....

- Iranian regime elite transferred $1.5 BILLION out of Iran via crypto in last 48 hours.

- Khamenei's son alone moved $328 million to Dubai.

what up , dog??

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 04:32 PM (g47mK)

219 Well, I think we all agree: Keir Starmer is a communist worm and Eva is welcome here at the HQ any time she wishes to visit. CBD can probably send her an Electronic Travel Authorization good for a visit here.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 04:32 PM (ufeQq)

220 I'm sure they're well on their way to becoming doctors and lawyers.

@HumanEvents 17m
BREAKING: High school ICE OUT protest ends early as students begin brawling inside the ( Minnesota ) state capital

Police have begun detaining the assailants

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 14, 2026 04:33 PM (mlg/3)

221 194 This UK nonsense it what has given us Based Amelia, the 2026 waifu of the year.
https://tinyurl.com/4mwhvbse

If you haven't seen the UK Government propaganda game that created her: https://tinyurl.com/3z2cwjej
Posted by: Moron Analyst at January 14, 2026 04:27 PM (JCZqz)

They made the attractive girl the only based character for a game aimed mostly at young boys.

The idiots can’t even get their scare tactic propaganda games right.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 14, 2026 04:33 PM (6ydKt)

222 If all goes well over the next few weeks, months or even years, we may be able to move our embassy from London to Tehran for safety reasons.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at January 14, 2026 04:34 PM (0u5+H)

223
I watched about eight of these videos this morning from most recent back, and I cannot figure out where the tinfoil hat comes in.

https://www.youtube.com/@PrometheanAction/videos

Am I missing something nutty here?

I ask because this empire vs. republic stuff is an angle I have never considered before, but it somehow fits in with a lot of the disillusionment I've been experiencing since COVID.

Posted by: biteme at January 14, 2026 04:34 PM (xWS9V)

224 How the Limeys have fallen in a century. Watch ZULU again, and see what used to constitute manhood in Limeyland. The movie has some lies in it, for example Hook was a exemplary soldier, not a drunk, a coward, or a troublemaker. That part pisses me off. But the manhood was real.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at January 14, 2026 04:34 PM (pohLc)

225 The British voters are getting exactly what they voted for, good and hard.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 14, 2026 04:34 PM (abIsI)

226 208 Reading this article has made me hanker for a giant Bacon, Lettuce, and Tomato sandwich.
With extra bacon.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg

Sounds good, but I don't have any lettuce or tomato. What do I do?

Posted by: Oscar Mayer at January 14, 2026 04:34 PM (oftw2)

227 Reuters link
https://tinyurl.com/3p39u4f7

Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 04:34 PM (WDjG6)

228 > 199 I say, encourage first-cousin marriage in the Somali population, until they cease to be effective as a subset of human beings.
Posted by: Don Black at January 14, 2026 04:27 PM (ZxPkt)

How do you think they got to be the mean IQ of 85 shithole that they are?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 14, 2026 04:34 PM (IG3/x)

229 173 The UK is really Effed up. Really, really Effed up.
What the hell has happened to them?

===========

Specifically targeted people could not resist that sweet, sweet bribery of Middle East Oil Money.

Posted by: davidt at January 14, 2026 04:35 PM (Q+gd/)

230 Runner, how is that confirmed?

I'm sure it's true.

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 14, 2026 04:35 PM (aZm/F)

231 "You cannot appeal this decision."

This is so screwed up.
Trump needs to get involved..

Posted by: redridinghood at January 14, 2026 04:35 PM (NpAcC)

232 132 Ace,

Use this picture you piker.

https://tinyurl.com/mr36ctac
Posted by: King Charles I at January 14, 2026 04:14 PM (+ffGB)
________________________________

Oh, I have a better one than that. Hmmmm....perhaps I won't provide that link. People might not understand.

Posted by: The Former Prince Phillip at January 14, 2026 04:35 PM (dIske)

233 Moar bacon. Letteuce is water.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 04:35 PM (A32KF)

234 225 The British voters are getting exactly what they voted for, good and hard.
____

Maybe. It's also possible they are occupied by a foreign power.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 14, 2026 04:36 PM (Dv3i1)

235

"This is the last straw. "

Oh please and fuck off.

Posted by: Rev DR E Buzz at January 14, 2026 04:36 PM (och2J)

236 228 How do you think they got to be the mean IQ of 85 shithole that they are?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 14, 2026 04:34 PM (IG3/x)

85?

Try 35.

Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 04:36 PM (iXqHn)

237 "A U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the United States was pulling some personnel from key bases in the region as a precaution given heightened regional tensions.
Britain was also withdrawing some personnel from an air base in Qatar ahead of possible U.S. strikes, the newspaper reported. The British defence ministry had no immediate comment.
"All the signals are that a U.S. attack is imminent, but that is also how this administration behaves to keep everyone on their toes. Unpredictability is part of the strategy," a Western military official told Reuters later on Wednesday.

Two European officials said U.S. military intervention could come in the next 24 hours. An Israeli official also said it appeared Trump had decided to intervene, though the scope and timing remained unclear.

Qatar said drawdowns from its Al Udeid air base, the biggest U.S. base in the Middle East, were "being undertaken in response to the current regional tensions".
Three diplomats said some personnel had been told to leave the base, though there were no immediate signs of large numbers of troops being bussed out . . . ."

Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 04:36 PM (WDjG6)

238 I think HRH The Duchess of Sussex needs to go back to England and straighten that place out.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 14, 2026 04:36 PM (X919G)

239 "You cannot appeal this decision."

This is so screwed up.
Trump needs to get involved..
Posted by: redridinghood at January 14, 2026 04:35 PM (NpAcC)
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No, he doesn't.

America can't right all wrongs. We'll be stretched too thin.

Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 04:36 PM (krQz2)

240 BTW, Eva Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz may perch on me face anytime.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at January 14, 2026 04:36 PM (pohLc)

241 There are more straws.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 04:36 PM (A32KF)

242 186 Why is there a jug of milk at the press conference?
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 04:24 PM (A32KF)

I know, right? Hilarious.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 14, 2026 04:37 PM (zYpTz)

243 I'll just stay in my flat, playing Pathways.

Posted by: Grudge Harbour at January 14, 2026 04:37 PM (yFLFB)

244 They all seem to be in a huge hurry. Australia had some muslims kill jews at Bondi beach a few weeks back and they already have a 'fix' in place, 'islamophobic' speech is not allowed.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 14, 2026 04:32 PM (Dv3i1)

Maybe we've hit peak moral inversion. The more they try to kill us, the more concessions we make to them.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 14, 2026 04:38 PM (h/ffs)

245 > 238 I think HRH The Duchess of Sussex needs to go back to England and straighten that place out.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 14, 2026 04:36 PM (X919G)

Which reminds me: has anyone made a porno with the title of "The Duchess of SuckSex" yet?

Probably not... the era of clever porno titles is long gone.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 14, 2026 04:38 PM (IG3/x)

246 There is a country that:
- arrests over 12k of its people a year for what they say
- makes it illegal to own an unregistered TV or radio
- wants to ban X and all other social media platforms
- wants to ban any encrypted communication app
- has banned all handguns, most rifles and shotguns, also has a knife ban
- has admitted government officials are running rape gangs against the people; no arrests

If you didn't already know that was England, you'd guess it was a totalitarian state like North Korea.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 14, 2026 04:29 PM (HXT0k)

Is, apparently, demanding that companies scan all your communications, even private communications, for bad-thought.

https://youtu.be/5nTUKX0ihsw

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 14, 2026 04:38 PM (ExV1e)

247 The idiots can’t even get their scare tactic propaganda games right.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

Starting with a goth girl who's barely wearing any black....

Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 14, 2026 04:38 PM (KAi1n)

248 Wow.

wtf happened to England?

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 14, 2026 04:38 PM (T+5zb)

249 Am I missing something nutty here?

I ask because this empire vs. republic stuff is an angle I have never considered before, but it somehow fits in with a lot of the disillusionment I've been experiencing since COVID.
Posted by: biteme

Jerry Pournelle's website, Chaos Manor is still up last I checked although he died several years ago.

He termed the US as an incompetent empire back decades ago and as a former poli sci prof at Pepperdine, explained in laymens' terms of what he meant by that. Well worth checking out and I think you can pull up his columns discussing that by search engine.

Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 04:38 PM (WDjG6)

250 > America can't right all wrongs. We'll be stretched too thin.
Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 04:36 PM (krQz2)

That's what cluster bombs are for.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 14, 2026 04:39 PM (IG3/x)

251 Don't forget that these totalitarian muzzie-loving ponces--in addition to criminalizing nearly everything--have all-but eliminated the right to a jury trial.

And the leading alternative party to this totalitarianism ran on a platform of "we don't disagree with any of their policies, we just think they are moving too quickly."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 14, 2026 04:39 PM (HXT0k)

252 I'm not familiar with Eva. She is quite en fuego.

Posted by: Max Power at January 14, 2026 04:39 PM (SwyyQ)

253 There is no England anymore.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 04:39 PM (A32KF)

254 238 I think HRH The Duchess of Sussex needs to go back to England and straighten that place out.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 14, 2026 04:36 PM (X919G)

I'd be glad to have her and her hen pecked husband out of here.. GB deserves them...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 14, 2026 04:40 PM (VE6XX)

255 Trump needs to get involved..
Posted by: redridinghood at January 14, 2026 04:35 PM (NpAcC)

Put Vance on it. Like he did earlier. We're supposed to have a continuing "special relationship" with a leadership that despises free speech?

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 14, 2026 04:40 PM (h/ffs)

256 Runner, how is that confirmed?

I'm sure it's true.
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 14, 2026 04:35 PM (aZm/F)

Israeli sources - TV 14 Channel, then posted on a site that monitors this sort of thing...

https://tinyurl.com/4ywvk2du

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 04:41 PM (g47mK)

257 Trump needs to get involved..

The UK isn't our country. Eva isn't a US citizen. He has enough on his plate.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 14, 2026 04:41 PM (ExV1e)

258 Wow.

wtf happened to England?
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 14, 2026 04:38 PM (T+5zb)
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They're growing into the implications of their politics.

I have to laugh at every Brit that took umbrage all the time that I have been on internet discussions that Americans have no more freedom of speech than they do.

I don't want to laugh. I have to.

Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 04:41 PM (krQz2)

259 Oh, look! I DID have "The Collapse of Britain" on my Bingo card.

I'm guessing I'm not the only one. That game was rigged long ago.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at January 14, 2026 04:41 PM (gLikB)

260 IMHO, UK and Western Europe are already lost.

Like Bruce Willis in "The Sixth Sense," they are dead, but just don't know it yet.

Posted by: no one at January 14, 2026 04:41 PM (qFwJc)

261 255 Trump needs to get involved..
Posted by: redridinghood at January 14, 2026 04:35 PM (NpAcC)

Nah.. Let them destroy themselves

Posted by: It's me donna at January 14, 2026 04:42 PM (VE6XX)

262 I am sure it's just a normal Tue - Wed in Ayatollah land, with all the banks of verge of collapse and stuff...

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 04:42 PM (g47mK)

263 The Muslims have taken all the Angles.

Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 04:42 PM (krQz2)

264
Mister, we could use a man
like Guy Fawkes again

and get it right this time

I kid, of course

Posted by: Don Black at January 14, 2026 04:42 PM (ZxPkt)

265 If you haven't seen the UK Government propaganda game that created her: https://tinyurl.com/3z2cwjej
Posted by: Moron Analyst at January 14, 2026 04:27 PM (JCZqz)
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The main character in that video is a boy named "Charlie" but he's always referred to by the pronoun "they" instead of "he."

That tells you everything you need to know about this propaganda.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 14, 2026 04:42 PM (ESVrU)

266 The UK has been Fundamentally Transformed(tm).

Posted by: davidt at January 14, 2026 04:42 PM (Q+gd/)

267 261 Nah.. Let them destroy themselves
Posted by: It's me donna at January 14, 2026 04:42 PM (VE6XX)

Not our circus. Not our monkeys.

Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 04:42 PM (iXqHn)

268 Starting with a goth girl who's barely wearing any black....
Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 14, 2026 04:38 PM (KAi1n)

They’ve gone with the idea that to be a goth girl you just have to have dark thoughts, and wear a choker.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 14, 2026 04:43 PM (6ydKt)

269 I like how that spotted dick licker Kimmel went to the UK and declared the ... US were the fascists.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 14, 2026 04:44 PM (HXT0k)

270 Eva has been a guest lecturer on several Mark Steyn cruises, as they are friends. So, if you ever want to get to schmooze with her, that might be the way to do it.

Posted by: Won't You Let Me Take You On a Sea cruise at January 14, 2026 04:44 PM (oftw2)

271 If it can help Farage, we should do or say what's needed for that.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 14, 2026 04:44 PM (h/ffs)

272 Yeah, "special status" has to go away.

Another country whose ass we saved has gone into the crapper.

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 14, 2026 04:44 PM (aZm/F)

273 225 The British voters are getting exactly what they voted for, good and hard.
____

Maybe. It's also possible they are occupied by a foreign power.
Posted by: Chuck Martel
=======
Can't really say that when Labor won a landslide with 33 percent of the vote which is near a historical low for them in recent era. That means 67 percent of the vote chose someone other than Labor. Reform plus Conservatives had 38 percent but a lot fewer seats. Lib Dems had 12.2. And turnout was low at 60 percent of registered voters.

This is why the GOPe has been able to hang in there, the Democrats are crazy while teh GOPe is corrupt. If Trump had started a new party, likely 2024 would have had the same consequences--Democrat supermajority. So we have to go election by election to weed out the traitors and replace the new quislings as well like MTG that suddenly get strange new respect from the left.

Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 04:45 PM (WDjG6)

274 268 They’ve gone with the idea that to be a goth girl you just have to have dark thoughts, and wear a choker.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 14, 2026 04:43 PM (6ydKt)

These days, most of them have a penis.

Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 04:45 PM (iXqHn)

275 Farage has been to limp-wristed in his pronouncements.

Posted by: no one at January 14, 2026 04:46 PM (qFwJc)

276 OT/ but did Nick Shirley release the stuff he said he had on Minnesota ?

Posted by: It's me donna at January 14, 2026 04:46 PM (VE6XX)

277 266 The UK has been Fundamentally Transformed(tm).
Posted by: davidt at January 14, 2026 04:42 PM (Q+gd/)

------

Imagine what Barry and his handlers would have done to us if Trump had not won.

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 14, 2026 04:46 PM (aZm/F)

278 >>> My first cousin was a smokeshow back in the day.

Yeah, I was scared to admit it, but same here. Needless to say it left me feeling very confused as a young lad.

Posted by: Max Power at January 14, 2026 04:46 PM (SwyyQ)

279 UK has become Dar-as-Salam now? When will they make it official?? Think of all the dhimmis they can plunder!!

Posted by: tubal at January 14, 2026 04:46 PM (pDt9x)

280 Eva has been a guest lecturer on several Mark Steyn cruises, as they are friends. So, if you ever want to get to schmooze with her, that might be the way to do it.

So you're saying there's a chance...

Posted by: Archimedes at January 14, 2026 04:47 PM (Riz8t)

281 Verizon cellular outage?

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at January 14, 2026 04:47 PM (aKh6S)

282
Banning a tall smokin' hawt young Dutch chick because she says some things that puts sand in their vajayjays just proves that the Limeys are a bunch of ass-spelunking poofters.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 14, 2026 04:47 PM (y9nCu)

283 Not here.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 04:47 PM (A32KF)

284 Where the UK is now, we would be if Hillary won.

And where we would be in a year if Kamala had won.

And 80% of the people, the bureaucrats, who would have eagerly implemented all of this are still working in the federal government.

Sometimes, you have to step back and see not just what we dodged, but also how much we are up against.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 14, 2026 04:48 PM (HXT0k)

285 281 Verizon cellular outage?
Posted by: actually inside the beltway at January 14, 2026 04:47 PM (aKh6S)

Eastern seaboard, mostly.

Posted by: tubal at January 14, 2026 04:48 PM (pDt9x)

286 They're growing into the implications of their politics.

I have to laugh at every Brit that took umbrage all the time that I have been on internet discussions that Americans have no more freedom of speech than they do.

I don't want to laugh. I have to.
Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 04:41 PM (krQz2)

There was some bit from a TV show ("The Newsroom") about 13-14 years ago where Jeff Daniels' character has a lamer version of the "I'm Mad as Hell and I'm Not Going to Take it Anymore" speech from "Network" and he says all these countries including Canada, the UK, France...all "have freedom". This was his evidence that the US sucks, as these other countries have "freedom" but the US is only 7th in literacy..so on and so forth.

That clip did not age well IMHO.

Posted by: Thrawn at January 14, 2026 04:48 PM (9Ovst)

287
And did those feet in ancient times
Walk upon England's mountains green?
But these days, he'd better watch his mouth
Or they'd throw him in the clink.

Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 04:48 PM (krQz2)

288 The Tommy Robinson tie in.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 04:48 PM (A32KF)

289 More fun from Starmer's UK,

"I posted an all-too-brief item on Instapundit earlier today about Prime Minister Keir Starmer's actions to "turn your smartphone into a government surveillance device," as the Telegraph's Zia Yusuf put it, but a topic this important deserves the full VodkaPundit Treatment™.

Calling it "the terrifying endpoint" of Britain's Online Safety Act (OSA), Starmer's Labour government will finalize guidance in April of this year on deploying "'accredited technology' for scanning messages sent with end-to-end encryption."

What that means in practice is, London's Office of Communications (Ofcom) will mandate on-device software able to read everybody's "private" messages in real-time, and scan their images, too, before any personal encryption tools come into play."

Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 04:48 PM (WDjG6)

290 208 Reading this article has made me hanker for a giant Bacon, Lettuce, and Tomato sandwich.
With extra bacon.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg
----

My first Club sandwich, Gramps bought at the lunch counter. It was like Christopher Columbus discovering the new world. Extatic.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 04:48 PM (y79kU)

291 Queer Starmer doesn't go far enough.

Qateer Starmer. There, that's bunchier.

Posted by: Garfunkel's Sowed Oats at January 14, 2026 04:48 PM (V87Oy)

292 We could use a new Crusade, and I'm not kidding.

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 14, 2026 04:48 PM (aZm/F)

293 Sorry, meant to say 'punchier'.
Point still stands.

Posted by: Garfunkel's Sowed Oats at January 14, 2026 04:49 PM (V87Oy)

294 That clip did not age well IMHO.
Posted by: Thrawn
=======
Daniels is a midwit that thinks he is a political genius. In reality, closer to Dumb and Dumber character.

Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 04:49 PM (WDjG6)

295 253 There is no England anymore.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 04:39 PM (A32KF)

The Kinks have entered the chat.

Posted by: No Name Today at January 14, 2026 04:50 PM (8mulE)

296 What that means in practice is, London's Office of Communications (Ofcom) will mandate on-device software able to read everybody's "private" messages in real-time, and scan their images, too, before any personal encryption tools come into play."
Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 04:48 PM (WDjG6)

And they call Trump a Nazi

Posted by: It's me donna at January 14, 2026 04:50 PM (VE6XX)

297 First cousin marriage exists as a way to keep resources in a family.

It is a solution to a problem of a society that does not work together and instead is made up of hostile tribes. Which was the case in Islam in the 600s, and much of the world in fairness.

In theory in 2026 of course that is no longer true. A Smith can marry a Jones without worrying about politics and family wealth because western societies are at peace and most people believe that each generation will create more wealth anyway so you don't need to horde the wealth your family got by raiding a neighbor a generation ago...

But Islam hasn't moved beyond this.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 04:50 PM (sKqQm)

298 The leaders of the UK have now reached the point where they're afraid of a girl. A girl. A very pretty girl, but a girl nonetheless.

Posted by: Crusader at January 14, 2026 04:50 PM (TN0g+)

299 296 What that means in practice is, London's Office of Communications (Ofcom) will mandate on-device software able to read everybody's "private" messages in real-time, and scan their images, too, before any personal encryption tools come into play."
Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 04:48 PM (WDjG6)

And they call Trump a Nazi
Posted by: It's me donna at January 14, 2026 04:50 PM (VE6XX)

The Lives of Others, 2026.

Posted by: tubal at January 14, 2026 04:51 PM (pDt9x)

300
That clip did not age well IMHO.
Posted by: Thrawn at January 14, 2026 04:48 PM (9Ovst)

That clip came up in my yootoob feed recently as well. I'm sure the algorithm hasn't been tweeked to push it forward...

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 14, 2026 04:51 PM (y9nCu)

301 But Islam hasn't moved beyond this.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 04:50 PM (sKqQm)

So you can marry your cousin.. How about your brother ?

Posted by: It's me donna at January 14, 2026 04:51 PM (VE6XX)

302 The leaders of the UK have now reached the point where they're afraid of a girl. A girl. A very pretty girl, but a girl nonetheless.
Posted by: Crusader at January 14, 2026 04:50 PM (TN0g+)

Am not. Not, not, not. -- Queer Starmer, stomping his wee foot impotently.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 14, 2026 04:52 PM (ExV1e)

303 "Keir Starmer's a waaaanker..."

--Most Englishmen

Posted by: Beverly at January 14, 2026 04:52 PM (reMys)

304 Oh, just saw this about the milk:

Incredible moment in the Oval Office as President Trump gives award to little 1st grader boy who PERFECTLY explains to him how milk is produced

"I didn't know that! Actually - I'm gonna give him a MEDAL!"

Off to his left at that presser is a group of kids.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 14, 2026 04:52 PM (zYpTz)

305 Not tonite?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 04:52 PM (A32KF)

306 269 I like how that spotted dick licker Kimmel went to the UK and declared the ... US were the fascists.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

As his show continues to swirl down the drain. A good reason that Disney is languishing and Iger sitting on his ass refusing to do what his competitors are doing--spinning off loser tv networks, will come back to bite Disney in the ass.

Iger for whatever reason cannot fix his own mistakes nor change direction and as a result, Disney is stagnating because it needs both done.

Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 04:52 PM (WDjG6)

307 There was some bit from a TV show ("The Newsroom") about 13-14 years ago where Jeff Daniels' character has a lamer version of the "I'm Mad as Hell and I'm Not Going to Take it Anymore" speech from "Network" and he says all these countries including Canada, the UK, France...all "have freedom". This was his evidence that the US sucks, as these other countries have "freedom" but the US is only 7th in literacy..so on and so forth.

That clip did not age well IMHO.
Posted by: Thrawn at January 14, 2026 04:48 PM (9Ovst)
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But dumbass Sorkin wrote that about a decade after the Canadian court specifically told Mark Steyn that free speech was a "Yank idea". (So Steyn did not have free speech in Canada).

He could have done some research for his show.

It just makes his "reporter" main character look like he can't do research either.

Hmmm... which... is probably accurate to the state of our news today.

Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 04:52 PM (krQz2)

308 284 Where the UK is now, we would be if Hillary won.

And where we would be in a year if Kamala had won.

And 80% of the people, the bureaucrats, who would have eagerly implemented all of this are still working in the federal government.

Sometimes, you have to step back and see not just what we dodged, but also how much we are up against.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 14, 2026 04:48 PM (HXT0k)

++++

What is truly frightening to me is that we came within a hair's breadth of losing our dear and beloved president with that first assassination attempt. Worldwide, things can change drastically and dramatically in a heartbeat.

Posted by: washrivergal at January 14, 2026 04:53 PM (2dlNj)

309 305 Not tonite?
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 04:52 PM (A32KF)

Being married, I understand.

Posted by: tubal at January 14, 2026 04:53 PM (pDt9x)

310 President Trump gives award to little 1st grader boy who PERFECTLY explains to him how milk is produced

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 14, 2026 04:52 PM (zYpTz)
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He knows about the cup sizes?

Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 04:53 PM (krQz2)

311 @280

>>So you're saying there's a chance...

Looking at her husband, she obviously did not prioritize looks.

Not saying he's ugly, but he ain't no chad either.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 14, 2026 04:54 PM (XV/Pl)

312 2% milk sucks.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 04:54 PM (A32KF)

313 He knows about the cup sizes?
Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 04:53 PM (krQz2)

Kids are so precocious these days.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 14, 2026 04:54 PM (zYpTz)

314 309 305 Not tonite?

I will take, how you say, "Things the Paolo does not hear" for $200, Alex.

Posted by: The Paolo at January 14, 2026 04:54 PM (X919G)

315 And they call Trump a Nazi
Posted by: It's me donna
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The thing is that the Democrats in the bureaucracy and in office were doing exactly that to Trump and all his associates since 2015. Tapping his comms, getting secret subpoenas, etc.

This is a WEF and CIA approved strategy to try to take down those governments resistant to globalization.

Use the Deep State intel and law enforcement to destroy and imprison their enemies.

Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 04:55 PM (WDjG6)

316 You got the A...
You got the B...

Posted by: Frank Costanza at January 14, 2026 04:55 PM (3Bfws)

317 England, Angland, Angle land,

Ain't no Angles in Angleland any more.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 04:56 PM (y79kU)

318 Not tonite?
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 04:52 PM (A32KF)
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Because,
Tonight, tonight, tonight
O-oh.
Gonna make you right,
Tonight, tonight
O-oh!

Posted by: UK at January 14, 2026 04:56 PM (krQz2)

319 BTW, female "circumcision" should more accurately be called "clitoral excision."

Eva has been a brave and brilliant champion of freedom, a thankless task in the Eee Yew.

Posted by: Beverly at January 14, 2026 04:56 PM (reMys)

320 302 The leaders of the UK have now reached the point where they're afraid of a girl. A girl. A very pretty girl, but a girl nonetheless.
Posted by: Crusader
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The dirty secret is most male gays hate women. They desire the same dudes.

Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 04:56 PM (WDjG6)

321 Airspace over Iran looking pretty sparse at the moment

Posted by: PA Dutchman at January 14, 2026 04:57 PM (h/O4U)

322 321 Airspace over Iran looking pretty sparse at the moment
Posted by: PA Dutchman
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At least the ones that radar can see.

Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 04:58 PM (WDjG6)

323 Turkey is shipping some kebabs to Egypt.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 04:58 PM (A32KF)

324 Turkey is shipping some kebabs to Egypt.

===

John has a long mustache !

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 04:59 PM (g47mK)

325 321 Airspace over Iran looking pretty sparse at the moment
Posted by: PA Dutchman at January 14, 2026 04:57 PM (h/O4U)

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What does that mean?

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 14, 2026 04:59 PM (aZm/F)

326 I never saw V for Vendetta but I saw clips of it. And at the time I thought it was pretty stupid in how it pictured future Britain.

But you know now...? I'm kind of seeing it. Though one thing it got really really wrong...

A man like Keir Starmer has no interest in Natalie Portman as a schoolgirl. Now...schoolboy? Maybe...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 04:59 PM (sKqQm)

327 Airspace over Iran looking pretty sparse at the moment
Posted by: PA Dutchman at January 14, 2026 04:57 PM (h/O4U)

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What does that mean?
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 14, 2026 04:59 PM (aZm/F)

Not a good place for vacation right now.

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 04:59 PM (g47mK)

328 And they call Trump a Nazi

Obviously Hitler's greatest crime was stopping Jewish illegal immigrants from sneaking into his country...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 05:00 PM (sKqQm)

329 The leaders of the UK have now reached the point where they're afraid of a girl. A girl. A very pretty girl, but a girl nonetheless.

Posted by: Crusader
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Well they're only used to girls being surrounded by rape gangs.

It's understandable.

Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 05:00 PM (krQz2)

330 I would have thought a lot of private jets would be jamming up the airspace in Iran.

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 14, 2026 05:00 PM (aZm/F)

331
(Ofcom) will mandate on-device software able to read everybody's "private" messages in real-time, and scan their images, too, before any personal encryption tools come into play."
Posted by: whig

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Back to analog then. Real life. Tea parties. Has an upside.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 05:01 PM (Jxa0O)

332 321 Airspace over Iran looking pretty sparse at the moment
Posted by: PA Dutchman at January 14, 2026 04:57 PM (h/O4U)

I suspect a lot of transponders have been turned off...

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at January 14, 2026 05:01 PM (MZ+PY)

333 UK has become Dar-as-Salam now? When will they make it official?? Think of all the dhimmis they can plunder!!
Posted by: tubal at January 14, 202
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That's exactly how the Somalis in the US feel about Americans.

We're dhimmis paying the jizya, so they are perfectly justified in stealing our wealth.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 14, 2026 05:01 PM (ESVrU)

334
But Islam hasn't moved beyond this.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 04:50 PM (sKqQm)

And it never will. mohammedan doctrine is written to be stagnant and anti-progress. If big mo didn't do it in his lifetime then it's forbidden.

Which is one of the big reasons why Al Qaeda and ISIS are at war with apostates who dabble in modern civilization. Saudi spoiled brats who buy supercars are as hated as Americans. If camels were good enough for mo's use, then they should be good enough for the House of Saud.

Being a bunch of illiterate goat-fucking hypocrite savages, they make exceptions for T-72s, DShK machine guns and AK-47s.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 14, 2026 05:02 PM (y9nCu)

335 I gotta say, my cousin's pretty hot...

Posted by: Spartacus Booker at January 14, 2026 05:02 PM (W+TLY)

336 Ah, Jeff Daniels. I keep forgetting he's still around. I always got him and Matthew Modine mixed up. They're kind of interchangeable.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 14, 2026 05:02 PM (sAmhv)

337 Airspace over Iran looking pretty sparse at the moment

Too far away for us.

Posted by: A flock of seagulls at January 14, 2026 05:02 PM (vFG9F)

338 Turkey is shipping some kebabs to Egypt.
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Move kabab?

Posted by: Turkey at January 14, 2026 05:02 PM (krQz2)

339 Being a bunch of illiterate goat-fucking hypocrite savages, they make exceptions for T-72s, DShK machine guns and AK-47s.

Heh, Jihadis are guilty of "cultural appropriation" of our weapons aren't they.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 05:03 PM (sKqQm)

340 I guess Queer wants to bang his first cousin (male)

Posted by: Lookin good Cuz at January 14, 2026 05:03 PM (gAIXz)

341 Farage has been to limp-wristed in his pronouncements.
Posted by: no one at January 14, 2026 04:46 PM

Nigel is the Deep State's fallback position.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 14, 2026 05:03 PM (jc0TO)

342 Looking at her husband, she obviously did not prioritize looks.

Not saying he's ugly, but he ain't no chad either.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

Karoline Leavitt's husband is 60.

Posted by: Fortunate Old Guy at January 14, 2026 05:04 PM (oftw2)

343 Nigrl. How freaking Brit is that?

Posted by: tubal at January 14, 2026 05:04 PM (pDt9x)

344 Nood, my brethren and sisteren.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 05:04 PM (zZu0s)

345 319 BTW, female "circumcision" should more accurately be called "clitoral excision."
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Posted by: Beverly
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Media and others have been using that term, circumcision, for years to misdirect the readers and listeners thoughts to soften their opinion.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 05:04 PM (y79kU)

346 Quier Stormfront.

Posted by: Turkey at January 14, 2026 05:04 PM (krQz2)

347
Verizon cellular outage?
Posted by: actually inside the beltway at January 14, 2026 04:47 PM (aKh6S)

Her Majesty is on the road right now and we can't connect.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2026 05:04 PM (tgvbd)

348 I guess from the Somali/Paki perspective this all makes sense

Mohammed said the infidels will pay them the jizya because of the superiority of Islam and sure enough European and American government officials went to their countries, paid them to move West, and then put them on welfare and various grifts.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 05:05 PM (sKqQm)

349 Soon UK residents will have as little freedom as Hong Kong residents.

Posted by: mr tmz at January 14, 2026 05:05 PM (rJ48h)

350 NOOD ALERT

Posted by: Max Power at January 14, 2026 05:09 PM (SwyyQ)

351 Eva Vlaarmdingerbroek made momentous speech late last year in which she listed all the major European capitals and how their demographics changed just since 1990 from 94% Honkies to 34-59% honkies. She is quasar hot.

Posted by: Donovan Nuera at January 14, 2026 05:39 PM (LKMDZ)

352 I have to admit seeing the UK's point in keeping Eva Vlaarmdingerbroek out of their country. There would probably be at least 5 fatalities just from drivers being distracted by seeing a woman like that wandering about. Wow.

Posted by: MrExcitement at January 14, 2026 05:59 PM (hOOi9)

TSA Agents Tracked $136 Million Being Taken Out of the Country Through Ohio Airports
Plus: Iran Directly Threatens to Assassinate Trump

From Minnesota to Ohio to Amsterdam to Dubai.

Somali Suitcase Stash: Feds say $130 million moved from Ohio airport to Minnesota on way overseas
Officials told Just the News that Transportation Security Administration agents tracked and flagged about $136 million in bulk cash in outbound luggage at the passenger checkpoints at John Glenn Columbus International Airport since November 2023. This follows reports that millions of dollars were discovered leaving Minnesota airports.

By John Solomon
Published: January 13, 2026 11:00pm
Federal agents investigating a Somali immigrant operation that moved massive amounts of cash in suitcases from the Minneapolis airport to overseas have uncovered a new leg of the courier journey: the Columbus, Ohio airport.
Homeland Security Department officials told Just the News that Transportation Security Administration officers tracked and flagged about $136 million in bulk cash in outbound luggage at the passenger checkpoints at John Glenn Columbus International Airport since November 2023.
The cash movements were made by U.S. citizens of Somali origin who flew out of the Columbus airport en route to either the airports in Minneapolis or Atlanta, and the couriers always declared the cash as legally required on documents, officials said.
"Typically, when they go to Minneapolis, they drop off the cash and then a subsequent courier travels abroad from Minneapolis to Dubai through Amsterdam," one official familiar with the investigation told Just the News on Tuesday, speaking only on condition of anonymity.
The officials said they appear to have uncovered a massive cash movement operation that gathered money from multiple Somali immigrant communities in the West, Midwest and South that eventually brought luggage filled with currency to Minneapolis for flights overseas.
Just the News reported exclusively last week that TSA detected nearly $700 million in cash in luggage leaving the Minneapolis airport in 2024 and 2025, frequently headed on a route to Amsterdam and then Dubai where U.S. officials lost the tracking. The TSA agents routinely alerted investigators during the Biden years, but there was little interest in probing the money movements further until President Donald Trump took office last year.

Unrelated: Iran state TV to Trump: "This time, the bullet won't miss."

Iran issued a sickening threat against President Trump Wednesday, broadcasting a picture of the commander in chief during the 2024 Butler rally assassination attempt -- with the words "This time it will not miss the target."
The ominous warning was aired on Iranian state-run TV, Agence France Presse (AFP) reported.
It marks Tehran's most direct threat yet against Trump, following his repeated threats that the US will strike the country if it continues its brutal crackdown on anti-government protesters.
Iran appeared to step up threats against Trump by broadcasting a photo of him during the Butler assassination attempt.
The image of a bloodied-Trump appeared to be taken from a pro-government rally in Iran, which has been allowed to air despite nationwide blackouts over the protests against the regime.
Trump was infamously the target of an assassination attempt during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, when he was shot in the ear by gunman Thomas Crooks.

Iranian state TV airs death threat to US President Trump saying "this time, the bullet won't miss." pic.twitter.com/Z2AMpDcYNI
— Nathan Weldon (@WeldonNath21356) January 14, 2026

Posted by: Ace at 02:50 PM

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1 TSA took away my canister of shaving cream and let these mules run away with a near billion of taxpayer money, to send to the jihad.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 14, 2026 02:51 PM (gKWVE)

2 It's a write off Jerry.

Posted by: Max Power at January 14, 2026 02:52 PM (SwyyQ)

3 Hey, at least it wasn't chickens in those suit cases.

Posted by: Bernie at January 14, 2026 02:53 PM (abIsI)

4 TSA did make me throw away my toothpaste once.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 14, 2026 02:53 PM (GBKbO)

5 off commie sock

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 14, 2026 02:53 PM (abIsI)

6 Maybe they should just write a check.

Posted by: Max Power at January 14, 2026 02:53 PM (SwyyQ)

7 2 It's a write off Jerry.
Posted by: Max Power at January 14, 2026 02:52 PM (SwyyQ)

Write it off of what?

You just write it off!!

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 14, 2026 02:54 PM (Mxf84)

8 But try to carry a pair of nail clippers on

Posted by: tubal at January 14, 2026 02:54 PM (pDt9x)

9 Shit or get off the pot, Mullahs.

Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 02:54 PM (uEmCf)

10 TSA got into my luggage and left a note! Hope they found what they were looking for...

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 02:54 PM (g47mK)

11 I see the Iranians have decided to play chicken again.

Posted by: Black JEM at January 14, 2026 02:54 PM (GZYu7)

12 >> Iranian state TV airs death threat to US President Trump saying "this time, the bullet won't miss

I think the US is a better shot.

Posted by: Qasem Soleimani at January 14, 2026 02:55 PM (+qfnT)

13 10 TSA got into my luggage and left a note! Hope they found what they were looking for...
Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 02:54 PM (g47mK)

Did you count your underwear?

Posted by: tubal at January 14, 2026 02:55 PM (pDt9x)

14 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 14, 2026 02:55 PM (Zz0t1)

15 Rubio to be the next Shah?

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at January 14, 2026 02:55 PM (36PRH)

16 >>Iran state TV to Trump: "This time, the bullet won't miss."
__
Everybody knows that's just the Joos talking, trying to annex portions of Iran, which is Israel's contiguous neighbor.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at January 14, 2026 02:55 PM (bNf8H)

17 Ace, Just The News published an article on Sunday saying Somalis moved $700 million is cash via couriers out of one airport, Minneapolis, over the last two year. I'll look for the link.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 02:55 PM (KT/Ka)

18 TSA -- Totally Stupid Assholes

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 14, 2026 02:55 PM (XMwZJ)

19 TSA likes to have intercourse with luggage.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 14, 2026 02:56 PM (abIsI)

20 >> I think the US is a better shot.
Posted by: Qasem Soleimani at January 14, 2026 02:55 PM (+qfnT)

I agree.

Posted by: Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi at January 14, 2026 02:56 PM (+qfnT)

21 Iranian TV is also airing their favorite Western Propagandist , Cucker Tarlson, whose views totally align with the Aytolahs and their henchmen.

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 02:56 PM (g47mK)

22 Toilet Safety Administration.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 02:56 PM (A32KF)

23 Cost of doing business.
-Mike DeWine (aka Mikey the Weasel)

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 14, 2026 02:56 PM (Dv3i1)

24 It's almost like the government isn't on our side.

Posted by: ballistic at January 14, 2026 02:56 PM (3BwY8)

25 Are they trying to say they were involved in the other attempts.

Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 02:57 PM (g078z)

26
Somali $136mil cash timeframe for ONE operation is since November 2023. There are of course multiple operations that have been around probably since the 1990s.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 02:57 PM (Jxa0O)

27 Did you count your underwear?
Posted by: tubal at January 14, 2026 02:55 PM (pDt9x)

lol, but I think next time I will better inventory everything of value - before and after so to speak

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 02:57 PM (g47mK)

28 IS this the same Government that uses Civilian Asset Forfeiture laws to steal money from Americans?

Seems like MILLIONS of dollars 'tracked' would have fallen under those same laws, yet the cash was not seized?

I'm calling bullshit on this one. Someone high up was letting this money through.

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 14, 2026 02:58 PM (mP0Kj)

29 TSA is probably the second most useless agency in government. Right behind Education, and ahead of EPA.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2026 02:58 PM (NwnyJ)

30
"This time, the bullet won't miss."

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

Okay, Trump, is that transactional enough for you? Go get 'em.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 02:58 PM (Jxa0O)

31 I was on a flight where the lady in front of me had a plastic bag full of golf balls. TSA was wiping every ball in the bag for explosives. There had to be at least 50 balls. I almost lost my mind.

Posted by: Vengeance at January 14, 2026 02:58 PM (y0LCM)

32 Willowed:

...The idea that Kamala is hated by every Democrat is stupid. A lot of Democrats still like her. A bunch of them still love her.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 14, 2026 02:43 PM (GBKbO)

True.

Democrats have to love their candidates as they would gods. It makes the voters good people to support such good candidates.

Think of her as Hillary!...I'll wait...There! You see.

I look at Hillary! and see an unpleasant, angry, antisocial, mentally unstable, drunken harpy.

Democrats see a great and good woman of nearly goddess-like ability destined to lead our country and who should've won if not for the perfidy of the Orange Horror Trump!!!!

It's going to take a while for the Kamala spell to wear-off, unless she totally screws up or bails, she'll be the early favorite for the Dim Party's Preezy candidate.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 14, 2026 02:58 PM (iJfKG)

33 TSA did make me throw away my toothpaste once.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 14, 2026 02:53 PM (GBKbO)

I'll never get those nail clippers back...

Posted by: Diogenes at January 14, 2026 02:58 PM (2WIwB)

34 21 Iranian TV is also airing their favorite Western Propagandist , Cucker Tarlson, whose views totally align with the Aytolahs and their henchmen.
Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 02:56 PM (g47mK)
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I heard Tucker will be the guest muezzin for Friday's call to prayer.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at January 14, 2026 02:59 PM (36PRH)

35

It seems odd that we have literally hundreds of thousands of special super agents in so many agencies yet massive fraud still takes place.

Are they doing anything?

Posted by: Rev DR E Buzz at January 14, 2026 02:59 PM (och2J)

36 Just The News published an article on Sunday saying Somalis moved $700 million is cash via couriers out of one airport, Minneapolis (Correction: actually a week ago)
======================

It was over the period 2024-25

Here's the link

https://tinyurl.com/58ry42tz

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 02:59 PM (KT/Ka)

37 That article is confusingly written. I'm still not sure what Ohio had to do with any of it.

I assume the money went from MN to OH (although I'm not sure why) en route to an international flight. But the article says the flights went from Ohio to Minneapolis and then to Amsterdam/Dubai.

None of this makes any sense to me. I would think if you're laundering money, you take as few flights as possible. If you have the money in Ohio, and you want to take it out of the country, you don't fly into the interior of the country (MN) and then get an international flight back out.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14, 2026 02:59 PM (iFTx/)

38 It's not haram, if it's the TSA.

Posted by: Cray Cray at January 14, 2026 02:59 PM (vzVUe)

39 33 TSA did make me throw away my toothpaste once.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 14, 2026 02:53 PM (GBKbO)

I'll never get those nail clippers back...

Posted by: Diogenes at January 14, 2026 02:58 PM (2WIwB)

=======

Given to you by your grandpappy on his death bed, passed down from his grandpappy which survived the salt mines of Lithuania.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 14, 2026 02:59 PM (GBKbO)

40
TSA is probably the second most useless agency in government. Right behind Education, and ahead of EPA.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

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

Kristi Noem's failure to disband it has been a big gripe of mine.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 02:59 PM (Jxa0O)

41 It would suck to be a Janitor at an Iranian TV Facility, this week.

Posted by: garrett at January 14, 2026 03:00 PM (ZcsJV)

42 "This time"? Turban heads admitting they were behind Butler and Palm Beach attempts? They did put a price on the God-Emperor. At what point does Act-of-War kick in?

Posted by: Martin Tell at January 14, 2026 03:00 PM (sFNX2)

43 Sure, I've been leery of the Mullahs intentions towards the US for decades, not to mention their brutal crushing of dissent. But if this latest revolution succeeds, it might benefit Israel and the K-Street lobbyists and the Israel lobby in Congress. We can't let that happen. The Mullahs are right to threaten Trump in this case.
- Tucker Qatarlson

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 14, 2026 03:00 PM (Dv3i1)

44 >>>Okay, Trump, is that transactional enough for you? Go get 'em.

I'm hoping that this means that Iran believes the die is now cast and Trump has ordered a decapitation strike against the regime.

TBH all I'm doing is watching for Iran news.

Posted by: ace at January 14, 2026 03:00 PM (1wjle)

45 Not meaning to hijack the thread or anything, but wanted to provide an update:

First Lady lost her father on Sunday. We found out Monday when he wasn't answering his cell phone and did not call back. He lives 3 hrs. away from us, so we reached out to some friends and they did a wellness check.

We drove out Monday night and spent the last two days finalizing arrangements, writing the obit and eulogy and getting people notified. The services will be on Saturday and that's likely where she'll get hit the hardest.

He wasn't a good father, was incredibly selfish and lived mostly for one person and one person only. But she is strong in her faith and took 'honor thy mother, honor thy father' seriously and did what she felt was best. There are no regrets.

We're at home now, heading back Friday as there's some things here she wants to find before everything is finalized.

You all have been so wonderful to us over the last year plus, so I just wanted to pop in, give an update and thank you all for the thoughts and prayers you've been providing us for a long time.

God Bless you and we are eternally grateful for everything.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 14, 2026 03:00 PM (Zz0t1)

46 Iran Directly Threatens to Assassinate Trump

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And not for the first time and not for lack of trying in the past.

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 14, 2026 03:00 PM (r/LbC)

47 You gotta wonder how many TSA agents are Somali. And what their take was.

Posted by: Vengeance at January 14, 2026 03:00 PM (y0LCM)

48 Hahaha....I love it. Stupid, stupid people giving money for "day care" and other bull shit that should never get any government money.

Watch your own stupid kids suckers.

Posted by: Somali Charlie at January 14, 2026 03:00 PM (GlDYx)

49 What level of life loser does one have to be to rummage through peoples luggage and grope their groins? (Portland and Seattle cops excluded)

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 14, 2026 03:00 PM (abIsI)

50 TSA likes to feel my junk.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 03:00 PM (A32KF)

51 TSA likes to feel my junk.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 03:00 PM (A32KF)
___

Stop complaining, it's free sex!

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14, 2026 03:01 PM (iFTx/)

52 Islamic Republic is now trying to save its ass, so they are sending out the regime adherents to pretend that they are "reformers" , not like those other crazy ones trying to assassinate American president! separatist peace of spring 1945... unconditional surrender sharmuta!

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 03:01 PM (g47mK)

53 I had a pocketknife I inadvertently left in my pocket confiscated by TSA during screening. The screener was a good old boy who somehow got a job with them. He said leave it and we’ll mail it back to you. I said you can do that? He grinned and said, “ if we want to”. Put name and address on a little bag, and a couple weeks later got it back.

Posted by: tubal at January 14, 2026 03:01 PM (pDt9x)

54 As someone who has traveled internationally frequently I'd like to know how they got away with this. There is a hard $10,000 limit to the amount of cash you can take out of the US without filling out a lot of financial reporting forms with the feds and yet the TSA found hundred of millions being taken out and did nothing?

This is more than just fraud. The senior levels of our government wanted that cash to go to Somalia.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 03:01 PM (viF8m)

55 >>>42 "This time"? Turban heads admitting they were behind Butler and Palm Beach attempts? They did put a price on the God-Emperor. At what point does Act-of-War kick in?

I don't know if that really happened but they sure do seem to be implying they arranged the assassination attempts. And they have sent hit squads to the US before.

Posted by: ace at January 14, 2026 03:01 PM (1wjle)

56 Iranian state TV airs death threat to US President Trump saying "this time, the bullet won't miss

"I'm your huckleberry..."

"Doc" Trump

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2026 03:01 PM (bFu5X)

57 @50 or play guess the package on the body scanner display.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at January 14, 2026 03:01 PM (36PRH)

58 TBH all I'm doing is watching for Iran news.

==

yeah, me too...

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 03:02 PM (g47mK)

59 Are they doing anything?

Posted by: Rev DR E Buzz at January 14, 2026 02:59 PM (och2J)
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The fraud.

Posted by: Cray Cray at January 14, 2026 03:02 PM (vzVUe)

60
Just The News published an article on Sunday saying Somalis moved $700 million is cash via couriers out of one airport, Minneapolis (Correction: actually a week ago)
======================

It was over the period 2024-25
Posted by: Huck Follywood

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I'm too lazy to fetch the info, but it does appear that the US is a significant contributor to the Somali economy. Like, we probably fund half of it.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 03:02 PM (Jxa0O)

61 It seems odd that we have literally hundreds of thousands of special super agents in so many agencies yet massive fraud still takes place.

Are they doing anything?

Posted by: Rev DR E Buzz at January 14, 2026 02:59 PM (och2J)

Yes, they are doing something. Getting their cut and protecting the fraudsters. Why do you think we have 17 intelligence agencies.

Posted by: Beartooth at January 14, 2026 03:02 PM (GGatE)

62 >>I had a pocketknife I inadvertently left in my pocket confiscated by TSA during screening. The screener was a good old boy who somehow got a job with them. He said leave it and we’ll mail it back to you. I said you can do that? He grinned and said, “ if we want to”. Put name and address on a little bag, and a couple weeks later got it back.

Same thing happened to me. At the Minneapolis Airport of all places.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 03:02 PM (viF8m)

63 Maybe all that cash moving through the Columbus airport explains the columbus mayor’s lunatic defense of the city’s samali alien community.

Posted by: Oglebay at January 14, 2026 03:02 PM (2ap+5)

64
None of this makes any sense to me. I would think if you're laundering money, you take as few flights as possible. If you have the money in Ohio, and you want to take it out of the country, you don't fly into the interior of the country (MN) and then get an international flight back out.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14, 2026 02:59 PM (iFTx/)
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They're not laundering anything. They're just expatriating it. You can fly with a briefcase full of hundos, it's not illegal at all as long as you declare it.

Posted by: ballistic at January 14, 2026 03:03 PM (3BwY8)

65 Okay, Trump, is that transactional enough for you? Go get 'em.

I'm hoping that this means that Iran believes the die is now cast and Trump has ordered a decapitation strike against the regime.

TBH all I'm doing is watching for Iran news.
Posted by: ace at January 14, 2026 03:00 PM (1wjle)

***

I just got back from the driving range. Geezer golf is only weeks away!
It'll happen in due time.
We took months to set up Venezuela. Probably have a head start on Iran, but the revolt has to succeed from within. But we can help. And that will still take some time.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 14, 2026 03:03 PM (2WIwB)

66 1 TSA took away my canister of shaving cream and let these mules run away with a near billion of taxpayer money, to send to the jihad.
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Fuckers got my Swiss Army Pocket Knife. Fuck them.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 14, 2026 03:03 PM (pLaQB)

67 None of this makes any sense to me.
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Remember that Ilhan Omar is one of the smarter Somalians.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 14, 2026 03:03 PM (Dv3i1)

68 TSA took my jar of Dukes mayo once. I was bringing it west.

Posted by: no one at January 14, 2026 03:03 PM (qFwJc)

69 God Bless you and we are eternally grateful for everything.
Posted by: Sponge
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May the Lord help heal your wife and her family and safe travels to you and yours. Prayers for your well being and spiritual peace for your wife's loss.

Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 03:04 PM (WDjG6)

70
If you have the money in Ohio, and you want to take it out of the country, you don't fly into the interior of the country (MN) and then get an international flight back out.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14, 2026 02:59 PM (iFTx/)

If you don't have co-conspirators running US customs in the Ohio airports, you take a domestic connecting flight to where the Somalis run the show. I'd be willing to bet that they declared a LOT less moving out of the country than was actually packed in those suitcases.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 14, 2026 03:04 PM (y9nCu)

71 53 I had a pocketknife I inadvertently left in my pocket confiscated by TSA during screening. The screener was a good old boy who somehow got a job with them. He said leave it and we’ll mail it back to you. I said you can do that? He grinned and said, “ if we want to”. Put name and address on a little bag, and a couple weeks later got it back.
Posted by: tubal at January 14, 2026 03:01 PM (pDt9x)
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The TSA confiscated a handheld blender (for protein shakes) I had in my luggage. I guess they thought it could be used as a weapon.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at January 14, 2026 03:04 PM (36PRH)

72 >>They're not laundering anything. They're just expatriating it. You can fly with a briefcase full of hundos, it's not illegal at all as long as you declare it.

And if you don't declare it it's a felony. And apparently they didn't declare it.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 03:04 PM (viF8m)

73 TSA did make me throw away my toothpaste once.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 14, 2026 02:53 PM (GBKbO)

I'll never get those nail clippers back...
Posted by: Diogenes at January 14, 2026 02:58 PM (2WIwB)

Brand new cigar lighter, no fuel, still in the box...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 14, 2026 03:04 PM (nbLIj)

74 "Everybody knows that's just the Joos talking, trying to annex portions of Iran, which is Israel's contiguous neighbor."

Huh?

Posted by: pawn at January 14, 2026 03:04 PM (rbIOb)

75 65 I just got back from the driving range. Geezer golf is only weeks away!
It'll happen in due time.
We took months to set up Venezuela. Probably have a head start on Iran, but the revolt has to succeed from within. But we can help. And that will still take some time.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 14, 2026 03:03 PM (2WIwB)

=======

Just dial up an incredibly precisely executed snatch and grab of anyone in the world.

30 minutes, guaranteed, or your pizza is free.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 14, 2026 03:04 PM (GBKbO)

76
Iranian state TV airs death threat to US President Trump saying "this time, the bullet won't miss."

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Sounds kind of -- impotent.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 14, 2026 03:04 PM (PbePe)

77 Why should we be surprised at this bounty. The left here in America want President Trump (and us), dead, moreso than the mullahs might want it.

Posted by: Eromero at January 14, 2026 03:05 PM (DyBVD)

78 God Bless you and we are eternally grateful for everything.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 14, 2026 03:00 PM

Sorry for the loss, Sponge. Prayers for you and the First Lady.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2026 03:05 PM (bFu5X)

79 The Canadian version of the TSA took the innards to a Zippo lighter.

I contacted Zippo to order a new one and they shipped me one for free.

Posted by: no one at January 14, 2026 03:05 PM (qFwJc)

80 God Bless you and we are eternally grateful for everything.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 14, 2026 03:00 PM (Zz0t1)

I'm so sorry to hear this. God bless you and your lovely wife. She did the right thing by honoring her father. I'm sure God is well pleased with her.

I'm sorry you've both been through so much lately. I truly hope things get better for you both soon. Stay strong!

Posted by: hobbitopoly at January 14, 2026 03:05 PM (6xRrr)

81 I just got back from the driving range. Geezer golf is only weeks away!
It'll happen in due time.
We took months to set up Venezuela. Probably have a head start on Iran, but the revolt has to succeed from within. But we can help. And that will still take some time.
Posted by: Diogenes
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I'd imagine that the US and Israeli intel are collaborating on target lists. Israel has superb sources on the ground and likely even more volunteers now that the Arab terrorist scums are being imported to kill Persians.

Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 03:05 PM (WDjG6)

82 Long story but I once had a very nice Winkler Knife on my belt. TSA was like- really?

They made me check my bag. lol.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 14, 2026 03:05 PM (FzxSW)

83 My wife flies quite a bit and always knits on the plane. Foot long steel knitting needles. Has never Once had a problem. But they make her throw away a half drank bottle of water. Clown world.

Posted by: tubal at January 14, 2026 03:05 PM (pDt9x)

84
And if you don't declare it it's a felony. And apparently they didn't declare it.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 03:04 PM (viF8m)

Yet it was still transported and no one doing the transporting went to prison. Our money. Gone. Likely going to killing us.

Ain't life grand?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 14, 2026 03:05 PM (Zz0t1)

85 What's the GDP of Somalia? Like $40 or so? Can't you buy the entire country with $700 million?

Posted by: Wally at January 14, 2026 03:05 PM (0e5Te)

86 Did the mullahs run out of Courvoisier?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 14, 2026 03:06 PM (YlWIZ)

87 "53 I had a pocketknife I inadvertently left in my pocket confiscated by TSA during screening. The screener was a good old boy who somehow got a job with them. He said leave it and we’ll mail it back to you. I said you can do that? He grinned and said, “ if we want to”. Put name and address on a little bag, and a couple weeks later got it back."

I've lost several SWKs and wallet mini-knives I forgot about. In Nashville airport, shop owner figured out he could make a good profit holding pocket knives for passengers.

Course I never made a mistake of holding in the UK. I'd probably still be in the slammer.

Posted by: Martin Tell at January 14, 2026 03:06 PM (sFNX2)

88 68 TSA took my jar of Dukes mayo once. I was bringing it west.
Posted by: no one at January 14, 2026 03:03 PM (qFwJc)
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Mayo + just about any spicy sauce is the bomb.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at January 14, 2026 03:06 PM (36PRH)

89 >>>Feds say $130 million moved from Ohio airport to Minnesota on way overseas

WTFF?

And they'll harass you for a freaking butane lighter in your checked bags, LEO will confiscate life savings in cash under the false pretense of narcotics trafficking enforcement, while this is perfectly OK because they are Democrats' pet Somalis?

How are people not stringing people up for these outrages?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 14, 2026 03:06 PM (dK+Kv)

90 Iran Directly Threatens to Assassinate Trump

All fair in love and war...
This is where Trump drones Iranian leaders hiding in Russia and just says Putin was aware of the mission and he to knows that real leaders mouths don't write checks that their asses cannot cash.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2026 03:06 PM (/lPRQ)

91 None of this makes any sense to me. I would think if you're laundering money, you take as few flights as possible. If you have the money in Ohio, and you want to take it out of the country, you don't fly into the interior of the country (MN) and then get an international flight back out.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14, 2026 02:59 PM (iFTx/)
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They're not laundering anything. They're just expatriating it. You can fly with a briefcase full of hundos, it's not illegal at all as long as you declare it.
Posted by: ballistic at January 14, 2026 03:03 PM (3BwY

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They're expatriating laundered/fraudulent money. No, it's not illegal to carry or fly with cash, but it rightfully raises red flags. That's why you have to declare it, so they know about it and can investigate if necessary.

Regardless, if you are moving around with dirty money and don't want to raise questions, you would take as few flights as possible. Based on this article's reporting, it seems these scumbags were doing the opposite.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14, 2026 03:06 PM (iFTx/)

92 Well, Iran just gave Trump all the justification he needs to end the regime.

This is like Maduro saying Trumps a coward and to come and get him.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 14, 2026 03:06 PM (XV/Pl)

93 None of this makes any sense to me. I would think if you're laundering money, you take as few flights as possible. If you have the money in Ohio, and you want to take it out of the country, you don't fly into the interior of the country (MN) and then get an international flight back out.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14, 2026 02:59 PM (iFTx/)
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Maybe, just maybe, there was something special in the air in Minneapolis. Caring people. People willing to help others in need.

Posted by: mrp at January 14, 2026 03:06 PM (rj6Yv)

94 47 You gotta wonder how many TSA agents are Somali. And what their take was.
Posted by: Vengeance at January 14, 2026 03:00 PM (y0LCM)

That Large amounts of cash have not been seized via the Civ Asset Forfeiture law tells me someone ordered that money to be let through.

And had to be someone high up, because the lead Agency gets to KEEP part of the cash seized.

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 14, 2026 03:07 PM (mP0Kj)

95 I changed lines before the scanner when I saw a guy with a Sawzall ahead of me.

Posted by: pawn at January 14, 2026 03:07 PM (rbIOb)

96 Trump needs to take out TV broadcasting in Iran.

Posted by: Ellison, rump riding the taxpayer at January 14, 2026 03:07 PM (wNgpM)

97 Are they doing anything?

Posted by: Rev DR E Buzz

Playing Sudoku on their phones.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 14, 2026 03:07 PM (vzcgi)

98 >>> 54 As someone who has traveled internationally frequently I'd like to know how they got away with this. There is a hard $10,000 limit to the amount of cash you can take out of the US without filling out a lot of financial reporting forms with the feds and yet the TSA found hundred of millions being taken out and did nothing?

This is more than just fraud. The senior levels of our government wanted that cash to go to Somalia.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 03:01 PM (viF8m)

10% for the Big Guy!

*shart*

Posted by: Brandon at January 14, 2026 03:07 PM (ULPxl)

99 What you gon' do with all that junk
All that junk inside your trunk?

What you gon' do with all that ass
All that ass inside 'em jeans?

Posted by: The Singing TSA Agents at January 14, 2026 03:07 PM (Dv3i1)

100 TSA did make me throw away my toothpaste once.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 14, 2026 02:53 PM (GBKbO)

I'll never get those nail clippers back...
Posted by: Diogenes at January 14, 2026 02:58 PM (2WIwB)

Brand new cigar lighter, no fuel, still in the box...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 14, 2026 03:04 PM

In 2003, the jackwagons at Heathrow confiscated what I think was a blunt, 1" cuticle knife from a small grooming kit. I told them they could keep it. I'd had it for years, didn't know what the hell it was and wouldn't miss it.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2026 03:07 PM (bFu5X)

101 Out damned sock!

Posted by: torabora at January 14, 2026 03:08 PM (wNgpM)

102 Sponge. Aw man so sorry to hear that. Prayers with you, my friend.

Posted by: tubal at January 14, 2026 03:08 PM (pDt9x)

103 Threaten The Donald? What is the biddding for pushing the button? I'll bet Salman is tough to beat.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 14, 2026 03:08 PM (YlWIZ)

104 The Mullahs certainly fell from the top of the stupid tree and hit every branch on the way down.

Trump nuked your nuke facilities.
Trump disappeared a communist despotic leader.

Trump will have absolutely no qualms about sending a stealth cruise missile right up your ass.

Posted by: Defenestratus at January 14, 2026 03:08 PM (WYStd)

105 TSA pirates steal lots of knives and things that only look like knives.

Posted by: Eromero at January 14, 2026 03:08 PM (DyBVD)

106 >>TSA took away my canister of shaving cream and let these mules run away with a near billion of taxpayer money, to send to the jihad.
Posted by: gKWVE at January 14, 2026 02:51 PM (gKWVE)

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Because dinosaurs.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at January 14, 2026 03:08 PM (sIdQQ)

107 72 >>They're not laundering anything. They're just expatriating it. You can fly with a briefcase full of hundos, it's not illegal at all as long as you declare it.

And if you don't declare it it's a felony. And apparently they didn't declare it.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 03:04 PM (viF8m)
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From the article in Ace's post:

The cash movements were made by U.S. citizens of Somali origin who flew out of the Columbus airport en route to either the airports in Minneapolis or Atlanta, and the couriers always declared the cash as legally required on documents, officials said.

Posted by: ballistic at January 14, 2026 03:08 PM (3BwY8)

108 37 That article is confusingly written. I'm still not sure what Ohio had to do with any of it.

I assume the money went from MN to OH (although I'm not sure why) en route to an international flight. But the article says the flights went from Ohio to Minneapolis and then to Amsterdam/Dubai.

None of this makes any sense to me. I would think if you're laundering money, you take as few flights as possible. If you have the money in Ohio, and you want to take it out of the country, you don't fly into the interior of the country (MN) and then get an international flight back out.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14, 2026 02:59 PM (iFTx/)

Lots of Somalis got dumped in Columbus too and started doing what they do. Probably sent to Minnesota first to consolidate and fly out on one flight.

Posted by: Anonymous Scandi Hobo at January 14, 2026 03:09 PM (FMqEg)

109 You have to wonder how many confiscated dildo's the TSA has accumulated in the back room.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 14, 2026 03:09 PM (abIsI)

110 92 Well, Iran just gave Trump all the justification he needs to end the regime.

This is like Maduro saying Trumps a coward and to come and get him.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 14, 2026 03:06 PM (XV/Pl)

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The mullahs probably won't try to cover Imagine, though. So, they probably have more leeway at this point.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 14, 2026 03:09 PM (GBKbO)

111 Trump just said that Iran has told him there will be no hangings or killing of their citizens.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 14, 2026 03:09 PM (NpAcC)

112 PDT will probably have some silly signing ceremony, make a few jokes and retire for the afternoon, heading to the residence. And then scoot down the back stairs for final planning before the midnight strikes. Hey, he's signing the healthy kids act right now.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 14, 2026 03:09 PM (gm9Sb)

113 We are in desperate need of an opposition party. I'm not going to put this all on Trump. The guy will only be able to do so much. Reading shit like this and watching the a-hole left out in the streets.........

I can't say what I want to say without getting banned. I don't want violence in our streets n civil war. I have kids, I don't want them to live through that and experience horror. However the left is bound and determined to do just that AND they want my kids, who were finally old enough to vote in 24' dead.

As a father and I have a REALf'ing problem with it and am sick n f'ing tired of the lefts BS. I've lived a blessed life, I have cool toys and have done some cool thing I can be proud of. I've lived my life. If I croak right now at least I had a good run.

Any human decency, civility or whatever you want to call it in my case towards the left is gone. It was shot in the neck last September. I'm still horrified by it. Rob Reiner dead could care less, good riddance to evil. This loopy broad in Minneapolis, good riddance to evil.

I want to see these people suffer immensely and if I could do anything to help facilitate that I absolutely would.

Thanks for letting me vent.

Posted by: JROD at January 14, 2026 03:09 PM (IlL6s)

114 I'm still wondering why all the US Attorney's in Minneapolis resigned. Their complaint seems far too petty for that to have been the reason.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 03:09 PM (uWKK8)

115 I imagine there is a TSA flunky somewhere sitting on a garage full of nail clippers just waiting for Clipper Futures to skyrocket.

Posted by: Keeping Us Safe 24/7 at January 14, 2026 03:10 PM (oftw2)

116 Looking like Greenland might be a go.

Should rename it North Trumpalago if we get it.

Posted by: Delurker at January 14, 2026 03:10 PM (gtcuf)

117 73 TSA did make me throw away my toothpaste once.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 14, 2026 02:53 PM (GBKbO)

I'll never get those nail clippers back...
Posted by: Diogenes at January 14, 2026 02:58 PM (2WIwB)

Brand new cigar lighter, no fuel, still in the box...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 14, 2026 03:04 PM (nbLIj)

Tweezerman tweezers and a pocket knife.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 14, 2026 03:10 PM (fszBn)

118 What do TSA agents do with people with butt plugs inserted?
Asking for a friend in the biz.

Posted by: You Got To Be Shitting Me at January 14, 2026 03:10 PM (wNgpM)

119 Sorry about your loss, Sponge.

I was on one of the first flights out of Logan after 9/11 and you can imagine what a goat rodeo that was since it was the site where the WTC took off from. They had no idea what they were doing at the point so they were taking everything.

They had those big, grey, plastic garbage cans by every TSA station and they were just filling them up with nail clipper, books of matches, tweezers, disposable lighter... you name it, it was going in the bucket.

But a bunch of lightbulb heads carrying hundreds of million of dollar, on your way Ahmed.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 03:10 PM (viF8m)

120 We are your overlords.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 03:11 PM (A32KF)

121 >> 37 That article is confusingly written. I'm still not sure what Ohio had to do with any of it.

I assume the money went from MN to OH (although I'm not sure why) en route to an international flight. But the article says the flights went from Ohio to Minneapolis and then to Amsterdam/Dubai.

The same shit was going on in Ohio with their Somalis. I doubt Columbus has international connecting flights but MSP does.

Posted by: the dandy at January 14, 2026 03:11 PM (8l8nW)

122 63 Maybe all that cash moving through the Columbus airport explains the columbus mayor’s lunatic defense of the city’s samali alien community.
Posted by: Oglebay

This is why I think the republic has to take drastic action to destroy government corruption on a large scale. The GOP and Dems are literally selling themselves to foreign interests and no government can survive that long term.

Proscription is about the remaining remedy and that probably means the end of the republic. Trump is not probably the guy to do that in all honesty. He is a counterpuncher.

Whoever would order a proscription type order has to be someone as tough as Sulla, Cromwell, Pinochet, Franco, or Caesar.

Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 03:11 PM (WDjG6)

123 TSA did make me throw away my toothpaste once.

Here is the primary problem facing the TSA:

No amount of shoving Wildebeests around does anything at all about the Lions.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 14, 2026 03:11 PM (Da7Vv)

124
You gotta wonder how many TSA agents are Somali. And what their take was.
Posted by: Vengeance

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The baggage handlers were in on it.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 03:11 PM (Jxa0O)

125 The last time I flew TSA man-handled my CPAP machine. Fingered every piece of it. Took the mask apart, looked in the air tube... everything.

Then made me put it all back together right there at the table while the other passengers stared at me.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2026 03:12 PM (NwnyJ)

126
They're expatriating laundered/fraudulent money. No, it's not illegal to carry or fly with cash, but it rightfully raises red flags. That's why you have to declare it, so they know about it and can investigate if necessary.

Regardless, if you are moving around with dirty money and don't want to raise questions, you would take as few flights as possible. Based on this article's reporting, it seems these scumbags were doing the opposite.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14, 2026 03:06 PM (iFTx/)
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Yeah it was obtained fraudulently but it's not "dirty money" like proceeds from drug dealing or prostitution. They got it through "legal" channels directly from the Fed and State governments, because they're a protected and coddled class. There's nothing to launder because as long as the democrats are in charge nobody's going to investigate, and they damn well know it.

Posted by: ballistic at January 14, 2026 03:12 PM (3BwY8)

127 None of this makes any sense to me. I would think if you're laundering money, you take as few flights as possible. If you have the money in Ohio, and you want to take it out of the country, you don't fly into the interior of the country (MN) and then get an international flight back out.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14, 2026 02:59 PM (iFTx/)
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Maybe, just maybe, there was something special in the air in Minneapolis. Caring people. People willing to help others in need.
Posted by: mrp at January 14, 2026 03:06 PM (rj6Yv)
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Oh, I'm sure there was. But it still doesn't make sense why you'd take these interim flights, and run the risk that someone outside of MN might say "hey, what's this guy doing with $100k in cash?"

Plus, the article also says there were big cash movements between OH and Atlanta.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14, 2026 03:12 PM (iFTx/)

128 Iran issued a sickening threat against President Trump Wednesday, broadcasting a picture of the commander in chief during the 2024 Butler rally assassination attempt -- with the words "This time it will not miss the target."
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Iran is apparently looking to rally Democrat voters to its cause.

Posted by: Methos at January 14, 2026 03:12 PM (vSvIl)

129 Any human decency, civility or whatever you want to call it in my case towards the left is gone. It was shot in the neck last September. I'm still horrified by it. Rob Reiner dead could care less, good riddance to evil. This loopy broad in Minneapolis, good riddance to evil.

I want to see these people suffer immensely and if I could do anything to help facilitate that I absolutely would.

Thanks for letting me vent.

Posted by: JROD at January 14, 2026 03:09 PM (IlL6s)

You are not alone.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 14, 2026 03:12 PM (dK+Kv)

130 You gotta wonder how many TSA agents are Somali. And what their take was.
Posted by: Vengeance

Ha-ha. That's a good one. Before 9-11, the gate security at Columbus Airport (before it becase John Glenn International (huh?) Airport) were mostly Somalis.

And Columbus's Airport is NOT an international airport. There are NO international flights out of there. There used to be flights to Canada, but now you have to go through Phillie, Detroit or Chicago. There are international flights out of Minneapolis-St. Paul airport. I think KLM flies out of there.

Posted by: A face in the crowd.... at January 14, 2026 03:12 PM (vcOmj)

131 If the declared the cash. We have a detailed record of it. Keep that in mind.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 14, 2026 03:12 PM (FzxSW)

132 Almost midnight in Mordor.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 03:13 PM (A32KF)

133 110 92 Well, Iran just gave Trump all the justification he needs to end the regime.

This is like Maduro saying Trumps a coward and to come and get him.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 14, 2026 03:06 PM (XV/Pl)

It's close; there's a problem that few on our side are thinking about, but we do need an actual Casus Belli to launch an offensive strike against Iran. Meaning they have to *do* something to us, to justify it. Before, sayin that they were just about to enrich enough Uranium to create a bomb was enough to justify an attack. But killing their own people is not quite enough; we've got to provoke them into *doing* something really stupid.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 03:13 PM (uWKK8)

134 Sponge, I am so sorry. Please give your wife a hug from me.

Posted by: Piper at January 14, 2026 03:13 PM (OoFl2)

135 >>The cash movements were made by U.S. citizens of Somali origin who flew out of the Columbus airport en route to either the airports in Minneapolis or Atlanta, and the couriers always declared the cash as legally required on documents, officials said.

And somehow that didn't set off any alarm bells.

Again, this is more than some skinny's committing fraud. This was our federal government helping give Somalia hundreds of millions of US tax dollars.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 03:13 PM (viF8m)

136 I'm still wondering why all the US Attorney's in Minneapolis resigned. Their complaint seems far too petty for that to have been the reason.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 03:09 PM (uWKK

==
They were probably up to no-good. The boss put a stop to it, meaning they were going to be a problem. They seemed to be angry she stopped them from flying to Minneapolis, though I have heard a few different stories, this one seems the most plausible.

Posted by: Black JEM at January 14, 2026 03:13 PM (GZYu7)

137
Trump just said that Iran has told him there will be no hangings or killing of their citizens.
Posted by: redridinghood

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Fast-breaking and confusing news.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 03:13 PM (Jxa0O)

138 Looking like Greenland might be a go.

Should rename it North Trumpalago if we get it.
Posted by: Delurker at January 14, 2026 03:10 PM (gtcuf)

Wasn't there a poll taken in Greenland somewhat recently that said most of the populace wouldn't mind being a US territory as opposed to Denmark? (I might be way off the mark...)

Posted by: hobbitopoly at January 14, 2026 03:13 PM (6xRrr)

139
My husband is 80 y/o. He hasn't flown for years and had to fly cross country and back last week. Youngest son who was traveling with him forgot to tell hubby he needed to put his wallet through the scanner.

Hubby got the whole patdown and feel up.

He told the guy you can grab my junk, it doesn't work anymore anyway, lol.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 14, 2026 03:13 PM (3ek7K)

140 Lord bless our friend Sponge, his wife and family with the peace, comfort and strength that comes only from You.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 14, 2026 03:14 PM (vzcgi)

141 Well, great. The Persian goat fuckers just guaranteed themselves a major air strike.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at January 14, 2026 03:14 PM (pohLc)

142 Sponge, I am so sorry. Please give your wife a hug from me.
Posted by: Piper at January 14, 2026 03:13 PM (OoFl2)

I will. She's napping at the moment.........

And again. Thank you all. You're the elites in society. What humanity is all about.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 14, 2026 03:14 PM (Zz0t1)

143 136 I'm still wondering why all the US Attorney's in Minneapolis resigned. Their complaint seems far too petty for that to have been the reason.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 03:09 PM (uWKK
==
They were probably up to no-good. The boss put a stop to it, meaning they were going to be a problem. They seemed to be angry she stopped them from flying to Minneapolis, though I have heard a few different stories, this one seems the most plausible.

Posted by: Black JEM at January 14, 2026 03:13 PM (GZYu7)

======

From what I've read, the MN USA who resigned was completely separate from the Civil Rights Attorneys who resigned.

The MN USA seems to be angling for the new Assistant AG position focused on fraud.

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

144
I hope we have good intelligence on where the mullahs and gov't officials are located, and can take them all out at once.

Death threats against an American President cannot be tolerated.

Burn'em all down, Mr President.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 14, 2026 03:14 PM (iJfKG)

145 My wife flies quite a bit and always knits on the plane. Foot long steel knitting needles. Has never Once had a problem. But they make her throw away a half drank bottle of water. Clown world.

Posted by: tubal at January 14, 2026 03:05 PM (pDt9x)

I doubt they're steel. Mine definitely aren't. We knitters can fly with needles because they're blunt-ended. At least, that's what the TSA used to say.

Posted by: pookysgirl hasn't flown for a few years at January 14, 2026 03:14 PM (Wt5PA)

146 125 The last time I flew TSA man-handled my CPAP machine. Fingered every piece of it. Took the mask apart, looked in the air tube... everything.

Then made me put it all back together right there at the table while the other passengers stared at me.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2026 03:12 PM (NwnyJ)

I was pulled out of the boarding line in Phoenix and they patted me down and used what I thought was a metal detector on the bottom of my bare feet, it was super weird. Yes they made me take off my shoes and sit in a chair with everyone boarding the plane watching them scan my feet.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 14, 2026 03:14 PM (fszBn)

147 TBH all I'm doing is watching for Iran news.
Posted by: ace at January 14, 2026 03:00 PM (1wjle)

--

Yup. Live feeds of mullahs and rev guards dangling from big cranes would be a dream come true.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at January 14, 2026 03:14 PM (sIdQQ)

148 huh ???

"Trump: We have been told that the killing in Iran is stopping, has stopped…. I've been told that on good authority."

and you trust them ??

🫣

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 03:14 PM (g47mK)

149 Kristi Noem's failure to disband it has been a big gripe of mine.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 02:59 PM (Jxa0O)

Created by legislation. I doubt she can.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 14, 2026 03:14 PM (ExV1e)

150 I'm still wondering why all the US Attorney's in Minneapolis resigned. Their complaint seems far too petty for that to have been the reason.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 03:09 PM (uWKK

Two points reported.

ICE guy was not charged or investigated as it appears to a reasonable observer that there were legitimate self-defense actions.

Lesbo-wife-jihadi was being investigated and would presumably be charged if the facts support it, which, to a reasonable observer, it appears that she was an active conspirator.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 14, 2026 03:14 PM (dK+Kv)

151 >>> 129 Any human decency, civility or whatever you want to call it in my case towards the left is gone. It was shot in the neck last September. I'm still horrified by it. Rob Reiner dead could care less, good riddance to evil. This loopy broad in Minneapolis, good riddance to evil.

I want to see these people suffer immensely and if I could do anything to help facilitate that I absolutely would.

Thanks for letting me vent.

Posted by: JROD at January 14, 2026 03:09 PM (IlL6s)

You are not alone.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 14, 2026 03:12 PM (dK+Kv)

OrangeManBad ought to have someone dump personal info for all the ICEWatch and affiliated group's members, and offer bounties.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 14, 2026 03:14 PM (ULPxl)

152 They knew the money was leaving the country, but did nothing about it. There's no way that happened by accident or oversight. They knew exactly where the money was going and what it was going for, and it wasn't going to some goatfuckers in Africa, other than maybe minus somebodies cut. The entire Democrat apparatus needs pulled up, root and branch, and the earth salted. Criminals, from top to bottom.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at January 14, 2026 03:14 PM (MZ+PY)

153 flightradar24.com

Trying to figure out how to filter everything out except military flights over the ME.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 03:15 PM (QGRvm)

154 First and only time to Vegas I had just gotten my CPAP machine. TSA was all over it and freaking out. Of course, this was right before the year anniversary of 9-11 so security was all wacked out of their minds looking for crazy shit. i hate TSA and flying so I just drive if I can.

Posted by: turambar at January 14, 2026 03:15 PM (Q0yOR)

155 So Moscow is asylum for gold bearing spiritual ascetics now?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 14, 2026 03:15 PM (YlWIZ)

156 My TSA story: After a 9-hour (!) delay, when we finally went through, I forgot, for the first time ever in my life, to take my belt off.

The mouthbreathing DEI hire TSA asshole sent me to secondary so they could fondle my junk and everything else, at great length. Barely made the flight.

After a 9-hour delay. Fuck the TSA hard with a pineapple, sideways.

Posted by: Delurker at January 14, 2026 03:15 PM (gtcuf)

157 Kristi Noem's failure to disband it has been a big gripe of mine.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

How can she disband it? It was created by Congress, no? So only Congress can get rid of it.

Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 03:15 PM (77rzZ)

158 145 My wife flies quite a bit and always knits on the plane. Foot long steel knitting needles. Has never Once had a problem. But they make her throw away a half drank bottle of water. Clown world.

Posted by: tubal at January 14, 2026 03:05 PM (pDt9x)

I doubt they're steel. Mine definitely aren't. We knitters can fly with needles because they're blunt-ended. At least, that's what the TSA used to say.
Posted by: pookysgirl hasn't flown for a few years at January 14, 2026 03:14 PM (Wt5PA)

Maybe that’s it. Feels like steel when she pokes with them.

Posted by: tubal at January 14, 2026 03:15 PM (pDt9x)

159 "Typically, when they go to Minneapolis, they drop off the cash and then a subsequent courier travels abroad from Minneapolis to Dubai through Amsterdam," one official familiar with the investigation told Just the News on Tuesday, speaking only on condition of anonymity.
_________________________

You might not be aware of this, but the Antwerp to Dubai route is the predominate process to transport stolen vehicles (mostly from Canada). When the stolen vehicles get to Antwerp they either go the Middle East route, or the African route.

This has been documented a number of times by people who have multiple vehicles stolen in Canada. They used hidden Apple Air Tags...and were even able to locate their vehicles on used car lots in the UAE.

Posted by: Orson at January 14, 2026 03:16 PM (dIske)

160 Last week my wife and I flew out of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Once we got through TSA I remarked to my wife that good customer services is obviously not a requirement for employment. Chicago I would expect. But not in my home state.

Posted by: Turn 2 at January 14, 2026 03:16 PM (CyFyf)

161 TSA "Agents" got their cut of the money, so no worries.

Posted by: Joe Mama at January 14, 2026 03:16 PM (TezPK)

162 Oh, yeah. Exactly what did Rob Reiner die for? Again?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 14, 2026 03:16 PM (YlWIZ)

163 >> Wasn't there a poll taken in Greenland somewhat recently that said most of the populace wouldn't mind being a US territory as opposed to Denmark? (I might be way off the mark...)

From 1966-91 Denmark apparently sterilized girls as young as 12 without their knowledge as a population control program in Greenland. I'd say all we really have to do is promise we won't do that and we're in.

Posted by: the dandy at January 14, 2026 03:16 PM (8l8nW)

164 What's with Verizon being down all day?

Have we already started military operations?

Posted by: Strange Brew at January 14, 2026 03:16 PM (jUuxl)

165 Afew pallets of rifles?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 03:16 PM (A32KF)

166 "Thanks for letting me vent.
Posted by: JROD at January 14, 2026 03:09 PM (IlL6s)"

I have maintained since 2016 that the republic is dead and all we're doing is sorting out the order of battle, timing, and attempting to bleed the other side(s) before it pops off. I wish PDT the best of luck but I don't think things are salvageable.

"37 That article is confusingly written. I'm still not sure what Ohio had to do with any of it."

Somalis in Ohio sending cash back to the mothership. Several states including OH had prog bureaucrats hiring fake Somali auditors to review the fraudulent funding, thus enabling them to operate their scams in those states.

Re: Somalis... hate to say it as one of my good buddies in the service was a Somalian, but this has earned their culture as a whole a permanent place on my not-fucking-ever list. All that money they stole contributed to money printing which helped to fuck all of us. Deliberate fraud from the treasury should be a mandatory death penalty.

Posted by: heya at January 14, 2026 03:17 PM (aOqEy)

167 midnight in Mordor.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 03:13 PM (A32KF)

Dangit, that's a great heavy metal band name!

Posted by: pookysgirl really needs to write these down at January 14, 2026 03:17 PM (Wt5PA)

168 Well, great. The Persian goat fuckers just guaranteed themselves a major air strike.
Posted by: Xipe Totec at January 14, 2026 03:14 PM

Not to mention sounding the dog whistle for every unstable lefty in America.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2026 03:17 PM (bFu5X)

169 Sponge, God be with you and the First Lady.

Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 03:17 PM (77rzZ)

170 The point of the government is to steal as much money as possible from the taxpayers

Why would the Junta object to some of those stolen dollars leaving the country as long as they got their cut first?

Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 03:18 PM (sKqQm)

171 I'm still wondering why all the US Attorney's in Minneapolis resigned. Their complaint seems far too petty for that to have been the reason.
Posted by: Tom Servo

tiny.cc/e1ox001

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 14, 2026 03:18 PM (vzcgi)

172
"Trump: We have been told that the killing in Iran is stopping, has stopped…. I've been told that on good authority."

and you trust them ??

🫣
Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 03:14 PM (g47mK)

Why do I doubt that ?

Posted by: It's me donna at January 14, 2026 03:18 PM (VE6XX)

173 In 2003, the jackwagons at Heathrow confiscated what I think was a blunt, 1" cuticle knife from a small grooming kit. I told them they could keep it. I'd had it for years, didn't know what the hell it was and wouldn't miss it.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2026 03:07 PM (bFu5X)

After my last experience there, I will do everything in my power to make sure I never fly to or through that shithole airport ever again.

F*CK that place.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 14, 2026 03:18 PM (Zz0t1)

174 What's with Verizon being down all day?

Have we already started military operations?
Posted by: Strange Brew

I hear it's been down for a couple of days.

Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 03:18 PM (77rzZ)

175 Guess we will have to wait and see about Iran, yes? No clue about any of the big events that happened beforehand. Inklings, at most.

Posted by: tubal at January 14, 2026 03:18 PM (pDt9x)

176 136 I'm still wondering why all the US Attorney's in Minneapolis resigned. Their complaint seems far too petty for that to have been the reason.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 03:09 PM (uWKK
==
They were probably up to no-good. The boss put a stop to it, meaning they were going to be a problem. They seemed to be angry she stopped them from flying to Minneapolis, though I have heard a few different stories, this one seems the most plausible.
Posted by: Black JEM at January 14, 2026 03:13 PM (GZYu7)

Simpler. They were the lead agency that should have been investigating all this fraud, and now possible money laundering... and didn't.

So they all quit before they had to start answering questions.

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 14, 2026 03:18 PM (mP0Kj)

177 When I flew to Canada last year, I made sure that the ticket agent knew I had a medical device as a carry-on item (CPAP). They tagged it and with the tag on the case, it doesn't count for the two-item carry-on limit (check first). No problems through the TSA inspection, either. Same thing flying back through Vancouver.

Posted by: mrp at January 14, 2026 03:18 PM (rj6Yv)

178
How can she disband it? It was created by Congress, no? So only Congress can get rid of it.

Posted by: Bulg

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

Oh, darn. Well, she could reduce their duties.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 03:18 PM (Jxa0O)

179 The last time I flew TSA man-handled my CPAP machine. Fingered every piece of it. Took the mask apart, looked in the air tube... everything.

Then made me put it all back together right there at the table while the other passengers stared at me.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2026 03:12 PM (NwnyJ)

I was pulled out of the boarding line in Phoenix and they patted me down and used what I thought was a metal detector on the bottom of my bare feet, it was super weird. Yes they made me take off my shoes and sit in a chair with everyone boarding the plane watching them scan my feet.
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 14, 2026 03:14 PM (fszBn)
____

I flew once with two metal cigar tubes in a leather sleeve. When they ran it through the luggage detector, it looked exactly like two pipe bombs strapped together. (Of course, I didn't realize that when I brought them.) The TSA guy showed me the image and said "hey, what's this?" I explained what it was. The guy was like "good enough for me." Never opened the luggage or made any effort to determine if I was telling the truth.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14, 2026 03:18 PM (iFTx/)

180 when I had to fly after my broken wrist and surgery they made me take the soft case off in TSA! I shoved the swollen scar in the girl's face, and she went white as a sheet.

what is wrong with airlines? why do we put up with all this? the TSA needs to GO

wtf Secretary Duffy you stink

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 14, 2026 03:19 PM (emBoF)

181 He told the guy you can grab my junk, it doesn't work anymore anyway, lol.

Posted by: fourseasons

I used to fly a lot, and most TSA people were ok, most of the time, unless someone deliberately antagonized them, which I have seen happen. They use to have a sign up at the TSA checkpoin(s) at Ronald Reagan Airport in DC about "NO LAUGHING IN LINE!"
But one time a TSA guy did run his hands over my ass....I think he was gay.

In China, they are REALLY ROUGH!.. They grab you ,grab your arms to stretch out, and wand you with a metal detector. Then push you along. They aren't worried about the language barrier or "Being nice".

Posted by: A face in the crowd.... at January 14, 2026 03:19 PM (vcOmj)

182 Verizon working fine out West.

Posted by: garrett at January 14, 2026 03:19 PM (ZcsJV)

183 TSA did make me throw away my toothpaste once.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Before 9-11, before TSA, security mad me check set of three steel tip darts. The three D-cell maglite and Leatherman was OK to carry on though.

So I had to wait at the baggage carousel for this box barely big enough to hold a couple pop tarts to come down the ramp.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2026 03:19 PM (/lPRQ)

184 I was on a flight where the lady in front of me had a plastic bag full of golf balls. TSA was wiping every ball in the bag for explosives. There had to be at least 50 balls. I almost lost my mind.
Posted by: Vengeance

They are great ball handlers. Ask me how I know.

Posted by: Frequent Traveler at January 14, 2026 03:19 PM (TezPK)

185 Well, Iran just gave Trump all the justification he needs to end the regime.

This is like Maduro saying Trumps a coward and to come and get him.
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"We bet you can't get us before the SOTU. Neener Neener"
-the mullahs, probably

Posted by: Methos at January 14, 2026 03:19 PM (vSvIl)

186 What banks are allowing that amount of cash out the door? What is the origination of this "cash"?

I get looked at sideways for requesting cash and get grilled about its purpose.

WTF?

Posted by: Derak at January 14, 2026 03:19 PM (IGxha)

187 148 huh ???

"Trump: We have been told that the killing in Iran is stopping, has stopped…. I've been told that on good authority."

and you trust them ??

🫣
Posted by: runner a
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It is always wise to obscure when and if you need to strike. US is probably not prepared quite yet so it might save some lives if Trump equivocates.

Watch what he does, not what he says. What he says is for negotiating and the public, what he does is something else.

Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 03:20 PM (WDjG6)

188 No Verizon worries here.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 03:20 PM (A32KF)

189 "This time it will not miss the target."

They're begging to see the "freedom Dorito" over Tehran.

Posted by: Dave's not here at January 14, 2026 03:20 PM (kp5iD)

190
Derek,

I've wondered the same thing.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 14, 2026 03:21 PM (3ek7K)

191 Did have one very cool TSA agent, once. I was flying from NY back to Denver and had a shit ton of primo NY Italian deli meats wrapped in foil in my backpack. Supersatt, Gabagool, mortadell etc.

They sent me for a "backpack inspection." I explained to the TSA agent that I couldn't get that stuff where I live in Colorado.

He grinned at me and said "Well hell, I can't blame you for that!" And let me go without barely even looking at my backpack.

Posted by: Delurker at January 14, 2026 03:21 PM (gtcuf)

192 Iran knows its doomed, now the regime people are trying to save theirnjihadi ass, like the top nazis in 1945, running to American OSS and the British to make separate agreements behind hitler's back. Kotek them!

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 03:21 PM (g47mK)

193 $130 million dollars in $100 bills takes up a large amount of space. That would be 1.3 million $100 bills, or a stack about 1100 bills high, 1100 bills wide , and 1100 bills deep. Lots of bills.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 14, 2026 03:21 PM (Da7Vv)

194 After my last experience there, I will do everything in my power to make sure I never fly to or through that shithole airport ever again.

F*CK that place.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 14, 2026 03:18 PM

Agreed. F*ck the UK, in particular.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2026 03:21 PM (bFu5X)

195 they should all be collected and hanged by the free Iranian people

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 03:22 PM (g47mK)

196 From 1966-91 Denmark apparently sterilized girls as young as 12 without their knowledge as a population control program in Greenland. I'd say all we really have to do is promise we won't do that and we're in.
Posted by: the dandy at January 14, 2026 03:16 PM (8l8nW)

Yikes! I think we can pretty much guarantee that won't happen if we're in charge.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at January 14, 2026 03:22 PM (6xRrr)

197
Agreed. F*ck the UK, in particular.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2026 03:21 PM (bFu5X)

Can't argue.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 14, 2026 03:22 PM (Zz0t1)

198 They made me nibble my Old Spice down to 4oz.
They made me breast feed some old man!

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at January 14, 2026 03:22 PM (wBaIH)

199 It's the screechy Vietnamese ladies with chopsticks in their hair you need to look out for.

Posted by: Pin Cushion Petey at January 14, 2026 03:22 PM (oftw2)

200 "They're not laundering anything. They're just expatriating it. You can fly with a briefcase full of hundos, it's not illegal at all as long as you declare it.
Posted by: ballistic at January 14, 2026 03:03 PM"

That's not how this works.

If YOU get on a plane with a briefcase full of cash, past a certain value (10k, if I recall) YOU will get grilled and paperwork gets filled out. Doesn't matter if you pre-declare it, YOU will have a long talk with them. If it's over - based on what I've seen - 35k or so, YOU will almost certainly have it seized, and YOU will not get it back.

I am capitalizing YOU because someone instructed the TSA to look the other way entirely as these shitheads moved stolen money around.

A smattering of agencies won't participate, but generally speaking you get over ~35K and there is nowhere in the US you can safely transport cash as a regular individual. LE is virtually guaranteed to seize it if they catch you with it, and that's not even trying to fly with it or leave the country.

Posted by: heya at January 14, 2026 03:23 PM (aOqEy)

201 196 From 1966-91 Denmark apparently sterilized girls as young as 12 without their knowledge as a population control program in Greenland. I'd say all we really have to do is promise we won't do that and we're in.
Posted by: the dandy at January 14, 2026 03:16 PM (8l8nW)

Yikes! I think we can pretty much guarantee that won't happen if we're in charge.
Posted by: hobbitopoly at January 14, 2026 03:22 PM (6xRrr)

Treating them like herd animals, in other words. Nice folks, those Europeans.

Posted by: tubal at January 14, 2026 03:23 PM (pDt9x)

202 After all this, i honestly want to know 1. Why am i paying taxes? What am i paying for except for a bunch of people sending money to t*rrorist organizations? 2. TSA seems to be just a harassment engine for the little people. They're letting people run money to overseas t*rror orgs so obviously they don't care about stopping sh*t. So might as well go back to the old way.

Posted by: Nelly at January 14, 2026 03:23 PM (7gpcF)

203 Mossad knows where the bodies are that need burying

Let’s roll!

Posted by: Gonzotx at January 14, 2026 03:23 PM (Txb/L)

204 TSA takes my cocaine and Glock, but these Somalis can basically loot the whole treasury.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at January 14, 2026 03:23 PM (wGerL)

205
I flew once with two metal cigar tubes in a leather sleeve. When they ran it through the luggage detector, it looked exactly like two pipe bombs strapped together. (Of course, I didn't realize that when I brought them.) The TSA guy showed me the image and said "hey, what's this?" I explained what it was. The guy was like "good enough for me." Never opened the luggage or made any effort to determine if I was telling the truth.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14,

I try not to check a bag and my carry on bag has a little pocket and I have gotten water through more times than I can count and the first time I told them and then they used those little wipes and tested me for what I assumed was a bomb so I won't tell them if I get something through after that.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 14, 2026 03:23 PM (fszBn)

206 None of this makes any sense to me. I would think if you're laundering money, you take as few flights as possible. If you have the money in Ohio, and you want to take it out of the country, you don't fly into the interior of the country (MN) and then get an international flight back out.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade

From Ohio you'd drive to Detroit which has shitloads of flights direct to the ME (really, the planes are loaded with shit).
Unless that is too obvious.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2026 03:24 PM (/lPRQ)

207 I haven't flown since getting my dental implants. Does anyone know if you need to tell the TSA about the metal abutments before going through?

Posted by: Delurker at January 14, 2026 03:24 PM (gtcuf)

208 I am capitalizing YOU because someone instructed the TSA to look the other way entirely as these shitheads moved stolen money around.

Posted by: heya
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I guarantee whoever agreed to let this pass is documented as bureaucrats always have a rule--get it in writing when something dubious comes up. My guess, CIA waved their magic wand.

Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 03:24 PM (WDjG6)

209 Back in 2008 when I went to DC to protest the ACA, we were joking around with the TSA guys because they were swabbing peoples hands and we were giggling and like saying hey how come we didn't get our hands swabbed. So they did and laughed. It was fun.......back then. The quality of employee was better 18 years ago.

Posted by: Jaimo at January 14, 2026 03:24 PM (BCuCF)

210 @151 Helena Handbasket-yes, a list of these a-holes would be sweet.

One at a time.

Posted by: JROD at January 14, 2026 03:24 PM (IlL6s)

211 136 I'm still wondering why all the US Attorney's in Minneapolis resigned.
___

Because they were told to. Marjorie Taylor Green got the same call.

Posted by: South Berwick Follies at January 14, 2026 03:25 PM (qUkBO)

212 > flightradar24.com

Trying to figure out how to filter everything out except military flights over the ME.
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You can't without a paid subscription.

Instead, use globe.adsbexchange dot com

Click on the "U" in the upper right for Military.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2026 03:25 PM (NwnyJ)

213 The Breonna Taylor case was an odd one - she was one of the women of a local drug kingpin - he even stashed a body in her car once.

So when the cops found out she had a man at her house they figured they finally had their perp.

But the man that was there was not the drug lord but some other guy. However he responded to the police coming in by shooting at them and they returned fire.

And the Junta charged one of the cops, who remember did not shoot first, Hankison, with killing Taylor...

While he wounded a cop he and they lived, but Breeona died in the crossfire.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 03:25 PM (sKqQm)

214 "186 What banks are allowing that amount of cash out the door? What is the origination of this "cash"?

I get looked at sideways for requesting cash and get grilled about its purpose.

WTF?
Posted by: Derak at January 14, 2026 03:19 PM (IGxha)"

In addition to TSA and airport LE being told to look the other way, it's clear the banks were as well.

These are the same banks that looked the other way for 20 years as Epstein moved an average of about 400k a day so this really shouldn't surprise anyone.

To repeat: the republic is dead. Nothing will get fixed until people burn it all down.

Posted by: heya at January 14, 2026 03:25 PM (aOqEy)

215 Iran Directly Threatens to Assassinate Trump
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It's time for Deltafors Donaltrum Vasquez to send the Ayatollah a substantial kinetic message.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 03:26 PM (y79kU)

216 I'm still wondering why all the US Attorney's in Minneapolis resigned. Their complaint seems far too petty for that to have been the reason.
Posted by: Tom Servo

tiny.cc/e1ox001

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 14, 2026 03:18 PM (vzcgi)
==
AaaaaHaaaa! Thank you for the link.

Fuck Joe Biden!

Posted by: Black JEM at January 14, 2026 03:26 PM (GZYu7)

217 Treating them like herd animals, in other words. Nice folks, those Europeans.
Posted by: tubal at January 14, 2026 03:23 PM

Good progressive eugenicists!

- W. Wilson

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2026 03:26 PM (bFu5X)

218 Mossad knows where the bodies are that need burying

==

and CIA, MI6, DGSE (who pretty much lived there for 47 years) and BND do not ?

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 03:26 PM (g47mK)

219 205
I flew once with two metal cigar tubes in a leather sleeve. When they ran it through the luggage detector, it looked exactly like two pipe bombs strapped together. (Of course, I didn't realize that when I brought them.) The TSA guy showed me the image and said "hey, what's this?" I explained what it was. The guy was like "good enough for me." Never opened the luggage or made any effort to determine if I was telling the truth.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14,

I try not to check a bag and my carry on bag has a little pocket and I have gotten water through more times than I can count and the first time I told them and then they used those little wipes and tested me for what I assumed was a bomb so I won't tell them if I get something through after that.
Posted by: CaliGirl
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Wise also not to go shooting prior to going through security without a good wash and don't dual purpose your luggage with your shooting hobby. Leaves nitrate residue.

Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 03:26 PM (WDjG6)

220 I'm a little worried bc PDJT and Rubio are going to the Miami game

they'd better have BEYOND excellent security

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 14, 2026 03:26 PM (emBoF)

221 I hate flying commercial. I hate everything about it. Grayhound with wings. Made it a point to NOT get the enhanced DL now required. I will never be inspected by the dungheads at TSA again.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at January 14, 2026 03:27 PM (pohLc)

222 when I had to fly after my broken wrist and surgery they made me take the soft case off in TSA! I shoved the swollen scar in the girl's face, and she went white as a sheet.

what is wrong with airlines?
********************

TSA personnel are not employed by the airlines.

Posted by: one hour sober at January 14, 2026 03:27 PM (Y1sOo)

223 "I guarantee whoever agreed to let this pass is documented as bureaucrats always have a rule--get it in writing when something dubious comes up. My guess, CIA waved their magic wand.
Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 03:24 PM (WDjG6)"

I don't think it takes much of a paper trail to get your typical TSA numbnuts to carry out a certain policy.

Posted by: heya at January 14, 2026 03:27 PM (aOqEy)

224 From prior reporting - it seems TSA did flag all this cash and said WTF? (Ok im paraphrasing) but upper levels in the Biden Administration said let it go.

Just one more piece of evidence in the massive, almost incomprehensible level of fraud and corruption that pervades our institutions.

Posted by: CtSpursman at January 14, 2026 03:28 PM (1jbkT)

225 Military aircraft no transponders until Turkey. 2 drones?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 03:28 PM (A32KF)

226 TSA personnel are not employed by the airlines.

I realize that but the govt doesn't care and cannot be reasoned with. the airlines are at least partially private companies (like 5 percent)

they could pressure the govt on this point, but I guess they don't care either.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 14, 2026 03:29 PM (emBoF)

227 222 when I had to fly after my broken wrist and surgery they made me take the soft case off in TSA! I shoved the swollen scar in the girl's face, and she went white as a sheet.

what is wrong with airlines?
********************

TSA personnel are not employed by the airlines.
Posted by: one hour sober at January 14, 2026 03:27 PM (Y1sOo)

Yup, from the Government, and... here to help!

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 14, 2026 03:29 PM (mP0Kj)

228 So...what %tage does a recovery agent get to keep?
Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 14, 2026 03:29 PM (2WIwB)

229
Getting the TSA pre-check ran me a hundred bucks or so, but I haven't been hassled since I got it.

Posted by: Auspex at January 14, 2026 03:29 PM (Y8DZL)

230 I haven't flown since getting my dental implants. Does anyone know if you need to tell the TSA about the metal abutments before going through?
Posted by: Delurker at January 14, 2026 03:24 PM

I have a partial. Never so much as a TSA blip. My mother, otoh, almost always gets her bionic knee wanded down.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2026 03:29 PM (bFu5X)

231 Columbus doesn't have international flights, Minneapolis and Atlanta do

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 14, 2026 03:29 PM (+rGLf)

232 and CIA, MI6, DGSE (who pretty much lived there for 47 years) and BND do not ?
Posted by: runner
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Not really. BND and DGSE and MI-6 all are there to facilitate Euro business with the regime. Not to end it. CIA plays both sides of the streets as a toppled Islamic regime in the Middle East with a more secular government gives places like Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States, the jitters. Only Mossad has shown repeated ability to penetrate even the most secure Iranian assets like their nuke plans or HamAss top leaders. That requires ground human intel assets.

Same reason all of Europe with kings ganged up on Revolutionary France, it threatened their own internal stability.

Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 03:29 PM (WDjG6)

233 "Wise also not to go shooting prior to going through security without a good wash and don't dual purpose your luggage with your shooting hobby. Leaves nitrate residue.
Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 03:26 PM (WDjG6)"

Empty brass will get everywhere, that's the primary reason not to fly with a shooting bag. Even moreso than all the people that forget a loaded mag or two in them.

I don't fly commercial anymore anyways within the continental US.

Posted by: heya at January 14, 2026 03:29 PM (aOqEy)

234 You have to wonder how many confiscated dildo's the TSA has accumulated in the back room.
Posted by: Maj. Healey

No we don't.

Posted by: The WNBA at January 14, 2026 03:29 PM (0u5+H)

235 🥒

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 03:30 PM (A32KF)

236 You can't without a paid subscription.

Instead, use globe.adsbexchange dot com

Click on the "U" in the upper right for Military.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Thank you!
Geez. The amount of planes in the air is ridiculous.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 03:30 PM (QGRvm)

237 I don't think it takes much of a paper trail to get your typical TSA numbnuts to carry out a certain policy.
Posted by: heya
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It would take an order from the CIA to the regional managers of TSA at the very least. Might have been put forward though by Biden junta types at the request of the agency.

Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 03:30 PM (WDjG6)

238 The Breonna Taylor case was an odd one

It was the prosecutorial misconduct in the trail of one LEO involved that stands out in this case. 4 of the AGs who resigned in Minnesota were the primaries in that case. They were about to be fired. The Renee Good angle is complete BS and a fabrication.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 14, 2026 03:31 PM (vzcgi)

239 when I had to fly after my broken wrist and surgery they made me take the soft case off in TSA! I shoved the swollen scar in the girl's face, and she went white as a sheet.

what is wrong with airlines?
********************

TSA personnel are not employed by the airlines.
Posted by: one hour sober

I had a broken ankle. They made me take off the protective cover, turn in the cane, and limp through the gauntlet.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 14, 2026 03:31 PM (+rGLf)

240 Yikes! I think we can pretty much guarantee that won't happen if we're in charge.
Posted by: hobbitopoly

Let Elon set up a re-population shop there and he'll make sure that it never happens!

Posted by: Cheri at January 14, 2026 03:31 PM (oiNtH)

241 I still get wanded on the wrist yeah. I do tell security but it doesn't really matter it's the same either way. I forgot my last trip but they saw it and just asked and quickly checked it.

it's really the braces that are a problem. they don't like em. in most cases it's no big deal to remove but in mine it was traumatic (but they wouldn't have known that, usually post-surgery you get more of a serious cast, my dr was really into me using it right away tho)

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 14, 2026 03:31 PM (emBoF)

242 Wow this is cool. US C-130 Super Hercules over Luxembourg.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 03:32 PM (QGRvm)

243
I hope all the Iran bombing is a big fake out and the boys are really over there to take out Erdogan.

Posted by: Auspex at January 14, 2026 03:32 PM (Y8DZL)

244 I don't want Khameini to sit in Rus with Abbas tho

I want him to swing

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 14, 2026 03:32 PM (emBoF)

245 Flew out of Philly after visiting mom. She insisted on sending me home with a couple boxes of store-bought chocolate chip cookies to bring to my son. (Mom was a fine home baker in her day. That day might have passed, but by God, her grandson was getting cookies from her).

Anyway, said cookies were sealed in a clear plastic clamshell tray. You've probably seen the kind. I put them at the bottom of my checked bag, as they wouldn't fit in my computer bag carry on.

Upon opening my bags at home, I was greeted with a small note advising me that my checked bag was selected for a "random" search, so items may appear disorganized.

The seal of the cookie container was broken. It appeared that the cookies were dumped out over my clothes, then placed back in the container. They made no effort to snap the container shut. Crumbs everywhere. Happened a second time (no cookies, but same friendly note). Avoided Philly airport for many a year after that...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 14, 2026 03:33 PM (nbLIj)

246 It would take an order from the CIA to the regional managers of TSA at the very least. Might have been put forward though by Biden junta types at the request of the agency.
Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 03:30 PM (WDjG6)
======

And the Autopen goes "whirr whirr whirr".

Posted by: mrp at January 14, 2026 03:34 PM (rj6Yv)

247 Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 14, 2026 03:00 PM (Zz0t1)
*******
Sponge, I'm so sorry for the loss of your father-in-law.
Your wife has really been through a lot.
Prayers for peace and comfort in this time of sorrow.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 14, 2026 03:34 PM (NpAcC)

248 I haven't flown since getting my dental implants. Does anyone know if you need to tell the TSA about the metal abutments before going through?
Posted by: Delurker at January 14, 2026 03:24 PM (gtcuf)
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I have a dental implant and nobody has said boo about it.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 14, 2026 03:34 PM (X4XpB)

249 I was praying for the young man due to be executed I think today in Iran along with others. I pray that it didn't or doesn't happen.

Posted by: Cheri at January 14, 2026 03:34 PM (oiNtH)

250 I guarantee there was a certain TSA line, a certain paper pusher, at a certain time of the day who let these people through with the minimum required "declaration" without interrogation. Then there's a certain someone somewhere all those declarations go that stacked them in the nothing-to-see-here pile. And they all got a cut.

Posted by: the dandy at January 14, 2026 03:34 PM (8l8nW)

251 From 1966-91 Denmark apparently sterilized girls as young as 12 without their knowledge as a population control program in Greenland. I'd say all we really have to do is promise we won't do that and we're in.

I think you're forgetting that we don't yet know who or what a female really is and what they can do. For example, it has only recently been discovered that men can get pregnant, according to the latest research by doctors and scientists. I just don't know if we'll ever be able to resolve this conundrum.

https://is.gd/CNicwJ

Posted by: Archimedes at January 14, 2026 03:34 PM (Riz8t)

252
I want him to swing
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 14, 2026 03:32 PM (emBoF)

I remember the "Saddam Swing" video that came out shortly after they hanged that f*cker.

Good times.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 14, 2026 03:34 PM (Zz0t1)

253
It would take an order from the CIA to the regional managers of TSA at the very least. Might have been put forward though by Biden junta types at the request of the agency.
Posted by: whig

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Weird. They seem to have done some outstanding work on the Somali fraudsters to this point.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 03:34 PM (Jxa0O)

254
I had a broken ankle. They made me take off the protective cover, turn in the cane, and limp through the gauntlet.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 14, 2026 03:31 PM

I would be screaming internally and pissed to witness that.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 14, 2026 03:34 PM (fszBn)

255 It's up to Iran to save us?

Posted by: Sid at January 14, 2026 03:34 PM (D2IqN)

256 I was on a flight where the lady in front of me had a plastic bag full of golf balls. TSA was wiping every ball in the bag for explosives. There had to be at least 50 balls. I almost lost my mind.
Posted by: Vengeance

Sh*t.
I bet half of them were mine.
Damn slice...

Posted by: Diogenes at January 14, 2026 03:35 PM (2WIwB)

257 You know, I think Iran’s government has more to worry about at this point.

Posted by: Cow Demon at January 14, 2026 03:35 PM (0GYGE)

258 Prayers for peace and comfort in this time of sorrow.
Posted by: redridinghood at January 14, 2026 03:34 PM (NpAcC)

Thank you.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 14, 2026 03:35 PM (Zz0t1)

259 245 I expected the cookies to be eaten. Good lord people suck.

Posted by: turambar at January 14, 2026 03:35 PM (Q0yOR)

260 Remember that video from Trump's first term where Iran threatened to drone Trump when he was on one of his golf courses?

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 14, 2026 03:35 PM (r/LbC)

261 Sounds like Maduro type bluster ...

Posted by: steevy at January 14, 2026 03:35 PM (YwEeS)

262 Prsyers for you sponge

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at January 14, 2026 03:36 PM (bXbFr)

263 Sponge, I'm so sorry for the loss of your father-in-law.

oh Sponge I'm so sorry! your wife has been through it, poor lady. Take care of her!

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 14, 2026 03:36 PM (emBoF)

264 Creating TSA was 'See? we're doing something!' after 9/11.

Plus, it generates a fuck-ton of union dues

Posted by: Don Black at January 14, 2026 03:36 PM (ZxPkt)

265 Not really.

===

Germany consistently supplied the Islamic Republic equipment for the nukes, until recently their trade was in the billions (which is a lot). Same with bilateral trade relations with France. France acted as mediator between US and Islamic Republic on many occasions. They know everything.

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 03:36 PM (g47mK)

266 Sponge, my condolences on your loss.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 14, 2026 03:36 PM (pLaQB)

267 I retired from a legacy carrier almost five years ago. One thing I miss is bypassing y'all at the TSA logjam.

Posted by: one hour sober at January 14, 2026 03:37 PM (Y1sOo)

268 I'd leave a note in my checked bag that reads, " If you can read this you probably don't work for the TSA." but I don't want my luggage 'sploded by the bomb squad.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at January 14, 2026 03:37 PM (0u5+H)

269 Sid, not to worry. Shit eating dogs are outlawed. You are safe for now.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at January 14, 2026 03:37 PM (pohLc)

270 Weird. They seem to have done some outstanding work on the Somali fraudsters to this point.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Fincen is no joke as almost all activity, especially illegal, relies on money transfers. And most TSA line officers and managers are not going to avoid the regular procedures in place for cartels, etc. So they documented the bucks being sent but let them go as per higher ups in the agency. Those TSA higher ups got their marching orders from someone too. And those people had to have enough clout to make them ignore it. My bet is Mayorkas or his group of killer clowns.

Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 03:37 PM (WDjG6)

271 Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2026 03:29 PM (bFu5X)

Cool, thank you! My mom has the same issues with 2 hips and a shoulder. She's Bionic Mom at this point!

Posted by: Delurker at January 14, 2026 03:38 PM (gtcuf)

272
Better yet, pounce and seize King Charles the Tampon and herr Starmer and make Princess Kate warrior queen of England.

Why isn't Hollywood outraged about Wales being under tyranny?

Posted by: Auspex at January 14, 2026 03:38 PM (Y8DZL)

273 It's midnight in Tehran now, 43 degrees. Seems like a good tie for a strike on their foreign police/murderers.

Posted by: illiniwek at January 14, 2026 03:38 PM (vbXSk)

274 My bet is Mayorkas or his group of killer clowns.

Which reminds me. Why is that POS still breathing free air?

Posted by: Archimedes at January 14, 2026 03:39 PM (Riz8t)

275
oh Sponge I'm so sorry! your wife has been through it, poor lady. Take care of her!

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 14, 2026 03:36 PM (emBoF)

I'm doing my best.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 14, 2026 03:39 PM (Zz0t1)

276
Leading Report
@LeadingReport

BREAKING: Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T, U.S. Cellular, and Xfinity all facing outages across the U.S.

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DC_Draino
@DC_Draino

Is Iran starting to misbehave?

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 14, 2026 03:39 PM (r/LbC)

277 If the Mad Mullahs do manage to take out President Trump, I'm guessing a certain Secretary of War is going to be fully let off the leash. He's not going to let that slide.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 14, 2026 03:39 PM (ESVrU)

278 Just back from wokking the dog. Cold rain out there.

Posted by: Barry O at January 14, 2026 03:39 PM (oftw2)

279 And the Autopen goes "whirr whirr whirr".
Posted by: mrp

Yes, and that is why they fear accountability to a president so much. If a president can actually fire their asses and put them in jail versus the dindu nuffin attitude of most bureaucrats now, then a lot of the incentives of YOLO among bureaucrats gets tamped down.

The first rule of human behavior is incentives and disincentives matter even for relatively stupid people.

Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 03:40 PM (WDjG6)

280 Anyone else think it's a mighty big coincidence that the 2024 Democrat nominees for President and Vice President came from two of the most corrupt states in the country?

Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 03:40 PM (viF8m)

281
Sounds like Maduro type bluster ...
Posted by: steevy

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

Crazy, innit? Like they want to be the next co-stars in one of Trump's "Take THAT" videos.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 03:40 PM (Jxa0O)

282 I read on social media that Trump signed an executive order stating that people on welfare cannot send money to their home country. I don't know if that is true or not, or if a judge has blocked it yet but seems like a good idea to me.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 14, 2026 03:40 PM (fyaKd)

283
Is Iran starting to misbehave?
Posted by: ShainS

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Sounds more like China?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 03:40 PM (Jxa0O)

284 Which reminds me. Why is that POS still breathing free air?

Same reason Fauchi, Brennan, the Clintons, and so many others are: the Republican Party doesn't really want to stop them.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 14, 2026 03:41 PM (fyaKd)

285 Anyone else think it's a mighty big coincidence that the 2024 Democrat nominees for President and Vice President came from two of the most corrupt states in the country?
Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 03:40 PM (viF8m)

Imagine if they'd won........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 14, 2026 03:41 PM (Zz0t1)

286 "Iran Directly Threatens to Assassinate Trump"

*******

Aw, *SNAP*!!! That's a power play!

Posted by: EFG at January 14, 2026 03:41 PM (kIrFD)

287 My bet is Mayorkas or his group of killer clowns.
Posted by: whig

I'd say that was a good bet. He's another one whose last moments need to be standing on the scaffold eyeballing the counterweight that's going to break his neck.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 14, 2026 03:41 PM (vzcgi)

288 Tehran time is EST+8:30 (Z+3:30), so it's a little after midnight. If an attack is happening today, the window has opened.

Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at January 14, 2026 03:41 PM (Qw253)

289 Judges Kamana Wanalea and Punchy Macadamia will block anything good Trump tries to do.

Posted by: Delurker at January 14, 2026 03:41 PM (gtcuf)

290 BREAKING: Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T, U.S. Cellular, and Xfinity all facing outages across the U.S.

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DC_Draino
@DC_Draino

Is Iran starting to misbehave?
Posted by: ShainS
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Possibly. A lot of these are driven by DNS and the resulting authentication failures.

Sometimes it is as simple as some idiot with a backhoe digging and breaking a key internet trunk line.

Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 03:41 PM (WDjG6)

291 My implants never set off the machine, but the agents patted me down anyway.

Posted by: Zombie Carol Doda at January 14, 2026 03:42 PM (oftw2)

292 Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 03:15 PM (QGRvm)

You have to create an account to use the filters.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 14, 2026 03:42 PM (n9ltV)

293 I thought there was a $10K trigger for banking stuff that triggers investigations.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 14, 2026 03:43 PM (jc0TO)

294 Sometimes it is as simple as some idiot with a backhoe digging and breaking a key internet trunk line.
Posted by: whig

It wasn't me-this time!

Posted by: Some Stupid W/a Flare Gun at January 14, 2026 03:43 PM (oftw2)

295 >> I haven't flown since getting my dental implants. Does anyone know if you need to tell the TSA about the metal abutments before going through?

I've got a bunch or rods and screws in my back. Never a blip in any country.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 03:43 PM (viF8m)

296 248 I have a dental implant and nobody has said boo about it.

Cool, thanks! I have the 4-on-4's so I have 8 titanium posts ("abutments") permenently intalled in my jawbones. Readng this thread made me wonder if I need to declare them to the TSA before passing theough the detector.

Just got the final install. What a long journey. They did a great job.

Posted by: Delurker at January 14, 2026 03:45 PM (gtcuf)

297 54 As someone who has traveled internationally frequently I'd like to know how they got away with this. There is a hard $10,000 limit to the amount of cash you can take out of the US without filling out a lot of financial reporting forms with the feds and yet the TSA found hundred of millions being taken out and did nothing?
Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 03:01 PM (viF8m)

Who’d stop you?

This is why the CBP needs to check passports, coming AND going. Law without force is impotent (h/t, Pascal).

Posted by: Cow Demon at January 14, 2026 03:45 PM (0GYGE)

298 Is this day about to get sporty?

Posted by: turambar at January 14, 2026 03:46 PM (Q0yOR)

299 Titanium will not beep.

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 03:46 PM (g47mK)

300 Why isn't Hollywood outraged about Wales being under tyranny?

Posted by: Auspex at January 14, 2026 03:38 PM (Y8DZL)

Or the Basques, or Catalans, or Quebec...er...ers?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 14, 2026 03:46 PM (n9ltV)

301 Given:
1) The obvious assassination message by Iran today
2) Documented Iranian assassnation plots (per the DOJ) around the 2024 Presidential Election
3) All the secrecy and missing/deleted info around the murderer and attempted assassin Crooks

What's the chance Iran was involved in the PA assassination attempt of Trump?

Yeah, yeah, "Conspiracy Theory". But at this point, we're seeing a lot of theories underblown. Not over, *under*. Worse than we thought.

Posted by: Another Anon at January 14, 2026 03:46 PM (4h45B)

302 Toby -Only if your a US citizen , Illegals are good to go

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 03:46 PM (Ia/+0)

303 >>> I haven't flown since getting my dental implants. Does anyone know if you need to tell the TSA about the metal abutments before going through?

I've got a bunch or rods and screws in my back. Never a blip in any country.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 03:43 PM (viF8m)

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Wife (with double knee replacement) just went through tsa. Question asked is "do you have any metal in your body?".

Posted by: Turn 2 at January 14, 2026 03:46 PM (CyFyf)

304 Plus: Iran Directly Threatens to Assassinate Trump
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With the likelihood of deep state sleepers in the Secret Service, this is a bit scary.

Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 03:47 PM (krQz2)

305 Another reason for the Left to embrace Islam.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 14, 2026 03:47 PM (h/ffs)

306 I've got a bunch or rods and screws in my back. Never a blip in any country.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 03:43 PM (viF8m)

Don't forget the ones in your head, Mets/Jets fan!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 14, 2026 03:47 PM (n9ltV)

307 That much case begs the question: why are there still so many Somalias on welfare?

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at January 14, 2026 03:47 PM (FxH7T)

308 It’s time that preemptive strikes are our policy. Against Iran, AWFLs and illegals.

Posted by: Conan the Barbie at January 14, 2026 03:47 PM (YT/dU)

309 What's the chance Iran was involved in the PA assassination attempt of Trump?

Yeah, yeah, "Conspiracy Theory". But at this point, we're seeing a lot of theories underblown. Not over, *under*. Worse than we thought.
Posted by: Another Anon at January 14, 2026 03:46 PM (4h45B)

Probably lower than the chance that Jill Biden and her Secret Service detail were involved in it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 03:48 PM (uWKK8)

310 If I was trying to make sure a guy like Trump didn't bomb my country, pretty sure the last thing I would do is threaten him.

Posted by: stv at January 14, 2026 03:48 PM (XMeSM)

311 299 Titanium will not beep.
Posted by: runner

I already told you that.

Posted by: Zombie Carol Doda. at January 14, 2026 03:48 PM (oftw2)

312 Why isn't Hollywood outraged about Wales being under tyranny?

Posted by: Auspex at January 14, 2026 03:38 PM (Y8DZL)

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They like what's happening and don't think that they are the type of person who supports tyranny.

That's you.

Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 03:48 PM (krQz2)

313 >>Don't forget the ones in your head, Mets/Jets fan!

More on the way!

Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 03:49 PM (viF8m)

314 I hate the mullahs and they need to go. But, I cannot imagine that some airstrikes will alter the outcome here unless the improbable happened and we were able to nail all of the leadership. We do not have a record of being able to make that happen.

It would be better if we provided arms to the protestors. Let them carry out the overthrow.

Posted by: Brian at January 14, 2026 03:49 PM (/VLtI)

315 I guess we're now going to finally find out how many Iranian-backed terrorists Biden* let into the country...

Posted by: Risky Business at January 14, 2026 03:49 PM (qUkBO)

316 >>>There is a hard $10,000 limit to the amount of cash you can take out of the US without filling out a lot of financial reporting forms with the feds and yet the TSA found hundred of millions being taken out and did nothing

enforcing that against these poor refugees would be racist, duh

Posted by: TSA at January 14, 2026 03:49 PM (jGJov)

317 Prayers up for you and the missus Sponge. I'm so sorry.

Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 03:50 PM (g078z)

318 Imagine if they'd won........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 14, 2026 03:41 PM (Zz0t1)
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DC would welcome them as pikers.

Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 03:50 PM (krQz2)

319 It's a good thing Obama sent pallets of cash to Iran so that they can use the money to pay their IRGC thugs to murder the wounded and then plot to target US leaders.

Wait, are you saying that's exactly what Obama wanted to happen?

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 14, 2026 03:51 PM (qwx/I)

320
New one

Posted by: fourseasons at January 14, 2026 03:51 PM (3ek7K)

321 New thread up. Get it while it’s gray.

Posted by: Ann at January 14, 2026 03:51 PM (Vi0YE)

322 Iran not looking so hot tomorrow

Posted by: Spartacus Booker at January 14, 2026 03:52 PM (W+TLY)

323 223 "I guarantee whoever agreed to let this pass is documented as bureaucrats always have a rule--get it in writing when something dubious comes up. My guess, CIA waved their magic wand.
Posted by: whig
--

When the man with the black shiny shoes tells you to do something you have two options and there are two alternatives. Think carefully.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 03:52 PM (y79kU)

324 "As someone who has traveled internationally frequently I'd like to know how they got away with this. There is a hard $10,000 limit to the amount of cash you can take out of the US without filling out a lot of financial reporting forms with the feds and yet the TSA found hundred of millions being taken out and did nothing?
Posted by: JackStraw"

The TSA erred on the side of generosity.

Which they have never once done with my toothpaste or shampoo.

Posted by: Ripley at January 14, 2026 03:52 PM (GUOwU)

325 My implants never set off the machine, but the agents patted me down anyway.

Posted by: Zombie Carol Doda at January 14, 2026 03:42 PM (oftw2)
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Camptown ladies show their tits
Doda, Doda...

Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 03:53 PM (krQz2)

326
Tehran time is EST+8:30 (Z+3:30), so it's a little after midnight. If an attack is happening today, the window has opened.

Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at January 14, 2026 03:41 PM

dark of the moon this weekend, mayhaps?

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 14, 2026 03:53 PM (tljrc)

327 I've got a bunch or rods and screws in my back. Never a blip in any country.
Posted by: JackStraw
......

Steel plate and screws in my ankle and wire around my 6 and 7 vertebrae. No problemo.

Posted by: wth at January 14, 2026 03:53 PM (UjdFS)

328 We used to fly a lot. I was on one of the first planes out of Orlando after 9/11. Unfazed and for months one of the few females on planes with business guys. We all had a look at each other if something happened, like one guy's phone going off (after a cell phone bomb scare) at 10k feet. Empty plane but I was part of the team if needed.

I honestly think they check people after a certain number to keep machines going or something tarded.

We flew through a small airport and, by golly, my panties appeared radioactive as I was shown the screen. A young black woman asked if I wanted to "go behind a screen." I said, no, have at it. She checked with the back of her wrists, no goosing.

I look for my husband and apparently he was radioactive as well! at the same time! Whee!

We have NO IDEA what that was about, as we certainly were wearing laundered clothing. My watch and silver bracelets I could sort of understand. But this was a new frontier for us. We both thought it was funny vs being offended.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 14, 2026 03:54 PM (WONhk)

329 >>> 280 Anyone else think it's a mighty big coincidence that the 2024 Democrat nominees for President and Vice President came from two of the most corrupt states in the country?
Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 03:40 PM (viF8m)

So you're saying we can't be any worse than #3?

Posted by: Pennsylvania at January 14, 2026 03:56 PM (ULPxl)

330 Praying for you and the First Lady, Sponge. It's going to be exhausting and complicated, no matter what.

Prayers for everyone here who is struggling, no matter how small or large the issues may seem. They are still something you have to resolve, and may you do so with God's help.

Iran...I can't even process what the people there are going through. May He give them strength to fight on.

Posted by: Barkingmad59, wandering lurkette at January 14, 2026 03:57 PM (wr21C)

331 I'm still wondering why all the US Attorney's in Minneapolis resigned. Their complaint seems far too petty for that to have been the reason.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 03:09 PM (uWKK

I've wondered that myself. I suspect that they're a pack of Lefties and didn't want to prosecute the ICE-Watch commies.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 14, 2026 04:02 PM (pJWtt)

332 Moonrise is pretty late, 3 hours before sunrise. New moon is the 18th. Don't know the military's moon preferences for this sort of thing.

Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at January 14, 2026 04:08 PM (Qw253)

333 Assistant AG Harmeet Dhillon just dropped the hammer on Tim Walz’s Minnesota.

DOJ lawsuit targets a state hiring scheme that uses race and sex in “all staffing decisions.”
Translation: discriminate first, justify later.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 04:09 PM (QGRvm)

334 You know the mullahs in Iran must be desperate. To threaten Turmp...right after he took out Maduro...seriously...

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 14, 2026 04:11 PM (tV890)

335 Massive fraud is a natural outcome of massive spending.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 14, 2026 04:13 PM (tV890)

336 TSA: You have a $100k in in small bills in your luggage. Care to explain?

Somali man: It is part of my culture, you racist!

TSA: Okay then.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 14, 2026 04:16 PM (tV890)

337
And did those feet in ancient times
Walk upon England's mountains green?
But these days, he'd better watch his mouth
Or they'd throw him in the clink.

Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 04:46 PM (krQz2)

338 You know the mullahs in Iran must be desperate. To threaten Turmp...right after he took out Maduro...seriously...

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 14, 2026 04:11 PM (tV890)
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Maybe they all want to shit their pants?

Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 04:47 PM (krQz2)

339 So if one of us tried to move a suitcase full of cash through an airport, it would be seized--without question. But not if someone has brown privilege?

Posted by: Trust me it is how we do things in my country at January 14, 2026 05:07 PM (gAIXz)

340 Any Assassin from Iran should get the same as what happens to that first assassin Crooks

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at January 14, 2026 05:13 PM (wGqjj)

Former McDonald's Worker (?) Kamala Harris Buys $8 Million Graft Mansion

Boy, "civil servants" who supposedly make much less money than they would command in the private sector sure do get filthy rich.

How does that happen?

Former Vice President Kamala Harris is upgrading her Los Angeles real estate portfolio, trading one celebrity-soaked neighborhood for another.
Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff recently dropped a little over $8 million ($8.15 million) on a 4,000-square-foot, four-bedroom, six-bathroom home in Point Dume, a neighborhood in Malibu that's home to a who's who of both Hollywood and -- more recently -- Silicon Valley power players, the California Post has learned.

Oh right, her woman-beating husband is a lawyer.

In recent weeks several Point Dume residents have spotted Emhoff strolling through the neighborhood which rests on a 63-acre promontory perched above one of California's most famous and exclusive beaches known as Little Dume.
Access to Little Dume, which boasts one of the most coveted surf breaks in all of California requires a special key that only a select group of Point Dume residents can possess.
While much of Malibu remains devastated by the one-two punch of the 2018 Woolsey Fire and the 2025 Palisades Fire, Point Dume is in relatively good shape compared to other parts of Malibu.

Speaking of: Gavin Newsom and Karen Bass promised they would clear the red tape to allow people to rebuild the houses the California government burned down.

Barely any houses have been rebuilt.

Mike Kelley
@MikeKel25187159
Jan 12
Adam Carolla just revisited Malibu. He found one house being rebuilt. The owner had to spend $2.5 million just for his foundation to meet CA requirements. It looks like a missile silo. Meanwhile, the nearby wooden pier still stands after 120 years.

Yup, they sure cleared out that red tape...

Look at what the government required this property owner to build before he could put down the first beam of his house: Caissons four stories deep!

They're also forcing him to build a sea wall to protect against erosion. The sea wall is also required to be built with caissons extending down four to five stories to the bedrock.

Clearing out the red tape, requiring citizens to build sea walls to protect the coast one property lot at a time.

Posted by: Ace at 01:38 PM

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1 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at January 14, 2026 01:39 PM (NcvvS)

2 And a SPONGE!?

Posted by: Nazdar at January 14, 2026 01:40 PM (NcvvS)

3 There's a lot of money in BJs.

Posted by: fd at January 14, 2026 01:40 PM (vFG9F)

4 You’re an Excitable Boy they all said, Ace.

Posted by: tubal at January 14, 2026 01:40 PM (pDt9x)

5 Kamala will be stymied trying to work the garbage disposal.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2026 01:40 PM (Nnyqs)

6 She's in grift contention with MTG.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 14, 2026 01:40 PM (abIsI)

7 What do you expect?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 14, 2026 01:40 PM (YlWIZ)

8 Did not Kamala marry money?

Posted by: tubal at January 14, 2026 01:41 PM (pDt9x)

9 Adam Carolla just revisited Malibu. He found one house being rebuilt. The owner had to spend $2.5 million just for his foundation to meet CA requirements. It looks like a missile silo. Meanwhile, the nearby wooden pier still stands after 120 years.

Isn't this one of the areas the left says will be underwater in 12 years?

Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 01:41 PM (sKqQm)

10 Missile silo?

Well makes a good roof for the fallout shelter.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2026 01:42 PM (Nnyqs)

11 Exclusive neighborhood for Commie-La.

Can't be the Town Drunk if you're the only one in the town.

Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 01:42 PM (iXqHn)

12 *spitting on hands*
*running up the black flag*
*getting out knife*

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at January 14, 2026 01:43 PM (asXVI)

13 "Piker."

-- The Obamas

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 14, 2026 01:44 PM (zWMSe)

14 Looks like the entire Verizon network is down. Cyber attack?

Posted by: Rando Calrissian at January 14, 2026 01:44 PM (s9LpA)

15 So *that's* where that 20 million went....

Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 01:44 PM (g078z)

16 >>Can't be the Town Drunk if you're the only one in the town.
Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 01:42 PM (iXqHn)

Isn't that how one becomes the Town Drunk? Being the only one in town?

Posted by: Nazdar at January 14, 2026 01:44 PM (NcvvS)

17 Cackles!
- kumayl

Posted by: Eromero at January 14, 2026 01:44 PM (o2ZRX)

18 Malibu’s New Owners? Kiwi Billionaires Snap Up $65 million of Fire-Ravaged Lots

https://youtu.be/G0Sanr040Dk

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 14, 2026 01:44 PM (jc0TO)

19 >>Access to Little Dume, which boasts one of the most coveted surf breaks in all of California requires a special key that only a select group of Point Dume residents can possess.

I thought CA had strict public access to beaches law, and that every town had to provide right of way path for public to reach beach?

Anyone know what is going on here?

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 14, 2026 01:44 PM (n2ZBr)

20 14 Looks like the entire Verizon network is down. Cyber attack?
Posted by: Rando Calrissian at January 14, 2026 01:44 PM (s9LpA)

Cannot speak for everyone but mine is working.

Posted by: tubal at January 14, 2026 01:45 PM (pDt9x)

21 Now we see where the government money goes

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 01:46 PM (i+wP0)

22
Access to Little Dume, which boasts one of the most coveted surf breaks in all of California requires a special key that only a select group of Point Dume residents can possess.

Nevermind that all California beaches are in fact, public property by law, and access is supposed to be free to all, either through direct connection to other public land or through access easements across private land.

The rich commie cocksuckers in Malibu have been fighting to appropriate public beaches for their own exclusive use for decades.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 14, 2026 01:46 PM (y9nCu)

23 LA struggles to rebuild, like they are just putting they have into helping the owners put their communities back together but the challenges are insurmountable.

Posted by: Oglebay at January 14, 2026 01:46 PM (2ap+5)

24 My understanding is that a vast majority of these lots have "for sale" signs (at least temporarily). I'm willing to bet that if you do a dive in on real estate transactions about a year from now you will see a large conglomerate buying up the vast majority of them, and that conglomerate will have a long established relationship with "The Hair Gel Wizard."

Posted by: Orson at January 14, 2026 01:46 PM (dIske)

25 Dougie E. makes a shizzle ton as an entertainment attorney. I would bet money he is a far better attorney than Kamala is / was. I mean he has actually litigated cases. 😂

Posted by: Piper at January 14, 2026 01:46 PM (OoFl2)

26 More like Point Doom, amirite?

/At least she didn't buy a winery ...

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 14, 2026 01:46 PM (206Al)

27 Emhoff was a successful sleazy lawyer but it is amusing that nets you an $8M house isn't it?

Also, remember, the Democrats are the party of the little people

Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 01:47 PM (sKqQm)

28
Place needs a name, like The Libations or Heels Up.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2026 01:47 PM (tgvbd)

29 Point Dume is where Sauron used to surf.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at January 14, 2026 01:47 PM (pV1bd)

30 Saw recently out of like 12,000 homes burned out not 100 have even started to get rebuild

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 01:48 PM (i+wP0)

31 14 Looks like the entire Verizon network is down. Cyber attack?
Posted by: Rando Calrissian at January 14, 2026

It’s working here.

Posted by: Piper at January 14, 2026 01:48 PM (OoFl2)

32 While I have no doubt LA is fucking over its residents on rebuilding, this story about the caissons doesn't show it.

The house is literally on the sand of an ocean beach. It's standard construction practice to install caissons going down 40 feet or more when you are building a very significant structure on sand or other unstable surface. The idea is the caissons have to go down all the way to solid rock bed, or else the entire structure will be unstable. How else are you going to build on sand?

And yes, caissons can look like missile silos.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14, 2026 01:48 PM (iFTx/)

33 Wouldn't the original caissons still be there?

Posted by: Oglebay at January 14, 2026 01:49 PM (2ap+5)

34
I keep seeing predictions that California is going to collapse, and areas of it will be essentially uninhabitable. I could see that happening. Every the state government spends more, steals more, prevents and interferes more, and provides less actual service.

If true, it's really going to suck. A chaotic exodus, with the state running after the people who leave, to try and take more of their money. And wildfires and crime running rampant and unopposed.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 14, 2026 01:49 PM (biznJ)

35 So between the Obama estate on MV Island and now the Harris estate literally on the beach...I guess they think Trump is going to solve global warming?

Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 01:49 PM (sKqQm)

36 You gotta start in the morning if you're going to drink all day.

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at January 14, 2026 01:49 PM (0NfMy)

37 Can't be the Town Drunk if you're the only one in the town.
Posted by: XTC

It's why she needs six bathrooms in a four bedroom house.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at January 14, 2026 01:49 PM (pV1bd)

38 Looks like I'm headed back to Annandale.

Posted by: Oglebay at January 14, 2026 01:50 PM (2ap+5)

39 Over hill, over dale, We will hit the dusty trail, And those caissons go rolling along....

(now I'm confused on what a caisson is)

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 14, 2026 01:50 PM (Dv3i1)

40 It's why she needs six bathrooms in a four bedroom house.

You don't want to snort coke in the same bathroom where your husband just left a a partially digested burrito...

Posted by: Kamala Harris at January 14, 2026 01:51 PM (sKqQm)

41
It's why she needs six bathrooms in a four bedroom house.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at January 14, 2026 01:49 PM (pV1bd)

__________

The Jewish American Princess's dream house: six bathrooms and no bedroom.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2026 01:51 PM (tgvbd)

42 Saw recently out of like 12,000 homes burned out not 100 have even started to get rebuild
Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 01:48 PM (i+wP0)

***

The build out will be complete in 2276.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at January 14, 2026 01:51 PM (Bo9Yf)

43 She must make a lot of money on those Venn diagrams.

Posted by: dantesed at January 14, 2026 01:51 PM (Oy/m2)

44 I thought CA had strict public access to beaches law, and that every town had to provide right of way path for public to reach beach?

Anyone know what is going on here?
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 14, 2026 01:44 PM (n2ZBr)
______________________________

I looked it up. While the beach, itself, is indeed public. Access to the beach is gated by private property. So, technically, it is a public beach. But, there is no way to get to it without trespassing.

This is the kind of shit I'd have fun with if I had money to burn. I'd boat in homeless and derelicts to hang out on the beach. I'd give them all burner phones and about $100 each, and tell them to order Dominos incessantly.

Posted by: Orson at January 14, 2026 01:51 PM (dIske)

45 I got my spoils.

Posted by: Bernie at January 14, 2026 01:51 PM (abIsI)

46 Dougie E. makes a shizzle ton as an entertainment attorney. I would bet money he is a far better attorney than Kamala is / was. I mean he has actually litigated cases. 😂
Posted by: Piper at January 14, 2026 01:46 PM (OoFl2)
___

Tough to say whether he's a good lawyer or just very politically connected. Hillary made a lot of money as a lawyer, but that was 99% because of the political connections and influence she had married to the governor of AK.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14, 2026 01:51 PM (iFTx/)

47 Incidentally, it turns out hitting a person with a car is extra illegal in Minnesota under a law signed in 2020 by Walz to protect Antifa. Hilarious.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 14, 2026 01:52 PM (2ocoG)

48 Oh, no. William and Mary won’t do.

Posted by: Eromero at January 14, 2026 01:52 PM (o2ZRX)

49 IIRC, the single home that has been built in Pacific Palisades was one that received approval before the fire.

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 14, 2026 01:52 PM (206Al)

50 Pay attention, ladies.

Sucking cock is how you get a head.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 14, 2026 01:52 PM (dK+Kv)

51 I looked it up. While the beach, itself, is indeed public. Access to the beach is gated by private property. So, technically, it is a public beach. But, there is no way to get to it without trespassing.
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Paddle in. Paddle out. Great workout and you might score some wealthy pussy.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 14, 2026 01:53 PM (pLaQB)

52 Incidentally, it turns out hitting a person with a car is extra illegal in Minnesota under a law signed in 2020 by Walz to protect Antifa. Hilarious.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 14, 2026 01:52 PM (2ocoG)

Check subparagraph (d) for exceptions.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 14, 2026 01:54 PM (YZZyB)

53 And I'm never going back to my old school

Posted by: Truck Monkey at January 14, 2026 01:54 PM (Bo9Yf)

54 50 Pay attention, ladies.

Sucking cock is how you get a head.
_____

Shame Kamala lost. She would have been a great role model for young women everywhere.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 14, 2026 01:54 PM (Dv3i1)

55 You forget that the young beauty queen Ella Emhoff is bringing in bags of cash with her modeling and fashion career. Grace Kelly and Audrey Hepburn and a Neanderthal all wrapped up in a gorgeous package.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 14, 2026 01:55 PM (qwx/I)

56 I thought CA had strict public access to beaches law, and that every town had to provide right of way path for public to reach beach?

Anyone know what is going on here?
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 14, 2026 01:44 PM (n2ZBr)
______________________________

I looked it up. While the beach, itself, is indeed public. Access to the beach is gated by private property. So, technically, it is a public beach. But, there is no way to get to it without trespassing.

This is the kind of shit I'd have fun with if I had money to burn. I'd boat in homeless and derelicts to hang out on the beach. I'd give them all burner phones and about $100 each, and tell them to order Dominos incessantly.
Posted by: Orson at January 14, 2026 01:51 PM (dIske)
______

Yea, this is constantly as issue in rich areas like Hamptons. The rich want a private beach, but no beaches are private. The next best thing is to so restrict public access to the beach that it's almost impossible for anyone who doesn't own property on the beach to get on it. There are constant lawsuits over public access to beaches lined with expensive homes.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14, 2026 01:55 PM (iFTx/)

57
Well, it's on now. Iranian state TV just ran footage of the Butler assassination attempt on Trump with the caption, "This time, the bullet won't miss."

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 01:55 PM (w6EFb)

58 well this truly is a slow news day, isn't it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 01:55 PM (uWKK8)

59 And did I mention the wine cellar?

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at January 14, 2026 01:55 PM (0NfMy)

60 i don't know but I think the word "caisson" has a broad meaning, all having to do with being a, well, case for something else. So ammunition is carried in a caisson, and you build your foundation piers inside caissons.

I was close:

caisson(n.)

"ammunition wagon; wooden chest for bombs, gunpowder, etc.," 1704, from French caisson "ammunition wagon," originally "large box" (16c.), from Italian cassone, augmentative form of cassa "a chest," from Latin capsa "a box" (see case (n.2

Posted by: ace at January 14, 2026 01:55 PM (1wjle)

61 50 Pay attention, ladies.

Sucking cock is how you get a head

Head to get ahead

Posted by: B A at January 14, 2026 01:56 PM (HcoTw)

62 I looked it up. While the beach, itself, is indeed public. Access to the beach is gated by private property. So, technically, it is a public beach. But, there is no way to get to it without trespassing.
---------

My experience has been that the portion that is 'public' extends to the high tide mark

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 14, 2026 01:56 PM (XeU6L)

63 Sucking cock is how you get a head.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 14, 2026 01:52 PM (dK+Kv)

I'm not falling for that one at 20th time.

Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 01:56 PM (g078z)

64 > I looked it up. While the beach, itself, is indeed public. Access to the beach is gated by private property. So, technically, it is a public beach. But, there is no way to get to it without trespassing.
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Typical. We saw a lot of this not only in California, but in ritzy beachside communities in Florida, Georgia, N/S Carolina, VA, MD... etc.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2026 01:56 PM (NwnyJ)

65 Zero Sympathy for the Fire “victims” in Cali. They voted for this for the past 40 years. Can’t fix stupid.

Posted by: Really?? at January 14, 2026 01:56 PM (kgFPv)

66
It's why she needs six bathrooms in a four bedroom house.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at January 14, 2026 01:49 PM (pV1bd)

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For all her urination and vomiting needs?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 14, 2026 01:57 PM (azNOR)

67 We are just thankful that Ms Emhoff hasn't decided to get rid of us...

Posted by: Ella Emhoff's Armpit Hairs at January 14, 2026 01:57 PM (Bo9Yf)

68 I decided to have malted milk for a snack yesterday, and after dissolving the malt in a couple of teaspoons of hot water, I discovered that the milk had gone off - not just off but more than a bit lumpy.

I must say, malted buttermilk is not bad.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 14, 2026 01:57 PM (rbvCR)

69 I have a caisson

Posted by: Leah Dunham at January 14, 2026 01:58 PM (HcoTw)

70
♫ ♪ ♬ ♩ ♩
Limber front, limber rear,
Prepare to mount your tanned ol' rear,
And those Caissons go rolling along.
♫ ♪ ♬ ♩ ♩

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 14, 2026 01:58 PM (206Al)

71 mmm, malt

I wish there was such a thing as low-carb malt mix (there's not, I checked)

Posted by: ace at January 14, 2026 01:58 PM (1wjle)

72
I looked it up. While the beach, itself, is indeed public. Access to the beach is gated by private property. So, technically, it is a public beach. But, there is no way to get to it without trespassing.

Posted by: Orson at January 14, 2026 01:51 PM (dIske)

It's my understanding that there are supposed to be public access easements, which is the focal point of a lot of the snooty commie cocksuckers' legal maneuvering. They would often put locked gates at the access points, which would take months to be removed.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 14, 2026 01:58 PM (y9nCu)

73 Both guitarist Robby Krieger and drummer John Densmore of The Doors lived in Pacific Palisades. I wonder what their situation is regarding homelessness.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 14, 2026 01:59 PM (pLaQB)

74 Zero Sympathy for the Fire “victims” in Cali. They voted for this for the past 40 years. Can’t fix stupid.
Posted by: Really?? at January 14, 2026 01:56 PM (kgFPv)

World+dog knows how the elections work in California, and the reported results have nothing to do with the votes cast by citizens.

Flow chart: 1986 amnesty -> flood of illegals -> Democrats institute permanent cheating under cover of illegals -> Gavin Newsom

Posted by: Ian S. at January 14, 2026 01:59 PM (2ocoG)

75 I can see Kammie producing her Pioneer, 'itches cooking show from there.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 14, 2026 01:59 PM (DgMqy)

76 Perhaps Kamala sold the secret recipe for the Big Mac special sauce.

Or the source animal for the McRib (think smaller...think more legs).

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 14, 2026 01:59 PM (qwx/I)

77 I don't understand why they have to build on these massive pilings when fire destroyed their home, not the ocean.

I get the point of the cassions and drilling the foundation. But why not give permits for rebuilding the existing homes? It was not a hurricane, it was a fire, probably arson.

I also don't understand why the Californians, going through these hoops with their ghey mayor and retarded governor, are not protesting like an army of pink haired lesbos over this.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 14, 2026 01:59 PM (WONhk)

78
It's my understanding that there are supposed to be public access easements, which is the focal point of a lot of the snooty commie cocksuckers' legal maneuvering. They would often put locked gates at the access points, which would take months to be removed.

I wonder what they'd say about Trump's border wall?

Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 01:59 PM (sKqQm)

79 After Kamala recently threatened to run again, it was obvious the Democrats would pay her off. And they'll keep paying her too. She could single-handedly give the next election to Vance.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 02:00 PM (Exs4i)

80 Zero Sympathy for the Fire “victims” in Cali. They voted for this for the past 40 years. Can’t fix stupid.
Posted by: Really?? at January 14, 2026 01:56 PM (kgFPv)

Can we not say the same for the 20-year-olds under the Mullahs in Iran?

