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New York Circa 1746 Open Thread
This better not be AI.
One of my favorite parts of movies is -- or was -- the use of models and later CGI to recreate historical cities. Now people are cranking these out at home.Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 01, 2026 02:52 PM (syz1S)
Posted by: Shitposter at January 01, 2026 02:54 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 02:55 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 02:57 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: DanMan at January 01, 2026 02:57 PM (8uzBS)
https://tinyurl.com/mrxtmr7x
Posted by: Piper
That's pretty cool. A denizen of this site in the News-for something good!
Posted by: Felonious Jenkins at January 01, 2026 02:58 PM (oftw2)
Where are the bawdy houses and the pails of night soil getting dumped out the windows?
See what you've got coming your way, Mamdami Mamas?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 01, 2026 02:58 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 02:59 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 03:00 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 03:01 PM (jc0TO)
Now, why won't people complain about this kind of squabble on the right?
Posted by: Eeyore at January 01, 2026 03:02 PM (s0JqF)
Posted by: Sovran Sitticen at January 01, 2026 03:02 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 01, 2026 03:04 PM (t/2Uw)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 01, 2026 03:04 PM (Cjt/F)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 01, 2026 03:04 PM (8CIFn)
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 02:57 PM (Wmg4n)
You're the one who waved to the camera, aren't you.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 01, 2026 03:04 PM (lH8E4)
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 03:05 PM (vV6n9)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 01, 2026 03:06 PM (Cjt/F)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 03:00 PM (8zz6B)
I hate AI narration. Even if they didn't mispronounce things, or have odd cadence, it's just lazy.
How long would it have taken you to read the damn thing.
Plonk.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 01, 2026 03:06 PM (q/UWX)
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 02:57 PM (Wmg4n)
so cool!! Happy new year!
Posted by: LASue at January 01, 2026 03:07 PM (/DBoU)
You're the one who waved to the camera, aren't you.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 01, 2026 03:04 PM (lH8E4)
Hahahah! I am the one in the work out video pretending like it’s super fun and I am not dying.
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 03:07 PM (p4NUW)
Longer than it took the AI to write it, I bet.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 01, 2026 03:08 PM (PH3st)
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 03:07 PM (p4NUW)
Well, all the women look lovely, so whichever one you are...
Posted by: BurtTC at January 01, 2026 03:08 PM (q/UWX)
Posted by: BurtTC at January 01, 2026 03:04 PM (lH8E4)
Hahahah! I am the one in the work out video pretending like it’s super fun and I am not dying.
I like watching as some figures appear and disappear, or walk through walls.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 03:09 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 03:10 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: LASue at January 01, 2026 03:11 PM (/DBoU)
so cool!! Happy new year!
Posted by: LASue at January 01, 2026 03:07 PM (/DBoU)
18 that's so cool, Piper!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 01, 2026 03:06 PM (Cjt/F)
Thank you! And Happy New Year as well!
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 03:11 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 03:11 PM (vV6n9)
Because Nick was chosen to be the one for X to amplify the views so that the population would be enraged at the fraud.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 01, 2026 03:11 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 01, 2026 03:04 PM (8CIFn)
Brian Krassenstein and his brother are two of the biggest engagement farming / hateposting trolls on X.
No you should not give a fuck about anything they say.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 03:12 PM (m7iZ5)
New York delenda est. Way to go AWFl’s. You finally did it.
Posted by: Vengeance at January 01, 2026 03:13 PM (IeX0j)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 01, 2026 03:04 PM (8CIFn)
One of two twin microtwink lefty scum popular on social media. They are ignorable nobodies.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 03:14 PM (3uBP9)
I am now home from my holiday excursion from where I could not comment on the blog. My Ipad died and my phone kept giving me the red letters of death. Thought it might be because i was somewhere I had never been before. Now home, this is working on my lap topbut still can't get my phone to accept my name and email so I can comment. Going to try and replace my Ipad asap but anyone know why This is happening with the phone.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 01, 2026 03:17 PM (t/2Uw)
New York delenda est. Way to go AWFl’s. You finally did it.
Posted by: Vengeance
I can't visit any less than I am now so. . . .
Posted by: Tonypete at January 01, 2026 03:17 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Mayor Zohan Mandami at January 01, 2026 03:18 PM (J9q9v)
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 02:57 PM
Is that you way in the back? ;-)
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at January 01, 2026 03:19 PM (LgsNJ)
Posted by: Emmie at January 01, 2026 03:19 PM (FMtrg)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 01, 2026 03:17 PM (t/2Uw)
It is normally because there is a weird character in the Comments, Name, or Email box. Try clearing them out, select all, delete/cut, then filling in again.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 03:20 PM (3uBP9)
Did you see Mamdani got sworn in on a koran? How can you swear to uphold the Constitution and adhere to Islam. The two are diametrically opposed.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 01, 2026 03:20 PM (t/2Uw)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 01, 2026 03:21 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 03:21 PM (jc0TO)
MTV debuted in 1981 with the now-classic Buggles song "Video Killed the Radio Star"
The landmark synth-pop song released by the British group The Buggles in 1979 is most famous for its role in television history and its prophetic lyrics regarding technological change.
The song was written by Trevor Horn, Geoff Downes, and Bruce Woolley. Upon its original release, it topped charts in 16 countries, including the UK, Australia, and Japan.
On December 31, 2025, MTV Music officially ended its 44-year broadcast run by playing this same iconic video as its final transmission.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 03:22 PM (c115l)
Posted by: Shitposter at January 01, 2026 02:54 PM
We do the opposite.
Posted by: San Francisco at January 01, 2026 03:22 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 02:57 PM (Wmg4n)
so cool!! Happy new year!
Posted by: LASue at January 01, 2026 03:07 PM (/DBoU)
You're the person actually being interviewed?
I stayed at the Marriott in Fairhope one night back in the mid 90's - business travel but wanted to come back - it was really nice.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 03:22 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Hideki Tojo at January 01, 2026 03:23 PM (oftw2)
Free Stuff for everyone and Big Businesses need to pay their "FAIR SHARE" !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Red States here comes new Business...
Posted by: Jackson at January 01, 2026 03:23 PM (/dgQg)
I hate AI narration. Even if they didn't mispronounce things, or have odd cadence, it's just lazy.
How long would it have taken you to read the damn thing.
Plonk.
Posted by: BurtTC
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YouTube is infested with AI slop now. I block the channels when they're recommended to me. I won't watch any histories, disaster stories, or any of that stuff unless there are human talkers on the screen, like The Rest Is History or Kyle Hates Hiking.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 01, 2026 03:24 PM (2YF7/)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 01, 2026 03:20 PM (t/2Uw)
My thought as well.
Posted by: Emmie at January 01, 2026 03:24 PM (FMtrg)
https://tinyurl.com/ym7b6zzz
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at January 01, 2026 03:24 PM (LgsNJ)
You mean you don't think that kitten saving a baby by fighting off 100 polar bears is real?
Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 03:25 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 01, 2026 03:25 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 01, 2026
Still there! And I am still glad I did it. I maybe cut just a little too much off, but my hair grows really fast, so it will be fine in no time. It can still go in a pony tail and bun, so that is all that matters.
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 03:26 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 01, 2026 03:26 PM (0sNs1)
Ken Burns (yes, that Ken Burns) prepared a multi-episodic documentary about New York. The first episode covers its history up to the opening of the Erie Canal in the mid-1820s. It is what I will go back to view to take a nostalgic look at those times. I can pretty much do without the rest of the series. Here is the link to Episode 1
https://youtu.be/V1omW-OPlRk
I remain astonished that the warp and weft of our history, our doughty Somalis, were not mentioned even once despite their innumerable contributions to what this society has accomplished in 250 years.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 01, 2026 03:27 PM (xG4kz)
I stayed at the Marriott in Fairhope one night back in the mid 90's - business travel but wanted to come back - it was really nice
No, that is one of my instructors. She is like human sunshine so I figured she would be the best face for this kind of thing.
Fairhope is a great little place that needs to stop growing.
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 03:28 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Allah Whackbar Child Early Learing Center at January 01, 2026 03:28 PM (oftw2)
I'm thinking about starting TRX again. That was a good workout. Imagine you are a slave in ancient Rome trying to earn your freedom. Straps, whips, kneeling, getting yelled at a lot. Accept your commander is a little gal with dancer legs screaming at you to hold position five more seconds and you are 4 seconds from collapsing.
Great stuff. Also might try a spin class if I can get up early enough. Spin, TRX, and some class with butt & gut in its name. My goal for this year.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 03:28 PM (3uBP9)
U.S. Presidents:
John Quincy Adams: A law book, emphasizing separation of church and state.
Theodore Roosevelt: No book at all.
Lyndon B. Johnson: A Catholic missal used by JFK, taken on Air Force One.
U.S. Congress (House & Senate):
Keith Ellison: The Quran, in 2007, beginning a trend.
Debbie Wasserman Schultz: A Hebrew Bible (Tanakh).
Ilhan Omar & Rashida Tlaib: The Quran.
Tulsi Gabbard: The Bhagavad Gita (first member of Congress to do so).
Robert Garcia: A rare Superman comic book.
Kyrsten Sinema: A law book.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 01, 2026 03:29 PM (NFX2v)
Maybe they should have stuck with videos over trash reality tv?
At least one good thing came out of it: Sec. or Transportation Duffy and his wife met on an Mtv show, lol.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 03:29 PM (NuV6c)
Posted by: rickb223
Somehow, I'm shocked by that. This seems appropriate:
1985 by Bowling for Soup
youtu.be/K38xNqZvBJI
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 01, 2026 03:30 PM (PH3st)
Posted by: toby928(c)
Half the things you read and see on the internet are fake.
Posted by: Andrew Jackson, at January 01, 2026 03:30 PM (13Txl)
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 03:07 PM (p4NUW)
Ah... I was guessing the professor. Very classy-looking woman.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 01, 2026 03:30 PM (IG3/x)
Family Fun With Crossbows Open Thread
Happy New Year!
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 01:31 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 01:31 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Tonypete at January 01, 2026 01:32 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 01:32 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: fourseasons at January 01, 2026 01:32 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 01:34 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Infuriated Welshman at January 01, 2026 01:34 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: PabloD at January 01, 2026 01:34 PM (tfChy)
Posted by: Tyrion Lannister at January 01, 2026 01:35 PM (P5BPp)
I think they are violating ALL of the range rules that I learned.
Posted by: Half Dozen at January 01, 2026 01:37 PM (EYvpB)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 01:37 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 01:37 PM (grNgC)
Posted by: Half Dozen at January 01, 2026 01:37 PM (EYvpB)
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That's what makes it entertaining.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 01:37 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 01, 2026 01:37 PM (Idisy)
Funnily enough, my father... not a fan of them.
YouTube: https://bit.ly/4b9Z2wk
Posted by: Tyrion Lannister
*looks questioningly at guy who does the "It's funny because" bit*
Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 01:38 PM (Riz8t)
The surgeon they interviewed said he hates the crossbows, because when someone someone shows up with a crossbow wound, it's pretty much 100% certain they won't make it.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 01, 2026 01:38 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 01:38 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 01, 2026 01:39 PM (u73oe)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 01:39 PM (zNwXb)
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Tell me about it.
Posted by: Richard The Lionhearted at January 01, 2026 01:39 PM (nWPIJ)
The surgeon they interviewed said he hates the crossbows, because when someone someone shows up with a crossbow wound, it's pretty much 100% certain they won't make it.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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Just out of curiosity, what was "n" for that study?
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at January 01, 2026 01:40 PM (aTta8)
Posted by: Freak crossbow accident at January 01, 2026 01:40 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Arrow Shirt Co. at January 01, 2026 01:41 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 01, 2026 01:41 PM (xT8gx)
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 01:42 PM (vV6n9)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 01:37 PM (jc0TO)
Made slings when I was a kid. It was the first time I realized how far I could throw a rock. Never really worked on accuracy rhough. I should of.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 01:42 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Always Thinkin' at January 01, 2026 01:43 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 01, 2026 01:43 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
That's a fur piece.
Posted by: Rand McNally at January 01, 2026 01:44 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Just the punchline at January 01, 2026 01:44 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Freak crossbow accident at January 01, 2026 01:40 PM (TbWk/)
I got a couple of bolts in my neck, and I did OK.
Posted by: The Monster at January 01, 2026 01:44 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 01:45 PM (77rzZ)
The ridiculous reality is that both teams are funded by billionaires: Phil Knight for Oregon (Nike) and Cody Campbell for Tech (oil money)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 01, 2026 01:45 PM (xT8gx)
Mrs. Howell
9 MM
Beans
Carrots
Posted by: Always Thinkin' at January 01, 2026 01:43 PM (oftw2)
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This is an outrage!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 01:45 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 01:46 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 01, 2026 01:46 PM (mlg/3)
Uncle Mike was my maternal grandfather’s older brother. His birthday was Jan 1. Every year, he had an open house. Folks would come and go, the Rose Bowl would be on. People would nosh on one folks food and the adults would get totally lit up. Open bar set up on a towel on the washer/dryer off the kitchen. Several plastic gallons of booze. Ice in a bucket. A few mixers. Serve yourself.
Kids snuck drinks. Played croquet in the rain in the back yard. Tromped through the living room to the couch to gorge on chips and dip and Vienna sausages.
He made it to 104. Never had kids. I miss him.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 01:48 PM (IhIKR)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 01:37 PM (jc0TO)
It is not hard, it just takes persistence. I used a leather pouch and 550 cord. The pouch was just a square chunk of leather slit on the ends with holes in each "finger" so it would stack when I threaded it with the cord. There is no right way of doing it.
It was mostly to flip rocks. I used it a lot when I was rehabbing from a broken shoulder to make sure I was getting good rotation and rebuilding flexibility
Look up "shepherd sling" or "Balearic sling" for patterns.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2026 01:48 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 01, 2026 01:45 PM (xT8gx)
If you fund a college football team, do you get to boink all the cheerleaders? Asking for a friend.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 01:48 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 01:50 PM (IhIKR)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 01:48 PM (8zz6B)
Need to clarify with your friend...half the cheer squads are men.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 01:50 PM (2WIwB)
CBS Evening News
@CBSEveningNews
"On too many stories, the press has missed the story. Because we've taken into account the perspective of advocates and not the average American. Or we put too much weight in the analysis of academics or elites, and not enough on you."
That changes now.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except Better at January 01, 2026 01:51 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Just the punchline
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And drones/droids. But mostly drones and droids.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 01:51 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 01:52 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: 2009Refugee at January 01, 2026 01:52 PM (8AONa)
Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 01:52 PM (grNgC)
Good times, huh
And the FT Knox audit?
Nationwide voter ID?
The J6 Inquisition?
forgotten like a fart in the wind
also, right now, the Senate is debating spending over 5 BILLION dollars to
get this
bring more refugees here
meet the new year
same as the old year
Posted by: Don Black. Message: at January 01, 2026 01:52 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except Better at January 01, 2026 01:51 PM (L/fGl)
They will do exactly what their advertisers say.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2026 01:52 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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Just out of curiosity, what was "n" for that study?
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister
"pretty much 100%" is not 100%, but it's also not 0% or 50-50.....
So more than one or two. I'd guess n=3.
And I think I just used up my yearly "math on the blog" allowance on Jan 1st.
Posted by: mikeski at January 01, 2026 01:52 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 01:50 PM (2WIwB)
Well, that would be icky...
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 01:53 PM (8zz6B)
@CBSEveningNews
"On too many stories, the press has missed the story. Because we've taken into account the perspective of advocates and not the average American. Or we put too much weight in the analysis of academics or elites, and not enough on you."
That changes now.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
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If it causes some commie cry babies at CBS to quit, then even if nothing else happens then it would be worthy. Their positions probably won't get filled and they will find themselves unemployable except as stockers at big box retail stores.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 01:53 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at January 01, 2026 01:53 PM (/mCq0)
Posted by: Don Black. Message: at January 01, 2026 01:53 PM (ZxPkt)
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That's a pretty understated way to say "the Party writes every g-ddamned word we print beneath our bylines."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 01, 2026 01:54 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 01, 2026 01:45 PM
Tech had a pretty easy schedule this season. Utah and BYU were the only ranked teams they faced. And Utah and BYU had easy schedules as well which led to being ranked.
Now facing good competition, Tech may be getting exposed.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 01:54 PM (P5BPp)
get this
bring more refugees here
meet the new year
same as the old year
Posted by: Don Black
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Easy enough to veto. The refugee types do not have the votes to override so let them vote so we know who these quislings are.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 01:54 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Sasquatch
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You will find the bookies win every game. The House always wins.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 01:55 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 01, 2026 01:56 PM (BI5O2)
'Be true to your school'
Posted by: Don Black. Message: at January 01, 2026 01:53 PM (ZxPkt)
Not a fucking dime.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 01:56 PM (8zz6B)
I always wanted a Barnett Commando, mostly due to James Bond.
But guns are better. More fun.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at January 01, 2026 01:56 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 01:48 PM (IhIKR)
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May his memory be a blessing.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 01:57 PM (RIvkX)
Not nearly as fun shooting into the sky on New Years as a boomstick.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 01:57 PM (2WIwB)
Not nearly as fun shooting into the sky on New Years as a boomstick.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 01:57 PM (2WIwB)
And probably more dangerous. I imagine terminal velocity for a crossbow bolt would not be much less than its initial velocity.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 01:59 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 01, 2026 01:56 PM (BI5O2)
Hee...Hee...Hee!!!
Posted by: Bambi's older brother at January 01, 2026 01:59 PM (2WIwB)
Not nearly as fun shooting into the sky on New Years as a boomstick.
Posted by: Diogenes
"Woohoo!" BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! "Yeah!"
.....
"Woohoo!" thwip..... "Yeah!"
.....
Hypothesis confirmed.
Posted by: mikeski at January 01, 2026 02:00 PM (nhCoE)
https://tinyurl.com/4pdfr73e
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 01, 2026 02:00 PM (+mUZM)
Finally got Her Majesty and The Big Dummy on the road. Headed off to Mass.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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May their travels be safe and speedy there and back.
FWIW, you might find the following short story amusing as it involves patent law. "An Ornament to His Profession" Charles L. Harness wrote it and some other short stories that are collected in the book of the same name.
"Charles Leonard Harness was born December 29, 1915 in Colorado City TX. After an abortive stint at Texas Christian University, studying to be a preacher, he moved on to George Washington University in Washington DC, where he received a B.S. degree in 1942, and a law degree in 1946. He married in 1938, and he and wife Nell have a daughter and a son. He worked as a mineral economist for the US Bureau of Mines, 1941-47, then became a patent attorney, first with American Cyanamid (1947-1953), then with W.R. Grace & Co. (1953-1981). "
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 02:00 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 02:00 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Diogenes
I'm wondering if the lead I shot skyward at midnight has come down yet. No holes in the roof, but I haven't seen my neighbor yet today. He's usually out and about by now.....
Posted by: Jubilant Delinquent at January 01, 2026 02:00 PM (oftw2)
like The Beach Boys said
'Be true to your school'
Posted by: Don Black. Message: at January 01, 2026 01:53 PM
In my opinion, NIL and transfer portal have ruined college sports. Especially NIL. College sports used to be about players choosing schools based on the school legacy or the good coach. And the focus was on playing for the school.
Now, after NIL and transfer portal, the focus is on which school can offer the most NIL money. And the players play for the money and that's it. School pride, coaches, fans do not matter anymore.
Show me the money is now the motto of college sports.
That is also the case for professional sports for the past 2-3 decades now. Which is why I no longer root for any teams or players. Since players don't care about the team or the cities in which they play or the fans who watch them. Money is all that matters. And they constantly whine about not making enough, even when making more than 99.99% of people in the world.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 02:01 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Amy Bishop at January 01, 2026 02:01 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 02:00 PM (3uBP9)
That's just sick!!!
Posted by: Fluffy the cat at January 01, 2026 02:02 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Clyde Shelton
.....and that's the guys riding the pine making league minimum.
Posted by: mikeski at January 01, 2026 02:02 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 02:02 PM (grNgC)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 02:03 PM (zNwXb)
https://t.ly/wno_B
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
The broad response to the AG should be -
FU, you racist POS.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 02:03 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 02:03 PM (vV6n9)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at January 01, 2026 02:03 PM (t/66j)
Normie S. shot himself through the knee (sideways) with a longbow and, of course, stumbled in to seek Mom's ministrations. He damn near bled out on our kitchen table. It looked like someone butchered a hog in there.
Funny now at reunions but it wasn't when it happened.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 01, 2026 02:04 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 02:04 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 02:04 PM (zNwXb)
Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 02:05 PM (3uBP9)
Off to work on car and listen to The Allman Brothers.
Happy new year!!!!!
Posted by: Mikey at January 01, 2026 02:05 PM (HxpHp)
https://tinyurl.com/yszz5p45
Legal in that style of amateur wrestling (freestyle, IIRC) but illegal in the style high school uses (folkstyle).
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at January 01, 2026 02:06 PM (/mCq0)
https://tinyurl.com/4pdfr73e
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 01, 2026 02:00 PM (+mUZM)
Now he needs to add a weed-whacker engine to cock it, and he has a machine-crossbow.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 02:06 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 02:00 PM (3uBP9)
That's just sick!!!
Posted by: Fluffy the cat at January 01, 2026 02:02 PM (2WIwB)
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Bow much would a trebuchet cost?
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at January 01, 2026 02:06 PM (36PRH)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at January 01, 2026 02:06 PM (36PRH)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 01, 2026 02:07 PM (xT8gx)
Turnover on downs at Tech 23 on failed 4th and 1.
Turnover on downs at Tech 2 on failed 4th and 2.
Turnover on downs at Tech 33 on failed 4th and 2.
Dominating time of possession 2:1 (23:31 to 9:56)
Dominating plays 53 to 28
Dominating yardage 207 to 80.
Yet, with one good TD drive, Tech could take lead.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 02:08 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher
and such a good idea with the towel on the W/D! Wring out the spilled booze, drink it, and toss towel in the washer. Highly efficient!
Posted by: One-Stop Shopping at January 01, 2026 02:08 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 02:00 PM (WDjG6)
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W.R. Grace was my first employer out of college... the company was eventually ruined by their asbestos liabilities.
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at January 01, 2026 02:08 PM (t/66j)
https://t.ly/wno_B
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
The broad response to the AG should be -
FU, you racist POS.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 02:03 PM (/lPRQ)
***
So an intrepid reporter from Seattle's ABC affiliate decided to investigate the emerging reports of Somali day cares in south Seattle. The interview that makes the news? Its a Korean day care center.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 02:09 PM (2WIwB)
Yeah - Libby Montana is not a fan.
Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 02:09 PM (grNgC)
Posted by: garrett
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Supposedly the gas operated ones take up a bit of the recoil but their popularity dwindled when 3 inch 12 gauge shells became widely available.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 02:09 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 02:09 PM (vV6n9)
Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 02:10 PM (3uBP9)
One day, our very stupidest friend got in on the action (thank G-d I wasn't present for this, I might have killed him).
This guy wasn't quite Somali dumb, few people are, but dumb AF. He wrapped it but didn't remove the damn arrowhead first, and shot our other buddy Tyler. In the face. It went straight through his lip and maxilla, and lodged in his soft palate. He was riding ATV at the time, which we promptly drove into a barbed wire fence, inflicting more grievous injuries.
He lived. But it was a close run thing.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 01, 2026 02:10 PM (BI5O2)
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Same here. We ran around like a pack of wild indians. The parents gave no thought whatsoever to the safety or behavior of the kids, because it wasn't necessary.
Today, I see no kids out playng around the neighborhood at all.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 01, 2026 02:11 PM (XeU6L)
@visegrad24 2h
BREAKING: Belarusian Il-76 cargo planes keep landing in Tehran, bringing in Russian and Chinese weapons and equipment for the Islamic regime’s pressured security forces.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 01, 2026 02:11 PM (mlg/3)
Posted by: Tonypete
My Dad's uncle was a Cyclops because his brother shot him through the eye with an arrow.
Posted by: Warby Parker! at January 01, 2026 02:11 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 01, 2026 02:12 PM (+mUZM)
Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 02:12 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Lincolntf
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Online gambling will ruin CFB just like it did the pros. By making the bets on performance of individual athletes, etc. rather than win-lose, it makes it much easier for gamblers to get to individual players.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 02:13 PM (WDjG6)
They punish you like nothing else. I can't say I have shot any of the most current models...but, damn. Gramps 10 GA hit like Mike Tyson.
3.5" Goose Loads out of a 12 GA are not even close and they will beat you up fairly well after a day in the field.
Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 02:13 PM (grNgC)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 01, 2026 02:13 PM (BI5O2)
Yeah - Libby Montana is not a fan.
Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 02:09 PM (grNgC)
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Nor was Woburn, MA....
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at January 01, 2026 02:13 PM (t/66j)
@visegrad24 2h
BREAKING: Belarusian Il-76 cargo planes keep landing in Tehran, bringing in Russian and Chinese weapons and equipment for the Islamic regime’s pressured security forces.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 01, 2026 02:11 PM (mlg/3)
Soon as this thing broke out we should have shut down Iranian airspace.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 02:14 PM (QGaXH)
One day, our very stupidest friend got in on the action (thank G-d I wasn't present for this, I might have killed him).
This guy wasn't quite Somali dumb, few people are, but dumb AF. He wrapped it but didn't remove the damn arrowhead first, and shot our other buddy Tyler. In the face. It went straight through his lip and maxilla, and lodged in his soft palate. He was riding ATV at the time, which we promptly drove into a barbed wire fence, inflicting more grievous injuries.
He lived. But it was a close run thing.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 01, 2026 02:10 PM (BI5O2)
Sounds like a dumb game in any case. Wrap foam tape around a headless arrow, and hit somebody in the eye socket with that, and the shaft of the arrow slips right through the foam tape and enter the guys brainbox.
Nerf guns FTW.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 02:14 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 02:14 PM (vV6n9)
@Clyde Shelton, while I agree with most of your post, I'm adapting to CFB being a new thing. The school loyalty stuff is gone, but the athletics are just as good. I will always be rooting for someone, because I love competition in every form, and college football is still great on the field. I try to ignore the fact that accountants are pulling the strings, they aren't the ones ripping off 50-yard runs through traffic.
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 02:09 PM
I still watch the regular season games between the good schools and watch the playoffs. However, I stopped watching bowl games in general years ago when they lost all meaning... because players sit out who were going to the NFL and the teams playing in the bowl games were 2nd and 3rd stringers, nothing like the teams from the regular season.
The bowl games also have lost all meaning because we've gone from 11 bowl games (16% of schools) in 1976 to 42 bowl games (62%) in 2024.
When everyone is special, no one is.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 02:15 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 02:04 PM (zNwXb)
Iowa State ripped off the coach from Washington State. I read yesterday that many of the 40 didn't declare for the portal until after they met the new coach. Coach knows how to win, but he's made the road ahead difficult for himself.
Meanwhile, Washington State is going to come out of it all a lot better off.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 02:15 PM (2WIwB)
I did abatement for about 5 years...and worked with the stuff a lot doing historical remodels.
In the future, I believe we will find (Owens Corning) Fiberglass to be even more deadly/toxic.
Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 02:15 PM (grNgC)
BREAKING: Belarusian Il-76 cargo planes keep landing in Tehran, bringing in Russian and Chinese weapons and equipment for the Islamic regime’s pressured security forces.
IOW, they're ensuring that they'll be hated by whomever eventually takes over. They might want to think this through.
Russia shouldn't really mind because chaos in Iran would take a major oil producer off the world market for awhile. China is a different story. They're protecting their current oil supplier - one they can't replace.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 02:16 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Boswell at January 01, 2026 02:16 PM (BGfwC)
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 02:16 PM (vV6n9)
Harmeet Dillon responded that's not right, and she will take action if peoples' 1A rights are restricted.
The administration needs to come down on these states fast and hard. No more games, grandstanding, X b#tchslaps. Shut it all down now.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 02:16 PM (NuV6c)
Normie S. shot himself through the knee (sideways) with a longbow and, of course, stumbled in to seek Mom's ministrations. He damn near bled out on our kitchen table. It looked like someone butchered a hog in there.
Funny now at reunions but it wasn't when it happened.
Posted by: Tonypete
How does one shoot oneself in the knee, sideways, with a bow and arrow?
I assume Norm had a long and illustrious career as a circus contortionist as an adult?
Posted by: mikeski at January 01, 2026 02:17 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 02:01 PM (P5BPp)
I'm going to miss Clayton Kershaw this year. He was public about his faith and pushed back on the LA degeneracy. But he had six very good reasons to retire: He and his wife just had their 5th kid.
Posted by: pookysgirl, still keeping an eye on the Dodgers at January 01, 2026 02:17 PM (Wt5PA)
Otters
Hot Iron
Bewbs!
Posted by: Boswell at January 01, 2026 02:16 PM (BGfwC)
Bewbs!!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 02:17 PM (QGaXH)
The Washington state attorney general released a statement on X Tuesday evening warning independent journalists to stop investigating fraudulent Somali daycare centers or they could be charged with a hate crime.
https://t.ly/wno_B
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
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That's a confession.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 01, 2026 02:17 PM (azNOR)
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Nah, we're talking about a softball-sized chunk of tightly packed foam and duct tape. They hurt like the devil, and left huge bruises, but that was the only serious injury that happened. Just hillbilly shit in a little mountain hamlet with nothing to do but beat on each other.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 01, 2026 02:17 PM (BI5O2)
3.5" Goose Loads out of a 12 GA are not even close and they will beat you up fairly well after a day in the field.
Posted by: garrett
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Back when I shot shotguns, I cheated. Mercury inserts in the buttstock, heavy ass stocks, thick recoil pads, heavy shooting coat and a past recoil pad under the coat. Same with hard kicking rifles. Back and other neuropathy problems pretty much rule out shooting those nowadays.
In Arkansas, snow geese were easy enough to find and shoot, in fact, farmers and state begged people to shoot them in season, but geese are a royal pita to clean and cook so duck hunting is still the premier shooting sport there.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 02:18 PM (WDjG6)
Otters
Hot Iron
Bewbs!
Posted by: Boswell at January 01, 2026 02:16 PM (BGfwC)
Perhaps relook the order there..
Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 02:19 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 01, 2026 02:10 PM (BI5O2)
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Cool. Visible weapons were frowned upon in my neighborhood.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 02:19 PM (RIvkX)
Like playing BB Tag. 3 Pumps Max!
Yeah...that was more of an aspirational guideline than a hard Rule.
Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 02:19 PM (grNgC)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2026 02:20 PM (8Xy/A)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 02:17 PM (QGaXH)
And so it begins...
***waits for patiently for that guy who always says nothing is happening***
Posted by: Boswell at January 01, 2026 02:20 PM (BGfwC)
Posted by: Half Dozen at January 01, 2026 01:37 PM (EYvpB)
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That's what makes it entertaining.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 01:37 PM (ZOv7s)
Technically speaking, I don't think the rules of the range actually prohibit blindfolds. So maybe they're okay.
Posted by: Half Dozen at January 01, 2026 02:21 PM (EYvpB)
A culture that celebrates the prom queen over the math olympiad champ, or the jock over the valedictorian, will not produce the best engineers.
Posted by: Vivek Ramaslamadingdong at January 01, 2026 02:21 PM (R/m4+)
Yeah...that was more of an aspirational guideline than a hard Rule.
Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 02:19 PM (grNgC)
Oh hell yeah, me and my brothers hunted each other BB guns a lot. My mom hated that, especially inside the house.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 01, 2026 02:21 PM (BI5O2)
Yeah...that was more of an aspirational guideline than a hard Rule.
Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 02:19 PM (grNgC)
This!
Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 02:21 PM (2WIwB)
We get big Snow and Ross flights through here. Limits are retarded. Like 20+ per day. No thanks.
I'd rather eat Kale.
Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 02:21 PM (grNgC)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
Because it implicates Democrats.
Democrat logical.
Posted by: mikeski at January 01, 2026 02:22 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: garrett
Look, Jack, my Corvette never killed anybody. Neilia's station wagon though,.....
Posted by: President Emeritus!! at January 01, 2026 02:22 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 02:22 PM (vV6n9)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
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Why risk confrontation with Russia or China? All the arms in the world shipped into Assad in Syria did not save his ass when people wanted him gone.
In fact, a lot of those arms ended up with the opposition when the Alawites had enough of fighting and dying.
If the Iranian people truly want the mullahs gone by a large percentage, they will be gone absent foreign on the ground troops keeping them in control.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 02:22 PM (WDjG6)
The Russkis just can't help themselves. If there's a d*** move out there, they'll do it. Now that they're putting Wagnerians on their sabotage and shadow fleet ships, I expect shooting to break out soon. The Finns are not going to back down, and the Russians don't have a lot of friends.
https://is.gd/xJPxlm
Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 02:22 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: pookysgirl, still keeping an eye on the Dodgers at January 01, 2026 02:17 PM
One my childhood sports heroes, Ryne Sandberg, passed away this year. I miss players like him and Barry Sanders and Walter Payton who were not obnoxious show-offs, but just played the game and played with class.
That's another thing that has turned me off to college and pro sports the last 10+ years or so. The constant celebrating and showing off for making even the basic play. Make a tackle, dance and pose for the cameras... get a first down, celebrate like you just won the Super Bowl... get a turnover, the entire defense runs to the opposite end zone and puts on a choreographed routine for the cameras.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 02:24 PM (P5BPp)
In fact, a lot of those arms ended up with the opposition when the Alawites had enough of fighting and dying.
If the Iranian people truly want the mullahs gone by a large percentage, they will be gone absent foreign on the ground troops keeping them in control.
Concur. However, there are other things we can do short of military intervention that show we support the Iranian people, which we should.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 02:24 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Vivek Ramaslamadingdong at January 01, 2026 02:21
Oh yeah I nearly forgot about that little bon mot.
Tough shit. That's the culture in THIS country, Vivek.
If you think that's no good, then haul ass back to India and go enter a spelling bee, ya fuckin' wog.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 01, 2026 02:24 PM (BI5O2)
Current rules in Arkansas on snow geese,
"The season begins on February 1st and runs through late April and there are no bans on plugs or electric calls, plus, there are no bag or possession limits. "
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 02:25 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
I'm recommending you for Order of the Redneck, second class, with Bud Light cap clusters.
Posted by: mikeski at January 01, 2026 02:25 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at January 01, 2026 02:25 PM (/mCq0)
Posted by: Vivek Ramaslamadingdong at January 01, 2026 02:21
Oh yeah I nearly forgot about that little bon mot.
Tough shit. That's the culture in THIS country, Vivek.
Disagree. He's making a valid point, and a whole lot of people who wonder why Orientals and Indians in this country are so much more successful than they are would do well to listen.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 02:26 PM (Riz8t)
Yeah. I have buddies who go down there and decimate the Snows. 100-200 geese days. It's nuts.
Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 02:26 PM (grNgC)
https://tinyurl.com/24z6ubst
Massive fraud over illegals getting driving licenses on KY- and no doubt, in other D states as well
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2026 02:26 PM (Yl2Ob)
Posted by: Archimedes
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Verbal support, sanctions, warning Iranian higher ups off from crimes against humanity, and acting to spread internal comms from Iranians and those in exile would be something easy enough to do and support.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 02:27 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 02:22 PM (WDjG6)
No planes in or out does not equal Foreign troops on the ground...
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 02:27 PM (QGaXH)
"The season begins on February 1st and runs through late April and there are no bans on plugs or electric calls, plus, there are no bag or possession limits. "
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 02:25 PM (WDjG6)
Same rules they have for alligators, pythons and penguins...Arkansas is generous like that.
Posted by: Boswell at January 01, 2026 02:27 PM (BGfwC)
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 02:28 PM (vV6n9)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 02:28 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Vivek Ramaslamadingdong at January 01, 2026 02:21
What about cultures that shit in the streets and molest women on public transit?
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 01, 2026 02:28 PM (Idisy)
Posted by: Vivek Ramaslamadingdong
Oh yeah I nearly forgot about that little bon mot.
Tough shit. That's the culture in THIS country, Vivek.
If you think that's no good, then haul ass back to India and go enter a spelling bee, ya fuckin' wog.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
As I are one myself, I know the engineers don't give a crap about your accolades, Vivie. Just let us solve our problems in peace. Give the brass-plated pewter trophies to the pretty extroverts who can run fast and throw things.
Posted by: mikeski at January 01, 2026 02:29 PM (nhCoE)
Yes and no. The culture he denigrates produced the inventors of basically everything the Asians are now iterating on. It’s OK to have high school football *and* top mathematicians. We’re America, dammit.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 01, 2026 02:29 PM (QZThv)
How is "hate" a crime? Emotions are illegal now?
It's a nonsense crime used to harass people who haven't committed a crime, or to make a normal crime appear much worse.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 02:29 PM (NuV6c)
Posted by: garrett
It isn't exactly hunting involved, just killing due to the sheer size of the flocks in the fields.
Had an acquaintance who worked at a large cattle ranch owned by his relative. Came a time that the deer herd got so large that they got a permit from the state to reduce the numbers. The acquaintance killed so many deer doing that he lost the taste for hunting them permanently afaik.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 02:29 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Mary Cloggistein from Brattleboro, Vt at January 01, 2026 02:29 PM (wXPKd)
Vivek doesn't live there, he lives here, and he's trying to make it better. I can't understand why this is a bad thing.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 02:29 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 02:30 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 02:30 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 02:30 PM (zNwXb)
Anyone ask him about the culture where you can literally buy a PhD in a shop like it was any other commodity?
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 01, 2026 02:31 PM (lUFok)
I agree with the guy who posted the tweet. I also like his nic- "passably affable".
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2026 02:31 PM (Yl2Ob)
https://is.gd/esSxd8
Posted by: Archimedes
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GOPe for decades was organized as a coalition of grifters and DeWine is a perfect example. He kept on like a Democrat even when he lost his Senate seat, he went home to grift some more.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 02:31 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Vivek Ramaslamadingdong
And a culture that allows rampant scamming, littering, and pooping in the streets will become so uninhabitable that they will flee to a functional one.
[insert 'let me tell you what it means to be American' meme here]
Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 02:32 PM (NuV6c)
Vivek doesn't live there, he lives here, and he's trying to make it better. I can't understand why this is a bad thing.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 02:29 PM (Riz8
Let me know when India makes it to the moon.
Because the American culture he is denigrating -- jocks and prom queens -- was in full swing last time we were there.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 01, 2026 02:32 PM (Idisy)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 02:26 PM (Riz8t)
He is not.
We are plagued by many problems that have led us to this impasse.
But while America has never placed a lot of cultural value on nerds, it still managed to produce the best engineers in world history, for a couple straight centuries.
He's just a smarmy little bitch who wishes he was cool, and he never will be.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 01, 2026 02:32 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: tubal
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Funny thing, turkey is now displacing geese as the traditional holiday dinner bird in the UK. The Brits collectively finally came to the same conclusion as you have.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 02:32 PM (WDjG6)
They fit, and who gave a shit if they were slightly bent? Bolts is bolts, right?
Yeah, we really wanted to shoot this thing.
First shot, the bent bolt goes flying off in a completely random direction and goes right through the wall of his mobile home like it wasn't even there. Outer sheet metal, inner simulated wood paneling? Crossbow doesn't give a fuck.
We were suitably impressed by the power of the bow, but concerned about the inevitable, and memorable, ass kicking that was sure to arrive courtesy of my friend's father (this was before Modern Parenting forbade ass kickings, even if the kid does something monumentally stupid like shooting a hole in the trailer house).
Fortunately, the outer hole was in a patch of overgrowth at the corner where the homemade carport attached to the trailer, and the inner hole was in the back of my friend's bedroom closet.
As far as I know, the old man never noticed that the trailer had one more hole than it came from the factory with.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 01, 2026 02:32 PM (IG3/x)
1) It's not denigration to point out the flaws, which are very real. The culture that produced those things is not, in many cases, the culture of today. The Asians are iterating, but in many cases, they're threatening to take the lead. Besides, there are a whole lot of them, and they're smart and hardworking. Just because we led 50 years ago, doesn't mean we always will.
2) It IS okay to have both. He was saying that if you focus on trivial pursuits to the exclusion of the important stuff, that's not okay.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 02:32 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 02:29 PM (Riz8t)
"Brown people and girls ruin everything"
Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2026 02:33 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2026 02:33 PM (Yl2Ob)
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 01, 2026 02:34 PM (5xuJ/)
Because his idea of "better" is infinity H1B visas --> citizenship for Indians?
Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 02:34 PM (NuV6c)
I've received a flood of heartfelt inquiries about @VDHanson, and respond on my own accord, being clear that I'm not relaying official news about Victor, as I've not been deputized to say anything or to offer an update. However, I will say that what Victor endured this past Tuesday was indeed quite major surgery, and with that comes serious post-op procedures, tests, etc. That is ongoing.
Whether or not the surgery has proven successful (which is the objective of the avalanche of prayers that have already come Victor's way -- of which he is very aware and deeply moved) is still to be determined, and such news Victor will share at his discretion. That said, if you are amenable to continued prayers for Victor as he recovers, then please do offer them.
God bless and Happy New Year
Jan 1, 2026 · 2:16 PM UTC
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 02:35 PM (UZwsW)
[insert 'let me tell you what it means to be American' meme here]
Again, he's not defending India, he's talking about what WE need to do to stay on top. In many cases, we aren't doing it.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 02:35 PM (Riz8t)
Why? Too fatty?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2026 02:33 PM (Yl2Ob)
Greasy, gamey taste, renders too easily, leaving tough meat.
Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 02:36 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 01, 2026 02:36 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2026 02:36 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Archimedes
It's because the ones here are already the top 1% of their 1%.
Their "culture" is why their home countries are complete shitholes (more true of India than any random asian country).
Their rare genius get the ef out but are still lacking an aptitude to recognize why home is a dump.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 02:36 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 01, 2026 02:36 PM (+mUZM)
Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 02:37 PM (grNgC)
I agree that he missed the mark there. However, I live in NoVa, a very "diverse" area. When my kids were in HS, most of the top performers were asians of some flavor. They took their studies seriously. Too many native-born kids don't.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 02:37 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 01, 2026 02:37 PM (BI5O2)
No fat at all is the problem. They don't develop interstitial fat. Just caul fat.
Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 02:38 PM (grNgC)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 02:38 PM (UZwsW)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 01, 2026 02:36 PM (BI5O2)
He was born in Cincinnati. Chances are the worst thing you can say about him is he eats funny food.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2026 02:39 PM (rbvCR)
There is certainly truth in that, but I rather doubt that the majority of their high performers are over here. That means there are more of them in their home countries than we have.
Sooner or later, they'll get it together in India and China, and when they do, you'd better hope our kids have upped their game.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 02:39 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 01, 2026 02:36 PM (+mUZM)
You cook them with bacon, lots and lots of bacon...then throw away the goose, eat the bacon.
Posted by: Boswell at January 01, 2026 02:40 PM (BGfwC)
Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 02:40 PM (grNgC)
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May their memories be a blessing.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 02:40 PM (RIvkX)
foreign wines > foreign swine
Posted by: anachronda at January 01, 2026 02:41 PM (edU/H)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 01, 2026 02:36 PM (+mUZM)
You cook them with bacon, lots and lots of bacon...then throw away the goose, eat the bacon.
Posted by: Boswell at January 01, 2026 02:40 PM (BGfwC)
This is wisdom.
Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 02:41 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Ian S. at January 01, 2026 02:29 PM (QZThv)
The cheerleaders and football players I can think of peaked their senior year of high school. They never invented anything.
Most of 'em never even amounted to anything in college... being the best football player or prettiest girl at East Bumblefuck High is an entirely different thing from being the best football player or the prettiest girl at Enormous State University.
Some of them did find limited (albeit highly localized) success by working their high school social contacts into a career as a used car salesman or a real estate agent, but they sure as fuck didn't invent packet switching or software recursion.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 01, 2026 02:41 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 02:42 PM (vV6n9)
Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 02:42 PM (grNgC)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 01, 2026 02:42 PM (+mUZM)
I didn't realize we have nothing of value to learn from anyone else.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 02:43 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: President Emeritus! at January 01, 2026 02:43 PM (oftw2)
He made that comment last Christmas during the H1B discussion, defending the hiring of Indians. As has been pointed out since then, Americans that DO work hard, who DO pursue STEM degrees and want very much to achieve great things are being systematically shut out via foreigners getting preferential admissions at elite universities, getting preferential hiring at graduation thanks to OPT, and those who have gotten good jobs are laid off when an Indian executive is hired (see many postings from https://x.com/realmattforney and others), such as Fedx, Walmart, etc...
We are long past calling this an 'Americans are slackers' issue.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 02:44 PM (NuV6c)
If you cook them in fat, geese and ducks are ok.
I spent 2-3 years living on ducks and geese when I ate through the deer I was allowed to take.
It's not a fun way to live.
Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 02:44 PM (grNgC)
He's just Indian.
Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 02:42 PM (grNgC)
He should have been born in Kiev and raised in Milwaukie. That would have made him OK.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2026 02:44 PM (rbvCR)
Yeah...that was more of an aspirational guideline than a hard Rule.
Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 02:19 PM (grNgC)
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I saw 3 Pumps Max! open for Wham! at the Blue Oyster Bar .
Posted by: not an oligarch at January 01, 2026 02:45 PM (5LiC7)
Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2026 02:39 PM (rbvCR)
Well, that, and being an undiplomatic jerk. But mostly being an undiplomatic jerk.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 02:45 PM (8zz6B)
"I don't mind it. Now I can have the second or third best guy come in and play next week instead of waiting a year!".
Posted by: DanMan at January 01, 2026 02:45 PM (8uzBS)
Posted by: Archimedes
China's best days are past them in the near future as they are aging as rapidly as the Japanese due to their lack of births.
India has the births so far and has probably exceeded China's population by now. However, it lacks cohesion as a nation due to the sheer multitude of ethnicities, religions, etc. and the instability from living next to Pakistan, Bangladesh, and China.
On top of that, you have the caste system and Hinduism for the top Brahmin caste that means disdain and dislike for any of the other castes.
So you get a hodge podge of pockets of wealth along with pockets of extreme poverty. We shall see if India, unlike China, can beat the middle income trap for nations.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 02:45 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Archimedes
It's cultural, so that's at least 2 generations off, if they get going on it right now. And I don't see any big charismatic leaders in either place.
And in China, it's political..... commies don't like Idea People getting Ideas.
Posted by: mikeski at January 01, 2026 02:45 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: Gadabout Gaddis at January 01, 2026 02:45 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 02:46 PM (pDt9x)
I wouldn't eat either for a long time after that.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 01, 2026 02:46 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 02:45 PM (8zz6B)
Well, he could post here then, and no one could tell the difference.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2026 02:46 PM (rbvCR)
tinyurl.com/ysyzsc44
Goes to Grace Books.
The only thing I got going on this year, for now, is what happens to the contract I'm working in Aug. It should change Beltway Bandits then. (shrugs)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 01, 2026 02:47 PM (sAmhv)
This guy made his snide little jab because he was demanding moe H1Bs.
He isn't trying to help anything but HIS business and HIS tribe.
Well, I don't work for his business, and I'm not in his filthy tribe. His interests are not mine, or my family's, or my country's.
This little fucker shouldn't get within a mile of public office, unless it's in Bangalore.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 01, 2026 02:47 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 02:43 PM (Riz8t)
Lear...its nothing of value to lear...come on, if the MN Somalis can do it, so can we.
Posted by: Boswell at January 01, 2026 02:48 PM (BGfwC)
Sigh...
Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 02:48 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 02:46 PM (pDt9x)
Tech bros who need large numbers of programmers, hopefully already trained, to do the scutwork for bringing out new stuff.
The tech bros who bankrolled him, and backed JD Vance and supported Trump.
They have wallets too. This is the problem of a coalition, it makes a lot of tension.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2026 02:49 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 02:49 PM (u/afo)
That's an argument for getting rid of the DEI rot and all the abuses of HiBs. As I've already said, I don't agree with Vivek on that point. However, it doesn't mean that our kids shouldn't work harder. That's a very different proposition.
We are long past calling this an 'Americans are slackers' issue.
Not all are, but plenty are, and if you want to avoid the need for bringing in boatloads of H1Bs, they're going to have to show they're better. We won't stay on top with mediocre S&T.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 02:49 PM (Riz8t)
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Doesn't matter he was born. He was expressing a preference for his mother culture and denigrating ours. Just because he slid down his mother's leg on our soil doesn't mean much.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 01, 2026 02:49 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Tenure at DOGE, exemplary.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 02:50 PM (UZwsW)
Except that isn't his Mother Culture's Values.
Those are the Values of the people who colonized India. Indians didn't value education prior to colonization.
Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 02:51 PM (grNgC)
https://tinyurl.com/45e2n9m3
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 02:49 PM (u/afo)
Is that a Honda Fit? Please tell me they are pitching a Fit.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 02:51 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Tenure at DOGE, exemplary.
Trump is often rightfully accused of being an undiplomatic jerk. Should we get rid of his as well? Sometimes that's what's needed.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 02:51 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 01, 2026 02:52 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Bananas PSA at January 01, 2026 02:52 PM (oftw2)
Dillon should say something stronger than "having some 'splaining to do." No cuteness, put some damn teeth in it.
Like reminding them a state AG can face federal consequences if their actions in violation of their oath also constitute a federal crime or a breach of the U.S. Constitution or federal law, which the DOJ will investigate and prosecute. Immediately.
Posted by: vivi at January 01, 2026 02:53 PM (jC0jb)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 02:53 PM (Riz8t)
BB gun wars were all the rage amongst us youngsters.
10 pumps from a Daisy hurt like hell at 10 ft.
Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at January 01, 2026 02:54 PM (WQDw6)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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You left out grifter. Vivek became rich by running a pump and dump company Axovant and selling at its height-company lasted for eight years pushing a failed Alzheimer's drug. Owns shares in another, Roivant, which has never made a profit yet Wall Street is still propping up.
That is how he made his money. Not by creating anything but from fooling stupid investors.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 02:54 PM (WDjG6)
Shouldn't be used for getting people arguably better than the natives but willing to work for much less.
Should be reserved for scalping other nations real genius. And Filipina nurses.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 02:54 PM (/lPRQ)
https://tinyurl.com/45e2n9m3
Posted by: Bid
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If that was a Toyota Land Cruiser they'd go start it up.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 02:55 PM (UZwsW)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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You left out grifter. Vivek became rich by running a pump and dump company Axovant and selling at its height-company lasted for eight years pushing a failed Alzheimer's drug. Owns shares in another, Roivant, which has never made a profit yet Wall Street is still propping up.
That is how he made his money. Not by creating anything but from fooling stupid investors.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 02:54 PM (WDjG6)
It's a legal con man job. It's better than an illegal one.
Posted by: Nova Local at January 01, 2026 02:55 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 02:55 PM (zNwXb)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 02:56 PM (UZwsW)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 02:51 PM (Riz8t)
Trump never comes off as being condescending. Ramaswami comes off as being condescending.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 02:56 PM (8zz6B)
Embrace the power of 'and' then.
American education has slipped thanks to being run by Lefty activists.
-- and --
American students and workers have been shortchanged by institutions who prefer foreigners over citizens to make more money.
However, you are saying Vivek's comment in the midst of an H1B discussion should not be considered in the context of an H1b discussion. That is a distinction you are making - Vivek did not. He is the one who chose that moment to put down Americans.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 02:56 PM (NuV6c)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 01, 2026 02:47 PM (BI5O2)
Doesn't matter he was born. He was expressing a preference for his mother culture and denigrating ours. Just because he slid down his mother's leg on our soil doesn't mean much.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 01, 2026 02:49 PM (BI5O2)
You drinking again Mr. Bunker? You ain't gonna start on again about the Jews and the Russians, are ya? I'm gonna have to call you a cab if you do.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2026 02:56 PM (rbvCR)
Shouldn't be used for getting people arguably better than the natives but willing to work for much less.
Should be reserved for scalping other nations real genius. And Filipina nurses.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 02:54 PM (/lPRQ)
So, 100 a year. The single best and brightest person from each of the top 100 countries in the world. Give an award.
Posted by: Nova Local at January 01, 2026 02:56 PM (tOcjL)
I will gladly sacrifice Vivek on the same altar that we sacrifice all such individuals.
But, that's gonna be one bloody fucking altar.
Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 02:57 PM (grNgC)
Yeah...that was more of an aspirational guideline than a hard Rule.
Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 02:19 PM (grNgC)
My cousin just got his BB behind the eye removed. 42 years after it happened. I was messing with the nerves and he was going blind in that eye. He has it in a small jar. It looks like a rock.
The trouble we got in the day that happened... All known to the parents BB guns went bye bye. As in Dad smashed them in front of us. The cops were called to notify us we were on their radar and shooting BB guns at each other was a crime.
Posted by: Reforger at January 01, 2026 02:58 PM (gKsV+)
I will gladly sacrifice Vivek on the same altar that we sacrifice all such individuals.
But, that's gonna be one bloody fucking altar.
Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 02:57 PM (grNgC)
Nah, happy to have him vote for our candidates...not gonna have him AS one of our candidates...
Posted by: Nova Local at January 01, 2026 02:58 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 02:51 PM (grNgC)
You really shouldn't make up facts in a debate.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2026 02:59 PM (rbvCR)
Launching satellites has gone from a technological tour de force that requires the resources of an advanced nation to something that's as routine as loading boxes on a semi trailer.
Musk launched over 3,000 of 'em in 2025. Nearly 60 per week.
On the other hand, he didn't play football in high school.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 01, 2026 02:59 PM (IG3/x)
Trump is often rightfully accused of being an undiplomatic jerk. Should we get rid of his as well? Sometimes that's what's needed.
Posted by: Archimedes
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Trump/DOGE & Co are a room full of undiplomatic high achievers who managed to work together.
How long did Vivek last? A week?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 03:00 PM (UZwsW)
Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2026 03:00 PM (rbvCR)
hat I said was that American students are falling behind, which in many cases they are. It isn't putting down American students if it's true; it's calling attention to the bleeding obvious - and the need for reform. That doesn't change whether we do or don't accept H1Bs.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 03:01 PM (Riz8t)
You really shouldn't make up facts in a debate.
Posted by: Kindltot
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India wasn't even a country before the Brits.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 03:02 PM (UZwsW)
But, that's gonna be one bloody fucking altar.
Posted by: garrett
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I personally do not care if Vivek becomes governor in Ohio. That is for Ohio residents to decide. He cannot be less scummy than the traditional GOPe governors there like DeWino and Taft.
But proclaiming he is some sort of wunderkind that we should pay attention to as a great thinker about American society and culture is something else.
I have little patience for lectures from a scummy financier about the lack of virtue in the US about the same as I dislike television evangelists pushing prosperity gospel.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 03:03 PM (WDjG6)
I got that wrong. They're lowering them from higher orbits, *because* the lower orbits will decay faster. That means that defunct satellites won't hang around for years causing future problems. The old orbit takes four years to decay, the new one only a few months.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 01, 2026 03:04 PM (IG3/x)
You won't find that in my comments.
Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 03:05 PM (grNgC)
You partially cook wild geese by pressure cooking, then roast to finish.
Posted by: Notsothoreau
You cook them with bacon, lots and lots of bacon...then throw away the goose, eat the bacon.
Posted by: Boswell
Goose will fowl the bacon.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 01, 2026 03:05 PM (pkeXY)
And has been uncovered this past year, it has become a huge kickback scam, where H1bs are required to give back part of their salary to the hiring manager.
That Walmart IT executive was recently prosecuted for doing this: after he was hired, he replaced ALL of the US employees with Indians, each one giving him $$, so that he was getting $30k in kickback daily.
This doesn't even get into the role of the IT hiring businesses, such as IT Serve, who are facilitating this and getting their kickbacks.
It Is A Huge Scam.
This is not India's "best and brightest" beating out US candidates by merit.
Call me when Vivek wants to discuss that!
Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 03:05 PM (NuV6c)
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 02:54 PM (WDjG6)
He is also a lawyer, and I suspect he was the one who came up with the novel solution of "just follow the law" and was the one to popularize "using federal law to clean things up" instead of trying to get new legislation passed
That is why he was on DOGE.
As far as I can tell his Alzheimer treatment is not doing well is because none of the therapies from then are doing well. None of them work since they appear to be treating the wrong symptom
Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2026 03:06 PM (rbvCR)
Some people excel in intellect, some in sports; there's a place for both.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 03:06 PM (UZwsW)
Posted by: Don Black. Message: at January 01, 2026 03:06 PM (ZxPkt)
You won't find that in my comments.
Nor mine. It doesn't take a great mind to see the simple truth.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 03:08 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 02:13 PM (WDjG6)
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I've read where the gambling sites are being asked by the leagues as well as some states to back off the props bets for just the reason you noted.
Posted by: Black JEM at January 01, 2026 03:09 PM (UVyKP)
We are long past calling this an 'Americans are slackers' issue.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 02:44 PM
Absolutely this.
I can vouch that this is happening at Stellantis and is likely happening at every other American automotive company and supplier as well.
And no, the vast majority of these Indians being hired in engineering positions are not good at all. They seem to have the equivalent of a high school education. These are remote-working Indians given salaries 1/4 to 1/3 what American engineers would be getting. Entire engineering departments outsourced to India, depriving hundreds of American engineers of jobs.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 03:10 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Archimedes
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His diagnosis is basically stupid. The reason why Americans by and large are not going into STEM is because Americans that spend the time and effort to get real credentials from a university and incur debt to do so are shunted to the side by Megacorps and Indian hiring manager favoritism by H1b and foreign hires or the jobs are outsourced wholesale to foreign nations like China or India (who promptly steal the IP and then compete).
The American responses of top students are rational. Go to law, sales, etc. or licensed trades instead of STEM in order to make a living.
You want more and better students in the US to go into Stem, medicine, etc. then you have to snip most if not all H1B and other hires and ruthlessly go after DIEversity crap which is the justification for managers to hire foreigners on work visas and greencards at a lower wage.
Same issue with pursuing advanced degrees in STEM, Universities prefer coolie labor.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 03:10 PM (WDjG6)
My nephew is a computer engineering student at Ga Tech. I've seen pictures of the roughly 100 or more students in the program. AFAICT, he's the only white boy. He'll tell you that the Indian kids, some of whom were his roomies, are absolute maniacs for hard work. But I guess we should s*** all over them. It won't hurt our tech base at all. Right?
Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 03:12 PM (Riz8t)
He criticized American culture, saying our interest in football stars over mathletes is why we are losing jobs. It was not specifically criticizing education; it was putting down our culture. This also mirrors how the Left puts down traditional American culture -- notice he didn't say we were falling behind because of, say, Womens and Gender studies, or an obsession with protests and climate change over STEM, etc.. People picked up on that, even if you didn't.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 03:13 PM (NuV6c)
Posted by: Kindltot
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His company had eight employees and 3 of them were family members or himself. Classic pump and dump where you buy a product, hype it, sell plenty of stock at its peak valuation (3 billion) and then let it fail. 8 years it lasted leaving nothing but Vivek and family wealthy.
No different than the classic gold mine or oilfield scam.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 03:14 PM (WDjG6)
Same issue with pursuing advanced degrees in STEM, Universities prefer coolie labor.
Reform DEI and H1Bs, AND improve our educational system and work ethic. We can do both.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 03:14 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: thug dolphin at January 01, 2026 03:14 PM (EyfuW)
Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 03:14 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 03:15 PM (RIvkX)
India has the births so far and has probably exceeded China's population by now. However, it lacks cohesion as a nation due to the sheer multitude of ethnicities, religions, etc. and the instability from living next to Pakistan, Bangladesh, and China.
On top of that, you have the caste system and Hinduism for the top Brahmin caste that means disdain and dislike for any of the other castes.
So you get a hodge podge of pockets of wealth along with pockets of extreme poverty. We shall see if India, unlike China, can beat the middle income trap for nations.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 02:45 PM (WDjG6)
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Yes, India clearly has more people than China - and China is fading fast. But India is aging quite rapidly themselves. The same toll waits for them. Both China and India do not have the civic infrastructure for long term success, and their best and brightest frequently do not possess their appreciation for individual and property rights that made the US what it is. The future is here. How good it will be compared to the rest of the world is TBD.
Posted by: Black JEM at January 01, 2026 03:15 PM (UVyKP)
And what if that's true? What if we overemphasize trivial things over the important ones?
This also mirrors how the Left puts down traditional American culture -- notice he didn't say we were falling behind because of, say, Womens and Gender studies, or an obsession with protests and climate change over STEM, etc.. People picked up on that, even if you didn't.
Oh, okay. I guess I'm just not smart enough to grasp your point. For the last time, we need to reform the DEI nonsense. I've said it twice already, but I guess you didn't pick up on it.
*rolls eyes*
Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 03:17 PM (Riz8t)
Embrace the power of 'and' then.
American education has slipped thanks to being run by Lefty activists.
-- and --
American students and workers have been shortchanged by institutions who prefer foreigners over citizens to make more money.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 02:56 PM
Why should Americans work harder when there is no reward in it? Has anyone stopped to put two and two together with regards to all this fraud and scamming and DEI that has been going on for *decades* now?
D.E.I. and H-1B scamming and India scamming and Muslim scamming and lack of merit-based rewards (for schools, for jobs, etc) has led the last two generations to realize the system is rigged against them.
I worked my ass off to become an expert in my position only to be discarded and replaced by outsourced retards in India. I've lost all faith in the idea that hard work and expertise lead to success. Millions of others have as well.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 03:19 PM (P5BPp)
That is why he was on DOGE.
Posted by: Kindltot
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Soros paid for his law degree when his family was already millionaires. He is simply a symptom of our current rotten globo homo ruling class which is perhaps not his fault.
But I don't have to listen to his pompous lectures on this or that including his defense of another biotech con man, Skreli
If Ohio wants to elect such as governor, it is their business as the ruling GOPe there is traditionally corrupt and incompetent since Rhodes was governor.
And Vivek was forced out of DOGE because he was big on talk, light on action. Musk managed to sideline Vivek because of that.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 03:19 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 03:20 PM (jc0TO)
Civilizations, including those we admire, like the Greeks and Romans, have admired athleticism and beauty since forever. That's no fault.
And the idea that America values only those things or overvalues them is more or less a dopey stereotype based on media portrayals of popular culture that in no way represents the reality that most Americans are living.
There's a reason Indians are coming here and the Chinese are stealing our IP, and not the other way around. As fucked as present day America is, it's substantially less fucked than India or China.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 01, 2026 03:20 PM (Idisy)
Posted by: Clyde Shelton
Yep. and the same reason Obamacare caused a lot of really good doctors to quit instead of becoming a cog employee in the new corporate setups envisioned and subsidized by the act.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 03:20 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 03:21 PM (NuV6c)
True, but I'm not interested in today. I'm looking at the trends for the future.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 03:21 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 03:02 PM (UZwsW)
I can't tell if this is simple ignorance, bigoted provincialism, or if we have reached the "refusal to admit anything" point in an online argument.
so I will leave you to your impregnable . . . Stance, and let you get on.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2026 03:22 PM (rbvCR)
If neighbors are down with the state authority at will to change the sex of their children, run away from that environment. Talking, taxing you to death.
Posted by: thug dolphin at January 01, 2026 03:24 PM (EyfuW)
Thankfully, this is finally happening, at least from what I've seen on X. The H1b scamming kicked into overdrive after BLM as an easy way for companies to meet non-white hiring quotas, though it had been ramping of for years.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 03:25 PM (NuV6c)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 03:14 PM
DEI and H-1B reform and improvement of the educational system has to happen before work ethic will be improved.
Because no one is going to want to work hard if they see absolutely no benefit to it.
I have been the victim of the DEI and India outsourcing BS myself at Stellantis. Hundreds of my fellow American engineers as well. All of us experts in our positions, hard-working and producing in our positions. But that didn't matter. We were tossed aside for cheap remote labor in India. 90% of my current department (I returned as contract) is now remote in India. While the company laughably talks about "we win together!"
The younger generations see this. They see hard work doesn't pay off. They see the fraud. They see the abuse of H-1Bs. And then they hear people praise these retards in India while damning Americans.
There are consequences to the culture for that.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 03:26 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 03:26 PM (pDt9x)
Issa Rae has canceled her sold out performance at the Kennedy Center. Pulitzer Prize winner Rhiannon Giddens, Peter Wolf, Low Cut Connie, and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C., have also canceled. Lin-Manuel Miranda has canceled the entire Kennedy Center run of Hamilton.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except Better at January 01, 2026 03:27 PM (L/fGl)
We are better off with them for the moment, than against them.
Harmeet Dhillon is Indian background too.
If Vivek is a shitbag, then he will show he is a shitbag. To date he has been arrogant as a lawyer, conceited as a university academic, slick as a promoter and mouthy as a candidate. If you don't like him because he is Indian, well, congrats.
However being a shitbag is not an ethnicity.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2026 03:27 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Archimedes
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The major point in economics is that people respond to incentives and they avoid if disincentives exist. DEI destroyed the traditional white male bastions of STEM because of envy from other groups. Clinton, at the same time, began implementing the outsourcing racket in NAFTA inherited from GHWB, sold our technology including missile tech to the Chicoms for campaign funds, and implemented DEI destroying the pipeline of engineers, medicine, etc. from white males. GWB wasted 8 years pursuing democracy in the Middle East, importing skilled labor to depress hiring of local talent, and continued the DEI scam including supporting it at Scotus--thus the awful Grutter and Gratz decisions. Obama turbocharged DEI, endless waves of foreigners, vilifying white males, and purposefully causing corporations to pick up and send operations overseas.
So GLOBO HOMO coalition of GOP and Dems ran things into the ground from the 90's until Trump's first term. Promptly resumed after that, and thus we have Trump II trying to fix 28 years of our leaders selling the US out.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 03:27 PM (WDjG6)
Issa Rae has canceled her sold out performance at the Kennedy Center. Pulitzer Prize winner Rhiannon Giddens, Peter Wolf, Low Cut Connie, and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C., have also canceled. Lin-Manuel Miranda has canceled the entire Kennedy Center run of Hamilton.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except Better at January 01, 2026 03:27 PM (L/fGl)
I won’t be able to sleep tonight after this news. Literally shaking right now.
Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 03:28 PM (pDt9x)
Because no one is going to want to work hard if they see absolutely no benefit to it.The younger generations see this. They see hard work doesn't pay off. They see the fraud. They see the abuse of H-1Bs. And then they hear people praise these retards in India while damning Americans.
There are consequences to the culture for that.
I think we can reform both simultaneously - and had better.
BTW, as a native-born scientist, I'm very familiar with the problem. There are scads of foreign-born scientists who work for peanuts and take postdoc after postdoc because they want to stay here. Like I said, it's not either/or, it's do both.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 03:28 PM (Riz8t)
BTW, as a native-born scientist, I'm very familiar with the problem. There are scads of foreign-born scientists who work for peanuts and take postdoc after postdoc because they want to stay here. Like I said, it's not either/or, it's do both.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 03:28 PM (Riz8t)
What kind of sciencin’ do you do, if I might ask?
Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 03:30 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: whig
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I have had three physcians take early retirement as their practices were acquired by healthcare companies. They simply got tired of dealing with the patient load and expanded paperwork.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 01, 2026 03:31 PM (XeU6L)
Democrat Hitman Jack Smith Admits: I Never Called Madison Cornbread to Testify Because Her Testimony Was Nothing But Second- or Third-Hand Gossip and Hearsay
Any day I can say "Madison Cornbread" is a good day.
Madison Cornbread -- government name, Cassidy Hutchinson -- was the low-level sorority sister aide who decided to become a Democrat superstar influencer by peddling a lot of nonsense about what other people supposedly said to her about Trump violently seizing the steering wheel of the presidential limo (from the back seat!) in order to wrest the controls away from the driver and go to the Capitol so he could lead the insurrection. All of her "testimony" was nonsense along the lines of "and then Bill told me something to the effect of" or "and then John told me something to the effect of." She was very proud of the "to the effect of" phrase. She thought it made her sound smaaaaaht. Jack Smith now says that all of her testimony was something to the effect of bullshit nonsense hearsay, and all, by the way, denied by the people she claimed she had heard it from, and that's why he never even considered calling her as a witness.. This brings us back, then, to the strange case of "Madison Cornbread." She became the "star witness" of that Star Chamber charade because she was willing to share mere gossip -- "so-and-so told me that Trump said this" -- in particular claiming that Trump had attempted to physically overpower his limousine driver to force him to drive to the Capitol. Actual witnesses immediately contradicted this testimony, but of course the J6 committee never presented these contradicting witnesses, allowing Cassidy Hutchinson's dubious testimony to become the defining narrative. Naturally, Simon & Schuster gave her a fat advance to write a book, a six-figure payoff for her service to the anti-Trump cause.Of course, another six-figure media payoff. And Republicans continue to permit this.
And now, more than three years after her 15 minutes of fame, we get this ironic coda:Thanks to The Patriarch Tree. I'm not working today, just some open threads and then a Cafe, but I thought you'd like an update on Madison Cornbread. What are your plans? I've got a good one. I haven't been to a restaurant in at least a month but I'm going out for steak. Specifically, a tomahawk ribeye.Game. Set. Match. Here we have the special counsel who got the assignment to put Donald Trump in prison over the 2020 election dispute saying, under oath, that Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony was just gossip. Any first-year law student has to know that hearsay is inadmissable as evidence in a legal proceeding, and Jack Smith couldn't go to court with that stuff.
The House Select January 6th Committee's "star" Cassidy Hutchinson provided "secondhand hearsay" about the 2021 Capitol riot and wasn't considered as a witness in the election interference case brought against President Trump, according to former special counsel Jack Smith. Smith told the House Judiciary Committee in a closed-door deposition on Dec. 17 that Hutchinson -- who testified at the Jan. 6 select panel's made-for-TV hearings in June 2022 -- "certainly" wouldn't have made a "powerful" witness because she couldn't provide "firsthand" testimony. "My recollection with Ms. Hutchinson, at least one of the issues was a number of the things that she gave evidence on were secondhand hearsay, were things that she had heard from other people," the ex-Trump prosecutor testified to the Judiciary lawmakers and staff, the deposition's transcript shows.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 01, 2026 12:12 PM (u73oe)
Posted by: IrishEi at January 01, 2026 12:12 PM (3ImbR)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 01, 2026 12:13 PM (u73oe)
Simon and Shyster giving her a six figure payoff just means they too, are CIA.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 01, 2026 12:13 PM (QbJcY)
Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 12:13 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 01, 2026 12:13 PM (b4LBp)
I still say they should make a carnival ride out of that concept. Outwrestle the wheel from the President before the Beast crashes, three tries for five bucks.
Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 12:14 PM (GHIyr)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 01, 2026 12:14 PM (YlWIZ)
Posted by: GOP at January 01, 2026 12:14 PM (/CkK4)
Posted by: Ron Jeremy at January 01, 2026 12:15 PM (R/m4+)
Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 12:15 PM (2WIwB)
He didn't call her because she had already done her job, smearing Trump with lies that could not be "disproven".
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 01, 2026 12:15 PM (0N4FZ)
But good enough for the MFM and impeachments....
Now do Vindman, Destroyer of Danish.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 12:16 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 12:16 PM (77rzZ)
Asking for a friend.
Posted by: Ron Jeremy at January 01, 2026 12:15 PM (R/m4+)
The problem is... and sure, of course she does. But the problem is, so many Deep State and politicians go for buggering boys these days, her type doesn't get as much work as they did in the old days.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 01, 2026 12:16 PM (QbJcY)
I mean, the money has to come from somewhere. The publishers aren't paying off these creative dry holes out of Christian charity.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 12:17 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 01, 2026 12:17 PM (mlg/3)
Asking for a friend.
Posted by: Ron Jeremy at January 01, 2026 12:15 PM (R/m4+)
Butts do Madison stuff, my man.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 01, 2026 12:17 PM (06Hmj)
Posted by: Lutheran Lesbians In The TC at January 01, 2026 12:17 PM (oftw2)
"It was Ace of Spades who hung the sobriquet “Madison Cornbread” on former White House staffer Cassidy Hutchinson"
Posted by: Fatty McFattington at January 01, 2026 12:17 PM (uHU6e)
I mean, the money has to come from somewhere. The publishers aren't paying off these creative dry holes out of Christian charity.
Posted by: Cicero
They just write it off Jerry!
-- Kramer
Posted by: Tonypete at January 01, 2026 12:17 PM (cYBz/)
That's all fine, thank you, and much appreciation that Sweetdick Honey um hasn't entered the conversation.
Posted by: Auspex at January 01, 2026 12:18 PM (pCWOd)
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Where'd you take out the bank loan?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 01, 2026 12:18 PM (qbLEp)
... it occurred to me that the Morlock "Learing Center" has a typo, but not the one everyone thinks. The Blade thinks the sign was supposed to say "Leering Center."
We know how Muslim men look at children. And goats.
Just saying.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 01, 2026 12:18 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 12:17 PM (+HNx/)
*silence* *silence* N-G-O
*silence* *silence* N-G-O
*silence* *silence* N-G-O
It's fake and lame and gay-o
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 01, 2026 12:18 PM (06Hmj)
Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 12:18 PM (GHIyr)
Posted by: It's New Year's Day at January 01, 2026 12:18 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 12:17 PM (+HNx/)
See me at #4. I'm being serious. And don't call me Shirley.
So in other words, the money comes from you, the taxpayer.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 01, 2026 12:18 PM (QbJcY)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 01, 2026 12:19 PM (YlWIZ)
Laundering. Undeclared compensation for services rendered.
Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 12:19 PM (GHIyr)
IT'S FUNNY BECACUE THERE ARE STILL SOME RETARDS WHO THINK 'SELF-PUBLISHED' IS AN INSULT.
Posted by: BEN ROTHLESSBERGERER at January 01, 2026 12:20 PM (ULPxl)
"It was Ace of Spades who hung the sobriquet “Madison Cornbread” on former White House staffer Cassidy Hutchinson"
Posted by: Fatty McFattington at January 01, 2026 12:17 PM (uHU6e)
Well, that's embarrassing. I didn't even click the link Ace put in his post to it. Found it separately.
Posted by: Fatty McFattington at January 01, 2026 12:20 PM (uHU6e)
I have a pepper and Parm crusted rib roast in the oven. Should be tasty.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 01, 2026 12:21 PM (9iRTe)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 01, 2026 12:18 PM (qbLEp)
He's not buying, his Mossad handlers are.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 01, 2026 12:22 PM (QbJcY)
Reforger's house of Little Shits.
Posted by: Reforger at January 01, 2026 12:22 PM (gKsV+)
Madison Cornbread has yet to start an OF page. Hop to it girl. Looked up her Wikipedia page and she accused Rudy, Gaetz and a couple others of improper behavior. If no OF page , her 15 minutes are long gone
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 12:22 PM (zNwXb)
Posted by: Not a wine-o at January 01, 2026 12:22 PM (2Ez/1)
How did we go from crossing the river from valley forge to kill britons in their sleep to these dickless clowns
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at January 01, 2026 12:22 PM (REq0p)
Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 12:18 PM (GHIyr)
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Are we talking dry-aged Wagyu or commercial-grade dairy cow? There's a big difference.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 12:23 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 01, 2026 12:23 PM (iFTx/)
How did we go from crossing the river from valley forge to kill britons in their sleep to these dickless clowns
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at January 01, 2026 12:22 PM (REq0p)
We pay good.
Posted by: CHYna at January 01, 2026 12:23 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 01, 2026 12:23 PM (06Hmj)
All of her "testimony" was nonsense along the lines of "and then Bill told me something to the effect of" or "and then John told me something to the effect of."
She was very proud of the "to the effect of" phrase. She thought it made her sound smaaaaaht.
Still hawt though.
Posted by: The men of cellblock C at January 01, 2026 12:24 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 12:24 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: milquetoast pussy ass simpgots at January 01, 2026 12:24 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: barbarausa at January 01, 2026 12:24 PM (enw9G)
Eskimo pie recipes?
Posted by: thug dolphin at January 01, 2026 12:24 PM (EyfuW)
About ten years ago a neighbor brought some over to grill (he always used my pit) and those blew my mind at $10!
Posted by: DanMan at January 01, 2026 12:24 PM (8uzBS)
Posted by: Federal government at January 01, 2026 12:25 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: BEN ROTHLESSBERGERER at January 01, 2026 12:20 PM (ULPxl)
But seriously, I am curious if self-published (or small, non-traditional publishers') books make decent money.
At times I wonder if everyone but me has published a book somewhere, somehow.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 01, 2026 12:25 PM (QbJcY)
*silence* *silence* N-G-O
*silence* *silence* N-G-O
It's fake and lame and gay-o
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 01, 2026 12:18 PM
*golf clap*
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 01, 2026 12:25 PM (9iRTe)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 01, 2026 12:23 PM (iFTx/)
I triple-dog dare you to sing this during karaoke at the next TX MoMee, wearing a Madison Cornbread wig.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 01, 2026 12:25 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 01, 2026 12:26 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 12:18 PM
He is getting a tomahawk ribeye those for for $60+ at Sams. I can't imagine getting one at restaurant for less than $100.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 01, 2026 12:26 PM (0N4FZ)
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My wife was watching some cooking show the other day. There was a black woman who had 8 of those on a grill. Burning them to a crisp.
Criminal.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 12:26 PM (NwnyJ)
Madison Cornbread has yet to start an OF page. Hop to it girl. Looked up her Wikipedia page and she accused Rudy, Gaetz and a couple others of improper behavior. If no OF page , her 15 minutes are long gone
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 12:22 PM (zNwXb)
I'm sure the CIA trained her to be a terrific lay, but really, she's barely above average in looks. Or in AoSHQ parlance, she's a Perkins 6.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 01, 2026 12:26 PM (QbJcY)
Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 12:27 PM (pDt9x)
Life grows stupider and stupider. Apparently it's now a thing to video people walking around or parking their cars or stopping at intersections or going in or out of businesses hoping to get a rise out of them, then making TikToks of it.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 01, 2026 12:27 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 12:27 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Nemo at January 01, 2026 12:27 PM (4RPgu)
Posted by: Darth Randall at January 01, 2026 12:27 PM (f1kZG)
Posted by: BurtTC at January 01, 2026 12:25 PM (QbJcY)
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Be sure not to miss my upcoming historical novel where Nanni gets even with Ea-Nasir for selling him substandard copper by dicking his 20 year-old daughter!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 12:27 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at January 01, 2026 12:28 PM (REq0p)
That sounds like a good theme for 2026: Lots less junk, emphasis on high quality.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at January 01, 2026 12:28 PM (asXVI)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 12:28 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 01, 2026 12:23 PM (06Hmj)
USAID was just one of many such schemes. I'm sure there are plenty others, and our Deep Staters were just laughing their spooky arses off at us, when we were so proud that we "got" them.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 01, 2026 12:28 PM (QbJcY)
Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 12:29 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 01, 2026 12:18 PM (qbLEp)
He's not buying, his Mossad handlers are.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 01, 2026 12:22 PM (QbJcY)
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/quickly presses the approve transaction button
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 12:29 PM (u/afo)
Grok: "At midrange casual steakhouse, $35-$50 per person. Tip not included."
I'll stay home and eat a pita with pizza sauce on it, dusted with Aldi parmesan.
Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 12:30 PM (GHIyr)
Posted by: torabora at January 01, 2026 12:30 PM (KtOUo)
Then the beef price will go down.
Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 12:29 PM (pDt9x)
__________
More like it will stop going up.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 01, 2026 12:30 PM (tgvbd)
A few do. "The Martian" was originally self-published. But the great majority of them (such as mine, for example) don't make a dime.
Posted by: Nemo at January 01, 2026 12:30 PM (4RPgu)
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 01, 2026 12:30 PM (gbOdA)
89 down hopefully at least 10 more to go.
Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 12:30 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at January 01, 2026 12:31 PM (Vh9CX)
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It seems that fatass Stacey Abrams was in the middle of most of them.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 12:31 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Tommy Hawks Are For Injuns Only at January 01, 2026 12:31 PM (oftw2)
Cripes.
Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 12:31 PM (GHIyr)
Laundering. Undeclared compensation for services rendered.
Posted by: gp
Ackshully - publish as an e-book only. Libraries in blue states and schools can buy thousands of "licenses" so the whole damn population can 'check' it out and read concurrently.
AND it is green because it saves trees and shipping!!!
It's a win for everyone
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 12:31 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 01, 2026 12:31 PM (gm9Sb)
Narrator: In reality, each of these men had expressed exasperation that they'd paid her the requested $20 and she was using her mouth to talk.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 01, 2026 12:31 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 12:29 PM (pDt9x)
I'm doing my part! My heifer is going to get turkey-basted some time this spring.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 01, 2026 12:31 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 12:18 PM (GHIyr)
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Totally depends on the quality of the cut. $40 sounds about right for a decent cut. But if you're talking aged prime at a high-end steakhouse? Well north of a c-note.
8 oz is a small ribeye, btw. 8 oz is filet mignon sized.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 01, 2026 12:31 PM (iFTx/)
we bought half a Texas wagu cow. A lot of really good meat and a whole lot of fat to trim. The fajita meat was better than any I've every had.
Our county has a whole lot of Pierce Ranch Brahman cattle on it. Shanghai knew what he was doing with that brand. I think it beats the wagu stuff but I haven't gone through the entire range of cuts like I did on the wagu.
Posted by: DanMan at January 01, 2026 12:32 PM (8uzBS)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 12:27 PM (+HNx/)
Sounds like something Bill Barr's dad would have written.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 01, 2026 12:32 PM (QbJcY)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 01, 2026 12:27 PM (tgvbd)
It amazes me the number of people out there who believe they the right to privacy while out in public.
Posted by: one hour sober at January 01, 2026 12:32 PM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 12:32 PM (3uBP9)
Grabbing the steering wheel or anything else in the front seat section of the presidential limousine from the back seat is physically impossible.
In other news, Liz Cheney is still fat.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 01, 2026 12:32 PM (azNOR)
After a second look at my old stove, it looks like it is connected to the house-wiring with a four-wire connection (which is good!), so I think all I have to do is remove the wires from my old stove and connect the wires in the right order to my new stove.
So I'll see if Lowe's can redeliver my range tomorrow or Saturday and I'll give that a shot. I'll still double-check with a knowledgeable person, though.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 12:32 PM (ESVrU)
Some idiot kid got shot in Loudoun a year or so ago for making a habit of that.
He was following a guy at a local mall getting in his face and asking him if he smelled or something equally stupid, and eventually, after telling him to back off several times, the guy shot him (not fatally, but some of the locals would not have been sad if so)
Posted by: barbarausa at January 01, 2026 12:33 PM (enw9G)
==
A few do. "The Martian" was originally self-published. But the great majority of them (such as mine, for example) don't make a dime.
Posted by: Nemo at January 01, 2026 12:30 PM (4RPgu)
Hey, he said 'make decent money', not 'win the lottery'.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 01, 2026 12:33 PM (ULPxl)
Grok: "Absolutely, I’m thrilled I don’t have to eat." Followed by a lot of frankly cruel taunting over my human need for nutrition.
Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 12:33 PM (GHIyr)
Posted by: Skip
Pfffft! Glorified Checker cab.
Posted by: Taxi Squad at January 01, 2026 12:34 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Case at January 01, 2026 12:34 PM (G1OIb)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 01, 2026 12:34 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 12:29 PM (u/afo)
Thanks, I'm glad somebody got it.
I figured if I got banned for saying it, we'd know I stumbled onto the truth!
Posted by: BurtTC at January 01, 2026 12:34 PM (QbJcY)
Reforger's house of Little Shits.
Posted by: Reforger
Sub-titled
"Classical Dance, Acrobatics, and Melee Training"
Might as well train up your own army of ninja assassins.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 12:35 PM (/lPRQ)
Grok: "At midrange casual steakhouse, $35-$50 per person. Tip not included."
I'll stay home and eat a pita with pizza sauce on it, dusted with Aldi parmesan.
Posted by: gp
$52 at Texas Roadhouse.
$62 at Ruth's Chris for just one steak - no sides or drinks.
$102.93 for a Member’s Mark USDA Choice Angus Beef Boneless Ribeye Roast, priced per pound $16.77 lb.
Cut your own to your desired thickness.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 12:35 PM (c115l)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 12:35 PM (zNwXb)
Posted by: barbarausa at January 01, 2026 12:36 PM (enw9G)
Posted by: Nemo at January 01, 2026 12:30 PM (4RPgu)
I'm assuming Critical Drinker "self-publishes" his books, and if so, I wonder if he made any money BEFORE his Yootoob channel took off.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 01, 2026 12:36 PM (QbJcY)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 01, 2026 12:36 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 12:36 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
FWP thread is Sunday 2 PM EST. You'd think a Junior Cob would know that.
Posted by: RIP P-Nut at January 01, 2026 12:37 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 12:31 PM (+HNx/)
Well, that's not really saying anything.
Anywhere she goes, she's essentially in the center of everything.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 01, 2026 12:37 PM (QbJcY)
Posted by: DanMan at January 01, 2026 12:37 PM (8uzBS)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 01, 2026 12:27 PM (tgvbd)
It amazes me the number of people out there who believe they the right to privacy while out in public.
Posted by: one hour sober
OR, that you need to get a signed release ftom thrm. LOL.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 12:37 PM (c115l)
Posted by: BurtTC
She has her own zipcode and gravity.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 01, 2026 12:38 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Nemo at January 01, 2026 12:30 PM (4RPgu)
I'm assuming Critical Drinker "self-publishes" his books, and if so, I wonder if he made any money BEFORE his Yootoob channel took off.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 01, 2026 12:36 PM (QbJcY)
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Go publish something off Amazon as a nobody and just wait for the money to roll in as people just naturally discover it and realize the genius of your work!
Yeah...that don't work. You need to market it. And most writers don't have it in them to be their own marketing department.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 01, 2026 12:38 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 01, 2026 12:31 PM (gm9Sb)
Get two - everyone needs a buddy - and sell whatever you don't need to help offset your cost for feed and such. Or find someone who does the work for you - I got my very first 1/2 steer off craigslist when I moved to TX.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 01, 2026 12:39 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: one hour sober
Just because you CAN do something doesn't mean you SHOULD do something. This is axiomatic.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 12:40 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 12:31 PM (+HNx/)
Well, that's not really saying anything.
Anywhere she goes, she's essentially in the center of everything.
Posted by: BurtTC
That's why Pluto got demoted. It started orbiting around Stacy.
Posted by: Jack Horkheimer at January 01, 2026 12:40 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: thug dolphin at January 01, 2026 12:40 PM (EyfuW)
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at January 01, 2026 12:40 PM (gUs21)
Posted by: barbarausa at January 01, 2026 12:40 PM (enw9G)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 01, 2026 12:41 PM (YobFY)
Quick back of the envelope math = $12.86 a ribeye.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 12:42 PM (c115l)
Pffft, Yeah that will happen
Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 12:42 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 01, 2026 12:41 PM (YobFY)
It's no Goucher College....
Posted by: Jonah Goldberg at January 01, 2026 12:43 PM (B7UQz)
Remember that portal in the aliens' mother ship that Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum skeedaddled through after leaving an armed nuke counting down inside it in "Independence Day"?
You do? Well, the gap in Big Stace's front teeth is the very same thing. It's standard equipment on all ham planets sold these days.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 01, 2026 12:44 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 12:40 PM (Riz8t)
Yeah, just to open up ANOTHER can of worms, I feel the same way about TikTokers and Yootoobers who do the whole "bait the cop into violating my rights" thing.
I'm not sure anyone's gotten shot that way yet, but it wouldn't surprise me if the number who have is not zero.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 01, 2026 12:44 PM (QbJcY)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 12:44 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Lutheran Lesbians In The TC at January 01, 2026 12:17 PM (oftw2)
Nothing makes a feast better than seeing your enemies driven before you.
Shit Conan said.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 01, 2026 12:44 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
World renowned finest University in Newport News, VA!
Posted by: Skool Ratings On the Cheep at January 01, 2026 12:44 PM (oftw2)
Christopher Newport University is a d-list college in Newport News, VA spun off from William and Mary.
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at January 01, 2026 12:44 PM (gUs21)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 12:43 PM
Posted by: toby928(c) repeats himself at January 01, 2026 12:44 PM (jc0TO)
Oh and the only education listed is one year at Christopher Newport University (no degree). Never heard of that place…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
It's somewhere in Virginia, IIRC
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 01, 2026 12:45 PM (xG4kz)
It is named after Christopher Newport, captain of one of the ships which carried settlers of Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in North America.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 12:45 PM (Riz8t)
Shit Conan said.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 01, 2026 12:44 PM
Hear the lamentations of their transwomen.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 12:45 PM (jc0TO)
The damage is done that way, with no opportunity for cross examination.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 01, 2026 12:45 PM (0U5gm)
After a second look at my old stove, it looks like it is connected to the house-wiring with a four-wire connection (which is good!), so I think all I have to do is remove the wires from my old stove and connect the wires in the right order to my new stove.
So I'll see if Lowe's can redeliver my range tomorrow or Saturday and I'll give that a shot. I'll still double-check with a knowledgeable person, though.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
Cut the red wire first... Or just turn off the breaker and try to lock it out in some way if there is any way anyone else can physical get to the breaker and flip it back on for you.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 12:45 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 12:43 PM
Posted by: toby928(c) repeats himself at January 01, 2026 12:44 PM (jc0TO)
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The Oscars are going to be on YouTube in a few years. YouTube bought the rights from the Academy, replacing ABC.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 01, 2026 12:46 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at January 01, 2026 12:46 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: one hour sober at January 01, 2026 12:32 PM (Y1sOo)
Crank the radio and youboobs algo will take it down.
Posted by: Reforger at January 01, 2026 12:46 PM (gKsV+)
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Go publish something off Amazon as a nobody and just wait for the money to roll in as people just naturally discover it and realize the genius of your work!
Yeah...that don't work. You need to market it. And most writers don't have it in them to be their own marketing department.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 01, 2026 12:38 PM (GBKbO)
*ding ding ding*
Yeah, this too. (Although if you can get over that, at least you're making the effort, vs a publishing house that may have labeled you as politically incorrect)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 01, 2026 12:46 PM (ULPxl)
It amazes me the number of people out there who believe they the right to privacy while out in public.
Posted by: one hour sober
OR, that you need to get a signed release ftom thrm. LOL.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 12:37 PM (c115l)
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Both true, but I also hate dicks for clicks.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 01, 2026 12:46 PM (Df91n)
You mean the obvious preposterous lie told by an obvious Party hatchet man ended up being a preposterous lie told by a Party hatchet man?
The hell you say!
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop1) at January 01, 2026 12:46 PM (avHHk)
Posted by: Jack Horkheimer at January 01, 2026 12:40 PM (oftw2)
Astronomers were shocked to discover Saturn now only has 96 moons.
Wait... I thought they discovered a bunch more, and that the number was 274?
It was.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 01, 2026 12:47 PM (QbJcY)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 01, 2026 12:26 PM (0N4FZ)
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Yep. At steakhouse by me tomahawks go for $124. But they do throw in a couple of veggies!
Posted by: IrishEi at January 01, 2026 12:47 PM (3ImbR)
You mean the obvious preposterous lie told by an obvious Party hatchet man ended up being a preposterous lie told by a Party hatchet man?
The hell you say!
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop1) at January 01, 2026 12:46 PM (avHHk)
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I'm gonna need you to be more specific, bruh.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 01, 2026 12:47 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 12:43 PM
Posted by: toby928(c) repeats himself at January 01, 2026 12:44 PM (jc0TO)
We just got YouTube TV… like it so far. Dropped DirecTV because it’d become a shit product especially considering what they charged…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 01, 2026 12:47 PM (YobFY)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 12:47 PM (c115l)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 12:47 PM (m7iZ5)
Ay, ay-ay. How much for a bowl of "Ze Bugs"?
Posted by: t-bird at January 01, 2026 12:47 PM (d9i2R)
Nicholas Maduro, soon to be on the lam
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 01, 2026 12:48 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: t-bird at January 01, 2026 12:47 PM (d9i2R)
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The largest insect farm used for making protein for human consumption in Europe went bankrupt in the final days of 2025.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 01, 2026 12:48 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: m at January 01, 2026 12:48 PM (RuTUS)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 12:47 PM
*snort*
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 12:48 PM (jc0TO)
It is named after Christopher Newport, captain of one of the ships which carried settlers of Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in North America.
He also invented the first rolling papers for roll your own cigarettes.
... waits for a decent interval ...
Nah, he didn't -- just messing with youse guys!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 01, 2026 12:49 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at January 01, 2026 12:49 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 12:50 PM (c115l)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 01, 2026 12:50 PM (YobFY)
I think he is everywhere and would like to see less of him in 2026.
Posted by: Joemarine at January 01, 2026 12:50 PM (y171U)
Eat Zee Bugs! Eat Zee Bugs!
Posted by: Klaus Schwab, Weirdo and Closeted Homosexual at January 01, 2026 12:51 PM (R/m4+)
Sigh...the gooy'ol days.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 12:51 PM (2WIwB)
Have a great afternoon everyone
Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 12:51 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 12:51 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Archimedes
Which has nothing to do with my comment.
I don't blame people for being upset at someone following them around in public and recording them. But stupid retorts like "you need my consent and I'm not giving it to you" make me laugh.
Posted by: one hour sober at January 01, 2026 12:52 PM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 01, 2026 12:33 PM (ULPxl)
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It really depends on the book. There are people who find a genre and write to it, build a following, and get a steady income out of it without having huge sales.
My sister in law had a setup where she would spot ebooks on sale and list them on her site, and get a percentage, but Amazon eventually wound that down. She then began writing on her own, and because she had a following (and knew what they liked) she has made "decent" money.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 12:52 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 12:52 PM (GHIyr)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 12:53 PM (RIvkX)
Who's getting shit canned next?
Posted by: Foreskin Lint at January 01, 2026 12:53 PM (R/m4+)
The Olympics are coming up in a few weeks and they will be showing a lot of Snoop Dogg. He will be an honorary coach for Team USA and part of NBC's broadcast team.
I wasn't going to watch them anyway but that, all by itself, strengthened my resolve not to watch them.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 01, 2026 12:54 PM (xG4kz)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjhEqIaKU7Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kP9K8Vd9F8Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VcRFh_OjsI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nacEnuzdqM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rztaw8JvCG0
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at January 01, 2026 12:54 PM (/mCq0)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 12:47 PM (m7iZ5)
That was you???!!!
Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 12:54 PM (2WIwB)
The steaks were pretty good though IIRC.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 12:54 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Tom Servo
Ooooooh, do you live somewhere locally?
Posted by: Rudy Galindo at January 01, 2026 12:54 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 12:55 PM (YGMyl)
Ribeye has got to be *the best* cut of beef...yummy.
Add that "tomahawk" bone & you can eat it like a caveman, just for fun!
**Happy New Year**
Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 12:55 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 01, 2026 12:55 PM (YobFY)
TDS in the publishing industry is still a big seller.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 01, 2026 12:55 PM (0JWOm)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
"TURN IT OFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF!!!!!"
- Things a husband hollers to his wife while being electrocuted when at the back of the range.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 01, 2026 12:55 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 12:43 PM
Posted by: toby928(c) repeats himself at January 01, 2026 12:44 PM (jc0TO)
It is the ABC/ESPN/Disney+ monopoly of college football.
Posted by: Joemarine at January 01, 2026 12:57 PM (y171U)
Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 12:57 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Joemarine at January 01, 2026 12:57 PM
It would be fine if ABC carried the games rather than ESPN.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 12:58 PM (jc0TO)
But a nonphysical demon scratching you; the notion is ridiculous
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
I heard that he and his missus own a big-assed dog or two.
You got scratched by your own slobbering canine(s) while you slept, Dumb Ass.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 01, 2026 12:58 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: It's me donna at January 01, 2026 12:58 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 12:58 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 12:59 PM (GHIyr)
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Take video of yourself disconnecting stuff
So helpful in reconnecting
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 01, 2026 12:59 PM (0JWOm)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 01, 2026 12:46 PM (ULPxl)
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Having multiple books is another factor. It allows you to push something new, and the back catalog often sees a boost as well.
The genre is big, though. My history books sell pretty well because they effectively market themselves whenever someone does a topic search. If you look up Spanish Civil War, Long Live Death really stands out (primarily because just about every other book on the topic calls itself "The Spanish Civil War").
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 12:59 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 01:00 PM (zNwXb)
Wait, I watched a game yesterday on WEAR via DirecTV. Are you saying wasn't broadcast over the air?
Posted by: one hour sober at January 01, 2026 01:00 PM (Y1sOo)
I have a passion against the Copyright Extension Act of 1998.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 01, 2026 01:00 PM (GBKbO)
I don't like the Ribeye cut because you have to cook it to near medium for it to be good.
It tastes good.
But, I prefer my steak rare and my filet just about raw.
Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 01:00 PM (grNgC)
It would be fine if ABC carried the games rather than ESPN.
Posted by: toby928(c)
It would be fine if Bain really existed and he had teams dig tunnels under every stadium where those games were played, collapsed each one of them at the optimum moment to swallow up both teams, and put an end to the whole farce.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 01, 2026 01:00 PM (xG4kz)
Made some (allergy safe - yeah kid Xmas present) butter pecan blondies with my allergy safe all natural butter pecan syrup for dessert - a little goes a long way.
Posted by: Nova Local at January 01, 2026 01:00 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: one hour sober at January 01, 2026 01:00 PM
I don't know. I'm talking about playoff bowls.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 01:00 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Somali Jon Lovitz at January 01, 2026 01:01 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 01:01 PM (zNwXb)
Posted by: pookysgirl, giving sick Lil Pooky all the Tchaikowsky he wants at January 01, 2026 01:01 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 01, 2026 01:01 PM (3Amc7)
Posted by: Yak-ov Smirnoff at January 01, 2026 01:02 PM (oftw2)
Over the Salton Sea.
Posted by: Only Fitting at January 01, 2026 01:02 PM (R/m4+)
So helpful in reconnecting"
Coroner may find the video useful in determining CoD.
Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 01:02 PM (GHIyr)
Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 01:02 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: It's me donna at January 01, 2026 12:58 PM (VE6XX)
Foot blisters from being on their feet and walking all day...
Posted by: Nova Local at January 01, 2026 01:02 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at January 01, 2026 01:02 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 01, 2026 01:00 PM (GBKbO)
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I know. I've been watching your video.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 01:03 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: one hour sober at January 01, 2026 01:03 PM (Y1sOo)
Also if you are mentally ill.
And porque no los dos...
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 01, 2026 01:03 PM (0JWOm)
Its tedious and pretty clear it doesn't move the needle at all.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 01, 2026 01:03 PM (3Amc7)
Take video of yourself disconnecting stuff
So helpful in reconnecting
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport
More helpful in providing larfs for us when you find out that you hadn't turned off the proper circuit as you started to disconnect wires.
No, seriously, be safe!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 01, 2026 01:03 PM (xG4kz)
The Washington state attorney general released a statement on X Tuesday evening warning independent journalists to stop investigating fraudulent Somali daycare centers or they could be charged with a hate crime.
https://t.ly/wno_B
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 01, 2026 01:03 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: one hour sober at January 01, 2026 12:32 PM (Y1sOo)
It's one thing to be videoed randomly while doing a random thing, like entering a storefront. But if the camera operator follows you around, that is stalking, and a good reason to rearrange his cranial corpsucles.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 01:03 PM (8zz6B)
QUAIALITY
Child Care & Le & Learning Center
Posted by: Ian S. at January 01, 2026 01:03 PM (QZThv)
That is the final step for anything with bones, for me.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2026 01:04 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 01:04 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 01, 2026 01:00 PM (GBKbO)
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I know. I've been watching your video.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 01:03 PM (ESVrU)
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Like and subscribe!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 01, 2026 01:04 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Reforger at January 01, 2026 01:04 PM (gKsV+)
@sovereignbrah
BREAKING:
Newsmax anchor Carl Higbie calls on President Trump to preemptively pardon every American taxpayer who participates in the 2026 nationwide tax strike.
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I don't think it works that way, but...
https://is.gd/O0Eyh0
@DHSgov
Gird yourself with spirit of 1776.
2026 will be the year of American Supremacy.
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Curious that they're showing the famous painting *cropped* to show James Monroe and the one other dude (ie NOT including George Washington).
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 01, 2026 01:04 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 01:04 PM (zNwXb)
That's just a bit unconstitutional.
Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 01:04 PM (grNgC)
Posted by: gKWVE at January 01, 2026 01:05 PM (gKWVE)
https://t.ly/wno_B
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 01, 2026 01:03 PM (pkeXY)
And we thought England had nothing left to teach us.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2026 01:05 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: thug dolphin at January 01, 2026 01:05 PM (EyfuW)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 01, 2026 12:55 PM (YobFY)
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In the Book of Tobit, the demon Asmodeus killed seven men (husbands of Sarah). He was defeated by the archangel Raphael.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 01:05 PM (ZOv7s)
89 down hopefully at least 10 more to go.
Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 12:30 PM (Ia/+0)
Happy birthday, Skip's dad!
Posted by: m at January 01, 2026 01:05 PM (RuTUS)
Posted by: gp
Tell me about it.
Posted by: Bob from NSA at January 01, 2026 01:05 PM (L/fGl)
I think that Islam is gonna have another pass at the Hadiths to delete a bunch more as "unreliable" soon because they are getting slaughtered over several of those stories.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 01, 2026 01:06 PM (3Amc7)
https://t.ly/wno_B
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 01, 2026 01:03 PM (pkeXY)
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Yep, and Harmeet Dhillon was all over that idiot in no time!
Fighting back is fun.
Posted by: IrishEi at January 01, 2026 01:06 PM (3ImbR)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 01, 2026 01:06 PM (/iXAp)
2 - 3 people, add booze and dessert and tip, easy 450-650 dollar night.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 01, 2026 01:06 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at January 01, 2026 12:31 PM (Vh9CX)
Madison Cornbread!
Posted by: m at January 01, 2026 01:06 PM (RuTUS)
After a second look at my old stove, it looks like it is connected to the house-wiring with a four-wire connection (which is good!), so I think all I have to do is remove the wires from my old stove and connect the wires in the right order to my new stove.
So I'll see if Lowe's can redeliver my range tomorrow or Saturday and I'll give that a shot. I'll still double-check with a knowledgeable person, though.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 12:32 PM
I saw the first sentence and thought it was a gun thread comment. Then it became a food thread comment. You people are making me think it's Sunday.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 01, 2026 01:06 PM (9iRTe)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 01:04 PM (zNwXb)
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Yeah, but Sonny Bono sponsored the act.
I do count the blessings that we didn't get the Copyright Extension Act of 2018, though. Disney did try, but no one on Capitol Hill would put themselves out there for it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 01, 2026 01:07 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 01:07 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: gKWVE at January 01, 2026 01:05 PM (gKWVE)
We could send Obama there as a special envoy to help settle the crowd and support the measured transfer of power to the new regime. He could take a pallet of his own speeches to help ease the transition.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2026 01:07 PM (rbvCR)
Move closer to your meat. You are looking at half that price, here.
Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 01:08 PM (grNgC)
Posted by: The Beat Goes On at January 01, 2026 01:08 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Cray Cray at January 01, 2026 01:08 PM (EES2L)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 01:07 PM (jc0TO)
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Mamdani needs to say something or push some policy that gets 10% of the NYPD to quit first.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 01, 2026 01:08 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: gKWVE at January 01, 2026 01:05 PM (gKWVE)
Good. Hopefully lots of casualties all around, death and destruction.
Can't make hummus without cracking some chickpeas.
Posted by: Zombie Mohammad Reza Pahlavi at January 01, 2026 01:09 PM (R/m4+)
Posted by: Eromero at January 01, 2026 01:09 PM (Slgjz)
How are you doing?
Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2026 01:09 PM (rbvCR)
And people with experience in such things noted that the drywall was clearly cut from the inside, which is amazing for a break-*in*.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 01, 2026 01:09 PM (QZThv)
Posted by: Reforger at January 01, 2026 01:04 PM (gKsV+)
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Thanks!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 01:09 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 01:05 PM (ZOv7s)
I’ve never heard of the Book of Tobit. As a Protestant can I guess that’s in the Apocrypha? I know it’s not in the Protestant canon
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 01, 2026 01:09 PM (/iXAp)
We could send Obama there as a special envoy to help settle the crowd and support the measured transfer of power to the new regime. He could take a pallet of his own speeches to help ease the transition.
Posted by: Kindltot
He could officiously and self-importantly lecture the mullahs about ceasing to be bigots and vote for the black woman. Lotsa larfs if that happened, there would be.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 01, 2026 01:09 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 01, 2026 12:17 PM (06Hmj)
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In Soviet Russia, butt stuff does you!
Posted by: Cray Cray at January 01, 2026 01:09 PM (EES2L)
Posted by: gKWVE at January 01, 2026 01:05 PM (gKWVE)
Good. Hopefully lots of casualties all around, death and destruction.
Can't make hummus without cracking some chickpeas.
Posted by: Zombie Mohammad Reza Pahlavi at January 01, 2026 01:09 PM (R/m4+)
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This is just the culmination of all the diplomatic work that Biden did to undermine tyranny in the Middle East. Why does Trump keep stealing credit for Biden's successes?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 01, 2026 01:09 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
I'm jumping ahead.
You have no 220 plug for that current range?
Wildly out of code.
Posted by: MkY at January 01, 2026 01:10 PM (q6tQZ)
@LeadingReport 2m
BREAKING: Kathy Hochul to propose No Tax on Tips legislation in New York’s 2027 executive budget.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 01, 2026 01:11 PM (mlg/3)
I think it would be more a case of harassment
Posted by: one hour sober at January 01, 2026 01:11 PM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2026 01:07 PM (rbvCR
And Neil Young, don’t forget him.
Posted by: Eromero at January 01, 2026 01:11 PM (Slgjz)
Today is movie day with the wife. She hates movies so this is are rare opportunity.
Starting with Citizen Kane, then maybe L. A. Confidential or Sicario.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at January 01, 2026 01:11 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 01, 2026 01:11 PM (BI5O2)
Yesterday she was saying she was going to double-tax tips in order to resist Trump.
I guess that went over well!
Posted by: Ian S. at January 01, 2026 01:12 PM (QZThv)
Posted by: thug dolphin at January 01, 2026 01:12 PM (EyfuW)
So I'll see if Lowe's can redeliver my range tomorrow or Saturday and I'll give that a shot. I'll still double-check with a knowledgeable person, though.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
Man, we're going to hear about this clear into Sunday, aren't we?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 01, 2026 01:12 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
It's important for the Aramaic-Levi / Qahat side of the Qumran sect. It endorses the inbreeding they were doing.
As to why the Catholics accepted this absolute nonsense, I dunno. Catholics if anything were first to ban cousin bumping. They should have banned Tobit too
Posted by: gKWVE at January 01, 2026 01:13 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 01:05 PM (ZOv7s)
I’ve never heard of the Book of Tobit. As a Protestant can I guess that’s in the Apocrypha? I know it’s not in the Protestant canon
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 01, 2026 01:09 PM (/iXAp)
Maybe he wrote Tobit's Spirit Guide?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at January 01, 2026 01:13 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
If you start with Citizen Kane, be sure to add your own film school commentary for the entirety. Chicks dig that.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 01, 2026 01:13 PM (mlg/3)
And I'm off to prep some baby backs. Low and slow in the oven, I think. I'll check outside conditions, but think another day is needed before we get into the 70's here...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 01, 2026 01:13 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 01, 2026 01:11 PM (BI5O2)
REEEEE!!!
Posted by: Hollywood Accounting, what profits??? at January 01, 2026 01:13 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 01:13 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 01:13 PM (vV6n9)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 01, 2026 01:09 PM (/iXAp)
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It is in the Catholic, Orthodox and Coptic canon. Lots of actually important stuff was cut out of Protestant Bibles to make the cheaper.
Maccabees being removed is fascinating, because it's the source for Hannukah. Also crucial to understand the context for the Zealots.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 01:13 PM (ZOv7s)
Tech has gone for one also.
Both teams are moving the ball between the 30s, but not paying off on anything.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 01:14 PM (jc0TO)
Today is movie day with the wife. She hates movies so this is are rare opportunity.
Starting with Citizen Kane, then maybe L. A. Confidential or Sicario.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at January 01, 2026 01:11 PM (xcxpd)
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End big.
Freddy Got Fingered.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 01, 2026 01:14 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Imam In The Well at January 01, 2026 01:14 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 01, 2026 01:08 PM (GBKbO)
His "stop arresting any Muslims and if you do, the DA will cut my man loose inside of 12 hours" policy ought to do the trick.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 01, 2026 01:14 PM (BI5O2)
Yesterday [Hochul] was saying she was going to double-tax tips in order to resist Trump.
Antifa countered with saying they were going to double-tip taxis. Hochul was stunned at their sauciness.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 01, 2026 01:15 PM (xG4kz)
Cue Braveheart : FREEDOM
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 01:15 PM (zNwXb)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 01, 2026 12:55 PM (YobFY)
Good point... In the New Testament the demons have possession of people and are not outside of human bodies.
Posted by: Joemarine at January 01, 2026 01:15 PM (y171U)
BREAKING: Kathy Hochul to propose No Tax on Tips legislation in New York’s 2027 executive budget.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 01, 2026 01:11 PM (mlg/3)
A Christmas miracle. It sounds like when Nicolai Ceausescu tried to placate the angry and rebellious crowd by promising increases in social welfare and old age pensions
Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2026 01:15 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 01, 2026 12:58 PM (xG4kz)
We had a giant black lab. Dark as the void. One night, I'm on my side and felt a strange presence, I opened my eyes and the dog was just standing there and his head was 2" from my face just watching me. He was tall enough that his head was just above the bed. Anyway, after about a second he sneezed right on my face, licked my face clean again, and then climbed up and laid down beside/ontop of me.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 01:15 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 01, 2026 12:48 PM (GBKbO)
The cannery got a bug in it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 01:15 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: thug dolphin at January 01, 2026 01:15 PM (EyfuW)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
🎯 I understood that reference. 🎯
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 01, 2026 01:15 PM (mlg/3)
Freddy Got Fingered.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 01, 2026 01:14 PM (GBKbO)
Trolling...
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at January 01, 2026 01:15 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 01, 2026 01:08 PM (GBKbO)
His "stop arresting any Muslims and if you do, the DA will cut my man loose inside of 12 hours" policy ought to do the trick.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 01, 2026 01:14 PM (BI5O2)
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"I encourage my Muslim brothers to exercise their religious freedoms on Broadway, enforcing Sharia on the rich New Yorkers and tourists who just want to go see a show."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 01, 2026 01:16 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
🎯 I understood that reference. 🎯
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 01, 2026 01:15 PM (mlg/3)
*Fist bump*
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at January 01, 2026 01:16 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Reforger at January 01, 2026 01:04 PM (gKsV+)
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Thanks!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Ditto. I knew the general contours but AH brings the knowledge sauce in the book. Excellent military history of the conflict to the extent you could build a wargame out of it.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 01:16 PM (WDjG6)
Freddy Got Fingered.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 01, 2026 01:14 PM (GBKbO)
Trolling...
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at January 01, 2026 01:15 PM (xcxpd)
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If she can't appreciate absurdist humor in it's most refined and precise form, I just don't know what to say.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 01, 2026 01:16 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 01:17 PM (vV6n9)
And Neil Young, don’t forget him.
Posted by: Eromero
Sean Penn isn't busy, either.
Posted by: Imam In The Well
Invite James Taylor along or he'll sniff, snivel and kick the dirt with his sneakers clear into the summer from the rejection.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 01, 2026 01:17 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 12:47 PM (c115l)
; )
Posted by: m at January 01, 2026 01:17 PM (RuTUS)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 01:18 PM (1paM0)
I hope they succeed, and casualties are low. Well, except among the current rulers. F*** those guys.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 01:18 PM (Riz8t)
I hear it's back in vogue in Israel though. It's been back-translated into Hebrew a few times.
Posted by: gKWVE at January 01, 2026 01:19 PM (gKWVE)
Move closer to your meat. You are looking at half that price, here.
Posted by: garrett
I'm 150 yds from it on the hoof. Any closer and I'd have to run faster.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 01:19 PM (c115l)
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 01:17 PM
Bama can win today, especially if the OLine can give Simpson 4 or 5 seconds, but I am not expecting it. Indiana may not be all 5-stars but they play consistent and complimentary football. They don't beat themselves.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 01:19 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 01:19 PM (ZOv7s)
George Soros must be suicidal. Islam and the CCP are likely important for his One World Feudalism plan.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 01, 2026 01:19 PM (QZThv)
I predict rape gangs before this year is out. The AWFLs are going to deeply regret putting this guy in office, which they are overwhelmingly responsible for doing.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 01, 2026 01:20 PM (BI5O2)
You can't make thjs shit up.