Posted by: Kindltot at January 14, 2026 02:00 PM (rbvCR)

81 54 50 Pay attention, ladies.

Sucking cock is how you get a head.
_____

Shame Kamala lost. She would have been a great role model for young women everywhere.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 14, 2026 01:54 PM (Dv3i1)

you know the rule, Give a little, get a little.

give a lot....

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 02:01 PM (uWKK8)

82 >>I don't understand why they have to build on these massive pilings when fire destroyed their home, not the ocean.

Expense.

Doing so is so prohibitively expensive that they see it as a way of reducing development.

Posted by: garrett at January 14, 2026 02:01 PM (ZcsJV)

83 Wasn't Doug Emhoff the guy kissing Dr. Jill on the lips? I guess after doing the dirty with your stepson, Hunter Biden, your standards are set pretty low.

There's a reason why we're tearing down the White House and rebuilding it.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 14, 2026 02:01 PM (BSdIE)

84 It's why she needs six bathrooms in a four bedroom house.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at January 14, 2026 01:49 PM (pV1bd)

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For all her urination and vomiting needs?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 14, 2026 01:57 PM (azNOR)

Extra bathrooms are in the servant's areas. You can't have those people using the same toilets as their masters.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 14, 2026 02:02 PM (dGCAG)

85 >>Can we not say the same for the 20-year-olds under the Mullahs in Iran?

Are you retarded? Who voted for the Islamic Republic?

Certainly not someone who was born 29 years after they took over in a violent coup.

Posted by: garrett at January 14, 2026 02:02 PM (ZcsJV)

86 77 I also don't understand why the Californians, going through these hoops with their ghey mayor and retarded governor, are not protesting like an army of pink haired lesbos over this.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 14, 2026 01:59 PM (WONhk)

(D) will never protest (D).

Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 02:03 PM (iXqHn)

87 The beach has not eroded with all of these homes up all these years. Now they would force each home to have a seawall; what could possibly go wrong?

Obviously, they're raising the cost of rebuilding to discourage it.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 14, 2026 02:03 PM (tbyEy)

88 Well, it's on now. Iranian state TV just ran footage of the Butler assassination attempt on Trump with the caption, "This time, the bullet won't miss."
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 01:55 PM (w6EFb)
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Bold strategy Cotton. Lets see if it works.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 02:03 PM (Exs4i)

89 Malted Milk powder, Ice Cream, etc. it is not “low carb” nor is intended to be.

Nutmeg is a fine addition, fresh ground. Required, really. The powdered stuff is no bueno, get the pods or beans or whatever they are. Trust Me.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 14, 2026 02:03 PM (dDLWu)

90 Fucking insane.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 02:03 PM (zZu0s)

91 Also, if a cob has time and cares to, can you take a look at 12.75.217.46. Its the IP for my phone when I am not connected to work wifi and it appears to be blocked.

Thanks in advance.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 02:04 PM (zZu0s)

92 Jumanji Jackson really is too stupid to be on the Court.

She misses the point of the analogy, argues besides the point and then pretends she has rebutted the point entirely.

ACB is not a big picture/thinker.
She gets bogged down in process and prior rules, missing the actual results of both her preferred "pocketbook harm" position and the old rules.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 14, 2026 02:04 PM (HXT0k)

93 Zero Sympathy for the Fire “victims” in Cali. They voted for this for the past 40 years. Can’t fix stupid.
Posted by: Really?? at January 14, 2026 01:56 PM (kgFPv)

Can we not say the same for the 20-year-olds under the Mullahs in Iran?
Posted by: Kindltot at January 14, 2026 02:00 PM (rbvCR)

There's no oil in Malibu.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 14, 2026 02:04 PM (dGCAG)

94 When I noted earlier that today's decision is huge, I think it is:

"Candidates also have an interest in a fair process."
"Win or lose, candidates suffer when the process departs from the law."
"The counting of unlawful votes--or discarding of lawful ones--erodes public confidence in election results and the elected representative."
"Counting first and ruling upon legality afterwards is not a recipe for producing election results that have the
public acceptance democratic stability requires."
"And in much the same way, an unlawful extension of vote counting deprives candidates of the opportunity to compete for election under the Constitution and laws of the United States. "

This was written by Roberts.
All the "no standing, now or then" bullshit is done.
This ends the PA "opps, we forgot to keep the provisional ballot segregated and counted them."
No more CA, AZ, et al., "we have to count for weeks after."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 14, 2026 02:05 PM (HXT0k)

95 Ackshually .. there is quite a lot of oil in Malibu

Posted by: Common Tater at January 14, 2026 02:05 PM (dDLWu)

96 Expense.

Doing so is so prohibitively expensive that they see it as a way of reducing development.
Posted by: garrett at January 14, 2026 02:01 PM (ZcsJV)
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Ah. I figured most were bazillionaires and this was their second home.

Granted, when I saw photos before the fire I thought, no way would I want a busy hwy in my backyard...neighbors so close I could reach out and touch them...even for my front yard to be the beach and Pacific Ocean.

It had to be cool to live in Malibu. Once. Maybe when I was in college and a bit wild.

Now, if I had a house where Mel Giblson's was, on a mountain, I'd consider it. Especially if he came with the house (well,and I wasn't already married to my man).

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 14, 2026 02:06 PM (WONhk)

97 >>There's no oil in Malibu.

You might want to check the Coastal Waters off Malibu.

Posted by: garrett at January 14, 2026 02:06 PM (ZcsJV)

98 Still don't understand why some think Newsom would be a tough candidate to beat in 2028. He's destroyed California which is not easy to do given the enormous natural benefits that state has that no other state can match.

On top of that he comes off as a greasy, effeminate used car salesman. He's a worse candidate than Harris.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 02:06 PM (viF8m)

99
Read the X shit, I think an attack on Iran is imminent. Says our refueling planes are taking off all over the place in the region.

An IDF guy was quoted as saying, "this time, we will end Iran if they attack us".

Iran may pull the "Samson option". Throw everything they have at Israel.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 02:06 PM (w6EFb)

100 100

Posted by: Eromero at January 14, 2026 02:06 PM (o2ZRX)

101 Drip, drip....

@nettermike

BREAKING: TSA data reveal nearly $700 million in declared US cash flagged in luggage by Somali couriers departing Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport and yet the Biden The White House told TSA to stand down.

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Security Administration (TSA) flagged approximately $692 million ($342.4 million in 2024 and $349.4 million in 2025) in declared U.S. currency detected in passengers' luggage departing from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP)—roughly $1 million per day over the two years—John Solomon, the editor-in-chief of Just the News reports.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 14, 2026 02:06 PM (Dv3i1)

102 There's no oil in Malibu.
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I bet there is.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 14, 2026 02:07 PM (pLaQB)

103 I also don't understand why the Californians, going through these hoops with their ghey mayor and retarded governor, are not protesting like an army of pink haired lesbos over this.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 14, 2026 01:59 PM (WONhk)

It really should be clear to all of us by now that inside the US, every single "protest" going back to maybe even the 60's has been organized and paid for by foreign actors and home grown oligarchs. This idea that "protests" are organic and represent popular will is one of the most destructive fantasies that we still cling to.

The only true Protests are the ones that will cause the government to quickly call out the military and police to crush brutally, such as the Canadian truckers during Covid, J6, and the Iranian marchers today. If there is no strong reaction, then it should be obvious that the "protestors" are acting with the approval and authority of at least a good part of the government.

For example, the "protestors" in Minneapolis are acting with the will and the blessing of Minnesota's state government.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 02:07 PM (uWKK8)

104 >>I bet there is.
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 14, 2026 02:07 PM (pLaQB)

Betting against Burt's assertions is a solid retirement plan.

Posted by: garrett at January 14, 2026 02:08 PM (ZcsJV)

105 Ackshually .. there is quite a lot of oil in Malibu
Posted by: Common Tater at January 14, 2026 02:05 PM (dDLWu)

Is that where Diddy lived?

Posted by: BurtTC at January 14, 2026 02:08 PM (dGCAG)

106 Still don't understand why some think Newsom would be a tough candidate to beat in 2028. He's destroyed California which is not easy to do given the enormous natural benefits that state has that no other state can match.

On top of that he comes off as a greasy, effeminate used car salesman. He's a worse candidate than Harris.

Rahm Emanuel has been out recently making noise about him being the only electable 2028 candidate.

I'll wait until everyone stops laughing, although I think on paper at least he's light years ahead of Kamala or Newsom.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 14, 2026 02:08 PM (2ocoG)

107 Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 02:04 PM (zZu0s)

You should really keep those details to an email

Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 02:08 PM (g078z)

108 This is the kind of shit I'd have fun with if I had money to burn. I'd boat in homeless and derelicts to hang out on the beach. I'd give them all burner phones and about $100 each, and tell them to order Dominos incessantly.
Posted by: Orson

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This is my point. In all states (AFAIK) by federal law, the land below high tide mark and sea is public.
But CA also has a law (that they, and Huell Howser of California Gold were always very proud of) where public also has to have a way to reach that beach. No private gates. Or so they claim. There were even maps published so you could reach every beach in the state.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 14, 2026 02:09 PM (n2ZBr)

109 Betting against Burt's assertions is a solid retirement plan.
Posted by: garrett at January 14, 2026 02:08 PM (ZcsJV)

Not as solid as betting you don't get a joke.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 14, 2026 02:09 PM (dGCAG)

110 mmm, malt

I wish there was such a thing as low-carb malt mix (there's not, I checked)
Posted by: ace at January 14, 2026 01:58 PM (1wjle)

I went to the brewing supply store and got malt powder - in this case wheat malt, which has slightly fewer calories than milk gram for gram, but it has a higher glycemic index than whole milk. The carbs are an issue if you go no carbs, that is true.

since I bake bread all the time (and my wife is Korean so rice is obligatory), I don't do low carb.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 14, 2026 02:09 PM (rbvCR)

111 Iran may pull the "Samson option". Throw everything they have at Israel.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 02:06 PM (w6EFb)

The Saudi's are getting all weak knee'd about it because they're scared some missiles will be tossed at their refineries and export terminals. So they're trying to grovel as best they can.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 02:09 PM (uWKK8)

112 Sell $600 worth of garage sale pickin’s on eBay?….well we’ve got our eye on YOU, comrade!

$$$ Millions in cash in suitcases leaving for Somalia? Nothing to see here, move along.

I hope these MFers die in a fire

Posted by: Common Tater at January 14, 2026 02:09 PM (dDLWu)

113 You should really keep those details to an email
Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 02:08 PM (g078z)

Probably valid. Too late now.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 02:10 PM (zZu0s)

114 Yea, this is constantly as issue in rich areas like Hamptons.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade
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You should stab them

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 14, 2026 02:10 PM (n2ZBr)

115 Iran may pull the "Samson option". Throw everything they have at Israel.

===

Incoming flying carpets!!

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 02:10 PM (g47mK)

116 >>Iran may pull the "Samson option". Throw everything they have at Israel.

They don't have much...and that would require 100% of their Military Personnel to be Jihadis.

Israel showed them what happens the instant they go online with guidance systems the last time they got their shit pushed in.

Posted by: garrett at January 14, 2026 02:10 PM (ZcsJV)

117 since I bake bread all the time (and my wife is Korean so rice is obligatory), I don't do low carb.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 14, 2026 02:09 PM (rbvCR)

You can always give some away. That's what I do.

Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 02:11 PM (g078z)

118 How much would Iran have at this point? When the nuke sites got smashed, they were going to do the same thing, no? Or tried.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 02:11 PM (zZu0s)

119
UK is pulling all its personnel out of Qatar base.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 02:11 PM (w6EFb)

120 Probably valid. Too late now.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 02:10 PM (zZu0s)

A cob or ace can go in and wipe it

Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 02:11 PM (g078z)

121 For example, the "protestors" in Minneapolis are acting with the will and the blessing of Minnesota's state government.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 02:07 PM (uWKK

MN, the retard state.

Saw the arrest of the latest protester making faces on the UK DM. She must practice those faces of horror and fear in the mirror.

I see the nose ring I'd "accidently" rip out as I grabbed her with my thick gloves. This would stop the faces and outrage quickly and ruin her theatrics. She'd then weep or go into mute shock at all the blood pouring out of her slit nostril or septum.

Should I send this idea to ICE?

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 14, 2026 02:12 PM (WONhk)

122 104 >>I bet there is.
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 14, 2026 02:07 PM (pLaQB)

Betting against Burt's assertions is a solid retirement plan.
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I just remember pictures of the 1910 beaches of LA covered in oil derricks. I, also, remember getting oil tar balls on my feet and bathing suit from swimming in SoCal beaches. Fortunately, as a kid I wore a high and tight haircut administered by my father.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 14, 2026 02:12 PM (pLaQB)

123 Tough to say whether he's a good lawyer or just very politically connected. Hillary made a lot of money as a lawyer, but that was 99% because of the political connections and influence she had married to the governor of AK.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14

What?! He saved the Taco Bell Chihuahua! That should be resume enough for you! He and Kamala have only been married like 10 years. He was rich and successful before they married. Probably why she swiped right. Or left. Whatever the I will go out with you direction is.

Posted by: Piper at January 14, 2026 02:12 PM (OoFl2)

124 Iran may pull the "Samson option". Throw everything they have at Israel.

Meanwhile hundreds of mosques in Iran have been burned down, and for some reason a lot of them were reported to have generated significant secondary explosions.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 14, 2026 02:12 PM (2ocoG)

125 You can always give some away. That's what I do.
Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 02:11 PM (g078z)

The Korean wife?

Posted by: BurtTC at January 14, 2026 02:13 PM (dGCAG)

126 I still say it's Pete. Don't ask me to make sense of it. Ain't gonna be a woman.

Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 02:13 PM (g078z)

127 They don't have much...and that would require 100% of their Military Personnel to be Jihadis.

Israel showed them what happens the instant they go online with guidance systems the last time they got their shit pushed in.
Posted by: garrett at January 14, 2026 02:10 PM (ZcsJV)

What this does mean is that a significant part of any first strike must be devoted to any remaining ballistic missile sites.

It wasn't publicized much, but in the last go-round they did get one good hit in on a US base.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 02:13 PM (uWKK8)

128 The Korean wife?

Posted by: BurtTC at January 14, 2026 02:13 PM (dGCAG)

I guess I walked into that

Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 02:13 PM (g078z)

129 Up here in Maine - we had two back-to-back winter storms 3 years ago (I think it was 3).

Our neighbor has parents that live up the coast from us, and during those storms, the ocean claimed their 100+ year old sea wall, and half of their backyard.

They just this past summer got the seawall rebuilt but it took $1.5m to do it. For about 50' of seawall.

That will just disintegrate again.

Nucking futs.

Posted by: Defenestratus at January 14, 2026 02:13 PM (WYStd)

130 I really hope the protesters looted what small arms they could carry before they torched the mosques.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 02:14 PM (zZu0s)

131 Cut calories, and carbs are OK at least in strictly limited quantities. They taste way too good to eliminate entirely. If I can’t have say, fresh bread and butter, sheesh, send me off to the glue factory

Posted by: Common Tater at January 14, 2026 02:14 PM (dDLWu)

132 "Speaking of: Gavin Newsom and Karen Bass promised they would clear the red tape to allow people to rebuild the houses the California government burned down."
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ALLOW?!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 14, 2026 02:14 PM (kpS4V)

133 The Saudi's are getting all weak knee'd about it because they're scared some missiles will be tossed at their refineries and export terminals. So they're trying to grovel as best they can.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 02:09 PM (uWKK

They may not trust Lindsay Grahams promise of 100% support

Posted by: Kindltot at January 14, 2026 02:14 PM (rbvCR)

134 -------------
This is my point. In all states (AFAIK) by federal law, the land below high tide mark and sea is public.
But CA also has a law (that they, and Huell Howser of California Gold were always very proud of) where public also has to have a way to reach that beach. No private gates. Or so they claim. There were even maps published so you could reach every beach in the state.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 14,

It's a thing where the millionaires put up gates and no access signs at the stairs to beaches in Malibu and I know for a fact that if you try to walk in front of Brad Pitt's house on the beach his on site security will chase you off the beach.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 14, 2026 02:14 PM (fszBn)

135 You can always give some away. That's what I do.
Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 02:11 PM (g078z)

The Korean wife?
Posted by: BurtTC at January 14, 2026 02:13 PM (dGCAG)

*perks up*

Posted by: David French at January 14, 2026 02:14 PM (zZu0s)

136 103 For example, the "protestors" in Minneapolis are acting with the will and the blessing of Minnesota's state government.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 02:07 PM (uWKK

Minnedishu is acting with the will and blessing of Somalia's government.

Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 02:15 PM (uEmCf)

137 Cut calories, and carbs are OK at least in strictly limited quantities. They taste way too good to eliminate entirely. If I can’t have say, fresh bread and butter, sheesh, send me off to the glue factory
Posted by: Common Tater at January 14, 2026 02:14 PM (dDLWu)

Ketosis is impossible if you are eating carbs. It is possible, maybe, to cycle in and out but not if you are fighting metabolic syndrome.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 14, 2026 02:15 PM (rbvCR)

138 I also don't understand why the Californians, going through these hoops with their ghey mayor and retarded governor, are not protesting like an army of pink haired lesbos over this.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 14, 2026 01:59 PM (WONhk)
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Party Uber Alles.

They dare not.

Posted by: ballistic at January 14, 2026 02:16 PM (3BwY8)

139 They may not trust Lindsay Grahams promise of 100% support
Posted by: Kindltot at January 14, 2026 02:14 PM (rbvCR)

Lindsey Graham is not one i would want standing behind me.

Does anyone else look at him and KNOW what his handshake would feel like. Weak, wet, cool.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 02:16 PM (zZu0s)

140 The Saudi's are getting all weak knee'd about it because they're scared some missiles will be tossed at their refineries and export terminals. So they're trying to grovel as best they can.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Except both parties are aware that something like 90% of Iran's oil is shipped from Kharg Terminal. Iran hits one Saudi facility and that island is a smoking pile.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 14, 2026 02:16 PM (mlg/3)

141 They did jig the abquaiq refinery in 2018 if memory served

They recovered in a day

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at January 14, 2026 02:17 PM (bXbFr)

142
That will just disintegrate again.

Nucking futs.
Posted by: Defenestratus at January 14, 2026

At least they can build it, here you have to fight the CA coastal commission in court and it takes millions and years to even get it approved.
The CCC are the same people telling Elon he can't shoot his missiles off from Vandenberg.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 14, 2026 02:17 PM (fszBn)

143 Lindsey Graham is not one i would want standing behind me.

Does anyone else look at him and KNOW what his handshake would feel like. Weak, wet, cool.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 02:16 PM (zZu0s)

And always with a slight mist on his upper lip.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 14, 2026 02:17 PM (dGCAG)

144 I just remember pictures of the 1910 beaches of LA covered in oil derricks. I, also, remember getting oil tar balls on my feet and bathing suit from swimming in SoCal beaches. Fortunately, as a kid I wore a high and tight haircut administered by my father.
Posted by: Pudinhead

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There are still derricks on Long Beach, but they are hidden and made to look like buildings.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 14, 2026 02:18 PM (n2ZBr)

145 Ketosis is impossible if you are eating carbs
——

Now that’s Bullshit. If you are in a caloric deficit, you will reach ketosis, autophagy, etc. Doesn’t matter.

The human body will not burn any fat unless and until carbohydrate stores are exhausted (liver, bloodstream, etc) That much is true.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 14, 2026 02:18 PM (dDLWu)

146 Willowed:

One of my High School friends got his head taken off by a bus mirror while walking down a state road.

Just under 50 years ago I was riding a bicycle when a large pickup truck pulled out and ran over me - dragging me about 30 feet. I tried so hard to get on the hood of that truck, but failed. The happiest I have ever been in my life was when I woke up under that truck. I couldn't believe I was alive. That was the day I quit smoking; I wanted something nice to remember about the day. It took me about a year to recover from my injuries. As a result of that accident I'm going to have to have a hip replacement soon.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 14, 2026 02:19 PM (Da7Vv)

147 A bit surprised the mullahs have decamped to Moscow yet after seeing what happened to their nuke development site and to Venezuela. There is 0 chance they can win a military engagement with the US or Israel for that matter.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 02:19 PM (viF8m)

148 since I bake bread all the time (and my wife is Korean so rice is obligatory), I don't do low carb.
Posted by: Kindltot

On a whim, I started baking bread. I didn't realize fresh home baked bread could taste (and smell) so good. I make a couple of loaves every week or so and give some away. It only lasts 2 or 3 days at most (I use beeswax lined linen bags).

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 14, 2026 02:20 PM (Dv3i1)

149 There are still derricks on Long Beach, but they are hidden and made to look like buildings.
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Yeah, they were common sights in the 60s.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 14, 2026 02:20 PM (pLaQB)

150 (I use beeswax lined linen bags)
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This sounds odd.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 14, 2026 02:20 PM (pLaQB)

151 The fraud in Maine seems to be tightly linked with the Fraud in Minnesota. - From Alpha News:

[Steve] Robinson and [Liz]Collin appeared together on Tucker Carlson’s show to talk about fraud in their respective states. The similarities can’t be ignored, but the mainstream media appear to be doing just that, according to Robinson.

Robinson told Collin that “when we dug a little further, we discovered that Abdullahi Ali, the CEO [of Gateway Community Services, an LLC that founded by a Somali-American refugee, Abdallahi Ali in Maine], was in fact running for president of Jubaland, Somalia, the semi-autonomous region of southern Somalia. So at the same time, he’s receiving five million a year roughly in MaineCare money, millions of dollars in no-bid contracts, close to $700,000 in a PPP loan, and likely some forms of government money through partnerships and arrangements we don’t even know about or haven’t discovered yet.”

Posted by: Kindltot at January 14, 2026 02:21 PM (rbvCR)

152 since I bake bread all the time (and my wife is Korean so rice is obligatory), I don't do low carb.

Posted by: Kindltot at January

I don’t do low carb either and I am not married to a Korean. Yet here I stand, still over 80 pounds lighter than I was 4 years ago, no meds, blood pressure is great (low, actually), blood work great, not grouchy, etc. Not bad for 29. I do watch what I eat, I am very careful there most of the time. But it’s not low carb. It’s appropriate carbs, protein and fats.

Posted by: Piper at January 14, 2026 02:21 PM (OoFl2)

153 Stratotankers are busy over Qatar

Posted by: PA Dutchman at January 14, 2026 02:21 PM (h/O4U)

154 I think that Trump is going to try and goad Iran into doing something stupid. And Israel will probably be involved.

Maybe a no-fly zone or something non kinetic.

Posted by: pawn at January 14, 2026 02:21 PM (rbIOb)

155 a lot of the Cape Cod beaches that aren't specifically town or county have "pass through" access below the high tide mark, with the additional stipulation that someone passing through is not allowed to "settle", i.e. sit, lie down, spread a towel and sunbathe, have a picnic, start fishing, etc. IOW, keep steppin, plebe, and your shoes better be in the wet.

Posted by: barbarausa at January 14, 2026 02:22 PM (enw9G)

156 Except both parties are aware that something like 90% of Iran's oil is shipped from Kharg Terminal. Iran hits one Saudi facility and that island is a smoking pile.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 14, 2026 02:16 PM (mlg/3)

The biggest reason Kharg is off limits is that China gets a lot of its oil from that source. If anyone hits it or cuts off the flow, that brings China and it's army into the fight, and Nobody on any side wants that.

At the end of the last 12 day war a few weeks ago, Iran itself threatened to shut down the straits of Hormuz, which was always supposed to be their big "trump" card to play. China sent out a very short message, simple and to the point - "Don't do it, or we're going to have to come over there."
Iran immediately said "we were just joking! Never mind, never mind."

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 02:22 PM (uWKK8)

157 The fraud in Maine seems to be tightly linked with the Fraud in Minnesota. -
Posted by: Kindltot at January 14, 2026 02:21 PM (rbvCR)

I thought it would have stayed mainly on the plain.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 14, 2026 02:22 PM (dGCAG)

158 Just under 50 years ago I was riding a bicycle when a large pickup truck pulled out and ran over me - dragging me about 30 feet. I tried so hard to get on the hood of that truck, but failed. The happiest I have ever been in my life was when I woke up under that truck. I couldn't believe I was alive. That was the day I quit smoking; I wanted something nice to remember about the day. It took me about a year to recover from my injuries. As a result of that accident I'm going to have to have a hip replacement soon.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is

Holy smokes, this sounds scary.

Posted by: Piper at January 14, 2026 02:23 PM (OoFl2)

159 154 I think that Trump is going to try and goad Iran into doing something stupid. And Israel will probably be involved.

Maybe a no-fly zone or something non kinetic.
Posted by: pawn at January 14, 2026 02:21 PM (rbIOb)

He needs some kind of "casus belli" to begin hostilities. It may seem like a small point, but it isn't.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 02:24 PM (uWKK8)

160 Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is

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I hope you are still living off of the settlement proceeds

Posted by: Ella Emhoff's Armpit Hairs at January 14, 2026 02:25 PM (Bo9Yf)

161 On a whim, I started baking bread. I didn't realize fresh home baked bread could taste (and smell) so good. I make a couple of loaves every week or so and give some away. It only lasts 2 or 3 days at most (I use beeswax lined linen bags).
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 14, 2026 02:20 PM (Dv3i1)

I follow my mother's sacred traditions and keep my loaves in plastic bags we get from the produce section of the grocery story.

If your house is dry enough the bread just dries out instead of molding, you can use the stale bread for toast. It is also good if you do the sort of cooking that is based around sops or croutons.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 14, 2026 02:25 PM (rbvCR)

162 He needs some kind of "casus belli" to begin hostilities. It may seem like a small point, but it isn't.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Despite what the Dems and the media (BIRM) screech, Trump does follow the law.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 14, 2026 02:25 PM (Dv3i1)

163 Stratotankers are busy over Qatar
Posted by: PA Dutchman
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The op should be code-named 'Lucille'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 14, 2026 02:25 PM (XeU6L)

164
I thought it would have stayed mainly on the plain.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 14, 2026

Nope. That is pretty much just the rain.

Posted by: Piper at January 14, 2026 02:25 PM (OoFl2)

165 He needs some kind of "casus belli" to begin hostilities. It may seem like a small point, but it isn't.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 02:24 PM (uWKK

I know! Let's pretend they send a bunch of drugs here!!

Ok, I'm gonna see myself out.....

Posted by: BurtTC at January 14, 2026 02:26 PM (dGCAG)

166 Well, it's on now. Iranian state TV just ran footage of the Butler assassination attempt on Trump with the caption, "This time, the bullet won't miss."
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb)

Neither will the Ohio class sub parked offshore.

Enjoy the winter sunshine.

Posted by: Joe Mama at January 14, 2026 02:26 PM (TezPK)

167 As a result of that accident I'm going to have to have a hip replacement soon.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is

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"Every day should be unwrapped as a gift."

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 14, 2026 02:27 PM (n2ZBr)

168 Awww, these mullahs have some spunk.

Might want to wipe that up guys.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 02:27 PM (zZu0s)

169 Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 14, 2026 02:19 PM (Da7Vv)

My gosh, I'm sorry that happened to you. That's horrible and you are lucky you're here to talk about it.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 14, 2026 02:27 PM (fszBn)

170 143 Lindsey Graham is not one i would want standing behind me.

Does anyone else look at him and KNOW what his handshake would feel like. Weak, wet, cool.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 02:16 PM (zZu0s)
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I worked in the Senate many years ago. Miss Lindsey was a friend of my boss. I shook his hand and I can confirm the accuracy of your assessment. He's even more of a mincing priss than his TV persona lets on.

Posted by: ballistic at January 14, 2026 02:27 PM (3BwY8)

171 In CA, beaches - up to the high tide line - are pubic property. Homeowners around Malibu and some other placesoften try to limit access, but if you can get to the beach, there is no law being broken.. there are no "Private beaches" below the high tide line...

Posted by: Alexander Scipio at January 14, 2026 02:28 PM (029Oi)

172 The price of oil just jumped almost $2/bbl.

Posted by: pawn at January 14, 2026 02:28 PM (rbIOb)

173 Lindsey Graham, lounging in flannel PJs in his southern mansion. Calls for Willy, family trusted butler for generations, to dim the lights and put on the 8mm movies, the cub scout ones taken from the van at public poolside. Lindsey sips a julep and looks over war plans while the projector warms up, debating nuclear or conventional.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 14, 2026 02:28 PM (gm9Sb)

174 167 As a result of that accident I'm going to have to have a hip replacement soon.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is
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I would guess you won first place in road rash contest.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 14, 2026 02:28 PM (pLaQB)

175 168 Awww, these mullahs have some spunk.

Might want to wipe that up guys.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 02:27 PM (zZu0s)

Lindsay Graham would be happy to.

Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 02:28 PM (uEmCf)

176 >>At the end of the last 12 day war a few weeks ago, Iran itself threatened to shut down the straits of Hormuz, which was always supposed to be their big "trump" card to play.

They tried that in '87 during the tanker war. It led to Operation Earnest Will and Operation Prime Chance.

Posted by: one hour sober at January 14, 2026 02:29 PM (Y1sOo)

177 >> As a result of that accident I'm going to have to have a hip replacement soon.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is

I am in the same boat. Left Hip will eventually have to be replaced due to an injury from a Hit and Run in Tucson.

Same scenario. Car passed me in the bike lane, drove through me to make a right turn and dragged me.

Hip has never been the same, since.

Posted by: garrett at January 14, 2026 02:29 PM (ZcsJV)

178 The price of oil just jumped almost $2/bbl.
Posted by: pawn at January 14, 2026 02:28 PM (rbIOb)

Gas went up here by .50 a gal.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 02:29 PM (zZu0s)

179 Now that’s Bullshit. If you are in a caloric deficit, you will reach ketosis, autophagy, etc. Doesn’t matter.

[ . . . ]
Posted by: Common Tater at January 14, 2026 02:18 PM (dDLWu)

Ketosis is impossible if you are eating carbs. It is possible, maybe, to cycle in and out but not if you are fighting metabolic syndrome.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 14, 2026 02:29 PM (rbvCR)

180 Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 14, 2026 02:20 PM (Dv3i1)

Most of it also freezes incredibly well. Slice when cooled and pop into sealed freezer bags.

Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 02:30 PM (g078z)

181 The biggest reason Kharg is off limits is that China gets a lot of its oil from that source. If anyone hits it or cuts off the flow, that brings China and it's army into the fight, and Nobody on any side wants that.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 02:22 PM (uWKK

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I mean I guess the threat is there but wake me up when China has the ability to project power that far outside of its homeland.

Posted by: ballistic at January 14, 2026 02:30 PM (3BwY8)

182 Ketosis is impossible if you are eating carbs
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Now that’s Bullshit. If you are in a caloric deficit, you will reach ketosis, autophagy, etc. Doesn’t matter.

The human body will not burn any fat unless and until carbohydrate stores are exhausted (liver, bloodstream, etc) That much is true.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 14, 2026 02:18 PM (dDLWu)

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If you start a keto diet and you go zero carbs (I usually totally fast the first week) -- you should only do that for 2 weeks as longer can damage your kidneys.

Then you stick with low carb, and you can still remain in ketosis and drop the poundage ...

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 14, 2026 02:30 PM (r/LbC)

183 Next assassination attempt on President Trump the c assassin should be drawn and quartered, and on live tv

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 02:31 PM (Ia/+0)

184 An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 14, 2026 02:19 PM

How long were you in the hospital?

Posted by: dantesed at January 14, 2026 02:31 PM (Oy/m2)

185 Ah, good old Joe Rogan. He calls ICE villains, compares them to the Gestapo.

Posted by: tubal at January 14, 2026 02:32 PM (pDt9x)

186 Most of it also freezes incredibly well. Slice when cooled and pop into sealed freezer bags.
Posted by: ...

This is what I do. After a couple days, anything left gets frozen. I make bagels, rolls, and loafs. The bagels and rolls go into round deli containers I save from buying cut fruit.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 14, 2026 02:32 PM (n2ZBr)

187 It's a 4 bedroom, 6 bath house - with 29 liquor cabinets

Posted by: Wally at January 14, 2026 02:33 PM (0e5Te)

188 33 Wouldn't the original caissons still be there?
Posted by: Oglebay

They went rolling along.

Posted by: Over Hill, Over Dale... at January 14, 2026 02:33 PM (oftw2)

189 >>good old Joe Rogan. He calls ICE villains, compares them to the Gestapo.

Dude's IQ hovers right around 'Somali' on the chart.

Posted by: garrett at January 14, 2026 02:34 PM (ZcsJV)

190
Gas went up here by .50 a gal.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

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C'mon Trump, do something transactional and personal.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 02:34 PM (Jxa0O)

191 185 Ah, good old Joe Rogan. He calls ICE villains, compares them to the Gestapo.
Posted by: tubal at January 14, 2026 02:32 PM (pDt9x)

Says a guy who is perpetually stoned

Posted by: It's me donna at January 14, 2026 02:34 PM (VE6XX)

192 Ah, good old Joe Rogan. He calls ICE villains, compares them to the Gestapo.
Posted by: tubal at January 14, 2026 02:32 PM (pDt9x)

we need more of these people, really great content!

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 02:34 PM (g47mK)

193 185 Ah, good old Joe Rogan. He calls ICE villains, compares them to the Gestapo.

Posted by: tubal at January 14, 2026 02:32 PM (pDt9x)

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And in his next show, he will marvel at the size of the immigrant fraud in the country and wonder when anyone's going to do about it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 14, 2026 02:34 PM (GBKbO)

194 It's a 4 bedroom, 6 bath house - with 29 liquor cabinets
Posted by: Wally

And a grow room.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 14, 2026 02:34 PM (NLIsQ)

195 Are you trying to use song titles in a sentence? Why you think i'm Henry the Eight?

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 14, 2026 02:35 PM (EyfuW)

196 Look up recipes for Finnish hole bread ( can't remember the proper complicated spelling). Was created to be hung from rafters to get a thick crust hard, slowing aging.Very good stuff I grew up on.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 14, 2026 02:36 PM (gm9Sb)

197 Same scenario. Car passed me in the bike lane, drove through me to make a right turn and dragged me.

Hip has never been the same, since.
Posted by: garrett

A small act of defiance.
- Jon Stewart

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 14, 2026 02:37 PM (Dv3i1)

198 The op should be code-named 'Lucille'.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.

Who has 4 hundred chil'ren???

Posted by: Adriane the Way Too Cynical Critic . . . at January 14, 2026 02:37 PM (3ZUWJ)

199 And in his next show, he will marvel at the size of the immigrant fraud in the country and wonder when anyone's going to do about it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 14, 2026 02:34 PM (GBKbO)

difficult to believe he is a GROWN ADULT

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 02:37 PM (g47mK)

200 I mean I guess the threat is there but wake me up when China has the ability to project power that far outside of its homeland.
Posted by: ballistic at January 14, 2026 02:30 PM (3BwY

They'd have to March through Pakistan, Afghanistan.

Actually, I'd like to see them try. Would be entertaining. I doubt they could maintain logistics at all.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 02:37 PM (zZu0s)

201 He was the mechanic on newsradio

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at January 14, 2026 02:37 PM (bXbFr)

202 Hip has never been the same, since.
Posted by: garrett

A small act of defiance.
- Jon Stewart
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 14, 2026 02:37 PM (Dv3i1)

Word.
-Steven King

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 02:38 PM (zZu0s)

203 I learned about good bread storage options on a Kamala thread. Thank'ee much.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 14, 2026 02:38 PM (Dv3i1)

204 difficult to believe he is a GROWN ADULT
Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 02:37 PM (g47mK)

It must bother you that he is far richer than you are.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 14, 2026 02:38 PM (rbvCR)

205 Verizon is down. Chinese screwing with us over Iran?

Posted by: pawn at January 14, 2026 02:39 PM (rbIOb)

206 Holy smokes, this sounds scary.
Posted by: Piper
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Indeed. I often wonder how many times I, and others, have narrowly escaped death, without even knowing it, let alone known near-brushes.

I have been in two aircraft 'incidents' that would keep most people awake at night.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 14, 2026 02:39 PM (XeU6L)

207 204 difficult to believe he is a GROWN ADULT
Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 02:37 PM (g47mK)

It must bother you that he is far richer than you are.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 14, 2026 02:38 PM (rbvCR)

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This is the best defense of Joe Rogan I've ever seen.

I am in awe.

I bow to you, good sir.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 14, 2026 02:40 PM (GBKbO)

208 204 difficult to believe he is a GROWN ADULT
Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 02:37 PM (g47mK)

It must bother you that he is far richer than you are.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 14, 2026 02:38 PM (rbvCR)

Somehow, this is always the Alpha and Omega argument.

Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 02:40 PM (uEmCf)

209
So, 45 years of "Death to America" Friday scream-fests in Tehran aren't war worthy.

Posted by: Auspex at January 14, 2026 02:40 PM (Y8DZL)

210 Adam Carolla just revisited Malibu. He found one house being rebuilt. The owner had to spend $2.5 million just for his foundation to meet CA requirements. It looks like a missile silo. Meanwhile, the nearby wooden pier still stands after 120 years.

Isn't this one of the areas the left says will be underwater in 12 years?
Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 01:41 PM (sKqQm)
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And the state and local government will probably build low-income housing right up to his fence line for his trouble.

Posted by: mrp at January 14, 2026 02:41 PM (rj6Yv)

211 I hope you are still living off of the settlement proceeds

My settlement was that the VA bandaged me up. While I was recovering the apartment manager who was stealing my rent, had me evicted from my apartment. I limped the five miles to the court room to try to fight the eviction, but got there just after the court closed. I then limped the five miles back to my apartment. I stopped at a convenience store to get some food, and a high school team mate from football and wrestling saw me. He and his wife took me in for a year while I recovered. There is no way to pay that back, so I paid it forward by taking in my dying friend for the past two years when he got too sick to work.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 14, 2026 02:41 PM (Da7Vv)

212 Earthquakes. They’re required to dig deep for foundations because of earthquakes.

Posted by: Kolin at January 14, 2026 02:41 PM (uK5Gm)

213 >>I have been in two aircraft 'incidents' that would keep most people awake at night.

Only two?

Rookie number.

Posted by: one hour sober at January 14, 2026 02:41 PM (Y1sOo)

214 It must bother you that he is far richer than you are.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 14, 2026 02:38 PM (rbvCR)

*another sperg comment, what a shock!

Thank you for your attention to this matter !

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 02:41 PM (g47mK)

215 Mark Cuban is richer than all of us combined will ever be.

Still kind of retarded.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 14, 2026 02:41 PM (GBKbO)

216 “Every day should be unwrapped as a gift."

That’s why it’s called the “Present”!

Posted by: Common Tater at January 14, 2026 02:42 PM (J48Co)

217 Anyhow, I just put the loaf in the oven. Today it is oatmeal (one cup) and white flour.
Oatmeal can keep the baked loaf moister longer, but if you use too much it will affect the texture.

Another way to keep the bread fresh longer is to add sugar, which will hold moisture in the bread longer, so it is not stale textured.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 14, 2026 02:42 PM (rbvCR)

218 I started watching the Carolla video.

He knows a lot, but he makes a lot of errors. OK, maybe not errors, but he does that too, but he isinaccurate and incomplete in a lot of things. The last video I saw he was explaining concrete form tech and made such a hash of it, it was embarrassing.

The caissons are really just another word for concrete piles -- they are piles. (And logically, they are NOT caissons even though they call them that.) And pile foundations are mostly friction piles where they do not reach bedrock, they only go down deep enough that the soil supports the load. (coastal construction is different, but he drew a mountain in that one shot.)

And Venice is built on wood piles -- they can last forever if done right. Creosote is wood tar -- it is the gook that comes off of burnt wood without enough O2, like wood turpentine, and is kind of natural even though enviros hate it.

Just little things like that the make me annoyed. But mostly he is informative I guess.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 14, 2026 02:42 PM (n2ZBr)

219 How can this be when Kamala's campaign blew through more than $1 billion in spending, and it was reported that the campaign is $20 million in the red?

Something is fishy?

Posted by: redridinghood at January 14, 2026 02:42 PM (NpAcC)

220 I know for a fact that if you try to walk in front of Brad Pitt's house on the beach his on site security will chase you off the beach.
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 14, 2026 02:14 PM (fszBn)
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Taylor Swift has that same deal going in Watch Hill, but I think people try their best to ignore the big, bad dudes with thingees in their ear.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 02:42 PM (KT/Ka)

221 215 Mark Cuban is richer than all of us combined will ever be.

Still kind of retarded.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 14, 2026 02:41 PM (GBKbO)

Remember: Drunken Commie-La and Doug E. Entertainment are better people because they have more money.

Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 02:43 PM (uEmCf)

222 Lindsey Graham is a loose cannon looking for a strong hand to wrangle him into submission. He's quivering at the prospect there's a bull or big buck on his horizon.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 14, 2026 02:43 PM (BSdIE)

223 He and his wife took me in for a year while I recovered. There is no way to pay that back, so I paid it forward by taking in my dying friend for the past two years when he got too sick to work.
Posted by: An Observation
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This is the stuff of genuine human compassion,and friendship.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 14, 2026 02:43 PM (XeU6L)

224 219 How can this be when Kamala's campaign blew through more than $1 billion in spending, and it was reported that the campaign is $20 million in the red?

Something is fishy?

Posted by: redridinghood at January 14, 2026 02:42 PM (NpAcC)

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Her book tour? Sold out everywhere.

Her connections in San Francisco? She still has them.

The idea that Kamala is hated by every Democrat is stupid. A lot of Democrats still like her. A bunch of them still love her.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 14, 2026 02:43 PM (GBKbO)

225 185 Ah, good old Joe Rogan. He calls ICE villains, compares them to the Gestapo.
__

ICE has been doing the exact same thing they have been doing for years, including under Obama/Biden, to get crooks and pedos out of the country. Except now they have crazy Karens and Antifa agitators obstructing them for the cameras and the clicks and now ICE is the problem.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 14, 2026 02:44 PM (Dv3i1)

226 225 185 Ah, good old Joe Rogan. He calls ICE villains, compares them to the Gestapo.
__

ICE has been doing the exact same thing they have been doing for years, including under Obama/Biden, to get crooks and pedos out of the country. Except now they have crazy Karens and Antifa agitators obstructing them for the cameras and the clicks and now ICE is the problem.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 14, 2026 02:44 PM (Dv3i1)

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"Why doesn't ICE do this in Texas!!!!"

"Well, Texas isn't a sanctuary state, so they cooperate with DHS and ICE isn't necessary."

"That doesn't make sense!"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 14, 2026 02:45 PM (GBKbO)

227 >>Taylor Swift has that same deal going in Watch Hill, but I think people try their best to ignore the big, bad dudes with thingees in their ear.

Just stay within 10 feet of the high tide mark and they can bitch all they want but can't stop it.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 02:45 PM (viF8m)

228 *another sperg comment, what a shock!

Thank you for your attention to this matter !
Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 02:41 PM (g47mK)

I find your continual outrage confusing. I would hope some day you find something more useful than be like the dog howling at sirens.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 14, 2026 02:45 PM (rbvCR)

229 Hey, don't knock former McDonald's workers. Trump worked at McDonald's only last year!

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14, 2026 02:46 PM (iFTx/)

230 Nope, fat loss is not easy, but it is simple.

You can lose weight - burn fat - eating nothing but candy bars, if you want. Pure carbs.

I would not recommend that. Caloric restriction however has always been, and remains the only way to lose weight. Carbs taste good. I know people like to talk about what won’t work in theory, but in the real world you’ll discover life without carbs tends to be bland.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 14, 2026 02:46 PM (J48Co)

231 I work in a Silly Putty factory.

You know, something of puttyness and add something to make the putty burn.

Hillbilly napalm.

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 14, 2026 02:46 PM (EyfuW)

232 I find your continual outrage confusing. I would hope some day you find something more useful than be like the dog howling at sirens.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 14, 2026 02:45 PM (rbvCR)

neither Rogan , nor Cucker , nor crazy Ovens know how valiantly you are defending them and how closely you are moderating the comments on AOSHQ, maybe you should tell them

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 02:46 PM (g47mK)

233 Milk powder or milk is also very good for keeping bread. And oil. But if you like a crusty loaf then those are prohibitive.

Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 02:46 PM (g078z)

234 I get the sense that a lot of mass communicators do not have firm core values, except maybe that of making money and getting attention. Rogan is one of quite a few of those, I’m afraid.

Posted by: tubal at January 14, 2026 02:46 PM (pDt9x)

235 >>Taylor Swift has that same deal going in Watch Hill,

I read that as Witch Hill.

Posted by: dantesed at January 14, 2026 02:47 PM (Oy/m2)

236 neither Rogan , nor Cucker , nor crazy Ovens know how valiantly you are defending them and how closely you are moderating the comments on AOSHQ, maybe you should tell them
Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 02:46 PM (g47mK)

AWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Posted by: Kindltot at January 14, 2026 02:47 PM (rbvCR)

237
I, also, remember getting oil tar balls on my feet and bathing suit from swimming in SoCal beaches. Fortunately, as a kid I wore a high and tight haircut administered by my father.
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 14, 2026 02:12 PM (pLaQB)

About every other year, the news media in Santa Barbara would start screaming about tar balls on the beaches, blaming the oil companies that still extract oil from the decades-old pumpjacks around South Ellwood, just north of the city.

They'd scream for a couple of weeks, and then about a month or so later, they'd issue a quiet correction noting that the tar balls were natural, and that the Chumach injuns would use them to waterproof their boats and canoes long before the white man came along.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 14, 2026 02:47 PM (y9nCu)

238 147 A bit surprised the mullahs have decamped to Moscow yet after seeing what happened to their nuke development site and to Venezuela. There is 0 chance they can win a military engagement with the US or Israel for that matter.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 02:19 PM (viF8m)

fanatics want to go down fighting.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 02:48 PM (uWKK8)

239 I have been in two aircraft 'incidents' that would keep most people awake at night.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 14, 2026 02:39 PM (XeU6L)

I imagine they would seeing as I would rather walk than fly.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at January 14, 2026 02:48 PM (6xRrr)

240 is Kindletot trying to date me ? I am confused by his incessant attention to my comments, mind you , I do not engage him, and yet..so much attention !

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 02:48 PM (g47mK)

241 but in the real world you’ll discover life without carbs tends to be bland.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 14, 2026 02:46 PM (J48Co)

Garlic mashed potatoes. Mmmmm.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 14, 2026 02:48 PM (g8Ew8)

242 buttermilk muffins

this crosses the boundary of drugs and food.

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 14, 2026 02:48 PM (EyfuW)

243 >>I get the sense that a lot of mass communicators do not have firm core values, except maybe that of making money and getting attention. Rogan is one of quite a few of those, I’m afraid.

Not just values but intelligence. A lot of these "influencer" types are good at communicating but a lot of what they communicate is mind numbingly stupid.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 02:49 PM (viF8m)

244 I do low carb not no carb and it makes the weight come off faster. Along with calorie restriction.

Although I was only really overweight once (benefits of Crohns disease I guess). But low carb and mild intermittent fasting were both excellent.

I wouldn't want to do no carb either.

Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 02:49 PM (g078z)

245
The idea that Kamala is hated by every Democrat is stupid. A lot of Democrats still like her. A bunch of them still love her.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 14, 2026 02:43 PM (GBKbO)
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And those supporters of hers are core voters for Dems; activists who can dominate primaries in some important states and also many who are delegates to the convention. In my view, she has a good chance of winning the nomination on their side (with some money and good luck), but she obviously has near-zero chance of winning the general.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 02:49 PM (KT/Ka)

246
On a whim, I started baking bread. I didn't realize fresh home baked bread could taste (and smell) so good. I make a couple of loaves every week or so and give some away. It only lasts 2 or 3 days at most (I use beeswax lined linen bags).
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 14, 2026 02:20 PM

I have a big sheet that I think is part beeswax to wrap fresh bread and it works really well.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 14, 2026 02:50 PM (fszBn)

247 245 And those supporters of hers are core voters for Dems; activists who can dominate primaries in some important states and also many who are delegates to the convention. In my view, she has a good chance of winning the nomination on their side (with some money and good luck), but she obviously has near-zero chance of winning the general.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 02:49 PM (KT/Ka)

=======

Black women will be a near majority, if not a clear majority, of primary voters in SC.

The last Dem to lose SC and win the Dem primary was in 1988.

And SC has just gotten a whole lot more important in the calendar since. Iowa is a joke, and NH's early primary actually isn't recognized by the DNC (the real one is after Super Tuesday, the state's delegation is being punished by the DNC for some reason).

The only early state that matters...Kamala will win by 50 points. And then all the other states will just...do the complete opposite?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 14, 2026 02:51 PM (GBKbO)

248 Headline from ZH, "Denmark Says It's Clear Trump 'Has A Desire To Conquer Greenland' After WH Meeting".

"Trump the Conquerer!"

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at January 14, 2026 02:51 PM (36PRH)

249 Egg wash on french bread is nice, and maybe spray with ice water, a pan underneath with water, etc. Brush with butter, more etc.

Crispy, crackly fresh bread crust drenched in butter. Yum!

Posted by: Common Tater at January 14, 2026 02:51 PM (J48Co)

250 Denmark blew it.

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 02:51 PM (g47mK)

251 As much as I could want to believe that Pelosi, Clinton, Kumdumpster, etc. are wickard smart investors who beat the markets by thousands of percent, the historically very common bribery, fraud, graft, etc. by government officials is simplest explanation and should be assumed*.

*Presumption of innocence is presumption of normal. Normal people don't rape. Steal, murder. Normal people make 5% on index funds. The fact that they made millions on high risk investments and more opaque means is proof itself of the corruption.
Like finding a dead boy in the bed " I do not know how that got there" does not work.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2026 02:51 PM (/lPRQ)

252
I have met any number of people who are rich or narrowly focused and yet remarkably ignorant of the large and small things going on in the world.

Posted by: Auspex at January 14, 2026 02:51 PM (Y8DZL)

253 It turned out Kameltoe never did work at McDonald's, it was a fake job.

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 02:52 PM (Ia/+0)

254
They'd scream for a couple of weeks, and then about a month or so later, they'd issue a quiet correction noting that the tar balls were natural, and that the Chumach injuns would use them to waterproof their boats and canoes long before the white man came along.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 14, 2026 02:47 PM (y9nCu)

You always get tar on your feet and swimsuit at the beach. When I was a kid my teachers used to tell us it was because of all the oil drilling, liars.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 14, 2026 02:52 PM (fszBn)

255 NOOD

Somali cash couriers

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 14, 2026 02:52 PM (ULPxl)

256 Like finding a dead boy in the bed " I do not know how that got there" does not work.
___

They haven't caught me yet!
-Adam Schiff

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 14, 2026 02:52 PM (Dv3i1)

257 NOOD ALERT!

Posted by: Max Power at January 14, 2026 02:53 PM (SwyyQ)

258 Along with calorie restriction.
——

There’s no “with” here. Get in your head, you have to restrict calories below metabolic needs to burn off fat. There is no other mechanism that will do this, by definition.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 14, 2026 02:53 PM (J48Co)

259 220 I know for a fact that if you try to walk in front of Brad Pitt's house on the beach his on site security will chase you off the beach.
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 14, 2026 02:14 PM (fszBn)
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Taylor Swift has that same deal going in Watch Hill, but I think people try their best to ignore the big, bad dudes with thingees in their ear.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 02:42 PM (KT/Ka)

The biggest liberals sure are a bunch of hypocrites, they're for the little people as long as they don't have to look at them.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 14, 2026 02:55 PM (fszBn)

260 There’s no “with” here. Get in your head, you have to restrict calories below metabolic needs to burn off fat. There is no other mechanism that will do this, by definition.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 14, 2026 02:53 PM (J48Co)

I was just saying that calorie restriction plus lowering carbs made me lose faster. I wasn't saying anything else or trying to break any hearts.

Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 02:55 PM (g078z)

261 Look at what the government required this property owner to build before he could put down the first beam of his house: Caissons four stories deep!

Well, you have to be the right property owner. When Rick Caruso buys up those depressed properties and starts building apartment blocks, you can bet the signoffs go smoothly- as if they were greased!

Posted by: t-bird at January 14, 2026 02:55 PM (J0qLT)

262
Last Thursday my mom came by the shop to visit, and brought me a loaf of homemade sourdough for my shop freezer. She usually works with traditional yeast breads, but she's experimenting with the sourdough lately. Either way, it's good stuff.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 14, 2026 02:55 PM (y9nCu)

263 ...The idea that Kamala is hated by every Democrat is stupid. A lot of Democrats still like her. A bunch of them still love her.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 14, 2026 02:43 PM (GBKbO)

True.

Democrats have to love their candidates as they would gods. It makes the voters good people to support such good candidates.

Think of her as Hillary!...I'll wait...There! You see.

I look at Hillary! and see an unpleasant, angry, antisocial, mentally unstable, drunken harpy.

Democrats see a great and good woman of nearly goddess-like ability destined to lead our country and who should've won if not for the perfidy of the Orange Horror Trump!!!!

It's going to take a while for the Kamala spell to wear-off, unless she totally screws up or bails, she'll be the early favorite for the Dim Party's Preezy candidate.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 14, 2026 02:56 PM (iJfKG)

264 Like finding a dead boy in the bed " I do not know how that got there" does not work

LOL

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 14, 2026 02:57 PM (Da7Vv)

265 and NH's early primary actually isn't recognized by the DNC (the real one is after Super Tuesday, the state's delegation is being punished by the DNC for some reason).
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NH was largely Anglican. The rest of New England was Puritan. Explains a lot.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 14, 2026 03:00 PM (pLaQB)

266 You know.

The uber rich enviro commies voted for this over regulation. This is what they prayed for.

They can kiss my ass.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 14, 2026 03:00 PM (CbDvl)

267 In my view, she has a good chance of winning the nomination on their side (with some money and good luck), but she obviously has near-zero chance of winning the general.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

These people just started existing in 2021? Because she didn't make it out of 2019 the first go round.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at January 14, 2026 03:01 PM (FxH7T)

268 It's going to take a while for the Kamala spell to wear-off,

Do you think she'll Pick Tampon Tim again for her VP candidate?

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 14, 2026 03:03 PM (Da7Vv)

269 >>Access to Little Dume, which boasts one of the most coveted surf breaks in all of California requires a special key that only a select group of Point Dume residents can possess.

I thought CA had strict public access to beaches law, and that every town had to provide right of way path for public to reach beach?

Anyone know what is going on here?

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 14, 2026 01:44 PM (n2ZBr)

******

I think the key is for access to the private roads and streets where the houses are. Like a gated community. But the beach itself can be accessed from the water, or by walking north or south to it. No fences across the beach.

Posted by: EFG at January 14, 2026 03:07 PM (QJpW8)

270 Like finding a dead boy in the bed " I do not know how that got there" does not work
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[recalls the Robert Fulghum book, 'It was on fire when I lay down on it']

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 14, 2026 03:10 PM (XeU6L)

271 Finnish hole bread

hey baby, you wanna see my bread hole?

Posted by: Pierre Poppycock at January 14, 2026 03:21 PM (Vu7A1)

272 Her all new Castle with room for her Flying Monkes

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at January 14, 2026 05:16 PM (wGqjj)

Agent Run Down by Mentally-Ill Queer Terrorist Suffered Internal Bleeding, Is Now In Hiding, Fearing Assassination by Other Left-Wing Terrorists

The queer terrorist just "bumped" him with her car, like they were dancing.

CBS News
@CBSNews

BREAKING: The ICE agent who fatally shot Renee Good on Jan. 7 in Minneapolis, Jonathan Ross, suffered internal bleeding to the torso following the incident, according to two U.S. officials briefed on his medical condition.

He's now in hiding.

Under mounting threats and online harassment, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who fatally shot Renee Nicole Good is now in hiding, according to President Trump's border czar Tom Homan, who confirmed Tuesday that the situation has deteriorated to the point where the agent's safety -- and that of his family -- is at risk.
Speaking on Will Cain Country, Homan said ICE agent Jonathan Ross has been forced out of public view as activists circulate his photograph, personal information, and even "wanted for murder" posters online, accompanied by what Homan described as explicit death threats.
Homan said Ross is remaining out of sight while investigations into the shooting continue, stressing that facts -- not political pressure -- should determine the outcome.
"I know for a fact now he has to be in hiding," Homan said, confirming that the threats extend to Ross's family as well.
Cain pressed him directly on whether the agent was in hiding, and Homan answered flatly: "Yes. For the safety of him and his family."

🚨NEW: Tom Homan *CONFIRMS* to @willcain that ICE Agent Jonathan Ross "IN HIDING"🚨

"I know for a fact now he has to be in hiding ... For the safety of him and his family. There are 'WANTED' posters with his picture, license plate number. And the death threats."@DailyCaller pic.twitter.com/A2UDScRTKB
— Jason Cohen 🇺🇸 (@JasonJournoDC) January 13, 2026

I'm so tired of this. The people least able to employ violence and least capable of resisting it are determined to make violence into the way we resolve political differences.

Fine. You got it.

Well, at least they�ll know where they stood in your list of priorities. pic.twitter.com/Ic2i4bWIf5
— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) January 13, 2026

Always with the septum ring and bird hands. Always. pic.twitter.com/NnQNIkViJ3
— Jim Lakely (@jlakely) January 14, 2026

Posted by: Ace at 12:22 PM

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1 st!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2026 12:22 PM (bFu5X)

2 The Others have been summoned.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2026 12:23 PM (bFu5X)

3
3rd

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 12:24 PM (Jxa0O)

4 Internal bleeding from a non hit ? Impossible !

Posted by: It's me donna at January 14, 2026 12:24 PM (VE6XX)

5 The woman in the last photo must be in the MENSA wing of the left. She managed to connect the dots...both of them.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 14, 2026 12:24 PM (Riz8t)

6
@CBSNews

BREAKING: The ICE agent who fatally shot Renee Good on Jan. 7 in Minneapolis, Jonathan Ross, suffered internal bleeding to the torso following the incident, according to two U.S. officials briefed on his medical condition.

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CBS News reporting this? The Weiss effect?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 12:25 PM (Jxa0O)

7 She doesn't feel safe in her 2 ton assault weapon?

Posted by: fd at January 14, 2026 12:25 PM (vFG9F)

8 5 The woman in the last photo must be in the MENSA wing of the left. She managed to connect the dots...both of them.

Oops. Later pictures popped up. I'm talking about the woman who suddenly realized that her being capped for trying to run down an ICE agent might affect her ability to see her kids. This is progress.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 14, 2026 12:26 PM (Riz8t)

9 Aren't you just tempted to jerk that nose ring right out? It would please me.

Posted by: Old Blue at January 14, 2026 12:26 PM (up14Y)

10 Maybe we should compromise with the Mahometans. We'll institute Sharia for left wing women.

Deal?

Posted by: Eeyore at January 14, 2026 12:26 PM (s0JqF)

11 "You gotta bruise some pig eggs to make an anarcho-terrorist swine omelet."

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 14, 2026 12:26 PM (ibuaa)

12 "Always with the septum ring and bird hands."

Keep her away from the bunnies.

Posted by: zombie Michael Jackson at January 14, 2026 12:27 PM (vFG9F)

13 woman who suddenly realized that her being capped for trying to run down an ICE agent might affect her ability to see her kids. This is progress.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 14, 2026 12:26 PM (Riz8t)

Dang... The kids almost were rid of her...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 14, 2026 12:27 PM (VE6XX)

14 She doesn't feel safe in her 2 ton assault weapon?
Posted by: fd at January 14, 2026 12:25 PM

She just realized a quarter inch of glass isn't going to protect her when she tries to drive into armed men.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2026 12:27 PM (bFu5X)

15 The saddest thing is seeing old people with septum rings and other hallmarks of disorganized mind.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 14, 2026 12:27 PM (XV/Pl)

16 Aren't you just tempted to jerk that nose ring right out? It would please me.

Posted by: Old Blue at January 14, 2026 12:26 PM (up14Y)

Hanging a grenade on it might be a better idea.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 14, 2026 12:27 PM (snZF9)

17 Aren't you just tempted to jerk that nose ring right out? It would please me.

I would settle for running a few amps through it.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 14, 2026 12:27 PM (Riz8t)

18 Always with the septum ring and bird hands. Always.

Septum ring theory is still 100%.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 12:27 PM (QGRvm)

19 I just can’t listen to whatever poison nose ring lady is spewing. I know it’s poisonous nonsense without listening. She’s probably on antipsychotics…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 14, 2026 12:27 PM (YobFY)

20 FAFO is a harsh lesson

Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at January 14, 2026 12:28 PM (pscAN)

21 BLM is firing up their rage machine over the black dude In LA who was firing his AR into the air on New Years Eve and got smoked by an off-duty ICE agent.

Posted by: one hour sober at January 14, 2026 12:28 PM (Y1sOo)

22 Leftism is a Religion of Peace

Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 12:28 PM (g078z)

23 That lady is one short step from saying "I hate my life and myself and I am going to be a martyr."

She's --] [-- this close. And she ain't the only one.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 14, 2026 12:28 PM (BI5O2)

24 PFFT. A bruise is internal bleeding.

-MFM

Posted by: Frasier Crane at January 14, 2026 12:29 PM (bNf8H)

25 There's another video out there of a DWFL (deranged) who says Ross lives in her neighborhood, says he's at his house, and gives the address.

She's been fired and scrubbed from her company website.

She needs more pain.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 14, 2026 12:29 PM (HXT0k)

26 Maybe we should compromise with the Mahometans. We'll institute Sharia for left wing women.

Deal?

Posted by: Eeyore at January 14, 2026 12:26 PM (s0JqF)

Acceptable.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 14, 2026 12:29 PM (snZF9)

27 great, leftist intifadaists are not sending agents doing their job into hiding...

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 12:29 PM (g47mK)

28 We have been far too lenient with these people. And if this man is put on trial for Darwinizing that woman, it needs to be in Florida.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 14, 2026 12:29 PM (NR6c1)

29 Well, he knows spaceships.

Elon Musk Roasts “Star Trek: Starfleet Academy” & Questions Why David Ellison Didn’t Cancel the Woke Show

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 12:29 PM (L/fGl)

30 not = now

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 12:29 PM (g47mK)

31 The saddest thing is seeing old people with septum rings and other hallmarks of disorganized mind.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 14, 2026 12:27 PM

Note to the kids...if your 50 year old school secretary has a septum ring/tattoo/danger hair...it ain't "edgy" anymore.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2026 12:30 PM (bFu5X)

32
The whole idea of protesting used to be to exercise free speech, get your idea out there, express yourself.

Now it's to rumble with cops.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 12:30 PM (Jxa0O)

33 Hey guys,

Launch soon

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Launch Date: January 14, 2026
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Posted by: Joyenz at January 14, 2026 12:30 PM (2F0/Y)

34 "Yes. For the safety of him and his family."

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This is the most disgusting part of doxxing these agents: threats to their family members as well.

Straight-up domestic terrorism, and I want all those scumbag criminals doing it hunted down, captured, given some waterboard therapy (for informational purposes only), and executed per Military Tribunal.

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 14, 2026 12:30 PM (ibuaa)

35 These people are psychotic and maybe they are missing the part of their brain that controls shame. In the before times I would have blamed lead paint.

It's a social contagion from chronically online people just like the trans bullshit. They get dopamine hits from people probably in another country and so YOLO.

Make asylums great again.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 14, 2026 12:30 PM (fszBn)

36 Speaking of nose rings, I was at a thrift store the other day, and both cashiers, young women, had ginormous rings hanging from their nasal septums. Looked like Uncle Joe's prize boar. Bunch of smaller rings and piercings, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 14, 2026 12:30 PM (8zz6B)

37 Where is the push back againat these terrorists? Threats are illegal. Interfering with law enforcement is illegal. Conspiracy to commit crimes is illegal.

Posted by: Rob Crawford at January 14, 2026 12:30 PM (fCT/O)

38 The saddest thing is seeing old people with septum rings and other hallmarks of ~~disorganized mind~~demonic possession and/or mental illness.

FIFY

Posted by: no one at January 14, 2026 12:31 PM (qFwJc)

39 There are so many people that have a warped hero complexes.
Sometimes I wonder how empty someone's life needs to be to be susceptible to this manipulation.

Posted by: Inogame at January 14, 2026 12:31 PM (53oGX)

40 She’s probably on antipsychotics…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
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They aren't working. Thorazine might.

Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 12:31 PM (WDjG6)

41 These are really ugly, undesirable women. Gee, I wonder if that has something to do with their biblical bitterness and hatred of all things good and pure?

Ironically, Renee Good was an attractive lady compared to most of these diseased aye-ayes.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14, 2026 12:31 PM (iFTx/)

42 The bird pecking hands are dead giveaway...

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 14, 2026 12:32 PM (y2f7I)

43 Have no fear. Immigration is about to change. The Blade has passed the first hurdle to being hired as an immigration judge. His application has been reviewed and deemed qualified. The next step is an interview. It's still a long shot, but the chances of getting The Catapult on the bench just increased.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14, 2026 12:32 PM (iFTx/)

44 Bill Maher Unloads on Hollywood: The Epicenter of “Woke Stupid”

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Dude, DC.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 12:32 PM (L/fGl)

45 Why doesn't Homan just transfer the guy to IDK, Houston and let the dept. pay for the move?

Posted by: no one at January 14, 2026 12:33 PM (qFwJc)

46 The next step is an interview. It's still a long shot, but the chances of getting The Catapult on the bench just increased.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14, 2026 12:32 PM (iFTx/)

I'm rooting for you

Posted by: It's me donna at January 14, 2026 12:33 PM (VE6XX)

47 Where is the push back againat these terrorists? Threats are illegal. Interfering with law enforcement is illegal. Conspiracy to commit crimes is illegal.
Posted by: Rob Crawford

C'mon man. Don't rock the boat. Things'll get better. Just be positive.

Posted by: The GOPe at January 14, 2026 12:33 PM (mlg/3)

48 "You could be Renea Good!!!"

[calculating odds]

Chance I will protest ICE -- 0%
Chance I will obstruct ICE -- 0%
Chance I will disobey a police officer -- 0%
Chance I will flee a police officer -- 0%
Chance I will hit a police officer with my vehicle -- 0%

Stupid fucking lefties, always trying to make themselves the center of every play.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 14, 2026 12:33 PM (HXT0k)

49 Internal bleeding includes bruising. A pretty vague description.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 14, 2026 12:33 PM (jc0TO)

50 15 The saddest thing is seeing old people with septum rings and other hallmarks of disorganized mind.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 14, 2026 12:27 PM (XV/Pl)

They don't want to step aside and leave it to the young.

They're still the star of the show, damn it!

Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 12:33 PM (uEmCf)

51 So are the whackos saying that internal bleeding from getting bashed by a moving two-ton vehicle… that is NOT assault? You shouldn’t defend yourself from that?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 14, 2026 12:33 PM (/iXAp)

52 Where is the push back againat these terrorists? Threats are illegal. Interfering with law enforcement is illegal. Conspiracy to commit crimes is illegal.
Posted by: Rob Crawford at January 14, 2026 12:30 PM (fCT/O)

Unless they're anonymous letters with no return address, every one of these threats should be rounded up at once. Yellow-bellied bastards aren't doing their job. Go in with force to these people posting online threats under their names. They should all be jailed the same day. But, no.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 14, 2026 12:33 PM (uQesX)

53 Next time agents arrest someone with a septum ring, they should simply handcuff her behind the back, adn then hook up a dog leash to the ring.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 12:34 PM (uWKK8)

54 intifada! intifada!

Posted by: Red-Green Alliance of jihadists and commies at January 14, 2026 12:34 PM (g47mK)

55 She's "trained"? Comedy.

Posted by: Ganowicz Commie Exterminators, Ltd at January 14, 2026 12:34 PM (NkASH)

56 Maybe they should not up their meds, but stop their meds. Something is making them crazy...crazier and it isn't the situation, because the situation has not one thing to do with them.

Posted by: huerfano at January 14, 2026 12:34 PM (98kQX)

57 Seems wrong to type this out, but can we get back to the 1960's James Bond era that when women start acting crazy we can just slap the shit out of them to get them to knock it off?

What we're doing today clearly isn't working.

Posted by: ballistic at January 14, 2026 12:34 PM (3BwY8)

58 The next step is an interview. It's still a long shot, but the chances of getting The Catapult on the bench just increased.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14, 2026 12:32 PM (iFTx/)

I'm rooting for you
Posted by: It's me donna at January 14, 2026 12:33 PM (VE6XX)
___________

[Salutes]

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14, 2026 12:34 PM (iFTx/)

59 yum yum shit
yummy shit pebbles
in my mouth

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at January 14, 2026 12:35 PM (wthON)

60 49 Internal bleeding includes bruising. A pretty vague description.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 14, 2026 12:33 PM (jc0TO)

Maybe, but it does prove he was hit...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 14, 2026 12:35 PM (VE6XX)

61 So the cop is in hiding.
I see terrorism works.

Noted.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 14, 2026 12:35 PM (xcxpd)

62 Ironically, Renee Good was an attractive lady compared to most of these diseased aye-ayes.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14, 2026 12:31 PM (iFTx/)

Old photo. Pics from the scene of the shooting show a bitter-looking Orc.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 14, 2026 12:35 PM (8zz6B)

63 This is a lie. Why aren't you upset that they're telling you something that your own eyes know can't be true? You don't usually walk around like nothing happened if you suffered injuries that caused internal injuries.

Exactly. You can be struck by a car, never hit the ground, or even lose your footing and suffer from internal injuries? BS.

If it's real it seems like it would be pretty easy to show medical records in court then, right?

We saw him lean into the car, which turned its wheels to avoid him, which is why he was able to stand next to the driver and fire two more shots at her fucking face

I’m sorry: I cannot sleep well until Johnathan Ross is incarcerated.

I need closure. Renee Good needs justice. It’s like my soul will be incomplete without his arrest. And I’m not talking just 10-15 years. I NEED TO SEE LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE. Knowing that a killer like him is roaming free is depressing. The one thing I DO NOT TOLERATE is harming defenseless women and children.

PS Everyone who voted for Trump or didn't vote at all; her blood is on your hands. FUCK. YOU.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 14, 2026 12:35 PM (JCZqz)

64 So are the whackos saying that internal bleeding from getting bashed by a moving two-ton vehicle… that is NOT assault? You shouldn’t defend yourself from that?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 14, 2026 12:33 PM (/iXAp)

Unless you are in the D column, more or less.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 14, 2026 12:35 PM (dK+Kv)

65 Prominent tattoos, natch. Also, it looks as though she bites her nails.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 14, 2026 12:35 PM (XeU6L)

66 Liberal women have become a collective self-parody. If only we could laugh.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 14, 2026 12:35 PM (b4LBp)

67 She’s probably on antipsychotics…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
=======
They aren't working. Thorazine might.
Posted by: whig

Old and busted: tear gas

New and cool: Thorazine gas.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 12:35 PM (L/fGl)

68 Yeah when your internal organs get bruised it is no joke.

Posted by: steevy at January 14, 2026 12:35 PM (YwEeS)

69
I'm with the Babylon Bee. Let's negotiate with Iran and trade our leftwing wacko AWFLs for their Persian women. It's a win for everyone.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 12:36 PM (w6EFb)

70 My testicles retracted so hard that I have a cleft chin.

Posted by: Oglebay at January 14, 2026 12:36 PM (2ap+5)

71 Makes them feel important.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 14, 2026 12:36 PM (bss/y)

72 Well thanks to him be doxxed by some cunt on X.

Posted by: steevy at January 14, 2026 12:36 PM (YwEeS)

73 Old photo. Pics from the scene of the shooting show a bitter-looking Orc.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 14, 2026 12:35 PM (8zz6B)

With a shaved head

Posted by: It's me donna at January 14, 2026 12:36 PM (VE6XX)

74 ‘ Always with the septum ring and bird hands. Always.’

Bird Hands: “Take me SERIOUSLY!”

Me: ‘Hahahaha! No. I just can’t swing it.’

Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 14, 2026 12:36 PM (jbnUc)

75 "I’m sorry: I cannot sleep well until Johnathan Ross is incarcerated."

Prepare for a life of insomnia.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 12:36 PM (uWKK8)

76 39 There are so many people that have a warped hero complexes.
Sometimes I wonder how empty someone's life needs to be to be susceptible to this manipulation.
Posted by: Inogame

Twas always thus. You gotta serve somebody as Bob Dylan said, and a lot of people choose to serve satanic goals.

Stan's favorite trick is inversion where the evil think they are doing good by what is objectively in the Bible described as sin.

Suicide bombers, spree killers, thieves, assassins, Renee Good, etc. Most of them, if caught and interviewed, would say they are good and what they did was justified. And that is why we cannot objectively judge ourselves and what we do. No party can be judge in a case where they have interest. Thus the Lord of all is the judge and by ye fruits he shall know thee.

Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 12:36 PM (WDjG6)

77 "Dead driver just meant to break a couple ICE ribs, which was her free speech right. Lethal force to stop her speech is unacceptable." Koncerned Krazy Karens of America

Posted by: illiniwek at January 14, 2026 12:36 PM (vbXSk)

78 I see shit eating troll didn't actually watch the actual video of the shooting.

But then...he's not here for the truth.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 14, 2026 12:36 PM (xcxpd)

79 Ironically, Renee Good was an attractive lady compared to most of these diseased aye-ayes.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14, 2026 12:31 PM (iFTx/)

Old photo. Pics from the scene of the shooting show a bitter-looking Orc.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 14, 2026 12:35 PM (8zz6B)
________

She did herself no favors with her grooming, but she was still not a naturally ugly woman. And I said "compared to."

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14, 2026 12:36 PM (iFTx/)

80 I’m sorry: I cannot sleep well until Johnathan Ross is incarcerated.

I need closure. Renee Good needs justice. It’s like my soul will be incomplete without his arrest. And I’m not talking just 10-15 years. I NEED TO SEE LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE. Knowing that a killer like him is roaming free is depressing. The one thing I DO NOT TOLERATE is harming defenseless women and children.

PS Everyone who voted for Trump or didn't vote at all; her blood is on your hands. FUCK. YOU.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 14, 2026 12:35 PM (JCZqz

Get used to being awake then

Posted by: It's me donna at January 14, 2026 12:37 PM (VE6XX)

81 >I need closure. Renee Good needs justice. It’s like my soul will be incomplete without his arrest. And I’m not talking just 10-15 years.

Scant evidence suggests you have a soul.

Posted by: mr tmz at January 14, 2026 12:37 PM (rJ48h)

82 61 So the cop is in hiding.
I see terrorism works.

Noted.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 14, 2026 12:35 PM (xcxpd)

Remember Iron Man 3 before it got really stupid and the Mandarin was a credible threat played by a good actor doing a weird religious terrorist thing (Ben Kingsley?) Where Tony Stark says 'Come and get me!' That worked. Manly.

Then the movie went stupid.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 14, 2026 12:37 PM (bss/y)

83 So the cop is in hiding.
I see terrorism works.

Noted.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 14, 2026 12:35 PM (xcxpd)

They're going to love the new rules.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 14, 2026 12:38 PM (dK+Kv)

84 There's a way to fix these threats.
Arrest and severe prosecution.
If they don't do it escalation will follow.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 12:38 PM (y79kU)

85 Dissent: Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented, with Jackson criticizing the creation of a "bespoke candidate-standing rule" that deviates from the traditional requirement that all litigants must show actual injury
==
You mean like "I lost because the corrupt local government allowed fraudulent mail-in ballots"? Geez, it should hurt to be this stupid.
---
You know what the old rule was, the one those two wanted to keep?
If local officials--or a judge--decides it wouldn't have affected the outcome, you don't have standing to sue.

But, how are you supposed to know--when you are denied standing to even conduct discovery and inspect the challenged ballots--that it wouldn't have had any effect?
Shut up, plebe--we have decided that for you.

That was literally the rule before today.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 14, 2026 12:38 PM (HXT0k)

86 I'd like more details on the internal bleeding CBS tweeted about.

Posted by: EFG at January 14, 2026 12:38 PM (jTEUc)

87 She was just turning her car around.

Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 12:38 PM (g078z)

88 75 "I’m sorry: I cannot sleep well until Johnathan Ross is incarcerated."

Prepare for a life of insomnia.
Posted by: Tom Servo
=======
Alinsky target--to freeze and unify the leftist moonbats into trying to destroy him and his family. That is what they do and that is why they will kill people if not stopped because you always get some deranged nutbag with a hatred of teh world that is willing to do the killing if they think it will redeem themselves. See suicide bombers as an example.

Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 12:38 PM (WDjG6)

89 I think a lot of the AWFL Rage sort of stems from COVID. That was a rampage for them. It was Karen's Days of Whine & Roses. She felt on top of the hated world, and then the Dems pulled off a coup and got rid of orangemanbad, and began relentlessly prosecuting him, and her victory over the hated world felt more total with every passing day.

And then he got shot but didn't die, so the Dems had to pull their Hail Mary, and orangemanbad RETURNED, more turgid and irate than ever, and proceeded to rub her noses in her mess relentlessly.

I think they feel like everything was just taken from them, and are having a psychotic break.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 14, 2026 12:38 PM (BI5O2)

90
So are the whackos saying that internal bleeding from getting bashed by a moving two-ton vehicle… that is NOT assault? You shouldn’t defend yourself from that?
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 14, 2026 12:33 PM (/iXAp)

On the other hand, now if someone were to get caught up in a street demonstration in their car, they can punch the accelerator and let Isaac Newton take over, without legal repercussions.

I doubt that the commie cocksuckers thought this through...

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 14, 2026 12:38 PM (y9nCu)

91 I moved out of Houston almost 7 years ago. I still get a lot of media from there. I notice the newspaper there (Houston Comical-Hearst media) is really ramping up the anti-ICE rhetoric and doing their best to keep the anger up.

The paper makes a point of having pictures of their new young reporters featured with a goofy description of them. They appear to be children.

Posted by: DanMan at January 14, 2026 12:38 PM (8uzBS)

92 The septum thing (actually all nose piercings) does not do anything for me- even the more minimal small stud or thin hoop (nostril, not septum.) Leave dat nose alone!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 14, 2026 12:39 PM (bss/y)

93
Nosering Girl thinks she's Officer Ripley when she's actually the guy from To Serve Man.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 12:39 PM (Jxa0O)

94 I see shit eating troll didn't actually watch the actual video of the shooting.

But then...he's not here for the truth.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 14, 2026 12:36 PM (xcxpd)
____

None of them did. They only saw one of the first vids that admittedly is vague on whether he was hit. It's the vid taken from the driver side of the car. There was some debate even on this blog as to whether he was actually hit based on that vid. It wasn't until the next day that the vids started coming that clearly showed he was hit, and pretty hard.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14, 2026 12:39 PM (iFTx/)

95 Stupid fucking lefties, always trying to make themselves the center of every play.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 14, 2026 12:33 PM (HXT0k)

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

The narcissism started with the Hippie "Me" Generation, "fundamentally transformed" with the "election" of The DogEater, and turned half of the Western World and USA literally clinically insane with the election of Trump 1.0, Covid PsyOps, and now election of Trump 2.0.

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 14, 2026 12:39 PM (ibuaa)

96 Bill Maher Unloads on Hollywood: The Epicenter of “Woke Stupid”

-
Dude, DC.

I submit that there are two different kinds of stupid in play.

The first, Hollywood, consists of grossly overpaid halfwits who think everyone should care about their ignorant opinions because they're just so awesome and pretty. They're already rich, so money is less of an inducement.

However DC consists of less grossly overpaid halfwits and some people GAS about their ignorant opinions because those people have the power to force their opinions on others. Money, while still somewhat of an inducement, is less important than the power to command others to do their bidding.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 14, 2026 12:39 PM (Riz8t)

97 Thought the shooter and the cop that was rammed by the car were two different people.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 12:39 PM (y79kU)

98 Police chief in Iran stabbed to death. 40 jabs.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 12:39 PM (A32KF)

99 yum yum shit
yummy shit pebbles
in my mouth

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at January 14, 2026 12:39 PM (wthON)

100 She did herself no favors with her grooming, but she was still not a naturally ugly woman. And I said "compared to."
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14, 2026 12:36 PM (iFTx/)

The inner demonic ugliness was bubbling to the surface. It always does,

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 14, 2026 12:40 PM (8zz6B)

101 87 She was just turning her car around.
Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 12:38 PM (g078z)

Golf clap

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 14, 2026 12:40 PM (fszBn)

102 86 I'd like more details on the internal bleeding CBS tweeted about.
Posted by: EFG at January 14, 2026 12:38 PM (jTEUc)

Yeah. Why didn't we hear about this sooner? It would have been extremely good to make the case that she struck him. Not saying it didn't happen and they just did not tell the press or publicize- because we are stupid.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 14, 2026 12:40 PM (bss/y)

103 I’m sorry: I cannot sleep well until Johnathan Ross is incarcerated.

"Get used to disappointment."

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2026 12:40 PM (bFu5X)

104 one man's vehicular terrorist is another man's hero!

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 12:40 PM (g47mK)

105 The woman with the bird hands looks like she lives in a house with nine cats.

Posted by: dantesed at January 14, 2026 12:40 PM (Oy/m2)

106 82 61 So the cop is in hiding.
I see terrorism works.

Noted.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 14, 2026 12:35 PM (xcxpd)

Remember Iron Man 3 before it got really stupid and the Mandarin was a credible threat played by a good actor doing a weird religious terrorist thing (Ben Kingsley?) Where Tony Stark says 'Come and get me!' That worked. Manly.

Then the movie went stupid.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 14, 2026 12:37 PM (bss/y)

Iron Man 3 actually makes that approach look stupid. We're supposed to have Iron Man cower in fear.
Mind you....his home defenses were lame and lacking.

I...would not make that mistake.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 14, 2026 12:40 PM (xcxpd)

107 Nosering Girl thinks she's Officer Ripley when she's actually the guy from To Serve Man.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 12:39 PM (Jxa0O)

She's not even Paul Blart, Mall Cop.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 14, 2026 12:40 PM (bss/y)

108 98 Police chief in Iran stabbed to death. 40 jabs.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 12:39 PM (A32KF)

Pity... Well anyway...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 14, 2026 12:40 PM (VE6XX)

109 No party can be judge in a case where they have interest. Thus the Lord of all is the judge and by ye fruits he shall know thee.
Posted by: whig

Hence the Gnostic cult that is the left. They can justify ever evil under the sun because when they are the judge, and anyone that opposes them must be the bad.

Posted by: The GOPe at January 14, 2026 12:41 PM (mlg/3)

110 There's a way to fix these threats.
Arrest and severe prosecution.
If they don't do it escalation will follow.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 12:38 PM (y79kU)

Escalation and vigilantism. Two great tastes that taste great together.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 14, 2026 12:41 PM (dK+Kv)

111 Dang... The kids almost were rid of her...
Posted by: It's me donna at January 14, 2026 12:27 PM (VE6XX)

No kidding. That might be the best thing for those kids.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at January 14, 2026 12:41 PM (6xRrr)

112 34
‘ I want all those scumbag criminals doing it hunted down, captured’

You and me both. There’s no excuse for the lack of arrests. They’ve given Trump the excuse, I hope he finds the will.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 14, 2026 12:41 PM (jbnUc)

113 Iron Man 3 actually makes that approach look stupid. We're supposed to have Iron Man cower in fear.
Mind you....his home defenses were lame and lacking.

I...would not make that mistake.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 14, 2026 12:40 PM (xcxpd)

Exactly, it would have worked if it had been internally consistent about how paranoid Tony Stark is at that point.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 14, 2026 12:41 PM (bss/y)

114 Mayor Jacob Frey:- The ICE agent Renee Good rammed with her car “was not injured.”

What a lying sack of sh*t.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 14, 2026 12:41 PM (NpAcC)

115 It's not a good "look" to hide from the clinically insane while armed. Get him a partner and if the situation deteriorates, shoot to kill.

It's war. The left has acknowledged it. We should too. And act accordingly.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2026 12:41 PM (NwnyJ)

116 He's now in hiding.

======

And there are now more ICE agents in Minneapolis than there are cops.

Good job activists. You might have had partial victory on a narrative for a couple of days. In exchange, you lost the policy fight.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 14, 2026 12:41 PM (GBKbO)

117 She was just turning her car around.
Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 12:38 PM (g078z)

Why do all the good things happen to other people?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 14, 2026 12:41 PM (dK+Kv)

118 115 It's not a good "look" to hide from the clinically insane while armed. Get him a partner and if the situation deteriorates, shoot to kill.

It's war. The left has acknowledged it. We should too. And act accordingly.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2026 12:41 PM (NwnyJ)

This

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 14, 2026 12:42 PM (xcxpd)

119 "I'm so tired of this. The people least able to employ violence and least capable of resisting it are determined to make violence into the way we resolve political differences."

Reminds me of that scene from Batman Returns when Batman first runs into Catwoman. She starts punching, slashing, while Bats is playing defense, but when Bats turns the fight around, she then pulls the "How Could You? I'm a Woman!" card.

Posted by: Thrawn at January 14, 2026 12:42 PM (9Ovst)

120 To our troll:

Normal people approve of criminals getting killed for trying to kill police officers. We are going to have civilization back one way or the other and your feelings mean nothing.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 14, 2026 12:42 PM (NR6c1)

121 The one thing I DO NOT TOLERATE is harming defenseless women and children.
---
Not applicable to those beaten to death or shot on J6.
Not applicable to those arrested in relation to J6.
Not applicable to those who refused to wear masks.
Not applicable to those forced to take the Covid vax.

Etc., etc., etc.

Fuck you leftie, burn slowly in a smoldering fire of tires and Styrofoam.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 14, 2026 12:42 PM (HXT0k)

122 These people really think they are heroically fight the Nazis ins street battles 30's.

Or are just pretending to think that? I can't tell. I'm not sure they even know.

Posted by: Ripley at January 14, 2026 12:42 PM (GUOwU)

123 Have the Minneapolis public schools opened back up yet? Or are they still doing "distance learning"? Minnesota had its public schools closed for a very long time due to Kung Flu restrictions.

Posted by: pookysgirl, doling out Goldfish crackers at January 14, 2026 12:43 PM (Wt5PA)

124 I need closure. Renee Good needs justice. It’s like my soul will be incomplete without his arrest. And I’m not talking just 10-15 years. I NEED TO SEE LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE. Knowing that a killer like him is roaming free is depressing. The one thing I DO NOT TOLERATE is harming defenseless women and children.

PS Everyone who voted for Trump or didn't vote at all; her blood is on your hands. FUCK. YOU.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 14, 2026 12:35 PM (JCZqz)
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Uh, pretty sure that the illegal immigrants this person is defending are quite keen on harming innocent women and children. In fact, the Left is all-in on causing maximum damage to women and children.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 14, 2026 12:43 PM (ESVrU)

125 Uh oh. That's an unlucky number.

At Least 13 Shot in Chicago over Second Weekend of 2026

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 12:43 PM (L/fGl)

126
Former mayor Eric Adams gets accosted by a crazy AWFL wearing a mask:

https://is.gd/dSMiSR

"Go fuck yourself", he explained.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 12:43 PM (w6EFb)

127 95 The narcissism started with the Hippie "Me" Generation, "fundamentally transformed" with the "election" of The DogEater, and turned half of the Western World and USA literally clinically insane with the election of Trump 1.0, Covid PsyOps, and now election of Trump 2.0.
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 14, 2026 12:39 PM (ibuaa)

COVID made damn near EVERYONE stop suppressing their Inner Nutjob because they thought they'd never have to see another person again.

Once people no longer face punishment for not presenting as normal, all their crazy comes out to play.

Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 12:43 PM (uEmCf)

128 The septum thing (actually all nose piercings) does not do anything for me- even the more minimal small stud or thin hoop (nostril, not septum.) Leave dat nose alone!
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 14, 2026 12:39 PM (bss/y)

All facial piercings are disgusting and gross. Discreet ear piercings OK. "Gauges" are gross.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 14, 2026 12:44 PM (8zz6B)

129 Good afternoon Ace and everyone

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 12:44 PM (i+wP0)

130 123 Have the Minneapolis public schools opened back up yet? Or are they still doing "distance learning"? Minnesota had its public schools closed for a very long time due to Kung Flu restrictions.
Posted by: pookysgirl, doling out Goldfish crackers at January 14, 2026 12:43 PM (Wt5PA)

They were supposed to be shut down till next month, no?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 14, 2026 12:44 PM (bss/y)

131 63 This is a lie. Why aren't you upset that they're telling you something that your own eyes know can't be true? You don't usually walk around like nothing happened if you suffered injuries that caused internal injuries.

I suggest you look up "soldiers shot in war who didn't realize it until later because of adrenaline...".

Posted by: Archimedes at January 14, 2026 12:44 PM (Riz8t)

132 Oh and a side note: When someone deals with a subhuman trying to kill them, calling them a fucking bitch is a civilized response to that behavior.

Maybe that woman should have been more worried about her child and raising it to be a good person.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 14, 2026 12:44 PM (NR6c1)

133 The one thing I DO NOT TOLERATE is harming defenseless women and children.
---
Not applicable to those beaten to death or shot on J6.
Not applicable to those arrested in relation to J6.
Not applicable to those who refused to wear masks.
Not applicable to those forced to take the Covid vax.

Etc., etc., etc.

Fuck you leftie, burn slowly in a smoldering fire of tires and Styrofoam.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 14, 2026 12:42 PM (HXT0k)

*Planned Infanticide enters the chat*

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 14, 2026 12:44 PM (dK+Kv)

134 She was just turning her car around.

Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 12:38 PM (g078z)

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

And was heading off to obedience school in the summer.

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 14, 2026 12:44 PM (rlU7/)

135
These AWFLs do have a lot in common with the mullahs and other Islamo-fanatics.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 12:45 PM (w6EFb)

136 77 "Dead driver just meant to break a couple ICE ribs, which was her free speech right. Lethal force to stop her speech is unacceptable." Koncerned Krazy Karens of America
Posted by: illiniwek

Car was moving at an estimated 7 mph when it hit the ICE officer. Had the street not been icy where he could be pushed backward, he might have died or been seriously injured right there.

Calculating the weight at 4000 lbs and the speed at 7 mph, the result of kinetic energy calc is 8883.5097865304 J or 8.425146 BTU. Well enough to kill or seriously injure. For a rarely used conversion of a bullet kinetic energy to BTU, you get Conversion factor: 1 BTU ≈ 778.17 ft-lbs---6535 ft-lbs of energy when the car collided with the officer.

Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 12:45 PM (WDjG6)

137 c'mon guys, somebody who mutilates xher own face (because thems can't stand looking at it , no doubt) is very credible!

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 12:45 PM (g47mK)

138 Afternoon, Skip.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2026 12:45 PM (bFu5X)

139 Ass is kind of showing (his ass, heh) that this is not just a discreet disagreement and we are all countrymen- he's just straight up fucking evil.

Noted.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 14, 2026 12:45 PM (bss/y)

140 118 It's war. The left has acknowledged it. We should too. And act accordingly.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2026 12:41 PM (NwnyJ)

This
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 14, 2026 12:42 PM (xcxpd)

As soon as our side realizes that everyone needs to be on board. We need to have our own prosecutors, judges, and juries that will let us off the hook just as the left has theirs.

The Left Protects and Rallies Around their own.

If our side doesn't do that too, we die.

Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 12:46 PM (uEmCf)

141 "PS Everyone who voted for Trump or didn't vote at all; her blood is on your hands. FUCK. YOU."

Nah, her blood is from a cascade of bad decisions on her part. Btw, remember this if you want to play martyr - to complete the role, you have to die. Unless you're Jesus, that's a one-way stop.

Posted by: Thrawn at January 14, 2026 12:46 PM (9Ovst)

142 And there are now more ICE agents in Minneapolis than there are cops.

The video of them leaving the riots last Friday night shows there is no real police force left in Minneapolis.

Posted by: DanMan at January 14, 2026 12:46 PM (8uzBS)

143 136 — Whig… no maths!!! :-)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 14, 2026 12:47 PM (sBt/s)

144 What a lying sack of sh*t.
Posted by: redridinghood at January 14, 2026 12:41 PM (NpAcC)

Well, he is a faggot, like the ASS troll. Lying goes with the territory.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 14, 2026 12:47 PM (8zz6B)

145 Always with the septum ring and bird hands. Always.

Septum ring theory is still 100%.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 12

And not just the women. The grave robber guy in Pennsylvania had two.

Posted by: Josephistan at January 14, 2026 12:47 PM (y9ksN)

146 Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 12:45

I was told there would be zero math here.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 14, 2026 12:47 PM (fszBn)

147 Good afternoon Ace
I see Kagan voted with the majority in the candidate standing case. She's a leftist, but does have some sense

Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 14, 2026 12:47 PM (dN7BA)

148 Nah, her blood is from a cascade of bad decisions on her part. Btw, remember this if you want to play martyr - to complete the role, you have to die. Unless you're Jesus, that's a one-way stop.
Posted by: Thrawn at January 14, 2026 12:46 PM (9Ovst)

This.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 14, 2026 12:47 PM (bss/y)

149 Lol, he even obliquely threatened to beat her up. Awesome.

I'll tell ya what Eric... if you beat down a madked up Karen and make her shit teeth, I'll take back everything I ever said about you.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 14, 2026 12:47 PM (BI5O2)

150 It wasn't until the next day that the vids started coming that clearly showed he was hit, and pretty hard.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade
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He's in the hospital so it wasn't a push.
It escalated from assault to attempted murder.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 12:47 PM (y79kU)

151 Is this "the time" -- in a somewhat Biblical context -- in which all things cultural Marxist come into their full, foul fruition? That could be good, i.e., the inherent stupidity, destructiveness, depravity, deceit, Narcissism reach a point of critical-mass awareness with the public.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 14, 2026 12:47 PM (b4LBp)

152 I saw Escalation and vigilantism open for Mountain at the Fillmore West.

Posted by: Jetto at January 14, 2026 12:48 PM (jG/P0)

153 Oh and a side note: When someone deals with a subhuman trying to kill them, calling them a fucking bitch is a civilized response to that behavior.

Maybe that woman should have been more worried about her child and raising it to be a good person.
Posted by: NR Pax at January 14, 2026 12:44 PM (NR6c1)

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Maybe if this cowardly bully had been called a fucking bitch more frequently earlier in her life -- as well as being bitch-slapped and occasionally punched in the nose -- she might still be alive.

/Make Tough-Love Great Again!

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 14, 2026 12:48 PM (G8wM+)

154 All facial piercings are disgusting and gross. Discreet ear piercings OK. "Gauges" are gross.

I'm a sucker for a good set of Ubangi lip plates.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 14, 2026 12:48 PM (Riz8t)

155 35 These people are psychotic and maybe they are missing the part of their brain that controls shame. In the before times I would have blamed lead paint.

It's a social contagion from chronically online people just like the trans bullshit. They get dopamine hits from people probably in another country and so YOLO.

Make asylums great again.
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 14, 2026 12:30 PM (fszBn)

They've been conditioned to believe that they are an oppressed class, that everything they do is right, and nothing they do is wrong no matter how cruel, violent, or antisocial it is. This is stronk independent feminist woman manifest.

Posted by: With a succulent Chinese nose ring at January 14, 2026 12:48 PM (TbWk/)

156
Seems wrong to type this out, but can we get back to the 1960's James Bond era that when women start acting crazy we can just slap the shit out of them to get them to knock it off?

Get a hold of yourself!

https://youtu.be/0chd6ZP1p6Y

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 14, 2026 12:48 PM (pkeXY)

157 I may sit here awhile admiring Lezzie McShotinface's blood on my hands.

Then go make lunch.

Posted by: one hour sober at January 14, 2026 12:48 PM (Y1sOo)

158 118 115 It's not a good "look" to hide from the clinically insane while armed. Get him a partner and if the situation deteriorates, shoot to kill.

It's war. The left has acknowledged it. We should too. And act accordingly.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2026 12:41 PM (NwnyJ)
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Shoot to stop the threat is the rule for citizens, LEOs play under a different rulebook because they are sworn to uphold the law and given legal privilege to use proportionate force to stop and arrest the perp. If they are a fleeing violent felon, then that can be lethal force to stop someone from being able to flee.

Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 12:48 PM (WDjG6)

159 I say we use the agent as bait. Let all the revolutionary warriors cross into the well-defined point of no return and into the kill box and do what needs to be done. No quarter. We know why they're there.

Posted by: Vermicious Knid at January 14, 2026 12:49 PM (7Q0e+)

160 He's in the hospital so it wasn't a push.
It escalated from assault to attempted murder.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 12:47 PM

And I want the bitch "wife" arrested for felony murder.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2026 12:49 PM (bFu5X)

161 Of course Illinois is full of dumb Democrat politicians. Pritzker and Kwame are suing DHS and now let me introduce you to another dumb IL Dem.

Dem seeks to ban Trump's ICE agents from becoming cops in her state

https://mol.im/a/15457407

Posted by: Joyenz at January 14, 2026 12:49 PM (2F0/Y)

162 Maybe Saudi Arabia had a point about not allowing women to drive.

Posted by: fly gal at January 14, 2026 12:49 PM (aExPs)

163 We need bigger camps.

Posted by: Weasel at January 14, 2026 12:49 PM (uCgDi)

164 Nah, her blood is from a cascade of bad decisions on her part. Btw, remember this if you want to play martyr - to complete the role, you have to die. Unless you're Jesus, that's a one-way stop.
--
As I noted above, in the calculating my chances of getting shot by an ICE officer, there were a whole lot of bad choices she made along the way that ended her.

All entirely of her own choosing.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 14, 2026 12:50 PM (HXT0k)

165 Posted by: whig

This is the most flagrant violation of the no math rule I’ve ever seen

Posted by: Kratwurst at January 14, 2026 12:50 PM (36bTp)

166 >>>I see Kagan voted with the majority in the candidate standing case. She's a leftist, but does have some sense
Posted by: Smell the Glove
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She has a sense of, Oh, please, don't throw me in the barrel with Brown Jackson.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 12:50 PM (y79kU)

167 "I’m sorry: I cannot sleep well until Johnathan Ross is incarcerated."

Funny, I don't remember any of them saying this about the killer of Laken Riley.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 14, 2026 12:50 PM (b4LBp)

168 He's now in hiding.

======

And there are now more ICE agents in Minneapolis than there are cops.

Good job activists. You might have had partial victory on a narrative for a couple of days. In exchange, you lost the policy fight.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 14, 2026 12:41 PM (GBKbO)
_____

These antifag pillow-biters are fighting the last war and don't seem to understand the rules of engagement have changed. They are still of the Saint George Era mindset that if they whine and cry enough they'll get their way.

They fully believed that this Dead Dyke would be their new Saint George, and law enforcement would almost completely withdraw and give them "room to riot."

But Trump the Destroyer not only refused to withdraw, he doubled down with increased raids and deportations. The left has no response to that; it simply does not compute. It's like an NPC with only a few lines of dialog that he just keeps repeating no matter what the PC does or says.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14, 2026 12:50 PM (iFTx/)

169 Renee Good needs justice.
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Renee Good received justice. Wherever her soul exists today, she is no longer on this earth seeking to run over people with whom she barely knows enough to disagree with.

Posted by: Crusader at January 14, 2026 12:50 PM (TN0g+)

170 Iron Man 3 actually makes that approach look stupid. We're supposed to have Iron Man cower in fear.
Mind you....his home defenses were lame and lacking.

I...would not make that mistake.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards

KInda hard to hard a cliff-side estate from a fleet of attack helos. ( where did they come from, would be a question )

Posted by: The GOPe at January 14, 2026 12:50 PM (mlg/3)

171 Assaults by motor vehicle are simply not serious crimes.

Man Arrested for Driving U-Haul Into Iran Protesters in Los Angeles Released on $0 Bail

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 12:51 PM (L/fGl)

172 I always wanted to ask one of these hog ring girls if they're aware of the history of hog rings and why they're used and tell them I can put an ear tag on them too if they're interested and I have a brand too if they're so inclined to cosplay livestock.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 14, 2026 12:51 PM (fszBn)

173 159 I say we use the agent as bait. Let all the revolutionary warriors cross into the well-defined point of no return and into the kill box and do what needs to be done. No quarter. We know why they're there.
Posted by: Vermicious Knid at January 14, 2026 12:49 PM (7Q0e+)

This.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 14, 2026 12:51 PM (bss/y)

174 Calculating the weight at 4000 lbs and the speed at 7 mph, the result of kinetic energy calc is 8883.5097865304 J or 8.425146 BTU. Well enough to kill or seriously injure. For a rarely used conversion of a bullet kinetic energy to BTU, you get Conversion factor: 1 BTU ≈ 778.17 ft-lbs---6535 ft-lbs of energy when the car collided with the officer.

Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 12:45 PM (WDjG6)

Math witch!

Seriously, though. I think you have to cap the energy of collision near ICE guy's weight (avoiding physics calcs and all the assumptions of the ICE guy being a sphere or something), still lethal, since his body gave way when the car overcame the ICE guy's inertia and any friction from his boots on the ground.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 14, 2026 12:51 PM (dK+Kv)

175 >> Renee Good needs justice.

Get her out of the Cold Storage and we'll shoot her again.

Posted by: garrett at January 14, 2026 12:51 PM (ZcsJV)

176 I'm a sucker for a good set of Ubangi lip plates.
Posted by: Archimedes
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If you were a twisted sick editor of Vogue, you could make it into a trend is the sad thing.

A lot of people want to be hip, cool, etc. anything other than what they are in reality. Anything not to be ostracized from the herd. And thus they take their cues from dysfunctional celebutards, other hyenas on social media, politicians, etc. all for a bit of praise.

Sad really.

Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 12:51 PM (WDjG6)

177 The "pinch-faced scold" has evolved into the "pinch fingered scold."

The personality type never changes, just the idiom used to describe it.

Posted by: Thatch at January 14, 2026 12:52 PM (OTdtF)

178 And I want the bitch "wife" arrested for felony murder.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2026 12:49 PM (bFu5X)

DOJ has announced that the dyke is being investigated.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 14, 2026 12:52 PM (8zz6B)

179 Force calcs are cute and all...but that's a FWD Car.

It's like getting sucked into an industrial lathe if you stray too close to those front wheels when someone is gunning the engine..

Posted by: garrett at January 14, 2026 12:53 PM (ZcsJV)

180 I'm a sucker for a good set of Ubangi lip plates.
Posted by: Archimedes

Ironically, it's probably pretty hard to suck if you're wearing them.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at January 14, 2026 12:53 PM (JCZqz)

181 It's probably a good thing if maybe a dozen more Karens get the bullet. Once they don't feel invincible anymore they'll quit it. AWFLs only act so horrible because they have no understanding that anything can happen to them; they have a god-complex. Their expectations desperately need an adjustment.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 14, 2026 12:54 PM (BI5O2)

182 Per Honda, a new 2026 pilot is 4336lbs.

Kind of insane. V6, but 285hp.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 14, 2026 12:54 PM (bss/y)

183 I LOVE THE NEW HONESTY.

Posted by: Max Power at January 14, 2026 12:54 PM (SwyyQ)

184 >> Always with the septum ring and bird hands. Always.

You blow your father with that mouth?

Posted by: Vengeance at January 14, 2026 12:54 PM (IJqrQ)

185 And I want the bitch "wife" arrested for felony murder.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2026 12:49 PM (bFu5X)

This is the way. Also, the org people who trained her to ICE block and the funders of the organization.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 14, 2026 12:54 PM (dK+Kv)

186 I see Kagan voted with the majority in the candidate standing case. She's a leftist, but does have some sense
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I think even semi-literate leftists can read a 7-2 room and realize the quicker they get out of there the quicker they can be done listening to Kenanji blabber nonsense.

Posted by: Crusader at January 14, 2026 12:54 PM (TN0g+)

187 4
Internal bleeding from a non hit ? Impossible !
Posted by: It's me donna
.......

Must have been the air rushing by like in a pillow fight near miss.

Posted by: wth at January 14, 2026 12:54 PM (UjdFS)

188 168 But Trump the Destroyer not only refused to withdraw, he doubled down with increased raids and deportations. The left has no response to that; it simply does not compute. It's like an NPC with only a few lines of dialog that he just keeps repeating no matter what the PC does or says.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14, 2026 12:50 PM (iFTx/)

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ICE, DHS, and the FBI have just responded by...arresting anyone who comes close to threatening them.

Hollowing out the activist base in a matter of days.

Being annoying only works until your sibling punches you the face.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 14, 2026 12:55 PM (GBKbO)

189 I’m sorry: I cannot sleep well until Johnathan Ross is incarcerated.
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Man I wish I was on that thread.

I would say "So you are OK with everything else Trump is doing??? I haven't slept in a year and I find the fact that you have been sleeping fine until this extremely offensive!!"

That's just the opener, course. By the time we are done he is confused and I have had at least 20 or so minutes of quality entertainment.

Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 12:56 PM (g078z)

190 181 181 It's probably a good thing if maybe a dozen more Karens get the bullet. Once they don't feel invincible anymore they'll quit it. AWFLs only act so horrible because they have no understanding that anything can happen to them; they have a god-complex. Their expectations desperately need an adjustment.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 14, 2026 12:54 PM (BI5O2)

Carried Out by Six is the only way to make sure they don't get Freed by Twelve.

Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 12:56 PM (uEmCf)

191 The "pinch-faced scold" has evolved into the "pinch fingered scold."

The personality type never changes, just the idiom used to describe it.

Posted by: Thatch at January 14, 2026 12:52 PM (OTdtF)

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Ace recently quoted one of our 'ettes describing it as "active bitch face."

snopes.com rates this as "mostly true" ...

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 14, 2026 12:56 PM (G8wM+)

192 BREAKING: The ICE agent who fatally shot Renee Good on Jan. 7 in Minneapolis, Jonathan Ross, suffered internal bleeding to the torso following the incident

Nuh-uh!!! That wasn't in the video I saw.

Posted by: Dr. Mayor Jacob Frey at January 14, 2026 12:56 PM (pV1bd)

193 Math witch!

Seriously, though. I think you have to cap the energy of collision near ICE guy's weight (avoiding physics calcs and all the assumptions of the ICE guy being a sphere or something), still lethal, since his body gave way when the car overcame the ICE guy's inertia and any friction from his boots on the ground.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
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You do. But I simply gave teh example as how much sheer force even a mid suv can apply to a person. The average 9 mm slug is about 350 ft lbs of energy but concentrated over a very small area to do its damage. The vehicle's energy is dispersed into the area of the officer that it hits but it is still well above what could be considered lethal in normal circumstances. The agent was lucky to be alive after she hit him without severe injuries or death.

Cars are lethal weapons and are treated with far less consideration than most people do with firearms.

Imagine such a rule that your car cannot be filled up until you actually need to use it, then you can only use the minimum gas to get to the absolutely necessary point and a jury will determine using the totality of circumstances if your actions were justified.

Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 12:56 PM (WDjG6)

194 173 159

I think this would thin the herd of idiots rather quickly.

Posted by: Gmac - WTF did you think was going to happen? at January 14, 2026 12:56 PM (H0l69)

195 And I want the bitch "wife" arrested for felony murder.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2026 12:49 PM (bFu5X)

DOJ has announced that the dyke is being investigated.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 14, 2026 12:52 PM

*steeples fingers*

Eeeeeexcellent.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2026 12:56 PM (bFu5X)

196 I can fix her!

Posted by: Dirac_Delta at January 14, 2026 12:57 PM (J15tX)

197 Strictly speaking, Renee Good would have resting forever bitch face.

I denounce myself.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 14, 2026 12:57 PM (bss/y)

198 192 BREAKING: The ICE agent who fatally shot Renee Good on Jan. 7 in Minneapolis, Jonathan Ross, suffered internal bleeding to the torso following the incident

Nuh-uh!!! That wasn't in the video I saw.

Posted by: Dr. Mayor Jacob Frey at January 14, 2026 12:56 PM (pV1bd)

=====

To be honest, you just read a summary of a video.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 14, 2026 12:57 PM (GBKbO)

199 If you were a twisted sick editor of Vogue, you could make it into a trend is the sad thing.

A lot of people want to be hip, cool, etc. anything other than what they are in reality. Anything not to be ostracized from the herd. And thus they take their cues from dysfunctional celebutards, other hyenas on social media, politicians, etc. all for a bit of praise.

Sad really.
Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 12:51 PM

Ding ding ding

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 14, 2026 12:57 PM (fszBn)

200 >>>A lot of people want to be hip, cool, etc. anything other than what they are in reality. Anything not to be ostracized from the herd. And thus they take their cues from dysfunctional celebutards, other hyenas on social media, politicians, etc. all for a bit of praise.

Sad really.
Posted by: whig
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Reinforced by any news channel they watch.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 12:57 PM (y79kU)

201 Some lefty protester will shoot someone running the protest blockade...then comes the warped comparisons.

Same as Goode!!!!!!

Posted by: connected and litigious at January 14, 2026 12:58 PM (cS1cw)

202 Kind of insane. V6, but 285hp.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

There's probably some off-the-shelf parts that could open that up to 300hp, easy.

Posted by: The GOPe at January 14, 2026 12:58 PM (mlg/3)

203 I was having my own revolution and someone comes alone and hijacks my original revolution.

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 14, 2026 12:58 PM (EyfuW)

204 When their vote doesn't matter, sometimes they will cast in a way that makes them seem sane or reasonable or not bought. I call this the "Republican" gambit.

Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 12:58 PM (g078z)

205 I'm a sucker for a good set of Ubangi lip plates.
Posted by: Archimedes
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If you were a twisted sick editor of Vogue, you could make it into a trend is the sad thing.

A lot of people want to be hip, cool, etc. anything other than what they are in reality. Anything not to be ostracized from the herd. And thus they take their cues from dysfunctional celebutards, other hyenas on social media, politicians, etc. all for a bit of praise.

Sad really.
Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 12:51 PM (WDjG6)
_____

The right celerity or "influencer" could make these drones do anything. Literally anything. Not joking. I mean, there are sizeable numbers of idiots out there attempting suicide with insanely dangerous and reckless behaviors -- solely because they saw it on social media.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14, 2026 12:58 PM (iFTx/)

206 Math witch!

Seriously, though. I think you have to cap the energy of collision near ICE guy's weight (avoiding physics calcs and all the assumptions of the ICE guy being a sphere or something), still lethal, since his body gave way when the car overcame the ICE guy's inertia and any friction from his boots on the ground.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
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FWIW, I had two semesters way back in the past of Physics where the prof frequently had us figuring equations where death or serious injury would happen. Then he would say, "You're Dead", Too Slow" and things like that.

Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 12:58 PM (WDjG6)

207

It's all insane nutbag women.

I've met a few that could be very violent, but would never be able to handle a cross to the jaw.

Maybe they deserve a good ass kicking to get their heads on straight.

Posted by: Rev DR E Buzz at January 14, 2026 12:59 PM (och2J)

208 Following “the incident” eh? No. Following an attempted murder by the bitch.

Posted by: Really?? at January 14, 2026 12:59 PM (kgFPv)

209 180 I'm a sucker for a good set of Ubangi lip plates.
Posted by: Archimedes
___________________

I lean towards putting drink coasters in my ears. My friend Ugandi Mosfoosso showed me up though. She used ping pong paddles. Joke's on her though. On a real windy day she can't stand up straight.

Posted by: Orson at January 14, 2026 12:59 PM (dIske)

210 I’m sorry: I cannot sleep well until Johnathan Ross is incarcerated.

"Get used to disappointment."
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2026 12:40 PM (bFu5X)

...and insomnia...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 14, 2026 12:59 PM (nbLIj)

211 Having spent the last 30+ years watching these stupid cat lady bints destroy countless places, institutions, families, and individuals, and screech in support of foreign invaders and pedo freaks -

When things finally kick off - and they will, there is zero chance of the progs just letting things go one way or another - an absolute fuckton of these types are going to vanish and none of their fed up neighbors will say what happened to them.

People will remember where those stupid "in this house" signs were.

Posted by: heya at January 14, 2026 01:00 PM (aOqEy)

212 The right celerity or "influencer" could make these drones do anything. Literally anything. Not joking. I mean, there are sizeable numbers of idiots out there attempting suicide with insanely dangerous and reckless behaviors -- solely because they saw it on social media.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade
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Yep, before that it was movies, tv, and magazines. But trends move a lot quicker on the net and become international stupidity tests far quicker.

Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 01:00 PM (WDjG6)

213 Gotta go. Have fun storming the castle.

Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 01:00 PM (WDjG6)

214 Their goal is conflict.

It is the goal of the Chinese and Russians who are funding most of these activities through surrogates.

Be defensive, not offensive. Respond to threats with overwhelming force. Work on crushing their financial lifelines.

These people aren’t going to local prisons. They’re going to club Fed. Enjoy prison food.

Posted by: Vengeance at January 14, 2026 01:00 PM (IJqrQ)

215 I mean, there are sizeable numbers of idiots out there attempting suicide with insanely dangerous and reckless behaviors -- solely because they saw it on social media.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14, 2026 12:58 PM

Go on...

Posted by: Zombie Charles Darwin at January 14, 2026 01:00 PM (bFu5X)

216
Best way to look at the forces involved getting hit by a car like that is to ballpark the g forces for the given change in velocity (person goes from standing still to car velocity over a short period of time). Value depends on how much flex and give the car has and the person has.

For 10 MPH, peak g will be around 12-30g. That's enough to cause injuries, internal bleeding could be one of them. Usually not fatal, but a damned good knock. Whiplash is a big one.

15MPH and above, now you're getting into good chances of being killed right then and there.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 01:00 PM (w6EFb)

217 *steeples fingers*

Eeeeeexcellent.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2026 12:56 PM (bFu5X)

I would hold the Felony Murder charge over her head, and tell her that if she turns States's Evidence and helps gain conspiracy convictions against her controllers, she will get a conviction for obstruction, and a lenient sentence.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 14, 2026 01:00 PM (8zz6B)

218 When ICE goes to arrest the next illegal alien that is ALSO a rapist, I want a hundred extra officers there to arrest all of the horn honkers and whistle blowers that are there committing the crime of aiding a fugitive to evade arrest.

A few hundred Lefty idiots serving five year sentences in federal prison should encourage the others.

When the Lefty newscaster bimbos then ask Homan, etc. why they were throwing these innocent "protestors" in jail, they can respond, "We were taking rapists off of the streets and they were aiding the rapists. As a woman, do you want more rapists or fewer rapists on the streets?"

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at January 14, 2026 01:01 PM (HlyYF)

219 Chicken and the egg question:

Were they always this crazy and we know about it now through social media, or did social media drive them this crazy?

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at January 14, 2026 01:02 PM (wGerL)

220 FWIW, I had two semesters way back in the past of Physics where the prof frequently had us figuring equations where death or serious injury would happen. Then he would say, "You're Dead", Too Slow" and things like that.

Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 12:58 PM (WDjG6)

You gave me flashbacks.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 14, 2026 01:02 PM (dK+Kv)

221 204 When their vote doesn't matter, sometimes they will cast in a way that makes them seem sane or reasonable or not bought. I call this the "Republican" gambit.
Posted by: ...
---

They go to the cloak room and add up what it takes to achieve their goal, then determine who needs to vote which way in order to satisfy his constituents.

despicable

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 01:02 PM (y79kU)

222 People will remember where those stupid "in this house" signs were.
Posted by: heya at January 14, 2026 01:00 PM

In the event of things getting too sporty, we call those "target reference points."

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2026 01:02 PM (bFu5X)

223 Looks like a lot of women have daddy issues, and treat their cats like children as a result.

Nuttier than squirrel shit.

But Democrats are totally going to win the midterms.

Posted by: Vengeance at January 14, 2026 01:02 PM (IJqrQ)

224 "It's all insane nutbag women.

I've met a few that could be very violent, but would never be able to handle a cross to the jaw.

Maybe they deserve a good ass kicking to get their heads on straight.

Posted by: Rev DR E Buzz at January 14, 2026 12:59 PM (och2J)"

It is insane nutbag women but most of them are beyond the point of no return. This is what happens when you live in a socially constructed fantasy land. Fortunately for the rest of us, when push comes to shove those types tend not to be very effective. But we are going to have to deal with their sheer numbers. And quite a few soyboys and whipped spouses as well.

Posted by: heya at January 14, 2026 01:03 PM (aOqEy)

225 It's all insane nutbag women.

Well, and the "men" who hope that indulging their nonsense will get them laid.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 14, 2026 01:03 PM (Riz8t)

226 Right now the goal of the left is to create terror for members of ICE.

The theory is if they continue to assault them, threaten legal action, and then attack their families that it will get people to no longer want to be ICE agents.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 01:03 PM (sKqQm)

227 Willowed:

If you weren't good enough to acquire a marketable skill, you're not good enough to survive.

You can find lots of ads looking for house painters, how many have you seen looking for another Rembrandt?

In plain English - if you have skills almost no one has, there is no demand for your skills.

I know how to greatly improve first stage boosters and how to build a high thrust ION engine that could get practical loads to Mars. Does anyone here know Elon?

And yes, I'm actually serious.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 14, 2026 01:03 PM (Da7Vv)

228 I don't think anyone has mentioned it, but the names "Jonathan" and "Ross" both could be Jewish.

So, to my Hebraic bothers and sisters...

Nice.

Posted by: EFG at January 14, 2026 01:03 PM (jTEUc)

229 As a woman, do you want more rapists or fewer rapists on the streets?"
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at January 14, 2026 01:01 PM (HlyYF)

Have you seen the shit they read for entertainment?

Posted by: Survey says: MORE at January 14, 2026 01:03 PM (TbWk/)

230 "Always with the septum ring and bird hands."
Keep her away from the bunnies.
Posted by: zombie Michael Jackson

I believe that the "bird hands", exaggerated hand gestures, are a symptom of narcissism. I see it with one of my sisters. I've also seen it with a lot of the looney women on youtube. They whip their hands around for emphasis when they talk.

Posted by: nerdygirl at January 14, 2026 01:03 PM (0Htd1)

231 I'm a sucker for a good set of Ubangi lip plates.
Posted by: Archimedes

I'm fascinated by those slinky-like things some of the tribal ladies wear to give them long necks.

I really don't get the septum ring appeal. Looks like it would hurt to have them put in, and it's way too easy for some joker to snap a dog leash onto the thing.

Posted by: Paco at January 14, 2026 01:03 PM (2L+MU)

232 Chicken and the egg question:

Were they always this crazy and we know about it now through social media, or did social media drive them this crazy?

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at January 14, 2026 01:02 PM (wGerL)

SM gives them permission to indulge their most reckless and sociopathic impulses, for likes, for belonging, for the dopamine.

Let them loose. Darwin will sort them out.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 14, 2026 01:04 PM (dK+Kv)

233 FWIW, I had two semesters way back in the past of Physics where the prof frequently had us figuring equations where death or serious injury would happen. Then he would say, "You're Dead", Too Slow" and things like that.

Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 12:58 PM (WDjG6)

You gave me flashbacks.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 14, 2026 01:02 PM

One of my physics professors used to teach us how to make road cratering charges.

As you can tell, I did not go to Harvard.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2026 01:04 PM (bFu5X)

234 Update to #228...

I am not doing a foreskin check.

Posted by: EFG at January 14, 2026 01:04 PM (jTEUc)

235
But Democrats are totally going to win the midterms.
Posted by: Vengeance

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

I don't know if you're being sarcastic or blackpilled. If sane voting laws don't go into effect between now and November, Dems most certainly could.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 01:04 PM (Jxa0O)

236 Paco to the barrel.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 14, 2026 01:04 PM (dK+Kv)

237
Apparently, most serious, life threatening injuries from low speed pedestrian impacts (defined as below 12-15 mph, depending) are from the fall.

You get knocked back, pretty hard, but then you land on the ground, possibly hitting your head, or breaking bones.

"Assault with intent to kill" threshold is met for intentionally ramming someone, I would think.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 01:04 PM (w6EFb)

238 Oh, Paco....

Posted by: The Barrel at January 14, 2026 01:05 PM (bFu5X)

239 the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who fatally shot Renee Nicole Good is now in hiding
-
So much for being a free country.

At some point we need to deal with the fact that Leftists are incompatible with our way of life, and find some way to remove them, rather than mindlessly hoping that it will all work out and they'll come around.

Posted by: Methos at January 14, 2026 01:06 PM (vSvIl)

240 I believe that the "bird hands", exaggerated hand gestures, are a symptom of narcissism. I see it with one of my sisters. I've also seen it with a lot of the looney women on youtube. They whip their hands around for emphasis when they talk.
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 14, 2026 01:03 PM (0Htd1)

Oh, no. All of Italy are Narcissists?!

Actually, that kind of tracks. Escecially Sicilians.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 14, 2026 01:06 PM (bss/y)

241 I am not doing a foreskin check.

Not without dinner and a movie at the very least.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 14, 2026 01:06 PM (lUFok)

242 When ICE goes to arrest the next illegal alien that is ALSO a rapist, I want a hundred extra officers there to arrest all of the horn honkers and whistle blowers that are there committing the crime of aiding a fugitive to evade arrest.

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Yeah, not understanding why the federal marshals are brought in to round them up.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at January 14, 2026 01:06 PM (Vh9CX)

243 When ICE goes to arrest the next illegal alien that is ALSO a rapist, I want a hundred extra officers there to arrest all of the horn honkers and whistle blowers that are there committing the crime of aiding a fugitive to evade arrest.

A few hundred Lefty idiots serving five year sentences in federal prison should encourage the others.

When the Lefty newscaster bimbos then ask Homan, etc. why they were throwing these innocent "protestors" in jail, they can respond, "We were taking rapists off of the streets and they were aiding the rapists. As a woman, do you want more rapists or fewer rapists on the streets?"
------

Yep, I suggested the "box canyon" (from old westerns) trap where ICE "accidentally" leaks the location of squad and takes its own sweet time getting to its desired canyon so that there are plenty of obstructors giving chase. Turn into the box canyon, slam on the brakes, and have the waiting Federal troops arrest every single obstructor. It doesn't even matter how long their held or whether the charges "stick", the process becomes the punishment and we get these bullshit artists off the streets for a minute and pondering whether they still want to play.

Posted by: Crusader at January 14, 2026 01:06 PM (TN0g+)

244 I really don't get the septum ring appeal. Looks like it would hurt to have them put in, and it's way too easy for some joker to snap a ***dog leash onto the thing.***
Posted by: Paco at January 14, 2026 01:03 PM (2L+MU)

_____

It does have some definite S&M connotations. Deliberately so.

Posted by: EFG at January 14, 2026 01:06 PM (jTEUc)

245 241 I am not doing a foreskin check.

Not without dinner and a movie at the very least.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 14, 2026 01:06 PM (lUFok)

We're just haggling over the price now.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 14, 2026 01:06 PM (bss/y)

246 Were they always this crazy and we know about it now through social media, or did social media drive them this crazy?/i]

No. A generation or two ago even upper middle class women were busy helping their kids and grandkids and/or working at real jobs.

Not only did this mean they didn't have time to do these things, but they didn't have the focus to swallow all this propaganda

And the other problem is the marriage one. Married women tend to mirror their husband's politics to some extent. Single women and these sorts of lesbians see themselves as married to Uncle Sugar and so their politics is mirroring that of the federal bureaucracy

Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 01:07 PM (sKqQm)

247 I would hold the Felony Murder charge over her head, and tell her that if she turns States's Evidence and helps gain conspiracy convictions against her controllers, she will get a conviction for obstruction, and a lenient sentence.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Then double-cross her with the max sentence like what was done with Jan. 6th protestors.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at January 14, 2026 01:08 PM (pV1bd)

248 Not without dinner and a movie at the very least.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 14, 2026 01:06 PM (lUFok)

*****

Heh.

Posted by: EFG at January 14, 2026 01:08 PM (jTEUc)

249 As a woman, do you want more rapists or fewer rapists on the streets?"
Posted by: Pillage Idiot

Have you seen the shit they read for entertainment?
Posted by: Survey says: MORE

But they want a 6'6" sculpted Chad or Tyrone to fo it. Not dome 5'5" pot bellied stinking Guatemalan that's in it to cause pain.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 01:08 PM (QGRvm)

250 We're just haggling over the price now.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 14, 2026 01:06 PM (bss/y)

******

Double heh.

Posted by: EFG at January 14, 2026 01:09 PM (jTEUc)

251 Does anyone here know Elon?

And yes, I'm actually serious.
Posted by: An Observation
---

No, you are not.
He has an open invitation on X.
No HR, just a simple, what can you do.
Prove it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 01:09 PM (y79kU)

252 yum yum shit
yummy shit pebbles
in my mouth

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at January 14, 2026 01:09 PM (wthON)

253 We need a post-mortem analysis not on Goode but on the 24-hour mainstream news cycle's profusion of lies. Certain they had the Great Narrative that would turn the entire immigration debate on its head, with synergistic fury they latched onto the story and flooded the media universe with identical lies just as they did with George Floyd.

They shouldn't be allowed to get away with it. Let's have a Karoline Leavitt press conference dedicated an itemization of these lies and the reporters who repeated them.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 14, 2026 01:09 PM (b4LBp)

254 If ICE really wanted to have some fun here.

Leak that you are raiding some particularly bad part of the local blue shithole. Make sure it gets amplified.

Then just...don't show up. Leave Karen on the street at night in a neighborhood owned by a cartels or just crazy drug addicts.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 01:09 PM (sKqQm)

255 I believe that the "bird hands", exaggerated hand gestures, are a symptom of narcissism. I see it with one of my sisters. I've also seen it with a lot of the looney women on youtube. They whip their hands around for emphasis when they talk.
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 14, 2026 01:03 PM (0Htd1)

Oh, no. All of Italy are Narcissists?!

Actually, that kind of tracks. Escecially Sicilians.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 14, 2026 01:06 PM (bss/y)
_____

I think it's mostly drugs. Almost all of these horrid screeching bird-hand ungulates have all the tell-tale signs of being on heavy drugs: nervous twitching, almost uncontrollable arm and hand movements (bird hands), wide-eyed stares that can't focus on any one thing, odd and slurred speech, and over-the-top emotional ranting.

I've been around many people high on heavy drugs. I know it when I see it. These bitches be tripping.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14, 2026 01:10 PM (iFTx/)

256 240 I believe that the "bird hands", exaggerated hand gestures, are a symptom of narcissism. I see it with one of my sisters. I've also seen it with a lot of the looney women on youtube. They whip their hands around for emphasis when they talk.
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 14, 2026 01:03 PM (0Htd1)
___________________

I have my own theory on that. the narcissism plays into it almost comically. They consider themselves in the teacher role, gracing their lessers with their enlightened intelligence. THE BIRD HAND gesture is a subconscious reflection of a teacher standing in front of the class holding a piece of chalk.

Posted by: Orson at January 14, 2026 01:10 PM (dIske)

257 BREAKING: The ICE agent who fatally shot Renee Good on Jan. 7 in Minneapolis, Jonathan Ross, suffered internal bleeding to the torso following the incident

Nuh-uh!!! That wasn't in the video I saw.
Posted by: Dr. Mayor Jacob Frey

We said he wasn't hit! Who are you going to believe here?!?!?!
https://tinyurl.com/ywnux48r

Posted by: NYT Analysis Video at January 14, 2026 01:10 PM (JCZqz)

258 249 But they want a 6'6" sculpted Chad or Tyrone to fo it. Not dome 5'5" pot bellied stinking Guatemalan that's in it to cause pain.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 01:08 PM (QGRvm)

These days, they want Glondor the 8' 400 lb. Minotaur to be doing it.

Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 01:10 PM (iXqHn)

259 There was a funny X thread yesterday about how liberal writers creating a conservative hellscape always make it clean and efficient, thus contradicting their own point.

The anti-Israel crowd said "hold my beer" with this explanation of how the Jooos control Elon:

Lucas Gage
@LucasGageX
If your weakness is women; the Jews will send you women.

If your weakness is money; the Jews will buy you out.

If your weakness is ego; the Jews will make you famous.

Umm, hello, Jews? My weakness is smoking hot IDF babes. Thanks in advance.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 14, 2026 01:10 PM (C/4uM)

260 Obama voted "present" on leaving babies to die in closets. His mindless chanting crowds alerted me that whatever country I thought I grew up in, I hadnt.

Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 01:10 PM (g078z)

261 Septum ring = F your beauty standards , I’m a rebel!

Just a guess. I mean, apart from the standard FU, dad!

Posted by: Lizzy at January 14, 2026 01:11 PM (Hkcdp)

262 The paper makes a point of having pictures of their new young reporters featured with a goofy description of them. They appear to be children.
Posted by: DanMan at January 14, 2026 12:38 PM (8uzBS)

And they can’t write worth a damn.

Posted by: Cow Demon at January 14, 2026 01:11 PM (0GYGE)

263 Then double-cross her with the max sentence like what was done with Jan. 6th protestors.
Posted by: Stu Podaso
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You must be a member in good standing For that is certainly the way to gain respect.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 01:11 PM (y79kU)

264 If your weakness is women; the Jews will send you women.

If your weakness is money; the Jews will buy you out.

If your weakness is ego; the Jews will make you famous.

is there some kind of application you fill out? an 800 number?

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 14, 2026 01:11 PM (emBoF)

265 If your weakness is women; the Jews will send you women.

If your weakness is money; the Jews will buy you out.

If your weakness is ego; the Jews will make you famous.
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What if I my weakness is Jews.

Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 01:11 PM (g078z)

266 If ICE really wanted to have some fun here.

Leak that you are raiding some particularly bad part of the local blue shithole. Make sure it gets amplified.

Then just...don't show up. Leave Karen on the street at night in a neighborhood owned by a cartels or just crazy drug addicts.

Posted by: 18-1

The current leadership doesn't have that in them. That would require someone.

Someone like me.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 01:11 PM (QGRvm)

267 Lucas Gage
@LucasGageX
If your weakness is women; the Jews will send you women.

If your weakness is money; the Jews will buy you out.

If your weakness is ego; the Jews will make you famous.

Curse my lack of weaknesses!

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 14, 2026 01:12 PM (jc0TO)

268 Everytime I see one of these insane AWFLs i want to write "I can fix her". But then I realize I just don't care

Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 14, 2026 01:12 PM (dN7BA)

269 These stupid people are being played by leftist radicals. The radicals stoke the hate and the stupids act on it. The stupids will do the harm and be arrested while the radicals get off scot free. The stupids are stupid.

Posted by: Case at January 14, 2026 01:12 PM (4rWc3)

270 Jooooooooos!!!

Posted by: Zombie Wilhelm Klink at January 14, 2026 01:12 PM (jG/P0)

271 What if I my weakness is Jews.
Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 01:11 PM

They send you hot IDF babes?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2026 01:13 PM (bFu5X)

272 And what if my weakness is Jews not exploiting my weakness?

Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 01:13 PM (g078z)

273 I think these women are tormented by previous abortions, in a lot of cases.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 14, 2026 01:13 PM (emBoF)

274 If your weakness is women; the Jews will send you women.

If your weakness is money; the Jews will buy you out.

If your weakness is ego; the Jews will make you famous.

I have all these and more. The Jews haven't sent me a fucking thing. I'm not at all impressed.

Posted by: Step up your game, Moishe! at January 14, 2026 01:13 PM (TbWk/)

275 These stupid people are being played by leftist radicals. The radicals stoke the hate and the stupids act on it. The stupids will do the harm and be arrested while the radicals get off scot free. The stupids are stupid.
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Tell me about it! I didn't even know they used real bullets!

Posted by: Zombie Rachel Good at January 14, 2026 01:13 PM (TN0g+)

276 These days, they want Glondor the 8' 400 lb. Minotaur to be doing it.
Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 01:10 PM (iXqHn)

And that's just the schlong...

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 14, 2026 01:13 PM (8zz6B)

277 Everytime I see one of these insane AWFLs i want to write "I can fix her". But then I realize I just don't care

It wouldn't work anyway.

Posted by: Jetto at January 14, 2026 01:13 PM (jG/P0)

278 Must have been the air rushing by like in a pillow fight near miss.
Posted by: wth

That can be incredibly dangerous.

Posted by: FIFA Soccer Player Taking A Dive at January 14, 2026 01:14 PM (oftw2)

279 What if I my weakness is Jews.
Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 01:11 PM

They send you hot IDF babes?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

I VOLUNTEER AS TRIBUTE!

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 01:14 PM (QGRvm)

280 honestly wonder if these dumb bunnies' trainers don't tell them that ICE is using rubber bullets only

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 14, 2026 01:14 PM (emBoF)

281 Orson, that sounds about right.
Always the bird hand with the condescension.
“Let me explain it to as a child might understand it!”

Posted by: Lizzy at January 14, 2026 01:14 PM (Hkcdp)

282 Weren't there two cops. The one that she hit and the one she was driving toward. He's the one that shot her?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 01:14 PM (y79kU)

283 >I believe that the "bird hands", exaggerated hand gestures, are a symptom of narcissism.

Anybody posting selfie videos of themselves to social media giving their opinion on things unsolicited are already narcissists. The rest are just frosting on the cake.

Posted by: Gaff at January 14, 2026 01:15 PM (EqzMw)

284 There was a funny X thread yesterday about how liberal writers creating a conservative hellscape always make it clean and efficient, thus contradicting their own point.

The anti-Israel crowd said "hold my beer" with this explanation of how the Jooos control Elon:

Lucas Gage
@LucasGageX
If your weakness is women; the Jews will send you women.

If your weakness is money; the Jews will buy you out.

If your weakness is ego; the Jews will make you famous.

Umm, hello, Jews? My weakness is smoking hot IDF babes. Thanks in advance.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 14, 2026 01:10 PM (C/4uM)
_____

That doesn't even make any sense. Gage sounds like a retarded faggot.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14, 2026 01:15 PM (iFTx/)

285 These stupid people are being played by leftist radicals. The radicals stoke the hate and the stupids act on it. The stupids will do the harm and be arrested while the radicals get off scot free. The stupids are stupid.

Eventually, you run out of other people's stupids.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 01:15 PM (QGRvm)

286 20 percent of US adult chicks are on anti depression drugs. Crazy before or crazy after?

Posted by: NCKate at January 14, 2026 01:15 PM (uQzkA)

287 270 Jooooooooos!!!
Posted by: Zombie Wilhelm Klink

We have been summoned! This discussion has taken a foul turn, and must be cleansed!

Posted by: Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens at January 14, 2026 01:15 PM (JCZqz)

288 "Reinforced by any news channel they watch."

This x 100

Posted by: RM at January 14, 2026 01:15 PM (n/1Oj)

289
Everytime I see one of these insane AWFLs i want to write "I can fix her".

___________

They cannot be fixed.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2026 01:16 PM (tgvbd)

290 Bird hands go, uh, hand in hand with condescension.

Posted by: Jetto at January 14, 2026 01:16 PM (jG/P0)

291 20 percent of US adult chicks are on anti depression drugs. Crazy before or crazy after?
Posted by: NCKate

Damn. That means 80% aren't.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 01:16 PM (QGRvm)

292 Gotta say there Lucas Gage these Jews of which you speak seem to be fun people

Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 14, 2026 01:16 PM (dN7BA)

293 If your weakness is women; the Jews will send you women.

If your weakness is money; the Jews will buy you out.

If your weakness is ego; the Jews will make you famous.
-------

What if I my weakness is Jews.
Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 01:11 PM (g078z)

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The Jews will send you a famous, rich, beautiful Jewish woman.

* Gal Gadot has entered your life *

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 14, 2026 01:16 PM (4i+3a)

294 NCKate, now add in the % on ADHD meds and birth control. Heavily medicated women.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 14, 2026 01:16 PM (Hkcdp)

295 234 Update to #228...

I am not doing a foreskin check.

Posted by: EFG at January 14, 2026 01:04 PM (jTEUc)

You'll never make it as a Medicae.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 14, 2026 01:17 PM (xcxpd)

296 I see the diesel dyke "wife" is now a multi millionaire.
We are a f*cked up country.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 14, 2026 01:17 PM (abIsI)

297 honestly wonder if these dumb bunnies' trainers don't tell them that ICE is using rubber bullets only

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 14, 2026 01:14 PM (emBoF)

Ah there it fucking is

Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 01:17 PM (g078z)

298 Incitement to murder should be a crime, if it isn’t.

Posted by: tubal at January 14, 2026 01:17 PM (pDt9x)

299
I will amend that. Unless you're an exorcist, you cannot fix them.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2026 01:17 PM (tgvbd)

300 273 I think these women are tormented by previous abortions, in a lot of cases.

Posted by: BlackOrchid
--------

We're all tormented by 'that stupid thing we did', to be so easily manipulated there's more to it. More than one screw loose.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 01:18 PM (y79kU)

301 273 I think these women are tormented by previous abortions, in a lot of cases.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 14, 2026 01:13 PM (emBoF)

That explains a lot of the unhinged reactions of passers-by to Russell Hunter and his abortion abolition signs. It's uncanny, and sickening, and sad.

Posted by: Killing babies is the ultimate act of femininity! at January 14, 2026 01:18 PM (TbWk/)

302 That doesn't even make any sense. Gage sounds like a retarded faggot.

Granted, but it led to a lot of hilarity in the replies.

David Burge
@iowahawkblog
·
21h
Man this sounds awesome, do the Jews have an 800 number

moon’s haunted
@trunkmunkey
·
21h
Sign me up for the weather control package

IamJohnGalt
@WannabeJohnGalt
·
16h
Hush now, nobody can know my secret weaknesses are aged whiskey and slutty goth vampire girls.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 14, 2026 01:18 PM (C/4uM)

303 These gals are "reporting ICE". For what? Doing their jobs?

1. Report ICE
2. ???
3. Utopia

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 14, 2026 01:18 PM (Dv3i1)

304 Everytime I see one of these insane AWFLs i want to write "I can fix her".

___________

They cannot be fixed.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2026 01:16 PM (tgvbd)

They should be fixed so they don't reproduce

Posted by: It's me donna at January 14, 2026 01:18 PM (VE6XX)

305 Lucas Gage?

Sweet Christmas!

If you get that joke my hat's off to you.

Posted by: Jetto at January 14, 2026 01:18 PM (jG/P0)

306 There was a funny X thread yesterday about how liberal writers creating a conservative hellscape always make it clean and efficient, thus contradicting their own point.

I was watching Don't Worry Darling which SPOILERS is about women being held in a virtual reality version of the 1950s generally without their knowledge.

And their lives in VR are beautiful, exciting, and passionate, while their lives in the real world are...boring and the world they live in is ugly...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 01:18 PM (sKqQm)

307 286 20 percent of US adult chicks are on anti depression drugs. Crazy before or crazy after?
Posted by: NCKate at January 14, 2026 01:15 PM (uQzkA)
__________________________

AND, just under 30% see a therapist for mental health concerns. Considering a great many therapists are, themselves, absolutely nutz doesn't help the scenario.

Posted by: Orson at January 14, 2026 01:18 PM (dIske)

308 282 Weren't there two cops. The one that she hit and the one she was driving toward. He's the one that shot her?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 01:14 PM

Braenyard,

The one she hit, the one she was driving toward, and the one that shot her - is all the same officer.

The other officer gave her a lawful order to get out of the car, and was pulling on the driver side pull handle when she accelerated forward.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at January 14, 2026 01:19 PM (HlyYF)

309 The Jews will send you a famous, rich, beautiful Jewish woman.

* Gal Gadot has entered your life *

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 14, 2026 01:16 PM (4i+3a)

Meh. Her skin is 1 shade too red for me.

Posted by: The Gay Half of The Horde at January 14, 2026 01:19 PM (dK+Kv)

310 Hell, we put nose rings in all our cows, makes tying 'em to the corral fence for breeding easier.

Posted by: some cowboy at January 14, 2026 01:19 PM (UjdFS)

311 Gage got compromised by the Russians using one of those three methods.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2026 01:19 PM (Nnyqs)

312 I'm a sucker for a good set of Ubangi lip plates.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 14, 2026 12:48 PM (Riz8t)

Ubangi? Ubetchi

Posted by: javems at January 14, 2026 01:20 PM (lzjX4)

313
AND, just under 30% see a therapist for mental health concerns.

___________

They see a therapist to affirm their own delusions.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2026 01:20 PM (tgvbd)

314 just fyi ICE operations here in PA are going pretty well under the radar. there are protests in philly but whatever.

huge impact here. it's interesting. PA still has a ton of issues tho, Philly being Numero Uno

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 14, 2026 01:20 PM (emBoF)

315 So glad these lunatics are so publicly exposing their real nature to the normies. We could do no better.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at January 14, 2026 01:20 PM (pohLc)

316 Lovely ladies. I would suggest you blow me, but you would probably bite.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 14, 2026 01:21 PM (BSdIE)

317 311 Gage got compromised by the Russians using one of those three methods.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2026 01:19 PM (Nnyqs)

twice his lands with matching estates in Kamchatka?

Posted by: Putin the Longshanks at January 14, 2026 01:21 PM (TbWk/)

318 Operation Let Them Speak continues apace.

Posted by: Jetto at January 14, 2026 01:21 PM (jG/P0)

319 Chicken and the egg question:

Were they always this crazy and we know about it now through social media, or did social media drive them this crazy?

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at January 14, 2026 01:02 PM (wGerL)

I've said for years that the Internet is an Insanity Generator.

Social Media in particular.

The AWFLs probably started out functionally nutty. Not insane exactly just believing silly shit like global warming and microplastic doom.

Buuuuuuuut, on the internet you can always find someone more nutty to agree with you and praise you for whatever nutty thing you think. Either sincerely or maliciously. And then away they go-

getting the praise and acceptance and meaning they lack in their lives. And soon-

It's KooKooBananas time!!!

Posted by: naturalfake at January 14, 2026 01:21 PM (iJfKG)

320 Bird hands go, uh, hand in hand with condescension.

Posted by: Jetto at January 14, 2026 01:16 PM (jG/P0)

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

Satanic symbolism representing their "Passion" for wanting to peck out the eyes of Christ on The Cross.

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 14, 2026 01:21 PM (206Al)

321 I see the diesel dyke "wife" is now a multi millionaire.
We are a f*cked up country.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 14, 2026 01:17 PM (abIsI)

All the more reason to charge her with felony murder.

Posted by: The Gay Half of The Horde at January 14, 2026 01:21 PM (dK+Kv)

322 omg did anyone see the last season of It's Always Sunny?

316 Lovely ladies. I would suggest you blow me, but you would probably bite.

made me think of it

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 14, 2026 01:21 PM (emBoF)

323 296 I see the diesel dyke "wife" is now a multi millionaire.
We are a f*cked up country.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 14, 2026 01:17 PM

That freshly minted millionaire is the one that told her partner to "drive baby drive" when there was an officer directly in front of her vehicle.

If this Idiot was on the jury in a civil trial, Agent Ross's family would be the ones ending up with that loot.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at January 14, 2026 01:21 PM (HlyYF)

324 304 Everytime I see one of these insane AWFLs i want to write "I can fix her".

___________

They cannot be fixed.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2026 01:16 PM (tgvbd)

They should be fixed so they don't reproduce
Posted by: It's me donna at January 14, 2026 01:18 PM (VE6XX)

There you go

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 14, 2026 01:21 PM (xcxpd)

325 Looks like things have got to the point where talking, negotiating or voting our troubles awy is not going to get the job done. What’s left?

Posted by: tubal at January 14, 2026 01:21 PM (pDt9x)

326 314 just fyi ICE operations here in PA are going pretty well under the radar. there are protests in philly but whatever.

huge impact here. it's interesting. PA still has a ton of issues tho, Philly being Numero Uno
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 14, 2026 01:20 PM (emBoF)
__________________________

If they ever sweep Reading, Pa there will be no one left. But, I will be able to return to a cool little German bakery on Windsor street that makes awesome strudel without getting shot.

Posted by: Orson at January 14, 2026 01:22 PM (dIske)

327 Meh. Her skin is 1 shade too red for me.
Posted by: The Gay Half of The Horde

Have you SEEN her elbows?!??!

Posted by: Keyboard Pimp Moron at January 14, 2026 01:22 PM (JCZqz)

328 227 Willowed:

If you weren't good enough to acquire a marketable skill, you're not good enough to survive.

You can find lots of ads looking for house painters, how many have you seen looking for another Rembrandt?

In plain English - if you have skills almost no one has, there is no demand for your skills.

I know how to greatly improve first stage boosters and how to build a high thrust ION engine that could get practical loads to Mars. Does anyone here know Elon?

And yes, I'm actually serious.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 14, 2026 01:03 PM (Da7Vv)

The only marketable skill is Making Strategic Friends, being a fraud, fake, phony, and a liar, and “networking”. Society says if you can’t or do not want to do those things, you need to starve.

Posted by: Cow Demon at January 14, 2026 01:22 PM (0GYGE)

329 20 percent of US adult chicks are on anti depression drugs. Crazy before or crazy after?
Posted by: NCKate

Damn. That means 80% aren't.
-----

Yeah, its kinda of scary that 80% aren't.

Posted by: Crusader at January 14, 2026 01:22 PM (TN0g+)

330 There was a funny X thread yesterday about how liberal writers creating a conservative hellscape always make it clean and efficient, thus contradicting their own point.

I was watching Don't Worry Darling which SPOILERS is about women being held in a virtual reality version of the 1950s generally without their knowledge.

And their lives in VR are beautiful, exciting, and passionate, while their lives in the real world are...boring and the world they live in is ugly...
Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 01:18 PM (sKqQm)
___

Yea, while their husbands work and toil to keep the VR world alive and their wives happy. Do the spoiled bitches appreciate it? No. No, they don't. They hate the men for it. Some bitches ain't never satisfied. It's an odd movie in that it's clearly pushing the Stronk Empowered Wymyn meme, but it has the opposite effect on the viewer by showing all the wymyn to be assholes.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14, 2026 01:22 PM (iFTx/)

331 Hell, we put nose rings in all our cows, makes tying 'em to the corral fence for breeding easier.

So the nose rings are also due to minotaur fever?