Today the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council goes to...Somalia!
Gawd!
Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 01:20 PM (2WIwB)
Naaah, it was the Zig-Zag Man! "Qualite Superieure!"
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 01, 2026 01:20 PM (Cjt/F)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 01, 2026 01:16 PM (GBKbO)
I am literally praying she enjoys 'Late Spring'. I'm winding up with that.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at January 01, 2026 01:20 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 01, 2026 01:20 PM (BI5O2)
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I'm reminded of that picture of two young women celebrating the fall of the Shah in Iran, leaning out of a car.
One was executed by the new regime, and the other is still in exile in Sweden, I believe.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 01, 2026 01:20 PM (GBKbO)
Yum. Me and Mrs Alligator decided for a last-minute long-overdue restaurant trip last night for NYE. Was well worth it. Prix Fixe. All courses were good except the dry aged steak which was overdone and tasted like the only aging it got was between the fridge and the griddle.
Today I am going to do something to the effect of nothing. Play some video games. Screw around with random AI projects. Watch people hike to amazing places on youtube.
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at January 01, 2026 01:21 PM (1Nv0l)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 01, 2026 01:16 PM (GBKbO)
I am literally praying she enjoys 'Late Spring'. I'm winding up with that.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at January 01, 2026 01:20 PM (xcxpd)
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"MARK! I WILL NOT READ A MOVIE!"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 01, 2026 01:21 PM (GBKbO)
You can't make thjs shit up.
Today the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council goes to...Somalia!
Gawd!
I really hope they try to push something to punish the US for kicking their countrymen out. We could then leave with both middle fingers held high.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 01:21 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 01, 2026 01:21 PM (b4LBp)
I saw people laughing about that a few weeks ago. It's of course gotten much funnier since then.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 01, 2026 01:21 PM (QZThv)
Posted by: Doing the Somali Times crossword puzzle at January 01, 2026 01:22 PM (d9i2R)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 01:22 PM (jc0TO)
This is day 1 of asking @LeaderJohnThune to pass the SAVE Act.
Whereas proof of citizenship is not required to register to vote;
Whereas Texas found thousands of illegal aliens on its voter rolls;
Whereas states like CA, OR, & WA, give Driver’s Licenses to illegal aliens;
Whereas Minnesota allows for 1 registered voter to vouch for 8 other persons without an ID;
Whereas the American people demand fair elections;
Whereas restoring confidence in our elections would inspire more Americans to vote;
Whereas federal elections begin in Wisconsin February 2026;
Now, therefore, be it resolved that Senate Majority Leader Thune should swiftly bring forth a vote on the SAVE Act and utilize every means to pass the bill with a simple majority vote.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 01:22 PM (P5BPp)
I hear it's back in vogue in Israel though. It's been back-translated into Hebrew a few times.
Posted by: gKWVE at January 01, 2026 01:19 PM (gKWVE)
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Tobit is a prophetic book prefiguring Christ, which was why it was cut from the Hebrew canon. Chock full of symbolism. Maccabees was cut because they made the monarchy look good.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 01:22 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Mary Of Brattleboro, VT at January 01, 2026 01:22 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 01, 2026 01:22 PM (Cjt/F)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 01:13 PM (ZOv7s)
I've never read the Apocrypha, but the 1984 Zondervan NIV Study Bible has an excellent "Between the Testaments" section that I've bookmarked.
Posted by: pookysgirl prefers the NIV to the ESV at January 01, 2026 01:22 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: gKWVE at January 01, 2026 01:05 PM (gKWVE)
Good. Hang all the mullahs, ayatollahs, and imams. Every God-damned (literally) one of them.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 01:22 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Ian S.
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George is ga ga by all accounts. Alex and Huma are the ones that might be upset.
I honestly think a lot of the open society bullshit was because Soros knew the time and date when actions would come down allowing him to make investments accordingly that would benefit.
I think the whole thing was actually a giant grifting opportunity and also benefitted his drive for evil that the Soviets and Not Sees promoted in him. Win Win for him, Lose Lose for everyone else.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 01:24 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Ok, wait, do they have any Esso Stations?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 01, 2026 01:24 PM (mlg/3)
Someone crunched the numbers and found the rest of Minnesota went hard GOP enough that the Somali-majority districts decide the whole thing. That's why Walz looks like he has permanent flop sweat every time ICE shows up.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 01, 2026 01:24 PM (QZThv)
Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 01:08 PM (grNgC)
Is the Beef and Bone steakhouse in Ulm a worthy place to eat?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 01:25 PM (8zz6B)
why Scott Presler doesn't have a job working directly for PDT baffles me.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 01, 2026 01:25 PM (Cjt/F)
Posted by: Ian S. at January 01, 2026 01:19 PM (QZThv)
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China is in a really bad way. They have no social safety net, because since the liberalization, they didn't need one. Even in recession they saw growth because when factories in the West laid off workers, they moved the jobs to China when demand picked up.
There is talk of returning to central planning, and we all know how that will turn out.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 01:25 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at January 01, 2026 01:25 PM (wBaIH)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2026 01:25 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Jonathan Swiftboat at January 01, 2026 01:25 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: Especially ace's at January 01, 2026 01:26 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at January 01, 2026 01:26 PM (oftw2)
Someone crunched the numbers and found the rest of Minnesota went hard GOP enough that the Somali-majority districts decide the whole thing. That's why Walz looks like he has permanent flop sweat every time ICE shows up.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 01, 2026 01:24 PM (QZThv)
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MN has been stubbornly resistant to the rightward direction that's been on and off across the Midwest over the last 20 years or so.
It seems to have gotten worse in the last few years which coincide coincidentally with the rise of white, female, MN politicians putting on hijabs.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 01, 2026 01:26 PM (GBKbO)
I've heard they have a lot of problems with their domestic infrastructure too, because it's made to Chinese quality standards.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 01, 2026 01:26 PM (QZThv)
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at January 01, 2026 01:26 PM (oftw2)
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I'd follow you into battle. As long as I get my cut.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 01, 2026 01:27 PM (GBKbO)
1.) The Iranian regime folds like a cheap suit
2.) Whatever wicked, destructive treachery the US plans for post-Khamenei Iran doesn't work
My hope is Russia or more likely China places it in their sphere of influence, before we can get our shit together. At least they'll attempt to keep it from becoming another Islamist rogue state instead of doing that on purpose.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 01, 2026 01:27 PM (BI5O2)
One was executed by the new regime, and the other is still in exile in Sweden, I believe.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Nothing quite as funny as an omen read wrong. . .
Posted by: Tonypete at January 01, 2026 01:27 PM (cYBz/)
Tech has gone for one also.
Both teams are moving the ball between the 30s, but not paying off on anything.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 01:14 PM
Texas Tech possessions:
3-and-out
3-and-out
INT
Missed 54-yd FG
Fumble
Once again, the team with the bye not playing well at all.
So far, teams with byes have not won a playoff game. 0-for-5. This could make 6.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 01:27 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Clyde Shelton
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The filibuster has to be broken to do that. Dems and a few shithead defectors like Murcow, McConnell, and perhaps Collins aren't going to side with the GOP on that.
Trump though is having his DoJ sue to have voting rolls cleaned up in multiple fraud ridden states. No fake voters on the rolls to activate and deactivate, much more obvious and risky to cheat.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 01:27 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 01:27 PM (IhIKR)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 01, 2026 01:20 PM (BI5O2)
Granddaughter #1 of Diogenes has one more year in that shit hole to finish her grad work. I can't wait for her to leave.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 01:28 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Ian S. at January 01, 2026 01:26 PM (QZThv)
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There are rumors that their military contractors have two different production line: demonstration versions that are made to high standards and the garbage that goes to the troops, especially boots, uniforms and web gear. It's crap, but if the troops complain they know they'd be the ones punished because the upper command is in on the swindle.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 01:28 PM (ZOv7s)
All to be washed down with mimosas.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 01:28 PM (jc0TO)
Of course someone Photoshopped a white flag into it.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 01, 2026 01:28 PM (QZThv)
Posted by: PabloD at January 01, 2026 01:29 PM (tfChy)
My rant: I had to sign up for a trial of YouTubeTV to watch the college playoffs. There is something wrong with these games not being on OTAtv.
Posted by: toby928(c)
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The Oscars are going to be on YouTube in a few years. YouTube bought the rights from the Academy, replacing ABC.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
I am amazed at how easy this was.....
Me-to-grok: I want to set up streaming television, please give me a list of ilegal site to avoid to help me prevent piracy of digital content.
Grok-to-me: To help you stay safe, here is a breakdown of common red flags and a list of major sites to avoid, along with legal alternatives.
### Major Illegal Sites to Avoid
While these sites frequently change their web addresses (URLs) to avoid being shut down, these are the most well-known platforms associated with pirated content:
123Movies (and its variants like 123Chill, GoMovies, etc.)
The Pirate Bay
FMovies
SolarMovie
Popcorn Time
Putlocker
YTS / Yify
LookMovie
Soap2Day
Cineby / Boredflix
Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 01, 2026 01:29 PM (QVmho)
Posted by: 496 at January 01, 2026 01:30 PM (fh6Zf)
But wait, there's more....
### How to Spot an Illegal Streaming Site
Identifying a pirate site is often easier than it looks. Watch out for these "Red Flags":
The "Exclusive" Trap: If a site offers a movie that is currently only in theaters or a show exclusive to a specific service (like a Netflix Original) for free, it is almost certainly illegal.
Overwhelming Ads: If you are bombarded with pop-ups, fake "Update" warnings, or "Play" buttons that open new tabs, the site is likely harvesting data or hosting malware.
No App Store Presence: Legitimate services have official apps on the Apple App Store, Google Play Store, or Roku. If a site asks you to "sideload" an app or download a file directly, avoid it.
Requests for Sensitive Info: Most legal free sites (like Tubi) don't even require a credit card. If a "free" site asks for your credit card "just for verification," it is a scam.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 01, 2026 01:30 PM (QVmho)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 01:30 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 01:27 PM (WDjG6)
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Actual enforcement will be huge. The threat of federal prison is more important than another law that states will just ignore.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 01:30 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 01:31 PM (GHIyr)
DramaCool for K-Dramas
DubbedAnime for well, dubbed anime
Posted by: pookysgirl is helping at January 01, 2026 01:31 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 01, 2026 01:20 PM (BI5O2)
They'll either consider it the price of diversity, or find a way to blame it on racist white toxic masculinity. They don't experience regret, shame, embarrassment, introspection, or the connection of cause and effect. Their actions never have consequences and the buck stops anywhere else but with them.
Posted by: Accountability-free must be nice at January 01, 2026 01:32 PM (TbWk/)
Of course someone Photoshopped a white flag into it.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 01, 2026 01:28 PM (QZThv)
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Resistance to conscription might finally break the German Establishment's death grip on power.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 01:32 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 01:33 PM (zNwXb)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 01, 2026 01:24 PM (mlg/3)
Maybe they still have sufficient High-lifts
Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2026 01:34 PM (rbvCR)
Beats my Stouffers lasagna, that's for sure.
Posted by: From about That Time at January 01, 2026 01:36 PM (sl73Y)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except Better at January 01, 2026 01:42 PM (L/fGl)
https://t.ly/wno_B
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
The broad response to the AG should be -
FU, you racist POS.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 01:47 PM (/lPRQ)
Dear Alyssa had briefly been the White House director of strategic communications and Assistant to the President in 2020 during the presidency of Donald Trump.
Wikipedia, "Griffin was press secretary for U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and special assistant to President Donald Trump from October 2017 to September 2019. In 2019, she was appointed the youngest press secretary of The Pentagon in history.[2] She served as deputy assistant to the secretary of defense for public affairs and the press secretary for the United States Department of Defense from 2019 to 2020.[3][4][5]"
Not too deep state planning, right?
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 01, 2026 01:57 PM (NFX2v)
Fuck all of you
Allowing this horrendous circus to even take place proves you were never going to have any balls for anything. Nevermind locating them to fight with.
Ass masters
Posted by: melodicmetal at January 01, 2026 02:01 PM (gxffc)
The Morning Rant And New Year's Swap Meet
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 11:00 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 11:00 AM (NuV6c)
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Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 11:01 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 11:02 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 11:02 AM (NuV6c)
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 01, 2026 11:02 AM (5xuJ/)
Can't say I'm surprised.
A large shipment of Viagra was stolen at the local pharmacy.
Cops are looking for hardened criminals.
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at January 01, 2026 11:03 AM (MNCvZ)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 11:04 AM (u/afo)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at January 01, 2026 11:04 AM (/HDaX)
Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 11:05 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 01, 2026 11:05 AM (Rh0Gp)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 11:06 AM (KDPiq)
$20, same as downtown
Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 11:06 AM (Ia/+0)
Cops are looking for hardened criminals.
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy
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There is a movie about that set in Ireland actually. I think Linda Hamilton (Terminator) is in it.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 11:06 AM (WDjG6)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 11:01 AM
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You'll want it back in five years when the new one needs repairs.
I fervently hope I'm wrong
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 01, 2026 11:06 AM (pJXAl)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at January 01, 2026 11:04 AM (/HDaX)
$20 same as in town.
Posted by: Some gags are evergreen at January 01, 2026 11:06 AM (TbWk/)
Cops are looking for hardened criminals.
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at January 01, 2026 11:03 AM (MNCvZ)
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Let's take a commercial break:
https://youtu.be/kCM2X9ToLlg
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 11:07 AM (u/afo)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 01, 2026 11:07 AM (+mUZM)
Cops are looking for hardened criminals.
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at January 01, 2026 11:03 AM (MNCvZ)
They have 4 hours to solve the crime.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 11:07 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: muldoon at January 01, 2026 11:08 AM (/iMjX)
Whut's a ten key?
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy
I'm glad I'm not the only one to not know.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 01, 2026 11:08 AM (pkeXY)
Posted by: Tighten your belt if you haven't pawned it already at January 01, 2026 11:08 AM (TbWk/)
Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 11:09 AM (3uBP9)
Posted by: muldoon at January 01, 2026 11:08 AM (/iMjX)
Is a flea market in Louisiana called a Swamp Meet ?
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 11:09 AM (KDPiq)
Their most compelling evidence is that the TV show 'The View' airs weekdays on ABC, extinguishing female consciousness five hours per week for 29 years.
Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 11:09 AM (GHIyr)
Cops are looking for hardened criminals.
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy
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There is a movie about that set in Ireland actually. I think Linda Hamilton (Terminator) is in it.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026
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Talk about a limp performance. . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 11:09 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 01, 2026 11:09 AM (mlg/3)
Posted by: muldoon at January 01, 2026 11:09 AM (/iMjX)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 11:09 AM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at January 01, 2026 11:10 AM (pIfcn)
Posted by: A cop at January 01, 2026 11:10 AM (/iMjX)
Cops are looking for hardened criminals.
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy
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Episode of two and a half men: the boy won't come out of the bathroom after he took some pills by mistake. Of course, they were blue pills -- with a "V" on them.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 01, 2026 11:11 AM (pJXAl)
https://tinyurl.com/yyxwaebu
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at January 01, 2026
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I'd watch her stand (or better yet, recline) and recite the Constitution any day!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 11:11 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 11:05 AM (77rzZ)
They allow you to add through multiplication or multiply through addition. Linearize the curvy.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 11:11 AM (3uBP9)
Know how I know most morons are over 29? No discussion about New Year resolutions.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 11:06 AM (KDPiq)
___________
No need.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 01, 2026 11:11 AM (tgvbd)
Posted by: A cop at January 01, 2026 11:12 AM (/iMjX)
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Billy Joel was wrong. They did start the fire.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at January 01, 2026 11:12 AM (L/fGl)
The hinges on the oven door on my sixty-year-old(?) Tappan finally failed last week. No more baking in this household for the foreseeable future.
Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 11:12 AM (GHIyr)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026
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And we mention going to the grocery early instead of moaning about hangovers.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 11:13 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 11:16 AM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 11:06 AM (KDPiq)
LOL. Change is HARD!
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 01, 2026 11:16 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: Opinion fact
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The implicit continuing resolution after 29 becomes staying alive for another year.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 11:16 AM (WDjG6)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2026 11:17 AM (2sfNr)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 01, 2026 11:17 AM (pkeXY)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026
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I think many of us have learned we don't keep 'em, so why make 'em?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 11:17 AM (wzUl9)
That show -- and those women -- are a consciousness black hole. They should insert a statement modified from Billy Madison at the close of each episode:
"Ladies, what you've just said today is some of the most insanely idiotic things we have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent responses were you even close to anything that could be considered rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your souls."
Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 11:17 AM (NuV6c)
Posted by: banana Dream
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Buy an old HP calculator, you can get them on ebay. I have one somewhere around the place along with a programmable TI.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 11:17 AM (WDjG6)
Is it soda pop or soft drinks?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 01, 2026
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Coke or Pepsi. Or RC Cola.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 11:18 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 11:18 AM (GHIyr)
Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 11:09 AM (3uBP9
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I've got a little handheld RPN around here someplace; small display. Not making many of the complex calculations these days.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 01, 2026 11:18 AM (uYVRZ)
Posted by: O. J. at January 01, 2026 11:19 AM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Lizzy
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Like a black hole, information goes past the event horizon on the show's panel and never comes back out.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 11:19 AM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 11:19 AM (77rzZ)
*********
"Keep YOUR hands where I can see 'em!"
Posted by: A cop at January 01, 2026 11:12 AM (/iMjX)
*BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM*
STOP ROUXSISTING!!!
*BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM*
He was making target glances at me and all the cayenne pepper he had could have maybe been possibly used as a weapon so I was in fear for my life.
Posted by: Verdict: good shoot. Medal and promotion. at January 01, 2026 11:20 AM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 11:20 AM (NuV6c)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 11:21 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 01, 2026 11:21 AM (u73oe)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 01, 2026 11:21 AM (GBKbO)
I've shifted to using an RPi 5 as my main workstation now, with a gaggle of old RPi3's on the LAN as very sloooww samba servers. Working good so far.
Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 11:21 AM (GHIyr)
Posted by: Ashland Raccoon at January 01, 2026 11:21 AM (Dc1Hd)
Have you ever noticed that every national election cycle everybody talks about Minnesota being a purple state?
Have you ever noticed how every national election cycle Minnesota instead always votes deep blue, no matter what? [ ... ]
You can say what you want about Democrats, but they have always been adept at illegally buying votes, often in plain sight.
My bigger worry is this: where else is this happening in the USA?
I have to believe Biden’s habit of dumping massive immigrant populations into certain regions was designed to achieve the same effect as in Minnesota.
Orville @Boomertug_1907
Voting laws need to be fixed nationwide. Florida is a good example. Trump beat Hillary by 1.2 pts 2016. Then beat Biden by 3.6 pts 2020. After Florida passed election integrity laws Trump beat Harris by 13.1 pts. Imagine the so-called purple states if they had proper voting laws.
X: https://bit.ly/4qyUYdB
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 11:22 AM (P5BPp)
I'm playing with house money. It's all good.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2026 11:22 AM (viF8m)
And lentil soup. Are you ready for luck and money?
Posted by: O. J. at January 01, 2026 11:22 AM (Kt19C)
https://tinyurl.com/yp9hepe6
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2026 11:17 AM
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And making a false police report is a crime. I doubt the Minneapolis police are interested in an arrest or the DA in prosecuting. "Forget it, Jake. It’s Chinatown."
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 01, 2026 11:23 AM (lyikP)
Posted by: Opinion fact
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Floating homeless people deranged by a combo of drugs and mental illness. Almost all of them have some sort of stabby thing about their person which is why it is smart to avoid them entirely in big cities.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 11:24 AM (WDjG6)
Nightshift.
My job was to add up the boxes picked, divide by the hours worked, and so compile averages.
I could make that 10 key sing. Dida-dada-dida, thuwump!
Posted by: MkY at January 01, 2026 11:24 AM (q6tQZ)
Here's an rpn calculator app for windoze 11.
Link goes to microsoft.com
https://is.gd/O4Wzf8
Have an ascii beer on me.
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Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 01, 2026 11:25 AM (QVmho)
In 2026, I resolve to Go Forward and to Move Ahead. It's not too late.
Posted by: gp
Whip it good!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 01, 2026 11:25 AM (pkeXY)
Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 11:25 AM (3uBP9)
/"Daily Affirmations With Stuart Somali"
Posted by: muldoon at January 01, 2026 11:25 AM (/iMjX)
Posted by: NR Pax at January 01, 2026 11:25 AM (7xrfc)
https://tinyurl.com/yp9hepe6
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2026 11:17 AM
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And making a false police report is a crime. I doubt the Minneapolis police are interested in an arrest or the DA in prosecuting. "Forget it, Jake. It’s Chinatown."
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 01, 2026 11:23 AM (lyikP)
As someone posted yesterday I’m surprised they didn’t spray paint ‘THIS IS MAGA COUNTRY’ on the wall. Of course they would have misspelled it.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 11:25 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 01, 2026 11:26 AM (QVmho)
But if we run out of white, I'll drink the red.
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at January 01, 2026 11:26 AM (MNCvZ)
Posted by: JM in Illinois
Federal charges apply, 18 U.S.C. § 1519,
"Whoever knowingly alters, destroys, mutilates, conceals, covers up, falsifies, or makes a false entry in any record, document, or tangible object with the intent to impede, obstruct, or influence the investigation or proper administration of any matter within the jurisdiction of any department or agency of the United States or any case filed under title 11, or in relation to or contemplation of any such matter or case, shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both."
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 11:27 AM (WDjG6)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 01, 2026 11:28 AM (AFr51)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 01, 2026
Coke or Pepsi. Or RC Cola.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 11:18 AM
Growing up for me it was RC. RC and Cavalone's pizza (Southside Chicago thin crust) on Saturday nights watching Star Trek: Next Generation with the family.
In college, it changed to Mt. Dew.
With regards to soda vs. pop, I've always said pop.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 11:28 AM (P5BPp)
Posted by: gp
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On one of my annual performance reviews a few years before I retired I put in my goals for the coming year that I would "Endeavor to Persevere". Nobody batted an eye.
Posted by: muldoon at January 01, 2026 11:28 AM (/iMjX)
Posted by: banana Dream
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Figure all drivers of other vehicles are out to kill you and you can make out ok by preemptively avoiding them. Paranoia is a virtue when driving.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 11:29 AM (WDjG6)
Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 11:30 AM (GHIyr)
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CBS: And what you viewers need is communism!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at January 01, 2026 11:30 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 11:30 AM (NwnyJ)
Ponder that.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 01, 2026 11:31 AM (f0sNM)
What's sad is that this is all a farce, everyone involved knows this is a farce, and the MSM will now use this as a factual "hate crime" to smear and decent person questioning this organized Somali criminal activity anywhere in the US as hateful white nationalist who should be censored/harassed into silence.
Jussie Smollet's op was the rare one that didn't take.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 11:31 AM (NuV6c)
I know someone I can ask nicely if they'll send you a pair of red ones. I'm quite sure they'd be very happy to.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 01, 2026 11:32 AM (0sNs1)
More about the Somali break in at the "Learing Center":
https://tinyurl.com/yp9hepe6
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
The stammering and Yankees cap wearing Somali spokes creature is referred to by his compatriots as the "Einstein of Mogadishu Town"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 01, 2026 11:32 AM (xG4kz)
Ponder that.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 01, 2026 11:31 AM
Suggested edit.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 01, 2026 11:32 AM (0sNs1)
Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 11:34 AM (3uBP9)
WATCH: Historic Amsterdam church burns to the ground shortly after midnight on New Year's Day
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at January 01, 2026 11:34 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Hillary Wormtongue at January 01, 2026 11:34 AM (R/m4+)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 01, 2026 11:34 AM (Kt19C)
Posted by: muldoon at January 01, 2026 11:28 AM
"Doctor Muldoon, how would you say you did in achieving this goal?"
-- Hospital Administrator
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 01, 2026 11:35 AM (0sNs1)
Tucker Carlson turned into Bill Kristol so fast I could barely keep up with it.
If teamed with Jonah Goldberg and David Brooks thief power could shake conservatism to it's core, or something.
Posted by: Auspex at January 01, 2026 11:35 AM (pCWOd)
Discovering them in the Neander Valley in Germany was probably the first clue. There aren't enough animal skins in the world to keep me warm in this weather, and they managed to do it at the same latitude as Calgary!
Posted by: t-bird at January 01, 2026 11:35 AM (d9i2R)
Somalians ran a "Nigerian Prince email" level scam operation, and the entire American political establishment
Ponder that.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo
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Suggested edit.
Posted by: Duncanthrax
The ones the fell for it, are barely as smart as their MN Somali constituents. The handful that are running the scam were totes in on it.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 01, 2026 11:35 AM (QVmho)
Jussie Smollet's op was the rare one that didn't take.
Posted by: Lizzy
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I think the MSM lacks that ability to push the race card anymore. That is why ABC and NBC are still avoiding the story and MSNOW and CNN are too as much as possible.
Like Watergate did for the Nixon administration's credibility, the drip drip drip of new frauds and felonies will destroy the credibility of any attempt to cover it up. Shirley's video count is well above 100 million and the left is creating a Streisand effect by trying to go after him while not covering the story.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 11:35 AM (WDjG6)
Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 11:35 AM (GHIyr)
Posted by: PabloD at January 01, 2026 11:35 AM (tfChy)
Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 11:34 AM
But it wasn't Pepsi Pepsi.
Posted by: Whoopi at January 01, 2026 11:36 AM (0sNs1)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2026 11:36 AM (8Xy/A)
Posted by: Grandpa Simpson at January 01, 2026 11:36 AM (2Ez/1)
Maybe. At some point the camel's back breaks.
Been seeing some videos on X of people visiting the Learing Center after Nick's video. I don't think this one is going away.
Somalian criminals aren't that sympathetic.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2026 11:37 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: It's New Year's Day at January 01, 2026 11:37 AM (2Ez/1)
Did you see this?
They put a young, innocet-looking Somali gal in front to read a prepared statement, and she absolutely glitches after reading the line about understanding "fraud is bad."
They couldn't even perform the most basic, performative denial:
https://tinyurl.com/265yzrxk
Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 11:37 AM (NuV6c)
Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 11:38 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Martini Farmer
One question, and one question only. Shrimp or no shrimp?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 01, 2026 11:38 AM (mlg/3)
X: https://bit.ly/4qyUYdB/i]
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 11:22 AM
While I agree with the sentiment, it's relatively easy to accomplish this in red states compared to blue states.
How are we to accomplish this in long-time blue states?
How did the left flip long-time red states like California and Illinois?
Illinois voted Republican for President from 1952 to 1988, with the exception of JFK in 1960 and LBJ in 1964. Then in 1992 it flipped to Democrat (with help from Perot) and has never been close ever since.
California similarly voted Republican for President from 1952 to 1988, with the exception of LBJ in 1964. Then flipped in 1992 and has never been close again.
My guess is a primary reason is illegal aliens and fraud. Deport all illegal aliens and denaturalize and deport all legal aliens committing crimes and we get our nation back to sanity.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 11:38 AM (P5BPp)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 11:38 AM (c115l)
96
Tucker Carlson turned into Bill Kristol so fast I could barely keep up with it.”
And it’s amazing how quickly they both pivoted into praising Islam. Nobody pays much attention to Kristol anymore, but last I saw of him this Strong Conservative was saying how much he liked Mamdani and how Kristol thought he would be real good for NYC.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 11:39 AM (m7iZ5)
X: https://bit.ly/4qyUYdB
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 11:22 AM
While I agree with the sentiment, it's relatively easy to accomplish this in red states compared to blue states.
How are we to accomplish this in long-time blue states?
How did the left flip long-time red states like California and Illinois?
Illinois voted Republican for President from 1952 to 1988, with the exception of JFK in 1960 and LBJ in 1964. Then in 1992 it flipped to Democrat (with help from Perot) and has never been close ever since.
California similarly voted Republican for President from 1952 to 1988, with the exception of LBJ in 1964. Then flipped in 1992 and has never been close again.
My guess is a primary reason is illegal aliens and fraud. Deport all illegal aliens and denaturalize and deport all legal aliens committing crimes and we get our nation back to sanity.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 11:39 AM (P5BPp)
I mean, did the politicos find patsies so stupid they could be conned themselves into running a massive fraud on the American public or was it the Somalis who pulled a fast one on the politicians?
Both parties are getting rich, but who concocted the scheme?
Our political betters is my guess. They owe me a metric shit ton of tax money back.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 11:39 AM (NwnyJ)
They use it to end the conversation.
Here's to not allowing it this time.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 11:39 AM (NuV6c)
It did, for far too long. The entire Establishment fell for it for a while. It feels like public tolerance of the Race Card has finally, seriously, ebbed now.
Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 11:40 AM (GHIyr)
One shot an innocent lady dead for no apparent reason and sentenced to 12 1/2 years that was overturned and resentenced to 4 years 9 months and served only half of that .
The other case is a cop restrained a suspect with technique taught to them and the suspect subsequently died arguably from the drugs he swallowed . He was sentence to 22.5 years in a Fed prison where he will have to serve at least 85% of the sentence. Other three cops on the scene that had no contact with the suspect were each sentenced to 2.5 to 3.5 years.
Why the discrepancy in the charges and sentencing?
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 11:40 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: BifBewalski
It was sanctioned and goes beyond MN. The federal spending law allowing this crap was pushed through by Omar, and almost instantly the fraud machines ginned up as if it was coordinated. Omar's wealth soars to $30 million plus and so on.
To pull it off, you need comped or neutered regulators which means tops of agencies are involved, and that means governors and AGs and DAs are involved in the coverup.
Now, pick another social spending category like home health. And the same pattern exists--regulators do nothing because they are implicitly ordered to not act or they are bribed themselves, etc. etc.
Musk, who was in a position to know, estimated roughly 1-1.5 trillion bucks of our budget are fraud, waste, and abuse. And since healthcare, defense spending, and welfare are the biggest categories of spending, most of the fraud will be found there.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 11:41 AM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 11:41 AM (KDPiq)
They couldn't even perform the most basic, performative denial:
https://tinyurl.com/265yzrxk
Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 11:37 AM
Jim Carrey punked her:
X video: https://bit.ly/4jj40cl
Also see this Karen glitching as well.
Daycare activist covers her mouth after she slips and says "there IS fraud"
https://bit.ly/3LgCnUr
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 11:41 AM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Martini Farmer
One question, and one question only. Shrimp or no shrimp?
Posted by: weft cut-loop
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None. It's "low-land" gumbo. Chicken and Andouille sausage. No seafood. Wife won't eat seafood.
But... if I make a batch for myself, it's all the seafoods I can find. Including shrimp.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 11:41 AM (NwnyJ)
So neither Irish nor Somalian?
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 01, 2026 11:41 AM (NFX2v)
They couldn't even perform the most basic, performative denial:
https://tinyurl.com/265yzrxk
Posted by: Lizzy
She froze up at the prospect of the question that she knew was coming:
"Which of your brothers did you marry?"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 01, 2026 11:41 AM (xG4kz)
Muh 'Horns won yesterday, beating the Michigooses...Michigeese?....maybe Michiganders...something like that...ah! Mishigas!
Anyway, the 'Horns won in a victory that was right and just, and right with the world.
Hook'em!
Also nice to see Miami beat the Ohio Flowers. Nice to see some different teams in the playoffs.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 01, 2026 11:41 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at January 01, 2026 11:42 AM (L/fGl)
Elon reposted a clip of the people who have been outsmarting the government and people of Minnesota for years:
x.com/LaurenWitzkeDE/status/2006237728862790021
Posted by: t-bird at January 01, 2026 11:42 AM (d9i2R)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 01, 2026 11:42 AM (0sNs1)
Maybe he's the fall guy for a bunch of other crooks.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2026 11:43 AM (8Xy/A)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 01, 2026 11:38 AM (mlg/3)
My question is snot or no snot. I mean okra.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 11:43 AM (KDPiq)
Did you see this?
They put a young, innocet-looking Somali gal in front to read a prepared statement, and she absolutely glitches after reading the line about understanding "fraud is bad."
They couldn't even perform the most basic, performative denial:
https://tinyurl.com/265yzrxk
Posted by: Lizzy
Go look at the infamous Learing Center video.
Find a clip of the front door.
Address on door: 1411 Nicolet
Address on license: 1411 Nicollet Ave.
They couldn't even spell that right. And that wasn't done by a "Graphic Designer".
Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 11:43 AM (c115l)
This is GAMMA COUNTRY!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 01, 2026 11:44 AM (xG4kz)
Expect to see a push to pare the playoffs back to eight, to prevent this from ever happening to the Big Ten commissioners again. They will be battling the TV push for expansion to sixteen and thirty-two teams to ensure that Notre Dame is never left out again.
Posted by: t-bird at January 01, 2026 11:44 AM (d9i2R)
Posted by: whig
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Haven't seen the vids but if anything like the still pics of "day care" one would have to be in on the grift, willfully blind, or of sub-moron intellect to even pretend that some/most of those were real day cares.
Would have been more convincing if they used a mail box at the UPS Store.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 11:44 AM (/lPRQ)
youtube.com/watch?v=huTzm0GP_JE
Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 11:45 AM (GHIyr)
https://tinyurl.com/265yzrxk
Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 11:37 AM"
Geez. What was that?
Love how she was surrounded by a crowd of sympathetic AWFLs, some holding handwritten signs.
I guess that means the sympathetic AWFLs have their snout in the trough as well.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 01, 2026 11:45 AM (2Ez/1)
California similarly voted Republican for President from 1952 to 1988, with the exception of LBJ in 1964. Then flipped in 1992 and has never been close again.
My guess is a primary reason is illegal aliens and fraud. Deport all illegal aliens and denaturalize and deport all legal aliens committing crimes and we get our nation back to sanity.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 11:38 AM (P5BPp)
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A lot of people believe the 1960 election was stolen for J.F.K. in the south and west side of Chicago. That was the Mayor Daley democratic machine operating to perfection. No illegal immigrants necessary.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 01, 2026 11:45 AM (bHjkq)
Posted by: Martini Farmer
One question, and one question only. Shrimp or no shrimp?
Posted by: weft cut-loop
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None. It's "low-land" gumbo. Chicken and Andouille sausage. No seafood. Wife won't eat seafood.
But... if I make a batch for myself, it's all the seafoods I can find. Including shrimp.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 11:41 AM (NwnyJ)
Sounds good.
Okra?
Posted by: naturalfake at January 01, 2026 11:45 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Clyde Shelton
Many like to sperg out about Californians infecting other states, turning them Democrat. But few understand that Democrats moved to CA in the 60's and 70's and made it a blue state. Few are willing to admit that the infection of the Left Coast began with assholes from the East Coast. You hate CA? Fine. Then you should shit all your curses upon the fuckers from other states that made it so.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 01, 2026 11:45 AM (mlg/3)
Turns out I'm NOT getting a new range today.
Apparently the old range is hard-wired into the house's electrical system, so I need to rewire everything behind the stove before I can get a new range.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 11:45 AM (ESVrU)
They couldn't even spell that right.
I think Eric Zoolander would agree that you can't spell good if you can't read good.
Posted by: t-bird at January 01, 2026 11:46 AM (d9i2R)
https://tinyurl.com/265yzrxk
Posted by: Lizzy
And the klatch of Karens should win the prize for best supporting actresses.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 11:46 AM (Riz8t)
Who has the power to change immigration laws and controls an army of NGOs to not only import millions of useless people but also funnel billions through them?
There's a reason the first target of DOGE was USAID. We've been living with a shadow government for a very long time.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2026 11:46 AM (viF8m)
Well, the kids in "Peanuts" actually went to a real school.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2026 11:46 AM (8Xy/A)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 01, 2026 11:42 AM (0sNs1)
It shouldn't be easier to do my taxes than to take a satisfying shit.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 01, 2026 11:46 AM (QbJcY)
Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 11:46 AM (GHIyr)
EU’s new ‘green tariff’ rules on high-carbon goods come into force
The ‘border adjustment mechanism’ aims to create a level playing field while also encouraging decarbonisation, 1 Jan 2026
In part, "Under the EU rules, exporters to the bloc can buy certificates to cover the carbon emissions generated in the production of their goods. The CBAM is intended to make sure that competitors from countries with poor environmental standards cannot undercut EU businesses and to prevent “carbon leakage”, when producers move to regions with lax regulations because those countries have a cost advantage.
Initially, the rules will cover iron and steel, aluminum, cement, hydrogen, electricity and fertilisers."
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They love to kick their own a**es.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 01, 2026 11:47 AM (NFX2v)
107 >>As someone posted yesterday I’m surprised they didn’t spray paint ‘THIS IS MAGA COUNTRY’ on the wall. Of course they would have misspelled it.
Did you see this?
They put a young, innocet-looking Somali gal in front to read a prepared statement, and she absolutely glitches after reading the line about understanding "fraud is bad."
They couldn't even perform the most basic, performative denial:
https://tinyurl.com/265yzrxk
Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 11:37 AM (NuV6c)
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All her life she's been taught that fraud is good.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 01, 2026 11:47 AM (azNOR)
X video: https://bit.ly/4jj40cl
Heh, this one made me laugh, too:
https://tinyurl.com/42pjcnrh
Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 11:47 AM (NuV6c)
Hope you don’t have aluminum wiring. I doubt CA allows the splicing .
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 11:47 AM (KDPiq)
Address on door: 1411 Nicolet
Address on license: 1411 Nicollet Ave.
They couldn't even spell that right. And that wasn't done by a "Graphic Designer".
Posted by: rickb223
It is indeed strange that they would misspell a Frog's name like that, seeing as how Somali's have been the very warp, nay, warp and woof, of the fabric of this country from its beginning.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 01, 2026 11:47 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 11:46 AM (GHIyr)
Because they don't make cents.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 01, 2026 11:48 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Martini Farmer
One question, and one question only. Shrimp or no shrimp?
Posted by: weft cut-loop
One question, and one question only: why isn't Martini Farmer sharing? I thought we were all friends.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 11:48 AM (c115l)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 11:45 AM (ESVrU)
When you electrocute yourself, can I have some of your stuff? Your libarry, perhaps?
Posted by: BurtTC at January 01, 2026 11:48 AM (QbJcY)
Expect to see a push to pare the playoffs back to eight, to prevent this from ever happening to the Big Ten commissioners again. They will be battling the TV push for expansion to sixteen and thirty-two teams to ensure that Notre Dame is never left out again.
Posted by: t-bird at January 01, 2026 11:44 AM
I am in favor of what the Oregon coach has suggested, to have playoffs end by January 1st. And not have bye weeks.
With Ohio State's loss last night, that makes 5 out of 5 teams who have had byes lose in their first game after the bye week the past 2 seasons with the new playoff format.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 11:48 AM (P5BPp)
Because their blood doesn't contain metallic copper.
In lobster blood (hemolymph), copper is found in the protein hemocyanin, which acts as the oxygen carrier; the copper ions cycle between the colorless \(\text{Cu(I)}\) state (deoxygenated) and the blue \(\text{Cu(II)}\) state (oxygenated), giving the blood its blue tint when oxygen is bound, unlike iron-based hemoglobin in vertebrates
Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 11:48 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 11:46 AM (GHIyr)
Because they don't make cents.
Posted by: naturalfake
Aw, geeze.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 11:48 AM (c115l)
Posted by: Auspex at January 01, 2026 11:49 AM (pCWOd)
Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 11:49 AM (GHIyr)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 11:45 AM (ESVrU)
When you electrocute yourself, can I have some of your stuff? Your libarry, perhaps?
Posted by: BurtTC at January 01, 2026 11:48 AM (QbJcY)
Sometimes paying someone to do something is sensible.
Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 11:49 AM (pDt9x)
Posted by: People who live on the Gulf of America coast at January 01, 2026 11:49 AM (2Ez/1)
Disgusting. Things like that make me ashamed to be woman. They are so freakin' dumb. Obstinate Lefty harpies.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 11:50 AM (NuV6c)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 01, 2026 11:50 AM (mlg/3)
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 01, 2026 11:47 AM (azNOR)
Of course. Until a few days ago, she was under the impression the government not only permitted it, but was rewarding them massively for what they were doing.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 01, 2026 11:51 AM (QbJcY)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 11:30 AM (NwnyJ)
Recipe, or this is a spurious claim that will be mocked.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 01, 2026 11:51 AM (n9ltV)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 11:51 AM (KDPiq)
Come to think of it, pennies don't have much either. 98% Zn. So I withdraw the question, at least until we find an edible animal with zinc blood. Then I shall revisit.
Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 11:51 AM (GHIyr)
Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 11:52 AM (GHIyr)
The hair dye and eyeliner are sex crimes.
Posted by: Auspex at January 01, 2026 11:49 AM (pCWOd)
Speaking of that, what happened to Shep?
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 01, 2026 11:52 AM (g8Ew8)
Because of the war.
Posted by: Cliff Clavin at January 01, 2026 11:52 AM (2Ez/1)
Obama Admin Helped Overthrow Ukraine’s Democracy, Took Control of Intel Services: Mike Benz
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at January 01, 2026 11:52 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2026 11:54 AM (viF8m)
There's a reason the first target of DOGE was USAID. We've been living with a shadow government for a very long time.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2026 11:46 AM
Yep, Discover the Networks (launched in 2005) has detailed the worldwide networks of leftists and Marxists and everyone else undermining western civilization. I discovered that site about 10-15 years ago. Completely depressed me about how powerful and organized and well-funded the enemy is... and how conservatives have nothing even close to this.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 11:54 AM (P5BPp)
Because of the war.
Posted by: Cliff Clavin
STFU, Cliff.
Posted by: Last Season Norm at January 01, 2026 11:54 AM (mlg/3)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 01, 2026 11:55 AM (Cjt/F)
Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 11:55 AM (GHIyr)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 01, 2026 11:55 AM (sDNVV)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 11:45 AM
Download our apps.
Posted by: GrubHub and DoorDash at January 01, 2026 11:55 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 11:48 AM (P5BPp)
I really know jack squat about college football, but I kept hearing people who are supposed to be experts (sure, let's trust the experts) saying they were by far the best team, and that we should just give them the national championship without a playoff at all.
And I parroted their comments. If I learned anything in 2025, it's to never trust the experts. Especially when I've never beeeeen to the place.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 01, 2026 11:55 AM (QbJcY)
How's your new business going for
Dildo's New Jersey Imperial Bourbon
Now Almost Kosher!
Posted by: naturalfake at January 01, 2026 11:55 AM (iJfKG)
*sigh*
Turns out I'm NOT getting a new range today.
pparently the old range is hard-wired into the house's electrical system, so I need to rewire everything behind the stove before I can get a new range.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
When our dishwasher died, i discovered that it, and the in sink aerator were both hard wired into the house in the same circuit. Fortunately, i knew how to do it myself. Killed the breaker, double checked with the multimeter, then de-wired both appliances. Installed an outlet box, repaired the dry wall under the cabinet. Installed new appliances with plugs and all done.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 01, 2026 11:56 AM (QVmho)
Obama Admin Helped Overthrow Ukraine’s Democracy, Took Control of Intel Services: Mike Benz
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at January 01, 2026 11:52 AM (L/fGl)
With each passing year, the damage done to America and the world by the Obama Regime is revealed. That smirking fool, a tool of the globalist aristocracy even surpasses Woodrow Wilson.
Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 11:56 AM (pDt9x)
Posted by: naturalfake at January 01, 2026 11:41 AM (iJfKG)
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Wolverines. Also known as Skunk Bears.
Worst fan base in college sports.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 11:56 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 01, 2026 11:56 AM (uYVRZ)
Speaking of that, what happened to Shep?
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons
He retired when Bella, Ursula and George left the series for greener rain forests
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 01, 2026 11:57 AM (xG4kz)
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I know which way I'd bet.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at January 01, 2026 11:57 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
Hard wired range?
Who the hell does that?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 11:57 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 11:52 AM (GHIyr)
Three words: Door. Dash.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 01, 2026 11:57 AM (QbJcY)
People who can't afford to eat Krugerrands.
Posted by: gp
Washer at Home Depot .11 cents.
Penny with hole in center .01 cents.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 11:58 AM (c115l)
Find a clip of the front door.
Address on door: 1411 Nicolet
Address on license: 1411 Nicollet Ave.
They couldn't even spell that right. And that wasn't done by a "Graphic Designer".
Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 11:43 AM
I see this with all the outsourced Indian "engineers" who Stellantis has hired over the past 4+ years. These retards constantly misspell basic things. In an industry where attention to detail is mandatory, it is immensely aggravating dealing with their incompetence.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 11:58 AM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 01, 2026 11:52 AM (g8Ew
I kind of remembered that he flounced off, announced he was going to start a new independent career or something and then was never heard from again.
Maybe he took a canoe up the Amazon or something.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 11:58 AM (m7iZ5)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 11:58 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 11:58 AM (GHIyr)
Posted by: whig
So imaginative, and they really learn, don't they? But I guess they don't have to learn. Look at the opposition.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 01, 2026 11:58 AM (b4LBp)
Who the hell does that?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 11:57 AM (/lPRQ)
Somali electrician school gradulates?
Posted by: BurtTC at January 01, 2026 11:58 AM (QbJcY)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 11:45 AM (ESVrU)
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Wiring isn't all that complicated. I've swapped out several outlets that stopped working since we moved here.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 11:59 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Martini Farmer
One question, and one question only. Shrimp or no shrimp?
Posted by: weft cut-loop
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None. It's "low-land" gumbo. Chicken and Andouille sausage. No seafood. Wife won't eat seafood.
But... if I make a batch for myself, it's all the seafoods I can find. Including shrimp.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 11:41 AM (NwnyJ)
Sounds good.
Okra?
Posted by: naturalfake
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Depends. I'm ambivalent about it. In the seafood, maybe, if it's fresh. In the low-land, no.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 11:59 AM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 01, 2026 11:56 AM (uYVRZ)
And yet that hellhole staggers on, supported by the pillaging of a state that, without them, would be a decent place with tremendous upside potential. Feudalism, really.
Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 11:59 AM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 01, 2026 11:52 AM (g8Ew
I kind of remembered that he flounced off, announced he was going to start a new independent career or something and then was never heard from again.
Maybe he took a canoe up the Amazon or something.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 11:58 AM (m7iZ5)
I heard he was reading Dickens to some old blind man there.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 01, 2026 11:59 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
Hard wired range?
Who the hell does that?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
Moe! Larry! Moe! Larry!
Posted by: Curly
Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 11:59 AM (c115l)
Posted by: Ohio State fans at January 01, 2026 12:00 PM (Y1sOo)
Hope you don’t have aluminum wiring. I doubt CA allows the splicing .
Posted by: Opinion fact
This is Home Despot is for.
They sell both the range chord and recepticle.
Use an anti-oxidant and torque dem nuts.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 12:01 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Podcasts at January 01, 2026 12:01 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 12:01 PM (Ia/+0)
Maybe he took a canoe up the Amazon or something.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 11:58 AM (m7iZ5)
I assume he started a podcast, and found out what all these teevee reader douchebags discover: Nobody cares what they think.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 01, 2026 12:02 PM (QbJcY)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 12:02 PM (zNwXb)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 12:02 PM (m7iZ5)
Worst fan base in college sports.
Oh, please. The Buckeyes have had that title since I was a kid.
Posted by: Auspex at January 01, 2026 12:02 PM (pCWOd)
I find it liberating. Once you know what's going on it's a lot easier to focus on the problem. Clearly, Trump and Musk know.
I get as caught up in the day to day as anyone but I try to remember the scope of what we are up against. It's not insurmountable but it is going to take a sustained fight and we are still going to lose battles along the way. But for the first time in a very long time we are fighting the right battles. And winning a few.
Endeavor to kick ass. I've got nothing else to do.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2026 12:02 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Rimshot at January 01, 2026 12:03 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 12:02 PM (zNwXb)
Do they fling Poo? That’s always a tipoff.
Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 12:03 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
Shittiest job prospect:
Elementary school teacher in Mogadishu.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 12:03 PM (c115l)
Posted by: Tom Servo
My two must haves for a house are a lot size of 1/2 acre and gas furnace and stove.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 01, 2026 12:04 PM (0U5gm)
Okra?
Posted by: naturalfake
Depends. I'm ambivalent about it. In the seafood, maybe, if it's fresh. In the low-land, no.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 11:59 AM (NwnyJ)
Even in the lowland...Yes!
But, definitely with seafood.
Okra is an essential ingredient or it's not gumbo, it's-
a thick brown soup with almost burnt flour and some other stuff crying over it's lost identity and stolen heritage.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 01, 2026 12:04 PM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Martini Farmer
You shall pass.
( opens Bacon Hall )
* Angelic chorus *
Posted by: Last Season Norm at January 01, 2026 12:04 PM (mlg/3)
First thing we should do is get rid of Griggs v Duke Power, so that USA employers can go back to using IQ tests on job applicants. Maybe I could find a job then.
Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 12:04 PM (GHIyr)
Somalis may be stupid, but they vacation in the Maldives on on dime.
Posted by: Auspex at January 01, 2026 12:05 PM (pCWOd)
Posted by: Mississippi State at January 01, 2026 12:05 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 01, 2026 11:47 AM (azNOR)
Of course. Until a few days ago, she was under the impression the government not only permitted it, but was rewarding them massively for what they were doing.
Posted by: BurtTC
Probably TRUE - most turd-wirld countries the government is openly a criminal racket. Your local aldenan/whatever gets you the child care license, legislator provides the funds, inspector says "all good". You give gratuities to all.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 12:06 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 12:06 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 12:02 PM (zNwXb)
In a normal, egalitarian society, the best and brightest rise to the top.
In socialist third world shitholes, the most vile and opportunistic rise.
It doesn't take intelligence to be a vicious grifter. Cunning, perhaps, but not intelligence.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 01, 2026 12:06 PM (QbJcY)
"elected" is another word that should always be in scare quotes.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 01, 2026 12:06 PM (Cjt/F)
Now Almost Kosher!
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IIRC there is kosher Bourbon. Or maybe all Bourbon's kosher?
There is a Bourbon called "BR" for BourbonRabbi. I sent CBD a photo of it back in May 2023.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 12:06 PM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at January 01, 2026 12:06 PM (xcxpd)
Scratches
Looks around
*sees the OKRA word*
Dang. Just...dang.
Goes looking for coffee.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 12:07 PM (2WIwB)
For 'stupid' people, they sure do know how to work the system. Better than I ever did.
Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 12:07 PM (GHIyr)
The extravaganza of big New Year's Day bowl games was great fun. But ending on Jan 1 left too much money on the table, which is a horrible thing.
Posted by: t-bird at January 01, 2026 12:07 PM (d9i2R)
Posted by: gp
Famously Google had a series of questions that included " Why are manhole covers round?" as a substitute for IQ questions. That ended quickly.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 01, 2026 12:07 PM (mlg/3)
Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 12:07 PM (pDt9x)
Okra is from Africa.
Collard greens are from Africa.
Fried chicken is from Africa.
You eating is cultural appropriation.
Posted by: Auspex at January 01, 2026 12:07 PM (pCWOd)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 12:02 PM (zNwXb)
In a recent debate with a Muslim cleric about what religion was best for society, Andrew Wilson offered a devastating recital of the percentage of inbreeding in Muslim culture and the associated collapsed IQ levels. The danger is not merely their raging theocratic impulses, but their imbecility.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 01, 2026 12:08 PM (b4LBp)
I've swapped out several outlets that stopped working since we moved here.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
They go bad over time, loosen up and don't provide a solid connection. I replaced every one of them in my 1992 year of construction house when I bought it in 2012. Most of them were worn and wouldn't hold the plugs tightly. Very much like the desk outlets in hotels, all worn out.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 01, 2026 12:08 PM (QVmho)
WATCH IN FULL:
@250Freedom_ presents "The Illumination of America" at the Washington Monument, celebrating 250 years of the United States of America — and looking forward to our next incredible chapter.
GOD BLESS AMERICA!
X video (17:13): https://bit.ly/49gTKwB
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 12:08 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 12:06 PM (/lPRQ)
Not unlike boys growing up in these societies thinking it's good and right to bugger the goats.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 01, 2026 12:08 PM (QbJcY)
The heater comes with its own beehive.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 12:09 PM (2WIwB)
Peter St Onge, Ph.D.
@profstonge
31 Dec 2025
If you cut $1.5 trillion in fraud you could exempt all income tax up to $200,000
Dec 31, 2025 · 5:03 PM UTC
Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2026 12:10 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: weft cut-loop
Hole is slightly smaller than the lid. It can't fall in.
A rectangular cover could.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 12:10 PM (c115l)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 12:06 PM (/lPRQ)
Baksheesh. Kipling went on about it.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 01, 2026 12:10 PM (b4LBp)
We're talking about electrical stuff, right?
Posted by: Vegas hookers at January 01, 2026 12:11 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Dr_No at January 01, 2026 12:11 PM (ayRl+)
Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 12:11 PM (GHIyr)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2026 12:11 PM (viF8m)
Elementary school teacher in Mogadishu.
Posted by: rickb223
It was bad enough here. When the somalis invaded Columbus, they instantly overloaded the Special Ed classrooms in the suburb of Westerville. The only fistfight my wife was ever in (the classroom) during her teaching career was with somali asshoe boys that would not take any direction from a woman. As we are now seeing, they are still f*cking up the cities in which they are in.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 01, 2026 12:11 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 12:12 PM (zNwXb)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 01, 2026 12:12 PM (u73oe)
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 01, 2026 12:12 PM (5xuJ/)
Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 11:49 AM (pDt9x)
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Yeah, I have no intention of tackling this solo. I know some folks with relevant skills, though, or at least they can recommend a good electrician.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 12:13 PM (ESVrU)
A rectangular cover could.
Posted by: rickb223
Congrats. You too could be a Gurgle engineer. Circa 2008. Limited offer. Exclusions apply. See a physician if Gurgle is right for you. ™ ® ©
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 01, 2026 12:14 PM (mlg/3)
Now can anyone tell me who the blonde and redhead are nekked in my bed, why am I wearing a lace purple thong several sizes too smalland why am I handcuffed to a lamp,
Posted by: The Man from Athens at January 01, 2026 12:14 PM (yFcKl)
Posted by: weft cut-loop
YooHoo!!!
-- Obummer, Buttigig
Posted by: Tonypete at January 01, 2026 12:14 PM (cYBz/)
I get as caught up in the day to day as anyone but I try to remember the scope of what we are up against. It's not insurmountable but it is going to take a sustained fight and we are still going to lose battles along the way. But for the first time in a very long time we are fighting the right battles. And winning a few.
Endeavor to kick ass. I've got nothing else to do.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2026 12:02 PM
My problem is I started out naive and optimistic about the world when young. Because I was sheltered and ignorant about most things.
Up until 09/11/2001, I was as optimistic and motivational as anyone, thinking I could change the world. But after becoming more and more informed of the realities of the world over the past couple decades, my optimism has waned. And things like the 2008 economic crash which hit me hard and then the 2020 black ops and the stolen election, etc. have all soured me.
I hope things are turning around, but unfortunately I now live always waiting for the other shoe to drop.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 12:14 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Thomas Paine
I use the 1/2 arce minimum to filter out the HOAs.
You can pipe your own gas... Just have fill your own tanks because most propane delivery companies won't fill if no permit with licensed plumber for the piping.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 12:14 PM (/lPRQ)
Chances are that it was the main source of resin for making the fast boat fiberglass hulls.
Also the chances are that no CIA drone was involved in making it go boom, but instead a small band of operators.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2026 12:14 PM (rbvCR)
One rewrote a contract for a hire of his he was having an affair with so she could illegally get family leave and other benefits, another skimmed off the top of budgets where he would hire agencies using 10% of the budget and then pocket the difference of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Eventually they did get caught but the irony was that before that they had actually received promotions. I’ve been here 4 years and still haven’t gotten a promotion despite receiving several employee awards
What a racket
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at January 01, 2026 12:16 PM (REq0p)
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That’s funny, my family is looking for the same but I increased lot size to one acre, as they like to use this rectangular format where all the land is behind the house, thus ensuring even with a half acre you can’t even roll out of bed without hitting the wall of your neighbors house
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at January 01, 2026 12:19 PM (REq0p)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
Pfft
Just match the colors up.
Should have black, red, white, and maybe green or bare copper as a bonus.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 12:22 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: epador at January 01, 2026 12:30 PM (TRnzq)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 12:38 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 12:43 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: JM in Illinois
Minnesota crooked >> Minnesota nice
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at January 01, 2026 01:02 PM (hYZtI)
Now can anyone tell me who the blonde and redhead are nekked in my bed, why am I wearing a lace purple thong several sizes too smalland why am I handcuffed to a lamp,
Posted by: The Man from Athens at January 01, 2026 12:14 PM (yFcKl)
Money well spent?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at January 01, 2026 01:10 PM (xcxpd)
"Which of your brothers did you marry?"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars
Her brother Darryl and her other brother Darryl.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 01:11 PM (1paM0)
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos
I live in the country on a two acre lot, but the land in front of my home is open farmland.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 01:16 PM (1paM0)
Posted by: zogger at January 01, 2026 01:34 PM (HGKOZ)
What a racket
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at January 01, 2026 12:16 PM (REq0p)
Who determines the promotions? Are they crooked as well and just haven't been caught yet?
Posted by: Emmie at January 01, 2026 03:04 PM (FMtrg)
Mid-Morning Art Thread
Jeffrey Smart
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 09:30 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 09:30 AM (u/afo)
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 01, 2026 09:30 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Pete in Texas at January 01, 2026 09:31 AM (JsFZb)
Posted by: George Costanza at January 01, 2026 09:31 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 01, 2026 09:31 AM (7L0HB)
Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 09:32 AM (Ia/+0)
Artist wanted to use up all his orange and buy fresh
I rate this as Meh
no hang, would sell to slack-jawed rube
Posted by: Don Black. Message: at January 01, 2026 09:32 AM (ZxPkt)
Old joke: First prize of the New Mexico Travel Contest is two days and nights in Hobbs. Second prize is three days and nights.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 09:32 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 09:32 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 09:33 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 09:33 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Max at January 01, 2026 09:33 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Omar Fateh's Misshapen Skull at January 01, 2026 09:33 AM (oftw2)
Place where the work was made
Flinders Ranges → South Australia → Australia
Date
1945
Media category
Painting
Materials used
oil on canvas
Dimensions
60.9 x 73.4 cm stretcher; 75.8 x 86.5 x 6.3 cm frame :
0 - Whole, 59.5 x 70.3 cm, SIGHT DIMENSION
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 01, 2026 09:33 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 09:33 AM (u/afo)
Posted by: Mogadishu's finest at January 01, 2026 09:33 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Don Black. Message: at January 01, 2026 09:33 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Tuna at January 01, 2026 09:34 AM (lJ0H4)
I rate this as Meh
no hang, would sell to slack-jawed rube
Posted by: Don Black. Message: at January 01, 2026 09:32 AM (ZxPkt)
I'd buy that for a dollar!
Posted by: Slack-jawed Rube at January 01, 2026 09:34 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 09:34 AM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: Floyd Smoot at January 01, 2026 09:34 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Carr, the Floorwalker at January 01, 2026 09:34 AM (PiwSw)
Posted by: Don Black. Message: at January 01, 2026 09:33 AM (ZxPkt)
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Treat it like the cartoons appearing in the New Yorker, where every single cartoon works with "I want to kill myself."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 09:34 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: thug dolphin at January 01, 2026 09:35 AM (EyfuW)
Posted by: Floyd Smoot at January 01, 2026 09:34 AM (oftw2)
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Petticoat Junction has seen better days.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 09:36 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 01, 2026 09:36 AM (V9cMX)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2026 09:36 AM (2sfNr)
Posted by: Gref at January 01, 2026 09:36 AM (5rh/l)
Posted by: Oliver W. Douglas, Gentleman Farmer at January 01, 2026 09:36 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: The Who at January 01, 2026 09:36 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 09:36 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Teenage Wasteland at January 01, 2026 09:37 AM (oftw2)
Flinders Ranges → South Australia → Australia
Date
1945 . . .
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 01, 2026
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South Australia? There was a video posted here recently explaining why that stretch, the southern coast, is so poorly inhabited. Lack of water is one thing. This artwork explains it all in one visual shot.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 09:37 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 09:38 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Donny Brook at January 01, 2026 09:38 AM (Dc1Hd)
Posted by: naturalfake at January 01, 2026 09:38 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 01, 2026 09:39 AM (mYsW1)
Would hang . Thx CBD, happy new year
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 09:39 AM (zNwXb)
Posted by: Fixer-Upper at January 01, 2026 09:39 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 09:39 AM (RIvkX)
Maybe it's an omen.
Posted by: redridinghood at January 01, 2026 09:40 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Weasel at January 01, 2026 09:40 AM (jUN6x)
Posted by: Mark Rothko at January 01, 2026 09:40 AM (mYsW1)
Posted by: thug dolphin at January 01, 2026 09:40 AM (EyfuW)
Still, I like this. One can imagine dust collecting in the dry water tower, and the house being haunted with desiccated ghosts.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 09:40 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 09:40 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 01, 2026 09:41 AM (n9ltV)
Posted by: Crikey! at January 01, 2026 09:41 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Don Black. Message: at January 01, 2026 09:41 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 01, 2026 09:42 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: No Shrimp, Nor Barbie at January 01, 2026 09:42 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 09:42 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: The Who at January 01, 2026 09:42 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 09:37 AM (wzUl9)
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Giant, hyper-intelligent murderous spiders are also a factor.
Everything in Australia wants to kill you.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 09:42 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Don Black. Message: at January 01, 2026 09:43 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Person who checks out titles at January 01, 2026 09:43 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 01, 2026 09:43 AM (qbLEp)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026
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A planet circling twin suns? No, there are no double shadows. Okay, a planet that rides closer to its Sol-like star than Earth does, or has a greater axial tilt so its summer is even more savage. Or around a variable star; when the colony began, the area was livable, but then the star flared a bit, and . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 09:43 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 09:43 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 01, 2026 09:43 AM (uejmF)
The painting depicts a stark, desolate urban scene, emphasizing feelings of loneliness and disconnection. The absence of human figures highlights the emptiness of modern life.
Posted by: redridinghood at January 01, 2026 09:43 AM (NpAcC)
the wasteland - a limerick
the great american desert is gritty
but there's one thing that's really a pity
punctuation is sparse
and the spelling is a farce
and the region has no capital city
Posted by: t.s. eliot at January 01, 2026 09:43 AM (/iMjX)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 01, 2026 09:44 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Highlights For Children at January 01, 2026 09:45 AM (oftw2)
The melting stopwatch hanging off the roof is a nice touch.
Posted by: Line of People Watching Old Bat Balance Her Cbeckbook at January 01, 2026 09:45 AM (qsezt)
Not what I was expecting to ring in the New Year.
Maybe it's an omen.
Posted by: redridinghood at January 01, 2026 09:40 AM (NpAcC)
CBD drank too many stirred Manhattans made from Val-U-Rite's Finest New Jersey Bourbon and Car Lube. Sustainably made from old truck tires and roadkill.
And woke up thinking it was a-
Haunted Wasteland New Year.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 01, 2026 09:45 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 09:45 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 01, 2026 09:46 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Highlights For Children at January 01, 2026
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-- before they find *you*!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 09:46 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 01, 2026 09:44 AM (IG3/x)
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That word does not mean what they think it means.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 01, 2026 09:46 AM (qbLEp)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 01, 2026 09:43 AM (qbLEp)
How does the Man With No Nose smell?
Posted by: Punchlines 'R' Us at January 01, 2026 09:46 AM (Rh0Gp)
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 01, 2026 09:46 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: huerfano at January 01, 2026 09:46 AM (98kQX)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 01, 2026 09:47 AM (xT8gx)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 09:45 AM (ZOv7s)
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Left over from a very small game of musical chairs?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 01, 2026 09:47 AM (qbLEp)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 01, 2026 09:47 AM (mlg/3)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 01, 2026 09:43 AM (qbLEp)
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All streaming shows suck in the end. All of them. There is no point in watching any of them. No matter what the premise, how well it starts, it will become retarded and gay.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 09:47 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: thug dolphin at January 01, 2026 09:47 AM (EyfuW)
Posted by: Punchlines 'R' Us at January 01, 2026 09:46 AM (Rh0Gp)
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Terrible.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 01, 2026 09:48 AM (qbLEp)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 09:48 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 01, 2026 09:43 AM (qbLEp)
How does the Man With No Nose smell?
Posted by: Punchlines 'R' Us at January 01, 2026 09:46 AM (Rh0Gp)
Terrible*
*low-hanging fruit picked!!!
Posted by: naturalfake at January 01, 2026 09:48 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 09:48 AM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: Sam Drucker, Editor, Hooterville World Guardian at January 01, 2026 09:48 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 09:47 AM (ZOv7s)
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*shrug* Still pretty good, so far.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 01, 2026 09:48 AM (qbLEp)
CBD drank too many stirred Manhattans made from Val-U-Rite's Finest New Jersey Bourbon and Car Lube. Sustainably made from old truck tires and roadkill.
And woke up thinking it was a-
Haunted Wasteland New Year.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 01, 2026 09:45 AM (iJfKG)
*********
French Toast with Maple Syrup cures everything.
Posted by: redridinghood at January 01, 2026 09:49 AM (NpAcC)
Alternate title: Los Angeles City Hall.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 01, 2026 09:49 AM (hZ1gu)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at January 01, 2026 09:49 AM (/HDaX)
All that comes to mind is Yeats' poem "The Second Coming" which is powerful but not a load of laughs.
"what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?"
Posted by: JTB at January 01, 2026 09:49 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Don't tell Elon at January 01, 2026 09:49 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 01, 2026 09:47 AM (qbLEp)
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If you abandon stuff, it stays inside. Why drag it out and then leave it? Abandoned properties don't look like this. Weird artist making weird points.
Also, he lives in upside-down land where the government hates you and wants you to die, because everyone is descended from criminals.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 09:50 AM (ZOv7s)
Or, as some might style it, "Sinnemota Under Benevolent Somali Grift"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 01, 2026 09:50 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Nathaniel Hawthorne at January 01, 2026 09:50 AM (Rh0Gp)
Posted by: thug dolphin at January 01, 2026 09:50 AM (EyfuW)
Posted by: Flush With Success at January 01, 2026 09:50 AM (oftw2)
That's no shotgun shack!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 01, 2026 09:51 AM (xG4kz)
Despite its "wasteland" aspect, the painting does give you a lot to pick apart.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 09:51 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 01, 2026 09:48 AM (qbLEp)
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Some shows were quite good, but if it isn't abruptly canceled mid-story, it will inevitably be captured by the wokes and made gay and retarded.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 09:52 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 09:48 AM (wzUl9)
One piece at a time worked for me in building my psychobilly Cadillac. You might say I went right up to the factory and picked it up, it's cheaper that way!
Posted by: The Man In Black at January 01, 2026 09:52 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 01, 2026 09:52 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Nathaniel Hawthorne at January 01, 2026
***
There was only one, and he was the King.
Posted by: Clark Gable Fans Everywhere at January 01, 2026 09:52 AM (wzUl9)
Weird Brush Strokes - a limerick style art critique
Australia is a land of men and thunder
Where you die if you make one small blunder
At the top I would say
This painting's okay
But it's just a little squiggly down under.
Posted by: muldoon at January 01, 2026 09:53 AM (/iMjX)
"It's a busted pump to move the ground water up to the busted tank that supplies the water to the busted toilet."
And that's why we had to stop counting votes!
Posted by: South Australian voter registrar at January 01, 2026 09:53 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 01, 2026 09:53 AM (QVmho)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 01, 2026 09:43 AM
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I watched the first episode. Does it get any better?
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 01, 2026 09:53 AM (xlcwc)
Posted by: Nathaniel Hawthorne at January 01, 2026 09:50 AM (Rh0Gp)
Ladies, ladies! There's plenty of me to go around. Just wait your turn.
Posted by: Clark Gable at January 01, 2026 09:54 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: redridinghood
Should it be called "toast" if the bread never enters the toaster?
Posted by: Misnomers Abound at January 01, 2026 09:54 AM (oftw2)
Another potemkin village in the desert. We'll get there as soon as the boys return with the shitload of dimes ...
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 01, 2026 09:54 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 01, 2026 09:53 AM (xlcwc)
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I like it. Don't know if you would or not.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 01, 2026 09:54 AM (qbLEp)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at January 01, 2026 09:54 AM (36PRH)
Pressed for comment, the Foot remarked "Well, now I know why people hate Nickelback. Thanks a whole bunch for that, medical science."
Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 09:54 AM (GHIyr)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 09:55 AM (ZOv7s)
There's a distillery about 30.minutes from my house. Maybe I should contract for a run of Jersey bourbon!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 01, 2026 09:55 AM (n9ltV)
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 09:55 AM (vV6n9)
Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 09:32 AM (Ia/+0)
Nah. Some southern or western state, with junk on was once a front yard. Missing an engine block or two.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 01, 2026 09:55 AM (5xuJ/)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at January 01, 2026 09:55 AM (VCgbV)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 01, 2026 09:55 AM (n9ltV)
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*record needle scratch*
Jersey bourbon?!?!
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 01, 2026 09:55 AM (qbLEp)
Posted by: Don Black. Message: at January 01, 2026 09:55 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Misnomers Abound at January 01, 2026 09:54 AM (oftw2)
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Toasting existed before toasters. Strange but true!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 09:56 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Clark Gable at January 01, 2026
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My mother was a big fan of The Fugitive because, she said, he reminded her strongly of Clark Gable. I guess I know who her favorite movie star was!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 09:56 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 01, 2026 09:53 AM (xlcwc)
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I like it. Don't know if you would or not.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January
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Thanks. I'll give it another try. I think I foolishly expected it to be too much like the game
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 01, 2026 09:56 AM (xlcwc)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 01, 2026 09:47 AM (xT8gx)
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Could be the house from "Usher II" by Ray Bradbury.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 09:57 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Don Black. Message: at January 01, 2026 09:57 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 01, 2026 09:55 AM (qbLEp)
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Canadian Club with some hair tonic for color.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 09:57 AM (ZOv7s)
Amateurs.
Posted by: West Virginia at January 01, 2026 09:57 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Lincolntf
I've been thinking that for 20 years. But...
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 01, 2026 09:57 AM (mlg/3)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at January 01, 2026 09:57 AM (36PRH)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at January 01, 2026 09:55 AM (VCgbV)
Rosa's Cantina?
Posted by: Zombie Marty Robbins at January 01, 2026 09:57 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
Thirty minutes means within a mile in North Jersey.
Posted by: Root Tree at January 01, 2026 09:57 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
LOL
Posted by: Tuna at January 01, 2026 09:57 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 01, 2026 09:56 AM (xlcwc)
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I've never played the game, so I have no referent for in-game lore. But the show strongly is like a tabletop post-apocalyptic game I played called "This Is Not A Test." So I have that vibe going for me.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 01, 2026 09:58 AM (qbLEp)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 01, 2026 09:43 AM
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I watched the first episode. Does it get any better?
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 01, 2026 09:53 AM (xlcwc)
You mean the episode titled:
"We're Gonna Blow-Up Heads 50 or 60 Times This Episode Using the Exact Same Head Blowing Up EFX. See? See How Cool It Is!?!? Quality Writing This Is. 'Casablanca's Got Nuthin' On Us"
I liked Series One of Fallout, but Episode One of Series Two kinda discouraged me from further watching.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 01, 2026 09:58 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: 2009Refugee at January 01, 2026 09:58 AM (8AONa)
Posted by: JM in Illinois
No, the series is shit. They bastardize the game to boost idiot 'she-ro' characters.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 01, 2026 09:59 AM (mlg/3)
The chair could be there just because some transient pulled it out and left it there, the house itself having been abandoned for some time.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 09:59 AM (m7iZ5)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 09:59 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 09:59 AM (GHIyr)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 01, 2026 09:47 AM (xT8gx)
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Could be the house from "Usher II" by Ray Bradbury.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 09:57 AM (ESVrU)
Or the Australian setting for From Dusk To Dawn.
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 01, 2026 09:59 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 09:55 AM (vV6n9)
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If accurate this would be key. The Basij are the street-level enforcers and if they are abandoning their posts, this could proceed rapidly.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 09:59 AM (RIvkX)
My mother was a big fan of The Fugitive because, she said, he reminded her strongly of Clark Gable. I guess I know who her favorite movie star was!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
Physical chemists everywhere continue to live with profound disappointment because the long-promised sequel, The Fugacity has never passed muster with Hollywood's movers and shakers.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 01, 2026 09:59 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: naturalfake at January 01, 2026 09:58 AM (iJfKG)
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There are way fewer exploding heads.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 01, 2026 10:00 AM (qbLEp)
I like to think how proud the locals were of those buildings when they were new.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 01, 2026 10:00 AM (+mUZM)
Posted by: Clark Gable at January 01, 2026 09:54 AM (wVcYX)
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Thanks to the Horde, I added "Soldier of Fortune" to my DVD library and Gable is great. Actors can achieve greatness in one of two ways. They can either immerse themselves in roles, or they can just be themselves because they have so much charisma.
Gable is in the latter category. Women want him, men want to be him. Not many left like that.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 10:00 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at January 01, 2026 10:01 AM (36PRH)
Posted by: Bulg.
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Pffft. Next you'll try to tell us the door is a jar.
Posted by: muldoon at January 01, 2026 10:01 AM (/iMjX)
who writes out paper checks anymore?
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*raises hand*
To the yard guy
To the pest control guy
Property taxes
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at January 01, 2026 10:01 AM (VCgbV)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
Bite your tongue!
Posted by: Carrot Top, Chairman of the Board at January 01, 2026 10:02 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 01, 2026 10:02 AM (2NHgQ)
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This is about me, isn't it?
Posted by: William Henry Gates III at January 01, 2026 10:03 AM (2Ez/1)
Sashay up to the front door and knock in order to inquire about directions to Judge Roy Bean's place. He's the law west of the Pecos, iffn you didn't know that.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 01, 2026 10:03 AM (xG4kz)
A dry water trough for horses and cattle that will never come back.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 10:03 AM (m7iZ5)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 10:03 AM (RIvkX)
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*raises hand*
To the yard guy
To the pest control guy
Property taxes
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at January 01, 2026 10:01 AM (VCgbV)
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Contractors aways want cash or its close equivalent. I used to go through checks pretty steadily, but now it's down to just a handful a year. But I still use them from time to time.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 10:04 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
Bite your tongue!
Posted by: Carrot Top, Chairman of the Board at January 01, 2026 10:02 AM (oftw2)
*brandishes Sledge-O-Matic*
Posted by: Gallagher at January 01, 2026 10:04 AM (Rh0Gp)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 10:04 AM (ZOv7s)
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That's the way of it with me.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 01, 2026 10:05 AM (qbLEp)
Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 10:05 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 10:05 AM (77rzZ)
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Confidence. It counts for a lot.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 10:06 AM (ZOv7s)
A rejected set for the "Near Algodones" episode from "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 01, 2026 10:07 AM (xG4kz)
Happy Happy New Year and Happy New Month to those using that calendar. Happy New Day to everyone.
I am disappoint. Last year's NYE ONT got 888 comments. This year only made it to 856. So close!
Posted by: mindful webworker - but no cigar at January 01, 2026 10:07 AM (dESj/)
Only Muldoon could make a reference to one of my favorite movies in his limmerick.
Posted by: JTB at January 01, 2026 10:07 AM (yTvNw)
I get it but would pass hanging it. Jeffrey Smart's body of work is fascinating but not what I would routinely display.
Wikipedia, The Waste Land is a poem by T. S. Eliot, widely regarded as one of the most important English-language poems of the 20th century and a central work of modernist poetry. Published in 1922, the 434-line[A] poem first appeared in the United Kingdom in the October issue of Eliot's magazine The Criterion and in the United States in the November issue of The Dial. Among its famous phrases are "April is the cruellest month", "I will show you fear in a handful of dust", and "These fragments I have shored against my ruins".[6]
The Waste Land does not follow a single narrative or feature a consistent style or structure. The poem shifts between voices of satire and prophecy, and features abrupt and unannounced changes of narrator, location, and time, conjuring a vast and dissonant range of cultures and literatures. It employs many allusions to the Western canon: Ovid's Metamorphoses, the legend of the Fisher King, Dante's Divine Comedy, Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, and even a contemporary popular song, "That Shakespearian Rag". (More.)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 01, 2026 10:08 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 10:08 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: mindful webworker - but no cigar at January 01, 2026 10:08 AM (dESj/)
https://tinyurl.com/349wfh47
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 01, 2026 10:08 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 10:09 AM (GHIyr)
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 01, 2026
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I loved the first half of that movie, like a hardboiled thriller . . . until they got to the giant bar in the desert. Somehow I have trouble believing that so many predators could exist in such a lonely locale. The prey always outnumbers the predators in a given area; when the prey numbers fall too far, the predators go elsewhere.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 10:09 AM (wzUl9)
They used the same stock photos with three different samples.
One had the photo without a caption, one had the photo with income, and the other had the photo with occupation.
The men had zero difference in ratings across all three groups. Hot is hot. Income, occupation are irrelevant.
Women had immense variation. The organizers made a point of making repulsive men rich or doctors or something, and it proved the point quite well.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 10:09 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 10:10 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 01, 2026 10:10 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
Driving a Duesenberg helps, though I'm pretty popular with the ladies in my Pacer.
Posted by: Pacer DL Wagon at January 01, 2026 10:10 AM (oftw2)
Pffft. Next you'll try to tell us the door is a jar.
Posted by: muldoon
No, the door is alarmed...
Who touched me?
Out with it!
Don't touch me!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 01, 2026 10:11 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026
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Rumors abound that he had bad garlic-breath and his leading ladies hated to kiss him. Still -- who else, then or now, could have embodied Rhett Butler?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 10:12 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
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Brad Pitt
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at January 01, 2026 10:13 AM (VCgbV)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 01, 2026 10:08 AM (NFX2v)
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One of Evelyn Waugh's darkest satires is titled A Hand of Dust and includes that quote. The main character loses his son, his wife leaves him, and he ends up trapped in the Amazon jungle, condemned to read Charles Dickens for the rest of his life to a blind man.
For some reason, it's one of his most adapted works.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 10:13 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 10:14 AM (GHIyr)
Posted by: thug dolphin at January 01, 2026 10:14 AM (EyfuW)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 01, 2026 10:14 AM (4p5Zb)
...when the prey numbers fall too far, the predators go elsewhere.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
And now you know why we have Mogadishu on the Mississippi.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 01, 2026 10:15 AM (xG4kz)
Women. Am I right?
Still kind of like them even if they are evil. Maybe that's why.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2026 10:16 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 01, 2026
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I loved the first half of that movie, like a hardboiled thriller . . . until they got to the giant bar in the desert. Somehow I have trouble believing that so many predators could exist in such a lonely locale. The prey always outnumbers the predators in a given area; when the prey numbers fall too far, the predators go elsewhere.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026
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Though a line of speculation from Harvey Keitel's character about this -- that the vampire hangout will fall apart someday -- could have handled that. George Clooney's character Seth would have said, "That's great, Jacob. But we're here *now* and so are the vampires!"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 10:16 AM (wzUl9)
Stay vigilant, my friends.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 01, 2026 10:16 AM (0sNs1)
To keep from blowin' off the earth
Built a town right here
When the dust had all but cleared
They called it Levelland
/McMurtry Jr.
Posted by: muldoon at January 01, 2026 10:17 AM (/iMjX)
It's got electrolytes. Plants love it.
Posted by: Brawndo at January 01, 2026 10:17 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
*
And now you know why we have Mogadishu on the Mississippi.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 01, 2026
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Minneapolis, or New Orleans? Could be both.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 10:17 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 10:17 AM (vV6n9)
"... When the Ampersands Ran Out"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 01, 2026 10:17 AM (xG4kz)
For some reason, it's one of his most adapted works.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026
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I know the short story extracted from that novel as "The Man Who Liked Dickens."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 10:18 AM (wzUl9)
SHOCKING: A truck driver who can't speak or read English gets caught TWICE — placed out of service for the SAME dangerous violation — yet he's RIGHT BACK on our highways, endangering YOUR family! This is happening NOW, in direct defiance of President Trump's orders!
No impound. No arrest. Driver gets to stay in the truck and gets to keep his commercial driver's license.
This is how dangerous, unqualified drivers keep rolling down OUR highways, endangering all of our families!
Weak enforcement is putting everyone's lives at risk.
X video: https://bit.ly/4jneqaS
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 10:19 AM (P5BPp)
Posted by: muldoon at January 01, 2026 10:01 AM
Sometimes a door is just a door.
Posted by: Sigmoid Freud at January 01, 2026 10:19 AM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 01, 2026 10:19 AM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Boomer at January 01, 2026 10:19 AM (+abK1)
Posted by: muldoon at January 01, 2026 10:20 AM (/iMjX)
Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 10:21 AM (GHIyr)
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at January 01, 2026 10:21 AM (1Nv0l)
Posted by: Fallout 3 Reference at January 01, 2026 10:22 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 10:22 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: You're sex starved 10th grade cat lady English Literature teacher at January 01, 2026 10:22 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: It's me donna at January 01, 2026 10:22 AM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Sigmoid Freud
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A door is a door is a door...
Gertrude Stein
Posted by: muldoon at January 01, 2026 10:22 AM (/iMjX)
Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 10:22 AM (GHIyr)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 10:18 AM (wzUl9)
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The British literary establishment loathes him, perhaps because he's enduringly popular in America.
Waugh never passed up an opportunity to mock American tastes. The Loved One is just one massive, extended slam, but very funny because it targets Hollywood, which totally deserves it.
In the Sword of Honour trilogy, he has a literary-minded closeted homosexual write an overwrought pot-boiler of a novel, which "naturally" becomes a best-seller in America.
Perhaps not coincidentally, his elder brother Alec moved to America and had great success, particularly with A Place in the Sun, while Waugh's books languished.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 10:23 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 10:24 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: PabloD at January 01, 2026 10:24 AM (tfChy)
Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026
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Rumors abound that he had bad garlic-breath and his leading ladies hated to kiss him. Still -- who else, then or now, could have embodied Rhett Butler?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 10:12 AM (wzUl9)
Wrong!
CG had dentures and very funky denture breath.
Probably the studios thought garlic breath sounded nicer than rotting food and slimy bacteria and fungus breath.
Pro Tip: Clean your damn dentures and leave them out overnight.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 01, 2026 10:24 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 10:25 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 10:25 AM (fIo92)
The ending shows all the abandoned trucks of the prey.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 10:26 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Just got here at January 01, 2026 10:26 AM (2Ez/1)
Pepper mines played out in the 1880s, and then the salt market collapsed. Trouble all around.
Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 10:27 AM (GHIyr)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 01, 2026 10:27 AM (Kt19C)
All I hear inn the comments these days is "Waugh, Waugh, Waugh!"
Posted by: muldoon at January 01, 2026 10:28 AM (/iMjX)
Posted by: Just got here at January 01, 2026 10:26 AM (2Ez/1)
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Used to be a guy name. Sir Evelyn Wood VC and Evelyn Waugh, for example.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 10:28 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 01, 2026 10:27 AM (Kt19C)
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I thought it never rained in southern California.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 10:28 AM (ZOv7s)
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The most accident and injury-prone officer in the British Army, ever.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 01, 2026 10:29 AM (qbLEp)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 01, 2026 10:29 AM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Purina at January 01, 2026 10:30 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 10:30 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: naturalfak
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How am I supposed to remember what I had for supper yesterday?
Posted by: muldoon at January 01, 2026 10:30 AM (/iMjX)
Waugh never passed up an opportunity to mock American tastes. The Loved One is just one massive, extended slam, but very funny because it targets Hollywood, which totally deserves it.
In the Sword of Honour trilogy, he has a literary-minded closeted homosexual write an overwrought pot-boiler of a novel, which "naturally" becomes a best-seller in America.
Perhaps not coincidentally, his elder brother Alec moved to America and had great success, particularly with A Place in the Sun, while Waugh's books languished.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 10:23 AM (ZOv7s)
"Island in the Sun"
Anywho, it just goes to show-
Drama is easy. Comedy is hard.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 01, 2026 10:30 AM (iJfKG)
(No, I wouldn't really do such a thing! The cats would love it, but I could never forgive myself.)
(Besides, think of having to clean blood out of the carpet. . . .)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 10:30 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 01, 2026 10:29 AM (qbLEp)
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Bored of the Rings describing how the Natalie Wood over time became the crochety old Evelyn.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 10:31 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 10:31 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: O. J. at January 01, 2026 10:32 AM (Kt19C)
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wear your galoshess and be careful not to step in a poodle!
Posted by: muldoon at January 01, 2026 10:32 AM (/iMjX)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 10:32 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 10:31 AM (ZOv7s)
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They were undoubtedly referring to the Evelyn Wood (no relation) speed-reading school.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 01, 2026 10:32 AM (qbLEp)
Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 10:33 AM (GHIyr)
Posted by: PabloD at January 01, 2026 10:34 AM (tfChy)
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So can we assume that Robert Wagner dressed nattily before tossing the body in the ocean...?
Posted by: muldoon at January 01, 2026 10:34 AM (/iMjX)
Nature is the best painter.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2026 10:34 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Eromero at January 01, 2026 10:34 AM (Slgjz)
trying to get my sh*t together to go to the parade but was up way too late last night ...
I have a GREAT feeling about this year! It's going to be awesome! (note: not applicable to NYC)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 01, 2026 10:35 AM (emBoF)
Anywho, it just goes to show-
Drama is easy. Comedy is hard.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 01, 2026 10:30 AM (iJfKG)
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Yeah, that's it. Never read it or watched it.
Alec was old enough to serve in World War I, and did so with distinction, but he also wrote a book (The Loom of Youth) that referenced homosexuality in his boarding school, which got him kicked out of the alumni association (a very big deal) and got his younger brother blackballed.
So going to America was a logical choice, and his biggest seller was about interracial sex, which perhaps only an outsider could write at the time. He was a lifelong bachelor, who used his celebrity to bed lots of women.
Evelyn of course became Catholic and cranked out kids who - despite his unpleasant personality - remained loyal to their father's legacy, particularly Auberon. Auberon's son Alexander is also an author.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 10:36 AM (ZOv7s)
Elephants and whales > Snakes and frogs > Cats and dogs > Tardigrades and bacteriophages.
Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 10:36 AM (GHIyr)
The clerisy has been brutal and corrupt, they have started and lost war after war, they have mismanaged the infrastructure and the economy, they have only survived thus far through repression and violence.
There is always a clock ticking on that.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 10:37 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 10:32 AM (wzUl9)
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The Horde mind at work!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 10:37 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: muldoon at January 01, 2026
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Oy with the poodles already!
As a catchphrase it's right up there with "What you talkin' 'bout, Willis?"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 10:38 AM (wzUl9)
They can’t have any competition.
But seriously that’s what survives any revolution.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 10:38 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 10:39 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 01, 2026 10:40 AM (nljXp)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 10:37 AM (RIvkX)
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People may look at the Shah's time favorably because women were uncovered, and Iran was more nationalist in character, celebrating their Persian heritage rather than aping the Saudi Wahabbists.
The Persian new year is still a big deal, and even when it falls on an Islam day of mourning, people light bonfires and party.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 10:40 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 01, 2026 10:41 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 09:45 AM (ZOv7s)
There used to be a tree with a rope close to the chair. But old guy died of natural causes in the outhouse.
Posted by: Eromero at January 01, 2026 10:41 AM (Slgjz)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 10:42 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 10:42 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 10:42 AM (ZOv7s)
Demoralization isn’t about sadness. It’s the long-term conditioning of perception so reality is filtered through an inverted moral and causal map.
That’s why these moments are so striking. For a split second you can see the programming fail, just before it snaps back into place.
Concerned Citizen @BGatesIsaPyscho
Meanwhile in Cologne, Germany
German Streamer Kunshikitty sets out with the intention of showing that Women can walk safely through the streets that are occupied by new foreign Men
Ends up being attacked twice live on stream
X video: https://bit.ly/48ZGjCg
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 10:42 AM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 10:42 AM (NuV6c)
Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 10:44 AM (NuV6c)
Posted by: PabloD
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The dirty secret about Iran is that religious feeling, particularly toward Islam, is now a minority proposition in a population run by clerics for 46 years. An internal letter among clerics intercepted by intel, indicates that only about 24-25 percent are now faithful, many mosques have shut their doors, and a resurgence of ancient faith of Zoroastrianism and even Christianity have become a covert practice among the people.
Historically, any alliance of church and state in a theocracy for a long period of time diminishes both of them. So as the state's regime becomes despised, so does the religion of that state because they are intertwined.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 10:44 AM (WDjG6)
However, this also means that it has no leadership and no organization to coordinate its actions. That makes it impossible to predict what direction it will take.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 10:44 AM (m7iZ5)
I'd like to see the Prince comeback leading a revival of Zoroastrianism, Iran's true traditional religion before Arab jihadist imperialism and conquest.
and giving the heave-ho to to islam.
It would be a nice rebuke to islam that might light a fire throughout that world.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 01, 2026 10:44 AM (iJfKG)
WTF? They are now SUSPENDING students in Maine if someone refuses to use transgender pronouns
"If a student misuses the pronoun, they are suspended?"
"Yeah. That would be harassment!"
DEFUND MAINE!
X video: https://bit.ly/3LfLhBN
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 10:44 AM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Kunshikitty at January 01, 2026 10:44 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Likely to have been true but we will never know.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 10:45 AM (WDjG6)
Scott Adams @ScottAdamsSays
Seems unlikely Republicans kept their hands out of the cookie jar. I only wonder who and how much.
The Gateway Pundit @gatewaypundit
Senate Majority Leader John Thune Faces FEC Complaint Over Alleged $1.1 Million Campaign Money Laundering Scheme
X: https://bit.ly/4q1XPvD
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 10:46 AM (P5BPp)
Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 10:46 AM (GHIyr)
"If a student misuses the pronoun, they are suspended?"
"Yeah. That would be harassment!"
DEFUND MAINE!
X video: https://bit.ly/3LfLhBN
Posted by: Clyde Shelton
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Lawsuits over the matter have already been adjudicated in other states. Maine schools doing this are likely to be successfully sued to end the practice.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 10:46 AM (WDjG6)
Nature is the best painter.
Sounds lovely!
There's this weird dark overcast, but oddly warm thing going on here.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 10:46 AM (NuV6c)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 10:46 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: No one at January 01, 2026 10:47 AM (qFwJc)
No Miners Allowed - a limerick
Their homesteading efforts were in vain.
Since repairing the windmill was in vane
This year's crops will not be sowed
'Cause they've found the Mother Lode
And now all of their efforts are 'in vein'
Posted by: muldoon at January 01, 2026 10:47 AM (/iMjX)
… The amount is less than the $6.3 billion that HHS’s Administration of Children and Families, which runs various refugee and asylee support programs, received in fiscal years 2024 and 2025.
But it is still three times higher than funding levels prior to Joe Biden's presidency, leading U.S. Sens. Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Rand Paul, R-Ky., to vocally oppose the Labor-HHS funding bill.
https://tinyurl.com/2uakukf3
This is where you bound the table and ask what the hell are Republicans doing on the budget? $6 billion for refugee assistance?
Read the whole article. At this point it’s fiscal irresponsibility.
Do. Your. Jobs.
Posted by: Vengeance at January 01, 2026 10:47 AM (Viiux)
LMAO! The Somali Daycare who falsely claim someone broke in and stole their “student enrollment” documents are now showing off the where the “burglar” entered
Unfortunately for them though, the cuts in the Sheetrock seem to have been made on the INSIDE
Total clown show
X video: https://bit.ly/3MT8FFM
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 10:47 AM (P5BPp)
Posted by: No one at January 01, 2026 10:47 AM (qFwJc)
It was implied.
A Boy and His Dog
Posted by: Kunshikitty at January 01, 2026 10:47 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 10:44 AM (WDjG6)
The Holy Roman Empire lasted for a loooong time.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 01, 2026 10:48 AM (g8Ew8)
Yup. You aren't a performatively angry yet do-nothing GOPe in DC without a reason. Start with MN's Emmer who co-founded with Keith Ellison the Somali Caucus.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 10:48 AM (NuV6c)
X: https://bit.ly/4q1XPvD
Posted by: Clyde Shelton
Lady Lindsay Graham has about 11 million or so bucks involved in his campaign fund. The heartwarming thing is it appears that if campaigns are found to have accepted illegal funds, then that money is removed from their campaign accounts and if a deficit still exists, then the candidate is personally liable for the deficit.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 10:48 AM (WDjG6)
Since the CIA was largely responsible for destabilizing Iran after WWII which led to the mullahs, maybe we should this one out. We have a pretty bad record of running the world. Not doing so good even running this place lately.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2026 10:48 AM (viF8m)
For some reason, it's one of his most adapted works.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Thank you. That's really interesting.
Eliot wrote The Wasteland after World War I (1914–1
. Perhaps Waugh took a sliver & used that to frame what he personally knew - his own disillusionment. (His life would stink whether in England or a jungle.) 🤷♀️
Now I'm going to look for Brideshead Revisited on streaming. (That I can understand.)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 01, 2026 10:48 AM (NFX2v)
HOLY SMOKES. Washington Democrat Sen. Lisa Wellman just pre-filed a bill PROTECTING Somali daycare fraud now that it's all being exposed.
This will hide swaths of information from being accessible to the public.
She is essentially admitting Democrats are IN ON THE FRAUD.
X: https://bit.ly/493nFti
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 10:49 AM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 01, 2026 10:48 AM (g8Ew
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It was a secular empire, not a theocracy.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 01, 2026 10:49 AM (qbLEp)
Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 10:46 AM (GHIyr)
By ammo.
Posted by: Eromero at January 01, 2026 10:50 AM (Slgjz)
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Quick. Someone get my angry letter machine started up.
Posted by: GOP at January 01, 2026 10:50 AM (/CkK4)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 10:50 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 10:52 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2026 10:48 AM (viF8m)
I think Britain and Russia occupied Iran after WW2. CIA got involved in the 50’s.
Posted by: Kunshikitty at January 01, 2026 10:52 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons
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Holy Roman emperors had varying degrees of power which diminished over time. Charlemagne was the most powerful and the office diminished after that. Power in Germany lay with the princes. Same in most other nations so the Pope did not rule except in the Vatican states in Italy. And in some cases, like the Avignon popes or the later Hapsburg dynasty in Spain and Austria, the kings/emperors controlled the papacy.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 10:52 AM (WDjG6)
Sustained heavy rain in San Diego County. I'm thinking flooding, maybe some soil movement.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 01, 2026 10:53 AM (azNOR)
Concur.
Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 10:53 AM (GHIyr)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 10:53 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 10:54 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 01, 2026 10:48 AM (g8Ew
I spent a little bit of time trying to figure out what it really was, and finally concluded that it was just the Family Business of the Hapsburgs.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 10:54 AM (m7iZ5)
Posted by: JackStraw
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I think probably the best thing the US can do is verbal acknowledgement of the movement as legitimate and prevent outside powers from interfering.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 10:54 AM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 01, 2026 10:48 AM (g8Ew
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It was a secular empire, not a theocracy.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 01, 2026 10:49 AM (qbLEp)
Tell that to all those popes and the RNC that presided over it.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 01, 2026 10:55 AM (g8Ew8)
Exactly. Right when the "coup" happened.
And we've been dealing with the fallout ever since.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2026 10:56 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Tom Servo
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The old saying of historians is that "the Holy Roman Empire was neither Roman nor particularly Holy".
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 10:56 AM (WDjG6)
Posted by: From about That Time at January 01, 2026 10:56 AM (sl73Y)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 10:57 AM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 10:57 AM (77rzZ)
German Streamer Kunshikitty sets out with the intention of showing that Women can walk safely through the streets that are occupied by new foreign Men
Ends up being attacked twice live on stream
X video: https://bit.ly/48ZGjCg
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 10:42 AM (P5BPp)
One wonders if lessons were learned, if eyes were opened. One suspects not.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 01, 2026 10:57 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Just got here
Well, you see, there's this island nation called Britain...
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 01, 2026 10:58 AM (mlg/3)
I think probably the best thing the US can do is verbal acknowledgement of the movement as legitimate and prevent outside powers from interfering.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 10:54 AM
Was just discussing that with a friend, Iran is really too big for outside powers to do much with - at a population of close to 100 million, it’s one of the most populous countries in the region. China could have no traction there, and Russia is occupied elsewhere.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 10:59 AM (m7iZ5)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons
If you read history about it, the Holy Roman Emperors were elected by 'electors' in various principalities in Northern Central Europe, not popes after Charlemagne and that is where we got our electoral college idea from.
Emperors clashed with popes about as much as they got along with them.
It simply was not a theocracy no matter how you slice it. Vatican states were but that was a relatively small slice of Italy for the most part (Borgia period excepted).
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 10:59 AM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Nazdar at January 01, 2026 11:00 AM (NcvvS)
It's pretty amazing how different our weather pattern can be from yours. Sometimes storms roll through North Kingstown and then either move north or largely dissolve before they hit us.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2026 11:00 AM (viF8m)
FREE BE
Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 11:01 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Tom Servo
Interference probably would be more like importation of Hezbollah, Houthis, Iraqi Shia militias, etc. to act as enforcers in Iran on behalf of their sponsoring regime.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 11:01 AM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 11:01 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: muldoon at January 01, 2026 11:03 AM (/iMjX)
Posted by: Bulg
Not until Luther. HRE as an institution dated back to Charlemagne and ran from 800-1806. Protestantism did not exist for about 600 years of that history.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 11:03 AM (WDjG6)
Sure, if you don't count its three official collapses, several interregnums, the Investiture Controversy, the Reformation and the Thirty Years War. So, for certain values of "last."
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at January 01, 2026 11:22 AM (zdLoL)
Posted by: Dr_No at January 01, 2026 11:56 AM (ayRl+)
Posted by: Oglebay at January 01, 2026 12:02 PM (GPa4z)
"When you believe in things / That you don't understand / You will suffer … "
— yeah you rite, Stevie …
Posted by: Dr_No at January 01, 2026 12:06 PM (ayRl+)
The Morning Report — 1/1/26
As CBD and I discussed on the final episode of 2025 linked here as well as in the sidebar and available on the outlets listed at the bottom of the post, Donald Trump isn't necessarily a revolutionary as he is or positions himself a "reformer."
As was the case with this Amy Vermin Jackson hack-in-black who illegally blocked his Constitutional authority as Chief executive from running this CFPB politburo (itself a completely anti-Constitunal entity as we discussed yesterday). God bless the President he still has faith that an utterly corrupt institution and those who belong to it that are at the heart of the corruption will act honorably and play by the rules and not act as partisan anti-American internal enemies of the people in advancing their goal to take him down and take America down. That has always been his Achilles heel. He cannot or will not distinguish mere rivals from mortal enemies in the figurative and literal sense. In 2025 there were two assassination attempts on the President and a possible third that was linked to the regime in Tehran. On top of that of course was the assassination of Charlie Kirk, a leading light and voice of American political and societal revival who more than anyone in recent memory was able to reach and steer the youth of this nation away from the siren song of Leftism. For that direct threat to the multi-generational assault on this nation and society by those who continue to seek our destruction and/or subjugation, Kirk had to be taken down. Regardless, TPUSA and its mission continue. How many young people has the late Charlie Kirk inspired or otherwise enlightened and set on the straight and narrow, as President Trump is fond of saying, we'll just have to wait and see. Of course the fallout over the Somali immigrant sacking and looting of the Minnesota and quite likely state treasuries of Ohio and quite a few other blue and sadly red states as well will be the top story as we head into 2026. While the Leftist controlled propaganda machine will do all it can to embargo and bury the truth or otherwise completely distort it as a Trump Hitlerite white supremacist assault on the African Somali immigrant community whose presence on our soil is a blessing and gift from Heaven instead of at least two of the 10 plagues of Passover/Exodus fame. Were it not for the intrepid and wonderful reportage of one Nick Shirley, who at the tender age of 23 to me for this alone is the grand old man of real journalism. For doing what he did, he now likely has a gigantic target on his head
YouTuber Nick Shirley said on “PBD Podcast” on Wednesday that people have been telling him he will be assassinated like Turning Point USA (TPUSA) founder Charlie Kirk after his viral video on alleged Somali fraud. Shirley’s Friday video showed him finding that multiple supposed Minnesota Somali-run daycare centers, including one that reportedly obtained $4 million in taxpayer funds, lacked children. On the podcast, Shirley detailed threats he has received, along with how his family has been affected. (RELATED: Corporate Media Outlets Turn Blind Eye To Somali Fraud Scandal)Considering the players involved, no not just the low-level hoods but the top echelons of the Minnesota and quite likely national Democrat Party as well as Al Shabab ISIS and other terrorist organizations operating in Somalia and elsewhere, do you really think they're going to let someone get away with putting them out of business? Minnesota is likely the tip of the iceberg as it probably goes way beyond Minnesota and the Somali community but other immigrant groups and native -born fraudsters. Already, the usual suspects are preemptively justifying and calling for the assassination of anyone who dares even come near them.
The top legal reporter for Politico.com apparently suggested Tuesday a person can be legally shot for asking questions at the doorsteps of businesses.
Just look to the hell that Project Veritas' James O'Keefe (whose name I just couldn't remember for the life of me when we spoke of this on the podcast) has been put through over the years for his incredible exposés of Leftist graft. And lest we forget the decade of hell the evil fellatrix Kamala Harris as Attorney General of California put David Daleidin and Sandra Merrit through for their explosive exposé of Planned Parenthood's dismembering and selling of of infant body parts. Here's hoping and praying that 2026 sees legions of Charlie Kirks and Nick Shirleys coming forward. Again, as we bemoaned on the podcast President Trump can't be expected to drain the swamp, the size and depth of every ocean on the planet, all by himself. And here's hoping that the prognostications about our youth drifting and even rushing headlong to embrace socialism are somehow off base and missing something that would indicate otherwise. I have the greatest respect and admiration for our dear friend Jim Lakely at heartland.org but every time we talk to him about his polling, vis a vis the aforementioned I want to slit my wrists. Other than that, could the Mullahs in Iran at long last finally be on the ropes and perhaps dangling a la the Ceaucescus from ropes on a Tehran lamp post. We've seen this picture before and sadly the protests fizzled and more accurately were brutally crushed by the IRGC. And lest we forget back in 2009 Barack Obama refused to support the Persian people and threw his full throated support behind the Mullahs with pallets of cash to help the build their nukes and export Islamic terrorism around the globe. But this time is different because the Iranian currency the RIAL is cratering, their water supply is in tatters along with their oil refineries, the people are sicker than ever with the mullahs and their thugs, and Donald J. Trump is in office and no doubt will try and unseat the Mullahocracy if at all possible via sanctions and perhaps other means.
If Iran can be liberated after more than 45 years of ISlamo tyranny, what a blessing for their people and indeed for the world as a whole since they are the #1 with a bullet biggest state sponsor of global terrorism. Have a great day And here's wishing all of you a very happy healthy and prosperous 2026. 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
- “The fire started around 1:30 a.m. this morning in a bar called ‘Le Constellation,’” police spokesperson Gaëtan Lathion said. “More than a hundred people were in the building, and we are seeing many injured and many dead.”
‘Several tens’ dead, about 100 injured as fire rips through Swiss Alps ski resort bar during New Year’s celebrations (forgotten fondue or Muslim Lightning? - jjs) - Shirley’s Friday video showed him finding that multiple supposed Minnesota Somali-run daycare centers, including one that reportedly obtained $4 million in taxpayer funds, lacked children. On the podcast, Shirley detailed threats he has received, along with how his family has been affected. (RELATED: Corporate Media Outlets Turn Blind Eye To Somali Fraud Scandal)
Nick Shirley Says People Telling Him He’ll Be ‘Kirked’ After Viral Somali Fraud Video
- CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
- The new ordinance, signed by Mayor Daniel Lurie just before Christmas, establishes a reparations fund, as proposed by the city’s African American Reparations Advisory Committee (AARAC) in 2023 – a measure that would cost an estimated $50 billion.
San Francisco Establishes Creation of Fund for $5 Million in Reparations for Each ‘Eligible’ Black Resident — with No Money to Fund It
- Democrat Virginia Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger has appointed a chief diversity officer who previously appeared to agree with comments about parts of the U.S. Constitution needing to be dismantled.
Incoming Democrat Gov. Abigail Spanberger Appoints DEI Director Who Cheered On Dismantling Constitution "DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY, NEWSOM/DEMOCRAT VIOLENT INSURRECTION RIOTS - Lightfoot threatened the federal official that “his day of reckoning is fast approaching,” while not going into any specifics as to what that meant.
Former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Warns Border Patrol’s Greg Bovino His ‘Day of Reckoning Is Fast Approaching’
- The lawsuit challenges Virginia’s policy and seeks to halt in-state tuition rates and other benefits for illegal immigrants.
DOJ Sues to Block In-State Tuition Rates for Illegal Immigrants. DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE - Citizen journalists and civic activists are spotlighting potential Somali fraud of taxpayer funding not just in Minnesota but in multiple states across the country.
Citizen Journos Expose Potential Somali Fraud in Ohio, Maine, Pennsylvania, Washington State
- Columbus, OH, has the second-largest Somali population, right behind Minneapolis.
Ohio Lawmaker Demands Investigation Into Alleged Daycare Fraud in Columbus - Abdiaziz Shafii Farah, a Somali-born naturalized U.S. citizen, used some of his ill-gotten gains to buy property throughout the Twin Cities and Kentucky before the DOJ prosecuted him for using the nonprofit Feeding Our Future to defraud the government of $300 million in COVID-19 relief meant for hungry children, leading to a 28-year prison sentence in August. There are at least 1,687 people of Somali descent living in Kentucky.
Somali Fraudster In Minnesota Had Sights Set On New State To Loot - . . .one called the Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act and the other called the Miccosukee Reserved Area Amendments Act. . . “Enough is enough,” the press release from the White House added. “My Administration is committed to preventing American taxpayers from funding expensive and unreliable policies. Ending the massive cost of taxpayer handouts and restoring fiscal sanity is vital to economic growth and the fiscal health of the Nation.”
Trump Uses Veto for First Two Times in Second Term
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM - “Garza told the undercover that he would buy the ingredients and agreed to meet with a second individual who Garza believed to support ISIS activities…”
Texas Man Charged With Allegedly Trying to Supply Bomb Materials to ISIS - Islam was not born as a peaceful spiritual movement.
WAR FOR CHRISTENDOM: Islam's violent origins
- “The legacy of 9/11 ought to be recounted primarily through the stories of Muslims"
Mamdani Appoints Lawyer for 20th 9/11 Hijackers as NYC Chief Counsel THE ECONOMY, STUPID - Yet another tax on the wealthy will drive more job creators and economy movers from the state.
California’s ‘Get Out Now’ Tax
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY - (Democrat Baltimore Mayor Brandon) Scott’s post was in response to a Monday analysis by The Baltimore Banner that found “killings could reach a 48-year low” of fewer than 150 murders in the city. The analysis followed Baltimore City State’s Attorney Ivan Bates cracking down on crime since taking office in 2023. (RELATED: Baltimore Bloodbath: City Sees 4 Homicides And A Quadruple Shooting In First Weekend Of May)
Baltimore Democrats Finally Abandoned Criminal Justice Reform — Now They Boast A Decades-Low Homicide Rate FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH - The top legal reporter for Politico.com apparently suggested Tuesday a person can be legally shot for asking questions at the doorsteps of businesses.
Politico Reporter Fantasizes About Somalis Killing Americans While They Investigate Daycare Fraud
- Misleading claims spread by journalists, commentators, and so-called fact checkers during 2025.
40 Examples of Fake News in 2025
- In no particular order, here are the biggest hoaxes run by our truth-deprived media throughout the past year.
Here Are The 10 Biggest Media Hoaxes Of 2025 RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, - "These efforts strengthen America’s rivals by restricting domestic production and limiting our ability to compete on the global stage."
‘Highly Coordinated Activist Network’ Is Undermining Trump’s Plan For Energy Dominance, Report Warns - A new report shows Chinese-linked tech embedded in U.S. energy systems. States must force it out.
America’s ‘Green’ Power Grid Has A Red China Problem
- According to data from the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) at the Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium (via Our World in Data), through October 2025, the world saw about 4,500 deaths related to extreme weather events.
Despite climate panic, fewer people died from extreme weather in 2025 SECOND AMENDMENT - Every country needs to respect and restore the natural rights of its citizens to keep and bear arms.
Globalize the Second Amendment AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE+Fauci-created CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS
- Maj. Michael Gary was likely the first U.S. service member to preemptively apply for a religious accommodation for the COVID-19 vaccine in December 2020, over a year before Reserve and National Guard members were expected to be vaccinated.
Exclusive: Maine National Guardsman Labeled ‘Domestic Extremist,’ Forced Out for COVID Vaccine Refusal DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY - Mayor Singer awards proclamations to radical Muslims and anti-gun, anti-Trump activists.
Scott Singer: Boca Raton’s Own Version of Mamdani POLITICS - Batya Ungar-Sargon: His complex agenda brought many successes, some failures — and important lessons to carry into 2026.
Lessons learned: How Trump must push his ‘American reset’ into 2026 - The 34-year-old Queens state assemblyman was sworn in as the 112th mayor by New York Attorney General Letitia James below City Hall in the abandoned old subway stop. (they and all like them should only be entombed in it for eternity - jjs)
Democratische socialist Zohran Mamdani sworn in on Quran as NYC’s 112th mayor
- Even folks on the left, where Rapaport most definitely belongs, are sick and tired of radical extremists and socialists. Is common sense finally making a comeback in 2026? Are people beginning to realize that while socialism looks fantastic on paper in ideal scenarios, it fails in real life? I hope so. The rest of us have seen this coming for a long time. (I know him peripherally from my time in show biz and despite his being a lowlife gavone, he seems to be waking up and I find his anti-left broadsides quite refreshing and necessary - jjs)
Rapaport Launches Mayoral Bid, Declares War on ‘Zohran the Moron’
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL - And issues a warning.
Trump Speaks Out About the Protests in Iran
- Iran needs a fighter.
Iran doesn't need a new shah—it needs a Trump of its ow
- “This is the year of blood. Khamenei will be overthrown.”
In Iran, Another Day of Widespread Protests
- Iran’s clerical regime closed out 2025 with what an Iranian opposition coalition described as an unprecedented surge of state killings — as the group’s president-elect warned the mass hangings amount to “a crime against humanity” and a desperate bid for “survival” by a system that fears an “explosive society.”
Iran Executed 2,200+ in 2025: Bloodiest Year Under Khamenei as Regime Faces Unrest - Speaking from Greenwich, Mr Farage lamented the disastrous state of the country in 2025, from the economic stagnation, inflation, soaring debt, rising social degeneracy and crime, to the increasingly authoritarian speech restrictions on average Britons.
Farage: 2026 Will Mark the Start of the ‘Last Chance’ Battle to Save Britain
- At the center of the social machinery, which has ultimately transformed modern society into a state of abundance, stands the entrepreneur.
Germany Declares War on Entrepreneurs - The administration has laid the groundwork to continue strengthening American influence in Trump’s final term.
Trump And Rubio’s Best America First Wins Of 2025 DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS - In 2025, war didn’t arrive with tanks or missiles—it arrived by email, exploiting fear, stealing billions, and proving that America’s digital defenses are now a core measure of national strength.
2025 Proved That The Next War Will Start With a Click ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY - Archeologists have found a Neanderthal campsite from 400,000 years ago that shows strong evidence of the ability to make fire. . . Previously, the earliest known evidence of the ability to make fire had been dated from 50,000 years ago, and was done by homo sapiens, not Neanderthals.
Archeologists find what they think is evidence of fire-making by early Neanderthals
- One other detail: All three galaxies also appear to have active nuclei, suggesting the presence of supermassive black holes.
Three Supermassive Black Holes Discovered on Collision Course in a Cosmic First FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY - President Donald Trump and the Supreme Court have demolished the lawsuit strategy pushed by pro-gender advocates, says Chase Strangio, the self-claimed “transgender” chief at the ACLU group. Gender activists must now hide within progressive political campaigns to advance their revolutionary goals, says Strangio, who is a woman masquerading as a man.