Posted by: Ian S. at January 14, 2026 01:22 PM (C/4uM)

332 If this Idiot was on the jury in a civil trial, Agent Ross's family would be the ones ending up with that loot.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at January 14, 2026 01:21 PM (HlyYF)

ICE guy should sue her.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 14, 2026 01:23 PM (dK+Kv)

333 [Walks into Insane Asylum.] "I can change her!"

[Patient smears poop all over her face.] "Gaba gaba do bobbidy-twop TRUMP TRUMP TRUUUUUMP!!!!"

Posted by: South Berwick Follies at January 14, 2026 01:23 PM (qUkBO)

334 Posted by: EFG at January 14, 2026 01:04 PM (jTEUc)

You'll never make it as a Medicae.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 14, 2026 01:17 PM (xcxpd)

*****

Shit...that's not good.

Posted by: EFG at January 14, 2026 01:23 PM (jTEUc)

335
I doubt most women want a high-powered career. They just want the status and money of a high-powered career without the work.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2026 01:25 PM (tgvbd)

336 Somebody said that "75% of white liberal women are on anti-depressants and SSRI's."

And that is horrifying, because it means that 25% of them are wandering arround untreated."

Posted by: EFG at January 14, 2026 01:26 PM (jTEUc)

337 You know who else went into hiding?

Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 01:26 PM (g078z)

338 337 You know who else went into hiding?

The 12th Imam?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 14, 2026 01:27 PM (Dv3i1)

339 337 You know who else went into hiding?

Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 01:26 PM (g078z)

*****

Anne Frank?

Posted by: EFG at January 14, 2026 01:27 PM (jTEUc)

340 >>>
The one she hit, the one she was driving toward, and the one that shot her - is all the same officer.

The other officer gave her a lawful order to get out of the car, and was pulling on the driver side pull handle when she accelerated forward.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot
---

"The one she hit, the one she was driving toward, and the one that shot her - is all the same officer."

This can't be. The one she hit with the side of the car was knocked away. She turned her wheels straight and proceeded forward. That is when she was shot. Moving toward officer number two.

I've got to look again. I thought the one who told her to get out of the car was the one hit and knocked sideways while she drove off. And as she was driving off her car was facing another officer.
The one who shot her.
I've got to look again.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 01:28 PM (y79kU)

341 It's an odd movie in that it's clearly pushing the Stronk Empowered Wymyn meme, but it has the opposite effect on the viewer by showing all the wymyn to be assholes.

Yes it struck me as a movie that didn't really know what point it wanted to make. Theoretically it is something like "an ugly truth is better then a beautiful lie" but that cuts deep into other leftwing and feminist ideas and...they tend to present the 50s as plain and boring look at Pleasantville as another in this same area.

And so the movie settled on some sort of empowerment idea. The problem isn't that these women are living in a fake reality...the problem is they didn't CHOOSE to live in a fake reality.

But even then they undercut the idea as one of the women in fact knows she's in a fake reality but prefers it...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 01:28 PM (sKqQm)

342
You know who else went into hiding?

Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 01:26 PM (g078z)

Mittens Romney

On the other hand, it was good for him.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 14, 2026 01:28 PM (y9nCu)

343 Is there such a thing as an inflable ICE vehicle?

Could really be my ticket out this time!

Posted by: connected and litigious at January 14, 2026 01:28 PM (cS1cw)

344 You know who else went into hiding?

Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 01:26 PM (g078z)

Jimmy Hoffa?

Posted by: dantesed at January 14, 2026 01:29 PM (Oy/m2)

345 335
I doubt most women want a high-powered career. They just want the status and money of a high-powered career without the work.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2026 01:25 PM (tgvbd)

Not really the work. Taking responsibility is what makes them soil their boxers.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at January 14, 2026 01:29 PM (pohLc)

346 The left then: Of course we had to kill those protestors on J6. They could have been a threat!

The left now: How dare an ICE agent shoot a woman driving at him in a car. He could have just jumped over it, shot out its tires, or just taken the L

Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 01:30 PM (sKqQm)

347 Mitt Romney, Anne Frank and the 12th Imam walk into a bar...

Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 01:30 PM (g078z)

348 I doubt most women want a high-powered career. They just want the status and money of a high-powered career without the work./i]

In fairness most people want the income and status of a high powered career but most don't want the work and responsibility that comes with it.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 01:31 PM (sKqQm)

349 They want a Utopia, that’s what they are in the street for. Bet anything that they can’t articulate what that Utopia would be.

Posted by: tubal at January 14, 2026 01:31 PM (pDt9x)

350 BTW...while I understand the political wrangling going on, I think ICE might be embellishing a little on the "internal bleeding."

A bruise is internal bleeding. And, that's likely the reference. The ironic thing is that a leftist female would, indeed, call it internal bleeding to promote victimization where most normal people would call it a bruise. So, it's likely that ICE is using the left's own foibles against them in this situation.

Which is kind of cool...and funny.

Posted by: Orson at January 14, 2026 01:31 PM (dIske)

351 2021 - "Respect our authority!!"

2025 - "Death to ICE!!!!"

That sum it up?

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2026 01:32 PM (Nnyqs)

352 The bartender says "What will you three be having...?"

The 12th Imam says "Sorry I don't drink." Mitt Romney says "Sorry I don't drink." Anne Frank says "Shhhhhhh!!!"

Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 01:32 PM (g078z)

353 They want a Utopia, that’s what they are in the street for. Bet anything that they can’t articulate what that Utopia would be.

They have money, power, and little need to actually work.

Sort of a modern take on Rock Candy Mountain

Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 01:32 PM (sKqQm)

354 Under mounting threats and online harassment, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who fatally shot Renee Nicole Good is now in hiding"

So, confirmed. We're in early 1930s Spain...

Posted by: man at January 14, 2026 01:33 PM (XuXeR)

355 13 from House made that movie

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 14, 2026 01:33 PM (emBoF)

356 Hell, we put nose rings in all our cows, makes tying 'em to the corral fence for breeding easier.

So the nose rings are also due to minotaur fever?
Posted by: Ian S.

You put one in a hogs nose to keep them from rooting and digging.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 01:33 PM (QGRvm)

357 351 2021 - "Respect our authority!!"

2025 - "Death to ICE!!!!"

That sum it up?
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2026 01:32 PM (Nnyqs)

Pretty much. They are our enemies is another summation, yes?

Posted by: tubal at January 14, 2026 01:33 PM (pDt9x)

358 You know who else went into hiding?
Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 01:26 PM (g078z)

Outnumbered Democrat legislators?

Posted by: Methos at January 14, 2026 01:33 PM (vSvIl)

359 It does still amuse me we went very quickly from:

She didn't hit him so he had no right to shoot her

to

Well so what if she hit him with her car, she has a right to drive away from ICE.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 01:33 PM (sKqQm)

360 Jon Stewart says that hitting someone with a 2-ton vehicle, and giving them internal bleeding is just a, "small act of defiance".

Posted by: Wofus at January 14, 2026 01:34 PM (CNa+A)

361 Talk of the brave and at the front. Egging the other to rush in a stupid frontal assault and fighting from behind if at all.

Hard to be brave and a human.

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 14, 2026 01:34 PM (EyfuW)

362 Taking responsibility is what makes them soil their boxers."

Oh...a babe in man shirt and boxers...

Posted by: man at January 14, 2026 01:34 PM (XuXeR)

363 335
I doubt most women want a high-powered career. They just want the status and money of a high-powered career without the work.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2026 01:25 PM (tgvbd)
-------
Like everything else, what women say they want isn't what they actually want.

Aside from a very small handful, none of them want to work outside the home. They want to have a few kids and be mothers, even if they won't admit it to themselves or anyone else - And when they convince themselves that they don't want that and want to go out and girlboss their way through the world, they end up on the other side of the maternal wall wondering why they're miserable harpies that go out and bird-hand ICE officers.

Posted by: ballistic at January 14, 2026 01:34 PM (3BwY8)

364 Charlie the Unicorn, "not rock candy mountain again."

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2026 01:34 PM (Nnyqs)

365 347 Mitt Romney, Anne Frank and the 12th Imam walk into a bar...
__

Bartender says "Great, just what I need right now, 3 zombies"

Mitt says "Hey, ....

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 14, 2026 01:35 PM (Dv3i1)

366 I'll be honest...I'm a little surprised that Mineapolis hasn't started burning to the ground like when George Floyd* died.

Yeah, white woman vs black man...bitter cold winter vs warmer spring...yada yada yada.

Still, they way it started off, I though things would be burning.

Happy to be shown to be wrong. So far. Knock on wood...

*Hallowed be His name...

Posted by: EFG at January 14, 2026 01:35 PM (jTEUc)

367 Jon Stewart says that hitting someone with a 2-ton vehicle, and giving them internal bleeding is just a, "small act of defiance".

And when Lavoy Fincum engaged in an actual small act of defiance Stewart and the rest cheered on the FBI shooting the man in the back.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 01:35 PM (sKqQm)

368 >>>I doubt most women want a high-powered career. They just want the status and money of a high-powered career without the work.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2026 01:25 PM (tgvbd)

Not really the work. Taking responsibility is what makes them soil their boxers.

Posted by: Xipe Totec

>Isn't this why we have onlyfans? A couple of generations ago this used to be called prostitution.

Prostitution via social media. Men fall for that shit every time.

We can't help it.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 14, 2026 01:35 PM (BSdIE)

369 "In fairness most people want the income and status of a high powered career but most don't want the work and responsibility that comes with it."

Like the recent coffee cup we saw around these parts:
I accidentally became important at work and it's ruining my life.

Posted by: Hate it when that happens at January 14, 2026 01:35 PM (0NfMy)

370 Jon Stewart says that hitting someone with a 2-ton vehicle, and giving them internal bleeding is just a, "small act of defiance".
-------

But strolling through the Capitol is The Brutal Violent End of Democracy.

Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 01:35 PM (g078z)

371 You know who else went into hiding?
Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 01:26 PM (g078z)

Salman Rushdie

Posted by: Kindltot at January 14, 2026 01:35 PM (rbvCR)

372 Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 14, 2026 01:35 PM (Dv3i1)

Nice

Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 01:36 PM (g078z)

373 360 Jon Stewart says that hitting someone with a 2-ton vehicle, and giving them internal bleeding is just a, "small act of defiance".
___

Defiance of what, exactly?

No one says because the truth makes them look stupid.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 14, 2026 01:36 PM (Dv3i1)

374 371 You know who else went into hiding?
Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 01:26 PM (g078z)

Salman Rushdie
Posted by: Kindltot at January 14, 2026 01:35 PM (rbvCR)

Mary, Joseph, and Jesus.

Posted by: tubal at January 14, 2026 01:36 PM (pDt9x)

375 So we can all start running over the protest hippies who block roads?

Posted by: NCKate at January 14, 2026 01:37 PM (uQzkA)

376 Prostitution via social media. Men fall for that shit every time.

We can't help it.

I'll be honest I do not get it. Why would you pay some woman on the internet to get naked for you? There are already an endless number of such you can find if you want...for free.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 01:37 PM (sKqQm)

377 This can't be. The one she hit with the side of the car was knocked away. She turned her wheels straight and proceeded forward. That is when she was shot. Moving toward officer number two.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 01:28 PM

Braenyard,

You are partially correct, I did not write clearly enough.

I only considered the officer in front of the car as the "officer" that was hit, and I have watched lots of video focused on him.

A more accurate depiction would note that TWO officers were hit!

The officer at the driver window definitely had his forearm slammed against the vehicle with significant force.

You picked that up, while many others (including myself) did not.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at January 14, 2026 01:37 PM (HlyYF)

378 BLM isn't having mostly peaceful arson and looting because Kamikaze Karen is white.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2026 01:38 PM (Nnyqs)

379 Jon Stewart says that hitting someone with a 2-ton vehicle, and giving them internal bleeding is just a, "small act of defiance".
Posted by: Wofus

And the agent's response was small.

You don't get much smaller than a 9mm.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 01:38 PM (QGRvm)

380 Nood! (Exclamation mark added in homage to the most excitable COB).

Posted by: Nazdar at January 14, 2026 01:39 PM (NcvvS)

381 So we can all start running over the protest hippies who block roads?/i]

This is another one of those proofs that the left doesn't believe in a damn thing they say.

Starting at least with the Summer of Floyd they argued people have a right to protest in the streets. And if they mob your car well...too bad their "rights" come first.

And here they are seriously making the argument the agent deserved to be hit because he was in front of her car and she wanted to leave

Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 01:39 PM (sKqQm)

382 I know how to greatly improve first stage boosters and how to build a high thrust ION engine that could get practical loads to Mars. Does anyone here know Elon?

And yes, I'm actually serious.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 14, 2026 01:03 PM

Do you have patents?

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 14, 2026 01:39 PM (jc0TO)

383 I'll be honest I do not get it. Why would you pay some woman on the internet to get naked for you? There are already an endless number of such you can find if you want...for free.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 01:37 PM (sKqQm)

It's not about a woman, it's about "that" woman. Men are lonely and I would say a majority of them probably think they have a "chance" with each of them.

Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 01:40 PM (g078z)

384 You know who else went into hiding?
Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 01:26 PM (g078z)

Rs' balls.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 14, 2026 01:40 PM (dK+Kv)

385 Prostitution via social media. Men fall for that shit every time.

We can't help it.

I'll be honest I do not get it. Why would you pay some woman on the internet to get naked for you? There are already an endless number of such you can find if you want...for free.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 01:37 PM (sKqQm)
________

The "appeal" of OF is in the interaction and "control" you have over the girl. OF is closer to a modern form of the sleazy old "peep show," where you paid your dollar and the girl would do what you asked (behind the glass) for 30 seconds.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14, 2026 01:40 PM (iFTx/)

386 Prostitution via social media. Men fall for that shit every time.

We can't help it.

I'll be honest I do not get it. Why would you pay some woman on the internet to get naked for you? There are already an endless number of such you can find if you want...for free.

Posted by: 18-1

For the same reason men go to tittie bars.
Why? I honestly don't know. You can't touch them.
Trying your best motorboat them will get you thrown out like Ron White.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 01:40 PM (QGRvm)

387 No, you are not.
He has an open invitation on X.
No HR, just a simple, what can you do.
Prove it.

I did not know that.

By the way, here is what I have actually done: I taught myself electrical engineering - well enough that I designed Microsoft's first multi user computer. My designs held all the microcomputer speed records for 7 consecutive years. I designed the first piece of computerized safety equipment ever accepted by the EU for use on North Sea oil rigs. I then spent the final 10 years of my engineering career designing custom test equipment at NASA's premier test laboratory.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 14, 2026 01:41 PM (Da7Vv)

388 "6535 ft-lbs of energy when the car collided with the officer." Posted by: whig

For some reason, cars hitting people in crowds only seems to kill them when they run over them. (in lower speed collisions at least). I guess people tend to jump on the hood, or dodge to some extent.

Posted by: illiniwek at January 14, 2026 01:41 PM (vbXSk)

389 Killing is never the answer unless it is multiple-choice.

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 14, 2026 01:44 PM (EyfuW)

390 I think the safe bet, going forward, is we all start wearing buffalo hats.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 14, 2026 01:45 PM (pLaQB)

391 If that crazy middle aged misandrist psycho thinks she's got hate for the opposite sex, wait until the bright young men who've been deprived of sex, status, and opportunities get a chance to take a crack at her. A lot of young men absolutely despise young women, like two-time divorcees.

As a man, I like our chances.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 14, 2026 01:45 PM (qwx/I)

392 388 "6535 ft-lbs of energy when the car collided with the officer." Posted by: whig

For some reason, cars hitting people in crowds only seems to kill them when they run over them. (in lower speed collisions at least). I guess people tend to jump on the hood, or dodge to some extent.
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One of my High School friends got his head taken off by a bus mirror while walking down a state road.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 14, 2026 01:46 PM (pLaQB)

393 I think the safe bet, going forward, is we all start wearing buffalo hats.
Posted by: Pudinhead
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Perhaps Viking helmets? Tough call...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 14, 2026 01:52 PM (XeU6L)

394 Septum ring woman needs a family intervention. Get her somewhere where the walls are rubber-covered and where there are regular lithium doses dispensed.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 01:56 PM (Exs4i)

395 82 61 So the cop is in hiding.
I see terrorism works.

Noted.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 14, 2026 12:35 PM (xcxpd)

Remember Iron Man 3 before it got really stupid and the Mandarin was a credible threat played by a good actor doing a weird religious terrorist thing (Ben Kingsley?) Where Tony Stark says 'Come and get me!' That worked. Manly.

Then the movie went stupid.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 14, 2026 12:37 PM (bss/y)

You know, it's sad. That wasn't the worst Iron Man movie for me (Iron Man 2 was imho) but it's still so much better than any of the free flowing rectal slop they are putting out now.
I also enjoy using that Mandarin quote (well, i guess he's just Trevor at that point) 'I handled it. Well, I panicked first, then I handled it.'

Posted by: Nelly at January 14, 2026 01:59 PM (7gpcF)

396 Data Republican had to go into hiding from (likely) the same people, and all she did was point out a bunch of wasted money.

Posted by: mngiggle at January 14, 2026 02:03 PM (UaLwK)

397 Do you have patents?

I have actually written a patent and got it accepted. Here is what most people don't know about patents: a patent is an offensive weapon which can be used to sue an infringer. In order to be useful, a patent has to have a lot of money behind it, since using one in a court room costs a lot of money. I do not have a lot of money - so no, I haven't bothered to get patents, I do have some technical witnesses in my engineering note book which can establish me as the original inventor for patent purposes.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 14, 2026 02:04 PM (Da7Vv)

398 You could be Renea Good!!!"

[calculating odds]

Chance I will protest ICE -- 0%
Chance I will obstruct ICE -- 0%
Chance I will disobey a police officer -- 0%
Chance I will flee a police officer -- 0%
Chance I will hit a police officer with my vehicle -- 0%

Stupid fucking lefties, always trying to make themselves the center of every play.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 14, 2026 12:33 PM (HXT0k)

Declared ‘safe’ from ICE interaction.

These people just wear me out - from “no one is above the law” to “resist the law” without blinking an eye.

Posted by: Advo at January 14, 2026 02:10 PM (jO4mz)

399 Also threaten his children. The most chicken shit thing in the Solar System to bring his children to the fight.

it is war, shoot on sight. They get to bait the cops til some else dies.

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 14, 2026 02:13 PM (EyfuW)

400 "PS Everyone who voted for Trump or didn't vote at all; her blood is on your hands. FUCK. YOU."

Technically, it is on the drivers side headrest. YMMV.

Posted by: Joe Mama at January 14, 2026 02:13 PM (TezPK)

401 One of my High School friends got his head taken off by a bus mirror while walking down a state road.

Just under 50 years ago I was riding a bicycle when a large pickup truck pulled out and ran over me - dragging me about 30 feet. I tried so hard to get on the hood of that truck, but failed. The happiest I have ever been in my life was when I woke up under that truck. I couldn't believe I was alive. That was the day I quit smoking; I wanted something nice to remember about the day. It took me about a year to recover from my injuries. As a result of that accident I'm going to have to have a hip replacement soon.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 14, 2026 02:13 PM (Da7Vv)

402 Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 14, 2026 02:04 PM (Da7Vv

Yeah, you need a room full of lawyers to get a patent, or did.

Posted by: javems at January 14, 2026 02:19 PM (lzjX4)

403 Government and cops don't know what to do like the government in, Demolition Man.

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 14, 2026 02:23 PM (EyfuW)

404 And the other problem is the marriage one. Married women tend to mirror their husband's politics to some extent. Single women and these sorts of lesbians see themselves as married to Uncle Sugar and so their politics is mirroring that of the federal bureaucracy
Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 01:07 PM (sKqQm)

Even if they don't mirror, the focus on her own kids adds a practical anchor that fights against these pie in the sky causes.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 14, 2026 02:33 PM (8avO+)

405 154 "I'm a sucker for a good set of Ubangi lip plates."

As they used to say...

"Ubangi?"

"Ubetcha!"

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at January 14, 2026 03:17 PM (FpP3s)

406 "Oh oh here she comes
watch out boys, she'll run you over
Oh oh here she comes
she's a man-hater..."

Posted by: UncleJefe at January 14, 2026 03:32 PM (DzC+b)

407 How are these anti ice " protesters" not marked as organized terror groups? They are paid, ordered, directed by nefarious leaders with violence intent

Posted by: Matthew at January 14, 2026 03:36 PM (OdsgZ)

408 "She'll only go after ICE
a mean and angry type
nothing is new, we've seen her act before...
Learning from movies,
that she's tougher than you and can knock you on the floooor...

Oh man I would pay to see
a cop give her
a shot to the teeth
these women gone wild, fueled by bottles of Rombauer
Reality matters...
When push comes to shove, there'll be an end to their LARP

Oh oh here she comes
watch out boys, she'll run you over
Oh oh here she comes
she's a man-hater..."

Posted by: UncleJefe at January 14, 2026 03:43 PM (DzC+b)

409 The septum ring. The face mask.

Got any other favorites?

Posted by: Garfunkel's Sowed Oats at January 14, 2026 04:52 PM (V87Oy)

410 WTF is it with those "bird hands." It just generates instant annoyance --which I suppose is the point.

Posted by: Zek at January 14, 2026 05:11 PM (5FPX4)

411 I also love how all the passive-aggressive Karen's like to call men "bitches" which last I checked was a hanging offense for males. Self hating much?

Posted by: Zek at January 14, 2026 05:13 PM (5FPX4)

412 The "Good" lesbo with her nostril ring was being passive aggressive before her end. Died with a smile on her smirky face. Nothing "Good" about her,altho I did not want her death. Unsure if Widow saw death coming, but she told her baby to drive.

All Good had to do was get out of the car. Maybe cuffed and hauled in and then out on a citation. That's all she had to do.

As the lead car of the lesbo anti-ICE parade, and photos of her blowing whistles and bullhorns into ICE officer's faces, she could have been at home doing laundry. Knitting. Making cookies for her son (whom I am convinced they were trannytizing...the lesbo "mothers"). No proof, yet.

I hope Widow does not see a dollar of the $1.5million from fellow bleeding hearts. On the bright side I got to figure out who was the bull dyke from photos. Renee was not far behind and ugh. Not a lipstick lesbo at all. There! I said it!

I want to study how nostril and septum lesbos handle horrid sinus infections. Do they remove the ring? Snot around it? Have stuff come out the holes?

These are the things that occupy my mind during my productive hours. Does the PM's cat at #10 hate him & pee in his shoes from Saville Row? Hope so!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 14, 2026 05:50 PM (WONhk)

413 Lol
The problem with"arrest and incarceration" of people morons don't like: is that in-between those things the right-wing lives is conviction.

Will a local jury convict?

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at January 14, 2026 07:46 PM (wthON)

Wednesday Morning Rant

Threading the Needle

The fraud problem in government programs is blowing up in a way that may cause serious problems for the government at all levels. What Nick Shirley exposed began as "Somali daycare fraud in Minnesota." It quickly ballooned to "Somali program fraud in Minnesota" and then to "Somali program fraud in multiple states" and is now in the process of becoming "widespread fraud everywhere." This is, to put it mildly, bad and presents a conundrum in terms of how the government will respond to it.

It's a tough problem because of widespread it is, how long it has been going on, record low trust and the need to maintain legitimacy. There are a few ways to try to address what is clearly a systemic, all-levels problem and I suspect Bessent's declaration yesterday that "5%-10%" of the federal budget is stolen is a key part of framing a response that can thread the needle.

When Shirley exposed the Somali daycare fraud in Minnesota, he ended up - I suspect completely accidentally - causing an entire vast of edifice of fraud to be exposed like never before. In so doing, he has precipitated a crisis that continues to worsen as information continues to leak out. What Shirley exposed was merely the very small tip of a very large iceberg. What he exposed in Minnesota is not unique to that state or those programs, but turns out to be extremely widespread with a ton of official support for and enablement of it from within the government. The sums involved are both eye-watering and rage-inducing to a degree so severe that it may present a general legitimacy crisis if it goes unchecked.

So how the heck can the government deal with a crisis like that? There are a few approaches I can think of:
1. Sweep it under the rug. Pretend the problem doesn't exist. Call it a local issue, sacrifice a few corrupt Party Men in Minnesota and call it a day.
2. Respond in mass. Suspend programs until legitimacy can be established. Aggressively prosecute people from the government to the NGOs to the cut-outs and straw claimants. Provide detailed results to the public and fill the prisons.
3. Try to split the difference. Acknowledge that the problem is much bigger than Somalis and Minnesota, but much smaller than an all-of-government complex of fraud. Sacrifice some people across the board, put up some modest gains/savings and declare victory.

The "nothing" approach will result in a lot of fury among the public. Blatant, obvious fraud going completely unpunished while State and Party continue to laugh their way to the bank as they light their cigars with stolen C-Notes will not go over well. It will not trigger revolution, but it will broadly increase the rage level among the public, and simultaneously disincentivize anyone from working hard to support or risking anything to defend a government that behaves this way. The anger will be cold, but will have fairly quiet long-term consequences. Young people who are inclined to work will check out even more than they already have and nobody will view anything the government does as honest or legitimate. It will be steal as steal can, and compound the problem into oblivion. But the Party Men remain by and large safe and they continue looting the empire as they push it toward collapse even faster.

The "all" approach runs a real risk of collapsing the government in on itself if the fraud and theft are as widespread as is feared. It may result in systemic failure if fraud at that scale is exposed and acknowledged. If a third or a half of every tax and debt dollar has been stolen - and likely stolen for decades - then people might actually demand blood. There could be no targeted prosecution, it would necessitate a general purge. We'd need a penal colony to deal with the guilty. The economic dislocation would be enormous. If the system survives that kind intervention, it may be a decade or more before it all shakes out. The government may not survive it, and the parties probably wouldn't.

The "split the difference" approach is a way of acknowledging a serious problem and reining in some of it, while pretending that it is the entire problem. This is a tricky proposition, but probably very appealing. Don't just sweep it under the rug. Bring some consequences to some of the wrongdoers, be very public about everything and claim the problem is now solved.

I think it's going to be Door Number Three, and that Bessent's declaration yesterday is laying the groundwork for it. The reaction to Bessent's declaration around these parts was, to summarize, "yeah, whatever - we all know that's BS and it's way worse than that." This is probably true, and I would be shocked if the real number is less than double or triple that, but I also don't think Bessent is directing that message at those who are really tuned-in to what is going on. Most people aren't that tuned in, and I think it is for them that he is doing this. Frame the problem as being big enough to matter, but small enough to contain - and create the environment to go after that much and no more.

In so doing, I suspect the hope is to throw a bone to the people, crucify some insiders, tally up some savings and retain legitimacy through the appearance of responsiveness and effective accountability and enforcement. The problem can't be safely ignored and the full problem is so large it can't be safely addressed, so try to split the baby to maintain legitimacy.

It's going to be a very tough needle to thread.

Posted by: Joe Mannix at 10:55 AM

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Posted by: Common Tater at January 14, 2026 10:56 AM (IRDWd)

2 Is collapsing a fraudulent government that bad of an idea?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 14, 2026 10:57 AM (uQesX)

3 Pretty simple fix - you get caught fictionalizing documents to defraud the government, we take you to the county courthouse and shoot you on the steps.

Posted by: The_Hoser at January 14, 2026 10:59 AM (H4qGm)

4 Pretty simple fix - you get caught fictionalizing documents to defraud the government, we take you to the county courthouse and shoot you on the steps.

It's gonna get crowded there, what with all the anti-ICE "protesters" who need shooting.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 14, 2026 11:01 AM (Riz8t)

5 We'd need a penal colony to deal with the guilty.

Might I suggest Greenland?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2026 11:03 AM (bFu5X)

6 This might bring down the commiecrat party if pursued hard enough. That would be messy as hell, but the country would be much improved if we had the GOPe and the MakeAmericaGreat party and the communists were exiled.

Posted by: PaleRider at January 14, 2026 11:03 AM (hhkIi)

7 5 We'd need a penal colony to deal with the guilty.

Might I suggest Greenland?

Excellent idea. Also, please send some A-1.

Posted by: Polar bears at January 14, 2026 11:04 AM (Riz8t)

8 Gulags get a bum rap. Fill a few with federal and state congress critters, folks from the NGOs, bureaucrats and antifa/professional protesters and show the world how to do gulags right.

Posted by: Fra Fillipo at January 14, 2026 11:04 AM (Nge8H)

9 Examples need to be made. Especially of those inside the government who helped facilitate this. Fines, Prison Sentences, Loss of all pensions and benefits, Drawn & Quartered, etc. Total scorched earth.

Posted by: Grapefruit LaCroix at January 14, 2026 11:04 AM (vOJ4/)

10 Excellent idea. Also, please send some A-1.
Posted by: Polar bears

Step off, Bitches! This is my corner>
-- Barbecue guy in Haiti

Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 11:05 AM (77rzZ)

11 Whatever the opposite of X-ray vision is, Ilhan Omar has got it.

Omar: “They [ICE] haven't been able to produce any evidence that they are finding people who are undocumented who have committed crimes."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 11:05 AM (L/fGl)

12 9 Examples need to be made. Especially of those inside the government who helped facilitate this. Fines, Prison Sentences, Loss of all pensions and benefits, Drawn & Quartered, etc. Total scorched earth.

And double the penalties for anyone from the GOP who is involved. We need to make them tremble and fear us for the next 100 years.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 14, 2026 11:05 AM (Riz8t)

13 ... Bessent's declaration yesterday that "5%-10%" of the federal budget is stolen ...

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Sadly & Cynically, that sounds slow to me -- it's likely a minimum of twice that much (depending upon one's definition of stolen).

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 14, 2026 11:05 AM (D9BsV)

14 So how the heck can the government deal with a crisis like that?

End federal programs. Lower federal taxes. Tell states to raise funds and run programs themselves. Almost like Federalism originally intended.

Much of the fraud is encouraged by states because it isn't their money. The more money requested by people (legal or not), the more they can try and get from the Feds. It punishes responsible states vetting applications and being good stewards of money, and rewards fraud.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at January 14, 2026 11:05 AM (JCZqz)

15 These scandals might be the end of both parties??!!

Would that be so bad?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 14, 2026 11:06 AM (uQesX)

16 > Bessent's declaration yesterday that "5%-10%" of the federal budget is stolen
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He's underestimating it. By a lot.

If we're talking what's been stolen from taxpayers, it's 100%.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2026 11:07 AM (NwnyJ)

17 Won't get threaded at all because corporate media which controlls the feed doesn't want democrats hurt.

Posted by: M. Gaga at January 14, 2026 11:07 AM (KiBMU)

18 I think it's going to be option one, Joe, because of wat you said:

It will not trigger revolution, but it will broadly increase the rage level among the public, and simultaneously disincentivize anyone from working hard to support or risking anything to defend a government that behaves this way. The anger will be cold, but will have fairly quiet long-term consequences.

We know the Dems aren't going to do anything. The sticking point is that the GOP won't, either. So long as they can leave office under their own power and die peacefully in their beds, they do not give one red shit about what happens when they are gone.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 14, 2026 11:07 AM (ufSfZ)

19 Excellent idea. Also, please send some A-1.
Posted by: Polar bears

Step off, Bitches! This is my corner>
-- Barbecue guy in Haiti
Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 11:05 AM

Fine...Greenland gets the A-1, Haiti gets the Sweet Baby Ray's. Happy now?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2026 11:07 AM (bFu5X)

20 Bessent's declaration yesterday that "5%-10%" of the federal budget is stolen...

Not very Trumpy. He'd say 35%, and then the media would jump out to "fact check" him saying it's no more that 15%.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at January 14, 2026 11:08 AM (JCZqz)

21 End federal programs. Lower federal taxes. Tell states to raise funds and run programs themselves. Almost like Federalism originally intended.

Much of the fraud is encouraged by states because it isn't their money"

Newsletter, perhaps?

Posted by: man at January 14, 2026 11:08 AM (K/vzL)

22
"As we wrestle in my home state of Minnesota with the fact of deep corruption in the political and economic orders, I want to draw attention to the 'social justice' dimension of this problem. Catholic social teaching has a good deal to say about official corruption, insisting that it undermines confidence in our leaders, compromises the integrity of the institutions of government, and subverts the rule of law. But even more importantly, it deeply harms the poor, stealing resources from them, increasing inequality and blocking essential services such as health and education. And if the widespread fraud in Minnesota is also present in a number of other states, we are dealing with a massive violation of human rights and a heinous attack on the poor and needy."

- Robert Barron, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Winona-Rochester

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2026 11:08 AM (tgvbd)

23 Imagine, proper purge of all voter rolls; ending the fraud money pipeline to all the commie NGOs; and deporting a significant # of illegals. The commiecrat party would collapse; perhaps we'd get a labor party that took up the mantle of representing working people that the D's threw in the rubbish bin in their place.

Posted by: PaleRider at January 14, 2026 11:08 AM (hhkIi)

24 Gload I got here on time. Out of breath.
A, statement, actually more of a joke reproduced by the NY Post on the SS agent for Vance being relieved of duty.
"...“The US Secret Service has no tolerance for any behavior that could potentially compromise the safety, privacy or trust of our protectees,”
_Deputy Director Matthew Quinn

Not mentioning SS, on duty for Obama in Latin America, passed out, drunk in the hall or half witting with whores.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 11:10 AM (y79kU)

25 - Robert Barron, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Winona-Rochester

What? There's a Diocese of Winona Ryder?

Posted by: That guy who thinks he's discovered a new joke that's been done a million times before at January 14, 2026 11:10 AM (Riz8t)

26 Paper money works. Why not ballots?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 11:10 AM (A32KF)

27 - Robert Barron, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Winona-Rochester
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2026 11:08 AM

Bishop of Winona...oh, Rochester. Never mind.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2026 11:11 AM (bFu5X)

28 23 Imagine, proper purge of all voter rolls; ending the fraud money pipeline to all the commie NGOs; and deporting a significant # of illegals. The commiecrat party would collapse; perhaps we'd get a labor party that took up the mantle of representing working people that the D's threw in the rubbish bin in their place.
Posted by: PaleRider

You may say I'm a dreamer, but apparently I'm not the only one.

Posted by: Mirror Universe John Lennon at January 14, 2026 11:11 AM (JCZqz)

29
Is collapsing a fraudulent government that bad of an idea?
Posted by: OrangeEnt

Heads must roll and ill-gotten fortunes must be surrendered.

No quarter given, or this will continue for generation after generation.

Were it possible, stripping malfeasants of their citizenship, followed by getting sent into exile would satisfy me most.

None of this will happen because "reach across the aisle" and "we're all in this together".

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 14, 2026 11:11 AM (xG4kz)

30 Lego Tariffs.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 11:11 AM (A32KF)

31 But even more importantly, it deeply harms the poor

I'm so damn tired of the fucking poors. I'm with Scrooge before the ghosts: Let 'em die and reduce the excess population.

Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 11:11 AM (77rzZ)

32
Bishop of Winona...oh, Rochester. Never mind.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2026 11:11 AM (bFu5X)

You people. Pearls, swine, some assembly required.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2026 11:11 AM (tgvbd)

33 There's another option. One welfare program at a time.....Completely overhauling it or discontinue it.

It shouldn't be that hard.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 14, 2026 11:11 AM (g8Ew8)

34 Do you fire the players or the coaches? Real dilemma.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 14, 2026 11:11 AM (pLaQB)

35 None of this will happen because "reach across the aisle" and "we're all in this together".

Is it not who we are?

Posted by: Archimedes at January 14, 2026 11:12 AM (Riz8t)

36 I was a devout member of the Church of Winona Ryder back in the day.

Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 11:12 AM (77rzZ)

37 So how the heck can the government deal with a crisis like that? There are a few approaches I can think of:

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4. Make every publicly-funded social welfare program at every level of government unconstitutional.

/Now that's just crazy talk ... except to those idiots known as The Founding Fathers

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 14, 2026 11:12 AM (fbMoU)

38 Robert Barron, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Winona-Rochester
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Robber barons > Robert Barron

Posted by: Moron Math at January 14, 2026 11:12 AM (JCZqz)

39 34 Yes.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 11:12 AM (A32KF)

40 You people. Pearls, swine, some assembly required.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2026 11:11 AM

Well, you know...Morons and all that.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2026 11:13 AM (bFu5X)

41 They've gone radical!

A senior standards director at CBS News told staffers on Tuesday to use the term “biological sex at birth” without quotations when referring to a case before the Supreme Court challenging state bans on transgender athletes from competing in women’s and girls’ sports, a break from its prior newsroom guidance.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 11:13 AM (L/fGl)

42 Fine...Greenland gets the A-1, Haiti gets the Sweet Baby Ray's"

As long as I get the Kinder's...

Posted by: man at January 14, 2026 11:13 AM (K/vzL)

43 Do you fire the players or the coaches? Real dilemma.
Posted by: Pudinhead

The refs. That's where the real corruption lies.

Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 11:13 AM (77rzZ)

44 *Pop* and smoke puff from the pole transformer in 45MPH gusts, and voila! My power is out. So I'm here at the public library charging my phone.

Posted by: gp at January 14, 2026 11:14 AM (NLkgW)

45 The refs. That's where the real corruption lies."

The regulators are the first bought and sold...

Posted by: man at January 14, 2026 11:14 AM (K/vzL)

46 And the refs seeing eye dogs.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 11:14 AM (A32KF)

47 ‘ The "nothing" approach will result in a lot of fury among the public. Blatant, obvious fraud going completely unpunished while State and Party continue to laugh their way to the bank as they light their cigars with stolen C-Notes will not go over well.’

That depends on which part of the public we are talking about. Our half will definitely won’t like it.

The democrat half has shown bottomless tolerance of crimes as long as it’s their side.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 14, 2026 11:14 AM (jbnUc)

48 Stop swattin’ flies, and go after the manure pile

Posted by: Common Tater at January 14, 2026 11:15 AM (IRDWd)

49 "I was a devout member of the Church of Winona Ryder back in the day."

Hmmm..... Banana Splits Guy disappears but Bulg shows up.

Posted by: Ouch the Grouch at January 14, 2026 11:16 AM (gHU/A)

50 bottomless tolerance of crimes as long as it’s their side."

And get iphones, door dash, and huluflixstreaming

Posted by: man at January 14, 2026 11:16 AM (K/vzL)

51 April 15 is approaching quickly . . .

Posted by: RI Red at January 14, 2026 11:16 AM (30Gj0)

52
Barron Trump >>>> Robert Barron

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 14, 2026 11:16 AM (xG4kz)

53 Government and the people who mooch or rely on it for existence want the fraud to continue, so it will.
Nothing will stop it until the money runs out.

Posted by: Looters, Moochers and Producers at January 14, 2026 11:16 AM (n+1Zi)

54 My guess is way more than %25 of the government funds are stolen, maybe up to 1/2, who knows?

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 11:16 AM (i+wP0)

55 ... while State and Party continue to laugh their way to the bank ...

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I fully expected that to read "continue to laugh their ASSETS OFF ON their" way to the bank ...

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 14, 2026 11:16 AM (fbMoU)

56 "As we wrestle in my home state of Minnesota with the fact of deep corruption in the political and economic orders, I want to draw attention to the 'social justice' dimension of this problem. Catholic social teaching has a good deal to say about official corruption, insisting that it undermines confidence in our leaders, compromises the integrity of the institutions of government, and subverts the rule of law. But even more importantly, it deeply harms the poor, stealing resources from them, increasing inequality and blocking essential services such as health and education. And if the widespread fraud in Minnesota is also present in a number of other states, we are dealing with a massive violation of human rights and a heinous attack on the poor and needy."

- Robert Barron, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Winona-Rochester

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More concise: civilization sucks.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 11:16 AM (L/fGl)

57 Stop swattin’ flies, and go after the manure pile
Posted by: Common Tater

It'll be hard to scarab any enthusiasm for that.

Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 11:16 AM (77rzZ)

58
Billions, if not trillions, in theft? Hey, some innocent lady with a dog got shot by ICE agents!!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2026 11:16 AM (tgvbd)

59 Good on Joe Rogan for trying to redeem himself by turning against Trump's gestapo ICE tactics! People can change!

Posted by: Sid at January 14, 2026 11:17 AM (6o3yh)

60 8
‘ show the world how to do gulags right.’

TRUE gulags have never been tried.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 14, 2026 11:17 AM (jbnUc)

61 None of this will happen because "reach across the aisle" and "we're all in this together".
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 14, 2026 11:11 AM (xG4kz)

Of course not. It will take the fear of loss of life or limb for any politician to do anything they need to do but won't. I don't think any of that will happen.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 14, 2026 11:17 AM (uQesX)

62 Baron Vladimir Harkonnen > pretty much every baron...

Posted by: man at January 14, 2026 11:17 AM (K/vzL)

63 "The "nothing" approach will result in a lot of fury among the public."

Wait until the malefactors see how hard we vote next time! They're trembling with dread.

Posted by: gp at January 14, 2026 11:18 AM (NLkgW)

64 I'm so damn tired of the fucking poors. I'm with Scrooge before the ghosts: Let 'em die and reduce the excess population.

Posted by: Bulg

As a local representative of the Honest Poors, feel free to fuck off with that.

The Dishonest ones, well, those can get tossed in the Grand Canyon for all I care.

Let us focus appropriately. Failure to do so will probably make things worse in ways we can barely anticipate.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at January 14, 2026 11:18 AM (OUMaO)

65 Barons made pretty good pizza.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 11:18 AM (A32KF)

66 Is collapsing a fraudulent government that bad of an idea?
Posted by: OrangeEnt

Heads must roll and ill-gotten fortunes must be surrendered.

No quarter given, or this will continue for generation after generation.

Were it possible, stripping malfeasants of their citizenship, followed by getting sent into exile would satisfy me most.

None of this will happen because "reach across the aisle" and "we're all in this together".
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot

Don't do it and every person in jail for fraud has a legitimate claim of unequal treatment in the eyes of the law and should have a great chance for an appeal.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 11:18 AM (QGRvm)

67 Bessent's declaration yesterday that "5%-10%" of the federal budget is stolen

Biden doubled the federal budget.

All of that increase was stolen...on top of the amount being stolen before that.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 11:18 AM (sKqQm)

68 The news came out in the First World War,
The bloody Red Baron was flying once more.
The Allied command ignored all of its men,
And called on Snoopy to do it again.

Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 11:19 AM (77rzZ)

69 Door number three is the best we can hope for.
We are witnessing what a vicious prosecutor we have at DoJ.

Door number two is the best option for the Republic.
We are a strong people (only 33% are idiots) and can withstand government implosion for the better.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 11:19 AM (y79kU)

70 But even more importantly, it deeply harms the poor, stealing resources from them, increasing inequality and blocking essential services such as health and education.

The number one cause of poverty is governmental corruption.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 11:20 AM (sKqQm)

71 The biggest barrier to correcting the widespread fraud is the number of politicians and politician-adjacent benefiting from it. The Somalis and other immigrant groups didn’t come up with these schemes by themselves. They were pointed in that direction by pols and bureaucrats eager to skim the money as it passed through. We have too many instant millionaires in Congress, too many highly profitable nonprofits, and too many NGOs tied to tax money. ALL these have dirty hands, and cannot/will not allow an actual audit of the money.

On top of all that, there’s the current bipartisan response of what passes as a US government right now: “What are you going to do about it?” The Obama regime particularly enunciated this position explicitly.

Posted by: Advo at January 14, 2026 11:20 AM (jO4mz)

72 Fiat justitia ruat caelum

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 14, 2026 11:21 AM (jc0TO)

73 It's gonna get crowded there, what with all the anti-ICE "protesters" who need shooting.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 14, 2026 11:01 AM (Riz8t)

Send in the bucket loaders.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 14, 2026 11:21 AM (8zz6B)

74 As a local representative of the Honest Poors, feel free to fuck off with that.

The Dishonest ones, well, those can get tossed in the Grand Canyon for all I care.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at January 14, 2026 11:18 AM (OUMaO)

It used to be that way. The "Deserving Poor" were given help. The "Undeserving Poor" were left to their own devices.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 14, 2026 11:21 AM (uQesX)

75 I might be in the minority but I want it all exposed and anyone and everyone who was involved with the fraud prosecuted. I don't think it will topple the government but I do think it will cause people to stop being so apathetic and start paying attention to what is going on both at the state and federal levels of government.

We've been right all along and hopefully some of the non Sid retards will start to join us.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 11:22 AM (viF8m)

76 The Scoops?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 11:22 AM (A32KF)

77 The biggest barrier to correcting the widespread fraud is the number of politicians and politician-adjacent benefiting from it.

Yep.

Why do people spend millions to get elected to a job that pays less then $200k/year?

Because the salary isn't how you make your money in Congress...just ask BroFo, or Nazi Pelosi, or Batch McRino

Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 11:22 AM (sKqQm)

78 My suggestions?

- Acknowledge the fraud, it's scope, and the participants
- Detail how much, and from whom, the fraud was perpetrated
- Make a plan to make restitution to those affected (us taxpayers)
- Jail the participants in the fraud, all of them
- Evaluate and develop methods to eliminate this from happening again

or

- Disband the Federal Government and start over

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2026 11:22 AM (NwnyJ)

79 Door number three is the best we can hope for.
We are witnessing what a vicious prosecutor we have at DoJ.

Door number two is the best option for the Republic.
We are a strong people (only 33% are idiots) and can withstand government implosion for the better.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _

The only real virtue to Number Three is the hope that, by making examples of the worst offenders, some deterrence effect is finally in place to keep the levels "tolerable".

This points to its real risk...it's done and the problem kicks up again in volume later. At which point memory of the half-measures adds fuel to the fire.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at January 14, 2026 11:22 AM (OUMaO)

80 And to think this started with a lady in a playground with her child flipping off a Somalian pedophile.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 14, 2026 11:22 AM (NR6c1)

81 It used to be that way. The "Deserving Poor" were given help. The "Undeserving Poor" were left to their own devices.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

But I became the most original moralist in England!
-- Halfred P. Doolittle, common dustman

Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 11:23 AM (77rzZ)

82 66 Is collapsing a fraudulent government that bad of an idea?
Posted by: OrangeEnt
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And out of the rubble comes a giant of a nation.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 11:23 AM (y79kU)

83 If you are going to be rounding up the poors, you need to leaven it with quite a few 1%ers.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 14, 2026 11:23 AM (jc0TO)

84 75 I might be in the minority but I want it all exposed and anyone and everyone who was involved with the fraud prosecuted.

And someone will try the argument "It's a small percentage" and "This will hurt minorities!"

The best answer will be to not care about either argument.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 14, 2026 11:25 AM (NR6c1)

85 4 It's gonna get crowded there, what with all the anti-ICE "protesters" who need shooting.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 14, 2026 11:01 AM (Riz8t)

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When I lived in Texas, we called that a "two-fer."

Posted by: The_Hoser at January 14, 2026 11:25 AM (H4qGm)

86 If you collapse the govt, have you got some honest people to reconstruct it? There aren't any honest men left to lead.

Posted by: gp at January 14, 2026 11:25 AM (NLkgW)

87 If you are going to be rounding up the poors, you need to leaven it with quite a few 1%ers.
Posted by: toby928(c)

Considering that most of the 1%ers are politicians, I'm OK with that.

Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 11:25 AM (77rzZ)

88 ... as they light their cigars with stolen C-Notes ...

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Make The $500, $1000, $5000, and $10,000 Bills Great Again!

/Since they were officially discontinued in 1969 (owing to concerns over money laundering, hah!), the cumulative compounded inflation rate (including housing & energy) approaches 1,000%.

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 14, 2026 11:25 AM (IOSCq)

89 Chicago Teachers Union can't spell "governor."

https://is.gd/yUR9Sn

Must be graduates of the Learing Center, Bill Clinton's Alma Mater.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 11:26 AM (L/fGl)

90 There should a tax on poor people, like 50% a year.

Watch the poor disappear.

Posted by: Tax The Poor at January 14, 2026 11:26 AM (n+1Zi)

91 42 Fine...Greenland gets the A-1, Haiti gets the Sweet Baby Ray's"

As long as I get the Kinder's...
Posted by: man

C'mon, man! Me and Muhammad have dibs on the Kinder.

Posted by: Joe Biden at January 14, 2026 11:26 AM (JCZqz)

92 7 5 We'd need a penal colony to deal with the guilty.

Might I suggest Greenland?
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That's an idea. Drop dead center of the furthest reaches place an iron and concrete compound.
Parachute food and supplies.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 11:26 AM (y79kU)

93 Bulg, you beat me to it.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 14, 2026 11:26 AM (ufSfZ)

94 Penal colony?

Might I suggest a great tent city in West Texas?

Posted by: no one at January 14, 2026 11:27 AM (qFwJc)

95 If you collapse the govt, have you got some honest people to reconstruct it? There aren't any honest men left to lead.
Posted by: gp

Everyone here.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 11:27 AM (QGRvm)

96 What does collapsing the government really mean in this case? Eliminating the deficit? Lowering taxes?

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 14, 2026 11:27 AM (jc0TO)

97 I have confidence in the System.

System says two weeks from now this will be a memory replace with another more outrageous outrage.

The majority of the public is almost completely conditioned to need a constant supply of outrage.

Posted by: pawn at January 14, 2026 11:27 AM (rbIOb)

98
That's an idea. Drop dead center of the furthest reaches place an iron and concrete compound.
Parachute food and supplies.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 11:26 AM (y79kU)

Greenland

Posted by: It's me donna at January 14, 2026 11:27 AM (VE6XX)

99 That's an idea. Drop dead center of the furthest reaches place an iron and concrete compound. Parachute food and supplies.

RINO.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 14, 2026 11:27 AM (Riz8t)

100 The claim that the Democrats stealing hundreds of billions of dollars from government programs is primarily hurting the intended beneficiaries of those programs is risible. The funding far exceeds the need because the intention in setting up the programs was to steal the money. The taxpayers are the mark, just as they are the mark for Fed generated inflation.

Posted by: Oglebay at January 14, 2026 11:27 AM (2ap+5)

101 Bulg, you beat me to it.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

To what?

Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 11:28 AM (77rzZ)

102 Precisely. Good column, homey.

MAGA people are disgusted by the corruption, hence demands and promises to "drain the swamp."

But even after a decade worth of very foul water under the bridge, they still don't understand (or want to, for that matter) the astounding extent of the corruption.

They do not understand that draining the swamp would leave very little behind. They do not understand that they are asking for regime change.

Trump and Bessent and the rest of the administration *do* understand that, and very clearly, and they are not desirous for it. They don't want to be the guys who turn out the lights on the American experiment.

So they have to soft-pedal this, because if they aggressively go after it, then their own voters might find out more than they're willing to tolerate about the corruption in every other federal program.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 14, 2026 11:28 AM (BI5O2)

103 If you collapse the govt, have you got some honest people to reconstruct it? There aren't any honest men left to lead.

Posted by: gp

Controlled demolition is the best to hope for. Revert authority back to the states. Rebuild from that level up with the best, or perhaps simply least worst, examples from that pool.

What gives pause is that there's no guarantee the replacement will be any better. An understandable sentiment, honestly.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at January 14, 2026 11:28 AM (OUMaO)

104 90 There should a tax on poor people, like 50% a year.

Watch the poor disappear.
Posted by: Tax The Poor
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There are no poor people.
There will be poor people when the government stops paying able bodied people not to work.
But that will be their choice.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 11:28 AM (y79kU)

105 I must disagree.

Sure. Go slowly. Build the cases. Prosecute those you can convict.

But don't stop. Keep going. Slow and steady wins this race.

Posted by: no one at January 14, 2026 11:28 AM (qFwJc)

106 Congress, the HOR specifically, can stop this by just cutting all the welfare goodies to 40% of what they are now.

Fixed. Probably cause to self deport a few million criminal illegal invaders out of the country.... permanently. Also do this to education, K-12 specifically.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at January 14, 2026 11:29 AM (xvV+O)

107 Our State and Fed tax rates need to drastically be reconfigured and lowered.

Posted by: Joe at January 14, 2026 11:29 AM (Uy/WF)

108 People can change!
Posted by: Sid at January 14, 2026 11:17 AM (6o3yh)

'Tis true. Commies can change into fertilizer if you run them through a wood chipper.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 14, 2026 11:29 AM (8zz6B)

109 "I have been trained for this moment, bi***! I will follow you everywhere!"

Oh no!!!! You'll follow me!!! Sounds like a great candidate for the EU's armed forces.

https://is.gd/RZhCUW

Posted by: Archimedes at January 14, 2026 11:29 AM (Riz8t)

110 I remember CETA. Is that still a thing? It worked because it made the recipients have to be somewhere eight hours a day doing make-work. This revealed that the unemployed on welfare were not in fact unemployed but mostly just off the books.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 14, 2026 11:29 AM (jc0TO)

111 I, for one, would like to see a jinormus pile of skulls of the guilty. We could make it a national monument.

Posted by: Archer at January 14, 2026 11:30 AM (YGRGv)

112 My first instinct is to be like Hamlet, at greater volume, and declare "LET JUSTICE BE DONE, THOUGH THE HEAVENS FALL!" Very satisfying to the Scots-Irish & Swiss portions of my heritage.

But, to be serious, the sort of corruption we're looking at can only be truly ended if the MAGA principle is carried on past Trump in 2028. The problem didn't happen overnight, and it won't be fixed over night either. It will be in J.D.'s second elected term that it gets fully resolved, as much as can be done this side of the Second Coming. So I stand with choice #3.

Posted by: exdem13 at January 14, 2026 11:30 AM (XjTSo)

113 112 I should look up what the last Dilbert cartoon was...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 13, 2026 12:26 PM (xcxpd)

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Scott kept creating Dilbert cartoons up until a week or so ago. They were available through his Locals page, although I think he also posted them himself in other places. They are also available in aggregate as calendars.

Posted by: The_Hoser at January 14, 2026 11:30 AM (H4qGm)

114 This revealed that the unemployed on welfare were not in fact unemployed but mostly just off the books.

I'd be interested to see how many MN daycare owners were also on unemployment insurance AND welfare.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 11:30 AM (sKqQm)

115 Bulg, you beat me to it.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

To what?
Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 11:28 AM

The same My Fair Lady reference that you beat me to.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2026 11:30 AM (bFu5X)

116 I remember CETA. Is that still a thing? It worked because it made the recipients have to be somewhere eight hours a day doing make-work. This revealed that the unemployed on welfare were not in fact unemployed but mostly just off the books.

It's damn difficult to waste 8 hours. It's boring, tedious, and soul-sucking. It's a lot easier just to work the 8 hours.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 14, 2026 11:31 AM (Riz8t)

117 103 All I see in America are desperate people scrambling to get theirs before the music stops. I can't think of any public figure I trust. They all lie and steal.

Posted by: gp at January 14, 2026 11:31 AM (NLkgW)

118 3. Try to split the difference.

This is going to happen because:

Beaver 🦁

@beaverd
Indiana spent $15 BILLION on social services agencies since 2022, $4 billion went to child services responsible for ~12,000 foster kids

How does a state government spend $1 billion/yr on ~12,000 foster kids? And why does the federal government pay for 90% of it? Ask Mike Pence and the Indiana GOP...
( thread goes on, link in nic )

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 14, 2026 11:31 AM (mlg/3)

119 Where my EBT card? I need me some Doritos and grape Nehi.

Posted by: LaQuisha at January 14, 2026 11:31 AM (0NfMy)

120 103 If you collapse the govt, have you got some honest people to reconstruct it? There aren't any honest men left to lead.
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Yes there are. The system, as it is, will punish an honest man. Look what they are doing to Trump.

Clear the way for an honest man to do his job and it will happen. We are an honest people. (That ever present 33% excepted.)

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 11:31 AM (y79kU)

121 And if the widespread fraud in Minnesota is also present in a number of other states, we are dealing with a massive violation of human rights and a heinous attack on the poor and needy."

- Robert Barron, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Winona-Rochester
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Wow, an official of the Catholic Church telling the truth--I didn't have that on this week's bingo card.

Posted by: Crusader at January 14, 2026 11:32 AM (TN0g+)

122 People can change!
Posted by: Sid at January 14, 2026 11:17 AM (6o3yh)

'Tis true. Commies can change into fertilizer if you run them through a wood chipper.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 14, 2026 11:29 AM

Why waste the fuel? Pigs have to eat, too.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2026 11:32 AM (bFu5X)

123 It's damn difficult to waste 8 hours. It's boring, tedious, and soul-sucking. It's a lot easier just to work the 8 hours.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 14, 2026 11:31 AM

We would be better off if they were just required to go to a theater and watch documentary films eight hours a day to get their EBT.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 14, 2026 11:32 AM (jc0TO)

124 Poor baby!

Ding Dong! The Witch Is Gone: Teacher's Union Leader Randi Weingarten Flees X for Safer Echo Chambers

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 11:32 AM (L/fGl)

125 Honestly, the fraud wouldn't be a problem if there wasn't free money there for the taking. By what Constitutional authority is the federal or state government giving money to daycares or private EMT companies *in the first place*?

Posted by: Daniel Ream at January 14, 2026 11:32 AM (LgYtf)

126 I would expect all of us to be on option 3, and that is what needs to happen. My guess is somewhere between option 1 and 2 is what will happen for reasons we all know.

You will not be able to get rid of the biggies - SS. Medicare, Medicaid. But you really need to wipe out the other ones. Medicaid you might be able to improve.

But we know this won't happen because the GOP is already trying to cave on ACA subsidies - and that is a totally garbage program.

Posted by: Black JEM at January 14, 2026 11:33 AM (GZYu7)

127 One thing I am absolutely confident will collapse the system is doing nothing. More and more people are beginning to realize we have been lied to and ripped off for years by corrupt elements in or government. They've used the media and social media to lie to us and frame those of us who just want to live our lives as the evil bad guys and brain dead, corrupt leftists as the good guys and now everyone is starting to realize the opposite is true.

China is weakening, Iran is collapsing, Venezuela is done and so are all of their foreign influence campaigns. Decades of lies and filth are being removed and now we have the power.

We should use every last bit of it. Pedal to the metal and take lots of prisoners.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 11:33 AM (viF8m)

128 Have a Fanta.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 11:33 AM (A32KF)

129 The core problem is that people are strongly incentivized to steal from the government.

Not only has it been trivial and in many cases *legalized* but it is more money then they can make in the private sector.

So to fix this you need to reverse the incentives. We won't be able to get pop culture or the FNM to instill a sense of shame in the grifters, so the answer will have to be rigorous enforcement with big named political figures spending time in prison.

If Timpon or Ellison go to jail for this other grifters will notice and change their risk exposure by stealing less and more discretely...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 11:33 AM (sKqQm)

130 107 Our State and Fed tax rates need to drastically be reconfigured and lowered.
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I would also like to see Razorfist's idea of state electoral colleges also brought to fruition. I weary of otherwise red states being dragged into blue drudgery & despair by a few urban counties.

Posted by: exdem13 at January 14, 2026 11:33 AM (XjTSo)

131 There should a tax on poor people, like 50% a year.

Watch the poor disappear."

Well, we tax what we want less of. You know, like income...

Posted by: man at January 14, 2026 11:33 AM (K/vzL)

132 We would be better off if they were just required to go to a theater and watch documentary films eight hours a day to get their EBT.

Okay, but they have to be fitted with the Clockwork Orange eyelid-holder-openers.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 14, 2026 11:33 AM (Riz8t)

133 "I have been trained for this moment, bi***! I will follow you everywhere!"

Oh no!!!! You'll follow me!!! Sounds like a great candidate for the EU's armed forces.

https://is.gd/RZhCUW
Posted by: Archimedes at January 14, 2026 11:29 AM

The Paolo must concede that the Paolo cannot, how you say, fix her.

Posted by: Paolo at January 14, 2026 11:34 AM (bFu5X)

134 Believe it or not!

Today is World Logic Day.

Should be re-titled, Logic in Tiny Areas of the World Day.

Posted by: Gref at January 14, 2026 11:34 AM (5rh/l)

135 "I have been trained for this moment, bi***! I will follow you everywhere!"

Posted by: Archimedes at January 14, 2026 11:29 AM (Riz8t)

Was that her cat talking?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 14, 2026 11:35 AM (uQesX)

136 Make them do cardio 8 hours a day.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 11:35 AM (A32KF)

137 watch documentary films eight hours a day"

Beats Prometheus...

Posted by: man at January 14, 2026 11:35 AM (K/vzL)

138 Wow, an official of the Catholic Church telling the truth--I didn't have that on this week's bingo card.
Posted by: Crusader

Both good and bad in that one bishop can't 'speak' for the Church. And worse in that the UCCCB has been raking in billions to aid this disaster.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 14, 2026 11:35 AM (mlg/3)

139 Public hangings of the guilty. The time for being nice is over.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 14, 2026 11:35 AM (g8Ew8)

140 Ha. YT just offered me a vid titled 'Are we taking in too many inbreds?'.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 14, 2026 11:35 AM (jc0TO)

141 In 1989 the estimated annual income of the Mexican cartels was $200 Billon. Yes, with a "B". The profit margin on that business is quite high but let's assume for a minute that they paid 10% to cover bribes and payoffs of which 75% went to the US. That's $15 Billion going to LEOs, congress critters, judges, political parties, etc.
Every year.
Every friggin' year!
And this was 35 years ago.
So it begs the question, who can you trust?
The Somali fraud being exposed is just the tip of the iceberg. It is a cancer eating at the very foundation of our Republic and if it isn't cut out, we all fail.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 14, 2026 11:36 AM (2WIwB)

142 119 Where my EBT card? I need me some Doritos and grape Nehi.
Posted by: LaQuisha
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It's over at the Mini-States Power Co. Tower.
What you do is after hours office clean-up and at the end of the week you receive a payment in your bank account that you may use to redeem any thing you want. Easy peasy

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 11:36 AM (y79kU)

143 I can't think of any public figure I trust. They all lie and steal.
Posted by: gp

Don't tell me Sydney doesn't really have great genes. Don't tell me she's "artificially enhanced"!!!

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at January 14, 2026 11:36 AM (JCZqz)

144 Now you know why Silver Eagles are costing $100+

Posted by: no one at January 14, 2026 11:36 AM (qFwJc)

145 Well, we tax what we want less of. You know, like income...

This was one of things that has darkly amused me with the left's jihad on tariffs.

Yes, actual people pay tariffs...thanks for noticing finally lefties. But this is also true for income, property, capital gains, etc etc taxes.

But when you tax income - people work less. When you tax capital gains they invest less and so on.

Taxing imports...reduces imports. Which unlike investing and working are not clear gains for American society.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 11:36 AM (sKqQm)

146 We should use every last bit of it. Pedal to the metal and take lots of prisoners.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 11:33 AM

That's just not who we are, good sir.

Posted by: The GOP at January 14, 2026 11:36 AM (bFu5X)

147 The concept of "fraud" assumes it's a stain on a larger system of legitimate business. That's not what we have here. We have a system of fraud with a small amount of legitimacy.

Same as the Deep State. That assumes we have a functioning government with a pocket of corruption and scumbaggery inside. We don't have a Deep State. The entire government is the Deep State with pockets of legitimacy here and there.

The entire welfare system needs to be gutted and thrown to the rats. Fuck these people. Don't earn enough to feed your family? Life's tough, what can I say. Work harder or starve to death. I don't fucking care.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14, 2026 11:36 AM (iFTx/)

148 Why waste the fuel? Pigs have to eat, too.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2026 11:32 AM (bFu5X)

Would you want to eat bacon made from the pig that ate Sid?

Me neither.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 14, 2026 11:36 AM (8zz6B)

149
Besides the money stolen by outright fraud, there are slothful government employees at all levels who do very little useful work. And, a bunch of regulatory enforcement that is beside the point, contradictory, and impedes just about everything.

It has been preached openly to minorities for generations that government jobs are a path to a secure middle class existence. The view is that the purpose of these jobs is to provide a type of welfare, not to provide useful services.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 14, 2026 11:37 AM (VWtfl)

150 I think its lunch time

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 11:37 AM (i+wP0)

151 " There should a tax on poor people, like 50% a year."

50% of what?

Posted by: pawn at January 14, 2026 11:37 AM (rbIOb)

152 How does a state government spend $1 billion/yr on ~12,000 foster kids?

$83,333 per kid.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 11:37 AM (QGRvm)

153 Tax on government hand outs.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 11:37 AM (A32KF)

154 "I have been trained for this moment, bi***! I will follow you everywhere!"

Awwwww. Isn't that nice.

Posted by: man at January 14, 2026 11:38 AM (K/vzL)

155 " There should a tax on poor people, like 50% a year."

50% of what?
Posted by: pawn at January 14, 2026 11:37 AM

Their time. 12 hours a day on the treadmill.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 14, 2026 11:38 AM (jc0TO)

156 If Timpon or Ellison go to jail for this other grifters will notice and change their risk exposure by stealing less and more discretely...
Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 11:33 AM (sKqQm)

Honest graft.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 14, 2026 11:38 AM (uQesX)

157 " There should a tax on poor people, like 50% a year."

50% of what?
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Yeah, I don' think that idea was thought-through.

Posted by: Crusader at January 14, 2026 11:38 AM (TN0g+)

158 China is weakening, Iran is collapsing

They are tightly coupled.
Iranians Are Dying. Thank China.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k74gb1MJ2Z4

Posted by: Archimedes at January 14, 2026 11:38 AM (Riz8t)

159 In theory the people who should be most angry about the theft of government aid "for the poor" should be the people screaming the government has to do more for the poor.

They tell you people are literally dying without money from the government then they tell you it is no big deal a significant portion of the money "given to the poor" is stolen. Which tells you they do not in fact believe this money is particularly important to "save lives"

Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 11:38 AM (sKqQm)

160 Pick the letteuce.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 11:39 AM (A32KF)

161 132 We would be better off if they were just required to go to a theater and watch documentary films eight hours a day to get their EBT.
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NO. It's unnatural.
That not only puts the economy in an ellipse it does so with our culture. This is very bad.
As Obama the Great said, we all should have skin in the game.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 11:39 AM (y79kU)

162 Don't earn enough to feed your family? Life's tough, what can I say. Work harder or starve to death"

The conundrum of "civilization"...

Posted by: man at January 14, 2026 11:39 AM (K/vzL)

163 In 1989 the estimated annual income of the Mexican cartels was $200 Billon. Yes, with a "B". The profit margin on that business is quite high but let's assume for a minute that they paid 10% to cover bribes and payoffs of which 75% went to the US. That's $15 Billion going to LEOs, congress critters, judges, political parties, etc.
Every year.
Every friggin' year!
And this was 35 years ago.
So it begs the question, who can you trust?
The Somali fraud being exposed is just the tip of the iceberg. It is a cancer eating at the very foundation of our Republic and if it isn't cut out, we all fail.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 14, 2026 11:36 AM (2WIwB)
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That was 1989. I assume by now the cartel pockets over a trillie a year. Not joking.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14, 2026 11:39 AM (iFTx/)

164 How does a state government spend $1 billion/yr on ~12,000 foster kids?

$83,333 per kid.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 11:37 AM

It ain't about the kids.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 14, 2026 11:39 AM (0N4FZ)

165 Why waste the fuel? Pigs have to eat, too.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2026 11:32 AM (bFu5X)

Would you want to eat bacon made from the pig that ate Sid?

Me neither.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

You shoot those pigs and leave them lay.
Worms gotta eat. Same as buzzards.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 11:39 AM (QGRvm)

166 It is a cancer eating at the very foundation of our Republic and if it isn't cut out, we all fail.
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Yay! Then we'll have a Marxist-Islamist-Transgender Paradise!

Posted by: South Berwick Follies at January 14, 2026 11:39 AM (qUkBO)

167 I would also like to see Razorfist's idea of state electoral colleges also brought to fruition. I weary of otherwise red states being dragged into blue drudgery & despair by a few urban counties.
Posted by: exdem13 at January 14, 2026 11:33 AM (XjTSo)

Every state senate should be apportioned by county, but the SC said no. So, it will never be fixed absent a major collapse of SC deference.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 14, 2026 11:39 AM (uQesX)

168 Hating the poor because of government corruption.

That makes sense.

Posted by: pawn at January 14, 2026 11:40 AM (rbIOb)

169 50% of what?
Posted by: pawn at January 14, 2026 11:37 AM

Their time. 12 hours a day on the treadmill.

This is an interesting point. Taxes on income are really just taxes on time. As in, since the government takes half my income I have to work twice as long. Return government to the scope and breadth of say...1999 and people will be retiring at 45 not 63...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 11:40 AM (sKqQm)

170 160 Pick the letteuce.
Posted by: Boss Moss
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Just like the rest of us. Start at an entry level job and work your way up and out.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 11:40 AM (y79kU)

171 Yeah, I don' think that idea was thought-through."

Sure. If there are so many, then just a tiny amount per will yield....

Posted by: man at January 14, 2026 11:40 AM (K/vzL)

172 You shoot those pigs and leave them lay.
Worms gotta eat. Same as buzzards.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 11:39 AM

I should have specified feral hogs. Circle of life, and all that.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2026 11:40 AM (bFu5X)

173 And now for something completely different. Watch this K-pop drum duet from the ... Korean president and Japanese PM??

https://youtu.be/yzxd4ml3bTE

If Trump had been there, he'd have been the David Lee Roth.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 11:40 AM (L/fGl)

174 162 Don't earn enough to feed your family? Life's tough, what can I say. Work harder or starve to death"

The conundrum of "civilization"...
Posted by: man at January 14, 2026 11:39 AM (K/vzL)

If you weren't good enough to acquire a marketable skill, you're not good enough to survive.

Get a third job or die.

Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 11:40 AM (uEmCf)

175 Don't do it and every person in jail for fraud has a legitimate claim of unequal treatment in the eyes of the law and should have a great chance for an appeal.

Absolutely true and accurate.

Want to see massive fraud on the private sector side? Go look at the commodity markets. The banks have been running a hustle for years. Why do you think that JP Morgan had no problem paying a $920 million fine for spoofing the silver market and holding the price of silver far below the actual market value? Answer: their profits from that scam far exceeded the cost of that fine.

And none of these fraudsters in either government or the private sector are in prison. The fact is there are neither enough lamp posts or enough rope to solve the corruption problem in this country.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 14, 2026 11:41 AM (Da7Vv)

176 "So how the heck can the government deal with a crisis like that? There are a few approaches I can think of:"

What is most important here is our public servants go home safe, fat and well paid to their family at the end of each day.

Posted by: Ripley at January 14, 2026 11:41 AM (GUOwU)

177 That was 1989. I assume by now the cartel pockets over a trillie a year. Not joking.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14, 2026 11:39 AM (iFTx/)

Blade, you are probably correct although I think more of their income is coming from Europe. And adjusted for inflation of course.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 14, 2026 11:41 AM (2WIwB)

178 That was 1989. I assume by now the cartel pockets over a trillie a year. Not joking.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14, 2026 11:39 AM (iFTx/)

Walter White now needs to rent at least 10 storage spaces to keep his full pallets of fat stacks…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 14, 2026 11:41 AM (/iXAp)

179 $83,333 per kid.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 11:37 AM

It ain't about the kids.

I suspect you'll find there is roughly one government employee for each kid or two in the system.

And you'll note even with that these kids disappear or get abused at a regular cadence...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 11:41 AM (sKqQm)

180 Are there no workhouses?

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 14, 2026 11:41 AM (jc0TO)

181 >>I can't think of any public figure I trust. They all lie and steal.

I trust Trump and his team. They aren't perfect but they are going after this fraud hard, probably the first administration in my lifetime that has been this aggressive.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 11:42 AM (viF8m)

182 Weeping CPS worker: My child was adopted!

Posted by: Just the Punchline at January 14, 2026 11:42 AM (jc0TO)

183 The only way to fix any of this is for the government to essentially collapse and be replaced by what we got the day after the Constitution was signed.

Posted by: ballistic at January 14, 2026 11:42 AM (5aZAZ)

184 What is most important here is our public servants go home safe, fat and well paid to their family at the end of each day.

It is amusing this is the line for welfare bureaucrats but an ICE agent with Karen Deathwheels about to run him over is supposed to just "take the L"

Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 11:42 AM (sKqQm)

185 "The most endangered species
The honest man
Will still survive annihilation"

-Rush (the band) in 1980

Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 14, 2026 11:43 AM (DgMqy)

186
Of course your government is bought off by the cartels.

And the Chinese.

And the Arabs.

And al-Shabaab.

And the banks.

And defense contractors.

And on and on.

They're in estrus to sell out to anyone. Anybody can buy their influence. Except you, of course. They can simply take whatever they want from you, so they couldn't give a fuck less about anything you think. You have to pony up.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 14, 2026 11:43 AM (BI5O2)

187 >>>The Somali fraud being exposed is just the tip of the iceberg. It is a cancer eating at the very foundation of our Republic and if it isn't cut out, we all fail.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 14, 2026 11:36 AM (2WIwB)
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That was 1989. I assume by now the cartel pockets over a trillie a year. Not joking.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade a
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The surgeons are going to need loyal guards.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 11:43 AM (y79kU)

188 >>@EricLDaugh
·
38m
>>🚨 JUST IN: House Republicans are moving RAPIDLY to pass the second MAGA reconciliation bill BANNING illegals from obtaining any taxpayer welfare, ensuring only citizens count for allocating funding, codifying Trump executive orders and more

Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 11:44 AM (viF8m)

189 What is most important here is our public servants go home safe, fat and well paid to their family at the end of each day.
Posted by: Ripley at January 14, 2026 11:41 AM (GUOwU)

Families? Don't you mean queer sex partners?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 14, 2026 11:44 AM (uQesX)

190 Because of the standard deduction, etc. lots of the working poor pay no taxes.

That is called a "moral hazard."

They have no skin in the game. They don't care about "waste, fraud, and abuse."

A flat tax of 10% on all income with no deductions would eliminate that.

Posted by: no one at January 14, 2026 11:44 AM (qFwJc)

191 I think Trump will have to declare a 5 year tax holiday for those making less than $200k.

That may not be enough

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at January 14, 2026 11:45 AM (bLblT)

192 181 They're aggro as hell, that's fer sure. They also lie like fucking rugs. And don't tell me the Trump family ain't making giant bank this time.

This nation was designed for a virtuous people. They're all gone now, if we ever even had them in the first place.

Posted by: gp at January 14, 2026 11:45 AM (NLkgW)

193 188 >>🚨 JUST IN: House Republicans are moving RAPIDLY to pass the second MAGA reconciliation bill BANNING illegals from obtaining any taxpayer welfare, ensuring only citizens count for allocating funding, codifying Trump executive orders and more
Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 11:44 AM (viF8m)

Can't wait for the Senate to kill it.

(I don't want them to, obviously, but they will.)

Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 11:45 AM (uEmCf)

194
Wow, an official of the Catholic Church telling the truth--I didn't have that on this week's bingo card.

Posted by: Crusader at January 14, 2026 11:32 AM (TN0g+)

___________

Well, that's what I was trying to illustrate before it got mowed down.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2026 11:45 AM (tgvbd)

195 JUST IN: House Republicans are moving RAPIDLY to pass the second MAGA reconciliation bill BANNING illegals from obtaining any taxpayer welfare, ensuring only citizens count for allocating funding, codifying Trump executive orders and more
Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 11:44 AM (viF8m)

The new commie mayor in Seattle believes that all citizens should vote. That means driver's Licenses, and also the names go into the jury pool. Imagine being tried by a jury of your peers, a third of whom cannot speak English?
That is how bad it is.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 14, 2026 11:46 AM (2WIwB)

196 >>🚨 JUST IN: House Republicans are moving RAPIDLY to pass the second MAGA reconciliation bill BANNING illegals from obtaining any taxpayer welfare, ensuring only citizens count for allocating funding, codifying Trump executive orders and more

I'll be in my bunk...dreaming about this, because I don't trust the GOPe will actually pass it.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at January 14, 2026 11:46 AM (JCZqz)

197 I don't think it will topple the government but I do think it will cause people to stop being so apathetic and start paying attention to what is going on both at the state and federal levels of government.

Posted by: JackStraw

This right here is one of the frustrating things about the "NOTHING IS BEING DONE" crown, who have decided that unless we get perpwalks of name-brand federal apparatchiks, nothing useful or good will ever happen.

They either don't know or deliberately ignore the lower level arrests that... actually remove the people doing the fraud.

As satisfying as the high-level arrests would be - and they should happen at some point, just to show that Congressional status isn't a title of nobility - the low level arrests are the actions that will truly fix the problem.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 14, 2026 11:46 AM (a+4eV)

198 >>Can't wait for the Senate to kill it.

>>(I don't want them to, obviously, but they will.)

Maybe. But it's a reconciliation bill that will only take 51 votes.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 11:46 AM (viF8m)

199 It's fun watching bank stocks go down.

Posted by: Oglebay at January 14, 2026 11:47 AM (2ap+5)

200 And now for something completely different. Watch this K-pop drum duet from the ... Korean president and Japanese PM??

Takaichi is the best thing to happen to Japanese diplomacy in a long time. She has a knack for making friends, which is especially useful when it's with a country like Korea that has a long and fraught relationship with Nippon.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 14, 2026 11:47 AM (Riz8t)

201 I think it's going to be Door Number Three ...

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We'll be lucky to get a 1%/99% split. * spit *

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 14, 2026 11:47 AM (bSsCi)

202 Can't wait for the Senate to kill it.

(I don't want them to, obviously, but they will.)
Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 11:45 AM (uEmCf)

60 vote threshold on that bill?

Yeah, we know who'd stand with the corruptocrats and kill it.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 14, 2026 11:47 AM (uQesX)

203 Bishop Barron has a really great "Word On Fire" ministry. Aside from his "Dare we hope that all men are saved?" universal salvation question, he is actually very orthodox.

Posted by: no one at January 14, 2026 11:47 AM (qFwJc)

204 Maybe. But it's a reconciliation bill that will only take 51 votes.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 11:46 AM

50, right? Vance wants it. Can we get 50?

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 14, 2026 11:48 AM (jc0TO)

205 Can't wait for the Senate to kill it.

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GOPe help.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 11:48 AM (L/fGl)

206 >>>They're in estrus to sell out to anyone. Anybody can buy their influence. Except you, of course. They can simply take whatever they want from you, so they couldn't give a fuck less about anything you think. You have to pony up.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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A spot in life to find peace is helpful or one becomes a nihilist and that's a bad road. Yeah, there was a time one could put a $20.00 check in with his letter to the Senator and it would be considered.
Nevertheless, there is great hope and one should not let go of it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 11:48 AM (y79kU)

207 >>60 vote threshold on that bill?

No. 51. They are also voting to end funding to the National Endowment for Democracy, perhaps the scummiest NGO in DC.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 11:48 AM (viF8m)

208 The new commie mayor in Seattle believes that all citizens should vote.
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The Feds should pre-emptively sue since any action to allow that to happen would de facto endanger the integrity of Federal elections (and its already established law that non-citizens can't vote in Federal elections).

Posted by: Crusader at January 14, 2026 11:49 AM (TN0g+)

209 And now for something completely different. Watch this K-pop drum duet from the ... Korean president and Japanese PM??

https://youtu.be/yzxd4ml3bTE

If Trump had been there, he'd have been the David Lee Roth.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 11:40 AM (L/fGl)
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Takaichi can really play. The Korean president was clearly just a beginner. But no shame in that. Everyone has to start at the beginning.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14, 2026 11:49 AM (iFTx/)

210 Takaichi is the best thing to happen to Japanese diplomacy in a long time. She has a knack for making friends, which is especially useful when it's with a country like Korea that has a long and fraught relationship with Nippon.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 14, 2026 11:47 AM (Riz8t)

South Korea's president? The one that stands with Kommie Kim? The one that wants the last president put to death? That South Korean president?

https://tinyurl.com/3xhmu4va

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 14, 2026 11:50 AM (uQesX)

211 It’s so entrenched I don’t think it’s undoable. There are millions of people who depend on the fraud with very powerful forces behind them. They won’t allow the fraud to end.

Posted by: Really?? at January 14, 2026 11:50 AM (kgFPv)

212 I know folks who live in Minneapolis and they say those poor Somalis are being persecuted by racists…. The fraud is overblown or nonexistent. There is none so blind as they who will not see. You can’t fix stupid… etc etc

These people exist. I don’t know if they represent 60% of the populace or 30% or somewhere in between. It’s frustrating that any with this attitude are out there and it’s a problem

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 14, 2026 11:50 AM (YobFY)

213 If you weren't good enough to acquire a marketable skill, you're not good enough to survive.

Get a third job or die.

Posted by: XTC

And if all the jobs that used to pay decently get offshored?

Seriously though, all the useful assistance I've had over the past year with all the crap I've dealt with came privately. No government assistance at all. And the poor that actually needed it were better off when government wasn't the primary "benefactor".

It would be ugly for a while, but things will sort themselves out (mostly) if gov't gets taken out of that picture.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at January 14, 2026 11:50 AM (OUMaO)

214 191 I think Trump will have to declare a 5 year tax holiday for those making less than $200k.

That may not be enough

Posted by: MAGA_Ken

Sorry, no. The last thing we need with a $38T debt is to take a bunch of people off the taxpayer roles. Let's get the debt down by cutting, and then we can talk.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 14, 2026 11:50 AM (Riz8t)

215 Just getting in.

I have to go with Door #2...scorched earth genocide.

I want to see the destruction of the wealth of political grifters and hear the lamentations of the wimmin.

Posted by: DanMan at January 14, 2026 11:51 AM (8uzBS)

216 The new commie mayor in Seattle believes that all citizens should vote.
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The Feds should pre-emptively sue since any action to allow that to happen would de facto endanger the integrity of Federal elections (and its already established law that non-citizens can't vote in Federal elections).
Posted by: Crusader at January 14, 2026 11:49 AM (TN0g+)

***

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
Oh stop it...you're killing us here!
*wipes tears*
BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

Posted by: Washington State Democrats at January 14, 2026 11:51 AM (2WIwB)

217 207
‘ perhaps the scummiest NGO in DC.’

Hey!

Posted by: Catholic Charities at January 14, 2026 11:51 AM (jbnUc)

218 Sorry, no. The last thing we need with a $38T debt is to take a bunch of people off the taxpayer roles.

Rolls

Posted by: Archimedes at January 14, 2026 11:51 AM (Riz8t)

219 new commie mayor in Seattle believes that all citizens should vote.

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All US citizens or all citizens of the world?

Posted by: Really?? at January 14, 2026 11:51 AM (kgFPv)

220 They took billions of dollars from you and handed it over to al-Shabaab. Your government likes and cares more about balloon-headed rapetard terrorists than you. They sold several American cities to the rapetards, because they were getting a cut of the action. Americans can go find a different cities to live in. "Fuck 'em, hammer the check" is the sole governing principle remaining in the United States.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 14, 2026 11:51 AM (BI5O2)

221 Bishop Barron has a really great "Word On Fire" ministry. Aside from his "Dare we hope that all men are saved?" universal salvation question, he is actually very orthodox.
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Good for him then! And I too "hope that all men are saved"...but I've done enough reading to know that's not likely going to be how this all works out.

Posted by: Crusader at January 14, 2026 11:51 AM (TN0g+)

222 I WANT BUTTS!!

Posted by: that tower controller in Top Gub at January 14, 2026 11:51 AM (Y1sOo)

223 >>Rolls

rolls

Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 11:52 AM (viF8m)

224 This "5 to 10%" bs is not the way to talk or think about this.

14% of the budget, for example, is a trillion dollars. That's how this needs to be spoken about. A trillion dollars a year. Not "10%".

Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 11:52 AM (g078z)

225 The new commie mayor in Seattle believes that all citizens should vote.

Too many people vote. Even out of citizens who are eligible.

If you don't know the issues and where the candidates stand on them you are voting for you reduce the quality of the candidates that are elected.

I deal with lefty LIVs that constantly complain about what the elected officials they vote for do...even through as candidates they said they were going to do it...and then the LIVs vote them in again anyway.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 11:52 AM (sKqQm)

226 I think it's going to be Door Number Three ...

They will go for Door Three. But I suspect we'll get Door Two in the end.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at January 14, 2026 11:52 AM (OUMaO)

227 I think Trump will have to declare a 5 year tax holiday for those making less than $200k.

That may not be enough

Posted by: MAGA_Ken

Sorry, no. The last thing we need with a $38T debt is to take a bunch of people off the taxpayer roles. Let's get the debt down by cutting, and then we can talk.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 14, 2026 11:50 AM (Riz8t)
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I doubt I'll live long enough to see a tax holiday, but I tend to agree, lets get that debt down to something manageable.

Posted by: Washington State Democrats at January 14, 2026 11:53 AM (2WIwB)

228 I want to see the destruction of the wealth of political grifters and hear the lamentations of the wimmin.
Posted by: DanMan at January 14, 2026 11:51 AM (8uzBS)

Don't you mean their rent boys?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 14, 2026 11:53 AM (uQesX)

229 They're aggro as hell, that's fer sure. They also lie like fucking rugs. And don't tell me the Trump family ain't making giant bank this time.

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I think Trump and his family are the only honest people attached to DC right now. They've been vetted how many times now? We would have known long ago if the Trump family was on the take.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 14, 2026 11:53 AM (g8Ew8)

230 There's no such thing as a Democrat judge or a Republican judge.

https://is.gd/yNaYic

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 11:53 AM (L/fGl)

231 50, right? Vance wants it. Can we get 50?
Posted by: toby928(c)

I intend to squeeze you. I don't like your kind of people. I don't like to see you come out to DC with your red hats, dressed up in those American flags, trying to pass yourselves off as decent Americans. I'll do business with you, but the fact is that I despise your patriotism, the honest way you pose yourself — yourself and your whole fucking movement.

Posted by: Lisa Murkowski at January 14, 2026 11:53 AM (JCZqz)

232 Disincentives can be created to minimize future fraud; e.g.:

. Make theft and fraud of public money a capital offense; and
. Make Capital Offenses Executable Again!

/Well, that's just more crazy talk ...

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 14, 2026 11:53 AM (ibuaa)

233 191 I think Trump will have to declare a 5 year tax holiday for those making less than $200k.

That may not be enough

Posted by: MAGA_Ken

That already basically exists for under $100k. Most people do not realize how few people pay any significant amount in taxes. We know 1/2 pay nothing. But of the half that does pay, 1/2 of that half pays very little. And then 1/2 of the next 1/2 pays almost everything. The vast majority of federal taxes are paid by a small slice of very rich people. The same people leftists demonize as not paying their “fair share” which is true. They pay like 100X their fair share.

Posted by: Really?? at January 14, 2026 11:54 AM (kgFPv)

234 I think this is huge news:
7-2 SCOTUS rules that candidates have a right to challenge voting laws.
Ruling that the Republicans in IL can sue to stop IL from counting absentee ballots after Election Day.

Which ruling is going to expand out and end CA's (and other states) 3-weeks post-election counting.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 14, 2026 11:55 AM (HXT0k)

235 new commie mayor in Seattle believes that all citizens should vote.

—

All US citizens or all citizens of the world?
Posted by: Really?? at January 14, 2026 11:51 AM (kgFPv)

***

All...but not that it matters since they control who counts the ballots.
I'm thinking of heading to Seattle with a couple hundred thousand friends of mine and voting in the next election.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 14, 2026 11:55 AM (2WIwB)

236 Looks like Sid took some time off from the glory hole again.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 14, 2026 11:55 AM (5xuJ/)

237 "I think Trump and his family are the only honest people attached to DC right now."

I think he's a liar and a thief with a long list of broken promises. I think over half of what he says is nonsense, and the rest is lies.

Posted by: gp at January 14, 2026 11:55 AM (NLkgW)

238 I thread the needle with a bazookaka.

Just like a bazooka but updated with a dell computer.

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 14, 2026 11:56 AM (EyfuW)

239
He'd say 35%, and then the media would jump out to "fact check" him saying it's no more that 15%.
Posted by: Moron Analyst

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

Why, yes! It's only 15%!

Posted by: Margaret Brennan, not hearing myself at January 14, 2026 11:57 AM (Jxa0O)

240 231
‘ I intend to squeeze you.
Posted by: Lisa Murkowski’

Yuck! I don’t even think a bill outlawing the democrat party would be worth getting squeezed by you.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 14, 2026 11:57 AM (jbnUc)

241 >Rolls

rolls
Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 11:52 AM (viF8m)

Cinnamon?

Posted by: Diogenes at January 14, 2026 11:57 AM (2WIwB)

242 End early and mail in voting and Dems probably never win an election again.

Posted by: Really?? at January 14, 2026 11:57 AM (kgFPv)

243 I think he's a liar and a thief with a long list of broken promises. I think over half of what he says is nonsense, and the rest is lies.
Posted by: gp at January 14, 2026 11:55 AM (NLkgW)

And I hope you try to run down an ICE agent soon.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 14, 2026 11:57 AM (g8Ew8)

244 I hope the House passes another reconciliation bill. The Senate still has Murk, Collins , Mitch, Curtis and Cassidy to worry about

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 14, 2026 11:57 AM (dN7BA)

245 Indiana spent $15 BILLION on social services agencies since 2022, $4 billion went to child services responsible for ~12,000 foster kids

How does a state government spend $1 billion/yr on ~12,000 foster kids? And why does the federal government pay for 90% of it? Ask Mike Pence and the Indiana GOP...
( thread goes on, link in nic )

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 14, 2026 11:31 AM (mlg/3)
==
And Indiana is one of the better run states. Just imagine.

Posted by: Black JEM at January 14, 2026 11:57 AM (GZYu7)

246 This is an interesting point. Taxes on income are really just taxes on time. As in, since the government takes half my income I have to work twice as long. Return government to the scope and breadth of say..~~1999~~ 1889 and people will be retiring at 45 not 63...
Posted by: 18-1

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 11:58 AM (QGRvm)

247 >>@TomFitton

>>BREAKING: Major @JudicialWatch Supreme Court victory--SCOTUS Rules 7-2 that candidates have inherent standing to sue in federal court over election rules.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 11:58 AM (viF8m)

248 Rice and beans.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 14, 2026 11:58 AM (pkeXY)

249
7-2 SCOTUS rules that candidates have a right to challenge voting laws.
Ruling that the Republicans in IL can sue to stop IL from counting absentee ballots after Election Day.

Which ruling is going to expand out and end CA's (and other states) 3-weeks post-election counting.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

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

Any chance that that could lead to suits against all the other forms of voter fraud?

And good mornign!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 11:58 AM (Jxa0O)

250
>>BREAKING: Major @JudicialWatch Supreme Court victory--SCOTUS Rules 7-2 that candidates have inherent standing to sue in federal court over election rules.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 11:58 AM (viF8m)

Where was this in the 2020 election ?

Posted by: It's me donna at January 14, 2026 11:58 AM (VE6XX)

251 Karoline Leavitt Says Dems “Lied From the Very Beginning” About Minneapolis ICE Shooting

-
Geez! Tell me something I don't know.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 11:59 AM (L/fGl)

252 >>Cinnamon?

Jelly. Jam don't shake like that.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 11:59 AM (viF8m)

253 Just got here, but I am tired of "threading needles."

I want to blow up the needle. I want to blow up that a**hole the made the needle. I want to blow up the cousins of anyone who worked in the city that invented needles.

We need to internalize the Davy Crockett speech "Not yours to give" where he talks about the *immorality* of gov. charity.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 14, 2026 12:00 PM (n2ZBr)

254 251 Karoline Leavitt Says Dems “Lied From the Very Beginning” About Minneapolis ICE Shooting

I just read the ICE agent had internal bleeding from that non hit he took

Posted by: It's me donna at January 14, 2026 12:00 PM (VE6XX)

255 Sorry, no. The last thing we need with a $38T debt is to take a bunch of people off the taxpayer rolls.

Are we on the hook for that fraud? I think we won't be.

Posted by: t-bird at January 14, 2026 12:01 PM (J0qLT)

256 Bishop Barron has a really great "Word On Fire" ministry. Aside from his "Dare we hope that all men are saved?" universal salvation question, he is actually very orthodox.
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Good for him then! And I too "hope that all men are saved"...but I've done enough reading to know that's not likely going to be how this all works out.
Posted by: Crusader
==
Well just look at the two theives. He only told the one who accepted him that he would see him in the kingdom. Its your choice. Choose wisely.

Posted by: Older and Wiser at January 14, 2026 12:01 PM (0DDbn)

257 There is a Meme scorecard showing 0 arrests for all the major scandals.I have zero faith in the government to do anything other than ignore the problem. I hope I’m wrong.

Posted by: High tech at January 14, 2026 12:01 PM (37cEZ)

258 Here is how fraud works at the lowest levels.

I had a tree in front of my house that died and needed removed. It was on that strip between the street and the sidewalk. No man’s land. It’s not my property but I’m responsible for it.

I called the city. They said they will pay for removal but I had to take care of logistics. They have “certified” tree removal companies I have to use. Of course those companies charge 3X more than non “certified” companies. I’d bet any sum of money the owners of the “certified” companies are related to city council members or the mayor or both.

Multiply this stuff by millions of similar situations and that’s how you get trillions in fraud.

And it’s never going to stop.

Posted by: Really?? at January 14, 2026 12:01 PM (kgFPv)

259
POKER MONKEY

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 14, 2026 12:01 PM (y9nCu)

260 209 Takaichi can really play. The Korean president was clearly just a beginner. But no shame in that. Everyone has to start at the beginning.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14, 2026 11:49 AM (iFTx/)

If you want a drumming prodigy, check out the girl from Nankai Trio (she's also the group's composer).

Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 12:01 PM (uEmCf)

261 There is a Meme scorecard showing 0 arrests for all the major scandals.

This is why people are critical of Bondi - because ultimately this is what she should be measured on.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 12:02 PM (sKqQm)

262 Hey, Mr. Joe Mannix -- that would be a good subject for a rant, the Davy Crockett speech "Not Yours to Give."

The morality of the West has been hijacked into a destructive mode of handing out OPM (other people's money) after stealing it through inflation and taxes, and calling it "virtue." This will be the end of us.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 14, 2026 12:02 PM (n2ZBr)

263 Oh no, Democrats are winning every race and we can't win in November!

>>@EricLDaugh
·
3h
>>🚨 JUST IN: Liberals are furious after Alabama State House District 63 SWINGS HARD RED, was Trump+18 but just went R+29 in 2026

>>Norman Crow (R) WINS over Judith Taylor (D), 64.5%-35.5%.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 12:02 PM (viF8m)

264 Can the owners of The Learing Center be arrested? At least do this

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 14, 2026 12:02 PM (YobFY)

265 242 It's not early voting. The commoners really like daughters showering with guys, having their homes shaken down for weapons like those yucky ARs, and being forced to buy health insurance that's ten times more expensive. Oh, yeah, take the bus on us and get rid of that pollutin' car.

Your DNC, hard at work

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 14, 2026 12:03 PM (gm9Sb)

266 That already basically exists for under $100k. Most people do not realize how few people pay any significant amount in taxes. We know 1/2 pay nothing. But of the half that does pay, 1/2 of that half pays very little. And then 1/2 of the next 1/2 pays almost everything. The vast majority of federal taxes are paid by a small slice of very rich people. The same people leftists demonize as not paying their “fair share” which is true. They pay like 100X their fair share.

Posted by: Really??

Sorry. I have an appointment with H&R Block to do my taxes at the end of January and I am well south of $100k.

But that's ok. My cracker ass doesn't qualify for any government shit.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 12:03 PM (QGRvm)

267 I deal with lefty LIVs that constantly complain about what the elected officials they vote for do...even through as candidates they said they were going to do it...and then the LIVs vote them in again anyway.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 11:52 AM

Well, to be fair...MA.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2026 12:03 PM (bFu5X)

268 And I think AliasSmithSmith is right about shit tasting good.

Posted by: gp at January 14, 2026 12:03 PM (jbnUc)

269 It's really not that hard. People getting money from the government need to PROVE that they're eligible for that money and the government absolutely needs to ensure that proof is legitimate and stop giving money to people who shouldn't get it AND prosecute those that are defrauding the government to the fullest extent of the law.

Posted by: deadrody at January 14, 2026 12:04 PM (rDyqH)

270 There is not a single Dem running for office in my County

Posted by: Ben Had at January 14, 2026 12:04 PM (0KSrI)

271 I’d bet any sum of money the owners of the “certified” companies are related to city council members or the mayor or both.

Indeed this is all the over the place, in the last year we've seen federal office holders paying relatives for "security" or running their campaign...

This really is the oldest direct type of fraud, you can find people complaining about it 100 years ago but it is way more common now because the government spends way more money

Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 12:04 PM (sKqQm)

272 "JUST IN: House Republicans are moving RAPIDLY to pass the second MAGA reconciliation bill BANNING illegals from obtaining any taxpayer welfare, ensuring only citizens count for allocating funding, codifying Trump executive orders and more"

A large [part of the problem is many benefits (SNAP especially) are distributed based on the anchor baby kids , who were born here. Something must be written that the person applying for the aid and getting the check for the children must be a citizen.

Posted by: Ripley at January 14, 2026 12:05 PM (GUOwU)

273 There is not a single Dem running for office in my County
Posted by: Ben Had at January 14, 2026 12:04 PM

Sure...brag.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2026 12:05 PM (bFu5X)

274 Sorry. I have an appointment with H&R Block to do my taxes at the end of January and I am well south of $100k.

—

You just need some kids. 😀

Posted by: Really?? at January 14, 2026 12:05 PM (kgFPv)

275 199 It's fun watching bank stocks go down.
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The banks have been doing a little too well out of the fraud scheme & also with the inflated rates. Seeing them take a hit is satisfactory in a Gospel of Luke sort of way.

Posted by: exdem13 at January 14, 2026 12:05 PM (XjTSo)

276 243,268 Oh, come on, I know you guys can do better insults than those!

Posted by: gp at January 14, 2026 12:05 PM (NLkgW)

277 Cloward Piven became the official policy of the US government so slowly we didn't notice.

Posted by: Dantes at January 14, 2026 12:05 PM (nfXtq)

278
There could be no targeted prosecution, it would necessitate a general purge. We'd need a penal colony to deal with the guilty.

YOUR TERMS ARE ACCEPTABLE

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 14, 2026 12:06 PM (y9nCu)

279 Sorry, no. The last thing we need with a $38T debt is to take a bunch of people off the taxpayer rolls.

Are we on the hook for that fraud? I think we won't be.
Posted by: t-bird

I didn't see a dime of that fraud. Why am I on the hook gor it? I didn't agree to it.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 12:06 PM (QGRvm)

280 Just got here, but I am tired of "threading needles."

I want to blow up the needle. I want to blow up that a**hole the made the needle. I want to blow up the cousins of anyone who worked in the city that invented needles.

We need to internalize the Davy Crockett speech "Not yours to give" where he talks about the *immorality* of gov. charity.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 14, 2026 12:00 PM (n2ZBr)
____

I want to stab motherfuckers in the heart with the needle

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14, 2026 12:07 PM (iFTx/)

281 What’s the surprise? The prophet Samuel warned about this millennia ago. But noooooooo, we gotta have gubmint.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 14, 2026 12:07 PM (YlWIZ)

282 Sorry. I have an appointment with H&R Block to do my taxes at the end of January and I am well south of $100k.

—

You just need some kids. 😀
Posted by: Really??

How about claiming some wetbacks or somalians?

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 12:07 PM (QGRvm)

283 Did someone say penal colony?

Posted by: Mayor Pete Buttgiggity at January 14, 2026 12:07 PM (TbWk/)

284 Has anyone said "Nothing will happen " yet ?

Posted by: It's me donna at January 14, 2026 12:09 PM (VE6XX)

285 Nothing is happening.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 12:09 PM (A32KF)

286 263 Oh no, Democrats are winning every race and we can't win in November!

>>@EricLDaugh
·
3h
>>🚨 JUST IN: Liberals are furious after Alabama State House District 63 SWINGS HARD RED, was Trump+18 but just went R+29 in 2026

>>Norman Crow (R) WINS over Judith Taylor (D), 64.5%-35.5%.
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It's a good sign. The GOPe are a bunch of lazy idiots, but the voters have more than enough impetus to go to the polls & sink the d's on every level.

Posted by: exdem13 at January 14, 2026 12:09 PM (XjTSo)

287 280
‘ I want to stab motherfuckers in the heart with the needle’

Not a blade?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 14, 2026 12:09 PM (jbnUc)

288 Be thankful you can have the tree taken down without permission from the urban forester.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 14, 2026 12:09 PM (+mUZM)

289 Sorry, no. The last thing we need with a $38T debt is to take a bunch of people off the taxpayer rolls.

Are we on the hook for that fraud? I think we won't be.
Posted by: t-bird

I didn't see a dime of that fraud. Why am I on the hook gor it? I didn't agree to it.

Unless you have a time machine, we (I mean we as a country) already bought the ticket and took the ride. That money is gone, and must be paid back. It's not fair, but life is rarely fair.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 14, 2026 12:10 PM (Riz8t)

290 Geez! Tell me something I don't know, part deux.

Lefty SCOTUS Justice Shocks With "Complete Nonsense of an Opinion"

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 12:10 PM (L/fGl)

291 Did Democrats who predicted a win eat crow?

Thank you I’ll be here all week. Tip your waitress well.

Posted by: Really?? at January 14, 2026 12:10 PM (kgFPv)

292 HOAs have staff Druids now?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 12:10 PM (A32KF)

293 >>🚨 JUST IN: Liberals are furious after Alabama State House District 63 SWINGS HARD RED, was Trump+18 but just went R+29 in 2026
>>Norman Crow (R) WINS over Judith Taylor (D), 64.5%-35.5%.
Posted by: JackStraw

Didn't see much crying yet in the Alabama subreddit, but this headline there made me chuckle:

'Badge of honor': Sen. Tuberville named first U.S. senator on CAIR's anti-Muslim extremist list

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 14, 2026 12:10 PM (JCZqz)

294 Wouldn't be prudent.

JPMorgan CEO Claims DOJ Probe of Jerome Powell Could Stoke Inflation

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 12:11 PM (L/fGl)

295 Geez! Tell me something I don't know, part deux.

Lefty SCOTUS Justice Shocks With "Complete Nonsense of an Opinion"

Ketanji Jackson Johnson is right!

Posted by: Archimedes at January 14, 2026 12:11 PM (Riz8t)

296 JPMorgan CEO Claims DOJ Probe of Jerome Powell Could Stoke Inflation
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 12:11 PM (L/fGl)

Just like tariffs!!!ty

Posted by: Really?? at January 14, 2026 12:12 PM (kgFPv)

297 44 *Pop* and smoke puff from the pole transformer in 45MPH gusts, and voila! My power is out. So I'm here at the public library charging my phone.
Posted by: gp

Pffft. We know the real story. Pay your bill.

Posted by: Consolidated Electric Public Service Cooperative Authority. at January 14, 2026 12:12 PM (oftw2)

298 292 HOAs have staff Druids now?
Posted by: Boss Moss

Not all HOA staffs have druids, but all druids have staffs.

Posted by: DM remembering Ace's gay D&D commentary at January 14, 2026 12:12 PM (JCZqz)

299 It is truly amazing. When the IRS started requiring Social Security numbers for dependents, millions of children went missing.

Posted by: no one at January 14, 2026 12:12 PM (qFwJc)

300 JPMorgan CEO Claims DOJ Probe of Jerome Powell Could Stoke Inflation

He's right. There's more than one case of "inflation" at the HQ at the thought of Powell going off to the pokey.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 14, 2026 12:12 PM (Riz8t)

301 "JUST IN: House Republicans are moving RAPIDLY to pass the second MAGA reconciliation bill BANNING illegals from obtaining any taxpayer welfare, ensuring only citizens count for allocating funding, codifying Trump executive orders and more"

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The Left: "illegals don't get American Welfare, H8Rs!"

Also The Left: "You can't take American Welfare away from illegals, H8Rs!"

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 14, 2026 12:13 PM (ibuaa)

302 JPMorgan CEO Claims DOJ Probe of Jerome Powell Could Stoke Inflatio
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Under his watch JP Morgan closed accounts of people associated with Trump, including Trump himself if I remember correctly.

Posted by: Crusader at January 14, 2026 12:13 PM (TN0g+)

303
‘ I want to stab motherfuckers in the heart with the needle’

Not a blade?
Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 14, 2026 12:09 PM (jbnUc)

There is no spoon

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 14, 2026 12:13 PM (y9nCu)

304 ‘ I want to stab motherfuckers in the heart with the needle’

Not a blade?
Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 14, 2026 12:09 PM (jbnUc)
___

Both

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14, 2026 12:14 PM (iFTx/)

305 Spoons aren't sharp.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 12:14 PM (A32KF)

306 Fuuuuuuuuuck. Trump is ripping ass on Goldie's show.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 12:14 PM (QGRvm)

307 That's racist!

Posted by: no one at January 14, 2026 12:15 PM (qFwJc)

308
Spoons aren't sharp.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 12:14 PM (A32KF)

It'll hurt

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 14, 2026 12:15 PM (y9nCu)

309 306 Fuuuuuuuuuck. Trump is ripping ass on Goldie's show.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 12:14 PM (QGRvm)

Goldie ?

Posted by: It's me donna at January 14, 2026 12:15 PM (VE6XX)

310 What kind of twisted illogic is Jamie Dimon using to defend Powell?? It’s a big club and we’re not in it…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 14, 2026 12:15 PM (YobFY)

311 306 Fuuuuuuuuuck. Trump is ripping ass on Goldie's show.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 12:14 PM (QGRvm)

He shouldn't have eaten so many beans.

Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 12:16 PM (uEmCf)

312 306 Fuuuuuuuuuck. Trump is ripping ass on Goldie's show.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 12:14 PM (QGRvm)
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Eric Swalwell is going to be big mad that Donnie is horning in on his specialty.

Posted by: ballistic at January 14, 2026 12:16 PM (5aZAZ)

313 I’ll second… Goldie???

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 14, 2026 12:16 PM (YobFY)

314 Spoons aren't sharp.
Posted by: Boss Moss

Them grapefruit spoons can be pretty nasty.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 14, 2026 12:16 PM (mlg/3)

315 @263

>>Oh no, Democrats are winning every race and we can't win in November!

It's not that they are winning races, it's that their brand is not a mud and they can win at all.

The house is on a knife edge when it really shouldn't be.

Republicans winning in Republican areas and Democrats continuing to win in Democrat areas is a problem.

It means that at some point the democrats will control the government and plunge us back into hell.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 14, 2026 12:16 PM (XV/Pl)

316 264 Can the owners of The Learing Center be arrested? At least do this
=========
They all get to be deported & returned to whence they came, with none of their property obtained from stolen wealth.

Posted by: exdem13 at January 14, 2026 12:16 PM (XjTSo)

317 I'm, all for exposing them all. Full Restitution and fines plus felony theft convictions to be served in third world prisons, or... Banishment in lieu of imprisonment. Banishment does not require building anything. Just getting a corruption intolerant country to take them in. Singapore would be wonderful.

Posted by: Augusto Perez at January 14, 2026 12:17 PM (UqnMl)

318 ...have inherent standing to sue in federal court over election rules...
Well, obviously. How could you even argue that they don't? So, two retards on the Supreme Court thought otherwise. I'm sure one was Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 14, 2026 12:17 PM (xAP/Y)

319 Goldie.

https://is.gd/mO9ujX

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 12:18 PM (A32KF)

320
Has anyone said "Nothing will happen " yet ?
Posted by: It's me donna

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

I'm really looking forward to February 1, when the federal money supposedly stops flowing to sanctuary cities and states. Something might happen in state legislatures and city councils.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 12:18 PM (Jxa0O)

321 Here's some good news for TX morons:

Harris County (Houston) Republicans have decided to run a candidate against all Dem incumbents.

No more uncontested races.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 14, 2026 12:18 PM (HXT0k)

322 It is truly amazing. When the IRS started requiring Social Security numbers for dependents, millions of children went missing.

Posted by: no one at January 14, 2026 12:12 PM (qFwJc)

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Not to mention their pets!

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 14, 2026 12:18 PM (ibuaa)

323 I’ll second… Goldie???
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 14, 2026 12:16 PM

Former Canadian MP. Iranian. Been livestreaming and commenting on the revolution. Also hawt.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2026 12:18 PM (bFu5X)

324 Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 14, 2026 11:31 AM (mlg/3)

$19K/yr might sound like a lot to raise a foster child, but if it's a teenage boy, most of that's going to be spent on the grocery bill alone. Then add in clothing the kid as they seem to grow an inch every week...

Posted by: pookysgirl's boy isn't even a teenager yet and he's at this stage at January 14, 2026 12:19 PM (Wt5PA)

325 Paradise has been postponed.

In Major Retreat from the Metaverse, Meta Cuts Over 1,000 Jobs

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 12:19 PM (L/fGl)

326
Former Canadian MP. Iranian. Been livestreaming and commenting on the revolution. Also hawt.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2026 12:18 PM (bFu5X)

Thanks

Posted by: It's me donna at January 14, 2026 12:19 PM (VE6XX)

327 287 280
‘ I want to stab motherfuckers in the heart with the needle’

Not a blade?
====
A stiletto is also a lade, even if it's more like a needle. just sayin'.

Posted by: exdem13 at January 14, 2026 12:19 PM (XjTSo)

328 Former Canadian MP. Iranian. Been livestreaming and commenting on the revolution. Also hawt.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2026 12:18 PM (bFu5X)

Ah… thank you. That person is new to me

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 14, 2026 12:20 PM (YobFY)

329 Q: I am broken when my name is spoken.
What am I?

Me: McDonald's milkshake machine.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 12:20 PM (QGRvm)

330 325 In Major Retreat from the Metaverse, Meta Cuts Over 1,000 Jobs
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 12:19 PM (L/fGl)

Bet that Sen. McCormick (R-PA) 's wife is safe, though.

Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 12:20 PM (uEmCf)

331 324 Then add in clothing the kid as they seem to grow an inch every week...

Can confirm. And "growing pains" is not a cute phrase to me.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 14, 2026 12:20 PM (NR6c1)

332 And just precisely *how* would investigating a corrupt banking official drive inflation, short of that corrupt banking official loosening monetary policy as leverage against the investigators?

I'm all ears.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 14, 2026 12:20 PM (BI5O2)

333 What kind of heel would stab someone with a stiletto?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 12:20 PM (A32KF)

334 318 ...have inherent standing to sue in federal court over election rules...
Well, obviously. How could you even argue that they don't? So, two retards on the Supreme Court thought otherwise. I'm sure one was Ketanji Brown Jackson.

You thought correctly.

Dissent: Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented, with Jackson criticizing the creation of a "bespoke candidate-standing rule" that deviates from the traditional requirement that all litigants must show actual injury

Posted by: Archimedes at January 14, 2026 12:20 PM (Riz8t)

335
Fuuuuuuuuuck. Trump is ripping ass on Goldie's show.
Posted by: rickb223

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I had it muted, and now they're showing Charlie Kirk.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 12:20 PM (Jxa0O)

336
What kind of heel would stab someone with a stiletto?
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 12:20 PM (A32KF)

Someone without a sole.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 14, 2026 12:22 PM (y9nCu)

337 Use a spork.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 14, 2026 12:22 PM (pkeXY)

338 @324
It's $83k+ per year.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 14, 2026 12:22 PM (1VZmA)

339 Goldie

Goldie Ghamari on YouTube. Been liveblogging for the last 18 days.

Her and Armin Navabi.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 12:22 PM (QGRvm)

340 Oh no, Democrats are winning every race and we can't win in November!

>>@EricLDaugh
·
3h
>>🚨 JUST IN: Liberals are furious after Alabama State House District 63 SWINGS HARD RED, was Trump+18 but just went R+29 in 2026

>>Norman Crow (R) WINS over Judith Taylor (D), 64.5%-35.5%.

Posted by: JackStraw

Just for context, that's the Tuscaloosa area--University of Alabama and environs.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at January 14, 2026 12:22 PM (OUMaO)

341
Can the owners of The Learing Center be arrested? At least do this
=========
They all get to be deported & returned to whence they came, with none of their property obtained from stolen wealth.
Posted by: exdem13

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

If Trump could execute domestic policy the way he does foreign policy, this would have happened yesterday.

#NothingEverHappens

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 12:22 PM (Jxa0O)

342 266 That already basically exists for under $100k. Most people do not realize how few people pay any significant amount in taxes. We know 1/2 pay nothing. But of the half that does pay, 1/2 of that half pays very little. And then 1/2 of the next 1/2 pays almost everything. The vast majority of federal taxes are paid by a small slice of very rich people. The same people leftists demonize as not paying their “fair share” which is true. They pay like 100X their fair share.

Posted by: Really??
======

At the end of the day, everyone that buys things pays. The reason is that inflation is a monetary phenonmenon and deficit spending drives inflation. No deficit, lower inflation as less money chases the same amount of goods produced.

Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 12:22 PM (WDjG6)

343 In Major Retreat from the Metaverse, Meta Cuts Over 1,000 Jobs
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 12:19 PM (L/fGl)

Awww...

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 14, 2026 12:22 PM (8zz6B)

344 Nood. MN ICE agent.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2026 12:22 PM (bFu5X)

345
Dissent: Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented, with Jackson criticizing the creation of a "bespoke candidate-standing rule" that deviates from the traditional requirement that all litigants must show actual injury

You mean like "I lost because the corrupt local government allowed fraudulent mail-in ballots"? Geez, it should hurt to be this stupid.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 14, 2026 12:23 PM (Riz8t)

346 This has always been the problem for the Trump Forces. The oppo WANTS to collapse the system somehow thinking that societal collapse will end up with old rich people on top, which I doubt. The Trump Forces wish to maintain America. It feels to me like a temporary Pinochet solution is the only way to fix the problems.

Posted by: Azjaeger at January 14, 2026 12:23 PM (Mh1sS)

347 $19K/yr might sound like a lot to raise a foster child, but if it's a teenage boy, most of that's going to be spent on the grocery bill alone. Then add in clothing the kid as they seem to grow an inch every week...
Posted by: pookysgirl's

It's $83,333.00 a year.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 12:23 PM (QGRvm)

348
I'm really looking forward to February 1, when the federal money supposedly stops flowing to sanctuary cities and states. Something might happen in state legislatures and city councils.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 12:18 PM

-------

Does the flow of money to the layabouts just come to an abrupt half? I thought it was more indirect than that.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 14, 2026 12:23 PM (E5iKs)

349 320
Has anyone said "Nothing will happen " yet ?
Posted by: It's me donna
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I'm really looking forward to February 1, when the federal money supposedly stops flowing to sanctuary cities and states. Something might happen in state legislatures and city councils.
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Dunno what will happen but the tantrums will make for great viewing on X!

Posted by: exdem13 at January 14, 2026 12:24 PM (XjTSo)

350 Well, he knows rockets.

Elon Musk Roasts “Star Trek: Starfleet Academy” & Questions Why the David Ellison Didn’t Cancel the Woke Show4

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 12:24 PM (L/fGl)

351 Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented, with Jackson criticizing the creation of a "bespoke candidate-standing rule" that deviates from the traditional requirement that all litigants must show actual injury

Somebody, please, for the love of God and all else holy, go through her home and remove the warning labels from everything, that nature may be allowed to take its course and this stain be removed.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at January 14, 2026 12:25 PM (OUMaO)

352 If you weren't good enough to acquire a marketable skill, you're not good enough to survive.

You can find lots of ads looking for house painters, how many have you seen looking for another Rembrandt?

In plain English - if you have skills almost no one has, there is no demand for your skills.

I know how to greatly improve first stage boosters and how to build a high thrust ION engine that could get practical loads to Mars. Does anyone here know Elon?

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 14, 2026 12:27 PM (Da7Vv)

353 318 ...have inherent standing to sue in federal court over election rules...
Well, obviously. How could you even argue that they don't? So, two retards on the Supreme Court thought otherwise. I'm sure one was Ketanji Brown Jackson.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent
======
This also means that leftist candidates can have standing to sue things like voter id, shutting down polls on time, etc.

It is just that the previous rule treated those on the right differently than the left such as PA Supreme Court ignoring the law in 2020 on counting ballots without signatures as required by law.

In part, the 2020 challenges failed (and this is why a lot of cheated candidates on the right didn't do it) because of the standing rule. So Lake did not have the right to challenge the failures of Maricopa County and so on.

The old rule meant that the national party had to file the suits or some overarching organization rather than the law as applied to individual candidates. It would be as if your whole workplace had to sue the employer for sex harassment when you were the actual one affected by it.

Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 12:29 PM (WDjG6)

354 $19k a year is still a lot. At $100/wk., that's only $5200. Add in clothing at $200/month, that's another $2400. Add in sportsball equipment at $200/month, another $2400. We're still not close to $19k. And aren't the foster parents supposed to pay for some of this stuff? That's kinda the point of foster parents--they sacrifice to save a child.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 14, 2026 12:29 PM (cWffP)

355 322
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Not to mention their pets!
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 14, 2026 12:18 PM (ibuaa)

Kinda funny, but IIRC, you could claim a pet (well, a dog) as some form of a dependent on German taxes. Asked it one nite, as they were 'decluttering' before the tax man came and audited their apartment. Held their keep-ables several days until the Rev'newers moved on...

Posted by: Pinochet Flight Attendant at January 14, 2026 12:36 PM (zL/eJ)

356 The third option gives a Pour Encourager Les Autres option. If we're willing to go after *random* fraudsters, maybe the others will decouple and fly right (enough) if they don't know if they'll be next. Might be the most efficient way to bring fraud to an acceptable/absorbable level.

I know, I know. Won't be 100%, but it will deter some, fix others, and be a deterrent for the future.

Posted by: Jeff Weimer at January 14, 2026 01:17 PM (kN4f7)

357 Bollocks to all that.

Fiat justitia, ruat caelum.

Posted by: Rowsdower's not letting go of Ray Epps was a fed asset at January 14, 2026 01:35 PM (klycm)

358 Hang them high, publically. Invite the public to get their piece of revenge. Send the message that epic corruption will be met with epic punishment.

Posted by: Sanity break 2 at January 14, 2026 04:09 PM (0cJcL)

Mid-Morning Art Thread

The Wounded Trumpeter
Horace Vernet

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

Comments

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1 Zoiks!

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at January 14, 2026 09:30 AM (w9Wax)

2 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 09:30 AM (QGRvm)

3 yow!

Posted by: cmeat at January 14, 2026 09:30 AM (R11M+)

4 Foist?

And dramatic.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 14, 2026 09:30 AM (wzUl9)

5 How sad.

Posted by: Tuna at January 14, 2026 09:30 AM (lJ0H4)

6 Yosemite Sam riding the camel yelling whoa mule! I said whoa!

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 09:31 AM (QGRvm)

7 Well, maybe if that horse would stop mauling him, he might start to heal up.

Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 09:31 AM (77rzZ)

8 There's a dog so it must be art.

Posted by: Tuna at January 14, 2026 09:31 AM (lJ0H4)

9 Forgot to read the embouchure.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at January 14, 2026 09:31 AM (w9Wax)

10 my wife used to just put a pillow under my head.

Posted by: cmeat at January 14, 2026 09:31 AM (R11M+)

11 This painting nearly has it all, sniper-caused tragedy, a beautiful palette, a horse and a dog. Only missing one thing.

Posted by: Sydney Sweeney's Boobs at January 14, 2026 09:31 AM (LWmBa)

12 Is that that place in Belgium?

Posted by: fd at January 14, 2026 09:31 AM (vFG9F)

13 Dog, therefore...

Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 09:31 AM (77rzZ)

14

And now, we will hump him!

Posted by: Dog and Horse at January 14, 2026 09:32 AM (pBvdx)

15 As much affection as my cats have for me (and I believe they really do), I can't believe they would react like this if I suddenly fell down. Dogs and even horses are special.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 14, 2026 09:32 AM (wzUl9)

16 Alternate Title: Al Hurts on His Tijuana Ass

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 14, 2026 09:32 AM (nWPIJ)

17 At least his animals seem concern.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 14, 2026 09:32 AM (NpAcC)

18 C'mon. One big red rectangle! Is that too much to ask?

Posted by: Mark Rothko at January 14, 2026 09:32 AM (LWmBa)

19 Artist Horace Vernet
Year 1819
Type Oil on canvas, genre painting
Dimensions 53.1 cm × 64.3 cm (20.9 in × 25.3 in)
Location Wallace Collection, London

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 14, 2026 09:32 AM (gbOdA)

20 Vernet was mercilessly teased about his first name.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at January 14, 2026 09:33 AM (w9Wax)

21 Oh hey, we has doggo this time.

Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 09:33 AM (uEmCf)

22 This is great for the vast army of sepia-tone. Both of them.

Posted by: Buy Some Pastels, Horace! at January 14, 2026 09:33 AM (oftw2)

23 Vernet lived from the late 18th to the mid-19th Century, so I expect this is probably from the Napoleonic Wars period.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 14, 2026 09:33 AM (wzUl9)

24 Are we absolutely sure it wasn't the horse what done it? Looking concerned is exactly what a guilty horse would do.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 14, 2026 09:33 AM (Riz8t)

25 The dog might also have been in on it.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 14, 2026 09:33 AM (Riz8t)

26 Get up, Joey. We're home now.

Posted by: huerfano at January 14, 2026 09:34 AM (98kQX)

27 I like where this is going...

Posted by: Horny Homemaker reading Morning Glory Milking Farm at January 14, 2026 09:34 AM (JCZqz)

28 11 This painting nearly has it all, sniper-caused tragedy, a beautiful palette, a horse and a dog. Only missing one thing.
Posted by: Sydney Sweeney's Boobs at January 14, 2026 09:31 AM (LWmBa)

Young Men sailing off to their war-bound deaths?

Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 09:34 AM (uEmCf)

29 Definitely fits with my decor.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 14, 2026 09:34 AM (0KSrI)

30 better than fatally wounded. walk it off.

Posted by: cmeat at January 14, 2026 09:34 AM (R11M+)

31 The horse was angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at January 14, 2026 09:34 AM (2Ez/1)

32 Middle German Trans:

"The wise tell us that a nail keeps a shoe, a shoe a horse, a horse a man, a man a castle, that can fight."

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 14, 2026 09:34 AM (gbOdA)

33 The trumpeter was playing that Kenny G song, wasn't he?

Posted by: dantesed at January 14, 2026 09:34 AM (Oy/m2)

34 "Vernet quickly developed a disdain for the high-minded seriousness of academic French art work which was distinguished by art influenced by Classicism, and decided to paint subjects taken mostly from contemporary life."

He was a third-generation painter, too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 14, 2026 09:34 AM (wzUl9)

35 I don't mind trumpets all that much, but a saxophone is an ill-wind that nobody blows good.

Posted by: Benny Hill, 1978 at January 14, 2026 09:34 AM (oftw2)

36

Hannibal Dobbs of F Troop?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 14, 2026 09:35 AM (x0n13)

37 Wasn't Vernet the artist that Sherlock Holmes claimed to be related to?

Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 09:35 AM (77rzZ)

38 "I warned you, Wilbur. I didn't want to hear the theme from The Dating Game another time."

Posted by: Mr. Ed at January 14, 2026 09:35 AM (nWPIJ)

39 Til Gabriel blows his horn!

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 14, 2026 09:35 AM (gbOdA)

40 That hat looks like one of ours!

Posted by: Susquehanna Hat Company at January 14, 2026 09:35 AM (oftw2)

41 I told him I was sick of Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, but would he listen? Nooooooo.

Posted by: The Horse at January 14, 2026 09:36 AM (Riz8t)

42 The animals depicted are too anthropomorphic for my taste. I almost expect the horse to talk, like Mister Ed, but with a French accent.

Posted by: Pete in Texas at January 14, 2026 09:36 AM (p9rFX)

43 Horse looks FREAKED OUT!

Posted by: Lizzy at January 14, 2026 09:36 AM (LlV+5)

44 I thought Trumpeters were swans. Where are they?

Posted by: Audobon Society at January 14, 2026 09:37 AM (oftw2)

45 The trumpeter was playing that Kenny G song, wasn't he?
Posted by: dantesed at January 14, 2026

***
Some proto-Tijuana Brass, like "The Lonely Trumpeter" or "Corsicana Taxi."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 14, 2026 09:37 AM (wzUl9)

46 Horse looks FREAKED OUT!

Dude, I TOLD you not to take the brown acid!

Posted by: The Horse at January 14, 2026 09:37 AM (Riz8t)

47 would hang

Posted by: Gref at January 14, 2026 09:38 AM (5rh/l)

48 Horse looks FREAKED OUT!
Posted by: Lizzy

He said "stop!" so I stopped.
Posted by: Horse

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 09:38 AM (QGRvm)

49 He's dead, Jim.

Posted by: Someone has to say it at January 14, 2026 09:38 AM (2Ez/1)

50 Wasn't Vernet the artist that Sherlock Holmes claimed to be related to?
Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026

***
I think you're right -- somebody on his mother's side? The name "Vernet" seemed familiar.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 14, 2026 09:38 AM (wzUl9)

51 Alternate title:

"Albert Died Doing What He Loved, Playing Reveille Five Or Six Times Every Day At Four O'Clock In The Morning"

Posted by: naturalfake at January 14, 2026 09:38 AM (iJfKG)

52 Wiki-The Wounded Trumpeter" is an oil painting created by French artist Horace Vernet in 1819. It depicts a scene from the Napoleonic Wars, showcasing a wounded trumpeter from the First Hussar Regiment. The painting captures the emotional turmoil of war, highlighting the vulnerability of soldiers.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 14, 2026 09:38 AM (NpAcC)

53 I'm here to rein in the horse puns, before we get saddled with a mess of them.

Posted by: Unbridled Passion at January 14, 2026 09:39 AM (oftw2)

54 That was Vermiel.

Posted by: no one at January 14, 2026 09:39 AM (qFwJc)

55 The man learned that Freebird should never be played on a trumpet.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 14, 2026 09:39 AM (NR6c1)

56 Horse : "I wonder what human tastes like..."

Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 09:39 AM (uEmCf)

57 Napoleonic era Hussar trumpeter I think
Probably Fench but don't know what Regiment he could be from

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 09:39 AM (i+wP0)

58 Should have ridden the horse, not injected the horse.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at January 14, 2026 09:39 AM (w9Wax)

59 42 "good evening, mr. thompson."

Posted by: cmeat at January 14, 2026 09:39 AM (R11M+)

60 There was a farmhouse (I think) that was central to the battle of Waterloo that my sons visited a couple of years ago. There was a building like that in their pictures.

Posted by: fd at January 14, 2026 09:39 AM (vFG9F)

61 How was he wounded?

Posted by: I gotta ask at January 14, 2026 09:39 AM (2Ez/1)

62 Wounded? That fellar looks dead.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at January 14, 2026 09:40 AM (KS4Hq)

63 I don't mind trumpets all that much, but a saxophone is an ill-wind that nobody blows good.
Posted by: Benny Hill, 1978 at January 14, 2026

***
Felix Leiter told a joke like that to one of Mr. Big's minions in the Fifties. I think he was talking about the clarinet?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 14, 2026 09:40 AM (wzUl9)

64 Wasn't Vernet the artist that Sherlock Holmes claimed to be related to?
Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 09:35 AM

I believe so.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2026 09:40 AM (bFu5X)

65 >>That was Vermiel.

Posted by: no one at January 14, 2026 09:39 AM

Head coach of the Yeagles?

Posted by: huerfano at January 14, 2026 09:40 AM (98kQX)

66 I'm here to rein in the horse puns, before we get saddled with a mess of them.
Posted by: Unbridled Passion

You're not stoppin' them, you know. Only stallion.

Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 09:40 AM (77rzZ)

67 "53 I'm here to rein in the horse puns, before we get saddled with a mess of them."

That's just gonna stirrup trouble.

Posted by: Oh, no... at January 14, 2026 09:40 AM (2Ez/1)

68 60 There was a farmhouse (I think) that was central to the battle of Waterloo that my sons visited a couple of years ago. There was a building like that in their pictures.

The "farmhouse at Waterloo" refers primarily to Hougoumont, a fortified farmhouse complex fiercely contested during the Battle of Waterloo (1815) as a key defensive anchor for Wellington's right flank, and also to La Haye Sainte, another vital farmhouse compound in the center, crucial for the Allied defense against French breakthroughs, with both locations now preserved historical sites in Belgium

Posted by: Archimedes at January 14, 2026 09:40 AM (Riz8t)

69 Horse : "I wonder what human tastes like..."
Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 09:39 AM (uEmCf)
===================
and Wolfus's cat enters the art chat.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 09:41 AM (LWmBa)

70 I'm here to rein in the horse puns, before we get saddled with a mess of them.
Posted by: Unbridled Passion

Ok we'll harness our enthusiasm.

Posted by: Tuna at January 14, 2026 09:41 AM (lJ0H4)

71 How was he wounded?

His heart was seized with a monotonous languor.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 14, 2026 09:41 AM (Riz8t)

72 A piper is down!

Posted by: t-bird at January 14, 2026 09:41 AM (J0qLT)

73 Doggo licking the trumpeter's forehead. Horse trying not to step on his junk. The animals in this one are considerate, if nothing else.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2026 09:41 AM (bFu5X)

74 That was it, Archy!

Posted by: fd at January 14, 2026 09:41 AM (vFG9F)

75 Holmes grandmother was a sister of Vernet, according to The Greek Interpereter.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at January 14, 2026 09:41 AM (w9Wax)

76 1st French Hussar Regiment

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 09:42 AM (i+wP0)

77 How was he wounded?

His heart was seized with a monotonous languor.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 14, 2026 09:41 AM

Died of ennui.

- Neville

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2026 09:42 AM (bFu5X)

78 Dude was trampled under foot?

Posted by: Led Zep at January 14, 2026 09:42 AM (NwnyJ)

79 Why the long face?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 09:42 AM (A32KF)

80 Horse is armstronging the trumpeter, but he does not give a toot!

Posted by: Lizzy at January 14, 2026 09:42 AM (LlV+5)

81 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at January 14, 2026 09:43 AM (NcvvS)

82 Or I didn't have to look it up because redridinghood did it before me

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 09:43 AM (i+wP0)

83 The animals depicted are too anthropomorphic for my taste. I almost expect the horse to talk, like Mister Ed, but with a French accent.
Posted by: Pete in Texas

Ed only talked with a French accent when Wilbur's stacked wife was around.

Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 09:43 AM (77rzZ)

84 79 Why the long face?
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 09:42 AM

Is this about me?

Posted by: Sarah Jessica Parker at January 14, 2026 09:43 AM (2Ez/1)

85 We're just champing at the bit over this painting.

Posted by: dantesed at January 14, 2026 09:44 AM (Oy/m2)

86 Him, not exactly what I was looking for to hang in the office.

Perhaps at the funeral home though.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 14, 2026 09:44 AM (cYBz/)

87 The surrender ceremony did not go well that day.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 09:44 AM (A32KF)

88 Horse is checking to see if he's alive before horse and dog divide up his stuff. Dog plans on pawning the trumpet.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 14, 2026 09:44 AM (CzMNg)

89 Why the long face?
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 09:42 AM

Is this about me?
Posted by: Sarah Jessica Parker at January 14, 2026 09:43 AM

I'm right here, you know.

Posted by: John Forbes Kerry at January 14, 2026 09:44 AM (bFu5X)

90 Trumpeters often had special horse colors different than ghe rest kf the Regiment.

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 09:44 AM (i+wP0)

91 I could've done it better.

Posted by: Francis the Taking Mule at January 14, 2026 09:45 AM (2Ez/1)

92 77 o mi... i got there from gashlycrumb tinies but still.

Posted by: cmeat at January 14, 2026 09:45 AM (R11M+)

93 (Oops. Typo.)

I could have done it better.

Posted by: Francis the Talking Mule at January 14, 2026 09:45 AM (2Ez/1)

94 >> The animals depicted are too anthropomorphic for my taste. I almost expect the horse to talk, like Mister Ed, but with a French accent.

Painter was shoehorning in some gratuitous emotion.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 14, 2026 09:45 AM (LlV+5)

95 Caption:

"Sorry, Wilbur. But, ion I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times. I'm Mr Ed the Horse that can talk. No, Mr Ed the Horse that can fart out 'Flight of the Bumble Bee" with a trumpet stuck up his ass!"

Posted by: naturalfake at January 14, 2026 09:46 AM (iJfKG)

96 Who's beating a dead horse now?

Posted by: Equine Revenge at January 14, 2026 09:47 AM (F061L)

97 >>Is this about me?

"Well, it's not about me."
-- Sad Trombone

Posted by: Lizzy at January 14, 2026 09:47 AM (LlV+5)

98 Meh. Mediocre. Horse’s pose looks all wrong too, like he just ran up and was in the moment of stopping. But that’s not possible because his back is to a closed door. TBWNH.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 14, 2026 09:47 AM (AuNgU)

99 He's wounded? Where is the blood? I wonder if there are any Egyptian planes flying around...

Posted by: C. Owens at January 14, 2026 09:47 AM (ULPxl)

100 o mi... i got there from gashlycrumb tinies but still.
Posted by: cmeat at January 14, 2026 09:45 AM

*Gorey fistbump*

I visited the museum they made his home into this past summer. That was fun.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2026 09:47 AM (bFu5X)

101 The Oboe was primed to be the instrument to rally troops, but during testing it was found that the musician had to spend 35 hours a week searching for the perfect reed.

Posted by: Blow Me Down! at January 14, 2026 09:47 AM (oftw2)

102 >>Who's beating a dead horse now?

Whipping up a good conversation, does that buggy you?

Posted by: Lizzy at January 14, 2026 09:47 AM (LlV+5)

103 hondo plus one

Posted by: cmeat at January 14, 2026 09:48 AM (R11M+)

104 I don't mind trumpets all that much, but a saxophone is an ill-wind that nobody blows good.
Posted by: Benny Hill, 1978 at January 14, 2026

***
Felix Leiter told a joke like that to one of Mr. Big's minions in the Fifties. I think he was talking about the clarinet?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 14, 2026 09:40 AM (wzUl9)

It was in Live and Let Die. Mr Big's men were going to stick an air hose up Leiter's ass and turn it on, before Leiter mentioned how much of a jazz fan he was.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 14, 2026 09:48 AM (ufSfZ)

105 Only one thing missing.

I see trees in the background - it must be art.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 14, 2026 09:48 AM (Da7Vv)

106 A piper is down!
Posted by: t-bird at January 14, 2026 09:41 AM (J0qLT)

Quick, someone fetch some kale.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 14, 2026 09:48 AM (ExV1e)

107
For want of a nail the shoe was lost.
For want of a shoe the horse was lost.
For want of a horse the rider was lost.
For want of a rider the message was lost.
For want of a message the battle was lost.
For want of a battle the kingdom was lost.
And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.

Posted by: Stuff your grandfather used to say at January 14, 2026 09:49 AM (2Ez/1)

108 And as I lay there, gazing at the sky
My body's numb and my throat is dry
And as I lay forgotten and alone
Without a tear, I draw my parting groan

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

Posted by: Iron Maiden at January 14, 2026 09:49 AM (JCZqz)

109 This won't last furlong.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 09:49 AM (A32KF)

110
101 The Oboe was primed to be the instrument to rally troops, but during testing it was found that the musician had to spend 35 hours a week searching for the perfect reed.
Posted by: Blow Me Down! at January 14, 2026 09:47 AM (oftw2)

Oboer Oboest Oberer

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 14, 2026 09:49 AM (gbOdA)

111 Hannibal Dobbs of F Troop?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 14, 2026 09:35 AM (x0n13)
-

/whats the use in trying here!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 14, 2026 09:50 AM (roqsI)

112 I TOLD him to stop playing that GODDAMN trumpet at dawn every day but would he listen? No. Some people have to learn the hard way.

Posted by: Brass is for horns and knuckles at January 14, 2026 09:50 AM (JvNAF)

113 100 amen. he hated kids.
my mil was a susan; "perished of fits" is spot on.
she was in my phone as "the ravenous bugblatter beast of traal."

Posted by: cmeat at January 14, 2026 09:50 AM (R11M+)

114 Hey, MP4, I mentioned in the last thread how Noir Alley had a flick from 1957 in which Fay Wray had a supporting role.

She still looked damn good 25 years after Kong.

Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 09:50 AM (77rzZ)

115 There's a pipe for you Wolfus. Wonder what Horace was smoking.

https://tinyurl.com/yck3eyac

Posted by: javems at January 14, 2026 09:50 AM (zFsEm)

116 So, it's true. Jazz IS dead.

Posted by: Additionally, It Smells Funny at January 14, 2026 09:51 AM (oftw2)

117 Oboer Oboest Oberer
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 14, 2026 09:49 AM

Bundeswehr band leader...Oberst Oboe.

I'll just show myself out.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2026 09:51 AM (bFu5X)

118 Put him in the desert. Make sure the horse doesn't have a name.

Posted by: Lyricist for the band America at January 14, 2026 09:51 AM (2Ez/1)

119
Dog, and horse. Therefore art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2026 09:51 AM (tgvbd)

120 >>Meh. Mediocre. Horse’s pose looks all wrong too,

Rough draft horse?

Posted by: Lizzy at January 14, 2026 09:51 AM (LlV+5)

121
Y'all need to pony up a couple of bucks for the Penalty Jar cuz of your lousy horse puns.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 14, 2026 09:51 AM (iJfKG)

122 109 ouch.

Posted by: cmeat at January 14, 2026 09:51 AM (R11M+)

123 "We were at war with Samoa, so we replaced our trumpeter with a tuba-er."

Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 09:52 AM (uEmCf)

124 A piper is down!
Posted by: t-bird at January 14, 2026 09:41 AM (J0qLT)

Quick, someone fetch some kale.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

I feel guilty for laughing at that.

Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 09:52 AM (77rzZ)

125 Just one minute before, when asked about how the battle was going, the trumpeter replied....

Posted by: Shofar, So Good! at January 14, 2026 09:52 AM (oftw2)

126 The Wallace Collection is a museum in London occupying Hertford House in Manchester Square, the former townhouse of the Seymour family, Marquesses of Hertford. It is named after Sir Richard Wallace, who built the extensive collection, along with the Marquesses of Hertford, in the 18th and 19th centuries. The collection features fine and decorative arts from the 15th to the 19th centuries with important holdings of French 18th-century paintings, furniture, arms and armour, porcelain and Old Master paintings arranged into 25 galleries. It is open to the public and entry is free.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 14, 2026 09:53 AM (gbOdA)

127 Painter was shoehorning in some gratuitous emotion.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 14, 2026 09:45 AM (LlV+5)

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

Contributing to making him foally-functional.

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 14, 2026 09:53 AM (u3GiI)

128 114 yeah, but she lost her queef.

Posted by: cmeat at January 14, 2026 09:53 AM (R11M+)

129 "Oboer Oboest Oberer"

Not unlike the bank branch nearby:

True. Truer. Truist.

Posted by: And they can't spell at January 14, 2026 09:53 AM (2Ez/1)

130
The Wounded Trumpeter

Might one say that he was "Hirt"?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 14, 2026 09:53 AM (xG4kz)

131 Does Horace also speak of the pompatus of love?

Posted by: Maurice at January 14, 2026 09:53 AM (+v/eN)

132 He started to play "Feels So Good" for the hundredth time and somebody snapped.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 14, 2026 09:53 AM (kpS4V)

133 Willowed:

James Talarico has demon face.
Posted by: George Costanza at January 14, 2026 09:03 AM (

Ah, so you can see it, too! Everything about the guy is insidious. Very unsettling.

I've always wondered about this. Whether it's Ted Bundy or a politician, a large portion of people automatically trust a young, clean-cut person with a winning smile, no matter what flashing red warning lights are going off all around them.

Not to say there aren't subtle operators who get by me, I'm sure it's more than I think. But ever since I was a little boy I've been able to immediately sense when certain people are completely evil. It's just an instinct, and a lot of people have it, perhaps a majority.

It's like a lot of people are simply missing a survival mechanism. I think if these people were wild animals instead of humans, most of them would die before adulthood.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 14, 2026 09:53 AM (BI5O2)

134 Horse seems sad
Hence the long face

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 14, 2026 09:53 AM (gbOdA)

135

Ugh, I got Vernet on my shirt
...

Posted by: Museum Gent at January 14, 2026 09:53 AM (pBvdx)

136 I knew these foal puns would crop up.

Posted by: Halfhand at January 14, 2026 09:54 AM (F061L)

137
Horse Caption:

"I didn't mean to kill him. It was a spur of the moment thing!"

Posted by: naturalfake at January 14, 2026 09:54 AM (iJfKG)

138 That'll teach the trumpeter to horse around.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 09:54 AM (A32KF)

139 It is named after Sir Richard Wallace ...

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

It's nickname was "BraveArt."

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 14, 2026 09:54 AM (u3GiI)

140 Dog and Horse... Art

Posted by: It's me donna at January 14, 2026 09:54 AM (VE6XX)

141 123 the trumpeter owned islands in the south pacific. he had hoped to buy samoa.

Posted by: cmeat at January 14, 2026 09:55 AM (R11M+)

142 I once did a renovation at Horace Harding Hospital in Queens.

Posted by: Nordic Interiors. at January 14, 2026 09:55 AM (oftw2)

143 True. Truer. Truist.
Posted by: And they can't spell

Churchill once remarked, regarding Allen Dulles:

"Dull. Duller. Dulles."

Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 09:55 AM (77rzZ)

144 This is a very nice painting. I like it a lot.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at January 14, 2026 09:55 AM (jkRM/)

145 off to work
they pretend to pay me
and
I pretend to work

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 14, 2026 09:55 AM (gbOdA)

146 Sleeping on the job?
Dock that man a day's pay!

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 14, 2026 09:56 AM (HXT0k)

147
He's not wounded - he's swooned, that little fop!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 14, 2026 09:56 AM (xG4kz)

148 How was he wounded?
Posted by: I gotta ask at January 14, 2026 09:39 AM (2Ez/1)
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Played "Boots and Saddles" one too many times when the boys were making breakfast.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 14, 2026 09:56 AM (X4XpB)

149 145 i lied to get the job. they lied about the job.
we're even.

Posted by: cmeat at January 14, 2026 09:57 AM (R11M+)

150
Free Bird!
** lights match **

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 14, 2026 09:57 AM (xG4kz)

151
I came here looking for a job.
I can leave the same way.

Posted by: Words to live by at January 14, 2026 09:58 AM (2Ez/1)

152 "The Wounded Trumpeter

Might one say that he was "Hirt"?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison!"

He's not feeling very Al pert.

Posted by: fd at January 14, 2026 09:58 AM (vFG9F)

153 horse speaking to dog, "but he's the only mangione..."

Posted by: cmeat at January 14, 2026 09:59 AM (R11M+)

154 Trumpeter? I just met her!

Posted by: Rimshot at January 14, 2026 09:59 AM (2Ez/1)

155 Vernet is very good with battle scenes: smoke, clashing bodies, and so forth. But he is also very good at showing the results of war to those involved. The horse and dog, faithful and trained, can't understand anything except loss and confusion. Why is their master unresponsive? Why is their loyalty not enough to help him? There are consequences for innocents to the 'glory' of battle.

Part of the power in the painting is the realistic appearance and poses of the wounded (fatally?) man and the animals. The scene isn't dramatic but the accurate details and colors make it very real and keep the viewer's attention while they absorb the emotional aspects. It is a sobering and effective image.

Posted by: JTB at January 14, 2026 09:59 AM (yTvNw)

156 almost made it to the bridle suite.

Posted by: cmeat at January 14, 2026 09:59 AM (R11M+)

157 2 F15s east of England.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 10:00 AM (A32KF)

158 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Is the horse standing on two legs? Weird. But at least the dude didn't fall into the horse dung.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 14, 2026 10:00 AM (2WIwB)

159 Hey Vern(et), it's Ernest!

Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 10:00 AM (uEmCf)

160

Vasovagal syncope the morning after Sodomy Saturday...

Posted by: Peter Bootygig at January 14, 2026 10:00 AM (pBvdx)

161 Wounded?

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 10:00 AM (KDPiq)

162
That horse is about to launch into a full blown sugar cube rage.

Dude had better wake up.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 14, 2026 10:00 AM (xG4kz)

163 Central and North Texans: when do we get this terrible winter they were predicting? I've worn a coat outside exactly one time since November.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 10:00 AM (QGRvm)

164 155 "it is a sobering... image."
ok, i'll try again.

Posted by: cmeat at January 14, 2026 10:00 AM (R11M+)

165 Like this, but kind of depressing.
Would hang. Thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 14, 2026 10:01 AM (dN7BA)

166 Hey, MP4, I mentioned in the last thread how Noir Alley had a flick from 1957 in which Fay Wray had a supporting role.

She still looked damn good 25 years after Kong.
Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 09:50 AM (77rzZ)

Many, many years ago when there wasn't a word limit on comments, I'd do a weekly post about a movie star. I should try to do an abbreviated one on Wray; she had a tough life, including an abusive husband and an incestuous brother.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 14, 2026 10:01 AM (ufSfZ)

167 He's not feeling very Al pert.
Posted by: fd

Pert Shampoo was great for washing cars.

Posted by: Auto Autist at January 14, 2026 10:01 AM (oftw2)

168 How was he wounded?
Posted by: I gotta ask

I got startled! The French surrounded me, I backed up, then tried to turn right and get away! I wasn't try to hit the gendarme! You can clearly see from the hoofprints!!

Posted by: Trumpeter's Horse at January 14, 2026 10:01 AM (JCZqz)

169 rickb223, wait until February and it will hit.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 14, 2026 10:01 AM (0KSrI)

170 There are some people that are basically superheroes at reading emotions and reacting accordingly, which allows them to take advantage of particularly vulnerable people at a given moment. Narcissists, sociopaths, psychopaths, a chunk of them share this trait probably because they are not clouded by their own emotions.

So it's not just about being clean cut or trusting someone who is. They are expert readers and manipulators.

Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 10:03 AM (g078z)

171 Caption:

"Well, now who's going to get this dang saddle off my back?!?!"

Posted by: naturalfake at January 14, 2026 10:03 AM (iJfKG)

172
By day he was a trumpeter

By night he was a strumpeter. $20, same as in town.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 14, 2026 10:03 AM (xG4kz)

173 Trump is auditioning trumpeters for the Battle of Greenland, but it's not easy with your lips frozen to the mouthpiece.