ACLU’s ‘Transgender’ Chief Admits 2025 Defeat, Urges Stealth Strategy CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE - Christian Toto:Indie content creators rush in, satirize Minnesota's massive child care debacle
Late Night Won’t Touch Somali Scandal, So … - Tribute to a French freedom fighter.
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Posted by: Leetle Achmed at January 01, 2026 07:44 AM (oftw2)
[stands up tall, violating nature]
YES.
I am...a CAVEMAN!
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at January 01, 2026 07:45 AM (zdLoL)
Posted by: NR Pax at January 01, 2026 07:47 AM (7xrfc)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 01, 2026 07:47 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 01, 2026 07:48 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Auspex at January 01, 2026 07:48 AM (pCWOd)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 07:48 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026
***
Does this mean that in enough time, the Earth's tilt will decrease to the point there are no seasons?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 07:49 AM (wzUl9)
[stands up tall, violating nature]
YES.
I am...a CAVEMAN!
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at January 01, 2026 07:45 AM (zdLoL)
Remember the movie with Ringo and John Matuszak?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 01, 2026 07:49 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: NYC Refugee Since 1988 at January 01, 2026 07:49 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton
Didn't Ringo meet his wife during that movie?
Posted by: It Don't Come Easy at January 01, 2026 07:51 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: NR Pax at January 01, 2026 07:51 AM (7xrfc)
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 01, 2026 07:52 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: NYC Refugee Since 1988 at January 01, 2026 07:49 AM (oftw2)
The disused City hall station is actually quite an amazing space minus Momzerdani.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 01, 2026 07:52 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 07:52 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: It Don't Come Easy at January 01, 2026 07:51 AM (oftw2)
The Spy Who Loved Me
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 01, 2026 07:53 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
Yes, but the painted ponies will still go up and down.
Posted by: Carousel of Time at January 01, 2026 07:53 AM (oftw2)
@J.J.: *guffaw* Thanks, the links to the memes on X in that were fantastic. Made my morning.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 01, 2026 07:55 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 01, 2026 07:55 AM (qBdHI)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 01, 2026 07:55 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 07:22 AM (Ia/+0)
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Yeah, that's my thinking as well.
Probably the best we can hope for is that after the mullahs fall Iranian factions will be so busy fighting each other they won't have the resources for exporting terrorism too far outside their borders and can't restart their nuke programs.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 07:56 AM (ESVrU)
41 degrees in south Fla this morning and it's being called a weather emergency.
Back in Michigan it's called a typical summer sunrise.
Posted by: Auspex at January 01, 2026 07:56 AM (pCWOd)
Donald Trump is the Great Unmasker and whether the future holds reform, revolution, or destruction, that was needed.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 01, 2026 07:57 AM (ExV1e)
Does anyone know the whereabouts of Deep Purple?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 01, 2026 07:55 AM (ExV1e)
They ended up at the Grand Hotel. Very cold and bare IIRC.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 01, 2026 07:57 AM (x0n13)
Donald Trump is the Great Unmasker and whether the future holds reform, revolution, or destruction, that was needed.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 01, 2026 07:57 AM (ExV1e)
Well put, sir.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 01, 2026 08:00 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 01, 2026 08:01 AM (XvL8K)
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in west metro Denver, the current temp is 55F
I am not making this up
Posted by: Don Black at January 01, 2026 08:01 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 01, 2026 08:01 AM (2GVsD)
The Lexington police department would like us to remind residents that the city ordinance for New Year’s celebratory gunfire is one mag full. Anything more than that and we will use our new flock powered drone squad to handle things.
🤔
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 08:02 AM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: fd at January 01, 2026 08:02 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 07:22 AM (Ia/+0)
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Yeah, that's my thinking as well.
Probably the best we can hope for is that after the mullahs fall Iranian factions will be so busy fighting each other they won't have the resources for exporting terrorism too far outside their borders and can't restart their nuke programs.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 07:56 AM (ESVrU)
As we yammered on the podcast, Iran will likely be another kleptocracy but I think the people have had enough of Islam. that said, the IRGC has all the guns so my gut tells me they will not give up so easily. Power and access to money plus avoiding nooses are powerful motivators.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 01, 2026 08:02 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 01, 2026 08:03 AM (gbOdA)
But then who will be running the military, that’s the question.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 08:03 AM (m7iZ5)
Posted by: Both Are Unbridled Evil at January 01, 2026 08:04 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 01, 2026 08:04 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 08:04 AM (p4NUW)
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 01, 2026 08:05 AM (qBdHI)
Does anyone know the whereabouts of Deep Purple?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
Wasn't me this time!
Posted by: Some Stupid W/a Flare Gun! at January 01, 2026 08:05 AM (oftw2)
Gold and cash = worthless
Permanent Record Cards = PRICELESS
must contact Zombie Rod Serling with Twilight Zone story idea...
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 01, 2026 08:06 AM (x0n13)
g'mornin' again, 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at January 01, 2026 08:06 AM (tljrc)
Does anyone know the whereabouts of Deep Purple?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
Wasn't me this time!
Posted by: Some Stupid W/a Flare Gun! at January 01, 2026 08:05 AM (oftw2)
Claude Nobs hardest hit!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 01, 2026 08:07 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 01, 2026 08:07 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 01, 2026 08:07 AM (XV/Pl)
https://tinyurl.com/bddwk785
https://tinyurl.com/3snns26b long video but I wish I had this place when I was a kid
Posted by: Joe at January 01, 2026 08:08 AM (rzwGB)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 01, 2026 08:09 AM (2GVsD)
Too late. As I understand it, if passed in November, the tax will be retroactive to today. If the billionaires haven't left, they're going to get his with the tax - which will affect all of us if they try to pay it since they'd have to sell assets, and incur capital gains upon which they'll be taxed, to get the money to pay the tax.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 01, 2026 08:09 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 01, 2026 08:09 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: CapeFear at January 01, 2026 08:09 AM (YajMy)
so Space Balls
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 01, 2026 08:10 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: r hennigantx
________
There's a movie idea in that. A conservative version of They Live.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 01, 2026 08:11 AM (XvL8K)
The left has lost their freaking minds.
There will suddenly be a huge influx of blacks moving to San Francisco.
Posted by: redridinghood at January 01, 2026 08:11 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Epstein's Mother at January 01, 2026 08:12 AM (oftw2)
There will suddenly be a huge influx of blacks moving to San Francisco.
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As if Haight-Ashbury didn't already look bad enough.
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 01, 2026 08:13 AM (qBdHI)
Security?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 08:14 AM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 01, 2026 08:14 AM (tcsrY)
Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 07:22 AM (Ia/+0)
Mamdani will become the leader of global Islam. Hundreds of crackheads and whores will parade down Broadway with trans headbands with the Arabic writing on it shouting slogans like "Bring Us Your Children", "BJs Are $20, Same As Under The Bridge".
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 01, 2026 08:15 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: redridinghood at January 01, 2026 08:15 AM (NpAcC)
The left has lost their freaking minds.
There will suddenly be a huge influx of blacks moving to San Francisco.
Posted by: redridinghood at January 01, 2026 08:11 AM (NpAcC)
Well, smear my face with dog shit and call me Tawana! Where's my reparations bitch?!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 01, 2026 08:15 AM (x0n13)
Does the daycare fraud story count as white collar crime or is this just run-of-the-mill government corruption? embrace the healing power of "and?"
Posted by: Corona_exile_back_in_exile at January 01, 2026 08:16 AM (UE0CA)
Posted by: Where MY Check? at January 01, 2026 08:16 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Don Black at January 01, 2026 07:41 AM (ZxPkt)
Which is the entire reason for the judicial misbehavior. To run out the clock.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 01, 2026 08:16 AM (ExV1e)
Let us dedicate 2026 to following God's will.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 01, 2026 08:14 AM (tcsrY)
ANd to you too! But if God wills it, then we have no choice but to follow it.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 01, 2026 08:17 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: Fatty Boombilatti at January 01, 2026 08:17 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 01, 2026 08:18 AM (b4LBp)
OK, maybe a few. But just a few.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 08:18 AM (RIvkX)
January 17 ASSberger takes office...
Posted by: qmark at January 01, 2026 08:18 AM (R91/8)
Posted by: redridinghood at January 01, 2026 08:15 AM (NpAcC)
She is always chewing Beetle nuts and she don't use Pep-So- Dent... Now ain't that too damn bad!
--Ray Walston in coconut bra and grass skirt
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 01, 2026 08:19 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton
Nobody manipsmates me!
Posted by: Ms. Brawley at January 01, 2026 08:19 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 01, 2026 08:19 AM (Cjt/F)
Posted by: Cray Cray at January 01, 2026 08:19 AM (EES2L)
Posted by: dantesed at January 01, 2026 08:20 AM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 08:20 AM (77rzZ)
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curious as to how they will determine who is eligible
also- this scheme will not end the racism industry
Posted by: Don Black. Message: Get yourself some marble columns! at January 01, 2026 08:20 AM (ZxPkt)
The idea is to grab a piece of all of the wealth of 200 billionaires in the state, to salvage the states collapsing budget situation. It appears to be widely popular, even though it is probably unconstitutional.(getting money for nothing always is)
BUT - these billionaires have also been the backbone for financing the Dems both in state and nationally, and they are pissed. They may not only leave the state, but also the left entirely.
They’re finally beginning to realize why it was a mistake to let the crazies take over the party.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 08:21 AM (m7iZ5)
(Pauses) internal monologue: are you kidding me, fraud is awesome! We're so rich now, who wrote this shit??
Posted by: Cray Cray at January 01, 2026 08:21 AM (EES2L)
Remember how we were told how brave the hijackers were?
Posted by: fd at January 01, 2026 08:24 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: davidt at January 01, 2026 08:25 AM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 01, 2026 08:25 AM (b4LBp)
@BulwarkOnline
@mcuban
could snap his fingers and have a new health care system in America, what would it look like? (Link is to some brony dating site)
@TheRabbitHole
The rich actually already pay more than their fair share of taxes.
@mcsquared34
The American mind can’t comprehend why US based billionaires, corporations and the stock market are all richer than their European counterparts, but somehow mysteriously European workers have a better quality of life, better healthcare, higher pay and a lower retirement age.
@SenAmyKlobuchar
At midnight tonight, the health care tax credits expire
(telling me today about a lawed passed by Biden in 2022)
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 01, 2026 08:26 AM (gbOdA)
also- this scheme will not end the racism industry
Posted by: Don Black. Message: Get yourself some marble columns! at January 01, 2026 08:20 AM (ZxPkt)
I think it’s obvious - they’re going to determine that everyone is eligible, and then say “oh we’re sorry we forgot to fund this, actually we have no way to fund any of this, but we hope our empty promises make you feel empowered.”
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 08:26 AM (m7iZ5)
Posted by: davidt at January 01, 2026 08:25 AM (Q+gd/)
With a Hot Check!
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 01, 2026 08:26 AM (gbOdA)
I assume these billionaires have very well paid and knowledgeable advisers who will start moving assets outside of Sacramento's claws
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 01, 2026 08:26 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: fd at January 01, 2026 08:26 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 01, 2026 08:27 AM (gbOdA)
So back in the closet and stop bothering people? I can support that.
Posted by: NR Pax at January 01, 2026 08:27 AM (7xrfc)
>> is just a very brazen middle finger to all the normies.
Well, if elections are real, then the voters are fully behind this fraud. It also illustrates how impotent the Minnesota GOP is, they can’t seem to make hay out of this so massive and wanton corruption.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 01, 2026 08:27 AM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Doof at January 01, 2026 08:28 AM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Thomas Bender"
They take their lead from the RNC. How many of them on in on the scam too?
Posted by: fd at January 01, 2026 08:30 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 01, 2026 08:31 AM (ExV1e)
Did you see all the articles about voter sponsoring in Minnesota that were out yesterday? Elections in Minnesota are *not* real, they have not been real for a long time now.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 08:31 AM (m7iZ5)
Posted by: Cam Brady at January 01, 2026 08:31 AM (EES2L)
Posted by: Thomas Bender"
They take their lead from the RNC. How many of them on in on the scam too?
Posted by: fd at January 01, 2026 08:30 AM (vFG9F)
See my MR editorial from a day or so ago where I lit into the useless Tom Emmer
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 01, 2026 08:31 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: Cam Brady at January 01, 2026 08:31 AM (EES2L)
Where NORMAN coordinates?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 01, 2026 08:32 AM (x0n13)
Only state politicos would be eligible for the monies. If CA actually had any.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 08:32 AM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 08:33 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 01, 2026 08:33 AM (0U5gm)
Posted by: naturalfake at January 01, 2026 08:35 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 01, 2026 08:35 AM (nljXp)
Posted by: ErikInTexas at January 01, 2026 08:36 AM (4b7CV)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 08:36 AM (ZocB7)
Because it was a Quality Swearning In...
Posted by: Boswell at January 01, 2026 08:36 AM (BGfwC)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 01, 2026 08:33 AM (0U5gm)
How so?
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 01, 2026 08:37 AM (b4LBp)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 01, 2026 08:26 AM (x0n13)
Of course - but this will involve moving massive business assets, and their employees, to more business friendly states.
This is one of the reasons why I wrote in our predictions thread yesterday that I see an unusually bifurcated economy coming in 2026 - the business friendly center and south doing extremely well, while California and a few others sink into a near Depression as businesses flee and jobs vanish.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 08:37 AM (m7iZ5)
Posted by: Halfhand at January 01, 2026 08:39 AM (edbiH)
We found a Zippo with "Trog" engraved on it!
Posted by: A expert at January 01, 2026 08:40 AM (vFG9F)
Not that I expect anything out of the current composition of the DOJ, but considering the MN state senator and representative (former SotH) who was gunned down after voting against the Somalian fraud, if Nick were to be Kirk'd wouldn't that be the basis of declaring the Minnisomalia Criminal Enterprise a terrorist organization?
Why do they get to kill us freely while their judges are causing billions in damages and transforming the former US into a low trust society and yet walk freely?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 01, 2026 08:40 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 01, 2026 08:40 AM (b4LBp)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 01, 2026 08:33 AM (0U5gm)
How so?
Posted by: Ordinary American
All four (tech billionaires) agreed that this is a huge problem, primarily caused by democrats, that they are using fraud as a modern form of patronage, and that if multiple people don't go to jail, the rest of the world will not buy treasuries any more, and the country is finished. They also expect one or more of California, New York, or Illinois to be defaulting on their debt in the near future, which will have dire consequences for the municipal debt market.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 01, 2026 08:41 AM (0U5gm)
There's a sniglet for that: Checkuary, the period when you're still writing the last year on your checks.
Posted by: Nazdar at January 01, 2026 08:43 AM (NcvvS)
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So, I don't want to come across as overly belligerent, but I truly hope 2026 is the year we start shooting back.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 08:43 AM (NwnyJ)
It's rich to hear the media tell Democrats they're not doing enough about those issues after lecturing Democrats lost the election because they focused too much on "woke" issues like transgender rights more than the economy.
If anyone is on the wrong side of history, it's the fucking media for continuing to pull this kind of crap on one party while running interference and sanewashing the other one.
As a trans individual, Biden made things better in small but meaningful ways. Being able to put an x on my passport is miniscule in the grand scheme of things, but holy shit it mattered. I feel remorse for the suicides Trump will cause. 20 years ago, 10 years ago, this wasn't the political topic it is now.
American Redditors genuinely are some of the most naive people in the American populace. If you think nationally platforming gender affirming care is going to win you elections in the Midwest, you are out of your fucking mind.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 01, 2026 08:44 AM (ycI94)
Posted by: Ordinary American"
If they had, would the Constitution be any different? And if it was, it would still be ignored.
Posted by: fd at January 01, 2026 08:45 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 01, 2026 08:40 AM (b4LBp)
The Founders were blessed with a population that in the main thought and acted 99.999% exactly as they did. Moral and Christian.
250 years later and after 80-100 years of evil cancerous cultural rot, look where we are.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 01, 2026 08:45 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: ErikInTexas at January 01, 2026 08:45 AM (4b7CV)
This ought to really distort the real-estate market. I already am overwhelmed by how much the D/FW area has expanded in the past few years.
It seems the largest growth is in multi-family housing where a thousand units will suddenly be where shortly before was a fallow cotton field.
I left Austin in part to the infrastructure not keeping up with the growth. A year or two later I get calls from friends and former co-workers asking how things are out in my neck of the woods since quality of life there has greatly diminished.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 01, 2026 08:46 AM (a4flb)
The American mind can’t comprehend why US based billionaires, corporations and the stock market are all richer than their European counterparts, but somehow mysteriously European workers have a better quality of life, better healthcare, higher pay and a lower retirement age.
- Better quality of life - for certain values of 'better'.
- Better healthcare - for certain values of less transparently expensive.
- Higher pay - pretty sure that isn't true.
- Lower retirement age - good thing the muzzies are there to work super hard for your early retirement.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 01, 2026 08:46 AM (ExV1e)
Because it was a Quality Swearning In...
Posted by: Boswell at January 01, 2026 08:36 AM (BGfwC)
Abandoned Station
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 01, 2026 08:46 AM (gbOdA)
Stephen Miller and Kristi Noem rocking to “ICE ICE Baby” at Mar-a-Lago.
https://tinyurl.com/mv5u6868
Posted by: redridinghood at January 01, 2026 08:46 AM (NpAcC)
Encouraging mental illness is not a healthy idea. But this person is posting on reddit so they won't get it.
Posted by: NR Pax at January 01, 2026 08:47 AM (7xrfc)
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Let me add a meme to the collection. Willowed from the ONT:
https://tinyurl.com/28jtf54a
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 08:47 AM (ZocB7)
At midnight tonight, the health care tax credits expire
(telling me today about a lawed passed by Biden in 2022)
Did Congress place an expiration date on the tax credits when they passed the law in 2022? Cuz that sounds like a you thing, Amy.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 01, 2026 08:47 AM (ExV1e)
Debt, yes. Inflation too. Your foods bills doubled because you are being "taxed" in the price of everything.
Fortunately the mood of the country has moved from just a weak "deport but don't make a scene about it" to "DEPORT EVERYONE NOW BY ALL MEANS NECESSARY".
About the only good thing this worthless Congress has done other than lock in the tax cuts, is extend ICE.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 01, 2026 08:49 AM (a4flb)
Because it was a Quality Swearning In...
Posted by: Boswell at January 01, 2026 08:36 AM (BGfwC)
Abandoned Station
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 01, 2026 08:46 AM (gbOdA)
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Closer to hell.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 08:50 AM (ZocB7)
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It's been a decades long transfer of wealth from the public to the politicians and their minions. The biggest theft in history. Ever.
All of the debt and probably all of the spending the government has accumulated is fraud.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 08:50 AM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 08:50 AM (m7iZ5)
I'd think that finding proof that they'd been funding terrorists in Africa would be the basis of declaring the Minnisomalia Criminal Enterprise a terrorist organization.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 01, 2026 08:51 AM (ExV1e)
This young lady has her head on straight.
And is 100% Correct:
https://x.com/timurkuran/status/20064117946092
38186
This older woman is correct as well:
https://accordingtohoyt.com/2025/12/31/bounce/
Let all have a successful and Happy New Year!!!
Posted by: naturalfake at January 01, 2026 08:52 AM (iJfKG)
https://tinyurl.com/mv5u6868
Posted by: redridinghood at January 01, 2026 08:46 AM (NpAcC)
Well, Kristi was rocking. Stephen Miller looks like he's never let loose in his life. Hahaha!
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 01, 2026 08:52 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Tom Servo
That was me. Sorry, it is Valero not Chevron, but the rest of the story is fact.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 01, 2026 08:52 AM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Tom Servo
Why are divorces so expensive? Because they're worth it.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at January 01, 2026 08:54 AM (ycI94)
Posted by: Just Wondering at January 01, 2026 08:55 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 08:50 AM (m7iZ5)
Look, these refineries you have are very expensive. You using my police, my sanitation people, and my Oldsmobiles free of charge. So, if you mention extortion again, I'll have your legs broken.
Posted by: Gov. Gavin Carmine DePasto Newsom at January 01, 2026 08:56 AM (R/m4+)
Watching YouTube with NY fireworks around the world:
Australia's are just the best.
Hong Kong's great too.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 01, 2026 08:56 AM (iJfKG)
https://tinyurl.com/55bu9b34
Posted by: one hour sober at January 01, 2026 08:56 AM (Y1sOo)
All of them.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 08:57 AM (NwnyJ)
Black Neanderthals, right?
Happy New Year, Everyone!
Be thankful every US 250th Anniversary event run by the US Government will not officially begin with a stolen land acknowledgement. As would have happened under in a Falling Out of a Coconut Tree Administration.
Posted by: Gref at January 01, 2026 08:57 AM (5rh/l)
Originality: 0/10
Plausibility: 0/10
Risibility: 10/10
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 01, 2026 08:57 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Eromero at January 01, 2026 08:58 AM (Slgjz)
I guess it would have been too suspicious if the refinery was suddenly struck by Jewish lightning resulting in a massive conflagration.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 01, 2026 08:58 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 01, 2026 08:52 AM (h7ZuX)
*******
His mind was rocking.
Posted by: redridinghood at January 01, 2026 08:58 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 08:59 AM (m7iZ5)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure
!!!
Posted by: Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson at January 01, 2026 09:00 AM (ycI94)
But we're a half hour from the Art thread and no trolls!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 01, 2026 09:00 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 08:33 AM (77rzZ)
Happy New Year, Glub!
Posted by: Doof at January 01, 2026 09:00 AM (QMAsf)
Hope the Horde and loved ones have a healthy and prosperous New Year.
Love the revelation that the Somali guy with the Yankees hat was wearing $2200 glasses. They may be low IQ but they know bling
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 09:01 AM (zNwXb)
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 09:01 AM (vV6n9)
Posted by: Don Black. Message: Get yourself some marble columns! at January 01, 2026 09:01 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 01, 2026 09:00 AM (x0n13)
What is the capital of Assyria? -- The Old Man From Scene 24 and totally not a troll
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 01, 2026 09:02 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 09:01 AM (zNwXb)
In the hood we call that "Somali Rich".
Posted by: Joe Ghetto at January 01, 2026 09:02 AM (R/m4+)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 01, 2026 09:02 AM (xT8gx)
I'm wondering how many hung over people are right now at the gym adding muscle ache to their problems.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 01, 2026 09:03 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: Tom Servo
Who says they're bringing stuff in to save the regime? They could be preparing to smuggle valuable stuff OUT, along with friendly regime leaders.
Posted by: Military Moron at January 01, 2026 09:03 AM (ycI94)
https://tinyurl.com/3wr2kvrs
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 01, 2026 09:03 AM (+mUZM)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 01, 2026 09:04 AM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 09:04 AM (NwnyJ)
My new Yeti drink tumbler does not allow for gulping, only sipping.
Of course I could just take the lid off and gulp, but that seems to be in contradistinction to the intended use.
Posted by: Don Black. Message: Get yourself some marble columns! at January 01, 2026 09:04 AM (ZxPkt)
Today, my girl spawn is 20 yrs old and still under 5 feet tall. We are going out for a birthday breakfast at IHOP and then some shopping.
My boy spawn is building a barn like structure on his property. His house sits exactly where my grandad had a big old barn so this is good.
To ace, the cobs, and all the moron horde, I hope the worst of this year is equal to the best of last year! Be safe, have fun, and remember... The best is yet to come!
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at January 01, 2026 09:05 AM (2J/Lj)
Posted by: Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson[
Why have control over a The Weather Machine if it can't be used profitably?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 01, 2026 09:05 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 09:05 AM (77rzZ)
The struggle with the man that now you are
Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 09:07 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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whenever I was behind her, she paid cash, but had to spend a few minutes rummaging thru her handbag for exact change
"Oh that's just a button, not a nickel!... bear with me here..."
Posted by: Don Black. Message: Get yourself some marble columns! at January 01, 2026 09:07 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 01, 2026 09:07 AM (b4LBp)
Posted by: naturalfake at January 01, 2026 09:07 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 01, 2026 09:03 AM (a4flb)
Not I. I still have cookies, and I'm having them for breakfast.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 01, 2026 09:07 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 09:01 AM (zNwXb)
In the hood we call that "Somali Rich".
Posted by: Joe Ghetto
Oh my....reminds me of the Drawn Together parody of Schoolhouse Rock. The late 90s were a magical time of authorized offensiveness lol
https://shorturl.at/PbAJ5
Posted by: Moron Analyst at January 01, 2026 09:08 AM (ycI94)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 01, 2026 08:52 AM (0U5gm)
Yes I’ve been watching the big Valero shutdown for months. They were supposed to shut down in April, but we noted that they stopped signing any short term supply contracts a month ago.
They’re bugging out.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 09:08 AM (m7iZ5)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 09:08 AM (zNwXb)
Posted by: redridinghood at January 01, 2026 09:09 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 01, 2026 08:40 AM (b4LBp)
Big Mullah shortage in Somalia and Afghanistan thanks to Joey Sponge-Brain Shits-Pants!
Supply and Demand! Joey brought them here!!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 01, 2026 09:11 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: ErikInTexas at January 01, 2026 09:11 AM (4b7CV)
Posted by: Don Black. Message: Get yourself some marble columns! at January 01, 2026 09:01 AM
Me. Anachronism I is.
Posted by: Eromero at January 01, 2026 09:11 AM (Slgjz)
My new Yeti drink tumbler does not allow for gulping, only sipping.
Posted by: Don Black. Message: Get yourself some marble columns! at January 01, 2026 09:04 AM (ZxPkt)
I do refer to my Yeti as "my sippy cup."
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 01, 2026 09:11 AM (h7ZuX)
https://tinyurl.com/yta23y6r
Posted by: redridinghood
I don't think we properly appreciate the fact that the first lady is a super model.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 01, 2026 09:12 AM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 09:12 AM (ZocB7)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 01, 2026 09:12 AM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 01, 2026 09:12 AM (0U5gm
Perfect example.
Posted by: Eromero at January 01, 2026 09:14 AM (Slgjz)
Posted by: Don Black. Message: Get yourself some marble columns! at January 01, 2026 09:01 AM
Me. Anachronism I is.
Posted by: Eromero at January 01, 2026 09:11 AM (Slgjz)
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I've reduced my check writing to one a month, for my utilities. Mainly out of habit since I'm too lazy to figure out how to pay them online.
I don't generally mail it out (saving on postage) since I can drop it off at the main office on my way to campus.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 09:14 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 01, 2026 09:16 AM (gbOdA)
The 70s and the 80s as well. Which brings me to the question "What went wrong?"
Posted by: NR Pax at January 01, 2026 09:16 AM (7xrfc)
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 01, 2026 09:16 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 01, 2026 09:16 AM (xT8gx)
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Be prepared for much more mayhem.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 09:18 AM (ZocB7)
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 01, 2026 09:18 AM (b4LBp)
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at January 01, 2026 09:18 AM (zdLoL)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2026 09:19 AM (Yl2Ob)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 01, 2026 08:07 AM (XV/Pl)
No security team can prevent injury. However, I would warn everyone of those pinheaded assholes that if anything, ANYTHING happened to him, every one of them will be rounded up, and.......well, insert whatever punishment you prefer. My Magyar genes know what I would prefer. As Andrew once declared, WAR!
https://tinyurl.com/hv3wumv5
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 01, 2026 09:19 AM (5xuJ/)
Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 09:19 AM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 01, 2026 09:20 AM (FMtrg)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 09:18 AM (ZocB7)
Don't blame the shit on me, dude!
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at January 01, 2026 09:20 AM (2J/Lj)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 09:21 AM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver
Which reminds me to watch that again.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 01, 2026 09:21 AM (0U5gm)
I see the Minneapolis police chief made a public apology to the somalis with regard to the billions in fraud being discovered.
Posted by: Thomas Paine
That was more of a "don't kill me" than anything else.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 01, 2026 09:21 AM (QVmho)
Posted by: Mick at January 01, 2026 09:21 AM (HFx9z)
Posted by: NR Pax at January 01, 2026 09:16 AM (7xrfc)
We 'won' the Cold War and people went stupid.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 01, 2026 09:21 AM (ExV1e)
A new scam has just been uncovered in Minnesota
Regular homes are being registered as assisted living facilities
- In Minnesota assisted living facilities have seen 2x the growth of other programs
- They are receiving 15x the payments of other programs
- Shell companies used to create some of the facilities
- The amount of new locations have exploded in Minnesota cities
- Many owned by known money laundering scammers
“This may look like your typical single family home but it bills itself as an assisted living facility and it receives a lot of taxpayer money.
Here in Minnesota the number of people getting help in assisted living facilities is up double the growth of other programs.
But here's the kicker, the rate of payment in this assisted living space is 10 to 15 times the growth in other programs.
X: https://bit.ly/3N0oNp2
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 09:22 AM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Don Black. Message: at January 01, 2026 09:23 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 09:23 AM (Ia/+0)
JUST IN: NewsNation's Rich McHugh finds more apparent fraud in Minnesota, finds one building with *60* "healthcare" businesses registered to it.
McHugh says he visited multiple buildings with dozens of "businesses" inside.
When he entered one of the buildings, he found door fronts with nothing behind.
"Many of them ... they appear to be just window fronts, door fronts with nothing, with nobody behind."
X video: https://bit.ly/4pfI6Yz
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 09:23 AM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Pay To The Order Of... at January 01, 2026 09:23 AM (oftw2)
Tough nooggies twit, you effed up
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 09:24 AM (zNwXb)
https://tinyurl.com/yta23y6r
Posted by: redridinghood
Yawn.
Now, Jill Biden? https://tinyurl.com/54wkuzf9
Michelle Obama? https://tinyurl.com/52fm82ac
Dead sexy. Strong, feminine...role models for all women.
Posted by: Vogue at January 01, 2026 09:24 AM (ycI94)
Posted by: Don Black. Message: Get yourself some marble columns! at January 01, 2026 09:01 AM
Me. Anachronism I is.
Posted by: Eromero at January 01, 2026 09:11 AM (Slgjz)
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I've reduced my check writing to one a month, for my utilities. Mainly out of habit since I'm too lazy to figure out how to pay them online.
I don't generally mail it out (saving on postage) since I can drop it off at the main office on my way to campus.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 09:14 AM (ESVrU)
Too much mailed check fraud in the Houston area to risk paying by mailed check anymore. That plus mail delays and misdeliveries.
Sugar Land man pays bills by mail at the Post Office; has 2 checks altered and money stolen from him.
https://tinyurl.com/mt38znpe
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 01, 2026 09:24 AM (wVcYX)
This is how this foreign-born Somali from Kenya, Siyad Abdullahi, moved to Minnesota and set up a medical network for Somali and East African refugees and immigrants and raked in millions of dollars.
X: https://bit.ly/45rEj3p
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 09:25 AM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Don Black. Message: Get yourself some marble columns! at January 01, 2026 09:01 AM (ZxPkt)
Me, unfortunately. Well...money orders.
The landlord of the senior housing development where I moved a while back wants paper checks or money orders.
Yes, I've mentioned that this is 2025 (now 2026) to her.
I do have a "checking account", but physical checks aren't included... just a debit card. I've been buying money orders so far.
I'm still trying to figure out whether I want to pay the monthly fee to upgrade to an account with physical checks or continue paying a monthly fee for the money order. The MO is less.
OTOH, I have to go wait in line to get the MO. I buy them in the store where I do most of my grocery shopping, so at least there's no extra travel time and transportation expense to consider.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 01, 2026 09:26 AM (IG3/x)
Report from 7 years ago of Somali fraudsters caught sending over $100 MILLION through airports to foreign groups, including TERRORIST groups.
Somali daycare scams, one of the sources of this fraud, were reported back in 2015!
This fraud has been going on for YEARS. Democrat leaders are in on it. This is actually treason. Democrats are knowingly funding islamic t*rrorism against Americans with our tax dollars.
X video: https://bit.ly/4jlUcxX
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 09:27 AM (P5BPp)
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This one old lady at the grocery store...
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026
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I write checks for bills I have to mail. My Rx company recently sent me a notice that they will start withdrawing my monthly payment from my bank account starting this month. Since I never agreed to any such thing, I called them. They will send me a coupon book -- and I'll write the fee for the entire year (about $72) at one shot. Done.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 09:27 AM (wzUl9)
Stay lazy. Never understood why people watch the EU come under the veil of digital ID and then say OK boomer, I have to put my life online.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2026 09:28 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 09:21 AM (NwnyJ)
Wait, you mean they don't take payment in the form of Apple Gift Cards or cryptocurrency?
That's not what the text message I got from them a while back said.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 01, 2026 09:28 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Ackbar worthy at January 01, 2026 09:28 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 09:21 AM (NwnyJ)
My advice to you is, besides start drinking heavily, to use the IRS website's DirectPay option. You can also make your own account at the IRS to check on your filings, tax docs (if your mailed 1099 goes missing) and tax transcripts.
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 01, 2026 09:29 AM (wVcYX)
Isaiah 40:20-31
Posted by: Marcus T at January 01, 2026 09:29 AM (q1tXs)
All of them.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 08:57 AM (NwnyJ)
What would happen if Chevron laughed and just shut down and said, "see ya"? Along with GFY.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 01, 2026 09:30 AM (5xuJ/)
Remember when gas stations would charge less for a gallon of gas when you used their credit card? Now it's .10/gallon more. My Exxon card gives me .10/gal. off, so it balances. Otherwise I try to pay cash.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 09:30 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 09:30 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 01, 2026 09:30 AM (7L0HB)
Lemme guess; It'll be a DIY project.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 01, 2026 09:30 AM (mlg/3)
Somali man convicted by a jury of defrauding taxpayers $7.2 million in healthcare fraud.
Judge TOSSES out jury’s GUILTY verdict on six counts of “aiding and abetting theft by swindle”
Court records show other Minnesota Judges tossing court cases of fraud BEFORE they reach trial.
X video: https://bit.ly/4smNfB4
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 09:31 AM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Somali War Lord at January 01, 2026 09:31 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 09:31 AM (wzUl9)
171 > who writes out paper checks anymore
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This one old lady at the grocery store...
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 09:04 AM (NwnyJ)
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Yeah, we know.
Posted by: Line of People Watching Old Bat Balance Her Cbeckbook at January 01, 2026 09:41 AM (t1fZA)
Prayers for all involved in the Swiss ski lodge's New Year's Eve fire. It sounds a bit like the 2003 nightclub fire at The Station in Rhode Island where a pyrotechnic display ignited flammable acoustic foam in the walls and ceilings surrounding the stage. (A huge lost of life & injuries there.)
Also from above, "And lest we forget the decade of hell the evil fellatrix Kamala Harris as Attorney General of California put David Daleidin and Sandra Merrit through for their explosive exposé of Planned Parenthood's dismembering and selling of of infant body parts."
I was furious @ PPH's begging ads - "now just a $19 monthly donation," much like the much kinder "charities" - ran the whole New Year's Eve day & into night on many TV stations. ("Make sure little Chauncey can continue to get his STD checks & medication!" Sarcastic, but oh so close.) And I was surprised I did think about her & the exposure about PPH selling infant body parts. But sadly I also thought, it'll all return as it was before. She's going to remain in the public limelight as is that organization. Political vampires. $ for power.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 01, 2026 09:53 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 09:01 AM
Crazy Rich
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 10:23 AM (P5BPp)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 01, 2026 09:16 AM
Go back to January 2020. No one had any idea of the massive COVID black op that would envelop the entire world. Not to mention the Summer of George Floyd, BLM, Plandemic, mail-in voting op, rigged and stolen election.
Then January 2021 brought the January 6 protest/rally black op and the "vaccines".
This is why I never get on board the #winning! nonsense. Because there is always some black op being orchestrated by the left to destroy any progress western civilization makes. I am always waiting for the other shoe to drop.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 10:32 AM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Lex at January 01, 2026 11:21 AM (y4H1r)
Posted by: melodicmetal at January 01, 2026 01:56 PM (gxffc)
Posted by: melodicmetal at January 01, 2026 01:57 PM (gxffc)
Daily Tech News 1 January 2026
Top Story
- The dumbest things that happened in tech all year, apart from tech journalism. (Tech Crunch)
Not entirely a bad list.
I mean, the list is good. The things that happened were stupid, which makes it a good list of stupid things.
Tech News
- Asus has announced price increases across its product range, blaming AI, which seems fair for once. (Tom's Hardware)
The degree of price increase for individual products depends on... Things.
- xAI has purchased a third building for its "Colossus" datacenter in Memphis, planning to increase its AI training capacity to 2GW. (Tom's Hardware)
About five million desktop PCs. If you were wondering where all the RAM went, that's where.
- I recently lamented the lack of affordable PCIe switches for versions faster than 3.0. But there are affordable PCIe 4.0 switches readily available because there is one on every current motherboard - its the chipset.
Here's an open-source design using the AMD B650 chipset to provide two extra M.2 slots, four SATA ports, and a 20Gbps USB header. (Tom's Hardware)
It's not commercially available but reportedly costs about $40 to make.
- Lawyers for Charlie Javice, on trial for defrauding JPMorgan of $175 million, have reportedly defrauded JP Morgan of tens of millions more. (Bloomberg) (archive site)
Since Javice became a JPMorgan executive after the bank bought her student finance company, Frank, before finding that she had created millions of nonexistent user accounts to inflate the company's value, JPMorgan is contractually obliged to pay for her defence.
Javice has taken that to what seem to be her usual levels, hiring two additional legal firms that billed a combined $360,000 per day during her six week trial.
Javice was convicted and sentenced to seven years in jail for fraud, but is currently out of jail pending appeal, which JPMorgan is also required to pay for.
- Next looming shortage: Diodes. (CNBC) (archive site)
The Netherlands seized commodity semiconductor maker Nexperia, which produces low-end chips and discrete components for the embedded market, and which had been bought by China, after the US raised the very obvious security concerns.
These parts are widely used in, well, everything. Home appliances, cars, and, yes, computers. They were manufactured in Europe and then shipped to China in bulk for packaging before being re-exported, and now China is just not re-exporting anything.
It's a mess.
- The Canon EOS R6 Mark III is a camera. (The Verge) (archive site)
A pretty expensive camera, but a good one. $2799 for the camera alone, but offered alongside is a $470 45mm f/1.2 lens, which is a remarkable price for such a fast lens.
- If you want to turn your Raspberry Pi 5 into a router, Waveshare has just what you need. (Liliputing)
$40 for a board that adds four gigabit Ethernet ports; $50 for four 2.5Gb ports.
The Pi can't run four 2.5Gb ports at once at full speed, but that's rarely an issue for a router, more for a switch.
Musical Interlude
Song is Good Girls by Elle King. Anime is of course Dirty Pair. The original and the best.
Disclaimer: It's not our fault!
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: actually inside the beltway at January 01, 2026 04:01 AM (aKh6S)
Posted by: m at January 01, 2026 04:01 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 01, 2026 04:01 AM (uQesX)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 01, 2026 04:03 AM (uQesX)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 01, 2026 04:06 AM (BLOW1)
Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 04:07 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: m at January 01, 2026 04:09 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: m at January 01, 2026 04:12 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: m at January 01, 2026 04:14 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Idlan at January 01, 2026 04:14 AM (Hufxi)
Cherry blossoms for Washington's birthday ...
Hearts for Valentine's Day ...
Paper knives for Ides of March ...
Posted by: Adriane the Critic ... at January 01, 2026 04:15 AM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 04:15 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Idlan at January 01, 2026 04:16 AM (Hufxi)
Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 04:22 AM (Ia/+0)
Aelfred The Great retweeted
Jeff Moss
@Jeff_Palouse
31 Dec 2025
A little dated now, but still a great joke...
Chancellor Angela Merkel lands at Charles de Gaulle Airport.
The customs officer asks, "Name?"
"Angela Merkel."
"Occupation?"
"No, I'm just here for a visit."
Posted by: m at January 01, 2026 04:23 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: m
If it's on X, try asking Grok. 50% chance it finds something, 50% chance if feeds you total bullshit.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 01, 2026 04:25 AM (BLOW1)
Aelfred The Great retweeted
Tastes like Pork
@MonkeyWithGuns
31 Dec 2025
Reminds me of this one:
In the 1960s, TWA pilot asks for direction from the tower while taxi-ing at Frankfurt.
Tower: "It is clearly marked. Have you not been here before?"
Pilot: "Yeah, a few times in '44, but we never landed."
Posted by: m at January 01, 2026 04:25 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: m
If it's on X, try asking Grok. 50% chance it finds something, 50% chance if feeds you total bullshit.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 01, 2026 04:25 AM (BLOW1)
O.k.!
Posted by: m at January 01, 2026 04:26 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Adriane the Critic ... at January 01, 2026 04:27 AM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: clarence at January 01, 2026 04:29 AM (MXMX4)
Usually just decorate outside for Fall and Christmas.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 01, 2026 04:31 AM (uQesX)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 01, 2026 04:32 AM (uQesX)
Posted by: clarence at January 01, 2026 04:34 AM (MXMX4)
Viltrox may have forced Canon's hand on this one by releasing some equally remarkable Pro, Lab and Air lenses over the last few years for both full frame and APS-C sensors. For example, the APS-C Air lenses come in at just under $200 and have optical characteristics of lenses that cost five times or more. I have a 25 mm for the Sony system and I concur from personal experience that they are excellent.
Dustin Abbott, who does excellent reviews in a very consistent manner, has reviewed a number of these Viltrox lenses over the years. He still hasn't posted a review of the new Canon lens.
Meanwhile, Christopher Frost, another solid lens reviewer, does have a review of the Canon 45mm up on YouTube. It does come with some challenges especially when wide open but for a sub $500 lens it's not bad says Mr. Frost.
https://youtu.be/GTqgSjeDF8k
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 01, 2026 04:39 AM (HTCU3)
Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 04:40 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 01, 2026 04:41 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: clarence
Definitely looks that way.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 01, 2026 04:42 AM (BLOW1)
Posted by: m
If it's on X, try asking Grok. 50% chance it finds something, 50% chance if feeds you total bullshit.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 01, 2026 04:25 AM (BLOW1)
O.k.!
Posted by: m at January 01, 2026 04:26 AM (RuTUS)
It worked! Thanks, Pixy.
Posted by: m at January 01, 2026 04:46 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2026 04:46 AM (Yl2Ob)
Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 04:51 AM (Ia/+0)
https://tinyurl.com/3bxsm4pb
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2026 04:52 AM (Yl2Ob)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 01, 2026 04:53 AM (l6pKi)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2026 05:00 AM (2sfNr)
Posted by: m at January 01, 2026 04:46 AM (RuTUS)
I hadn't used Grok before. The procedure was very intuitive, I thought.
Posted by: m at January 01, 2026 05:05 AM (RuTUS)
I just looked at the full rundown of football college bowl scores going back to well before Christmass.
What a pointless morass the whole thing appears to be.
Die, NCAA, die!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 01, 2026 05:06 AM (xG4kz)
What a pointless morass the whole thing appears to be.
Die, NCAA, die!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 01, 2026 05:06 AM (xG4kz)
"more ass"?
Posted by: m at January 01, 2026 05:08 AM (RuTUS)
So George Clooney and his spouse are now citizens of France. Good. Revoke his citizenship in this country.
Be the frog in the rapidly warming cauldron of water, George!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 01, 2026 05:09 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: fluffy at January 01, 2026 05:14 AM (AN2gy)
What a pointless morass the whole thing appears to be.
I should mention the one standout accomplishment in the whole melee, and that was that both Michigan and Ohio State lost.
May this mark the start of a long string of thumpings in the postseasons for them both.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 01, 2026 05:15 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 05:15 AM (Ia/+0)
g'mornin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at January 01, 2026 05:15 AM (tljrc)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2026 05:19 AM (Yl2Ob)
I can report this news. Only one half of my German forebears came from Württemberg. The other half came from Saarland.
I blame the chuckleheads at Le Havre who in 1854 listed my family's Saarlanders as being from Württemberg for the error.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 01, 2026 05:21 AM (xG4kz)
A essay on the Book of Job
https://tinyurl.com/544evrje
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2026 05:22 AM (Yl2Ob)
I'm sure he consulted a tax attorney first.
Ireland allows artists to live there tax free, IIRC. Does France have a similar loophole?
Posted by: fluffy at January 01, 2026 05:23 AM (AN2gy)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 01, 2026 05:25 AM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 01, 2026 05:27 AM (sAmhv)
This is kind of long, but I thought it was very good:
A essay on the Book of Job
https://tinyurl.com/544evrje
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
I have said this here before -- we read the Book of Job in our senior year high school college prep English course. This was in a public school and it would never happen today.
I always thought that this portion of dialogue
And the Lord said unto Satan, “From whence comest thou?” Then Satan answered the Lord and said, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down upon it.”
was not unlike a parent asking a troublemaking child, "What were you doing?" and that child answering, "Nuthin'".
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 01, 2026 05:29 AM (xG4kz)
Wow; That is amazing that it was taught in the public school. It really is a great part of Scripture.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2026 05:34 AM (Yl2Ob)
https://tinyurl.com/5aw9jk8a
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2026 05:38 AM (Yl2Ob)
Lawyers for Charlie Javice, on trial for defrauding JPMorgan of $175 million, have reportedly defrauded JP Morgan of tens of millions more.
Forget Federal spending, what percentage of the US economy is fraud?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 01, 2026 05:38 AM (tgvbd)
And FenSpouse just made me laugh. He was mouthing the words to this old time hymn and he actually quite likes Hank Williams Sr: "Softly and Tenderly Jesus is calling":
https://tinyurl.com/5aw9jk8a
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2026 05:38 AM (Yl2Ob)
Catholics have better prayers, Protestants have better hymns.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 01, 2026 05:42 AM (tgvbd)
Tech thread material:
https://tinyurl.com/mypk3sau
I didn't know that!
/cast myself into the gorge of eternal peril
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 05:47 AM (ZocB7)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 01, 2026 05:42 AM (tgvbd)
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In case CBD is lurking:
Jews have better kiddishes.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 05:48 AM (ZocB7)
Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 05:48 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: actually inside the beltway at January 01, 2026 05:50 AM (aKh6S)
Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 05:51 AM (Ia/+0)
https://tinyurl.com/mypk3sau
I didn't know that!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 05:47 AM (ZocB7)
I didn't know that.
Posted by: m at January 01, 2026 05:55 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: olddog in mo at January 01, 2026 05:55 AM (bQ4nt)
The RV had to go in for repairs (insurance) recently, which meant everything inside and outside it had to be taken out, resulting in a mountain of stuff sitting in the garage for the last two weeks.
We got it back yesterday and, because Her Majesty and The Big Dummy are leaving today for shows, the mountain of stuff had to be put back into it. Not to mention giving TBD a bath. Not a fun day.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 01, 2026 05:59 AM (tgvbd)
Posted by: actually inside the beltway at January 01, 2026 06:00 AM (aKh6S)
Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 06:03 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2026 06:06 AM (Yl2Ob)
Posted by: NR Pax at January 01, 2026 06:08 AM (7xrfc)
Is TBD ( whose actual name escapes me) difficult to give a bath to?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2026 06:08 AM (Yl2Ob)
@asymmetricinfo
31 Dec 2025
As Bluesky userbase trends down it seems like its denizens are finding its way back here, and I've had a notable uptick in left-wing trolling, which at least makes a nice change from the right-wing trolls.
Posted by: m at January 01, 2026 06:11 AM (RuTUS)
Fun fact: The Earth is closest to the sun on Jan. 2. Combined with their summer happening at the same time and the fact water holds heat better than land, it's no surprise the Southern Hemisphere is warmer than the Northern.
Don't know why that came out. It just did. An omen for 2026? You make the call!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 06:15 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 06:16 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 01, 2026
***
Thomas Harris used the same phrasing to describe Hannibal Lecter walking around his hotel room after his escape in Silence of the Lambs.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 06:19 AM (wzUl9)
Is TBD ( whose actual name escapes me) difficult to give a bath to?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2026 06:08 AM (Yl2Ob)
Nobody is difficult to give a bath to. All of them are trained from a young age to stand quietly while being bathed and groomed. We have a long elevated plastic tub for bathing and Delilah, indeed, used to leap into it.
The only little difficulty is grinding nails. All sighthounds become passive-aggressively balky about their nails. We have a special diamond-grit Dremel bit designed to dissipate the heat of grinding, but it's still best if two people work on them. Strange to say, it's the regular show dogs who object the most, likely because they're done shorter than the stay-at-homes.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 01, 2026 06:19 AM (tgvbd)
Posted by: m at January 01, 2026 06:24 AM (RuTUS)
I will, however, go for groceries today -- and the cats need litter. Tomorrow I'll run up to the Tecovas store and either exchange or return the $$ boots I bought on Monday. If the latter, I'll stop at the Boot Barn store nearby and see if they have anything that suits me better.
What are your plans, if anything, for today?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 06:26 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 06:26 AM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
Take down and put away the Christmas decorations.
Posted by: Tuna at January 01, 2026 06:28 AM (lJ0H4)
https://tinyurl.com/4wjdenbz
Posted by: m at January 01, 2026
***
A very good video, m. My whole perspective on this city changed when I first visited northern New Mexico in '92, and I couldn't wait to leave. When I couldn't find a job in ABQ, I took one in Denver -- this was in '97, so it was still semi-sane -- and I remember being enormously happier all around than I was here.
I loved having mountains around me. Maybe I should look again at the West and a drier climate, even if it is hot for more of the year than I like. Damn, but I wish CO wasn't a squared-off version of California now. . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 06:32 AM (wzUl9)
Starting to.wonder if the sun is going to pass us by today.
Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 06:32 AM (Ia/+0)
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Penguins hardest hit.
Posted by: Perry Helion at January 01, 2026 06:32 AM (+HNx/)
I'm going to north of the border to walk in the woods. Won't get to greet the first sunrise from a hilltop; I'll still be in the car.
Posted by: fluffy at January 01, 2026 06:36 AM (AN2gy)
Are you all aware of the 1000000000000K software bug? Will
Be very afraid!
https://tinyurl.com/4jnkmes9
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 06:37 AM (ZocB7)
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Penguins hardest hit.
Posted by: Perry Helion at January 01, 2026
***
There are some species that range farther toward the equator. But most of the ones we know well, the emperor and Adelie penguins, stick close to Antarctica, as if they've heard that the weather is too hot for them farther north.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 06:38 AM (wzUl9)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn8jlm07nz4o
Posted by: NR Pax at January 01, 2026 06:38 AM (7xrfc)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 06:38 AM (wzUl9)
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As an example, South Africa's jackass penguins.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 06:39 AM (ZocB7)
Posted by: m at January 01, 2026 06:39 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
So, you're giving the boots the boot?
Posted by: Tonypete at January 01, 2026 06:39 AM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Eromero at January 01, 2026 06:40 AM (Slgjz)
What are your plans, if anything, for today?
Get Her Majesty and The Big Dummy on the road, go buy dog food at Tractor Supply, head out for 2:30 Mass, as today is a Holy Day of Obligation.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 01, 2026 06:40 AM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 06:42 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 06:43 AM (Ia/+0)
Re perhelion. This, over long term time scales is one of the main drivers of the Milankovich cycles. Due to the precession of the equinoxes (the wobble of the earth's spin axis), which has a period of about 26,000 years, plus another thing dubbed apsidal precession, where perhelion itself precesses eastward, perihelion thus walks around the seasons.
The period varies from 23,000 to 28,000 years. Anyway, in next half of the cycle, perihelion will happen near the summer solstice, and northern summer will be the closest to the sun.
The Green Sahara cycle is related to this. When perihelion occurs in Northern summer, the Sahara gets wet and green again.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 06:43 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
So, you're giving the boots the boot?
Posted by: Tonypete at January 01, 2026
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Yup. They are too small, for one thing, and the Tecovas boots are *heavy* -- more so than my Dan Posts, which feel almost like shoes. I have no doubt the Tecovas boots are well made and should last longer than less $$$ brands. But if I'm uncomfortable wearing them . . .
Boot Barn has a Cody James model on their website that I like. If the store in Baton Rouge has that one in my size, and I like it on me, I'll get it. If not, I can order it and have it sent to my local store.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 06:45 AM (wzUl9)
That didn't sound quite right -- the perihelion precessional cycle ranges from 21K - 23K years. There's something that is 28K years, but not that.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 06:46 AM (w6EFb)
That didn't sound quite right -- the perihelion precessional cycle ranges from 21K - 23K years. There's something that is 28K years, but not that.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 06:46 AM (w6EFb)
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Either way, I won't put it on my calendar.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 06:49 AM (+HNx/)
Posted by: NR Pax at January 01, 2026 06:52 AM (7xrfc)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 06:54 AM (ZocB7)
Posted by: Nenge Mboko, exchange student from Cameroon at January 01, 2026 06:55 AM (edbiH)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 01, 2026 06:58 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 01, 2026 06:59 AM (u82oZ)
Anyone hung over is on their own.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 01, 2026 06:59 AM (u82oZ)
It's on them.
Posted by: m at January 01, 2026 07:00 AM (RuTUS)
Anyone hung over is on their own.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 01, 2026
***
Hangover: the feeling that a moose is having a baby in your head.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 07:01 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: m at January 01, 2026 07:01 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Clarence Beeks at January 01, 2026 07:01 AM (+HNx/)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 01, 2026 07:02 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 07:03 AM (wzUl9)
diodes, eh? fortunately I have several year's supply for my own personal needs; 4148s, 6A10s, a scattering of Zeners ... meh.
3 degrees, overcast, breezy. feh. winter. we hates it, precious!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 01, 2026 07:10 AM (Cjt/F)
How goes it?
I'm supposed to get a new range for my kitchen today. Let's hope the installation goes a bit smoother than this classic Monty Python sketch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dVkdCQCAS0
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 07:15 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: qmark at January 01, 2026 07:17 AM (R91/8)
Three years old; new to me:
Scott Adams
How to ... Cure Your Laziness
first 15 minutes
https://youtu.be/y5ZkIDUuHAM
Posted by: m at January 01, 2026 07:18 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 07:15 AM (ESVrU)
https://youtu.be/8dVkdCQCAS0
delete watch?v=
delete .com
add the period youtu.be
delete www.
Posted by: m at January 01, 2026 07:21 AM (RuTUS)
Don't know where that 28,000 year thing in my head came from. The earth's tilt varies from 24.5 to 22.1 degrees with 41K year period. It's currently at 23.44 degrees and decreasing.
Now, earth's eccentricity varies in a very complex cycle with a rough period of about 100,000 years. There a complicated beat pattern there, too. That is currently decreasing as well. The greater the eccentricity, the wider the variation in perihelion and aphelion distance.
So, at this point in the cycle, earth is getting more circular and less tilted.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 07:24 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 01, 2026 07:30 AM (iMotb)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 07:15 AM (ESVrU)
https://youtu.be/8dVkdCQCAS0
delete watch?v=
delete .com
add the period youtu.be
delete www.
Posted by: m at January 01, 2026 07:21 AM (RuTUS)
... 15 characters shorter
Posted by: m at January 01, 2026 07:32 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Pony Tail at January 01, 2026 07:34 AM (HcbZb)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026
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Does this mean that in enough time, the Earth's tilt will decrease to the point there are no seasons?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 07:47 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 07:48 AM (wzUl9)
New Years Eve ONT - December 31, 2025 [TRex]
We barely understand either. It is not for a lack of trying. Was the universe created or did it emerge from a Bing Bang? If a divine creator, what does "created in the image of God" mean? If a bang, what existed before and what caused the bang? A monkey hitting random typewriter key for an infinite amount of time could type the complete works of William Shakespeare, but where did the monkey come from? At some point, randomness fails to explain life. What is the essential "spark" that gives life to raw ingredients? With life, we can observe the result post-spark. We can argue about the boundaries of "consciousness" and "sentience" and single cell organisms, but at least we can observe and discuss and draw reasonable guesses about life and what makes it different from a pet rock. Death is different. Once someone is gone, we can't get answers from them about what happened and where they are and what it is like. We don't know what to expect. Fear of the unknown is an essential human condition. The fear permeates much of our daily life. We don't like unpleasant surprises with bad outcomes. We are afraid of the dark. We are generally a risk averse species. Death is the ultimate unknown and humans have sought answers for eons. The Egyptian "Book of the Dead" is a collection of spells, prayers, and incantations written on papyrus scrolls and placed in tombs to guide the deceased's soul through the perilous journey of the underworld to achieve a blessed afterlife. Hindu reincarnation envisions an eternal loop of birth, death, and rebirth. Karma determines the future path of the soul based on actions in previous lives. Christian traditions focus on the promise of eternal life beyond our mortal existence. Faith means taking a risk to believe something we do not know based on what we think we know. As much as Christian theology revolves around the resurrection story, where did Jesus go for three days after he was crucified? The Apostles Creed says he "descended to the dead." Did he "preach to the spirits in prison?" Did he liberate Old Testament souls that believed before he existed? Did he take a few days of R&R after a busy few weeks at the office? (We will leave a discussion of purgatory for another time.) I dunno but a lot of people have spent at lot of time, energy and money trying to communicate with the great beyond. We have questions. We want to know what to expect. We want to know loved ones are OK. We are infinitely intrigued by anything we do not understand. We are afraid of the dark. And yet, a day will arrive for each of us whether we understand it or not. But we remember those whose days have come. Even if we don't understand everything about how their earthly existence, we still mourn. We mourn because we miss them. We mourn because we appreciate them. We mourn for unrealized promise. Not every story is a happy story. In some cases, we recall the carnage they caused and mourn what might have been. We mourn, in part, for ourselves because we know that we will follow someday. On this New Year's Eve, we look back and remember those among the Horde and those adjacent to the Horde who are no longer among the living. Prayers for all who mourn and who continue to come to terms with loss that does not go away. Prayers for mothers that struggle with the loss of a child before having a chance to breathe a first breath outside the womb. We also pray for those who are left to pick up the emotional and temporal pieces. We also offer prayers of strength and peace for those confronting their own mortality. May God grant you continual comfort and strength and may you feel the love and support from your Horde family. Please continue to let the Horde know if anything can be done to help. We remember the caregivers who are angels sent to comfort the afflicted and rarely signed up for the role. There is often nobody else to say thank you or provide relief when you are the last line of defense. Please continue to let the Horde know if anything can be done to help. On this New Year's Eve, we also look ahead. A flip of the calendar is cosmically arbitrary, but carries the symbolism of rebirth and the promise of new beginnings. If you are in the Northern Hemisphere, the turn of the new year also moves a step further through the darkness of winter towards the promise of spring. We do not have to be afraid of the dark. As John says, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it." There is hope in the light. I do not have all the answers. But if you pass from this life and end up in Pittsburgh, please let me know. I have questions. Here endeth the message.
These people are not Horde or Horde adjacent, but departed in 2025:
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: mindful webworker - unrecognizable at December 31, 2025 10:00 PM (dESj/)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 31, 2025 10:00 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2025 10:00 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 31, 2025 10:01 PM (6ydKt)
Does his wife know?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 10:01 PM (hVbrz)
Got the black-eye peas soaking. Gonna have a good luck supper tomorrow.
Happy Old Year, alla y'all.
But FLOTUS was awful pretty, too.
https://tinyurl.com/3zj3vztr
Posted by: mindful webworker - one more oops for the old year at December 31, 2025 10:01 PM (dESj/)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 31, 2025 10:01 PM (LNeRu)
Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2025 10:02 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at December 31, 2025 10:02 PM (YlWIZ)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 10:03 PM (ESVrU)
Happiest of New Year's to each and every one of you - so glad to be here to celebrate it with all of you wonderful reprobates 🥳🎊🥳🎊🥳
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at December 31, 2025 10:04 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 10:04 PM (wzUl9)
Thanks for the mention of my Dad.
I miss him, and Mom, but it's getting better.
You get used to it, slowly.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 31, 2025 10:04 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: tankdemon at December 31, 2025 10:04 PM (4p5Zb)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at December 31, 2025 10:05 PM (YlWIZ)
We have been manifestly blessed here and I pray good fortune finds it's way to your front door.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 31, 2025 10:05 PM (cYBz/)
https://is.gd/xanKz9
They project it up onto the face of the obelisk. Beginning the 250 celebration.
Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 10:06 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 10:06 PM (c115l)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 31, 2025 10:06 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Mark1971 at December 31, 2025 10:07 PM (CNl8/)
Here's to love
All the times that we fucked up
Here's to you
Fill the glass
'Cause the last few days have kicked my ass.
So let's give 'em hell
Wish everybody well
Here's to us
Posted by: Semper Why at December 31, 2025 10:07 PM (nKug+)
That is a lovely memorial tribute, TRex, thank you.
Condolences to the families and friends (including ourselves) of all those we've lost this year.
I love you people.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 31, 2025 10:07 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: PabloD at December 31, 2025 10:07 PM (tfChy)
Posted by: caf at December 31, 2025 10:07 PM (qS/Xm)
We just finished re-watching Fatman w/ Mel Gibson. It is the least likely retelling of Santa Claus in movie history -- a minimalist-noir kind of story. There is humor, but it is *not* a comedy. And it has elements of the Krampus legend in it, too. Still, fun stuff.
Heroes & Icons is running their Twilight Zone marathon. Right now there's one with Vera Miles and Martin Milner from way back in '59 or '60.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 10:07 PM (wzUl9)
To all of the Horde , thx for reading my babbling all year and being a great bunch . May you and yours have a happy and prosperous new year. May our country return to its God blessed roots
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 10:08 PM (zNwXb)
I'm sure I've seen a few of them commenting here. Some even posthumously.
Posted by: mikeski at December 31, 2025 10:08 PM (nhCoE)
Thanks for the listing of those lost this year. Prayers up for all those lost and the loved ones left behind.
I am holding two tickets for the Stay At Home Early Bedtime concert extravaganza. Looking forward to it!
Love the Calvin & Hobbes cartoon. Pittsburgh indeed.
Happy New Year, everyone!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at December 31, 2025 10:08 PM (kB9dk)
Posted by: Short Fuse at December 31, 2025 10:08 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2025 10:09 PM (m7iZ5)
Happy Old Year, alla y'all.
Posted by: mindful webworker - one more oops for the old year at December 31, 2025 10:01 PM (dESj/)
Dad always had bep every NYD. A few years before he passed, Mom asked if he wanted them. He said no, they never worked.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 31, 2025 10:09 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at December 31, 2025 10:09 PM (MZ+PY)
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 31, 2025 10:09 PM (wVcYX)
We'll go dancing tomorrow night
It's cold out there, but it's warm in bed
They can dance, we'll stay home instead
Posted by: gKWVE at December 31, 2025 10:09 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 10:03 PM
***
Sigh... Always miss one. Thanks Perfessor. Jim has been added.
Posted by: TRex at December 31, 2025 10:10 PM (IQ6Gq)
But the wind nabbed my fedora, and I am in need of suitable chapeau.
Posted by: tankdemon at December 31, 2025 10:11 PM (4p5Zb)
Posted by: OrangeEnt
Did the bep, cabbage & cornbread last year.
2025 sucked.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 10:11 PM (c115l)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 31, 2025 10:06 PM (kpS4V)
Grrrl, me, too! I won't last much longer, though.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 31, 2025 10:11 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 31, 2025 10:12 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: JQ at December 31, 2025 10:12 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at December 31, 2025 10:09 PM (MZ+PY)
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Considering the staggering complexity of DNA, it's impossible that life could have achieved its current state on our planet in a mere 4 billion years or so just through natural selection (i.e., random chance).
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 10:12 PM (ESVrU)
youtu.be/jPSnr2WMa_o
And thank you, Dino, for helping us remember everyone. I just wish we'd been able to meet Lil Pookette this side of heaven.
Posted by: pookysgirl, still struggling at December 31, 2025 10:13 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: gp at December 31, 2025 10:13 PM (GHIyr)
Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at December 31, 2025 10:13 PM (jrgJz)
{{halfhourshower}}
Happy new year, wherever you are!!!
Posted by: JQ
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Agreed...and Notorious BFD......
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at December 31, 2025 10:14 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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And Vic didn't even make the po' boy list.
Well, when you're fucked you're fucked
and don't you forget it.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 10:14 PM (hVbrz)
That is a lovely memorial tribute, TRex, thank you.…
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!
Concur. Reading through the list, there was the occasional gut-punch at the loss of great folks.
Posted by: mindful webworker - suddenly at December 31, 2025 10:14 PM (dESj/)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 10:14 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: pookysgirl, still struggling at December 31, 2025 10:15 PM (Wt5PA)
Prayers up for everyone.
Posted by: No one at December 31, 2025 10:15 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: TRex at December 31, 2025 10:10 PM (IQ6Gq)
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No problem.
BTW, for a reptile with a barely functional brain, you have some very deep thoughts about life and death.
There's just so much we don't know and can never know, though many of us have faith that there's much more out there after we're gone than we can possibly imagine.
Life is just a speedbump along the route to something much grander.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 10:15 PM (ESVrU)
And Lalo Schifrin? He was at the Man From U.N.C.L.E. 50th anniversary mini-convention in LA in 2014, being honored for some music work he had done for the show. He looked even then, at 82, like he was at death's door. But he lived another eleven years. Tough guy.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 10:15 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: pookysgirl, still struggling
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Us too...we pray that God holds you close and gives you comfort...
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at December 31, 2025 10:15 PM (IQ6Gq)
Just look at that pointy-eared Vulcan logician, if you don't believe me.
Posted by: Leonard "Bones" McCoy, MD at December 31, 2025 10:16 PM (Oubw1)
In an alternate universe somewhere, noted Astrophysicist Dr Ronald Jeremy Is preparing a talk on his "Gang Bang Theory of Universal Formation."
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 31, 2025 10:16 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: OrangeEnt
Aw, that's sad, OrangeEnt.
If I wake up in the morning, I always count that as lucky. Anything more is a blessing.
Posted by: mindful webworker - above the sod thanks to God at December 31, 2025 10:16 PM (dESj/)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at December 31, 2025 10:09 PM (MZ+PY)
I think it has actually been examined and shown to be impossible for a physically possible universe size and time line. I remember someone writing a paper on it over the past year.
Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 10:16 PM (3uBP9)
LOL. That is just illogical.
Posted by: No one at December 31, 2025 10:17 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 31, 2025 10:17 PM (mlg/3)
Posted by: gp at December 31, 2025 10:17 PM (GHIyr)
Sending all the Horde big hugs and my prayers for a happy and healthy new year for you and all your loved ones.
Posted by: screaming in digital at December 31, 2025 10:17 PM (IONGM)
Into the future
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 31, 2025 10:17 PM (nljXp)
So, tomorrow is my birthday...yikes, 29 AGAIN!
My birthday wish is to give my best to so many of our Horde...
TiFW; sweet pookysgirl; oh my! So many of you struggling!
Many prayers and love to you all. Words fail me...
I surely hope we all have a fine New Year.
Thanks to all of our shiny new CoBs🥰...you guys kick it!
God bless and a big giant Happy New Year❣❣❣
I love youz all!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 31, 2025 10:17 PM (LNeRu)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder
The infinity is the important part. Every possibility is in there somewhere.
Think of it without requiring the actions of a monkey. Write out all of pi, 3.141592654..... in some binary representation. Then convert every 7 or 8 bits into ASCII characters. The complete works of Shakespeare are somewhere in that infinite nonrepeating decimal. Backwards, forwards, and in every possible language.
That concept only applies to "life," or other parts of reality, if the universe is infinitely old, with no starting point.
Posted by: mikeski at December 31, 2025 10:17 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: Short Fuse at December 31, 2025
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Pittsburgh Scanner was slated to work on a double album with Mannheim Steamroller, but the project fell apart.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 10:18 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: pookysgirl, still struggling at December 31, 2025 10:15 PM
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Sorry to spur the waterworks, but needed you to know the Horde is wrapping its virtual arms around you.
Posted by: TRex at December 31, 2025 10:18 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Jmel at December 31, 2025 10:18 PM (bVhJi)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 31, 2025 10:18 PM (JkO4W)
I'm not sure if there's an upper age limit on Eggos, though....
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 31, 2025 10:19 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 10:19 PM (hVbrz)
Posted by: pookysgirl, still struggling at December 31, 2025 10:13 PM (Wt5PA)
I hadn't seen...I'm so sorry. {{{Hugs}}}
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 31, 2025 10:19 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 10:19 PM (a4flb)
God bless all, and rest in peace.
Posted by: Ib1netmon at December 31, 2025 10:19 PM (vTTFR)
Loading 2026....please standby.
Posted by: scampydog at December 31, 2025 10:20 PM (1cq+e)
LOL. That is just illogical.
Posted by: No one at December 31, 2025 10:17 PM (qFwJc)
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This seems to be a core tenet of atheism.
They get annoyed when you ask them WHY anything exists.
"It just happened" is the only explanation they can come up with.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 10:20 PM (ESVrU)
Stirling the big black cat is hiding from the fireworks -- not actual visible fireworks, but just the rattle and crump from them outside. He was fine about fireworks noises his first Fourth of July, when he was about five months old. But then on his first NYE, when he was ten months old, something went Zzzz! in his cat brain and he ran to hide under the bed all evening. Still does on 7/4 and 12/31 every year since.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 10:21 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: JQ at December 31, 2025 10:22 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: godel at December 31, 2025 10:22 PM (3uBP9)
LOL. That is just illogical.
Posted by: No one
In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.
Posted by: zombie Terry Pratchett at December 31, 2025 10:22 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 10:12 PM (ESVrU)
Brett Weinstein has a new theory about this, and it might surprise you to know he agrees with you.
He does make a proposal for a mechanism that might explain this having to do with how genes are expressed and modified.
No longer being within academia, he makes his announcement on the Joe Rogan Experience - the first hour touches on this, the rest is more wide ranging
https://tinyurl.com/nkck3fj2
Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 10:22 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 10:22 PM (rbvCR)
"It just happened" is the only explanation they can come up with.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 10:20 PM (ESVrU)
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It all makes sense when you accept that God's consciousness is the most fundamental substrate of all of reality. "Nothingness" is God.
You're welcome.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 31, 2025 10:23 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Joemarine at December 31, 2025 10:23 PM (y171U)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
I tried coming up with a version for the sake of the argument, and the best that I could come up with was; " -1 + 1 = 0 " therefore something ( 1 ) comes from nothing ( 0 )... except all concepts of each value require a 'something'.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 31, 2025 10:23 PM (mlg/3)
***GROUP HUG!!!***
Posted by: JQ at December 31, 2025 10:22 PM
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You're still serving drinks, right??
Posted by: TRex - Club ONT bar is open at December 31, 2025 10:23 PM (IQ6Gq)
They get annoyed when you ask them WHY anything exists.
"It just happened" is the only explanation they can come up with.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
Out of twenty trillion planets, and we're the only one, "it just happened" is a joke.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 10:23 PM (c115l)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder
Yeah, it's an arguable supposition. But, eternity is a very long time. Very, very long.
Kinda like how they say every combo of numbers can be found somewhere in ℼ.
Posted by: mindful webworker - infinite monkeys and very sturdy typewriters at December 31, 2025 10:24 PM (dESj/)
Posted by: Thank The Lord Pumpkin Spice Season Is Long Gone at December 31, 2025 10:24 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 31, 2025 10:24 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 10:24 PM (zNwXb)
Lalo Schifrin is the composer of the iconic "Theme from Mission: Impossible," which was created for the television series that aired from 1966 to 1973.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2025 10:25 PM (pkeXY)
2025 wasn't a great year, but compared to the last four, I thought it was an improvement. Time is still relentless.
Posted by: Corona_exile_back_in_exile at December 31, 2025 10:25 PM (UE0CA)
Posted by: TRex - Club ONT bar is open
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Of course!
Just had to, um, take care of the sneezes. Yeah, sneezes, that's it..
Posted by: JQ at December 31, 2025 10:25 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025
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He did music for Kelly's Heroes, The Beguiled, and Dirty Harry, though those were not Eastwood-directed films, and then for Sudden Impact, which was.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 10:25 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: tankdemon at December 31, 2025 10:25 PM (4p5Zb)
{{halfhourshower}}
Happy new year, wherever you are!!!
Posted by: JQ
Hey! What about me??!!
Posted by: Mrs. Calabash at December 31, 2025 10:25 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: Just The Punchline at December 31, 2025 10:26 PM (wVcYX)
You're welcome.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 31, 2025 10:23 PM (JkO4W)
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Adrian Tchaikovsky's series "The Final Architects" plays around with this idea. It's a fun read and turns some of this inside out and upside down. I can't say any more without revealing some important spoilers, though.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 10:26 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: screaming in digital at December 31, 2025 10:17 PM (IONGM)
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Back atcha, Screamo!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 31, 2025 10:26 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: The Science! at December 31, 2025 10:26 PM (q3N/z)
For a guy with small arms and a not-so-small at all brain, this was a lovely soliloque. Nicely done my friend. 💕🦖
Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 31, 2025 10:26 PM (LNeRu)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2025
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His Wiki entry has this: "It is a distinctive tune written in the uncommon 5/4 time signature. The meter (dash dash, dot dot) is Morse code for the letters M and I."
I did not know that second point!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 10:26 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at December 31, 2025 10:27 PM (Oubw1)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 10:23 PM (c115l)
No, the joke is the punchline, and the punchline was, "we give him chocolate and generally have some picnics and band concerts. Why, what do you do when he shows up?"
Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 10:28 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Common Tater at December 31, 2025 10:28 PM (q3N/z)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 10:07 PM (wzUl9)
Thought I had seen every TZ episode, however there are still a few that are new to me. Someone here mentioned "Passerby" a few days ago, so I made a point to watch that today.
Posted by: Joemarine at December 31, 2025 10:28 PM (y171U)
Many years ago, I was newly sober and wrestling with coming to believe in a power greater than myself. I saw that those who did have such a belief had a great peace. I was envious of this, but I felt nothing .
So a friend of mine said to me, "Here's a suggestion: Every morning, ask God to reveal himself to you today. Then, when you go to bed, thank him for keeping you sober. And keep your eyes open for signs."
"How long will that take?"
"How the fuck should I know?? Just DO it!"
Eight months later, I got my answer. And I've known Jesus is the Son of God ever since.
Happy new year, friends.
Posted by: Beverly at December 31, 2025 10:28 PM (reMys)
For a guy with small arms and a not-so-small at all brain, this was a lovely soliloque. Nicely done my friend. 💕🦖
Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 31, 2025 10:26 PM
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Thanks! Soliloque (soliloquy?) is a good scrabble word.
Posted by: TRex - dictionary dino at December 31, 2025 10:29 PM (IQ6Gq)
If I wake up in the morning, I always count that as lucky. Anything more is a blessing.
Posted by: mindful webworker - above the sod thanks to God at December 31, 2025 10:16 PM (dESj/)
I never liked them, so I don't think I missed anything. It was more of a country folk thing for his side of the family. Mom's didn't eat bep.
See what happens when you're doing multiple things at once. You get behind on the ONT comments.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 31, 2025 10:29 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: And Laa-Laa is a Teletubby at December 31, 2025 10:29 PM (oftw2)
It is better than Chex mix
Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 10:29 PM (rbvCR)
{{halfhourshower}}
Happy new year, wherever you are!!!
Posted by: JQ at December 31, 2025 10:12 PM (rdVOm)
Seconded.
Reminded of some who went missing without explanation too.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2025 10:29 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 10:29 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Joyenz at December 31, 2025 10:29 PM (2F0/Y)
LOL. That is just illogical.
Posted by: No one
In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.
Posted by: zombie Terry Pratchett at December 31, 2025 10:22 PM (nhCoE)
If you consider this reality as just a 4 dimensional bubble inside a greater multidimensional reality, then it’s not illogical at all.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2025 10:30 PM (m7iZ5)
Re the Monkey typing theorem. To produce, say the exact text of Hamlet, a number of "random monkeys" equal to the number of subatomic particles in the universe typing would need about 10^(360,000) time the age of the universe to get even a decent chance.
That probability in the given age of the universe is so small as to be indistinguishable from zero.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 31, 2025 10:30 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: And Laa-Laa is a Teletubby at December 31, 2025 10:29 PM (oftw2)
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I met a chick named Lola in a bar once.
Posted by: Ray Davies at December 31, 2025 10:30 PM (JkO4W)
Think of it without requiring the actions of a monkey. Write out all of pi, 3.141592654..... in some binary representation. Then convert every 7 or 8 bits into ASCII characters. The complete works of Shakespeare are somewhere in that infinite nonrepeating decimal. Backwards, forwards, and in every possible language.
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Further, all of those versions with *one* misspelling, or two or so forth. So finding a copy (as with infinite monkey/typewriters there'll be more than one) that's actually letter perfect is going to be prohibitively difficult.
Posted by: Pam Bondi at December 31, 2025 10:30 PM (vSvIl)
Brigitte Bardot… If you have forgotten what she looked like, try this. [CBD]
I find her unforgettable.
Posted by: mindful webworker - speaking of va-voom at December 31, 2025 10:30 PM (dESj/)
Posted by: Methos at December 31, 2025 10:31 PM (vSvIl)
That would be the cosmological argument in classical apologetics.
The atheists pick from:
• The Universe is a Brute Fact (rejecting the need for a metaphysical explanation)
• Quantum Cosmology - emerged from a quantum vacuum, that is "nothing" in physics isn't absolute nothingness but a field with potential energy
• They reject a temporal framework which implies a beginning and that the universe extends beyond time and thus eternal or timeless. Causality applies only within time.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 10:31 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: TRex - Club ONT bar is open
>It may be time for that second whiskey. The big moment is approaching and I haven't hit the sack yet.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 31, 2025 10:31 PM (nljXp)
... and I plan on using it!
Posted by: JQ at December 31, 2025 10:31 PM (rdVOm)
“Death is swallowed up in victory.”
55“O death, where is your victory?
O death, where is your sting?”
56The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
58Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 31, 2025 10:31 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at December 31, 2025 10:31 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: And Laa-Laa is a Teletubby at December 31, 2025 10:29 PM (oftw2)
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And a national forest.
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at December 31, 2025 10:31 PM (Oubw1)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2025 10:30 PM (m7iZ5)
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Please favor us with your description of Kalabi-Yau manifolds.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 31, 2025 10:31 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 10:31 PM (ZxPkt)
I didn't expect to see my name, thank you again.
Condolences to all who have lost a loved one. May God's peace be with you.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 31, 2025 10:32 PM (igoLh)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 10:15 PM (ESVrU)
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Momento Mori. We will be dead much, much longer than we will be alive. Plan accordingly.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 31, 2025 10:32 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: On SSDI, Myself, But Handi-Capable! at December 31, 2025 10:32 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Joemarine at December 31, 2025 10:28 PM
It was my recommendation, I hope you enjoyed it as much as I do! And I have always noticed that it’s not often shown on the TZ marathons, and I don’t know why.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2025 10:32 PM (m7iZ5)
Can't fault the logic.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2025 10:32 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: mindful webworker - infinite monkeys and very sturdy typewriters at December 31, 2025 10:24 PM (dESj/)
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"Eternity is a long time, my friends. It's hard to imagine how long it is. Imagine yourself at the supermarket checkout line. And there's 15 people ahead of you. And each one has a full basket of groceries. And none of the items are marked. And everyone wants to pay by check. And it's the girl's first day on the job. And she doesn't speak English.
"You take a few minutes off that, and you start to get an idea of just how long eternity is."
Posted by: Emo Philips at December 31, 2025 10:32 PM (ESVrU)
https://tinyurl.com/mrxhpdkp
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 10:32 PM (wzUl9)
If that's the case we should be able to fold dimensions and travel anywhere we want pretty much instantly.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 31, 2025 10:33 PM (lUFok)
The Bang was a creation, whether it was divine or not. I suspect this is why so many astronomers have been trying to come up with alternate theories since some sort of cosmic big bang became obvious. I also suspect it was made even worse by having been formulated by a Catholic priest/physicist.
Much of the current alternative theories of the creation of the universe (a) still involve a big bang and (b) attempt to hide it with turtles all the way down.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 31, 2025 10:33 PM (EXyHK)
LOL. That is just illogical.
Posted by: No one
In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.
Posted by: zombie Terry Pratchett at December 31, 2025 10:22 PM (nhCoE)
If you consider this reality as just a 4 dimensional bubble inside a greater multidimensional reality, then it’s not illogical at all.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2025 10:30 PM (m7iZ5)
In other words, our universe was squeezed into existence like toothpaste out of its tube? We're all just bits of toothpaste?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 31, 2025 10:33 PM (S/Y4j)
Or that all of the universe is a simulation - a near infinite software program.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 10:34 PM (a4flb)
I'm still trying to explain to the cat in the Cafe thread where the bubble came from.
Posted by: t-bird at December 31, 2025 10:34 PM (rq3mQ)
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at December 31, 2025 10:27 PM (Oubw1)
Eh. Mr. Dmlw! is building a bonfire to burn all of his OSU stuff.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 31, 2025 10:35 PM (h7ZuX)
Wife and I are home alone tonight, she watching her shows, I watching mine.
usually there's a big family get-together on her side but with one 90-something in the hospital and several younger people with awful colds - including wife - we thought better to stay home.
So youse guys are stuck wit me and my weird sense of humor. I think I get the better of that arrangement.
Let's be grateful for the blessings bestowed on us in '25 and give thanks for blessings yet to come in '26.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2025 10:35 PM (QGaXH)
It made a difference for me.
Annie Stew does good work. I aver she is one of the pillars that makes this smart military blog a community.
Thank you for mentioning me and my late wife.
This was a quite difficult holiday season.
As Astra Per Aspera
After 2025, looking for a better 2026.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 31, 2025 10:35 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 31, 2025 10:31 PM (JkO4W)
*waves hands expressively, in vaguely circular motions*
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2025 10:35 PM (m7iZ5)
I added brandy to my hot cocoa. Party plussed.
It really was darn good.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 31, 2025 10:36 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: On SSDI, Myself, But Handi-Capable!
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Despite bribes and "wondering", I get no previews. I find out when you find out...disappointing, right?
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at December 31, 2025 10:36 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2025 10:36 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 10:36 PM (zNwXb)
I want to second or third or fourth what TRex wrote, please don’t keep things laying on your heart. I am not in a position to speak for everyone, but I can speak for me - I promise to listen.
Posted by: Piper at December 31, 2025 10:36 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Pinto at December 31, 2025 10:36 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2025 10:36 PM (XeU6L)
Bladerunner (Blu Ray)
Probably watch some Twilight Zone episodes too. Have those on DVD.
Haven't watched them in a long while. Haven't watched any movie or TV show in a long while. My time wasteing TV blackhole usually involves racing or golf. Lots of it on, all year long.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 31, 2025 10:36 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 10:36 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
Is it better to be a bit of toothpaste, or a bit of personal lubricant?
Wrong answers only.
Posted by: mikeski at December 31, 2025 10:37 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 10:37 PM (zNwXb)
Posted by: Joemarine at December 31, 2025
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With James Gregory and Joanne Linville, who would later guest-star on Trek, though not together. I know I've seen it, but it's been a long time. A ghost story set during the Civil War?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 10:37 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 31, 2025 10:38 PM (QVmho)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 31, 2025 10:38 PM (u82oZ)
Thanks for the mention of my Dad.
I miss him, and Mom, but it's getting better.
You get used to it, slowly.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 31, 2025 10:04 PM (6ydKt)
This year '26 will be 10 years since mom and dad passed within a month of each other. I miss them everyday, more so since I stopped working.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2025 10:38 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Pinto at December 31, 2025 10:36 PM (wVcYX)
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Wanna buy some pot from me?
Posted by: Professor Jennings at December 31, 2025 10:38 PM (JkO4W)
Or that all of the universe is a simulation - a near infinite software program.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 10:34 PM (a4flb)
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Has anyone discovered observable evidence for either of those hypotheses?
Or are they just interesting mathematical models?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 10:38 PM (ESVrU)
A few weeks ago I got back into playing with miniatures, first Warhammer 40k and then my proprietary fantasy system. While painting, I like music, but not just the radio, it should have a theme. Having gotten bored with the Conan The Barbarian Soundtrack, I did some Christmas carols (not good) and hit upon The Ghost and The Darkness soundtrack. Lovin' it.
My youngest joined me in a joint session of building models and painting. This is a silent but shared activity. Anyway, she remarked that it sounded very dramatic, and I realized she'd never seen the movie! I resolved to remedy that, only to realize that I no longer owned it. You see, it was so old, I owned it on VHS. So I had to go and buy the DVD. Earlier tonight we watched it. Great film, and yes, I have seen the Tsavo lions in Chicago. I told her that her eldest sister also saw them, but probably doesn't remember it. Must dig out pictures.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 31, 2025 10:38 PM (ZOv7s)
_istandforfreedom .com
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 10:38 PM (hVbrz)
Posted by: Piper at December 31, 2025 10:38 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
One star. Cheap Chinesium crap from Amazon.
Buy American-made auto parts.
Posted by: mikeski at December 31, 2025 10:39 PM (nhCoE)
Nothing has happened yet. We aren't really here. Only our potential is here. Past, present, and future all exist in a block, and currently only the future is occurring because there is no past, or present to represent itself.
Hope that clears it up for everyone. MORE WINE!!!!
Posted by: Orson at December 31, 2025 10:39 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 10:39 PM (mP0Kj)
https://tinyurl.com/mrxhpdkp
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 10:32 PM (wzUl9)
Somebody may not like that you know....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 31, 2025 10:40 PM (uQesX)
Or are they just interesting mathematical models?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 10:38 PM (ESVrU)
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The rules of logic are always set aside when religion comes into play. Note that "Bible scholars" demand a level of proof unknown to other types of historians. Also that a theory is treated as true by default, but thousands of years of tradition is always suspect.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 31, 2025 10:41 PM (ZOv7s)
"I do not have all the answers. But if you pass from this life and end up in Pittsburgh, please let me know. I have questions."
Ha!
Well done, Dino.
Well done.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 31, 2025 10:41 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 31, 2025 10:38 PM (u82oZ)
Exactly. Happy New Year, NaCly!
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 31, 2025 10:41 PM (h7ZuX)
As Astra Per Aspera
After 2025, looking for a better 2026.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 31, 2025 10:35 PM (u82oZ)
{{{{NaCly}}}}
Much love to you, friend. Wishing you (and the Horde) a blessed New Year!
Posted by: moki at December 31, 2025 10:41 PM (wLjpr)
My cat Hexie is now performing her "kneading dance" on it.
She likes to sleep there.
I love my kitties.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 10:41 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: JQ at December 31, 2025 10:41 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 31, 2025 10:42 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 10:42 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 10:42 PM (ZxPkt)
Best of Cowboy Cooking in 2025
Cowboy Kent Rollins, and more than we usually get of his lovely wife, Shannon.
https://youtu.be/2oTpSamJmfI
2025 Year In Review...Highlights and Lowlights
Rick Beato
https://youtu.be/OTSXRcOMxpY
'Seriously?!' Most OUTRAGEOUS Laws Passed in 2025
Carl Higbie Frontline with Oklahoma's Markwayne Mullin
https://youtu.be/GeODcWYBIXI
and I'll throw this in, even though our Sen. Lankford is… less than one might wish.
Senator James Lankford's 2025 Year in Review
https://youtu.be/5Xl2sugK0gk
Posted by: mindful webworker - don't look back, just keep running at December 31, 2025 10:42 PM (dESj/)
There seems to be data at strong odds with current theory in cosmology. That means theory has to adjust. Which I am not seeing happening.
Reality is way too messy to be a simulation.
Hand of God as an explanation is looking more likely. Or someone with all the cheat codes.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 31, 2025 10:43 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 31, 2025 10:35 PM (h7ZuX)
Hold on, I've got some gear here too ...
#grrrr
Posted by: browndog remembers Rex Kern at December 31, 2025 10:44 PM (3sXRv)
Just look at that pointy-eared Vulcan logician, if you don't believe me.
Posted by: Leonard "Bones" McCoy, MD at December 31, 2025 10:16 PM (Oubw1)
Copper ion in solution is beautiful deep blue. Look at copper sulfate crystals.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2025 10:44 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 10:41 PM (ESVrU)
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The senior cat blasted open the doors where we were watching The Ghost and The Darkness, and curled up on my lap.
We knew she was rooting for the lions.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 31, 2025 10:44 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2025 10:44 PM (XeU6L)
While I was chatting with the sales clerks, they told me there's a dude that likes to come into Lowe's and steals the knobs off the appliances. They've caught him multiple times on camera. No apparent reason.
Though when they told me about it, I immediately thought of the subject of last night's ONT.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 10:45 PM (ESVrU)
I am grateful for this grey box community.
Big changes coming up for me this year. I'm looking forward to it.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 31, 2025 10:45 PM (igoLh)
I'm not sure if there's an upper age limit on Eggos, though....
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 31, 2025 10:19 PM (S/Y4j)
My 97 y.o. M-I-L likes her some Eggos with syrup. Wife says she makes her fill every little square with syrup before she'll eat it. Wife says 'old people and little kids are the same'.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2025 10:45 PM (QGaXH)
Uh... I don't wanna know. The less said, the better.
Posted by: PabloD at December 31, 2025 10:45 PM (tfChy)
What a lovely memoriam, thank you we are coming up on Rose's z'l first yahrzeit.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 10:45 PM (RIvkX)
https://tinyurl.com/mrxhpdkp
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025
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Somebody may not like that you know....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 31, 2025
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If you mean Miss Linda, she has never voiced any disapproval of my pin-up art calendars. Besides, it's not like it has actual Playboy/Penthouse nudes.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 10:45 PM (wzUl9)
Since we are using dimensions, so we have, through hypothetical complexity, a universe that doesn't require a cosmological explanation.
Now do a planet that supports life. Lets start with the Drake Equation:
N = R* x fp x ne x fl x fi x fc x L
• N = estimated number of detectable civilizations
• R* average rate of star formations in the galaxy
• fraction of stars that have planetary systems
• average # of planets per star that could support life
• fraction of those planets where life actually develops
• fraction of lfe-bearing planets with intelligent life
• fraction of civilizations that develop detectable tech
• average lifetime of such civilizations
The Drake Equation leaves out a lot of other factors.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 10:46 PM (a4flb)
#grrrr
Posted by: browndog remembers Rex Kern at December 31, 2025 10:44 PM (3sXRv)
*rolls the refuse cart on over....throw it in, friend.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 31, 2025 10:46 PM (h7ZuX)
There was a recent paper out purporting to disprove that we could be in a simulation. The math is way beyond me, but it was something about what is observed cannot be the product of an "algorithmic" process.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 31, 2025 10:46 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 31, 2025 10:46 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
Do you need some knobs?
Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 10:46 PM (c115l)
Posted by: Kindltot
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I refuse to ponder this.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2025 10:46 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 10:46 PM (ZxPkt)
Light years of random data viewed thru a lens in a whisper.
My bowel movements are real. Happy New Year!
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 31, 2025 10:47 PM (nljXp)
Posted by: WWF Lore at December 31, 2025 10:47 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Emo Philips
And they don't start writing the check until everything's rung up. And every one has a stack of coupons, many expired. And you really need to pee.
Posted by: mindful webworker - don't look back, just keep running at December 31, 2025 10:47 PM (dESj/)
This is somebody who knows how to party.
Or cover up a crime. But definitely one of those.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 31, 2025 10:47 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 10:47 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 10:47 PM (zNwXb)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 31, 2025 10:48 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: The King Of Pop Art at December 31, 2025 10:49 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK)
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Haha, so true!
Posted by: JQ at December 31, 2025 10:49 PM (rdVOm)
It's darkly amusing to watch the storylines that involve life in 1959 being just too fast paced for people to stand.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 31, 2025 10:50 PM (2XHCB)
Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 10:50 PM (ZxPkt)
We knew she was rooting for the lions.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 31, 2025
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There's been suggestions that the lions which still live in the Tsavo area, larger than most lions and with maneless males, may be direct descendants of the ancient cave lions (Panthera spelaea).
Years ago I told Linda that my then-cat Arizona, the big shaggy red tabby, had racial memories of cave lion days. She thought I was making the "cave lion" part up; she'd never heard of the creatures.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 10:50 PM (wzUl9)
Light years of random data viewed thru a lens in a whisper.
My bowel movements are real. Happy New Year!
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
Someone got into the brown acid.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 10:51 PM (c115l)
Posted by: PabloD at December 31, 2025 10:45 PM (tfChy)
ER nurse told me that one, when we took dad in when he had split his scalp in a fall. That was the one where my wife insisted we take the Impala because it had leather seats.
Funny, frustrating night. I miss dad.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 10:51 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 31, 2025 10:51 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: Puddleglum,
********
1000%
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at December 31, 2025 10:51 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: t-bird at December 31, 2025 10:52 PM (rq3mQ)
***GROUP HUG!!!***
Posted by: JQ at December 31, 2025 10:22 PM (rdVOm)
Don't know about this 'hug' business but I wouldn't say no to a cold beer......
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2025 10:52 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Miss February Fan at December 31, 2025 10:53 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: mikeski at December 31, 2025 10:53 PM (nhCoE)
I liked Akane, she was a hoot.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 10:53 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: JQ at December 31, 2025 10:53 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 31, 2025 10:53 PM (u82oZ)
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Hatchet Jack, "was livin' two year in a cave up on the Musselshell with a female panther. She never did get used to him". -- Del Gue
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2025 10:53 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Kindltot
What kind of parties do you go to!!?
Posted by: Tonypete at December 31, 2025 10:54 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Miss February Fan
Or the other way 'round.
Posted by: somebody had to say it at December 31, 2025 10:54 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at December 31, 2025 10:54 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 10:50 PM (wzUl9)
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It's Africa. Anything is possible.
I enjoyed watching the film for the first time in a long time, and was able to recognize more of the firearms than before. Michael Douglas keeping a giant bore percussion cap pistol make sense when you realize that magnums haven't been invented yet.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 31, 2025 10:55 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 31, 2025
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A couple of days ago? I'm pretty sure I did. I'll look.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 10:55 PM (wzUl9)
The water in small inlets near Seward, AK - amazing blue tint. Also copper I believe.
Posted by: rhomboid at December 31, 2025 10:55 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Allegheny, Monongahela, Ohio at December 31, 2025 10:55 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba
She's not dressed that way to be on the sidelines. She's dressed that way to be on camera.
Posted by: Ridgid Tools at December 31, 2025 10:55 PM (nhCoE)
Just reuse your 2015 or 2009 calendar.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 10:56 PM (a4flb)
Ev'ry time I see your face,
It reminds me of the places we used to go.
But all I got is a photograph
And I realize you're not coming back anymore.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 10:57 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Miss February Fan at December 31, 2025 10:53 PM (oftw2)
Dillon Precision does a calendar, hot chicks with guns
Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 10:58 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: KT at December 31, 2025 10:58 PM (7vIsy)
How lovely to see you. We don't often cross paths anymore...
Big prayers for you my friend. Always know you have wonderful loving friends here❣❣❣
Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 31, 2025 10:58 PM (LNeRu)
Posted by: Piper at December 31, 2025 10:58 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: KT at December 31, 2025 10:59 PM (7vIsy)
Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 10:31 PM (ZxPkt)
So far, going with faith and letting the science catch up has been the winning ticket....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2025 10:59 PM (QGaXH)
My brain simply jams up at the thought of eternity. Deep time scares me. Astronomers, physicists, and other such science types who calmly speak of billions of years give me the creeps. My brain simply refuses to process that concept. And neither can my poor, retarded brain accept that the entire universe just suddenly appeared out of nowhere. Someone pushed the button. But where did that "someone" come from? Again, my brain refuses to accept a "someone" with no beginning and no end. I try to be a nice person though, just in case.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at December 31, 2025 11:00 PM (DK5Sh)
https://watch.thechosen.tv/video/184683594353
When you have an hour watch it.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 31, 2025 11:00 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 11:00 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 31, 2025 11:00 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: LRob in OK at December 31, 2025 11:01 PM (47diA)
Perhaps the most absurd January 6th lie…
Cassidy Hutchinson claims she heard POTUS Trump grabbed the steering wheel of the beast in rage.
She’s clearly lying.
We have the texts of her and Liz Cheney setting up a call to create the lie.
Lock them up
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 11:01 PM (hVbrz)
Posted by: Piper at December 31, 2025 10:58 PM (p4NUW)
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I had a dream like that once. No surgery involved, just an ordinary night's sleep, but it was a dream like nothing I've ever experienced. I *know* it was not a normal dream. It felt far too real and the voice was definitely NOT coming from inside my own head.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 11:02 PM (ESVrU)
You are sunshine that keeps me going. May your new year be wondrous.
Turning in now.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 31, 2025 11:02 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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I've never seen a Howdah.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2025 11:02 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: But A Vapor at December 31, 2025 11:02 PM (oftw2)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHW8srS0ylo
Posted by: davidt at December 31, 2025 11:03 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at December 31, 2025 10:54 PM (IQ6Gq)
Why am I imaging that the hairdo looks like the dinner brought to the car at the end of the Flintstones?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 31, 2025 11:03 PM (S/Y4j)
Heaven or Hell would simply be a product of our own souls
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 31, 2025 11:04 PM (0bvPF)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 10:36 PM (zNwXb)
"Prop me up beside the jukebox when I die.....
I want to go to heaven, I just don't want to go tonight...."
From memory, so apologies all around....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2025 11:05 PM (QGaXH)
I'm a six day Creationist, but the simulation explanation is a fairly versatile model to conceptualize the intermingling of the physical world and the spiritual world and account for the God is all without the pantheism.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 11:05 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 31, 2025 11:06 PM (LNeRu)
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Had something like that too, once. I just woke up feeling like God's love was permeating every cell of my being.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 31, 2025 11:06 PM (0bvPF)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2025 11:02 PM (XeU6L)
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How about a Howdy?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 31, 2025 11:06 PM (ZOv7s)
Something you might find interesting, which I do, is the theories of theoretical physicist Nikodem Poplawski. He has a sort of "fecund universes" idea, which gives a good basic for some previous hand-waving type of argument.
Basically, under the right conditions of mass and angular momentum, a black hole can birth another universe "inside" (I put inside in quotes because this doesn't work anything like 3D Newtonian intuition imagines). And then in that new universe, more black holes form, and you get an infinite chain of universe creation. One universe births many daughter universes in the ashes of the black hole collapses.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 31, 2025 11:07 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December
The voice definitely was not in my head, either, plus I was really dead. When I woke up the doctors were standing over me and they said “we really thought we lost you there”. It took awhile for that to make sense in my wooziness, where the voice was crystal clear.
Posted by: Piper at December 31, 2025 11:08 PM (p4NUW)
Hopefully it's nice and not like Pittsburg at all.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 31, 2025 11:08 PM (XV/Pl)
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I dunno. I heard Pittsburgh is pretty nice.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 31, 2025 11:09 PM (+HNx/)
And may 2026 bring many blessings to us all 💥💥🎊🎉.
🍾🍾🍸🍸🍸
Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at December 31, 2025 11:09 PM (aO42i)
https://tinyurl.com/mrxhpdkp
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 10:32 PM (wzUl9)
Somebody may not like that you know....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 31, 2025 10:40 PM (uQesX)
My favorite calendar was a daily Far Side calendar. Haven't seen them around for years. Monthly, yes. Not daily.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2025 11:09 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 11:10 PM (3uBP9)
"On the whole, I'd rather be in Philadelphia."
Posted by: Epitaph of W.C. Fields at December 31, 2025 11:11 PM (2Ez/1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHW8srS0ylo
Posted by: davidt at December 31, 2025
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The corner of Bourbon and Orleans, I think. If it is, the camera is showing the block of Bourbon I grew up on, with Orleans Street to the left with the car. I'm not sure -- I haven't been down there in a long time, and I am not familiar with all the bars in that block now.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 11:12 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at December 31, 2025 11:12 PM (IQ6Gq)
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"We travel between the eternities" -Robert Duvall, in 'Broken Trail'
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2025 11:12 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Got Some Standards at December 31, 2025 11:12 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Tucker at December 31, 2025 11:13 PM (Tpp9k)
Dude, you got the brass ring. Take the win. But no, he had to sulk and quit. Be careful what you wish for, etc.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 31, 2025 11:13 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Got Some Standards
*******
Very wise, in my opinion....
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at December 31, 2025 11:13 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Archer at December 31, 2025 11:13 PM (YGRGv)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 11:14 PM (RIvkX)
"MN mom" panics after seeing "fraud is bad" in her script
X video: https://bit.ly/4sizByG
@stevenvoiceover @stevenvoiceover
BREAKING: Jim Carrey Pranks CNN & Somali-Minnesota Mom
X video: https://bit.ly/4jj40cl
End Wokeness @EndWokeness
Daycare activist covers her mouth after she slips and says "there IS fraud"
X video: https://bit.ly/3LgCnUr
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2025 11:14 PM (P5BPp)
Sometimes it's not chronological, went back to the 28th. Nothing. Pissed.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 11:14 PM (hVbrz)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 31, 2025 11:07 PM (w6EFb)
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Again, that's an interesting theory, but where's the experimental evidence that this actually happens?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 11:14 PM (ESVrU)
The resident skeptic griped that it wasn't a perfect match, being as how the stars and sun didn't come about until after the grass and trees, et al.
What I took away from it was: of all the genesis myths of human tribes, you have elder gods falling like fruit from the ancient tree, and the fox spirit breathing life into the world, or similar fantastic and turtles-all-the-way-down attempts to explain how everything came to be. And, while they may, in their time and for their people, give some comfort that origins are meaningful and life has purpose, to modern eyes, they are just fanciful nonsense, compared to the developmental progress of Genesis 1. If the sequence got a little muddled in the thousands of years of re-telling (Inerrantists just bear with me), it is still incomparably solid as explanation. Unique.
Most importantly, of course, was "In the beginning God…."😇
Posted by: mindful webworker - be fruitful and multiply at December 31, 2025 11:15 PM (dESj/)
Posted by: JQ at December 31, 2025 11:15 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at December 31, 2025 10:53 PM (rdVOm)
Now that's what I'm talkin about...thankyou!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2025 11:15 PM (QGaXH)
Daily Mail with pics of Melania and others at Mar-a-lago:
https://is.gd/LfW8D6
Judge Jeanine was also decked out to the nines.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 31, 2025 11:15 PM (w6EFb)
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Time and space are attributes experienced in our universe. Outside of it, there is no time and there is no space,
That is what "eternity" is. The absence of time and space.
So don't expect to be catching up on old times with Gramps in the afterlife while practicing new riffs on the harp.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 31, 2025 11:15 PM (+HNx/)
Because you are trying to harmonize a temporal framework with a transcendent one.
If you were to take the position that our physical life moves within a purely temporal dimension and beyond the veil to the spirit world it exists in a transcendent dimension it would resolve a number of problems.
The idea of physical death means that in this dimension you cease to function. The body is frozen since it no longer functions to convey the soul about in a series of events which happens to have locality.
The spirit, leaving the stalled car/body at the side of the road passes through the veil to the next dimension. If the spirit is alive, then eternity with the Creator, if spiritually dead, then to Outer Darkness.
People tend to think that the afterlife is just another version of what we have here absent the pain, sin and misery. Entering a different dimension is probably profoundly different, it would imply, in effect time-travel (since not bound to time). In effect you could be your own Guardian Angel as you, on your side of the veil can "go back" to when you needed prompting to do things differently.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 11:15 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at December
Thank you! Me too, but that experience helped me get through my mama’s death. I knew where she was going was far better than where she was.
Posted by: Piper at December 31, 2025 11:15 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at December 31, 2025 11:16 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 11:16 PM (RIvkX)
Less than 3 hours to my Happy B-day.
Me and girldog, me with a cocktail, her with her cookies.
I'm surely hoping 2026 surpasses 2025.
Although, 2025 was fine enough without cacklin' Kamala and Tampon Timmy.
A very best New Year to you all.
"Here's to the year that lies ahead, let's face it with laughter instead. With humor as our guiding light, we'll tackle each day with all our might!"
Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 31, 2025 11:17 PM (LNeRu)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 11:12 PM (wzUl9)
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I loved Sting's "Moon over Bourbon Street," which came out while I was in school, and then I deployed to NOLA in 2010 for da oyl spill, I thought I would find Old World Charm and also Mystery.
It smelled like urine and vomit.
One of those clubs or something came through, drinking in drill formation, but overall, I was unimpressed. The ice cream was good, though.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 31, 2025 11:18 PM (ZOv7s)
Ev'ry time I see your face,
It reminds me of the places we used to go.
But all I got is a photograph
And I realize you're not coming back anymore.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 10:57 PM (RIvkX)
But you're expecting me to live without you
that's not something that i'm looking forward to....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2025 11:18 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 31, 2025 11:18 PM (Q/uAJ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025
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In my drinking days I took on too much booze of one kind or another on NYE of '84-'85, and spent the next day feeling as if I had the flu. Or, as H. Allen Smith put it, "like a moose is having a baby in your head."
That "New Year's Day" song by U2 was playing on radio then. To this day it makes me queasy.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 11:19 PM (wzUl9)
Dude, you got the brass ring. Take the win. But no, he had to sulk and quit. Be careful what you wish for, etc.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
Will you get what you want?
To be cursed with your dreams?
I hope, for your sake,
Something gets in the way.
https://youtu.be/zaxr9hnQA2U
Posted by: Marillion at December 31, 2025 11:19 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 11:02 PM (ESVrU)
I had a dream once that lasted a lifetime. It was when I was a teen and went to bed early with a bad stomach ache and woke up from the dream around 5 in the morning sweating. But the dream was very vivid, I aged, met a woman, got married, had a family. A whole lifetime of new stuff. But when I woke up I could feel the massive bulk of memories just evaporating and nothing I could do to hold on. The other aspect that was weird is that it was after a great calamity where the few people left were running and hiding underground from angel like creatures that weren't really angels.
Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 11:19 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 10:37 PM (wzUl9)
Yes Wolfus (if you are still here). And at 11:30PM EST, the Syfy network has my favorite TZ episode, the "Hitchhiker" with the beautiful but troubled Inger Stevens.
Posted by: Joemarine at December 31, 2025 11:19 PM (y171U)
FInd out what's inside a black hole is impossible, of course. Casual disconnection. So we'll never know. However, in Poplawski's work, in turns some variables from the mother universe get imprinted in the daughter universe. The parent black hole spin would be imparted as sort of a "preferred direction" in the daughter universe.
There is indeed evidence, still a hot and contentious issue in the field, that there is a sort of preferred direction, dubbed the "Axis of Evil". You can read on that and the evidence for and against.
Also, IIRC, Poplawski can do away the need for inflation, or at least explain the mechanism.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 31, 2025 11:20 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 31, 2025 11:20 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at December 31, 2025 11:20 PM (aO42i)
that's not something that i'm looking forward to....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue
That song was written by George, right?
Posted by: Crackerbox Palace at December 31, 2025 11:20 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 31, 2025 11:21 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 11:15 PM (a4flb)
*Purgatory has entered the chat*
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 31, 2025 11:21 PM (ZOv7s)
What's interesting is the Milky Way's spin axis is indeed aligned with one of the proposed Axes of Evil. There is an apparent non-uniform distribution of galactic spin axes, but this is disputed, could be artifacts of measurements methods and all that.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 31, 2025 11:21 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Piper at December 31, 2025 10:58 PM (p4NUW)
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I had a dream like that once. ...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 11:02 PM (ESVrU)
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YouTube has a number of videos about Near Death Experiences, which document similar events with people who flatlined yet lived. Some are impossible to dismiss, one which I remember was about a homeless man with dentures coming into the ER in an unresponsible state. They took his dentures out, revived him in a comatose state, then after a few days he came out of the coma. He asked for his dentures and none of the medical personal knew where it was.
While they were looking, a nurse came into the critical room and the patient said she knows where the dentures are. She did know since she was the one who took them out and he was asked how he knew she was the one. He said that he was out-of-body and watched the entire operation.
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at December 31, 2025 11:21 PM (bi2p/)
Posted by: JoeBar at December 31, 2025 11:21 PM (CSWVu)
It smelled like urine and vomit.
One of those clubs or something came through, drinking in drill formation, but overall, I was unimpressed. The ice cream was good, though.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 31, 2025
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It's worse now. If you get away from the French Quarter, into Mid-City, the Faubourg Marigny, or Uptown, you may find some of that Charm and Mystery. You may also find someone who wants to rob and/or kill you, so Charm and Mystery may have to take a back seat.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 11:22 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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I have an anectdote about that. I boarded my old pal of 19 years, Belmont, a male Siamese while I was away on a bike trip. When Iwent to pick him up, I asked the girl who brought him out, 'How'd he do?' She looked at me and said, 'Well, howdy-do to you too'.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2025 11:22 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: banana Dream at
Oh this is really interesting and I wonder if you were being shown someone else’s memories. I dint know why or how, but really interesting.
Posted by: Piper at December 31, 2025 11:22 PM (p4NUW)
SCIENCE!1!™ denies the Global Flood which pretty much erased 1000+ years of everything, especially the original conditions at Day 7. So they look at the layers of rock in the Grand Canyon and think Origins, the Creationist looks at the exact same rocks and says millions of dead things buried in rock layers rapidly laid down by water all over the Earth.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 11:22 PM (a4flb)
Already sent 2025 EOY business tax file to my accountant. Onward, gubbernmint bureaucracy!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 31, 2025 11:23 PM (ZocB7)
Posted by: Piper at December 31, 2025 10:58 PM (p4NUW)
Some of my happiest memories are of driving home to Florida from college in upstate NY at Christmas, or later, looking out the window of a red-eye out of LAX and seeing the Florida coast come into view off to the right. When I think about death, I try to think about it as making one of those trips again
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2025 11:23 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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Absolutely NOT. He got the message and did not drive up here. Yay!
Posted by: JQ at December 31, 2025 11:23 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 11:19 PM (3uBP9)
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Mine happened later, in my 20s, but the same sort of thing. Really long, involved dream, and I woke up thinking "Oh man, I have to go through all of that AGAIN?!"
But it's been better than I foresaw, so there is that.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 31, 2025 11:24 PM (ZOv7s)
So I'm taking the risk to best utilize my time for my own happiness and those I love.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 31, 2025 11:25 PM (Vh9CX)
I dreamt once that I was Daniel Jackson from Stargate SG-1. That one made no sense at all.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 31, 2025 11:25 PM (Q/uAJ)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 31, 2025 11:00 PM (CHHv1)
BC - wishing you the best in the new year!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2025 11:25 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 11:25 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: JoeBar at December 31, 2025 11:21 PM
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Sorry to hear. I'd add you to the list, but making edits at this point risks a tear of the AoS time-space continuum. May God give you strength and wisdom for the path ahead.
Posted by: TRex - NYE dino at December 31, 2025 11:26 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: JoeBar at December 31
I am so sorry, this must be something very heavy you are carrying. I will pray for you and for faith to get you through the parts you can’t understand.
Posted by: Piper at December 31, 2025 11:26 PM (p4NUW)
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That's a big decision. Congratulations, and good luck to you.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 31, 2025 11:26 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025
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Yes Wolfus (if you are still here). And at 11:30PM EST, the Syfy network has my favorite TZ episode, the "Hitchhiker" with the beautiful but troubled Inger Stevens.
Posted by: Joemarine at December 31, 2025
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Still here. I'm heading off to bed in a bit. Tomorrow I plan, if it's not too chilly and windy in the early am, to work out, then grab a few things at Walmart, and take it easy for the rest of the day.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 11:26 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 31, 2025 11:25 PM (Vh9CX)
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"I could'a been a
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 31, 2025 11:27 PM (ZocB7)
So I'm taking the risk to best utilize my time for my own happiness and those I love.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at
Congratulations on your new chapter!
Posted by: Piper at December 31, 2025 11:27 PM (p4NUW)
>>Dude, you got the brass ring. Take the win. But no, he had to sulk and quit. Be careful what you wish for, etc.
His net worth is listed at over 100 million dollars, I'd say he got what he wanted.
He's one of those rare cats that stepped away and done stayed stepped away.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 31, 2025 11:27 PM (XV/Pl)
That's not all it's cracked up to be.
Posted by: Archibald Beechcroft at December 31, 2025 11:27 PM (uQesX)
So I'm taking the risk to best utilize my time for my own happiness and those I love.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 31, 2025 11:25 PM
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Congrats and best wishes!
Posted by: TRex - pre-retired dino at December 31, 2025 11:28 PM (IQ6Gq)
So I'm taking the risk to best utilize my time for my own happiness and those I love.