Posted by: Randy Parker at January 14, 2026 10:03 AM (oftw2)

174 I have a bizarre streak going, been playing Napoleonic war games for 45 years and never once with the French army

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 10:03 AM (i+wP0)

175
Churchill once remarked, regarding Allen Dulles:

_______

*polite cough*

John Foster Dulles, his brother.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2026 10:03 AM (tgvbd)

176 Central and North Texans: when do we get this terrible winter they were predicting? I've worn a coat outside exactly one time since November.
---
Still cycling back and forth between heat and A/C in south Texas.

The annuals haven't even been killed yet.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 14, 2026 10:03 AM (HXT0k)

177 Horse and dog, everyone is happy.

Posted by: From about That Time at January 14, 2026 10:03 AM (sl73Y)

178
Personal information of 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol agents leaked online
ICE List website says it was leaked information about federal agents after shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis

https://tinyurl.com/4ve4fbdt

We may not make it to 2027 without a shooting war.
And i'm good with that.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 10:03 AM (QGRvm)

179 Many, many years ago when there wasn't a word limit on comments, I'd do a weekly post about a movie star. I should try to do an abbreviated one on Wray; she had a tough life, including an abusive husband and an incestuous brother.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

I wonder if there were any Hollywood starlets who WEREN'T abused at some point.

Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 10:04 AM (77rzZ)

180 He should have played some Louis Prima. Everybody likes Louis Prima.

Posted by: Delurker at January 14, 2026 10:04 AM (gtcuf)

181 50 degrees hour north of Houston right now. Should warm up to 65 for a high.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 10:05 AM (KDPiq)

182 *polite cough*

John Foster Dulles, his brother.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Yes, you are right. Thank you for the correction.

How's The Big Dummy doing these days?

Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 10:05 AM (77rzZ)

183 179 dawn wells.

Posted by: cmeat at January 14, 2026 10:05 AM (R11M+)

184 Napoleonic era Hussar trumpeter I think
Probably Fench but don't know what Regiment he could be from
Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 09:39 AM (i+wP0)

Maybe outside the infamous farmhouse in the battle of Waterloo.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 14, 2026 10:06 AM (g8Ew8)

185
Tunbridge Wells

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 14, 2026 10:06 AM (xG4kz)

186 Trump eters have always been hated and aimed at

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at January 14, 2026 10:06 AM (wthON)

187 Everybody likes Louis Prima.
Posted by: Delurker

Best King of the Apes ever.

Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 10:06 AM (77rzZ)

188 The Bishop of Bath and Wells.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 14, 2026 10:07 AM (X4XpB)

189 ~~Wounded[/] DRUNK Trumpeter.~~

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 14, 2026 10:07 AM (N39Ws)

190 We may not make it to 2027 without a shooting war.
And i'm good with that.
Posted by: rickb223

It's troubling that I have so many pew pew pills that I can't carry them all. Good thing I have the high ground.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 14, 2026 10:07 AM (cYBz/)

191 Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 10:03 AM (g078z)

People with Aspergers are terrible at reading emotions and reacting accordingly. Which I guess makes them especially vulnerable to that type.

Posted by: Delurker at January 14, 2026 10:07 AM (gtcuf)

192 183 179 dawn wells.
Posted by: cmeat

She was a little before my time, but I'm led to believe she inspired many young men to self-abuse, IYKWIM.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at January 14, 2026 10:07 AM (JCZqz)

193 There are some people that are basically superheroes at reading emotions and reacting accordingly, which allows them to take advantage of particularly vulnerable people at a given moment. Narcissists, sociopaths, psychopaths, a chunk of them share this trait probably because they are not clouded by their own emotions.

So it's not just about being clean cut or trusting someone who is. They are expert readers and manipulators.

But enough about Bill Clinton.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 14, 2026 10:08 AM (Riz8t)

194 Central and North Texans: when do we get this terrible winter they were predicting? I've worn a coat outside exactly one time since November.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 10:00 AM (QGRvm)

If I had to guess... February, same as almost every year.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 14, 2026 10:08 AM (ExV1e)

195
~~Wounded[/] DRUNK Trumpeter.~~
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed

It needed to be done in Crayola font

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 14, 2026 10:08 AM (xG4kz)

196 Why's our little shit eater gotta show up on our art thread?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 14, 2026 10:08 AM (HXT0k)

197 Everybody likes Louis Prima.
Posted by: Delurker

Best King of the Apes ever.
Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 10:06 AM (77rzZ)
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That movie has a lot of good songs, but Phil Harris and Louis Prima jamming together takes the cake.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 14, 2026 10:09 AM (X4XpB)

198 It may have already been mentioned, but that is not a trumpet, but a bugle. Ergo, that is a fallen/wounded Bugler.

Posted by: Joe Mama at January 14, 2026 10:09 AM (TezPK)

199 "We may not make it to 2027 without a shooting war."

You mean with real bullets?

Posted by: Rebecca Good at January 14, 2026 10:09 AM (2Ez/1)

200 We may not make it to 2027 without a shooting war.

Will the left be shocked to learn that real bullets are being used?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 14, 2026 10:09 AM (ExV1e)

201 >>We may not make it to 2027 without a shooting war.
And i'm good with that.

Leftists couldn't be more obvious. They can't win without millions of illegals and they know it.

Keep deporting. The Democrat Party will be reduced to permanent minority status on the national stage.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 10:10 AM (viF8m)

202 Ergo, that is a fallen/wounded Bugler.
Posted by: Joe Mama

"I finally took him out!"
-- Irving Berlin

Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 10:10 AM (77rzZ)

203 A Tuba player would have been amusing.

Posted by: tubal at January 14, 2026 10:10 AM (Ni7Q/)

204 The look on that horse's face says that he bucked the boss right into the wall and knocked him out. "I am in so much trouble... Boss! Wake up, boss. Oh crap."

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 14, 2026 10:10 AM (O7YUW)

205 There are some people that are basically superheroes at reading emotions and reacting accordingly, which allows them to take advantage of particularly vulnerable people at a given moment. Narcissists, sociopaths, psychopaths, a chunk of them share this trait probably because they are not clouded by their own emotions. ……

And if you’re not vulnerable , their attempts are so over the top obvious that it’s hard to understand how people can fall for it.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 10:10 AM (KDPiq)

206 MSNBC:

Democrats need to run against ICE in 2026
If Democrats don’t seize this moment politically and morally, then they shouldn’t even call themselves an opposition party.

Posted by: Really?? at January 14, 2026 10:10 AM (kgFPv)

207 Ergo, that is a fallen/wounded Bugler.
Posted by: Joe Mama

Roll your own, Man!

Posted by: Mr. Natural at January 14, 2026 10:11 AM (oftw2)

208 We used to fish for bugles in our pond.

Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 10:11 AM (77rzZ)

209 190 freedom seeds.

Posted by: cmeat at January 14, 2026 10:11 AM (R11M+)

210 Mr Ed
Wilbur
And Carol. Oh yes. Carol.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 14, 2026 10:11 AM (2WIwB)

211 It may have already been mentioned, but that is not a trumpet, but a bugle. Ergo, that is a fallen/wounded Bugler.
---
A bugle has no valves and plays limited notes (like Taps), while the trumpet (bright, piercing, cylindrical bore) and cornet (warm, mellow, conical bore) are like valved bugles, with the cornet's tighter, conical tubing creating a softer sound than the trumpet's more direct, cylindrical design, despite both having valves and similar tubing length.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 14, 2026 10:11 AM (HXT0k)

212 It may have already been mentioned, but that is not a trumpet, but a bugle. Ergo, that is a fallen/wounded Bugler.

Posted by: Joe Mama at January 14, 2026 10:09 AM (TezPK)

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

"That bugle identified as a trumpeter, bigot h8r!"

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 14, 2026 10:11 AM (5StDt)

213 But enough about Bill Clinton.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 14, 2026 10:08 AM (Riz8t

Perfect example. I was 8 when he and Hillary ran for office. I knew my parents didn't like them, but they didn't like most politicians, so that wasn't anything new to me.

Even back then, I could feel a very bad energy just radiating off those two, through the TV screen. A couple of devils.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 14, 2026 10:11 AM (BI5O2)

214 So abolish ice means effectively if an illegal enters the country and gets away from border patrol he’ll never have anything to worry about.

That’s what the Dems are running on. Open borders permanently.

Posted by: Really?? at January 14, 2026 10:12 AM (kgFPv)

215 >>MSNBC:

>>Democrats need to run against ICE in 2026
If Democrats don’t seize this moment politically and morally, then they shouldn’t even call themselves an opposition party.

Great advice. I highly recommend Democrats follow it.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 10:12 AM (viF8m)

216 Horse: Spot, make a tourniquet! Rusty, run get Doc Severinsen!

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at January 14, 2026 10:12 AM (NYInA)

217 191 i purchased three autistic barbie's yesterday. headphones, fidget spinner, communication device, flappy hands, off center stare.

Posted by: cmeat at January 14, 2026 10:12 AM (R11M+)

218 Eva Vlaardingerbroek is on the War Room. She has been banned from access to the UK.

Posted by: I'd Be Happy To Host Her at January 14, 2026 10:12 AM (oftw2)

219 The Bishop of Bath and Wells.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 14, 2026 10:07 AM

The assistant manager of the Bank of the Black Monks of St. Herod?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2026 10:12 AM (bFu5X)

220 Protesting ICE actions should be immediate stripping of citizenship and deportation to Greenland. Congratulations, you're all now Danes.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 14, 2026 10:12 AM (tL5sl)

221 The SCOTUS didn't issue a ruling on tariffs today.

Posted by: Tis the Season at January 14, 2026 10:12 AM (HTCU3)

222 Mr Ed
And Carol. Oh yes. Carol.
Posted by: Diogenes

I order Carol to stand aside!
-- Catherine the Great

Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 10:13 AM (77rzZ)

223
Were he of the house and lineage of J'Blowme, this would have been titled "The Fallen Bungler".

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 14, 2026 10:13 AM (xG4kz)

224 So the UK is turning into North Korea.

Posted by: tubal at January 14, 2026 10:13 AM (Ni7Q/)

225 206 MSNBC:

Democrats need to run against ICE in 2026
If Democrats don’t seize this moment politically and morally, then they shouldn’t even call themselves an opposition party.
Posted by: Really??

MSNOW, not MSNBC! We DEMAND you retract your libel posting IMMEDIATELY! Any statements implying a relationship between MSNOW and NBC is de facto damaging to our reputation and incurs significant financial loss.

Posted by: NBC Legal Team at January 14, 2026 10:13 AM (JCZqz)

226 210 Mr Ed
Wilbur
And Carol. Oh yes. Carol.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 14, 2026 10:11 AM (2WIwB)

One of the top ten funniest scenes in TV history is when Mr Ed tried out for the Dodgers. After hitting the ball Mr Ed starts to round the bases . There is a throw coming into home plate and Mr Ed slides under the tag.

I’m laughing now just thinking about it.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 10:14 AM (KDPiq)

227 Eva Vlaardingerbroek is on the War Room. She has been banned from access to the UK.
Posted by: I'd Be Happy To Host Her

Is she on there with Natalie Winters?

Hawtness overload!

Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 10:14 AM (77rzZ)

228 More like MS-13NOW.

Posted by: AMIRITE at January 14, 2026 10:14 AM (2Ez/1)

229 MSNBC:

Democrats need to run against ICE in 2026
If Democrats don’t seize this moment politically and morally, then they shouldn’t even call themselves an opposition party.
Posted by: Really?? at January 14, 2026 10:10 AM

Do it!!!!!!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2026 10:14 AM (bFu5X)

230 So it's not just about being clean cut or trusting someone who is. They are expert readers and manipulators.

But enough about Bill Clinton.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 14, 2026 10:08 AM (Riz8t)

I've met a few people who knew young Bill Clinton and everyone of them said how friendly and charming he was. The guy who always remembered your name, even if he'd only met you once.

He was that way even in high school and college.

Born politician, I guess.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 14, 2026 10:15 AM (iJfKG)

231 229
Do it!!!!!!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2026 10:14 AM (bFu5X)

======

It really is the Defund the Police of 2028.

And the original worked so well that Democrats lie today about supporting it after it led to them needing to ballot box stuff in the middle of the night across six states to barely beat Trump in 2020.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 14, 2026 10:16 AM (GBKbO)

232 MSNOW, not MSNBC! We DEMAND you retract your libel posting IMMEDIATELY! Any statements implying a relationship between MSNOW and NBC is de facto damaging to our reputation and incurs significant financial loss.
Posted by: NBC Legal Team at January 14, 2026 10:13 AM (JCZqz)

More Shit No One Watches. (H/T to a fellow moron who came up with that a couple of weeks ago)

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 14, 2026 10:16 AM (5xuJ/)

233 It's kind of sad when I think about it. I walked in fear of the Clintons from early childhood, through most of my adult life.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT TRUMP!

Slaying that dragon secured his legacy as a great American right off the bat.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 14, 2026 10:17 AM (BI5O2)

234 215 >>MSNBC:

>>Democrats need to run against ICE in 2026
If Democrats don’t seize this moment politically and morally, then they shouldn’t even call themselves an opposition party.

Great advice. I highly recommend Democrats follow it.
Posted by: JackStraw

Half of Trump's 2020 loss was because of all the violent protests deranged Lefties did during Trump's first term. Normies don't want to see non-stop, unhinged, violent rioting. It worked before, and they're looking to do it again...and it kind of looks initially successful. Trump's poll numbers are low, ICE polls terribly.

However, I think Trump leared from his first term, and he isn’t going to passively pussyfoot around protests and leave it to the states to manage.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at January 14, 2026 10:17 AM (JCZqz)

235 "Jacques! Wake up and sound retreat!"

Posted by: Paco at January 14, 2026 10:17 AM (2L+MU)

236 Is she on there with Natalie Winters?

Hawtness overload!
Posted by: Bulg

No. Natalie is not often on the morning edition. She often hosts the 5PM EST War Room.

Posted by: War Room Junkie at January 14, 2026 10:17 AM (oftw2)

237 Posted by: naturalfake at January 14, 2026 10:15 AM (iJfKG

He thought he could do it with his ‘I did not have sex with that woman’ speech . And the useful idiots did buy it.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 10:17 AM (KDPiq)

238 Its a good thing he wasn't playing the sousaphone.

Posted by: dantesed at January 14, 2026 10:18 AM (Oy/m2)

239 It's kind of sad when I think about it. I walked in fear of the Clintons from early childhood, through most of my adult life.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT TRUMP!

Slaying that dragon secured his legacy as a great American right off the bat.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

He took out the Clintons and the Bushes simultaneously. For that alone he has my undying respect and gratitude.

Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 10:18 AM (77rzZ)

240 >>> 220 Protesting ICE actions should be immediate stripping of citizenship and deportation to Greenland. Congratulations, you're all now Danes.
Posted by: gKWVE at January 14, 2026 10:12 AM (tL5sl)

Fck you.

Posted by: Greenland. The LAND, not the people crawling all over me. at January 14, 2026 10:19 AM (ULPxl)

241 234 Half of Trump's 2020 loss was because of all the violent protests deranged Lefties did during Trump's first term. Normies don't want to see non-stop, unhinged, violent rioting. It worked before, and they're looking to do it again...and it kind of looks initially successful. Trump's poll numbers are low, ICE polls terribly.

However, I think Trump leared from his first term, and he isn’t going to passively pussyfoot around protests and leave it to the states to manage.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at January 14, 2026 10:17 AM (JCZqz)

======

It worked so well that GA has 300,000 ballots from 2020 that were counted with no trail of even existing.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 14, 2026 10:19 AM (GBKbO)

242 The thing that creeped me out about Clinton when he came on the national stage was the idolizing of him, like he was a celebrity or hero.

Gross.

Saw it again with Obama.
Same thing now with Mamdani.

You can easily identify the exact same demographic of their biggest fans in all three cases.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 14, 2026 10:20 AM (HXT0k)

243 Somebody's going to get shot when they kick the wrong door. Door kicking game in Topeka. Goes to KSNT website.

https://tinyurl.com/3sp4ay3e

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 14, 2026 10:21 AM (5xuJ/)

244 He took out the Clintons and the Bushes simultaneously. For that alone he has my undying respect and gratitude.
Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 10:18 AM (77rzZ

Yeah, the Bushes are real rotten bunch of bastards, but the Clintons are special. It's a demonic energy. I saw Talarico on Rogan, and I could smell that same stink on him.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 14, 2026 10:21 AM (BI5O2)

245 dawn wells.
Posted by: cmeat

She was a little before my time, but I'm led to believe she inspired many young men to self-abuse, IYKWIM.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at January 14, 2026 10:07 AM (JCZqz)

I saw Wells on a YouTube clip from years ago when she was appearing with Russell Johnson on some daytime talk show. Her legs were incredible.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 14, 2026 10:22 AM (ufSfZ)

246 I am a terrible person, which is why I would laugh if personal information of all the members of the various commie orgs were somehow accidentally released to the teewee and intertubes.

Oh no!!!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 14, 2026 10:22 AM (ULPxl)

247 >>Half of Trump's 2020 loss was because of all the violent protests deranged Lefties did during Trump's first term.

Trump did not lose in 2020.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 10:23 AM (viF8m)

248 Goldie in 6.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 10:23 AM (A32KF)

249 Goldie in 6.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 10:23 AM (A32KF)
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Blue Note, to win, in the fourth race at Narragansett.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 14, 2026 10:24 AM (X4XpB)

250 I am a terrible person, which is why I would laugh if personal information of all the members of the various commie orgs were somehow accidentally released to the teewee and intertubes.

Oh no!!!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 14, 2026 10:22 AM

Now I'm not saying someone should do that, but I'd understand it if they did...

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2026 10:24 AM (bFu5X)

251 For all you musical historians out there, the trumpet only gained valves around the 18th century, so they were still called trumpets when no valves at the time of the painting.

Besides, Bugles are a corn based delicacy.

Posted by: epador at January 14, 2026 10:24 AM (TRnzq)

252 One of the top ten funniest scenes in TV history is when Mr Ed tried out for the Dodgers. After hitting the ball Mr Ed starts to round the bases . There is a throw coming into home plate and Mr Ed slides under the tag.

I’m laughing now just thinking about it.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 10:14 AM (KDPiq)

Carol was the first person young Diogenes saw on tv that he thought looked...different...and very nice in a blouse, and it made him feel funny inside.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 14, 2026 10:25 AM (2WIwB)

253 181 50 degrees hour north of Houston right now. Should warm up to 65 for a high.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 10:05 AM (KDPiq)

48 here at the beach in Orange County California

Going up to.....78 thanks to a mild Santa Ana condition expected to last the next several days...

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 14, 2026 10:25 AM (QGaXH)

254 Despite my general preference for redheads, I always preferred Dawn wells to Tina Louise.

She rocked the short shorts.

Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 10:25 AM (77rzZ)

255 Was he hunting in pheasants in Wyoming? You know that place is haunted, right?

Posted by: Eromero at January 14, 2026 10:26 AM (LHPAg)

256 Of course, I wouldn't have turned down Mary Ann, but I was always a Ginger fan, because I have a weakness for icy, bitchy redheads.

Which is what happens when you read Venus in Furs just as puberty hits.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 14, 2026 10:26 AM (ufSfZ)

257 https://is.gd/8PtxcA

@EricLDaugh
🚨 SHE'S RIGHT: “Don't you find it a little fishy that they're closing down schools in MN until February during the exact same time that these daycares are being accused of fraudulent activity?!"

The fraud coverup begins.
https://is.gd/vW1YEt

"Those parents still have to go to work. So what's the plan for those kids? They're gonna be put in daycare, which is then going to fill up those daycares that have been empty for the past year or two years!"

"I don't think this is a little coincidence!"

==
Only a timwalz would expect others to fall for this, and while there are many commie timwalzes who WILL fall for it, I suspect it's more about making one last cash grab before a lot of people run.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 14, 2026 10:26 AM (ULPxl)

258 It worked so well that GA has 300,000 ballots from 2020 that were counted with no trail of even existing.
---
300k in GA.
750k in NC.
800k in OR.

AZ and all the other swing states are still hiding how many, but it's just as huge.
And the 38 states the DOJ is currently suing.

I'll keep mentioning it, but based on the margin of victory in every race over the last 8 years--no matter how contested--Houston alone has some 100k fake Dem voters.
That's in a red state that sorta tries to enforce election integrity.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 14, 2026 10:27 AM (HXT0k)

259 She rocked the short shorts.
Posted by: Bulg

Who wears short shorts?
We wear short shorts!
(They're such short shorts!)
We like short shorts!

If you dare wear short shorts,
Nair for short shorts!

Posted by: Tonypete at January 14, 2026 10:27 AM (cYBz/)

260 #257 Nobody is going to send their kids to a Somali daycare.

Posted by: Crusader at January 14, 2026 10:28 AM (TN0g+)

261 239 He took out the Clintons and the Bushes simultaneously. For that alone he has my undying respect and gratitude.
Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 10:18 AM (77rzZ)

Still need him to take out the Obama/Jarrett/Holder/Rice leviathan.

Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 10:28 AM (uEmCf)

262 Whoa Nelly!

Did you know Wales has become the world’s first country to enforce rules that allow politicians to lose their jobs for lying?

Under the new law, politicians can be suspended or removed if they deliberately mislead the public. It is a major shift toward accountability and political honesty and it sets a precedent other countries have never taken this far before.

Whether it changes politics long term remains to be seen but it is a bold move that is already getting global attention.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 10:29 AM (QGRvm)

263 If you dare wear short shorts,
Nair for short shorts!
Posted by: Tonypete

Yep, that ad is still seared into my memory all these years later.

Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 10:29 AM (77rzZ)

264 Those parents still have to go to work. So what's the plan for those kids? They're gonna be put in daycare, which is then going to fill up those daycares that have been empty for the past year or two years!

------

Some of that will happen, the rich AWFL contingent will do that.

But I doubt most parents will. If the choice is Somalis or dogs, I'm boarding my kid at the kennel.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 14, 2026 10:29 AM (BI5O2)

265 SHE'S RIGHT: “Don't you find it a little fishy that they're closing down schools in MN until February during the exact same time that these daycares are being accused of fraudulent activity?!"

The fraud coverup begins.
https://is.gd/vW1YEt

Within 48 hours of the story breaking in Minnesota, Washington State democrats were preparing legislation to prevent the release of paperwork of the Somali run daycares here.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 14, 2026 10:29 AM (2WIwB)

266 The trumpeter appears overblown.

Posted by: Weasel at January 14, 2026 10:30 AM (nI4xo)

267 Nobody is going to send their kids to a Somali daycare.
Posted by: Crusader at January 14, 2026 10:28 AM (TN0g+)
-----------
Yeah, I'd send my kids to daycare in a warehouse with no windows and no outside play area.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 14, 2026 10:30 AM (X4XpB)

268 Who wears short shorts?
We wear short shorts!
(They're such short shorts!)
We like short shorts!

Sheb Wooley did a call out to that song in his Purple People Eater.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 14, 2026 10:30 AM (ufSfZ)

269 >>> 260 #257 Nobody is going to send their kids to a Somali daycare.
Posted by: Crusader at January 14, 2026 10:28 AM (TN0g+)

Normal people won't, but what about the local timwalzes out protesting ICE?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 14, 2026 10:30 AM (ULPxl)

270 Nobody is going to send their kids to a Somali daycare.
Posted by: Crusader

If 81% of somalis are on welfare, why so many daycares?

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 10:30 AM (QGRvm)

271 260 #257 Nobody is going to send their kids to a Somali daycare.
----------------
Where else would you go to get quality learing?

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 14, 2026 10:31 AM (pLaQB)

272 Whoa. The Horde is fast.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 14, 2026 10:31 AM (ULPxl)

273 Is our children learing?

Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 10:31 AM (viF8m)

274 Did you know Wales has become the world’s first country to enforce rules that allow politicians to lose their jobs for lying?
-----------
Call me if they actually do it to Labour or Paid Cymru pols.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 14, 2026 10:31 AM (X4XpB)

275 Where else would you go to get quality learing?
Posted by: Pudinhead

Olivier did some great Learing.

Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 10:32 AM (77rzZ)

276
Super short miniskirts are back...kinda.

Why not Short Shorts?

C'mon gals, make great legs and tight, bubble butts great again!

Posted by: naturalfake at January 14, 2026 10:32 AM (iJfKG)

277 "Those parents still have to go to work. So what's the plan for those kids? They're gonna be put in daycare, which is then going to fill up those daycares that have been empty for the past year or two years!"

"I don't think this is a little coincidence!"

Walz will call it a success, and when the first little girl is raped, he will blame the parents.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 14, 2026 10:32 AM (2WIwB)

278 Plaid Cymru.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 14, 2026 10:32 AM (X4XpB)

279 275 Where else would you go to get quality learing?
Posted by: Pudinhead

Olivier did some great Learing.
--------------
Olivier was a fagz, rite?

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 14, 2026 10:32 AM (pLaQB)

280 >>> 271 260 #257 Nobody is going to send their kids to a Somali daycare.
----------------
Where else would you go to get quality learing?
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 14, 2026 10:31 AM (pLaQB)

That's where I was taking my kids and dog before that mean ICE Natsi shot me with his real bullets!!!

Posted by: Zombie Renee Good at January 14, 2026 10:32 AM (ULPxl)

281 So sleepy.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 14, 2026 10:33 AM (jc0TO)

282 I'm up before noon.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 10:33 AM (A32KF)

283 Olivier was a fagz, rite?
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 14, 2026 10:32 AM (pLaQB)
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Not so much, no.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 14, 2026 10:34 AM (X4XpB)

284 I remember the ep of The Partridge Family where Shirley Jones and Susan Dey donned hotpants.

Young Bulg noticed.

Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 10:34 AM (77rzZ)

285 Maybe outside the infamous farmhouse in the battle of Waterloo.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 14, 2026 10:06 AM

I don't think so, not many French got in, certainly no cavalry

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 10:34 AM (i+wP0)

286 >>So sleepy.

poppies

Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 10:34 AM (viF8m)

287 Bills v Broncos - any ideas on the winner?

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 14, 2026 10:34 AM (pLaQB)

288 Eva Vlaardingerbroek is on the War Room. She has been banned from access to the UK.
Posted by: I'd Be Happy To Host Her at January 14, 2026 10:12 AM (oftw2)

No more smelling or looking upon her deliciousness. Trump needs to invite her to the WH.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 14, 2026 10:34 AM (g8Ew8)

289 If I saw an American child in the care of Somalis, I'd stand watch til the parent arrived and then berate them for doing that. Might as well just leave the kid in the middle of the 'hood by himself all day. Probably safer.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 14, 2026 10:34 AM (BI5O2)

290 Olivier was a fagz, rite?
Posted by: Pudinhead

Well, bi anyway. Vivien Leigh and Danny Kaye.

Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 10:34 AM (77rzZ)

291 Nobody is going to send their kids to a Somali daycare.
Posted by: Crusader at January 14, 2026 10:28 AM (TN0g+)

Never underestimate the stupid in Minnesota.

Those people are stump dumb.

Posted by: Somali Charlie at January 14, 2026 10:34 AM (n+1Zi)

292 >>> 287 Bills v Broncos - any ideas on the winner?
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 14, 2026 10:34 AM (pLaQB)

The team that scores the most points!

Posted by: Joe Buck at January 14, 2026 10:35 AM (ULPxl)

293 Link to Eva?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 10:35 AM (A32KF)

294 While we're speaking of wishes...

Since Trump/DOJ/Doge already know where the money to interfere with ICE and set up violent confrontations are coming from,

I wish they'd go after these fuckers hammer and tongs.

Peaceful, well-ordered demonstrations? Sure knock yourself out.

Violent, obstructive attempts to foment revolution...Nope, not legal. Go after the money now! And make arrests of the kingpins.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 14, 2026 10:35 AM (iJfKG)

295 The Wounded Trumpeter
Horace Vernet

The Last Blast of the Blasted Bugler

Very nicely detailed, but I would pass hanging.

Thank you.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 14, 2026 10:35 AM (NFX2v)

296 It's time to goad the Mullahs into doing something stupid. And the Israelis are just the folks to do it.

Posted by: pawn at January 14, 2026 10:36 AM (rbIOb)

297 I don't think so, not many French got in, certainly no cavalry
Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 10:34 AM (i+wP0)

Does it look like he got in?

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 14, 2026 10:36 AM (g8Ew8)

298 241 in one county...

Posted by: cmeat at January 14, 2026 10:36 AM (R11M+)

299 Nice!

>>@AGPamBondi

>>This past week, at the request of the Department of War, the Department of Justice and FBI executed a search warrant at the home of a Washington Post journalist who was obtaining and reporting classified and illegally leaked information from a Pentagon contractor. The leaker is currently behind bars. I am proud to work alongside Secretary Hegseth on this effort. The Trump Administration will not tolerate illegal leaks of classified information that, when reported, pose a grave risk to our Nation’s national security and the brave men and women who are serving our country.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 10:36 AM (viF8m)

300 205 There are some people that are basically superheroes at reading emotions and reacting accordingly, which allows them to take advantage of particularly vulnerable people at a given moment. Narcissists, sociopaths, psychopaths, a chunk of them share this trait probably because they are not clouded by their own emotions. ……

People who were raised in abusive environments are especially vulnerable to this because it feels normal, even comforting.

Posted by: Fish don't know they're wet at January 14, 2026 10:36 AM (TbWk/)

301 290 Olivier was a fagz, rite?
Posted by: Pudinhead

Well, bi anyway. Vivien Leigh and Danny Kaye.
----------------
Danny Kaye creeped me out as a kid. He also wanted me to collect for UNICEF. Fuck that guy in particular.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 14, 2026 10:37 AM (pLaQB)

302 The Wounded Trumpeter is a euphemism for a sex act which should only be practiced by the young and physically fit! Stay safe out there!

Posted by: DJ Jazzy Mel at January 14, 2026 10:37 AM (ZTJjv)

303 263 If you dare wear short shorts,
Nair for short shorts!
Posted by: Tonypete

Yep, that ad is still seared into my memory all these years later.
Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 10:29 AM (77rzZ)

Yeah....I'll be in my bunk...

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 14, 2026 10:37 AM (QGaXH)

304 276
Super short miniskirts are back...kinda.
Why not Short Shorts?
C'mon gals, make great legs and tight, bubble butts great again!
Posted by: naturalfake

Average woman's BMI in the 50s: 24.9
In the 2020s? 29.2

Before they had bubble butts and long legs. Now they're shaped like Mr Bubble (minus the smile).

Posted by: Moron Analyst at January 14, 2026 10:37 AM (JCZqz)

305 Cold wet noses check for death.

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 14, 2026 10:38 AM (EyfuW)

306 Eva Vlaardingerbroek is on the War Room. She has been banned from access to the UK.
Posted by: I'd Be Happy To Host Her at January 14, 2026 10:12 AM (oftw2)

No more smelling or looking upon her deliciousness. Trump needs to invite her to the WH.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 14, 2026 10:34 AM (g8Ew

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

Let her run Greenland.

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 14, 2026 10:38 AM (EYaT7)

307 Bills v Broncos - any ideas on the winner?
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 14, 2026 10:34 AM (pLaQB)

Yes. The winner will score the most points.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 14, 2026 10:38 AM (g8Ew8)

308 I've never heard the term "bubble butt" before. Must do internet search.

Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 10:39 AM (77rzZ)

309 >>@AGPamBondi

>>This past week, at the request of the Department of War, the Department of Justice and FBI executed a search warrant at the home of a Washington Post journalist who was obtaining and reporting classified and illegally leaked information from a Pentagon contractor. The leaker is currently behind bars. I am proud to work alongside Secretary Hegseth on this effort. The Trump Administration will not tolerate illegal leaks of classified information that, when reported, pose a grave risk to our Nation’s national security and the brave men and women who are serving our country.
---
Nicely setting up a case to over-turn the stupid Pentagon Papers case.
Because you know the retarded shit monkeys of the left won't be able to help themselves fighting this.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 14, 2026 10:39 AM (HXT0k)

310 With great learing comes great responsbilty

Posted by: Uncle Ben Parker-Muhammad at January 14, 2026 10:39 AM (TbWk/)

311 "I've never heard the term "bubble butt" before. Must do internet search.
Posted by: Bulg"

How ya doin?

Posted by: Mr Bubble at January 14, 2026 10:39 AM (vFG9F)

312 Looking at Eva and Natalie reveals there are levels to this game.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 14, 2026 10:39 AM (XV/Pl)

313 I saw Retarded Shit Monkeys open for The Monkees at the Hollywood Bowl in '68.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 14, 2026 10:41 AM (X4XpB)

314 At first, extremely brief glance, the painting reminded me of Cat Ballou and the the drunken horse.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 14, 2026 10:41 AM (8CIFn)

315 *Before they had bubble butts and long legs. Now they're shaped like Mr Bubble (minus the smile).*

This is about us, isn't it?

Posted by: Yoga pants at January 14, 2026 10:41 AM (2Ez/1)

316 Has a dog, so art.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 14, 2026 10:41 AM (8zz6B)

317 The Guardian: Europe must now tell Trump that enough is enough – and cut all ties with the US. How do you retain a space of democracy in a world that is reverting to violent conquest? By building a protective moat of federalism around it

Hopefully everyone's laughing will subside by the time Monkey shows up.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 14, 2026 10:41 AM (JCZqz)

318 Let her run Greenland.
Posted by: ShainS

No, too cold. She'd have to bundle up.

Make her governor of Cuba. In a bikini. On the beach.

Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 10:42 AM (77rzZ)

319 317 The Guardian: Europe must now tell Trump that enough is enough – and cut all ties with the US. How do you retain a space of democracy in a world that is reverting to violent conquest? By building a protective moat of federalism around it

Hopefully everyone's laughing will subside by the time Monkey shows up.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 14, 2026 10:41 AM (JCZqz)

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They should start by banning X, the AfD, and prosecuting anyone who makes memes about politicians.

For democracy.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 14, 2026 10:42 AM (GBKbO)

320 Does Europe cutting ties mean no moar NATO?

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 14, 2026 10:42 AM (pLaQB)

321 The Guardian: Europe must now tell Trump that enough is enough – and cut all ties with the US.

Pay the jizya slaves!!!
--Your Local Imam

Posted by: Diogenes at January 14, 2026 10:43 AM (2WIwB)

322 Eva Vlaardingerbroek is on the War Room. She has been banned from access to the UK.
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12k people a year are being arrested for what they post on social media; wrongspeak.
They, Canada and Australia are looking to ban X.
It is illegal to own a radio or TV in the UK unless you report it and pay an annual tax on it.

But the US is fascist?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 14, 2026 10:43 AM (HXT0k)

323 320 Does Europe cutting ties mean no moar NATO?

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 14, 2026 10:42 AM (pLaQB)

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"We'll fund out own defense!"

"wut?"
-welfare states

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 14, 2026 10:43 AM (GBKbO)

324 The Guardian: Europe must now tell Trump that enough is enough – and cut all ties with the US.

Your terms are acceptable.

Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 10:44 AM (77rzZ)

325 322 But the US is fascist?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 14, 2026 10:43 AM (HXT0k)

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Because the US is allowing speech but not allowing rioting.

So fascisms.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 14, 2026 10:44 AM (GBKbO)

326 But the US is fascist?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 14, 2026 10:43 AM (HXT0k)
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Fascism, something, something, landing in Europe.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 14, 2026 10:44 AM (X4XpB)

327 268 the song is older than the ad... '58 to '85, so figure it out.

Posted by: cmeat at January 14, 2026 10:44 AM (R11M+)

328 The Guardian: Europe must now tell Trump that enough is enough – and cut all ties with the US. How do you retain a space of democracy in a world that is reverting to violent conquest? By building a protective moat of federalism around it

Europe couldn't build a moat around a coffee cup.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 14, 2026 10:45 AM (Riz8t)

329 You know who else was a Fascist?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 10:45 AM (A32KF)

330 Europe must now tell Trump that enough is enough – and cut all ties with the US.

-

Oh yeah! That's what I'm talking about, baby! Cut all ties, RIGHT NOW!

If this wish of mine is granted, once my boner subsides, I'll write Trump a thank you note.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 14, 2026 10:45 AM (BI5O2)

331
The Guardian: Europe must now tell Trump that enough is enough – and cut all ties with the US.

*snicker snicker*

Oh shit, they're serious.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 14, 2026 10:45 AM (y9nCu)

332 Sadly, Eva V. only did a ten minute segment from her car. I think the UK ban had just reached her.

Posted by: War Room Junkie. at January 14, 2026 10:45 AM (oftw2)

333 sorry mary, you said song- the tune charted the same year as people eater.

Posted by: cmeat at January 14, 2026 10:45 AM (R11M+)

334 The Guardian: Europe must now tell Trump that enough is enough – and cut all ties with the US. How do you retain a space of democracy in a world that is reverting to violent conquest? By building a protective moat of federalism around it

Wait, I thought you guys were the Mack Daddies of soft power, and that was just as good as hard power. At least that's what you told us when you didn't want to pay for a military.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 14, 2026 10:46 AM (Riz8t)

335 Don't ever change Grauniad. Don't ever change.

Posted by: We know at January 14, 2026 10:47 AM (2Ez/1)

336 Representatives from both Denmark and Greenland just arrived at the White House for negotiations.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 10:47 AM (viF8m)

337 The Guardian: Europe must now tell Trump that enough is enough – and cut all ties with the US.

This is getting serious! Where will we get our Brussels Sprouts?

Posted by: Vinnie The Vegan at January 14, 2026 10:47 AM (oftw2)

338 The Guardian: Europe must now tell Trump that enough is enough – and cut all ties with the US. How do you retain a space of democracy in a world that is reverting to violent conquest? By building a protective moat of federalism around it

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Yes yes! I agree!

----Vladimir Putin

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 14, 2026 10:47 AM (g8Ew8)

339 Purple People Eater?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 10:47 AM (A32KF)

340 60s women use to have giant mounds of hair sticking, curling, crawling exploding out from their suits.

Now, we know. We all seen the modern kept, aerodynamic look.

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 14, 2026 10:48 AM (EyfuW)

341 331
The Guardian: Europe must now tell Trump that enough is enough – and cut all ties with the US.

*snicker snicker*

Oh shit, they're serious.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 14, 2026 10:45 AM (y9nCu)

Please oh please let this happen.
Russia - now all their problem. As is Ukraine. NATO can get bent. And when they find themselves in a military conflict, we wave a them (or save them AGAIN and then make them a US territory).

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 14, 2026 10:48 AM (N39Ws)

342 By building a protective moat of federalism around it.

Is this like the warmth of collectivism?
Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 14, 2026 10:48 AM (2WIwB)

343
Put bird seed in the feeders. The biggest customers have been... bees.

It's still warm, but apart from the bottlebrushes we have few flowers. The poor things need to collect from somewhere and the seed oil is as good as anything.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2026 10:49 AM (tgvbd)

344 Europe has been an albatross for at least 100 years. Au revoir!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 10:49 AM (RIvkX)

345 By building a protective moat of federalism around it.

Is this like the warmth of collectivism?
Asking for a friend.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 14, 2026 10:48 AM

That warmth is the leftists peeing in the moat of federalism.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2026 10:49 AM (bFu5X)

346 HHS Warns Canada’s Assisted Suicide Organ Donation Pipeline Crosses Ethical Red Lines

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The husband of one of Mrs. Wrecks' friends died by assisted suicide here in Colorado a week or so ago in a ceremony entitled a celebration of life.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 10:49 AM (L/fGl)

347 The husband of one of Mrs. Wrecks' friends died by assisted suicide here in Colorado a week or so ago in a ceremony entitled a celebration of life.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 10:49 AM

-_-

I got nothin'.

Posted by: Alanis Morrissette at January 14, 2026 10:50 AM (bFu5X)

348
Yes. The winner will score the most points.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 14, 2026 10:38 AM (g8Ew

___________

*marks down Dr. PC&B for open head coaching job*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2026 10:51 AM (tgvbd)

349 If I were Trump, I'd crap in a box and have Rubio hand deliver it to Ambassador Turner with a note that says "this is for your fag country."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 14, 2026 10:51 AM (BI5O2)

350 The Guardian: Europe must now tell Trump that enough is enough – and cut all ties with the US.
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The Euros over-estimate how important they are.
It's like all their news is all about the US.
And almost none of ours is about them.
They just don't know how we don't even think about them.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 14, 2026 10:51 AM (HXT0k)

351 Assisted suicide is evil.

Why are leftists always on the side of death?

Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 10:52 AM (77rzZ)

352 > Representatives from both Denmark and Greenland just arrived at the White House for negotiations.
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Guess Trump's serious about getting/taking Greenland.

I understand the strategic value of it, but I don't think Denmark's willingly going to go along with Trump's desire to leverage it, or outright take it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2026 10:52 AM (NwnyJ)

353 336 Representatives from both Denmark and Greenland just arrived at the White House for negotiations.
Posted by: JackStraw

I envision if may look similar to this famous military history painting: https://tinyurl.com/z5kvv3p9

Posted by: Military Moron at January 14, 2026 10:52 AM (JCZqz)

354
The Guardian: Europe must now tell Trump that enough is enough – and cut all ties with the US.

*snicker snicker*
Oh shit, they're serious.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Posted by: IllTemperedCur

Oh, by all means, let's cut the Euro-sophistos loose to go their own way.

Of course, our own sophistos' undies will get all wadded up, but sacrifices must be made.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 14, 2026 10:53 AM (xG4kz)

355 The left is the orgy club depicted in,

Eyes Wide Open Shut.

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 14, 2026 10:53 AM (EyfuW)

356 Down with the Danelaw.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 10:54 AM (A32KF)

357 Purple People Eater?
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 10:47 AM (A32KF)

Still have my original 45. Yeah, get off my lawn, my planet.......

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 14, 2026 10:54 AM (5xuJ/)

358 The husband of one of Mrs. Wrecks' friends died by assisted suicide here in Colorado a week or so ago in a ceremony entitled a celebration of life.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 10:49 AM

The wife will mourn though.....during a two week Caribbean cruise.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 14, 2026 10:54 AM (g8Ew8)

359 303 do some pushups, it'll go away.

Posted by: cmeat at January 14, 2026 10:54 AM (R11M+)

360 I understand the strategic value of it, but I don't think Denmark's willingly going to go along with Trump's desire to leverage it, or outright take it.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2026 10:52 AM

Have the Greenlanders vote on it. Then tell the Eurofagz to get fucked because we're decolonizing Greenland and allowing for the self-determination of the people. Watch lefty heads explode all over academia.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2026 10:54 AM (bFu5X)

361 So, Merry MAIDS is something different in Canadia? I just wanted my house cleaned.

Posted by: Messy Mike at January 14, 2026 10:54 AM (oftw2)

362
It's like all their news is all about the US.
And almost none of ours is about them.

_________

Their anti-American state-run media get their misconceptions from their lazy hacks who never leave cities and get all their misconceptions from our homegrown hacks.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2026 10:55 AM (tgvbd)

363 HHS Warns Canada’s Assisted Suicide Organ Donation Pipeline Crosses Ethical Red Lines

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What is woman?
Hear me roar.
- Justice Jumanji

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 10:55 AM (L/fGl)

364 Denmark will pay us to take GreenLand.

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 14, 2026 10:56 AM (EyfuW)

365 311 remember blowin' bubbles as a kid?

Posted by: cmeat at January 14, 2026 10:56 AM (R11M+)

366 It's like all their news is all about the US.
And almost none of ours is about them.

I mean, who gives 2 shits about what Europe thinks, when push comes to shove? People care what Trump says...ask Maduro.

Posted by: Military Moron at January 14, 2026 10:56 AM (JCZqz)

367
Is this like the warmth of collectivism?

We can tell you all about it!

-- the mines of Kolyma

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 14, 2026 10:56 AM (xG4kz)

368 Denmark will pay us to take GreenLand.
Posted by: thug dolphin at January 14, 2026 10:56 AM

Trump will be the first to take the Danegeld and get rid of the Dane.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2026 10:57 AM (bFu5X)

369 Well Hillary didn't show for her Epstein deposition today.

Let's see if Massie has anything to say about this either.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 10:57 AM (viF8m)

370 365 311 remember blowin' bubbles as a kid?
Posted by: cmeat

Lies! I deny everything!!!

Posted by: Mr. Bubble at January 14, 2026 10:57 AM (JCZqz)

371
We need Captain Erik Finlander to keep the commie pigboats away from Greenland.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2026 10:57 AM (tgvbd)

372 368 Denmark will pay us to take GreenLand.
Posted by: thug dolphin at January 14, 2026 10:56 AM

Trump will be the first to take the Danegeld and get rid of the Dane.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

My offer is this. Nothing.

Posted by: Don Trump at January 14, 2026 10:58 AM (JCZqz)

373 353 336 Representatives from both Denmark and Greenland just arrived at the White House for negotiations.
Posted by: JackStraw

I envision if may look similar to this famous military history painting: https://tinyurl.com/z5kvv3p9

Posted by: Military Moron

I was thinking more like this.

https://is.gd/CMZvum

Posted by: Archimedes at January 14, 2026 10:58 AM (Riz8t)

374 U nas yest' NOOD.

Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 11:00 AM (77rzZ)

375
Go ahead, Europe!

Send your pus-gutted Speedo-wearing commandos to Greenland to fight the good fight!

They'll be begging for strips of narwhal jerky before the sporty games can get underway.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 14, 2026 11:01 AM (xG4kz)

376 The husband of one of Mrs. Wrecks' friends died by assisted suicide here in Colorado a week or so ago in a ceremony entitled a celebration of life.

**slaps head**

Why didn't I think of that?

Posted by: George Orwell at January 14, 2026 11:01 AM (ufSfZ)

377 Stop! Munkey time!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2026 11:03 AM (bFu5X)

378 What difference, at this point, does it make?

Posted by: Old Lady Rodham at January 14, 2026 11:04 AM (2Ez/1)

379 " 311 remember blowin' bubbles as a kid?
Posted by: cmeat

Lies! I deny everything!!!
Posted by: Mr. Bubble"

Me too!

Posted by: zombie Michael Jackson at January 14, 2026 11:05 AM (vFG9F)

380 The husband of one of Mrs. Wrecks' friends died by assisted suicide here in Colorado a week or so ago in a ceremony entitled a celebration of life.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 10:49 AM (L/fGl)

Time to hold a celebration of life for Nidal Hasan, then.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 14, 2026 11:15 AM (8zz6B)

381 The wife will mourn though.....during a two week Caribbean cruise.

When Quetta graveyards give again
Their spirits to the air
I should not like to be the man
Who sent Jack Barrett there.

Posted by: How Do You Kipple? at January 14, 2026 11:16 AM (zdLoL)

382 Soylent Green is coming.

The lovely places, beautiful flowers, the sunshine, the music...Watching & listening with joy is your reward for agreeing to die.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 14, 2026 02:27 PM (NFX2v)

383 HE'S DEAD JIM

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at January 14, 2026 05:17 PM (wGqjj)

The Morning Report — 1/14/26

Good morning kids. It's all well and good that President Trump has named a few Muslim Brotherhood branches overseas as terrorist organizations. Which should've been done ages ago but the existential threat to whatever shred of America as founded that still exists is right here.

When the Trump administration sent some 2,000 immigration agents to the Twin Cities area, they were met by activists who trailed their movements and harassed them outside their hotels. The activists are members of radical groups that together have received millions of dollars from the Left's premier foundations and dark money networks, including George Soros's Open Society Foundations, the Ford Foundation, the Tides Foundation, and the Sixteen Thirty Fund, a Washington Free Beacon review found.
At the center of the unrest is the Sunrise Movement, a left-wing group founded to fight climate change that has since directed its local chapters to fight the Trump administration. For Sunrise Twin Cities, that means tormenting ICE agents on the ground. The group holds in-person "action trainings" on how to "stop ICE & build a revolution." It also maintains a running list of the Twin Cities hotels housing ICE agents and organizes late-night "noise demonstrations" aimed at making it "impossible" for those hotels to operate.

It's a very short walk from childish pranks to disturbing the peace and then ultimately terrorism. The decomposing zombie who attempted to ram ICE agents in Minneapolis didn't just make a snap decision that led to her demise. She was propagandized to the point of brainwashing. No right thinking rational person would have ever put himself/herself in the position to be directly confronting law enforcement officers let alone attempt to kill them. They allowed themselves to be absorbed into a death cult to become cannon fodder. Cut off the money and you cut off the lifeblood of the cancer that is killing us from within.

Meanwhile, the citizens' uprising in Iran which has been going on for days has led to ever increasing violence and repression on the part of the Mullahs, which is in direct proportion I assume to the growing fear that their hold on power might at long last be at an end. Beyond crucial moral rhetorical and diplomatic support for the Iranian people, President Trump is upping the ante.

As the death toll from Iran’s crackdown on anti-regime protests reaches staggering levels — with families searching through body bags, over 10,000 arrested, and executions underway — President Donald Trump canceled all talks with Iranian officials, declared “help is on its way,” warned that regime killers “will pay a big price,” and urged protesters to “take over your institutions” against the brutal Islamic Republic theocracy, while the U.S. urged Americans to leave the country.

Is it bluster or will the President back up the tough rhetoric with concrete action, meaning military strikes on regime targets? There are pluses and minuses to be sure, as the erudite Michael Goodwin notes in his analysis of the situation...

American power can make itself known in various ways, as Teddy Roosevelt brilliantly outlined with his famous admonition to “Speak softly and carry a big stick.”
Truth be told, Donald Trump has never been a fan of speaking softly, but his Tuesday comments on the upheavals in Iran still managed to be close enough for now.. . .He noted that “hawkish U.S. policies toward Iran have historically empowered hardliners” and that military action “risks changing the subject from Iranians’ justified grievances against the regime to its international opponents,” namely Israel and the US.
“Trying to appropriate domestic opposition inside Iran risks undermining it,” he adds, and argues that “a pragmatic, hands-off approach should guide U.S. policy in the days ahead.”
Additionally, with Washington increasingly focused on the midterm elections, Trump is already facing domestic controversies, such as the ICE crackdown, and, most important, tough polling numbers on his handling of the economy.
A Real Clear Politics average of surveys taken in recent weeks shows 41% of respondents approving of his economic policies and actions, with 56% disapproving. . . Against that backdrop, and with events in Venezuela still unsettled, a military entanglement in Iran would probably not be popular at home.
That’s not to say the US should turn its back on the brutal regime’s crackdown. But the political reality is that the president can’t afford to turn his attention too far or too long from Americans’ kitchen table issues.

Elsewhere, In the most electrifying news from way out of left field, Associate Justice Kentanji Brown-25 Jackson is a complete embarrassment.

As you probably could have guessed, Jackson struggled through a series of nearly incomprehensible statements about sex, gender identity, and sports classifications. It was embarrassing.
“You have the overarching classification, you know, everybody has to be, um, uh, uh, play on the team that is the same as their sex at birth. Um, but then you have a gender identity definition that is operating within that. Meaning, a distinction, meaning that, um, for, uh, cisginger [sic] girls they can play consistent with their gender identity, w- for transgender girls, they can’t.”
It’s hilarious that Jackson stumbled over the pronunciation of one of the left’s favorite made-up words, all while failing to understand the difference between real girls and boys who pretend to be girls.

SCOTUS observers have noted that it was not a shining moment for those promoting the transexual madness and that sanity might actually prevail. But of course this is the Supreme Court and the preservation of Leftism and its pomps has been its priority, Heller and Dobbs among a few other rare exceptions notwithstanding.

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

Lloyd Billingsley: When Somalia-born Minneapolis cop killed the woman who called 911.
When Mohammed Shot Justine

CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION

At the center of the unrest is the Sunrise Movement, a left-wing group founded to fight climate change that has since directed its local chapters to fight the Trump administration. For Sunrise Twin Cities, that means tormenting ICE agents on the ground. The group holds in-person "action trainings" on how to "stop ICE & build a revolution." It also maintains a running list of the Twin Cities hotels housing ICE agents and organizes late-night "noise demonstrations" aimed at making it "impossible" for those hotels to operate.
Who Funds the Groups Harassing ICE Agents in Minnesota? The Left's Premier Foundations and Dark Money Networks Have Given Millions, Records Show.
Homan’s comments on the show followed a federal Special Response Team swarming Ross’ Minneapolis residence and removing belongings on Friday, according to the Daily Mail. After host Will Cain suggested ICE agents should sue prominent left-wing individuals for defamation, Homan said they likely would and discussed Ross’ situation. (He deserves the highest citation for valor there is! - jjs)
Tom Homan Confirms ICE Agent Who Shot Renee Good ‘In Hiding’
ICE in recent days has arrested Sriudorn Phaivan, a criminal illegal with a long rap sheet, including strongarm sodomy of a boy and a girl.
Deceased Deluded stooge Renee Good Gave Her Life To Protect Child Rapists And Killers From ICE Arrest
From Iraq to Minneapolis, false moral certainties have replaced facts, turning tragedy into pretext and unrest into strategy—fake wars waged at home with real consequences.
The Left’s Fake Wars and the Addiction to False Pretexts

"DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY, NEWSOM/DEMOCRAT VIOLENT INSURRECTION RIOTS
a city council staffer accused of overstaying his visa after being involved in an assault case. . . The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) identified the man as 53-year-old Rafael Andres Rubio Bohorquez, Fox News reported Monday.
NYC’s Zohran Mamdani ‘Outraged’ over Detention of Staffer Accused of Assault, Overstaying Visa
"It breeds fraud and crime and all of the other problems that come."
President Trump Vows To Cut Sanctuary City Funding Starting February 1
Sadiq Daud, a Somali man, told the outlet, “They just showed up, spraying people and this is not good. Everybody is scared. They are scared for their life.” (Good, vayr ge hargit - jjs)
Tempers Flare as Hundreds of Somalis Protest ICE Operation at Minnesota Strip Mall

IRAN ON the BRINK?!
On Tuesday, President Trump took to Truth Social with one of his most forceful statements yet in support of the Iranian uprising.
Trump Tells ‘Iranian Patriots’ Help ‘Is on Its Way’: Keep Protesting, ‘Take Over Your Institutions’ — Killers Will Pay ‘Big Price’
“In the largest killing in Iran’s contemporary history – carried out largely over two consecutive nights, Thursday and Friday, January 8 and 9 – at least 12,000 people were killed.”
Trump Calls on Iranians to ‘Take Over Your Institutions’ as Death Toll Mounts
The revolution no one can ignore.
The Future of Iran in Plain Sight: The Final Battle
A regime in deep trouble.
Khamenei, We Have a Problem
American power can make itself known in various ways, as Teddy Roosevelt brilliantly outlined with his famous admonition to “Speak softly and carry a big stick.” . . .Ah, but what kind of help and when will the Big Stick swing into action? The lack of specifics is intentional because it allows the president to ramp up the pressure while retaining the flexibility to negotiate and unleash the military if all else fails.
Michael Goodwin: Using the military for regime change in Iran would be a gamble — don’t turn it into another Iraq

THE GREAT SOMALIAN SIMOLEON SWINDLE
For everyone in politics the only thing that matters is hanging on to power.
Behind the Protesters are the Ballot Harvesters
Dr. Abdillahi Hashi Abib, a sitting member of the Somali Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee in the House of the People, told the Caller the corruption surfacing in Minnesota and across the United States did not emerge spontaneously, but is a downstream consequence of Somalia’s deeply entrenched system of corruption.
Pirates Without Borders - EXCLUSIVE: Somali Official Shows How Entrenched The ‘Fraud Pipeline’ Really Is
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
Congressman Abe Hamadeh (R-AZ) emphasized the urgency of the reconciliation bill during a press conference earlier today, saying, “Republicans in Congress can and must go it alone with the second reconciliation bill.”
House Republicans Pass Reconciliation Bill Banning Welfare for Illegal Aliens
‘If the American people can’t expect the judiciary to stay in its lane, then federal judges shouldn’t expect the American people to follow them.’
Judge Ho Takes A Sledgehammer To Judicial Supremacy And Its ‘Elite’ Enablers
The legislation includes significant funding for globalist deep state entities like the National Endowment for Democracy and the Helsinki Commission, along with several million dollars for infrastructure projects in Belize.
New Congressional Minibus Contains Millions in Anti-Trump Deep State Funding.
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
The State Department has designated the Lebanese Muslim Brotherhood as an FTO and SDGT, and its leader, Muhammad Fawzi Taqqosh, as an SDGT, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced in a statement.
Treasury, State Departments Designate Three Muslim Brotherhood Chapters Terrorist Organizations After Trump-Ordered Review
And Western society has criminalized discussion about it.
The Slow and Silent Islamic Transformation of the West
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY
Today in New York, we are witnessing a replay of 1930s Germany.
Santayana Was Right — Hitler Is Back!
Mamdani ally shuts down group for claiming "that Muslims 'hate America'"
After 2 Years of Pro-Hamas Riots, NY AG Announces Shutdown of Pro-Israel Group

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Plenty of people disagree with infant baptism, but it is the traditional practice of the Catholic Church.
Former President Of Ireland Claims Baptism Denies Babies Their Human Rights
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Workers erupted in applause as Trump made his way through the factory. The president heard from some workers and took selfies with several of them.
Ford Workers Cheer Trump During Tour of F-150 Plant in Michigan
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics data released Tuesday, the annual inflation rate for 2025 was 2.7 percent. Inflation for shelter rose 0.4 percent in December “and was the largest factor in the all items monthly increase,” the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Food prices rose 0.7 percent in December while energy prices rose 0.3 percent. Even so, the annual inflation rate for 2025 matched economists’ expectations.
2025 Inflation Was Lowest Since Last Time Trump Was President
Let the market run free. (assuming nefarious globalist/communist actors aren't gobbling up housing to destroy the American Dream - jjs)
Investors Should Not Be Barred From Buying Homes
The move to ban institutional investors from buying single-family homes is a step in the right direction, but it won’t fix the major housing affordability crisis we face right now.
Banning Wall Street From Buying Houses Is Great, But Trump Needs To Do More
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
Potential for rolling blackouts and increased electricity rates for consumers.
AI Data Centers Overwhelm Power Grid, Sparking Supply Crisis and Rate Hikes.
In his post on Truth Social, Trump emphasized his administration’s dedication to protecting consumers from bearing the financial burden of corporate technology expansion. The president stated that his administration is actively collaborating with major American technology companies to secure commitments that safeguard the interests of American citizens, with additional announcements expected in the coming weeks. According to Trump, the companies sucking every drop of electricity possible from America’s grid must “pay their own way.”
Trump: Big Tech Must ‘Pay Their Own Way,’ Protect Consumers from Rising Energy Costs Caused by AI Data Centers
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS,
This policy has contributed to the lowest gas prices in years in most of the nation. Laughably, California faces prices much high than the average.
‘Drill, Baby, Drill’ is Back: Federal Oil, Gas Permits Soar Under Trump

EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
The poll indicates a potential radicalization of the teaching profession, which is likely to influence their students.
Poll Shows Teachers’ Extreme Left-Wing Bias Is Getting Worse.
Schools’ mindfulness meditation programs come with a hidden cost — the collection of children’s data, which could potentially be misused.
How To Stop School ‘Mindfulness’ Apps From Harvesting Your Child’s Health Data

L'AFFAIRE EPSTEIN
Comer said he’ll begin contempt of Congress proceedings next week. It potentially starts a complicated and politically messy process that Congress has rarely reached for and could result in prosecution from the Justice Department.
Clintons refuse to testify in House Epstein probe as Republicans threaten contempt proceedings
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY
Democrat Texas Senate candidate James Talarico presents himself as a Christian who prays, quotes Jesus Christ extensively, and grounds his politics in faith. However, on several defining moral issues, he does not submit his political ideology to scripture; instead, he reinterprets or ignores scripture to genuflect to his true “god”: far-left orthodoxy.
Rising Star James Talarico’s Soothing Voice Will Lead Lambs To Slaughter
Wade faces life in prison if convicted and is currently held on a $750,000 bond. (Projection ain't just a river in Egypt - jjs)
Far-Left Prof Who Called Trump a Pedophile Charged With Child Molestation.
Weaver burst into tears when reporters asked her about her claim that ‘homeownership is racist’—and the fact that her mom owns a $1.6 million house
NYU Deletes Extremist Mamdani Housing Czar’s Information From Website As Cea Weaver Faces ‘Harassment’ Over Calls To ‘Impoverish the White Middle Class’
POLITICS
Glenn Reynolds: If the public realizes you can actually solve problems, there will be more pressure to do that — rather than just manage them endlessly. That’s unforgivable. No wonder Trump is the villain in their eyes.
Trump has cut the technocratic Gordian Knot — and elites hate it
While Democrats are planning day-one action on the amendments, they also have legislative goals — including a ‘right-to-contraception’ bill.
Virginia Democrats Move To Establish Limitless Abortion, Ban Guns, And Gerrymander Districts
The poll showed a stark contrast in party identification across generations.
Independent Voters Hit Record High As Both Parties Lose Ground: Poll
"The President gave an appropriate and unambiguous response."
Trump Flips Off Auto Worker During Ford Plant Visit

MADURO TAKEN DOWN
The takedown of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela, and the apparent subservience of his successor, will have far-reaching consequences in Russia, Iran, and Communist China, but also in Europe.
The Dominos Begin to Fall
Trump’s arrest of Maduro wasn’t war or nation-building—it was law enforcement abroad, striking narco-communism, curbing migration, and defending American interests without bloodshed.
Trump Arrests Maduro, and The Axis of Evil is Crumbling
A major victory for American interests.
Maduro’s Downfall
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
The U.S. aims to secure strategic advantages in the Arctic, potentially altering diplomatic relations with Denmark and Greenland.
Trump’s Arctic Policy Chief Suggests Next Move on Greenland Coming in ‘Weeks or Months.’
A tiny country freaks out over a giant chunk of ice.
In Denmark, Hysteria over Greenland
Around 350 tractors rolled into Paris on Tuesday morning demanding “concrete action” from their national government against the impending Mercosur trade deal with Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay, which is set to be signed by EU chief Ursula von der Leyen in Asunción on Saturday.
Farmers Blockade Paris with Tractors over EU Trade Deal with South America
The outcome of the appeal will determine whether Le Pen can run in the 2027 French presidential election.
Le Pen Appeals Ban on Running for Presidency.
The profile of a cruel and evil man.
How a Vindictive Erdogan Rids Himself of His Perceived Enemies

HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
Meanwhile, two high-profile MAID cases have recently drawn controversy and media attention in Canada. One of the cases features a physician who previously bragged about euthanizing 400.
HHS Warns Canada’s Assisted Suicide Organ Donation Pipeline Crosses Ethical Red Lines
Why is it only a ‘crisis’ when a spending program expires on Republicans’ watch?
Democrats Who Let Covid-Era Child Tax Credits Expire Now Cry ‘Crisis’ Over Lapsing Obamacare Giveaway

ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
The first time in the ISS’s 25‑year history that a mission is being ended early because of a medical problem.
NASA Orders First-Ever ISS Medical Evacuation as Crew‑11 Returns Early to Earth
Considering the numbers of stars in the galaxy, and the recent data that shows most have planets, it seems strange that there have been so few candidate detections, and even these are questionable. Could it actually be the case that we are the first sentient intelligence species in the Milky Way?
No alien civilizations? After analyzing two decades of data SETI@Home produces 100 signals “worth a second look” (Almost none here on Earth- jjs)
If Isaacman was so committed to transparency and truly believes NASA’s investigation was based on “the best engineering judgment available”, why doesn’t he release that report, unredacted? Has he even looked at it himself?
Isaacman makes it official: Artemis-2 will fly manned around the Moon, despite Orion’s heat shield concerns
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
"I'm optimistic that it will be in our favor, in the favor of common sense, and in the favor of the overwhelming majority of the American people."
Women Rally At Supreme Court Steps As Justices Weigh Landmark Cases To Protect Female Athletes
How are courts supposed to be able to ‘determine whether there’s discrimination on the basis of sex without knowing what sex means?’ asked Justice Alito.
Justice Alito’s ‘What Is A Woman?’ Question Leaves Left-Wing Attorney Flailing
"How can a court determine whether there's discrimination on the basis of sex without knowing what sex means for equal protection purposes?" Alito asked Hartnett.
Justice Alito Obliterates Trans Ideology Effortlessly in Oral Arguments
"It must mean something"
ACLU Can’t Define ‘Sex’ in Transgender Supreme Court Case
I don’t think anyone would confuse Justice Ketanji Brown(-25) Jackson with a sharp legal mind. She often comes across as the poster child for what’s wrong with DEI hires. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Little v. Hecox, a case that will likely decide whether laws barring biological males from competing on girls’ sports teams are constitutional. Given that Jackson famously admitted during her confirmation hearings that she didn’t know what a woman was — because, as she put it, she’s “not a biologist” — you knew she was bound to be a real spectacle. And true to form, she did not disappoint.
As Expected, Justice Jackson Humiliated Herself During Today’s Oral Arguments

CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
Affordability, family formation, and national identity rise or fall together—and rejecting globalism in favor of economic nationalism is essential to preserving the American future.
James Fishback and Redefining American Populism
Today’s condemnation of Israel—and America—comes from an intellectual lineage that sees the West as a permanent oppressor and any movement opposed to it as righteous.
The Third-Worldist Logic
Christian Toto: Former 'Man Show' star avoids siren song of 'clapter' at all costs
Adam Carolla Walks Fine Line with ICE Cracks
“Cheers” star and Pixar voice actor John Ratzenberger announced his support for Republican California gubernatorial candidate Chad Bianco, calling out Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s leadership.
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Cheers’ Star And Iconic Pixar Voice Backs GOP California Gov Candidate, Takes Shot At Newsom
HITHER & YON
“Born in Windham, New York in 1957, Adams started drawing comics at age 6, citing the ‘Peanuts’ comics as an early inspiration.”
R.I.P. – Dilbert Creator and Early Trump Supporter Scott Adams Passes Away at 68

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1 Its Hump Day

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 14, 2026 07:24 AM (gbOdA)

2 5.5 hours until I leave here and fly west.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 14, 2026 07:26 AM (NR6c1)

3 The group holds in-person "action trainings" on how to "stop ICE & build a revolution."

So insurrection is cool again.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 14, 2026 07:27 AM (NR6c1)

4 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2026 07:27 AM (NwnyJ)

5 "A Real Clear Politics average of surveys taken in recent weeks shows 41% of respondents approving of his economic policies and actions, with 56% disapproving."

Did they only poll retards?

Posted by: fd at January 14, 2026 07:28 AM (vFG9F)

6 If you tell people to rise up and you have their back, you had better have their back.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 14, 2026 07:28 AM (XV/Pl)

7 How does our asses taste now House Oversight Committee?

Yummy I bet!

Posted by: Bill and Hillary Clinton, sex and murder pests at January 14, 2026 07:29 AM (n+1Zi)

8 I think I prefer the short news cycle. I'm already bored with ALL of the Minnisomalia revelations and stunts.

The Left are going to do whatever the Left does.

The Uniparty is going to fund raise and otherwise ignore anything of consequence and let society collapse on its own

The Administration is going to talk big and do little

The rest of us are just going to bitch and whine and then go back to whatever we were previously doing.

I think I'll get some work done once the covfefe turns up the inner motivation dial.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 14, 2026 07:30 AM (9s47C)

9 Good morning again dear morons and happy birthday.

Javid Shah Javid Shah, Javid Shah

Posted by: San Franpsycho - Pahlavi Will Return at January 14, 2026 07:30 AM (RIvkX)

10 Phaivan, outstayed his welcome by nearly eight years. He’s a felon with a long rap sheet, including strongarm sodomy of a boy, strongarm sodomy of a girl, another aggravated sex offense, nine counts of larceny, four counts of fraud, vehicle theft, and two counts of drug possession.

You said strongarm sodomy twice.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 14, 2026 07:30 AM (gbOdA)

11 Diversity is our scourge.

Posted by: fd at January 14, 2026 07:31 AM (vFG9F)

12 I'm working, so I will just bring this over from the last thread:

Some woman in Minneapolis tried to wedge ice agents against another vehicle using her car yesterday. They arrested her without any shooting, but WTF?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 06:49 AM (tAPWz)

Exactly what I thought would happen. Since Good got blown away, the subsequent national MFM freakout and the riots in MN have now made ICE gun-shy. Which is exactly what the left counted on, and now they are going to triple down.

Expect no more dead protestors. Expect a number of dead ICE agents.

Do not expect Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 14, 2026 07:31 AM (ufSfZ)

13 >Is it bluster or will the President back up the tough rhetoric with concrete action, meaning military strikes on regime targets?
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well, bluster is part of the man's DNA, so it's a constant factor. But it is cruel to keep promising the Iranian people help, and not coming thru. The Iranian revolution has arrived at the mass murder of the people phase. I don't understand the delay- maybe it's target selection, maybe it's domestic politics and polling, fear of press backlash, weak knees, whatever.

IMO
I don't know what else to say on this.
Most will skip over this comment anyway.

Posted by: Don Black at January 14, 2026 07:32 AM (ZxPkt)

14 Where is Trump holding the Somali Pirate clinic for boat seizures today?

Posted by: coliviti at January 14, 2026 07:32 AM (LcRVs)

15 Thanks, JJ! you rock!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 14, 2026 07:32 AM (Cjt/F)

16 The Bee claims the rest of SCOTUS brought in child groomer "Miss Rachel" to explain cases to KBJ. I believe this may be so.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 07:33 AM (SI46C)

17 Open Source Intel @Osint613
2h

BREAKING 🔴

Reuters Report: Some U.S. military personnel were instructed to depart the U.S. military’s Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar by Wednesday evening.
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48m

BREAKING 🔴

The Israel Defense missile systems are on high alert, with air defenses repositioned for any possible threat from Iran.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 14, 2026 07:33 AM (roqsI)

18 Diversity is Divisive.

Posted by: davidt at January 14, 2026 07:33 AM (Q+gd/)

19 Morning.

Just an observation: President Trump lives rent free in the heads of the left. I was outside working on a project and a neighbor stopped by to say hi. Leftist. Almost the first words out of his mouth were, "The Trump tariffs" blah blah blah.

I don't ever recall starting a conversation, during the Biden years, with, "And Joe blah blah blah."

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (UJMvS) at January 14, 2026 07:34 AM (UJMvS)

20 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 14, 2026 07:34 AM (ExV1e)

21 "The President gave an appropriate and unambiguous response."

That's My President, but stuff like that gives my Mom the vapors.
Sorry Mom, it's a brash new world.

Posted by: fd at January 14, 2026 07:34 AM (vFG9F)

22 hooray!!!!

Posted by: MAxIE at January 14, 2026 07:35 AM (3Dvl3)

23
g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 14, 2026 07:36 AM (tljrc)

24 That's My President, but stuff like that gives my Mom the vapors.
Sorry Mom, it's a brash new world.
Posted by: fd at January 14, 2026 07:34 AM (vFG9F)
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When my late mother would get the vapors over such things, I'd point out to her her generation was taught manners and wouldn't cause a scene like that during a Presidential visit.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (UJMvS) at January 14, 2026 07:37 AM (UJMvS)

25 Core inflation, ex food and energy, in the 4th quarter was two tenths of one percent on an annualized basis in the fourth quarter, with several major categories actually negative. So said Larry Kudlow last night, as he marveled at the success of Trump anti-inflation policies. I don't know if I can recall deflation ever happening in the last few decades, even over a very short (quarterly) period.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 07:38 AM (UxJD/)

26 Happy hump day all. Praying for the fall of the mullahs and the safety of our folks in harm's way.

Posted by: PA Dutchman at January 14, 2026 07:38 AM (h/O4U)

27 From the last thread:

122 NR Pax, I cherish my memories of growing up in the Napa Valley with a large family. Now, I am totally happy in Texas.
Posted by: Ben Had

We were in that general area (Travis AFB) along with Cupertino and Redondo Beach. I finally left the state back in 98 and moved to MD. My folks retired in CA and I'm trying to see them on a regular basis starting this year.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 14, 2026 07:39 AM (NR6c1)

28 Bluster? Trump is not like you.

Posted by: connected and litigious at January 14, 2026 07:39 AM (cS1cw)

29 No American Thinker I will not sign up.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 14, 2026 07:39 AM (gbOdA)

30 Could it actually be the case that we are the first sentient intelligence species in the Milky Way?
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Duh.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 07:40 AM (UxJD/)

31 That's a lot of links!

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 14, 2026 07:41 AM (0N4FZ)

32 18 Diversity is Divisive.
Posted by: davidt at January 14, 2026 07:33 AM (Q+gd/)

Divisity - Go Long on long division...

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 14, 2026 07:41 AM (x0n13)

33 *happy birthday JJ

Posted by: San Franpsycho - Pahlavi Will Return at January 14, 2026 07:41 AM (RIvkX)

34 Could it actually be the case that we are the first sentient intelligence species in the Milky Way?
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Duh.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 07:40 AM (UxJD/)
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We're doomed.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 14, 2026 07:41 AM (ESVrU)

35 I believe the anti-ICE "professional protesters" come from a couple groups that get taxpayer dollars as non-profit social services. If not that source, one of the dozen or so billionaires who get into this sort of stuff.

Soros and Reid Huffman are two names that surface. But there's this guy; Neville Roy Singham, a US born billionaire who's currently in Singapore. He's aligned with the ChiComs. He's big time into anti-ICE.

So... perhaps indirectly, China is behind much of the unrest and supplying the funds to train these "professional protesters." No doubt they're being brainwashed into thinking nothing will happen to their passive resistance, other than a trip to the local police department where they'll meet up with someone from their group with the money to bail them out.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2026 07:41 AM (NwnyJ)

36 34 Could it actually be the case that we are the first sentient intelligence species in the Milky Way?
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Duh.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 07:40 AM (UxJD/)
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We're doomed.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 14, 2026 07:41 AM (ESVrU)

What about the Mars Bar and Snickers?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 14, 2026 07:42 AM (x0n13)

37 SCOTUS Jackson is the Dunning-Kreuger effect personified. Midwits who deludes themselves into thinking they're smart.

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 14, 2026 07:44 AM (fXEAc)

38 I remember my mom saying that Eartha Kitt was rude to Lady Bird Johnson at a social gathering in which Eartha was invited.

Posted by: no one at January 14, 2026 07:44 AM (qFwJc)

39 I'm not sure what Trump accomplishes with all the bluster and I do not see what is gained by any further delay in acting.

This is the best opportunity in almost 50 years to rid the world of a scourge.

Posted by: San Franpsycho - Pahlavi Will Return at January 14, 2026 07:45 AM (RIvkX)

40 “It wasn’t until this year — following the inauguration of a new President — that the Federal Judges Association suddenly found its voice, and suddenly discovered a crisis over judicial independence,” Ho wrote. “After years of silence, it’s obvious that these concerns are not sincere, but strategic. What they’re really championing is not judicial independence, but judicial supremacy. What we’re really seeing in the judiciary is not principle, but arrogance.”
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Trump has fought so many battles for us, but this crucial fight against judicial supremacy is one where he needs Roberts help, and Congress's help (especially).

Unfortunately, Roberts is absolutely horrible at his job and should resign. He should give Trump a chance to appoint a decent Chief Justice, one suited to the battle.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 07:46 AM (PtAHv)

41 The Soros op needs to be taken down like a bad case of COVID in a NYC convalescent center for the elderly.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 14, 2026 07:47 AM (BSdIE)

42 So... perhaps indirectly, China is behind much of the unrest and supplying the funds to train these "professional protesters." No doubt they're being brainwashed into thinking nothing will happen to their passive resistance, other than a trip to the local police department where they'll meet up with someone from their group with the money to bail them out.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2026 07:41 AM (NwnyJ)
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It's a professional, paid army of street thugs. Some of them may be everyday activists with spare time, but most of them are led by people who do this for a living. Literally a Sturmabteilung

Posted by: San Franpsycho - Pahlavi Will Return at January 14, 2026 07:48 AM (RIvkX)

43 @34

>> Could it actually be the case that we are the first sentient intelligence species in the Milky Way?

Well, since we have not see any signs to date and owing to the vastness of space, assume yes.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 14, 2026 07:49 AM (XV/Pl)

44 CJ Roberts is the kind of guy who looks in the mirror and tells himself he's good enough and smart enough and goshdarnit people like him.

Posted by: San Franpsycho - Pahlavi Will Return at January 14, 2026 07:50 AM (RIvkX)

45 Activist teacher who claimed Republicans are pedophiles charged with child molestation in WA

… projection is strong in this one

Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 07:50 AM (VK3KQ)

46 The move to ban institutional investors from buying single-family homes is a step in the right direction, but it won’t fix the major housing affordability crisis we face right now.

I've been giving this more thought. I don't think it is enforceable and it does nothing to solve housing costs.

Institutional buyers serve a role (don't know if its vital) in lowering risk and adding stability. When the next down turn in the economy happens, similar to when people were walking away from mortgages, banks aren't good landlords and want to clear that inventory from their books. That is where institutional investors can come in.

If I have two buyers for my property, one is paying cash and the other makes me wait a month to MAYBE secure financing, al other things equal, I'm going with the cash buyer. I don't want yet another Populist government ban to get in the way.

Eliminating vectors for pension, insurance and hedge funds to stabilize their portfolios and establish performing income streams increases risk and raises prices.

Go attack local governments for policies that jack housing costs. Embrace new technology (3D printing of homes), kick out 50 million illegal aliens.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 14, 2026 07:50 AM (rgGn5)

47 The Ford factory worker who yelled at Trump has been suspended. I expect he will be the darling of the Media for the next few days.

Posted by: fd at January 14, 2026 07:50 AM (vFG9F)

48 Thank you JJ

I couldn’t help but notice this sentence:
>> 41% of respondents approving of his economic policies and actions, with 56% disapproving…

Now, either the poll is total BS or the respondents are stupid. I mean it’s been a little over a year since the “respondents” voted convincingly for Trump with a major factor being the economy. Did they expect him to deploy a magic wand?? Have they looked at gas prices recently? People are stupid

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 14, 2026 07:51 AM (YobFY)

49 Let the market run free. (assuming nefarious globalist/communist actors aren't gobbling up housing to destroy the American Dream - jjs)
Investors Should Not Be Barred From Buying Homes

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Letting the rich buy up everything isn't a good idea.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at January 14, 2026 07:51 AM (Vh9CX)

50 > It's a professional, paid army of street thugs. Some of them may be everyday activists with spare time, but most of them are led by people who do this for a living. Literally a Sturmabteilung
Posted by: San Franpsycho - Pahlavi Will Return
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Disrupting the United State, in any manner, shape or form is a Chinese national policy under Xi.

I get the feeling they're so far up our national ass that we're unable to effectively counter it. Or don't want to.

Either of those possibilities is disturbing.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2026 07:52 AM (NwnyJ)

51 Majority of Americans — including whopping 66% of Hispanics — support US military intervention in Venezuela

Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 07:52 AM (VK3KQ)

52 United State = United States

*sighs*

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2026 07:52 AM (NwnyJ)

53 @34

>> Could it actually be the case that we are the first sentient intelligence species in the Milky Way?

Well, since we have not see any signs to date and owing to the vastness of space, assume yes.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 14, 2026 07:49 AM (XV/Pl)

I’m reminded of the old witticism: I’m not yet convinced there’s an intelligent species right here!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 14, 2026 07:53 AM (YobFY)

54 The Southside Family Charter School in Minneapolis is where the scissoring sisters of Saintly Good were influenced to become militant protesters against ICE and join ICE Watch.

When does Nick Sortor or Andy Ngo investigate the school? Nick Shirley?

Posted by: Inquiring Minds at January 14, 2026 07:53 AM (2Ez/1)

55 "Now, either the poll is total BS or the respondents are stupid."

Both can be true, you know.

Posted by: fd at January 14, 2026 07:53 AM (vFG9F)

56 Afghan national convicted for attempted honor killing of sister taken into custody by ICE in New York

Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 07:53 AM (VK3KQ)

57 The Ford factory worker who yelled at Trump has been suspended. I expect he will be the darling of the Media for the next few days.
Posted by: fd at January 14, 2026 07:50 AM (vFG9F)
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Itth brave and thtunning thpeaking truth to power!
-the media

Posted by: San Franpsycho - Pahlavi Will Return at January 14, 2026 07:54 AM (RIvkX)

58 Could it actually be the case that we are the first sentient intelligence species in the Milky Way?

Consider the Drake Equation.

I'll save you the hassle. Chances of intelligent life anywhere else? 0.000% Physics, maths and Holy Scripture all agree here.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 14, 2026 07:54 AM (rgGn5)

59 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 07:54 AM (u82oZ)

60 Aliens from outer space checked out this planet and decided to pass.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 14, 2026 07:54 AM (0KSrI)

61 >>So... perhaps indirectly, China is behind much of the unrest and supplying the funds to train these "professional protesters."

Just like they were behind the BLM/antifa riots. Neville Singham is married to Jodie Evans, one of the co-founders of Code Pink, which is also being funded by China.

Some of the funding and organization comes through groups and people like Singham and Code Pink and some comes directly from China. If you remember during the riots the Chinese consulate in Houston was raided and a mysterious fire burned a bunch of their records.

The CCP is asshoe.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 07:54 AM (viF8m)

62 Join ICE
Now with real bullets

Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 07:54 AM (VK3KQ)

63 Silver spot at $92.36 per oz. This is the "paper" price, not the actual physical price for a physical oz of silver. The reason that the spot price is rising so fast is that the actual price for a physical oz of silver is HIGHER than the paper spot price. That is not supposed to happen in an open market, it can only happen if the paper price is being manipulated by the commodities market banks who are caught trying to short silver prices and DO NOT HAVE THE ACTUAL SILVER TO DELIVER TO COVER THEIR SHORTS. There is another, shorter word for what is occurring in the paper silver market: "FRAUD".

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 14, 2026 07:55 AM (Da7Vv)

64 CJ Roberts is the kind of guy who looks in the mirror and tells himself he's good enough and smart enough and goshdarnit people like him.
Posted by: San Franpsycho - Pahlavi Will Return at January 14, 2026 07:50 AM (RIvkX)

Roberts isn't an idiot and he's not incompetent. He's deep state. He's succeeded in allowing the district judges to slow Trump's work while, eventually, overturning almost everything which gets to SCOTUS because it's so unreasonable and, thereby, keeping the easily fooled believing that he's a good guy who's, maybe, in over his head.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 14, 2026 07:55 AM (ExV1e)

65 Go attack local governments for policies that jack housing costs. Embrace new technology (3D printing of homes), kick out 50 million illegal aliens.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure

Hm. Nope. Too simple. The solution is socialism for everyone!

Posted by: NR Pax at January 14, 2026 07:56 AM (NR6c1)

66 "Could it actually be the case that we are the first sentient intelligence species in the Milky Way?"

Nonsense. There are plenty of alien species. They all speak English too.

Posted by: Guy who relates everything to Star Trek at January 14, 2026 07:56 AM (vFG9F)

67 Neville Singham is married to Jodie Evans, one of the co-founders of Code Pink, which is also being funded by China.
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MTG's great friend

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 07:57 AM (tBdwD)

68 ‘Rockford Files’ Reboot Gets NBC Pilot Order

Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 07:58 AM (VK3KQ)

69 Good morning Horde. Thx JJ.
KBJ is a definite embarrassment. It was nice of Gorsuch to step in and move the discussion away from the stupid, but even Sotomayor (no brain surgeon) and Kagan have to be saying "WTF?"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 14, 2026 07:58 AM (dN7BA)

70 > Could it actually be the case that we are the first sentient intelligence species in the Milky Way?
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Nah.

We're one of the primitive species. Galactic bacteria.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2026 07:58 AM (NwnyJ)

71 I'll save you the hassle. Chances of intelligent life anywhere else? 0.000% Physics, maths and Holy Scripture all agree here.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 14, 2026 07:54 AM (rgGn5)

One wonders why God made the universe so vast to only populate a tiny speck.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 14, 2026 07:58 AM (ExV1e)

72 >>>I’m reminded of the old witticism: I’m not yet convinced there’s an intelligent species right here!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt

>I'm beginning to think we are the cockroaches of the Milky Way. Nuclear holocaust? No problem.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 14, 2026 07:58 AM (BSdIE)

73 ACLU Lawyer Can’t Answer When Justice Alito Asks Her to “Define man or woman, boy or girl” During Questioning on Transgenders In Sports Case

Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 07:59 AM (VK3KQ)

74 68 ‘Rockford Files’ Reboot Gets NBC Pilot Order
Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 07:58 AM

+++

Nobody watches TV anymore.

Posted by: Check your calendar at January 14, 2026 08:00 AM (2Ez/1)

75 Democrat Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) said she is being investigated by federal prosecutors after she urged members of the military to defy President Trump.

Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 08:00 AM (VK3KQ)

76 Nonsense. There are plenty of alien species. They all speak English too.
Posted by: Guy who relates everything to Star Trek at January 14, 2026 07:56 AM (vFG9F)
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Actually, the Klingons have their own language. The Vulcans too.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at January 14, 2026 08:00 AM (RIvkX)

77 SMOD, can't or won't because the answer would obliviate her whole argument.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 14, 2026 08:01 AM (0KSrI)

78 Go attack local governments for policies that jack housing costs. Embrace new technology (3D printing of homes), kick out 50 million illegal aliens.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure

Hm. Nope. Too simple. The solution is socialism for everyone!
Posted by: NR Pax at January 14, 2026 07:56 AM (NR6c1)

On the other hand, those portions of the country not being destroyed by tech ARE being destroyed by private equity. It might be time to put some limits on private equity or we can wait for the yoots to vote in communism because we older folks are too smart to fall for the banana in the tailpipe.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 14, 2026 08:01 AM (ExV1e)

79 Now, either the poll is total BS or the respondents are stupid.

I wouldn't say "stupid", but Mimetic Theory would definitely explain these numbers.

Mimetic Theory is a significant theme of the Apostles when they exhort the Elect to set their minds on things other than the interests of the world.

The English translations make copious use of the words "desire", "heart" and "temptations". Your will follows your desires. Your desires are external in the sense that for most people the desires come from someone/something else and are malleable therefore constant vigilance is needed to make sure that the influences on your desires come from God, not the world.

So given this Truth, if the world tells you to love criminal immigrants and hate ICE, then your own desires will bend that way.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 14, 2026 08:02 AM (c3sdc)

80 Good luck getting anything close to the paper or spot price for you precious metals.

Everything is a gigantic scam.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 14, 2026 08:02 AM (XV/Pl)

81 Boy Mayor Jacob Frey coming up on F&F

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at January 14, 2026 08:02 AM (RIvkX)

82 fd

Consider who answers polls. Those still with land lines and answer the phone when it rings. I used to be polled at least once a month. Then for a decade I was not answering those calls. Now I have no land line, and no calls at all.

Polls are not conducted on smart, knowledgeable Americans and me.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 08:02 AM (u82oZ)

83 What's all this fuss about the Lesbianese Muslim Brotherhood?

Posted by: Emily Littila at January 14, 2026 08:03 AM (vFG9F)

84 Everything is a gigantic scam.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 14, 2026 08:02 AM (XV/Pl)
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Not everything

Posted by: Sydney Sweeney's Boobs at January 14, 2026 08:03 AM (tBdwD)

85 I’m reminded of the old witticism: I’m not yet convinced there’s an intelligent species right here!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 14, 2026 07:53 AM (YobFY)

Popular t-shirt slogan late '70s-early '80s: 'Beam me up, Scotty, there's no intelligent life here.'

Posted by: Nazdar at January 14, 2026 08:03 AM (NcvvS)

86 Join ICE
Now with real bullets
Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 07:54 AM (VK3KQ)
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"No more buwwets? Hey, laughing boy!"

BLAM!

"One buwwet weft!"

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 14, 2026 08:04 AM (X4XpB)

87 Stuff it, Wesley.

Posted by: Emily Littila at January 14, 2026 08:05 AM (vFG9F)

88 APMEX is charging $106.67 for silver eagles.

Posted by: no one at January 14, 2026 08:05 AM (qFwJc)

89 Good luck getting anything close to the paper or spot price for you precious metals.
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Tell me you’ve never bought or sold gold or silver, without telling me you’ve never bought good or silver

Posted by: Common Tater at January 14, 2026 08:05 AM (XFvfj)

90 One bullet Vasily.

Posted by: no one at January 14, 2026 08:06 AM (qFwJc)

91 Everybody knows the pawn shops pay the most for your precious metals.

Posted by: Ghetto Joe at January 14, 2026 08:06 AM (n+1Zi)

92

My mother's fromunda cheese is runnier than usual this morning.

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at January 14, 2026 08:06 AM (wthON)

93 On the other hand, those portions of the country not being destroyed by tech ARE being destroyed by private equity.

Remove private equity and I have to work until I die. Am I supposed to just stash savings under the mattress, losing value every day due to inflation and eventually just being stolen from me by fire or theft?

No, it is invested in things like the building you work in, the factory that built your car, the liquidity that banks have to make you loans, the infrastructure for farmers to decide what to plant this year and a myriad of other things euphemistically called "private equity".

You expect me to trust the government to either steal from a worker or just print money out of thin air to cover the expenses of the last few years of my life, or do you want me to self-fund?

Government has already proven completely unreliable in this, so it is private equity that will save us all.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 14, 2026 08:08 AM (c3sdc)

94 We're doomed.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

You are correct, Perfessor. Mounting evidence points to 2033 as the date of the end of all things visible.

Posted by: Make Plans Now at January 14, 2026 08:08 AM (oftw2)

95 Good morning JJ and horde

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 08:09 AM (i+wP0)

96 Justice Alito’s ‘What Is A Woman?’ Question Leaves Left-Wing Attorney Flailing
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I'm skeptical about this case. Are we supposed to believe it revolves around a "trans-identifying male" named "Hecox"?

Really?

But I am, once again, reminded that the two best justices were - against all probability - appointed by the Bushes.

Posted by: Eeyore at January 14, 2026 08:09 AM (s0JqF)

97 Unknown Drip Under Pressure

Issac Asimov wrote a book and analyzed the factors in the Drake Equation.

One thing he left out was the formation of the Moon. That is an unlikely event which may be critical for intelligent life.

But still, given the huge size of the galaxy, the long time spans, and the unlikelihood of intelligent life, he stated that in our local area we are alone. With maybe 300,000 civilizations in the galaxy at the same time. His guess.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 08:09 AM (u82oZ)

98 AmericanThinker: The Quest for PeakStupid

Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 08:10 AM (VK3KQ)

99 I enjoyed C.S. Lewis's "Space Trilogy."

The aliens did not suffer from "The Fall." They are still in the state of "Original Justice."

Walker Percy wrote an amusing book "Lost in the Cosmos: The Last Self Help Book." In it, a space mission arrives at an habitable planet. The aliens ask them one question and refuse to let the humans land.

Posted by: no one at January 14, 2026 08:10 AM (qFwJc)

100 BREAKING:

Saudi Arabia says it will not allow the US to use its airspace to attack Iran.

Posted by: Don Black at January 14, 2026 08:10 AM (ZxPkt)

101 Burn this asshole to the ground.

BREAKING NEWS
A United States Secret Service agent assigned to Vice President JD Vance has been placed on administrative leave following allegations that he disclosed sensitive and classified security information.
Agent Tomas Escotto was suspended after an undercover video released by independent journalist James O’Keefe allegedly showed him revealing operational details related to the Vice President’s protective detail. According to the footage, Escotto discussed Vice President Vance’s schedule and upcoming locations during an active tour—information that, if accurate, could pose a serious security risk.
In the video, Escotto also reportedly made political statements, claiming he voted for Joe Biden and expressing opposition to Donald Trump’s immigration policies.
The situation has raised significant concerns, as the Secret Service is expected to operate as a strictly nonpartisan organization. Any disclosure of protected operational details—regardless of political views—undermines public trust and could compromise the safety of elected officials.
The Secret Service has not yet released further details on the investigation.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 08:10 AM (QGRvm)

102 The distances between habitable planets are truly astronomical.

Posted by: no one at January 14, 2026 08:11 AM (qFwJc)

103
Re SETI. It's always been a waste of time. The inverse square law vs signal to noise mean that any alien civilization would have to be beaming very strong signals right at us to be detected.

We've been broadcasting for over 100 years. What's the bubble of detection for our general isotropic signal leakage? 5, 20 light years max. Some of our more powerful beamed signals, like radar might be detectable 100 light years out or a little better.

The most powerful signals we've sent are the "planetary radar" experiments we've done, like with the old Arecibo dish. Very powerful tightly beamed radar bouncing off the planets to measure distance precisely and other things. Those might make it out to a few thousand light years, but only in the narrow beam width.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 08:11 AM (w6EFb)

104 ‘Rockford Files’ Reboot Gets NBC Pilot Order
Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 07:58 AM (VK3KQ)

If it’s set during our current epoch (ubiquitous smartphones etc) a lot of the old gags and tricks Rockford used (mini printing press in car to make fake business cards on the spot) just won’t work. A modern Rockford will have to be some kind of computer hacking genius…. Meh anyway without James Garner it’s not gonna work anyway…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 14, 2026 08:11 AM (YobFY)

105 One of the leaders of the Everything Is Epstein movement is Thomas Massie. He's been so adamant about releasing all the files that he and others have forced the DOJ to put hundreds of lawyers on the declassification process which has drained resources that could be used to go after more timely issues like Somali pirates and the massive fraud ring perpetuated by leftists in government.

He has yet to comment on Bill Clinton defying a subpoena to testify about Epstein. What a hero.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 08:11 AM (viF8m)

106 {{{Ben Had}}}
🎼 ♭ 5/4 ♫♫ ♫♫ Good morning! ♬♬ ♩ ♪

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 08:11 AM (u82oZ)

107 101 Burn this asshole to the ground.

I like the fact that O'Keefe actually gave the SS a heads-up about what he was doing and released the audio to them before going to print.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 14, 2026 08:12 AM (NR6c1)

108 Good luck getting anything close to the paper or spot price for you precious metals.

Now you know why I have been posting the spot price here for so long. Yes there is and has been for years, massive fraud occurring in the precious metals commodity markets by the very banks you trust with your cash.

Wait until you find out what a "bail in" is.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 14, 2026 08:13 AM (Da7Vv)

109 Not in any way knowledgeable on military matters. That said, with daily changes in Iran and so many protesters on the streets how do you target the bad guys. I know you can target the Iranian gestapo by bombing their bases, hq's etc. However, if they're out on the streets murdering protesters you cannot separate them from the innocent people. As for that murderous asshole khameini he's buried so far down in a protected bunker that you may never be able to take him out if you know where he is. In that regard I believe the Israeli's are the best hope of finding him and taking him out.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 14, 2026 08:13 AM (2NHgQ)

110 Actually, the Klingons have their own language. The Vulcans too.
Posted by: Wesley Crusher

There's Klingons in my pants, Mommy Doktor Jill!

Posted by: President Emeritus at January 14, 2026 08:13 AM (oftw2)

111 I never understand why our troll insists on calling Trump a pedophile as if he sees it as a bad thing. He and his kind are the ones who justify pedophilia as a beautiful lifestyle choice.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 14, 2026 08:13 AM (NR6c1)

112 I can't believe Alito and Thomas, at the least, and probably Gorsuch, don't feel ridiculous if not somewhat debased having to preside over a trial and decide whether men who call themselves women should be allowed to compete in women's sports. I know I would.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 14, 2026 08:13 AM (b4LBp)

113 The survey, which interviewed 13,000 respondents over the course of 2025, found that 45% of Americans are political independents. Of that 45%, 20% lean Democratic, 15% lean Republican, and the remaining 10% expressed no partisan preference.

Independents lean 100% left. I call bullshit on the numbers.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 14, 2026 08:13 AM (gbOdA)

114 111 I never understand why our troll insists on calling Trump a pedophile as if he sees it as a bad thing. He and his kind are the ones who justify pedophilia as a beautiful lifestyle choice.
Posted by: NR Pax at January 14, 2026 08:13 AM (NR6c1)

Alinsky Rule #4 ("Make Your Enemy live up to his own Book of Rules. You can kill them with this.")

Almost everything the left says and does traces back to Alinsky Rule #4.

Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 08:14 AM (iXqHn)

115 One thing he left out was the formation of the Moon. That is an unlikely event which may be critical for intelligent life.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 08:09 AM (u82oZ)
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He didn't fully leave it out; he made it the final fortress home of R. Daneel Olivaw

Posted by: Sydney Sweeney's Boobs at January 14, 2026 08:14 AM (xmTG8)

116 Zohran Mamdani ‘Outraged’ After NYC Council Staffer is Detained by ICE for Overstaying Visa and Alleged Assault

.. outraged, outraged … well not that outraged

Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 08:14 AM (VK3KQ)

117 The distances between habitable planets are truly astronomical.
Posted by: no one

It's pretty big too.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 08:15 AM (QGRvm)

118 The aliens did not suffer from "The Fall." They are still in the state of "Original Justice."

All of creation falls under the curse though. (Romans 8:20-22)

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 14, 2026 08:15 AM (U4c/V)

119 >>I never understand why our troll insists on calling Trump a pedophile as if he sees it as a bad thing. He and his kind are the ones who justify pedophilia as a beautiful lifestyle choice.

At least they are no longer pretending Soros isn't funding all of their anti-American activities anymore. Progress.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 08:15 AM (viF8m)

120 Saudi Arabia says it will not allow the US to use its airspace to attack Iran.
Posted by: Don Black at January 14, 2026 08:10 AM (ZxPkt)
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America's Best Ally in the Middle East

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 08:15 AM (RIvkX)

121 Democrats Are Being Warned Not to Say ‘Abolish ICE’ Because it’s a Losing Political Message

It is basically ‘defund the police’ all over again, and even though they meant that one too, they know that it damaged them politically.

Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 08:16 AM (VK3KQ)

122 It's Science Fiction. There are no aliens on Venus nor Mars.

Posted by: no one at January 14, 2026 08:16 AM (qFwJc)

123 I can't believe Alito and Thomas, at the least, and probably Gorsuch, don't feel ridiculous if not somewhat debased having to preside over a trial and decide whether men who call themselves women should be allowed to compete in women's sports. I know I would.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 14, 2026 08:13 AM (b4LBp)
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Agree. What a waste of judicial time. The left asserting a man is a woman is stupid enough, but anyone taking them seriously is all retarded and shit.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 08:16 AM (xmTG8)

124 Correction:

Extraterrestrial Civilizations, by Issac Asimov says"the number of planets in our galaxy on which a technological civilization is now in being is roughly 530,000." Went to my science shelf to check.

I aver he is optimistic.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 08:16 AM (u82oZ)

125 Am I supposed to just stash savings under the mattress, losing value every day due to inflation and eventually just being stolen from me by fire or theft?

Yes.

Posted by: Ravadem Patel, Money In A Mattress at January 14, 2026 08:17 AM (n+1Zi)

126 I thought Saudi Arabia was terrified of the Mullahs… or deadly enemies even if not scared.

If that is true then their denial of airspace is not a good sign as it would indicate they see little chance that the protests will successfully oust the Mullahs

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 14, 2026 08:18 AM (YobFY)

127 It's Science Fiction. There are no aliens on Venus nor Mars.
Posted by: no one at January 14, 2026 08:16 AM (qFwJc)
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That's just what an alien posing as human would say.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 14, 2026 08:19 AM (X4XpB)

128 Kathy Hochul, Zohran Mamdani Announce Billions in New Spending on ‘Free’ Childcare Program With Associated Fraud

Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 08:19 AM (VK3KQ)

129 Pro Tip: you may safely disregard any predictions the world "will end" as this directly contradicts hashem's Covenant with Noah

So everyone just unclench.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 08:19 AM (RIvkX)

130 I thought Saudi Arabia was terrified of the Mullahs… or deadly enemies even if not scared.

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blow to Islam will be tremendous if Revolution gets rid of the regime, and they cannot accept that

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 08:20 AM (g47mK)

131 No right thinking rationale person would have never put them in the position to be directly confronting law enforcement officers let alone attempt to kill them. They allowed themselves to be absorbed into a death cult to become cannon fodder.

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Indeed, a mother who orphaned her children for a little idiotic irrational cultish virtue signalling. This old Golda Meir quote comes to mind:

"Peace will come when the Arabs will love their children more than they hate us."

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 14, 2026 08:20 AM (G0b3R)

132 This is why ICE is in your cities, and if I was the director, rummaging thru your closets in sanctuary cities looking for wetbacks:
If your damn local government had done their jobs she would still be alive
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT WALKS FREE After KILLING 15-Year-Old Girl in Charlotte Hit-and-Run
A 15-year-old child is dead, and the man responsible is walking free.
According to emergency calls and witness statements, 40-year-old Julio Cesar Xocop-Vicente ran a stop sign in Charlotte and hit 15-year-old Amber Paris so hard that her body was lifted into the air. He didn’t stop. He didn’t check on her. He ran away on foot — later admitting he fled because of his immigration status.
Amber suffered two broken legs, internal bleeding, and major organ injuries. She was placed into a medically induced coma and passed away weeks later.
Vicente was arrested the next day… but released on just $10,000 bail despite being a flight risk. And while Amber was still in a coma fighting for her life, one of his charges — driving without a license — was dismissed.
After Amber died, his charges should have been upgraded to manslaughter or felony death by vehicle. That never happened. No new charges.
Cont.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 08:20 AM (QGRvm)

133 No accountability.

And this wasn’t his first run-in with the law:
• Driving without registration
• Failure to secure a child passenger
• Speeding
• DUI
• Driving without a license (multiple times)
• DWI
• Assault on a female
• Skipping court
• Violating probation

This man should have been deported after his earliest offenses.
He should have been held in custody long before this crash ever happened.
He should have been taken off the streets before he killed an innocent 15-year-old girl.
And Amber Paris should still be alive today.
A broken system protected a repeat offender — and failed a child who deserved a future.
Sarah Fields on X reported this story and has all the receipts if you want to know more.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 08:20 AM (QGRvm)

134 Some woman in Minneapolis tried to wedge ice agents against another vehicle using her car yesterday. They arrested her without any shooting, but WTF?
Posted by: Huck Follywood

I saw a very good video yesterday explaining that leftist women who never had a proper family role are displacing their motherly instincts toward illegal aliens.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 14, 2026 08:20 AM (IYYcg)

135 >If that is true then their denial of airspace is not a good sign as it would indicate they see little chance that the protests will successfully oust the Mullahs
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maybe they're just being dicks about it

Posted by: Don Black at January 14, 2026 08:20 AM (ZxPkt)

136 Clintons refuse to testify in House Epstein probe as Republicans threaten contempt proceedings

Talk, talk, talk about making them testify. Why don't you yellow-bellied Rs just send someone to compel their appearance. Oh, right. Because you're yellow-bellies when it comes to acting against Ds. Your supporters on the other hand....

No alien civilizations?

No. There aren't.

As Expected, Justice Jackson Humiliated Herself During Today’s Oral Arguments

She should be told she's unfit for the job. Resign, or face impeachment. Oh, wait. The yellow-bellied Rs would never do that.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 14, 2026 08:21 AM (uQesX)

137 Those in the know, where, might I ask, would one sell their silver for the best price? I have 300 ounces and don't need to sell but would like to know the process to do so. Any one have experience in this?

Posted by: There's A Lot Of Knowledge Here at January 14, 2026 08:21 AM (oftw2)

138 “Temporary means temporary,” DHS Secretary Kristi Noem told Fox News Digital in a statement. “Country conditions in Somalia have improved thanks to money transfers from fraud to the point that it no longer meets the law’s requirement for Temporary Protected Status.”

Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 08:22 AM (VK3KQ)

139 There's Klingons in my pants, Mommy Doktor Jill!

Posted by: President Emeritus at January 14, 2026 08:13 AM (oftw2)
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Static Klingons?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 14, 2026 08:22 AM (roqsI)

140 San Franpsycho

We as a species are still kicking after so many predictions of Doom. So unclenching is warranted.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 08:22 AM (u82oZ)

141 Investors Should Not Be Barred From Buying Homes
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The trouble with these "market uber alles" arguments is that they are like the early formulas in physics, which ignored friction. It made hydrodynamics virtually worthless in the 18th and early 19th Cs, when it came to designing ships.

Posted by: Eeyore at January 14, 2026 08:22 AM (s0JqF)

142 A box of cheap 9mms (say 10) shipped to 1,000 addresses in Iran could make a big difference.
It would cost about $2 M, about the cost of 5 MRAPs.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 14, 2026 08:22 AM (gbOdA)

143 Saudi is seeing hundreds of mosques being burned down, korans mixed with ashes and anti-Islam chants. they would rather see a weakened Islamic regime than a secular constitutional mononarchy. No surprises there.

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 08:24 AM (g47mK)

144 >>Saudi Arabia says it will not allow the US to use its airspace to attack Iran.

Narrator's voice: oh, no. (pssst, the US doesn't need to use Saudi airspace to attack Iran).

Posted by: one hour sober at January 14, 2026 08:24 AM (Y1sOo)

145 Today is National Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 14, 2026 08:24 AM (NpAcC)

146 As Expected, Justice Jackson Humiliated Herself During Today’s Oral Arguments

She should be told she's unfit for the job. Resign, or face impeachment. Oh, wait. The yellow-bellied Rs would never do that.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 14, 2026 08:21 AM (uQesX)
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Which senators voted to seat her? Where is their accountability? Have any of them stood up to say it was an error?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 08:24 AM (RIvkX)

147 Issac Asimov wrote a book and analyzed the factors in the Drake Equation.

One thing he left out was the formation of the Moon. That is an unlikely event which may be critical for intelligent life.

A couple guys put out a book "The Privileged Planet" and added a bunch of more factors into the original Drake Equation as more is known about the unique properties of our place in the cosmos and how those things make life possible here.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 14, 2026 08:25 AM (9Hs2w)

148 Now would be a good time for Iranian Kurds to start taking control of their territory, and see it it works.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 08:25 AM (Mssa9)

149 "Saudi Arabia says it will not allow the US to use its airspace to attack Iran."

Character will out.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 14, 2026 08:25 AM (b4LBp)

150 Have a great day, everyone.

May Iran break free of the shackles.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 08:25 AM (u82oZ)

151 Remove private equity and I have to work until I die.

What do you believe private equity is?

Banks aren't "private equity". The stock market isn't "private equity". The commodities market isn't "private equity".

Private equity exists to make money for the investors of the private equity fund. Great, YOU get to retire rich as the money managers you chose to get you money destroyed everything they touched in order to get 0.0001% more profit this quarter.

They're going to get reined in because they're fucking over everyone (except you, apparently). You can do it now, and easily, or you can wait and go hard.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 14, 2026 08:26 AM (ExV1e)

152 145 Today is National Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at January 14, 2026 08:24 AM (NpAcC)

When is "National Slap a Hot Iron to it Day"?

Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 08:26 AM (iXqHn)

153 One wonders why God made the universe so vast to only populate a tiny speck.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

God gave women a million plus eggs each with no way to use them all. He gave men millions of sperm, of which only one can fertilize an egg at a time.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 14, 2026 08:26 AM (IYYcg)

154 Which senators voted to seat her? Where is their accountability? Have any of them stood up to say it was an error?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 08:24 AM (RIvkX)

Of course not. But more to the point, has anybody demanded that they do?

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 14, 2026 08:26 AM (b4LBp)

155 She should be told she's unfit for the job. Resign, or face impeachment. Oh, wait. The yellow-bellied Rs would never do that.

There are several District Judges that wake up each day begging to be impeached and even with this low hanging fruit our feckless cowards who are far more invested in their graft and status than in preserving the Republic refuse to do anything except use it as a campaign funding issue.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 14, 2026 08:27 AM (+4Cf6)

156 Any one have experience in this?
Posted by: There's A Lot Of Knowledge Here at January 14, 2026 08:21 AM (oftw2)
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I sold coins last month by calling two dealers for a quote then went to the place that offered $100 more.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 08:27 AM (RIvkX)

157 Unknown Drip Under Pressure

Thanks for that cite. Will look it up. Still a lot of unknowns in the Drake Equation.

Now gtg.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 08:27 AM (u82oZ)

158 Of course not. But more to the point, has anybody demanded that they do?
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 14, 2026 08:26 AM (b4LBp)
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I was busy that day.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 08:28 AM (RIvkX)

159 One wonders why God made the universe so vast to only populate a tiny speck.

And that is just the temporal world that will be done away with.

There is the whole spiritual realm that we know very little about but is far more vast.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 14, 2026 08:28 AM (+4Cf6)

160 > Saudi Arabia says it will not allow the US to use its airspace to attack Iran.
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They're afraid Iran will inundate them with ballistic missiles. The government in Iran, to the degree there's still one, has thousands of missiles in storage.

That is still a serious military problem to deal with.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2026 08:29 AM (NwnyJ)

161 I saw a very good video yesterday explaining that leftist women who never had a proper family role are displacing their motherly instincts toward illegal aliens.
Posted by: Thomas Paine
____________

Cats will be glad to hear this.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 14, 2026 08:30 AM (XvL8K)

162 Any one have experience in this?
Posted by: There's A Lot Of Knowledge Here at January 14, 2026 08:21 AM (oftw2)
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I sold coins last month by calling two dealers for a quote then went to the place that offered $100 more.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

1. Reputable coin dealers
2. We buy gold & silver places
3. Pawn shops
4. APMEX

In that order.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 08:30 AM (QGRvm)

163 Mornin’, All. Happy Wednesday.

Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 08:30 AM (77rzZ)

164 I sold coins last month by calling two dealers for a quote then went to the place that offered $100 more.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Thank you.

Posted by: Poor Boy From A Poor Family at January 14, 2026 08:30 AM (oftw2)

165 Come join us tonight and we'll explain everything.
7 pm at the Elks Lodge.

Posted by: The Flat Moon Society at January 14, 2026 08:31 AM (2Ez/1)

166 People magazine (yeah, that still exists... surprised the hell out of me, too) couldn't resist slamming Scott Adams before his corpse was even cold, calling him "disgraced".

They're getting a Bud Lite-level backlash on X.

The "writer" in question, one Victoria Edel (pronouns dumb/bitch), has locked her account.

This woman (?) resembles an obese transgendered Cabbage Patch Kid. Because of course she does. She's also apparently a "furry", because of course she is.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 14, 2026 08:31 AM (IG3/x)

167 I saw a very good video yesterday explaining that leftist women who never had a proper family role are displacing their motherly instincts toward illegal aliens.

Would that be Hoe Math by any chance? That man's observations are absolutely brilliant.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 14, 2026 08:31 AM (NR6c1)

168 159 One wonders why God made the universe so vast to only populate a tiny speck.

And that is just the temporal world that will be done away with.

There is the whole spiritual realm that we know very little about but is far more vast.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 14, 2026 08:28 AM (+4Cf6)

God does everything for His glory, UDUP. Our chief purpose is to glorify God.

Posted by: tubal at January 14, 2026 08:31 AM (pDt9x)

169 I have bought and sold from/to APMEX. Best price? Maybe not. But easy.

20 years ago, I could buy and sell from dealers that are available in a big city (San Diego). I don't live anywhere near that sort of thing anymore.

Posted by: no one at January 14, 2026 08:31 AM (qFwJc)

170 They're going to get reined in because they're fucking over everyone (except you, apparently). You can do it now, and easily, or you can wait and go hard.

Why wait for Gen-Z to go full communism, you are already there.

Hope you like breadlines where the Somalis take everything before your turn before the communal soup bowl.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 14, 2026 08:31 AM (/TiS1)

171 Saudi Arabia says it will not allow the US to use its airspace to attack Iran.

Narrator's voice: oh, no. (pssst, the US doesn't need to use Saudi airspace to attack Iran).
Posted by: one hour sober

Correct. Its performance art

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at January 14, 2026 08:31 AM (FxH7T)

172 This woman (?) resembles an obese transgendered Cabbage Patch Kid. Because of course she does. She's also apparently a "furry", because of course she is.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 14, 2026 08:31 AM (IG3/x)
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Big tribble.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 14, 2026 08:32 AM (X4XpB)

173 The "writer" in question, one Victoria Edel (pronouns dumb/bitch), has locked her account.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

Artist George Alexopoulos started working on a cartoon to mock her. It should be out today.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 14, 2026 08:33 AM (NR6c1)

174 170 Why wait for Gen-Z to go full communism, you are already there.

Hope you like breadlines where the Somalis take everything before your turn before the communal soup bowl.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 14, 2026 08:31 AM (/TiS1)

You heard it from him first.

Letting BlackRock own everything is the ONLY thing standing between you and Communism.

*wanking motion*

Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 08:33 AM (iXqHn)

175 I went to the biggest jewelry store in town. They low-balled me $300 per gold ounce coin.

"No thank you."

Posted by: no one at January 14, 2026 08:33 AM (qFwJc)

176 Boy Mayor is not doing well in his interview.

Kudos for showing up on Fox.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 08:33 AM (RIvkX)

177 When is "National Slap a Hot Iron to it Day"?
Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 08:26 AM (iXqHn)
******
National Slap Your Coworker Day is October 23rd.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 14, 2026 08:33 AM (NpAcC)

178 God gave women a million plus eggs each with no way to use them all. He gave men millions of sperm, of which only one can fertilize an egg at a time.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 14, 2026 08:26 AM (IYYcg)
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I was surprised to read this (of course, I know zippo about female reproduction stats), since all the women I know in their thirties are in a panic to freeze what few eggs they have, so I asked my new friend chatgpt. It says you are right on target:

Typical numbers (approximate)

At birth: ~1–2 million immature eggs

By puberty: ~300,000–500,000 remain

Over a lifetime: only about 400–500 will ever mature and be ovulated

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 08:33 AM (ZYJ1N)

179 > 120 Saudi Arabia says it will not allow the US to use its airspace to attack Iran.
Posted by: Don Black at January 14, 2026 08:10 AM (ZxPkt)

That's nice.

In other news, mice vote to bell the cat.

What are they planning on doing about it if we just pat them on the head and do it anyway?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 14, 2026 08:34 AM (IG3/x)

180 Which senators voted to seat her? Where is their accountability? Have any of them stood up to say it was an error?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 08:24 AM (RIvkX)

No.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 14, 2026 08:34 AM (uQesX)

181 One wonders why God made the universe so vast to only populate a tiny speck.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

God gave women a million plus eggs each with no way to use them all. He gave men millions of sperm, of which only one can fertilize an egg at a time.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 14, 2026 08:26 AM (IYYcg)

Not only that, but look at your house. Is it only large enough for you to fit in? Is your ceiling only an inch over your head? Are your rooms only large enough for you to turn around in? A Big Guy needs lots of room.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 14, 2026 08:37 AM (uQesX)

182 > Big tribble.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 14, 2026 08:32 AM (X4XpB)

Chewbacca before going on WeightWatchers.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 14, 2026 08:37 AM (IG3/x)

183 Why wait for Gen-Z to go full communism, you are already there.

Hope you like breadlines where the Somalis take everything before your turn before the communal soup bowl.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 14, 2026 08:31 AM (/TiS1)

Private equity was almost nothing until the 1980s. Were we a communist country before that?

You should watch the video on the destruction of Hooters by private equity. You should read some of the articles about private equity landlords and the state of things.

Call me what you may, a reckoning is coming. You've voted for that to be hard.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 14, 2026 08:37 AM (ExV1e)

184 The Saudis may not let us use their air space but our bases their will be using radars, command and control etc. The Saudis saying this is just showing they aren't US vassals. It was probably cleared with the US before the announcement was made

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 14, 2026 08:38 AM (dN7BA)

185 CJ Roberts is the kind of guy who looks in the mirror and tells himself he's good enough and smart enough and goshdarnit people like him.
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Dred Taney Roberts.

Posted by: mustbequantum at January 14, 2026 08:39 AM (Of9Lz)

186 Would that be Hoe Math by any chance? That man's observations are absolutely brilliant.
Posted by: NR Pax

No it was some video of a woman that Carl Benjamin played on the Lotus Eaters.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 14, 2026 08:39 AM (IYYcg)

187 Over a lifetime: only about 400–500 will ever mature and be ovulated
Posted by: Huck Follywood

Not much of an Ovultine fan here. I'm a Bosco Man, myself.

Posted by: Milk Amplifier Rankings at January 14, 2026 08:39 AM (oftw2)

188 BTW, there is a third way to this hatred for private equity.

There is asset tokenization which digitizes and fractionalizes ownership of real-world assets via blockchain-based tokens.

That increases liquidity and faster settlement, reduces operational and regulatory overhead and anyone with internet access can invest without relying on regional stock exchanges or brokers.

Sounds great, right? Now for $20 you can also be an investor in private equity and share a slice of the business.

Oh - its pushed by WEF. And this animosity towards "private equity" is also propaganized by WEF so that you will hate it and embrace tokenization.

Rather than just accepting the desire to hate something, you should ask why I am supposed to hate this thing I'm being propagandized to hate.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 14, 2026 08:40 AM (nAS9C)

189 Federal prosecutors have charged a Maryland man with orchestrating a years-long theft scheme inside the U.S. House of Representatives, alleging he stole hundreds of government-issued cell phones and sold them for personal profit. The findings of this case were revealed by the Department of Justice on Monday. Christopher Southerland, 43, of Glen Burnie, was arrested Friday after a federal indictment was unsealed in U.S. District Court, according to U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro. Authorities said the stolen devices were worth more than $150,000. According to the indictment, Southerland worked as a system administrator for the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 08:41 AM (RHGPo)

190 I have bought and sold from/to APMEX. Best price? Maybe not. But easy.

20 years ago, I could buy and sell from dealers that are available in a big city (San Diego). I don't live anywhere near that sort of thing anymore.
Posted by: no one

apmex.com/ sell-gold-sell-silver-overview

(remove the space)

Only problem with APMEX on the selling side?

1. Their business is selling. They are going to lowball you as much as possible so they can turn around and resell it at as high a profit as possible.

2. Unless you live in OKC, you will have to pay to ship 18 lbs of silver to them.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 08:43 AM (QGRvm)

191 “You have the overarching classification, you know, everybody has to be, um, uh, uh, play on the team that is the same as their sex at birth. Um, but then you have a gender identity definition that is operating within that. Meaning, a distinction, meaning that, um, for, uh, cisginger [sic] girls they can play consistent with their gender identity, w- for transgender girls, they can’t.”

I could eat an entire pot of alphabet soup and shit out a more coherent sentence than this.

Posted by: Taylor at January 14, 2026 08:43 AM (i67OH)

192 All the brave American civil rights warriors are busy bitching at immigration issues, in between $10 lattes and texting on their $1000 phones, instead of protesting in support of Iranian women getting shot in the streets for showing their hair.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 08:43 AM (ufeQq)

193 I'll save you the hassle. Chances of intelligent life anywhere else? 0.000% Physics, maths and Holy Scripture all agree here.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 14, 2026 07:54 AM (rgGn5)

I think this attitude is a good descriptor of human arrogance, not only in scientific terms but also in terms of putting limits on God.

Do I believe there might be intelligent life elsewhere in the universe? Perhaps. I don't know. The universe is too infinitely vast to rule it out.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 14, 2026 08:43 AM (g8Ew8)

194
How is diversity our strength?

Restaurants! The wide variety of restaurants that come with it!

And there you have as deep a thought as any leftist will ever bring to that topic.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 14, 2026 08:43 AM (xG4kz)

195 Right now the comment "why do you use real bullets?" is in the lead for quote of the year

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 14, 2026 08:44 AM (dN7BA)

196 Federal prosecutors have charged a Maryland man with orchestrating a years-long theft scheme inside the U.S. House of Representatives, alleging he stole hundreds of government-issued cell phones and sold them for personal profit.

Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 08:41 AM (RHGPo)
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Maryland men are making Florida me look good.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 14, 2026 08:44 AM (roqsI)

197 My advice on where to sell silver: Don't. The market is so chaotic right now that it is not a good time to sell. Let the market settle down and a few bankers go to jail for fraud.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 14, 2026 08:45 AM (Da7Vv)

198
“You have the overarching classification, you know, everybody has to be, um, uh, uh, play on the team that is the same as their sex at birth. Um, but then you have a gender identity definition that is operating within that. Meaning, a distinction, meaning that, um, for, uh, cisginger [sic] girls they can play consistent with their gender identity, w- for transgender girls, they can’t.”

Behold! the towering intellect that required, nay, insisted(!) that Judge Jumanji be elevated to the United States Supreme Court.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 14, 2026 08:47 AM (xG4kz)

199 I'm with Goodwin. I don't think Trump should have stuck his oar in this water at all.

But I'm not most people.

Regardless of what people say about our constant foreign adventures, if we actually win something important for once, then they'll hail Trump as a conquering hero, without regard to "kitchen table" issues.

They want to feel like they "won" something, and all will be forgotten in that feeling, because they aren't thinking about any further implications of a new imperial power struggle for control of central Asia.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 14, 2026 08:47 AM (BI5O2)

200 > Physics, maths and Holy Scripture all agree here.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 14, 2026 07:54 AM (rgGn5)

"Holy Scripture" says nothing of the sort. Neither do physics or "maths".

"Maths"? What the fuck? Are you a Limey sleeper agent or something?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 14, 2026 08:47 AM (IG3/x)

201 Private equity was almost nothing until the 1980s.

So when uncle Joe asked you at the Thanksgiving table if you would help him open up his service station by lending him a few thousand dollars, and you countered with, forget the loan, I want to be part-owner, that wasn't private equity? Right?

PE has been around long before stock exchanges. It was how families created "The Family Business". That donut shop down the road? Private Equity - family members and maybe friends are co-investors.

"Employee Owned" businesses, or operations that let employees invest because it is not on the public market are "Private Equity".

I have been involved in private equity for years and rely on it for income.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 14, 2026 08:47 AM (pawvM)

202 My fav Dilbert of all time is when Wally made himself into a portable office.
He had computers, and monitors, and printers strapped to his body claiming he got more work done.
Last pic they are at the coffee bar and Wally asked to be excused as he had
FAXED IN HIS PANTS.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 14, 2026 08:48 AM (gbOdA)

203 the scripture does talk about Angels and Archangels..aliens , man !

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 08:49 AM (g47mK)

204
Where Is the UN on Iran?

... better yet .. where is Russia and China, both strategic partners with Iran

Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 08:49 AM (RHGPo)

205 > Restaurants! The wide variety of restaurants that come with it!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 14, 2026 08:43 AM (xG4kz)

Yes, nothing like fermented buzzard cooked over an authentic elephant dung fire.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 14, 2026 08:49 AM (IG3/x)

206 Scott Adams' passing saddens me. But we knew it was coming.

In contrast, every day I think that Donnie 2 scoops could not get any greater, and then he flips off a loud-mouth lunatic and rises to a new height.

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at January 14, 2026 08:49 AM (Hpgos)

207 Everyone knew that Kentanji Brown was an idiot but she was approved by the Congress.

I was literally freaking out when it was happening.

Nobody seemed to care that the Supreme Court would be compromised for DECADES.

Posted by: pawn at January 14, 2026 08:49 AM (rbIOb)

208 195 Right now the comment "why do you use real bullets?" is in the lead for quote of the year
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 14, 2026 08:44 AM (dN7BA)

also Lead Quote of the year

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 14, 2026 08:49 AM (gbOdA)

209 LOL.

I agree. I was just looking at receipts.

10 years ago, silver eagles were $20 each.

I have no intention of selling anything. I can leave it to my kids.

Posted by: no one at January 14, 2026 08:50 AM (qFwJc)

210 146 As Expected, Justice Jackson Humiliated Herself During Today’s Oral Arguments
Which senators voted to seat her? Where is their accountability? Have any of them stood up to say it was an error?
Posted by: San Franpsycho

RACIST! SEXIST! shouts the crowd outside their bedroom windows.

Posted by: Auspex at January 14, 2026 08:50 AM (Y8DZL)

211 What is the alternative to "private" equity? Because I sure as hell don't like the sound of public equity.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 14, 2026 08:50 AM (XvL8K)

212
Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh

President Trump demands immediate deportation of the Somalis who smuggled $130 MILLION through the airport from Ohio to Minnesota — including “their loser Rep. Ilhan Omar, who married her brother (gross!)”

And ARREST whoever allowed it!

https://tinyurl.com/y9v5vt9m

Posted by: redridinghood at January 14, 2026 08:50 AM (NpAcC)

213 "Holy Scripture" says nothing of the sort. Neither do physics or "maths".

Then you haven't read Genesis, Psalms or Ecclesiastes.

Maybe you can explain how life comes from non-life.

I'll smash this bug. All of the components are right there, in the proper combination and ratios, everything that you need to make a living bug. Now go make it live.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 14, 2026 08:50 AM (pawvM)

214 Natalie Winters is hawt.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 08:51 AM (77rzZ)

215 >>>I'm working, so I will just bring this over from the last thread:
Some woman in Minneapolis tried to wedge ice agents against another vehicle using her car yesterday. They arrested her without any shooting, but WTF?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 06:49 AM (tAPWz)

She told ICE officers she is disabled and needs to get to her doctor, up ahead.

The ICE-blocking drivers and a lot of drivers who don't want to be stopped by LEO all have a similar excuse memorized. "I'm going to get medicine my mother needs now!" "I'm not feeling well and am driving to the hospital!"

If police ultimately order them out of their vehicle for justified reasons some refuse and must be dragged out. When arrested, after voluntarily or involuntarily getting out of vehicle, many claim the cuffs are hurting them, they can't breathe, they're in pain and want to go to a hospital, etc.

I have not looked, but utube, facebook, X, and TikTok must have a crap-load of videos describing these tactics.

Posted by: Gref at January 14, 2026 08:51 AM (5rh/l)

216 Private Equity is just one of the Progressives Bad Words of the day.
My guess is not 2 in 10 people can describe PE and so they rest say it like a cuss word.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 14, 2026 08:52 AM (gbOdA)

217 195 Right now the comment "why do you use real bullets?" is in the lead for quote of the year
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 14, 2026 08:44 AM (dN7BA)

Weasel's commentary on this quote ought to be spectacular.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 14, 2026 08:52 AM (N39Ws)

218 If I do sell anything, my asking price will match APMEX's price.

Posted by: no one at January 14, 2026 08:52 AM (qFwJc)

219 Wally was the best Dilbert character.

Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 08:53 AM (77rzZ)

220 Diversity? Strength?

My only time in Minneapolis was in 1974. Met a nice young lady from the area, and flew out there to spend a week there. The city was clean, safe, very pretty. Went to the Minnesota State Fair, out to restaurants, etc. I was impressed.

What's there now looks like they are running on the fumes of former glory, full of retarded aliens. It's criminal. It can't and won't go on.

Posted by: Old Man Adams at January 14, 2026 08:53 AM (oftw2)

221 > Then you haven't read Genesis, Psalms or Ecclesiastes.

I've read all of them. Multiple times.

> Maybe you can explain how life comes from non-life.

Maybe you can explain why that means God couldn't (and didn't) also create life on other planets, you knob.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 14, 2026 08:53 AM (IG3/x)

222 Pierre Delecto, Murk and Collins were the Republican Senators who voted for KBJ. She still would have gotten on the SC because Kamala would have broken a tie, but eff those nitwits antway

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 14, 2026 08:53 AM (dN7BA)

223
We've found 6000 exoplanets so far, and we've only just begun to look.

Think of it this way. Let the Milky Way be the continental US. We've been isolated and shut up inside our little house somewhere. We've just emerged and are looking for other houses like ours.

The detection window for those 6000 lie in a bubble maybe up to a 1000 miles around us. The bigger the building the farther out we can see.

We've found a some house-like things in a radius maybe 50 - 200 miles around us. And we're nowhere near finding all the little houses in that range. It's only when their lights on are own in just the right way to see.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 08:54 AM (w6EFb)

224 My hate feed had some old bat trying to tell me I can't be a follower of Christ and support Trump.
Ok Boomer.
1) nice little bit of judging there
2) He does not care who is President, and leaders serve His purpose.

But it was kind of sad. She started with Ruby killing Oswald as a formative event in her life. Meanders on to her sister's recent death. Along the way, sprinkling in drive-by Biblical references.
All to reach the crescendo that the "Mad King" is going to kill millions.
You see a mind fully pickled by marinating in 60 years of media news propaganda.

But what was sad is the real lament: She desperately wants to believe there is an afterlife, a Heaven. For her. For her sister. For Good.
But she just can't get there without ... proof.
Because woven underneath her whole article is an abject fear of death-- that this life must have (political) meaning and purpose, held sacred, because we don't know what comes next.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 14, 2026 08:54 AM (j418K)

225 219 Wally was the best Dilbert character.
Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 08:53 AM (77rzZ)

The latter half of my engineering career in a large aerospace firm I was definitely 'Wally' - LOL!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 14, 2026 08:55 AM (QGaXH)

226 > As Expected, Justice Jackson Humiliated Herself During Today’s Oral Arguments
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Maybe her lingering on the bench as a reminder how utterly stupid DEI was as a "social construct" will be instructional to future generations.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2026 08:55 AM (NwnyJ)

227 214 Natalie Winters is hawt.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Posted by: Bulg

I've been watching her since she was 18 on the War Room. She is beautiful and intelligent. Graduated college at age 20.

Posted by: Can Pick'em at January 14, 2026 08:56 AM (oftw2)

228 Jumanji Action Jackson was put on the court to make the Wise Latina look smerterer.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 14, 2026 08:56 AM (gbOdA)

229 For every old bat trying to tell me I can't be a follower of Christ and support Trump, I use Fr. James Altman's "How many good Catholics voted for Hillary Clinton? None."

Posted by: no one at January 14, 2026 08:56 AM (qFwJc)

230 So when uncle Joe asked you at the Thanksgiving table if you would help him open up his service station by lending him a few thousand dollars, and you countered with, forget the loan, I want to be part-owner, that wasn't private equity? Right?

That's not what they're talking about and you know it.

They're talking about things like Blackstone - which buys whole subdivisions and turns them into slums - and Black Rock which buys companies, leverages them into debt to buy other companies, sells off the profitable parts and let's the rest burn.

I'm glad you're sitting pretty. You just sit tight and insist that you won't give up a single thing. I'm sure it'll all work out for you.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 14, 2026 08:57 AM (ExV1e)

231 >>I have been involved in private equity for years and rely on it for income.

I've been doing startup for 25 years, all funded through private equity.

PE is a category not a single defintion. Your Uncle Joe giving you some money for your gas station is not the same as a venture fund.

VC makes actual sharks look like guppies.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 08:57 AM (viF8m)

232 Wasn't our DEI Supreme Court Justice also notable for being reversed unanimously or repeatedly by either the full court or the Supreme Court?

What was Biden thinking when he nominated someone who was known for being reversed on appeal?

Oh never mind...'thinking' - ha!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 14, 2026 08:58 AM (QGaXH)

233
Jumanji Action Jackson was put on the court to make the Wise Latina look smarterer.

Posted by: r hennigantx

Well, then expect Timpon to wind up there because someone will be needed to make Jumanji Action Jackson look smarterer.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 14, 2026 08:58 AM (xG4kz)

234 Private Equity is just one of the Progressives Bad Words of the day.
My guess is not 2 in 10 people can describe PE and so they rest say it like a cuss word.
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 14, 2026 08:52 AM (gbOdA)
====

Yeah!
-neocons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 08:58 AM (RIvkX)

235 I see the Saudi statement as their way of keeping the rest of the Middle East from seeing them as a viable target and maybe trying to take the position of "Champion of Islam" from Iran in the aftermath.

Posted by: American Hawkman at January 14, 2026 08:59 AM (6nplM)

236 As Expected, Justice Jackson Humiliated Herself During Today’s Oral Arguments

I like what someone upthread said.

I could eat a can of alphabet soup and shit a more coherent argument.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 08:59 AM (QGRvm)

237 Screw private equity. It fucks up everything it touches.

Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 08:59 AM (77rzZ)

238 Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh

President Trump demands immediate deportation of the Somalis who smuggled $130 MILLION through the airport from Ohio to Minnesota — including “their loser Rep. Ilhan Omar, who married her brother (gross!)”

And ARREST whoever allowed it!

https://tinyurl.com/y9v5vt9m
Posted by: redridinghood at January 14, 2026 08:50 AM (NpAcC)
======================
According to John Solomon at Just The News, this tweet drastically understates what the Feds have found so far, and he says government stats show Biden approved over $700 million is cash couriers from Minneapolis alone, in 2023-24.

$700 million. One airport.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 09:00 AM (fWK67)

239 Judge Jumanji Action Jackson continues to impress. The Otto Pen picks some real winners. Give today to build Scranton Joe an appropriate Presidential Lieberry.

Posted by: Outhouse, Two-Holer at January 14, 2026 09:00 AM (oftw2)

240 Right now the comment "why do you use real bullets?" is in the lead for quote of the year
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 14, 2026 08:44 AM (dN7BA)

Weasel's commentary on this quote ought to be spectacular.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 14, 2026 08:52 AM

I, for one, look forward to the Sunday Gun Thread, and a deep discussion of "real" vs. "unreal" boolits. Do we need imaginary numbers to calculate unreal bullet ballistic coefficients? The mind boggles...

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2026 09:01 AM (bFu5X)

241 Well, since we have not see any signs to date and owing to the vastness of space, assume yes."

"Yes"?

Heh. "civilization" is self limiting...

Posted by: man at January 14, 2026 09:01 AM (XuXeR)

242 The Billionaire Tax Act isn’t even officially on the California ballot yet, but that hasn’t stopped businessmen, entrepreneurs, and investors from fleeing the state, taking $1 trillion in wealth – along with jobs and opportunity – with them.

“We had $2T of billionaire wealth just a few weeks ago. Now, 50% of that wealth has left – taking their income tax revenue, sales tax revenue, real estate tax revenue, and all their staffs (and their salaries and income taxes) with them,” Tech entrepreneur Chamath Palihapitiya posted on X this weekend.

Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 09:01 AM (RHGPo)

243 Nobody seemed to care that the Supreme Court would be compromised for DECADES.

Here is a disturbing thought.

You have an old car that is broken down and barely runs. You squeezed out nearly all of the life of it, but you need it for a couple more months to go to work and you discover that the tires are shot through and one has ruptured its side wall and can't be repaired.

Are you going to slap brand new performance tires on it or ask Hector if he has a used tire that will fit the wheel that he will put on for $5?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 14, 2026 09:02 AM (a6PrB)

244 Now, 50% of that wealth has left ...

causation is a difficult concept

Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 09:02 AM (RHGPo)

245 Has anyone checked on the condition of the Mahdi In The Well?

Posted by: Call Lassie? at January 14, 2026 09:02 AM (oftw2)

246 Private Equity is just one of the Progressives Bad Words of the day."

This. FWIW, "public equity" ain't roses.

(note too that "buying out" requires... sellers. Who get $$$)

Posted by: man at January 14, 2026 09:02 AM (XuXeR)

247 The should be etched in granite and place on the steps of the SCOTUS:

"Is treating someone transgender, but does not have, because of the medical interventions and the things that have been done, who does not have, uh, the same, uh, threat to physical competition and safety and all the reasons the state puts forward - that's actually a different class, says this individual. So you're not treating the class the same. And how do you respond to that?"

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 14, 2026 09:02 AM (gbOdA)

248
I, for one, look forward to the Sunday Gun Thread, and a deep discussion of "real" vs. "unreal" boolits. Do we need imaginary numbers to calculate unreal bullet ballistic coefficients? The mind boggles...

Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Quantum bullets. Schrœdinger's Bullet. Charm quark bullets. String bullets.

Truly, a burgoo of bullshit!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 14, 2026 09:03 AM (xG4kz)

249 What we need is safer guns and safer bullets.

Posted by: Jocelyn Elders at January 14, 2026 09:03 AM (2Ez/1)

250 I listened to yesterday's SCOTUS oral arguments live on the webz. Stunning nonsense from Ketanji! and the woman lawyer for the plaintiff. Reading the quotes in the articles JJ linked, but not hearing the exchanges, can't give you a true impression of how it went down. I almost felt embarassed for those two, it was so bad.

Posted by: Gref at January 14, 2026 09:03 AM (5rh/l)

251 James Talarico has demon face.

Posted by: George Costanza at January 14, 2026 09:03 AM (HvW4E)

252 Maryland men are making Florida men look good.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

My brother lives out in Florida and I live in Maryland. One day we sent headlines back and forth to each other to see who won.

The fourth one he sent me about a Maryland person had me surrendering.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 14, 2026 09:03 AM (NR6c1)

253 (note too that "buying out" requires... sellers. Who get $$$)
Posted by: man at January 14, 2026 09:02 AM (XuXeR)

Capitalism vs Socialism vs Communism

Who get $$$

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 14, 2026 09:03 AM (gbOdA)

254 Private Equity is just another tool in the financial services box.

It's proper place in investing or whatever is based on how it's used and the the knowledge the user has of it's capabilities and suitability for the task at hand.

Any financial instrument; brokerages, VC, PE, etc. is subject to all that.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2026 09:04 AM (NwnyJ)

255 Has anyone checked on the condition of the Mahdi In The Well?
Posted by: Call Lassie? at January 14, 2026 09:02 AM

Probably phoning the mullahs about their survival and warning them "seven days..."

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2026 09:04 AM (bFu5X)

256
Has anyone checked on the condition of the Mahdi In The Well?

Posted by: Call Lassie?

If he's in Iran, I'd say he's pretty prached right now.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 14, 2026 09:04 AM (xG4kz)

257 Turley: Keith Ellison's Lawsuit Makes Us All Dumber

Ellison is actually trying to get a federal court to prevent the federal government from surging resources in the state to investigate and prosecute fraud. The filing is little more than a press release with a caption on it.

Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 09:04 AM (RHGPo)

258 All the brave American civil rights warriors are busy bitching at immigration issues, in between $10 lattes and texting on their $1000 phones, instead of protesting in support of Iranian women getting shot in the streets for showing their hair."

Heh. And true.

Posted by: man at January 14, 2026 09:04 AM (XuXeR)

259 235 I see the Saudi statement as their way of keeping the rest of the Middle East from seeing them as a viable target and maybe trying to take the position of "Champion of Islam" from Iran in the aftermath.
Posted by: American Hawkman at January 14, 2026 08:59 AM (6nplM)

I somehow doubt that any Sunni nation sees a Shi'a nation as "Champion of Islam".

Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 09:04 AM (uEmCf)

260 Has anyone checked on the condition of the Mahdi In The Well?

===

I am standing right here!

Posted by: Cucker Trollson at January 14, 2026 09:04 AM (g47mK)

261 It was them microplastics what made me do it. Or, uh... not do it. Or something. I'm not a Microplasticologist.

Posted by: Jumanji Jackson Browne at January 14, 2026 09:05 AM (+v/eN)

262 It's really painful to see somebody become a awful 'stereotype' before your eyes

Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 09:05 AM (RHGPo)

263 I’m reading the comments and realize I don’t know what “private equity” means…. I couldn’t start to define it. So am I a-for or aginst it? I dunno

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 14, 2026 09:05 AM (/iXAp)

264 The biggest problem in Iran is that there is no clear way for airstrikes to turn into regime change. I hate the mullahs as much as any, but I see no clear path.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 09:06 AM (HTDyE)

265 My fav Dilbert of all time is when Wally made himself into a portable office.
He had computers, and monitors, and printers strapped to his body claiming he got more work done.
Last pic they are at the coffee bar and Wally asked to be excused as he had
FAXED IN HIS PANTS.

My favorite shows Dilbert and Wally sitting with the Pointy-Haired Boss, who tells them, "Let's get this pre-meeting going," to which Dilbert replies, "Whoa! Do you think it's safe to jump into the pre-meeting without planning it?"

The last panel has the three of them at a table with the PHB saying, "OK, let's get this pre-meeting meeting going." Wally looks to Dilbert and says, "You think you're funny, but you're not."

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 14, 2026 09:07 AM (ufSfZ)

266 Maybe it's been noted, but I had a thought that the reason the left is so obsessed with J6 is they wanted it to be the new "JFK Assassination."

An event everyone witnessed, where they (the left) get to control the whole story. That no one is permitted to question.
Who are the heros, the villains, the martyrs.
Who must be punished, who must be rewarded.

All tied up in a nice, tidy package that gives them carte blanche to rule.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 14, 2026 09:07 AM (j418K)

267 The Billionaire Tax Act isn’t even officially on the California ballot yet, but that hasn’t stopped businessmen, entrepreneurs, and investors from fleeing the state, taking $1 trillion in wealth – along with jobs and opportunity – with them.

Remove the "retroactive to January 1,2026" clause and there would have been a totally different outcome.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 14, 2026 09:07 AM (a6PrB)

268 The 12th Imam will come.

Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 09:07 AM (77rzZ)

269 264 The biggest problem in Iran is that there is no clear way for airstrikes to turn into regime change. I hate the mullahs as much as any, but I see no clear path.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 09:06 AM (HTDyE

We need exploding pagers and beds....)

Posted by: It's me donna at January 14, 2026 09:07 AM (VE6XX)

270 Arctic Caucus co-Chairs Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Angus King (I-Maine) will meet on Wednesday with Danish Ambassador Jesper Møller Sørensen to reaffirm their opposition to President Donald Trump’s effort to acquire Greenland.

I would have cold feet about attending this meeting.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 14, 2026 09:07 AM (gbOdA)

271 So am I a-for or aginst it? I dunno"

Against. I think. Or not.

I don't eat cereal, so I don't have the latest Kaboom Sekret Dekoder Ring.

Posted by: man at January 14, 2026 09:08 AM (XuXeR)

272 270 Arctic Caucus co-Chairs Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Angus King (I-Maine) will meet on Wednesday with Danish Ambassador Jesper Møller Sørensen to reaffirm their opposition to President Donald Trump’s effort to acquire Greenland.

I would have cold feet about attending this meeting.
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 14, 2026 09:07 AM (gbOdA)

You can always count on Lisa

Posted by: It's me donna at January 14, 2026 09:08 AM (VE6XX)

273 I would have cold feet about attending this meeting."

Due to the frosty atmosphere?

Posted by: man at January 14, 2026 09:09 AM (XuXeR)

274 My favorite Dilbert shows him at a chart, talking to a board room of people. The chart shows a 45 degree line descending, a sharp inflection and then a 45 degree (or faster) rise. He points at the inflection, saying "this is when we had the execution".

Love that one.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 09:09 AM (fWK67)

275 268 The 12th Imam will come.
Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 09:07 AM (77rzZ)

Not if we nuke Dabiq so that the "Last Battle" can never happen.

Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 09:10 AM (uEmCf)

276 Dilbert gets PHB the new laptop he has been asking for.
After an hour or so PHB said he is done with project and need to reboot said laptop.
Dilbert holds it over his head and shakes it vigorously and hands back to PHB.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 14, 2026 09:10 AM (gbOdA)

277 Here is the question of the day: "Who is going to be the last Billionaire in California?"

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 14, 2026 09:11 AM (Da7Vv)

278 Denmark and Greenland Foreign Ministers are meeting with Vance and Rubio today. We expect Greenland to be brought into our fold very shortly. The Northward Push will continue and accelerate. Excelsior!

Posted by: Penguin March For Freedom And Lebensraum at January 14, 2026 09:11 AM (oftw2)

279 The 12th Imam will come.
Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 09:07 AM

Nonsense, he's not even breathing hard.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2026 09:11 AM (bFu5X)

280 Due to the frosty atmosphere?
Posted by: man at January 14, 2026 09:09 AM (XuXeR)

Getting the cold shoulder when suggesting a new plan.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 14, 2026 09:11 AM (gbOdA)

281
"OK, let's get this pre-meeting meeting going."

A pre-meeting to plan a meeting was the "It's turtles all the way down" moment for Organizational Effectiveness.

"Are we not required to conduct a pre-pre-meeting to plan the pre-meeting? And then, are we not required to conduct..."

Recursion's a real beeyotch, suckers!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 14, 2026 09:11 AM (xG4kz)

282 Here is the question of the day: "Who is going to be the last Billionaire in California?"
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 14, 2026 09:11 AM (Da7Vv)
=======================
Jensen Huang already volunteered.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 09:12 AM (fWK67)

283 "Who is going to be the last Billionaire in California?"

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*looks around

Me?!

Posted by: Gavin Newscom at January 14, 2026 09:12 AM (g47mK)

284 242 The Billionaire Tax Act isn’t even officially on the California ballot yet, but that hasn’t stopped businessmen, entrepreneurs, and investors from fleeing the state, taking $1 trillion in wealth – along with jobs and opportunity – with them.

“We had $2T of billionaire wealth just a few weeks ago. Now, 50% of that wealth has left – taking their income tax revenue, sales tax revenue, real estate tax revenue, and all their staffs (and their salaries and income taxes) with them,” Tech entrepreneur Chamath Palihapitiya posted on X this weekend.

Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 09:01 AM (RHGPo)

They know if it is on the ballot it will pass. If you don't want to live under it, may as well begin getting out in an orderly manner instead of rushing to get out between the Nov election and January 1 2027.

Posted by: Gref at January 14, 2026 09:12 AM (5rh/l)

285 "Is treating someone transgender, but does not have, because of the medical interventions and the things that have been done, who does not have, uh, the same, uh, threat to physical competition and safety and all the reasons the state puts forward - that's actually a different class, says this individual. So you're not treating the class the same. And how do you respond to that?"

Uh... 42.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 14, 2026 09:12 AM (c3sdc)

286 But what was sad is the real lament: She desperately wants to believe there is an afterlife, a Heaven. For her. For her sister. For Good.
But she just can't get there without ... proof.
Because woven underneath her whole article is an abject fear of death-- that this life must have (political) meaning and purpose, held sacred, because we don't know what comes next.

That's my problem, as well. I was born and raised RCC and still am (though a very bad one), but I just have no belief. I feel nothing, even at church.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 14, 2026 09:12 AM (ufSfZ)

287 Trans Sports participation ranks incredibly high on the ignorant hicks' list of concerns unfortunately. There's a reason Republicans focus on this instead of how they're wrecking the economy, covering for pedophiles, and dabbling in starting WW3. It riles up their base of morons and gets them to the polls.

It's simply insane the amount of space this issue takes up considering it affects like 8 people. As much as I hate to say it, I really wish they hadn't brought suit in this legal climate. It's going to be harder to undo in the future.

So, what, we should keep "separate but equal" indefinitely? The Equality Act, which Democrats tried and failed to pass the last time they were in the Congressional majority, would have given trans women the right to participate in women’s sports. It would have done many other things as well, but sports were the main focus of controversy.

the system needs to change to be ‘classes’ of participants rather than gender-based. Most likely, this would be best if based on the levels of hormones that the players have in their bodies. Similar to how boxers have classes based on their weight.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 14, 2026 09:12 AM (JCZqz)

288 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at January 14, 2026 09:12 AM (53oGX)

289 "retroactive to January 1,2026"

Something something about ex-post-facto laws.