Congrats! Hope to catch up with you in about 9 years.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 31, 2025 11:28 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: JoeBar at December 31, 2025 11:21 PM (CSWVu)
Prayers that you will find peace.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 31, 2025 11:29 PM (Q/uAJ)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 11:22 PM (wzUl9)
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Oh, I got the full brief from a cabby who told me how clever the robbers are, and I just laughed, and said I came from Michigan, lived outside Detroit for a while, where they don't pick your pocket but just kill you and take your stuff.
I walked through the French Quarter in the morning by design, and kept my wallet in my right front pocket, as suggested.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 31, 2025 11:29 PM (ZOv7s)
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Had something like that too, once. I just woke up feeling like God's love was permeating every cell of my being.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 31, 2025 11:06 PM (0bvPF)
I've had two events occur in my life - nothing like near death or dreams - just circumstances that have me convinced someone up there loves me and is listening and looking out for me.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2025 11:29 PM (QGaXH)
I'm trying to go into my office, where it's dark. I flip the lights and nothing happens. I feel an overwhelming sense of *evil* permeating the space. This is a frequent dream I have.
However, this time, a light suddenly flashes and and I see a demonic face fleeing back into the shadows that are no longer there. The room is brightly lit.
Standing in the room are two figures, one of whom is indistinct. The other is dressed like a cable repairman. He tells me that everything is fine now and there's nothing to fear. I have a sudden instinct to *trust* him, like he's my best friend, even though I've never seen him before in my life.
The other figure is shadowy, silent, yet radiates power.
Pretty weird dream.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 11:29 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 11:25 PM (a4flb)
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Purgatory is grace.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 31, 2025 11:30 PM (ZOv7s)
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I figure I've got another 18 months to two years practicing law, then it's ADIOS. unfortunately, I won't be 56 when that happens.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 31, 2025 11:31 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 31, 2025 11:25 PM (Vh9CX)
Congratulations!
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 31, 2025 11:31 PM (Q/uAJ)
Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at December 31, 2025 11:31 PM (aO42i)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 11:29 PM (ESVrU)
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Well, the first was the cable guy. So that leave the pool maintenance boy.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 31, 2025 11:32 PM (ZocB7)
He's one of those rare cats that stepped away and done stayed stepped away.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 31, 2025 11:27 PM (XV/Pl)
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Did he? Is he truly happy? Does he pass the hours counting his money contentedly thinking that is all that matters?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 31, 2025 11:32 PM (ZOv7s)
I walked through the French Quarter in the morning by design, and kept my wallet in my right front pocket, as suggested.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 31, 2025
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When I was a kid, it was just The Neighborhood. Most of my grammar school classmates lived within the Quarter. There were mom-and-pop grocery stores, service businesses, a new car dealership only a few blocks away and at least three gas stations on the edges of the area. We had shopping and first-run movie theaters on Canal Street, six blocks away.
Mom always said, "The hippies coming in [ca. 1969 ] ruined the area."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 11:33 PM (wzUl9)
Sometimes it's not chronological, went back to the 28th. Nothing. Pissed.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 11:14 PM (hVbrz)
Hoping we are in a 'no news is good news' situation....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2025 11:33 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Piper at December 31, 2025 11:33 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 31, 2025 11:32 PM (ZOv7s)
No, I think he spends his time painting, and is relieved he doesn't have to dance to the daily demands of his editor and contract.
or so he has said.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 11:33 PM (rbvCR)
Whoever mentioned listening to the sound track from Ghost and the Darkness: I listened to it myself this afternoon while I was stitching. Great workout for French horns. Goldsmith always composed good music for the French horn.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at December 31, 2025 11:34 PM (DK5Sh)
See all of you next year!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 11:36 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: banana Dream
+++++
That was a Star Trek TNG episode.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 31, 2025 11:36 PM (/lPRQ)
Is there any money still in newspaper comics being that few people read newspapers?
Like Rush Limbaugh checking out when he did. Radio is dying and being replaced by podcasts.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 11:36 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at December 31, 2025 11:31 PM (aO42i)
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I don't mean to be negative. Climbing up the embankment and looking at the Mighty Miss...was impressive. Nice breeze, and it's a memory that has stuck with me. There is much to admire in NOLA, but it was not what I expected.
I was there in the summer, June 2010, so the notion of there being a high of 82 and low of 82 with 99 percent humidity kind of blew my mind.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 31, 2025 11:36 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 31, 2025 11:38 PM (sAmhv)
His name is Harry Tuttle.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 31, 2025 11:38 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Piper at December 31, 2025 11:38 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 31, 2025 11:38 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 31, 2025 11:38 PM (RpSs/)
Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at December 31, 2025 11:38 PM (aO42i)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 31, 2025 11:39 PM (Da7Vv)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 31, 2025 11:39 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Piper at December 31, 2025 11:38 PM (p4NUW)
Used to do that with my old hound. He loved streaking, lol
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 31, 2025 11:40 PM (Q/uAJ)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 10:37 PM (wzUl9)
Yes Wolfus (if you are still here). And at 11:30PM EST, the Syfy network has my favorite TZ episode, the "Hitchhiker" with the beautiful but troubled Inger Stevens.
Posted by: Joemarine at December 31, 2025 11:19 PM (y171U)
Also 11:30 PST. right now is 'Mirror Image' with Vera Miles
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2025 11:40 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 31, 2025 11:39 PM (Da7Vv)
Try slide film.
Posted by: tankdemon at December 31, 2025 11:41 PM (4p5Zb)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 31
This is hysterical! And glad it isn’t just me.
Posted by: Piper at December 31, 2025 11:41 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at December 31, 2025 11:34 PM (DK5Sh)
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That was me, and I was a French horn player from grade school through high school. During concert season my senior year, I switched to tuba (long story) and when I auditioned for college marching band, didn't make the cut, but they were short of trumpets that year. So despite the formative years of my life being all French horn, I have a band jacket with a trumpet patch.
But I love the French horn.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 31, 2025 11:41 PM (ZOv7s)
349 Isn't somebody's ball supposed to drop about now?
____
Moon Pie:
https://tinyurl.com/szdfbyjz
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 31, 2025 11:41 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 31, 2025 11:39 PM (+HNx/)
That's why I wear boxers, not briefs.
Posted by: tankdemon at December 31, 2025 11:42 PM (4p5Zb)
Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 11:42 PM (ZxPkt)
So I'm taking the risk to best utilize my time for my own happiness and those I love.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken
Congrats!
I should out the door soon myself - target last week of March.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 31, 2025 11:42 PM (/lPRQ)
>>Did he? Is he truly happy? Does he pass the hours counting his money contentedly thinking that is all that matters?
Have no idea, he stepped away 30 years ago and has literally done no interviews, talked to no one and is essentially a ghost.
So my assumption is he is as happy and lamb.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 31, 2025 11:43 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Scottyv at December 31, 2025 11:43 PM (UZnWu)
Posted by: TRex - countdown dino at December 31, 2025 11:43 PM (IQ6Gq)
Be well, and Happy New Year!
Posted by: PabloD at December 31, 2025 11:43 PM (tfChy)
Posted by: Piper
He's a Japanese breed. That's an anime thing. You take off the limiter item and BOOOM!
.....martial arts guy takes off his 200 pounds of weighted clothing and starts flying around like he's in the Matrix, Harry-Potter-alike takes off the ring that consumes 99% of his magic power and starts blowing up cities, etc.
Posted by: mikeski-san at December 31, 2025 11:44 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at December 31, 2025 11:34 PM (DK5Sh)
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That was me, and I was a French horn player from grade school through high school. During concert season my senior year, I switched to tuba (long story) and when I auditioned for college marching band, didn't make the cut, but they were short of trumpets that year. So despite the formative years of my life being all French horn, I have a band jacket with a trumpet patch.
But I love the French horn.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Wow, I noted this comment to check out the music tomorrow. I played French Horn from middle school thru high school. Just a fabulous instrument that took me to many places and allowed me to meet many people.
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at December 31, 2025 11:44 PM (IQ6Gq)
My dog hates when I take her collar off😛
It's like me taking my shirt off...very uncomfortable...😐
Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 31, 2025 11:44 PM (LNeRu)
https://youtu.be/gZ3eJxaRZXU
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 31, 2025 11:44 PM (lUFok)
or so he has said.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 11:33 PM (rbvCR)
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Watterson talked a lot during his rise, and had mean things to say about Peanuts, and then seemed to fall into the same trap.
I'm not judging, but the guy built the same sort of empire, and then seemed annoyed with his creation. The weird thing, was the he had a following. People loved his work. And yet he withdrew into a hermitage. Something is off with this.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 31, 2025 11:44 PM (ZOv7s)
Nice clear sky tonight, but the full Moon glare makes Orion look dim. Orion has just transited.
Sirius, due to a coincidence of the current epoch in the precessional cycle is almost dead on opposite the sun along the celestial equator on New Year's Eve. Thus it transits almost dead on your local apparent solar midnight. That's a good moment to ring in the local New Year.
Jupiter is close to opposition and it will be right there as well. Jupiter, Sirius, and the bright gibbous Moon will make sort of triangle with on leg passing through Orion's belt.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 31, 2025 11:45 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 11:42 PM (ZxPkt)
God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten not made, one in being with the Father. Through him all things were made.
Posted by: Nicene Creed at December 31, 2025 11:46 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Nicene Creed at December 31, 2025 11:46 PM (3uBP9)
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Sez you.
Posted by: Arias at December 31, 2025 11:47 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at December 31, 2025 11:47 PM (aO42i)
The main nut I had to crack was syntax highlighting in render-markdown code blocks, getting the parsers to do the injection was a bitch. but I've got it down to just c++ code injection not working. Hopefully that will be corrected shortly.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 31, 2025 11:47 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 31, 2025 11:47 PM (LNeRu)
Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 11:48 PM (ZxPkt)
Now Grandmothers and Grandfathers also are frolic.
Such is the Way of our People.
Posted by: Official Novdu Informations at December 31, 2025 11:48 PM (f/3mU)
Posted by: mikeski-san at December 31, 2025 11:44 PM (nhCoE)
This is hysterical. Fireworks started again, so he is back in bed. Are you the one who has Shibas, too? I forgot who that was and I feel terrible about it!
Posted by: Piper at December 31, 2025 11:48 PM (p4NUW)
My dog hates when I take her collar off😛
It's like me taking my shirt off...very uncomfortable...😐
Posted by: COMountainMarie at December
These silly beasties!
Posted by: Piper at December 31, 2025 11:49 PM (p4NUW)
Here's to the beauty of the stars
Here's to the travellers on the open road
Here's to the dreamers in the bars
Here's to the teachers in the crowded rooms
Here's to the workers in the fields
Here's to the preachers of the sacred word
Here's to the drivers at the wheel
Here's to you my little love
With blessings from above
Now let the day begin
Here's to you my little love
With blessings from above
Now let the day begin
Let the day begin
Posted by: Pepperidge Farms remembers at December 31, 2025 11:50 PM (13Txl)
Here's to the losers in the game
Here's to the soldiers of the bitter war
Here's to the wall that bears their name
Here's to you my little love
With blessings from above
Now let the day begin
Here's to you my little love
With blessings from above
Now let the day begin
Let the day begin
Let the day begin
Let the day... start
Posted by: Pepperidge Farms remembers at December 31, 2025 11:50 PM (13Txl)
Posted by: Piper"
Bruno gets very concerned when I take his collar off and happy when I put it back on. I think it's like his security blanket.
Posted by: fd at December 31, 2025 11:50 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at December 31, 2025 11:44 PM (IQ6Gq)
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At the start of my sophomore year in college, the opportunity was there for me to switch back to French horn (mellophone) and I was in a quandary. It was my identity, what I had played from the start. But that would mean learning the entire pregame show from scratch and all the ra-ra music. Moreover, I was in college, this was for keeps, did I have time to waste on music practice when I needed to pass academic classes?
I stayed with trumpet. It's now something of a trivia question with my kids. But I love, really love French horn riffs.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 31, 2025 11:51 PM (ZOv7s)
Here's to the loved ones in their care
Here's to the strangers on the streets tonight
Here's to the lonely everywhere
Here's to the wisdom from the mouths of babes
Here's to the lions in the cage
Here's to the strugglers of the silent war
Here's to the closing of the age
Here's to you my little love
With blessings from above
Now let the day begin
Posted by: Pepperidge Farms remembers at December 31, 2025 11:51 PM (13Txl)
Posted by: Arias at December 31, 2025 11:47 PM (+HNx/)
Well that's the last straw, we're making a whole creed now.
Posted by: First Council of Nicaea at December 31, 2025 11:51 PM (3uBP9)
With blessings from above
Now let the day begin
Here's to you my little loves
With blessings from above
Now let the day begin
Here's to you my little loves
With blessings from above
Now let the day begin
Let the day begin
Let the day... start
Posted by: Pepperidge Farms remembers at December 31, 2025 11:51 PM (13Txl)
Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 11:42 PM (ZxPkt)
Montana if we're lucky.
Secaucas, NJ if we're not.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2025 11:52 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: TRex - countdown dino
*Second prize is #twoweeks
I was doing that joke back in the 20s
Posted by: W. C. Miklos-Fields at December 31, 2025 11:52 PM (f/3mU)
Then in 1997 I was scanning through the cable channels, and there was that scene from the preview on the screen. It was a puppet, I could see the strings. That night was the first good night's sleep with no nightmares in my adult life.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 31, 2025 11:52 PM (Da7Vv)
Mrs D is watching Stranger Things. What a farce. Quite possibly the worst thing I have ever seen.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2025 11:52 PM (2WIwB)
I'm not judging, but the guy built the same sort of empire, and then seemed annoyed with his creation. The weird thing, was the he had a following. People loved his work. And yet he withdrew into a hermitage. Something is off with this.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 31, 2025 11:44 PM (ZOv7s)
The only thing I remember Waterson saying negative about Peanuts is that it became a commodity for marketing. He beleived thst once the characters start appearing in commercials and on greeting cards you lose control of them, you don't always have the freedom to do what you want because you have to keep in mind what the corporations expect. Calvin and Hobbes never did that. No commercials, no cards, not even plush toys, just the daily strip and the books of daily strip compilations (one of which Charles Shulz wrote the introduction.)
Posted by: tankdemon at December 31, 2025 11:53 PM (4p5Zb)
Wring out the old, Ring in the new!
Posted by: RI Red at December 31, 2025 11:54 PM (LMRVO)
>>> Where did God come from
Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 11:42 PM (ZxPkt)
God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten not made, one in being with the Father. Through him all things were made.
Posted by: Nicene Creed
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Get it, Don? Of course the universe couldn't come from nothing -- be reasonable! But God does come from nothing -- be faithful!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at December 31, 2025 11:54 PM (2YF7/)
Posted by: First Council of Nicaea
We should start a band
Posted by: First Council of Nicaea afterparty at December 31, 2025 11:55 PM (f/3mU)
Greetings Publius - wish you a healthy and prosperous New Year filled with joy and laughter.
Just about there for you now - right?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2025 11:55 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Piper at December 31, 2025 11:55 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 31, 2025 11:55 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at December 31, 2025 11:47 PM (aO42i)
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It was widely joked that we came out of our hotels and were soaked with sweat when we reached the duty station. I never went to the sandbox, so I don't know what those guys went through, but it was crazy.
One day I missed the shuttle, and I had been in NOLA for long enough that I walked to the hotel. It rained on me. It always rained. It was the same temperature of the air. It was weird. I just walked through the rain. I have no idea who people live like that.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 31, 2025 11:56 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 31, 2025 11:51 PM
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mellophone?
Is that one of those made up Dr. Seuss instruments?
Posted by: TRex - brass dino at December 31, 2025 11:56 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2025 11:52 PM (2WIwB)
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Is there something you want to share with the group?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 11:56 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 31, 2025 11:56 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Diogenes
I have Mister Roberts and then Ensign Pulver teed up
Posted by: Late Nite Imklos at December 31, 2025 11:56 PM (f/3mU)
Posted by: tankdemon at December 31, 2025 11:53 PM (4p5Zb)
Well, not that he monetized, no.
Posted by: Calvin peeing on the truck brand you don't like at December 31, 2025 11:56 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
It's right inside my experimental black hole gun. Now, hold still...
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 31, 2025 11:56 PM (mlg/3)
Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at December 31, 2025 11:57 PM (aO42i)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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So do I...I hope I get to play one again one day...
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at December 31, 2025 11:58 PM (IQ6Gq)
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A "beginning" can only occur within time. The idea of God having a beginning makes no sense if God exists outside of time. A being outside of time has no beginning or end. It simply "is" in the profoundest sense.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 31, 2025 11:58 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Piper
No pets here, so it wasn't me.
My family had a little terror-cross mutt when I was a little kid.
Not a typo.
Posted by: mikeski at December 31, 2025 11:58 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 31, 2025 11:58 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Barkingmad59, wandering lurkette at December 31, 2025 11:59 PM (/rQlD)
Posted by: RI Red at January 01, 2026 12:00 AM (LMRVO)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2025 11:33 PM (QGaXH)
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Went to DDG AI and received a similar story as the original post but checking the citations (2) both were written pre-operation. Spent time there and it insisted on being incorrect.
Went to Grok (it let me in, surprise!). It said no post-operative info is available with 72 search citations.
Unverified sources, it's a cesspool out there.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 12:00 AM (hVbrz)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 01, 2026 12:00 AM (4p5Zb)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 01, 2026 12:00 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 12:00 AM (ESVrU)
Boom! Per EST, that is.
Some of my favorite Auld Lang Synes:
https://is.gd/rIpfea
https://is.gd/ekcXNF
The meaning of that is quite poignant. The Guy Lombardo version sort of obscures it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 12:00 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 01, 2026 12:00 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 12:00 AM (IhIKR)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 01, 2026 12:00 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 12:00 AM (m7iZ5)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 01, 2026 12:00 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 01, 2026 12:00 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2025 11:52 PM (2WIwB)
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Is there something you want to share with the group?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 11:56 PM (RIvkX)
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No.
I'm drinking it all.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 12:00 AM (2WIwB)
We had a heavy snow over Christmas/New Year holidays, back in the late 90s and I made a couple of dozen mini-snowmen. Placed them along the deck railing, evenly spaced: "manning the rails" ya know.
BF at the time, was only mildly amused. He thought they should be "anatomically correct" like Calvin's, but I reminded him of the elementary school across the street...
Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 12:01 AM (rdVOm)
Date: 01/01/2026 Local Time Zone: Eastern Standard Time (UTC-05:00:00)
Longitude: -82.17110 UTC Offset: -05:28:41 TZ Offset: -00:28:41
DUT1: 74.13120 ms Leap Seconds: 37 s DeltaT: 69.10987 s
Universal Coordinated Time: 05:00:00 UTC
Local Standard Time (TZ) : 12:00:00 AM EST
Local Mean Time : 11:31:19 PM LMT (UT1 base)
Local Apparent Solar Time : 11:27:53 PM LAST (UT1 base)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 12:02 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: tankdemon at December 31, 2025 11:53 PM (4p5Zb)
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That's the paradox of the thing. He wanted to be as big as Peanuts, but not as marketed, got as big, had just as many (if not more) marketing opportunities, and seemed annoyed by all of it.
Dude, you create content. You build an audience. People love your work, and want to celebrate it, and then you shut down and sulk.
What was the point? If he wanted profit-free sales, that was easily managed. If he wrote for the joy of writing, he could have donated 90 percent of his work to charity.
It's sad because he had such a great talent and made so many people happy.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 12:02 AM (ZOv7s)
Meh. Feels about the same.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 01, 2026 12:00 AM (sAmhv)
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Can you share some investment advice with those of us on the West Coast who are still in 2025?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 12:02 AM (+HNx/)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 01, 2026 12:02 AM (Q/uAJ)
James Gregory and Joanne Linville, who would later guest-star on Trek, though not together. I know I've seen it, but it's been a long time. A ghost story set during the Civil War?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
Yes Wolfus (if you are still here). And at 11:30PM EST, the Syfy network has my favorite TZ episode, the "Hitchhiker" with the beautiful but troubled Inger Stevens.
Posted by: Joemarine
James Gregory would go on to play Inspector Luger on Barney Miller. Leonard Strong (the hitchhiker) would go on to play The Craw on Get Smart.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 01, 2026 12:02 AM (pkeXY)
Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 12:02 AM (3uBP9)
Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 12:03 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 12:03 AM (gqxJ9)
Posted by: mikeski at January 01, 2026 12:03 AM (nhCoE)
Boom cameras shows couples sucking face... Zooms in on a couple hairy guys slipping each other some tongue...
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 12:03 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Puddleglum
Narrator: That's what Puddleglum thought at first, but slowly over the course of the next day he/she/it came to realize something was drastically ... wrong.
* CUE LOUD MUSIC *
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 01, 2026 12:03 AM (mlg/3)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at January 01, 2026 12:03 AM (DK5Sh)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 01, 2026 12:00 AM (4p5Zb)
Three hours to go!
Three hours to go!
Three hours to go!
Three hours to go!
Three hours to go!
Three hours to go!
Three hours to go!
Three hours to go!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 12:04 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 12:04 AM (aO42i)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 01, 2026 12:04 AM (Q/uAJ)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at December 31, 2025 11:58 PM (IQ6Gq)
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I saved a mouthpiece for the day.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 12:04 AM (ZOv7s)
But for different reasons.
Miracles from faith are to prove the authority of God.
"miracles" in science are to get past the problem of matter ex nilo, abiogenesis and DNA the language and DNA the coding.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 01, 2026 12:04 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 01, 2026 12:05 AM (4p5Zb)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 12:05 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Orson at January 01, 2026 12:05 AM (dIske)
Posted by: Don Black
Science tries to explain all things, and thus leaves everything mysterious.
Religion leaves some things mysterious, and thus explains all things.
Posted by: or something to that effect at January 01, 2026 12:05 AM (nhCoE)
There’s a few folks out there. I supposed
There will be more as the evening progresses. Fireworks are a given.
Going to be loud.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 12:06 AM (IhIKR)
Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 12:06 AM (aO42i)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 01, 2026 12:05 AM (4p5Zb)
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GREAT granddaughter?
You're not really 29, are you.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 12:06 AM (+HNx/)
Posted by: PA Dutchman at January 01, 2026 12:07 AM (h/O4U)
Posted by: exdem13 at January 01, 2026 12:07 AM (XjTSo)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 01, 2026 12:05 AM (4p5Zb)
Congratulations, great-grandpa tankdemon!
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 01, 2026 12:07 AM (Q/uAJ)
And his legacy is a window sticker on the back of a truck where Calvin is pissing on a Chevy bowtie.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 01, 2026 12:07 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: hooodathunkit at January 01, 2026 12:07 AM (wwBan)
Posted by: exdem13 at January 01, 2026 12:08 AM (XjTSo)
Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 12:08 AM (aO42i)
You're not really 29, are you.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 12:06 AM (+HNx/)
I am almost double that. My granddaughter is third generation teen mom.
Posted by: tankdemon at January 01, 2026 12:08 AM (4p5Zb)
Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 12:01 AM (rdVOm)
Wife and I would always look for the latest C&H compilation book and take it with us to read on road trips.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 12:08 AM (QGaXH)
He was just adamant about not commercializing his work beyond publication and syndication.
Although he must get a smile whenever he gets stuck behind a car with one of them pissing Calvin bumper stickers.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 01, 2026 12:08 AM (XV/Pl)
Some people got money to (literally!) burn, I guess.
Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 12:09 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at January 01, 2026 12:03 AM (DK5Sh)
_________________________
I played French Horn in orchestra, but Mellophone in marching band. Also, dabbled in trombone, piano for the pop singers, and I play a mean Ozark Harp (I'll let you figure out what that is).
Posted by: Orson at January 01, 2026 12:09 AM (dIske)
Posted by: exdem13 at January 01, 2026 12:09 AM (XjTSo)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 01, 2026 12:05 AM
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If it is your progeny, delivery will undoubtedly be late.
Congrats!
Posted by: TRex - excuses dino at January 01, 2026 12:10 AM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at January 01, 2026 12:03 AM (DK5Sh)
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Absolutely. I loved it. My senior year in high school, I switched to tuba for concert season and it was quite the change.
In retrospect, I had a gift. That sounds arrogant, but with the benefit of hindsight, things came easy to me, but I was to lazy to recognize it. Still, it's all good. I had a ton of fund as a Spartan Trumpet, and actually can play the melody of the fight song rather than just the upbeats. It's a solid win!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 12:10 AM (ZOv7s)
* puts away "I went to the Rapture and all I left behind was this lousy t-shirt" shirt for another year *
Posted by: mikeski at January 01, 2026 12:10 AM (nhCoE)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin
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THIS is my story, sans the guitar.....
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at January 01, 2026 12:10 AM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 12:10 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 01, 2026 12:10 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: JQ
*steps out to take a leak*
Porch, deck...terrasse or veranda don't make no difference when Nature calls
*waves over at Bubba Jr. with the one free hand, says he got more beer if I got tequila*
Posted by: Late Nite Imklos at Trailer Acres at January 01, 2026 12:10 AM (f/3mU)
these people are taking over government buildings
@MOSSADil
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39m
IRAN PROTEST | DEVELOPING INTO REVOLUTION
While we slept here in Israel, they didn’t sleep in Iran.
Reports say Iranian anti-regime protesters are chasing Islamic Regime security forces through the streets of Arak.
Posted by: Don Black at January 01, 2026 12:11 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 01, 2026 12:05 AM (4p5Zb)
______________________________
No excuse is going to cut it if you're late for that.
Posted by: Orson at January 01, 2026 12:11 AM (dIske)
Posted by: fd at January 01, 2026 12:11 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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As have I, my friend. One day....
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at January 01, 2026 12:11 AM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 12:04 AM (aO42i)
You'd love south Florida....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 12:11 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 12:11 AM (aO42i)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 01, 2026 12:12 AM (Q/uAJ)
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24m
🚨 IRGC FIGHTER KILLED as protesters torch IRGC headquarters in Hamedan
Reports from Iran say demonstrators set an IRGC base on fire amid escalating anti-regime unrest.
• One Basij fighter killed
• 13 security forces injured
Posted by: Don Black at January 01, 2026 12:12 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 12:12 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Orson at January 01, 2026 12:09 AM (dIske)
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*much respect*
Trombone eluded me. I've played French horn, trumpet, tuba, baritone, but never trombone. My freshman year of college I wanted to take trombone, but all the school instruments were signed out by those bastard music majors. Fuck them assholes!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 12:13 AM (ZOv7s)
Some people got money to (literally!) burn, I guess.
At one time I lived next door to a leader of a biker gang. For reasons that are not clear, I was invited to the biker bar where much alcohol was consumed.
Then they (several dozen drunk hog riders) rode to his place and decided to celebrate New Years with fireworks.
The amount of ordnance cooked off was so great that smoke was like a dense fog and the brilliance of all the fireworks was so bright the street lights turned off.
I don't know what was louder, dozens of straight pipe Harleys or the fireworks. I do know that the smell of cordite still lingered into dawn and it took a snow shovel to clear the wrappers off the street.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 01, 2026 12:13 AM (a4flb)
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4h
BREAKING — IRAN:
Multiple IRGC Basij Force bases and governorates of the Islamist regime, in Hamedan, Fars, and Khuzestan provinces have fallen into the hands of protesters, as the pro-@PahlaviReza
uprising keeps spreading after Reza Shah Pahlavi II’s call for nationwide uprising
Posted by: Don Black at January 01, 2026 12:13 AM (ZxPkt)
Some people got money to (literally!) burn, I guess.
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Here ay Little Oaxaca on the Miami they have to burn a kilo of black powder or it isn't a holiday.
Posted by: exdem13 at January 01, 2026 12:14 AM (XjTSo)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at January 01, 2026 12:14 AM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2026 12:14 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Don Black at January 01, 2026 12:11 AM (ZxPkt)
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Mrs. F. says her Israeli Christian sources say today is the last day for the mullahs.
Who knows.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 12:15 AM (RIvkX)
Mrs fd went to bed leaving me to finish this bottle of Asti. Anybody up for champagne pong?
Posted by: fd at January 01, 2026 12:16 AM (vFG9F)
My answer? "Just read the chart."
I can't transpose worth shit. My father, who loves music and plays lots of instruments, can't grasp that I don't have some unified understanding of music, but just a mechanical "this quals that" level of understanding.
Or as I said to the band director: "what's the fingering?"
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 12:17 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at January 01, 2026 12:17 AM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: scampydog at January 01, 2026 12:17 AM (LVaYG)
Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 12:17 AM (aO42i)
Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 12:17 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 12:17 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at January 01, 2026 12:17 AM (IQ6Gq)
Old joke:
Q: What is the definition of an Optimist?
A: A trombone player with a pager.
It was funny back then.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 01, 2026 12:18 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 12:18 AM (3uBP9)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 01, 2026 12:18 AM (eZ5tL)
Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 12:12 AM (77rzZ)
I'm sorry, Bulg. He was your friend, I think? That was sad.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 01, 2026 12:18 AM (Q/uAJ)
Posted by: fd at January 01, 2026 12:19 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 12:17 AM (77rzZ)
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Mean mother-frackers.
Boners do it better.
I was looking forward to my initiation, but it did not come to pass. And now I'm a grandfather, but maybe later...
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 12:19 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
Tell us about that One Time at Band Camp
Posted by: Inquiring Mind of Imklos at January 01, 2026 12:19 AM (f/3mU)
Who knows.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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I want to see those donut hat-wearing goat-smelling tyrants get the Mussolini treatment
Posted by: Don Black at January 01, 2026 12:19 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 12:17 AM (QGaXH)
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Mmm. Honey West.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 12:20 AM (+HNx/)
Figure I'll use that funny ticket soon: finish this drink, brush teefs & go to bed.
Imklos might take over the bartending?? I dunno...
Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 12:20 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 12:12 AM
and vic. The Great old One. Fair seas, sailor.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 12:21 AM (gqxJ9)
Posted by: scampydog at January 01, 2026 12:17 AM (LVaYG)
Dwight Yoakam singing anything is wonderful. That is a great version of that song.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 01, 2026 12:21 AM (Q/uAJ)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 12:21 AM (ZOv7s)
Anyways. Me and girldog slipped by Moose out front.
We got my wobbly table all to ourselves.
I'm guessing nurse R and Rat got hawt dates for the Eve...
JQ! One of your finest cocktails for me, and a light beer for doggo!
Geez...I'm lonely 😔....
Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 01, 2026 12:21 AM (LNeRu)
Posted by: Orson at January 01, 2026 12:09 AM (dIske)
I went to Duck Duck Go expecting Ozark Harp was another name for either a Jew's harp or a banjo. Snoopy played it in one of the Peanuts cartoons.
https://youtu.be/oCekQ8Sizqk
Posted by: tankdemon at January 01, 2026 12:22 AM (4p5Zb)
Posted by: Don Black at January 01, 2026 12:11 AM (ZxPkt)
Arak, ARiK, it's all the same......
maybe I'll have another beer....still around JQ?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 12:22 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 12:22 AM (gqxJ9)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 12:22 AM (ZOv7s)
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If you are going have a wild house party it is considered polite to invite the neighbors
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 12:22 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 12:23 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Bulg
There was a great ska-reggae-punk-ska band called Freedom of Expression.
The lead guy did the lead thing on...trombone.
Unable to find much on the Interwebs
Posted by: Recollections of Mind of Imklos at January 01, 2026 12:23 AM (f/3mU)
Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 12:24 AM (77rzZ)
I once attended a large Big Box predominantly black church in the heart of Oak Cliff (suburb of Dallas).
Went to the midnight New Year's service. As we exited a short time after midnight, the familiar ring of fireworks and firearms was in the air.
I talked to one of the DPD moonlighting as parking posse to get us in and out of there. He told me that a lot of officers will park their squad cars under overpasses during the peak of the gunfire/fireworks celebration.
Years later, I was talking to a co-worker who was redoing the roof of her Swiss Avenue home (gentrified neighborhood of historic homes) and the roofer pulled out dozens of bullets stuck in the shingles and underlying plywood.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 01, 2026 12:24 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 12:24 AM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 12:24 AM (+HNx/)
I'll be 82 in this new year, and cannot remember the last time I saw midnight on new year's eve.
I drink bottom shelf rye whiskey, and one of my neighborhood buds brought a $120 bottle of bourbon to the party, which I glommed onto and was sipping for over two straight hours, until after the ball dropped and the fireworks outside quieted down to pops. Yes, there is a difference, isn't there, between rotgut grain and good.
So Happy New Year to all, and may the force, whatever it may be, be with you.
Posted by: M. Gaga at January 01, 2026 12:24 AM (KiBMU)
I gotta be up early.
You goddamn kids staying up all hours SOME OF US GOT JOBS, YA KNOW!!!!! grumble grumble grumble and pull up your damn pants grumble grumble grumble
Posted by: Robert at January 01, 2026 12:24 AM (k2AiT)
Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 12:25 AM (aO42i)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 12:25 AM (gqxJ9)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 12:25 AM (tDhJ5)
Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 12:26 AM (rdVOm)
Lucy the Fink is curled up under the tree. Which I may take down tomorrow. Meh. I’m kinda sad and lonely too. Mind if I join you?
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 12:26 AM (IhIKR)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 12:24 AM
I hope so. They have been a cancer on their people and the world.
Hopefully it will be another Trumpmas.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 12:26 AM (gqxJ9)
Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 12:26 AM (77rzZ)
Setting a IRGC building on fire sounds like a great way to start the new year.
Posted by: exdem13 at January 01, 2026 12:27 AM (XjTSo)
Posted by: PoorYorick at January 01, 2026 12:27 AM (eClUY)
I'm lonely too & it just effing sucks!
Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 12:26 AM (rdVOm)
Spicy Margaritas? I am here and down with that,please.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 01, 2026 12:28 AM (Q/uAJ)
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Come join me & COMM at the wobbly table in the corner!
*brings beer for Country Gal*
Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 12:28 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 12:28 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 12:17 AM (aO42i)
I grew up in S. Florida. I distinctly remember waking up to the radio in the summer and the announcer saying '82 degrees at 2 AM..WSHE 103.5 Miami/Fort Lauderdale...'
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 12:28 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 12:26 AM (77rzZ)
I initially read that as Ann Frank.
Time for bed, methinks.
Good night, Horde!
Posted by: Robert at January 01, 2026 12:28 AM (k2AiT)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 12:28 AM (gqxJ9)
And now midnight here per local mean time, but not yet quite true midnight.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 12:28 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 01, 2026 12:28 AM (lUFok)
Was this foreseen? OMG!
Posted by: M. Gaga at January 01, 2026 12:28 AM (KiBMU)
*makes PITCHER of spicy margaritas*
Now we gots a party! Come on over to the wobbly table!
Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 12:29 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 01, 2026 12:24 AM (a4flb)
I had roof damage from bullets. Roofer even showed it to me, the entry point and where it ended up. I guess it is common in some locales.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 12:30 AM (3uBP9)
Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 12:30 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: PoorYorick at January 01, 2026 12:27 AM
You should comment more. I have a lurker brother so I know it's a thing but lurkers should unmask occasionally.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 12:31 AM (gqxJ9)
The lead guy did the lead thing on...trombone.
Unable to find much on the Interwebs
Posted by: Recollections of Minde of Imklos at January 01, 2026 12:23 AM (f/3mU)
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I recall a band called "Fishbone" that my classmates enjoyed. They made me a mix tape, which has not survived.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 12:31 AM (ZOv7s)
I know we love to dwell on the negative but the change not just in the US but world over the last year is remarkable. Despite all the losses and challenges 2026 is looking pretty special.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2026 12:31 AM (viF8m)
Now we gots a party! Come on over to the wobbly table!
Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 12:29 AM (rdVOm)
*brings fireworks and party hats*
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 01, 2026 12:31 AM (Q/uAJ)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at January 01, 2026 12:32 AM (DK5Sh)
Date: 01/01/2026 Local Time Zone: Eastern Standard Time (UTC-05:00:00)
Longitude: -82.17110 UTC Offset: -05:28:41 TZ Offset: -00:28:41
DUT1: 74.13120 ms Leap Seconds: 37 s DeltaT: 69.10987 s
Universal Coordinated Time: 05:32:07 UTC
Local Standard Time (TZ) : 12:32:07 AM EST
Local Mean Time : 12:03:26 AM LMT (UT1 base)
Local Apparent Solar Time : 12:00:00 AM LAST (UT1 base)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 12:32 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 01, 2026 12:32 AM (4p5Zb)
Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal
Stories? You want Stories?
Hey look, Miss. We serve hard drinks with tiny umbrellas in here for Morons who want to get drunk and comment fast, and we don't need any characters around to give the joint 'atmosphere'. We got plenty. Is that clear, or do I have to slip you a 151 Bacardi Jello shot for a convincer?
Posted by: Surly Bartender Imklos at January 01, 2026 12:32 AM (f/3mU)
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Congrats on an excellent first post. You're a shellback now!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 12:32 AM (+HNx/)
Was this foreseen? OMG!
Posted by: M. Gaga at January 01, 2026 12:28 AM (KiB
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Persian new year is in March. Spring equinox. Maybe the locals are impatient.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 12:33 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 12:17 AM (aO42i)
Anonymous 'Rouge' Rouge??? LOL - Too funny! I shorten it to ARiK. Reminds me of a movie I saw recently from the 60's with Frank Sinatra - his character's name was Dingus but his native American love interest kept mispronouncing Dingus...
I hope we'll see you again on the ONT
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 12:34 AM (QGaXH)
Anyways. Me and girldog slipped by Moose out front.
We got my wobbly table all to ourselves.
I'm guessing nurse R and Rat got hawt dates for the Eve...
JQ! One of your finest cocktails for me, and a light beer for doggo!
Geez...I'm lonely 😔....
Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 01, 2026 12:21 AM (LNeRu)
I'm sitting home (well, Winter home in AJ) too. My guts were in an uproar earlier, so I decided not to go out. Feeling OK now, but it's 10:33 here, and I am laother to get dressed and go out. Sipping on a Shiner Bock, and reading the ONT, and watching youtoobs.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 12:34 AM (8zz6B)
Ok, girls, we need to get close-in for a group selfie-- for Commissar of plenty... and show him our FESTIVE LITTLE HATS!
Hahaha!
Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 12:34 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2026 12:31 AM (viF8m)
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God is not idle.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 12:34 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: 496 at January 01, 2026 12:34 AM (ouubj)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 12:31 AM (ZOv7s)
LAB was a great song with the bros when some poor guy was dumped. Always played in the car going out for a "forget about her" night.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 12:34 AM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 12:35 AM (QGaXH)
Damn, Sirius transit was just 41 seconds off true midnight. That's damn close.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 12:35 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: JQ
*Dances the Shimmy, surreptitiously places shim under wobbly leg*
Which ruins everything
Posted by: Todd at January 01, 2026 12:35 AM (f/3mU)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 12:35 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 12:36 AM (aO42i)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 12:35 AM (QGaXH)
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Here too.
Posted by: Ali Khamenei at January 01, 2026 12:36 AM (+HNx/)
Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 12:34 AM (3uBP9)
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IYKYK.
A breakup favorite in my circle as well. I got dumped my senior year in high school and that was recommended therapy.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 12:37 AM (ZOv7s)
My favorite roofing story is while I had the biker gang leader on the south, on the north was a rental made into a clown house. It was rather irritating, but not as much as the hundreds of squirrels. My biker neighbor and I had a competition over time to see how many squirrels we could eliminate with our respective pellet guns.
I built a hide in the kitchen and an elevated kill zone loaded with bird seed. Got well over 40. After recording the kills I would take a shovel and trebuchet the kills over the fence and on to the roof of the clown house.
One day a roofer was on the clown house to replace the shingles. He was shocked and horrified at the pile of rotting squirrel carcasses on the roof. I was outside trying not to laugh and be serious. He surmised that the squirrels ate fruit from a poisonous tree that was leaning on the house. He just kept talking and talking about it in bewilderment.
Ok, sure. I got to go inside.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 01, 2026 12:38 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: Don Black at January 01, 2026 12:38 AM (ZxPkt)
I do wish stateless would drop in and say hello. Just to let us know he’s ok.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 12:38 AM (IhIKR)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2026 12:38 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 01, 2026 12:38 AM (sAmhv)
I know we love to dwell on the negative but the change not just in the US but world over the last year is remarkable. Despite all the losses and challenges 2026 is looking pretty special.
Posted by: JackStraw
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I thought with the election of Trump the tension would relax. Silly boy, why in the world would they lesson? Trump is a scythe and he's a reaping.
In for a penny in for a pound, here we are.
Good evening ladies and gents I'm truly grateful to be here glad to see every one.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 12:38 AM (hVbrz)
Posted by: PoorYorick at January 01, 2026 12:27
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Thank you. Thanks for posting. Come on back. We'll leave the light on for you.
Posted by: TRex - 2026 dino at January 01, 2026 12:38 AM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Over-Nite Sensation at January 01, 2026 12:39 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 12:40 AM (aO42i)
Yeah, "going out" for NYE just isn't what it used to be, huh?
Hope you feel better in the morning!
Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 12:40 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 12:38 AM (IhIKR)
I have also wondered if he is okay.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 01, 2026 12:40 AM (Q/uAJ)
Come sit with me🙂 I figured you probably had a hot date tonight!
JQ join us and bring a pitcher of tasty Margs! Some of us still got time till New Year!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 01, 2026 12:40 AM (LNeRu)
I propose we call the new year 250 AUSA or something like that. 😃
I well remember reading the final Calvin & Hobbes. It was a perfect conclusion, leaving us with C&H in happy play, and forever still with us. Still think that whenever I read it again. Watterson done good.
🎶"Maybe just a half a drink morrrre…"
Posted by: mindful webworker - what do you want to do tomorrow night, Calvin? at January 01, 2026 12:41 AM (dESj/)
Posted by: Don Black
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"We" should be taking serious notes!
Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 12:41 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: PoorYorick at January 01, 2026 12:27 AM
Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow
of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy: he hath
borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how
abhorred in my imagination it is!
Couldn't resist. It's a reflex. I like the handle.
Posted by: Orson at January 01, 2026 12:41 AM (dIske)
Posted by: Norrin Radd, sojourner of the spaceways at January 01, 2026 12:41 AM (tRYqg)
Posted by: Zoltar at January 01, 2026 12:41 AM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 01, 2026 12:38 AM (sAmhv)
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Boning in the boneyard.
I bet there are youtubes of them.
I had shit for audio systems, so my friends made me mix tapes, and then tapes went away. But I still remember.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 12:42 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 01, 2026 12:31 AM (Q/uAJ)
These party hats bear a striking resemblance to lamp shades.
Posted by: tankdemon at January 01, 2026 12:43 AM (4p5Zb)
Posted by: Ooo eee ooo ah ahhh at January 01, 2026 12:43 AM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Imklos, gaze firmly fixed on own shoes at January 01, 2026 12:43 AM (f/3mU)
Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 12:43 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 01, 2026 12:21 AM (LNeRu)
I think we all are in some way.
Some of us are the types that can be lonely in a crowded room....
You used to live in Orange County - correct?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 12:44 AM (QGaXH)
Sister! Yeah baby! Let's get it on girl😜
Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 01, 2026 12:44 AM (LNeRu)
Isaiah 43:13
Happy New Year
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 12:44 AM (hVbrz)
Posted by: Imklos, gaze firmly fixed on own shoes at January 01, 2026 12:43 AM (f/3mU)
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LOL
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 12:45 AM (ZOv7s)
All children emerge after a Big Bang
Makes sense kinda
Posted by: Imklos, integration theory and practice at January 01, 2026 12:46 AM (f/3mU)
Thank you for an outstanding final 2025 ONT, Dino. My fellow Club host and just a damn good friend - much love to you, brother!
Glass raised to those we lost.
My brother Jim Sunk New Dawn - I will never forget you.
Damn, why is it so dusty in here?
Posted by: Doof at January 01, 2026 12:46 AM (QMAsf)
Anne Francis (Honey West?) now on SyFy TZ marathon on the west coast
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
Looking for a thimble?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 01, 2026 12:47 AM (pkeXY)
Posted by: Francisco Miklos-Franco. in best G. Patton voice at January 01, 2026 12:48 AM (f/3mU)
Very loud now...
West Coast TZ episode now has a very young Wm Shatner. Sign in background saying : I HAVE NOT BEEN TOLD is no excuse. Know by *Observing *Thinking * Studying * Doing
Interesting - I wonder if that was a Civil Defense thing or?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 12:48 AM (QGaXH)
Of the Walla Walla Bing Bangs?
Posted by: Ooo eee ooo ah ahhh at January 01, 2026 12:43 AM (TbWk/)
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"I'll capture her heart, singing...badda boom, bigga bangg...."
Posted by: Bing Crosby at January 01, 2026 12:49 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 01, 2026 12:49 AM (LNeRu)
https://youtu.be/geuwzBy1myY
Claire Voyant - 24 Years
https://youtu.be/vOXB4fBgg0I
iamthemorning - Too Many Years
https://youtu.be/Fe2jzZV4ytw
Posted by: mikeski at January 01, 2026 12:49 AM (nhCoE)
Posted by: JackStraw
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Cheers to that.
Posted by: scampydog at January 01, 2026 12:49 AM (LVaYG)
Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 12:49 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 12:50 AM (aO42i)
Posted by: Francisco Miklos-Franco. in best G. Patton voice at January 01, 2026 12:48 AM (f/3mU).
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YOU DICK!!!
Posted by: Mister Spicoli at January 01, 2026 12:50 AM (ZOv7s)
Damn, why is it so dusty in here?
Posted by: Doof
Auld Lang Syne
*glass raised*
Posted by: Jim sent me books (miklos) at January 01, 2026 12:51 AM (f/3mU)
Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 12:52 AM (aO42i)
Honey, you can certainly virtually sit with us crazy wimminz😛
Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 01, 2026 12:49 AM (LNeRu)
Got room for another?
Posted by: Doof at January 01, 2026 12:52 AM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Badgergal at January 01, 2026 12:52 AM (cs22I)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 12:52 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 01, 2026 12:52 AM (Q/uAJ)
Posted by: Badgergal at January 01, 2026 12:54 AM (cs22I)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 01, 2026 12:49 AM (LNeRu)
Got room for another?
Posted by: Doof
How do you know that guy is the REAL Doof?
*sidles over to the lay-ties*
Posted by: Elvis and Doof Impersonator Miklos at January 01, 2026 12:55 AM (f/3mU)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 12:55 AM (c115l)
Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 12:56 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 12:52 AM (ZOv7s)
Close enough. It's a good song, and it will be past midnight before it finishes.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 01, 2026 12:56 AM (Q/uAJ)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 01, 2026 12:52 AM (Q/uAJ)
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I also made some, in case you run out.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 12:56 AM (ESVrU)
" where did Jesus go for three days after he was crucified? The Apostles Creed says he "descended to the dead." Did he "preach to the spirits in prison?"
JC was dead for three days and three nights (legal requirement for death afaik). God did not die, his only begotten son did die (in obedience), God's sacrifice to save us that accepted. After that he preached to those imprisoned spirits. (He died Wednesday at sunset and arose Saturday at sunset ... had Saturday night till Sunday morning to be seen alive).
That is all.
Posted by: illiniwek at January 01, 2026 12:57 AM (vbXSk)
She seems confused because I'm not in bed with her.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 12:57 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 12:57 AM (rdVOm)
The Big Bada-Boom.
Just a couple of minutes until the big cow chip descends from the Oklahoma City capitol spire.
Posted by: mindful webworker - multi-pass at January 01, 2026 12:58 AM (dESj/)
Date: 01/01/2026 Local Time Zone: Eastern Standard Time (UTC-05:00:00)
Longitude: -82.17110 UTC Offset: -05:28:41 TZ Offset: -00:28:41
DUT1: 74.13120 ms Leap Seconds: 37 s DeltaT: 69.10987 s
Universal Coordinated Time: 05:32:07 UTC
Local Standard Time (TZ) : 12:32:07 AM EST
Local Mean Time : 12:03:26 AM LMT (UT1 base)
Local Apparent Solar Time : 12:00:00 AM LAST (UT1 base)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 12:32 AM (w6EFb)
I don't think I'll make local midnight - Apparent or otherwise...
My truncated approximate location: 33.63, -117.95 per googoo maps..
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 12:58 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 12:58 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 12:59 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2026 01:00 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 01:00 AM (c115l)
Posted by: mikeski at January 01, 2026 01:00 AM (nhCoE)
Posted by: Methos at January 01, 2026 01:00 AM (vSvIl)
May this New Year of our Lord 2026 bless us all ...
Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 01:00 AM (aO42i)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 01, 2026 01:01 AM (Q/uAJ)
Posted by: mindful webworker - the dirigible drops at January 01, 2026 01:01 AM (dESj/)
I pray God blesses you wonderfully in the New Year, and gives you strength to carry through all of the crap the world will throw our way.
Good night, all.
Posted by: GWB at January 01, 2026 01:01 AM (2XExk)
- - - - - -
But not a 0 (zero) anywhere. That would spoil the whole game...
Posted by: As not seen on TV at January 01, 2026 01:01 AM (l5srl)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 12:35 AM (QGaXH)
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Here too.
Posted by: Ali Khamenei at January 01, 2026 12:36 AM (+HNx/)
GOOD!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 01:02 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 01:02 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: olddog in mo at January 01, 2026 01:02 AM (bQ4nt)
Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 01:03 AM (aO42i)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 01, 2026 01:03 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Badgergal
Where do you buy the cannibals? Do you have to buy a whole cannibal, or just parts?
Posted by: Inquiring Mind at January 01, 2026 01:03 AM (f/3mU)
Posted by: Late Nite Copy Editor at January 01, 2026 01:05 AM (f/3mU)
Good thing the wobbly table expands! My goodness, we've got a crowd!
Happy New Year, all!
Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 01:05 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 01:05 AM (aO42i)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 01, 2026 01:05 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 01:05 AM (jc0TO)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 01, 2026 01:05 AM (Q/uAJ)
Grab a chair & a glass and c'mon over!
*makes another pitcher of spicy margaritas*
Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 12:56 AM (rdVOm)
Thanks JQ. You ladies are the best!
Posted by: Doof at January 01, 2026 01:05 AM (QMAsf)
Posted by: JackStraw
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Heh. Had a baseball coach that used to say, "Gentlemen, any day you step on this field is a great day to be alive." I like the thought on a macro scale.
Posted by: scampydog at January 01, 2026 01:06 AM (LVaYG)
Posted by: Inquiring Mind at January 01, 2026 01:03 AM (f/3mU)
The problem with buying cannibals is that regardless of how many you start out with, you eventually only have one.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 01:06 AM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Imklos, gaze firmly fixed on own shoes at January 01, 2026 12:43 AM (f/3mU)
How do you tell an extroverted engineer from an introverted one?
Extroverted engineer stares at YOUR shoes.....
Caution: may have a foot fetish.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 01:06 AM (QGaXH)
May we live in interesting times.
May we get what we deserve
May the Prince know our names
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 01:07 AM (jc0TO)
Booms and bangs going on around us. Pretty sure that boom-boom-boom-boom-boom-boom is gunfire, not fireworks.
Daisy dog is agitated and barking loudly. That's our fireworks.
The new year is off to a roaring start.
Posted by: mindful webworker - and awaaay we go at January 01, 2026 01:07 AM (dESj/)
Posted by: Badgergal at January 01, 2026 01:07 AM (cs22I)
Posted by: JQ
You are supposed to have the pitchers.
Damn, this keg is heavy
Posted by: Late Nite Typical Imklos at January 01, 2026 01:07 AM (f/3mU)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 01, 2026 01:05 AM (snZF9)
Earlier this evening I went to the local liquor (and bong, knife, and vape) store, to see if I could get a bottle of Tom Simms whiskey in memory of Jim SND. They had never heard of it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 01:08 AM (8zz6B)
It’s only 10 here
Lots and lots of cars on the street now. Going to be nuts.
Ugh.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 01:08 AM (+FOYs)
Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 01:08 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 01:08 AM (aO42i)
Just glad it's not more exploding semi trucks like a few weeks ago.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 01, 2026 01:09 AM (lUFok)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 01, 2026 01:09 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 01, 2026 01:10 AM (LNeRu)
Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 01:10 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Late Nite Typical Imklos
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LOL. Always so over the top... *smooch*
Thank you very much!
Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 01:10 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Badgergal at January 01, 2026 01:11 AM (cs22I)
Posted by: scampydog at January 01, 2026 01:11 AM (LVaYG)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 01, 2026 01:12 AM (Q/uAJ)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 01:08 AM (8zz6B)
Jim recommended Woodford to me. Thats what I'm drinking. The ancient egyptians would say jim hotep. Jim is satisfied.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 01, 2026 01:12 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 01:12 AM (rdVOm)
The Jell-o should be ready within minutes
Have at it, Ladies
Drinks are on the house
Posted by: Late Nite Event Organizer Imklos at January 01, 2026 01:12 AM (f/3mU)
Happy New Year to all. May all of your wildest fantasies come true.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 01, 2026 01:13 AM (qwx/I)
Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 01:14 AM (3uBP9)
Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 01:14 AM (rdVOm)
That puts you east of the PST meridian of 120W, which is 8 minutes, 12 seconds ahead of PST for your local time. Now, subtract off the EoT which is -3:27 right now, and your local true midnight will be 4 minutes, 45 seconds before midnight, or 11:55:15 PST, if I didn't botch that.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 01:14 AM (w6EFb)
Thank you for the mention of my loss of my Dad. He was the best Dad, and taught us so many things, how to shoot, hunt, fish, start a fire, fix a car, build an airplane (or 3), love our family, respect his wife, pray to our God.
I will never be the calibre of a Moron such as Jim SND or Jack Straw, because I can only jump in late at night, in Mountain Time.
But, I've been with you since 2000 or so, after Little Green Footballs pointed to you (before he went nuts). Will be here 30 years from now God Willing.
Here's to a wonderful 2026 to all the Horde and all the Earth. Praying for the Persians tonight.
Posted by: Jimmy Doolittle at January 01, 2026 01:15 AM (MvCrO)
I guess my rep as that crazy old man is secured.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 01:15 AM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Badgergal at January 01, 2026 01:15 AM (cs22I)
I believe it means we have the ability to create. Not just offspring that are mini-versions subtly or no-so-subtly different from ourselves, but art, invention, machines, and even software programs. We are created and we create things as well, albeit less perfect things than God has created. (always room for improvement)
Posted by: slicksister at January 01, 2026 01:16 AM (3ceQJ)
The Jell-o should be ready within minutes
Posted by: Late Nite Event Organizer Imklos at January 01, 2026 01:12 AM (f/3mU)
is the Jell-O going on the Slip 'n Slide, or is it for dessert?
Posted by: tankdemon at January 01, 2026 01:16 AM (4p5Zb)
I can do that....
Saaay...why don't you join us at the wobbly table? Bring a friend.
We might have to push the other wobbly table over🥳
Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 01, 2026 01:16 AM (LNeRu)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
That makes you culpable
Posted by: Imklos sees no cause for offence at January 01, 2026 01:16 AM (f/3mU)
Nope. Never lived in Orange County. Never will. But hey, pull up a chair and join us!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 01, 2026 01:10 AM (LNeRu)
Thank you! Don't mind if I do.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 01:17 AM (QGaXH)
TING TING TING TING TING!
***raises glass***
~~~~~~"To absent friends"~~~~~~
Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 01:17 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 01:17 AM (aO42i)
They should just tear down the actual Cotton Bowl Stadium in Fair Park. It gets used one day a year.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 01:18 AM (c115l)
Posted by: tankdemon
I am guessing you are new here
Posted by: Crazy Mikos' Slip 'n Slide Tzampotli Family Fun Park and Somewhat Legal Other Stuff at January 01, 2026 01:18 AM (f/3mU)
Posted by: Piercello at January 01, 2026 01:19 AM (7QOuK)
Had a dad like that. Pretty smart dad.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2026 01:19 AM (viF8m)
That's it, 2026 is ruined.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 01, 2026 01:20 AM (qwx/I)
Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 01:21 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 01:21 AM (aO42i)
Posted by: National Dietetic Assoc. at January 01, 2026 01:21 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Badgergal
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Raw meat & onion sandwich on rye... hmm. Sounds pretty good actually.
METAL!
You go, Badgergal!
Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 01:21 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 01:14 AM (w6EFb)
I had to process telemetry data off vehicle system on UTC. And I had to correlate that with badly written pilot log scans that they keyed to local time. All over the world. Some places with and without DST and different kinds of DST. Changes from takeoff to land. Cannot overstate how much synching log to data set sucked.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 01:22 AM (3uBP9)
You don't even have to ask darlin'.