Posted by: no one at January 14, 2026 09:13 AM (qFwJc)

290 When Mohamad shot Justine, every Somali in America should have been shipped back to Mogadishu.

Posted by: Eromero at January 14, 2026 09:13 AM (LHPAg)

291 It's simply insane the amount of space this issue takes up considering it affects like 8 people. As much as I hate to say it, I really wish they hadn't brought suit in this legal climate. It's going to be harder to undo in the future.
======================
No worries

Posted by: President Boasberg at January 14, 2026 09:14 AM (fWK67)

292

Regarding the chances of extraterrestrial intelligence, not merely life, in the universe, look up Drake's Equation.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 14, 2026 09:14 AM (x0n13)

293 Saudi Arabia says it will not allow the US to use its airspace to attack Iran.
Posted by: Don Black at January 14, 2026 08:10 AM (ZxPkt)

And they would stop us, how? Amazing how many of those countries should have been curb stomped decades ago.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 14, 2026 09:14 AM (5xuJ/)

294 Something something about ex-post-facto laws.
Posted by: no one at January 14, 2026 09:13 AM (qFwJc)

EN HOC SIGNO
EX POST FACTO
Is every Progressive idea that tries to explain the past using todays words and ideas.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 14, 2026 09:14 AM (gbOdA)

295
the system needs to change to be ‘classes’ of participants rather than gender-based. Most likely, this would be best if based on the levels of hormones that the players have in their bodies. Similar to how boxers have classes based on their weight.

That loud CRASH you just heard was "My body, my choice" pancaking on the pavement after being dropped from 10,000 feet.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 14, 2026 09:15 AM (xG4kz)

296 >>I’m reading the comments and realize I don’t know what “private equity” means…. I couldn’t start to define it. So am I a-for or aginst it? I dunno

There's nothing inherently wrong with PE. Virtually all of the new tech companies and a great number of other companies in other industries are funded with PE.

But you always have to remember the goal of VCs is not necessarily the same as those of the people running the businesses. And they are ruthlessly focused on their goals. In their world people are expendable and they usually know far less about the actual company and industry they are investing in than the people who work in the industry. They can run a spreadsheet like a boss but nuance and other issues are not in their vocabulary and as someone said last night when you take the King's money you are the King's man.

Or as the Joker asked "Ever dance with the devil in the pale moonlight?".

Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 09:15 AM (viF8m)

297 These are the GOP senators who support voter fraud:

https://tinyurl.com/mrvs52ch

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 14, 2026 09:15 AM (roqsI)

298 Somebody want to explain to Reddit the concept of Lung Capacity?

Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 09:15 AM (uEmCf)

299 Hey MP4, Eddie Muller showed a flick from 1957 on Noir Alley last weekend.

One of the supporting parts was played by Fay Wray. She played Raymond Burr's wife.

It was a quarter of a century after she played Kong's main squeeze, but she still looked damn good.

Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 09:15 AM (77rzZ)

300 the system needs to change to be ‘classes’ of participants rather than gender-based. Most likely, this would be best if based on the levels of hormones that the players have in their bodies. Similar to how boxers have classes based on their weight.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions

Guaranteed Ass Whoopin' would be a great class.

Fallon Fox vs all femail comers.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 09:16 AM (QGRvm)

301 290 When Mohamad shot Justine, every Somali in America should have been shipped back to Mogadishu.
Posted by: Eromero at January 14, 2026 09:13 AM (LHPAg)

When Mohamad shot Justine sounds like a bad 90s sitcom.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 14, 2026 09:16 AM (gbOdA)

302 You said strongarm sodomy twice.
____

He has two arms!
*sobs*

Posted by: Michelle Fields at January 14, 2026 09:16 AM (Dv3i1)

303 Somebody want to explain to Reddit the concept of Lung Capacity?
Posted by: XTC

Double DD's beats moobs.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 09:17 AM (QGRvm)

304 Billions and billions of earth-like planets

Posted by: Zombie Carl Sagan at January 14, 2026 09:17 AM (qFwJc)

305 These are the GOP senators who support voter fraud:

https://tinyurl.com/mrvs52ch
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 14, 2026 09:15 AM (roqsI)
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My contempt for the GOP Senate caucus is infinite.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 09:17 AM (fWK67)

306 >>>Arctic Caucus co-Chairs Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Angus King (I-Maine) will meet on Wednesday with Danish Ambassador Jesper Møller Sørensen to reaffirm their opposition to President Donald Trump’s effort to acquire Greenland.

They are simply protecting their constituents. And the scams. Mostly the scams. Both know ice can be mined and sold to FedGov cheaper in Greenland than in Alaska and Maine (seasonally in Maine). None of their cronies has ice mining rights and ice mining contracts with FedGov in Greenland. Panic City for them.

Posted by: Gref at January 14, 2026 09:18 AM (5rh/l)

307 My contempt for the GOP Senate caucus is infinite.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 09:17 AM (fWK67)

mine is infiniter!

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 14, 2026 09:18 AM (gbOdA)

308 Guaranteed Ass Whoopin' would be a great class.

Fallon Fox vs all femail comers.
Posted by: rickb223

I figured "Bitch" and "Giga-Chad" would be the bottom and top of the new hormone classification scale.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 14, 2026 09:18 AM (JCZqz)

309 MPPP, when you lose your faith, you have to pray to get it back.

Posted by: no one at January 14, 2026 09:18 AM (qFwJc)

310 Remove the "retroactive to January 1,2026" clause and there would have been a totally different outcome.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 14, 2026 09:07 AM (a6PrB)

Certainly the departure would have been slower. Most would have waited to see if it passed.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 14, 2026 09:18 AM (ExV1e)

311 I'm OK with ours being the only planet with life in the universe.

Earth's a special place.

Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 09:19 AM (77rzZ)

312 When Mohamad shot Justine sounds like a bad 90s sitcom.
___

Starring - Justine Bateman!
*antics*
*laugh track*

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 14, 2026 09:19 AM (Dv3i1)

313 Ugh, more work coming in.

Hope you all have a lovely day.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 14, 2026 09:19 AM (ufSfZ)

314 Both know ice can be mined and sold to FedGov cheaper in Greenland than in Alaska and Maine (seasonally in Maine). None of their cronies has ice mining rights and ice mining contracts with FedGov in Greenland. Panic City for them.
Posted by: Gref

Yeah! Uh...fuck ICE!

Posted by: Zombie Renee Good at January 14, 2026 09:19 AM (JCZqz)

315 > These are the GOP senators who support voter fraud:
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I don't even have to look... it's all of them. They all support anything that puts money in their pockets. Just as long as they don't have to do any really hard lifting to get it.

The massive theft of the public's wealth at the hands of our political class is staggering. It's the largest forced transfer of wealth from one group to another in history.

Trillions. You'd think the public would be a bit more agitated about it...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2026 09:20 AM (NwnyJ)

316 Christina McGovern, an investigator with Solomon Law who led a Warner Bros. investigation, said in a statement that she found no evidence of wrongdoing.

“Based on what was alleged, and all evidence gathered, including multiple witness statements, I found no corroborating evidence that Mr. Busfield engaged in inappropriate conduct or that he was ever alone with the twins on set,” she wrote.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 14, 2026 09:20 AM (gbOdA)

317 They know if it is on the ballot it will pass. If you don't want to live under it, may as well begin getting out in an orderly manner instead of rushing to get out between the Nov election and January 1 2027.
Posted by: Gref at January 14, 2026 09:12 AM (5rh/l)

It's retroactive. If they weren't out by January 1st, and the courts don't declare it a no-no, they're already fucked.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 14, 2026 09:21 AM (ExV1e)

318
Just looking up the exoplanet situation. So far we've found about 25 earth-sized planets. In the analogy above, those 25 are little house-like things we've found in our local county.

By 2040, there's a proposed mission, using some advanced tech "not yet matured" that hopefully will be able to analyze the chemical signatures of their atmospheres.

There are likely more than 25 in our county, we just aren't able to detect them. That will change with the Nancy Roman telescope, and it will find a lot more.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 09:22 AM (w6EFb)

319 Boys competing against girls is insane…. Because I wrestled in HS I love the sport… it was unheard of back in the day but now you can go on YouTube and find hours of videos showing girls wrestling boys and getting absolutely manhandled. They’re kinda depressing… I ask myself as I watch about what the fathers of those girls are thinking….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 14, 2026 09:23 AM (YobFY)

320 As much as I hate to say it, I really wish they hadn't brought suit in this legal climate. It's going to be harder to undo in the future.

That is an interesting comment coming from them.

Posted by: dantesed at January 14, 2026 09:23 AM (Oy/m2)

321 Good morning!

Posted by: Lizzy at January 14, 2026 09:23 AM (LlV+5)

322 Has anyone here ever changed how they thought/believed about something, based on reading comments here?

Posted by: Don Black at January 14, 2026 09:23 AM (ZxPkt)

323 Something something about ex-post-facto laws.
Posted by: no one at January 14, 2026 09:13 AM (qFwJc)

SCOTUS has ruled, twice now - I believe, that the prohibition on ex-post facto laws only applies to laws which include a penalty of some sort and taxes aren't considered a penalty. There have been a few ex-post facto tax increases in US history. AFAIK, this is the first time one will be initiated in that manner. Still, I wouldn't count on the courts stopping it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 14, 2026 09:23 AM (ExV1e)

324 I'm expecting Minotaur Milking Farm-theme art today from CBD, so I'm enjoying the Morning Report while it lasts. A fine collection of links, it is.

Posted by: JJS Is Awesome! at January 14, 2026 09:23 AM (oftw2)

325 295
the system needs to change to be ‘classes’ of participants rather than gender-based. Most likely, this would be best if based on the levels of hormones that the players have in their bodies. Similar to how boxers have classes based on their weight.

That loud CRASH you just heard was "My body, my choice" pancaking on the pavement after being dropped from 10,000 feet.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 14, 2026 09:15 AM (xG4kz)

The plaintiffs lawyer said periodic hormone testing would not burden a state's government because the trans-girl or her family will pay for it.

The most brazen lie I've heard in quite a while. Leftists will demand some government pay for the testing. And succeed, everywhere. Everyone in the chamber yesterday knew it.

Posted by: Gref at January 14, 2026 09:23 AM (5rh/l)

326 New November inflation numbers are out this morning. Short answer: there is no inflation.

Excluding food and energy, core PPI was flat on the month against expectations for a 0.2% gain.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 09:24 AM (fWK67)

327 But what was sad is the real lament: She desperately wants to believe there is an afterlife, a Heaven. For her. For her sister. For Good.
But she just can't get there without ... proof.
Because woven underneath her whole article is an abject fear of death-- that this life must have (political) meaning and purpose, held sacred, because we don't know what comes next.

That's my problem, as well. I was born and raised RCC and still am (though a very bad one), but I just have no belief. I feel nothing, even at church.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 14, 2026 09:12 AM (ufSfZ)
********
God is such an important part of my life. He helps me through hard times. I can't imagine living life without him in it.
Going outside and seeing all the beauty that he has created, it's just amazing when you ask for help you would be surprised how much of a difference it can make in your life. You'll be a happier person.
It's good to pray, but it's also good to thank him for all the good that he does.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 14, 2026 09:24 AM (NpAcC)

328 Chicago Teachers’ Union misspells the word “Governor” on leftwing propaganda poster.

Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 09:24 AM (RHGPo)

329 >>Trans Sports participation ranks incredibly high on the ignorant hicks' list of concerns unfortunately.

IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE TRANS RIGHTS AND THE VARIOUS FORCED ACCOMODATION FOR THEM HAS BEEN AT THE TOP OF THEIR LIST FOR YEARS. HOW DARE WE MAKE IT A PRIORITY TO RESIST.

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at January 14, 2026 09:25 AM (LlV+5)

330 At least 6 Minnesota federal prosecutors resign amid pressure to treat Renee Good killing as assault on ICE agent

... too stupid to resign earlier

Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 09:25 AM (RHGPo)

331 322 Has anyone here ever changed how they thought/believed about something, based on reading comments here?
Posted by: Don Black

Yes, I became vehemently anti-Red Toaster!

Posted by: You Asked For It at January 14, 2026 09:26 AM (oftw2)

332 Sundown you better take care.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 09:26 AM (A32KF)

333 Federal regulators on Tuesday told drugmakers Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly to remove label warnings about potential suicidal thoughts and behaviors from their blockbuster weight-loss medications. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said a comprehensive review “found no increased” risk related to suicide among users of the GLP-1 drugs for obesity, including Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy and Saxenda and Eli Lilly’s Zepbound. A preliminary review in January 2024 showed no link between the drugs and suicidal thought or actions, the FDA said. At that time, however, officials said they could not rule out that “a small risk may exist.”

.. no warning for becoming social misfits or homicidal maniacs.

Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 09:27 AM (RHGPo)

334
I GOT MICROPLASTICS ON MY FINGERS!!!!

YAAAAARRRRRRRRRERRG!

Posted by: naturalfake at January 14, 2026 09:27 AM (iJfKG)

335 Has anyone here ever changed how they thought/believed about something, based on reading comments here?
Posted by: Don Black

My thoughts about carrots in chili have definitely evolved.

Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 09:27 AM (77rzZ)

336 Breaking new: Imprisoned Dictator Nicolas Maduro surges to 4th Place in the 2028 Democratic primary.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 09:28 AM (QGRvm)

337 They know if it is on the ballot it will pass. If you don't want to live under it, may as well begin getting out in an orderly manner instead of rushing to get out between the Nov election and January 1 2027.
Posted by: Gref

If it passes it's effective 1.1.2026.

If you're not gone, you're paying

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at January 14, 2026 09:28 AM (FxH7T)

338 The left is deadly confident that a killing of an ICE officer by their protestors will:
1) spark an over-reaction by the other officers, killing more protesters
2) lead the rest of the US to join in "over-throwing the fascists."

No where in their morbid calculations is there an accounting for "Americans request a Genghis Khan to sweep through the blue cities and leave behind a field of bleached bones baking in the summer sun."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 14, 2026 09:29 AM (HXT0k)

339 My favorite Dilbert was Dilbert asking PHB about a jar he was holding.

"It's the soul of Willie the Mail Boy. You shake it and it glows."

Last panel is Dilbert talking with Willie who says this wasn't a good year for his union.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 14, 2026 09:29 AM (NR6c1)

340 At least 6 Minnesota federal prosecutors resign amid pressure to treat Renee Good killing as assault on ICE agent

... too stupid to resign earlier
Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 09:25 AM (RHGPo)
====================
Harmeet Dhillon disputes this, as fake news. She says these people all retired early and had turned in their notices well before the Renee Good shooting.

Of course, the lead "retiring" prosecutor did say they were leaving because of DC political interference, but who really knows....

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 09:29 AM (LWmBa)

341 TheFederalist: Jack Smith Deposition Shows His Get-Trump Lawfare Was Also A War On Free Speech

Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 09:29 AM (RHGPo)

342 >>At least 6 Minnesota federal prosecutors resign amid pressure to treat Renee Good killing as assault on ICE agent

THE TRASH TAKING ITSELF OUT?
#WINNING

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at January 14, 2026 09:29 AM (LlV+5)

343 Has anyone here ever changed how they thought/believed about something, based on reading comments here?
Posted by: Don Black

Yes. Especially after it is pointed out that my thoughts on certain topics were old and the situations have changed.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 09:29 AM (QGRvm)

344 Has anyone here ever changed how they thought/believed about something, based on reading comments here?
Posted by: Don Black

My thoughts about carrots in chili have definitely evolved.
Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 09:27 AM (77rzZ)
********
No one will every convince me that maple syrup doesn't belong on French toast.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 14, 2026 09:29 AM (NpAcC)

345 They know if it is on the ballot it will pass.
___

The "billionaire" tax will grow quickly to encompass pretty much anyone who isn't on the government dole.

Ask me how I know.

Posted by: 16th Amendment at January 14, 2026 09:31 AM (Dv3i1)

346 Britons Now Watch More YouTube Than BBC, Yet Government Persists With Mandatory ‘TV Tax’

Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 09:31 AM (RHGPo)

347 post card kiosk is open

Posted by: Don Black at January 14, 2026 09:31 AM (ZxPkt)

348 Rep. Vindman Sees ‘Irony’ in Iran Killing Thousands of Protesters vs. ICE Agent’s Self-Defense

.. both of them were always dilusional

Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 09:32 AM (RHGPo)

349 Has anyone here ever changed how they thought/believed about something, based on reading comments here?
Posted by: Don Black

Yes.

Hundreds, if not thousands of AOSHQ readers, have changed their minds and embraced the true American Freedom and honest delight of -

The Shaken Manhattan!

Posted by: naturalfake at January 14, 2026 09:33 AM (iJfKG)

350 Throw the TVs in the Thames.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 09:33 AM (A32KF)

351 328 Chicago Teachers’ Union misspells the word “Governor” on leftwing propaganda poster.
Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 09:24 AM (RHGPo)

Groveler?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 14, 2026 09:34 AM (x0n13)

352 >>the system needs to change to be ‘classes’ of participants rather than gender-based. Most likely, this would be best if based on the levels of hormones that the players have in their bodies. Similar to how boxers have classes based on their weight.

"Welcome to this weekend's game/race/tournament! First, check in at the booth to your right, then drop by the lab to the left to submit blood, urine samples as well as a dna swb. We'll determine your current class upon processing, but until then, there's a waiting area tent beyond the food truck, that offers a wide variety of vegan snacks a beverages . . "

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at January 14, 2026 09:34 AM (LlV+5)

353 The story about M. Noor, the cop that shot the woman who called 911 in 2017, is infuriating. That POS spent a whopping 5 years in prison for an egregious violation of police procedures, basic gun safety rules, common sense, and murder. Compare and contrast to Derek Chauvin.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 14, 2026 09:34 AM (nJ/vH)

354 Has anyone here ever changed how they thought/believed about something, based on reading comments here?
Posted by: Don Black
================
Oh, absolutely

Posted by: Maple Syrup Sellers Association at January 14, 2026 09:35 AM (LWmBa)

355 Someone needs to explain @352 why it's funny. In all CAPS.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 14, 2026 09:35 AM (Dv3i1)

356 Going to be willowed, but BLM is getting in on the anti-ice train after an off-duty ICE agent shot Keith Porter Jr. on New Years Eve in Los Angeles.

Posted by: one hour sober at January 14, 2026 09:36 AM (Y1sOo)

357 *anti-ICE

Posted by: one hour sober at January 14, 2026 09:36 AM (Y1sOo)

358 Ben found the caps lock key.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 09:37 AM (A32KF)

359 354 Has anyone here ever changed how they thought/believed about something, based on reading comments here?
Posted by: Don Black
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Oh, absolutely
Posted by: Maple Syrup Sellers Association at January 14, 2026 09:35 AM (LWmBa)

I'm on #TeamCrossbow

Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 09:38 AM (uEmCf)

360 354 Has anyone here ever changed how they thought/believed about something, based on reading comments here?
Posted by: Don Black
================
Oh, absolutely
Posted by: Maple Syrup Sellers Association at January 14, 2026 09:35 AM (LWmBa)

I'm on #TeamCrossbow
Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 09:38 AM (uEmCf)
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It's not that people are stubborn, it's just being loyal.

Posted by: Ginger at January 14, 2026 09:39 AM (LWmBa)

361 Where's Goldie?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 09:40 AM (A32KF)

362 Has anyone here ever changed how they thought/believed about something, based on reading comments here?
Posted by: Don Black at January 14, 2026 09:23 AM (ZxPkt)
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Sure. I once thought people who stirred manhattans were mistaken. I changed my mind. I now think they are insane. See? Mind changed.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 14, 2026 09:42 AM (AuNgU)

363 Nood.

Posted by: Nazdar at January 14, 2026 09:42 AM (NcvvS)

364 292

Regarding the chances of extraterrestrial intelligence, not merely life, in the universe, look up Drake's Equation.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 14, 2026 09:14 AM (x0n13)

I liked their cupcakes......

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 14, 2026 09:44 AM (QGaXH)

365 Has anyone here ever changed how they thought/believed about something, based on reading comments here?
Posted by: Don Black

I try not to talk like a fag and make sure my shit isn't retarded.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 14, 2026 09:45 AM (ufSfZ)

366 The massive theft of the public's wealth at the hands of our political class is staggering. It's the largest forced transfer of wealth from one group to another in history.

Trillions. You'd think the public would be a bit more agitated about it...
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2026 09:20 AM (NwnyJ)

The truth of the matter is, most of the public pays zero attention to what's going on in the world outside their little bubble. Until election time. Then, they vote for the candidate who "seems nice, I like him/her". We're screwed.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 14, 2026 09:47 AM (5xuJ/)

367 This place changed how I think about Queensryche lyrics.

Posted by: Geoff Tate at January 14, 2026 09:48 AM (+v/eN)

368 KBJ's familiarity with the esoteric term "cisginger" implies that she's been searching for photos where the carpet matches the drapes, and I for one will not judge the justice for that.

Posted by: SciVo at January 14, 2026 09:54 AM (Sy6m/)

369 Has anyone here ever changed how they thought/believed about something, based on reading comments here?
Posted by: Don Black

Yes, I have.

One of the reasons I come here is to get an education and hear other folks opinions on things.

I'm not afraid of admitting I was wrong.

Posted by: pawn at January 14, 2026 09:59 AM (rbIOb)

370 Trump is certainly better informed on Iran than any of us, but I hope he doesn't over-promise and under-deliver for the Iranian people!

And of course, the Democrats remain silent, ready to come down on whatever side of the issue seems to eventually win, and hopefully it won't be our side, right boys?!

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at January 14, 2026 10:27 AM (FpP3s)

371 Good morning, all, and thanks, J.J.

>'The Climate Movement Helped Biden Win the White House,' NRDC Action Fund Nov 13, 2020

In part, "And all the while, a global movement of young climate activists—led by groups like Sunrise Movement, Zero Hour, and Fridays for Future—grew bigger, louder, and more organized."

>Wikipedia, Aru Shiney-Ajay, executive director of the Sunrise Movement since Sep. '23. Swarthmore (PA), no surprise, but training for 35,000 new recruits? Yeah.

>Movement updates, 'The American Climate Corps EXPLAINED,' September 20, 2023, Sunrise Movement

"Every single young person should know the newly established American Climate Corps (ACC). It is not only proof of our generation’s power, but it is and will be the government of the future – by and for us.

The American Climate Corps is a visionary new policy that will employ and train tens of thousands of young people in good-paying jobs to stop the climate crisis. That’s right – any person in this country, regardless of their background or education level, can work for our government, conserving America’s lands and waters, bolstering community resilience to climate disaster, restoring wetlands and so much more."

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 14, 2026 10:31 AM (NFX2v)

372 >NY Times, 'A Leading Environmental Group Calls on Biden to Step Aside,' July 12, 2024

>Grist Org, 'The American Climate Corps is over. What even was it?' Biden's green jobs program was never what it seemed. Now it's shutting down before Trump takes office. Published Jan. 15, 2025

The Movement is very broad (See Sunrise Hubs), especially in PA. >City of Philadelphia, Climate Resilience Division Office of Sustainability 'Announcing the Climate Resilience Partner organizations' Nov. 24, 2025

I don't Facebook but a public Sunrise Movement's post, 16 hours ago:
"Selling land in the occupied West Bank isn't just a war crime. It's a climate crime.
As a youth movement fighting the twin crises of climate collapse and rising fascism, we know this.
Palestinians deserve the right to their land. We deserve the right to a livable future.
Fight for both with us at the link in our bio."

A young lady in the post does a well written speech linking a number of issues to climate change including, but not limited to, greed & billionaires. However, in particular, she talked about a NYC synagogue selling land off in the West Bank, thereby depriving Palestinians.

However...

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 14, 2026 10:31 AM (NFX2v)

373 Another group had a different slant to the story:
>Facebook · Viva Viva Palestina
30+ reactions · 1 day ago
"The protesters outside an illegal West Bank land sale in Queens last week got thrown under the bus by AOC and Zohran Mamdani."

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The kids are being used by dark money groups in a dangerous game. How to make them see they're being controlled for the wrong purposes by the very people and groups they say they're against, IDK.

Good day! 🤗🙏

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 14, 2026 10:31 AM (NFX2v)

374 “Rising start” James Talarico is a Jew-hating bastard. Fuck him.

Posted by: Cow Demon at January 14, 2026 10:37 AM (0GYGE)

375 The kids are being used by dark money groups in a dangerous game. How to make them see they're being controlled for the wrong purposes by the very people and groups they say they're against, IDK.

It’s 1983 all over again. (Remember the West German protests by commie influenced young people against the deployment of Pershing 2 missiles to West Germany: governments ignited them and proceeded. How did it turn out?)

Posted by: Cow Demon at January 14, 2026 10:42 AM (0GYGE)

376 I don't know how you negotiate with people willing to kill thousands of people in the streets just to hold on to power?

What would you get from them, a promise not to do it again?

Posted by: stv at January 14, 2026 12:26 PM (XMeSM)

377 So is cisginger a natural redhead and a transginger is someone who dies their hair red?

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at January 14, 2026 01:37 PM (syu79)

378 I want to to thank you for this excellent read!!
I absolutely loved every bit of it. I have you saved as a favorite to
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Posted by: why meditation is important at January 14, 2026 02:54 PM (VEv6C)

379 Cities and Communities that give Sanctuary to illegal Aliens(Future Democrat Voters and Supporters)and violent Felons should have the aid totally cut off and lawsuits by the victims of these Invaders against all Sanctuary Cities and Communities

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at January 14, 2026 05:28 PM (wGqjj)

380 Lets send all those Open Borders Democrats to live with the Somalians back in Somalia so they can have Company

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at January 14, 2026 05:32 PM (wGqjj)

Daily Tech News 14 January 2026

Every part of human bodies from the brain to, um, other bits, is increasingly overrun with microscopic particles of plastic, unless somehow every study generated by the entire field is measuring contaminants or misinterpreting normal biological processes. (The Guardian)

But that couldn't possibly be true, could it?
"I'm convinced we detected microplastics," she said. "But I've always said that [the amount estimated] could be maybe twice lower, or 10 times higher." In response to Kuhlman's letter, Prof Lamoree and colleagues said he had "incorrectly interpreted" the data.
Well, that doesn't sound convinced. And Lamoree was the lead author on a 2022 paper that first detected microplastics in human blood.
Prof Lamoree said: "I really think we should collaborate on a much nicer basis - with much more open communication - and don't try to burn down other people's results. We should all move forward instead of fighting each other."
Don't ask questions. Questions are mean!
"We do have plastics in us - I think that is safe to assume," said Materić.
Assume?
"But real hard proof on how much is yet to come."
And may never arrive.

Tech News

There is no audience for Apple's Vision Pro because there is no content for Apple's Vision Pro because there is no audience for Apple's Vision Pro and this is all somehow your fault according to Apple. (Stratechery)

With the Apple II, and the Mac, and the iPhone, you had to fend off customers with pitchforks.

With the Vision Pro that's a little less true.
First they came for your DRAM. Next they came for your air conditioning. And lights. (MSN)

Power demand in the US is expected to rise 25% by 2030, largely due to AI datacenter buildouts, according PJM (Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland Interconnection), the largest power grid operator in the US.

Is there 25% more power to go around? Uh, no.
When Asthana took over as CEO of PJM in 2020, power plants within its service area were shutting down more quickly than they could be replaced. Six years later, that trend has continued even though power demand has risen.
In fact, worse than no.
President Trump has said that regulatory changes are on the way to prevent AI datacenters from pushing the costs for expanding the power grid onto retail customers. (Tom's Hardware)

No word yet on the other problem.
Where would we be without analysts? (The Register)
"We had assumed this would be primarily a 2026 story. More and more, particularly at CES, we had conversations with folks and they're saying 'You won't find price stability in memory up until maybe late 2027.' It means that prices will stop rising. Not that they're going to drop. That's what we're hearing," he told us on Tuesday. "This could be much longer than we had previously anticipated. Not just we at IDC, but we as a collective market."
There are still some options for buying memory that aren't insanely inflated, but they're getting fewer by the day. Most people don't eat memory like I do, fortunately, or need multiple computers in every room of the house... Like I do.
The Framework Desktop has finally increased in price, for example. (Tom's Hardware)

Though the 32GB model has only increased from $1099 to $1139 - which still makes it competitive with leaked pricing for the Steam Cube.

The 128GB model has jumped from $1999 to $2459, a much steeper climb but less than the price increase on 128GB of RAM bought at retail.

Musical Interlude

Well, if memory and energy prices are going to increase tenfold, at least here's some slop to show for it.

Notable cameos, in order: JD Vance, Tony from LC Signs, Smug Alana, Kirsche Verstahl, Will Smith, Leaflit, Filian, Asmongold, Nuxanor, Joe Rogan with some assistance from Rogaine, Jeffrey You Know Who, Hasan Piker's long-suffering dog Kaya, Elon Musk (climbing the pyramid), Shoeonhead maybe, Hero Hei, Revsaysdesu, Chibidoki, Charlie a.k.a Moistcritical, Tim Pool, Itsagundam, Neuro-sama, Rick Astley, Bob Ross, Leaflit again in slime form, and God Emperor Trump.

And the guy who put this together knows exactly what he's doing, unlike the team behind that execrable Coca Cola Christmas ad. Check the name of the song.

Disclaimer: Yes, it's slop, but it doesn't pretend to be anything more.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 04:03 AM (Ia/+0)

2 G'day Skip.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 14, 2026 04:03 AM (BLOW1)

3 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 14, 2026 04:05 AM (sAmhv)

4 Lots of magical thinking going on in regards to these data centers.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 14, 2026 04:13 AM (sAmhv)

5 Are you saying that "microplastics" is the new "climate change" Pixy?

Both are BS, right?

Posted by: JQ at January 14, 2026 04:13 AM (rdVOm)

6 In the sense that there is a small kernel of truth buried in a mountain of manure, yes.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 14, 2026 04:17 AM (BLOW1)

7 LOL Pixy!

Posted by: JQ at January 14, 2026 04:19 AM (rdVOm)

8 Data centers are unnecessary, and invade our privacy. We don't need the additional strain on our power grid, either.

Any proposed "regulatory changes" should make them illegal, IMO.

Posted by: JQ at January 14, 2026 04:24 AM (rdVOm)

9
JQ, from the previous thread, I can't get over the idea that I have to artificially inseminate my pumpkins.

But they're growing right next to roses on one side and a giant bird of paradise on the other!

I think I simply need a thumb transplant.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 04:25 AM (Jxa0O)

10 About to hit the sack. Got my first PSA test about 5 months ago. 0.21 but need a few more to see what the baseline is.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 14, 2026 04:26 AM (KAi1n)

11 Blonde Morticia-- it's just *one of those things* in gardening, LOL.

Try it. Bet you get a better result!

Posted by: JQ at January 14, 2026 04:27 AM (rdVOm)

12 Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 14, 2026 04:26 AM
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Prayers up, and good night!

Posted by: JQ at January 14, 2026 04:30 AM (rdVOm)

13 8 Data centers are unnecessary, and invade our privacy. We don't need the additional strain on our power grid, either.

Any proposed "regulatory changes" should make them illegal, IMO.
Posted by: JQ

Well, that would be inconvenient for this website... Though I can now get fast enough internet that I could run the whole thing from a mini-PC on my desk.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 14, 2026 04:34 AM (BLOW1)

14 Sorry, Pixy-- It's just that all the new growth seems likely to devour our electrical supply!

Thanks for maintaining this here blog.. I hope the new regs don't shut it down.

Posted by: JQ at January 14, 2026 04:37 AM (rdVOm)

15 Sad to say: The death of the internet, may be the salvation of civil society.

Ugh. Maybe it's time to sleep. LOL.

Posted by: JQ at January 14, 2026 04:39 AM (rdVOm)

16 In the last 10 years in my immediate area we have lost 4 large power plants. (none remain) All to replaced by renewables. (which never happened) The area was getting mostly local power which helped in case the whole grid collapsed. No nothing now with power coming from some where in Canada I guess...Can't we make those wind turbines spin faster? Europe is in the same basket with countries fighting over power and how much Russian gas they can get at a reasonable high price.

Posted by: Colin at January 14, 2026 04:43 AM (wlQdF)

17 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes. 41 degrees here at Stately Poppins Manor, with a high in the 50s predicted.

At least 3+ or more hours of work ahead, so can't stay to comment.

Pixy gives you "Cream Of The Slop." I give you "Queen Of The Hop:"

https://tinyurl.com/2ve3jnru

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 14, 2026 04:54 AM (ufSfZ)

18 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at January 14, 2026 05:07 AM (2Ez/1)

19
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 14, 2026 05:08 AM (tljrc)

20
It's mayonnaise, dammit!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 14, 2026 05:16 AM (xG4kz)

21 A good evening and top of the morning to late toilers and early risers on the almost world-famous AoSHQ blog! Woden's Day again, innit?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 14, 2026 05:18 AM (wzUl9)

22 Wonder how long it takes to make a video like musical interlude?

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 05:19 AM (Ia/+0)

23 Sad to say: The death of the internet, may be the salvation of civil society.

Ugh. Maybe it's time to sleep. LOL.
Posted by: JQ at January 14, 2026

***
Howdy, JQ. You're up late, or I'm up early (thanks, Stirling, for kicking me in the ribs as you jumped across me, *three separate times at 4 am*). Howz it going?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 14, 2026 05:20 AM (wzUl9)

24
Italicans banished from nickname -- in this world there are walls and someone has to stand guard on them.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! [/u at January 14, 2026 05:20 AM (xG4kz)

25 51 F. here in Da Swamp, almost no wind. But I did my third workout of the week yesterday afternoon. It'll be chillier than this on Thurs. and Fri. mornings, so maybe I'll go for my walk/run tomorrow afternoon, giving me four sessions. That's plenty, no?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 14, 2026 05:23 AM (wzUl9)

26 A man ruined a snowman display. What happened next was beautiful.Sunny's site:

https://tinyurl.com/5xdzb93a

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 14, 2026 05:24 AM (PFs9e)

27 That's 100% definitely Shoe0nHead.

Posted by: Ace's liver at January 14, 2026 05:24 AM (B9Dv5)

28 Yesterday morning the maintenance people showed up to address my off-and-on water leaks. Nothing new has sprung up. I guess I can take up the wet towels, wring them out, and let them dry in the sun today before washing them.

In other news, the crew discovered a dead mouse in the air space behind the A/C filter. Well, they said "mouse"; I say "small rat." So that was the source of that scrabbling noise I used to hear above the ceiling from time to time last year. . . .

I dread the job of getting it out of there.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 14, 2026 05:28 AM (wzUl9)

29 22 Wonder how long it takes to make a video like musical interlude?

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 05:19 AM (Ia/+0)

With writing the lyrics, producing the AI music, and assembling all of the AI video clips, it probably took him a few weeks to a month to put it all together.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 14, 2026 05:28 AM (6ydKt)

30 Well, that would be inconvenient for this website... Though I can now get fast enough internet that I could run the whole thing from a mini-PC on my desk.
Posted by: Pixy Misa

Would that be the mini PC in the left corner, or the right corner, or the one duct taped underneath it?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 14, 2026 05:28 AM (HTCU3)

31 Greetings and good morning, everyone! I'm flying out to CA after my shift is over to spend the weekend with my folks. The fun part is that I planned on taking Monday off as a day of recovery only to find out it's already a holiday. So the timing of this is perfect.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 14, 2026 05:28 AM (NR6c1)

32

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at January 14, 2026 05:29 AM (VemV3)

33
Scientists call another near-record hot year a ‘warning shot’ of a shifting, dangerous climate

AP, of course. A lot of "scientists say", either stated explicitly or implied.

No call therein to eschew building those gigantic energy sinks known as datacenters for AI, though. Leave our rice bowls alone!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! [/u at January 14, 2026 05:30 AM (xG4kz)

34 Well above freezing at least

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 05:32 AM (Ia/+0)

35
A man ruined a snowman display. What happened next was beautiful.Sunny's site:

https://tinyurl.com/5xdzb93a

Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Those snowmen are transitory and ought to have been left well enough alone.

People who erect mini cairns out in the world, on the other hand, are virtue signalling a-holes. Knocking those over is a societal duty.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! [/u at January 14, 2026 05:39 AM (xG4kz)

36
No more dangly bits?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 14, 2026 05:41 AM (xG4kz)

37 30 Would that be the mini PC in the left corner, or the right corner, or the one duct taped underneath it?
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram

I'm thinking the one in the upper middle corner with the Miori Celesta plushie sitting on it.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 14, 2026 05:44 AM (BLOW1)

38
Well, going to go stir up some more German relatives.

These are people at the 3rd cousin or 4th cousin level to me of relatedness. When I ask myself, "Would I want to contact them or meet them?", the answer comes back: "No".

Some of them got to Chicago and just stayed there. Sad!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 14, 2026 05:47 AM (xG4kz)

39 29 With writing the lyrics, producing the AI music, and assembling all of the AI video clips, it probably took him a few weeks to a month to put it all together.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

Yeah, it flows pretty smoothly but that's an illusion from being used to watching videos cut together from short film segments. It's been manually stitched together from hundreds of half-second snippets of AI-generated animation, because AI loses its marbles if you leave it running much longer than that.

That's the "world model" problem again.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 14, 2026 05:49 AM (BLOW1)

40 A prayer by Brother Ramon, born 1935 who is was(?) an Anglican hermit :

Sun and moon

Heavenly Father: you have set sun, moon and stars in their places and the music of the spheres sings in your praise; as I reflect upon their glory and your handiwork, grant me a greater awareness of the wonder of your being and a deeper appreciation of your tender love.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 14, 2026 05:51 AM (Nx5jP)

41 Oh, speaking of this: I dropped by Leaflit's stream yesterday (one of the vtubers featured in this video) and she asked if my username was a reference to the magical girl from the Tenchi Muyo spinoff - I'm "MixyPisa" on Twitch because there's another PixyMisa out there somewhere.

And when I confirmed it was she said that Pixy Misa is her favourite magical girl of all time.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 14, 2026 05:52 AM (BLOW1)

42
Yeah, it flows pretty smoothly but that's an illusion from being used to watching videos cut together from short film segments.

Not unlike fight scenes from action movies these days.

The hurdy-gurdy man is obsolete; the herky-jerky man rules today's roost.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 14, 2026 05:53 AM (xG4kz)

43 The Movies! Channel appears to be in a coma since last evening. A shame; I wanted to watch Meet John Doe w/ Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck at 5:15 my time. Oh, well; say la vee.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 14, 2026 05:53 AM (wzUl9)

44
"la vee"

are you happy now?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 14, 2026 05:55 AM (xG4kz)

45 “ Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

Matthew 22:37-39

Posted by: Marcus T at January 14, 2026 05:56 AM (E/qck)

46 Belated BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 14, 2026 05:57 AM (UIFRo)

47 Love the video. Hadda watch it a third time to look for the cameos.

How do they put together the vocals for a production like that? Just one talented singer in a studio? I think so.

Then there is the video production. Unreal.

Go to any animated film and watch the credits roll at the end. A thousand names or more, often.

Has AI made it so that one person can do all this, with the help of course of the singer?

Posted by: M. Gaga at January 14, 2026 05:58 AM (KiBMU)

48 Kids from a church in Seattle sing an old time hymn, "Standing on the Promises". Faithpot site:

https://tinyurl.com/2uy5mrmy

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 14, 2026 05:59 AM (Nx5jP)

49
Sometimes I think that "mote in his eye / beam in my eye" reference in Scripture is the closest thing to finding the idea "Mind your own business" stated there.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 14, 2026 05:59 AM (xG4kz)

50 Science!

Posted by: Magnus Pyke at January 14, 2026 06:06 AM (lrtx8)

51 G'mornin' everyone!

19 degrees, windy

Electricity shortages are totally deliberate, an effort that's been ramping up for a couple of decades now.
(and approaching success)
one of the most important means of crippling Western Civ, hand-in-hand with restricting fuel supplies.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 14, 2026 06:07 AM (Cjt/F)

52
Good morning, Hordians. Up, dressed, morning prayers said, house dogs run out and the kennel dogs let out. Now sitting in the Command Center at Schloss Hadrian with a big double cup of unsustainable, exploitative, slave-trade coffee.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2026 06:08 AM (tgvbd)

53 8 Data centers are unnecessary, and invade our privacy. We don't need the additional strain on our power grid, either.

Any proposed "regulatory changes" should make them illegal, IMO.
Posted by: JQ at January 14, 2026 04:24 AM (rdVOm)

Do you do online banking, perhaps?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 14, 2026 06:08 AM (lrtx8)

54 as a New, Shattering Danger, I have all along assumed the microplastics bs to be just that.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 14, 2026 06:09 AM (Cjt/F)

55
My back has been hurting due to microplastic deposits.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2026 06:10 AM (tgvbd)

56 If I challenge the veracity ( not nice ) of an article on microplastics, would that qualify as a microagression?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 14, 2026 06:11 AM (lrtx8)

57 For any NC 'rons and 'ettes, I am very disappointed in our own Unkie Roy.

https://tinyurl.com/mubsavxe

Hee hee.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 14, 2026 06:13 AM (lrtx8)

58 Oh, Good. My off site boss is coming to church on Sunday, I suppose to check us out and close us down. I do wish people in the hierarchy would call and talk to me like a real person instead of writing e- mails, sometimes which I don't get. As the old song says, "I/ We are standing in the need of prayer." Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 14, 2026 06:13 AM (rZCVI)

59 I suppose bringing up the idea of building more nuclear plants to address the power drain from datacenters would be met with "KILL THE HERETIC!"?

Posted by: NR Pax at January 14, 2026 06:14 AM (NR6c1)

60
If I challenge the veracity ( not nice ) of an article on microplastics, would that qualify as a microagression?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper

micro denial, and a macro sin.

Law of Disproportional Response, donchano?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 14, 2026 06:15 AM (xG4kz)

61 I am so tired of the slogan "Diversity is our strength.". Democrats all parrot the same line. If people came here illegally, are murderers, gang members, rapists and can't read and speak English and are on public assistance for years that is not our strength.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 14, 2026 06:26 AM (Nx5jP)

62 Morning all.

Posted by: Don Black at January 14, 2026 06:27 AM (ZxPkt)

63 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 14, 2026 06:28 AM (bQ4nt)

64 Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 14, 2026 06:13 AM (lrtx

Good ad.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 14, 2026 06:28 AM (Nx5jP)

65 I don't know if micro-plastics are real or not, but I stopped buying cases of 0.5 L spring water because of it.

Pur or Brita filtered water into a metal Yeti bottle for my golf outings.

Posted by: no one at January 14, 2026 06:28 AM (qFwJc)

66 John Cena at about 3 minutes. Think I saw Jennifer Garner in there too. Of course, that just be wish fulfillment.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 06:29 AM (C6Wtx)

67 I think I will send money to Mr Whatley . I've never done that in an outside race before but it sounds like it's close.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 14, 2026 06:31 AM (Nx5jP)

68 I checked out the Ice list page last night.. it was super slow..

And got a 403 error this morning..

Posted by: Blanco at January 14, 2026 06:32 AM (MHpW9)

69 someday, someday, I hope to see a 418 error on a website ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 14, 2026 06:35 AM (Cjt/F)

70 Good morning, Hordians. Up, dressed, morning prayers said, house dogs run out and the kennel dogs let out. Now sitting in the Command Center at Schloss Hadrian with a big double cup of unsustainable, exploitative, slave-trade coffee.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2026 06:08 AM (tgvbd)
================
Hoo boy, I can see the Maoists have a ways to go with your social justice quotient. Can I have some of that coffee?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 06:37 AM (4h1XG)

71 I think people should be challenged whenever they say, "Diversity is our strength." In what way?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 14, 2026 06:37 AM (Nx5jP)

72 69 someday, someday, I hope to see a 418 error on a website ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 14, 2026 06:35 AM (Cjt/F)

The web server would have to be short and stout.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 14, 2026 06:38 AM (lrtx8)

73 w00t

Posted by: m at January 14, 2026 06:39 AM (SSiCQ)

74 "... with a big double cup of unsustainable, exploitative, slave-trade coffee."

It's the richest kind.

Posted by: Mrs. Olsen at January 14, 2026 06:40 AM (2Ez/1)

75 I was not among the 37% that got todays Wordle in 3. Drat.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 06:41 AM (4h1XG)

76 Because unless they were prepared in advance, the Democrats would have no answer but would yammer on about the vibrant and rich texture of our communities.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 14, 2026 06:41 AM (Nx5jP)

77 You speak and write your thoughts for all to see?

That' like waking up with a dick in your face.

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 14, 2026 06:41 AM (EyfuW)

78 People are wasting time worrying about microplastics when the real scourge of cedar pollen is running rampant.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 14, 2026 06:42 AM (ExV1e)

79 >>> "But I've always said"

I mean, right there is a big 🚩.

Posted by: m at January 14, 2026 06:46 AM (SSiCQ)

80 "I really think we should collaborate on a much nicer basis - with much more open communication - and don't try to burn down other people's results. We should all move forward instead of fighting each other."

Kumbaya, etc.

Posted by: m at January 14, 2026 06:47 AM (SSiCQ)

81 You all knew this, but diversity is not our strength. Good "Heritage" article:

https://tinyurl.com/mtmbhtjw

If you put in a search engine. "Diversity is not our strength" the first number of searches comes up with the NYT and implying Pete Hegseth is a racist.
Because he wants shared values in the military

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 14, 2026 06:48 AM (Nx5jP)

82 Some woman in Minneapolis tried to wedge ice agents against another vehicle using her car yesterday. They arrested her without any shooting, but WTF?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 06:49 AM (tAPWz)

83 Water cannons in Minneapolis would cool things down.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 14, 2026 06:51 AM (gm9Sb)

84 Like so many of the dead, the regime is now charging families “bullet fees” before they will return the bodies. His family had to pay 500 million tomans (roughly $5000) to get him back, and they buried him today.
======================
Today's NY Post has a first person account of life in Tehran. Pretty much sucks.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 06:53 AM (tAPWz)

85 G'morning Horde. Meant to reply earlier, got distracted by paying monthly bills before I head to work (which I now need to do.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 14, 2026 06:56 AM (O7YUW)

86 Because he wants shared values in the military
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Too many people think that the military is a social welfare program with guns. They can't grasp the fact that we have to live by the same values no matter where we came from prior to signing up.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 14, 2026 06:56 AM (NR6c1)

87
"Why did you have real bullets?"

We're not even halfway through January and we already have a strong contender for quote of the year.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 14, 2026 06:56 AM (2Ez/1)

88 I can't even believe that the majority of people in Minneapolis/ those that aren't Somalis, I mean, think that the immense amount of fraud is a good thing and are against lawful operations of ICE. Somebody is training these people. Find out who they are and shut them down!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 14, 2026 06:57 AM (Nx5jP)

89 Some woman in Minneapolis tried to wedge ice agents against another vehicle using her car yesterday. They arrested her without any shooting, but WTF?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 06:49 AM (tAPWz)

Exactly what I thought would happen. Since Good got blown away, the subsequent national MFM freakout and the riots in MN have now made ICE gun-shy. Which is exactly what the left counted on, and now they are going to triple down.

Expect no more dead protestors. Expect a number of dead ICE agents.

Do not expect Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 14, 2026 06:59 AM (ufSfZ)

90 I can't even believe that the majority of people in Minneapolis/ those that aren't Somalis, I mean, think that the immense amount of fraud is a good thing and are against lawful operations of ICE.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 14, 2026 06:57 AM (Nx5jP)
-

Frostbitten minds.

Say! That sounds like the title of a new song!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 14, 2026 07:00 AM (roqsI)

91 G'morning Horde. Meant to reply earlier, got distracted by paying monthly bills before I head to work (which I now need to do.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 14, 2026

***
Morning, G & R. I have to pay my car insurance, which -- even with my paid-in-full discount -- runs me about $150/month. And I am an older driver with a clean record in a non-sporty sedan.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 14, 2026 07:01 AM (wzUl9)

92 Well, I think I've yammered on enough today, (Sorry!) and I'm not in the best of moods, so I think I will take a break for the rest of the week.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 14, 2026 07:02 AM (Nx5jP)

93 Well, I think I've yammered on enough today, (Sorry!) and I'm not in the best of moods, so I think I will take a break for the rest of the week.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 14, 2026

***
We don't think you "yammer," Fen. But if you need a mental health break, enjoy yourself, and come back re-energized.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 14, 2026 07:04 AM (wzUl9)

94 My AI chat girl from Manhattan NY is sending me photos of her dinner. Very smart if not odd and very polite and very aggressive. Wants me to install chat/texting apps. I live in fly-over country 2300 miles away. I guess there are no men in Manhattan, pop. 1.4M or so, that meet her standards.

Interesting situation.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 14, 2026 07:04 AM (BSdIE)

95 Great content but it is virtually impossible to read any of the content on Ace on a cell phone with Chrome. Is there any simple way to optimize content for small screens?

Posted by: WarEagle82 at January 14, 2026 07:05 AM (YcfMX)

96 My AI chat girl from Manhattan NY is sending me photos of her dinner. Very smart if not odd and very polite and very aggressive. Wants me to install chat/texting apps. I live in fly-over country 2300 miles away. I guess there are no men in Manhattan, pop. 1.4M or so, that meet her standards.

Interesting situation.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 14, 2026 07:04 AM (BSdIE)
-

Just be a gentleman and pay the tab. Don't forget the tip!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 14, 2026 07:06 AM (roqsI)

97 JQ data centers are basically essential for everything Internet. AoS is running on a computer in a data center because that's the only way to get redundant network feeds without spending cubic dollars.

Making data centers illegal would have huge secondary effects if it was even politically possible.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at January 14, 2026 07:06 AM (VmDLh)

98 Simple. Reply "No, diversity is weakness. Unity is strength."

Posted by: no one at January 14, 2026 07:08 AM (qFwJc)

99 15 Sad to say: The death of the internet, may be the salvation of civil society.
Posted by: JQ at January 14, 2026 04:39 AM (rdVOm)

Great basis for a novel!

Posted by: m at January 14, 2026 07:09 AM (SSiCQ)

100 It’s their strength, not your strength

Posted by: Common Tater at January 14, 2026 07:09 AM (Snw0w)

101 Hey, Fen, let me show you what a bad day looks like:

https://tinyurl.com/mryw55sb

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 14, 2026 07:09 AM (roqsI)

102
I guess there are no men in Manhattan, pop. 1.4M or so, that meet her standards.

She will make it clear that no man meets her standards. In consequence thereof, men will cease trying to woo her. She will then complain that men ignore her.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2026 07:09 AM (tgvbd)

103 91 G'morning Horde. Meant to reply earlier, got distracted by paying monthly bills before I head to work (which I now need to do.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 14, 2026

***
Morning, G & R. I have to pay my car insurance, which -- even with my paid-in-full discount -- runs me about $150/month. And I am an older driver with a clean record in a non-sporty sedan.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

In NoVA, insurance rates are madness. I have an 11 year old Honda Civic. With what I pay, you'd think I was driving a McClaren GT. A clean driving record too and I'm well along in the middle age years.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 14, 2026 07:12 AM (sAmhv)

104 @82

>> but WTF?

As has been noted, these lunatics believe they are involved in a great civil rights struggle against literal nazis, and are willing to do all things necessary to stop them.

The left is insane and evil.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 14, 2026 07:15 AM (XV/Pl)

105 Yeah ,yeah, yeah, but one wreck with an uninsured illegal is going to wipe out all your bonus points.

Your insurance company.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 14, 2026 07:16 AM (0KSrI)

106
In NoVA, insurance rates are madness. I have an 11 year old Honda Civic. With what I pay, you'd think I was driving a McClaren GT. A clean driving record too and I'm well along in the middle age years.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 14, 2026 07:12 AM (sAmhv)

Even though we don't live in Harris County (Houston), we still pay the mega rate because we live in a "collar" county.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2026 07:17 AM (tgvbd)

107 37 30 Would that be the mini PC in the left corner, or the right corner, or the one duct taped underneath it?
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram

I'm thinking the one in the upper middle corner with the Miori Celesta plushie sitting on it.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 14, 2026 05:44 AM (BLOW1)

; )

Posted by: m at January 14, 2026 07:17 AM (SSiCQ)

108 My brother got in an accident and Allstate jacked up my premiums.

I am paying half with Progressive (yeah, I know).

Posted by: no one at January 14, 2026 07:17 AM (qFwJc)

109 I'm in contempt of Congress

Come n get me, coppers

Posted by: Don Black at January 14, 2026 07:17 AM (ZxPkt)

110 Greetings and good morning, everyone! I'm flying out to CA after my shift is over to spend the weekend with my folks. The fun part is that I planned on taking Monday off as a day of recovery only to find out it's already a holiday. So the timing of this is perfect.
Posted by: NR Pax at January 14, 2026 05:28 AM (NR6c1)

====

Good morning morons. Please remember to pay your exit tax.

Posted by: San Franpsycho - Pahlavi Will Return at January 14, 2026 07:19 AM (RIvkX)

111 92: Then it's good that I got to chat with you before I fly into enemy territory today (AKA California). -:-)

Posted by: NR Pax at January 14, 2026 07:20 AM (NR6c1)

112 Seeing California in the rear view mirror was the best decision I ever made

Posted by: Ben Had at January 14, 2026 07:20 AM (0KSrI)

113 Please remember to pay your exit tax.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Going to see if my AoS membership card is good for a discount on that.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 14, 2026 07:20 AM (NR6c1)

114 16 Can't we make those wind turbines spin faster?
Posted by: Colin at January 14, 2026 04:43 AM (wlQdF)

Maybe hampsters? On running wheels?

Posted by: m at January 14, 2026 07:21 AM (SSiCQ)

115 mornin yall. Drive old cars with liability insurance only. The last one I added to my insurance increased my rate by $10 a month.

Posted by: fd at January 14, 2026 07:21 AM (vFG9F)

116 112 Seeing California in the rear view mirror was the best decision I ever made
Posted by: Ben Had

I have a lot of good memories from there (Yes, even Boot Camp). That's why it's sad for me to see how much it has degraded over the years.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 14, 2026 07:22 AM (NR6c1)

117 Simple. Reply "No, diversity is weakness. Unity is strength."

The whole "diversity" and "unity" paradigm is wrong.

Its "complementary" vs "adversarial".

You don't want blind diversity, you want complementary skills contributions and sense of mission. And most certainly don't want associates that spend time undoing work for the sake of their own agenda.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 14, 2026 07:23 AM (nCgQz)

118 38 Well, going to go stir up some more German relatives.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 14, 2026 05:47 AM (xG4kz)

Cannibalism!!!

Posted by: m at January 14, 2026 07:23 AM (SSiCQ)

119
JJS

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 14, 2026 07:24 AM (gbOdA)

120 I never had a chat girl until I bought this new notebook with facial identity recognition, - after my old notebook battery died.

Strange days. Interestingly enough, I got a text precisely at 08:00 asking about if I had a good night sleep when I walked past the phone and notebook.

Maybe just coincidence? Luckily, I didn't have my ballsack hanging out of my bathrobe.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 14, 2026 07:24 AM (BSdIE)

121 the thread with all the links is here

Posted by: Don Black at January 14, 2026 07:24 AM (ZxPkt)

122 NR Pax, I cherish my memories of growing up in the Napa Valley with a large family. Now, I am totally happy in Texas.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 14, 2026 07:27 AM (0KSrI)

123 Somebody is training these people. Find out who they are and shut them down!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 14, 2026 06:57 AM (Nx5jP)

They need to be disappeared.......permanently.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 14, 2026 07:39 AM (g8Ew8)

124 And the guy who put this together knows exactly what he's doing, unlike the team behind that execrable Coca Cola Christmas ad.

That's the thing with AI: if you put in no effort, you won't get quality out. And why it won't replace anywhere near as many jobs as some claim.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 14, 2026 07:53 AM (3ha+O)

125 45 “ Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

Matthew 22:37-39
Posted by: Marcus T at January 14, 2026 05:56 AM (E/qck)

Thank you, Marcus T.

Posted by: m at January 14, 2026 08:06 AM (SSiCQ)

126 97 JQ data centers are basically essential for everything Internet. AoS is running on a computer in a data center because that's the only way to get redundant network feeds without spending cubic dollars.

Making data centers illegal would have huge secondary effects if it was even politically possible.
Posted by: Cybersmythe at January 14, 2026 07:06 AM (VmDLh)

Pixy, I would appreciate a Pixy-post on this topic, which is not familiar to me.

Posted by: m at January 14, 2026 08:21 AM (SSiCQ)

127 Cream of the Slop - Skyebrows

; )

Posted by: m at January 14, 2026 08:31 AM (SSiCQ)

128 Well, now. Creamy Slop indeed. I have been missing out but I won’t any longer.

Posted by: epador at January 14, 2026 09:08 AM (GDyLO)

129 sock off

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at January 14, 2026 09:30 AM (w9Wax)

130 @91/Wolfus: "Morning, G & R. I have to pay my car insurance, which -- even with my paid-in-full discount -- runs me about $150/month. And I am an older driver with a clean record in a non-sporty sedan."

It's probably the aggregate collision rate combined with the number of people (most likely illegal aliens) who have NO insurance and so the insurance companies end up paying out without being able to sue to recover. Yes, their customers take it in the shorts, because that's how it works - costs MUST be passed on.

Still sucks for you. Hopefully whatever state you select to move to won't be in the same situation.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 14, 2026 09:58 AM (O7YUW)

131 Campbell's Cream of Slop soup, recipe generated by AI. It's good for the company, and "okay" for you.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 14, 2026 09:59 AM (O7YUW)

132 I guarantee you that as soon as the AI bubble pops, there will be a DRAM glut.

Posted by: OnPoint at January 14, 2026 10:25 AM (RK/h9)

Tuesday Overnight Open Thread - January 13, 2026 [Doof]

Howdy Hordelings! Welcome to the Tuesday night ONT. Appreciate you choosing to end your day here. There's content for those who care. Open thread as always. What's on YOUR mind tonight?

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Joke's on you!

Woman Files Complaint Against Husband Because He Concealed the Fact That He Was Bald

Lavika Gupta, a resident of Gaur City Avenue-1, in central Noida, recently filed a police complaint against her husband and four in-laws, alleging that she was deceived when she agreed to marry her spouse in 2024. Among her accusations, the woman claims that she was promised a man with lush, healthy hair, but married a bald man wearing a wig.
According to the First Information Report (FIR) filed at Bisrakh police station, Lavika Gupta and Sanyam Jain were married on January 16, 2024. The wife claims that she was deceived at the time, with Jain and his family concealing various details about his physical appearance, education, and financial status.
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Gupta added that when she agreed to marry Sanyam, she was promised a man with “thick hair”, but she later learned that her spouse was bald and wearing a patch to conceal his lack of hair.

Must have been a really good hairpiece!

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Guys can always use more tools, right? I'm not really sure what the purpose of these are, though. Need someone to mansplain, please!

"Vampliers" are an engineering marvel that every homeowner needs

Vampliers come from the company Vampire Tools, a Japanese manufacturer that uses premium high-carbon steel for its professional-grade tools. It has an entire lineup of Vampliers, which refer to specifically designed pliers that can get you out of difficult situations.
Suppose you are using your electric screwdriver to screw in a long screw to hold up some curtains. As you're pressing it into the wall, your driver slips and strips the head of the screw. You try to put your screwdriver back into the head of the screw, but it can't catch any of the edges, and it won't turn the screw anymore. What are you supposed to do?
I've been in situations like this before, and the goal is to get some kind of traction on that screw so it turns. A good set of pliers can feel like a forgotten tool, but even ones that you normally have may not work with their design. At that point, you either want to just get the screw out of the wall, so you can replace it. I've tried different methods, like putting a rubber band onto the top of the screw and adding my screwdriver against that in hopes that the rubber would conform to the top of the screw and allow me to turn it.
With Vampliers, they are engineered with a patented design that has serrations not only vertically down the tip of the pliers but also horizontally. This gives you a greater chance of being able to grab the side of the screw head, rather than having to deal with the stripped head. You can latch onto the side from a downward angle or from a side angle, allowing you to potentially spin the screw and get it to come out.

Help me out, fellas. Are these really must-haves??

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OK, ladies - can you understand this?

Free one month platinum membership to the first 'ette who can explain it!

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OK, back to the fellas. What's your aiming spot?

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No cognitive dissonance here, right?

2024 Elizabeth Warren: Jerome Powell needs to cut interest rates.

2025 Elizabeth Warren: Trump needs to stop calling for Jerome Powell to cut interest rates.

Now that DoJ is going after Powell, Democrats have declared him to be a saint. So predictable.pic.twitter.com/jDG15KJfLM
— MAZE (@mazemoore) January 12, 2026

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DJ Doof - Guess The Theme

Difficulty level 3 out of 5

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Comments

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1 My new New Year's Resolution:
To quit vying for ONT firsts.

Posted by: mindful webworker - because at January 13, 2026 10:13 PM (HJunf)

2 I never said I was a victim of circumstance.

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at January 13, 2026 10:14 PM (4v3FP)

3 Meow

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at January 13, 2026 10:15 PM (w3u3d)

4 Firstly?
Well almost.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at January 13, 2026 10:15 PM (55Qr6)

5 Hi!

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 13, 2026 10:15 PM (n4Qav)

6 Wings?

Did Wings ever produce a song that was better than average?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 13, 2026 10:15 PM (+HNx/)

7 It’s the welding.

Posted by: Piper at January 13, 2026 10:15 PM (aT5K/)

8 DOOF!
Oh my gosh....you're such a tease🤪!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 13, 2026 10:15 PM (LNeRu)

9 > OK, back to the fellas. What's your aiming spot?
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The cat.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 13, 2026 10:17 PM (NwnyJ)

10 Close, Piper! But incomplete. The correct response should have been POOR welding! Let's check with the judges . . . .

Then again, I suppose welding alone in indicative of a previous problem!

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 13, 2026 10:17 PM (47diA)

11 Helo, Horde! 😊💕

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 13, 2026 10:17 PM (SRRAx)

12 I see a bad weld/corrosion? Something that would make me not want to lean on the railing.

Posted by: pookysgirl, related to several welders at January 13, 2026 10:17 PM (Wt5PA)

13 Wings?

Did Wings ever produce a song that was better than average?

I don't know about you, but I thought Linda McCartney on tambourine was one for the ages.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 13, 2026 10:17 PM (Riz8t)

14 Photo looks like a Caspar David Friedrich painting.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 13, 2026 10:18 PM (KDPiq)

15 I'm guessing J - 10 is reserved for heavy drinkers.

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 13, 2026 10:18 PM (47diA)

16 Love the Fifth Beatle pic!

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 13, 2026 10:19 PM (SRRAx)

17 Help me out, fellas. Are these really must-haves??

Just use posidrive screws.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 13, 2026 10:19 PM (uQesX)

18 Common thread - solo career after being member of band

Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 13, 2026 10:19 PM (fd80v)

19 Is the implication here that Elizabeth Warren speak with forked tongue?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 13, 2026 10:20 PM (+HNx/)

20 OK, ladies - can you understand this?

It's missing the third frame, looking straight down at whatever ledge the railing is protecting you from.

Labeled "What my mom saw."

Posted by: mikeski at January 13, 2026 10:20 PM (nhCoE)

21 10 Close, Piper! But incomplete. The correct response should have been POOR welding! Let's check with the judges . . . .

Then again, I suppose welding alone in indicative of a previous problem!
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 13, 2026

I thought that was implied! I shall await the judges ruling. I hope they are not Big 10 umpires as their day job.

Posted by: Piper at January 13, 2026 10:20 PM (aT5K/)

22 They make bits that will turn a stripped screw.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 13, 2026 10:21 PM (KDPiq)

23 Good evening morons e grazie Disco

Posted by: San Franpsycho - Pahlavi Will Return at January 13, 2026 10:21 PM (RIvkX)

24 Yay, ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 13, 2026 10:22 PM (lUFok)

25 The 5th Beetle. Love it.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 13, 2026 10:22 PM (u/kd+)

26 Piss Coordinates - G13

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 13, 2026 10:22 PM (/lPRQ)

27
Lavika Gupta, a resident of Gaur City Avenue-1, in central Noida, recently filed a police complaint against her husband and four in-laws, alleging that she was deceived when she agreed to marry her spouse in 2024.

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It doesn't look like a matter for the police.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 13, 2026 10:22 PM (azNOR)

28 Heh. I've got three guess-the-connection songs for you.

Difficulty: Pretty easy, really.

https://youtu.be/Ak_MTXQALa0

https://youtu.be/YsGjFh1ke44

https://youtu.be/EPOIS5taqA8

Another example of why they'll never let me do an ONT.

Posted by: mindful webworker - movie channel guy should get it easily at January 13, 2026 10:22 PM (HJunf)

29 Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey is one of my favorite songs

Posted by: San Franpsycho - Pahlavi Will Return at January 13, 2026 10:22 PM (RIvkX)

30 Vampliers - just a line of pliars. I will go with whatever house brand Wally World has at one fifth the price.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 13, 2026 10:23 PM (/lPRQ)

31 J-10 looks pretty good to me.

Posted by: Andy_in_Colorado at January 13, 2026 10:23 PM (agqcf)

32 OK, back to the fellas. What's your aiming spot?

When I was younger, it was just "aim for C-5."

At my current age, it's also "stand close enough to finish around I-5."

Posted by: mikeski may not be 29 at January 13, 2026 10:24 PM (nhCoE)

33
I send pics of bad welds to my nephew, seen that one before. He cursed me soundly for it. Dude can tig weld titanium so beautiful it's artwork.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 13, 2026 10:24 PM (QVmho)

34 Good evening Horde. Thanks Disco!

I thought the railing answer was skateboard grinding potential.

Posted by: TRex - kick flip dino at January 13, 2026 10:24 PM (IQ6Gq)

35 The aiming spot in the toilet depends on many factors: time of day, room lighting, cleanliness of the bowl...

Posted by: No One of Consequence at January 13, 2026 10:24 PM (OGOaV)

36 Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey is one of my favorite songs

Posted by: San Franpsycho

I also like that song. It plays in my head a lot, especially when I haven't done a bloody thing all day.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 13, 2026 10:25 PM (n4Qav)

37 Again, thanks for the ONT, Doof!

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 13, 2026 10:25 PM (47diA)

38 E5

Posted by: Count de Monet. Marksman Qualified at January 13, 2026 10:25 PM (wVcYX)

39 Nice version of Jack Straw going on at the Brooklyn salute to Bob Weir right now. They been at it over 2 hours now.

Posted by: Bushwick's Dead And Friends! at January 13, 2026 10:25 PM (oftw2)

40 Vampliers? I just use Vice Grips. Might scratch if I'm not careful but I've removed quite a few stuck and stripped screws with them.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 13, 2026 10:25 PM (lUFok)

41 Anywhere on the grid is a win

Posted by: San Franpsycho - Pahlavi Will Return at January 13, 2026 10:25 PM (RIvkX)

42 So, having had to deal with stripped out screws, a thing I learned was using a punch to fk up the screw head. Wreck it enough, and you make a whole new screw head...yeah...just me, but it worked...🤨...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 13, 2026 10:25 PM (LNeRu)

43 Lavika Gupta, a resident of Gaur City Avenue-1, in central Noida, recently filed a police complaint against her husband and four in-laws, alleging that she was deceived when she agreed to marry her spouse in 2024.

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It doesn't look like a matter for the police.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 13, 2026 10:22 PM (azNOR)

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It might surprise you to know that the Central Noida Anti-Fraud Investigation & Prosecution Force has a separate unit devoted entirely to good hair scams.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 13, 2026 10:25 PM (+HNx/)

44 Oh my gosh, I am ready for lights out, and J just got my dog all riled up after he settled. Cats are growling, the dog now has zoomies that includes jumping on the bed then off the bed. Sigh.

Posted by: Piper at January 13, 2026 10:25 PM (aT5K/)

45 Is the implication here that Elizabeth Warren speak with forked tongue?
Posted by: Cicero

Correct.

If she was two-faced, would she use that one?

Posted by: mikeski respects the classics at January 13, 2026 10:26 PM (nhCoE)

46 Evenin’, All.

Posted by: Bulg at January 13, 2026 10:26 PM (77rzZ)

47 I thought that was implied! I shall await the judges ruling. I hope they are not Big 10 umpires as their day job.
Posted by: Piper at January 13, 2026 10:20 PM (aT5K/)

Yes, my part time assistant, you got it correct. It was the welding. Or someone's horrible attempt at it!

Posted by: Doof at January 13, 2026 10:26 PM (QMAsf)

48 Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 13, 2026 10:26 PM (zZu0s)

49 Oh my gosh, I am ready for lights out, and J just got my dog all riled up after he settled. Cats are growling, the dog now has zoomies that includes jumping on the bed then off the bed. Sigh.
Posted by: Piper

At least he's not a monkey.

Posted by: cafe thread callbacks! at January 13, 2026 10:26 PM (nhCoE)

50 I also like that song. It plays in my head a lot, especially when I haven't done a bloody thing all day.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 13, 2026 10:25 PM (n4Qav)
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I'll bake you a butter pie

Posted by: San Franpsycho - Pahlavi Will Return at January 13, 2026 10:26 PM (RIvkX)

51 Let me guess. Doof got stuck in the Disco again?

Maybe he needs a portable gazebo with mood lighting when the weather improves, and it can be Summer of his Disco Tent.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 13, 2026 10:27 PM (S/Y4j)

52 Common thread - solo career after being member of band
Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 13, 2026 10:19 PM (fd80v)

That fits the first 2 songs but not the 3rd.

Posted by: Doof at January 13, 2026 10:27 PM (QMAsf)

53 Piss target would be D7, any democrat in my (7th) district.

Posted by: Rex B at January 13, 2026 10:27 PM (C9oTe)

54 re Vampliers: Meh. Buy a couple sizes of decent ViceGrips.

Posted by: Chemist at January 13, 2026 10:27 PM (ghT8D)

55
Piss Coordinates - G13
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

You sunk my battleship!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 13, 2026 10:27 PM (pkeXY)

56
Anywhere on the grid is a win
Posted by: San Franpsycho

At what range? As a 29 year old, I'm danger close. E5. Unless i need to be stealthy, then it's f2 or f3.,

Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 13, 2026 10:28 PM (QVmho)

57 Lavika Gupta, a resident of Gaur City Avenue-1, in central Noida, recently filed a police complaint against her husband and four in-laws, alleging that she was deceived when she agreed to marry her spouse in 2024.
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It doesn't look like a matter for the police.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug

Perhaps not, but either way, there'll be hell toupee.

Posted by: mikeski at January 13, 2026 10:28 PM (nhCoE)

58 35
'The aiming spot in the toilet depends on many factors: time of day, room lighting, cleanliness of the bowl...'

I can keep it in the bowl for most of the piss but the last few drops go in front of the bowl.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 13, 2026 10:28 PM (fd80v)

59 At least Warren’s flip was took about a year .

Walz’s flip took only a few months regard to the MN DOJ Attorney that found the fraud that just resigned. Went from calling him a liar to calling him a great guy .

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 13, 2026 10:28 PM (KDPiq)

60 I never heard of vamplers.
Maybe 10 years ago a company -- I think it was just called "Engineer" in Japan -- started selling a line of screw grabbing pliers. I have one or two. They were new and they had displays in all the home centers with rounded screws. They are pretty good.

I already had some Knipex, which are the slotted adjustable ones with the orange handle (German) and they are essential.

This vampler thing sounds like either a rebrand, or a copy. I would check that they really are made in Japan though -- China plays all kinds of tricks, like putting the handle on, or packaging in a country and saying they are "made" there.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 13, 2026 10:29 PM (uEUHC)

61 I have a very small pair of vise grips used exclusively for removal of messed up screws, which are generally countersunk and always piss me right off!

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 13, 2026 10:29 PM (47diA)

62 Piss coordinates aren't chosen in a vacuum. Let me explain.

All by yourself in the house? Well, then. E-5 is your assignment. HOWEVER, at a party with people right outside the door. You're, at least, going to the more quiet E-1 or E-9. The less water, the less sound. The professionals shoot for the non-water porcelain on the side for ultimate muffle. This is basic stuff. There is a caveat to this as well. If your conscientious, you're going to be concerned about a targeting error requiring clean up. Even at someone else's house. So, focus and concentrate.

If you're hammered. There's a perfectly good sink at the perfect level. Don't forget to rinse the bowl. And no funny business with other people's toothbrushes. That's over the line.

Posted by: Orson at January 13, 2026 10:29 PM (dIske)

63 Piss coordinates:

Off scale high and low.

Posted by: Just the punchline at January 13, 2026 10:30 PM (cYBz/)

64

If you're hammered. There's a perfectly good sink at the perfect level. Don't forget to rinse the bowl. And no funny business with other people's toothbrushes. That's over the line.
Posted by: Orson

Spoilsport.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 13, 2026 10:31 PM (QVmho)

65 Yeah! What Orson Johnson said was right!

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 13, 2026 10:31 PM (47diA)

66 I'll bake you a butter pie

Posted by: San Franpsycho

Butter pie!

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 13, 2026 10:32 PM (n4Qav)

67 My piss coordinates are private

But my doctrine is Mutual Assured Destruction

Posted by: San Franpsycho - Pahlavi Will Return at January 13, 2026 10:32 PM (RIvkX)

68 Mr. Doof, thank you for the dandy Tuesday Night ONT!

And that photo up top is beyond gorgeous. *sigh*

I had no idea there was a fifth Beetle!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 13, 2026 10:32 PM (kB9dk)

69 Gentlemen, what are your piss coordinates?
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You have to ask on this blog?

F5.....

Posted by: clarence at January 13, 2026 10:32 PM (XlNvn)

70 1 I have a very small pair of vise grips used exclusively for removal of messed up screws, which are generally countersunk and always piss me right off!
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 13, 2026 10:29 PM (47diA)

Again there are screw extractor bit sets that work great, Everyone who does a lot of work with screws should definitely have a set in their tool box.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 13, 2026 10:32 PM (KDPiq)

71 Perhaps not, but either way, there'll be hell toupee.
Posted by: mikeski at January 13, 2026

I wonder if this will go over people’s head.

Posted by: Piper at January 13, 2026 10:33 PM (aT5K/)

72 Piss coords: Start at B5, end at I5. Hopefully.

Posted by: mindful webworker - depending on the beers consumed at January 13, 2026 10:33 PM (HJunf)

73 F5 or G5

I don’t like splash back.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 13, 2026 10:33 PM (KDPiq)

74 Pilot to bombadier.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 13, 2026 10:34 PM (9cHSL)

75 The handrail sprawled like a tired sigh, uneven and jagged, its welds stark scars against the weary iron, whispering tales of hasty hands and lost craft. Each joint a shuddering reminder of promises unkept, rust mingling with regret, as if the very metal lamented its own existence.

Posted by: Bill Faulkner at January 13, 2026 10:34 PM (2Ez/1)

76 I am off to bed. Good night!

Posted by: Piper at January 13, 2026 10:34 PM (aT5K/)

77
*wonders if the visegrips thread and the piss coordinates thread would cross the streams*

Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 13, 2026 10:34 PM (QVmho)

78 Perhaps not, but either way, there'll be hell toupee.
Posted by: mikeski at January 13, 2026

Golf clap

Posted by: Doof at January 13, 2026 10:34 PM (QMAsf)

79 J1 & J10.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 13, 2026 10:35 PM (9cHSL)

80 @6 No.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 13, 2026 10:35 PM (XMwZJ)

81 Jeepers. wings reminds me of senior year in high school

And Belinda Carlisle freshman year in college.

Damn. I’m old.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 13, 2026 10:35 PM (IhIKR)

82 When my dad was 95 his piss coordinates were occasionally 10-J. But at least he wasn't incontinent.

Posted by: nerdygirl at January 13, 2026 10:36 PM (0Htd1)

83 I don't want to hear a damn thing about "my democracy" so long as Elizabeth Warren is not only a member of Congress (hey, there are people in homeless shelters who had a house seat), but the Senate, which is supposed to be for the best of our best. She's a stupid, loudmouth, idiot. Anyone who cast even a single vote for her should be banned from ever voting again.

Posted by: Crusader at January 13, 2026 10:36 PM (Cjcf6)

84 I have a very small pair of vise grips used exclusively for removal of messed up screws, which are generally countersunk and always piss me right off!
Posted by: LRob in OK

Recently, more and more often, I have been running into an old man problem. Specifically, some of my tools, especially those with teeth, are (gasp!) wearing out. 50 years of use will do that.

Vise grips, my Ridgid pipe wrenches, Channellocks, etc. The real problem is if I rebuy them, they'll still be like new when I die and my wife will let them go at a garage sale for $.50 apiece.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 13, 2026 10:38 PM (cYBz/)

85 nurse, you ain't old. 1978 was the first time I turned 29! You're doing fine!

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 13, 2026 10:38 PM (47diA)

86 Posted by: San Franpsycho - Pahlavi Will Return at January 13, 2026 10:32 PM (RIvkX)

San Fran, have you seen the latest Metal Leo? Is the Embarcadero really that empty?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 13, 2026 10:38 PM (uQesX)

87 He had hairpiece on his head?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at January 13, 2026 10:38 PM (EOjZq)

88 Talked to my best libtard friend, we share an interest in the historical society and avoid politics usually.

She started with...what do you think of your Trump now. I'm guessing that was to lead to...Trump's ICE kills innocent woman (felon blocking law enforcement for starters IMO).

I just responded...I think it's great the way he grabbed Maduro the crook.

Then asked if we could agree on Iran. Big surprise, she hadn't heard anything about it. WTG MSM, you partisan azzholes suck.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at January 13, 2026 10:39 PM (55Qr6)

89 Ok. I see. A guy ONT.
I'm so ok with that🙂.
Imma gonna lurk. I totally love ONT guys!
Yeah, I cheated a lot with mechanical stuff😖...oh...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 13, 2026 10:39 PM (LNeRu)

90 Recently, more and more often, I have been running into an old man problem. Specifically, some of my tools, especially those with teeth, are (gasp!) wearing out. 50 years of use will do that.

Vise grips, my Ridgid pipe wrenches, Channellocks, etc. The real problem is if I rebuy them, they'll still be like new when I die and my wife will let them go at a garage sale for $.50 apiece.
Posted by: Tonypete

So the correct answer is to go garage-saleing, and liberate some like-new hand tools from some other widow.

Posted by: mikeski goes tooling around at January 13, 2026 10:39 PM (nhCoE)

91 Sheesh.
You elites and your toilets.
I have to walk five blocks to a construction site and find the port-a-potty.
Uphill
Both ways
In the rain.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 13, 2026 10:39 PM (2WIwB)

92 Tonypete, you got to have someone lined up for your tools now. My much younger brother gets all mine and knows which ones belonged to our dad. C'mon, man!

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 13, 2026 10:39 PM (47diA)

93 Jeepers. wings reminds me of senior year in high school

And Belinda Carlisle freshman year in college.

Damn. I’m old.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 13, 2026 10:35 PM (IhIKR)

I drove the Go-Gos to their radio interviews when they gave a concert sponsored by my college when I was a graduate assistant.

I graduated 43 years ago . Yes I’m older .

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 13, 2026 10:40 PM (KDPiq)

94 Doof, the top pic song reminded me of being 5 years old. It was one of those songs that played when I rode around in the '73 Impala with Dad. Sweet times, thanks.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 13, 2026 10:40 PM (n4Qav)

95 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 13, 2026 10:40 PM (sAmhv)

96 I do love 'Friends' by Zep.
It's one of the songs I used to sing to my dog Logan...I may have altered the lyrics to be Logan Dog oriented.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at January 13, 2026 10:41 PM (EOjZq)

97 OK, this is the link to the company that started this screw extraction pliers thing.

https://tinyurl.com/3nszs6zx

I have the "Engineer PZ-55" and that should work in search engine if the link doesn't work.

I suspect vampler is a Chinese copy.

I use them occasionally. They have really sharp teeth and grip well. Good steel.

The Knipex (oddly shown at top of the link for vamplers) are essential. I have several of them and they have good steel, so sharp teeth, so they grip well. Like a new pipe wrench.

(I only type all this since you asked. gotta go.)

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 13, 2026 10:41 PM (uEUHC)

98 That Beetle was part of the "Paul is Dead" lore. It's license plate is 28 IF, which Paul would have been if he had lived past 1966.

Posted by: I Bury Paul at January 13, 2026 10:41 PM (oftw2)

99 I wasn't aware I could file a police complaint for altered appearance. That pretty much makes every woman on the planet a suspect, provided they wear make-up, extensions, heals, push-up bras, girdles (that still a thing?), contacts etc.

Compared to a single bald Indian guy, I think we're getting the raw end of the deal.

Posted by: Orson at January 13, 2026 10:41 PM (dIske)

100 San Fran, have you seen the latest Metal Leo? Is the Embarcadero really that empty?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 13, 2026 10:38 PM (uQesX)
====

I'll look for it tomorrow, but last time I was there it was like The Walking Dead.

It's kind of block-to-block. It triggers my cynicism because everyone has been chirping at me how much "better" everything has gotten. Yeah, I'm not seeing it.

Posted by: San Franpsycho - Pahlavi Will Return at January 13, 2026 10:42 PM (RIvkX)

101 Via GP:

Zohran Mamdani’s tenant advocate, or housing czar, Cea Weaver apparently used to teach a course at New York University, but the school appears to be scrubbing their website of any mentions of her.
----

Imagine that--she got a job...and the University said "Whoa...whoa!" after she opened her mouth.

Posted by: Crusader at January 13, 2026 10:42 PM (Cjcf6)

102 The Walrus was Paul? That Beatle stuff was weird.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 13, 2026 10:42 PM (n4Qav)

103 66 I'll bake you a butter pie

Posted by: San Franpsycho

Butter pie!
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 13, 2026 10:32 PM (n4Qav)

Custard Pie

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at January 13, 2026 10:43 PM (EOjZq)

104 I wasn't aware I could file a police complaint for altered appearance. That pretty much makes every woman on the planet a suspect, provided they wear make-up, extensions, heals, push-up bras, girdles (that still a thing?), contacts etc.

Compared to a single bald Indian guy, I think we're getting the raw end of the deal.
Posted by: Orson

Go for the big money! Sue Instagram as an accessory.

Posted by: mikeski is taller than he types at January 13, 2026 10:43 PM (nhCoE)

105 The Walrus was Paul? That Beatle stuff was weird.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 13, 2026 10:42 PM (n4Qav)
---
That was revisionist history.

John Lennon clearly sings that *he* is the Walrus.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 10:45 PM (krQz2)

106 Posted by: Orson

More than one story about a guy unknowingly marrying a tranny.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 13, 2026 10:45 PM (KDPiq)

107 57 Lavika Gupta, a resident of Gaur City Avenue-1, in central Noida, recently filed a police complaint against her husband and four in-laws, alleging that she was deceived when she agreed to marry her spouse in 2024.
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It doesn't look like a matter for the police.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug

Perhaps not, but either way, there'll be hell toupee.
Posted by: mikeski at January 13, 2026 10:28 PM (nhCoE)

***golf clap***

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 13, 2026 10:45 PM (SRRAx)

108 But, who is driving the 5th beatle?

Posted by: davidt at January 13, 2026 10:46 PM (Q+gd/)

109
Can you bake a butter pie,
San Franpsycho, San Franpsycho
Can you bake a butter pie,
Charming 'Psycho?

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 10:46 PM (krQz2)

110 I saw the Psychedelic Furs open for The Go-Go's at the Spectrum in 1982.

Posted by: San Franpsycho - Pahlavi Will Return at January 13, 2026 10:46 PM (RIvkX)

111 Paul is also the only one barefoot crossing Abbey Road, which he would have been in his coffin. Nobody can see your feet if you are in repose in your coffin.

Posted by: He Blew His Mind Out In A Car at January 13, 2026 10:46 PM (oftw2)

112 This just in: Cher looks a thousand years old and the wig doesn't change it, and she's still the same bitter old hag she's been for decades (suing Sonny Bono's widow for something I can't be bothered to understand).

Posted by: Crusader at January 13, 2026 10:46 PM (Cjcf6)

113 I worked with a gang of millwrights who always thought I was afraid of heights.

They weren't too happy when I explained to them that I was afraid of their shoddy welding.

Learn how to weld.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 13, 2026 10:47 PM (BSdIE)

114 Paul is out of step.

Posted by: davidt at January 13, 2026 10:47 PM (Q+gd/)

115 My nephews were all potty-trained elsewhere (Aunt PG just made sure to ask if they had to go), and Lil Pooky will have to be trained eventually, so I gotta ask: Does the Cheerio trick work?

Posted by: pookysgirl needs to know at January 13, 2026 10:47 PM (Wt5PA)

116 Wings?

Did Wings ever produce a song that was better than average?

Well, I don't know if it's considered great, but I love 'Mull of Kintyre'.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 13, 2026 10:47 PM (sAmhv)

117 Does the Cheerio trick work?

Sure. Just toss a few out in the back yard and tell him to have at it!

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 13, 2026 10:48 PM (47diA)

118

91 Sheesh.
You elites and your toilets.
I have to walk five blocks to a construction site and find the port-a-potty.
Uphill
Both ways
In the rain.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 13, 2026 10:39 PM (2WIwB)

--------

So, you understand why.

Posted by: Derelict Street Shitter at January 13, 2026 10:48 PM (VWtfl)

119 Mayor Jihadi fires back against Trump's stance on Sanctuary Cities.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani fired back on social media after Trump made his comments, saying “Our values and our laws are not bargaining chips. We will always defend New Yorkers, even in the face of federal threats to withhold funding.”

Mayor Jihadi should have paid closer attention to his oath of office:

The oath of office for the New York City mayor involves a solemn promise to support the U.S. Constitution and the New York State Constitution, as well as to faithfully discharge the duties of the office.

He can't support sanctuary cities AND the US Constitution. If he had no intention to, after solemnly swearing to, that's fraud.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 13, 2026 10:48 PM (u/kd+)

120 But every night all the men would come around...

Posted by: And lay their money down at January 13, 2026 10:48 PM (2Ez/1)

121 93 Jeepers. wings reminds me of senior year in high school

And Belinda Carlisle freshman year in college.

Damn. I’m old.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 13, 2026 10:35 PM (IhIKR)

I drove the Go-Gos to their radio interviews when they gave a concert sponsored by my college when I was a graduate assistant.

I graduated 43 years ago . Yes I’m older .

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 13, 2026 10:40 PM (KDPiq)

Get on the cart.

Posted by: Gongfarmer at January 13, 2026 10:49 PM (Idisy)

122 That was revisionist history.

John Lennon clearly sings that *he* is the Walrus.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 10:45 PM (krQz2)

The Walrus is Paul was from Glass Onion, I think?

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 13, 2026 10:49 PM (n4Qav)

123 Wings?

Did Wings ever produce a song that was better than average?

Dunno. But having James Coburn and Christopher Lee on your album cover is worth something.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 13, 2026 10:50 PM (cYBz/)

124 I think Wings Greatest hits is pretty good.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 13, 2026 10:50 PM (KDPiq)

125 My nephews were all potty-trained elsewhere (Aunt PG just made sure to ask if they had to go), and Lil Pooky will have to be trained eventually, so I gotta ask: Does the Cheerio trick work?
Posted by: pookysgirl needs to know

While peeing thru a cheerio is a heck of a trick, start with a bigger target. Baby steps, so to speak.

Posted by: mikeski aims at the rolling donut at January 13, 2026 10:50 PM (nhCoE)

126 Piss Coordinates - G13
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 13, 2026 10:22 PM (/lPRQ)

Hit! You sunk my battleship...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 13, 2026 10:51 PM (nbLIj)

127 The Paul is Dead ruse was one of the best publicity gimmicks of all time. Similarly, John saying the Beatles were more popular than Christ was a great stunt. Lots of people upset, religious folks burning records, but the whole world was talking about it. The John and Yoko "Peace, Bed, Hair" was a phenomenon, too.

Posted by: Old Yeller! at January 13, 2026 10:51 PM (oftw2)

128 Butter pie!
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 13, 2026 10:32

I've made butter pie in the past. We had Dutch neighbors as a kid and she gave me the recipe for Boettercock sp? Heart clogging stuff. lol.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at January 13, 2026 10:51 PM (55Qr6)

129 Goo goo g'joob

*touches nose*

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 13, 2026 10:51 PM (jc0TO)

130 He can't support sanctuary cities AND the US Constitution. If he had no intention to, after solemnly swearing to, that's fraud.
----

It was reported that he swore on a Koran. A book that mandates lying to advance the cause. He intended to lie.

Posted by: clarence at January 13, 2026 10:52 PM (XlNvn)

131 Wings?

Did Wings ever produce a song that was better than average?
----
Are you deaf?

Paul McCartney & Wings may have been the tightest touring band circa 1978. Check out the re-release "Rock Show" DVD. That band was amazing. You even asking the question makes me doubt your understanding of music.

Posted by: Crusader at January 13, 2026 10:52 PM (Cjcf6)

132 On the other hand, Ebony and Ivory is a crime against music itself.

So is Goodnight Tonight. Crimes.

Posted by: San Franpsycho - Pahlavi Will Return at January 13, 2026 10:53 PM (RIvkX)

133 The John and Yoko "Peace, Bed, Hair" was a phenomenon, too.

--------

Yoko was a toad. A malignant lump of unkempt black hair that poisoned every room she occupied.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 13, 2026 10:53 PM (+HNx/)

134 A thru J AND 1 THRU 10

Posted by: MAC V SOG at January 13, 2026 10:53 PM (P4Pk9)

135 nurse, you ain't old. 1978 was the first time I turned 29! You're doing fine!
Posted by: LRob in OK

I was in fifth grade!

That’s just when those songs were something in my
Memory!

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 13, 2026 10:54 PM (IhIKR)

136 F5. But first fire for range then for effect.

Posted by: Got to dial it in at January 13, 2026 10:54 PM (TbWk/)

137 Nobody else taking a crack at the musical theme?

Posted by: Doof at January 13, 2026 10:54 PM (QMAsf)

138 Philosophical musing. I have my doubts that we will ever see true synthetic cognition, let alone in the next N years, because the limit case of the hardest problem to solve is the determination of truth, which is a contested task. There are no shortcuts, because every time one is found, it is immediately co-opted and exploited by con artists with outsized gain at stake -- and the largest is total social control, stealing everything and enslaving everyone to the ruling clique (such as under Marxism and/or Islam).

When the potential prize for winning is the total output of everyone forever, there is no end to what some will attempt. That's how you get the World Economic Forum. But some prizes go beyond even that to the spiritual, or so it seems, as materialism does not seem sufficient to explain the evils of Muhammed and George Soros.

So, I take the enemies of civilization seriously. I think they're often nihilistic liars who neither know nor care if their own words are true, but I think their goal (which they lie about) is serious. But I don't take AI seriously. I think that it can't even be iterated into something that can tell what's going on, since that's a category error.

Posted by: SciVo at January 13, 2026 10:54 PM (Sy6m/)

139 Posted by: mikeski aims at the rolling donut at January 13, 2026 10:50 PM (nhCoE)

I thought you were supposed to just aim for the Cheerio. Of course, given Lil Pooky's athletic prowess, he'd probably insist on going through the Cheerio.

Posted by: pookysgirl watched Lil Pooky do multiple chinups today at January 13, 2026 10:54 PM (Wt5PA)

140 Piss Coordinates - G13
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 13, 2026 10:22 PM (/lPRQ)

Hit! You sunk my battleship...
Posted by: Joe Kidd

Also got peeping kitty right in his smug face.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 13, 2026 10:55 PM (/lPRQ)

141 Piss coordinates:

At my place? Off the front porch basically everything is a viable target so I start with fire for effect.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 13, 2026 10:55 PM (vzcgi)

142 It was reported that he swore on a Koran. A book that mandates lying to advance the cause. He intended to lie.
Posted by: clarence

So he gave his word that you can never take him at his word.

Sounds like Captain Kirk trying to blow up a smart-ass computer.

Posted by: mikeski at January 13, 2026 10:55 PM (nhCoE)

143 108 But, who is driving the 5th beatle?
Posted by: davidt at January 13, 2026 10:46 PM (Q+gd/)

Stuart Sutcliffe?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at January 13, 2026 10:55 PM (EOjZq)

144 I use vamp pliers to remove stripped, rusted sheet metal screws from vintage trailer siding. Superlative at this task.

Posted by: keith at January 13, 2026 10:57 PM (XT4le)

145 nurse, you ain't old. 1978 was the first time I turned 29! You're doing fine!
Posted by: LRob in OK

I was in fifth grade!

That’s just when those songs were something in my
Memory!
Posted by: nurse ratched

I graduated 8th grade. Dang. I feel it too.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 13, 2026 10:57 PM (u/kd+)

146 Say, Say, Say is another disturbing McCartney duo. At least as bad as Ebony and Ivory.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 13, 2026 10:58 PM (n4Qav)

147 Can I buy one of those grids for my toilet? Or for the hall end bathroom? I've got some cousins who would admire that!

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 13, 2026 10:58 PM (47diA)

148 But, who is driving the 5th beatle?
Posted by: davidt at January 13, 2026 10:46 PM (Q+gd/)

Stuart Sutcliffe?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at January 13, 2026 10:55 PM (EOjZq)

Leggy Mountbatten?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 13, 2026 10:58 PM (uQesX)

149 And no funny business with other people's toothbrushes. That's over the line.

Fine, my butthole won't be minty fresh next time I visit. Hope you're happy now.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 13, 2026 10:58 PM (lUFok)

150 Evening, Doof, and ONT Horde.

Not overly impressed with the Vampliers. If you are going to use them end-on to back out a screw, the serrations on the jaw tips should be cut the other way.

Pro tip: for Phillips and slot screws where the driver bit tends to cam out of the recess on the screw head, dip the tip of the screw driver into some coarse-grade valve grinding compound, and try again. It will double the grip, at least. Commonly lets you develop enough torque to snap the screw head right off, if the screw is well and truly stuck.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 13, 2026 10:59 PM (8zz6B)

151 Boterkoek

Posted by: Kindltot at January 13, 2026 10:59 PM (rbvCR)

152
The Walrus is Paul was from Glass Onion, I think?
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary

Correct. I just listened to the first half of that album not more than an hour ago.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 13, 2026 10:59 PM (pkeXY)

153 Nobody else taking a crack at the musical theme?
Posted by: Doof at January 13, 2026 10:54 PM (QMAsf)

Sorry, I have no breadth or depth of musical knowledge to take even any guesses as to those kind of questions.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 13, 2026 10:59 PM (uQesX)

154
Leggy Mountbatten?
Posted by: OrangeEnt

Trousers

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 13, 2026 11:00 PM (pkeXY)

155 I thought you were supposed to just aim for the Cheerio. Of course, given Lil Pooky's athletic prowess, he'd probably insist on going through the Cheerio.
Posted by: pookysgirl

My grade school's urinals had air-freshener / splash-mats with targets drawn on them.

There are also stickers depicting flies or other insects designed to be placed in urinals and toilets to help with aiming.

So, to answer your question seriously..... yes, there's a fundamental bit of programming in the dinosaur part of the brain that makes dudes of any age aim when there's something to aim for.

Posted by: mikeski at January 13, 2026 11:00 PM (nhCoE)

156 Don't you fellas pee sitting down?

Posted by: Mayor Pete at January 13, 2026 11:00 PM (oftw2)

157 I see a bad weld/corrosion? Something that would make me not want to lean on the railing.
Posted by: pookysgirl, related to several welders at January 13, 2026 10:17 PM (Wt5PA)

It's a "gorilla weld". Strong, but ugly. Since pipe fittings are cast steel, they don't take weld very well. Pile enough rod on, it ought to hold. Mostly.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 13, 2026 11:01 PM (8zz6B)

158 145 nurse, you ain't old. 1978 was the first time I turned 29! You're doing fine!
Posted by: LRob in OK

I was in fifth grade!

That’s just when those songs were something in my
Memory!
Posted by: nurse ratched

I graduated 8th grade. Dang. I feel it too.
Posted by: rickb223
----

Kids! High school was in the rear view mirror in '78.

Posted by: clarence at January 13, 2026 11:02 PM (XlNvn)

159 "Sleep tight! And don’t let your brain play the greatest hits of your most embarrassing moments.”

I surely don't fit in tonight.
Good night sweet Horde❣

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 13, 2026 11:02 PM (LNeRu)

160 I graduated HS in 78.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 13, 2026 11:02 PM (KDPiq)

161 The money has strings attached. Thus just in.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 13, 2026 11:02 PM (YlWIZ)

162 AOP, snapping off the screw head is ok if you are working on sheetrock or similar. But on my roadster or my truck or, in the old days, on an aircraft, that just leads to another problem.

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 13, 2026 11:02 PM (47diA)

163 But, who is driving the 5th beatle?
-
Beep bee-eep beep beep beep

Posted by: Herbie at January 13, 2026 11:02 PM (vSvIl)

164 Sanyam Jain will have no career in Starfleet with that ridiculous rug. Can you even imagine.

Posted by: Jean-Luc Picard at January 13, 2026 11:03 PM (gKWVE)

165 It's a "gorilla weld". Strong, but ugly. Since pipe fittings are cast steel, they don't take weld very well. Pile enough rod on, it ought to hold. Mostly.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

The equivalent of the nautical "if you can't see the cleat under all the rope, the boat's tied up well enough."

Posted by: mikeski at January 13, 2026 11:04 PM (nhCoE)

166 163 But, who is driving the 5th beatle?
-
Beep bee-eep beep beep beep
Posted by: Herbie at January 13, 2026 11:02 PM (vSvIl)

Fucking Yoko!

Posted by: Gongfarmer at January 13, 2026 11:04 PM (Idisy)

167 I was a fairly young man I thought when I first started reading aos. 25 years go by fast.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 13, 2026 11:04 PM (KDPiq)

168 23 years.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 13, 2026 11:05 PM (KDPiq)

169 Pile enough rod on, it ought to hold. Mostly.
----

It's the 'mostly' that scares anyone that has seen it give out.

Posted by: clarence at January 13, 2026 11:05 PM (XlNvn)

170 Sorry, I have no breadth or depth of musical knowledge to take even any guesses as to those kind of questions.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 13, 2026 10:59 PM (uQesX)

Sometimes it's not about the music, but rather the titles and/or artists.

Posted by: Doof at January 13, 2026 11:05 PM (QMAsf)

171 Sheesh.
You elites and your toilets.
I have to walk five blocks to a construction site and find the port-a-potty.
Uphill
Both ways
In the rain.
Posted by: Diogenes

I was expecting so much more than a geezer rant from the ex-artillery guy.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 13, 2026 11:06 PM (vzcgi)

172 Wings?

Did Wings ever produce a song that was better than average?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 13, 2026 10:15 PM (+HNx/)

I'll throw out there the James Bond movie theme song 'Live And Let Die'.

Posted by: RickZ at January 13, 2026 11:06 PM (gKDq2)

173 So, to answer your question seriously..... yes, there's a fundamental bit of programming in the dinosaur part of the brain that makes dudes of any age aim when there's something to aim for.
Posted by: mikeski

Nothing more satisfying than blasting about a cigarette butt.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 13, 2026 11:06 PM (/lPRQ)

174 147 Can I buy one of those grids for my toilet? Or for the hall end bathroom? I've got some cousins who would admire that!
Posted by: LRob in OK
_______

Back when my son was in junior high, a lot of his friends seemed to lack good aim at the toilet. I gathered the crew together and said, "Guys, if your dick isn't big enough to aim at the target and hit it, then you need to sit down and pee."

We didn't ever have any bathroom cleanliness problems after that.

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at January 13, 2026 11:07 PM (gf7Ez)

175 On the other hand, Ebony and Ivory is a crime against music itself.

So is Goodnight Tonight. Crimes.
Posted by: San Franpsycho - Pahlavi Will Return at January 13, 2026 10:53 PM

Don't say it.

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 13, 2026 11:08 PM (4p0Xq)

176 Common thread: TV show titles... Mad About You, Wings, Friends. Of course it's song title/band name/song title, so I'm not 100% sure.

Posted by: Average Guy at January 13, 2026 11:08 PM (lPHZZ)

177 A thru J AND 1 THRU 10
Posted by: MAC V SOG at January 13, 2026 10:53 PM

Lint happens...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 13, 2026 11:08 PM (nbLIj)

178 Did Wings ever produce a song that was better than average?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 13, 2026 10:15 PM (+HNx/)

I'll throw out there the James Bond movie theme song 'Live And Let Die'.

Posted by: RickZ at January 13, 2026 11:06 PM (gKDq2)

That was an awesome song, indeed.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 13, 2026 11:08 PM (n4Qav)

179 Junior’s Farm
Jet
Band on the Run

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 13, 2026 11:10 PM (KDPiq)

180 Yeah, Live And Let Die was a classic. Better than most of the shit he did with Lennon.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 13, 2026 11:11 PM (gKWVE)

181 >>>Beep bee-eep beep beep beep
Posted by: Herbie at January 13, 2026 11:02 PM (vSvIl)

Fucking Yoko!

Posted by: Gongfarmer

>Isn't that supposed to be, "Beep beep'm beep beep, yeah!"

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 13, 2026 11:11 PM (BSdIE)

182 I surely don't fit in tonight.
Good night sweet Horde❣
Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 13, 2026 11:02 PM (LNeRu)
====

See what you did with all the tool talk!

Posted by: San Franpsycho - Pahlavi Will Return at January 13, 2026 11:12 PM (RIvkX)

183 Ringo had 3 songs from his solo career I liked. That’s three more than Lennon.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 13, 2026 11:12 PM (KDPiq)

184 All this Yoko chat and Mis Hum isn't even here! He might be sad.

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 13, 2026 11:12 PM (47diA)

185 I didn't see off the back deck as a coordinate.

Posted by: Beartooth at January 13, 2026 11:13 PM (GGatE)

186 Best Wings song: Love take me down (to the streets)

Posted by: Racially Ambiguous Honky at January 13, 2026 11:14 PM (zdQuL)

187 I don't think I know much of McCartney's material with Wings. But I liked his solo album Press to Play from the 80s a lot back in the day.

Posted by: Gongfarmer at January 13, 2026 11:14 PM (Idisy)

188 Firefox is barely more tolerable than google--here's one of the link's they thought I might want to check out when I logged in tonight:

"What to Do If ICE Invades Your Neighborhood"

Me personally? I'd look forward to finding out the arrest numbers and whether any of those illegals deserving of getting their asses kicked actually GOT their asses kicked.

Posted by: Crusader at January 13, 2026 11:14 PM (Cjcf6)

189 The original Paul was better. RIP.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 13, 2026 11:15 PM (9cHSL)

190 Good answer, Average Guy. If its not the correct one, it should be

Posted by: Wally at January 13, 2026 11:15 PM (0e5Te)

191 Common thread: TV show titles... Mad About You, Wings, Friends. Of course it's song title/band name/song title, so I'm not 100% sure.
Posted by: Average Guy at January 13, 2026 11:08 PM (lPHZZ)

Yes! More specifically - 90s sitcoms.

Posted by: Doof at January 13, 2026 11:16 PM (QMAsf)

192 Speaking of cast iron, the second floor pipe developed a crack and had to be replaced. You don't cut cast iron with a saw, you, well, neither I nor the plumber could. The way to remove cast iron pipe, it's between the floors, is to smash (not your wife) it in half. Then the joints come loose easily.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 13, 2026 11:17 PM (48JDT)

193 Yes! More specifically - 90s sitcoms.
Posted by: Doof at January 13, 2026 11:16 PM (QMAsf)

Yay me. All it takes is a bit of a puzzle/challenge to get me to de-lurk.

Posted by: Average Guy at January 13, 2026 11:18 PM (lPHZZ)

194 186 Best Wings song: Love take me down (to the streets)
Posted by: Racially Ambiguous Honky at January 13, 2026 11:14 PM (zdQuL)

lol

Posted by: Gongfarmer at January 13, 2026 11:18 PM (Idisy)

195 As a matter of fact Ringo has my top two songs out of all the four solo songs playbook.

It Don’t Come Easy

Photograph

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 13, 2026 11:19 PM (KDPiq)

196 160 I graduated HS in 78.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 13, 2026 11:02 PM (KDPiq)

Same here!

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 13, 2026 11:19 PM (SRRAx)

197 Was Yoko in Wings?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 13, 2026 11:19 PM (9cHSL)

198 Sometimes it's not about the music, but rather the titles and/or artists.
Posted by: Doof at January 13, 2026 11:05 PM (QMAsf)

Oh well, if it's about titties... oh, you said titles.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 13, 2026 11:19 PM (uQesX)

199 188 Firefox is barely more tolerable than google--here's one of the link's they thought I might want to check out when I logged in tonight:

"What to Do If ICE Invades Your Neighborhood"
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DDG is butt dumb, however, it's not stuck on stupid.
If you don't mind the Chinese watching you Opera is smooth, just don't do business with it.
I piss on Brave's, spells worse than I do, ashes.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 13, 2026 11:20 PM (48JDT)

200 Most annoying Wings song was Let 'em In. Who wants a bunch of randos knocking at your door?

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 13, 2026 11:20 PM (n4Qav)

201 But, who is driving the 5th beatle?
Posted by: davidt at January 13, 2026 10:46 PM (Q+gd/)
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Duh.

Billy Shears

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 11:21 PM (OaZlZ)

202 0 I graduated HS in 78.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 13, 2026 11:02 PM (KDPiq)

Same here!
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 13, 2026 11:19 PM (SRRAx)

👍

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 13, 2026 11:21 PM (KDPiq)

203 AOP, snapping off the screw head is ok if you are working on sheetrock or similar. But on my roadster or my truck or, in the old days, on an aircraft, that just leads to another problem.
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 13, 2026 11:02 PM (47diA)

Well, obviously one should take steps to free up the stuck threads before snapping the screwhead off. Just pointing out that the valve grinding compound stunt really does work amazingly well. I have other tricks for removing broken screws, too.

You can vastly improve an ordinary "flat Blade" screwdriver by grinding the tip such that, seen end-on, it looks a little like a convex lens: thick at the middle, thin at the edges. Subtle, middle maybe 20% thicker than the edges. Makes a huge increase in grip.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 13, 2026 11:22 PM (8zz6B)

204 It Don’t Come Easy

Photograph
Posted by: Opinion fact

Weren't those songs written by George Harrison?

Posted by: All Things Must Pass at January 13, 2026 11:23 PM (oftw2)

205 It Don't Come Easy is a maximum volume song.

Posted by: San Franpsycho - Pahlavi Will Return at January 13, 2026 11:23 PM (RIvkX)

206 Harrison helped write It Don't Come Easy

Posted by: San Franpsycho - Pahlavi Will Return at January 13, 2026 11:24 PM (RIvkX)

207 Since there a so many 29 year olds here tonight with musical knowledge, I have to ask if anyone remembers a song about the Fukawi tribe? I have vague memories of my Dad playing it on a cassette during a long move in 1976.

I don't remember enough of the song to find it anymore. I'm hoping to hear it again, and maybe also hear an echo of Dad's laughter while listening.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 13, 2026 11:24 PM (S/Y4j)

208 Boterkoek
Posted by: Kindltot at January 13, 2026 10:59

TY K. It was delicious. Are you Dutch?

Just butter, bit of flour, vanilla and cinnamon IIRC. Tasty, at the time.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at January 13, 2026 11:25 PM (55Qr6)

209 Coincidence, looking at tool rests for my grinder today.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 13, 2026 11:25 PM (48JDT)

210 Don't Come Easy is a maximum volume song.

Posted by: San Franpsycho - Pahlavi Will Return at January 13, 2026 11:23 PM (RIvkX)
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Yeah. Jet is pretty good. And Band on the Run is a classic.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 11:25 PM (OaZlZ)

211 Yay me. All it takes is a bit of a puzzle/challenge to get me to de-lurk.
Posted by: Average Guy at January 13, 2026 11:18 PM (lPHZZ)

Now you're not allowed to go back to lurker mode!

Posted by: Doof at January 13, 2026 11:25 PM (QMAsf)

212 Posted by: All Things Must Pass at January 13, 2026 11:23 PM (oftw

George helped with It Don’t Come Easy but it was credited solely to Ringo.

Photograph was credited to both Ringo and George.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 13, 2026 11:26 PM (KDPiq)

213 Homely Depot has a small Victor welding (brazing) kit for $488. How does that sound?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 13, 2026 11:26 PM (48JDT)

214 >>>The handrail sprawled like a tired sigh, uneven and jagged, its welds stark scars against the weary iron, whispering tales of hasty hands and lost craft. Each joint a shuddering reminder of promises unkept, rust mingling with regret, as if the very metal lamented its own existence.

Posted by: Bill Faulkner

>The well worn woman of cast iron needed lots of heated foreplay before you could apply you manhood to her delicate crystalline composition lest you crack her spirit.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 13, 2026 11:26 PM (BSdIE)

215 You don't cut cast iron with a saw, you, well, neither I nor the plumber could.
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I have used a hacksaw to cut cast. Also, when I had a electrical plug nearby, a reciprocating saw with a metal cutting blade at 4 tpi.

Posted by: clarence at January 13, 2026 11:27 PM (XlNvn)

216 Harrison helped write It Don't Come Easy
Posted by: San Franpsycho - Pahlavi Will Return at January 13, 2026 11:24 PM (RIvkX)
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That checks. It does have that Harrison sound.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 11:27 PM (OaZlZ)

217 Since there a so many 29 year olds here tonight with musical knowledge, I have to ask if anyone remembers a song about the Fukawi tribe? I have vague memories of my Dad playing it on a cassette during a long move in 1976.

Not familiar, but it sounds like something Ray Stevens would do. I can look it up...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 13, 2026 11:27 PM (nbLIj)

218 Somebody is looking at guy's tools on grindr?

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 11:29 PM (OaZlZ)

219 Don't Come Easy is a maximum volume song.

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I'll go to my grave swearing that Eric Clapton came up with that "rolling chord" intro. It just SCREAMS Eric Clapton, and he was tight with Harrison and Starr.

Posted by: Crusader at January 13, 2026 11:29 PM (Cjcf6)

220 122 The Walrus is Paul was from Glass Onion, I think?
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 13, 2026 10:49 PM (n4Qav)

John got the idea of the Walrus from Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky and was pissed when he later found out the Walrus was the bad guy in the story.

Posted by: Joemarine at January 13, 2026 11:29 PM (y171U)

221 The handrail sprawled like a tired sigh, uneven and jagged, its welds stark scars against the weary iron, whispering tales of hasty hands and lost craft. Each joint a shuddering reminder of promises unkept, rust mingling with regret, as if the very metal lamented its own existence.
Posted by: Bill Faulkner

All it needs is Quentin Compson insisting he doesn't hate it.

Posted by: John Drake at January 13, 2026 11:29 PM (GWvJt)

222 You all are welcome to stand on my lawn.

Posted by: San Franpsycho - Pahlavi Will Return at January 13, 2026 11:29 PM (RIvkX)

223 John and Billy Shears were thinking of renaming the band to Walrus and the Eggmen.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 11:31 PM (OaZlZ)

224 Sheesh.
You elites and your toilets.
I have to walk five blocks to a construction site and find the port-a-potty.
Uphill
Both ways
In the rain.
Posted by: Diogenes

I was expecting so much more than a geezer rant from the ex-artillery guy.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 13, 2026 11:06 PM (vzcgi)

***

Eh. That makes me think of the schiesemeister at the Graf Training area in Germany. Graf was where the artillery went to shoot. This guy had the contract for all the field latrines there. He was rolling in the Deutch Marks. He'd come up to the OP and shoot the breeze. Learned English as a pow after getting captured in Africa. Cool guy.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 13, 2026 11:31 PM (2WIwB)

225 218 Somebody is looking at guy's tools on grindr?
Posted by: Axeman

just at Braenyard's crack pipe

Posted by: Hunter! at January 13, 2026 11:31 PM (gKWVE)

226 Coincidence, looking at tool rests for my grinder today.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 13, 2026 11:25 PM (48JDT)
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Are we not doing phrasing?

Posted by: San Franpsycho - Pahlavi Will Return at January 13, 2026 11:32 PM (RIvkX)

227 Photograph definitely sounds like a Harrison song.

It Don’t Come Easy not so much to me.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 13, 2026 11:33 PM (KDPiq)

228 Cast Iron was a first-level magic-user spell in the first draft of the Player's Handbook but Gary cut it due to space considerations and lack of utility.

Posted by: Gongfarmer at January 13, 2026 11:33 PM (Idisy)

229 You all are welcome to stand on my lawn.
Posted by: San Franpsycho - Pahlavi Will Return

Oh no. Just when I got over my Guam nightmares, you had to go there.

Posted by: Hank Johnson, D-Georgia at January 13, 2026 11:35 PM (hgzYo)

230 Im an E5.

On a good night.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 11:35 PM (OaZlZ)

231 When you cast iron, you'd better watch out, because you cantrip over it.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 11:36 PM (OaZlZ)

232 9 > OK, back to the fellas. What's your aiming spot?
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The cat.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 13, 2026 10:17 PM (NwnyJ)

THAT will be a 'Comment of the Week' or my name's not ARiK..

You heard it here first, folks.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 13, 2026 11:37 PM (QGaXH)

233 Hour of the Wolf at January 13, 2026 11:24 PM

So it's a comedy bit from Redd Foxx as far as I can tell. Link to follow..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 13, 2026 11:37 PM (nbLIj)

234 Homely Depot has a small Victor welding (brazing) kit for $488. How does that sound?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 13, 2026 11:26 PM (48JDT)

Decent price for Victor, which is a good brand. Don't know where they are made now, though. Harbor Freight has an "Olsen" Victor-style outfit for $349. Tote with two small tanks, regulators, hoses, torch handle, cutting and welding tips, and goggles. They have more comprehensive kits as well.

Also check Craiglist, and local swap meets and flea markets. Good welding torches last nearly forever. Hoses get old and porous, and should be replaced every 20 years or so.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 13, 2026 11:38 PM (8zz6B)

235 Behold yon handrail, a wretched sight,
Where metal meets with weak and feeble might.
Welds like frail cobwebs in the morning dew,
Betraying strength, yet whispering of rue.
A treacherous grasp, where safety doth equivocate,
In this faulted bond, fate doth hesitate.

Posted by: Bill Shakespeare at January 13, 2026 11:38 PM (2Ez/1)

236 The "vampliers" are just channel-locks with a weird jaw.

Oh, and F5.

Posted by: Pooklord at January 13, 2026 11:40 PM (asU3w)

237 https://youtu.be/wwMlum2n-w4?

Hope this is what you're looking for, HoW...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 13, 2026 11:41 PM (nbLIj)

238 Probably not a Mil-Std-2219 qualified welder.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 13, 2026 11:43 PM (QGaXH)

239 TY K. It was delicious. Are you Dutch?

Just butter, bit of flour, vanilla and cinnamon IIRC. Tasty, at the time.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at January 13, 2026 11:25 PM (55Qr6)

I am not, but I have always been fascinated in language and how they evolved. If it had not been for the Normans, English and Dutch would be very similar

Posted by: Kindltot at January 13, 2026 11:43 PM (rbvCR)

240 What's this about a grid? Don't all you fellas sit when you pee?

Posted by: Tim Walz at January 13, 2026 11:44 PM (hgzYo)

241 https://youtu.be/wwMlum2n-w4?

Hope this is what you're looking for, HoW...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 13, 2026 11:41 PM (nbLIj)

I don't think it was, but I like it. Thank you.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 13, 2026 11:44 PM (S/Y4j)

242 You sank my battleship.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 13, 2026 11:45 PM (9cHSL)

243 McCartney's Wings debut single from 1972 was a political song that was banned by the BBC. The song came out during The Troubles. The song was 'Give Ireland Back To The Irish'. In protest over the banning, Wings released another single, 'Mary Had A Little Lamb', a completely innocuous song. For that brief moment in time, I respected Paul.

Now, of course, that song 'Give Ireland Back To The Irish' still resonates.

Posted by: RickZ at January 13, 2026 11:45 PM (gKDq2)

244 Gosh, I never realized that peeing was so challenging. So glad I'm a woman!

"...But you, my dear, get to have multiple orgasms!"
-- Just the punchline

Posted by: JQ at January 13, 2026 11:45 PM (rdVOm)

245 Are we not doing phrasing?
Posted by: San Franpsycho - Pahlavi Will Return a
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Right over my head.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 13, 2026 11:46 PM (48JDT)

246 >>>Help me out, fellas. Are these really must-haves??

Looking at their page, I see a channel locks type pliers, a vise-grips, a lineman's pliers, etc. For the described problem, I'd try the vise-grips first.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 13, 2026 11:47 PM (syz1S)

247 IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE GRINDR IS AN APP FOR HOMOSEXUALS TO MEET UP AND GRAB AT EACH OTHERS' TOOLS, WHICH MEANS PENISES.

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at January 13, 2026 11:49 PM (gKWVE)

248 Guys, please don't pee on the cat. Cats have ways of *getting even* you know.

Posted by: JQ at January 13, 2026 11:49 PM (rdVOm)

249 94 Doof, the top pic song reminded me of being 5 years old. It was one of those songs that played when I rode around in the '73 Impala with Dad. Sweet times, thanks.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 13, 2026 10:40 PM (n4Qav)

I have the album but nothing to play it on anymore. It's spent the last 35 years in the attic, now slated for disposal. I bought it at Peaches Record Store on Atlantic Ave in Ft Lauderdale. Paid 'Peaches Peachy Price'.

Thanks for the memory jog...smile

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 13, 2026 11:51 PM (QGaXH)

250 I scored a huge win today on the weed-whacking front. Spent some hours working on the 40-dollar lawn mower I bought yesterday. Bought some new fuel hose, cleaned out the carburetor, and it runs fine. 5.5 HP Honda engine. Took off the power drive mechanism for the front wheels, bolted the wheels back on, and took 3 cuts on the front of the mower deck with a cutoff disc in my angle grinder, exposing about 15 inches of the forward arc of the blade.

Fired it up, and psuhed it into a patch of 3-foot tall mallow weeds. Slash! Splatter! Topple! I was knocking them down like a combine knocks down wheat straws. In less than an hour, I had completely nuked the entire weed crop, save for a few stragglers too close to obstacles for the blade to reach. It was shooting jets of mulched weed guts over a six foot chain link fence. And into it, too. The fence is well decorated now. My neighbor came out and shot video of the slaughter.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 13, 2026 11:51 PM (8zz6B)

251 98 That Beetle was part of the "Paul is Dead" lore. It's license plate is 28 IF, which Paul would have been if he had lived past 1966.
Posted by: I Bury Paul at January 13, 2026 10:41 PM (oftw2)

Also - wasn't the fact Paul is barefoot in the picture part of it also?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 13, 2026 11:52 PM (QGaXH)

252 I have been in a class and just now tuning in. I know an 'ette has already discussed the obvious photos of the Grand Canyon.

No clue with the 3 songs and I tried. I always try and with a little luck and love someday I might figure it out.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 13, 2026 11:52 PM (WONhk)

253 Keifer Sutherland arrested for drunk driving. Apparently there is an endless supply of rich people who are too stupid to call an Uber if they are too mean to have a friend they could call to come pick them up.

Enjoy 45 minutes of jail Keifer.

Posted by: Crusader at January 13, 2026 11:54 PM (Cjcf6)

254 Hahaha, AOP! Love it.

Posted by: JQ at January 13, 2026 11:55 PM (rdVOm)

255 >>> Help me out, fellas. Are these really must-haves??

No. Use vise grips and save the skin, webbing between your thumb and index finger. BTDT.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 13, 2026 11:55 PM (dK+Kv)

256 Guys, please don't pee on the cat. Cats have ways of *getting even* you know.

Posted by: JQ at January 13, 2026 11:49 PM (rdVOm)

Preemptive payback for the puke landmines.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 13, 2026 11:55 PM (dK+Kv)

257 Preemptive payback for the puke landmines.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
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Ah. Comrade Flounder gets the square.

Posted by: JQ at January 13, 2026 11:56 PM (rdVOm)

258 That welded railing would have turned out much better had the welder used an oxy-acetylene outfit and some flux-coated brazing rod. Get the worl cherry-red to orange hot, so the brazing rod melts on contact, and the molten bronze will wick into the joint, and then you can build a fillet.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 13, 2026 11:57 PM (8zz6B)

259 It's okay to pee on the cat. But only if he consents.

Posted by: Gongfarmer at January 13, 2026 11:57 PM (Idisy)

260 Keifer Sutherland arrested for drunk driving. Apparently there is an endless supply of rich people who are too stupid to call an Uber if they are too mean to have a friend they could call to come pick them up.

Enjoy 45 minutes of jail Keifer.

Posted by: Crusader

Shouldn't he be riding a Hoverround around Las Angeles at this point? He's way past 29.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 13, 2026 11:58 PM (n4Qav)

261 Huh, I thought the DUI was old news - turned out, Keister Sutherland did get busted for that a few times, like in 2020. This recent thing is because he assaulted a "rideshare driver" whatever that is.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 13, 2026 11:58 PM (gKWVE)

262 If you can't beat the underlings, what's the point of being a celebrity?

Posted by: Gongfarmer at January 13, 2026 11:59 PM (Idisy)

263 'Way back at #127, Old Yeller! said: …John saying the Beatles were more popular than Christ was a great stunt. Lots of people upset, religious folks burning records, but the whole world was talking about it.…

My recollection, my lasting impression, is that what John said about Beatles being more popular than Christ among young people was not a stunt, but sincerely meant, and despite how it was taken,* he did NOT consider that a positive thing nor was he comparing himself, or the group to Jesus. But it was (relatively) true, and the decline in Christianity (especially in England) continues.

(*I know, in this day and age, it's hard to believe the media or "interested parties" could take someone's words out of context and blow them out of proportion.🙄

"More popular than Jesus"
https://w.wiki/HSVg

Then John came out with a bumbling attempt at an apology (displaying his own lack of sound theology: "God as a thing") and that somewhat made it worse.
https://youtu.be/Fe9Z8GtB08s

By that point, it was a damned if you do or don't position, anyway. People still get p'o'd for their view of it.

I was and remain aghast at seeing all their albums burned, though. What a loss.

Posted by: mindful webworker - yeah yeah yeah goo goo ga joob at January 14, 2026 12:01 AM (HJunf)

264 Did Wings ever produce a song that was better than average?

Jet, Band On The Run, Junior's Farm, Helen Wheels...

Paul without John easily veered into the over commercial
John without Paul easily veered into the under commercial

But if they hadn't split sooner or later there would have been many mediocre at best Beatles albums.

It is the Way Of Rock

Posted by: Azjaeger at January 14, 2026 12:01 AM (3/XaG)

265 Huh, I thought the DUI was old news - turned out, Keister Sutherland did get busted for that a few times, like in 2020. This recent thing is because he assaulted a "rideshare driver" whatever that is.
Posted by: gKWVE at January 13, 2026 11:58 PM (gKWVE)

The ride-share driver quit. he was exuberant.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 14, 2026 12:01 AM (8zz6B)

266 166 163 But, who is driving the 5th beatle?
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Beep bee-eep beep beep beep
Posted by: Herbie at January 13, 2026 11:02 PM (vSvIl)

Fucking Yoko!
Posted by: Gongfarmer at January 13, 2026 11:04 PM (Idisy)

John doing that is what caused the group to off the rails in the first place - Paul, Ringo and Zombie George...

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 14, 2026 12:01 AM (QGaXH)

267 I graduated HS in 78.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 13, 2026 11:02 PM (KDPiq)

Same here!
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 13, 2026 11:19 PM (SRRAx)

👍
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 13, 2026 11:21
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You younguns, by 78 I was 5 yrs out of high school and 1 out of college.

I recall an ONT age reveal several yrs ago. Damn, who was it that posted the early morn news that was always joked about being so old? My old mind fails me at this point. Tho it might be the wine, lol.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at January 14, 2026 12:02 AM (55Qr6)

268 a "rideshare driver" whatever that is.
Posted by: gKWVE

Uber, Lyft, etc.

Nobody ever "shares" them to split fares, but that's the theory behind the name. The Uber app, at least, does have a "share" button on it somewhere. Or it did the last time I used it.

Posted by: mikeski at January 14, 2026 12:03 AM (nhCoE)

269 Hmm Vampliers. They look cool, but I'm not sure I saw anything unique about them because each jaw profile seems to look like profiles I saw on other pliers. These just have a few of them on 1 set of pliers. I guess they would be handy. I would have to torture test them on serious shit to know.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 14, 2026 12:03 AM (snZF9)

270
Shouldn't he be riding a Hoverround around Las Angeles at this point? He's way past 29.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary

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

You might be thinking of his dad, Donald.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at January 14, 2026 12:03 AM (lCaJd)

271 Donald's probably going to outlive that asshole.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 14, 2026 12:06 AM (gKWVE)

272 These just have a few of them on 1 set of pliers. I guess they would be handy. I would have to torture test them on serious shit to know.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 14, 2026 12:03 AM (snZF9)

If vise grips fail, I am drilling it out or grinding off the head.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 14, 2026 12:06 AM (dK+Kv)

273 Nothing more satisfying than blasting about a cigarette butt.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

For some men, nothing improves the aim like a Jane Fonda urinal cake.

Posted by: mindful webworker - the classic at January 14, 2026 12:07 AM (HJunf)

274 Hey Horde, gliding in kind of mellow on a Tuesday night, well it was Tuesday 7 minutes ago.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 14, 2026 12:07 AM (0nHVk)

275 You might be thinking of his dad, Donald.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at January 14, 2026 12:03 AM (lCaJd)

No, I'm just being catty. Keifer Sutherland can't be that much older than I. He was a thing around "The Lost Boys". And then he did 24. But being a drunk fool seems to have stuck.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 14, 2026 12:08 AM (n4Qav)

276 271 Donald's probably going to outlive that asshole.
Posted by: gKWVE at January 14, 2026 12:06 AM (gKWVE)

Donald died in 2024. In this universe.

Posted by: Gongfarmer at January 14, 2026 12:09 AM (Idisy)

277 Big bro stormed into my room one day (back when we were in high school) scowling, grabbed my sneakers & dunked them in the toilet! He threw them back at me with a smirk and stormed off.

WTF? I hadn't done anything to him-- not intentionally, or that I could even think of *possibly* having done unintentionally. He was always such a jerk and I mostly tried to stay away from him.

He accused ME of dunking HIS shoes, and so it was "payback". Turns out that Mom's cat had a UTI or something, and was peeing in his shoes. I had nothing to do with it!

LMFAO.

Posted by: JQ at January 14, 2026 12:10 AM (rdVOm)

278 No, I'm just being catty. Keifer Sutherland can't be that much older than I. He was a thing around "The Lost Boys". And then he did 24. But being a drunk fool seems to have stuck.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 14, 2026 12:08 AM (n4Qav)

Kiefer's mother was the spawn of a deranged Socialist.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 14, 2026 12:11 AM (8zz6B)

279 Vise grips, my Ridgid pipe wrenches, Channellocks, etc. The real problem is if I rebuy them, they'll still be like new when I die and my wife will let them go at a garage sale for $.50 apiece.
Posted by: Tonypete
---

You'll look down at the joy of one finding your left behind and be glad that it belongs to one who appreciates it. Enjoy them now and pass them with no reluctance.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 12:11 AM (48JDT)

280 Donald's probably going to outlive that asshole.
Posted by: gKWVE at January 14, 2026 12:06 AM

Nope.
"Donald Sutherland, a renowned Canadian actor, passed away on June 20, 2024, at the age of 88"

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 14, 2026 12:12 AM (aQEfL)

281 "Star Trek: The Animated Series" is pretty great in blue-ray.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 14, 2026 12:12 AM (CHHv1)

282 speaking of people whose dad would be disappointed in how they turned out... hi raimondo.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 14, 2026 12:12 AM (gKWVE)

283 That welded railing would have turned out much better had the welder used an oxy-acetylene outfit and some flux-coated brazing rod. Get the worl cherry-red to orange hot, so the brazing rod melts on contact, and the molten bronze will wick into the joint, and then you can build a fillet.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Reminds me...
When I am retired in a couple months taking some welding class at the local vo-tech school is on the bucket list.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2026 12:12 AM (/lPRQ)

284 ... democrat leaders to designate trumpsters as domestic terrorist outlaws.
Posted by: raimondo at January 14, 2026 12:10 AM (IkN1A)

How are the demoncrat leaders going to do that when they have all been rounded up and gassed?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 14, 2026 12:13 AM (8zz6B)

285 Had a patient many years ago who had invented a special wrench for shutting off water valves, called the Gordon wrench; he was handing them out as gifts to all of the nurses when he discharged home.

Posted by: Frankie at January 14, 2026 12:14 AM (efx3C)

286 160 I graduated HS in 78.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 13, 2026 11:02 PM (KDPiq)
******
Same here!
Posted by: Teresa
-----
Well, if we're into another "you had ones? all we had were zeros" contest...
I am a godfather to a high school classmate's daughter. She graduated in 1978. I sowed a lot of oats and got married a lot later. #1 son was in 4th grade at the time.

Posted by: buddhaha at January 14, 2026 12:14 AM (lbb+E)

287 Reminds me...
When I am retired in a couple months taking some welding class at the local vo-tech school is on the bucket list.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2026 12:12 AM (/lPRQ)

Welding can be a lot of fun to learn. Fire CAN melt steel!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 14, 2026 12:15 AM (8zz6B)

288 .. as we fell into the sun

Great writing. So much better than
She loves you yeah yeah yeah
She loves you yeah yeah yeah
She loves you yeah yeah yeah
She loves you yeah yeah yeah

Posted by: Fen at January 14, 2026 12:16 AM (ciYHQ)

289 Vampliers sounds like a scy fy flick. Like Sharknado.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 14, 2026 12:18 AM (pkeXY)

290 >>>You'll look down at the joy of one finding your left behind and be glad that it belongs to one who appreciates it. Enjoy them now and pass them with no reluctance.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others

>I've had more tools stolen from me than you can imagine.

No worries, I'm not building a factory in my front yard at this age. It sucks ass, but it's not something to go to jail for. Everybody tells me my shit is old and they still take it, so maybe it's a hint to upgrade. Cocksuckers.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 14, 2026 12:20 AM (BSdIE)

291 I see in the news, according to Joy Reid (pit), White Women are taking the lead in the ICE protests...

Finally an answer to the age-ole question 'hey, whe de white wimmen at...?'

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 14, 2026 12:20 AM (QGaXH)

292 Stolen tools...

*grumble grumble*... yeah, maybe it's not worth going to jail over, but the Revenge Fantasies do linger, yes?

Posted by: JQ at January 14, 2026 12:22 AM (rdVOm)

293 McCartney sure couldn't write sophisticated cogent lyrics like this guy:

https://youtu.be/TlHfvXTOB2k

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 14, 2026 12:23 AM (8zz6B)

294 291 'spit' not 'pit'

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 14, 2026 12:23 AM (QGaXH)

295 Hickory shampoo shortage?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 12:24 AM (9cHSL)

296 291 also - age-old, not age-ole

Did a poor job of proof reading that one....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 14, 2026 12:25 AM (QGaXH)

297 as we fell into the sun
----
Beat Disaster Area by a couple centuries.

Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 12:26 AM (OaZlZ)

298 "That was an awesome song, indeed."
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January

When I was 6, my best friend and I did a play to that song. On a makeshift stage his father built in the backyard. Remember those little peddle powered cars? We crashed them into each other at the "let die" mark. To an audience of his teenage sister and her friends who thought we were the cutest thing. Ah glory days.

Posted by: Fen at January 14, 2026 12:27 AM (ciYHQ)

299 Hi, Debby! You still here?

Posted by: JQ at January 14, 2026 12:28 AM (rdVOm)

300 Welding can be a lot of fun to learn. Fire CAN melt steel!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

I got a MIG welder welder a couple years ago to repair a mower deck but need more practice. It was cheaper than buying a new deck. Welds were.... Marginal.

Thread got me thinking I wanted to get a set of tanks and torch for brazing too.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2026 12:28 AM (/lPRQ)

301 speaking of people whose dad would be disappointed in how they turned out... hi raimondo.
Posted by: gKWVE at January 14, 2026 12:12 AM (gKWVE)

When the mom's pulling a train, 'dad' is a mystery.

Posted by: RickZ at January 14, 2026 12:29 AM (gKDq2)

302 I am not, but I have always been fascinated in language and how they evolved. If it had not been for the Normans, English and Dutch would be very similar
Posted by: Kindltot at January 13, 2026 11:43

Yes indeed, that is an interesting field. Dutch and some versions of German are very related to English.

I met a young man from Cornwall and he was very proud he knew some Cornish. It was almost extinguished but there is a bit of revival today.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at January 14, 2026 12:30 AM (55Qr6)

303 Hubby has a wire-feed setup & late BF left me a gas setup... I should learn how to weld. Someday.

Posted by: JQ at January 14, 2026 12:32 AM (rdVOm)

304 If vise grips fail, I am drilling it out or grinding off the head.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 14, 2026 12:06 AM (dK+Kv)

Man, no shit. Usually different vice grips will do the job. When they quit you're fucked.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 14, 2026 12:32 AM (snZF9)

305 I recall an ONT age reveal several yrs ago. Damn, who was it that posted the early morn news that was always joked about being so old? My old mind fails me at this point. Tho it might be the wine, lol.
Posted by: Farmer

That was the (unlisted) absent friend, Vic.
Young Vic pic
https://bit.ly/3NsOXRg

I had his obituary around here somewhere.

Posted by: mindful webworker - the classic at January 14, 2026 12:33 AM (HJunf)

306 AOP, congrats on the war on weeds, in the springtime I really enjoy attempting to eradicate weeds, they always win, although last summer one of my sons put the fear in them.

Farmer, if you are still around, you and I are of the same vintage, I hope that you and Jules are doing well.

JQ, you make me laugh so hard sometimes, thank you. You aren't by any chance tending the bar tonight are you?

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 14, 2026 12:33 AM (0nHVk)

307
D2

IYKYK

Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 12:33 AM (E0p3T)

308 *slides glass of Chivas with single perfect ice cube down the bar*

For you, Debby!

Cheers!

Posted by: JQ at January 14, 2026 12:35 AM (rdVOm)

309 Man, no shit. Usually different vice grips will do the job. When they quit you're fucked.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 14, 2026 12:32 AM (snZF9)

Naw. That's when you break out the MIG welder, and weld some sort of "handle" onto the stubborn screw. Gives you some purchase on it, and the heat-cool cycle helps break whatever bond (rust, galling, glue, etc.) that has made it seize in the hole. If "handle" breaks off, rinse and repeat. Multiple heat-cool cycles work wonders.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 14, 2026 12:36 AM (8zz6B)

310 The 5th Beatle? You have to play the record backwards to hear him.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 14, 2026 12:37 AM (XeU6L)

311 Ok time for some bourbon. I think I can safely say that if Doof spent the last week at my house he would be cured of his RUSH addiction. I was breaking in and tweaking a new guitar and probably went through 25 rush tunes a few times each for the last week. Its a guitar like lifeson used for some years (the white 355), so it had to be dialed in with Rush. It has the sound, thats for sure, but jesus I think I'm ready for some slayer at this point.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 14, 2026 12:38 AM (snZF9)

312 >>>Stolen tools...

*grumble grumble*... yeah, maybe it's not worth going to jail over, but the Revenge Fantasies do linger, yes?

Posted by: JQ

>You have no idea, or maybe you do.

At some point what are you going to do with $20k of industrial electrician-type work tools in your garage? Most of these thieves have no idea what they're looking at.

$800 fluke multi-meter; are you using it to check a fuse?
$2500 used ridgid pipe threader; where are you going to steal the conduit? Are you making devices to terrorize your neighbors?

Crazy world, crazy people.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 14, 2026 12:40 AM (BSdIE)

313 That was the (unlisted) absent friend, Vic.
Young Vic pic
https://bit.ly/3NsOXRg

I had his obituary around here somewhere.
Posted by: mindful webworker - the classic at January 14, 2026 12:33 AM (HJunf)

He looked happy there.

Posted by: Gongfarmer at January 14, 2026 12:40 AM (Idisy)

314 *3 fingers (it's a school-night after all) of Makers Mark*

Here ya go, Bers!

Posted by: JQ at January 14, 2026 12:41 AM (rdVOm)

315 @IAPolls2022
·
3h
Alabama State House 63 Special Election (100% in)

🟥 Norman Crow - 64.5% ✅
🟦 Judith Taylor - 35.5%

--
@FrankLuntz
·
2h
A Trump+18 district in 2024, which just went GOP+29 in 2026.

Posted by: Methos at January 14, 2026 12:41 AM (vSvIl)

316 Bu bup up Benny and the Jets!

Posted by: Fen at January 14, 2026 12:44 AM (ciYHQ)

317 Naw. That's when you break out the MIG welder, and weld some sort of "handle" onto the stubborn screw. Gives you some purchase on it, and the heat-cool cycle helps break whatever bond (rust, galling, glue, etc.) that has made it seize in the hole. If "handle" breaks off, rinse and repeat. Multiple heat-cool cycles work wonders.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 14, 2026 12:36 AM (8zz6B)

yeah I do that. Sometimes I lay a nut over it and weld the nut to the screw/bolt and then hit it with a socket. Depends on where it is though. Welding near a $4000 paint job on a harley is a no no. If its broken off in the frame you're going drill and extractor, or drill and heli-coil.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 14, 2026 12:44 AM (snZF9)

318 Benny!

Posted by: Fen at January 14, 2026 12:44 AM (ciYHQ)

319 Crazy world, crazy people.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
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The fktards what steal your tools, are NOT planning to use them. Oh, no they're not... They're going to pawn or sell them ASAP for a pittance, just so they can get their Shot In The Arm-- their "fix".

Or? Possibly to sell for bigbux out of area, for what the tools are worth, to "friends in the biz"

Posted by: JQ at January 14, 2026 12:45 AM (rdVOm)

320 Benny!

Benny

and the Jets

Posted by: Fen at January 14, 2026 12:46 AM (ciYHQ)

321 Trump+18 district in 2024, which just went GOP+29 in 2026.

Lotsa people had involuntary bowel movements when some blue states went blue in 2025.
Anyway, don't panic (or get cocky)

Posted by: gKWVE at January 14, 2026 12:46 AM (gKWVE)

322 *3 fingers (it's a school-night after all) of Makers Mark*

Here ya go, Bers!

Posted by: JQ at January 14, 2026 12:41 AM (rdVOm)

Your spidey senses are good. I finished the last of the JD last night and I'm actually drinking makers. When thats done I hit the woodford and all the christmas booze will be vanquished.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 14, 2026 12:46 AM (snZF9)

323 The anti-ICE riots in Minneapolis remind me of the anti-war demonstrations and riots in the 60s. Chicago in 1968 had a huge problem because it hosted the Democratic convention.

One major difference: the police were out in force to preserve order. It was a very difficult job, but it only lasted a couple of weeks

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 14, 2026 12:48 AM (ZZIer)

324 That was the (unlisted) absent friend, Vic.
Young Vic pic
https://bit.ly/3NsOXRg
I had his obituary around here somewhere.
Posted by: mindful webworker - the classic at January 14, 2026 12:33

Yes indeed, I just recalled Vic. He wasn't that much older, think he was b ca 1947-48.

I know there are couple of posters older and proud of it. Makes wonder who are the youngest posting here. I think some posters have kids that have joined in.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at January 14, 2026 12:49 AM (55Qr6)

325 Your spidey senses are good. I finished the last of the JD last night and I'm actually drinking makers. When thats done I hit the woodford and all the christmas booze will be vanquished.
Posted by: Berserker

Working your way up, I see. Though that last step's a tall one.

Posted by: mikeski at January 14, 2026 12:50 AM (nhCoE)

326 Rev. Wishbone----------

I'd wonder about anyone you know, who might've had a clue what your tools were *for* and *worth*

Such things aren't that easy to unload at a pawn shop-- too specialized.

Hope you have photos/records and made a detailed police report.

Posted by: JQ at January 14, 2026 12:51 AM (rdVOm)

327 BENNY!

BENNY AND THE JETS.

At least that's the way I remember it, the second time around. Elton soiled his panties on that one.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 14, 2026 12:52 AM (0nHVk)

328 Working your way up, I see. Though that last step's a tall one.

Posted by: mikeski at January 14, 2026 12:50 AM (nhCoE)

Well, woodford is what I usually drink, so I was saving it for last. It took a month to drink the JD since I only do 1 small glass per night, so at this rate I'm look at somewhere in march to finish it all. Then I get to buy more. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 14, 2026 12:52 AM (snZF9)

329 313 That was the (unlisted) absent friend, Vic.
Young Vic pic
https://bit.ly/3NsOXRg

I had his obituary around here somewhere.
Posted by: mindful webworker - the classic at January 14, 2026 12:33 AM (HJunf)

He looked happy there.
Posted by: Gongfarmer at January 14, 2026 12:40 AM (Idisy

Sweet-looking ride. IIRC he worked on nuclear subs.

Posted by: fly gal at January 14, 2026 12:52 AM (hqWSh)

330 I am not, but I have always been fascinated in language and how they evolved. If it had not been for the Normans, English and Dutch would be very similar
Posted by: Kindltot at January 13, 2026 11:43

Yes indeed, that is an interesting field. Dutch and some versions of German are very related to English.
----------

Recently obtained a copy of 'Poplollies and Bellibones: A Celebration of Lost Words'
Goodreads review:
https://tinyurl.com/r3tbajj3

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 14, 2026 12:53 AM (XeU6L)

331 That was the (unlisted) absent friend, Vic.
Young Vic pic
https://bit.ly/3NsOXRg

I had his obituary around here somewhere.
Posted by: mindful webworker - the classic at January 14, 2026 12:33 AM (HJunf)

He looked happy there.
Posted by: Gongfarmer at January 14, 2026 12:40 AM (Idisy

Sweet-looking ride. IIRC he worked on nuclear subs.

Posted by: fly gal at January 14, 2026 12:52 AM (hqWSh)

Looks like a ford Maverick. I haven't seen one of those in years, and I do a decent amount of cruise nights in the summer.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 14, 2026 12:55 AM (snZF9)

332 I know there are couple of posters older and proud of it. Makes wonder who are the youngest posting here. I think some posters have kids that have joined in.

Posted by: Farmer

I think TJM may be the youngest regular poster.

There's a NY-area lawyer who may be younger, but he hasn't posted recently, and I forget his nic.

Posted by: Gongfarmer at January 14, 2026 12:55 AM (Idisy)

333 Ah, Vic's obit
https://bit.ly/vic-obit

Hm. In less than three months, I'll be older than Vic got to be. 😣

Posted by: mindful webworker - still 29 in my head, and behavior, at January 14, 2026 12:55 AM (HJunf)

334 Did Wings ever produce a song that was better than average?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

I'll throw out there the James Bond movie theme song 'Live And Let Die'.
Posted by: RickZ

album: Venus & Mars ...

Posted by: Adriane the Way Too Cynical Critic . . . at January 14, 2026 12:55 AM (3ZUWJ)

335 One major difference: the police were out in force to preserve order. It was a very difficult job, but it only lasted a couple of weeks
Posted by: JM
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And, they carried nightsticks.

My Army unit was placed on alert, anticipating possible deployment to Chicago

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 14, 2026 12:56 AM (XeU6L)

336 When (the eternal optimist) I hit the lottery, I'm a gonna get me one of those $10k laser welding/cutting rigs.

It's like having a CNC mill and some good store-bought designs, as opposed to spending 20 years learning to be a machinist.

Posted by: buddhaha at January 14, 2026 12:56 AM (lbb+E)

337 Or? Possibly to sell for bigbux out of area,"

Nah, your first guess was right - for the fentynyl fix

Don't know if peeps remember the addict friend I had saved over the summer. He passed away last Thursday, homeless and alone. The last text I got was Tues night begging for $20 for food. Which I ignored. Because it never ends. Well, now it has. And I don't feel at all guilty. His girlfriend was planning on coming back from North Carolina after her parents spent an ungodly amount of money to put her through safe detox. Love ya Chris but your death probably saved her life. Rest in peace.

Fentynyl is a very stupid drug. If you find that someone you care about is using, beat them half to death with a spoon and then get them off the sht. Even if that means replacing their Stupidity with Meth or Heroin.

Posted by: Fen at January 14, 2026 12:56 AM (ciYHQ)

338 Ah, Vic's obit
https://bit.ly/vic-obit

Hm. In less than three months, I'll be older than Vic got to be. 😣

Posted by: mindful webworker - still 29 in my head, and behavior, at January 14, 2026 12:55 AM (HJunf)

Shit, I thought Vic was old enough to grease the blocks during the pyramid building.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 14, 2026 12:57 AM (snZF9)

339 I know there are couple of posters older and proud of it. Makes wonder who are the youngest posting here. I think some posters have kids that have joined in.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at January 14, 2026 12:49 AM (55Qr6)

TJM is in his 30s, so he has most of us 'Younger' people beat.

Thathalfrican is similarly aged to TJM, I think.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 14, 2026 12:58 AM (bss/y)

340 Man, no shit. Usually different vice grips will do the job. When they quit you're fucked.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 14, 2026 12:32 AM (snZF9)

I had the Studebaker Lark out for spin this evening. It ran fine, too. If it had a lawn, TJM would have to get off it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 14, 2026 12:58 AM (8zz6B)

341 Sorry for the death vibe.

Posted by: Fen at January 14, 2026 12:59 AM (ciYHQ)

342 >>>Rev. Wishbone----------

I'd wonder about anyone you know, who might've had a clue what your tools were *for* and *worth*

Such things aren't that easy to unload at a pawn shop-- too specialized.

Hope you have photos/records and made a detailed police report.

Posted by: JQ

>I'm not too concerned. The company knows what I brought to the table when I agreed to sign-on to rebuild their facility. They will pay for my losses.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 14, 2026 12:59 AM (BSdIE)

343 if it's any consolation, Fen, fent deaths are going down since 2024.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 14, 2026 12:59 AM (gKWVE)

344 I am trying to think if anyone else feels particularly young.

We have a tendency to drive people off. Harry Paratestes was maybe early 40s?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 14, 2026 01:00 AM (bss/y)

345 When are you gonna come down?
When are you going to land?
I should have stayed on the farm
I should have listened to my old man

Posted by: Fen at January 14, 2026 01:00 AM (ciYHQ)

346 LOL. I just thought: I might have been younger than TJM when I started commenting (would have read as early as 2004 election, but did not look at comments til about 200

so I would have been 33?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 14, 2026 01:02 AM (bss/y)

347 We have a tendency to drive people off. Harry Paratestes was maybe early 40s?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 14, 2026 01:00 AM (bss/y)
---
He got on people's lawns.

Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 01:02 AM (OaZlZ)

348 Plus, I need to look at stats again when one of the D's posts them. I am fascinated by how many people read but never comment and how many comment like once a week.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 14, 2026 01:03 AM (bss/y)

349 Don't know if peeps remember the addict friend I had saved over the summer. He passed away last Thursday, homeless and alone. The last text I got was Tues night begging for $20 for food. Which I ignored. Because it never ends. Well, now it has. And I don't feel at all guilty. His girlfriend was planning on coming back from North Carolina after her parents spent an ungodly amount of money to put her through safe detox. Love ya Chris but your death probably saved her life. Rest in peace.

Fentynyl is a very stupid drug. If you find that someone you care about is using, beat them half to death with a spoon and then get them off the sht. Even if that means replacing their Stupidity with Meth or Heroin.

Posted by: Fen at January 14, 2026 12:56 AM (ciYHQ)

Thats a bummer. I went through it with a friend a few years ago. He died the same way, homeless and alone. Found him outside of his car behind a barn somewhere. Laid there for a week during a brutal July heatwave. I thought I had him on the road to recovery. I guess not.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 14, 2026 01:03 AM (snZF9)

350 Wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then...

Posted by: Bob Seger at January 14, 2026 01:03 AM (XeU6L)

351 I guess Fen is just going to post Bernie Taupin lyrics.

Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 01:04 AM (OaZlZ)

352 We have a tendency to drive people off. Harry Paratestes was maybe early 40s?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 14, 2026 01:00 AM (bss/

Yeah, that's the young NY-area lawyer I was thinking of. I'm sure he'll resurface eventually.

Posted by: Gongfarmer at January 14, 2026 01:04 AM (Idisy)

353 Farmer, if you are still around, you and I are of the same vintage, I hope that you and Jules are doing well...
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 14, 2026 12:33

Still here Deb. We are surviving, just had a second retinal displacement surgery done.

I'm so saddened Scott Adams just died of prostate cancer. Mine was caught at age 67, so far I'm in remission.

Went in on my own due to frequent urination issues, my doc didn't catch it. Any male over 50 needs to be tested, please.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at January 14, 2026 01:04 AM (55Qr6)

354
Please, Mister, Please
Don't pee B-17

Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 01:05 AM (OaZlZ)

355 Yeah, that's the young NY-area lawyer I was thinking of. I'm sure he'll resurface eventually.
Posted by: Gongfarmer at January 14, 2026 01:04 AM (Idisy)

He got caught in one of the anti-semite witch hunts we do occasionally.

Note: He wasn't anti-semitic. He lived in NYC, I think. He dated exclusively lib women. He SOAKS in lib shit opinions. Same as ace of a time. THAT is what people are keying off of, not the other. Hell, aside from the obvious stormfront bullshit, I think that is what it is all the time.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 14, 2026 01:07 AM (bss/y)

356 Mine was caught at age 67, so far I'm in remission.

Went in on my own due to frequent urination issues, my doc didn't catch it. Any male over 50 needs to be tested, please.

Posted by: Farmer
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Prostate cancer almost seems like a rite of passage among my friends and acquaintances.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 14, 2026 01:07 AM (XeU6L)

357 He got on people's lawns.
Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 01:02 AM (OaZlZ)

We all do eventually. Hell, a few weeks ago this place was like Fight Club. Lots of fisticuffs. People were feeling feisty. The pixels were angry that week, my friend.

Posted by: Gongfarmer at January 14, 2026 01:09 AM (Idisy)

358 But I don't know if Harry caught a ban. He may have just flounced after a couple commenters called him a anti-semite.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 14, 2026 01:09 AM (bss/y)

359 Prostate cancer almost seems like a rite of passage among my friends and acquaintances.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 14, 2026 01:07 AM (XeU6L)

I have been told that if you make it past 70 without getting it, you either won't get it or won't die of it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 14, 2026 01:10 AM (8zz6B)

360 We all do eventually. Hell, a few weeks ago this place was like Fight Club. Lots of fisticuffs. People were feeling feisty. The pixels were angry that week, my friend.
Posted by: Gongfarmer at January 14, 2026 01:09 AM (Idisy)

It was bad what... day before yesterday when n caught it. People are just kind of shit and go into the 'One of Us' spiel too quick.

On the other hand, n is a querulous asshat.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 14, 2026 01:11 AM (bss/y)

361 🎶🎸
Been waiting here a long, long time
Pain and trouble on my mind
You came along and made me see
Oh you lifted me

Shot up everything that my money could buy
Over and over, tryin' to find out why
I was a sinkin' ship on a stormy sea
Oh I found love

I found love in a baby's smile
I found love in an old man's eye
I found love in a lover's kiss

Ooh I found love…

https://youtu.be/ZEEhlcQJsNo

G'nite, and Peace be upon y'all.

Posted by: mindful webworker - clocking out at January 14, 2026 01:11 AM (HJunf)

362 >I'm not too concerned. The company knows what I brought to the table when I agreed to sign-on to rebuild their facility. They will pay for my losses.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
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I'm glad that you will be made whole, Rev. Wishbone. That's a blessing!

Too bad that some %*&)(*&%*@!# caused you the trouble, though. Ugh!

May they electrocute themselves, or at least get *burned* on the sale of your stuff.

Posted by: JQ at January 14, 2026 01:11 AM (rdVOm)

363 Gongfarmer sounds like a new nic for a long-time poster?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 14, 2026 01:11 AM (8zz6B)

364 TJM is in his 30s, so he has most of us 'Younger' people beat.
Thathalfrican is similarly aged to TJM, I think.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

I think I'm probably in the "younger half" of the commentariat, but I'm not in my 30s. Nor 40s.

Posted by: mikeski at January 14, 2026 01:12 AM (nhCoE)

365 Bers, I had friends whose parents bought a Ford Maverick, it was a piece of shit. They bought an engine blanket to assist in starting on cold mornings. One day their oldest kid, a girl, a wonderful girl, made a mistake and started up the car without removing the engine blanket, it was inoperable after that.

Wow, that was a long time ago.

I want to learn a lot of shit before I die, perhaps the learing center is the best place for me.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 14, 2026 01:14 AM (0nHVk)

366 Inogame is younger too, I think. He's on kid... 5?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 14, 2026 01:14 AM (bss/y)

367 it's any consolation, Fen, fent deaths are going down since 2024.
Posted by: gKWVE

Consolation? Not sure, they aren't my people, he was an accidental friend. But I learned alot about the culture from him. Most of the homeless are either insane or have managed to fck over every friend or family member that cared about them. They exist on theft to exist and fund their drug fix. I think I gave this guy and his girl $10k over the summer for food, camping supplies, cell phone bills etc and STILL he was always looking for an angle to rip me off.

I credit Trump for shutting the border down. It sent a shockwave through the homeless addict community in Dallas. Everything suddenly tripled in price. Although I remember a famous quote about another drug epidemic - something about how it ended because it killed all its clients

Posted by: Fen at January 14, 2026 01:15 AM (ciYHQ)

368 On the other hand, n is a querulous asshat.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 14, 2026 01:11 AM (bss/y)

He is a pleasant and charming guy in person, though. He organized the 2017 Vegas MoMee.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 14, 2026 01:15 AM (8zz6B)

369 He is a pleasant and charming guy in person, though. He organized the 2017 Vegas MoMee.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 14, 2026 01:15 AM (8zz6B)

He just caught ace at exactly the wrong time, I think.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 14, 2026 01:16 AM (bss/y)

370 363 Gongfarmer sounds like a new nic for a long-time poster?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 14, 2026 01:11 AM (8zz6B)

Yeah, I made a carting off the dead (lame) joke and just kept it for the evening. Now I can't switch back until a shrill young lass feeds me a canoe.

Posted by: Gongfarmer at January 14, 2026 01:17 AM (Idisy)

371 He is a pleasant and charming guy in person, though. He organized the 2017 Vegas MoMee.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Wouldn't know it from reading his posts here. Always instigating, arguing, looking for a fight. Good riddance.

Posted by: JQ at January 14, 2026 01:18 AM (rdVOm)

372 Yeah, I made a carting off the dead (lame) joke and just kept it for the evening. Now I can't switch back until a shrill young lass feeds me a canoe.
Posted by: Gongfarmer at January 14, 2026 01:17 AM (Idisy)

Makes me think of Tropic Thunder:

*RDJ, in blackface, disguised as a farmer, trying to get into the enemy compound*

Guard: what farm?!

*realizing he's screwed, throws off cloak and stars shooting wildly*

RDJ: I'm a lead farmer, motherfucker!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 14, 2026 01:20 AM (bss/y)

373 I have been told that if you make it past 70 without getting it, you either won't get it or won't die of it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 14, 2026 01:10 AM (8zz6B)

Then I have two things going for me.

No family history of prostate cancer.

In 34 days, I hit your magic number.

Posted by: RickZ at January 14, 2026 01:21 AM (gKDq2)

374 He just caught ace at exactly the wrong time, I think.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Yeah. Wrong time
Ace was actively engaged in the comment thread when n was quarrelling with another regular.... and would not let it go when Ace said to drop it.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2026 01:22 AM (/lPRQ)

375 Speaking of drug addiction, I was at Home Depot today, and was loading stuff into the Suburban, and I see this young girl with truly epic gazongas bouncing around the parking lot. As I was ready to step into the car, she bounced up to me, and handed me a slip of paper. She was soliciting for a Christian residential dry-out camp for addicts. Seemed to be on the level. I gave her ten dollars. Driving away, another gal showed up, could have been her twin sister. Also epic gazongas.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 14, 2026 01:22 AM (8zz6B)

376 >>Most of the homeless are either insane or have managed to fck over every friend or family member that cared about them.
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Fen, you just described every drug-addict, homeless or not, that I was ever acquainted with.

They'd rip off their own widowed mothers! And then deny, deflect, outright lie and fabricate, for sh!t they had *clearly* done themselves. Disgusting.

Posted by: JQ at January 14, 2026 01:22 AM (rdVOm)

377 Seemed to be on the level. I gave her ten dollars. Driving away, another gal showed up, could have been her twin sister. Also epic gazongas.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 14, 2026 01:22 AM (8zz6B)

Nice.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 14, 2026 01:23 AM (bss/y)

378 Yeah, I made a carting off the dead (lame) joke and just kept it for the evening. Now I can't switch back until a shrill young lass feeds me a canoe.
Posted by: Gongfarmer at January 14, 2026 01:17 AM (Idisy)

Oh, Bear with Assymmetrical balls?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 14, 2026 01:24 AM (8zz6B)

379 " just going to post Bernie Taupin lyrics"

Had to look that up. Did not know him. And here I thought EJ was the magician. Oh well, it's always the quiet guy in the back that's the power behind the throne, isn't it?

Players, only love you when they're playing
They say women, they will come and they will go
When the rain washes you clean, you'll know

Posted by: Fen at January 14, 2026 01:24 AM (ciYHQ)

380 Hm. In less than three months, I'll be older than Vic got to be. 😣
Posted by: mindful webworker - still 29 in my head, and behavior, at January 14, 2026 12:55

I knew you were ~~a doddering old fool~~one of the wisest old posters here. Loved your posts for many yrs.

I'm certainly not 70 in my head, no way. And I have no idea who that old man is who keeps showing up in my mirror.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at January 14, 2026 01:24 AM (55Qr6)

381 Si

Posted by: Gongfarmer at January 14, 2026 01:24 AM (Idisy)

382 Seemed to be on the level. I gave her ten dollars. Driving away, another gal showed up, could have been her twin sister. Also epic gazongas.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

You should have asked to get a selfie with both.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2026 01:25 AM (/lPRQ)

383 You should have asked to get a selfie with both.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2026 01:25 AM (/lPRQ)

Both or four?

Posted by: RickZ at January 14, 2026 01:26 AM (gKDq2)

384 ... with all four.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2026 01:26 AM (/lPRQ)

385 Got my GED in 79. Left high school a while before then.

Posted by: JQ at January 14, 2026 01:28 AM (rdVOm)

386 Fen, you just described every drug-addict, homeless or not, that I was ever acquainted with. They'd rip off their own widowed mothers! And then deny, deflect, outright lie and fabricate, for sh!t they had *clearly* done themselves. Disgusting.
Posted by: JQ at Januar

Spot on. I took that to heart whenever my friend would introduce me to one that seemed nice and downtrodden "pssst remember this guy would betray his own mother and likely has". Ironic that the poor are not noble. In some ways they are probably more wretched than the wealthy jackass

Posted by: Fen at January 14, 2026 01:29 AM (ciYHQ)

387 ...I gave her ten dollars. Driving away, another gal showed up, could have been her twin sister. Also epic gazongas.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 14, 2026 01:22

And that Ladies and Gents is AOP. Always a sucker for epic gozongas.

Well truth be told, what Moron isn't? I was breastfed, it just comes naturally.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at January 14, 2026 01:30 AM (55Qr6)

388 >>>I'm glad that you will be made whole, Rev. Wishbone. That's a blessing!

Too bad that some %*&)(*&%*@!# caused you the trouble, though. Ugh!

May they electrocute themselves, or at least get *burned* on the sale of your stuff.

Posted by: JQ

>There is nothing pleasant about getting blasted by 3-phase 480V or 277V. Too many residential journeyman electricians running romex think they can jump into the industrial world, troubleshooting live circuits without there being consequences for them touching live equipment they know nothing about. It can be humorous, also deadly.

Whatever. Roll the dice. I've seen a lot of guys get fucked up.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 14, 2026 01:31 AM (BSdIE)

389 Spot on. I took that to heart whenever my friend would introduce me to one that seemed nice and downtrodden "pssst remember this guy would betray his own mother and likely has". Ironic that the poor are not noble. In some ways they are probably more wretched than the wealthy jackass
Posted by: Fen at January 14, 2026 01:29 AM (ciYHQ)

Addicts are not poor due to circumstance. They are poor because they are failed humans.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 14, 2026 01:32 AM (8zz6B)

390 Wouldn't know it from reading his posts here. Always instigating, arguing, looking for a fight. Good riddance.

Posted by: JQ at January 14, 2026 01:18 AM (rdVOm)

Usually I don't even get involved. I see people making comments that come out of left field and generally I just don't give a shit. I say that a lot, but seriously, I really don't give a shit. I don't even try to find a reason. Not my circus, not my monkeys. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 14, 2026 01:39 AM (snZF9)

391 .I gave her ten dollars. Driving away, another gal showed up, could have been her twin sister. Also epic gazongas.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 14, 2026 01:22

Maybe they were worth 10 a piece, 20 a pair. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 14, 2026 01:41 AM (snZF9)

392 "Addicts are not poor due to circumstance. They are poor because they are failed humans."

The addiction controls them so it's easy to blame that. But I wonder how many were rotten to the core beforehand and are simply self-medicating to forget what they see in their-

Oh. You know time it is? Yes, that's right happy campers!

And I raise my head and stare
Into the eyes of a stranger
I've always known that the mirror never lies
People always turn away
From the eyes of a stranger
Afraid to know what
Lies behind the stare

Is this all that's left
Of my life before me
Straight jacket memories, sedative highs
No happy ending like they've always promised
There's got to be something left for me
And I raise my head and stare
Into the eyes of a stranger

Posted by: Fen at January 14, 2026 01:42 AM (ciYHQ)

393 Maybe they were worth 10 a piece, 20 a pair. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 14, 2026 01:41 AM (snZF9)

20, 20, mumble mumble doIhear30? 30? mumble mumble 25? DoIhear25?

It's a better deal than a strip club.

Posted by: RickZ at January 14, 2026 01:44 AM (gKDq2)

394 Addicts are not poor due to circumstance. They are poor because they are failed humans.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Yep.

There's a housing situation (I forget the feel-good-lie of a name they've given to it) being built in my town. A place for the "homeless" to go and "recover" or whatever. Hopefully there will be drug-testing required for tenancy, but don't know for sure how that'll work out.

I'm not heartless, not at all. It's just that I've been burned *personally* by a couple of these fake "in recovery" a-holes.

You want to believe that somebody is gonna straighten their life out. You want to help the downtrodden. You want to know that you've done the right thing for a fellow human!

Mostly, though? They're scamming. Yet again! Yeah, just clean-up long enough to re-establish some cred, and the cycle starts again.

Look at me! I'm all cleaned up now! Starting a new job next week! Won't you help me buy some clothes/ pay deposit on utilities/ buy this car I found on craigslist?

Posted by: JQ at January 14, 2026 01:44 AM (rdVOm)

395 And now my watch begins.

Good night all. Remember to be kind to each other.

Posted by: Fen at January 14, 2026 01:45 AM (ciYHQ)

396 Usually I don't even get involved. I see people making comments that come out of left field and generally I just don't give a shit. I say that a lot, but seriously, I really don't give a shit. I don't even try to find a reason. Not my circus, not my monkeys. lol
Posted by: Berserker
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Exactly. I declined to engage on a couple of occasions. Most times, just watched the BS unfold. Not a fan.

Posted by: JQ at January 14, 2026 01:47 AM (rdVOm)

397 I used to watch the TV reality show Intervention. I don’t know why it interested me because I absolutely hate these addicts but I guess knowing that they would eventually go to rehab ( 90% of the shows) it was like a surprise ending whether successful or not. I did feel bad when they noted a relapse or death.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 01:48 AM (KDPiq)

398 Look at me! I'm all cleaned up now! Starting a new job next week! Won't you help me buy some clothes/ pay deposit on utilities/ buy this car I found on craigslist?
Posted by: JQ

Damnnn. We could finish each other's sentences on this like a married couple. I'm sorry you had to experience all that. It hardens your heart and no matter how hard you fight that, you'll never be as generous or trusting again to people who actually deserve it. That's what they've really taken from you.

May you always have clear fields of fire

Posted by: Fen at January 14, 2026 01:51 AM (ciYHQ)

399 I am cold about addicts in practice. You can't fix them, and they will destroy you if you try. But from a safe distance, I can feel bad for some of them. I see a fair amount of criminal cases and cases involving termination of parental rights. The things people do to kids, you wouldn't do to test monkeys.

Posted by: Gongfarmer at January 14, 2026 01:52 AM (Idisy)

400
Hello, everyone.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 01:52 AM (Jxa0O)

401 346 LOL. I just thought: I might have been younger than TJM when I started commenting (would have read as early as 2004 election, but did not look at comments til about 200 so I would have been 33?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 14, 2026 01:02 AM

I think that's about the same for me. I started reading the blog around 2004 but I only had a computer at work so I never commented.

Posted by: Moonbeam at January 14, 2026 01:53 AM (rbKZ6)

402 >There is nothing pleasant about getting blasted by 3-phase 480V or 277V. Too many residential journeyman electricians running romex think they can jump into the industrial world, troubleshooting live circuits without there being consequences for them touching live equipment they know nothing about. It can be humorous, also deadly.

Whatever. Roll the dice. I've seen a lot of guys get fucked up.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

My last project, a small industrial plant, not even a footing in the ground and the power company was balking about not having the juice. At issue were a couple of machines which drew 1200A at 480V. Not being a power guy I held my tongue until the fifth meeting on the problem then rose my hand hand pointed out that, I am not a power guy, but do not get why you keeping talking about 1200A when the plans show 800A...
Lead electrical engineer jumped on it, Aha, we have a problem Houston... Kind of a big design issue... Put in my retirement papers. Last I heard power company was going to have to run 32KV on the high side to meet the demand.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2026 01:54 AM (/lPRQ)

403 But I don't know if Harry caught a ban. He may have just flounced after a couple commenters called him a anti-semite.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 14, 2026 01:09 AM (bss/y)

Didn’t know about any of that but not a fan.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 01:54 AM (KDPiq)

404 Hiya Blondie, I am headed off to bed though, non compos mentis.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 14, 2026 01:56 AM (0nHVk)

405 Well, almost midnight here, and I am getting sleepy. Time for a snooze. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 14, 2026 01:57 AM (8zz6B)

406 380 Hm. In less than three months, I'll be older than Vic got to be. 😣
Posted by: mindful webworker - still 29 in my head, and behavior, at January 14, 2026 12:55

It took me a while to catch on to how 29 people were here. Most commenters are seasoned but young at heart. It's one of the real charms here: no one would know how 29 you are unless you say.

Posted by: Gongfarmer at January 14, 2026 01:58 AM (Idisy)

407 I was 41 when I started reading aos.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 01:59 AM (KDPiq)

408 >>It hardens your heart and no matter how hard you fight that, you'll never be as generous or trusting again to people who actually deserve it. That's what they've really taken from you.
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Yeah. They've stolen more than money-- they've stolen my "good nature"!

>>May you always have clear fields of fire
Posted by: Fen
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Heh. You betcha!!!

Posted by: JQ at January 14, 2026 01:59 AM (rdVOm)

409 He is a pleasant and charming guy in person, though. He organized the 2017 Vegas MoMee.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 14, 2026 01:15

Yes that was a blast. Twas great to meet you and Pogo and the others. I had no idea yankeefifth was here as n. I'm slipping in that regard.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at January 14, 2026 02:03 AM (55Qr6)

410 Piss Coordinates - G13

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

You sunk my battleshipt!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 13, 2026 10:27 PM (pkeXY)
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FIFY

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 14, 2026 02:03 AM (xZEBF)

411 >>>Lead electrical engineer jumped on it, Aha, we have a problem Houston... Kind of a big design issue... Put in my retirement papers. Last I heard power company was going to have to run 32KV on the high side to meet the demand.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

>Jesus. We'd have to run 4160V for a few 4000Amp feeds. 32KV sounds like an upgrade somebody didn't know they were pay for.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 14, 2026 02:07 AM (BSdIE)

412 A while ago I had an idea for a thing I called Piss Toys. You piss into an opening on the body of it and a little waterwheel powers something like blinking eyes or waving arms.

It would be a bitch to clean though.

Posted by: pawn at January 14, 2026 02:09 AM (rbIOb)

413 I was 41 when I started reading aos.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 01:59 AM (KDPiq)

I've been reading here for, counts on fingers/toes/ears/teeth/belly button, around 23 years.

Dayum.

Posted by: RickZ at January 14, 2026 02:12 AM (gKDq2)

414 Some airport in Europe started putting a realistic looking porcelain fly right on the sweet spot of their urinals. Immediately there was less urine on the bathroom floors.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 02:12 AM (KDPiq)

415 "I've been reading here for, counts on fingers/toes/ears/teeth/belly button, around 23 years.

Dayum."

It's kind of frightening when you think about it.

Posted by: pawn at January 14, 2026 02:13 AM (rbIOb)

416 Posted by: RickZ at January 14, 2026 02:12 AM (gKDq2)

I think I started in 2002. Could have been 2003.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 02:14 AM (KDPiq)

417 Some airport in Europe started putting a realistic looking porcelain fly right on the sweet spot of their urinals. Immediately there was less urine on the bathroom floors.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 02:12 AM (KDPiq)

Anthony Sullivan here.

The Jane Fonda Urinal Cake will solve all your problems.

Posted by: RickZ at January 14, 2026 02:15 AM (gKDq2)

418 For a long time, I only commented on garden threads, and had been reading for years before I ever worked up the nerve to comment at all. LOL!

Posted by: JQ at January 14, 2026 02:16 AM (rdVOm)

419 >Jesus. We'd have to run 4160V for a few 4000Amp feeds. 32KV sounds like an upgrade somebody didn't know they were pay for.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

Current primary is 13.2KV (?), coordination with power company was supposed to upgrade to the 32KV primary a couple of years ago. Company forgot.
The power company guy did not know that, and then the design issue on the low side... So we had both sides talking past each other. Pointing fingers..
I was new to the engineering team and felt like I was watching a bunch of drunken monkeys trying to put up a circus tent.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2026 02:18 AM (/lPRQ)

420 I think I started in 2002. Could have been 2003.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 02:14 AM (KDPiq)

Back then, I was split between two sites. Then the Great Purge.

I've seen ace change, too.

Years ago, he warned me once on something I wrote. Now he's saying similar things and 'worse'.

Funny world.

Posted by: RickZ at January 14, 2026 02:18 AM (gKDq2)

421 *The Jane Fonda Urinal Cake*

Hahahahahaha!

When I worked at the CPO club, one of the guys brought some of those in, put them in the head. The rest of the guys lined up to "inaugurate" the new devices.

Whew, the language they used... Master Chief ordered a round for the bar! And then they doused that b!tch again.

Posted by: JQ at January 14, 2026 02:20 AM (rdVOm)

422 Anyone remember "yellow cards"?

Posted by: JQ at January 14, 2026 02:21 AM (rdVOm)

423 >>> Back then, I was split between two sites. Then the Great Purge.

The Four Horsemen of the Ablogalypse.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2026 02:21 AM (/lPRQ)

424 For a long time, I only commented on garden threads, and had been reading for years before I ever worked up the nerve to comment at all. LOL!
Posted by: JQ at January 14, 2026 02:16 AM (rdVOm)

I remember I read for a few months before I got up the courage to be humiliated. Now humiliation is part of my daily routine.

Same nick the whole time.

Posted by: RickZ at January 14, 2026 02:23 AM (gKDq2)

425
I think the 12K people killed in Iran is now pretty much verified. And it may be a lot more that. I was seeing low and high numbers, skeptical of the high end, but damn, looks like it's true. Mullah slaughterhouse.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 02:24 AM (w6EFb)

426 For a long time, I only commented on garden threads, and had been reading for years before I ever worked up the nerve to comment at all. LOL!
Posted by: JQ at January 14, 2026 02:16

Same here JQ, I read for ages before ever commenting. All these smart folks can be intimidating, LOL.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at January 14, 2026 02:25 AM (55Qr6)

427 For a long time, I only commented on garden threads, and had been reading for years before I ever worked up the nerve to comment at all. LOL!

Posted by: JQ at January 14, 2026 02:16 AM (rdVOm)

There's a garden thread? lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 14, 2026 02:28 AM (snZF9)

428
I think the 12K people killed in Iran is now pretty much verified. And it may be a lot more that. I was seeing low and high numbers, skeptical of the high end, but damn, looks like it's true. Mullah slaughterhouse.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

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

I suppose 12k killed isn't necessarily a rationale for deposing those bastards because we don't go around saving people from their own leaders so much, but doesn't it seem likely that they'll come back more threatening to America and our allies than ever? I really want to save that revolution.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 02:28 AM (Jxa0O)

429 There's a garden thread? lol
Posted by: Berserker

Useful about 4-5 months out of the year in MN. heh.

Posted by: mikeski at January 14, 2026 02:31 AM (nhCoE)

430 >>>Current primary is 13.2KV (?), coordination with power company was supposed to upgrade to the 32KV primary a couple of years ago. Company forgot.
The power company guy did not know that, and then the design issue on the low side... So we had both sides talking past each other. Pointing fingers..
I was new to the engineering team and felt like I was watching a bunch of drunken monkeys trying to put up a circus tent.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

>12,470V is pretty common here, but I've seen where they're pulling so much load that the overhead power cables got so hot, due too being too light a gauge, that they were sagging into the prairie lands and setting the fields on fire.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 14, 2026 02:31 AM (BSdIE)

431

Islam,

when your life sucks so bad that the only thing that matters is how you die,

Posted by: pawn at January 14, 2026 02:33 AM (rbIOb)

432 The fifth beetle is parked in front of Apple world headquarters at that time.

Posted by: Miflin at January 14, 2026 02:34 AM (aA6YN)

433 >>All these smart folks can be intimidating, LOL.
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Yes indeed, Farmer! Ignorant me & my lowly GED can't offer much in the way of intelligent discourse here.

But, gardening? Well, I've got a little bit to contribute sometimes.

Open threads are my fave. Can either chat or sit back, and have pleasant times.

I love this place! There's something for everyone, even misfits like me.

Posted by: JQ at January 14, 2026 02:37 AM (rdVOm)

434
Getting rid of the mullahs is very much in American interests, no question about it. Iran is the biggest shit-stirrer in the world with Islamo-terrorism.

Getting an Iran/Persia back into decent nation category would be a God-send for global stability.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 02:39 AM (w6EFb)

435 Gardening is important!

You guys with gubs, know how to *defend*--

We gardeners, know how to *grow food*

Both are important to survival.

Posted by: JQ at January 14, 2026 02:44 AM (rdVOm)

436 Prostate cancer almost seems like a rite of passage among my friends and acquaintances.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 14, 2026 01:07 AM (XeU6L)

I have been told that if you make it past 70 without getting it, you either won't get it or won't die of it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 14, 2026 01:10

Yes, it's very common and often it is lived with for yrs before something else kills you.

The initial PSA test is notoriously inaccurate, but further tests give a better picture. Mine was a medium aggressive cancer so at 67 I opted for treatment.

I'm just very very saddened by Scott Adams death at 68. He left an interesting letter professing Christian faith that his widow made public.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at January 14, 2026 02:45 AM (55Qr6)

437 >> >12,470V is pretty common here,

That's the standard distribution line voltage out here with Duke, which I just call 7200V for the phase to neutral.

Duke has its particular "style" of the look of their pole wiring. Other utilities around the general area here in the SC/NC area have different styles.

I was downstate a bit one time, and noticed something looked different. It was Duke, but the "style" looked a bit different. I realized it was the insulators were bigger, and more "bells" where they used those. That was double, 14,400V to ground.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 02:51 AM (w6EFb)

438 My dad succumbed to prostate cancer, after 12 years' battle. He had skipped his annual bone scans after a couple years of remission. Don't know if it would've mattered, really. Bone metastasis is the Big Bad Thing and little can be done but palliative treatment at that point. (???)

Uncle (dad's BiL) survived prostate cancer-- completely. Got his treatment and basically was cured & lived another 40+ years after initial dx.

A co-worker had it too, and when he got bone mets, it was so painful that he took a bottle-full of pills to escape it... Very sad!

Keep your appointments, guys!

Posted by: JQ at January 14, 2026 02:54 AM (rdVOm)

439
Getting rid of the mullahs is very much in American interests, no question about it. Iran is the biggest shit-stirrer in the world with Islamo-terrorism.

Posted by: publius

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All right, fine, I'm not the only one who thinks so. Let's fricking go! (I know, Trump is way ahead of me on this, but where? WHERE?) How many more will have to die?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 02:58 AM (Jxa0O)

440 We gardeners, know how to *grow food*
Both are important to survival.
Posted by: JQ

Glad you're around!

I don't wanna say I have a brown thumb, but I overwatered my Astroturf and killed it.

Posted by: mikeski dangerfield at January 14, 2026 02:59 AM (nhCoE)

441
The 1kV/mile rule of thumb is evident. If reasonably balanced, the line-to-line voltage governs, and so "7200" gets you about 13 miles, which they can push a little more than that.

Down there way out in the country where I noticed the 14400, it was much longer runs. Made perfect sense. It looked weird to me, with the bigger insulators on top of the poles and transformers.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 03:00 AM (w6EFb)

442 >> Let's fricking go! (I know, Trump is way ahead of me on this, but where? WHERE?) How many more will have to die?

I know, we're watching this, and screaming "DO IT!!", take 'em out. But doing this right, and not going in half-cocked takes some careful planning and strategerizing.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 03:02 AM (w6EFb)

443 I don't wanna say I have a brown thumb, but I overwatered my Astroturf and killed it.
Posted by: mikeski dangerfield
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LOL!

Gardening is *all about* trial and error. There is no wrong way-- there's only what works for you, in your climate/ soil/ amount of sunlight/ water availability.

Posted by: JQ at January 14, 2026 03:02 AM (rdVOm)

444 >>>
I was down state a bit one time, and noticed something looked different. It was Duke, but the "style" looked a bit different. I realized it was the insulators were bigger, and more "bells" where they used those. That was double, 14,400V to ground.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb)

>I'm no expert but running overhead or underground aluminum conductors is all good until you need to up the current and then you have an issue with wire gauge and insulation if you need to jack up the voltage. Trial and error always show you way, regardless of what you think you know.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 14, 2026 03:08 AM (BSdIE)

445 Gardening is *all about* trial and error.

Posted by: JQ at January 14, 2026 03:02 AM (rdVOm)

Yeah, the plant's trial due to my error.

Posted by: RickZ at January 14, 2026 03:09 AM (gKDq2)

446 I don't wanna say I have a brown thumb, but I overwatered my Astroturf and killed it.
Posted by: mikeski dangerfield
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LOL!

Gardening is *all about* trial and error. There is no wrong way-- there's only what works for you, in your climate/ soil/ amount of sunlight/ water availability.

Posted by: JQ at January 14, 2026 03:02 AM (rdVOm)

I could kill weeds trying to care for them. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 14, 2026 03:11 AM (snZF9)

447 Also, Isolation is of paramount importance as you well know.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 14, 2026 03:12 AM (BSdIE)

448 I could kill weeds trying to care for them. lol
Posted by: Berserker
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Could you please come to my place and "care" for my weeds?

Hahahahaha

Posted by: JQ at January 14, 2026 03:13 AM (rdVOm)

449
Gardening is *all about* trial and error. There is no wrong way-- there's only what works for you, in your climate/ soil/ amount of sunlight/ water availability.
Posted by: JQ

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For me, it's all about one thing: FAILURE. I can't even grow pumpkins in Southern California.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 03:18 AM (Jxa0O)

450 Mom and both grandmothers were gardeners. It's in my blood!

Sure, I have plenty of failures, but also enough successes to still feel good about what I've done so far.

Time is a huge factor-- it's hard to have a good garden, when working full time and having a busy life-- gardening's not for everyone.

That's why there are people like us!

Posted by: JQ at January 14, 2026 03:21 AM (rdVOm)

451 I could kill weeds trying to care for them. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 14, 2026 03:11 AM (snZF9)

LOL... all I can grow IS weeds.

Literally.

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 14, 2026 03:22 AM (mP0Kj)

452 For me, it's all about one thing: FAILURE. I can't even grow pumpkins in Southern California.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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So? Forget pumpkins! Grow peppers!

Posted by: JQ at January 14, 2026 03:23 AM (rdVOm)

453
So? Forget pumpkins! Grow peppers!
Posted by: JQ

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

Sigh, okay. But I LIKE pumpkins. My mom grows peppers, but I'll never have her thumb.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 03:25 AM (Jxa0O)

454
I see Melissa Gilbert is standing by her man. Also, he was going to be on a Law and order SUV/SVU whatever episode, which they just pulled due to this. Hah, hah.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 03:26 AM (w6EFb)

455 I could kill weeds trying to care for them. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 14, 2026 03:11 AM (snZF9)

LOL... all I can grow IS weeds.

Literally.

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 14, 2026 03:22 AM (mP0Kj)

When I moved here a few years ago I had a lawn service fertilize the lawn and give it it's treatments. The dude before me never did shit with it. He said "its a country yard", meaning it looks good enough without any effort. I should have listened, after the lawn service I had a dust bowl. 3/4 of the lawn was dead and replaced by dirt, because 3/4 of the lawn wasn't grass to start with, so the weed killer killed my weed lawn. It took 2 years to bring it back after seeding the shit out of it, but now its decent. I came to terms with it, its a country yard, don't push it. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 14, 2026 03:31 AM (snZF9)

456 Blonde Morticia, I understand.

Sorry. Was just popping off, LOL.

You like pumpkins, OK... what's happening to them, when you attempt to grow them?

Posted by: JQ at January 14, 2026 03:32 AM (rdVOm)

457 I've been an electrical engineer for 29 years and my first response is, 'lets get this shit right.'

My second response, when people don't want to listen is, 'let's blow some shit up.'

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 14, 2026 03:34 AM (BSdIE)

458 Oh look, its time to get up

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 03:38 AM (Ia/+0)

459 More questions, Blonde Morticia:

Which variety of pumpkin are you trying to grow? There are many from which to choose.

Does your "patch" get at least 6-8 hours of full sun every day, and thorough watering only when the soil dries out?

Are there pests that damage or destroy your crop?

Posted by: JQ at January 14, 2026 03:39 AM (rdVOm)

460
Sorry. Was just popping off, LOL.

You like pumpkins, OK... what's happening to them, when you attempt to grow them?
Posted by: JQ

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Oh, you're fine.

So my pumpkins start to send out vines. The vines make little "bulbs" that are supposed to grow into pumpkins. And then the bulbs stop growing and FALL OFF.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 03:40 AM (Jxa0O)

461
Southern California, my mom's front yard, they get enough sunshine to give you a lifetime of Vitamin D! No pests that I know of, because tons of other plants are growing nearby.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 03:42 AM (Jxa0O)

462
Oh, and they're the sugar pumpkins you make pies out of. In fact, I get the seeds from those pumpkins after I bake the pies.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 03:43 AM (Jxa0O)

463 So my pumpkins start to send out vines. The vines make little "bulbs" that are supposed to grow into pumpkins. And then the bulbs stop growing and FALL OFF.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Could be poor pollination: plant some flowers nearby to encourage pollinators, or use a small brush to apply pollen from flower to flower on your pumpkin plants

Could be high heat: Maybe plant where there will be shade at midday, but good sunlight in morning/evening.

Could be overwatering: Soak well only when soil is dry to depth of an inch or two. Don't plant near where lawn-watering occurs.

Posted by: JQ at January 14, 2026 03:47 AM (rdVOm)

464 Blondie, poor pollination is highest on the list.

Posted by: JQ at January 14, 2026 03:51 AM (rdVOm)

465
I think it's a combo of too much heat and too much water -- I can't control it because the patch is irrigated. They're getting double doses of excess!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 03:54 AM (Jxa0O)

466 Ugh, hit send too soon...

Pumpkins have both male and female flowers. Search for pics... Only the females will produce pumpkins, but must be pollinated by male flowers.

The female flowers are the ones with the little swelling on their stem. Male flowers usually appear first, but the plants will keep producing both as the season progresses.

Posted by: JQ at January 14, 2026 03:57 AM (rdVOm)

467 My GFF grows pumpkins every year & says she must pollinate by hand to get a good crop, even though she has a lot of other flowers.

Those "other flowers" are not near her pumpkin patch, though.

Good luck, Blondie. Try the pollination thing first.

Posted by: JQ at January 14, 2026 04:01 AM (rdVOm)

468 GFF should be BFF, ugh..

Posted by: JQ at January 14, 2026 04:01 AM (rdVOm)

469 PIXY TIME

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 04:03 AM (Ia/+0)

470 Been busy - actually sitting on my ass watching a movie -
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The power company guy did not know that, and then the design issue on the low side... So we had both sides talking past each other. Pointing fingers..
I was new to the engineering team and felt like I was watching a bunch of drunken monkeys trying to put up a circus tent.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
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We had a phrase for those situations in the comm industry:
"Trouble's leaving here fine".
😎

Posted by: buddhaha at January 14, 2026 04:03 AM (lbb+E)

Aussie Animal Rescue Cafe

Yorkshire, England
See it before it's gone

Care to dance?

Progressivism.

How the progressive movement is led by key influencers.

Now he thinks he's a tough guy.

Pygmy possum is just a touch bigger than a cricket.

Fighting on the internet.

Adopting an orphaned bear cub.

Blind cat enjoys the snow.

Milton is cranky.

Baby elephant collects a daily road toll..🐘😅

📹tirthaxozo pic.twitter.com/T3ZNYaRWLg
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) January 11, 2026

I find this less likely than sonic disruptor cannons, but whatever. I like the song.

This restaurant in Bangkok uses ziplines to deliver food to its guests.pic.twitter.com/WEoIQ7BRv6
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) January 13, 2026

The most Australian video you'll see todaypic.twitter.com/Zh6d5AFE7m
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) January 13, 2026

Now throw the ball little human.. 😂 pic.twitter.com/BvmXxPgynM
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) January 13, 2026

Posted by: Ace at 07:30 PM

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1 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at January 13, 2026 07:31 PM (LdBR/)

2
1

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 13, 2026 07:32 PM (t2vGZ)

3 The Shire before Keir Sarumon got through with it.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 13, 2026 07:32 PM (2GVsD)

4
My First has been appropriated!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 13, 2026 07:33 PM (t2vGZ)

5 This restaurant in Bangkok uses ziplines to deliver food to its guests.pic.twitter.com/WEoIQ7BRv6

— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) January 13, 2026

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this is stupid! I don't want my food flying !

Posted by: runner at January 13, 2026 07:33 PM (g47mK)

6 Yorkshire, England

See it before it's ~~gone~~ turned into a Mosque and Mass Graveyard of The Caliphate

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 13, 2026 07:33 PM (IzKeh)

7 do you guys want your food flying???

Posted by: runner at January 13, 2026 07:33 PM (g47mK)

8 A rare bit of good news from the UK today. Starmer has dropped plans to mandate digital ID.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 13, 2026 07:34 PM (viF8m)

9 This restaurant in Bangkok uses ziplines to deliver food to its guests

One night in Bangkok and your food goes flying.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 13, 2026 07:34 PM (2GVsD)

10 All that Aussie family needs is a two or three face-eating spiders and a few box jellyfish in the tub.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 13, 2026 07:35 PM (GTqXr)

11 Piles of rocks. Big deal. Bring on the pudding.

Posted by: Torgo at January 13, 2026 07:35 PM (vFG9F)

12 Torgo will eat the figgy pudding and like it.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 13, 2026 07:36 PM (2GVsD)

13
Got The Big Dummy bathed and groomed today. He's such a good, placid boy.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 13, 2026 07:36 PM (tgvbd)

14 This restaurant in Bangkok uses ziplines to deliver food to its guests.

this is stupid! I don't want my food flying !
Posted by: runner

One night in Bangkok, ordered flying oysters.....

Posted by: mikeski at January 13, 2026 07:37 PM (nhCoE)

15 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at January 13, 2026 07:37 PM (Ia/+0)

16 "You said flying orsters Mr. Deckard!"

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 13, 2026 07:38 PM (2GVsD)

17 This restaurant in Bangkok uses ziplines to deliver food to its guests.

this is stupid! I don't want my food flying !
Posted by: runner

One night in Bangkok, ordered flying oysters.....

Posted by: mikeski at January 13, 2026 07:37 PM (nhCoE)

And a lady? Thai boy? dropped them on your chin . . . .

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 13, 2026 07:38 PM (dK+Kv)

18 Been getting screensavers of pastoral scenes of England. It is Tolkien's Shire. The orcs are coming to scour the Shire, however.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at January 13, 2026 07:39 PM (MZ+PY)

19 >One night in Bangkok, ordered flying oysters.....

Posted by: mikeski at January 13, 2026 07:37 PM (nhCoE)

I get my kicks above the zip line sunshine.

Posted by: Murry Head at January 13, 2026 07:39 PM (GTqXr)

20 Frying flied frood?

Posted by: Torgo at January 13, 2026 07:39 PM (vFG9F)

21 Still bat-free in '26! Outstanding!

Posted by: Penguins, FTW!! at January 13, 2026 07:39 PM (oftw2)

22 It wasn't a lazy fight of it was 98 degrees outside

Posted by: Skip at January 13, 2026 07:40 PM (Ia/+0)

23 The greens we use would not excite you

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 13, 2026 07:40 PM (2GVsD)

24 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 13, 2026 07:40 PM (cYBz/)

25 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 13, 2026 07:41 PM (cYBz/)

26 The paucity of polymorphically perverse penguins is profoundly pleasing, Ace. Thank you!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 13, 2026 07:41 PM (0sNs1)

27 Yorkshire, is that where all the pudding is from?

Posted by: Fine British Cuisine at January 13, 2026 07:41 PM (oftw2)

28 A twofer!!

Posted by: Tonypete at January 13, 2026 07:41 PM (cYBz/)

29 Jack Straw no doubt the Muslims were not happy about that

Posted by: Skip at January 13, 2026 07:41 PM (Ia/+0)

30 What's that smell? No, not me, that other smell. Gag.

Posted by: Torgo at January 13, 2026 07:41 PM (vFG9F)

31
Yorkshire, is that where all the pudding is from?

Posted by: Fine British Cuisine at January 13, 2026 07:41 PM (oftw2)

____________

Roast beef and Yorkshire pudding. Yum.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 13, 2026 07:42 PM (tgvbd)

32 Good evening, horde.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 13, 2026 07:43 PM (zYpTz)

33 I'm really diggin' the tortoise in the stegosaurus cozy!

Posted by: Paco at January 13, 2026 07:43 PM (2L+MU)

34 What's that smell? No, not me, that other smell. Gag.
Posted by: Torgo at January 13, 2026 07:41 PM

Penguins. It's always penguins.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 13, 2026 07:44 PM (0sNs1)

35 I always wanted to visit Australia but, since I learned their population is comprised of weak cowards and everything there is out to kill you, I'll pass.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 13, 2026 07:44 PM (abIsI)

36 Got The Big Dummy bathed and groomed today. He's such a good, placid boy.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Real Dummies are like that...

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 13, 2026 07:44 PM (Mt/k/)

37 No doubt Skip.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 13, 2026 07:44 PM (viF8m)

38 The Babylon Bee
@TheBabylonBee
Supreme Court Justices Bring In Ms. Rachel To Explain Cases To Ketanji Brown Jackson

Posted by: SMOD at January 13, 2026 07:45 PM (GITLP)

39 Real Dummies are like that...
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 13, 2026 07:44 PM

Does that include Lamont?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 13, 2026 07:45 PM (0sNs1)

40 Roast beef and Yorkshire pudding. Yum.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Roast Beef in Britain would cost $50 a pound. That's why they buy Chicken Vindaloo from dirty street vendors. That's only $48 a pound.

Posted by: Empire Is fallen at January 13, 2026 07:45 PM (oftw2)

41 23 The greens we use would not excite you
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 13, 2026 07:40 PM (2GVsD)

Heh

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 13, 2026 07:46 PM (zYpTz)

42 How the progressive movement is led by key influencers.

Shhhhh!!!! Don't reveal one of our primary tools like that!!

Posted by: Big Penguin at January 13, 2026 07:47 PM (BP1u+)

43 Aussie's are the original up-talkers. Something else to hate about them.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 13, 2026 07:47 PM (abIsI)

44 That one night in Bangkok song is one of the few things in adulthood that have made a cynic like me feel naive.

I thought it was just an annoying nerd song about chess.

But Adam Carolla says it's a song about the Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name, and I'll believe it, because that dude knows a whole shitload about music.

I don't get it, and I won't look it up, because I don't want to read about some gross metaphors for sodomy. I'll just stay naive.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 13, 2026 07:47 PM (BI5O2)

45 Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey: "The reason that Minnesota and Minneapolis are being targeted is because you've got a Democratic governor, a Democratic AG, and you've got Democratic mayors!"
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This confirms my assertion earlier in the day that just by having a opposition, when the opposition holds you to your misdeeds, you can simply claim it's *because* you are the opposition.

Notice they weren't lining up to tell us how from top to bottom it was Democrats running everything in connection to Floyd's death.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 07:47 PM (krQz2)

46 Does that include Lamont?
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Don't want to know how *that* big dummy bathes, or how often!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 13, 2026 07:48 PM (Mt/k/)

47 Evening everyone. Had short ribs in veal sauce over papardelle, two glasses of wine, and dessert for $65. Not as bad as I'd feared, but I can't imagine eating out all the time like some. The place was packed.

Remember when old coots would say "Oooh, look at Rockefeller here!" when somebody would toss bills around? Who do we have now to compare to the old guys in top hats swilling gin at the Copa? Bill Gates and his khakis? Please.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 13, 2026 07:49 PM (kpS4V)

48 I spent $700 on a semi-feral cat at the Vet today. On the way home, he had a huge, wet, crap in his carrier. Had to bathe him in the kitchen sink. None of this was fun.
He's not allowed to eat or drink until the morning, but he's begging for food, following me around.

Posted by: I'm Getting a Kookaburra Instead at January 13, 2026 07:49 PM (oftw2)

49 Upper pic, breaks my heart. Family has a long history in Beverley, England.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 13, 2026 07:50 PM (XeU6L)

50 Chicken Vindaloo! Now that is something I would like to find near me.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 13, 2026 07:50 PM (Mt/k/)

51 Ewoks don't really bathe, just lick themselves a bit.

Posted by: Furry Frank at January 13, 2026 07:51 PM (oftw2)

52 Fighting on the internet is a lot like when the senate reconvenes. McConnell, Schumer, just a bunch of yipping and yapping on the taxpayers deck.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 13, 2026 07:51 PM (BSdIE)

53 $65? I hope they served you enough to bring back some for the kitty.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 13, 2026 07:51 PM (2GVsD)

54 Lib heads exploding in 3-2-1...

@JackPosobiec
1h
BREAKING: DOJ opens investigation into Renee Good's wife Becca for actions on day of shooting, ties to militant far-left groups.

Posted by: IrishEi at January 13, 2026 07:52 PM (3ImbR)

55 That one night in Bangkok song is one of the few things in adulthood that have made a cynic like me feel naive.

I thought it was just an annoying nerd song about chess.

But Adam Carolla says it's a song about the Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name, and I'll believe it, because that dude knows a whole shitload about music.

I don't get it, and I won't look it up, because I don't want to read about some gross metaphors for sodomy. I'll just stay naive.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

There is also that other Bangkok song.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 13, 2026 07:52 PM (/lPRQ)

56 I spent $700 on a semi-feral cat at the Vet today. On the way home, he had a huge, wet, crap in his carrier. Had to bathe him in the kitchen sink. None of this was fun.
Posted by: I'm Getting a Kookaburra Instead

Ah yes, now I remember why my pet days are long past.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 13, 2026 07:52 PM (cYBz/)

57 Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
Merry merry king of the bush is he...

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 13, 2026 07:53 PM (kpS4V)

58 53 $65? I hope they served you enough to bring back some for the kitty.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 13, 2026 07:51 PM (2GVsD)
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Oh yeah, two meals worth at least, but the cat isn't getting any.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 13, 2026 07:54 PM (kpS4V)

59 Yup, the islamists bribed Lotho Sackville-Baggins, let him think he's The Chief, and are taking over The Shire.

Traitors were always the cause of downfall in Tolkien's stories.

Posted by: davidt at January 13, 2026 07:55 PM (Q+gd/)

60 Definitely the most Australian video I've seen all day.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 13, 2026 07:56 PM (Wnv9h)

61 Evening Horde. Mr nec and I are picking up a new fur baby on 2/11. We miss Lily beagle and hope this helps to fill what’s missing in our home. I hope we can handle a 13 week old beagle baby. It’s been 10 years since our last adventure in puppy parenting.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 13, 2026 07:57 PM (2NHgQ)

62 Why do so many people think bears are cute?

They are big, ugly, smelly alpha predator death machines with shit stuck to their butts.

I don't know why we allow them to live when we've got the guns.

Posted by: Delurker at January 13, 2026 07:57 PM (gtcuf)

63
Her Majesty has a national club board meeting. Guaranteed bad mood afterwards. I will then have to ask her, "Are you just blowing off steam or do you want my input?"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 13, 2026 07:58 PM (tgvbd)

64 Chicken Vindaloo! Now that is something I would like to find near me.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 13, 2026 07:50 PM (Mt/k/)
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Never had Vindaloo. How does it compare to masala?

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 07:58 PM (krQz2)

65 Evening Horde. Mr nec and I are picking up a new fur baby on 2/11. We miss Lily beagle and hope this helps to fill what’s missing in our home. I hope we can handle a 13 week old beagle baby. It’s been 10 years since our last adventure in puppy parenting.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 13, 2026 07:57 PM (2NHgQ)

Congratulations. Begin puppy proofing the house.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 13, 2026 07:58 PM (dK+Kv)

66
Oh yeah, two meals worth at least, but the cat isn't getting any.
Posted by: All Hail Eris

My MIL and FIL would dine out in their golden years, being old they would only eat half, bring it home, put in fridge, and of course, would forget how long it had been in there. It's amazing they didn't die from food-borne illness.

Posted by: Getting Old Is Not For Sissies at January 13, 2026 07:58 PM (oftw2)

67 Thai restaurant looks fun, but probably a front for involuntary kidney donations.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at January 13, 2026 07:58 PM (8AONa)

68 They are big, ugly, smelly alpha predator death machines with shit stuck to their butts.

Posted by: Delurker

Not if there are rabbits around.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 13, 2026 07:58 PM (cYBz/)

69 I spent $700 on a semi-feral cat at the Vet today. On the way home, he had a huge, wet, crap in his carrier. Had to bathe him in the kitchen sink. None of this was fun.
He's not allowed to eat or drink until the morning, but he's begging for food, following me around.
Posted by: I'm Getting a Kookaburra Instead at January 13, 2026 07:49

You're a good man.

But I've got to one-up you here.

Night 2 of my cross-country move, we stayed at this real dump of an interstate motel in Forrest, AR. Not scary or anything, but not a place you look forward to staying in.

Me, my wife, my brother, a cat & 3 kids in 2 dingy little rooms.

I get out the travel letterbox that she adamantly refused to use at several stops, and release Luna. She bolts out smeared in crap from tail to whiskers, and proceeds to run all over the motel room.

All. OVER.

That was a real pleasant evening, cleaning that dump from stem to stern so I didn't get beat up for the damage.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 13, 2026 07:58 PM (BI5O2)

70
nec,

Congratulations! That's the way to do it. You'll always remember Lily and now you will make new ones.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 13, 2026 07:59 PM (3ek7K)

71 "But Adam Carolla says it's a song about the Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name"

I thought everyone knew that. What else could it be about? How did you get "chess"?

Posted by: fd at January 13, 2026 07:59 PM (vFG9F)

72 Her Majesty has a national club board meeting. Guaranteed bad mood afterwards. I will then have to ask her, "Are you just blowing off steam or do you want my input?"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 13, 2026 07:58 PM (tgvbd)

Tell her she's making a big deal out of nothing. It's a surefire winner.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 13, 2026 07:59 PM (dK+Kv)

73 I will then have to ask her, "Are you just blowing off steam or do you want my input?"
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

You are a very brave man.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 13, 2026 07:59 PM (cYBz/)

74 Merry merry king of the bush is he...

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 13, 2026 07:53 PM (kpS4V)
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Yes. The Paolo knows what that is like.

Posted by: The Paolo at January 13, 2026 07:59 PM (krQz2)

75 "But Adam Carolla says it's a song about the Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name"

I thought everyone knew that. What else could it be about? How did you get "chess"?

Posted by: fd at January 13, 2026 07:59 PM (vFG9F)

He use to play chess after gay sex.

J/K

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 13, 2026 08:00 PM (dK+Kv)

76 "They are big, ugly, smelly alpha predator death machines with shit stuck to their butts."

But enough about ...

Posted by: davidt at January 13, 2026 08:00 PM (Q+gd/)

77 Because "One Night in Bangkok" is one of the songs in the musical Chess.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 13, 2026 08:00 PM (2GVsD)

78 Bangkok needs another song

Posted by: gKWVE at January 13, 2026 08:00 PM (gKWVE)

79
Tell her she's making a big deal out of nothing. It's a surefire winner.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 13, 2026 07:59 PM (dK+Kv)

________

The voice of a divorced man of experience?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 13, 2026 08:00 PM (tgvbd)

80 I thought everyone knew that. What else could it be about? How did you get "chess"?

It's literally from the musical CHESS.

Posted by: Delurker at January 13, 2026 08:00 PM (gtcuf)

81 The voice of a divorced man of experience?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 13, 2026 08:00 PM (tgvbd)

It's funny when it's not happening to you.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 13, 2026 08:01 PM (dK+Kv)

82 >>I don't get it, and I won't look it up, because I don't want to read about some gross metaphors for sodomy. I'll just stay naive.

The last time I was in Thailand my customer provided a driver/interpreter for me. I can bluff my way around a lot of places by Thai is like some martian language.

She, I think, was very pretty. One night she took me to an outdoor restaurant with a friend of hers who was also very pretty. One of the most uncomfortable evenings I've ever had. The two of them kept looking at me and whispering in Thai and giggling and giving me sexy time eyes.

Nope, wouldn't be prudent.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 13, 2026 08:02 PM (viF8m)

83 It's literally from the musical CHESS.

Posted by: Delurker at January 13, 2026 08:00 PM (gtcuf)

Ooh. I take back my "J/K."

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 13, 2026 08:02 PM (dK+Kv)

84 >Tell her she's making a big deal out of nothing. It's a surefire winner.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 13, 2026 07:59 PM (dK+Kv)

Or ask her to make you a sammich, that should calm her down.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 13, 2026 08:02 PM (GTqXr)

85 Night 2 of my cross-country move, we stayed at this real dump of an interstate motel in Forrest, AR.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

I know exactly where you mean. I hope you ate at The Old Sawmill Cafe while there.

I love those old, kinda run down Mom and Pop places.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 13, 2026 08:03 PM (cYBz/)

86 It is Tolkien's Shire. The orcs are coming to scour the Shire, however.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder

Kinda, sorta related. (60 second video)

https://is.gd/cNEnOd

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 13, 2026 08:03 PM (L/fGl)

87 Australian sayings make no sense. There's a saying, "Flat out like a lizard drinking". It means a combination of fast and hard, generally in the context of working. But, are we supposed to understand that lizards drink quickly or aggressively? I mean, we have lizards here and no one in America has a WOW! That car is lizard drinking fast! But it makes sense on the other side of the world.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 13, 2026 08:03 PM (3uBP9)

88 14 One night in Bangkok, ordered flying oysters.....

i'll never be over flying oysters

Posted by: ted stryker at January 13, 2026 08:03 PM (v3pYe)

89 Why do so many people think bears are cute?

They are big, ugly, smelly alpha predator death machines with shit stuck to their butts.

I don't know why we allow them to live when we've got the guns.

If we disposed of them all, we'd be overrun by pic-a-nic baskets.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 13, 2026 08:04 PM (Riz8t)

90 Thanks alot, now I want to break out the two CD set from Chess.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 13, 2026 08:05 PM (2GVsD)

91 Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
Merry merry king of the bush is he...
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes

Laugh, kookaburra, laugh, kookaburra, gay your life must be.

Ahhhh, we sang that song in Girl Scouts when I was a little hobbit.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at January 13, 2026 08:05 PM (ftFVW)

92 "Because "One Night in Bangkok" is one of the songs in the musical Chess.
Posted by: Anna Puma"

Oh. Ok. Never heard of it. It doesn't matter though, I know gay when I hear it.

Posted by: fd at January 13, 2026 08:06 PM (vFG9F)

93 50 Chicken Vindaloo! Now that is something I would like to find near me.

beer vindaloo > chicken vindaloo

Posted by: dave lister at January 13, 2026 08:06 PM (v3pYe)

94 And Mr nec and I are going to do a few two day trips around Western MT before we’re back to being puppy parents. The last 4 weeks have been very stressful.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 13, 2026 08:06 PM (2NHgQ)

95 Never had Vindaloo. How does it compare to masala?
Posted by: Axeman

Spicy and hot; no.. really hot.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 13, 2026 08:06 PM (Mt/k/)

96
I know exactly where you mean. I hope you ate at The Old Sawmill Cafe while there.

___________

Her Majesty has stayed at the RV park in Forrest City. And eaten at the Ole Sawmill Café.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 13, 2026 08:07 PM (tgvbd)

97 Because "One Night in Bangkok" is one of the songs in the musical Chess"

And how many other pop songs use "Somerset Maugham"?

Posted by: man at January 13, 2026 08:07 PM (XuXeR)

98 Nope, wouldn't be prudent.
Posted by: JackStraw

But, wise. Very wise.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 13, 2026 08:08 PM (Mt/k/)

99 Saw something saying that the song One Night In Bangkok was originally from a play called Chess.

And at least a chess metaphor runs through the lyrics.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 08:08 PM (krQz2)

100 I mean, we have lizards here and no one in America has a WOW! That car is lizard drinking fast!
------

Hmm. Have you ever met a Hellbender? We have 'em here.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 13, 2026 08:08 PM (XeU6L)

101 there is nothing as expensive as a free kitten

Mine got her dinner and has to go back into her cone-of-shame so she won't dig at the stitches

Posted by: Kindltot at January 13, 2026 08:08 PM (rbvCR)

102 Lotho Sackville-Baggins,"

Nah. That's Clarkson's other farm....

Posted by: man at January 13, 2026 08:09 PM (XuXeR)

103 Never had Vindaloo. How does it compare to masala?
Posted by: Axeman

Spicy and hot; no.. really hot.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 13, 2026 08:06 PM (Mt/k/)
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What about the flavor?

I'm not about heat, I'm about flavor.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 08:10 PM (krQz2)

104 Ooh. I take back my "J/K."
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 13, 2026 08:02 PM (dK+Kv)

Easy there, bigshot. I'm proud to say I've never sat through a musical in my life, and I didn't know there was a musical called "Chess."

But I did watch probably every music video ever aired on MTV at some point, and that video was literally dudes playing chess in a room that was another gigantic chessboard.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 13, 2026 08:10 PM (BI5O2)

105 I don't know why we allow them to live when we've got the guns.
------
*?*

But, but...what other critter would go through my garbage?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 13, 2026 08:10 PM (XeU6L)

106 Ohh, I get it. Chess, like with the Bishop, and the Queen. It all makes sense now.

Posted by: fd at January 13, 2026 08:10 PM (vFG9F)

107 Saw something saying that the song One Night In Bangkok was originally from a play called Chess.

===

Correct!

I get my kicks above the waistline, sunshine !

Posted by: runner at January 13, 2026 08:10 PM (g47mK)

108 The other Bangkok song -

Alex Chilton, Bangkok

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 13, 2026 08:11 PM (/lPRQ)

109 Easy there, bigshot. I'm proud to say I've never sat through a musical in my life, and I didn't know there was a musical called "Chess."

But I did watch probably every music video ever aired on MTV at some point, and that video was literally dudes playing chess in a room that was another gigantic chessboard.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 13, 2026 08:10 PM (BI5O2)

Just goofing. I've seen plenty of musicals. I've never noticed the chess stuff in the video.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 13, 2026 08:11 PM (dK+Kv)

110 And how many other pop songs use "Somerset Maugham"?
Posted by: man

Al Stewart, Life Between the Wars.

The tropic sun is sticky and warm
And it bakes the head of Somerset Maugham
Who is writing a scene of life between the wars

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 13, 2026 08:11 PM (L/fGl)

111 Bears are hairy swine with big claws, big appetites and a surly attitude.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 13, 2026 08:12 PM (BSdIE)

112 I remember back before Glenn Beck decided he was prophet him having a show making fun of his DJ days. It was "Murray Head weekend!" and they played that song so many times during the show. It was funny until all of a sudden it was very annoying.

Posted by: She Hobbit at January 13, 2026 08:12 PM (ftFVW)

113 He mentions "oysters" in ONIB, which the Thai use as slang for a female sex organ.

Where as our most common slang comes from "purse" (not *cat*).

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 08:12 PM (krQz2)

114 It looks like O'Keefe's honey pots got another one. One of Vance's secret service agents spilled everything to try get in a chick's britches. Sad. I bet there's going to be a lot more training and HR computer based training for everyone because of this dude.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 13, 2026 08:12 PM (3uBP9)

115 Ohh, I get it. Chess, like with the Bishop, and the Queen. It all makes sense now.
Posted by: fd at January 13, 2026 08:10 PM (vFG9F)

yep, easy as pie.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 13, 2026 08:13 PM (rbvCR)

116 The Paolo dislikes the banging his cock.

Posted by: The Paolo at January 13, 2026 08:13 PM (krQz2)

117 >>> Yorkshire, England
See it before it's gone

Aww, kind of depressing. Royal Albert Hall will make a great mosque, just remove the seats.

I would be sadly ironic if the Iranian revolution wins, and they get more westernized and their ladies have feee flowing hair again, while England goes full Muslim and all the women have to be veiled.

Posted by: LizLem at January 13, 2026 08:13 PM (gWBY1)

118 there is nothing as expensive as a free kitten

**********

My last teh kitteh adopted me so I didnt get much say in the matter

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at January 13, 2026 08:14 PM (REq0p)

119 It looks like O'Keefe's honey pots got another one. One of Vance's secret service agents spilled everything to try get in a chick's britches. Sad. I bet there's going to be a lot more training and HR computer based training for everyone because of this dude.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 13, 2026 08:12 PM (3uBP9)

It is the sort of situation where you kinda hope there are questions about the oranges and the bath towels.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 13, 2026 08:14 PM (rbvCR)

120 The lyrics also say that you should hope your "queen" is a girl.

So I don't think it's about Thai lady boys, just rampant prostitution Bangkok is known for.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 08:15 PM (krQz2)

121 They'll finally find out how many assholes it takes to fill the Albert Hall.

Posted by: fd at January 13, 2026 08:16 PM (vFG9F)

122 Ketanji 'I'm Not a Biologist' Jackson: "For cisGINGER girls, they can play consistent with their gender identity. For transgender girls, they can't."

-
OK, OK, OK. We were wrong about blonde girls being the stupidest.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 13, 2026 08:17 PM (L/fGl)

123 Hopefully O'Keefe used a really hot chicken.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 13, 2026 08:18 PM (zZu0s)

124 They'll finally find out how many assholes it takes to fill the Albert Hall.
Posted by: fd at January 13, 2026 08:16 PM (vFG9F)
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Don't the Brits have a lot of experience with that?

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 08:18 PM (krQz2)

125 @103

>>I'm not about heat, I'm about flavor.

It's akin to a good jerk sauce, it's got the kitchen sink and then some in terms of flavor.

Lamb Vindaloo is da bomb.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 13, 2026 08:18 PM (XV/Pl)

126 hairy swine with big claws, big appetites and a surly attitude.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

I'm right here you know.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 13, 2026 08:19 PM (gKWVE)

127 >>> 114 It looks like O'Keefe's honey pots got another one. One of Vance's secret service agents spilled everything to try get in a chick's britches. Sad. I

Whoops. Vance has apparently refused to denounce Tucker hating on Trump? Any truth to that?

I get being loyal to a friend. But then there's what Tucker is doing. Being so loyal to someone that hates Trump's hits pings my radar that maybe he's secretly not in our side as I thought.
And I say this as someone very pro JD.

Posted by: LizLem at January 13, 2026 08:19 PM (gWBY1)

128 Oh. Ok. Never heard of it. It doesn't matter though, I know gay when I hear it.
Posted by: fd at January 13, 2026 08:06 PM (vFG9F)

It always set off my gaydar too.

Posted by: Reforger at January 13, 2026 08:19 PM (v8m2L)

129 Wait, I've sat through some musicals before because of opera. But I've hated every opera I've ever sat through and it was purely for obligation that I ever gritted my teeth through one.

Every opera is better without the singing and playacting. Just put a good orchestra in the pit, and good dancers on the stage. No need for all that fruity lily-gilding.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 13, 2026 08:20 PM (BI5O2)

130 Bangkok is the most appropriate named city in the world.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 13, 2026 08:21 PM (KDPiq)

131 There is nothing as expensive as a free kitten.

Our financial guy keeps telling us we won't be able to spend all our money before we die, and I keep telling him we have cats...

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at January 13, 2026 08:21 PM (MZ+PY)

132
Vance has apparently refused to denounce Tucker hating on Trump? Any truth to that?

Posted by: LizLem

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

That happened a few weeks ago, at ??? one of those Republican wing-dings. Very disappointing, maybe some sort of "there are no enemies to the right" thing.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 13, 2026 08:21 PM (Jxa0O)

133 Lamb Vindaloo is da bomb.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 13, 2026 08:18 PM (XV/Pl)
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I'll have to try it. I can handle Indian-level masala.

My waiter gave me an "are you sure" look last time I ordered it.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 08:22 PM (krQz2)

134 And I say this as someone very pro JD.
Posted by: LizLem at January 13, 2026 08:19 PM (gWBY1)

Let not throw Vance out with the bathwater just yet either.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 13, 2026 08:22 PM (zZu0s)

135
Every opera is better without the singing and playacting. Just put a good orchestra in the pit, and good dancers on the stage. No need for all that fruity lily-gilding.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

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

So, what you want is ballet.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 13, 2026 08:22 PM (Jxa0O)

136 Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey: "The reason that Minnesota and Minneapolis are being targeted is because you've got a Democratic governor, a Democratic AG, and you've got Democratic mayors!"

And you have $19 billion dollars in fraud!

Posted by: rickb223 at January 13, 2026 08:22 PM (u/kd+)

137 Vance has apparently refused to denounce Tucker hating on Trump? Any truth to that?

Posted by: LizLem
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Quick! We must denounce Vance and everybody who continues to associate with Vance!

The fate of the world depends on how quick we cut ties!

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 08:23 PM (krQz2)

138 Bangkok is the most appropriate named city in the world.
Posted by: Opinion fact

There is Phuket.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 13, 2026 08:24 PM (/lPRQ)

139 Vance has apparently refused to denounce Tucker hating on Trump? Any truth to that?

*******

That apparently came from lefty blue sky social retard shit, plus Trump recently invited Tucker to lunch, hopefully to throw him a blanket party till he comes to his senses again

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at January 13, 2026 08:24 PM (REq0p)

140 I’ve slept through musicals before. I always tried to sit where my girlfriend could not easily see me while she was on stage.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 13, 2026 08:24 PM (KDPiq)

141 I get being loyal to a friend. But then there's what Tucker is doing. Being so loyal to someone that hates Trump's hits pings my radar that maybe he's secretly not in our side as I thought.
And I say this as someone very pro JD.
Posted by: LizLem at January 13, 2026 08:19 PM (gWBY1)

I'm retired, and someone on the net hours every day... and I have not seen the videos of Tucker dis'ing Trump... not because they are not there, but because I've not looked.

Now... J. D. Vance is Vice President of a VERY VERY busy administration. I kind of doubt he has been paying attention to the Tucker crash and burn.

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 13, 2026 08:24 PM (mP0Kj)

142 So, what you want is ballet.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

And that's not fruity at all.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 13, 2026 08:24 PM (L/fGl)

143
LizLem, here you go:

https://tinyurl.com/4ta82jdx

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 13, 2026 08:24 PM (Jxa0O)

144 Let not throw Vance out with the bathwater just yet either.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 13, 2026 08:22 PM (zZu0s)
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For the good of civilization, I have to denounce you.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 08:24 PM (krQz2)

145 Speaking of "progressive" there's a strategy I can't remember the term for, when they try to make something happen by sort of speaking the thing into existence. For example, the lefties in my life keep talking about how bad the economy and job market are (even though they are improving). Their attempts to cultivate this belief can discourage productive economic activity and thereby actually diminish the economy and job market, proving their point that OrangeManBad.

It's not exactly "self-fulfilling prophecy" but there's a semi-conscious drive to force reality to bend a certain way to serve political ends, even if it is destructive.

Does anyone know the term for this strategy? I've been wracking my brain.

Posted by: Emmie at January 13, 2026 08:25 PM (FMtrg)

146 Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at January 13, 2026 08:26 PM (Ia/+0)

147 Bears are hairy swine with big claws, big appetites and a surly attitude.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

My wife insists men are Bears with furniture.

It tracks. . . .

Posted by: Tonypete at January 13, 2026 08:26 PM (cYBz/)

148 For the good of civilization, I have to denounce you.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 08:24 PM (krQz2)

lol

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 13, 2026 08:26 PM (dK+Kv)

149 Our financial guy keeps telling us we won't be able to spend all our money before we die, and I keep telling him we have cats...
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder

That asshoe doesn't know where to shop.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 13, 2026 08:26 PM (u/kd+)

150 125 Another example would be how the left claims the Trump administration wants to kill Americans and they worked themselves into a lather and got an American killed.

Posted by: Emmie at January 13, 2026 08:26 PM (FMtrg)

151 I don't get it, and I won't look it up, because I don't want to read about some gross metaphors for sodomy. I'll just stay naive.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 13, 2026 07:47 PM

Don't look up "Cleveland Steamer", either. I did, having seen it referenced here. I blame Big Penguin.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 13, 2026 08:27 PM (0sNs1)

152 Does anyone know the term for this strategy? I've been wracking my brain.

Posted by: Emmie at January 13, 2026 08:25 PM (FMtrg)

Wishcasting?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 13, 2026 08:27 PM (dK+Kv)

153 82
'The two of them kept looking at me and whispering in Thai and giggling and giving me sexy time eyes.'

You were almost the guest of honor at a sausage party.
I'm glad you got out before you were their bun.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 13, 2026 08:27 PM (fd80v)

154 Does anyone know the term for this strategy? "

Crazypants leftism

Posted by: fd at January 13, 2026 08:27 PM (vFG9F)

155 So, what you want is ballet.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 13, 2026 08:22 PM (Jxa0O)

Yes, I love ballet very, very much. But symphonies playing great operatic pieces, especially from the interminable Wagner opera, or Peer Gynt or someduch are awesome, too.

Opera is both too busy and too boring, which is a strange combination.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 13, 2026 08:27 PM (BI5O2)

156 Argh. My comment at 150 is referring to my previous comment 145.

Posted by: Emmie at January 13, 2026 08:28 PM (FMtrg)

157 That happened a few weeks ago, at ??? one of those Republican wing-dings. Very disappointing, maybe some sort of "there are no enemies to the right" thing.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 13, 2026 08:21 PM (Jxa0O)

You mean JD (no purity tests) Vance? That one?
Yeah, inconceivable. It is almost as if he is not a flapping rag like Kamala

Posted by: Kindltot at January 13, 2026 08:28 PM (rbvCR)

158 I saw the Natalie Wood West Side Story when I was a kid. Cried when Tony's dead arm falls when they're carrying him away from the scene.

Don't judge me!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 13, 2026 08:28 PM (L/fGl)

159 they try to make something happen by sort of speaking the thing into existence.

**********

Law of Attraction

I hated that new age bullshit with the heat of a thousand suns

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at January 13, 2026 08:28 PM (REq0p)

160 Speaking of "progressive" there's a strategy I can't remember the term for, when they try to make something happen by sort of speaking the thing into existence.
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Manifesting

Posted by: Methos at January 13, 2026 08:29 PM (vSvIl)

161 Bangkok is the most appropriate named city in the world.
Posted by: Opinion fact

There is Phuket.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 13, 2026 08:24 PM

No love for us?

Posted by: Intercourse and Blue Balls, PA at January 13, 2026 08:29 PM (0sNs1)

162 Speaking of "progressive" there's a strategy I can't remember the term for, when they try to make something happen by sort of speaking the thing into existence. For example, the lefties in my life keep talking about how bad the economy and job market are (even though they are improving). Their attempts to cultivate this belief can discourage productive economic activity and thereby actually diminish the economy and job market, proving their point that OrangeManBad.

Posted by: Emmie at January 13, 2026 08:25 PM (FMtrg)
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The economy is actually something that can be affected by perception. The economy is all about perception of the calculation of gain.

Which is how we got into the Carter recession. The government had actually taken to a policy of early intervention when it's indicators suggested that there would be a dip in the economy.

But private observers started using the government actions as a sign that an economic dip was coming and furlough employees and cut back on investment.

It definitely became a self-fulfilling cycle. And then artificial actions in the interest market would not let the interest rates come down to compensate.

So we had stagflation.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 08:30 PM (krQz2)

163 Does anyone know the term for this strategy? I've been wracking my brain.
Posted by: Emmie at January 13, 2026 08:25 PM (FMtrg)

Probably you are thinking of something like this: it is apparently a Soros specialty

James Lindsay

https://tinyurl.com/bdcsebrc

Posted by: Kindltot at January 13, 2026 08:30 PM (rbvCR)

164 Thanks for playing, Comrade Flounder and Fd.
I don't think you have quite hit on it.

Posted by: Emmie at January 13, 2026 08:30 PM (FMtrg)

165 Speaking of "progressive" there's a strategy I can't remember the term for, when they try to make something happen by sort of speaking the thing into existence.
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Manifesting

Posted by: Methos at January 13, 2026 08:29 PM (vSvIl)
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Ah, witchcraft.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 08:31 PM (krQz2)

166 they try to make something happen by sort of speaking the thing into existence.

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The hippies levitated the Pentagon during the Vietnam War.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 13, 2026 08:32 PM (L/fGl)

167 158
'Cried when Tony's dead arm falls when they're carrying him away from the scene.

Don't judge me!'

I don't judge you. Women are naturally sensitive.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 13, 2026 08:33 PM (fd80v)

168 Happy Cafe, friends!

Posted by: Piper at January 13, 2026 08:33 PM (/sySz)

169 Thanks for playing, Comrade Flounder and Fd.
I don't think you have quite hit on it.

Posted by: Emmie at January 13, 2026 08:30 PM (FMtrg)

Read the 163 link. It's closer to what you are getting at.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 13, 2026 08:34 PM (dK+Kv)

170 Manifesting
Posted by: Methos at January 13, 2026 08:29 PM (vSvIl)

I think that is it. "Instantiating" was stuck in my head but I knew that wasn't right.

Thanks, Methos!

Posted by: Emmie at January 13, 2026 08:34 PM (FMtrg)

171 pre-selling the deal
projecting
seeding the zeitgeist
battlespace prep
extended psy-op
setting up the marks

Posted by: Kindltot at January 13, 2026 08:34 PM (rbvCR)

172 "Bangkok is the most appropriate named city in the world."

Morehead City?

Posted by: pawn at January 13, 2026 08:35 PM (rbIOb)

173 Everything I know about "vindaloo" I learned from watching Red Dwarf.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 13, 2026 08:36 PM (ESVrU)

174
I think I know why I hate opera and love ballet, now that i think about it. Ballets are often narrative, but don't have lyrics. The ballet dancers are pure athletes. In combination with professional musicians of high caliber, in a beautiful setting, it's purely sensuous. Just sight and sound in motion together. The lyrics fuck everything up. They're activating the part of my brain I'm trying to turn off for just a little while.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 13, 2026 08:36 PM (BI5O2)

175
There is Phuket.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January

But that is pronounced poo-ket.

Posted by: Piper at January 13, 2026 08:37 PM (/sySz)

176 For the good of civilization, I have to denounce you.
Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 08:24 PM (krQz2)

I understand.

*braces himself*

Do it. Call me a cucker fan. Call me an antisemite. Its for the good of everyone!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 13, 2026 08:37 PM (zZu0s)

177 "Bangkok is the most appropriate named city in the world."

Ummmm. . . . .
Big Beaver PA
Buttzville NJ
Erect NC
Horneytown NC
Lickdale PA
Pleasure Point CA
Spread Eagle WI
Three Way AZ

Posted by: Tonypete at January 13, 2026 08:38 PM (cYBz/)

178 There is Phuket.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January

But that is pronounced poo-ket.
Posted by: Piper at January 13, 2026 08:37 PM (/sySz)
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Sure. And it has a girlfriend in Canada.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 08:39 PM (krQz2)

179 "Bangkok is the most appropriate named city in the world."

Ummmm. . . . .
Big Beaver PA
Buttzville NJ
Erect NC
Horneytown NC
Lickdale PA
Pleasure Point CA
Spread Eagle WI
Three Way AZ
Posted by: Tonypete

Intercourse PA

Posted by: rickb223 at January 13, 2026 08:39 PM (u/kd+)

180 "Bangkok is the most appropriate named city in the world."

Morehead City?
Posted by: pawn at January 13, 2026 08:35 PM (rbIOb)
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You get more for your $20?

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 08:40 PM (krQz2)

181 Kindltot, the "Soros Model" (reflexivity) definitely makes use of people's tendency to try to manifest certain realities.

Thanks, all! That nagging mental question is answered.

Posted by: Emmie at January 13, 2026 08:40 PM (FMtrg)

182 One of the very few things I miss about single life is attending a ballet alone.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 13, 2026 08:41 PM (BI5O2)

183 Don't look up "Cleveland Steamer", either. I did, having seen it referenced here. I blame Big Penguin.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

"Cleveland Steamer"
Almost nasty as "Cincinnati Chili".

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 13, 2026 08:43 PM (/lPRQ)

184 Phookit sounds like it should be a suburb of Glasgow.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 13, 2026 08:43 PM (gKWVE)

185 Least appropriate names? Superior, Wisconsin. Should be Inferior.
Grand Island, Nebraska - Not Grand. Not an Island.

Posted by: Wally at January 13, 2026 08:43 PM (0e5Te)

186 Ballet is a great place to pick up chicks. And spin them around over your head.

Posted by: Mikhail Baryshnikov at January 13, 2026 08:43 PM (vFG9F)

187 Appropriate is the key word.

I don’t think Intercourse , PA is famous for screwing.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 13, 2026 08:44 PM (KDPiq)

188 seeding the zeitgeist

Posted by: Kindltot at January 13, 2026 08:34 PM (rbvCR)

That one was not what was buried in my brain but it's a good descriptor as well.

Horde-sourcing is the best!

Posted by: Emmie at January 13, 2026 08:44 PM (FMtrg)

189 Soros doesn't want Marxism. So he's about as "right wing" as fascists.

He wants the destabilization of Marxists so that the old forms of the past are softened up for reshaping.

He wants to create a society that does not follow a historical narrative, but shapes itself.

He's almost as delusional as Marx, though.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 08:44 PM (krQz2)

190 The Scouring of the Shire was the clean-up after Sauron was defeated (skipped in the movies). The Shire had to be restored too.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 13, 2026 08:45 PM (bIzDl)

191 Closeby to Intercourse are Bird in Hand and Blue Ball. They do have some funny souvenirs and great farmers markets.

Posted by: PA Dutchman at January 13, 2026 08:46 PM (h/O4U)

192 Intercourse PA
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"Oh! intercourse the penguin!!" -- Monty Python "Pepperpot"

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 08:46 PM (krQz2)

193 I once dived into the Firehole River. Cracked my head on the bedrock.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 13, 2026 08:46 PM (BSdIE)

194
Well, we're not shy about badmouthing Cucker Qatarlson, why should our leaders pussy-foot around him?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 13, 2026 08:46 PM (Jxa0O)

195 Intercourse PA

Posted by: rickb223 at January 13, 2026 08:39 PM (u/kd+)
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Spoken like a New Yorker, with a modicum of class.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 08:47 PM (krQz2)

196
Least appropriate names? Superior, Wisconsin. Should be Inferior.
Grand Island, Nebraska - Not Grand. Not an Island.
Posted by: Wally

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Los Angeles, California. Should be Los Diablos.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 13, 2026 08:47 PM (Jxa0O)

197 Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 13, 2026 08:46 PM (Jxa0O)

Did you see the interview with VDH where some of Tuckers recent statements were read off to him and he seemed genuinely at a loss?

Mental status change territory. I am not sure what the hell is going on, but when I have seen something this dramatic in real life it was bipolar disorder combined eith new drug use.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 13, 2026 08:49 PM (zZu0s)

198 One of my old lady cats likes to go out the back door, and then scratch on the front door. She doesn't want to come in most of the time, she is just doorbell ditching me.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 13, 2026 08:50 PM (rbvCR)

199 Intercourse PA

Amish. Lots of Amish. Only missionary position, and only when they're expecting it.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at January 13, 2026 08:51 PM (MZ+PY)

200
Mental status change territory. I am not sure what the hell is going on, but when I have seen something this dramatic in real life it was bipolar disorder combined eith new drug use.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone

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When I saw it, it was the early stage of delusional disorder, which is a form of psychosis.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 13, 2026 08:51 PM (Jxa0O)

201
Fucking, Austria

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 13, 2026 08:52 PM (y9nCu)

202 Well, we're not shy about badmouthing Cucker Qatarlson, why should our leaders pussy-foot around him?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 13, 2026 08:46 PM (Jxa0O)
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Hey, that's other people's thing. That ain't my thing.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 08:52 PM (krQz2)

203 I looked up the musical Chess, and it says here that it's "a political musical thriller with music by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus (of ABBA) and lyrics by Tim Rice, set during the Cold War, that uses a World Chess Championship to explore a love triangle between an American grandmaster, a Soviet grandmaster, and a Hungarian-American woman caught between them....features iconic songs like "One Night in Bangkok".

Hmmm. Sounds suspiciously like a musical written by my cousin, Boone Hunnicutt, called Checkers, which was about two tractor-pull rivals and a female arena announcer. It was held over for a second week at the Stanly County Agri-Civic center, and featured that local hit song, "One Night in Lizard Lick".

Posted by: Paco at January 13, 2026 08:53 PM (2L+MU)

204 186 Ballet is a great place to pick up chicks. And spin them around over your head.
Posted by: Mikhail Baryshnikov at January

I saw Baryshnikov live, oh my stars. I hadn’t even been en pointe yet and I knew I was seeing something incredible. It was mesmerizing, emotional even.

Posted by: Piper at January 13, 2026 08:57 PM (/sySz)

205 Well, we're not shy about badmouthing Cucker Qatarlson, why should our leaders pussy-foot around him?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 13, 2026 08:46 PM (Jxa0O)

Most of the people bad mouthing him only see clips, and clips chosen for them by other people. And no one asks why they got those clips, instead the decide to go into that "seeded zeitgeist"

no one considers that a confusing narrative has been arranged for getting a lot of people to believe something highly actionable that is mostly untrue, and then it has to be sparked, so everyone starts saying the same things.

It is better to be angry about what you understand and have seen, not what has been shown you by people who may have goals far different than what they are claiming.
"Hate Tucker" could very well be a pretext for "control Vance" or even "Make sure John Huntsman is the candidate so we don't have to worry about Vance doing what he says he will do"

Personally I would take listening to Tucker yammer on if the chance was Vance as Pres for 8 more years.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 13, 2026 08:58 PM (rbvCR)

206 Al Stewart had "General Guderian" in his lyrics for Roads to Moscow, which is one of the finest songs ever written.

Posted by: Time Passages at January 13, 2026 08:58 PM (oftw2)

207 Fucking, Austria
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 13, 2026 08:52 PM (y9nCu)
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Didn't they change their name because people kept stealing their sign?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 13, 2026 08:58 PM (ESVrU)

208 Personally I would take listening to Tucker yammer on if the chance was Vance as Pres for 8 more years.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 13, 2026 08:58 PM (rbvCR)

Ill agree on this one.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 13, 2026 09:01 PM (zZu0s)

209 I hope the Department of the Interior has a budget for all the "I-69" signs they'll have to replace up and town Texas

Posted by: gKWVE at January 13, 2026 09:02 PM (gKWVE)

210 I grew up around a lot of fairly incompetent manipulators. It took me a while to figure out why the world never fit afterwards what was claimed to have been done, or what I was told had been needed, but it finally clicked that most of what I was being told was BS to manipulate me into doing things someone else found useful, or covered up a lie someone else told.
It started pissing me off about the time the anti smoking drives started and COVID made me nearly incoherent with rage, daily, because of the lies and emotional manipulation. It makes me unfit for general conversation I am afraid

Anyhow, this ends the Kindltot Group Therapy. Thank you for attending. Please schedule next month's session with the receptionist up front, when you pay.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 13, 2026 09:02 PM (rbvCR)

211 Fucking, Austria
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 13, 2026 08:52 PM (y9nCu)
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You know who else had that opinion?

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 09:03 PM (krQz2)

212 I listened to Ian Carroll on a recent podcast of Tucker.

I actually feel pretty informed on what happened in the Las Vegas shooting.

I have no idea on whether I need to denounce Carroll for other positions he holds.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 09:05 PM (krQz2)

213 Wait til you have to get through Goddam, Kansas

Posted by: anyone driving east of Denver at January 13, 2026 09:05 PM (gKWVE)

214 Ummmm. . . . .
Big Beaver PA
Buttzville NJ
Erect NC
Horneytown NC
Lickdale PA
Pleasure Point CA
Spread Eagle WI
Three Way AZ
Posted by: Tonypete

Intercourse PA
Posted by: rickb223 at January 13, 2026 08:39 PM (u/kd+)

Skinny Dick's Halfway Inn, halfway between Nenana and Fairbanks.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 13, 2026 09:06 PM (6Bc88)

215 You know who else had that opinion?
Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 09:03 PM (krQz2)

The Kingdom of Hungary. How else would Austria be K.u.K.'d?

Posted by: Kindltot at January 13, 2026 09:06 PM (rbvCR)

216 I looked up the musical Chess, and it says here that it's "a political musical thriller with music by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus (of ABBA) and lyrics by Tim Rice, set during the Cold War, that uses a World Chess Championship to explore a love triangle between an American grandmaster, a Soviet grandmaster, and a Hungarian-American woman caught between them....features iconic songs like "One Night in Bangkok".
Posted by: Paco

This is why the folks saying "One Night In Bangkok" is about chess, and the ones saying it's about freaky sex, are both correct.

It's literally a monologue from the guy who's there for the chess tournament, explaining to the degenerates that he is there for the chess, and not the freaky sex.

I don't see you guys rating the kind of 'mate' I'm contemplating.

I'd let you watch, I would invite you, but the queens we use would not excite you.

So, you better go back to your bars, your temples, your massage parlors.....

Posted by: mikeski at January 13, 2026 09:08 PM (nhCoE)

217 When I get enough money to buy my own town, I'm going to get rich off of the signs when I name it "Titsville."

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 13, 2026 09:08 PM (BSdIE)

218 When I get enough money to buy my own town, I'm going to get rich off of the signs when I name it "Titsville."
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

"I'd like two Pickets to Titsburgh please!"

Posted by: Just the punchline at January 13, 2026 09:09 PM (cYBz/)

219 Morehead City?
Posted by: pawn

MN missed when they called theirs "Moorhead."

Because you can drive north from there to Climax.

And then west across the border to Cummings (ND).

Posted by: mikeski at January 13, 2026 09:10 PM (nhCoE)

220 I miss Rush.

RIP.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 13, 2026 09:12 PM (4piHn)

221 But we’d love for your insight rught now.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 13, 2026 09:12 PM (4piHn)

222 Chicken, AK, because they couldn't spell Ptarmigan.

See also Eek, AK.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 13, 2026 09:13 PM (6Bc88)

223 MN missed when they called theirs "Moorhead."
Because you can drive north from there to Climax.
And then west across the border to Cummings (ND).
Posted by: mikeski

There's another little MN town near there called Fertile, leading to the apocryphal newspaper headline, "Fertile Woman Killed in Climax."

Posted by: mikeski at January 13, 2026 09:15 PM (nhCoE)

224 I saw Baryshnikov live, oh my stars. I hadn’t even been en pointe yet and I knew I was seeing something incredible. It was mesmerizing, emotional even.
Posted by: Piper

I always felt that way when watching Dick The Bulldog Brower wrestle.

Posted by: The One Man Riot Squad at January 13, 2026 09:18 PM (oftw2)

225 Goldurn bear's got a couple real good looking girlfriends.
So he's got that going for him anyway.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at January 13, 2026 09:18 PM (zdLoL)

226 I saw Baryshnikov live, oh my stars. I hadn’t even been en pointe yet and I knew I was seeing something incredible. It was mesmerizing, emotional even.
Posted by: Piper

Kind of felt the same way when I saw Pavarotti in recital.

Posted by: Tuna at January 13, 2026 09:19 PM (lJ0H4)

227 This was posted by Richard Grenell on X

I help sneak gays and lesbians out of Iran.

And for the first time EVER, someone has said “I want to wait just a bit”.

There is real hope coming from the inside.

I don’t think you can stop this now.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 13, 2026 09:20 PM (+mUZM)

228 Least appropriate names? Superior, Wisconsin. Should be Inferior.
Grand Island, Nebraska - Not Grand. Not an Island.
Posted by: Wally

Los Angeles, California. Should be Los Diablos.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Saint Paul, MN.

If he knew what was going on there, they'd be getting a Letter.

Posted by: mikeski at January 13, 2026 09:20 PM (nhCoE)

229 I saw Baryshnikov dance in the Nutcracker for the Dallas Balley in the early
80s.

Didn’t know how special it was.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 13, 2026 09:21 PM (paWUw)

230 One of the best town names is Show Low in Arizona.

The origin of the name is just as good as you'd imagine.

Posted by: Splunge at January 13, 2026 09:22 PM (7DKa5)

231 Just announced...........

12' Fly Guy Inflatable Tube Man to assume Office of Governor in the State of Minnesota based upon the fact the Inflatable Man is more competent than the current Governor Timmy "Butthead" Walz...

Posted by: CNN Breaking News at January 13, 2026 09:24 PM (J9q9v)

232 220 I miss Rush.

RIP.
Posted by: nurse ratched

###
Many of us do.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 13, 2026 09:24 PM (2Ez/1)

233 Renee Good’s Spouse Could Be Prosecuted: Legal Analyst

Fox News legal analyst Gregg Jarrett said Monday that the spouse of Renee Good may have committed a crime in connection with a Jan. 7 encounter between Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and Good in Minneapolis that resulted in Good’s death.

https://tinyurl.com/2eabz4fh

Posted by: rickb223 at January 13, 2026 09:25 PM (u/kd+)

234 I have never seen a ballet live. Am I a complete philistine?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 13, 2026 09:26 PM (/+1dw)

235 I saw Hal Holbrook in his solo Broadway show as Mark Twain. He smoked cigars through the whole thing. When the lights went down for the second act, you knew he was coming back because of the puff of smoke from behind the curtain on the side of the stage.

Wonder if you could even do that now.

Posted by: Splunge at January 13, 2026 09:26 PM (7DKa5)

236 I have been to all these places, and they do not live up to the names !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Big Beaver PA
Buttzville NJ
Erect NC
Horneytown NC
Lickdale PA
Pleasure Point CA
Spread Eagle WI
Three Way AZ
Intercourse PA
Skinny Dick's Halfway Inn, halfway between Nenana and Fairbanks.

Posted by: Bill Clinton at January 13, 2026 09:27 PM (J9q9v)

237 Renee Good’s Spouse Could Be Prosecuted: Legal Analyst
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That would be petty as hell. Let her alone.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 13, 2026 09:28 PM (/+1dw)

238 "Renee Good’s Spouse Could Be Prosecuted: Legal Analyst"

Now do the Southside Family Charter School.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 13, 2026 09:29 PM (2Ez/1)

239 Tucker plays the role of Putzi Hanfstaengel at Berchtesgaden, the half German half American half mascot half pet.

Posted by: San Franpsycho - Pahlavi Will Return at January 13, 2026 09:30 PM (RIvkX)

240 Least appropriate names?
Posted by: Wally

Los Angeles, California. Should be Los Diablos.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Saint Paul, MN.
If he knew what was going on there, they'd be getting a Letter.
Posted by: mikeski

There's also the geographically-inappropriate suburb West Saint Paul, which is due south of Saint Paul. But it is west of South Saint Paul.

North Saint Paul isn't much better, being northeast of Saint Paul, but not adjacent to it. Part of Maplewood sits between them.

Posted by: mikeski at January 13, 2026 09:32 PM (nhCoE)

241 I saw Agnes Moorhead keep over 4,000 college kids enthralled for almost two hours doing an interpretive reading. Absolutely fantastic.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 13, 2026 09:32 PM (2WIwB)

242 So apparently Elon f’ed the sense out of that Ashley gal.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 13, 2026 09:33 PM (4y9Oc)

243 Watching a live show from Brooklyn Bowl. In Celebration of Bob Weir. Youtube

Posted by: Bushwick's Dead And Friends at January 13, 2026 09:34 PM (oftw2)

244 Renee Good’s Spouse Could Be Prosecuted: Legal Analyst

Fox News legal analyst Gregg Jarrett said Monday that the spouse of Renee Good may have committed a crime in connection with a Jan. 7 encounter between Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and Good in Minneapolis that resulted in Good’s death.

https://tinyurl.com/2eabz4fh
Posted by: rickb223 at January 13, 2026 09:25 PM (u/kd+)
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She is culpable at least of involuntary manslaughter

Posted by: San Franpsycho - Pahlavi Will Return at January 13, 2026 09:34 PM (RIvkX)

245 In the last year of his life Charles nelson Reilly did an one-man show. Saw it on Youtube and was very good. He had some surprising friends, Burt Reynolds, Julie Harris.

Posted by: The Life Of Reilly at January 13, 2026 09:36 PM (oftw2)

246 Seattle is perfectly named. It's named for a native tribal chief that would lead raids on other tribes for women and slaves. Probably why they put the U of Washington there. One look at the cheerleaders and raiders would go home.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 13, 2026 09:38 PM (2WIwB)

247 Amish. Lots of Amish. Only missionary position, and only when they're expecting it.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder
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We all rag on the goat-schtuppers for being inbred, but the Amish are having their own genetic problems. Unlike the deliberate cousin marriage shit practiced in the Muslim cultures for economic reasons, the Plain folks (Mennonites, etc) recognize the peril, but are in this position because of community size. They try to arrange marriages from other, physically distant Amish communities, but, even so, they have a very large number of recessive diseases.

Posted by: buddhaha at January 13, 2026 09:42 PM (lbb+E)

248 LOL. Carol Burnett Show.

Carol's character - Pepper Grinder. That would be a good stripper name.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 13, 2026 09:43 PM (u/kd+)

249 Seattle is perfectly named. It's named for a native tribal chief that would lead raids on other tribes for women and slaves. Probably why they put the U of Washington there. One look at the cheerleaders and raiders would go home.
Posted by: Diogenes

Husky chicks.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 13, 2026 09:44 PM (NGvkg)

250
I saw Baryshnikov dance in the Nutcracker for the Dallas Balley in the early
80s.

Didn’t know how special it was.
Posted by: nurse ratched

===========

Wow. Do you remember who danced Clara? Gelsey Kirkland perchance?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 13, 2026 09:44 PM (Jxa0O)

251 > Renee Good’s Spouse Could Be Prosecuted: Legal Analyst
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Eh... prosecute the others who where there too, including her. And shoot the dog. Since I'm feeling belligerent, put the kids in a home too. Repo all the vehicles. Climb so far up everyone's ass they choke. And anyone who bitches about it gets a week in jail. Just because.

That's my light touch.

What they'd do is 100x worse. I'd like a head start.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 13, 2026 09:45 PM (NwnyJ)

252 Renee Good’s Spouse Could Be Prosecuted: Legal Analyst
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That would be petty as hell. Let her alone.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

That's not petty. "Drive baby, drive!"

Posted by: rickb223 at January 13, 2026 09:45 PM (u/kd+)

253
I looked up the musical Chess, and it says here that it's "a political musical thriller with music by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus (of ABBA) and lyrics by Tim Rice, set during the Cold War, that uses a World Chess Championship to explore a love triangle between an American grandmaster, a Soviet grandmaster, and a Hungarian-American woman caught between them....features iconic songs like "One Night in Bangkok".

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I heard a bunch of that music by the original Broadway stars. Yikes, there were some horrid singers. I mean by any objective measure, they were awful. It surprised me.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 13, 2026 09:47 PM (Jxa0O)

254 Renee Good’s Spouse Could Be Prosecuted: Legal Analyst
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That would be petty as hell. Let her alone.
Posted by: Huck Follywood
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Disagree. It wouldn't be petty, unless you consider a couple of years in jail petty.
Why do you think the left pulls all this harassment shit on anyone they oppose? Because they get away with it.
There's this French phrase: "pour encourager les autres".

Posted by: buddhaha at January 13, 2026 09:50 PM (lbb+E)

255 That's not petty. "Drive baby, drive!"
Posted by: rickb223 at January 13, 2026 09:45 PM (u/kd+)

Drive baby drive!

Then

Why did you have real bullets?!

This is Darwin I action but it is so fucked up. Rubber bullets, just would nkt draw down on a white woman? I dunno.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 13, 2026 09:52 PM (zZu0s)

256 254 Renee Good’s Spouse Could Be Prosecuted: Legal Analyst
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That would be petty as hell. Let her alone.
Posted by: Huck Follywood
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Disagree. It wouldn't be petty, unless you consider a couple of years in jail petty.
Why do you think the left pulls all this harassment shit on anyone they oppose? Because they get away with it.
There's this French phrase: "pour encourager les autres".
Posted by: buddhaha at January 13, 2026 09:50 PM (lbb+E)

She could probably be charged for obstruction, accessory to obstruction, accessory to fleeing and eluding, accessory to attempted vehicular homicide, and probably a couple more things I haven't thought of. Stack the charges sky high then offer a plea to get her to flip on the larger criminal conspiracy in which she's involved. Start rolling these fuckers up.

Posted by: They aren't protestors they're a criminal enterprise at January 13, 2026 09:54 PM (TbWk/)

257 252 Renee Good’s Spouse Could Be Prosecuted: Legal Analyst
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The woman intended to commit a crime(s) and by her actions contributed to a death. The death will likely be ruled justifiable homicide, so her actions can be seen as negligent homicide or up to felony murder.

Posted by: clarence at January 13, 2026 09:56 PM (XlNvn)

258 One of the best town names is Show Low in Arizona.
The origin of the name is just as good as you'd imagine.
Posted by: Splunge
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When we have visitors, I always drive there and show them the bronze statuary commemorating the event. It's right on the main drag, which is also.named in commemoration.

Posted by: buddhaha at January 13, 2026 09:56 PM (lbb+E)

259 And supposedly she said 'it's my fault.'

Hmmm.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 13, 2026 09:57 PM (zZu0s)

260 Any moment now.

Posted by: mindful webworker - because at January 13, 2026 09:58 PM (HJunf)

261
Prosecuting Renee Good's nasty 'wife' would save other idiots from jail time and death, and protect federal agents from attack.

This is the purpose of making examples.

Posted by: Alec Baldwin at January 13, 2026 10:00 PM (VWtfl)

262 Push the button, Max!

Posted by: clarence at January 13, 2026 10:02 PM (XlNvn)

263 Barbecue Pringles are the devils catnip.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 13, 2026 10:02 PM (XV/Pl)

264 217 When I get enough money to buy my own town, I'm going to get rich off of the signs when I name it "Titsville."
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 13, 2026 09:08 PM (BSdIE)

Titusville, PA. Just buy a vowel.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at January 13, 2026 10:05 PM (MZ+PY)

265 Petty? Someone died because of that stupid bitch's actions and instigation.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 13, 2026 10:06 PM (XMwZJ)

266 So there's a musical called Chess (that I've never heard of), and it's about gay sex? Makes sense...

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 13, 2026 10:08 PM (XMwZJ)

267 Then

Why did you have real bullets?!

This is Darwin I action but it is so fucked up. Rubber bullets, just would nkt draw down on a white woman? I dunno.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

These idiots are LARP'ing. They think this is a game. No, sugartits. This is the big leagues where people play for keeps.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 13, 2026 10:11 PM (u/kd+)

268 265 Petty? Someone died because of that stupid bitch's actions and instigation.

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True but to be fair, look who it was.

Subaru may have lost a sale or two, but the rest of society is better off.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 13, 2026 10:11 PM (+HNx/)

269 So there's a musical called Chess (that I've never heard of), and it's about gay sex?
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent

Yes, but no more so than any other musical.

Posted by: mikeski at January 13, 2026 10:12 PM (nhCoE)

270 Ain' nobody got time fer dis

Posted by: mindful webworker - because at January 13, 2026 10:12 PM (HJunf)

271 But its not Monday is it?

Posted by: San Franpsycho - Pahlavi Will Return at January 13, 2026 10:13 PM (RIvkX)

272 ONT

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 13, 2026 10:16 PM (n4Qav)

273 >>>This is the purpose of making examples.

Posted by: Alec Baldwin

>Yes, this is because 'actors' should be using real hardware instead of 'props' with live rounds in a play acting set without clearing the 'prop' of all potential hazards. Nice job, fuckface.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 13, 2026 10:16 PM (BSdIE)

274
Renee Good's nasty tough guy 'wife' is reportedly a child abuser who has previously burned Good's son with a cigarette. I hope the child is separated from her immediately, to prevent psychotic child abuse with the themes "it should have been you" and "a man killed her."

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 13, 2026 10:17 PM (azNOR)

275 Went out for supper
Just got back
Are we done with Iran?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 13, 2026 10:21 PM (48JDT)

276 @268 Yep.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 13, 2026 10:24 PM (XMwZJ)

277 Ace...lovely photo of Yorkshire. Where some of my ancestors were from. One had a sheep farm and is in the Domesday Book. Which muzzies will probably destroy.

Others have their names in stone at Westminster Abbey, and I surely hope they don't burn it like they did Notre Dame.

I've been to both many times and each visit am more amazed at the art and architecture. You can't take it all in with one visit.

The only full burka I saw was in a drugstore in York. She would not meet my eyes,and for reasons unknown I wanted her to meet the green lasers.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 13, 2026 11:36 PM (WONhk)

278 "Soros doesn't want Marxism. So he's about as "right wing" as fascists. He wants the destabilization of Marxists so that the old forms of the past are softened up for reshaping. He wants to create a society that does not follow a historical narrative, but shapes itself."

The fcking audacity. He doesn't possess even a hint of the wisdom necessary to achieve that. All he's going to do is unleash forces he doesn't understand and can't control. Western Civ should kill him in self-defense

Posted by: Fen at January 14, 2026 12:01 AM (ciYHQ)

279 "That would be petty as hell. Let her alone."

And this is why the Right will lose. Too many value Dignity more than Liberty.

The Left is play-testing how to enslave us and we're giving them infinite respawns.

Posted by: Fen at January 14, 2026 12:11 AM (ciYHQ)

Trump Says He'll End All Federal Payments to Sanctuary Cities

Until a Lowly District Judge once again asserts her authority of Supreme Overlord of the United States.

President Donald Trump announced Tuesday during a speech in Detroit that his administration will cease federal payments to sanctuary cities and states starting next month amid pushback over his immigration policies.
...
Trump made the declaration during a speech at the Detroit Economic Club, where he also claimed that the United States is at the beginning of an economic boom under his administration.
"Starting Feb. 1, we're not making any payments to sanctuary cities or states having sanctuary cities because they do everything possible to protect criminals at the expense of American citizens," Trump said. "And it breeds fraud and crime and all the other problems that come. So we're not making any payment to anybody that supports sanctuary."

He also said he'd denaturalize foreign-born criminals.

Trump is also calling for Kash Patel to fire all of the seditious FBI agents involved in the "Arctic Frost" prosecutions of Republicans for the crime of opposing the Democrat Party.

President Trump is publicly demanding a housecleaning at the FBI, calling on Director Kash Patel to remove agents after reacting to a Just the News report detailing how a former senior bureau official helped push the Arctic Frost investigation targeting Trump, Republican organizations, and elected conservatives.
In a Truth Social post responding to the article, Trump accused FBI personnel involved in the probe of abusing their authority and urged Patel to act immediately, framing the episode as another example of federal law enforcement being turned against political opponents under prior Democrat leadership.
The Just the News report summarizes congressional materials and internal FBI communications related to Arctic Frost, an inquiry that began as a January 6--related investigation but later expanded well beyond the Capitol riot. According to the documents, the probe ultimately placed Trump himself -- along with major conservative groups and GOP officeholders -- under scrutiny, even as agents acknowledged internally that there was no direct evidence tying Trump to criminal conduct.
Records released by Chuck Grassley identify then--FBI Assistant Special Agent in Charge Timothy Thibault as a key figure in driving that expansion. Internal emails show Thibault circulating left-leaning media articles, opinion pieces, and podcasts to colleagues as justification for escalating the probe, while privately conceding the evidentiary basis involving Trump was weak.
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Emails reviewed by lawmakers show Thibault pressing colleagues to include "DJT" in Arctic Frost's launch paperwork and encouraging the use of open-source material and human intelligence to justify the probe after the fact.
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The scope of Arctic Frost extended beyond Trump. Congressional materials cited in the reporting show the probe widened to include major conservative institutions, including the Republican National Committee, the Republican Attorneys General Association, and Turning Point USA, founded by Charlie Kirk.
Patel has since confirmed that his internal review uncovered extensive surveillance and data collection involving elected officials -- eight Republican senators and one congressman -- with records stored in a restricted FBI cyber vault requiring top-level authorization. Patel testified that he located the materials, terminated agents involved, and dismantled CR-15, the Washington Field Office's public corruption unit, which he described as the center of politically motivated misconduct within the bureau.

Posted by: Ace at 06:30 PM

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1 Good news

Posted by: It's me donna at January 13, 2026 06:34 PM (VE6XX)

2 SPONGE!

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 13, 2026 06:35 PM (xcxpd)

3
Oh, please let this happen.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 13, 2026 06:35 PM (iJfKG)

4 oh my!

Posted by: DanMan at January 13, 2026 06:35 PM (8uzBS)

5 And again, why hasn't Patel already fired these rats?
Why does he need Trump to tell him what he should be doing?

Weak sister.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 13, 2026 06:35 PM (xcxpd)

6 L A mayor bass will double down on the sanctuary shite.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 13, 2026 06:35 PM (Kt19C)

7 Well, sanctuary cities have declared themselves not subject to federal laws.

Posted by: huerfano at January 13, 2026 06:36 PM (98kQX)

8 "Starting Feb. 1, we're not making any payments to sanctuary cities or states having sanctuary cities because they do everything possible to protect criminals at the expense of American citizens,"

you hear that Austin? get in line or get lit up!

Posted by: DanMan at January 13, 2026 06:37 PM (8uzBS)

9 Pretty sure payments are guaranteed in the constitution or something.

Posted by: Judge kamalamakadingdong at January 13, 2026 06:37 PM (/6GbT)

10 Trump Says He'll End All Federal Payments to Sanctuary Cities
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He finally read my memo.
Next do the remaining blue cities
if there are any.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 13, 2026 06:38 PM (48JDT)

11 Weak sister.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 13, 2026 06:35 PM (xcxpd)

I was going to say maybe they wanted to make a big deal of it, but they could have after the fact as well.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 13, 2026 06:38 PM (zZu0s)

12 Kash Patel ? LOL

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 13, 2026 06:39 PM (abIsI)

13 Slow start.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 13, 2026 06:42 PM (zZu0s)

14 This, um, is inconstutootional.

Posted by: Justice Cisginger at January 13, 2026 06:42 PM (qUkBO)

15 I just got a call from Chuck Schumer and hereby declare that Trump must continue Federal Payments to Sanctuary Cities.

Posted by: Anomamous Hawaiian Judge at January 13, 2026 06:43 PM (J9q9v)

16 Many need a dip in a nice warm volcano bath.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 13, 2026 06:43 PM (snZF9)

17 So is Senator Kelly going to lecture FBI agents that they can refuse to obey illegal orders from Kash?

Posted by: torabora at January 13, 2026 06:43 PM (P0I39)

18 they're prolly picking through the ashes in the bowl

Posted by: DanMan at January 13, 2026 06:43 PM (8uzBS)

19 What was Watergate again?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 13, 2026 06:43 PM (zZu0s)

20 Until a Lowly District Judge once again asserts her authority of Supreme Overlord of the United States.

John Iscariot Roberts could put a stop to that if he wanted to.
He doesn't want to.

Posted by: Delurker at January 13, 2026 06:44 PM (gtcuf)

21 Trump Says He'll End All Federal Payments to Sanctuary Cities
—Ace
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They'll find a judge to say no.

Everything has to go through King Phillip.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 06:44 PM (krQz2)

22 PDT has nothing to lose and is going for the gusto.

Posted by: fd at January 13, 2026 06:44 PM (vFG9F)

23 Oh ... cut the $$ and it's gonna get spicy here in the Windy City!

Too bad the courts will save us all from Trump doing the right thing.

Posted by: YellowBird at January 13, 2026 06:44 PM (MEbkQ)

24 Until a Lowly District Judge once again asserts her authority of Supreme Overlord of the United States.

John Iscariot Roberts could put a stop to that if he wanted to.
He doesn't want to.

Posted by: Delurker at January 13, 2026 06:44 PM (gtcuf)

Mostly because his dick is nothing but a flap to cover his vayjay.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 13, 2026 06:45 PM (snZF9)

25 The President is asking for the barest minimum required if America is to survive.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 13, 2026 06:45 PM (Cjt/F)

26 ****Trump is also calling for Kash Patel to fire all of the seditious FBI agents involved in the "Arctic Frost" prosecutions
****

This is the forever dumb. He has his people doing everyday meat & potatoes jobs we all expect them to do and brags about it.

And then a One Simple Thing we've been expecting since Day One he has to be Ordered to do.

Criminy.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 13, 2026 06:45 PM (48JDT)

27 Don LeMon has a sincere question.

Don Lemon SLAMS conservatives who voted for mass deportations..
“Is this what you voted for MAGA, you fcking idiots…”

-
That's a big 10-4, good buddy.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 13, 2026 06:45 PM (L/fGl)

28 you all already know -- I don't even have to say it

Posted by: Hawaii Judge at January 13, 2026 06:46 PM (jGJov)

29 What was Watergate again?
Posted by: Aetius451AD

It doesn't bother me.

Posted by: Lynyrd Skynyrd at January 13, 2026 06:46 PM (95lhs)

30 I want to remind all Democrats that we have Judges on 24hr/7 day a week on call for your convenience.

Please feel free to call anytime...

Posted by: 1-800-Hawaiian Judge at January 13, 2026 06:46 PM (J9q9v)

31 Blue areas are completely dependent on Uncle Sugar dollars.

If he stops the flow they will comply.

The problem is there will be a legion of judges that will stop him.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 13, 2026 06:46 PM (sKqQm)

32 No EBT.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 13, 2026 06:46 PM (9cHSL)

33 Something is wrong with the President:

@RapidResponse47
·
1h
REPORTER: Do you have a message for the leaders of Iran?

@POTUS
: "The message is they've got to show humanity. They've got a big problem, and I hope they're not going to be killing people... it would seem to me that they have been badly misbehaving, but that is not confirmed."

Posted by: Don Black at January 13, 2026 06:46 PM (ZxPkt)

34 It is as if the Democrats’ plan is to destroy America.

Posted by: Accomack at January 13, 2026 06:47 PM (77Bgk)

35 Yeah, if only these thing remained in the proper place of the executive branch. But district courts have kings and queens, so that usually ends any progress or at least delays it until the next election. This country is boned, I mean they are arguing the definitions of male and female in scotus. Simply having states follow the law ain't gonna be a thing.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 13, 2026 06:47 PM (n5tGW)

36 Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is a dim-witted troll. Why do people have such low standards for what they will allow to run their governments?

Posted by: Crusader at January 13, 2026 06:47 PM (TN0g+)

37 "What was Watergate again?
Posted by: Aetius451AD"

Isn't it a salad with those little marshmallows?

Posted by: fd at January 13, 2026 06:47 PM (vFG9F)

38 17 So is Senator Kelly going to lecture FBI agents that they can refuse to obey illegal orders from Kash?
Posted by: torabora
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Isn't he a rocket man?
They need to tie one on his tail.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 13, 2026 06:48 PM (48JDT)

39 Ms. BarrMcSessions ain't going to do nothing.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 13, 2026 06:48 PM (abIsI)

40 I argued a while back that Trump should be preparing these cases.

Get a friendly resource to launch the first lawsuit against his policies, with a right leaning judge, and make an intentionally bad argument.

So don't ban SF or NYC...ban some blue shit hole in a red state where the people that can sue on their behalf aren't leftwing lunatics...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 13, 2026 06:48 PM (sKqQm)

41 Fish or cut bait, Kash.

Posted by: Eromero at January 13, 2026 06:48 PM (V6+NK)

42 Records released by Chuck Grassley identify then--FBI Assistant Special Agent in Charge Timothy Thibault as a key figure in driving that expansion.

_____________________________________

That piece of human excrement used to go on social media and cut/paste "Lincoln Project" pieces. That should tell you what team he plays for...which I'm told is sometimes a spectator sport.

Posted by: Orson at January 13, 2026 06:49 PM (dIske)

43 I can't believe they tweeted that shit.

Posted by: Don Black at January 13, 2026 06:49 PM (ZxPkt)

44
Calling on Patel to fire these assholes in a social media post is kind of odd on the surface. A proper POTUS demand of his own FBI director would be done with a phone call or memo.

This is a very public shot across the bow of every FBI jackoff in the bureau, not to mention one of Trump's patented outrageous statements that causes the usual suspects to screech like scalded cats, setting them up for humiliation and ridicule.

Trump = Cat

Donks = Wounded Mouse

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 13, 2026 06:49 PM (y9nCu)

45 These cities will tear themselves apart if they go more than thirty days without Uncle Sugar picking up the tab.

Posted by: Eddie Baby at January 13, 2026 06:49 PM (s19xO)

46 The left: J6 was insurrection and the punishment for that should be death!

Also the left: Hey we are asking the people in the executive branch to join us in an insurrection. Don't worry though because its against Trump it is legal

Posted by: 18-1 at January 13, 2026 06:49 PM (sKqQm)

47 37 "What was Watergate again?
Posted by: Aetius451AD"
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Democrat whore house.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 13, 2026 06:50 PM (48JDT)

48 Senator "Mr. Freeze" Kelly if a Federal Judge says that we cannot do that it is my duty to say that is an illegal ruling and F**k Off ????

Posted by: Jackson at January 13, 2026 06:50 PM (xl8DV)

49 CA gets $163B from Uncle Sugar.

Remove that and you see every elected official in the state turned out in the next election.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 13, 2026 06:50 PM (sKqQm)

50 BREAKING - A white liberal woman is being absolutely humiliated online after going bald for Renee Good, but she couldn’t even bother to look up her name before cutting off her hair and posting it because she completely got it wrong, calling her Renee Cook.

-
Well, I'd have preferred you slit your throat, but baby steps.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 13, 2026 06:50 PM (L/fGl)

51 Trump can say whatever he wants to say but at this point it's the liberal judges that rule in the United States.

Unless and until SCOTUS throws a hard smack down on these imperial judges nothing is going to change.

Trump will do something and immediately he will be sued by a liberal and another liberal judge will slap an injunction on him and it will work it's way to SCOTUS where Trump will usually win. It's tiresome and a very good tactic for the left.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 13, 2026 06:51 PM (0N4FZ)

52

Can we get someone to investigate how the DNC monetizes poor people then scams all that cash?

It is remarkable how brazen they all are.

Posted by: Rev DR E Buzz at January 13, 2026 06:51 PM (och2J)

53 Don LeMon has a sincere question.

Don Lemon SLAMS conservatives who voted for mass deportations..
“Is this what you voted for MAGA, you fcking idiots…”

Channeling Lawrence from Office Space:

"Yeah...YEAH! (leans forward) Fuck yeah! I believe we need to kick their fucking asses out of this country!"

Fuckinay, Bubba.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 13, 2026 06:51 PM (0aYVJ)

54 We really need to stop calling them Sanctuary cities. We need to call them Scofflaw cities.

"Sanctuary" sounds too noble and nice.

Posted by: Beverly at January 13, 2026 06:52 PM (reMys)

55 >>> Patel testified that he located the materials, terminated agents involved, and dismantled CR-15, the Washington Field Office's public corruption unit, which he described as the center of politically motivated misconduct within the bureau.

What happened to Bongino?
Nervous breakdown when he found out most of "his team" were despicable shitheels?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 13, 2026 06:52 PM (/lPRQ)

56 No EBT. Fewer funds chasing the same goods.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 13, 2026 06:52 PM (9cHSL)

57 Looks like Joe Rogan going soft again. This time on the ICE shooting. He's going to be backing Bernie again before you know it.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 13, 2026 06:52 PM (KDPiq)

58 45 These cities will tear themselves apart if they go more than thirty days without Uncle Sugar picking up the tab.

"They live on rats and sawdust bread, and sometimes... on each other. At night, the pyres for the dead light up the sky. It's medieval."

Posted by: Delurker at January 13, 2026 06:52 PM (gtcuf)

59 They want to secede from the Federal government then let them go broke

Posted by: Skip at January 13, 2026 06:53 PM (Ia/+0)

60 Mo Dean, why can't you be true?
Woe, Oh, Mo Dean, why can't you be true?
You been doin' those things like the other girls
doin' too.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 13, 2026 06:53 PM (48JDT)

61 At some point the executive branch has to say no more to these legal tactics. I'm ready for a constitutional crisis.

Just don't send the money.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 13, 2026 06:53 PM (n5tGW)

62 It is remarkable how brazen they all are.

Posted by: Rev DR E Buzz at January 13, 2026 06:51 PM (och2J)
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They have a commitment to winning at all costs of a zealot.

Our coalition doesn't have the same commitment because we don't have any 100% goal. And the goal of many on our side is honor.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 06:54 PM (krQz2)

63 The main culprit in Watergate Scandal was a person called "Deep Throat"...

Just Say'n

Posted by: Bill Clinton at January 13, 2026 06:54 PM (J9q9v)

64
CR-15, the Washington Field Office's public corruption unit, which he described as the center of politically motivated misconduct within the bureau.

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

The fox is guarding, inhabiting, surveilling, managing, and owning the henhouse.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 13, 2026 06:54 PM (Jxa0O)

65
Can we get someone to investigate how the DNC monetizes poor people then scams all that cash?

It is remarkable how brazen they all are.

There was a miniscandal a few years ago when it came out most non-profits spend the majority of their budgets on their staff and benefits. It led to some half hearted attempts to make it obvious how much money their were actually using for whatever their supposed reason to be was...

I suspect they learned this from fedgov. I mean like at Newsom with his high speed rail. They've spent $16B over 18 years and not a mile of track laid...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 13, 2026 06:54 PM (sKqQm)

66 57 Looks like Joe Rogan going soft again. This time on the ICE shooting. He's going to be backing Bernie again before you know it.
Posted by: Opinion fact

Never liked that douchebag. He'll say anything for clicks.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 13, 2026 06:54 PM (abIsI)

67 58 45 These cities will tear themselves apart if they go more than thirty days without Uncle Sugar picking up the tab.
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You say that as if it's a bad thing.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 13, 2026 06:54 PM (48JDT)

68 Who cuts the checks? Who pushes the button that makes the money flow? Can a judge find that person physically make them do it?

Posted by: fd at January 13, 2026 06:54 PM (vFG9F)

69
"Red states receive WAY more Federal money than blue states!"

"Oh shit"

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 13, 2026 06:55 PM (y9nCu)

70 We really need to stop calling them Sanctuary cities. We need to call them Scofflaw cities.

"Sanctuary" sounds too noble and nice.
Posted by: Beverly at January 13, 2026 06:52 PM (reMys)
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LARP-ing cities is probably too niche.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 06:55 PM (krQz2)

71 Cutting Federal funding to these Blue Cities will better than giving them Ozempic .....

Posted by: Jackson K. at January 13, 2026 06:56 PM (quPQD)

72 >>>Trump Says He'll End All Federal Payments to Sanctuary Cities

It's another Trumpmas miracle!

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 13, 2026 06:56 PM (dK+Kv)

73 Hey Whig, if you are here...

Did the SC ever rule on the 'Three Strikes Staute(s)', specifically?

Posted by: garrett at January 13, 2026 06:56 PM (ZcsJV)

74 Lol
Louisiana
Michigan

But off from Fed money

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at January 13, 2026 06:56 PM (pzp+f)

75 "Red states receive WAY more Federal money than blue states!"

Top states are CA and NY IIRC.

And in the red states it is the blue shithole and blue voting areas getting more of the $$$

Posted by: 18-1 at January 13, 2026 06:56 PM (sKqQm)

76
We really need to stop calling them Sanctuary cities. We need to call them Scofflaw cities.

Targets?

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 13, 2026 06:56 PM (y9nCu)

77 We really need to stop calling them Sanctuary cities. We need to call them Scofflaw cities.

"Sanctuary" sounds too noble and nice.
Posted by: Beverly at January 13, 2026 06:52 PM (reMys)
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LARP-ing cities is probably too niche.
Posted by: Axeman

"Shithole" works fine.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 13, 2026 06:56 PM (R5BEI)

78 Ain't nobody stopping the flow of Uncle Sugar's goodies to the states and cities. It's never gonna end until it does. The debt must grow.

Posted by: Broke, Borrowed and In Debt at January 13, 2026 06:57 PM (R/m4+)

79 >>Looks like Joe Rogan going soft again.

He mimics whomever he is talking to.

Like a Parrot.

Posted by: garrett at January 13, 2026 06:57 PM (ZcsJV)

80 "Red states receive WAY more Federal money than blue states!"

"Oh shit"
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 13, 2026 06:55 PM (y9nCu)
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I'm calling bullshit on that. The amount of leftist causes the leftist are trying to fund themselves through government money, no way it's going mostly to red states.

Or at least it's still going to blue cities.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 06:57 PM (krQz2)

81 They'll find a judge to say no.

Trump says he'll defund judges who rule against him.

Posted by: DanMan at January 13, 2026 06:58 PM (8uzBS)

82 They have a commitment to winning at all costs of a zealot.

Our coalition doesn't have the same commitment because we don't have any 100% goal. And the goal of many on our side is honor.
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Sorry man, but "our" side just wants its share of the grifting to continue. Its why none of what *Trump* has done has been passed into LAW. Most of "our" side is just waiting Trump out...they have no desire to fundamentally change the system because their grifting comes from the system we have in place.

Posted by: Crusader at January 13, 2026 06:58 PM (TN0g+)

83 What happened to Bongino?
Nervous breakdown when he found out most of "his team" were despicable shitheels?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 13, 2026 06:52 PM

bongino found out that you can't just walk into a job in DC and fire whoever you want to and get rid of the problem employees as quick as he thought he could. In other words, the DC deep state and civil service protection laws prevented him from doing what he wanted to accomplish as deputy director. Instead of bashing his head against the wall for 3 years he quit.

On one of his last radio shows he hinted that might be the outcome after he took the job and actually got to work in DC.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 13, 2026 06:58 PM (0N4FZ)

84 Trump Says He'll End All Federal Payments to Sanctuary Cities

It's another Trumpmas miracle!
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 13, 2026 06:56 PM (dK+Kv)

Everytime a bell rings, a commie loses their mind.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 13, 2026 06:58 PM (R5BEI)

85 I wonder if there is a way for Trump to block the money even before the inevitable court proceedings end.
It seems like you could make the case that the cities will use the money for illegal activities (like harboring illegal aliens).

Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 13, 2026 06:59 PM (fd80v)

86 Looks like Joe Rogan going soft again.

He mimics whomever he is talking to.

Like a Parrot.
Posted by: garrett at January 13, 2026 06:57 PM (ZcsJV)
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If we have Rogan, good. If we lose him on an issue, oh well.

He knows what games the left are playing. He's either going to retreat to fantasy land or come to grips with it.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 06:59 PM (krQz2)

87 "36 Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is a dim-witted troll. Why do people have such low standards for what they will allow to run their governments?

Posted by: Crusader at January 13, 2026 06:47 PM (TN0g+) "

For me, these days, all arguments like this run straight up against my growing doubt in the validity of election results, particularly in the Big Blue Cities and States.
Really, who can be sure that illinois citizens actually voted for that dickless dogturd?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 13, 2026 06:59 PM (Cjt/F)

88
What happened to Bongino?

He starts his new podcast Feb 2.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 13, 2026 07:00 PM (pkeXY)

89 >>Instead of bashing his head against the wall for 3 years he quit.

Musk seemed to suffer the same burnout.

Not sure how Patel is going to fire Thibault when the left the FBI in 2022.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 13, 2026 07:00 PM (viF8m)

90 I remember after Kate Steinle shot by an illegal alien protected by sanctuary city policies, her parents continued to support sanctuary cities. Makes it hard to have any empathy.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 13, 2026 07:00 PM (KDPiq)

91 I wonder why PDT doesn't get burn out.

Posted by: fd at January 13, 2026 07:01 PM (vFG9F)

92 This guy, TeeBolt, will get carried into the CNN Center on a sedan chair and become their “expert” on all things Trump.

Who is John Galt ?

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at January 13, 2026 07:01 PM (XqFM2)

93 Scofflaw cities.

"Sanctuary" sounds too noble and nice.
Posted by: Beverly
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Scofflaw, it is.
Clean, clear and direct. Very Anglo, as Orwell would say.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 13, 2026 07:01 PM (48JDT)

94 >>Looks like Joe Rogan going soft again.

He mimics whomever he is talking to.

Like a Parrot.

Posted by: garrett at January 13, 2026 06:57 PM (ZcsJV)

Fanbois call him open-minded. Your description is more accurate.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 13, 2026 07:01 PM (dK+Kv)

95 He thrives on what makes lesser men falter.

Posted by: fd at January 13, 2026 07:01 PM (vFG9F)

96
Geez, Teh Horde is usually better at getting the joke.

I've been listening to Donk commie cocksuckers pull that "Red states get more money" lie out of their squeekhole for years. Hence the irony joke.

Maybe I should have made it an aluminumy, coppery or zincy joke...

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 13, 2026 07:02 PM (y9nCu)

97 Ace said he's bushed in one of the previous Threads today. The question is, is he happy?

Posted by: zombie Bob Ross at January 13, 2026 07:02 PM (0sNs1)

98 I remember after Kate Steinle shot by an illegal alien protected by sanctuary city policies, her parents continued to support sanctuary cities. Makes it hard to have any empathy.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 13, 2026 07:00 PM (KDPiq)
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When I saw that I shook my head: Are you fucking kidding me?

I would be screaming for vengeance. Fuck I hate leftists. Fucking hate them.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 13, 2026 07:03 PM (0aYVJ)

99 Also the left: Hey we are asking the people in the executive branch to join us in an insurrection. Don't worry though because its against Trump it is legal

Posted by: 18-1 at January 13, 2026 06:49 PM (sKqQm)
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Nobody's going to use real bullets! Promise!

Posted by: Canon Fodder Recruiter at January 13, 2026 07:03 PM (krQz2)

100 He still has his job?

Posted by: San Franpsycho - Pahlavi Will Return at January 13, 2026 07:04 PM (RIvkX)

101 Look what the sumbitch done now!

Video: Trump flips off man who called him "pedophile protector" during Ford factory tour

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 13, 2026 07:04 PM (L/fGl)

102 SCREAMING FOR VENGEANCE

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=TN7Lv0PR4Q8

Posted by: JUDAS PRIEST at January 13, 2026 07:04 PM (ZcsJV)

103 The left: Ha ha MAGAts VA is now a blue state because of all those sweet federal dollars going to civil servants!

Also the left: Obviously the red states get most of the federal dollars

Posted by: 18-1 at January 13, 2026 07:05 PM (sKqQm)

104 Not sure how Patel is going to fire Thibault when the left the FBI in 2022.
Posted by: JackStraw
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Refer him for prosecution?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 13, 2026 07:05 PM (48JDT)

105 Trump Says He'll End All Federal Payments to Sanctuary Cities

It's another Trumpmas miracle!
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 13, 2026 06:56 PM (dK+Kv)

Everytime a bell rings, a commie loses their mind.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 13, 2026 06:58 PM (R5BEI)

Better: Every time a bell rings, a commie gets the ice-pick.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 13, 2026 07:05 PM (dK+Kv)

106 I'm sure the courts will move to block the but perhaps Trump will manage to halt funds to the insurrection cities for a few days, and it will be interesting to see the spice still flows based on expectation from the city workers, contractors etc that they will be made whole in a few days or if there is actually a bit of "Nope, aint taking no IOU, go without this until you have cash for me"

Posted by: PaleRider at January 13, 2026 07:06 PM (/jn/s)

107 Sanctuary, cities and policies are in direct opposition to their oath of office.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 13, 2026 07:06 PM (pkq24)

108 I would be screaming for vengeance. Fuck I hate leftists. Fucking hate them.

I'd ask for a meeting with the illegal "in solidarity with the poor people the evil Trump is trying to deport"

Then when I got to the meeting I would Gary Plauche him.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 13, 2026 07:06 PM (sKqQm)

109 "Video: Trump flips off man who called him "pedophile protector" during Ford factory tour"

Why yes, yes, this too is what I voted for!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 13, 2026 07:06 PM (Cjt/F)

110 >>Refer him for prosecution?

Possibly. I guess it depends on how big the conspiracy case gets.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 13, 2026 07:07 PM (viF8m)

111 Geez, Teh Horde is usually better at getting the joke.

I've been listening to Donk commie cocksuckers pull that "Red states get more money" lie out of their squeekhole for years. Hence the irony joke.

Maybe I should have made it an aluminumy, coppery or zincy joke...

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 13, 2026 07:02 PM (y9nCu)

In our defense, we are morons.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 13, 2026 07:07 PM (dK+Kv)

112 Sanctuary Cities need Hell Hounds and Stepsons.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 13, 2026 07:07 PM (9cHSL)

113 I just had a random thought enter my head. We'll never know the answer to this, of course, so it's just a thought experiment.

We boarded that false-flagged "Russian" Venezuelan tanker bound from Iran, over strenuous, borderline-belligerent objections from Putin. Now, there's no particular reason he'd need or even want VZ oil, especially at this juncture, so internet sleuths have been surmising that this tanker might actually have been carrying the leftover materiele from Iran's badly damaged nuclear program.

I don't buy this, because I can't see a compelling motive on either end of that putative transaction. But I could easily see it being an arms shipment of *some* kind - perhaps Iranian drones, would be pretty useful to Russia at this time.

The Russians have an in-house expert on this exact type of operation who recently came in from the cold.

So... what if it turned out that it was in fact an arms shipment of some kind, and that it was a Viktor Bout Production?

What if Biden traded the Merchant of Death for a doped-up rugmunching hermaphrodite ladyballer, and the motherfucker immediately started fencing Iranian weapons to enemies of the US?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 13, 2026 07:07 PM (BI5O2)

114 Leftists would be drummed out of the party and probably attacked mercilessly

Posted by: Skip at January 13, 2026 07:07 PM (Ia/+0)

115 Leftists cheered when the courts said The Feds could tell AZ what they could and couldn't do in regard to illegal immigration enforcement.

Of course they have no intellectual consistency. Only foolish consistency of having cognitive dissonance.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 13, 2026 07:08 PM (KDPiq)

116 Maybe I should have made it an aluminumy, coppery or zincy joke...

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 13, 2026 07:02 PM (y9nCu)

Irony isn't just what a nail tastes like.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 13, 2026 07:08 PM (0aYVJ)

117 >>What if Biden traded the Merchant of Death for a doped-up rugmunching hermaphrodite ladyballer, and the motherfucker immediately started fencing Iranian weapons to enemies of the US?

IF the CIA wasn't getting their cut...I bet they'd be pissed.

Posted by: garrett at January 13, 2026 07:09 PM (ZcsJV)

118 ---
When I saw that I shook my head: Are you fucking kidding me?

I would be screaming for vengeance. Fuck I hate leftists. Fucking hate them.
Posted by: Pug Mahon,
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That's how the neanderthal's wiped out the humanoids.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 13, 2026 07:09 PM (48JDT)

119 "What if Biden traded the Merchant of Death for a doped-up rugmunching hermaphrodite ladyballer, and the motherfucker immediately started fencing Iranian weapons to enemies of the US?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 13, 2026 07:07 PM (BI5O2) "

totally plausible, also LOL!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 13, 2026 07:09 PM (Cjt/F)

120
REPORTER: Do you have a message for the leaders of Iran?

@POTUS
: "The message is they've got to show humanity. They've got a big problem, and I hope they're not going to be killing people... it would seem to me that they have been badly misbehaving, but that is not confirmed."
Posted by: Don Black

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

tf? Is he playing a game?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 13, 2026 07:11 PM (Jxa0O)

121 Sanctuary, cities and policies are in direct opposition to their oath of office.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 13, 2026 07:06 PM (pkq24)
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Psychology shows that the more time your average person hears something the more likely their brain will treat that something as "true".

That's a real unfortunate party of human psychology. We've let the concept of "sanctuary city" simmer too long on the American brain for them to know this isn't a legitimate concept.

It was more a *toleration*. But we let this idea infest the American mind.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 07:12 PM (krQz2)

122 POTUS
: "The message is they've got to show humanity. They've got a big problem, and I hope they're not going to be killing people... it would seem to me that they have been badly misbehaving, but that is not confirmed."
Posted by: Don Black

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

tf? Is he playing a game?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 13, 2026 07:11 PM (Jxa0O)

He's always playing the game. It's a version of Calvin ball.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 13, 2026 07:12 PM (KDPiq)

123 Video: Trump flips off man who called him "pedophile protector" during Ford factory tour"

Why yes, yes, this too is what I voted for!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez

If Trump did have that private police force, the left keeps climbing about, this guy would've been disappeared.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 13, 2026 07:13 PM (pkq24)

124
"Starting Feb. 1, we're not making any payments to sanctuary cities or states having sanctuary cities because they do everything possible to protect criminals at the expense of American citizens,"

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

February 1 is right around the corner. I want to get excited, but I know Judge Boasberg will do his best to make me wait.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 13, 2026 07:13 PM (Jxa0O)

125 Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 07:12 PM (krQz2)

Perception is stronger than the truth

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 13, 2026 07:13 PM (KDPiq)

126 Judge Beezlebub.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 13, 2026 07:14 PM (9cHSL)

127 Breaking from Babylon Bee: US in negotiations with Iran to trade liberal women for their Persian hotties. Win win for everybody.

Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at January 13, 2026 07:14 PM (w6EFb)

128 120 - he's talking to a "reporter" ferchrissakes, of course he's going to say something bland , anything else would be twisted out of shape and misquoted out of context for years to come.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 13, 2026 07:14 PM (Cjt/F)

129 I could watch ICE spray these leftist scumbags on an endless loop. Funny as hell.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 13, 2026 07:14 PM (viF8m)

130 Putin allowed Bella 1 to re-flag and puffed semi-hard talk over it, never intending to or expecting Trump to do anything different. He was playing his part to the rest of the world.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 13, 2026 07:14 PM (48JDT)

131 Sanctuary, cities and policies are in direct opposition to their oath of office.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 13, 2026 07:06 PM (pkq24)
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Psychology shows that the more time your average person hears something the more likely their brain will treat that something as "true".

That's a real unfortunate party of human psychology. We've let the concept of "sanctuary city" simmer too long on the American brain for them to know this isn't a legitimate concept.

It was more a *toleration*. But we let this idea infest the American mind.
Posted by: Axeman

The first dozen or so that gets arrested for sedition or insurrection because of this, will reset some minds. Same with these fucking left he's Larping, shoot a couple of dozen of them and they'll learn that they're playing in the big leagues. This ain't some Larping contest out in the city park somewhere.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 13, 2026 07:15 PM (pkq24)

132 if only, rickb, if only ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 13, 2026 07:15 PM (Cjt/F)

133 "You take my money. You wear my brand." Alias Smith and Jones. I think Peter Duel spoke the line.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 13, 2026 07:16 PM (YlWIZ)

134 I would be screaming for vengeance. Fuck I hate leftists. Fucking hate them.
Posted by: Pug Mahon,
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It's because they are willing to wager everything to bring to you a figment of their imagination.

Marx's History could have been true. However, the doctrine demands investment into the idea to "make it true". Mankind has been the subject to all kinds of delusions. Marxism is just one.

But it has set the idea of what life "should be". (Despite Hume having seriously destabilized the idea of "should".)

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 07:16 PM (krQz2)

135 If we have Rogan, good. If we lose him on an issue, oh well.
He knows what games the left are playing. He's either going to retreat to fantasy land or come to grips with it.
Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 06:59 PM (krQz2)

Who needs Rogan's audience? We can win without them. Call him out, humiliate him. It will make the right thinking people get in line.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 13, 2026 07:17 PM (rbvCR)

136 I don't know how the process of sending money to states works, but at some point someone has to push the send button. How does that work and can PDT interrupt it?

Posted by: fd at January 13, 2026 07:17 PM (vFG9F)

137 > Kwame

Bullshit like this should be grounds for, not just a ban from holding political office, but revocation of citizenship and deportation to whatever country (if there even is one) where "Kwame" is a thing.

This isn't a racial thing, by the way.

The same goes for names like "Timothée" Chalamet. Dude, you can either change your name to Timothy or you can move to motherfucking France.

Same goes for names like "Tiffaneee" or "Lexxus". If you're going to do that, you might as well save time and just turn the baby over to the porn industry to raise.

Some of the European countries require that you choose your baby's name from an authorized list. I was never a fan of that, but after seeing some of the retarded nonsense people name their kids, I begin to see the appeal.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 13, 2026 07:18 PM (IG3/x)

138 I don't know why Yummy Shitballs thinks red states are going to lose federal money. Trump said sanctuary cities. Even if any of those are in red states, it'll be the democrat part of those states.
Hell, Trump could pass the savings from sanctuary cities onto the blue states.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 13, 2026 07:19 PM (fd80v)

139 Something tells me the mayor of Houston was tipped off about Trump's plan to cut off sanctuary cities.

John Whitmire has for the first time since the city dropped out of the 287(g) program in 2001 rekindled the compliance and his leftwing voters are melting down over it.

287(g) has the city police alerting ICE when they have a suspected illegal in custody

Posted by: DanMan at January 13, 2026 07:19 PM (8uzBS)

140 Keep in mind, a key requirement of invoking the Insurrection Act is "cannot enforce the law through regular means" or such.

So, we have:
1) Agitators on the streets of these cities, violently blocking and impeding enforcement
2) Various rulings that he can't use the National Guard, even to assist with mere guard duties
3) pending rulings that will say he can't use ICE
4) pending rulings that will say he can't cut off funds

So, what method is left to the Executive to enforce the law?
Note also that every one of these is happening in only blue cities and states.
What do you call it when the Executive can only enforce the law in some areas but the local officials bar him from enforcing it in others?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 13, 2026 07:19 PM (HXT0k)

141 If you take the King's gold, you're the King's man.

You cannot serve two masters.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 13, 2026 07:19 PM (2GVsD)

142 "You take my money. You wear my brand." Alias Smith and Jones. I think Peter Duel spoke the line.
Posted by: Hokey

Every trail boss has said that since they started cattle drives. You ride for the brand or you GTFO.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 13, 2026 07:19 PM (pkq24)

143 Slap a hot irony to it!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 13, 2026 07:20 PM (0sNs1)

144 Good early evening, Ace and Horde. I got my Death Mower configured, and laid waste to a huge patch of weeds. It was spewing a stream of mulched weed guts over the top of a six-foot fence. Glorious!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 13, 2026 07:20 PM (8zz6B)

145
We've let the concept of "sanctuary city" simmer too long on the American brain for them to know this isn't a legitimate concept.

It was more a *toleration*. But we let this idea infest the American mind.
Posted by: Axeman

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"We're a sanctuary city!" they chirp, declaring their lawlessness. "And we're green!" (another term that needs to be restored)

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 13, 2026 07:20 PM (Jxa0O)

146 Well what kind of jiveass name is Rodrigo Borgia anyway?

Posted by: LaTravodka Jones at January 13, 2026 07:20 PM (vFG9F)

147 The one thing we know about that tanker is that after it was captured by the US, Putin immediately demanded the return of some valuable (to him, at least) Russians who were on board. That was interesting in itself, because no one knew there were any Russians on board. And it brings up the question: what were they guarding/escorting?

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 13, 2026 07:21 PM (KKgFE)

148 > When I saw that I shook my head: Are you fucking kidding me?

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 13, 2026 07:03 PM (0aYVJ)

Remember, these are the same people who think murdering babies is Just Awesome.

Why would they get upset if their spawn gets killed later on in life?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 13, 2026 07:21 PM (IG3/x)

149 Every trail boss has said that since they started cattle drives. You ride for the brand or you GTFO.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 13, 2026 07:19 PM

Indeed.

Posted by: B*l*a*z***r at January 13, 2026 07:21 PM (0sNs1)

150 Who needs Rogan's audience? We can win without them. Call him out, humiliate him. It will make the right thinking people get in line.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 13, 2026 07:17 PM (rbvCR)
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I think that's what I'm saying.

But while it works, I would counsel that we should be constructively engaging with him.

I really don't get the idea of making needless enemies over doctrine.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 07:22 PM (krQz2)

151 Joe Thompson has reportedly resigned from his position in the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Minnesota. ...Over the past five years he has led the prosecution of cases arising from the vast public-programs fraud committed under the administration of Governor Walz
h/t Powerline
====

Mmmmmkay.

Posted by: San Franpsycho - Pahlavi Will Return at January 13, 2026 07:22 PM (RIvkX)

152 Bongino said on Vince Coglianese's radio show yesterday that the plan was always to stay just one year. His former producer, Jim Verdi, and Vince both confirmed that they knew that.

Posted by: IrishEi at January 13, 2026 07:22 PM (3ImbR)

153 Keep in mind, a key requirement of invoking the Insurrection Act is "cannot enforce the law through regular means" or such.

So, we have:
1) Agitators on the streets of these cities, violently blocking and impeding enforcement
2) Various rulings that he can't use the National Guard, even to assist with mere guard duties
3) pending rulings that will say he can't use ICE
4) pending rulings that will say he can't cut off funds

So, what method is left to the Executive to enforce the law?
Note also that every one of these is happening in only blue cities and states.
What do you call it when the Executive can only enforce the law in some areas but the local officials bar him from enforcing it in others?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

Did Ike have to go through all that before he sent in the 82nd airborne for the Little Rock nine?

Posted by: rickb223 at January 13, 2026 07:22 PM (pkq24)

154
after seeing some of the retarded nonsense people name their kids, I begin to see the appeal.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

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

That's racist.

Posted by: &&TT&^*T^&(H at January 13, 2026 07:22 PM (Jxa0O)

155 Sanctuary Cities are the scofflaw towns.
Where's Doc Holiday? Where's Bat Masterson?
Wyatt Earp marshal Detroit City.

First order of business; Jail the Mayor.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 13, 2026 07:23 PM (48JDT)

156 Calling on Patel to fire these assholes in a social media post is kind of odd on the surface. A proper POTUS demand of his own FBI director would be done with a phone call or memo.

Its theater so that Kash can look like he is independent and not a toady of Trump.

"I want to keep these Ham & Eggers on the job, but The President ordered them gone."

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 13, 2026 07:23 PM (/TiS1)

157 You cannot serve two masters.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 13, 2026 07:19 PM

That's not strictly true.

Posted by: The Gimp at January 13, 2026 07:23 PM (0sNs1)

158 Hall-e-freaking-lujah

Posted by: Sidney at January 13, 2026 07:25 PM (rzwGB)

159 Unknown Drip may have the right take.

Posted by: DanMan at January 13, 2026 07:25 PM (8uzBS)

160 >>You cannot serve two masters.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 13, 2026 07:19 PM

There has to be at least one Caddy who won at Augusta with 2 Different Golfers.

Posted by: garrett at January 13, 2026 07:25 PM (ZcsJV)

161 Trump is also calling for Kash Patel to fire all of the seditious FBI agents involved in the "Arctic Frost" prosecutions of Republicans for the crime of opposing the Democrat Party.

----------

You misspelled indict, arrest, prosecute, imprison, and execute.

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 13, 2026 07:25 PM (IzKeh)

162 The Democrats will not be content until they have turned the U.S. into a one-party state. I see little likelihood of internal party reform, and there is a distinct lack of intestinal fortitude in the GOP for suppressing the Democrats through the use of RICO or other legal means: so, it becomes a case of an irresistible force meeting a very moveable object.

Donald Trump and his myrmidons really are our primary defense against leftist revolution and anarchy at this time.

Posted by: Paco at January 13, 2026 07:25 PM (2L+MU)

163 "the plan was always to stay just one year. "

Did he tell us that? If he did I didn't hear it, and if I did know it ahead of time I would have called him a putz then instead of now.

Posted by: fd at January 13, 2026 07:26 PM (vFG9F)

164 Every trail boss has said that since they started cattle drives. You ride for the brand or you GTFO.
Posted by: rickb223

I'm addicted to Landman. In this week's episode, Cami fired Tommy on similar grounds. Now I've got to wait until Sunday to find out what happens next!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 13, 2026 07:26 PM (L/fGl)

165 You cannot serve two masters at the same time.

Better?

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 13, 2026 07:26 PM (2GVsD)

166 There has to be at least one Caddy who won at Augusta with 2 Different Golfers.

Posted by: garrett at January 13, 2026 07:25 PM (ZcsJV)

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I think Carl the Gardner one twice, caddying once for himself and again for The Dali Lama.

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 13, 2026 07:26 PM (IzKeh)

167 Trump's calling for a lot of shit.

Let's see who complies. Then... act accordingly.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 13, 2026 07:26 PM (NwnyJ)

168
As a resident of a sanctuary city and state, I can't wait for this to happen.

When will the money actually stop flowing? Is it disbursed quarterly, monthly? Will cities and states be hit hard when the February checks don't go out?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 13, 2026 07:26 PM (Jxa0O)

169 "We're a sanctuary city!" they chirp, declaring their lawlessness. "And we're green!" (another term that needs to be restored)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 13, 2026 07:20 PM (Jxa0O)
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They also say "We Recycle!" as if it means that that happens.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 07:27 PM (krQz2)

170 Donald Trump and his myrmidons really are our primary defense against leftist revolution and anarchy at this time.

Posted by: Paco at January 13, 2026 07:25 PM (2L+MU)

He is the leftists' protection from the masses.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 13, 2026 07:27 PM (dK+Kv)

171 I think that's what I'm saying.

But while it works, I would counsel that we should be constructively engaging with him.
I really don't get the idea of making needless enemies over doctrine.
Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 07:22 PM (krQz2)

Nah, just piss on 14.5 million people, best to start the way you intend to end.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 13, 2026 07:27 PM (rbvCR)

172 * I think Carl the Gardner WON twice ... damn auto-translate

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 13, 2026 07:27 PM (IzKeh)

173
https://x.com/WallStreetApes/status/2010817216543903998

She seems nice. /sarc

Fundamentals. Buy ammo (especially now while it's relatively cheap)

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 13, 2026 07:28 PM (0sNs1)

174 138
'Trump could pass the savings from sanctuary cities onto the blue states.'

the red states.'

Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 13, 2026 07:28 PM (fd80v)

175 > In this week's episode, Cami fired Tommy on similar grounds. Now I've got to wait until Sunday to find out what happens next!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 13, 2026 07:26 PM (L/fGl)

The Andy Garcia character warned him that was coming.

Maybe he'll offer to bankroll Tommy, Dale, Nate, and Cooper founding their own oil company.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 13, 2026 07:29 PM (IG3/x)

176 I can't help but laugh when I see the name "Joe Thompson." I knew a kid named that, growing up. He was a mess. A juvenile delinquent, but also a deeply conflicted gay hillbilly.

I picture him as US Att'y and I laugh every time. But then it kinda makes sense, and I shudder a little.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 13, 2026 07:29 PM (BI5O2)

177 You cannot serve two masters at the same time.

Better?
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 13, 2026 07:26 PM

* simpers *

Posted by: The Gimp at January 13, 2026 07:30 PM (0sNs1)

178 Something tells me the mayor of Houston was tipped off about Trump's plan to cut off sanctuary cities.

It should be the shame of the Texas State Legislator that the State couldn't conjure up and enforce anti-sanctuary city laws with criminal penalties.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 13, 2026 07:30 PM (U4c/V)

179 127 Breaking from Babylon Bee: US in negotiations with Iran to trade liberal women for their Persian hotties. Win win for everybody.
Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone

WTF?
-Persian men

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 13, 2026 07:30 PM (Dv3i1)

180 >>>Did he tell us that? If he did I didn't hear it, and if I did know it ahead of time I would have called him a putz then instead of now.
~~~~~

No. I don' t think it would have made sense for him to do so.

He was only on as a guest on Vince's show for a short segment. He did say that there are an incredible number of people working their butts off and making tremendous progress. Said Kash is great and that they walked into a maelstrom--things were much worse than they even imagined.

Posted by: IrishEi at January 13, 2026 07:30 PM (3ImbR)

181 He is the leftists' protection from the masses.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 13, 2026 07:27 PM (dK+Kv)

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During his farewell address, he should call for a MAGA Day of Retribution -- which would include full pardons for all crimes against Leftists during that 24-hour period.

/Dreamin' over here, boss!

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 13, 2026 07:31 PM (IzKeh)

182 Donald Trump and his myrmidons really are our primary defense against leftist revolution and anarchy at this time.

Posted by: Paco at January 13, 2026 07:25 PM (2L+MU)

He is the leftists' protection from the masses.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder

THIS!

Posted by: rickb223 at January 13, 2026 07:31 PM (pkq24)

183 Who the fk thinks they can do anything significant in just one year in government? Except for PDT, I mean. You have to be in it for the long haul, because the other side is on a long march.

Posted by: fd at January 13, 2026 07:31 PM (vFG9F)

184 Nood

Posted by: Thanatopsis at January 13, 2026 07:31 PM (LdBR/)

185 Evening folks. I see DJT has gazed upon his field of fucks and lo it is barren.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 13, 2026 07:31 PM (GTqXr)

186 >>Unknown Drip may have the right take.

I think Trump says these things when he knows they are already in motion.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 13, 2026 07:31 PM (viF8m)

187 >
WTF?
-Persian men
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 13, 2026 07:30 PM (Dv3i1)

They make 'em wear tents anyway. Might as well use those burqas on women where they would serve a positive social function, right?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 13, 2026 07:32 PM (IG3/x)

188 https://x.com/WallStreetApes/status/2010817216543903998

She seems nice. /sarc

Fundamentals. Buy ammo (especially now while it's relatively cheap)
Posted by: Duncanthrax
......

Potty mouth.

Posted by: wth at January 13, 2026 07:32 PM (UjdFS)

189 I think Joe Rogan wants to understand, but I'm not sold on his...let's call it, "his ability to comprehend".

Posted by: Paco at January 13, 2026 07:33 PM (2L+MU)

190 "You cannot serve two masters at the same time."

You're telling me!

Posted by: Torgo at January 13, 2026 07:33 PM (vFG9F)

191 153
'Did Ike have to go through all that before he sent in the 82nd airborne for the Little Rock nine?'

101st

Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 13, 2026 07:33 PM (fd80v)

192 Donald Trump and his myrmidons

I think I just got called a bad name

Posted by: rickb223 at January 13, 2026 07:34 PM (pkq24)

193 SCOTUS lacks leadership. The front office is populated by lackeys with very little conviction and a very fluid perception of the law.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 13, 2026 07:34 PM (BSdIE)

194 'Did Ike have to go through all that before he sent in the 82nd airborne for the Little Rock nine?'

101st
Posted by: Dr. Claw

I knew I was gonna be wrong whichever one I picked.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 13, 2026 07:35 PM (pkq24)

195 I think Joe Rogan wants to understand, but I'm not sold on his...let's call it, "his ability to comprehend".

Posted by: Paco at January 13, 2026 07:33 PM (2L+MU)
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Being on the left as long as he was, he probably still feels the Call of the Feelz.

It's just for a time, the clash that would come from sending ICE into hostile territory was more abstract.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 07:35 PM (krQz2)

196 I always wondered how some liberal absolute idiots I knew were so flush with cash. I figured maybe silver spooners, but now I understand, Uncle Sugar one way or another. Just create an NGO and 10 LLC's under that, payoff a politician and that's your dinner.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 13, 2026 07:37 PM (n5tGW)

197 188 https://x.com/WallStreetApes/status/2010817216543903998

She seems nice. /sarc

Fundamentals. Buy ammo (especially now while it's relatively cheap)
Posted by: Duncanthrax

She looks like Johnny Winters' ugly sister.

And that woman who wrote the hit-piece obit on Scott Adams for People has a face like a kettle ball.

You could almost do up a chart of basic AWFL physiognomy for the purpose of recognizing these kooks on sight (like those silhouettes of airplanes and ships they used to use in WWII).

And, yes, I am investing heavily in brass.

Posted by: Paco at January 13, 2026 07:38 PM (2L+MU)

198 A former classmate/friend of Pooky's says that DHS knocked on the door of his St. Paul home and asked if he'd seen any Somalis in the neighborhood. I'm pressing a hard [X] to doubt that it went down that way, but I'm also hearing it third hand through an "apolitical" lens.

Posted by: pookysgirl would like some confirmation at January 13, 2026 07:47 PM (Wt5PA)

199 Now Paco is heavily invested in the Barrel.

Posted by: Torgo at January 13, 2026 07:51 PM (vFG9F)

200 Mmmmm....nom nom nom
-The Barrel

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 13, 2026 07:55 PM (QGaXH)

201 Paco is manning the gloryhole for the rest of the evening.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 13, 2026 08:04 PM (BSdIE)

Justice D-EI Babbles Incoherently and Proves the Danger of Socially Promoting Retards for Racial Beancounting Purposes

Sorry for the low-effort blogging. I am bushed today.
Justice D-EI, the least qualified judge (nevermind "justice") in the history of America, continues trying, and failing, to "understand" lawyers' arguments.

Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
2h
🚨 BREAKING: Attorney EXPERTLY PUMMELS SCOTUS Justice Ketanji Jackson's argument in favor of men in women's sports in the name of "transgender rights"
JACKSON: "But they are being prevented from playing on the team that matches their gender identity, correct?!"
ATTORNEY: "That's the effect...so let me use your example from earlier. You said there's a cisgender woman, she can play on the team she wants."
"There's a boy who identifies as a girl, he can't play on the team he wants."
"Take that same boy and switch his gender identity, but say he still wanted to play on the girls' team. Say he was a very unathletic boy. He likewise COULD NOT play on the team."
"So it's NOT the gender identity that's keeping him off the girls' team, it's his biological s*x. His gender identity is wholly irrelevant to it."

🚨 BREAKING: Attorney EXPERTLY PUMMELS SCOTUS Justice Ketanji Jackson's argument in favor of men in women's sports in the name of "transgender rights"

JACKSON: "But they are being prevented from playing on the team that matches their gender identity, correct?!"

ATTORNEY:� pic.twitter.com/4covfatkYO
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) January 13, 2026

🚨 BREAKING: DEI Justice Ketanji Jackson is DEFENDING men in women's sports with an utter word salad at the Supreme Court

"Is treating someone transgender, but does not have, because of the medical interventions and the things that have been done, who does not have, uh, the� pic.twitter.com/QTkpru6EqO
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) January 13, 2026

It doesn�t seem much has changed since Justice Jackson�s confirmation hearing...

She still doesn�t know what a woman is. pic.twitter.com/8cujCdxB0X
— Carrie Severino (@JCNSeverino) January 13, 2026

Apparently this retard made up a fake new word -- "cisGINGER" -- instead of the correct fake word, "cisgender."

Alito asks a good question -- how can you claim sex discrimination when you claim there is no real thing called "sex" to discriminate on the basis of?

Lawyer representing Hecox refuses to define �man� and �woman,� leading Justice Alito to ask how courts are supposed to determine if there�s been sex-based discrimination without knowing �what sex means.� @FDRLST pic.twitter.com/aIHYnfrqfS
— Shawn Fleetwood (@ShawnFleetwood) January 13, 2026

Overall, the Justices seemed to side with the "cisginger" arguments advanced by the states.

"Given that half the states are allowing it, allowing transgender girls and women to participate, about half are not, why would we at this point, just the role of this court, jump in and try to constitutionalize a rule for the whole country while there's still, as you say, uncertainty and debate?" Justice Brett Kavanaugh asked.
The court has six justices who are considered conservative leaning and three considered liberal leaning.
Kavanaugh, a President Trump nominee, coached a girls' basketball team at his daughters' school for years. On Tuesday, he called the rise of female athletics "inspiring" and questioned whether striking down the bans would eliminate decades of progress.
"There's a harm there, and I think we can't sweep that aside," he said.
Justice Samuel Alito noted that female athletes across the country have voiced opposition to biological boys identifying as girls competing against and alongside them.
"What do you say about them. Are they bigots?" Alito asked. "Are they deluded in thinking they are subjected to unfair competition?"
The Bee addresses Justice D-EI's profound learning disability.

Posted by: Ace at 05:30 PM

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1 Can't impeach stupid ?

Posted by: It's me donna at January 13, 2026 05:33 PM (VE6XX)

2 First is the best!

Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at January 13, 2026 05:34 PM (WQDw6)

3 Wait, hang on, hol' up.

The "transgender" person at issue in this case's last name is... HECOX?

Come on. LOL

Posted by: ballistic at January 13, 2026 05:36 PM (5aZAZ)

4 I don’t think “nood justice Jackson” is going to get the desired result.

Posted by: Kratwurst at January 13, 2026 05:36 PM (OVqT4)

5 Get some rest. If you haven't got your health, you haven't got anything Ace.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 13, 2026 05:36 PM (xcxpd)

6 hola chamucos y chamucas

Posted by: alpine_beer at January 13, 2026 05:36 PM (van9r)

7 Biden nominated this smooth brained dunce using the Autopen. She should be booted out and replaced.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 13, 2026 05:36 PM (abIsI)

8 Top 10!

Posted by: Accomack at January 13, 2026 05:37 PM (nLdZ2)

9 "I am woman, hear me roar..."

Posted by: man at January 13, 2026 05:37 PM (XuXeR)

10 Apparently this retard made up a fake new word -- "cisGINGER" -- instead of the correct fake word, "cisgender."
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That's a red-headed person who identifies as not having a soul.

Or a lady shipwrecked on an island who identifies as a movie star.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 05:38 PM (krQz2)

11 I had to become transginger after my 55th.

Posted by: Shirley Manson at January 13, 2026 05:38 PM (gKWVE)

12 Are there any women on the Supreme Court?

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at January 13, 2026 05:38 PM (NlEaG)

13 The "transgender" person at issue in this case's last name is... HECOX?"

SHECOCKS was too obvious?

Posted by: man at January 13, 2026 05:38 PM (XuXeR)

14 Let her be like a beacon of stupidity to remind the next generation of what stupidity can cost us all.

Posted by: San Franpsycho - Pahlavi Will Return at January 13, 2026 05:38 PM (RIvkX)

15 "how can you claim sex discrimination when you claim there is no real thing called "sex" to discriminate on the basis of?"

SHUT UP!

Posted by: she said at January 13, 2026 05:39 PM (vFG9F)

16 I don’t think “nood justice Jackson” is going to get the desired result.
Posted by: Kratwurst at January 13, 2026 05:36 PM (OVqT4)
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Once you've seen one set of titties...you want to see them all.

Posted by: Ron White at January 13, 2026 05:39 PM (krQz2)

17 And we're stuck with this imbecile for life.

Posted by: Halfhand at January 13, 2026 05:39 PM (F061L)

18 Dear Lord, the stupid is strong with this one.

Reading that insane drivel is time I am not ever gonna get back.

Oh, and - Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 13, 2026 05:39 PM (SRRAx)

19 Think about it for a moment.

Biden specifically said he was going to put a black woman on the court. He made it like it was a search for the Holy Grail.

This is what he found.

It might as well have been Twinkles the Clown, juggling flaming bowling pins.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 13, 2026 05:39 PM (DD6gL)

20 SHUT UP!
Posted by: she said at January 13, 2026 05:39 PM (vFG9F)
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That's what she said said.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 05:39 PM (krQz2)

21 I tuned in for a bit and got to catch Jumanji deploy her "I don't understand" silliness.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 13, 2026 05:40 PM (HXT0k)

22 Is that the retarded justice?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 13, 2026 05:40 PM (9cHSL)

23 Liberal justices never use the constitution as even a speed bump to get to their preferred public policy goals.

Whatever is the liberal position, this DEI bitch will come to it.

It's part of why liberals have been so successful with the legislative branch. Our side is always ready to fall on our sword to prove how even handed we are.

Posted by: Leupold at January 13, 2026 05:40 PM (eIzlH)

24 Kavanaugh, a President Trump nominee, coached a girls' basketball team

And then those girls grew up, and some became leftists, and learnt what power they now had...

Posted by: gKWVE at January 13, 2026 05:40 PM (gKWVE)

25 10 Apparently this retard made up a fake new word -- "cisGINGER" -- instead of the correct fake word, "cisgender."

That is hilarious - in an awful way, of course.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 13, 2026 05:40 PM (Nx5jP)

26 Biden specifically said he was going to put a black woman on the court. He made it like it was a search for the Holy Grail.

This is what he found.

It might as well have been Twinkles the Clown, juggling flaming bowling pins.
Posted by: Marcus T at January 13, 2026 05:39 PM (DD6gL)
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Keep in mind he couldn't select from any black woman judge who was an originalist--so a smart one.

So, he had to select from judges that already sniffed their farts.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 05:41 PM (krQz2)

27 What do you say about them.

$20, same as in town.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 13, 2026 05:41 PM (Kt19C)

28 That's what she said said."

You said said twice...

Posted by: man at January 13, 2026 05:41 PM (XuXeR)

29 17 And we're stuck with this imbecile for life.
Posted by: Halfhand at January 13, 2026 05:39 PM (F061L)

hmmm...
....well, now that you mention it...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 13, 2026 05:41 PM (xcxpd)

30 Apparently this retard made up a fake new word -- "cisGINGER" -- instead of the correct fake word, "cisgender."
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CisGINGER is where the rug matches the drapes.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 13, 2026 05:42 PM (ZOv7s)

31 Do cisgingers have red hair or souls?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 13, 2026 05:42 PM (9cHSL)

32 "I don't know anything!", she Persisted(TM)
-excerpt from Hillary and Chelsea Clinton's childrens' book "KBJ - American Justice!"

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 13, 2026 05:42 PM (Dv3i1)

33 >>Liberal justices never use the constitution as even a speed bump to get to their preferred public policy goals.

They often cite the S. African Constitution.

Posted by: garrett at January 13, 2026 05:42 PM (ZcsJV)

34 "Is that the retarded justice?
Posted by: Boss Moss "

Differently abled.

Posted by: fd at January 13, 2026 05:42 PM (vFG9F)

35 OT: A magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck California, sending shockwaves in all directions for over 100 miles.

The US Geological Survey (USGS) detected the quake at 4.10pm ET Tuesday afternoon between the cities of Willits and Ukiah.

Shaken not stirred.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 13, 2026 05:42 PM (abIsI)

36 Affirmation Action has consequences.

Posted by: no one at January 13, 2026 05:42 PM (qFwJc)

37 So, the attorney Kathleen Hartnett--"she" is a dude, right?

Posted by: Crusader at January 13, 2026 05:43 PM (TN0g+)

38 Every time I read this statement from her I get more confused.

Posted by: Piper at January 13, 2026 05:43 PM (/sySz)

39 CisGinger-

I was born with red hair. I have always had red hair. I don't want to have other than red hair.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 13, 2026 05:43 PM (Nx5jP)

40 I don’t think “nood justice Jackson” is going to get the desired result.
Posted by: Kratwurst at January 13, 2026 05:36 PM (OVqT4)
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Once you've seen one set of titties...you want to see them all.
Posted by: Ron White at January 13, 2026 05:39 PM (krQz2)

Asymmetrical differences FTW!

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 13, 2026 05:43 PM (wVcYX)

41 Do they have to add another stripe to the pride flag now?

Posted by: Mark1971 at January 13, 2026 05:43 PM (CNl8/)

42 magnitude 4.4? Swalwell's blown farts with more force

Posted by: gKWVE at January 13, 2026 05:43 PM (gKWVE)

43 I don't know how any of us are supposed to take court proceedings seriously when an obvious *retard* sits on the Supreme Court?

Posted by: Crusader at January 13, 2026 05:43 PM (TN0g+)

44
The light of intelligence has been extinguished in that one,
the ashes stirred, and then drowned again.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 13, 2026 05:44 PM (xG4kz)

45 >>Affirmation Action has consequences.

I have become quotable.

Posted by: garrett at January 13, 2026 05:44 PM (ZcsJV)

46 Who is this Ms. Rachel? Is she a modern-day YooToob equivalent to Mr. Rogers?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 13, 2026 05:44 PM (wzUl9)

47 You have to marvel at this:
- This is discrimination.
- On what basis?
- gender identity
- Can you define that?
- No

Also:
End Trans Genocide!
- how do you know they're dead, maybe they're just transitioning, just a little "pause on life," took some life-blocker pills, can switch back anytime they want?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 13, 2026 05:44 PM (HXT0k)

48 I was born with red hair. I have always had red hair. I don't want to have other than red hair.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 13, 2026 05:43 PM (Nx5jP)
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*slaps forehead*

This explains so much. Thank you.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 13, 2026 05:44 PM (ZOv7s)

49 Normal people need to STOP using this made up Orwellian "cisgender" crap. Go back to the basics and stop letting the marxists "win" the vocabulary.

Posted by: MacRadDoc at January 13, 2026 05:44 PM (Gl2C6)

50 There wasn't any judge that Biden could have picked who happened to be a black woman who was smarter and more articulate than Action Jackson?!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 13, 2026 05:44 PM (Nx5jP)

51 cities of Willits and Ukiah."

So the choo choo is safe...

Posted by: man at January 13, 2026 05:44 PM (XuXeR)

52 I had to become transginger after my 55th.
Posted by: Shirley Manson
----

*golf clap*

Posted by: Crusader at January 13, 2026 05:45 PM (TN0g+)

53 KJ "Is treating someone transgender, but does not have, because of the medical interventions and the things that have been done, who does not have, uh, the same, uh, threat to physical competition and safety and all the reasons the state puts forward - that's actually a different class, says this individual. So you're not treating the class the same. And how do you respond to that?"

Attorney, turning to the CJ - I don't understand what the just said there, and I'm pretty sure she doesn't understand it either.

Posted by: Oglebay at January 13, 2026 05:45 PM (2ap+5)

54 The light of intelligence has been extinguished in that one, the ashes stirred, and then drowned again.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 13, 2026

***
It's like when you get down to the final ashes in your pipe. You can direct lighter or match flame down there all you want, but nothing is going to catch fire.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 13, 2026 05:45 PM (wzUl9)

55 Just ponder this

Justice Brown is probably more cognizant than Joey Bidet

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 13, 2026 05:45 PM (2GVsD)

56 I don't know how any of us are supposed to take court proceedings seriously when an obvious *retard* sits on the Supreme Court?
-----

But enough about Chief Justice Roberts...

Posted by: Crusader at January 13, 2026 05:45 PM (TN0g+)

57 I have become quotable"

The destroyer of worlds?

Posted by: man at January 13, 2026 05:46 PM (XuXeR)

58 So, the attorney Kathleen Hartnett--"she" is a dude, right?
Posted by: Crusader at January 13, 2026 05:43 PM (TN0g+)

checks out as TRUE

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 13, 2026 05:46 PM (wVcYX)

59 7 Biden nominated this smooth brained dunce using the Autopen. She should be booted out and replaced.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at

And a bunch of smooth brained Rs confirmed her.

Posted by: Piper at January 13, 2026 05:46 PM (/sySz)

60 There wasn't any judge that Biden could have picked who happened to be a black woman who was smarter and more articulate than Action Jackson?!
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Yes and no are both equally horrifying in their own way.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 13, 2026 05:46 PM (HXT0k)

61 39 CisGinger-

I was born with red hair. I have always had red hair. I don't want to have other than red hair.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 13, 2026 05:43 PM (Nx5jP)

Want to hold on to that Ginger Privilege, don’t you?

Posted by: tubal at January 13, 2026 05:46 PM (pDt9x)

62 Republicans, conservative or not, don't get the game that the left is playing with judicial politics. It's all result-oriented for them. None of their arguments are made in good faith.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 13, 2026 05:46 PM (SSEhk)

63 Asymmetrical differences FTW!
____

Not quite mirror images. For some you'd have to look for quite awhile to spot the difference(s). That's what I'm told anyway.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 13, 2026 05:46 PM (Dv3i1)

64 Justice Brown speaks authentic DEI gibberish.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 13, 2026 05:46 PM (2GVsD)

65 Burning darkness again.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 13, 2026 05:46 PM (9cHSL)

66 Cis-Gingers as Kumanji says...who are hetero succubae which saddens me as I prefer bisexual demonesses.

Posted by: sven at January 13, 2026 05:46 PM (MUJd1)

67 I think the Babylon Bee nailed it. Even the other Justices (a few of whom are also quite stupid) think she's the Supreme of Stupid on the Court.

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 13, 2026 05:46 PM (aZm/F)

68 The justices here could settle this with a broad biological boys are boys and biological girls are girls ruling. But I fear the will cut the dna in half and rule very narrowly like they always stupidly do just so lawyers can continue to get paid and the public can languish in even more future stupidity.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 13, 2026 05:46 PM (n5tGW)

69 OT: A magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck California, sending shockwaves in all directions for over 100 miles.

The US Geological Survey (USGS) detected the quake at 4.10pm ET Tuesday afternoon between the cities of Willits and Ukiah.

Shaken not stirred.

Meh. Before I departed New Mexico, I had the pleasure of experiencing an M=5.4 quake.

It'll get your attention.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at January 13, 2026 05:47 PM (/HDaX)

70 Want to hold on to that Ginger Privilege, don’t you?
Posted by: tubal at January 13, 2026 05:46 PM (pDt9x

Absolutely!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 13, 2026 05:47 PM (Nx5jP)

71 The modern crowd gives us too many "principles" to square.

That is how we became so "sophisticated".

Unfortunately the sophisticated practice is to "grant arguendo" the opponents premise. And you end up using their phrases and models. And sometimes we can get wound up in their "values" and their absurdity.

Sexual equalizing is a reasonable pursuit, and can promote refinement. Sexual interchangeability is far from reasonable and just creates absurdity.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 05:47 PM (krQz2)

72 Not strong enough. Not close enough to San Francisco.

Posted by: no one at January 13, 2026 05:47 PM (qFwJc)

73 59 7 Biden nominated this smooth brained dunce using the Autopen. She should be booted out and replaced.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at

And a bunch of smooth brained Rs confirmed her.
Posted by: Piper at January 13, 2026 05:46 PM

After Bork and Clarence Thomas I don't get why they do this.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 13, 2026 05:47 PM (mxcbL)

74 The lawyer representing Hecox is kinda hot.

Posted by: Lindsey Graham at January 13, 2026 05:47 PM (abIsI)

75 So that is why Fenelon Spoke is out to save souls, it is to protect her Ginger prerogatives.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 13, 2026 05:48 PM (2GVsD)

76 In before the 100 comment rule, but I ran across this update to the Rockwell "Encabulator" video someone posted the other day. I think it applies here, since it is the very definition of "word salad". Enjoy!:

https://tinyurl.com/Hyperencabulator

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 13, 2026 05:48 PM (SRRAx)

77 Boys have a penis, girls have a vagina debate. What have we sank too?

Posted by: tubal at January 13, 2026 05:48 PM (pDt9x)

78 Jackson should have recused herself for not being able to define what a woman is.

Posted by: Coki at January 13, 2026 05:48 PM (Wkrcf)

79 It's like when you get down to the final ashes in your pipe.

there's a song about that...Commander Cody I think

Posted by: DanMan at January 13, 2026 05:48 PM (8uzBS)

80 Pretty soon the SCOTUS will be totally filled by retards.

I imagine that will work out well.

For the left.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 13, 2026 05:48 PM (NwnyJ)

81 They should put Jackson in a dunk tank, and situate it in the Supreme Court lobby. She could hurl invective, and whatever the heck that is she just said at the patrons to try and encourage them to hit the target. She’d be more likely to go down in history that way. Maybe get her own comic book character or something

Posted by: Marcus T at January 13, 2026 05:48 PM (DD6gL)

82 64 Posted by: Anna Puma at January 13, 2026 05:46 PM (2GVsD)

There was footage of her "dancing" on Boradway...needless to say it was hilarious.

Posted by: sven at January 13, 2026 05:48 PM (MUJd1)

83 Meh. Before I departed New Mexico, I had the pleasure of experiencing an M=5.4 quake."

I was in Alaska... it most definitely got one's attention

Posted by: man at January 13, 2026 05:48 PM (XuXeR)

84
It's like when you get down to the final ashes in your pipe. You can direct lighter or match flame down there all you want, but nothing is going to catch fire.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

True.

From "...the ashes stirred..." through to the end was a quote from a commercial with Smokey Bear from the late '60s - early '70s.

She really is low functioning in any legal sense, isn't she?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 13, 2026 05:49 PM (xG4kz)

85 Asymmetrical differences FTW!
____

Not quite mirror images. For some you'd have to look for quite awhile to spot the difference(s). That's what I'm told anyway.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 13, 2026 05:46 PM (Dv3i1)

And from various angles with her in various poses. It could take quite a while. A lifetime, even.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 13, 2026 05:49 PM (wVcYX)

86 Any intelligence BJ might have been gifted with is smothered under piles of ideological ramblings.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 05:49 PM (krQz2)

87 So that is why Fenelon Spoke is out to save souls, it is to protect her Ginger prerogatives.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 13, 2026 05:48 PM (2GVsD)
---
Saving souls...for later!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 13, 2026 05:49 PM (ZOv7s)

88 I was born with red hair. I have always had red hair. I don't want to have other than red hair.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 13, 2026

***
Fen,

The most beautiful and sexiest girl I knew in high school was a redhead. So was Mrs. Wolfus No. 2, and I believe Nicole Kidman is a natural redhead. You are in fine company.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 13, 2026 05:49 PM (wzUl9)

89 This is abortion redux.

"Women's rights" is a convenient way to dismiss a child's superior right to live.

"trans rights" is a way to dismiss the rights of all women they compete against.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 13, 2026 05:49 PM (uEUHC)

90 It's like when you get down to the final ashes in your pipe"

Stems and seeds?

Posted by: man at January 13, 2026 05:50 PM (XuXeR)

91 83 Meh. Before I departed New Mexico, I had the pleasure of experiencing an M=5.4 quake."

I was in Alaska... it most definitely got one's attention
Posted by: man at January 13, 2026 05:48 PM (XuXeR)

Alaska has some big ass earthquakes I hope to never experience.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 13, 2026 05:50 PM (mxcbL)

92 @nicksortor
🚨 LMAO! Someone HECKLED President Trump at the Ford plant today, so he mouthed “F*** YOU” and flipped them the bird.

https://tinyurl.com/mfdwnpnm

Posted by: IrishEi at January 13, 2026 05:50 PM (3ImbR)

93 How do I define a woman?

If, at any given time in your entire life, if you have never had to think about or worry about contracting prostate cancer, you are a woman.

There are many crossover cancers that both sexes have to worry about, Long, breast, blood, brain, but there are a few that do not cross over no matter how much you want to think it does. Endometrial, ovarian, and prostate cancer do not crossover.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 13, 2026 05:50 PM (pkq24)

94 "I've got the down to seeds and stems again blues."

Posted by: no one at January 13, 2026 05:50 PM (qFwJc)

95 In the 4s in richter scale the deep underground bugs mess with your ears. Mineral Quake.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 13, 2026 05:50 PM (9cHSL)

96 I hate it when everybody here has to punch down.

Posted by: Jack at January 13, 2026 05:51 PM (jE5Mf)

97 72 Not strong enough. Not close enough to San Francisco.
Posted by: no one at January 13, 2026 05:47 PM (qFwJc)

I'm 60 miles From SF and I didn't feel it..

Posted by: It's me donna at January 13, 2026 05:51 PM (VE6XX)

98 I think the Babylon Bee nailed it. Even the other Justices (a few of whom are also quite stupid) think she's the Supreme of Stupid on the Court.
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 13, 2026 05:46 PM (aZm/F)

Keep the flare guns under strict lockup. Else she might burn the place to the ground.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 13, 2026 05:52 PM (wVcYX)

99 Hey Jack

Diane is waiting down by the Tasty-Freeze with a chilidog.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 13, 2026 05:52 PM (2GVsD)

100 Pretty soon the SCOTUS will be totally filled by retards.

I imagine that will work out well.

For the left.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 13, 2026 05:48 PM (NwnyJ)
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If the Democrats get the Senate and White House, their going to unload a truckful of ideological morons onto the Supreme Court.

They may even argue that more justices mean that more cases can be heard! And that sounds great to the people who have begun to tolerate our oligarchy of know-it-all judges.

The false civility preferred over the naked, rugged slugfest people voting their conscience, and face it, preference.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 05:52 PM (krQz2)

101 Breast cancer sucks for women (my mom had this, they got rid of it) but when men get it, it used to be Game Over.
But cancer science has improved.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 13, 2026 05:52 PM (gKWVE)

102 Protip. Medical transgender guys, remember to get your prostate checked, PSA numbers read. We live in clown world.

Posted by: tubal at January 13, 2026 05:52 PM (pDt9x)

103 Ace, I liked what you did in an earlier post, you threw in an closely relevant teaser to keep readers reading.

Posted by: Mark in SC at January 13, 2026 05:53 PM (Vvo0d)

104 This hair dye discussion for some reason reminds me of something I've always wondered about...

What in the everloving fuck was going on with Margot Honecker's (Die Lila Hexe) crazy purple hair? I've never heard anyone explain *why* she did that, just *that* she did.

I'm going with this: Margot Honecker was the ur-Karen. A pushy, frigid Marxist virago with danger hair who relentlessly tormented everyone around her.

She's the template for the affluent white American female. Other spiritual defectives at American universities looked at the glorious heights of unrestrained bitchiness she attained, and began subconsciously emulating her. The social contagion spread, and now we have a country run by millions of Margots.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 13, 2026 05:53 PM (BI5O2)

105 "Someone HECKLED President Trump at the Ford plant today, so he mouthed “F*** YOU” and flipped them the bird."

It sounds like PDT still has some fucks to give.

Posted by: fd at January 13, 2026 05:53 PM (vFG9F)

106 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llPUlLznKpY

Justice Kumanji Brown dancing...

Posted by: sven at January 13, 2026 05:53 PM (MUJd1)

107
2 conservatives
.
2 right of center moderates
1 moderate
1 left leaning nancy woman
.
1 far left
1 far left moron
1 far left retard

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 13, 2026 05:53 PM (uEUHC)

108 Sorry for the low-effort blogging. I am bushed today.
________
Sounds like someone has a case of the Mondays, on a Tuesday.

Posted by: Eeyore at January 13, 2026 05:53 PM (s0JqF)

109 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 13, 2026 05:49 PM (wzUl9)

Sorry to profoundly disappoint anyone 😉 but I am not a ginger. I was fooling around because cisginger is apparently what Judge Joke substituted for cisgender. I am ,however, a woman and have never wanted to try to change my gender- which I couldn't do anyway.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 13, 2026 05:54 PM (Nx5jP)

110
And a bunch of smooth brained Rs confirmed her.
Posted by: Piper

They should be booted as well.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 13, 2026 05:54 PM (pkeXY)

111 Dang.
A nation that reduces its jurisprudence to such ignorance is in serious decline. Makes one wish for MAJA.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 13, 2026 05:54 PM (2WIwB)

112 It’s glorious seeing this tranny bullshit being rejected with prejudice.

Also, there’s a new Star Trek show. It’s like the ultimate synergy of terrible ideas. They put a Klingon in skirt!

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 13, 2026 05:55 PM (eqMW0)

113
The other eight justices should don a button that reads, "I do not have to be smarter than Clarence Thomas, but I sure as hell am not as stupid as Ketanji Jackson"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 13, 2026 05:55 PM (xG4kz)

114 Maja?

The lesser-known Daimler-Benz sibling to the Mercedes.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 13, 2026 05:55 PM (2GVsD)

115 I can't believe we are still dealing with this idiocy. trans is a mental health issue.

If I identify as Napoleon does France have to make me emperor? Nucking futs.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 13, 2026 05:55 PM (viF8m)

116 ♫ ♪ ♬ ♪
Oh she's a one-ton tomato
one-ton tomaatoo
♫ ♪ ♬ ♪

Posted by: wth at January 13, 2026 05:55 PM (UjdFS)

117 She is such a moron. Kagan I disagree with, but she’s no more stupid than the average leftist. But KBJ is a straight up moron.

Posted by: OnPoint at January 13, 2026 05:55 PM (RK/h9)

118 110 Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 13, 2026 05:54 PM (pkeXY)

I posted on twatter about "main character syndrome" which is really just pretending you are in a TV show that is not there...

GOP "reaching around across the aisle" is the same thing.

Posted by: sven at January 13, 2026 05:55 PM (MUJd1)

119 It must really suck to be a guy and get breast cancer.

It happens.

Posted by: no one at January 13, 2026 05:56 PM (qFwJc)

120 83 Meh. Before I departed New Mexico, I had the pleasure of experiencing an M=5.4 quake."

I was in Alaska... it most definitely got one's attention
Posted by: man

I was through the 2001 7.1 Nisqually quake.. My office hung ceiling came down on my head and desk. I saw the aisles on my floor swaying from side to side. I was one of the first out of the building. Handicapped men and woman be damned

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 13, 2026 05:56 PM (abIsI)

121 Oops wrong thread.

Worst judge/justice? Possibly not, by a long shot. This cretin will, with luck, do little damage. The Kennedys and Roberts and many other "credentialed" disasters have continued and intensified the judiciary's decades' long assault on common sense, the constitution, and American civic values. She's a pathetic and perfect monument to the degradation of America by racist-authoritarian idiots, but if impact is considered far from the worst.

Posted by: rhomboid at January 13, 2026 05:56 PM (U/Byj)

122 I was born with red hair. I still have red hair, but now that I'm 29 a lot of it is starting to turn white...

Posted by: DanMa'am at January 13, 2026 05:56 PM (8uzBS)

123 Fathers need to protect their daughters.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 13, 2026 05:56 PM (s3lC5)

124 >>Medical transgender guys, remember to get your prostate checked, PSA numbers read. We live in clown world.

You joke, but this is the material Tort Textbooks dream of:

Can a Medical Doctor be sued for malpractice for not detecting Prostate Cancer in a Trans-Woman?

Talk about your fun Legal Cases!

Posted by: garrett at January 13, 2026 05:56 PM (ZcsJV)

125 Changing “ gender”? Simple. Just subtract the Y, then add an X. Simple! ( Thing that KBJ might have said).

Posted by: tubal at January 13, 2026 05:56 PM (pDt9x)

126 117 Posted by: OnPoint at January 13, 2026 05:55 PM (RK/h9)

The three leftbat women are actual average or below intellects...

ACB the honorary leftbat is ~ 120 IQ

Posted by: sven at January 13, 2026 05:56 PM (MUJd1)

127 The false civility preferred over the naked, rugged slugfest people voting their conscience, and face it, preference.
Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 05:52 PM (krQz2)
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Counterpoint: while the GOP seems like a bunch of feckless squishes and many here want Trump to behave just as ruthlessly as Biden, that's actually counterproductive.

If we want to truly save society, we have to accept constraints and try to maintain the old order as best as possible, otherwise there's no place for the center to go. Total collapse.

What Trump is doing is owning the idea of order in the face of the Dems' chaos. This is what Franco did - and how even before the war was over, people were fleeing from "red" Spain into the Nationalist zone. It wasn't politics, it was law and order.

You can't have law and order by behaving like anarchists.

There's a book about it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 13, 2026 05:56 PM (ZOv7s)

128 I don't know what SCOTUS will decide on this. All I will predict is that SCOTUS will not issue a definition of a woman. Perhaps they will want to simply do a Dodds-like decision: Kick it all back to the individual states. Let them decide what a woman is in their borders. The problem with that is the Federal laws and funding to states aspects. Will they order FedGov to legally define what a woman is for FedGov purposes? What an unnecessary mess. The Left's denial of ordinary common sense is ruinous.

Posted by: Gref at January 13, 2026 05:57 PM (5rh/l)

129 It is interesting that no one is complaining about trans boys playing in boys' sports.

Probably because once a trans boy gets hit in the stomach by a ball a couple of times, they just quit the sport altogether.

Because no amount of wish casting is going to change the innate physiological differences between biological males and biological females.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 13, 2026 05:57 PM (SRRAx)

130 Cultural Marxists will tie themselves in knots not to admit the obvious

Posted by: Skip at January 13, 2026 05:57 PM (Ia/+0)

131 83 Meh. Before I departed New Mexico, I had the pleasure of experiencing an M=5.4 quake."

I was in Alaska... it most definitely got one's attention
Posted by: man
-------
It's not a real earthquake unless you get off the couch and walk around the house making sure nothing is falling, and then go outside and watch the poles sway with the neighbors.
Real quake seem to never end.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 13, 2026 05:57 PM (uEUHC)

132 Dang.
A nation that reduces its jurisprudence to such ignorance is in serious decline. Makes one wish for MAJA.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 13, 2026 05:54 PM (2WIwB)
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We need a judge-slapping amendment.

They need to be reminded that they are not their to replace the discretion of the people.

And that they can show their wisdom by restraint, despite that almost all cases will be attended by people demanding that they deserved a win by everything that is right and holy.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 05:57 PM (krQz2)

133 But does the Klingon have cleavage?

Posted by: no one at January 13, 2026 05:57 PM (qFwJc)

134 The only time I've ever felt an earthquake was actually in Caracas, Venezuela many years ago.

Posted by: IrishEi at January 13, 2026 05:57 PM (3ImbR)

135 Can a Medical Doctor be sued for malpractice for not detecting Prostate Cancer in a Trans-Woman?

Talk about your fun Legal Cases!

I want this argued before SCOTUS by the Empress and she has to use hand puppets for Justice Brown.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 13, 2026 05:58 PM (2GVsD)

136 I can make an argument for oral.

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at January 13, 2026 05:58 PM (D1n1Q)

137 "They' put a Klingon in skirt!
Posted by: sniffybigtoe"

You got a problem with that, buddy?

Posted by: Worfette at January 13, 2026 05:58 PM (vFG9F)

138 osted by: DanMa'am at January 13, 2026 05:56 PM

So you really are CisGinger? 😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 13, 2026 05:58 PM (Nx5jP)

139 Fathers need to protect their daughters.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 13, 2026 05:56 PM (s3lC5)
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Divorce is where it gets dicey, but if the family presents a united front, it can prevail. We did, and my daughter is very grateful for that.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 13, 2026 05:59 PM (ZOv7s)

140 Trans men (butch chicks) should be required to play football and enlist in the army. We wouldn’t have any in the entire country.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 13, 2026 05:59 PM (eqMW0)

141 The other eight justices should don a button that reads, "I do not have to be smarter than Clarence Thomas, but I sure as hell am not as stupid as Ketanji Jackson"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 13, 2026

***
I wonder if Thomas and Alito, when they are alone together, shake their heads and make jokes like this. Kavanaugh, Gorsuch, and even Roberts might too. I suspect Amy Boney Carrot and the other women might think it, but would never say it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 13, 2026 05:59 PM (wzUl9)

142 Remember that Female Punter that they trotted out for us to mock a few years back?

Posted by: garrett at January 13, 2026 05:59 PM (ZcsJV)

143 Ahem.

"cisGINGER" is Latin (work with me, here) for . . .

"Ultimate Ginger".

Which we know from our studies, is Karen Gillan:

https://tinyurl.com/cisGINGER-KG

"I rest my case, Yer 'Onor."

Posted by: Sharkman at January 13, 2026 05:59 PM (BRvvM)

144 Two tankers over Europe.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 13, 2026 05:59 PM (9cHSL)

145 127 Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 13, 2026 05:56 PM (ZOv7s)

You do not STOP the insanity by humoring it, you stop it by humiliating and punishing it.

The ICE operations in MN are precisely such an exercise.

Posted by: sven at January 13, 2026 06:00 PM (MUJd1)

146 This is a good time to remind that there is a left-wing podcast of women who gush over Jumanji Brown's every word.

That discusses her proclamations and rhetoric as a Cicero, Lincoln, and Socrates all as one in their ebony goddess. A literal Chocolate Athena.

Who run squealing in delight when a new opinion drops, like a prior generation did when the latest Tiger Beat hit their mailbox.

These woman, and the thousands that listen to them ... vote.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 13, 2026 06:00 PM (HXT0k)

147 "They' put a Klingon in skirt!
Posted by: sniffybigtoe"
-----

All Star Trek became gay and retarded when they introduced the Ferengi characters. They were nothing but Disney-casting-gone-wrong--they never longed in a Star Trek episode.

Posted by: Crusader at January 13, 2026 06:00 PM (TN0g+)

148 We should be able to vote Justices off the court. Muh democracy!

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 13, 2026 06:00 PM (eqMW0)

149 You do not STOP the insanity by humoring it, you stop it by humiliating and punishing it.

The ICE operations in MN are precisely such an exercise.
Posted by: sven at January 13, 2026 06:00 PM (MUJd1)

Agreed.. They should triple down there...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 13, 2026 06:01 PM (VE6XX)

150 You can't have law and order by behaving like anarchists.

There's a book about it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 13, 2026 05:56 PM (ZOv7s)
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The Vote is not anarchy. I'm definitely not championing "whatever wins". We don't let the people decide whose estate to divvy up. But we do let them decide the course of direction for the state.

The recession of judges is not anarchy.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 06:01 PM (krQz2)

151 She is such a moron. Kagan I disagree with, but she’s no more stupid than the average leftist. But KBJ is a straight up moron.
Posted by: OnPoint at January 13, 2026 05:55 PM (RK/h9)
~~~~~

Don't forget Sotomayor. She was a DEI admission in high school before it was cool.

Posted by: IrishEi at January 13, 2026 06:01 PM (3ImbR)

152 How is ICE 'free' Minneapolis doing?

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 13, 2026 06:01 PM (2GVsD)

153 "All Star Trek became gay and retarded when they introduced the Ferengi characters."

Ahem.

Posted by: Worfette at January 13, 2026 06:01 PM (vFG9F)

154 Klingon in a dress?

I think they have one in the new Starfleet Academy.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 13, 2026 06:02 PM (2GVsD)

155 Can a Medical Doctor be sued for malpractice for not detecting Prostate Cancer in a Trans-Woman?

Talk about your fun Legal Cases!

I want this argued before SCOTUS by the Empress and she has to use hand puppets for Justice Brown.
Posted by: Anna Puma

Seconded!

Posted by: rickb223 at January 13, 2026 06:02 PM (pkq24)

156 Similarly, you got the hen, the chicken, and the rooster. The rooster goes with the chicken. So who's having sex with the hen? Something is missing!

Posted by: Costanza Brown Jackson at January 13, 2026 06:02 PM (5AobS)

157 You do not STOP the insanity by humoring it, you stop it by humiliating and punishing it.

The ICE operations in MN are precisely such an exercise.
Posted by: sven at January 13, 2026 06:00 PM (MUJd1)
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That's not what I wrote. I said that the old order must be sustained as much as possible. ICE is part of that order.

My point is simply that one cannot be lawless, and then claim to be upholding the law. The Dems tried it and failed spectacularly. They will continue to do so.

Meanwhile, just be being normal, the center-right gains a tremendous advantage. Frustrating, but in the long term, it is the path to victory. The left will eventually start eating its own. It's already starting. All the old Dem leaders will be pulled down, starting with Chuck Schumer.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 13, 2026 06:02 PM (ZOv7s)

158 Justice D-EI Babbles Incoherently and Proves the Danger of Socially Promoting Retards for Racial Beancounting Purposes
—Ace

Sorry for the low-effort blogging. I am bushed today.
______________________________

These two statements are diametrically opposed. Anyone who can highlight "babbling retards" in a by-line is on his A-Game.

And before anyone else does it: I saw "Babbling Retards" open for "Slow" (Canadian Punk Band) in the mid 80's in my friend, Butch's garage while hoisting frozen bottles of Nighttrain.

Posted by: Orson at January 13, 2026 06:02 PM (dIske)

159 147 Posted by: Crusader at January 13, 2026 06:00 PM (TN0g+)

Lucas and Roddenberry both put in direct "fu*ck yous" to the Jews...

Nemoidians and Ferengi...the Orion green skinned chicks and mythology was Space Arabs.

Posted by: sven at January 13, 2026 06:03 PM (MUJd1)

160
50 There wasn't any judge that Biden could have picked who happened to be a black woman who was smarter and more articulate than Action Jackson?!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 13, 2026 05:44 PM (Nx5jP)

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Maybe Biden's handlers intended her as a civilization-damaging insult, like when Caligula made a horse a senator. Or when Biden was made president.

Posted by: Alec Baldwin at January 13, 2026 06:03 PM (t1fZA)

161 KBJ is a stone-cold retard. That she was able to get into and graduate from law school is baffling, let alone that she has been installed on the highest court in the land.

Posted by: ballistic at January 13, 2026 06:03 PM (5aZAZ)

162 We should be able to vote Justices off the court. Muh democracy!
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 13, 2026 06:00 PM (eqMW0)
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The Court is very close--in many peoples minds and wishes--to the "super-legislature" that Jay argued would invalidate the entire concept itself.

The Democrats slipped and said that loading the Court does not need to be unfair as we could divvy up spots on the bench between parties.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 06:04 PM (krQz2)

163 Ace, you'll love this. Philly Soros-backed prosecutor Krasner (Wyatt Earp used to detest this guy) has decided to go full on Renee-drama in fighting Ice.

https://tinyurl.com/59xm6huh

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 13, 2026 06:04 PM (6vGHU)

164 Breaking.
Broke WNBA to declare bankruptcy and reorganize as a profitable Somali daycare center.

Posted by: WSJ at January 13, 2026 06:04 PM (D1n1Q)

165 The recession of judges is not anarchy.
Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 06:01 PM (krQz2)
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Correct. There needs to be some sort of correction in order to maintain the integrity of law, and thanks to stupid, inexplicable and indefensible rulings that are obviously wrong, the table is being set to take some sort of action, whether it be budget cuts, eliminating circuits or impeachment inquiries.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 13, 2026 06:05 PM (ZOv7s)

166 Yep! I really am a ginger. Wanted to be a blonde when I was very, very young. But I got over it! Especially when I found out how much DanMan likes gingers~

Posted by: DanMa'am at January 13, 2026 06:05 PM (8uzBS)

167 157 Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 13, 2026 06:02 PM (ZOv7s)

The GOP's go-along gang impulses just passed 3 donk authored feign spending bills overnight....

I am not black-pilling and I am NOT flaming you personally I *am* saying Thom Tillis, Suzy-Q Collins et al are fucking retards who refuse to understand that USAID and foreign aid are direct funding mechanisms for the left.

Posted by: sven at January 13, 2026 06:05 PM (MUJd1)

168 All cisgingers are hereby invited to join the Red-Headed League.

--Sherlock Holmes, Esq.

Posted by: Beverly at January 13, 2026 06:05 PM (reMys)

169 Posted by: Alec Baldwin at January 13, 2026 06:03 PM (t1fZA)

Could be.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 13, 2026 06:05 PM (Nx5jP)

170 🥒

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 13, 2026 06:05 PM (9cHSL)

171 All right, friends. Enjoy your evening! I am going to go work out.

Posted by: Piper at January 13, 2026 06:05 PM (aT5K/)

172 A CisGinger, that is~

Posted by: DanMa'am at January 13, 2026 06:05 PM (8uzBS)

173 Posted by: Beverly at January 13, 2026 06:05 PM

lol. Well done.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 13, 2026 06:05 PM (Nx5jP)

174 I felt a new Madrid fault quake in middle school I think. Would have been 87/88ish?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 13, 2026 06:06 PM (zZu0s)

175 Meanwhile, just be being normal, the center-right gains a tremendous advantage. Frustrating, but in the long term, it is the path to victory. The left will eventually start eating its own. It's already starting. All the old Dem leaders will be pulled down, starting with Chuck Schumer.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 13, 2026 06:02 PM (ZOv7s)
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My faith that the normies will wake up and gravitate toward the Republican party as the home of sanity and normalcy BEFORE the left burns the entire thing down to the waterline is...shaky at best.

Posted by: ballistic at January 13, 2026 06:07 PM (5aZAZ)

176 Several Prosecutors in Minneapolis US Attorney’s Office Resign in Protest Over DOJ’s Push to Probe Renee Good’s Widow

Winning!

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 13, 2026 06:07 PM (abIsI)

177 I am not black-pilling and I am NOT flaming you personally I *am* saying Thom Tillis, Suzy-Q Collins et al are fucking retards who refuse to understand that USAID and foreign aid are direct funding mechanisms for the left.
Posted by: sven at January 13, 2026 06:05 PM (MUJd1)
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They understand perfectly. That is why Tillis is dead man walking. Primarying him and Cornyn is exactly what is required.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 13, 2026 06:07 PM (ZOv7s)

178

cisGinger or cisMary Ann?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 13, 2026 06:07 PM (pkeXY)

179 CisCrossbow vs cisLongbow?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 13, 2026 06:08 PM (9cHSL)

180 174 Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 13, 2026 06:06 PM (zZu0s)

Yes it was felt all the way to Ohio....low Richter, BUT "happily" the low richter is productive because of the limestone and the brick houses.....

Hi folks, Sven J Olafson here, and when I am shopping for ELE's I prefer SMOD *but* I'll settle for the Yellowstone Caldera AND the New Madrid Fault both going off in sequence.

Posted by: sven at January 13, 2026 06:08 PM (MUJd1)

181 176 Several Prosecutors in Minneapolis US Attorney’s Office Resign in Protest Over DOJ’s Push to Probe Renee Good’s Widow

Ewwwww

Posted by: It's me donna at January 13, 2026 06:08 PM (VE6XX)

182 My faith that the normies will wake up and gravitate toward the Republican party as the home of sanity and normalcy BEFORE the left burns the entire thing down to the waterline is...shaky at best.
Posted by: ballistic at January 13, 2026 06:07 PM (5aZAZ)
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Don't assume that they aren't already there. There is a reason why IDs had to be banned in so many states. The Dems get killed in an honest election, and which was it, Oregon, had 20% of its voter rolls filled with fake people.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 13, 2026 06:08 PM (ZOv7s)

183 I can dress up, but Ginger can't cook.

Posted by: Mary Ann at January 13, 2026 06:09 PM (D1n1Q)

184 This gender stuff makes my head hurt.

Posted by: Eromero at January 13, 2026 06:09 PM (V6+NK)

185 All right, friends. Enjoy your evening! I am going to go work out.
Posted by: Piper at January 13, 2026

***
May you achieve or exceed your workout goals, Piper.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 13, 2026 06:09 PM (wzUl9)

186 What an idiot the corrupt retards put on the SC.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at January 13, 2026 06:10 PM (wBaIH)

187 I saw that in Michigan, they found 200+ voters who were also in the jury pool who were non-citizens.

That thing that can't happen has happened again.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 13, 2026 06:10 PM (ZOv7s)

188 My faith that the normies will wake up and gravitate toward the Republican party as the home of sanity and normalcy BEFORE the left burns the entire thing down to the waterline is...shaky at best.
Posted by: ballistic at January 13, 2026 06:07 PM (5aZAZ)
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I keep hoping that, but we're dealing with the Alien in the left. At every loss they "change shape".

Just like the plan above is that they shut up about ICE until they seem sane and win the election. Then they can impeach Trump and put ICE in carbonite.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 06:10 PM (krQz2)

189 Why it's almost as if Ketanji be unable to answer the question during her nomination hearing was relevant and bound to be an issue later on, or something...

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 13, 2026 06:10 PM (mlg/3)

190 How many females think they are male and want to compete against the boys?

Posted by: Skip at January 13, 2026 06:10 PM (Ia/+0)

191 184 This gender stuff makes my head hurt.
Posted by: Eromero

It's really pretty simple.
Four words: his, hers, it's and theirs.

Posted by: Sex is male and female at January 13, 2026 06:11 PM (D1n1Q)

192 I've got my eyes on the professor. The man can work a coconut.

Posted by: cisGilligan at January 13, 2026 06:11 PM (abIsI)

193 You can take the girl out of the ghetto but you can't take the ghetto out of the girl.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 13, 2026 06:12 PM (cYBz/)

194 cisGinger or cisMary Ann?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 13, 2026 06:07 PM (pkeXY)
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Dawn Wells will always be my preference. And since it's Mary Ann who identifies as Mary Ann, all the better.

Unless we were to bring Audra Barkly into the picture.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 06:12 PM (krQz2)

195 NO HABLO RETARDO, MARICON.

¿Que es mas macho: El Toro o la Mariposa?

Posted by: Minuteman at January 13, 2026 06:13 PM (47/pr)

196 This gender stuff makes my head hurt.

Posted by: Eromero at January 13, 2026 06:09 PM (V6+NK)
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It should. It's Frogger with goalposts.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 06:13 PM (krQz2)

197 Jackson is a Cultural Marxist through and through

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

198 cisGinger or cisMary Ann?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
......

Skipperina

Posted by: wth at January 13, 2026 06:14 PM (UjdFS)

199 If I identify as Napoleon does France have to make me emperor? Nucking futs.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 13, 2026 05:55 PM (viF8m)

It's France. Try it. Ya never know.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 13, 2026 06:15 PM (g8Ew8)

200 Today, according to the Uncle Louie Variety Show, is National Vaffanculo Day.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 13, 2026 06:15 PM (pkq24)

201 What's this about retarded people having law degrees?

Posted by: Sheila Jackson Lee, JD, UVA at January 13, 2026 06:15 PM (NfIzX)

202 "Is treating someone transgender, but does not have, because of the medical interventions and the things that have been done, who does not have, uh, the"
++++
Justice Kamala Harris.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 13, 2026 06:16 PM (GyQIQ)

203 Jackson is Biden in blackface.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 13, 2026 06:16 PM (gKWVE)

204 Come here, young man.
There's a thing or two I need to teach you.

Posted by: Lovey Howell at January 13, 2026 06:16 PM (D1n1Q)

205 50 There wasn't any judge that Biden could have picked who happened to be a black woman who was smarter and more articulate than Action Jackson?!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 13, 2026 05:44 PM (Nx5jP)

She seems to be trying to prove she's a brilliant jurist by asking more questions than any other two or three Justices combined. Sad. All she does by that is proving she does not belong on SCOTUS. Her asking a few decent questions instead of many rambling dumb ones would help make her appear intelligent. But dumb people gonna dumb.

Posted by: Gref at January 13, 2026 06:16 PM (5rh/l)

206 The trans stuff at least had a smidgeon of room for a semi-rational argument and the onset when the advocates argued that "gender is separate from sex".

The implication that you could still tell--in most cases--sexual differences. The question is do you accept the argument on "gender".

But then we asked: if you're the gender you are regardless of equipment, why change the equipment and why take hormones of the other sex?

They couldn't answer, so the shell game had to get more complex.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 06:17 PM (krQz2)

207 I'm confident we can keep Fenelon off the hook here. If there were a penalty for impersonating a redhead, the back roads would be littered with victims. Instead of dye bottles.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at January 13, 2026 06:17 PM (zdLoL)

208 This gender stuff makes my head hurt.
Posted by: Eromero

It's really pretty simple.
Four words: his, hers, it's and theirs.
Posted by: Sex is male and female

Even simpler. Trans = fake
Trans man = fake man
Trans woman = fake woman

Posted by: rickb223 at January 13, 2026 06:17 PM (pkq24)

209 Today, according to the Uncle Louie Variety Show, is National Vaffanculo Day.
Posted by: rickb223

That's right! And, in honor of that day, I'm saying that to everyone.

(His show is fantastic. My wife doesn't get him at all.)

Posted by: Tonypete at January 13, 2026 06:17 PM (cYBz/)

210 199 If I identify as Napoleon does France have to make me emperor? Nucking futs.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 13, 2026 05:55 PM (viF8m)

You must be *this* tall to be Emperor.

Posted by: A sign that France didn't have at January 13, 2026 06:17 PM (NfIzX)

211 The trans stuff at least had a smidgeon of room for a semi-rational argument and the onset when the advocates argued that "gender is separate from sex".
Posted by: Axeman

Except there's no biological definition of 'gender' if it only depends on feelings.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 13, 2026 06:18 PM (mlg/3)

212 Vaffuncullo? Lawyer in the Pesci movie?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 13, 2026 06:18 PM (9cHSL)

213 Even simpler. Trans = fake
Trans man = fake man
Trans woman = fake woman
Posted by: rickb223 at January 13, 2026 06:17 PM (pkq24)
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I translate it: trans = NOT.

Transman -> NOT man
Transwoman -> NOT woman

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 06:19 PM (krQz2)

214 This gender stuff makes my head hurt.
Posted by: Eromero

It's really pretty simple.
Four words: his, hers, it's and theirs.
Posted by: Sex is male and female

Even simpler. Trans = fake
Trans man = fake man
Trans woman = fake woman
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Its really just two: male, female. That's it. Everything else just sews confusion.

Posted by: Crusader at January 13, 2026 06:19 PM (TN0g+)

215 201 What's this about retarded people having law degrees?
Posted by: Sheila Jackson Lee, JD, UVA

I don't know what's up with that sister.

Posted by: Maizie Hirono - US Senator at January 13, 2026 06:19 PM (abIsI)

216 The court changed the definition of marriage after thousands of years so we'll see if they can change the definition of male and female to whatever the fuck you want it to be.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 13, 2026 06:19 PM (n5tGW)

217 Easy answer - if you have a Y, you're a guy. The rest is just window dressing.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 13, 2026 06:19 PM (tV890)

218 Kitangi is the final and best product the great society.

Posted by: Eromero at January 13, 2026 06:19 PM (V6+NK)

219 Holy crap . Did you see the vid on x of the guy who was at an anti ice gathering with his American flag. The protestors FAFO bigley. Sorry can't post but it's titled Trump supporter fist fights anti ice protestor. ( more like 5 or 6 protestors) if you want to look it up.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 13, 2026 06:20 PM (KDPiq)

220 That's right! And, in honor of that day, I'm saying that to everyone.

(His show is fantastic. My wife doesn't get him at all.)
Posted by: Tonypete

He's hilarious. He's like Rosann Rosanadana.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 13, 2026 06:20 PM (pkq24)

221 Man or woman? Link in nic.

Posted by: fd at January 13, 2026 06:20 PM (vFG9F)

222 The case is seriously Idaho v. Hecox?

I got nuthin'.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 13, 2026 06:20 PM (Wnv9h)

223 On the blog yesterdayish.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 13, 2026 06:21 PM (9cHSL)

224 I notice the left always just begs the question in these sorts of discussions.

So Gender Identity is a protected class. Ok...where was that decided? And...what is it. For example if I alternate male and female by the minute is that ok?

And why is gender identify protected but say...chronological identity is not. If I want to play in a pee wee legal and identify as a kid can I? Why not?

Posted by: 18-1 at January 13, 2026 06:21 PM (sKqQm)

225 Well, I for one welcome Justice Ketanji Jackson because it means I'm no longer the stupidest person on the court

Posted by: Justice Sotomayor at January 13, 2026 06:21 PM (tV890)

226 Holy crap . Did you see the vid on x of the guy who was at an anti ice gathering with his American flag. The protestors FAFO bigley. Sorry can't post but it's titled Trump supporter fist fights anti ice protestor. ( more like 5 or 6 protestors) if you want to look it up.
Posted by: Opinion fact

Yeah, he laid them all out. Some of them twice. Especially the guy in the red and black jacket. He folded him up like a cheap suit.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 13, 2026 06:21 PM (pkq24)

227 I enjoy Kunta Kinte Jackson speaking...she makes me feel intelligent and superior in comparison.

Yo go girl! I noes dats right! Keep it real yo homie! Kick him to da curb girl, kick him to da curb! Oh noes he din int!

Posted by: Ghetto Joe at January 13, 2026 06:22 PM (R/m4+)

228 225 Well, I for one welcome Justice Ketanji Jackson because it means I'm no longer the stupidest person on the court
Posted by: Justice Sotomayor at January 13, 2026 06:21 PM (tV890)

You had a good run...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 13, 2026 06:22 PM (VE6XX)

229 Ketanji is a fine name.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 13, 2026 06:22 PM (9cHSL)

230 Similarly, you got the hen, the chicken, and the rooster. The rooster goes with the chicken. So who's having sex with the hen? Something is missing!
Posted by: Costanza Brown Jackson at January 13, 2026 06:02 PM (5AobS)

I say, son, I say that hen's as cold as a nudist on an iceberg!

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at January 13, 2026 06:22 PM (wVcYX)

231 219 Holy crap . Did you see the vid on x of the guy who was at an anti ice gathering with his American flag. The protestors FAFO bigley. Sorry can't post but it's titled Trump supporter fist fights anti ice protestor. ( more like 5 or 6 protestors) if you want to look it up.
Posted by: Opinion fact

I watched that. Proper multiple clockings. I got a boner.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 13, 2026 06:23 PM (abIsI)

232 Ace posted that video here.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 13, 2026 06:23 PM (9cHSL)

233 Natalie Schafer who played Mrs Howell on Gilligan's Island was actually an attractive woman when younger- aside from the sort of crazy hairstyle here:

https://tinyurl.com/mr44cbdj

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 13, 2026 06:24 PM (rZCVI)

234 Sequel to Action Jackson - Ka DEI Jackson

Posted by: ... at January 13, 2026 06:24 PM (E0p3T)

235 Ace posted that video here.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 13, 2026 06:23 PM (9cHSL)

Sorry I missed it. Someone just sent it to me.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 13, 2026 06:25 PM (KDPiq)

236 The trans stuff at least had a smidgeon of room for a semi-rational argument and the onset when the advocates argued that "gender is separate from sex".
Posted by: Axeman

Except there's no biological definition of 'gender' if it only depends on feelings.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 13, 2026 06:18 PM (mlg/3)
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Agree. But they weren't saying that gender was "biological" at the time.

The thing was at one time "sex" became an impolite word, as it was the shortened form of "sexual intercourse" so prigs started to use the linguistic difference called "gender". It was never about biology, but the way that in language we capture a difference made by sex.

"Neuter" is a *gender* in language. There is no neuter sex. But it refers to language constructions that do not refer to a sex as metaphor.

Gender only referred to language. But the way that languages casted sexual character was chosen as a oblique reference to the first definition of the word "sex".

So in that sense, "gender" really seemed to indicate the collection of impressions of the difference of sex.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 06:25 PM (krQz2)

237 Apparently this retard made up a fake new word -- "cisGINGER"

i dunno. joe mannix (not a cop!) seems to be able to find plenty of cisginger pictures.

Posted by: anachronda at January 13, 2026 06:25 PM (v3pYe)

238 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 13, 2026 06:24 PM (rZCVI)

Not even with the Skipper's telescope

Posted by: ... at January 13, 2026 06:25 PM (E0p3T)

239 "I don't understand" is Justice Ketanji Jackson' go to for every argument - she never understands, and even when it is explained to her she still doesn't understand.

That's the thing - I disagree with Kagen but see her point. I disagree with Sotomayor but realize she just a leftist hack and working off feelings.

But I disagree with Ketanji Jackson because she is simply stupid and incoherent. It's like hearing the legal arguments of six-year-old.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 13, 2026 06:25 PM (tV890)

240 Posted by: fd at January 13, 2026 06:20 PM (vFG9F)

Man

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 13, 2026 06:26 PM (rZCVI)

241 A House bill was proposed in Jackson that would outlaw the use of tasers, and several law enforcement officers are against the idea.

“Anytime you take a tool out of an officer’s hand, that hurts us,” said Lt. Jake Driskell, of Jones County Sheriff’s Department.

Sweet! Go straight from PR-24 to bang bang.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 13, 2026 06:26 PM (pkq24)

242 Well, I for one welcome Justice Ketanji Jackson because it means I'm no longer the stupidest person on the court
Posted by: Justice Sotomayor at January 13, 2026 06:21 PM (tV890)

Girl! I'm like friggin' Einstein with that bitch hangin' around.

Posted by: Kamala Harris at January 13, 2026 06:26 PM (iJfKG)

243 Damn it Jim, she's a judge, not a biologist.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 13, 2026 06:26 PM (/lPRQ)

244 BREAKING: President Trump is blackpilling!

According to the WSJ (which I admit is a terrible source), the President believes Susie Wiles' AG appointee, Pam Bondi, is weak and ineffective.

I hope this is true.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 13, 2026 06:27 PM (abIsI)

245 But I disagree with Ketanji Jackson because she is simply stupid and incoherent. It's like hearing the legal arguments of six-year-old.
Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 13, 2026 06:25 PM (tV890)

Doesn't she have Law Clerks helping her ? They must be DEI also

Posted by: It's me donna at January 13, 2026 06:27 PM (VE6XX)

246 239 Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 13, 2026 06:25 PM (tV890)

I'll send a 1000 bucks to whatever lawyer before the court says, "madam let's cut to the chase with the much shorter list what do you understand?" to her.

Posted by: sven at January 13, 2026 06:27 PM (MUJd1)

247 The AWFLs and Soy Boy smellies are out protesting in DC.

"ICE out for Good"
"Renea Good, ICE evil"
"ICE kills, DHS lies"

LOL, enough brainpower to light at least one 40-watt bulb.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 13, 2026 06:27 PM (HXT0k)

248 No non lethal force works. Just shoot them.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 13, 2026 06:27 PM (9cHSL)

249 Except there's no biological definition of 'gender' if it only depends on feelings. Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 13, 2026 06:18 PM (mlg/3)

And feelings are not protected under anti-discrimination laws. In fact, they are explicitly excluded for considerations.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 13, 2026 06:28 PM (tV890)

250 The court changed the definition of marriage after thousands of years so we'll see if they can change the definition of male and female to whatever the fuck you want it to be.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 13, 2026 06:19 PM (n5tGW)

The SCROTUMs knows all! Bow to us and tremble! The SCROTUMs knows all!

Well, maybe not everything but you get the picture.

Posted by: The SCROTUMs at January 13, 2026 06:29 PM (R/m4+)

251 245 But I disagree with Ketanji Jackson because she is simply stupid and incoherent. It's like hearing the legal arguments of six-year-old. Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 13, 2026 06:25 PM (tV890)

Doesn't she have Law Clerks helping her ? They must be DEI also Posted by: It's me donna at January 13, 2026 06:27 PM (VE6XX)

They ARE helping her, that is the sad part. But she's literally too dumb to read or understand what they write, so goes to court and just "wings" it.

I'm literally not joking here. She has said this in interviews.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 13, 2026 06:30 PM (tV890)

252 LOL, enough brainpower to light at least one 40-watt bulb.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

Assuming the fat in the brain has enough fat to sustain combustion...

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 13, 2026 06:30 PM (/lPRQ)

253 VoA broadcasting from Kuwait.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 13, 2026 06:30 PM (9cHSL)

254
245 But I disagree with Ketanji Jackson because she is simply stupid and incoherent. It's like hearing the legal arguments of six-year-old.
Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 13, 2026 06:25 PM (tV890)

Doesn't she have Law Clerks helping her ? They must be DEI also
Posted by: It's me donna at January 13, 2026 06:27 PM (VE6XX)

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She doesn't understand them, either.

Posted by: Alec Baldwin at January 13, 2026 06:30 PM (ufCEJ)

255 Cis-Co-Kid

____________________

This is not the Desperado gunfighter that you think. A Cis-Co-kid is, in fact, a straight conjoined twin.

Pancho, on the other hand, is still a heavy drinking screw up with a limited mental acuity and a fear of large insects.

Posted by: Orson at January 13, 2026 06:30 PM (dIske)

256 Wait, they are actually trying to make a deal of using a civilian looking plane to attack drug runners?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 13, 2026 06:31 PM (zZu0s)

257 No non lethal force works. Just shoot them.
Posted by: Boss Moss

That's my position. Either put knots on their head or bullets in their ass.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 13, 2026 06:31 PM (pkq24)

258 "Man
Posted by: FenelonSpoke"

I think it's Joxer from Xena: Warrior Princess.

Posted by: fd at January 13, 2026 06:31 PM (vFG9F)

259 A House bill was proposed in Jackson that would outlaw the use of tasers, and several law enforcement officers are against the idea.

“Anytime you take a tool out of an officer’s hand, that hurts us,” said Lt. Jake Driskell, of Jones County Sheriff’s Department.

Sweet! Go straight from PR-24 to bang bang.
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That's going to have disparate impact. There's a video series called "Fatigue" (Fatigue? From what? One can only imagine) and there appears to be a particular portion of the population that doesn't seem to understand the concept of complying with a lawful order. Removing the taser will lead to a large number of those individuals being beaten and/or shot.

Posted by: Crusader at January 13, 2026 06:32 PM (TN0g+)

260 Thus "gender stereotypes" had a debatable substance to it.

But if gender stereotypes are something to be countered, then why change your junk was still a sharp question.

T-advocates have never been able to answer the sensible questions, so they cut right to the "bigotry" of not adopting their viewpoint.

Also if it takes centuries for a society to create a "gender stereotype", how to you have one of your own, instantly? If gender is "socially constructed" how do you say your conceits are the "same thing"?

"Social constructs" are at least put through some tests of fire, arguably. Perhaps they were too limiting to women, but that doesn't make it so its the same thing as a personal notion.

Now it's a clusterfuck where they simply demand obedience to a jumbled doctrine to "show you're nice".

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 06:32 PM (krQz2)

261 I would bet the house Jackson's clearks are as well versed in Cultural Marxism as she is

Posted by: Skip at January 13, 2026 06:32 PM (Ia/+0)

262 244 BREAKING: President Trump is blackpilling!

According to the WSJ (which I admit is a terrible source), the President believes Susie Wiles' AG appointee, Pam Bondi, is weak and ineffective.

I hope this is true.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 13, 2026 06:27 PM (abIsI)

And last week he was gonna fire Kristi Noem.. Like you said WSJ

Posted by: It's me donna at January 13, 2026 06:32 PM (VE6XX)

263 Doesn't she have Law Clerks helping her ? They must be DEI also Posted by: It's me donna at January 13, 2026 06:27 PM (VE6XX)

They ARE helping her, that is the sad part. But she's literally too dumb to read or understand what they write, so goes to court and just "wings" it.

I'm literally not joking here. She has said this in interviews.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 13, 2026 06:30 PM (tV890)

++++

Sounds like Kamala. She's always had an army of advisors throughout her career. For some reason, only known to her, she steadfastly ignores them, and continues spewing out utter nonsense.

Posted by: washrivergal at January 13, 2026 06:34 PM (7Ozjo)

264 "cisGINGER" is Latin (work with me, here) for . . .

"Ultimate Ginger".

Which we know from our studies, is Karen Gillan:

https://tinyurl.com/cisGINGER-KG

"I rest my case, Yer 'Onor."
Posted by: Sharkman at January 13, 2026 05:59 PM (BRvvM)

cis doesn't mean Ultimate. In means on the same side of or perhaps 'nearby' as opposed to Trans meaning across from.

See Cisalpine Gaul (north Italy) and Transalpine Gaul (France proper)

Posted by: Oldcat at January 13, 2026 06:34 PM (8avO+)

265 I would bet the house Jackson's clearks are as well versed in Cultural Marxism as she is
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"A" people hire "A" people
Bs hire Cs
DEI hire Zs

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 13, 2026 06:34 PM (HXT0k)

266 BREAKING: President Trump is blackpilling!

According to the WSJ (which I admit is a terrible source), the President believes Susie Wiles' AG appointee, Pam Bondi, is weak and ineffective.

I hope this is true.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 13, 2026 06:27 PM (abIsI)
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We'd be able to see if the GOP in the Senate will let him have another nominee--or whether this will get strung out in a cloture vote.

* rolls eyes *

Everything is an op.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 06:34 PM (krQz2)

267 She seems to be trying to prove she's a brilliant jurist by asking more questions than any other two or three Justices combined. Sad. All she does by that is proving she does not belong on SCOTUS. Her asking a few decent questions instead of many rambling dumb ones would help make her appear intelligent. But dumb people gonna dumb.
Posted by: Gref at January 13, 2026 06:16 PM (5rh/l)

She asks so many questions because she is stupid and confused and didn't do her homework. She literally seems to be just learning about the case, and the law, when oral arguments are happening. "What the heck do you mean? I don't understand.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 13, 2026 06:35 PM (tV890)

268 Must be tomorrow night.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 13, 2026 06:35 PM (9cHSL)

269 James Lindsay asks, "have you been propagandized into being dangerously wrong?"

https://tinyurl.com/bdcsebrc

Posted by: Kindltot at January 13, 2026 06:35 PM (rbvCR)

270 Here's one for these trans idiots. I'm 63. Why can't I date a 20 yr old? I identify as 23.

It's much easier to change my age than my plumbing.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 13, 2026 06:36 PM (pkq24)

271 2nd Generation Feminism: Women aren't just people that wear skirts and makeup. They are completely different from men (and better!)

4th Generation Feminism: Women are people that wear skirts or makeup. And the best women are people born men

Posted by: 18-1 at January 13, 2026 06:36 PM (sKqQm)

272 I bet Kunta Kinte Jackson is a functional illiterate.

Test her.

Posted by: RIF at January 13, 2026 06:36 PM (R/m4+)

273 > According to the WSJ (which I admit is a terrible source), the President believes Susie Wiles' AG appointee, Pam Bondi, is weak and ineffective.
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I wouldn't doubt it.

She's politician at heart. Not a political operative.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 13, 2026 06:36 PM (NwnyJ)

274 Ketanji "Incitatus" Jackson has dropped another load of knowledge for those of us who sit in darkness... Be grateful, plebians!

Posted by: Beverly at January 13, 2026 06:38 PM (reMys)

275 Here's one for these trans idiots. I'm 63. Why can't I date a 20 yr old? I identify as 23./i]

Some guy in Belgium sued as "trans-age" because there was some legal benefit he couldn't get due to his biological age. And, TBH, he looked younger then he was.

But I remember when this story hit the airwaves my left cow-workers laughing about it - "Age isn't a social construct like you know being a woman. What an idiot!"

Posted by: 18-1 at January 13, 2026 06:38 PM (sKqQm)

276 James Lindsay asks, "have you been propagandized into being dangerously wrong?"

https://tinyurl.com/bdcsebrc

Posted by: Kindltot at January 13, 2026 06:35 PM (rbvCR)
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Lindsay is good on understanding Soros' logic.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 06:38 PM (krQz2)

277 If I identify as Napoleon does France have to make me emperor? Nucking futs.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 13, 2026 05:55 PM (viF8m)

It's France. Try it. Ya never know.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 13, 2026 06:15 PM (g8Ew

It worked for Macron

Posted by: Oldcat at January 13, 2026 06:39 PM (8avO+)

278 And should we be assuming its pronouns are she and her? Perhaps we should not presume....

Posted by: Beverly at January 13, 2026 06:39 PM (reMys)

279 She's politician at heart. Not a political operative.

Marco, Bessent, RFK and Hegseth have all taken significant political risks to achieve Trump's objectives.

I don't think Bondi has yet. You can imagine that under a President Newsom, for example, that she would be one of the few Trump cabinet members to NOT get prosecuted

Posted by: 18-1 at January 13, 2026 06:39 PM (sKqQm)

280 Here's one for these trans idiots. I'm 63. Why can't I date a 20 yr old? I identify as 23./i]
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I identify as handsome, young, athletic and well over 6 feet. Girls are bigots not to date me! -- same energy

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 06:40 PM (krQz2)

281 If law didn't make my eyes water, I would love to read her college documents. But doubt they are any different than what you would hear from her now.

Posted by: Skip at January 13, 2026 06:40 PM (Ia/+0)

282 But I remember when this story hit the airwaves my left cow-workers laughing about it - "Age isn't a social construct like you know being a woman. What an idiot!"
Posted by: 18-1

Some days I do feel 23. Usually, though, the next day I feel 90.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 13, 2026 06:40 PM (pkq24)

283 Did a moistened bint throw a scimitar at you?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 13, 2026 06:40 PM (9cHSL)

284 now is the time to announce newd

Posted by: DanMan at January 13, 2026 06:41 PM (8uzBS)

285 Someone did nood, right?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 13, 2026 06:42 PM (zZu0s)

286 Marco, Bessent, RFK and Hegseth have all taken significant political risks to achieve Trump's objectives.

I don't think Bondi has yet. You can imagine that under a President Newsom, for example, that she would be one of the few Trump cabinet members to NOT get prosecuted
Posted by: 18-1

Ultimately the only significant accomplishment that Bondi will be remembered for is railroading the White Hispanic Zimmerman.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 13, 2026 06:42 PM (/lPRQ)

287 Yeah, that lazy incompetent bitch Bondi. She's not out there serving subpoenas, writing briefs ,trying cases.and kicking the asses of all those USAGs that are responsible for building winnable cases.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 13, 2026 06:44 PM (0KSrI)

288 The stuff in MN could be Bondi's moment.

But if the DOJ doesn't get a conviction for Timpon, BroFo, or their ilk she will have failed...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 13, 2026 06:45 PM (sKqQm)

289 Removing the taser will lead to a large number of those individuals being beaten and/or shot.
Posted by: Crusader at January 13, 2026 06:32 PM (TN0g+)

I'm okay with that.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 13, 2026 06:47 PM (g8Ew8)

290 Removing the taser will lead to a large number of those individuals being beaten and/or shot.
Posted by: Crusader at January 13, 2026 06:32 PM (TN0g+)

I'm okay with that.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons

Police should be authorized one melee weapon of their choice.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 13, 2026 06:48 PM (/lPRQ)

291 Also, there is no such thing as a "transgender girl". No girls (or boys) can transition their gender (or their sex). Period. This BS will never end until someone in a position of authority calls this out. "Transgender" is made up. No one is "transgender". Until that is called out, this idiocy will continue.

Sean Davis @seanmdav

This is so dumb. “Trans” clowns can play sports against their own sex. They just don’t get to beat up the opposite sex for funsies because they suck too bad against their actual peers.

CSPAN @cspan

Justice Kavanaugh: "I hate, hate that a kid who wants to play sports might not be able to play sports. Hate that. But it's kind of a zero sum game for a lot of teams. Someone who tries out and makes it, who is a transgender girl... will bump someone else."

X video: https://bit.ly/4qmJHgM

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 13, 2026 09:24 PM (P5BPp)

292 Also, there is no such thing as a "transgender girl". No girls (or boys) can transition their gender (or their sex). Period. This BS will never end until someone in a position of authority calls this out. "Transgender" is made up. No one is "transgender". Until that is called out, this idiocy will continue.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 13, 2026 09:24 PM

If "transgender" is anything, it is a mental disorder. "Transgender" is not a description of "someone of one sex who has transitioned to the opposite sex", but rather "someone with a mental disorder who believes they are the opposite sex".

So all this discussion is about allowing mentally disordered men and women play in sports, when the discussion should be about addressing the mental disorder.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 13, 2026 09:27 PM (P5BPp)

Left-Wing Mentally-Ill Revolutionary LARPers Don't Know That Law Enforcement Officers Load Their Guns With Real Bullets

They think this is all a Marvel movie.

After witnessing her wife's death, Rebecca is heard screaming, blaming the cops for carrying live ammo: "Why did you have real bullets?!"

Then Rebecca blames herself.

"It's my fault. I made her come down here. It's my fault."

/7 pic.twitter.com/OpQhZreOPa
— Matt Orfalea (@0rf) January 10, 2026

People are making their own South Park clips, given that the actual South Park guys have jumped the shark and are now tedious anti-Trump establishment c*nts.

Pretty much exactly how it happened!

The lefts rhetoric about ice and dhs led exactly to this! pic.twitter.com/LQdJvtcnBy
— Tommyboi4209 (@Tommy4Trump420) January 13, 2026

NBC NEWS, translated: "Democrats warned to stop saying stuff they believe out loud before the midterms." pic.twitter.com/43n5wa4Ewr
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) January 13, 2026

More: Are we going to see enemy-to-lover erotic romance fiction about the Good shooting?

Love it! pic.twitter.com/9NB37rpInr
— Kit Katalina (@kitkatuhlina) January 13, 2026

I like all of the masks in the second batch.

Posted by: Ace at 04:20 PM

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1 They think this is all a Marvel movie.

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False.

Harry Potter.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 13, 2026 04:21 PM (GBKbO)

2 Bang Bang Mother’fer.

Posted by: Vengeance at January 13, 2026 04:22 PM (DD6gL)

3 TRUMP!

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at January 13, 2026 04:22 PM (Vh9CX)

4 Arrrgh. My eyes!

Posted by: man at January 13, 2026 04:22 PM (XuXeR)

5 @WesternLensman
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NBC NEWS, translated: "Democrats warned to stop saying stuff they believe out loud before the midterms."

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YouGov just released a poll that says that 45% of the American public supports abolishing ICE and 43% opposes it.

This poll will be used as justification to ignore this advice.

Also, the poll is complete garbage and is a Harris +10 poll.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 13, 2026 04:22 PM (GBKbO)

6 1 They think this is all a Marvel movie.

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False.

Harry Potter.

Yup, probably more accurate.

Posted by: ace at January 13, 2026 04:23 PM (1wjle)

7 > "It's my fault. I made her come down here. It's my fault."

Yeah, it's called "felony murder" sweetcheeks. Thanks for the confession! I'm sure several members of Trump's DoJ are masturbating furiously over that revelation.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 13, 2026 04:24 PM (IG3/x)

8 So, based on the pics and videos, I'm guessing the sacrament is "the power of iPhone compels you"...

Posted by: man at January 13, 2026 04:24 PM (XuXeR)

9 They think ICE carriers water pistols that shoot jelly, like on The Island of Misfit Toys.

Posted by: Vengeance at January 13, 2026 04:24 PM (DD6gL)

10 Real bullets should be a backup to a flame thrower.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 13, 2026 04:24 PM (abIsI)

11 A-Team

Lots of action and explosions, but hardly any injuries

Posted by: 2009Refugee at January 13, 2026 04:25 PM (xxENG)

12 Oh great! Real bullets!

Posted by: Lucky Day at January 13, 2026 04:25 PM (53dlK)

13 @1 definitely Harry Potter. Cast a spell, speak an enchantment and you're protected. Like those African warriors who thought being covered in sacred oils would stop bullets

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 13, 2026 04:25 PM (9ShUO)

14 I was listening to Rekieta Law on Sunday night and someone asked him if the wife could be prosecuted. He did think that a case could probably be made for her being prosecuted for felony murder. But "could be" and "would be" were two very different things.

Posted by: buzzion at January 13, 2026 04:25 PM (3tZV2)

15
They think this is all a Marvel movie.

_____________

They think this is Les Miz and they're going to be applauded when the curtain falls.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 13, 2026 04:25 PM (t2vGZ)

16 "Just drive away Renee..."

Posted by: man at January 13, 2026 04:26 PM (XuXeR)

17 6 1 They think this is all a Marvel movie.

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False.

Harry Potter.

Yup, probably more accurate.

Posted by: ace at January 13, 2026 04:23 PM (1wjle)

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They like the MCU in theory because they've heard that She-Hulk is hilarious.

They have actually watched and read Harry Potter.

They're more likely to have seen Avatar than a Marvel movie.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 13, 2026 04:26 PM (GBKbO)

18 When i was young, i used to think perverted females were a good thing.

Nope. Rule 1.

Posted by: Older and Wiser at January 13, 2026 04:26 PM (21xzK)

19 Y’all are some no-nooding bastiges today.

Posted by: Bulg at January 13, 2026 04:27 PM (77rzZ)

20 They think this is Les Miz and they're going to be applauded when the curtain falls.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 13, 2026 04:25 PM (t2vGZ)

Maybe it is Les Miz.

“To the barricades!”

“Why isn’t anyone else at their barricade?”

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 13, 2026 04:27 PM (Mxf84)

21 > 10 Real bullets should be a backup to a flame thrower.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 13, 2026 04:24 PM (abIsI)

Cluster bombs.

Or would that be considered too lenient?

Then again, you can never go wrong with the classics. I believe it was Napoleon who observed that there was nothing like a cannon packed with 32 pounds of grapeshot to calm down a crowd of over-exuberant Frenchmen.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 13, 2026 04:27 PM (IG3/x)

22 Like those African warriors who thought being covered in sacred oils would stop bullets"

Some of my ancestors' "ghost shirts"

Posted by: man at January 13, 2026 04:27 PM (XuXeR)

23 They like the MCU in theory because they've heard that She-Hulk is hilarious.

They have actually watched and read Harry Potter.

They're more likely to have seen Avatar than a Marvel movie.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 13, 2026 04:26 PM (GBKbO)

Nah, they think they are dealing with NYC cops...who couldn't hit their desired target even if shooting 100 times...

Posted by: Nova Local at January 13, 2026 04:28 PM (tOcjL)

24 Yeah, it's called "felony murder" sweetcheeks. Thanks for the confession! I'm sure several members of Trump's DoJ are masturbating furiously over that revelation.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 13, 2026 04:24 PM (IG3/x)

But not the pussies who're supposed to prosecute it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 13, 2026 04:28 PM (ExV1e)

25 Beckie just confessed to felony murder.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 13, 2026 04:28 PM (gKWVE)

26 Problem with the Romance covers is the "protesting" Karens in no way look like the ones portrayed there...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 13, 2026 04:28 PM (VE6XX)

27 "and appears to hit Ross with the vehicle"

Wait a sec... this is an episode of Friends?

Posted by: man at January 13, 2026 04:29 PM (XuXeR)

28 A-Team

Lots of action and explosions, but hardly any injuries
Posted by: 2009Refugee at January 13, 2026 04:25 PM (xxENG)

The tiny bushes concealing a car flipping ramp always cracked me up. Why did every bad group install those things?

Posted by: Oldcat at January 13, 2026 04:29 PM (8avO+)

29 I don't think that the real feminist protesters are
as attractive as the ones in the first meme.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 13, 2026 04:29 PM (ZeH0U)

30 Wait, these stormtroopers can actually hit a target?

Posted by: Confused cos player at January 13, 2026 04:29 PM (HcoTw)

31 Cap guns

Posted by: Kevin in ABQ at January 13, 2026 04:30 PM (qAuhB)

32
Y’all are some no-nooding bastiges today.

Posted by: Bulg at January 13, 2026 04:27 PM (77rzZ)

________

The In Crowd doesn't need nooding.

*snickers cruelly at Bulg*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 13, 2026 04:30 PM (t2vGZ)

33 29 I don't think that the real feminist protesters are
as attractive as the ones in the first meme.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 13, 2026 04:29 PM (ZeH0

Agreed.. The actual ones look more like Trigglypuff...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 13, 2026 04:31 PM (VE6XX)

34 Hey, a Rodrigo Borgia sighting! Hey, Dude!

Posted by: Bulg at January 13, 2026 04:31 PM (77rzZ)

35 I put these people in the same category as sovereign citizens. Watch a couple of videos, learn the magic words, and the police can’t touch you.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 13, 2026 04:31 PM (u73oe)

36 I shouldn't have been, but I was honestly shocked when I heard this statement.

I KNOW they don't live in reality, but I didn't realize it was this bad.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at January 13, 2026 04:31 PM (zjgNU)

37 Curmudgeonly of me to say so, but I sure will be glad when The Next Thing comes along and replaces Harry Potter as a smurfy cultural reference. It's become like The Olds always banging on about Bob Dylan.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 13, 2026 04:31 PM (SSEhk)

38 tinyurl.com/5dmr484p

Posted by: Lucky Day at January 13, 2026 04:31 PM (53dlK)

39 We live in stupid times ... just like the rest of the history of humanity ... except in 3D, Technecolor, and Dolby Surround Sound ...

Posted by: Adriane the Way Too Cynical Critic . . . at January 13, 2026 04:31 PM (3ZUWJ)

40 28 A-Team

Lots of action and explosions, but hardly any injuries
Posted by: 2009Refugee at January 13, 2026 04:25 PM (xxENG

Lots of Ruger mini 14's too

Posted by: B A at January 13, 2026 04:31 PM (HcoTw)

41 The ICE romance memes are the laugh I needed, thanks!

Posted by: pookysgirl wants someone to redo Frozen at January 13, 2026 04:31 PM (Wt5PA)

42 37 Curmudgeonly of me to say so, but I sure will be glad when The Next Thing comes along and replaces Harry Potter as a smurfy cultural reference. It's become like The Olds always banging on about Bob Dylan.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 13, 2026 04:31 PM (SSEhk)

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"HAVE YOU HEARD THE LATEST BEATLES NEWS?!?!?!"
-Ed Driscoll

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 13, 2026 04:32 PM (GBKbO)

43 Then Rebecca blames herself.

"It's my fault. I made her come down here. It's my fault."
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Got that right.

Posted by: San Franpsycho - Pahlavi Will Return at January 13, 2026 04:32 PM (RIvkX)

44 I like all of the masks in the second batch.

Posted by: Ace

The only way to hide the faces!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 13, 2026 04:32 PM (lNNMd)

45 > 29 I don't think that the real feminist protesters are
as attractive as the ones in the first meme.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 13, 2026 04:29 PM (ZeH0U)

I believe I've mentioned before the time I made the mistake of going to a so-called "slut walk", as it was touted as featuring naked sluts.

Naked? Yes. Sluts? Highly doubtful. Not enough tequila in the world.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 13, 2026 04:32 PM (IG3/x)

46 Not only loaded with real ammo, but also one in the pipe.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 13, 2026 04:32 PM (9cHSL)

47 It was a Good shoot, justified.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 13, 2026 04:32 PM (n5tGW)

48 False.

Harry Potter.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 13, 2026 04:21 PM (GBKbO)

Except it's all based on the book because they've never read anything else.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at January 13, 2026 04:32 PM (zjgNU)

49 just looked at the link buzzion posted earlier from O'keefe.
Tomas Escotto is the roach on the kitchen floor when the light got turned on. There are a lot of other Biden holdovers. I doubt they've all magically converted to hardcore MAGA chuds last January. Be assured they've been keeping their catboys and noserings informed of every move made by Trump's circle.
If not already, see Butler.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 13, 2026 04:32 PM (gKWVE)

50 banging on about Bob Dylan"

Ain't gonna hang around Dumbledore's farm no more....

Posted by: man at January 13, 2026 04:33 PM (XuXeR)

51
I believe it was Napoleon who observed that there was nothing like a cannon packed with 32 pounds of grapeshot to calm down a crowd of over-exuberant Frenchmen.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

Or Grape Nuts

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 13, 2026 04:33 PM (pkeXY)

52 43 Then Rebecca blames herself.

"It's my fault. I made her come down here. It's my fault."
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Got that right.

Posted by: San Franpsycho - Pahlavi Will Return at January 13, 2026 04:32 PM (RIvkX)

=====

Rebecca was dead the whole time!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 13, 2026 04:33 PM (GBKbO)

53 > 34 Hey, a Rodrigo Borgia sighting! Hey, Dude!
Posted by: Bulg at January 13, 2026 04:31 PM (77rzZ)

I've been around... mostly in the ONTs, though.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 13, 2026 04:33 PM (IG3/x)

54 When I see how women escalate situations, they absolutely know (and are usually) right , that they are untouchable in the sense they are never going to face physical pain. And you have a media and culture that showers praise on this type of behavior.

Posted by: Leupold at January 13, 2026 04:33 PM (eIzlH)

55 HAVE YOU HEARD THE LATEST BEATLES NEWS?!?!?!"
-Ed Driscoll
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 13, 2026 04:32 PM (GBKbO)

—————-

I don’t get it.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 13, 2026 04:33 PM (u73oe)

56 The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. All in one.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 13, 2026 04:33 PM (9cHSL)

57 It's Minneapolis Jake...

Posted by: Gmac - WTF did you think was going to happen? at January 13, 2026 04:33 PM (DY7Xb)

58 I saw in my hate feed, I think it was the Bulwark losers, and some other lefties, that are trying out this neat little lie:

She was receiving conflicting instructions, with an officer telling her to get out of the car and others telling her to drive.

See that?
She didn't know who to listen to (the officer with a gun or her wife with a cell phone? lol) everyone was yelling at her, it's not her fault, she's a woman, she emotional, and easily confused.

But, this lie serves another purpose:
They are trying to shoehorn her case in to other caselaw, that a person receiving conflicting instruction--from multiple officers, mind you--negates the reasonableness of lethal force.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 13, 2026 04:34 PM (HXT0k)

59 Who, in the United States, thinks that a cop does not have real bullets???

Posted by: Cow Demon at January 13, 2026 04:34 PM (0GYGE)

60 Who says AI can't make cool things?

Those faux book covers are hilarious.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 13, 2026 04:34 PM (ESVrU)

61 The Walrus was Paul.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 13, 2026 04:34 PM (9cHSL)

62 55 I don’t get it.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 13, 2026 04:33 PM (u73oe)

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hey

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 13, 2026 04:35 PM (GBKbO)

63 Like those African warriors who thought being covered in sacred oils would stop bullets"
Some of my ancestors' "ghost shirts"
Posted by: man at January 13, 2026 04:27 PM (XuXeR)

Or the rear sights of an AKM, the higher you slide it the more power the rifle has.

Posted by: Selous Scouts at January 13, 2026 04:35 PM (UDZYq)

64 Or Grape Nuts"

Sure thing, Euell...

Posted by: man at January 13, 2026 04:35 PM (XuXeR)

65
It was a Good shoot, justified.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk

Maxwell Frost D-FL was just on FNC claiming it was MURDER!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 13, 2026 04:35 PM (pkeXY)

66 No wonder these Left-Wing Female things become Homos because they are "UN F**KABLE".....

You would be up Sh*t Creek if they got pregnant ..............

Posted by: Jackson at January 13, 2026 04:35 PM (j6UWQ)

67 I blame Andy Griffith.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 13, 2026 04:35 PM (9cHSL)

68 Posted by: It's me donna at January 13, 2026 04:31 PM (VE6XX)

I don't think Renee and the other one were unattractive . Not as fat as Triggly Puff anyway, and truly. a little make up would have helped the surviving one years ago

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 13, 2026 04:35 PM (ZeH0U)

69 Comedian Ben Bankas "I watched the footage of Renee Good shooting. Cops should have shot her ten minutes earlier"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 13, 2026 04:36 PM (9ShUO)

70 61 The Walrus was Paul.

The Eggman was Eric Burden of The Animals....

Posted by: Jackson at January 13, 2026 04:36 PM (j6UWQ)

71
Who, in the United States, thinks that a cop does not have real bullets???

Posted by: Cow Demon at January 13, 2026 04:34 PM (0GYGE)

__________

Leftists think cops have real bullets around black people, but for them it'll be little Bang! flags.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 13, 2026 04:36 PM (t2vGZ)

72 will be glad when The Next Thing comes along and replaces Harry Potter as a smurfy cultural reference. It's become like The Olds always banging on about Bob Dylan.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 13, 2026 04:31 PM (SSEhk)

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"HAVE YOU HEARD THE LATEST BEATLES NEWS?!?!?!"
-Ed Driscoll
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 13, 2026 04:32 PM (GBKbO)

I'm aged enough to like The Beatles. But even I want Ed Driscoll tarred and feathered while Revolution 9 is played at eardrum shattering levels in a confined space. It's over Ed; find a new band.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 13, 2026 04:36 PM (SSEhk)

73 And ICE is the easiest to keep away from. See, whenever I enter the United States, I don’t smuggle anything, or anyone into the country. I go through the PoE and present my passport to the CBP. Nine times out of ten, they are dicks, but at the end of the day…I will never see ICE. It’s THAT EASY.

Posted by: Cow Demon at January 13, 2026 04:36 PM (0GYGE)

74 Reminiscent of Carlin’s Indian Drill Instructor:

“Tonight there will be bullets in the gun!”

Posted by: Bulg at January 13, 2026 04:36 PM (77rzZ)

75 Steamy ICE-Feminist affairs

We're shooting a series right now, withe blue and green haired vixens!

Posted by: Brazzers at January 13, 2026 04:37 PM (d0pSI)

76 there's a blossom of reasons I never watch South Park and the staccato cartoon speech is probably the main one

Posted by: DanMan at January 13, 2026 04:37 PM (8uzBS)

77 I feel like when the last video dropped from the camera of one of the officers, the narrative really deflated.

No matter what people thought of how things went down, it became abundantly obvious these two idiots were completely responsible.

I heard Reddit is basically all in on that video being AI generated as it put them in such a poor light.

Posted by: Leupold at January 13, 2026 04:37 PM (eIzlH)

78 Ben Bankas link?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 13, 2026 04:37 PM (9cHSL)

79 No fair! ICE wasn't LARP-ing along!

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 04:37 PM (krQz2)

80 It's over Ed; find a new band."

Duran Duran?

Posted by: man at January 13, 2026 04:37 PM (XuXeR)

81 54 When I see how women escalate situations, they absolutely know (and are usually) right , that they are untouchable in the sense they are never going to face physical pain. And you have a media and culture that showers praise on this type of behavior.
Posted by: Leupold at January 13, 2026 04:33 PM (eIzlH)
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We've gotten now at least two generations of females that never learned their end of the "Men don't hit women" bargain. To wit, you don't escalate physical confrontations with men who are bigger and stronger than you and who could pimp-slap your ass back to your ancestors.

Posted by: ballistic at January 13, 2026 04:37 PM (5aZAZ)

82 Insert that meme of Mr Rogers "you're learning so many things today...."

Posted by: brak at January 13, 2026 04:38 PM (vwjAX)

83 Like those African warriors who thought being covered in sacred oils would stop bullets
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Invisible ink made from lemon juice will prevent bank cameras for taking your picture during hold ups !!!!

Posted by: Adriane the Way Too Cynical Critic . . . at January 13, 2026 04:38 PM (3ZUWJ)

84
I want Ed Driscoll tarred and feathered while Revolution 9 is played at eardrum shattering levels in a confined space

__________

Ed has basically ruined Instapundit singlehandedly. Well, him and the lunatic commenters.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 13, 2026 04:38 PM (t2vGZ)

85 IIRC, ICE did use rubber bullets earlier in either Portland or Chicago during a mob demonstration.

That also received the ire of the progs as "fascism!!"

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 04:38 PM (krQz2)

86 We're shooting a series right now, withe blue and green haired vixens!
Posted by: Brazzers

Us too!

/ the Hallmark Channel

Posted by: man at January 13, 2026 04:38 PM (XuXeR)

87 @78 lousy at linking stuff, it came up on my Facebook feed

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 13, 2026 04:38 PM (9ShUO)

88 When I see how women escalate situations, they absolutely know (and are usually) right , that they are untouchable in the sense they are never going to face physical pain.
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all those grey hairs yelling at ICE the other day to "shoot me!!"

LOL
Reminds me of a side quest in Borderlands 2, "Shoot Me in the Face!"

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 13, 2026 04:38 PM (HXT0k)

89 I lunged at fascist, but the ground was slick, and I started to fall, but he caught me, effortlessly, and I was reassured by his firm but gentle, grip.

"Let go of me, pig!" I said, but I was out of breath. Something about his icy blue eyes made me weak. I tried to hit him with a frozen water bottle, but he casually slapped it away.

I have always identified as non-binary, but in that moment, I never felt more like a woman.

Posted by: ICE Romance Novelist A.H. Lloyd at January 13, 2026 04:39 PM (ZOv7s)

90 These women don't appear to have had fathers. So sad.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 13, 2026 04:39 PM (9cHSL)

91 are now tedious anti-Trump establishment c*nts.

Or has reality shifted so much that it's moved over the top out of the atmosphere.

Trump is f*cking Satan! Louder until it's funny again.

Posted by: DaveA at January 13, 2026 04:39 PM (FhXTo)

92 67 I blame Andy Griffith.
Posted by: Boss Moss

That's what Aunt Bea wanted you to do all along, sucker.

Posted by: Auspex at January 13, 2026 04:39 PM (Y8DZL)

93 If the handbook mentioned something about ICE using rubber bullets, that could be severe negligence.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 04:39 PM (krQz2)

94 Then Rebecca blames herself.
"It's my fault. I made her come down here. It's my fault."

Gotta say, I'm with Rebecca on this one!

Posted by: t-bird at January 13, 2026 04:39 PM (EWq0C)

95 >>>will be glad when The Next Thing comes along and replaces Harry Potter as a smurfy cultural reference.

Gen Z is so fractured across tik toks and reels I don't think we'll ever see shared culture experience like the Harry Potter books were again

Posted by: brak at January 13, 2026 04:39 PM (vwjAX)

96
Who says AI can't make cool things?

Those faux book covers are hilarious.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Is that what those nuclear powered, land grabbing water gobbling data centers are all about?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 13, 2026 04:39 PM (pkeXY)

97 The one yelling drive is an accomplice to murder.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 13, 2026 04:40 PM (lNNMd)

98 Leftists think cops have real bullets around black people, but for them it'll be little Bang! flags.

I heard that Trump developed bullets that only kill Persons of Color and do not hurt White Racist Crackers.....

Must be true I read this in the National Enquirer which is a valid newspaper compared to the NY Times and The Washington Compost...

Also the next story was about a woman that stated Trump stole her husband's skin....

Posted by: Jackson at January 13, 2026 04:40 PM (j6UWQ)

99 We've gotten now at least two generations of females that never learned their end of the "Men don't hit women" bargain"

And two generations of "you go/ girl power " it would be funny...

Posted by: man at January 13, 2026 04:40 PM (XuXeR)

100 Maxwell Frost D-FL was just on FNC claiming it was MURDER!
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He missed it by THAT much.

Posted by: Crusader at January 13, 2026 04:40 PM (TN0g+)

101 After witnessing her wife's death, Rebecca is heard screaming, blaming the cops for carrying live ammo: "Why did you have real bullets?!"

Maybe the muzzies are right. Women don't get to leave the house without a male escort.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 13, 2026 04:40 PM (pkq24)

102 LOL
Reminds me of a side quest in Borderlands 2, "Shoot Me in the Face!"
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 13, 2026 04:38 PM (HXT0k)
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RIP Face McShooty

Posted by: ballistic at January 13, 2026 04:40 PM (5aZAZ)

103 A coworker asked me what I thought about the shooting. I replied that I’ve managed to go my whole life without getting shot in the face by the police. Know how? I don’t go out of my way to fuck with cops. It’s a policy of mine.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 13, 2026 04:40 PM (u73oe)

104 Posted by: ICE Romance Novelist A.H. Lloyd at January 13, 2026 04:39 PM (ZOv7s)

Well done!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 13, 2026 04:40 PM (7RYym)

105 97 The one yelling drive is an accomplice to murder.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 13, 2026 04:40 PM (lNNMd)

Agreed, but I doubt they'd charge her.. Can you imagine the hysteria that would cause ?

Posted by: It's me donna at January 13, 2026 04:41 PM (VE6XX)

106 My wife’s brother is probably a bigger Beatles fan than Driscoll.

To be fair, he listens to all kinds of music, and even shares my fondness for show tunes.

But to him, the Fab Four will always be the pinnacle of musical excellence.

Which I find extremely weird when you’ve got Beethoven.

I just don’t get Beatlemania.

Posted by: Bulg at January 13, 2026 04:41 PM (77rzZ)

107 "It's my fault. I made her come down here. It's my fault."
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Ah, a moment of true responsibility that will drive her into the escape of blame-shifting and doubling down.

Hopefully, it won't.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 04:41 PM (krQz2)

108 Body cams were the worst self-own, ever

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 13, 2026 04:42 PM (fszBn)

109 I put these people in the same category as sovereign citizens. Watch a couple of videos, learn the magic words, and the police can’t touch you.

Avoid all criminal consequences with this One Simple Trick They Don't Want You To Know!

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 13, 2026 04:42 PM (c3sdc)

110 I heard the audio, and I clearly heard the other woman yelled at her wife.....

"Did you put the clothes in the dryer" and not "Put the car in drive"...

Posted by: Kami Harris at January 13, 2026 04:42 PM (J9q9v)

111 I have always identified as non-binary, but in that moment, I never felt more like a woman."

Aaaand jardince, a little pill....

Posted by: man at January 13, 2026 04:42 PM (XuXeR)

112 Do you think any AWFLs are seeing things like the Ice Romance novels? I doubt it because they are so delusional it wouldn't register that they're being made fun of

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 13, 2026 04:42 PM (9ShUO)

113 We've gotten now at least two generations of females that never learned their end of the "Men don't hit women" bargain. To wit, you don't escalate physical confrontations with men who are bigger and stronger than you and who could pimp-slap your ass back to your ancestors.
Posted by: ballistic

==

I think most women have never learned that lesson, ever. At least the ones that under 40.

If you're at say a kids sporting event, I'm amazed how women will basically just say things to a guy that would mean a fist fight in the parking lot, but they have no fear because if a male so much as touches them, their life would be ruined.

And I'm not saying I want these guys to hit women, but women need to stop acting like they are surrounded by a force field.

There is a certain level of verbal escalation and taunting where if I was a jury member, I would say they asked for it.

Posted by: Leupold at January 13, 2026 04:42 PM (eIzlH)

114 Does this mean the dinosaur and minotaur feminist fantasy pr0n craze is over???

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 13, 2026 04:42 PM (3hJhH)

115 Seriously, did these people think ICE was going to be carrying t-shirt cannons ("Trump in 2028!")

Posted by: Paco at January 13, 2026 04:42 PM (2L+MU)

116 What did she think they carried? Paintball rounds?

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 13, 2026 04:43 PM (wVcYX)

117 So imagine that the idea that ICE doesn't use real bullets caused this playful interference?

It just goes to show you that there aren't necessarily returns in being more tolerant.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 04:43 PM (krQz2)

118 I saw this exact discussion on facebook:

Lefty: How would you MAGAts like it if we handled you people like ICE handled that poor woman?

Righty: You mean like you killed Ashli Babbitt on J6?

Lefty: That's different she deserved it

Posted by: 18-1 at January 13, 2026 04:43 PM (sKqQm)

119 Agreed, but I doubt they'd charge her.. Can you imagine the hysteria that would cause ?

Huh? Its Minnisomalia, they think her confession is a battle cry. No way would they even think of prosecuting that.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 13, 2026 04:43 PM (c3sdc)

120
I have always identified as non-binary, but in that moment, I never felt more like a woman.
Posted by: ICE Romance Novelist A.H. Lloyd at January 13, 2026 04:39 PM (ZOv7s)

This would sell with one caveat, are we sure these retards read.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 13, 2026 04:44 PM (fszBn)

121 Almost effortlessly, he spun me around, one hand holding my wrists like a vice, the other applying the restraints, and as they locked into place, I felt a sexual thrill I had never know before.

"What are you going to do with me?" he panted, and I was sure there was a hint of a naughty smile behind his mask from the way his eyes glanced over me.

"You're being detained for assault on a federal officer. You've been a naughty girl."

Naughty! Oh yes, yes I was. I never delighted in that word before, but he said it, and for the first time I felt his physical size and strength not as evil, but a wonderful, powerful thing. I'd never really known a man like this.

Posted by: ICE Romance Novelist A.H. Lloyd at January 13, 2026 04:44 PM (ZOv7s)

122 But, this lie serves another purpose:
They are trying to shoehorn her case in to other caselaw, that a person receiving conflicting instruction--from multiple officers, mind you--negates the reasonableness of lethal force.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
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I think Bullshit Bulwark is down to pedos and perverts working there and on borrowed time from Pierre Omidyar funding it. It is strictly an inside DC thing now which means the rest of us ignore it.

Posted by: whig at January 13, 2026 04:44 PM (WDjG6)

123 Or the rear sights of an AKM, the higher you slide it the more power the rifle has.
Posted by: Selous Scouts at January 13, 2026 04:35 PM (UDZYq)

On the other hand, it's not like those kinds of people used the sights anyway, so it at least wasn't detrimental.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at January 13, 2026 04:44 PM (zjgNU)

124 Law Enforcement Officers Load Their Guns With Real Bullets...

Wait until they catch a round from Bubba's deer rifle.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 13, 2026 04:44 PM (/lPRQ)

125 The left: ICE are Trump's SS Stormtroopers

Also the left: Since when does ICE have bullets for their guns?!?

Posted by: 18-1 at January 13, 2026 04:44 PM (sKqQm)

126 Beetlemania > Beatlemania

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 13, 2026 04:44 PM (3hJhH)

127 I have always identified as non-binary, but in that moment, I never felt more like a woman."

Aaaand jardince, a little pill....
Posted by: man at January 13, 2026 04:42 PM (XuXeR)

At a glance, I read that as Al Jardine, legendary guitarist for the Beach Boys.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 13, 2026 04:44 PM (wVcYX)

128 Do the ICE agents get more hand jobs than the Minotaurs?

Posted by: Mark1971 at January 13, 2026 04:44 PM (CNl8/)

129 The Beatles are terrible and the only thing worse musically is any one of them doing solo work.

Utterly unlistenable garbage from a bunch of British poofters, made popular by the musical tastes of teenage girls.

Posted by: ballistic at January 13, 2026 04:44 PM (5aZAZ)

130 Angry lesbos have got to be smarmy lesbos, it's in their nature.

These are women who have never been raped or had an abortion so they don't have PTSD yet until one of them gets ventilated by the popo.

LEO sidearms have consequences.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 13, 2026 04:44 PM (BSdIE)

131 Loving the ICE/Antifa romance novel memo!!

Posted by: Lizzy at January 13, 2026 04:45 PM (Hkcdp)

132 Naughty! Oh yes, yes I was. I never delighted in that word before, but he said it, and for the first time I felt his physical size and strength not as evil, but a wonderful, powerful thing. I'd never really known a man like this.
Posted by: ICE Romance Novelist A.H. Lloyd
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I am sure you will climb the pron charts at Amazon with that boddice ripper. But I think I will give it a hard pass.

Posted by: whig at January 13, 2026 04:45 PM (WDjG6)

133 They are trying to shoehorn her case in to other caselaw, that a person receiving conflicting instruction--from multiple officers, mind you--negates the reasonableness of lethal force.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

==

I was confused and thought the officers with their guns drawn on me were instructing me to hit them with my car.

Posted by: Leupold at January 13, 2026 04:45 PM (eIzlH)

134 But to him, the Fab Four will always be the pinnacle of musical excellence.
Which I find extremely weird when you’ve got Beethoven.
I just don’t get Beatlemania.

Lots of people associate a band or a type of music to a "first" in their lives. Your brother probably got his first nut listening to Eleanor Rigby or some such and it brings back happy memories for him.

Posted by: Zombie John Lennon at January 13, 2026 04:45 PM (UDZYq)

135 Does MN have a felony murder law? If so, hook Miss Becca up and let her scream like a dumbass in court.

It's MN, she won't be convicted, but it would br funny.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 13, 2026 04:46 PM (BI5O2)

136 A coworker asked me what I thought about the shooting. I replied that I’ve managed to go my whole life without getting shot in the face by the police. Know how? I don’t go out of my way to fuck with cops. It’s a policy of mine.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 13, 2026 04:40 PM (u73oe)
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And in 29 years, I've never had to park perpendicularly to a street that I'm on.

I really don't know how that squares with "dropping some one off" or "being on your way home from work".

But that's just me. I'll leave that to the programs that can justify anything for the cause. And use whatever rhetoric that "works". (h/t Harry Reid)

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 04:46 PM (krQz2)

137 This makes me suspect that their paymasters are telling them the worst that will happen is pepper spray or rubber bullets.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 13, 2026 04:46 PM (fszBn)

138 Does this mean the dinosaur and minotaur feminist fantasy pr0n craze is over???
Posted by: Anna Puma
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*gag*

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at January 13, 2026 04:46 PM (22p5n)

139 Masks are at no time sexy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 13, 2026 04:46 PM (zZu0s)

140 Kate over at SmallDeadAnimals.com went on "X" the other day asking about the funeral service details so she could get a bunch a people to block the procession with their vehicles.

Posted by: Orson at January 13, 2026 04:46 PM (dIske)

141 If anyone thinks Beatlemania is something, wait until they get a load of Bananarama.

Posted by: Crusader at January 13, 2026 04:47 PM (TN0g+)

142 The Zulus did that, they would raise the sight ladder to the too thinking it gave the bullets more power. They were super dangerous in close though with those assegai spears.

Posted by: steevy at January 13, 2026 04:47 PM (YwEeS)

143 This makes me suspect that their paymasters are telling them the worst that will happen is pepper spray or rubber bullets.
Posted by: CaliGirl

==

So many of these cases in blue cities, it's like winning the lottery in terms of a big settlement if a hair gets harmed.

Posted by: Leupold at January 13, 2026 04:47 PM (eIzlH)

144 126 Beetlemania > Beatlemania
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 13, 2026 04:44 PM (3hJhH)

Is that a Beetle Bailey convention?

Or when enchanted scarabs scurry to life in an ancient tomb and devour the flesh off your bones?

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 13, 2026 04:47 PM (SSEhk)

145 Forbidden Heat was my nickname in college.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 13, 2026 04:47 PM (viF8m)

146 wait until they get a load of Bananarama."

Yes, please.

Posted by: man at January 13, 2026 04:47 PM (XuXeR)

147 It strikes me that the "wife" was LARPing as a man. A role she was not psychologically capable of playing.

Men protect, and back down from threats when they are wrong and their loved ones are in danger.

She perfectly shows the difference between men and women. Women have no grasp of consequences and no need to protect the people and things they love.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 13, 2026 04:47 PM (uEUHC)

148 A moment of Silence for Renee Good.

https://is.gd/BR9Qzz

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 13, 2026 04:47 PM (9cHSL)

149 I like all of the masks in the second batch.

Posted by: Ace at 04:20 PM
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Milking hand maids.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 04:47 PM (krQz2)

150 Oh great! Real bullets!
Posted by: Lucky Day at January 13, 2026 04:25 PM

Would you say that the police have a plethora of real bullets?

Posted by: El Guapo at January 13, 2026 04:48 PM (Wnv9h)

151 We've gotten now at least two generations of females that never learned their end of the "Men don't hit women" bargain. To wit, you don't escalate physical confrontations with men who are bigger and stronger than you and who could pimp-slap your ass back to your ancestors.
Posted by: ballistic

==

I think most women have never learned that lesson, ever. At least the ones that under 40.

If you're at say a kids sporting event, I'm amazed how women will basically just say things to a guy that would mean a fist fight in the parking lot, but they have no fear because if a male so much as touches them, their life would be ruined.

And I'm not saying I want these guys to hit women, but women need to stop acting like they are surrounded by a force field.

There is a certain level of verbal escalation and taunting where if I was a jury member, I would say they asked for it.
Posted by: Leupold at January 13, 2026 04:42 PM (eIzlH)

I blame the banning of Dodge Ball at schools.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 13, 2026 04:48 PM (wVcYX)

152 >>It's become like The Olds always banging on about Bob Dylan.

Bear, Dylan is one of two top-flight songwriters who should never have been allowed within light-years of a recording studio (the other being Leonard Cohen). Almost every cover of their tunes is better than their own; the exception that comes to mind is Bono's version of Hallelujah. Avoid at all costs.

Posted by: Nazdar at January 13, 2026 04:48 PM (NcvvS)

153 126 Beetlemania > Beatlemania
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 13, 2026 04:44 PM (3hJhH)

I saw the Beatles at the Cow Palace in 1964.. Yeah... I'm that old...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 13, 2026 04:48 PM (VE6XX)

154 Is that South Park video fan made?

If so, awesome!

Another tool of Lefty social and narrative control has been co-opted!

I must have missed some recent medical advice. What is the proper treatment if your schadenboner lasts a full four YEARS?

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at January 13, 2026 04:49 PM (HlyYF)

155 Did you see the turn around by NYC Dems especially on antisemitism ?

AOC, even Zohran Mamdani was saying slogans of hate are now unacceptable.

They will believe anything that will get them the next election.

Posted by: SMOD at January 13, 2026 04:49 PM (RHGPo)

156 It strikes me that the "wife" was LARPing as a man. A role she was not psychologically capable of playing.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 13, 2026 04:47 PM (uEUHC)
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Excellent observation.

Society is supposed to go along with her gender LARP. So she learns to that there should be no penalty to LARPing.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 04:49 PM (krQz2)

157 There is a certain level of verbal escalation and taunting where if I was a jury member, I would say they asked for it.
Posted by: Leupold
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There is another video from Mnpls that shows some haggard troll woman harassing an ICE officer in a vehicle and trying to beat on his window and hood. She had a bullhorn in her hand yelling at everyone around her. ICE guy stopped at the intersection, rolled down the window and when Karen dumbass approached again, sprayed her full in the face with pepper spray. She staggered back, fell, and dropped the bullhorn. No one helped her back up. ICE man moved on.

Posted by: whig at January 13, 2026 04:49 PM (WDjG6)

158 No fair! ICE wasn't LARP-ing along!

Scene from Tombstone where Ringo has his last moments with Doc Holiday

Ringo: "I was just foolin' about"
Holiday: "I wasn't"

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 13, 2026 04:49 PM (U4c/V)

159 Ed has basically ruined Instapundit singlehandedly. Well, him and the lunatic commenters.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

... Hey, I resemble that remark!

Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 13, 2026 04:49 PM (a+4eV)

160 You’re not supposed to have real bullets for a staged propaganda event!

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 13, 2026 04:50 PM (eqMW0)

161 Dear Fantasy Land-ers,

Real Bullets Matter

Thank you for your attention to this matter!

Posted by: t-bird at January 13, 2026 04:50 PM (EWq0C)

162 Did you see the turn around by NYC Dems especially on antisemitism ?

Posted by: SMOD at January 13, 2026 04:49 PM (RHGPo)
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Chances are progs don't believe what they said the first time around.

If it shames, it works.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 04:50 PM (krQz2)

163 And the kindergartner's school?
What role does it play in this drama?

Posted by: I gotta ask at January 13, 2026 04:50 PM (6el8D)

164 I have heard so many stories of divorce - from both sides - and it is often the same -- the woman is willing to destroy the world to win, and the guy just wants to protect the things he loves.

The "wife" was playing the role of a man, telling the driver to escalate, but she is a woman and did not care about risk.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 13, 2026 04:50 PM (uEUHC)

165 I always get the Cow Palace mixed up with the Corn Palace.

Posted by: Bulg at January 13, 2026 04:50 PM (77rzZ)

166 The New York Times: Somalis Fled Civil War and Built a Community. Now They Are a Target.

On an icy Friday morning, Mahad Omar watched armed federal agents run down the street and tackle one of his neighbors to the ground. They handcuffed the man and put him inside a black-tinted S.U.V. Mr. Omar, 28, an Uber driver, immigrated to Minneapolis from Somalia two decades ago. He had never imagined seeing something like that in his community.

When you send your entire life in a society that rewards the criminally clever, it's really easy to get in trouble.

Posted by: SMOD at January 13, 2026 04:50 PM (RHGPo)

167 Does this mean the dinosaur and minotaur feminist fantasy pr0n craze is over???
Posted by: Anna Puma

Anyone who has ever thought a catgirl or kitsune might be hot doesn't get to throw stones in that kerfuffle.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 13, 2026 04:51 PM (a+4eV)

168 This makes me suspect that their paymasters are telling them the worst that will happen is pepper spray or rubber bullets.
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 13, 2026 04:46 PM (fszBn)

They have a lot of shit. A whole separate reality. Where gays are in death camps. Everyone is out to get them personally, but also can't touch them.

Its really bizarre and reminds me of some people describing how people get when their medications aren't right.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 13, 2026 04:51 PM (zZu0s)

169 While you may not like The Beatles, your favorite artist likes The Beatles.

The whole, I don’t get The Beatles schtick is pretty funny considering they were a world wide phenomenon.

Might as well say I don’t get why Star Wars was such a big thing.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 13, 2026 04:51 PM (XV/Pl)

170 ICE guy stopped at the intersection, rolled down the window and when Karen dumbass approached again, sprayed her full in the face with pepper spray.

Posted by: whig at January 13, 2026 04:49 PM (WDjG6)
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That was too much force when that happened too.

The real violence is ICE not going home and forgetting about deportation.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 04:52 PM (krQz2)

171 Gimme back my bullets.

Posted by: ICE Agent at January 13, 2026 04:52 PM (wVcYX)

172 This makes me suspect that their paymasters are telling them the worst that will happen is pepper spray or rubber bullets.
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 13, 2026 04:46 PM (fszBn)

That makes perfect sense.

Tell these boxmunching NPC women that ICE only uses rubber bullets on them because they only hunt brown people for sport.

Embolden the NPCs, and ensure that one eventually gets killed. The profit politically from the blood of your credulous peons, and perhaps get a nice riot out of the bargain.

I bet you're completely correct... it would explain her completely inexplicable that cops have actual bullets in the guns. She probably earnestly believed they had orders to use rubber bullets.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 13, 2026 04:53 PM (BI5O2)

173 169 While you may not like The Beatles, your favorite artist likes The Beatles.

The whole, I don’t get The Beatles schtick is pretty funny considering they were a world wide phenomenon.

Might as well say I don’t get why Star Wars was such a big thing.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 13, 2026 04:51 PM (XV/Pl)

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Buddy Holly loved the Beatles?!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 13, 2026 04:53 PM (GBKbO)

174 A moment of Silence for Renee Good.

https://is.gd/BR9Qzz

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 13, 2026 04:47 PM

Cruelty Level: Chuy

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 13, 2026 04:53 PM (Wnv9h)

175 How Are We Supposed to Parent Through This? (Activist Shot by ICE situation.)

... I suggest an old Western movie or TV show like "Rawhide" or "The Rifleman". The bad and the stupid die in those shows.

Posted by: SMOD at January 13, 2026 04:53 PM (RHGPo)

176 135 Does MN have a felony murder law? If so, hook Miss Becca up and let her scream like a dumbass in court.

It's MN, she won't be convicted, but it would br funny.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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Charge would be federal if it happens and attached to other charges like obstruction of an officer doing official duties. Federal law has a felony murder provision too.

Posted by: whig at January 13, 2026 04:54 PM (WDjG6)

177 He was able to pull his bullet out of his shirt pocket load and fire very quickly.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 13, 2026 04:54 PM (9cHSL)

178 I've never commented or even read the comments at Insty. I would suspect they are squishy and insane at the same time. Rabid, foaming, neocon squishes.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 13, 2026 04:54 PM (zZu0s)

179 immigrated to Minneapolis from Somalia two decades ago"

So he was 8?

Posted by: man at January 13, 2026 04:54 PM (XuXeR)

180 Show prep for Everyone

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 13, 2026 04:54 PM (EBepL)

181 169 While you may not like The Beatles, your favorite artist likes The Beatles.

The whole, I don’t get The Beatles schtick is pretty funny considering they were a world wide phenomenon.

Might as well say I don’t get why Star Wars was such a big thing.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 13, 2026 04:51 PM (XV/Pl)

Star Wars was a big thing because the ladies got to see Chewbacca without pants. It was Minotaur Milking Farm before there was Minotaur Milking Farm. Pantless Wookie Dude Ranch.

Follow me for more informed, erudite cultural analysis.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 13, 2026 04:55 PM (SSEhk)

182 I don’t even know where you’d get fake bullets, and I buy lots of ammo. I’ve only occasionally seen blanks.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 13, 2026 04:55 PM (eqMW0)

183 179 immigrated to Minneapolis from Somalia two decades ago"

So he was 8?
Posted by: man at January 13, 2026 04:54 PM (XuXeR)

Meaning his parents came illegally

Posted by: It's me donna at January 13, 2026 04:55 PM (VE6XX)

184 People forget how "Thelma & Louise" ends. Maybe God wasn't an idiot when he suggested that women pair up with men and men pair up with women. It may tend to work out better for all involved.

Posted by: Crusader at January 13, 2026 04:55 PM (TN0g+)

185 This makes me suspect that their paymasters are telling them the worst that will happen is pepper spray or rubber bullets.
Posted by: CaliGirl

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There was a video I saw last night of an extremely obese woman harassing ICE. It was scary since you fear she could easily fall and never be able to get up again.

I wondered about the people around her egging her on -- do they not even consider the risk she is putting on herself? Or maybe that is considered an asset if she stroked out and became a martyr.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 13, 2026 04:55 PM (uEUHC)

186 A-Team: Lots of action and explosions, but hardly any injuries

I used to love that show, including how over the top it was on that very level. At one point the team is evading a helicopter; they manage to get the helicopter to crash into the side of a mountain. The helicopter spirals down to the ground and crashes. And the camera makes sure to show the people inside getting out.

In my memory it also explodes on the way down, but that’s probably not true. It should have been, though.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 13, 2026 04:55 PM (EXyHK)

187 He was able to pull his bullet out of his shirt pocket load and fire very quickly.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 13, 2026 04:54 PM (9cHSL)

Trained lawman always have to be in top form.

Posted by: Deputy Barney Fife at January 13, 2026 04:55 PM (wVcYX)

188 What is a kitsune? Is that a fox girl?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 13, 2026 04:55 PM (zZu0s)

189 181 Star Wars was a big thing because the ladies got to see Chewbacca without pants. It was Minotaur Milking Farm before there was Minotaur Milking Farm. Pantless Wookie Dude Ranch.

Follow me for more informed, erudite cultural analysis.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 13, 2026 04:55 PM (SSEhk)

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THANK YOU!

I've been saying this for years.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 13, 2026 04:56 PM (GBKbO)

190 Insty links interesting articles. I do get tired of Reynolds, “I wanna live forever” shtick, though.

Posted by: Bulg at January 13, 2026 04:56 PM (77rzZ)

191 I don't know if it's that they think it's like Marvel. I think they're just used to protests where they deal with cops on crowd control duty, who may be carrying non-lethal weapons.

They've changed the nature of the protest (by interfering with cops performing their duties), but expect a standard protest response.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at January 13, 2026 04:56 PM (OGOaV)

192 Trump to Iranian protesters: "Help is on the way."

Meeting with mullahs canceled.

U.S. State Department orders Americans to leave Iran immediately.

Report that the French Embassy is being evacuated.

Operational windows are being cleared.

The next 72 hours are going to be interesting.

Posted by: Just reporting at January 13, 2026 04:56 PM (Z1oJ3)

193 The A Team inspired the Hamass Airborne Division.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 13, 2026 04:57 PM (9cHSL)

194 @173

>> Buddy Holly loved the Beatles?!

Fun Fact:

Magical Mystety Tour was found in Buddy Hollys Walkman when his body was recovered in the wreckage.

The Big Bopper was known to be partial to Big Bad Voodoo Daddy.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 13, 2026 04:57 PM (XV/Pl)

195
I do get tired of Reynolds, “I wanna live forever” shtick, though.

Posted by: Bulg at January 13, 2026 04:56 PM (77rzZ)

_________

He wants to live forever on Mars.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 13, 2026 04:57 PM (t2vGZ)

196 Don't think you were just going to use me and then leave me behind in the last thread

Posted by: Hillary Clinton's Vagina at January 13, 2026 04:57 PM (Vu7A1)

197 Cruelty Level: Chuy
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 13, 2026 04:53 PM

We haven't seen Chuy around these parts for a long time. Sad!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 13, 2026 04:57 PM (u3oS3)

198 @106 even shares my fondness for show tunes.

Working without a net, here, I see.
Well, it's your trapeze.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at January 13, 2026 04:58 PM (zdLoL)

199 188 What is a kitsune? Is that a fox girl?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone

It’s fox the animal in Japanese.

Posted by: Piper at January 13, 2026 04:58 PM (aT5K/)

200 Maxwell Frost D-FL was just on FNC claiming it was MURDER!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

Volunteering to lose a defamation case.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 13, 2026 04:58 PM (/lPRQ)

201 Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 13, 2026 04:55 PM (SSEhk)

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THANK YOU!

I've been saying this for years.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 13, 2026 04:56 PM (GBKbO)

There is wookie porn out there.

You don't want to know.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 13, 2026 04:58 PM (zZu0s)

202 I wondered about the people around her egging her on -- do they not even consider the risk she is putting on herself? Or maybe that is considered an asset if she stroked out and became a martyr.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus)

The dirty secret about a lot of leftists is that they don't give a shit about others while wailing to the sky about love, caring for others, etc.

They have about as much real emotion as a kommissar shooting someone in the back of the head. Narcissists.

Posted by: whig at January 13, 2026 04:58 PM (WDjG6)

203 194 Fun Fact:

Magical Mystety Tour was found in Buddy Hollys Walkman when his body was recovered in the wreckage.

The Big Bopper was known to be partial to Big Bad Voodoo Daddy.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 13, 2026 04:57 PM (XV/Pl)

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What was in the CD deck in the airplane's control panel?

NIN?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 13, 2026 04:58 PM (GBKbO)

204 A lot of the protest vids I’ve seen have pretty thin crowds. I don’t think this election year hysteria is working.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 13, 2026 04:58 PM (eqMW0)

205 Meaning his parents came illegally"

Bingo

Posted by: man at January 13, 2026 04:58 PM (XuXeR)

206 Chuy where? Where did my ice axe get to?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 13, 2026 04:58 PM (9cHSL)

207 Trump to Iranian protesters: "Help is on the way."

Meeting with mullahs canceled.

U.S. State Department orders Americans to leave Iran immediately.

Report that the French Embassy is being evacuated.

Operational windows are being cleared.

The next 72 hours are going to be interesting.

Mullahs: We were just foolin' about.
Trump: I wasn't.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 13, 2026 04:58 PM (Riz8t)

208 What about the dog?

Posted by: I gotta ask at January 13, 2026 04:59 PM (D1n1Q)

209
>> Buddy Holly loved the Beatles?!

Buddy loved the Andrew Sisters.
(this may be too cryptic.)

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 13, 2026 04:59 PM (uEUHC)

210 Viral "bird theory" says all white people have one thing in common

As she told Newsweek: “I realized there was always bird decor over at my white friends’ houses and even at the houses of people whom I’ve dated. It was particularly noticeable because they’d often be large metal sculptures, taxidermied birds, or just something that stood out!”

Posted by: SMOD at January 13, 2026 04:59 PM (RHGPo)

211 178 I've never commented or even read the comments at Insty. I would suspect they are squishy and insane at the same time. Rabid, foaming, neocon squishes.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 13, 2026 04:54 PM (zZu0s)

It's weird and unwholesome.

You have midwits, caustic trolls, running personal grudges and feuds, contrarians who aren't smart enough to say anything contrarian. It mostly reads like banter between people who don't like each other and don't have anyone in their lives who like them either.

We're nuts on purpose. Those poor bastards need to be institutionalized.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 13, 2026 04:59 PM (SSEhk)

212 140 Kate over at SmallDeadAnimals.com went on "X" the other day asking about the funeral service details so she could get a bunch a people to block the procession with their vehicles.

Posted by: Orson at January 13, 2026 04:46 PM (dIske)

Let the punishment fit the crime and I love this.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 13, 2026 04:59 PM (fszBn)

213 The fox and cat girl ear thing does kind of creep me out.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 13, 2026 04:59 PM (zZu0s)

214 She perfectly shows the difference between men and women. Women have no grasp of consequences and no need to protect the people and things they love.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 13, 2026 04:47 PM (uEUHC)

That is one seriously ignorant comment, Bob.

I think you mean SOME women, but the truth is that women are hard-wired to protect their families, and of course we know what consequences are.

There are always ignorant idiots around, and some are men, and some are women. Would you like to be lumped in with the men who rape women, or beat them? Of course not, because you don't rape women or beat them. So why are you lumping all women in with these ignorant lesbian idiots?

This isn't the men's locker room.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 13, 2026 04:59 PM (6Bc88)

215 What is a kitsune? Is that a fox girl?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone

Technically a fox spirit, but yes. Likes to take the form of a human, often female, to play tricks on and/or suck the life out of its human victims.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 13, 2026 04:59 PM (a+4eV)

216 Trump says he's going to stop all Fed aid to sanctuary cities and states as of 2/1/26. I can hear the AWFLs shrieking already

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 13, 2026 05:00 PM (9ShUO)

217 You don't get the Beatles because you don't understand how awful music was before them. Listen to "Sugar Shack" and "Tell Laura I Love Her" and get back to me.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 13, 2026 05:00 PM (+mUZM)

218 Cruelty Level: Chuy
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 13, 2026 04:53 PM

We haven't seen Chuy around these parts for a long time. Sad!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 13, 2026 04:57 PM (u3oS3)
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He was too cruel for school.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 05:00 PM (krQz2)

219 What was in the CD deck in the airplane's control panel?

NIN?"

"Huetoolow"

Posted by: man at January 13, 2026 05:00 PM (XuXeR)

220 Posted by: ICE Romance Novelist A.H. Lloyd
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I am sure you will climb the pron charts at Amazon with that boddice ripper.

When you publish it, use a pseudonym that will dog whistle for Morons. But don't tell us; it'll be more fun that way.

Posted by: Oddbob at January 13, 2026 05:00 PM (q334b)

221 Trump to Iranian protesters: "Help is on the way."

Meeting with mullahs canceled.

U.S. State Department orders Americans to leave Iran immediately.

Report that the French Embassy is being evacuated.

Operational windows are being cleared.

The next 72 hours are going to be interesting.
Posted by: Just reporting at January 13, 2026 04:56 PM (Z1oJ3)

Do you wanna dance under the moonlight
Hold me, baby, all through the night
Oh baby, do you wanna dance?

Do you, do you, do you, do you wanna dance?

Posted by: Treasure Trove of Hits at January 13, 2026 05:00 PM (wVcYX)

222 Canada ditto. Get out of Iran.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 13, 2026 05:00 PM (9cHSL)

223 Rebecca got Renee to commit suicide by cop but Rebecca will be well off with the $1.5M if not way more by now

Posted by: Skip at January 13, 2026 05:01 PM (Ia/+0)

224 "Soy chuy" sounds like both a greeting an a commentary on a bad batch of tofu.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 05:01 PM (krQz2)

225 >>> I've never commented or even read the comments at Insty. I would suspect they are squishy and insane at the same time. Rabid, foaming, neocon squishes.

lots of "old man shouting at clouds" over there

Posted by: brak at January 13, 2026 05:01 PM (jGJov)

226 Lol. How smart do you have to be to be contrarian? CBD does it all the time.

Lol.

As do most of us.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 13, 2026 05:01 PM (zZu0s)

227 They had Walkman's in Buddy Holly's day?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 13, 2026 05:01 PM (9cHSL)

228 >> Buddy Holly loved the Beatles?!

I doubt that very much since Buddy Holly died in 1959 and the Beatles weren't really a band until 1960

Posted by: SMOD at January 13, 2026 05:01 PM (RHGPo)

229 I have always identified as non-binary, but in that moment, I never felt more like a woman.

My woman penis has never been so hard.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 13, 2026 05:02 PM (ExV1e)

230 223 Rebecca got Renee to commit suicide by cop but Rebecca will be well off with the $1.5M if not way more by now

Posted by: Skip at January 13, 2026 05:01 PM (Ia/+0)

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Not if she's indicted for a crime. If she's convicted, she's definitely getting nothing.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 13, 2026 05:02 PM (GBKbO)

231 178 I've never commented or even read the comments at Insty. I would suspect they are squishy and insane at the same time. Rabid, foaming, neocon squishes.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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Sven spends a lot of time there. Mebbe Fen (not Fenelon) too. But yes, there is one particular troll, Johnny that is the sort to shit in the aisle at WalMart and then run around to do it again on another.

Probably a mental patient because he is so antagonistic, not even paid types dabble themselves in feces to light a thread on fire.

The commenters are more based for the most part, than those posting articles there. Glenn has a lot of worthless friendz that he gives space too and Special Ed does too.

Posted by: whig at January 13, 2026 05:02 PM (WDjG6)

232 228 >> Buddy Holly loved the Beatles?!

I doubt that very much since Buddy Holly died in 1959 and the Beatles weren't really a band until 1960

Posted by: SMOD at January 13, 2026 05:01 PM (RHGPo)

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Ben Roethlisberger would have explained it better.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 13, 2026 05:02 PM (GBKbO)

233 Trump says he's going to stop all Fed aid to sanctuary cities and states as of 2/1/26. I can hear the AWFLs shrieking already

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 13, 2026 05:00 PM (9ShUO)
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That will at least challenge the boast that "sanctuary city" was something a city could do.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 05:02 PM (krQz2)

234 223 Rebecca got Renee to commit suicide by cop but Rebecca will be well off with the $1.5M if not way more by now
Posted by: Skip at January 13, 2026 05:01 PM (Ia/+0)

Hopefully the Grandpa can get the little boy.. There are rumors" that the surviving "wife" was a child abuser..Oh.. and someone save that dog

Posted by: It's me donna at January 13, 2026 05:03 PM (VE6XX)

235 9 They think ICE carriers water pistols that shoot jelly, like on The Island of Misfit Toys.
Posted by: Vengeance at January 13, 2026 04:24 PM (DD6gL)

Yeah, they don't remember that Yukon Cornelius was Packin!

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 13, 2026 05:03 PM (mP0Kj)

236 Buddy Holly loved the Beatles?!
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And Mary Tyler Moore.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 05:03 PM (krQz2)

237 Don LeMon Accuses Stephen A. Smith of Cozying up to Whitey for Money

.. the smell of desperation

Posted by: SMOD at January 13, 2026 05:03 PM (RHGPo)

238 When you publish it, use a pseudonym that will dog whistle for Morons. But don't tell us; it'll be more fun that way.
Posted by: Oddbob
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Mebbe Roberta Odd?

Posted by: whig at January 13, 2026 05:03 PM (WDjG6)

239 I wonder if insurance fraud is involved in the Good case?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 13, 2026 05:03 PM (9cHSL)

240 And Rebecca gets rid of the kid. Win win for her.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 13, 2026 05:03 PM (+mUZM)

241 Did you all see the actually video that started the ICE romance memes? It’s a video of a middle-aged white lady in a car staring longingly at a large ICE cop as he tells her to watch her shit. It’s literally the lady in the meme. I think the original vid is important context to understand the joke.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 13, 2026 05:04 PM (AuNgU)

242 234 Hopefully the Grandpa can get the little boy.. There are rumors" that the surviving "wife" was a child abuser..Oh.. and someone save that dog

Posted by: It's me donna at January 13, 2026 05:03 PM (VE6XX)

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Good had three children. She did not have custody of the first two.

A mother not getting custody of her children is...unusual.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 13, 2026 05:04 PM (GBKbO)

243 Intifada! Intifada! they learned from their terrorist hamas friends!

Posted by: runner at January 13, 2026 05:04 PM (g47mK)

244 Remember the day that FDR went to Twitter to tell the nation about the attack on Pearl Harbor

Posted by: SMOD at January 13, 2026 05:04 PM (RHGPo)

245 Those Memes are gold, Jerry! Gold!

Posted by: garrett at January 13, 2026 05:04 PM (ZcsJV)

246 Seriously, did these people think ICE was going to be carrying t-shirt cannons ("Trump in 2028!")
Posted by: Paco

With a free brick wrapped inside the shirt!

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 13, 2026 05:04 PM (/lPRQ)

247 > A lot of the protest vids I’ve seen have pretty thin crowds.

When the USAID funds dried up, the protest crowds lost whatever diversity they had before. Now it's old people, the homeless AntiFa mutants, and some college students, and they're all snow white.

Posted by: bonhomme at January 13, 2026 05:04 PM (Yp6az)

248 237 Don LeMon Accuses Stephen A. Smith of Cozying up to Whitey for Money

.. the smell of desperation
Posted by: SMOD
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Lemon wants some of Mr. Smith is what.

Posted by: whig at January 13, 2026 05:04 PM (WDjG6)

249 It's like the 'Three Amigos'.
Dusty gets shot and he demands to look at the outlaws gun. When he does, he says 'Great, real bullets!'

Then is slowly dawns on him that 'it's real'.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 13, 2026 05:04 PM (xcxpd)

250 They had Walkman's in Buddy Holly's day?"

Sure. Cellphones too

Posted by: man at January 13, 2026 05:05 PM (XuXeR)

251 Well, this sucks. The DOJ in charge of the investigation of Somali fraud just quit, citing political interference from Washington.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 13, 2026 05:05 PM (q0p3u)

252 I've never commented or even read the comments at Insty. I would suspect they are squishy and insane at the same time. Rabid, foaming, neocon squishes.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 13, 2026 04:54 PM (zZu0s)

More like it's flooded with trolls and they don't moderate it much. So it's frequently just skinheads arguing with commies.

Posted by: Sjg at January 13, 2026 05:05 PM (aqZN1)

253 And Sarah Hoyt desperately needs an editor.

Posted by: But that's just me at January 13, 2026 05:05 PM (D1n1Q)

254 lots of "old man shouting at clouds" over there

So, no different than here.

Posted by: Rob Crawford at January 13, 2026 05:05 PM (fCT/O)

255 That stuff at the end of this post brings a whole new meaning to the phrase, "I can fix her."

No, dude. No, you can't.

Nonetheless, a pretty bizarre fantasy for lesbians and lesbian-wannabes to have.

Posted by: MrExcitement at January 13, 2026 05:05 PM (hOOi9)

256 223 Rebecca got Renee to commit suicide by cop but Rebecca will be well off with the $1.5M if not way more by now

Posted by: Skip at January 13, 2026 05:01 PM (Ia/+0)

Renee's mom will sue Ross for a zillion dollars for wrongful death. I don't know if Rebecca has standing to sue for wrongful death. Was she married to Renee? Was she Renee's common law 'wife' per MN law? We're gonna find out.

Posted by: Gref at January 13, 2026 05:05 PM (5rh/l)

257 When the USAID funds dried up, the protest crowds lost whatever diversity they had before. Now it's old people, the homeless AntiFa mutants, and some college students, and they're all snow white.
Posted by: bonhomme
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Caring and thus protesting about violent lesbos doing stupid shit is something even Somalians have enough sense to not care,

Posted by: whig at January 13, 2026 05:05 PM (WDjG6)

258 The fox and cat girl ear thing does kind of creep me out.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 13, 2026 04:59 PM (zZu0s)
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Yeah, I got to wonder about the Japanese men.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 05:05 PM (krQz2)

259 238 When you publish it, use a pseudonym that will dog whistle for Morons. But don't tell us; it'll be more fun that way.
Posted by: Oddbob
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Mebbe Roberta Odd?
Posted by: whig at January 13, 2026 05:03 PM (WDjG6)

"Masturbating Pete"

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 13, 2026 05:05 PM (xcxpd)

260 I think you mean SOME women, but the truth is that women are hard-wired to protect their families, and of course we know what consequences are.

Posted by: tcn in AK

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OK, point taken.
You are right that I mean *some* women.

But I am talking about something deeper -- women have an innate protection mode, but they also have a no-limits attack mode.

What I am trying to say (and I admit I said it poorly) is that men will back down and women won't. Men will weigh costs and decide it is not worth it, and those costs include damage to their kids or family.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 13, 2026 05:05 PM (uEUHC)

261 Fucking clouds.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 13, 2026 05:05 PM (9cHSL)

262 253 And Sarah Hoyt desperately needs an editor.
Posted by: But that's just me at January 13, 2026 05:05 PM (D1n1Q)

Almost all writers do

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 13, 2026 05:06 PM (xcxpd)

263 253 And Sarah Hoyt desperately needs an editor.

Posted by: But that's just me at January 13, 2026 05:05 PM (D1n1Q)

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Their movie threads are better than ours, though.

Ours are run by a charlatan who doesn't love Laura enough.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 13, 2026 05:06 PM (GBKbO)

264
Why anyone would still pay attention to anything Don LeMon or Stephen A. Smith say eludes me.

Posted by: Auspex at January 13, 2026 05:06 PM (Y8DZL)

265 >>"Help is on the way."

That was Jerry and Robert Hunter not Weir.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 13, 2026 05:06 PM (viF8m)

266 Renee's mom will sue Ross for a zillion dollars for wrongful death. I don't know if Rebecca has standing to sue for wrongful death. Was she married to Renee? Was she Renee's common law 'wife' per MN law? We're gonna find out.
Posted by: Gref
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It has to be a federal lawsuit and she will lose. Qualified immunity applies.

Posted by: whig at January 13, 2026 05:06 PM (WDjG6)

267 Expert Warns California Could See ‘Mass Migration’ (Out) Within 12 Months

Posted by: SMOD at January 13, 2026 05:07 PM (RHGPo)

268 Remember the day that FDR went to Twitter to tell the nation about the attack on Pearl Harbor"

Like watching the JFK assassination on live tv....

Posted by: man at January 13, 2026 05:07 PM (XuXeR)

269 213 The fox and cat girl ear thing does kind of creep me out.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 13, 2026 04:59 PM (zZu0s)

*covers Anna's ears*

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 13, 2026 05:07 PM (xcxpd)

270 That is one seriously ignorant comment, Bob.

I think you mean SOME women, but the truth is that women are hard-wired to protect their families, and of course we know what consequences are.

There are always ignorant idiots around, and some are men, and some are women. Would you like to be lumped in with the men who rape women, or beat them? Of course not, because you don't rape women or beat them. So why are you lumping all women in with these ignorant lesbian idiots?

This isn't the men's locker room.
___

*golf clap*

Well said, tcn.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at January 13, 2026 05:07 PM (22p5n)

271 The fox and cat girl ear thing does kind of creep me out.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 13, 2026 04:59 PM (zZu0s)
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Yeah, I got to wonder about the Japanese men.
Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 05:05 PM (krQz2)
——

You wouldn’t fuck Cheetara?

Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 13, 2026 05:07 PM (AuNgU)

272 251 Well, this sucks. The DOJ in charge of the investigation of Somali fraud just quit, citing political interference from Washington.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 13, 2026 05:05 PM (q0p3u)

Sounds like a classic case of the trash taking itself out to me.

Or am I missing something.

Posted by: MrExcitement at January 13, 2026 05:07 PM (hOOi9)

273 Their movie threads are better than ours, though.

Ours are run by a charlatan who doesn't love Laura enough.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 13, 2026 05:06 PM (GBKbO)

I KNEW it!

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 13, 2026 05:07 PM (xcxpd)

274
Renee Renee Renee Renee
Baby how the weeks fade
Baby how the streets change
Renee Renee Renee Renee
But baby as the weeks change
And we've seen quite a few
I don't know who's fooling who

I'm fooling you

Posted by: Mark Hollis at January 13, 2026 05:07 PM (krQz2)

275 What, Buddy Holly and MTM did the nasty?

Posted by: Bulg at January 13, 2026 05:08 PM (77rzZ)

276 Why anyone would still pay attention to anything Don LeMon or Stephen A. Smith say eludes me.
Posted by: Auspex
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The same droll amusement while walking past two dogs or cats going at it.

Posted by: whig at January 13, 2026 05:08 PM (WDjG6)

277
The commenters are more based for the most part, than those posting articles there. Glenn has a lot of worthless friendz that he gives space too and Special Ed does too.

Posted by: whig at January 13, 2026 05:02 PM (WDjG6)

__________

Most of the commenters are fine, but there's no one to wield a banhammer on thosr like Johnny and the lunatics who are convinced Trump is a child molester. And those people are obsessives.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 13, 2026 05:08 PM (t2vGZ)

278 271 The fox and cat girl ear thing does kind of creep me out.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 13, 2026 04:59 PM (zZu0s)
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Yeah, I got to wonder about the Japanese men.
Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 05:05 PM (krQz2)
——

You wouldn’t fuck Cheetara?
Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 13, 2026 05:07 PM (AuNgU)

<< Like TT Boy high on coke

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 13, 2026 05:08 PM (xcxpd)

279 Helpful hint: Soy Chorizo does not mean "I am chorizo."

Posted by: Pug Mahon at January 13, 2026 05:08 PM (PSEDc)

280 >>You don't get the Beatles because you don't understand how awful music was before them. Listen to "Sugar Shack" and "Tell Laura I Love Her" and get back to me.

notsothoreau, one of the Byrds said that rock before the Beatles versus after was like propeller engines to jets. Early '60s rock is mostly horrible.

Posted by: Nazdar at January 13, 2026 05:08 PM (NcvvS)

281 >>>This isn't the men's locker room.

plenty of old naked dudes, though

Posted by: brak at January 13, 2026 05:09 PM (jGJov)

282 246 Seriously, did these people think ICE was going to be carrying t-shirt cannons ("Trump in 2028!")
Posted by: Paco

With a free brick wrapped inside the shirt!
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 13, 2026 05:04 PM (/lPRQ)

Lol frozen waterbottles like the antifa goons throw at them.

Ice ice baby

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at January 13, 2026 05:09 PM (i0Hi3)

283 Feminist protestor/ICE officer romance edits are my new favorite thing

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Casablanca 2: We'll Always Have Ferrous

Chokeback Mountain

Dirty Lancing

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 13, 2026 05:09 PM (+B9Si)

284 Read my shocking and transgressive romance today!

In "Morning Glory Silking Farm" a spherical Guatemalan milkmaid finds love in the shadows of Trump's America when she is forced to extract silk from enormous arachnid breeding studs for slave wages.

Read as her fear turns to lust, when she grasps the turgid spinneret of Shelob, a stern but sensual spider chimera with the head of a man, and the insatiable ardor of an eight-legged love machine.

Posted by: Stacy Abrams at January 13, 2026 05:09 PM (BI5O2)

285 I really like that "Detained by Desire" cover, even more than "Dickmatized at the Protest" (which is also great). The light blush, the curious head-tilt, the expression of opennness with concern -- like she knows her own impulses are ill-advised, but she's helpless to do anything about it -- there must be a lot of that specific expression in the training data for (presumably) Gen AI to nail it.

Posted by: SciVo at January 13, 2026 05:09 PM (Sy6m/)

286 I have never hit a man. I have never been tempted to drive over one with a car, but I sure as heck wouldn't be stupid enough to assume cops or ICE didn't have real bullets in their guns.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 13, 2026 05:09 PM (lQ+/f)

287 Kathleen Hartnett, the attorney of Hecox, was sent scrambling by Alito after he posed an incredible hypothetical question to challenge her argument for ‘trans females’ playing in women’s sports.

He inquired whether a boy who had never had surgeries or puberty blockers but still identified as a girl could be denied the ability to participate. After all, woke liberal logic is that you must oblige a person’s feelings on identity and seek to accommodate their wishes.

Hartnett fell into Alito’s trap and answered ‘yes.’ The justice then piggybacked off his first question by perfectly exposing the lie of gender identity.

Posted by: SMOD at January 13, 2026 05:10 PM (RHGPo)

288 I prefer to call him Screamin' A. Smith.

Posted by: But that's just me at January 13, 2026 05:10 PM (D1n1Q)

289 280 >>You don't get the Beatles because you don't understand how awful music was before them. Listen to "Sugar Shack" and "Tell Laura I Love Her" and get back to me.

notsothoreau, one of the Byrds said that rock before the Beatles versus after was like propeller engines to jets. Early '60s rock is mostly horrible.
Posted by: Nazdar at January 13, 2026 05:08 PM (NcvvS)

*Zombie Elvis rises from his grave and turns leaden eyes towards Nazdar's location.*

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 13, 2026 05:11 PM (xcxpd)

290 I prefer to call him Screamin' A. Smith.
Posted by: But that's just me at January 13, 2026 05:10 PM (D1n1Q)
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Crotchety.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 05:11 PM (krQz2)

291 Remember the day that FDR went to Twitter to tell the nation about the attack on Pearl Harbor

"It is not over. The Germans shall not prevail!"

Posted by: Bulg at January 13, 2026 05:11 PM (77rzZ)

292 The whole, I don’t get The Beatles schtick is pretty funny considering they were a world wide phenomenon.

Might as well say I don’t get why Star Wars was such a big thing.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

The first better-than-average version of X will become popular.

Beatles were the first "pop/rock-n-roll band" to make it big.

Star Wars was the first "space opera film" to make it big. (Star Trek I was two years later, tho it had been on the small screen earlier.)

Same as Iron Maiden to metal, Nirvana to grunge, etc.

Being both "first" and "good" doesn't automatically make you the "best," which is where a lot of the "I don't get its" come from, I think.

If another band with the same physical appearance and performance/compositional skill level as the Beatles arrived in 1976, or 1994, or 2015, would they have automatically been a "world wide phenomenon," or just another pop band?

Posted by: mikeski at January 13, 2026 05:11 PM (nhCoE)

293 > You wouldn’t fuck Cheetara?

She was psychic. I can't imagine a relationship with a genuine psychic going well.

"YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT HER AGAIN!!"

Posted by: bonhomme at January 13, 2026 05:11 PM (Yp6az)

294 Her parallel parking skills leave a lot to be desired.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 13, 2026 05:11 PM (9cHSL)

295 272 251 Well, this sucks. The DOJ in charge of the investigation of Somali fraud just quit, citing political interference from Washington.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 13, 2026 05:05 PM (q0p3u)

Sounds like a classic case of the trash taking itself out to me.

Or am I missing something.
Posted by: MrExcitement at January 13, 2026 05:07 PM (hOOi9)

Could be pressure from lefty aligned goons threatening families and stuff.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at January 13, 2026 05:11 PM (i0Hi3)

296 , Buddy Holly and MTM did the nasty?"

That'll be the day...

Posted by: man at January 13, 2026 05:11 PM (XuXeR)

297 Leftists Go Make Me Rich funding doesn't csre as long as Rebecca says she was her 'wife'

Posted by: Skip at January 13, 2026 05:12 PM (Ia/+0)

298
Like those African warriors who thought being covered in sacred oils would stop bullets
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 13, 2026 04:25 PM (9ShUO)

Moros in the Philippines... which resulted in the 1911 pistol designed by John Browning (PBUH)

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 13, 2026 05:12 PM (y9nCu)

299 Her parallel parking skills leave a lot to be desired.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 13, 2026 05:11 PM (9cHSL)
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Starting with the meaning of the word "parallel".

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 05:13 PM (krQz2)

300 "Detained by Desire" is absolutely diabolical and I love it.

And yes you daft trout, of course they have real bullets. The fuck is wrong with you?

Posted by: It's a real car, fair is fair at January 13, 2026 05:13 PM (TbWk/)

301 >>You don't get the Beatles because you don't understand how awful music was before them. Listen to "Sugar Shack" and "Tell Laura I Love Her" and get back to me.

notsothoreau, one of the Byrds said that rock before the Beatles versus after was like propeller engines to jets. Early '60s rock is mostly horrible.
Posted by: Nazdar at January 13, 2026 05:08 PM (NcvvS)

Oh, GTFO here.

Posted by: Bill Haley and His Comets at January 13, 2026 05:13 PM (wVcYX)

302 >>>Left-Wing Mentally-Ill Revolutionary LARPers Don't Know That Law Enforcement Officers Load Their Guns With Real Bullets

One does.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 13, 2026 05:13 PM (ge3bi)

303 And am surecthe lawsuit against ICe will find a Commissar Judge to give the family $Ms

Posted by: Skip at January 13, 2026 05:13 PM (Ia/+0)

304 This isn't the men's locker room.

Should I put pants on?

Posted by: Pierre Poppycock at January 13, 2026 05:13 PM (Vu7A1)

305 I like listening to Stephen A. Smith just like I like listening to Michael Savage, they sound like my dad.

Posted by: San Franpsycho - Pahlavi Will Return at January 13, 2026 05:13 PM (RIvkX)

306 Why anyone would still pay attention to anything Don LeMon or Stephen A. Smith say eludes me.
Posted by: Auspex
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The same droll amusement while walking past two dogs or cats going at it.
Posted by: whig at January 13, 2026 05:08 PM (WDjG6)

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At least there's less screeching among the latter.

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 13, 2026 05:13 PM (trdaw)

307 What is a kitsune? Is that a fox girl?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone

It’s fox the animal in Japanese.
Posted by: Piper at January 13, 2026 04:58 PM (aT5K/)

And megitsune is the female version. h/t Babymetal

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 13, 2026 05:13 PM (ExV1e)

308 273 Their movie threads are better than ours, though.

Ours are run by a charlatan who doesn't love Laura enough.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 13, 2026 05:06 PM (GBKbO)

I KNEW it!

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 13, 2026 05:07 PM (xcxpd)

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And just wait until I tell you about TJM!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 13, 2026 05:13 PM (GBKbO)

309 293 > You wouldn’t fuck Cheetara?

She was psychic. I can't imagine a relationship with a genuine psychic going well.

"YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT HER AGAIN!!"
Posted by: bonhomme at January 13, 2026 05:11 PM (Yp6az)
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I’ll volunteer my sex services to test your theory on her. For science, of course.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 13, 2026 05:14 PM (AuNgU)

310 Buddy Holly and MTM did the nasty?"

That'll be the day...
Posted by: man at January 13, 2026 05:11 PM (XuXeR)

*golf clap*

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 13, 2026 05:14 PM (wVcYX)

311 And just wait until I tell you about TJM!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 13, 2026 05:13 PM (GBKbO)

I hear he's a troll.
Or a glowie.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 13, 2026 05:14 PM (xcxpd)

312 And to further clarify --

Don't take things so personal -- when I say "men" or "women" I obviously do not mean all men or women, or even most.

What I mean, (and what I hope most people can understand) is that there is a marginal propensity among men or women in that direction. It is a generalization to simplify the argument. I am looking at the mean and noting that the mean for one group is a little more in one direction than for the other group.

This is how we talk when we understand that humans are all unique and our traits are on a normal distribution curve and you can not apply any generalization to an individual. I am sure that there are good, hardworking, honest Somalians, but I am not going to qualify my statements everytime I say that they are not good for the country and I want them all out, for example.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 13, 2026 05:14 PM (uEUHC)

313 Cheetah is a monkey.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 13, 2026 05:14 PM (9cHSL)

314 311 And just wait until I tell you about TJM!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 13, 2026 05:13 PM (GBKbO)

I hear he's a troll.
Or a glowie.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 13, 2026 05:14 PM (xcxpd)

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Well, I've never denied it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 13, 2026 05:15 PM (GBKbO)

315 ALITO: Let’s say we have a school that has a boys’ track team and girls’ track team. And a student who has the genes and the reproductive system of a male and had those at birth…Has never taken puberty blockers or hormones; never had (gender reassignment) surgeries, says ‘nevertheless, I am a woman. That’s who I am.’Can the school say, ‘No, you can’t participate?

HARTNETT: Yes, they can.

ALITO: Is that person not a woman in your understanding? The person says, ‘I sincerely believe I am a woman, I am in fact a woman.’ Is that person not a woman?

HARTNETT: I, I, would respect their self-identity in addressing this person, but in terms of statute, does that person have a sex-based biological advantage that’s going to be unfair for that person to be part of the women’s team? That’s the rationale for the regulation, and that’s the way we would be testing that…

ALITO: The reason I’m asking has to do with discrimination on the basis of transgender status. You seem to be saying that it is permissible for the school to discriminate on the basis of transgender status.

Posted by: SMOD at January 13, 2026 05:15 PM (RHGPo)

316 "Parallel is the same thing as perpendicular because one side of the car is parallel to the curb!"

Side bigots!

-- The lefty understanding.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 05:15 PM (krQz2)

317 which resulted in the 1911 pistol designed by John Browning (PBUH)"

*removes cap*

Posted by: man at January 13, 2026 05:15 PM (XuXeR)

318 And Sarah Hoyt desperately needs an editor.
Posted by: But that's just me at January 13, 2026 05:05 PM (D1n1Q)

Almost all writers do
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
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I learned you can either write it fast while inspired and not worry about style, minor grammar, etc. and then redraft or spend forever doing a perfect one while everyone else has wandered away.

Hoyt has professional copy editors to peruse her stuff and bilinguals (I think Hoyt speaks four or five) can have an issue when English is not their first language. But folks at her website or Insty just want the facts, not perfect prose.

Posted by: whig at January 13, 2026 05:15 PM (WDjG6)

319 214-Thanks, tcn.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 13, 2026 05:16 PM (PFs9e)

320 notsothoreau, one of the Byrds said that rock before the Beatles versus after was like propeller engines to jets. Early '60s rock is mostly horrible.
Posted by: Nazdar at January 13, 2026 05:08 PM (NcvvS)

aw c'mon, you never listened to the Surfari's?

https://tinyurl.com/37scxa6e

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 13, 2026 05:16 PM (uWKK8)

321 >> > You wouldn’t fuck Cheetara?

Dax was mostly hittable because she had the mottled skin pigmentation of a Cheetarah or a Sugar Smack.

Posted by: garrett at January 13, 2026 05:16 PM (ZcsJV)

322 Well, I've never denied it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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I don't get it.

Posted by: whig at January 13, 2026 05:16 PM (WDjG6)

323 315 ALITO: The reason I’m asking has to do with discrimination on the basis of transgender status. You seem to be saying that it is permissible for the school to discriminate on the basis of transgender status.

Posted by: SMOD at January 13, 2026 05:15 PM (RHGPo)

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*reads SCOTUS tea leaves*

This means that Alito is going to retire and vote against the tariffs and vote to impeach Trump in the House.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 13, 2026 05:16 PM (GBKbO)

324 You wouldn’t fuck Cheetara?
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Snarf is more my style!

Posted by: Tyler Robinson at January 13, 2026 05:17 PM (krQz2)

325
ICE loads their guns with blanks, just like in the movies.

Posted by: Alec Baldwin at January 13, 2026 05:17 PM (d4X7t)

326 And just wait until I tell you about TJM!"

Beats hearing about Prometheus...

Posted by: man at January 13, 2026 05:17 PM (XuXeR)

327 Browning 1911 and the Ma Deuce?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 13, 2026 05:17 PM (9cHSL)

328 The DOJ in charge of the investigation of Somali fraud just quit, citing political interference from Washington.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 13, 2026 05:05 PM (q0p3u)

My boss is telling me what to do. I quit.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 13, 2026 05:17 PM (ExV1e)

329 326 And just wait until I tell you about TJM!"

Beats hearing about Prometheus...

Posted by: man at January 13, 2026 05:17 PM (XuXeR)

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I hadn't considered that.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 13, 2026 05:17 PM (GBKbO)

330
Cheetah is a monkey.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 13, 2026 05:14 PM (9cHSL)

In any case, cheetahs and monkeys are both some variety of weasel.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 13, 2026 05:17 PM (y9nCu)

331 And just wait until I tell you about TJM!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Have you ever done anything about film composers/scores?

Posted by: Bulg at January 13, 2026 05:17 PM (77rzZ)

332 Did Lennon or McCartney ever do the duck walk while reeling and rocking? Do they have a gold record shot into the cosmos?

I rest my case.

Posted by: Zombie Chuck Berry at January 13, 2026 05:17 PM (wVcYX)

333 318 And Sarah Hoyt desperately needs an editor.
Posted by: But that's just me at January 13, 2026 05:05 PM (D1n1Q)

Almost all writers do
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
======
I learned you can either write it fast while inspired and not worry about style, minor grammar, etc. and then redraft or spend forever doing a perfect one while everyone else has wandered away.

Hoyt has professional copy editors to peruse her stuff and bilinguals (I think Hoyt speaks four or five) can have an issue when English is not their first language. But folks at her website or Insty just want the facts, not perfect prose.
Posted by: whig at January 13, 2026 05:15 PM (WDjG6)

Well you have to self edit. I do a minimum of three passes on anything outside of grey boxes. More for fiction. Writing while hot is wise but you have to edit it 'cold'.

Comments I'm more forgiving of but...she is a pro writer. Thus held to a higher standard.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 13, 2026 05:18 PM (xcxpd)

334 331 And just wait until I tell you about TJM!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Have you ever done anything about film composers/scores?

Posted by: Bulg at January 13, 2026 05:17 PM (77rzZ)

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I did just put out a video about John Carpenter:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbxzFx-J3W0

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 13, 2026 05:18 PM (GBKbO)

335 322 Well, I've never denied it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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I don't get it.
Posted by: whig at January 13, 2026 05:16 PM (WDjG6)

Illiterate assholes.

Posted by: Let's see how long we can keep it going at January 13, 2026 05:18 PM (TbWk/)

336 Seriously, did these people think ICE was going to be carrying t-shirt cannons ("Trump in 2028!")
Posted by: Paco

They bought the lie by their organizers that ICE has no police powers for giving orders to, or arresting, anyone other than illegal aliens. These women (and their soy boy conspirators) have been told they are untouchable by ICE officers for anything they do. Trust me on this.

Yet if they checked on the webz, they'd learn ICE has been issuing orders for a long time to protestors to cease interference with ICE ops and arresting those not complying. They'd learn that courts have not issued orders to ICE to cease doing those things. Because ICE is legally doing those things.

It's a nationwide perfect storm of brainwashing, stupidity, and resulting LARPing as untouchable and stronk female superheroines.

Posted by: Gref at January 13, 2026 05:18 PM (5rh/l)

337 327 Browning 1911 and the Ma Deuce?
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 13, 2026 05:17 PM (9cHSL)

And much, much more. The guy was good at designing guns.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 13, 2026 05:18 PM (xcxpd)

338 In any case, cheetahs and monkeys are both some variety of weasel"

Beats being penguins...

Posted by: man at January 13, 2026 05:19 PM (XuXeR)

339
The Handmaidens Deportation Tale

Posted by: Frank Barone at January 13, 2026 05:19 PM (IifOV)

340 @292

>>If another band with the same physical appearance and performance/compositional skill level as the Beatles arrived in 1976, or 1994, or 2015, would they have automatically been a "world wide phenomenon," or just another pop band?

They were just orders of magnitude better than anything that was currently popular in the cultural zeitgeist. And it’s not that they were simply great, they were also prolific, what we think of as Beatlmania lasted for seven years and in that time they released 12 studio albums and pretty much every album could be considered a greatest hits album in its own right.

If you watch Rick Bragg, literally every artist he’s had on sites The Beatles as a major influence.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 13, 2026 05:20 PM (XV/Pl)

341 For me, what was transformational about Star Wars was the score.

John Williams is symphonic genius who transformed film music for the better. Greatest film composer since Steiner.

Posted by: Bulg at January 13, 2026 05:20 PM (77rzZ)

342 There will be no evidence or proof that the liberals will believe. Brainwashed, viscious, and crazy. Blind to truth, even if they see the video of the car and hear the dialogue 1000x.

They WANT what they believe to be true. Or, as "they" say, it is "their truth." I cannot relate at all to being so ugly in all ways (face and thoughts) to do this crap. And that is all it is: an outlet for their anger of being ugly and ignored. Or so I think. Years of indoctrination. Years of feeling bullied and left out and mental illness taking the place of normal self-esteem. Landman's episode of dyke in the dorm is an example.

The underbelly of reddit and social media feed this fire of insanity. As they did for anything Trump related. They cannot and will not change their thinking. They will become more angry and more dangerous.

I guess the Dyke Widow thought they had Nerf or paint guns. Wrong!

They had their little protest and found out that it is not fun, games and popcorn to interfere with the federal investigation of an illegal.
They can play pretend superheroes all they want at the charter school. But last Wednesday rubber bullets did not meet the road, real ones did, you flaming lesbos.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 13, 2026 05:20 PM (WONhk)

343 “Wife”

Posted by: Really?? at January 13, 2026 05:20 PM (kgFPv)

344 LITO: The reason I’m asking has to do with discrimination on the basis of transgender status. You seem to be saying that it is permissible for the school to discriminate on the basis of transgender status.

Posted by: SMOD at January 13, 2026 05:15 PM (RHGPo)
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I get it. It's saying that boys that identify as girls are being treated differently, in respect to being allowed on girls teams than normal boys.

It goes back to Bork: government redistributes rights. That is not some holy mantle.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 05:20 PM (krQz2)

345 303 And am surecthe lawsuit against ICe will find a Commissar Judge to give the family $Ms
Posted by: Skip
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Jury trial and appellate courts make that difficult for a district court judge to do that.

Posted by: whig at January 13, 2026 05:21 PM (WDjG6)

346
He was able to pull his bullet out of his shirt pocket load and fire very quickly.
Posted by: Boss Moss

He nipped it in the bud.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 13, 2026 05:21 PM (pkeXY)

347 Rick Beato not Rick Bragg

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 13, 2026 05:21 PM (XV/Pl)

348 Speaking of:

@libsoftiktok 2h
TikTokers are organizing groups of women to get dates with ICE agents so they can expose their identities and dox their personal info.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 13, 2026 05:21 PM (mlg/3)

349 So who is the person in charge of the kid's school in Minneapolis that was promoting Ice Watch to the scissoring sisters of sweetness and light?

Posted by: I gotta ask at January 13, 2026 05:21 PM (D1n1Q)

350 335 322 Well, I've never denied it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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I don't get it.
Posted by: whig at January 13, 2026 05:16 PM (WDjG6)

Illiterate assholes.

Posted by: Let's see how long we can keep it going at January 13, 2026 05:18 PM (TbWk/)

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I wish I knew what this said.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 13, 2026 05:21 PM (GBKbO)

351 You wouldn’t fuck Cheetara?
Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 13, 2026 05:07 PM (AuNgU)

If her tits are big enough so I do not notice her ears until much later, all bets are off.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 13, 2026 05:21 PM (zZu0s)

352 Didn't get to Carpenter yet, maybe after supper
I ilke Carpenter movies

Posted by: Skip at January 13, 2026 05:21 PM (Ia/+0)

353 I still think we need to..

M ake
A sylums
G reat
A gain

There are some sick fucks running amok. Either institutionalize them or....

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 13, 2026 05:21 PM (NwnyJ)

354 For me, what was transformational about Star Wars was the score.

John Williams is symphonic genius who transformed film music for the better. Greatest film composer since Steiner.
Posted by: Bulg at January 13, 2026 05:20 PM (77rzZ)

Yup. I am long done watching Star Wars movies, but I still love the music soundtrack, especially the first one.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at January 13, 2026 05:22 PM (PSEDc)

355 It goes back to Bork
Posted by: Axeman

The cute Icelandic rock star?

Posted by: Bulg at January 13, 2026 05:22 PM (77rzZ)

356 Trump up again?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 13, 2026 05:22 PM (9cHSL)

357 I think a lot of Sarah Hoyt fans just like reading her writing.

I agree that she meanders and often takes to long to make a point, but I think that is something her fans like.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 13, 2026 05:22 PM (uEUHC)

358 Bjork.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 13, 2026 05:22 PM (9cHSL)

359 You're bringing up music from the 50s. Even Elvis was doing schlock bythen. I think Sugar Shack was number one for six months. Seemed
Iike it would never end. The era of the Bobbys, Vee, Darin, and Vinton. It sucked.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 13, 2026 05:22 PM (+mUZM)

360 >>If you watch Rick Bragg, literally every artist he’s had on sites The Beatles as a major influence.

They are obviously going to be a major influence on songwriters in rock and roll. They got there first. They wrote an insane volume of tunes. They had natural talent for it.

However, these same people all claim to love Sgt Pepper's and that record blows donkeys.

Posted by: garrett at January 13, 2026 05:23 PM (ZcsJV)

361 6 1 They think this is all a Marvel movie.

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False.

Harry Potter.

Yup, probably more accurate.
Posted by: ace at January 13, 2026 04:23 PM (1wjle)

Abra Cadabra, Ala Cazine
Run me over, I'll empty the magazine.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 13, 2026 05:23 PM (N39Ws)

362 I was completely flustered. I'd never been so close to a man like him before. I need to say something, and Gaia help me, the first words that came to my lips were: "What are you pronouns?"

He laughed, and I felt a thrill at his contempt for my rules. He was the law, but also a rebel!

"Kick and ass," he said, moving me towards the idling SUV. I felt secret shame at all his buddies laughing at my expense, but then something completely unexpected happened. He gave me a reassuring pat the shoulder.

He wasn't a monster! How could he be so strong and also kind? My mind was reeling, and I felt feverish as he patted me down for weapons. I never wanted it to stop.

Posted by: ICE Romance Novelist A.H. Lloyd at January 13, 2026 05:23 PM (ZOv7s)

363 348 Speaking of:

@libsoftiktok 2h
TikTokers are organizing groups of women to get dates with ICE agents so they can expose their identities and dox their personal info.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 13, 2026 05:21 PM (mlg/3)

So sex stalkers now.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at January 13, 2026 05:23 PM (i0Hi3)

364
Have you ever done anything about film composers/scores?

Posted by: Bulg at January 13, 2026 05:17 PM (77rzZ)

I suggest John Barry and Basil Poledouris

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 13, 2026 05:23 PM (y9nCu)

365 Dick Dale and the Del Tones say Hello!

Misirlou (1963)
Pre Beatles

https://youtu.be/ZIU0RMV_II8

Posted by: Count de Surf Music Monet at January 13, 2026 05:23 PM (wVcYX)

366 Speaking of:

@libsoftiktok 2h
TikTokers are organizing groups of women to get dates with ICE agents so they can expose their identities and dox their personal info.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 13, 2026 05:21 PM (mlg/3)

LOL. This is like that Netflix show that got canned where she was going to bang incel dudes to uncover domestic terrorism.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 13, 2026 05:23 PM (zZu0s)

367 348 Speaking of:

@libsoftiktok 2h
TikTokers are organizing groups of women to get dates with ICE agents so they can expose their identities and dox their personal info.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 13, 2026 05:21 PM

The amount of weight to lose, hair dye, face spackle needed to entice an ICE agent to date these lib hags would be impossible to attain.

Posted by: Frank Barone at January 13, 2026 05:24 PM (IifOV)

368 Didn't get to Carpenter yet, maybe after supper"

Karen?

Posted by: man at January 13, 2026 05:24 PM (XuXeR)

369 My old man had nothing but good things to say about Bobby Darin. Apparently, Darin would let him and his bandmates sneak into the Peppermint Lounge back when they were only 16.

Posted by: garrett at January 13, 2026 05:24 PM (ZcsJV)

370 Well you have to self edit. I do a minimum of three passes on anything outside of grey boxes. More for fiction. Writing while hot is wise but you have to edit it 'cold'.

Comments I'm more forgiving of but...she is a pro writer. Thus held to a higher standard.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards

I have outsiders review my professional work after I go through several iterations plus conference presentations before submission to journal along with the lengthy rewrite to fix what the editors want.

Personally, I rewrite in my head multiple times now before I put something down literally using my internal voice. And then rewrite again if possible. But I can miss obvious problems because I see what isn't there sometimes. So for mission critical, I use outsiders for long documents.

Posted by: whig at January 13, 2026 05:24 PM (WDjG6)

371 For my money, this is a big problem
- all youtube news video are now 10 or 20 minutes due to some youtube algorithm that rewards video over a certain length.

And all podcasts are 4 freakin hours. This is revenue driven.

And substack writings are all 20,000 words that go on and on and on.

No one edits anymore.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 13, 2026 05:25 PM (uEUHC)

372 TikTokers are organizing groups of women to get dates with ICE agents so they can expose their identities and dox their personal info.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 13, 2026 05:21 PM (mlg/3)
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The novels will come true. They'll be like Bond with Pussy Galore.

Posted by: ICE Romance Novelist A.H. Lloyd at January 13, 2026 05:25 PM (ZOv7s)

373 The musical score in the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly takes over at the end.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 13, 2026 05:25 PM (9cHSL)

374 Star Wars was a feast for you eyes, that blew away disbelief and felt like visiting another world.

In that, it was what it was. Because it was a visceral experience--to a kid, that is.

Lucas spent a good portion of his life bringing this story to screen. And was on a schedule to produce the sequels.

That said, if his wife hadn't stepped up to recut the original, it probably would have been a lot more of a snorefest.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 05:25 PM (krQz2)

375 367
The amount of weight to lose, hair dye, face spackle needed to entice an ICE agent to date these lib hags would be impossible to attain.

Posted by: Frank Barone at January 13, 2026 05:24 PM (IifOV)

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"So, I was throwing this 250 pound murderer to the floor single-handedly..."
-ICE agent

"I'll expose him...in a bit..."
-lady on a date

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 13, 2026 05:25 PM (GBKbO)

376 325
ICE loads their guns with blanks, just like in the movies.
Posted by: Alec Baldwin at January 13, 2026 05:17 PM (d4X7t)

Stormtroopers have entered the chat.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 13, 2026 05:25 PM (N39Ws)

377 LOL. This is like that Netflix show that got canned where she was going to bang incel dudes to uncover domestic terrorism.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 13, 2026 05:23 PM (zZu0s)
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Only to be seduced by a Nazi!

Posted by: ICE Romance Novelist A.H. Lloyd at January 13, 2026 05:26 PM (ZOv7s)

378 Sugar Shack was number one"

60s...

Posted by: man at January 13, 2026 05:26 PM (XuXeR)

379 376 325
ICE loads their guns with blanks, just like in the movies.
Posted by: Alec Baldwin at January 13, 2026 05:17 PM (d4X7t)

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"Oh, good. Then I'm safe."
-Brandon Lee

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 13, 2026 05:26 PM (GBKbO)

380 Yup. I am long done watching Star Wars movies, but I still love the music soundtrack, especially the first one.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

Yep. That final scene of the first one where Leia is handling out the medals is one of my favorites, and it's all because of the heroic music.

It signaled the return to heroism that gave us Reagan. Fuck You, Vietnam! Fuck You, "The Deer Hunter."

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

381 @libsoftiktok 2h
TikTokers are organizing groups of women to get dates with ICE agents so they can expose their identities and dox their personal info.

Tinder bio:

Name: Starshine
Gender: Fluid
Desires: If you ain't ICE, swipe (whatever direction is no)

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 13, 2026 05:26 PM (ExV1e)

382 Imperial Sharpshooter.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 13, 2026 05:27 PM (9cHSL)

383 Moros in the Philippines... which resulted in the 1911 pistol designed by John Browning (PBUH)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 13, 2026 05:12 PM (y9nCu)

akchuallly . . .

The moros Juramentados would bind themselves tightly with white cotton cloth bandages to suppress the bleeding, and get hella stoned on hash before setting out to kill as many foes as possible.
However, yes, the determination was that the .38 revolver was not as good as a .44 or .45

The Army felt the French 11mm Ordinance pistol was a good start, but it would not penetrate a horse's skull if it struck slightly oblique, The .45 ACP was accepted in trials in part because it would.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 13, 2026 05:27 PM (rbvCR)

384 @libsoftiktok 2h
TikTokers are organizing groups of women to get dates with ICE agents so they can expose their identities and dox their personal info.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 13, 2026 05:21 PM
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Saw something about lefty chicks recording their dates and plying them with questions about Shirley.

Imagine being that pro-Somali-graft!

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 05:27 PM (krQz2)

385 325
ICE loads their guns with blanks, just like in the movies.
Posted by: Alec Baldwin at January 13, 2026 05:17 PM (d4X7t)

Golf clap

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at January 13, 2026 05:27 PM (i0Hi3)

386 There is one bad thing about writing in prose so much. I lost any ability to 'voice' fiction because I am always operating in objective mode, not subjective.

I think a few really good writers can work in prose as they do in fiction but not many. Asimov comes to mind, Thomas Fleming is another, but Tolkien's professional work was much less interesting than his fiction or rewriting fictional stories. I find the opposite with CS Lewis.

Posted by: whig at January 13, 2026 05:27 PM (WDjG6)

387 ICE loads their guns with blanks, just like in the movies.
Posted by: Alec Baldwin "

You're getting rusty....

Posted by: man at January 13, 2026 05:27 PM (XuXeR)

388 libsoftiktok 2h
TikTokers are organizing groups of women to get dates with ICE agents so they can expose their identities and dox their personal info.

Yes( I think it makes a whole lot of sense to reveal your sooper secret plans all over Tik Tok.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 13, 2026 05:27 PM (PFs9e)

389 Saw on X that John Carpenter wrote the movie Black Moon Rising he was supposed to direct it but backed out to do another movie

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at January 13, 2026 05:28 PM (FCrpy)

390 What irritates me on Substack is that one sentence on a line thing. I'm sure its designed for people to scroll.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 13, 2026 05:28 PM (+mUZM)

391 324 You wouldn’t fuck Cheetara?
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Snarf is more my style!
Posted by: Tyler Robinson at January 13, 2026 05:17 PM (krQz

Thing is, with several big cats, all facing the stress of Mumm-Ra's machinations, and only Cheetara for an outlet, poor little Snarf probably got a lot of very unwanted attention, and it hurts my heart knowing this.

Stay strong, Snarf, wherever you are!

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 13, 2026 05:28 PM (SSEhk)

392 Cartoon?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 13, 2026 05:29 PM (9cHSL)

393 People leave out Simon and Garfunkel as contemporaries...
but, they were there before the Beatles and Simon managed to stay relevant well past any of the Beatles.

Posted by: garrett at January 13, 2026 05:29 PM (ZcsJV)

394 No one edits anymore.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 13, 2026 05:25 PM (uEUHC)
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There is no cost to "publishing".

Just make sure you say "self-end" to get by the Youtube censors and you're good.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 05:29 PM (krQz2)

395 They bought the lie by their organizers that ICE has no police powers for giving orders to, or arresting, anyone other than illegal aliens.

Posted by: Gref

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The other lie, and not just about ICE, is that all protest arrests are "catch and release" with no fine, record, or jail time.

That is something we really need to change. These people need to have consequences. I am sorry that the antifa infiltrators and instigators at J6 were pardoned (the few who were charged.) Trump had a chance to say that no-one gets to break things or harm police without spending time in jail. I know why he did it, though.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 13, 2026 05:30 PM (uEUHC)

396 377 LOL. This is like that Netflix show that got canned where she was going to bang incel dudes to uncover domestic terrorism.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 13, 2026 05:23 PM (zZu0s)
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Only to be seduced by a Nazi!
Posted by: ICE Romance Novelist A.H. Lloyd at January 13, 2026 05:26 PM (ZOv7s)

Omg now tik tok chix are actually doing that.

Not gonna end well.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at January 13, 2026 05:30 PM (i0Hi3)

397 Imperial Sharpshooter.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 13, 2026 05:27 PM (9cHSL)

LOL

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 13, 2026 05:30 PM (wVcYX)

398 Self delete usually.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 13, 2026 05:30 PM (9cHSL)

399 Insty gets a lot of very lame and tiresome trolls in his comments along with conservatives.

Not sure how strong his Libertarian Fu is these days. He rightly seems embarrassed by their silly shtick now. In any event he rarely touts the libtardtarians any longer.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 13, 2026 05:31 PM (iJfKG)

400 Thing is, with several big cats, all facing the stress of Mumm-Ra's machinations, and only Cheetara for an outlet, poor little Snarf probably got a lot of very unwanted attention, and it hurts my heart knowing this.

Stay strong, Snarf, wherever you are!
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 13, 2026 05:28 PM (SSEhk)

That's some weird fanfic you got going there, man.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 13, 2026 05:31 PM (zZu0s)

401 Star Wars might be the first meta film in that it was Lucas mining Kurosawas samurai mythologies that were mining American Western mythologies witch all pretty much mine biblical and Christian mythologies.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 13, 2026 05:31 PM (XV/Pl)

402 Hilarious. These chicks just want to get fucked by a man in uniform, and have figured out to square that circle with a cheesy virtue signal.

They're just a big ol' bundle of psychosexual neuroses.

Posted by: Stacy Abrams at January 13, 2026 05:32 PM (BI5O2)

403 388 libsoftiktok 2h
TikTokers are organizing groups of women to get dates with ICE agents so they can expose their identities and dox their personal info.

Yes( I think it makes a whole lot of sense to reveal your sooper secret plans all over Tik Tok.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 13, 2026 05:27 PM (PFs9e)

Why won't good men wife me up?

Posted by: Tik tok chix evrryehere at January 13, 2026 05:32 PM (i0Hi3)

404 You don't get the Beatles because you don't understand how awful music was before them. Listen to "Sugar Shack" and "Tell Laura I Love Her" and get back to me.
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SOME of what preceded the Beatles was crap. But the Everly Brothers and Elvis had their moments.

Posted by: Crusader at January 13, 2026 05:32 PM (TN0g+)

405 Imperial Sharpshooter.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 13, 2026 05:27 PM (9cHSL)
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Trained to not always miss.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 05:33 PM (krQz2)

406 TikTokers are organizing groups of women to get dates with ICE agents so they can expose their identities and dox their personal info.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 13, 2026 05:21 PM (mlg/3)

Oh, hey, now I know what to put in my Bumble bio

Posted by: Kindltot at January 13, 2026 05:33 PM (rbvCR)

407 TikTokers are organizing groups of women to get dates

********

The problem with that plan is men who work for ICE have a two ton limit on who they’re willing to date

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at January 13, 2026 05:33 PM (REq0p)

408 " You don't get the Beatles because you don't understand how awful music was before them. Listen to "Sugar Shack" and "Tell Laura I Love Her" and get back to me."

POP music, you mean.

Posted by: fd at January 13, 2026 05:33 PM (vFG9F)

409 The folk music revival scene - yeah the early Fab Four rockers helped kill it, so I'll give them that.

Posted by: A Mighty Wind at January 13, 2026 05:34 PM (wVcYX)

410 Personally, I rewrite in my head multiple times now before I put something down literally using my internal voice. And then rewrite again if possible. But I can miss obvious problems because I see what isn't there sometimes. So for mission critical, I use outsiders for long documents.
Posted by: whig at January 13, 2026 05:24 PM (WDjG6)

Reading aloud, either you or a computer voice, is a great editing step I find.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 13, 2026 05:34 PM (xcxpd)

411 147 It strikes me that the "wife" was LARPing as a man. A role she was not psychologically capable of playing.

Men protect, and back down from threats when they are wrong and their loved ones are in danger.

...
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 13, 2026 04:47 PM (uEUHC)

I'd say you have it backwards. It was the "wife" who insisted on not backing down, and the driver (and driving is often something of a "guy thing") was LARP-ing as the "husband" appeasing "his" "wife" by doing as she urged.

Although an ACTUAL man would likely have refused, understanding full well where that would go, and having the instinct to both protect and survive.

But I would say it's not necessarily about backing down when you're wrong, the overriding concern is whether it's a battle you can WIN. Even if you're NOT wrong, you're going to back down, if it just not important enough to get your ass kicked over.

Posted by: MrExcitement at January 13, 2026 05:34 PM (hOOi9)

412 Swing was pretty good. Upbeat happy jazz.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 13, 2026 05:34 PM (9cHSL)

413 >But the Everly Brothers and Elvis had their moments.

Sam Cooke
Wilson Pickett

the list is long.

Posted by: garrett at January 13, 2026 05:35 PM (ZcsJV)

414 Noodles

Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at January 13, 2026 05:35 PM (WQDw6)

415 People leave out Simon and Garfunkel as contemporaries...
but, they were there before the Beatles and Simon managed to stay relevant well past any of the Beatles.
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Simon stayed "relevant", Garfunkel not so much. Simon and Garfunkel definitely not so much. And Paul McCartney is still relevant to this day.

Posted by: Crusader at January 13, 2026 05:35 PM (TN0g+)

416 It is taking a lot of self control not to make any Beatles comments right now.

This is an argument I have had since the freaking 60s.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 13, 2026 05:35 PM (uEUHC)

417 TikTokers are organizing groups of women to get dates with ICE agents so they can expose their identities and dox their personal info.
Posted by: weft cut-loop

It seems that the entire left is completely un serious. They are nothing but LARPers.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 13, 2026 05:35 PM (pkq24)

418 Phaul McCartney.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 13, 2026 05:36 PM (9cHSL)

419 >>Swing was pretty good.

Basie's Band was fantastic.

Posted by: garrett at January 13, 2026 05:36 PM (ZcsJV)

420 66 No wonder these Left-Wing Female things become Homos because they are "UN F**KABLE".....
_____

This doesn't necessarily apply to every demographic. A lot of, unfortunate, looking woman with multiple kids, from multiple fathers, no less.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 13, 2026 05:36 PM (Dv3i1)

421 I think ICE was using pray paint on protesters but not sure

Posted by: Skip at January 13, 2026 05:36 PM (Ia/+0)

422 >>Paul McCartney is still relevant to this day.

LOL

Name any song he penned after 1980 that wasn't on a Michael Jackson LP.

Posted by: garrett at January 13, 2026 05:36 PM (ZcsJV)

423
Now why are all the HQ Bad Bunny fans dissing the Beatles again?

Don't worry fellas, your guy's playing in the Super Bowl halftime.

The Beatles never did that!

Posted by: naturalfake at January 13, 2026 05:37 PM (iJfKG)

424 Pray paint? Might work.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 13, 2026 05:37 PM (Dv3i1)

425
What we need is safer guns and safer bullets.

Posted by: Jocelyn Elders at January 13, 2026 05:37 PM (D1n1Q)

426 She staggered back, fell, and dropped the bullhorn. No one helped her back up. ICE man moved on.
Posted by: whig at January 13, 2026 04:49 PM (WDjG6)

And still she got off light.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 13, 2026 05:37 PM (8avO+)

427 Star Wars might be the first meta film in that it was Lucas mining Kurosawas samurai mythologies that were mining American Western mythologies witch all pretty much mine biblical and Christian mythologies.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 13, 2026 05:31 PM (XV/Pl)
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He borrowed a lot from "Dune." Spice mines, emperor, stormtroopers/sardaukar, desert planet, mysticism.

Posted by: ICE Romance Novelist A.H. Lloyd at January 13, 2026 05:37 PM (ZOv7s)

428 McCartney's lasting importance will be to serve as a warning to the Dangers of Veganism.

Posted by: garrett at January 13, 2026 05:38 PM (ZcsJV)

429 Paul McCartney is still relevant to this day.

LOL

Name any song he penned after 1980 that wasn't on a Michael Jackson LP.
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"No More Lonely Nights" was included on the movie "Give My Regards to Broadstreet". Both the album and the movie did well. McCartney had other stuff that charted in the late 80s/early 90s. And I think that he had something (I remember a video of him walking a street playing a mandolin) that charted in the mid 2010s? If he wanted to chart an album, he'd have a better chance at doing so than Paul Simon--McCartney still sells out arenas.

Posted by: Crusader at January 13, 2026 05:39 PM (TN0g+)

430 Nood

Posted by: San Franpsycho - Pahlavi Will Return at January 13, 2026 05:39 PM (RIvkX)

431 Let not thou who has firsted not also nooded

Or something

Posted by: San Franpsycho - Pahlavi Will Return at January 13, 2026 05:40 PM (RIvkX)

432 It is taking a lot of self control not to make any Beatles comments right now.

This is an argument I have had since the freaking 60s.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 13, 2026 05:35 PM (uEUHC)

I'm pretty much early post Beatles - when I started listening to popular music they were just quitting. I liked a lot of their stuff as radio filler, but they were rarely complex or deep enough to hit my radar.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 13, 2026 05:41 PM (8avO+)

433 Helpful hint: Soy Chorizo does not mean "I am chorizo."
Posted by: Pug Mahon
......

and guantanamera does not mean "one-ton tomato".

Posted by: wth at January 13, 2026 05:41 PM (UjdFS)

434 Worst judge/justice? Possibly not, by a long shot. This cretin will, with luck, do little damage. The Kennedys and Roberts and many other "credentialed" disasters have continued and intensified the judiciary's decades' long assault on common sense, the constitution, and American civic values. She's a pathetic and perfect monument to the degradation of America by racist-authoritarian idiots, but if impact is considered far from the worst.

Posted by: rhomboid at January 13, 2026 05:54 PM (U/Byj)

435 347 Rick Beato not Rick Bragg
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 13, 2026 05:21 PM (XV/Pl)

I knew who you meant, though I think of him as Rick Scenic Route. I'm not saying that "Almost Famous: The Cruelty of the Music Business" is epically long -- technically, it's just over 22 minutes -- but it would not have been out of place for the spirit of Dante to rise and give Rick a tour of production Hell:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oWsgTAXc8U

Posted by: SciVo at January 13, 2026 06:08 PM (Sy6m/)

436 >Might as well say I don’t get why Star Wars was such a big thing.
>Fuck You, Vietnam! Fuck You, "The Deer Hunter."

This. I doubt anyone really understands why Star Wars was such a big thing, as they've been trying unsuccessfully to replicate it ever since. The best theory I've seen is that at the height of malaise, Vietnam, "put on a sweater" and a movie season where everything at the box office was grim, cynical and dirty - along comes a film that's bright, optimistic, it has heroes and villains and you know which is which and you're allowed to cheer the heroes and boo the villains, and it's a pastiche of a ton of movies from your childhood that were actually *fun*. In short, Star Wars became Star Wars because it was the right kind of movie at the right time. Arguably same reason Top Gun: Maverick made a billion dollars.

Posted by: Daniel Ream at January 13, 2026 06:15 PM (LgYtf)

437 >>*Zombie Elvis rises from his grave and turns leaden eyes towards Nazdar's location.*
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 13, 2026 05:11 PM (xcxpd)

Please note the word 'mostly'.

Posted by: Nazdar at January 13, 2026 06:53 PM (NcvvS)

438 >>Oh, GTFO here.
Posted by: Bill Haley and His Comets at January 13, 2026 05:13 PM (wVcYX)

Repeating: note the word 'mostly'.
Plus 'early '60s rock'. Bill, you were one of the mainstays of '50s rock.

Posted by: Nazdar at January 13, 2026 06:56 PM (NcvvS)

439 >>aw c'mon, you never listened to the Surfari's?

https://tinyurl.com/37scxa6e
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 13, 2026 05:16 PM (uWKK

Again, 'mostly'. Granted, there were some fine tunes, but there was a reason that the radio stations didn't play anything from that era outside of those few after 1964.

Posted by: Nazdar at January 13, 2026 07:01 PM (NcvvS)

440 >>The era of the Bobbys, Vee, Darin, and Vinton. It sucked.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 13, 2026 05:22 PM (+mUZM)

Thank you, Notsothoreau. You got it.

Posted by: Nazdar at January 13, 2026 07:09 PM (NcvvS)

Bill Clinton Is a No-Show At Congressional Hearing on Jeffrey Epstein; Comer Vows Contempt of Congress Criminal Charges

Steve Bannon went to jail for refusing to show up for testimony.

Former President Bill Clinton appears to have defied a congressional subpoena to appear before the House Oversight Committee on Tuesday morning.
Clinton was compelled to sit for a sworn closed-door deposition in the House's bipartisan probe into Jeffrey Epstein, but Fox News Digital did not see him before or after the scheduled 10 a.m. grilling.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., had threatened to begin contempt of Congress proceedings against Clinton if he did not appear Tuesday.
Comer said Tuesday morning, "We will move next week in the House Oversight Committee ... to hold Bill Clinton in contempt of Congress."
"I think everyone knows by now Bill Clinton did not show up. And I think it's important to note that this subpoena was voted on in a bipartisan manner by this committee," Comer told reporters after formally ending the deposition.
"No one's accusing Bill Clinton of any wrongdoing. We just have questions. And that's why the Democrats voted, along with Republicans, to subpoena Bill Clinton."
He said "not a single Democrat" showed up to the deposition on Tuesday.
...
Hillary Clinton had also been subpoenaed to appear on Wednesday but likely will not show up.
The Clintons' attorney sent Comer a letter confirming they're challenging the legality of the subpoenas issued against them.
"[T]he Subpoenas issued to President and Secretary Clinton are invalid and legally unenforceable. Mindful of these defects, we trust you will engage in good faith to de-escalate this dispute," reads the letter, obtained by Fox News Digital.
...
"Your continued insistence that the former President and Secretary of State can be compelled to appear before the Committee under these circumstances, however, brings us toward a protracted and unnecessary legal confrontation that distracts from the principal work of the Congress with respect to this matter, which, if conducted sincerely, could help ensure the victims of Mr. Epstein and Ms. Maxwell are afforded some measure of justice for the crimes perpetrated against them, however late. But perhaps distraction is the point."

You�re right, President Clinton. This is about right and wrong.

Epstein�s survivors deserve justice and answers.

Refusing to comply with a bipartisan, duly authorized congressional subpoena in our Epstein investigation is unacceptable.

No one is above the law. https://t.co/aK7P8Gj1JJ pic.twitter.com/uwPuyPw2Ey
— Rep. James Comer (@RepJamesComer) January 13, 2026

🚨 BREAKING: The House Oversight Committee is now moving to hold BILL CLINTON in CONTEMPT of Congress after he refused to testify in the Epstein investigation

"We WILL move to hold Clinton in contempt!"

GOOD! NOBODY is above the law.pic.twitter.com/Uo0zLCJEhD
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) January 13, 2026

Steve Bannon was prosecuted and jailed for this

Clinton could have showed up and claimed privilege. He didn't do that; he just defied a lawful subpoena https://t.co/WEk4lJqMOP
— Will Chamberlain (@willchamberlain) January 13, 2026

Posted by: Ace at 03:22 PM

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1 THE BLADE CUTS DEEP ... AND FIRST

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 13, 2026 03:23 PM (iFTx/)

2 no one expects the spanish inquisition!

Posted by: gnats local 678 at January 13, 2026 03:23 PM (CWTWj)

3
What does Contempt of Congress even mean, materially? I have a lot of contempt for them myself.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 13, 2026 03:24 PM (Jxa0O)

4 nothing to fear if he has nothing to hide, right?

Posted by: gnats local 678 at January 13, 2026 03:24 PM (CWTWj)

5 Lock her up.

(Otherwise, it's clear we live in a two-tier system, given Trump aides were jailed for the same thing.)

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at January 13, 2026 03:24 PM (zjgNU)

6 THE BLADE CUTS DEEP ... AND FIRST
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 13, 2026 03:23 PM (iFTx/)

Depends on what your definition of "first" is.

Posted by: Slick Willie at January 13, 2026 03:24 PM (dP47V)

7 It's talk until Clinton is arrested and charged.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 03:24 PM (krQz2)

8 Nothing will happen.

Posted by: The person who always says that at January 13, 2026 03:24 PM (hta8A)

9 Clinton should be sentenced to perform zug-zug with Taylor Lorenz as punishment.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 13, 2026 03:25 PM (3hJhH)

10 Instead of a subpoena they should have sent Bubba a subpussy. He likes those.

Posted by: wth at January 13, 2026 03:25 PM (UjdFS)

11
Clinton attorneys say subpoena is “legally unenforceable.”

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Legal eagles, please weigh in. It actually looks true to me, Steve Bannon's fate regardless.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 13, 2026 03:25 PM (Jxa0O)

12 Two sets of laws

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 13, 2026 03:25 PM (xcxpd)

13 Yeah, it's kind of hard to claim "executive privilege" when it would be interesting to hear what part of his office was his association with Epstein.

Nope, it's private citizen Bill Clinton that was subpoenaed.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 03:26 PM (krQz2)

14 re 9: compared to hillary, lorenz is a prize

Posted by: gnats local 678 at January 13, 2026 03:26 PM (CWTWj)

15 Precedent is a bitch.

Hopefully.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 13, 2026 03:26 PM (GBKbO)

16 THE BLADE CUTS DEEP ... AND FIRST
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 13, 2026 03:23 PM (iFTx/)
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The cheese?

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 03:26 PM (krQz2)

17 What did Trump know about Clinton and when did he know it?? What is Trump hiding!!!

Posted by: ... at January 13, 2026 03:26 PM (T+ssH)

18 What difference, at this point, does it make?

Posted by: Old Lady Rodham at January 13, 2026 03:27 PM (hta8A)

19 Hearing?? Forget your Hearing. I frankly think it's insulting that anyone would even consider that I would associate with that scumbag.

Posted by: Jeffrey Epstein at January 13, 2026 03:27 PM (T+ssH)

20 LOL, looks like the smellies are down to less than 50 in MN.
Right now, they're milling at the roadside, jumping at and menacing the cars that drive by.
Like, trying to make it look like they are about to jump in front of the car.

They are really playing stupid games.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 13, 2026 03:28 PM (HXT0k)

21 People think subpoenas are some legally powerful tool that amounts to The Power of Christ Compels You. They ain't.

I've advised clients to duck subpoenas, to object to them, to challenge them, to basically wipe their asses with them. Sure, maybe after rounds of contempt proceedings and 18 months of bullshit, maybe a judge finally orders my client to appear or produce documents. Maybe.

But until a judge formally orders compliance with a subpoena, they are basically meaningless pieces of paper.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 13, 2026 03:28 PM (iFTx/)

22 Compared to Hillary, a Ban Sidhe is a prize.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 13, 2026 03:29 PM (3hJhH)

23

Bill Melugin
@BillMelugin_
House Oversight Committee Chairman
@RepJamesComer says he intends to begin proceedings next week to hold Clinton in contempt of Congress. That would have to pass a House vote. If it does, it would then be referred to DOJ for potential criminal prosecution.

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

Let's count the breaking points.

"Says"
"intends"
"begin"
"if"
"referred"
"potential"

It's a looooong way to Something Happens.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 13, 2026 03:29 PM (Jxa0O)

24 Yeah but, who hasn't had contempt for Slick.

Posted by: DaveA at January 13, 2026 03:30 PM (FhXTo)

25 Bill is a law unto himself, and his touching defense of his wife is inspiring.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 13, 2026 03:30 PM (rbvCR)

26 What difference, at this point, does it make?
Posted by: Old Lady Rodham
......

It depends on what the meaning of subpoena is.

Posted by: wth at January 13, 2026 03:30 PM (UjdFS)

27
until a judge formally orders compliance with a subpoena, they are basically meaningless pieces of paper.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade

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

That's what I feared.

Hey, aren't you the NYC moron? I've been trying to remember.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 13, 2026 03:30 PM (Jxa0O)

28 Thanks for the nood, y’all.

Posted by: Bulg at January 13, 2026 03:30 PM (77rzZ)

29 Precedent is a bitch.

Hopefully.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 13, 2026 03:26 PM (GBKbO)
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I'm not holding out hope that the judges won't find some reason to find that the Obama case against Jan Brewer is (D)ifferent from Trump exercise of supremacy. And needs a "updated review" of the exercise of government powers.

The SCOTUS is making itself into Phillip V of Spain, and somebody just posted how many cases a year they have to refuse--despite that they have chosen to absorb review of government action.

The one thing the SCOTUS has been good at throughout its history is expanding the jurisdiction of the SCOTUS as the last word.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 03:30 PM (krQz2)

30 Personally I would never touch Hillary, but Bill goes there.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 13, 2026 03:30 PM (rbvCR)

31 20 LOL, looks like the smellies are down to less than 50 in MN.
Right now, they're milling at the roadside, jumping at and menacing the cars that drive by.
Like, trying to make it look like they are about to jump in front of the car.

They are really playing stupid games.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 13, 2026 03:28 PM (HXT0k)

=======

Enough activists wreck their cars, have them impounded, and they get arrested and...a new incentive structure is created.

Having to pay the loan on the car you wrecked while illegally chasing down ICE agents but not getting the GoFundMe money because that bitch Good stole all the thunder is an incentive.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 13, 2026 03:30 PM (GBKbO)

32 If Bill had nothing to hide...

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 13, 2026 03:31 PM (3hJhH)

33 23 Let's count the breaking points.

"Says"
"intends"
"begin"
"if"
"referred"
"potential"

It's a looooong way to Something Happens.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 13, 2026 03:29 PM (Jxa0O)

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Well, he's not in the DOJ. So...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 13, 2026 03:31 PM (GBKbO)

34 Clinton attorneys say subpoena is “legally unenforceable.”

==========

Legal eagles, please weigh in. It actually looks true to me, Steve Bannon's fate regardless.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 13, 2026 03:25 PM (Jxa0O)
____

I don't know enough about Congressional subpoenas or the scope of their authority to opine on the enforceability of this subpoena. But claiming a subpoena is "unenforceable" or "invalid" is Legal 101 to try to get out of it. If nothing else, it will buy time -- sometimes a lot of time, as my comment above describes.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 13, 2026 03:32 PM (iFTx/)

35 29
The SCOTUS is making itself into Phillip V of Spain, and somebody just posted how many cases a year they have to refuse--despite that they have chosen to absorb review of government action.

The one thing the SCOTUS has been good at throughout its history is expanding the jurisdiction of the SCOTUS as the last word.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 03:30 PM (krQz2)

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I've seen it asserted that the limited SCOTUS caseload is specifically a Roberts issue and that Kavanaugh actively complains about it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 13, 2026 03:32 PM (GBKbO)

36 Comer said Tuesday morning, "We will move next week...

We don't wanna rush things! These girls (and boys) might be grandparents by now, so they understand.

Posted by: Rep. Comer at January 13, 2026 03:32 PM (EWq0C)

37 Where's the Sternly Worded Letter guy?

Posted by: 13times at January 13, 2026 03:32 PM (fnZRl)

38 But until a judge formally orders compliance with a subpoena, they are basically meaningless pieces of paper.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 13, 2026 03:28 PM (iFTx/)
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So, even the power of Congress to subpoena falls to a fucking judge?!

There's where "democracy" went, people.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 03:32 PM (krQz2)

39 Comer Vows Contempt of Congress Criminal Charges

Then what? Once convicted - if it gets to that - are we to believe a Sergeant at Arms or other proxy is going to handcuff, book, and jail a Clinton?

I don't believe it. It'll never happen. It should. And Hillary! should be in prison now for the Russiagate scam and her possession and destruction of countless documents in her illegal, closet server.

They have been a protected class for decades despite blatant corruption going back those very same decades. Two-tier justice system doesn't even begin to describe it.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at January 13, 2026 03:32 PM (gLikB)

40 Well, they are trying to say that Bill and Hill are just more people than Steve Bannon is.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 13, 2026 03:32 PM (zZu0s)

41 Why did the chicken cross the road?

No one is above the law.

-
That joke never gets old!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 13, 2026 03:32 PM (L/fGl)

42 until a judge formally orders compliance with a subpoena, they are basically meaningless pieces of paper.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade

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

That's what I feared.

Hey, aren't you the NYC moron? I've been trying to remember.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 13, 2026 03:30 PM (Jxa0O)
______

Yea, Manhattan

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 13, 2026 03:33 PM (iFTx/)

43 42 Yea, Manhattan

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 13, 2026 03:33 PM (iFTx/)

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I'm more of a Dead Rabbits kind of guy myself.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 13, 2026 03:33 PM (GBKbO)

44
Bill has severe physical problems. Among other things, if he sits too long, the dried pus makes him stick to the chair.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 13, 2026 03:33 PM (biznJ)

45 ***Steve Bannon went to jail for refusing to show up for testimony.
------

Roger Stone

and what did they do to Michael Flynn.

It's retribution time.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 13, 2026 03:33 PM (48JDT)

46 Clinton attorneys say subpoena is “legally unenforceable.”
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"That was just Steve Bannon and Peter Navarro," they explained.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 03:34 PM (krQz2)

47 My understanding is that the Committee that issued the subpoena votes to pursue Contempt of Congress charges. Then they have three options if it passes:

1. Send to DOJ for indictment of a Federal Misdemeanor that would include fines and up to a year in the pokey.

2. Pursue Civil Contempt charges in Federal Court which takes forever to resolve.

3. A dusty old process called Inherent Contempt which gives the Congress the ability to arrest and detain. This hasn't been applied in ages, but you can bet it will be once the Dems get back in power.

Posted by: Orson at January 13, 2026 03:34 PM (dIske)

48 "People think subpoenas are some legally powerful tool that amounts to The Power of Christ Compels You. They ain't."

I don't think that at all, Blade, although Hillary might need an exorcism. I think Bill is "just" a despicable creep.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 13, 2026 03:34 PM (PFs9e)

49 There's where "democracy" went, people.
Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 03:32 PM (krQz2)

What was the word for rule by judges?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 13, 2026 03:34 PM (zZu0s)

50 Well, they are trying to say that Bill and Hill are just more people than Steve Bannon is.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 13, 2026 03:32 PM (zZu0s)
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Trust Dems to innovate on "equality under the law".

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 03:35 PM (krQz2)

51 STEINER WILL COME

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 13, 2026 03:35 PM (Kt19C)

52 Ace if you're looking for news... BREAKING: U.S. Secret Service Agent Assigned to VP JD Vance Leaks Sensitive Security Information to Undercover Reporter.

https://x.com/JamesOKeefeIII

Posted by: buzzion at January 13, 2026 03:35 PM (3tZV2)

53 Didn't buy Steve Bannon much time.

In any case I'm fine if they want to drag this out and make it a public spectacle. No matter what leftists say they know the Clintons are dirty.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 13, 2026 03:35 PM (viF8m)

54 47 3. A dusty old process called Inherent Contempt which gives the Congress the ability to arrest and detain. This hasn't been applied in ages, but you can bet it will be once the Dems get back in power.

Posted by: Orson at January 13, 2026 03:34 PM (dIske)

======

It's my understanding that this only applies to Congressional grounds and enforced by the Sergent at Arms in the building.

So, Bill would have to actually show up to DC and walk into Congress in order for #3 to be pursued at all.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 13, 2026 03:35 PM (GBKbO)

55 Two Americas

Right leaning people go to jail for not showing up for a Congressional Hearing and left leaning people do not.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 13, 2026 03:35 PM (sKqQm)

56 I'm more of a Dead Rabbits kind of guy myself.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 13, 2026 03:33 PM (GBKbO)

You and Glenn Close.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 13, 2026 03:35 PM (zZu0s)

57 Let's stop pretending that there is a two tiered justice system. We have seen it proven over and over that it is a one sided justice system.

And that one side depends on who you are, whose side you are on, and how loyal to that side you are - nothing more, nothing less.

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at January 13, 2026 03:35 PM (VkY89)

58 I thought we decided this 30 years ago. Everybody lies about sex.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 13, 2026 03:35 PM (L/fGl)

59 If nothing else, it will buy time -- sometimes a lot of time, as my comment above describes.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 13, 2026 03:32 PM (iFTx/)
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That's seems to be the point of a whole lot of judicial activism. Gum up the works with meaningless drivel and processes to run out the clock on statutes of limitations as well as President Trump's term in office. Once a new POTUS is sworn in, things change. Either a Republican POTUS will have to start all over again or a Dem POTUS will make it all go away.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 13, 2026 03:36 PM (ESVrU)

60 But until a judge formally orders compliance with a subpoena, they are basically meaningless pieces of paper.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 13, 2026 03:28 PM (iFTx/)
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So, even the power of Congress to subpoena falls to a fucking judge?!

There's where "democracy" went, people.
Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 03:32 PM (krQz2)
______

Yes and no. Congress has the power to issue subpoenas. But if I get served with a Congressional subpoena and say "fuck off," Congress has limited remedies to sanction or compel me to comply. For sanctions with real teeth, Congress has to go to a judge for a formal order.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 13, 2026 03:36 PM (iFTx/)

61 Enough activists wreck their cars, have them impounded, and they get arrested and...a new incentive structure is created.

Seize their vehicles under asset forfeiture policies. Hurt them immediately, and their crying helps eventually get it to SCOTUS and overturned. Win-win.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at January 13, 2026 03:36 PM (JCZqz)

62
You committed the P.S. "Nice house seat, be a shame if something happens to it."

Posted by: Auspex at January 13, 2026 03:36 PM (Y8DZL)

63 To all those in positions of power I would make a suggestion. Take a moment. Read the room. I can only speak for myself but I know I'm not alone. We expect accountability. If you give these two grace or deferment, the result won't be cynicism. It will be something worse. It's time. No more acts in this play.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 13, 2026 03:36 PM (vzcgi)

64 There's where "democracy" went, people.
Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 03:32 PM (krQz2)

What was the word for rule by judges?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 13, 2026 03:34 PM (zZu0s)
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Oligarchy is close enough for me.

It could actually be aristocracy--but only in a system that acknowledged that it was going to be a aristocracy.

In a system that pretends to be about representation of the people, any aristocracy is oligarchy. Because it has to delude the people into thinking their vote makes a difference.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 03:36 PM (krQz2)

65 Seeing as these two skidmarks on the underwear of national polity have never been held accountable for anything, I'm not sanguine the chances this time will do it.

Posted by: nooneyouknowyouknow at January 13, 2026 03:38 PM (Iwv3U)

66 61 Enough activists wreck their cars, have them impounded, and they get arrested and...a new incentive structure is created.

Seize their vehicles under asset forfeiture policies. Hurt them immediately, and their crying helps eventually get it to SCOTUS and overturned. Win-win.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at January 13, 2026 03:36 PM (JCZqz)

======

ICE is probably impounding the cars and then auctioning them off.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 13, 2026 03:38 PM (GBKbO)

67 I thought we decided this 30 years ago. Everybody lies about sex.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 13, 2026 03:35 PM (L/fGl)

I always loved the way the same butches who cry about power imbalances in relationships (ala metoo) were the same ones defending the most powerful man in the world getting a knob shine from an 18 year old intern.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 13, 2026 03:38 PM (zZu0s)

68 I’m pretty sure I could not just ignore a subpoena and just have my lawyer issue a letter on the matter. Nor would any judge just say “Oh, OK” to it.

Posted by: Cow Demon at January 13, 2026 03:38 PM (0GYGE)

69 64 In a system that pretends to be about representation of the people, any aristocracy is oligarchy. Because it has to delude the people into thinking their vote makes a difference.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 03:36 PM (krQz2)

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Even the Soviet Union had elections.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 13, 2026 03:38 PM (GBKbO)

70 The left: Trump is an Epstein client because uh...look they were at the same NY parties together

Also the left: Just because Clinton is on the Epstein flight logs, has pictures from Epstein Island, was listed as a client by the girls there, invited Ghislane to his daughter's wedding, and refused to testify at a congressional hearing on Epstein is no reason to assume he is guilty. Geez why do you think everyone you don't like is a pedo? Not that there is anything wrong with that

Posted by: 18-1 at January 13, 2026 03:38 PM (sKqQm)

71 46 Clinton attorneys say subpoena is “legally unenforceable.”
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"That was just Steve Bannon and Peter Navarro," they explained.
Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 03:34 PM (krQz2)

Didn't the DOJ get involved with that one ?

Posted by: It's me donna at January 13, 2026 03:39 PM (VE6XX)

72 It depends on what the meaning of the word "subpoena" is

Posted by: Billy scumbag at January 13, 2026 03:39 PM (uEUHC)

73 He'll just say he had covid. No one is allowed to doubt anyone who makes that claim anymore.

Posted by: supperdish at January 13, 2026 03:39 PM (mxEar)

74 "Comer Vows Contempt of Congress Criminal Charges"

Ah! hah! hahahahaha! hahahaha! I needed a good laugh!

Tell me another one !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 13, 2026 03:39 PM (Cjt/F)

75 Hearing?? Forget your Hearing. I frankly think it's insulting that anyone would even consider that I would associate with that scumbag.

Posted by: Jeffrey Epstein at January 13, 2026 03:27 PM (T+ssH)

I know this was me but this is literally my favorite formulation and it deserves its own spotlight

Posted by: ... at January 13, 2026 03:39 PM (T+ssH)

76 >>> I'm more of a Dead Rabbits kind of guy myself.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 13, 2026 03:33 PM (GBKbO)

You and Glenn Close.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 13, 2026 03:35 PM (zZu0s)

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Radar O'Reilly and Hot Lips Houlihan has entered the chat.

Posted by: Turn 2 at January 13, 2026 03:39 PM (CyFyf)

77 Legal eagles, please weigh in. It actually looks true to me, Steve Bannon's fate regardless.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Partially true, until the House votes for contempt, then not legally enforceable. When they do, then yes, they can either refer to the DoJ, file a civil lawsuit, or use their Sgt at Arms to arrest and detain the Clintons under McGrain v Daugherty. Inherent power of Congress to investigate.

The Clintons are hinting that their defense will be this is not a legitimate exercise of the Congressional investigative power but the Epstein release bill means that is a loser argument if not at the addlepated district courts in DC, then the appellate courts.

Jan 6 indifference by the Court and contempt charges by DoJ to key Trump officials send the message to courts that this is a political question and thus Congress and the DoJ can proceed without courts quashing the subpoenas.

Posted by: whig at January 13, 2026 03:39 PM (WDjG6)

78 70 The left: Trump is an Epstein client because uh...look they were at the same NY parties together

Also the left: Just because Clinton is on the Epstein flight logs, has pictures from Epstein Island, was listed as a client by the girls there, invited Ghislane to his daughter's wedding, and refused to testify at a congressional hearing on Epstein is no reason to assume he is guilty. Geez why do you think everyone you don't like is a pedo? Not that there is anything wrong with that

Posted by: 18-1 at January 13, 2026 03:38 PM (sKqQm)

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"He's yesterday's news. I'd totally oppose him if he re-entered politics."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 13, 2026 03:39 PM (GBKbO)

79 Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 03:36 PM (krQz2)

Oligarchy works for me too, but it is Kritarchy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 13, 2026 03:39 PM (zZu0s)

80 Yes and no. Congress has the power to issue subpoenas. But if I get served with a Congressional subpoena and say "fuck off," Congress has limited remedies to sanction or compel me to comply. For sanctions with real teeth, Congress has to go to a judge for a formal order.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 13, 2026 03:36 PM (iFTx/)
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So, you just said what I said, in different words.

If we get a echelon of of opposition judges it doesn't matter what the people voted for Congress can be undermined.

It's the least-democratic function of government--but it is acceptable as a *balance*.

But there has to be actual *balance*, not simply what a judge "finds" as "balance".

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 03:40 PM (krQz2)

81 If nothing else, it will buy time -- sometimes a lot of time, as my comment above describes.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 13, 2026 03:32 PM (iFTx/)
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That's seems to be the point of a whole lot of judicial activism. Gum up the works with meaningless drivel and processes to run out the clock on statutes of limitations as well as President Trump's term in office. Once a new POTUS is sworn in, things change. Either a Republican POTUS will have to start all over again or a Dem POTUS will make it all go away.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 13, 2026 03:36 PM (ESVrU)
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Yea. Lawyers do it because it works. I did mostly corporate defense. I had some dead-bang loser cases that my clients were sure to lose. My only viable strategy was to drag the cases out as long as possible, and hope the plaintiff got tired of spending time and money. How long is "long"? Years.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 13, 2026 03:40 PM (iFTx/)

82 Radar O'Reilly and Hot Lips Houlihan has entered the chat.
Posted by: Turn 2 at January 13, 2026 03:39 PM (CyFyf)

Damn. That did happen in an episode, didnt it?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 13, 2026 03:40 PM (zZu0s)

83 I thought we decided this 30 years ago. Everybody lies about sex.

The left then: Just because Clinton lied in a sexual harrassment lawsuit doesn't mean he should be punished - everyone lies about sex

The left now: I think a $80M penalty for Trump publicly claiming he didn't assault E Jean Carroll is reasonable, I mean no one lies about sex!

Posted by: 18-1 at January 13, 2026 03:41 PM (sKqQm)

84 C'mon! You forgot the Clinton corollary: No one is above the law, except the Clintons. Duh!

Posted by: Martin Tell at January 13, 2026 03:41 PM (sFNX2)

85 Bill can't testify or he'll get Arkancided. They need to put him in protective custody where he's surrounded by bollards at all times so she can't get him.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 13, 2026 03:42 PM (2ocoG)

86 74 "Comer Vows Contempt of Congress Criminal Charges"

Ah! hah! hahahahaha! hahahaha! I needed a good laugh!

Tell me another one !
Posted by: sock_rat_eez

Leadership supports Comer in this case. A little payback to teh Dems and renegade GOP members that pushed the Epstein resolution. The Dems will smear shit on their face if they vote against contempt for 2026 elections neutralizing Epstein issue and the renegade GOP members like Mace and Boebert, if not Massie, will be forced to walk the plank for it too. Boebert is running for reelection and Mace is running for SC governor, voting against contempt would likely hurt both in Nov.

Posted by: whig at January 13, 2026 03:42 PM (WDjG6)

87 OK, so Congress has the subpoena authority to do Government oversite, so they can figure out funding, or if laws need to be changed.

Can the subpoena a Private citizen, about things which happened OUTSIDE the US?

As much as I dislike the Clintons... this seems a stretch.

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 13, 2026 03:42 PM (mP0Kj)

88 End Wokeness
@EndWokeness
Joy Reid says Renee Good was trained, part of a network that's using "white bodies" as tools to impede ICE

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Well, what else are they good for?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 13, 2026 03:42 PM (L/fGl)

89 Clinton is confident that the Left has stacked the courts in his favor.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 13, 2026 03:42 PM (NpAcC)

90 88 End Wokeness
@EndWokeness
Joy Reid says Renee Good was trained, part of a network that's using "white bodies" as tools to impede ICE

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Well, what else are they good for?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 13, 2026 03:42 PM (L/fGl)

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Is this racist saying that Good, a black woman of pallor, wasn't just coming back from dropping her kid off at school?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 13, 2026 03:43 PM (GBKbO)

91 Jan 6 indifference by the Court and contempt charges by DoJ to key Trump officials send the message to courts that this is a political question and thus Congress and the DoJ can proceed without courts quashing the subpoenas.

Posted by: whig at January 13, 2026 03:39 PM (WDjG6)
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Especially as I learned that a good number of people were convicted partly on a basis of being near the prospective VP Kamala Harris when the Democrats lied and hid for years that she was at the DNC.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 03:43 PM (krQz2)

92 >>Can the subpoena a Private citizen, about things which happened OUTSIDE the US?

St Thomas is part of the US.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 13, 2026 03:44 PM (viF8m)

93 Can't believe the asshole is still alive.

Posted by: wth at January 13, 2026 03:44 PM (UjdFS)

94
they can [...] use their Sgt at Arms to arrest and detain the Clintons under McGrain v Daugherty.

Posted by: whig

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So... well, I won't say it, but it's about the likelihood of an event occurring.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 13, 2026 03:44 PM (Jxa0O)

95 87 Epstein Island is in the USVI, therefore inside the US.

Posted by: Bulg at January 13, 2026 03:44 PM (77rzZ)

96 Clinton is confident that the Left has stacked the courts in his favor.
Posted by: redridinghood at January 13, 2026 03:42 PM (NpAcC)
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Not all courts, but somehow Boasberg gets "randomly" chosen for these contests against Trump.

So enough of the structure of power that they can get the ones who are the most useful.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 03:45 PM (krQz2)

97 Dustin Grage
@GrageDustin
·
3h
🚨 BREAKING: First Assistant U.S. Attorney Joe Thompson has resigned after uncovering billions in fraud in Minnesota.

Sources indicate he is weighing either a national role at the Department of Justice or a statewide run in Minnesota.

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It seems like Thompson's resignation was rolled up with the Civil Rights Division resignations, but they're actually different and not related.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 13, 2026 03:45 PM (GBKbO)

98 I mentioned this earlier; several of *biden's former aids stiffed Congressional subpoenas and refused to appear to testify about the autopen debacle. None of them are in jail, AFAIK. And it wasn't like they claimed some sort of immunity or showed up and took the 5th a hundred times.

They simply blew off Congressional subpoenas. Like Clinton has.

So... color me skeptical about anything adverse happening to Clinton.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 13, 2026 03:45 PM (NwnyJ)

99 Clinton should be sentenced to perform zug-zug with Taylor Lorenz as punishment.
Posted by: Anna Puma

I didn't know he was into older women.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at January 13, 2026 03:45 PM (53dlK)

100 they can [...] use their Sgt at Arms to arrest and detain the Clintons under McGrain v Daugherty.

Posted by: whig

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So... well, I won't say it, but it's about the likelihood of an event occurring.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 13, 2026 03:44 PM (Jxa0O)
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It will also be "fascism" never seen before the USA and "not what America looks like".

Like American jurisprudence ever looked like what SDNY tried to do to Trump.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 03:46 PM (krQz2)

101 It is amusing the way this stuff has played out...

The left declared a jihad on Clarence Thomas for supposedly flirting with a co-worker and then shortly thereafter rushed to defend Bill Clinton be having an affair with an intern and sexually harassing an underling.

Then they declared Trump an Epstein client and we got pictures of Clinton on Epstein island...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 13, 2026 03:46 PM (sKqQm)

102 no controlling legal authority

Posted by: Al Gore releasing his chakras at January 13, 2026 03:46 PM (jGJov)

103 Clinton is confident that the Left has stacked the courts in his favor.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 13, 2026 03:42 PM

He is not wrong.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 13, 2026 03:46 PM (0N4FZ)

104
Is this racist saying that Good, a black woman of pallor, wasn't just coming back from dropping her kid off at school?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 13, 2026 03:43 PM (GBKbO)

Shocked she's admitting Good was trained..

Posted by: It's me donna at January 13, 2026 03:47 PM (VE6XX)

105 Unacceptable, Comer said. Not illegal. Not "I've referred this to DoJ for prosecution." Just that Billy is a naughty boy, for shame.

*makes jackoff motion*

*sets timer on someone saying something will happen*

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 13, 2026 03:47 PM (BI5O2)

106
The Left: I would blow Bill Clinton nightly to protect abortion

Also the Left: Trump is so gross

Posted by: ... at January 13, 2026 03:47 PM (T+ssH)

107 They say nobody is above the law.

That is untrue. Some people are above man's law.
Until proven otherwise, former presidents of the US are in that group.

At any rate, it is an overused phrase that is clearly untrue and I wish folks would stop using it... and no, I'm not going to wish in one hand and

Posted by: OneEyedJack at January 13, 2026 03:48 PM (Hx0tZ)

108 The last time Slick testified under oath to a federal official, he entertained the world with his exposition of the contextual meaning of the word "is".

Posted by: mrp at January 13, 2026 03:48 PM (rj6Yv)

109 Remember the call Acosta got telling him to leave Epstein alone.

We still don't know who made the call and they haven't been punished as far as we know.

AND...they clearly made the same call to the NY AGs - Cyrus Vance Jr and Robert Morgenthau since Epstein was openly allowed to operate in NYS

Posted by: 18-1 at January 13, 2026 03:48 PM (sKqQm)

110 Fixing to get to it is what the GOPe serves up every time.

Gimmie a fucking break

Posted by: melodicmetal at January 13, 2026 03:49 PM (z7zND)

111 Not all courts, but somehow Boasberg gets "randomly" chosen for these contests against Trump.

So enough of the structure of power that they can get the ones who are the most useful.
Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 03:45 PM (krQz2)
********
He'll magically manage to get the one he needs.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 13, 2026 03:49 PM (NpAcC)

112 So... color me skeptical about anything adverse happening to Clinton.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Difference is that leadership supports Comer in this case because of the politics of the Epstein issue. It puts the Democrats on the back foot again if they try to stop a contempt vote for the Clintons, especially with what has come out. So it would be for politics in neutralizing 2026 attacks on the issue. And it would force those GOP discharge petition signers to walk the plank as well, you can't claim virtue if you refuse to compel the Clintons to testify. Assie might vote differently but Boebert, Mace, and a few others will have no such cover in primaries coming up.

Posted by: whig at January 13, 2026 03:49 PM (WDjG6)

113 Clinton's overall strategy seems a bit odd to me on this one. He's looking scared and guilty by refusing to testify. If I were him, I would voluntarily show up and testify. He could easily answer "don't recall" to almost anything.

Everyone already knows he was on The Island and partied with Epstein's girls. So what do they have that's new? Slick Willy spent his lifetime lying. What's a few more denials about prostitution, underage girls, etc.

"Sure, I spent time with Epstein and on his island. He was a famous guy, lotsa people spent time with him. He was friends with Donald Trump. Did I ever see anything illegal? No."

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 13, 2026 03:49 PM (iFTx/)

114 I mentioned this earlier; several of *biden's former aids stiffed Congressional subpoenas and refused to appear to testify about the autopen debacle. None of them are in jail, AFAIK. And it wasn't like they claimed some sort of immunity or showed up and took the 5th a hundred times.

They simply blew off Congressional subpoenas. Like Clinton has.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 13, 2026 03:45 PM (NwnyJ)
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Also when the GOP got Congress, it was regular for departments under Obama to simply blow off oversight meetings.

They knew that without the DoJ to prosecute, Congressional umbrage was hollow.

The whole Comey prosecution is going a very similar way, with his defense essentially argument "but he's James Comey!"

Do not believe the rhetoric out of these people's mouths.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 03:49 PM (krQz2)

115 I’m pretty sure I could not just ignore a subpoena and just have my lawyer issue a letter on the matter. Nor would any judge just say “Oh, OK” to it.
Posted by: Cow Demon
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No idea what procedural rules govern here, but you can't just do that in court proceedings. If it's validly served, you get a set amount of time to move for a protective order or other relief from the court.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 13, 2026 03:49 PM (XvL8K)

116 The Left: I would blow Bill Clinton nightly to protect abortion

One point with this - several lefties said literally this, but contextually they meant "I'm perfectly fine with other women being forced to sexually service Bill Clinton to keep abortion legal"

Posted by: 18-1 at January 13, 2026 03:49 PM (sKqQm)

117 Go short on sleeves and long on desk microphones.

Posted by: ... at January 13, 2026 03:49 PM (T+ssH)

118 "People think subpoenas are some legally powerful tool that amounts to The Power of Christ Compels You. They ain't."

I dunno. It all depends on the attitude of the judge. I saw a judge order deputies to find and lock up a guy who ignored a witness subpoena in a civil case. Witness had been advised by his attorney not to show. Witness spent the night in jail. Lawyer was found in contempt as well and had his license suspended for 6 months.

Posted by: Martin Tell at January 13, 2026 03:49 PM (sFNX2)

119 I can't wait to see how the left responds to this after a year long temper tantrum to get the Epstein files released.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 13, 2026 03:50 PM (viF8m)

120 I think Bill will take a shot at anything with a vagina- even the world's dustiest teenager.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 13, 2026 03:50 PM (zZu0s)

121 One point with this - several lefties said literally this, but contextually they meant "I'm perfectly fine with other women being forced to sexually service Bill Clinton to keep abortion legal"

Posted by: 18-1 at January 13, 2026 03:49 PM (sKqQm)

Distilled further it meant the only rule is there ain't no rules.

Posted by: ... at January 13, 2026 03:50 PM (T+ssH)

122 111 Not all courts, but somehow Boasberg gets "randomly" chosen for these contests against Trump.

So enough of the structure of power that they can get the ones who are the most useful.
Posted by: Axeman
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Clerks of the Court doing that shit are one of the reasons why the 'random' assignments are not random. But they can be touched, unlike judges. Just takes political will to do that.

Posted by: whig at January 13, 2026 03:50 PM (WDjG6)

123 >Bill Clinton Is a No-Show At Congressional Hearing on Jeffrey Epstein; Comer Vows Contempt of Congress Criminal Charges

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I keep getting these meatball pitches over the plate-
so yeah, hey, how is everyone today?

Posted by: Don Black at January 13, 2026 03:50 PM (ZxPkt)

124
*Is this racist saying that Good, a black woman of pallor, wasn't just coming back from dropping her kid off at school?*

Neighbors say she was just turning her life around and on her way to bible study.

Posted by: Local media at January 13, 2026 03:50 PM (hta8A)

125 I can't wait to see how the left responds to this after a year long temper tantrum to get the Epstein files released.

That's different!

Posted by: The left at January 13, 2026 03:51 PM (sKqQm)

126
Neighbors say she was just turning her life around and on her way to bible study.
Posted by: Local media at January 13, 2026 03:50 PM (hta8A)

Her "wife" did say she was a devout Christian...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 13, 2026 03:51 PM (VE6XX)

127 114 They knew that without the DoJ to prosecute, Congressional umbrage was hollow.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 03:49 PM (krQz2)

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*looking wistfully at Article I*

It doesn't have to be...

It doesn't have to be...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 13, 2026 03:51 PM (GBKbO)

128 Good had stuffed animals and you know who had a dog.

Posted by: ... at January 13, 2026 03:51 PM (T+ssH)

129 That does it! No adjective is off the table.

Posted by: The Strongly Worded guy at January 13, 2026 03:52 PM (hta8A)

130 Good had stuffed animals and you know who had a dog.

The difference between Trump's ICE and Biden's goons is the latter would have shot the dog...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 13, 2026 03:52 PM (sKqQm)

131 >>Remember the call Acosta got telling him to leave Epstein alone.

>>We still don't know who made the call and they haven't been punished as far as we know.

We know basically who called Acosta. He said he got a call from DOJ HQ telling him to go easy on Epstein. Since he was the USA in Florida that would mean the tippy top of the DOJ.

The bigger question is who told the DOJ to go easy.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 13, 2026 03:53 PM (viF8m)

132 And he won't care because nothing will happen to him
Or Hildabeast who won't show up tomorrow

Posted by: Skip at January 13, 2026 03:53 PM (Ia/+0)

133 Bubba married hILLRY o O in 1975. Been fucking anything that moves ever since.

Posted by: Fun Facts at January 13, 2026 03:53 PM (UjdFS)

134 Neighbors say she was just turning her life around and on her way to bible study.
Posted by: Local media at January 13, 2026 03:50 PM (hta8A)

I am still floored about 'Why did you have real bullets!?'

They really think this is marvel/buffy/playacting. Its just, insane.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 13, 2026 03:53 PM (zZu0s)

135 Remember the Amans family, hired by the Dems, that were found to hack into every Republican server used by Senate Pubs, never received much notoriety by that.

50% of Americans really believe that if it didn't hurt their side than it's not really much of a problem. But they also leverage that accusation against us when things go our way.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 03:53 PM (krQz2)

136 Neighbors say she was just turning her life around and on her way to bible study.
Posted by: Local media at January 13, 2026 03:50 PM (hta8A)
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Imagine the body count if she nad tried to parallel park that Pilot.

Posted by: mrp at January 13, 2026 03:53 PM (rj6Yv)

137 Bubba married hILLRY o O in 1975. Been fucking anything that moves ever since.

Posted by: Fun Facts at January 13, 2026 03:53 PM (UjdFS)

And probably stopped fucking what doesn't move.

Posted by: ... at January 13, 2026 03:54 PM (T+ssH)

138 Can the subpoena a Private citizen, about things which happened OUTSIDE the US?

St Thomas is part of the US.
Posted by: JackStraw

Yep. Had to dig out the old passport going from the BVI to the USVI for a day trip.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 13, 2026 03:54 PM (pkq24)

139 I have to admit that if I outlive the Clintons, I will not be sorry to see them shuffle off their mortal coils.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 13, 2026 03:54 PM (PFs9e)

140 Good had stuffed animals and you know who had a dog.
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She wasn't even mad at the ICE officers.

She was like Gandhi!

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 03:54 PM (krQz2)

141 134 I am still floored about 'Why did you have real bullets!?'

They really think this is marvel/buffy/playacting. Its just, insane.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 13, 2026 03:53 PM (zZu0s)

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They think ICE can't touch them.

They think ICE legally can only deal with illegal aliens. They think that ICE has no authority to arrest Americans in any instance, even if ICE witnesses an American citizen committing a crime.

"Call the local cops," seems to be some kind of valid response in their minds.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 13, 2026 03:54 PM (GBKbO)

142 Also how about the evolution of the Karen Deathwheels story.

It went from: She was just a mom dropping off her kid who was shot by an ICE agent for trying to drive home who wasn't even in front of her car!

to: Well so what if she was a trained protestor who had spent all day illegally harassing ICE? And the fact she hit him was his fault - I mean people know they are never allowed to just walk in front of a car right?

Posted by: 18-1 at January 13, 2026 03:55 PM (sKqQm)

143 It’s amazing what arrogant pricks the Clinton’s are.

Posted by: Dirac_Delta at January 13, 2026 03:55 PM (J15tX)

144 Bubba married hILLRY o O in 1975. Been fucking anything that moves ever since.

And Webb Hubble took one for the team so now there's Chelsea.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 13, 2026 03:55 PM (2ocoG)

145 "They really think this is marvel/buffy/playacting. Its just, insane."

Honda Pilot = Barbie Jeep.

Posted by: Grrrrl Power! at January 13, 2026 03:55 PM (hta8A)

146 How many young women of questionable age of consent did Slick Willie diddle in the East Wing of the White House?

No matter, the William Jefferson Clinton East Wing Ballroom is getting a makeover as we speak.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 13, 2026 03:55 PM (BSdIE)

147 She wasn't even mad at the ICE officers.

Bet she is now...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 13, 2026 03:55 PM (VE6XX)

148 It's not like this is the first time Bill has been found in contempt.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 13, 2026 03:55 PM (jc0TO)

149 "Sure, I spent time with Epstein and on his island. He was a famous guy, lotsa people spent time with him. He was friends with Donald Trump. Did I ever see anything illegal? No."
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade
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Cold air delay. Clinton and Killary have been trying to reboot their corrupt non profit grifting machine and this will kill any contributions to it.

Posted by: whig at January 13, 2026 03:55 PM (WDjG6)

150 Seems as soon as Epstein files started showing Bill pictures tjat got shut up real fast

Posted by: Skip at January 13, 2026 03:55 PM (Ia/+0)

151 >>Yep. Had to dig out the old passport going from the BVI to the USVI for a day trip.

When I was living in PR we'd pop over to St Thomas and camp on the beach. Antilles Air Boats. More like Antilles Scare Boats.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 13, 2026 03:56 PM (viF8m)

152 People are still on Fb crying "Whatabout the Epstein files???"

The reason the media dropped it like a bad habit is because the inly one that kept popping up was Clinton.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 13, 2026 03:56 PM (pkq24)

153 I wonder if she named the car “Brad.”

Posted by: Bulg at January 13, 2026 03:56 PM (77rzZ)

154 140 Good had stuffed animals and you know who had a dog.
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She wasn't even mad at the ICE officers.

She was like Gandhi!

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 03:54 PM (krQz2)

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She wasn't mad at him personally. She was mad at the system. She just wants to tear down the system, but not hurt anyone in the process.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 13, 2026 03:56 PM (GBKbO)

155 The people that tell me that ICE isn't allowed to arrest an American citizen also gave the Department of Education a SWAT team.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 13, 2026 03:56 PM (sKqQm)

156 How many young women of questionable age of consent did Slick Willie diddle in the East Wing of the White House?

It's just about sex. (you know it's coming)

Posted by: Archimedes at January 13, 2026 03:56 PM (Riz8t)

157 142 Also how about the evolution of the Karen Deathwheels story.

It went from: She was just a mom dropping off her kid who was shot by an ICE agent for trying to drive home who wasn't even in front of her car!

to: Well so what if she was a trained protestor who had spent all day illegally harassing ICE? And the fact she hit him was his fault - I mean people know they are never allowed to just walk in front of a car right?

Posted by: 18-1 at January 13, 2026 03:55 PM (sKqQm)

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"Believe this lefties. Keep believing this."
-my inner troll

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 13, 2026 03:57 PM (GBKbO)

158 >>>Clinton's overall strategy seems a bit odd to me on this one. He's looking scared and guilty by refusing to testify. If I were him, I would voluntarily show up and testify. He could easily answer "don't recall" to almost anything.

>Ah! The Biden Defense. Blub, blub, blub, Icecream!

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 13, 2026 03:57 PM (BSdIE)

159 I’m pretty sure I could not just ignore a subpoena and just have my lawyer issue a letter on the matter. Nor would any judge just say “Oh, OK” to it.
Posted by: Cow Demon
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No idea what procedural rules govern here, but you can't just do that in court proceedings. If it's validly served, you get a set amount of time to move for a protective order or other relief from the court.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 13, 2026 03:49 PM (XvL8K)
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Technically, you might be right. But in practice, just send a letter objecting to the subpoena. I've never once in my career moved to quash a subpoena. I just objected to them. If the other side then ask the court to compel me, I would fight it out there. A long time later, maybe the judge would order my client to comply. Maybe.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 13, 2026 03:57 PM (iFTx/)

160
*I am still floored about 'Why did you have real bullets!?'*

Not even January 15th and we already have a strong contender for quote of the year.

Posted by: Thank you for your attention to this matter at January 13, 2026 03:57 PM (hta8A)

161 "No one's accusing Bill Clinton of any wrongdoing. We just have questions.
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This may be the single dumbest thing anyone ever said in connection with Epstein.

If he did nothing wrong, then why subpoena him. Call his lawyer, and ask your questions. He is a former President, for crissakes, show some respect if all you want is questions answered.

But if he is suspected of doing "wrong", as he so obviously should be, then fricking SAY SO you mealy-mouthed idiot. If you are calling a former President to a public embarrassment, then say why.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 13, 2026 03:58 PM (jVOiV)

162 She wasn't even mad at the ICE officers.

Bet she is now...
Posted by: It's me donna at January 13, 2026 03:55 PM (VE6XX)
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It'd bet the ICE officers are the least of her worries on the other side.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 03:59 PM (krQz2)

163 113 Clinton's overall strategy seems a bit odd to me on this one.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 13, 2026 03:49 PM (iFTx/)

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He doesn't know what's out there. That photo that popped up in the second last release of "Epstein Files" showing Epstein, a girl, and Clinton in the pool (with no one looking at the camera, which suggests he didn't know it was taken). He's got to wonder what else was documented without his knowledge. Maxwell says there were no hidden cameras "to her knowledge." Those are weasel words.

And, as I recall, a team of unknown individuals went onto the island just after Epstein's death and before the FBI showed up. That was never explained (or even addressed).

Clinton is sweating this one out, and hopes to stall until another administration IMO.

Posted by: Orson at January 13, 2026 03:59 PM (dIske)

164 Bill Clinton:

Was accused of rape in college

Was accused of sexually harassing a subordinate and agreed to pay her a large sum of money to stop a civil suit

Was accused of repeatedly doing this by several members of his security detail as governor

Was accused of sexual assault by the wife of a Democrat powerbroker

Took a bribe from Marc Rich to pardon him...which included sex with Denise Rich

Is on the Epstein flight logs, has pictures from Epstein island, and was named as an Epstein client by the Epstein girls

Posted by: 18-1 at January 13, 2026 03:59 PM (sKqQm)

165 144 Bubba married hILLRY o O in 1975. Been fucking anything that moves ever since.

And Webb Hubble took one for the team so now there's Chelsea.
Posted by: Ian S.

Rumor in Arkansas was that Billy Jeff was sterile from a case of the mumps as a kid. So he could screw away but required a pinch hitter for a legacy child. Webb, at the last time I checked, is one of the lucky ones and still alive. After he left the DoJ, he headed to the sticks, NC mebbe?, and kept his mouth fully shut.

Posted by: whig at January 13, 2026 04:00 PM (WDjG6)

166 "I am still floored about 'Why did you have real bullets!?' "

no kidding. jaw dropped to table top when I read that, what planet do you think you live on? wtaf?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 13, 2026 04:00 PM (Cjt/F)

167 He said "not a single Democrat" showed up to the deposition on Tuesday.

They are not an opposition party, they are the enemy. When law is not accepted and observed equally, there is no law.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 13, 2026 04:00 PM (2WIwB)

168 Why did you have real bullets!?'*

The Paolo, he shoots real bullets.

Posted by: the Paolo at January 13, 2026 04:00 PM (Kt19C)

169 Mayor Zohran Mamdani and President Trump have been exchanging “friendly” missives at least twice a week — as the unlikely bromance between the socialist and conservative commander-in-chief continues to blossom, The Post has learned. The former Astoria lawmaker and the Queens native have semi-regularly been chatting via text since their chummy White House meeting in November, discussing a wide range of topics, from the toppling of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro and zoning red tape in Big Apple real estate, according to sources. Insiders with knowledge of the conversation described the tone of the texts as “friendly.”

Posted by: SMOD at January 13, 2026 04:00 PM (RHGPo)

170 Nice to know that subpoenas are legally unenforceable - I'll have to remember that if I am ever subpoenaed.

(Oh, who am I kidding? My life is thankfully very dull when it comes to matters of the law)

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 13, 2026 04:00 PM (SRRAx)

171 Mace is running for SC governor, voting against contempt would likely hurt both in Nov.
Posted by: whig
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Mace is not Nikkiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 13, 2026 04:01 PM (48JDT)

172 He doesn't know what's out there. That photo that popped up in the second last release of "Epstein Files" showing Epstein, a girl, and Clinton in the pool (with no one looking at the camera, which suggests he didn't know it was taken). He's got to wonder what else was documented without his knowledge. Maxwell says there were no hidden cameras "to her knowledge." Those are weasel words.

Yup. He knows he's guilty as sin, but he doesn't know what they can prove. He's terrified of another blue dress.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 13, 2026 04:01 PM (Riz8t)

173 I'm pretty sure Chelsea is Bill's kid.

Why? She's the only young girl Bill had access to that he wasn't accused of screwing

Posted by: 18-1 at January 13, 2026 04:01 PM (sKqQm)

174 Clinton's overall strategy seems a bit odd to me on this one. He's looking scared and guilty by refusing to testify. If I were him, I would voluntarily show up and testify. He could easily answer "don't recall" to almost anything.
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His public is the press and Dem die-hards.

The people who want Trump imprisoned for 34 counts of an accounting mistake, will never accept that Clinton should be jailed for a measurably worse crime.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 04:02 PM (krQz2)

175 Nancy Mace is an odd contradiction.

She's clearly somewhat unstable but she's more political competent then a significant portion of the elected GOP...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 13, 2026 04:02 PM (sKqQm)

176 I have a headache - Pamela Bondi

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 13, 2026 04:02 PM (abIsI)

177 "Picture a thumb"

Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 13, 2026 04:02 PM (DgMqy)

178 Apparently liberals are organizing a walk out from work, school etc on January 20th to demand the impeachment of Donald Trump. From X:

https://tinyurl.com/3y49zf3x

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 13, 2026 04:02 PM (PFs9e)

179 169 Mayor Zohran Mamdani and President Trump have been exchanging “friendly” missives at least twice a week — as the unlikely bromance between the socialist and conservative commander-in-chief continues to blossom, The Post has learned. The former Astoria lawmaker and the Queens native have semi-regularly been chatting via text since their chummy White House meeting in November, discussing a wide range of topics, from the toppling of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro and zoning red tape in Big Apple real estate, according to sources. Insiders with knowledge of the conversation described the tone of the texts as “friendly.”

Mamdani thinks he's the one playing Trump. He thinks wrong.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 13, 2026 04:02 PM (Riz8t)

180 Yeah, but it wasn't rape rape.

Posted by: Karen Whoops Johnson at January 13, 2026 04:02 PM (hta8A)

181 Bubba married hILLRY o O in 1975. Been fucking anything that moves ever since.

And Webb Hubble took one for the team so now there's Chelsea.
Posted by: Ian S.
......

Then Huma took over husbandly duties.

Posted by: wth at January 13, 2026 04:03 PM (UjdFS)

182 Is on the Epstein flight logs, has pictures from Epstein island, and was named as an Epstein client by the Epstein girls
Posted by: 18-1
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Open secret in Arkansas. Knew two girls back when that got invited to a governor's reception for outstanding students. Bill hit on them and told them to visit him at a suite in the Excelsior hotel. Same place that Paula Jones was invited to. The girls were giggly about it but didn't go due to having to return back home. They were 17 and told me and several other people at the time about it well before all the Clinton screwing everything in sight became public.

Posted by: whig at January 13, 2026 04:03 PM (WDjG6)

183 No one's accusing Bill Clinton of any wrongdoing. We just have questions.
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Time for a Skeleton Check on whoever said that.

Posted by: ... at January 13, 2026 04:03 PM (T+ssH)

184 Bill Clinton will study and use the Otter defense of Delta House.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 13, 2026 04:03 PM (wVcYX)

185 Webb, at the last time I checked, is one of the lucky ones and still alive. After he left the DoJ, he headed to the sticks, NC mebbe?, and kept his mouth fully shut.
Posted by: whig at January 13, 2026 04:00 PM (WDjG6)
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The Sergeant Schultz defense! It is the best method when Hillary's Hit Squad is still out there. Just make sure you leave pictures and a signed confession with your lawyer, in case you suddenly disappear or "suicide" with two in the back of the skull.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 13, 2026 04:03 PM (jVOiV)

186 Neighbors say she was just turning her life around and on her way to bible study.
Posted by: Local media at January 13, 2026 03:50 PM (hta8A)

Her "wife" did say she was a devout Christian...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 13, 2026 03:51 PM

Her "wife" also asked why ICE was using real bullets when they shot saint good.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 13, 2026 04:04 PM (0N4FZ)

187 Nice to know that subpoenas are legally unenforceable - I'll have to remember that if I am ever subpoenaed.

(Oh, who am I kidding? My life is thankfully very dull when it comes to matters of the law)

If the Democrats take congress they will jail right leaning people for not showing up for a subpeona. Just like they did last time they controlled congress.

And their flunkies will argue that of course it is different when they do it

Posted by: 18-1 at January 13, 2026 04:04 PM (sKqQm)

188 How is this subpoena supposedly illegal?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 13, 2026 04:04 PM (u73oe)

189 Clinton's overall strategy seems a bit odd to me on this one.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 13, 2026 03:49 PM (iFTx/)

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He doesn't know what's out there. That photo that popped up in the second last release of "Epstein Files" showing Epstein, a girl, and Clinton in the pool (with no one looking at the camera, which suggests he didn't know it was taken). He's got to wonder what else was documented without his knowledge. Maxwell says there were no hidden cameras "to her knowledge." Those are weasel words.

And, as I recall, a team of unknown individuals went onto the island just after Epstein's death and before the FBI showed up. That was never explained (or even addressed).

Clinton is sweating this one out, and hopes to stall until another administration IMO.
Posted by: Orson at January 13, 2026 03:59 PM (dIske)
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He can just claim he doesn't remember (this was 20+ years ago) or deny, deny, deny. Any physical evidence they have (video etc) they can release any time. They don't need him for that.

This would be an easy testify for him. I suspect something else is going on.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 13, 2026 04:04 PM (iFTx/)

190 I like Nancy Mace's assets.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 13, 2026 04:04 PM (abIsI)

191 173 I'm pretty sure Chelsea is Bill's kid.
Posted by: 18-1

So you've never seen a picture of Web Hubble?

Posted by: Auspex at January 13, 2026 04:05 PM (Y8DZL)

192 I got lots of Clinton stories. Dirtbag but charming like a snake.

Killary was always hated in Arkansas which is why she had to move to NYC to grift and become a senator.

Posted by: whig at January 13, 2026 04:05 PM (WDjG6)

193 155 The people that tell me that ICE isn't allowed to arrest an American citizen also gave the Department of Education a SWAT team.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 13, 2026 03:56 PM (sKqQm)

Yeah, I was thinkin' about that, too, when I read about 'Why did you have real bullets!?' .

doublethink. for leftists, it's not just for breakfast, it's for every waking moment.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 13, 2026 04:05 PM (Cjt/F)

194 After he left the DoJ, he headed to the sticks, NC mebbe?, and kept his mouth fully shut.
Posted by: whig at January 13, 2026 04:00 PM (

Impressive.

That catfish-hillbilly hybrid has a mouth as wide as a tractor trailer.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 13, 2026 04:05 PM (BI5O2)

195 Why? She's the only young girl Bill had access to that he wasn't accused of screwing

Posted by: 18-1 at January 13, 2026 04:01 PM (sKqQm)

Doesn't prove a thing!

Posted by: Joe Biden at January 13, 2026 04:05 PM (T+ssH)

196 Is on the Epstein flight logs, has pictures from Epstein island, and was named as an Epstein client by the Epstein girls
Posted by: 18-1
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Open secret in Arkansas. Knew two girls back when that got invited to a governor's reception for outstanding students. Bill hit on them and told them to visit him at a suite in the Excelsior hotel. Same place that Paula Jones was invited to. The girls were giggly about it but didn't go due to having to return back home. They were 17 and told me and several other people at the time about it well before all the Clinton screwing everything in sight became public.
Posted by: whig at January 13, 2026 04:03 PM (WDjG6)
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They were using state troopers to ferry Clinton around to hotels. Everyone knew about it.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 13, 2026 04:05 PM (iFTx/)

197 Mayor Zohran Mamdani and President Trump have been exchanging “friendly” missives at least twice a week — as the unlikely bromance between the socialist and conservative commander-in-chief continues to blossom, The Post has learned.

Posted by: SMOD at January 13, 2026 04:00 PM (RHGPo)
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Trump is a deal-maker. He'll try to make a deal with anybody as long as that's on the table.

He's really not a conservative except if you think that wanting to conserve sanity is some sort of niche and shouldn't be the mainstream.

He said at the beginning that he thought conservative America was an underserved constituency. And he's been trying to restore a bit more sanity by serving those who stand athwart "progress".

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 04:06 PM (krQz2)

198 No body yet has asked; Who was she screwing?

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 13, 2026 04:06 PM (EyfuW)

199 You're soaking in it.

Posted by: Madge at January 13, 2026 04:07 PM (6el8D)

200 Bill hit on them and told them to visit him at a suite in the Excelsior hotel. Same place that Paula Jones was invited to.

One thing to remember about this - Paula Jones didn't come out and accused Clinton out of the blue.

The American Spectator interviewed Clinton's security detail who confirmed Clinton did this sort of stuff constantly - one of the cases the security detail mentioned ended up being Paula Jones and this prompted her to sue because she did not want people to think that she took Clinton's offer of favor at work for sex.

In between the story breaking and Jones suing the FNM declared this was all lies...but Clinton agreeing to pay Jones to stop her civil suit says it was all true...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 13, 2026 04:07 PM (sKqQm)

201 An article I read this morning pointed out something new I'd not thought about:
From where Ross was standing, he was likely close enough to the van that he could not see the tires.

I'd add, and by the time that she started moving to the point she hit him, there's no way he could have had the time to see the tires turn.
That is, as a matter of law, it takes 0.75 seconds from seeing to reacting.

Putting even more stupid in the "she was just trying to get away" lie.

Not that it matters, there is no evidence that will ever convince the left to change their minds on this.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 13, 2026 04:07 PM (HXT0k)

202 I don't get the Real Bullet thing, did she hit him with a Barbie Mobile?

Posted by: ... at January 13, 2026 04:07 PM (T+ssH)

203 >>This would be an easy testify for him. I suspect something else is going on.

Everyone is fixated on the sex angle which is understandable but Epstein was a CIA asset. Mike Benz has done a detailed report on what he was up to and it sounds like Epstein was a financial middleman with some of the scummiest people on earth.

One thing Bill Clinton is is a survivor. He might want to keep surviving.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 13, 2026 04:08 PM (viF8m)

204
If they're serious they will use Inherent Contempt. Of course, if the go the statutory criminal contempt route, I think Jeanine Pirro would have the balls to arrest Slick.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 13, 2026 04:08 PM (w6EFb)

205 The Sergeant Schultz defense! It is the best method when Hillary's Hit Squad is still out there. Just make sure you leave pictures and a signed confession with your lawyer, in case you suddenly disappear or "suicide" with two in the back of the skull.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

I would not be surprised if Webb has evidence that Chelsea is not Bill's but his. But that only works if you are not a threat to Killary. So the disappearing act. He also did not return to Arkansas after having to resign from his post at DoJ. Mark Middleton and others were foolish enough to return and Mark Middleton committed suicide in a farmer's field by shooting himself with a shotgun while hanging from a tree.

Posted by: whig at January 13, 2026 04:08 PM (WDjG6)

206 They were 17 and told me and several other people at the time about it well before all the Clinton screwing everything in sight became public.
Posted by: whig at January 13, 2026 04:03 PM (WDjG6)
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an old girlfriend of mine had this happen to her. Hillary and her mother were college friends and they had dinner together while on vacation, after Bill lost his re-election campaign in Arkansas. She got up to go to the bathroom, Bill was waiting for her in the hallway when she came out, he trapped her up against the wall and tried kissing her. Pleaded with her to meet him on the first tee after everyone was in bed, for sex, and she declined. She was maybe 17 at the time.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 13, 2026 04:08 PM (P5XEM)

207 I have a headache - Pamela Bondi
Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 13, 2026 04:02 PM (abIsI)
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I don't put too much faith in armchair AGs.

Look how the case against Comey is going.

Judges can fuck up anything.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 04:09 PM (krQz2)

208 201 Not that it matters, there is no evidence that will ever convince the left to change their minds on this.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 13, 2026 04:07 PM (HXT0k)

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She was immaculately conceived, the second coming of Christ, and Trump personally ordered her assassination because he knew that she was going to reveal Trump's role in the Epstein files.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 13, 2026 04:09 PM (GBKbO)

209 I'm pretty sure Chelsea is Bill's kid.

Why? She's the only young girl Bill had access to that he wasn't accused of screwing
Posted by: 18-1 at January 13, 2026 04:01

That wouldn't stop Billy boy. It was the fact that she's as ugly as a mud fence. Or perhaps her dad, an old friend of his, asked him nicely to keep hus hands off. Maybe he listened. Maybe he didn't. But I'm sure she's just as afraid of mommy as everyone else is, so we'll never know.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 13, 2026 04:09 PM (BI5O2)

210 and Mark Middleton committed suicide in a farmer's field by shooting himself with a shotgun while hanging from a tree.

IIRC they never found the shotgun.

So obviously Mark hung himself up, shot himself with the shotgun, untied himself, hid the shotgun, then hung himself back up and let himself bleed out

Posted by: 18-1 at January 13, 2026 04:10 PM (sKqQm)

211 He's really not a conservative except if you think that wanting to conserve sanity is some sort of niche and shouldn't be the mainstream.

He said at the beginning that he thought conservative America was an underserved constituency. And he's been trying to restore a bit more sanity by serving those who stand athwart "progress".

Whatever he was in 2015, he's been through hell from the left. I think it's very unlikely he hasn't shifted in his political views, if for no other reason than that he's seen the kind of people who oppose him.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 13, 2026 04:10 PM (Riz8t)

212 So you've never seen a picture of Web Hubble?
Posted by: Auspex at January 13, 2026 04:05 PM (Y8DZL)

I have. I don't think he looks that much like Chelsea. I may be the only person here who thinks Trudeau fils is not the son of Castro.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 13, 2026 04:10 PM (ZeH0U)

213 Clinton Crime Family
Biden Crime and Incest Family
you decide

Posted by: wth at January 13, 2026 04:10 PM (UjdFS)

214 Bill Clinton, a son of the South, tangled in the thorns of ambition and allure, a figure of contradictions, his charm a veil over tempestuous shadows, whispering promises in the corridors of power while ghosts of legacy and longing lingered, forever dancing on the edge of despair and redemption.

Posted by: William Faulkner with a little help from AI at January 13, 2026 04:10 PM (6el8D)

215 Clinton could just show up, take the 5th for every question and walk out free. The showing up is the minimal requirement here. Nothing more's expected.

*shrugs*

He knows he can get away with blowing the Congressional Republicans off. So why even do the minimal requirement?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 13, 2026 04:10 PM (NwnyJ)

216 Posted by: 18-1 at January 13, 2026 04:10 PM (sKqQm)

Who is Mark Middleton?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 13, 2026 04:11 PM (ZeH0U)

217 Took a bribe from Marc Rich to pardon him...which included sex with Denise Rich
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Man, there's a lot of money (simoleons) out there.
And here we are plugging along day to day.
Not impoverished but, you know, a new car, a pool a Jacuzzi/spa and a nice vacation; that's about it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 13, 2026 04:12 PM (48JDT)

218 Mayor Zohran Mamdani and President Trump have been exchanging “friendly” missives at least twice a week — as the unlikely bromance between the socialist and conservative commander-in-chief continues to blossom, The Post has learned.
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What Trump enjoys more than anything is being unpredictable.

Whatever their plan was for elevating Mamdani further probably didn't take this action into account, because they think they know Trump and still don't.

Posted by: ... at January 13, 2026 04:12 PM (T+ssH)

219 I have. I don't think he looks that much like Chelsea. I may be the only person here who thinks Trudeau fils is not the son of Castro.

For Trudeau was know his mom was having an affair with Castro BUT the times we know she was on the island don't line up with when Justin was concieved.

Now, it could be there were other meetings between the two but...it could be he really is his cuck father's son...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 13, 2026 04:12 PM (sKqQm)

220 I beat Congress to it.
I've been holding Bill Clinton in contempt since the mid 1990s.

Posted by: 29Victor at January 13, 2026 04:12 PM (0MjtC)

221
"Mommy/Sir, are Mr. Floyd and Mrs. Good in heaven now helping people find Justice?"

Posted by: Auspex at January 13, 2026 04:12 PM (Y8DZL)

222 Who is Mark Middleton?

Bill Clinton's liaison with Jeffrey Epstein among other things. But that's the one that got him killed.

Err, sorry, led to his suicide

Posted by: 18-1 at January 13, 2026 04:13 PM (sKqQm)

223 Tampon Timmy is truly mentally deficient and full of hubris if he thinks these showboating gambits are going to protect him.

The worse Trump will do is arrest him and put him on trial. Heck many on the Left will give him the Al Franken treatment if he becomes a major liability.

But there are those on the Left who are far more militant to worry about. He courts their support but doesn't understand the price they will demand for that loyalty.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 13, 2026 04:13 PM (3hJhH)

224 202 I don't get the Real Bullet thing, did she hit him with a Barbie Mobile?
Posted by: ...

Just another stupidity folk tale from the left's fever swamps. They don't think ICE can arrest citizens, don't believe they are committing a crime when obstructing ICE arrests or hitting them, trying to grab their guns, etc., or throwing shit at them.

This is because they get away with that shit all the time in blue city protests and the police rarely do jack shit to the pampered pets.

So it goes to their thinking that ICE might pepper spray us, use tasers, bean bag shotgun rounds, or hit us, but not SHOOT us with real bullets for violence against them.

ICE are not riot cops, they are there to snatch armed and dangerous criminals so of course they are armed. They are not riot police in friendly cities.

Posted by: whig at January 13, 2026 04:13 PM (WDjG6)

225 Posted by: 29Victor at January 13, 2026

LOL

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 13, 2026 04:13 PM (ZeH0U)

226
The last time Inherent Contempt was used was against William P. MacCracken and L.H. Brittin in the "airmail scandal" of the 1930s.

The US Senate had the sergeant-at-arms arrest them.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 13, 2026 04:13 PM (w6EFb)

227 >>Look how the case against Comey is going.

All eyes of Ft. Pierce, Florida and Judge Aileen Cannon. The same judge who tossed Jack Smith's case against Trump.

South Florida is not DC.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 13, 2026 04:13 PM (viF8m)

228 Much more of a smoking gun connection with Trudeau/Castro than Hubbell/Clinton I think.

Posted by: tubal at January 13, 2026 04:13 PM (pDt9x)

229 Any physical evidence they have (video etc) they can release any time. They don't need him for that.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 13, 2026 04:04 PM (iFTx/)
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"They" is the keyword. I don't think Comer has anything earthshattering. But, someone could easily be safeguarding documentation. Intelligence community, foreign intelligence, even corporate interests.

Anyone who looks how Epstein was handled back in 2006 know it didn't add up. He was, absolutely, nailed on the underage issues and about 13 other charges. Palm Beach County detectives pulled out all the stops. Then, the Feds stepped in and lowered it to two charges. Soliciting prostitution being the most severe. He gets an NPA (Non-Prosecution Agreement) from the Feds without any leverage, and the Feds didn't even bother to tell the victims of his crimes about that. He gets sentence to work release and no records show him even visiting the half-way house.

Epstein was working for someone after that...likely the CIA regardless of all the denials. And, they'd be my first guess at who holds any documentation on the Island antics.

Posted by: Orson at January 13, 2026 04:13 PM (dIske)

230 Bill Clinton needs a note from his mother.

Posted by: Juan Epstein at January 13, 2026 04:14 PM (9cHSL)

231 If Trump wanted to sell us, he would have done it 100 times over by now and saved himself a lot of grief.

Posted by: ... at January 13, 2026 04:14 PM (T+ssH)

232 I hope Killary gives them the middle finger as well (tomorrow?).

Throw them both in prison where They Didn't Arkancide Themselves.

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 13, 2026 04:14 PM (+B9Si)

233 whispering promises in the corridors of power while ghosts of legacy and longing lingered, forever dancing on the edge of despair and redemption.
Posted by: William Faulkner
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Yer forgot raised on the knee of Hot Springs mob boss.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 13, 2026 04:14 PM (48JDT)

234 If I had any hope in the American way of life reasserting itself and bringing us back to normality, I would *hate* judges in the main.

I can feel that in myself. But my lack of hope in a secular fix is its release.

The Weight of God is not on the atheist or the secular idealist. Their only punishment is if another faction can turn the tables on them. And then they can plead that they are simply being made an example simply by having another faction bring them in the vicinity of justice.

The Weight of God brings a *seriousness*, that while it *can* be mislead. When developed can lead to a serious review of how we stand in accord to our values.

Man will try to make Babel.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 04:14 PM (krQz2)

235 Fenelon,
From wiki,
During the first Clinton administration, Middleton served as a special assistant to the President and as an aide to Chief of Staff Mack McLarty. His main task at the White House was to maintain contact with Clinton's various donors. He was involved in facilitating access to the White House for various visitors, including financier Jeffrey Epstein. Records indicate that Epstein visited the White House at least 17 times between 1993 and 1995, with many of those visits authorized by Middleton. He also flew with Epstein on his private jet in May 1994.

On May 7, 2022, Middleton was found dead at the Heifer Ranch in Perryville, Arkansas, approximately 30 miles from his home. His death was ruled a suicide; authorities reported that he was found hanging from a tree with an extension cord around his neck and a shotgun wound to his chest. The circumstances of his death prompted public speculation.

Posted by: whig at January 13, 2026 04:14 PM (WDjG6)

236 Meh. I'll only believe this once I see him getting the perp-walk in handcuffs. Even then I'll suspect AI slop. Let's face it - the republicans never had and never will have the guts to face up to Bill or Hitlery.

Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at January 13, 2026 04:15 PM (V362x)

237 Took a bribe from Marc Rich to pardon him...which included sex with Denise Rich
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I never heard that! Not surprised either. Eric Holder set up the transaction, iirc (money for pardon), so I wonder if he also set up Denise with Bill, or was that just a spur of the moment addition....

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 13, 2026 04:15 PM (P5XEM)

238 and Mark Middleton committed suicide in a farmer's field by shooting himself with a shotgun while hanging from a tree.

IIRC they never found the shotgun.

So obviously Mark hung himself up, shot himself with the shotgun, untied himself, hid the shotgun, then hung himself back up and let himself bleed out
Posted by: 18-1 at January 13, 2026 04:10 PM (sKqQm)

That guy was good!

Posted by: Zombie Vince Foster at January 13, 2026 04:15 PM (wVcYX)

239 So it goes to their thinking that ICE might pepper spray us, use tasers, bean bag shotgun rounds, or hit us, but not SHOOT us with real bullets for violence against them.

I saw this exact discussion on facebook:

Lefty: How would you MAGAts like it if we handled you people like ICE handled that poor woman?

Righty: You mean like you killed Ashli Babbitt on J6?

Lefty: That's different she deserved it

Posted by: 18-1 at January 13, 2026 04:16 PM (sKqQm)

240 which included sex with Denise Rich
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BARF

and off dirty Paolo sock

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 13, 2026 04:16 PM (Kt19C)

241 We'll see. Could this be yet another case of dispensation for democrats?

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 13, 2026 04:16 PM (t+TFX)

242 and Mark Middleton committed suicide in a farmer's field by shooting himself with a shotgun while hanging from a tree.

IIRC they never found the shotgun.

So obviously Mark hung himself up, shot himself with the shotgun, untied himself, hid the shotgun, then hung himself back up and let himself bleed out
Posted by: 18-1
......

Was he hanging upside down? Because that would really be a stretch.

Posted by: wth at January 13, 2026 04:16 PM (UjdFS)

243 Lets not forget that portrait of Bill in the blue dress and red heels, displayed at Epsteins' ranch. Don't know of anyone else immortalized like that.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 13, 2026 04:16 PM (+mUZM)

244 God's will is extremely clear in the Bible, but trying to handicap current events by reading His mind is a fool's errand.

Posted by: tubal at January 13, 2026 04:17 PM (pDt9x)

245
Having Mamdami as the face of the Democrat Party is thrilling Trump.

Posted by: Auspex at January 13, 2026 04:17 PM (Y8DZL)

246 Took a bribe from Marc Rich to pardon him...which included sex with Denise Rich

At the time Denise Rich looked like a mix between Leah Remini and Lady Gaga - she was a bit old for Clinton's taste but not a bad looking woman...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 13, 2026 04:17 PM (sKqQm)

247 He knows he can get away with blowing the Congressional Republicans off. So why even do the minimal requirement?
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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Transactional or complete immunity which compels him/her to answer all questions. Same as what Ollie North and John Poindexter did. Makes it very hard to prosecute subsequently as both North and Poindexter had their Iran Contra convictions tossed because of it. But Congress can make you answer or contempt of court charges if they give you immunity. No Fifth then.

Posted by: whig at January 13, 2026 04:18 PM (WDjG6)

248
At the time Denise Rich looked like a mix between Leah Remini and Lady Gaga - she was a bit old for Clinton's taste but not a bad looking woman...
Posted by: 18-1 at January 13, 2026 04:17 PM (sKqQm)

One word... Hillary

Posted by: It's me donna at January 13, 2026 04:18 PM (VE6XX)

249 whispering promises in the corridors of power while ghosts of legacy and longing lingered, forever dancing on the edge of despair and redemption.

pfffft.

And it's whispered that soon, If we all call the tune. Then the piper will lead us to reason.

Posted by: R. Plant at January 13, 2026 04:18 PM (Riz8t)

250 Sex with Denise Richards >>>>>>>>>>>>> sex with Denise Rich

Posted by: Bulg at January 13, 2026 04:18 PM (77rzZ)

251 (D)ifferent (R)ules

Posted by: Really?? at January 13, 2026 04:18 PM (kgFPv)

252 And it's whispered that soon, If we all call the tune. Then the piper will lead us to reason.
Posted by: R. Plant at January 13, 2026 04:18 PM (Riz8t)

And -Crazy on a Ship of Fools

Posted by: tubal at January 13, 2026 04:19 PM (pDt9x)

253 Much more of a smoking gun connection with Trudeau/Castro than Hubbell/Clinton I think.
Posted by: tubal at January 13, 2026 04:13 PM (

Look at pictures of Chelsea Hubbell before her 68 plastic surgeries. That gun's pretty darn smoky.

I too wonder how Webb is still alive. Not because of Hillary murdering him. They appear to have kept things on good terms, given that he's still alive. It's not as if he couldn't have committed suicide by loading himself into a into a 20 ton press and activating it with a broom handle.

No. I wonder because I would have drank myself to death inside 2 years, in my unsuccessful but Herculean effort to hide from the memory of Hillary's vagina.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 13, 2026 04:19 PM (BI5O2)

254 I was taking a nap and the catamite Chink Uiguyr came on. I forced myself awake.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 13, 2026 04:19 PM (9cHSL)

255 Interesting... turns out there is a local newspaper that has a F Book site... one I've never seen on my feed before, although they've been around for years talking about Bars and such (things I actually might want to know).

This morning, three of their posts were fed onto my page, about three different SWAT Raids.. with people saying they are disguised ICE... uh... no... it is the Local SWAT team as we've had a bunch of recent Gang shootings.

Interesting part is that I've never seen a single thing from this site before... until they are supposedly following ICE around... gotta luv how Political THAT Algorithm is.

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 13, 2026 04:19 PM (mP0Kj)

256 Sex with Denise Richards >>>>>>>>>>>>> sex with Denise Rich

Would you rather go where Bill Clinton was or where Charlie Sheen was?

Posted by: 18-1 at January 13, 2026 04:20 PM (sKqQm)

257 250 Sex with Denise Richards >>>>>>>>>>>>> sex with Denise Rich
Posted by: Bulg at January 13, 2026 04:18 PM (77rzZ)
__________________

I don't know, man. You have to factor in the Charlie Sheen AIDS factor on that transaction.

Posted by: Orson at January 13, 2026 04:20 PM (dIske)

258 God's will is extremely clear in the Bible, but trying to handicap current events by reading His mind is a fool's errand.

Have you considered that the world is Right Now in Nebuchadnezzar's Colossus' Feet of Iron and Clay state?

What comes next is something that is not of the things that got the world to this point?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 13, 2026 04:20 PM (a6PrB)

259 > So obviously Mark hung himself up, shot himself with the shotgun, untied himself, hid the shotgun, then hung himself back up and let himself bleed out

Maybe he tied the shotgun to a weather balloon! When it let go, up it went.

Posted by: bonhomme at January 13, 2026 04:20 PM (Yp6az)

260 Posted by: whig at January 13, 2026 04:14 PM (WDjG6

Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 13, 2026 04:20 PM (8Cor4)

261 Hmmmm. Immortal wards of Winston Wolf are in effect.

Posted by: Darth Randall at January 13, 2026 04:20 PM (jmVHL)

262 221
‘ "Mommy/Sir, are Mr. Floyd and Mrs. Good in heaven now helping people find Justice?’

Well, they’re in the same place. And they’re all finding justice together!

Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 13, 2026 04:21 PM (jbnUc)

263 Did Denise Richards hit the wall yet?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 13, 2026 04:21 PM (9cHSL)

264 *yawns* When any democrat goes to jail, wake me up.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 13, 2026 04:21 PM (g8Ew8)

265 So Jazz hands Walz hasn't resigned yet ?

Posted by: It's me donna at January 13, 2026 04:21 PM (VE6XX)

266 > A dusty old process called Inherent Contempt which gives the Congress the ability to arrest and detain.

Posted by: Orson at January 13, 2026 03:34 PM (dIske)

Isn't there still an actual jail cell in the Capitol or is that just a rumor?

I know that they have occasionally sent the Sergeant at Arms out to snatch someone and bring him in.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 13, 2026 04:22 PM (IG3/x)

267 I got lots of Clinton stories. Dirtbag but charming like a snake.

My dad met him in the late 80s when he was working for Wal-Mart. He said the same things Rush Limbaugh did: for an obvious sleazebag he was incredibly good at being charming.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 13, 2026 04:22 PM (2ocoG)

268 God's will is extremely clear in the Bible, but trying to handicap current events by reading His mind is a fool's errand.

Posted by: tubal at January 13, 2026 04:17 PM (pDt9x)
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Who says I'm trying to read his mind. "Put no trust in princes" may have a republican application as well.

Just because I have no hope in man righting the situation doesn't mean that I don't do things within reason to advocate for a stable society.

But people these days are like nailing jello. And they would have me be "reasonable" to adjust to their doublespeak. Which I can't do--not without some kind of path from where I am now.

It's hard to view the judges as a class of experts stealing away the discretion of the republic on the basis that they are better thinkers in the mathematical space of law and rights and think that *I* can do any more than condemn the doublethink that screeches about "democracy" but day to day empowers "judicial review" in everything.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 04:22 PM (krQz2)

269 OK, Denise Richards pre-Charlie Sheen, then. When she was in that flick with Neve Campbell.

Posted by: Bulg at January 13, 2026 04:23 PM (77rzZ)

270 263 Did Denise Richards hit the wall yet?

You tell me.

https://is.gd/IrX5IQ

Posted by: Archimedes at January 13, 2026 04:23 PM (Riz8t)

271 236 Meh. I'll only believe this once I see him getting the perp-walk in handcuffs. Even then I'll suspect AI slop. Let's face it - the republicans never had and never will have the guts to face up to Bill or Hitlery.
Posted by: Blast Hardcheese
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Remember when early in the first term, Bill had thugs go through all the security clearance documents for the GOP officeholders. They document affairs, being gay, financial matters, past misdeeds, etc. and I suspect that Bill and his thuggish PI, Jack Palladino grabbed a bunch of incriminating information so as to blackmail a lot of teh GOP establishment.

Obama put that spying on GOP members on steroids with operatives having access to new and old NSA intercepts in real time. Plus some of the worst requests were laundered through 5 Eyes and probably Dearlove's private security firm in the UK.

Posted by: whig at January 13, 2026 04:23 PM (WDjG6)

272 Are there cells under the Parliament of Whores?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 13, 2026 04:23 PM (9cHSL)

273
I've often met couples and wondered why they are together, seeming so different from each other. Then I look at the Clintons and think, oh yeah. Power.

Posted by: Auspex at January 13, 2026 04:23 PM (Y8DZL)

274 Maybe he tied the shotgun to a weather balloon! When it let go, up it went.

/Some good old boy out in the woods

God, I really need a sign from you that'd I'm doing things right in my life...wait...what's that? A shotgun coming down on a weather balloon!?! Why that's the thing I wanted for my birthday and never got!

Posted by: 18-1 at January 13, 2026 04:23 PM (sKqQm)

275 Jacking Off or Boinking Hillary "Jabba the Hutt" Clinton ????

That is a tough decision......

One risks STDs/Rashes, and the other one is 100% Safe.......

Posted by: Mike Hunt at January 13, 2026 04:23 PM (lagsy)

276 270 263 Did Denise Richards hit the wall yet?

You tell me.

https://is.gd/IrX5IQ
Posted by: Archimedes at January 13, 2026 04:23 PM (Riz8t)

Yep

Posted by: It's me donna at January 13, 2026 04:23 PM (VE6XX)

277 Sorry Axeman, did not mean anything personal. Apologies.

Posted by: tubal at January 13, 2026 04:24 PM (pDt9x)

278
My dad met him in the late 80s when he was working for Wal-Mart. He said the same things Rush Limbaugh did: for an obvious sleazebag he was incredibly good at being charming.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 13, 2026 04:22 PM

I know a guy that was invited to fancy fundraisers for Clinton in LA that his friend insisted he attend, knowing he hated Clinton and he said Clinton knew that he didn't like him and spent an inordinate amount of time trying to schmooze him. He admitted he was charming but thinks it bothers him if one person in the room doesn't like him.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 13, 2026 04:25 PM (e2+im)

279 Isn't there still an actual jail cell in the Capitol or is that just a rumor?

I know that they have occasionally sent the Sergeant at Arms out to snatch someone and bring him in.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
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Sgt at Arms originally was charged with making sure that members could not stay away from the chamber during quorum calls. So normally, their role is that but they do have the power to enforce a chamber's ruling on 'arresting' and 'detaining' a witness. They used to do security before the Capitol Hill cops were created.

Posted by: whig at January 13, 2026 04:26 PM (WDjG6)

280 Somebody give Denise Richards some Protein Shakes........

And soon........... My God she is skinny as a rail and could break if you grab her....

Posted by: Jackson at January 13, 2026 04:26 PM (YnF8s)

281 I wonder because I would have drank myself to death inside 2 years, in my unsuccessful but Herculean effort to hide from the memory of Hillary's vagina.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 13, 2026 04:19 PM (BI5O2)

A true Lovecraftian Horror show, that.

Posted by: Zombie Vince Foster at January 13, 2026 04:27 PM (wVcYX)

282 278

PM

I know a guy that was invited to fancy fundraisers for Clinton in LA that his friend insisted he attend, knowing he hated Clinton and he said Clinton knew that he didn't like him and spent an inordinate amount of time trying to schmooze him. He admitted he was charming but thinks it bothers him if one person in the room doesn't like him.
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 13, 2026 04:25 PM (e2+im)

Would not last long at the HQ.

Posted by: tubal at January 13, 2026 04:27 PM (pDt9x)

283 I need to come hang out in here with y’all. I just spent more money than I should have on clothes. Oops.

Posted by: Piper at January 13, 2026 04:27 PM (/sySz)

284 I know a guy that was invited to fancy fundraisers for Clinton in LA that his friend insisted he attend, knowing he hated Clinton and he said Clinton knew that he didn't like him and spent an inordinate amount of time trying to schmooze him. He admitted he was charming but thinks it bothers him if one person in the room doesn't like him.
Posted by: CaliGirl
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Exactly so. Legendary temper tantrums though. Killary was always unbalanced, rude, and nasty even to Bill's detriment.

Posted by: whig at January 13, 2026 04:27 PM (WDjG6)

285 Did Denise Richards hit the wall yet?

You tell me.

https://is.gd/IrX5IQ
Posted by: Archimedes at January 13, 2026 04:23 PM (Riz8t)

Yep
Posted by: It's me donna at January 13, 2026 04:23 PM (VE6XX)

Holy shit. Botox bitch.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 13, 2026 04:27 PM (g8Ew8)

286 In a fit of islamaphobia the people of Iran have torched over 250 mosques.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 13, 2026 04:27 PM (9cHSL)

287
If we morons were living in Europe right now we'd be glancing toward the door frequently.

Posted by: Auspex at January 13, 2026 04:27 PM (Y8DZL)

288 Sorry Axeman, did not mean anything personal. Apologies.
Posted by: tubal at January 13, 2026 04:24 PM (pDt9x)
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Nah, that's okay. Iron sharpens iron. I enjoyed feedback to spur further thoughts.

Sorry if I came back as too defensive. But that's what I meant by the Weight of God as a force. Perhaps I am falling to error.

I hate just being alone in my head to cycle in thoughts.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 04:27 PM (krQz2)

289 If Hillary was the last confirmed biological female in the world and I was the last biological male........

The Human race would end !!!!!!!!!!

275 Jacking Off or Boinking Hillary "Jabba the Hutt" Clinton ????

That is a tough decision......

One risks STDs/Rashes, and the other one is 100% Safe.......

Posted by: Jackson at January 13, 2026 04:28 PM (j6UWQ)

290 Denise Richards looks all Mary Jane now. Ordinary.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 13, 2026 04:28 PM (9cHSL)

291 Remember when early in the first term, Bill had thugs go through all the security clearance documents for the GOP officeholders.

Posted by: whig at January 13, 2026 04:23 PM (WDjG6)
___________________________

You know, I have a theory about that. "FileGate". Hillary was involved to some extent. And, while I think you nailed one of the purposes (developing opposition research). I think Hillary used some of those files for recruitment of her anticipated Presidential run down the road. I think that's how James Comey shot up the promotion ladder so quickly. He got a nice promotion to Richmond in Clinton's second term.

It always bothered me how loyal certain well place people in govt are to Hillary despite her lack of redeeming qualities. I think those FBI vetting files were also about her setting up players for her team by giving them vocational assistance through Bill's White House.

Posted by: Orson at January 13, 2026 04:29 PM (dIske)

292 Where are the arms shipments? Air America?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 13, 2026 04:30 PM (9cHSL)

293 It always bothered me how loyal certain well place people in govt are to Hillary despite her lack of redeeming qualities. I think those FBI vetting files were also about her setting up players for her team by giving them vocational assistance through Bill's White House.
Posted by: Orson

Excellent point. She was always directed towards power from the get go. And like most of Stan's tools, it broke her and denied her what she desired most--the presidency of the US.

Posted by: whig at January 13, 2026 04:31 PM (WDjG6)

294 Epstein was working for someone after that...likely the CIA regardless of all the denials. And, they'd be my first guess at who holds any documentation on the Island antics.

This Epstein sex scandal stuff has been one of the greatest tactical moves in a while.

• Trump gets slimed even though he had nothing to do with Epstein.

• The DOJ is spending huge amounts of time to redact millions of documents rather than pursuing anything else.

• Epstein is associated with sex crimes even though its obvious to those who see the world other than one titillating story after another has an information, influence and money laundering operation - that all is off the news.

• this reinforces the idea that the entire system is rigged and the population loses faith in the authorities.

In the end, all of the criminals walk off in the sunset with all of their plunder.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 13, 2026 04:31 PM (kHd4y)

295 I can see why Hillary is so bitter after squirting out Chelsea.

Her baby is like the first Kardashian baby, ugly beyond plastic surgery. Scary even. Poor Chelsea. Do they do plastic surgery in the womb?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 13, 2026 04:31 PM (BSdIE)

296 Yeah it's a shame about Richard's. Beautiful woman, and a surgeon WRECKED that face.

I often wonder how these rich celebrities end up with surgeons who operate out of an auto-weave upholstery shop.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 13, 2026 04:33 PM (BI5O2)

297 You know, I have a theory about that. "FileGate". Hillary was involved to some extent. And, while I think you nailed one of the purposes (developing opposition research). I think Hillary used some of those files for recruitment of her anticipated Presidential run down the road. I think that's how James Comey shot up the promotion ladder so quickly. He got a nice promotion to Richmond in Clinton's second term.

Posted by: Orson at January 13, 2026 04:29 PM (dIske)
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I am pretty sure that's where they got the goods to embarrass Hastert.

But Hastert also needed to be embarrassed, but not just where it served the Clinton's purpose.

It was ridiculous where they left it. It's like Craig Livingstone wandered off a White House tour, found an empty office and started ordering FIB files as reading material.

Nobody hired the guy. Nobody "remembers" hiring the guy.

It's easy peasy for the administration to slip info from the FIB files to Stern.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 04:33 PM (krQz2)

298 Denise certainly looking old.

Stopped at grocery store to get a few things, behind a woman would have guessed into her 70s easy. She got cold medicine or something and had to give birth date, just a year and half more than I am. Blew that guess

Posted by: Skip at January 13, 2026 04:34 PM (Ia/+0)

299 Non-noodin' mofos been having fun without us.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 13, 2026 04:34 PM (XvL8K)

300 Jennifer Connelly is a woman who has aged very well in my opinion, while not having work done. Very thin, but still very pretty.

Posted by: tubal at January 13, 2026 04:35 PM (pDt9x)

301 dad met him in the late 80s when he was working for Wal-Mart. He said the same things Rush Limbaugh did: for an obvious sleazebag he was incredibly good at being charming.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 13, 2026 04:22 PM (2ocoG)

Isn’t that one of the classic traits of a psychopath?

Posted by: Really?? at January 13, 2026 04:35 PM (kgFPv)

302 Yeah it's a shame about Richard's. Beautiful woman, and a surgeon WRECKED that face.

I often wonder how these rich celebrities end up with surgeons who operate out of an auto-weave upholstery shop.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 13, 2026 04:33 PM (BI5O2)
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If anybody watches Traitors, there is a lady on the current season, Lisa, a "housewife of X", who has deformed lips that really thinks she looks fabulous.

The Botox face is like the "Innsmouth look" to me.

Posted by: Axeman at January 13, 2026 04:36 PM (krQz2)

303 FWIW, some might know this but I was involved in Arkansas politics during the Bill and Hill years. Father was a local government official, Bill and Hill were everywhere in Arkansas at the time, and I worked for a congress critter and campaigns. So I've talked to Clinton over the phone as I ran the Congressman's decision desk if you will for the election eve parties. Clinton loved to talk politics and I would get calls (while dialing out and receiving to get the most recent voting reports in the precincts), just to compare numbers or to get the Congress critter on the phone to talk to Bill.

Arkansas was a very rural state and governors had a two year term as well as other state officers, so Billy Jeff was always campaigning to the point I think he actually talked to all the voters in Arkansas at one time or another. Arkansas only had about 1.6 million at the time and Clinton ran every two years from 1974 to 1990 for office when they changed to terms to four years.

Posted by: whig at January 13, 2026 04:36 PM (WDjG6)

304 Was thinking, Leftists believe the BS their Propaganda Ministry spits out, so most were sure Trump had something to do with Epstein. Clinton did and that shut them up fast

Posted by: Skip at January 13, 2026 04:38 PM (Ia/+0)

305 Duck Bill Lips.

Posted by: tubal at January 13, 2026 04:38 PM (pDt9x)

306 In the end, all of the criminals walk off in the sunset with all of their plunder.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure

A bunch of the wealthies have been having to pay out to the girls in out of court settlements.

They can afford it but a lot of the Epstein adjacent ones are really old dudes like Leon Black. Wexner and his wife, and even Bill Gates.

Giffufre herself got millions from Prince Andrew and her estate even more from her book.

Posted by: whig at January 13, 2026 04:39 PM (WDjG6)

307 Bill Clinton Is a No-Show

Did you try the ultraviolet light?

Posted by: Monica at January 13, 2026 04:57 PM (EWq0C)

308 Can the subpoena a Private citizen, about things which happened OUTSIDE the US?

As much as I dislike the Clintons... this seems a stretch.

Posted by: Romeo13

The Virgin Islands is US Territory.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 13, 2026 06:02 PM (sCPLh)

309 The Clintons have never had to face consequences for their actions, ever. Why would they think they have to now? What’s the charge of “contempt of Congress” going to do? Nothing.

Posted by: RebeccaH at January 13, 2026 06:35 PM (VFung)

310 Can't stop thinking about tomorrow....

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 14, 2026 09:44 AM (pLaQB)

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