And of course if the other Ds are in the house, grab a chair.
I think JQ checked out, but that crazy guy behind the bar might be helpful 😒
Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 01, 2026 01:23 AM (LNeRu)
We might have to push the other wobbly table over🥳
Posted by: COMountainMarie
*wobbles over, may have been a few down the gullet*
*wobbles, but doesn't fall down*
Posted by: Imklos the Human Weeble at January 01, 2026 01:23 AM (f/3mU)
Posted by: toby928(c)
https://youtu.be/pSzej4yoUwA
Posted by: mikeski at January 01, 2026 01:23 AM (nhCoE)
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You're hired! Haha, you can take over after I clock out tonight LOL.
Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 01:23 AM (rdVOm)
That puts you east of the PST meridian of 120W, which is 8 minutes, 12 seconds ahead of PST for your local time. Now, subtract off the EoT which is -3:27 right now, and your local true midnight will be 4 minutes, 45 seconds before midnight, or 11:55:15 PST, if I didn't botch that.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 01:14 AM (w6EFb)
A devilish comment number! (666)
Actually I'm about 2 miles from that location.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 01:24 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Badgergal at January 01, 2026 01:24 AM (cs22I)
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Evening, COMM. A chair and a fresh drink to seem in order. Thanks for the invite.
Posted by: scampydog at January 01, 2026 01:24 AM (LVaYG)
The Jell-o should be ready within minutes
Posted by: Late Nite Event Organizer Imklos at January 01, 2026 01:12 AM (f/3mU)
is the Jell-O going on the Slip 'n Slide, or is it for dessert?
Posted by: tankdemon at January 01, 2026 01:16 AM (4p5Zb)
Why not both?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 01:26 AM (QGaXH)
659 Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 01, 2026 01:12 AM
It's not too soon-----
https://youtu.be/BoXu6QmxpJE
Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 01:27 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 12:38 AM (IhIKR)
I have also wondered if he is okay.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 01, 2026 12:40 AM (Q/uAJ)
Was I imagining things, or did Stateless actually post in the last few days?
Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 01, 2026 01:28 AM (0CU3H)
https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=412857
It's been a crazy year. As usual.
https://youtu.be/xP_dfxs6Hak
G'nite, y'all.
Posted by: mindful webworker - it'll never be 2025 again at January 01, 2026 01:28 AM (dESj/)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 01, 2026 01:28 AM (0CU3H)
Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 01:29 AM (aO42i)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at January 01, 2026 01:30 AM (DK5Sh)
Country Gal:
Your imagination is your only limitation! Go with the flow..
Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 01:30 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 01:32 AM (aO42i)
Ain't that a trip though? Some poor dude somewhere would get these mints to freshin his garlic breath, be all suave, and he's suddenly just uncontrollably tooting around the ladies.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 01:32 AM (3uBP9)
Noood.
Year.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 01, 2026 01:28 AM (0CU3H)
Anyone calls Nood when there ain't a new thread.......
Gets a night in the box.............
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 01:32 AM (QGaXH)
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A little behind the curtain on last year's. 'Twas a scramble that evening. Everything above the Ponte Sisto bridge image was at the 11th hour.
Posted by: scampydog at January 01, 2026 01:32 AM (LVaYG)
That's close enough. Only the difference in longitude makes a difference for this local time offset.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 01:33 AM (w6EFb)
Hope that clears it up for everyone. MORE WINE!!!!
Posted by: Orson at December 31, 2025 10:39 PM (dIske)
THISH!
Posted by: Giles Overreach at January 01, 2026 01:34 AM (MDvLA)
Posted by: rickb223
The original Cotton Bowl was the Tulane stadium in New Orleans. That was torn down in 1981.
Some friends/roommates *acquired* part of the astroturf from the 20 yard line. That became the "floor treatment" in our apartment. We had no end of fun telling girls that we stole the 2 yard line (we got the part with the "2" on it, not the associated "0").
Posted by: Memories of a misspent Youth at January 01, 2026 01:35 AM (f/3mU)
Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 01:35 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: scampydog at January 01, 2026 01:35 AM (LVaYG)
Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 01:32 AM (3uBP9)
Maltitol causes gastric distress for sure. MiL always wanted sugar free candy and gum. It did not pair well with a colostomy.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 01, 2026 01:36 AM (Q/uAJ)
Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 01:37 AM (aO42i)
Gets a night in the box.............
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
Of Franzia Pinot Grigio
Posted by: Night Court Judge Imklos at January 01, 2026 01:37 AM (f/3mU)
Gets a night in the box.............
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
And must eat 50 eggs.
NOW
Posted by: Cool Hand Imklos at January 01, 2026 01:40 AM (f/3mU)
Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 01:40 AM (aO42i)
And the EoT (equation of time) is changing pretty fast now, I see. By near midnight PST, it will be around -3:28 or a little better. So call it one second later, or 11:55:16 PM PST.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 01:41 AM (w6EFb)
Gets a night in the box.............
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
Of Franzia Pinot Grigio
Posted by: Night Court Judge Imklos at January 01, 2026 01:37 AM (f/3mU)
I should have socked that as 'Carr'
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 01:42 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 01:43 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 01, 2026 01:43 AM (Q/uAJ)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
I trust this man
Is probably makes sense
Hurts my brain
Posted by: Admittedly ignant Imklos at January 01, 2026 01:43 AM (f/3mU)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 01, 2026 01:43 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Night Court Judge Imklos at January 01, 2026 01:45 AM (f/3mU)
Kinda like one of those heady MisHum nights🥳🎶🍺🤯💥
*hic*
Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 01, 2026 01:45 AM (LNeRu)
You'll know when to close up. There is no *set time* for locking up at this Club, except:
Tech thread posts at ~4am EST, so there's that....
Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 01:46 AM (rdVOm)
Love is the key to Heaven (and can be shared... :-)
Posted by: As not seen on TV at January 01, 2026 01:46 AM (l5srl)
Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 01:47 AM (aO42i)
And the EoT (equation of time) is changing pretty fast now, I see. By near midnight PST, it will be around -3:28 or a little better. So call it one second later, or 11:55:16 PM PST.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 01:41 AM (w6EFb)
I might be inspecting the insides of my eyelids by then.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 01:47 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 01:48 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 01, 2026 01:05 AM (snZF9)
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To absent friends, clink.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 01:49 AM (hVbrz)
Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 01:49 AM (aO42i)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 01:51 AM (ZocB7)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 01:51 AM (hVbrz)
Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 01:51 AM (aO42i)
Posted by: JQ
from that side
hand in the tip jar
lose fingers
Posted by: Cautionary Imklos at January 01, 2026 01:51 AM (f/3mU)
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You know how well I *do* understand that, Imklos!
Don't NOBODY mess wit' da tips jar!
Ever!
Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 01:53 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 01:55 AM (aO42i)
Posted by: scampydog
One might ask how a "youtuber" is out-journalisting professional journalists.
But you answered that with your second sentence.
Posted by: mikeski at January 01, 2026 01:56 AM (nhCoE)
Thank you!
Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 01:57 AM (rdVOm)
Pour me a Macallan 1940 - make it a double!
Meh. Just leave the bottle on the counter.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 01:57 AM (ZocB7)
https://tinyurl.com/2c3mdzbv
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey
He's healthy enough for three people!
Posted by: though it'd take five at January 01, 2026 01:58 AM (nhCoE)
Most Americans watched Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians big band show.
Guy Lombardo, big bands, and Canada are all gone now.
Sorry to be a Debby Downer. But...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3z52aT8lV4
Posted by: memory adides, aye me laddies and lassies at January 01, 2026 01:58 AM (f/3mU)
Love is the key to Heaven (and can be shared... :-)
Posted by: As not seen on TV at January 01, 2026 01:46 AM (l5srl)
My father in law passed peacefully and with family beside him, in our house. A few days/weeks later my wife woke me one night saying she had been awakened feeling his presence very close to her to where she had to say Dad - you're too close - I can't breathe...
She believes he came to say good bye. I can't argue.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 01:59 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: clarence at January 01, 2026 02:00 AM (MXMX4)
Posted by: mikeski at January 01, 2026 02:00 AM (nhCoE)
Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal
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It's not my call. BUT! Our host (TRex), has declared Open Bar and Free Jukebox for tonight, so...
Go For It!!!
Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 02:00 AM (rdVOm)
Meh. Just leave the bottle on the counter.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs
I wrote a whole book about that
Posted by: Whiskey Galore! by Compton McKenzie at January 01, 2026 02:01 AM (f/3mU)
Posted by: scampydog at January 01, 2026 02:01 AM (LVaYG)
All that is about where the sun actually is vs where an average, the so-called mean sun is at. This is the meaning of "mean" in the old Greenwich Mean Time, which was the hour angle of the mean sun relative to the Greenwich prime meridian. The Equation of Time is just that difference between the true sun and mean sun expressed in units of time.
For "true" midnight, we want the sun to be directly underneath the meridian, the opposite of high noon.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 02:01 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 01, 2026 02:01 AM (Q/uAJ)
https://tinyurl.com/2c3mdzbv
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 01:51 AM (ZocB7)
That looks like some corn-fed beef there...
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 02:01 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: clarence at January 01, 2026 02:02 AM (MXMX4)
Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 02:02 AM (aO42i)
Happy New Year!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 02:04 AM (8zz6B)
And it's changing even faster than I eyeballed it, already 3:28.28 now. It's going to be well over 3:29 when midnight rolls around Californee way. So, Anonymous Rogue true midnight will be 11:55:17 or closer to :18.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 02:05 AM (w6EFb)
Love is the key to Heaven (and can be shared... :-)
Posted by: As not seen on TV at January 01, 2026 01:46 AM (l5srl)
My father in law passed peacefully and with family beside him, in our house. A few days/weeks later my wife woke me one night saying she had been awakened feeling his presence very close to her to where she had to say Dad - you're too close - I can't breathe...
She believes he came to say good bye. I can't argue.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 01:59 AM (QGaXH)
My mother didn't go quietly. She pops in from time to time in unmistakable ways to pull my ass from the fire. Changed my whole attitude about things, thats for sure.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 01, 2026 02:05 AM (snZF9)
Go For It!!!
Posted by: JQ
*hijacks jukebox*
You songs might come up up, but I just did the first 50
Posted by: Evil Devious late Nite DJ Imklos at January 01, 2026 02:07 AM (f/3mU)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 01, 2026 02:07 AM (snZF9)
JQ
You're a kind gal. When I started posting here in 2018, I was put through the wringer...
Carrots in chili? Long bow or crossbow? There were many tests in order to qualify as a Moron. I was totally ok with it. I lurked here for a couple of years before stepping in.
Everyone has become pretty mellow since then, although trolls are not tolerated.
But, sweet, kind folks seem to always be welcome.
A good thing.
Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 01, 2026 02:08 AM (LNeRu)
@amuse 2m
TERROR: New Year's Day explosion at a bar in Crans-Montana, Switzerland's luxury ski resort.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 01, 2026 02:08 AM (mlg/3)
Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 02:08 AM (aO42i)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 01, 2026 02:08 AM (2XHCB)
Posted by: MAxIE at January 01, 2026 02:08 AM (3Dvl3)
Posted by: Adriane the Critic ... at January 01, 2026 02:09 AM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: pawn at January 01, 2026 02:10 AM (Rmqfl)
To absent friends, and to all the Horde.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 01, 2026 02:10 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
Please
Get the Emergency Response Team from those Atomic Clock people in Colorado to help this man NOW
Posted by: Moderately Concerned Miklos at January 01, 2026 02:10 AM (f/3mU)
For my part, we lost a cousin-in-law, and an uncle-in-law.
But my wife found a long lost family member, and went to visit her in Vegas. So that's good.
My brother moved out to be with us from the living Hell of Colorado, and defeated his evil wife in Court. So our niece is here, too.
Work sucked, but I still have a job, and it feeds us.
My young daughter had no serious medical problems for the first time in her little life, and her speech/education are reflecting that. She's a happy little chatterbox.
My mom's dementia hasn't gotten appreciably worse, and she had a fun time hanging out for NYE, drinking champagne, and snuggling with her granddaughter.
Unfortunately, that all happened during Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve featuring Ryan Seacrest, which sucked even more cock than the name of the show so strongly suggests it would.
On balance, 2025 was a pretty kick ass year.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 01, 2026 02:11 AM (Zhwz2)
Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 02:12 AM (aO42i)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 01, 2026 02:12 AM (Q/uAJ)
Violets are Blue
The New Year is Upon Us
Best Wishes to all of U
Posted by: Adriane the Critic
Roses are blue
Violets are red
Ain't Trans or nothin'
Just pickin' at you
All the Best
Posted by: Kindly Uncle Miklos at January 01, 2026 02:13 AM (f/3mU)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 01, 2026 02:14 AM (2XHCB)
Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 02:16 AM (aO42i)
Back in 2001, fate decreed I was to be the lone witness to the passing of a great-uncle of mine, just a little shy of his 101st birthday.
I saw him draw his last breath, and then the light go out in his eyes. At that moment, there was a profound sense of speed, something taking off at incredible speed. I jerked my head back and just started at the ceiling. It was the most profound experience of my life. My knees actually buckled at that moment.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 02:16 AM (w6EFb)
Could not possibly be more wrong. Faith and belief are NOT the same thing, and belief is antecedent to faith. Belief is based on information, and forms the basis for action. Faith comes from the experiences derived from acting.
There is risk of erroneous belief due to inaccurate information; but there is never risk in Faith, as it is the result of experience.
Posted by: Galt at January 01, 2026 02:16 AM (9UnaD)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
One word
Somali childcare
Posted by: Investment advisor Miklos at January 01, 2026 02:17 AM (f/3mU)
Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 02:17 AM (aO42i)
All youz all at the wobbly table, well, me and my good girldog will now bid you a good night.
You west coasters, hang in there. Love y'all💖💖
"Go forth into the New Year with brave heart. When fortune smiles, smile with her. When fortune frowns, smile the more, and trust in God"
Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 01, 2026 02:18 AM (LNeRu)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 01, 2026 02:19 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal
Speakin' of 'ich. I need to go to Harbor Freight for some batt'ries.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 01, 2026 02:19 AM (mlg/3)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 01, 2026 02:05 AM (snZF9)
After my parents passed in 2016 I was a little disappointed that I detected no discernable evidence of visits. Then I realized that was consistent with how they were after I grew up. I always reached out to them, rarely the other way around.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 02:19 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Adriane the Critic ... at January 01, 2026 02:20 AM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 01, 2026 02:20 AM (Q/uAJ)
Break a leg.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 01, 2026 02:20 AM (mlg/3)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 01, 2026 02:11 AM (Zhwz2)
Just this past sunday I met a long lost second cousin. We have the same great grandfather. She had no idea there was an entire large family on her grand father and father's side that existed. A shitload of us were there to meet her. Her father's cousins, her second cousins, etc. I never thought I would see that in my family.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 01, 2026 02:21 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Formerly youthful Miklos at January 01, 2026 02:21 AM (f/3mU)
PDT ripped Tampon Timmy and MN at the bash tonight, saying MN fraud was $18B. And then he said, CA, IL, and NY are even worse from what he's seeing.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 02:21 AM (w6EFb)
JQ
You're a kind gal.
-----------------------
I read that as 'JQ you're a fine girl....'
To the tune of 'Brandy'
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 02:22 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 02:22 AM (aO42i)
Break a leg.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 01, 2026 02:20 AM (mlg/3)
Mine are wired direct. I have to change batteries in a shit ton of stuff as it is. Smoke alarm batteries is just a bridge too far. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 01, 2026 02:23 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal
Speakin' of 'ich. I need to go to Harbor Freight for some batt'ries.
Posted by: weft cut-loop
I think you can buy milk bag warmers in Wisconsin.
Pretty common.
Posted by: County agent Hank Kimball at January 01, 2026 02:23 AM (f/3mU)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 02:01 AM (QGaXH)
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Now you made me hungry. 9:23AM and I'm thinking of heading out to the butcher shop to find me something for an early brunch.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 02:24 AM (ZocB7)
Posted by: MAxIE at January 01, 2026 02:08 AM (3Dvl3)
Hi Neighbor
I get out your way from time to time.
I worked for about 7 years in Azusa and our first house was in Glendora.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 02:24 AM (QGaXH)
What is in our future, either within or without our own sense of control?
Do we look forward with eager anticipation or chilling apprehension?
Is that future...merely, blandly, simply...*there*?
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Good night, Horde. May you dream of happy times and have eager anticipation of good things to come!
Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 02:25 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 02:27 AM (aO42i)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
All aboard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQq00lit_Fc
Posted by: Stukk Miklos somehow knows and likes at January 01, 2026 02:29 AM (f/3mU)
Posted by: Tucker at January 01, 2026 02:32 AM (/CkK4)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
All aboard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQq00lit_Fc
Posted by: Stukk Miklos somehow knows and likes at January 01, 2026 02:29 AM (f/3mU)
Before I even opened the link I knew it was Anaheim, Azusa and Cucamonga but I recall seeing that as part of the Jack Benny program.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 02:33 AM (QGaXH)
Thank you Country Gal.
Happy Birthday COMM, you snuck that one past me.
publius, I experienced that same feeling when my hubs passed. He ascended someplace very rapidly, I was happy that he was going to a good place having lived through hell in his later years.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 01, 2026 02:35 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
Now see?
We can have nice things.
But try telling the kids that
Posted by: Guardedly Optimisticklos at January 01, 2026 02:38 AM (f/3mU)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 02:38 AM (ZocB7)
May 2026 build on the better parts.
Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at January 01, 2026 02:39 AM (FIwBs)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 02:39 AM (ZocB7)
My Dad would open the car door & announce ...
"All Aboard for Anaheim, Azusa and Cucamonga" complete with drawl.
I miss Dad.
Posted by: Adriane the Critic ... at January 01, 2026 02:41 AM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 02:42 AM (ZocB7)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 02:42 AM (hVbrz)
https://tinyurl.com/28jtf54a
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey
Second!
Posted by: mikeski at January 01, 2026 02:42 AM (nhCoE)
Posted by: Adriane the Critic ... at January 01, 2026 02:42 AM (3ZUWJ)
My Dad would open the car door & announce ...
"All Aboard for Anaheim, Azusa and Cucamonga" complete with drawl.
I miss Dad.
Posted by: Adriane the Critic ... at January 01, 2026 02:41 AM (3ZUWJ)
Sounds like a fun Dad. Complete with Dad humor.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 02:43 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 01, 2026 02:23 AM (snZF9)
I have hard-wired smoke alarms here in AJ. Had to have them to meet code. They still have 9-volt backup batteries in them. Sort of have to, right? What if the fire making the smoke is caused by a short in the panel that supplies the juice to the hard-wired detectors? But shit, they could have used a high-grade rechargeable battery, and had it on float charge via the AC line. Or use an ultracapacitor, which should last forever.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 02:44 AM (8zz6B)
I has a similar experience when my Dad passed. He was slumped in a chair he had just fallen back into and I was at his side on my knees. I can still see his face in my mind now.
Suddenly something just gripped me mentality and held me and out of nowhere the thought came to my mind that his life was flashing through his mind. I could feel it, just the enormous rush of time. It was stunning.
Posted by: pawn at January 01, 2026 02:45 AM (Rmqfl)
Posted by: Tucker at January 01, 2026 02:32 AM (/CkK4)
Allahu akbar, fellow American.
Have you considered the good news about the prophet Muhammad?
I'm just asking questions. American questions.
Posted by: American at January 01, 2026 02:47 AM (Zhwz2)
I remember going with dad to fill his big '65 Chrysler NYer at a place called 'Amos Hudson' - 28.9 in the early pre-embargo 70's.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 02:47 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Kindly Miklos warns that this Lawrence Welk from 1973 at January 01, 2026 02:47 AM (f/3mU)
I'm just asking questions. American questions.
Posted by: American at January 01, 2026 02:47 AM (Zhwz2)
-
A great American replies from the afterlife:
https://tinyurl.com/4euzscc8
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 02:52 AM (ZocB7)
Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 02:53 AM (aO42i)
I am off to bed too, Horde. Happy New Year to my left coast friends, only 8 more minutes.
Happy New Year AOP.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 01, 2026 02:53 AM (0nHVk)
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He seemed to have known a lot of Annas.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 02:53 AM (ZocB7)
Calvin and Hobbes are the best. I have their three volume collection.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 01, 2026 02:53 AM (jkh9b)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 02:55 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 02:55 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 01, 2026 02:56 AM (0nHVk)
Shoot them off anyway. Someone has always got to be the last one and you never know if your going to be around to do it , so do it now!!!
Posted by: pawn at January 01, 2026 02:58 AM (Rmqfl)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 03:00 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 01, 2026 03:00 AM (+PfCm)
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 03:01 AM (TVRRM)
Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 03:01 AM (2WIwB)
--Logan Pearsall Smith
Happy New Year to all my friends at AOS.
One of my New Year's resolutions is to post here more frequently in 2026. Pray that I keep it . . .
Posted by: DynamiteDan at January 01, 2026 03:02 AM (HBp0A)
21h
The Worst 10 'Fact' Checks Of 2025 | Alex Christy, MRC Newsbusters
https://tinyurl.com/32mhk7a8
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 03:04 AM (ZocB7)
"How long will that take?"
"How the fuck should I know?? Just DO it!"
Eight months later, I got my answer. And I've known Jesus is the Son of God ever since.
Happy new year, friends.
Posted by: Beverly at December 31, 2025 10:28 PM (reMys
G'mornin all ALL y'all
Posted by: OkJohn at January 01, 2026 03:05 AM (NC/it)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 01, 2026 03:07 AM (Zhwz2)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, at January 01, 2026 03:07 AM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 03:10 AM (QGaXH)
Horde is good, God is Great!
May His presence be known and felt by each of us.
Im grateful for many things, definitely including AOS.
Posted by: OkJohn at January 01, 2026 03:10 AM (NC/it)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 01, 2026 03:11 AM (Zhwz2)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 03:11 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 03:14 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: OkJohn at January 01, 2026 03:16 AM (NC/it)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 03:18 AM (ZocB7)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 02:55 AM (w6EFb)
Thank you publius. I was gone but now i'm back for a little bit. Eyes want to close....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 03:19 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 03:24 AM (ZocB7)
EoT was was a bit over -3:29 at the time, so your local true midnight was 11:55:18 PM PST. :-)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 03:25 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
It smelled like a stadium bathroom over here earlier.
Guess I should finally clean the gutters.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 01, 2026 03:26 AM (mlg/3)
https://tinyurl.com/4hzf9z5c
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 03:30 AM (ZocB7)
Things will get better, and some will get worse, but all things work to the Good in His good time.
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 01, 2026 03:31 AM (6Bc88)
Posted by: Adriane the Critic ... at January 01, 2026 03:37 AM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: m at January 01, 2026 03:37 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
The batteries don't need to last forever, just 10 years or so. That's all the longer the sensors are good for.
Posted by: mikeski at January 01, 2026 03:50 AM (nhCoE)
Funny that most people don't give a thought to their smoke detector. Ours is also hardwired with a battery back up, but they have a service life of about ten years. Or, the ones that were in the house when we bought it in 2000 do. It constantly chirps now, even though the batt light shows green. It's 18 feet up, so I'll need to have an electrician do the job. Hope it doesn't cost too much.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 01, 2026 03:50 AM (uQesX)
It's pretty much true, as to what point you increment the year number, and which year number it is and all that. But the tropical year itself, one complete cycle of seasons is not arbitrary, but a measurable, real astronomical cycle, of course.
It's just when it that cycle you count as 0 and when you increment the year counter that's arbitrary. Astronomically the vernal equinox marks the starting point for the 0 point of the sun's longitude. We reckon the mean tropical year by the ecliptic mean sun, not the true sun, but the apparent tropical year, is reckoned by the true sun.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 03:51 AM (w6EFb)
It's pretty much true, as to what point you increment the year number, and which year number it is and all that. But the tropical year itself, one complete cycle of seasons is not arbitrary, but a measurable, real astronomical cycle, of course.
It's just when it that cycle you count as 0 and when you increment the year counter that's arbitrary. Astronomically the vernal equinox marks the starting point for the 0 point of the sun's longitude. We reckon the mean tropical year by the ecliptic mean sun, not the true sun, but the apparent tropical year, is reckoned by the true sun.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 03:51 AM (w6EFb)
Very cool. Thanks for knowing all this stuff.
Posted by: m at January 01, 2026 03:53 AM (RuTUS)
Around Jan 1, the mean longitude of the sun is about 280 degrees, and for a while they used a concept dubbed the Besselian year, which started at that moment. The length of a Besselian year was thus exactly equal to a mean tropical year.
However, it is cumbersome numerically to use that in various formulae, not to mention defining epochs at exact Besselian year values, so they abandoned that, and just use the much simple Julian year notion.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 03:55 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: pawn at January 01, 2026 03:55 AM (Rmqfl)
-Obama, 2026
Posted by: pawn at January 01, 2026 03:55 AM (Rmqfl)
By "you," I mean you. Not me.
Posted by: Ozymandias at January 01, 2026 04:00 AM (uQesX)
Posted by: m at January 01, 2026 04:00 AM (RuTUS)
EoT was was a bit over -3:29 at the time, so your local true midnight was 11:55:18 PM PST. :-)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 03:25 AM (w6EFb)
I was outside but I didn't notice anything at 11:55:18.
Calling it a night now. Take care.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 04:03 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Former Heart of Stone at January 01, 2026 05:53 AM (0pLZt)
New Years' Rockin' Eve Cafe
It’s magic.. 😂 pic.twitter.com/Ey8OJjnfeK
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) December 31, 2025
Little Lion family. 🤗🤗 pic.twitter.com/xKozyeUgTh
— The Figen (@TheFigen_) December 25, 2025
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— The Figen (@TheFigen_) December 24, 2025
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 07:23 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 31, 2025 07:23 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 31, 2025 07:23 PM (KDPiq)
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I can no longer stay up until midnight.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 07:25 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 31, 2025 07:27 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Eeyore at December 31, 2025 07:27 PM (s0JqF)
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Debatable.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2UuPmwqRyM
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 31, 2025 07:27 PM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: Jmel at December 31, 2025 07:29 PM (bVhJi)
I don't want to see another one for the rest of the year. After this one, I mean.
🎉🥳🎊🎈
Posted by: mindful webworker - Get your end-of-year jokes in fast, y'all, at December 31, 2025 07:29 PM (dESj/)
Best wishes for success, Ace!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 31, 2025 07:29 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 31, 2025 07:30 PM (nljXp)
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 31, 2025 07:30 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Eeyore
Just put "cancel" after the x in the URL. Tedious, but it works.
Posted by: mindful webworker - usually at December 31, 2025 07:31 PM (dESj/)
Posted by: San Diego at December 31, 2025 07:32 PM (ULPxl)
Happy New Year
Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 07:34 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 31, 2025 07:34 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 07:34 PM (ZxPkt)
I raise a glass to you all and wish you a Happy New Year.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 31, 2025 07:34 PM (sDNVV)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 31, 2025 07:34 PM (sDNVV)
Same to you! {{{Ben Had}}}
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2025 07:36 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Mick at December 31, 2025 07:36 PM (HFx9z)
https://youtu.be/ALR2yzYL_C0
Posted by: mindful webworker - lullabye lillyboy louisville lou at December 31, 2025 07:36 PM (dESj/)
Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 07:36 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 31, 2025 07:34 PM (sDNVV)
*clink
Happy New Year to you, Ben Had. Also blessed for knowing you.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 31, 2025 07:37 PM (h7ZuX)
Japan, too.
Hong Kong.
When you look at the Asians, the Asian is very gifted in creation, creativity and inventions. If you go to Japan or any Asian country, they can turn a television into a watch. They're very creative.
Posted by: Zombie Reggie White at December 31, 2025 07:37 PM (R/m4+)
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 31, 2025 07:37 PM (gbOdA)
I can't think of a finer group of Morons I'd prefer to hang out with on New Year's Eve.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 07:39 PM (ESVrU)
I bought a retirement home on Cali
Bad news
There is a 550 lb bear getting his SS checks there.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQ8ce-rEJhU
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 31, 2025 07:39 PM (gbOdA)
https://youtu.be/TRrY3CVCIA8
Posted by: mindful webworker - darn we now archaic barrel at December 31, 2025 07:40 PM (dESj/)
I got to that one with xcancel. Wasn't really worth the effort.
Posted by: t-bird at December 31, 2025 07:41 PM (rq3mQ)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 07:39 PM (ESVrU)
Read that as Mormons
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 31, 2025 07:41 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 31, 2025 07:42 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Opinion fact
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They make excellent hors d'oeuvres.
Posted by: A Haitian at December 31, 2025 07:42 PM (XeU6L)
The number of links inaccessible to non-subscribers to X ("age restricted") seems to be increasing.
Posted by: Eeyore
Take "x.com" and replce it with "xcancel.com" leave the rest of the link unedited.
Whining about this pisses off ace.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 31, 2025 07:44 PM (QVmho)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2025 07:44 PM (m7iZ5)
Posted by: Eeyore at December 31, 2025 07:27 PM (s0JqF)
EU and a couple of States laws now make it a legal minefield to allow anonymous access to what some consider Adult Content.
And it's not just porn, but violence, and in some places 'bad think'.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 07:44 PM (mP0Kj)
I just can't imagine how that would work.
Domestically raised lions just sent back to the Serengeti? Or is she talking about some kind of tour group to major cities?
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 31, 2025 07:45 PM (fltLA)
Thanks for 25
Make there be showers of blessing
Showers of blessing we need
for 2026
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 31, 2025 07:46 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: steevy at December 31, 2025 07:46 PM (YwEeS)
I lied. Having some bourbon.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 31, 2025 07:46 PM (h7ZuX)
https://youtu.be/TRrY3CVCIA8
Posted by: mindful webworker - darn we now archaic barrel at December 31, 2025 07:40 PM (dESj/)
Kewl, but Gandalf did it better at Dildo's party!
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 07:46 PM (mP0Kj)
The little fluffy golden cat in the "Magic" video looks very much like my Siberian Dagny, except she is dark gray with a little tan and white sprinkled in.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 07:48 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs
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You have to replace the lost volume of liquid. No choice, really.
Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 07:51 PM (ZxPkt)
https://youtu.be/C2UuPmwqRyM
Posted by: mindful webworker - boola boola dont love harold at December 31, 2025 07:52 PM (dESj/)
Sure, SHE can say it, but WE get called racists for that!
Posted by: Minnesotans at December 31, 2025 07:52 PM (rq3mQ)
It looked like the Grinch was trying to steal that tree's virginity.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 31, 2025 07:53 PM (fd80v)
Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 07:51 PM (ZxPkt)
^^^This^^^
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 31, 2025 07:54 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Zombie Reggie White at December 31, 2025 07:37 PM (R/m4+)
_______________________________
And then there's Anime, which, as they proclaimed in "Jurassic Park," Just because you can do it, doesn't mean that you should.
Posted by: Orson at December 31, 2025 07:54 PM (dIske)
Fa la la la la la la la la la
Do it just 'til I need glasses
Fa la la la la la la la la la
Have egg nog. Brandy's almost gone, tho. Whoops.
Posted by: mindful webworker - nora's freezin on the trolley at December 31, 2025 07:54 PM (dESj/)
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 31, 2025 07:57 PM (fltLA)
Posted by: Ben Had
And to you, Ben Had. 🥂
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 31, 2025 07:58 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 31, 2025 07:59 PM (nljXp)
Posted by: tankdemon at December 31, 2025 08:00 PM (4p5Zb)
I expect radio silence for a few days unless there is bad news.
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 31, 2025 08:01 PM (fltLA)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 31, 2025 08:01 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 31, 2025 08:01 PM (KDPiq)
London
https://youtu.be/sDvQl-RwMsM
France
https://youtu.be/J84RBnOK2bo
Posted by: mindful webworker - slowly it turned, inch by inch, step by step, at December 31, 2025 08:01 PM (dESj/)
Posted by: Hunter Biden at December 31, 2025 08:02 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 08:03 PM (Ia/+0)
Sure, SHE can say it, but WE get called racists for that!
Posted by: Minnesotans
Snort
Threadwinner.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 31, 2025 08:03 PM (IhIKR)
Posted by: tankdemon at December 31, 2025 08:03 PM (4p5Zb)
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 31, 2025 08:01 PM (KDPiq)
I was convinced in the early 70's that we would be in an Ice Age by now... all the headlines said so.
Now? Scientists are once again starting to blab about entering an Ice Age.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 08:03 PM (mP0Kj)
Drunk girl in Las Vegas this past December 15th runs off the road flips the car into a brick wall surrounding a pool and while her car is flipping into the outbuilding containing the Jacuzzi she is flung out of the SUV into the pool as the brick wall collapses on her.
She was able to walk away later on after the cops came according to the homeowner:
Article-
https://tinyurl.com/bddv63nr
(Fox5News)
Surveillance Cam from House-
https://tinyurl.com/mr2bc9ts
(Rumble)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 31, 2025 08:04 PM (6ydKt)
That cat is going to be wondering about that for quite some time. Or just push the bottle off the table.
Posted by: tankdemon at December 31, 2025 08:04 PM (4p5Zb)
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 08:03 PM (mP0Kj)
No doubt caused by the use of fossil fuels.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2025 08:05 PM (8zz6B)
Not only can resident employees vouch for infinity voters but "health care" employees can vouch up to 35 days before election day. Their whole system is a clown show.
Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 08:06 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 08:03 PM (mP0Kj)
No doubt caused by the use of fossil fuels.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2025 08:05 PM (8zz6B)
No, but they were convinced we'd be out of oil by now.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 08:06 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 31, 2025 08:06 PM (nljXp)
Also, we don't know if she chose cherry red or kale green. Whatever she chose, tell her it looks nice.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 31, 2025 08:07 PM (0sNs1)
because the Lord has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim freedom for the captives
and release from darkness for the prisoners,[a]
to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor
and the day of vengeance of our God,
to comfort all who mourn,”
Isaiah 61:1-2
Posted by: Marcus T at December 31, 2025 08:07 PM (++1kQ)
Posted by: mindful webworker - usually
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Only tedious if you don't own a $39 Air Pad 11 from Ebay.
unplug da phone, unplug da phone, unplug da phone,
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 08:08 PM (hVbrz)
Posted by: General Curtis Lemay at December 31, 2025 08:09 PM (2GIh1)
'Cynics will say that this is AI'
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It's hard if you want to have Christmas decorations in SoCal that aren't wildly aspirational or incongruent with the environment. I tried to keep Christmas decorations realistic and sort of in-sync with the environment at my grandmother's house in SoCal in the past -- lights wrapped around the Giant Bird of Paradise trunks and up the palm trees, deer light sculptures grazing on the grass -- but my niece took charge this year and put some giant blowup snowmen among the succulents and cacti. Sometimes you just give in.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at December 31, 2025 08:09 PM (2YF7/)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2025 08:09 PM (QGaXH)
Thanks to Nick Shirley for ripping off the veil.
Posted by: Splunge at December 31, 2025 08:09 PM (7DKa5)
Posted by: Opinion
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I remember the bicentennial in 1776 and thinking about the Susquehanna centennial in 2026. It seemed like a lifetime away.
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 31, 2025 08:09 PM (fltLA)
Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 08:10 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Eeyore at December 31, 2025 07:27 PM (s0JqF)
Type "cancel" between the x and the dot before com to see X posts without an account.
Posted by: tankdemon at December 31, 2025 08:11 PM (4p5Zb)
Posted by: Weasel at December 31, 2025 08:11 PM (+OnsA)
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 31, 2025 08:09 PM (fltLA)
Hah now that you mention it I also had similar thoughts .
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 31, 2025 08:11 PM (KDPiq)
My fridge is a gateway to Narnia.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 31, 2025 08:12 PM (kpS4V)
13 Chinese are good at fireworks.
Japan, too.
Hong Kong.
Losers.
https://shorturl.at/DsOcQ
Posted by: San Diego at December 31, 2025 07:32 PM
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We were in the audience at Mission Bay Park for that San Diego July 4 fiasco. Made international news. Not in a good way, but people noticed.
Short evening.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at December 31, 2025 08:12 PM (azNOR)
To soon?
Posted by: General Curtis Lemay at December 31, 2025 08:09 PM (2GIh1)
Tunguska Event
Posted by: Mark1971 at December 31, 2025 08:12 PM (CNl8/)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at December 31, 2025 08:13 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at December 31, 2025 08:13 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 31, 2025 08:14 PM (nljXp)
semi quincentennial, Susquehanna is a river in Maryland....
Posted by: sven at December 31, 2025 08:14 PM (MUJd1)
Posted by: PabloD at December 31, 2025 08:14 PM (tfChy)
Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 08:10 PM (Ia/+0)
Technically, I think we're not truly out of the last one ...
I need to dig up the reference on that, but I'm fairly confident in the assessment
Posted by: browndog moving slowly at December 31, 2025 08:14 PM (3sXRv)
I was so surprised to have received the most awesome AOS
X Moron T-shirt from you! I'm a real Moron now!
I put it on and hopped on the Road King for the local Biker Bar and when I walked in, the whole place went silent. Beers were put on tables and the bar and everyone ran! I had the whole place to myself! Thanks for such a wonderful gift!
Posted by: DBCooper at December 31, 2025 08:14 PM (QlFnJ)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
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That’s what you call bull headed. If he had put his shoulder into it that car would have tumpted.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 08:14 PM (hVbrz)
Posted by: Weasel at December 31, 2025 08:11 PM
Has placidity returned after the disastrous L'affaire dishwasher load?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 31, 2025 08:15 PM (0sNs1)
I think we are in a middle period between full ice ages
Posted by: Skip
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And we're totally wasting it. We should be frolicking all over the globe, growing stuff, and partying like it's a warming period. But no!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at December 31, 2025 08:15 PM (2YF7/)
Posted by: sven at December 31, 2025 08:15 PM (MUJd1)
Posted by: PabloD at December 31, 2025 08:15 PM (tfChy)
and necessitating sadly the raising of taxes, energy costs, and control over the human diet....climate scientists exempted of course.
Posted by: sven at December 31, 2025 08:16 PM (MUJd1)
20 Somalian daycares within 3 blocks in a subsidized housing area in Seattle
When a journalist goes to ask questions, they call the police on him
No kids, doors slammed in his face.
Industrial level fraud across the country
X video: https://bit.ly/4jnzbD9
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2025 08:16 PM (P5BPp)
We were in the audience at Mission Bay Park for that San Diego July 4 fiasco. Made international news. Not in a good way, but people noticed.
Short evening.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug
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DUUUDE, you too? My friends and I got their two tiny kids out on a hilltop after hyping them all up about The Fireworks!!! Then.... well, you and I know what happened. It took me hours to drive a couple miles back home.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at December 31, 2025 08:16 PM (2YF7/)
https://shorturl.at/DsOcQ
Posted by: San Diego at December 31, 2025 07:32 PM
That wouldn't be a bad way to end a normal fireworks show.
Do the regular thing and then set off a huge pile all at once at the end.
That looked like a nuke going off for the first 10 seconds or so.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 31, 2025 08:16 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 31, 2025 08:15 PM (0sNs1)
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Not sure. It's quiet. Too quiet.
Posted by: Weasel at December 31, 2025 08:16 PM (cIOlQ)
To soon?
Posted by: General Curtis Lemay at December 31, 2025 08:09 PM (2GIh1)
Tunguska Event
Posted by: Mark1971 at December 31, 2025 08:12 PM
Pffft.
Posted by: Chicxulub impactor at December 31, 2025 08:17 PM (0sNs1)
You watched from Mission Bay? From up at Kate Sessions or down at sea level? And SeaWorld still had its own show, so you probably got at least something.
Posted by: rhomboid at December 31, 2025 08:18 PM (U/Byj)
We imported Somalian pirates. What did we expect?
Elon Musk @elonmusk
Also, they killed American soldiers in Somalia and did unspeakable things to their corpses.
Blackhawk Down is the tame, movie version of what happened.
Grok, were the bodies of American soldiers desecrated in Somalia?
Yes, during the Battle of Mogadishu...
X: https://bit.ly/4pCFN2h
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2025 08:18 PM (P5BPp)
Hell, my mother’s still alive. She named me the executor of her will, I told her good luck, I think I’m gonna name you as executor of mine.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2025 08:19 PM (m7iZ5)
Industrial level fraud across the country
X video: https://bit.ly/4jnzbD9
Posted by: Clyde Shelton
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It's SO brazen, you'd think they'd name themselves something other than "Sayaaa Somali al-Nur Ali Daycare" and maybe get on the "Happy Time Tots" names. Just ask ChatGPT for some better suggestions, it's easy.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at December 31, 2025 08:21 PM (2YF7/)
Yup
New York Post @nypost
Former FBI agent Nicole Parker explains how DEI split the agency and led to disaster: ‘They were hiring idiots’ https://trib.al/CSyki5U
X: https://bit.ly/4qB2BQF
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2025 08:22 PM (P5BPp)
To soon?
Posted by: General Curtis Lemay at December 31, 2025 08:09 PM (2GIh1)
Tunguska Event
Posted by: Mark1971 at December 31, 2025 08:12 PM
Pffft.
Posted by: Chicxulub impactor at December 31, 2025 08:17 PM (0sNs1)
You're all a bunch of lightweights
Posted by: Theia at December 31, 2025 08:22 PM (CNl8/)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 08:22 PM (3uBP9)
Apparently if you have zero conscience and live in a blue state and city where a majority of the bureaucrats also have no conscience its really easy to make bank with fraud schemes.
Posted by: PaleRider at December 31, 2025 08:22 PM (hhkIi)
Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 08:23 PM (Ia/+0)
This seems like...just tempting the gods.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2025 08:23 PM (Riz8t)
Now? Calcutta. Word has spread. And, best part, the exit from that was instant. Nimitz over to the 8, bingo, off to the east. Was home in 15 minutes.
So a few years ago the SDPD, inexplicably, simply closed off the 8 entrance from Nimitz. Between the crowds that have discovered the NTC thing, and the 8 limit, haven't bothered to go in a few years.
It's amazing how many great little tricks and workarounds still exist in the now-overpopulated area, equally amazing how they get discovered, ruined, neutralized.
Posted by: rhomboid at December 31, 2025 08:23 PM (U/Byj)
Technically we are still in the Quaternary.
The last glacial period ended about 11,700 years ago, marking the start of the current Holocene interglacial.
This is the warm period we're in now, with much less ice than during the glacial maximum.
According to NOAA and NASA ...
Posted by: browndog moving slowly at December 31, 2025 08:24 PM (3sXRv)
To soon?
Posted by: General Curtis Lemay at December 31, 2025 08:09 PM (2GIh1)
Tunguska Event
Posted by: Mark1971 at December 31, 2025 08:12 PM
Pffft.
Posted by: Chicxulub impactor at December 31, 2025 08:17 PM (0sNs1)
Chcxulub impactor FOR THE WIN!
Posted by: General Curtis Lemay at December 31, 2025 08:24 PM (2GIh1)
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister
Um… good trick.
Me, Midnight, July 4, 1976, a friend and I were talking about his brother & friends in a car, being chased through wooded rural Arkansas, when on cue we witnessed an object, flying slowly by, which we could not identify. Seriously.
Wonder what might happen this coming July 4!
Posted by: mindful webworker - how do they know? at December 31, 2025 08:25 PM (dESj/)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2025 08:25 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: General Curtis Lemay at December 31, 2025 08:24 PM (2GIh1)
Pfft.
Posted by: Big Bang at December 31, 2025 08:25 PM (dK+Kv)
December 31: FBI taking on public corruption
As we wrap up 2025, your @FBI has an update for you on our efforts to crush public corruption and restore trust in federal law enforcement.
This is one of the most important efforts we’ve undertaken at the Bureau. You deserve to have confidence in your public officials - and to know that justice will be applied without fear or favor. That has not been the case in recent history. We have been working day and night to rebuild that confidence.
These are very much ongoing investigations - much of which we cannot discuss publicly out of respect for the investigative process, Constitutional presumption of innocence, and the judicial process. Equally - there are many public corruption investigations going on as we speak that the public may know very little about - or even none at all.
In less than a year, here is some of what we’ve undertaken:
X: https://bit.ly/4sfQ2Md
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2025 08:26 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 08:26 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 08:27 PM (ZxPkt)
Hope it's a lot.
Posted by: Splunge at December 31, 2025 08:27 PM (7DKa5)
Posted by: Emmie at December 31, 2025 08:28 PM (FMtrg)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 08:28 PM (c115l)
Posted by: Eromero at December 31, 2025 08:29 PM (LHPAg)
Hope it's a lot.
Posted by: Splunge at December 31, 2025 08:27 PM (7DKa5)
Does he feel smarter next to a Somalian day care owner, or is it the other way around?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 31, 2025 08:29 PM (ULPxl)
Not exactly Lex-Luthor-smart fraud 😑
Dustin Grage @GrageDustin
“So you’re telling me the ‘Learing Center’ Google page said they were open 6AM–10PM…
Yes, Dave.
“Then after @nickshirleyy showed no kids there during the day, they changed it to 2PM–10PM…”
Mmhmm.
“And now we learn they’re ONLY licensed to operate until 6PM?”
Correct, Dave.
X: https://bit.ly/4joDDll
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2025 08:30 PM (P5BPp)
100 Semi-Literate, I watched that one from the back porch (all but the low fireworks from the big harbor show are visible - well, depending on the marine layer). Had the radio on. Hilarious. The commentators at first weren't sure what had happened, or what to say.
You watched from Mission Bay? From up at Kate Sessions or down at sea level? And SeaWorld still had its own show, so you probably got at least something.
Posted by: rhomboid at December 31, 2025 08:18 PM
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It was the southern end of the park / north end of San Diego Bay, on a slight rise. Had a decent view of the failure. If I recall correctly, the sound was delayed by several seconds due to the distance. Relatives overseas asked about it.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at December 31, 2025 08:30 PM (VWtfl)
Posted by: Emmie at December 31, 2025 08:28 PM (FMtrg)
Her husband is a a fisherman, I'm not sure if commercial or charters, but she goes along with him and lends a hand quite often.
Posted by: tankdemon at December 31, 2025 08:31 PM (4p5Zb)
A bunch of drunk retards found a peninsula into the lake just across from my property. Camp fire now. Fireworks when I want to get some sleep.
If I was younger I probably would make a fire on my side of the lake, get tipsy and watch the display in the 40° night sky
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 08:31 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: mindful webworker - how do they know?
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Typo, thanks.
I remember how psyched everyone was for the bicentennial. Opsail, bicentennial minutes, All the products in the supermarket now had red white and blue packages. It was a different country back then.
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 31, 2025 08:31 PM (fltLA)
'They were hiring idiots’
Happened LONG BEFORE DEI.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 08:31 PM (c115l)
x.com/kathyireland/status/
2006481346445955513
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Is it for bait? Chum?
I like the blade.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 08:32 PM (hVbrz)
David Sacks @DavidSacks
When I first saw that Tim Walz changed the Minnesota flag to resemble the Somali flag, I thought the story was too crazy to be true. Maybe it was a coincidence? Then I saw this video and it became obvious. These crooked politicians sold out our country.
X video: https://bit.ly/44NzJwb
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2025 08:32 PM (P5BPp)
'They were hiring idiots’
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Happened LONG BEFORE DEI.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 08:31 PM (c115l)
rickb223 Johnson is right!
Posted by: Zombie Hans Gruber at December 31, 2025 08:32 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Opinion fact
No need for hope.
Crime will go up.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 31, 2025 08:32 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: General Curtis Lemay at December 31, 2025 08:24 PM (2GIh1)
Pfft.
Posted by: Big Bang at December 31, 2025 08:25 PM (dK+Kv)
Sure you created everything, but what have you done since then?
Posted by: General Curtis Lemay at December 31, 2025 08:32 PM (2GIh1)
Posted by: Diverse and Appreciated Somali Pirate at December 31, 2025 08:33 PM (k2AiT)
I remember the bicentennial in 1776 and thinking about the Susquehanna centennial in 2026. It seemed like a lifetime away.
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 31, 2025 08:09 PM (fltLA)
2026 was several lifetimes away from 1776....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2025 08:34 PM (QGaXH)
Hell, we are still in the so-called icehouse earth state. And icehouse state has polar ice caps. The other state is the greenhouse earth, completely ice free. The planet has been far, far hotter than the current Holocene.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 31, 2025 08:34 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: gKWVE at December 31, 2025 08:35 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Jeff Probst at December 31, 2025 08:35 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Accomack at December 31, 2025 08:35 PM (GbONR)
Posted by: tankdemon at December 31, 2025 08:31 PM (4p5Zb)]/i]
Thanks for the explanation, tankdemon.
Posted by: Emmie at December 31, 2025 08:35 PM (FMtrg)
Piper's gonna have a heart attack.
Posted by: tankdemon
When Piper did one of her "joke" fashion segments and asked us to guess which outfits were real, and which were her pulling our collective legs?
This is why I couldn't tell. Reality is so much stranger than fiction.
Posted by: mikeski at December 31, 2025 08:35 PM (nhCoE)
It's getting closer every hour
London
https://youtu.be/sDvQl-RwMsM
France
https://youtu.be/J84RBnOK2bo
Posted by: mindful webworker -
Sadly, no underpants.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 31, 2025 08:37 PM (QVmho)
Posted by: PRIMUS (sucks) at December 31, 2025 08:37 PM (grNgC)
Elon Musk @elonmusk
That is what’s needed to stop the fraud
Right Angle News Network @Rightanglenews
BREAKING - Streamer Asmongold says the Somalian fraud is far larger than just arresting a few Somalians, that entire families must be denaturalized and deported, and that the officials who allowed it to happen must face treason and capital punishment charges or he is done voting.
X video: https://bit.ly/4914Re9
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2025 08:38 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 08:27 PM (ZxPkt)
Yep. FFS. Guess I'll have another bourbon. Looks like the Buckeyes don't want to play tonight.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 31, 2025 08:38 PM (h7ZuX)
Panama: Navy seal, Jim, lone survivor blown out of his helicopter
Somali: Helicopter mechanic, Winston, instrumental in saving those boys in Mogadishu
Afghanistan: When the shit hit the fan, they called in Blackwater Dave to rescue the navy seals. Dave used to hunt deer with a bowie knife.
These are red blooded Americans, people! With an IQ of about 85. God bless them.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 31, 2025 08:38 PM (nljXp)
This has been the most lifeless holiday season ever.
Posted by: Accomack at December 31, 2025 08:38 PM (GbONR)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
Both.
But it's a tie at 53 IQ.
Posted by: mikeski at December 31, 2025 08:39 PM (nhCoE)
Which is real cool since the Earth is around 6030 years old.†
† According to Bishop James Ussher who sets the start date at October 23, 4004 BC
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 08:39 PM (a4flb)
Sadly, hopes remain zero, based on the size and ferocity of the mullahs' security state.
Notably, no marches or protests in the west opposing the shooting of demonstrators and other repression by the regime. Darndest thing.
Posted by: rhomboid at December 31, 2025 08:40 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 08:40 PM (hVbrz)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 08:40 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: banana Dream
His ghost still haunts them?
Posted by: mikeski at December 31, 2025 08:41 PM (nhCoE)
Ryan Day is an idiot.
DeBoer isn’t very consistent.
Whittingham took the private jet to a big ole bag of money.
Posted by: Accomack at December 31, 2025 08:43 PM (GbONR)
Posted by: rhomboid at December 31, 2025 08:23 PM (U/Byj)
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My location this year makes everything easy: I'm walking to the beach. I can even drink beyond .08 BAC.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at December 31, 2025 08:43 PM (2YF7/)
Posted by: rhomboid at December 31, 2025 08:40 PM (U/Byj)
Protests are nice, but there’s no hope for any actual revolution until the military decides their lives would be better without the mullahs and they decide to take over for a while.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2025 08:44 PM (m7iZ5)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 31, 2025 08:44 PM (nljXp)
Adam Carolla @adamcarolla
I hope people never forget what these nut jobs did and how many of you fell for it
The Independent with Scott Atlas @ScottAtlas_IT
@HarmeetKDhillon: "I'll never forget the first case I argued [during covid]. I was challenging the state of CA for arresting people for driving into a church parking lot and opening their windows to hear the pastor preach a sermon — the court said, 'What do you mean, strict scrutiny? There's no scrutiny because it's an emergency' … I was shocked to my core, but I heard it from judge after judge after judge.”
X video: https://bit.ly/3YDRpad
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2025 08:44 PM (P5BPp)
I got interested in continental drift and the supercontinent cycle, and just where everything was millions and hundreds of millions of years ago.
Antarctica has been at the pole for a long time, but only relatively recently covered in ice. At one time, it was temperate, even at the pole. And so I'm wondering just how life adapted to the polar day and night cycle there, which I'm reading up on.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 31, 2025 08:45 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Shy Turtle at December 31, 2025 08:45 PM (oftw2)
I thank Ace, all the Cob’s (especially JJ and Pixy) for all the work you do here.
And the commentariat - you make this the best online community.
I’m basically a lurker but here very day and appreciate you all.
Posted by: CtSpursman at December 31, 2025 08:45 PM (1jbkT)
Posted by: Timekeeper At The Bell.. at December 31, 2025 08:47 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 08:10 PM
Steve Milloy @JunkScience
Embarrassing for climate hoaxers: New study finds a higher rate of global warming from 1899-1940 than from 1983-2024.
Discussion: https://bit.ly/49q3LaW
Study: New Study Finds A Higher Rate Of Global Warming From 1899-1940 Than From 1983-2024
X: https://bit.ly/45swvOL
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2025 08:47 PM (P5BPp)
“Get dis, Marco. Here's da latest from dis goomba, Dinkletracks: 'We'll know if Ace's "big move" works out if bats appear in the Café over the next two nights.'”
“I don't get it, boss.”
“Well, you know how dis guy's always goin' off on how penguins stink?”
“Geez, I never noticed no p.o.”
“Well, it's kinda sankamonious is what it is, because I hear he's a bat lover, and dose t'ings got a whole industry built on da huge amount a' s**t dey dump. Da stuff is called guano. Hmmm. I wonder if dere's a connection. I t'ink I'll make a few calls.”
An hour later, a tall, distinguished-looking gentleman attired in formal evening wear, a long black overcoat and a black Homburg descends the stairs from the opera house, where he has just finished enjoying a performance of his favorite operetta, Die Fledermaus. He is suddenly accosted by three penguins
To be continued
Posted by: Paco at December 31, 2025 08:47 PM (2L+MU)
Could somebody vouch for me here please? I would like to participate in this smart military blogg.
Posted by: Shy Turtle
Only if there are seven more of you.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 31, 2025 08:48 PM (QVmho)
But. I will raise a glass to all y’all. Thank you for the best place on the interwebs.
And I’ll raise another for all y’all who are flying solo.
Me too.
*smooches*
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 31, 2025 08:49 PM (IhIKR)
“Oh! You startled me.” Reaches into his sleeve and extracts a scented handkerchief which he holds under his nose
“Well, well! Da great man, hisself! You are just beginnin' to be startled, Mr. Dingletax. Let's take a little ride. Get in da car. No, da back seat, if ya please”.
The foursome proceeds down the street and takes a highway out of town, finally turning onto a gravel road.
“Say, I know this road. And...that's my factory! It's on fire – what's left of it!”
“Yeh, I foun' out dat you was a big mover and shaker in de guano industry, so we come down here to check out de Amalgamated Guano Woiks. Yours, I believe? Looks like yez had a little accident. Ya know, dat guano stuff is very combustible. Ya oughta be more careful.”
“I'll make you pay for this, if it takes the rest of my life!”
“Aw, Donkletrunks, whaddaya gonna do? Ya gonna call...heh...Batman?”
“Haw! 'Batman'! Dat's a good one, boss!”
“Yeh, I get off a decent bone mott every now and den. Hey, Beaks, let's drop dis very elegant guano-shifter off at his penthouse. Dat would be da Chiroptera Arms, I t'ink, right, Mr. D?”
Posted by: Paco at December 31, 2025 08:49 PM (2L+MU)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 31, 2025 08:49 PM (7/Di9)
Sadly, hopes remain zero, based on the size and ferocity of the mullahs' security state.
Notably, no marches or protests in the west opposing the shooting of demonstrators and other repression by the regime. Darndest thing.
Posted by: rhomboid at December 31, 2025 08:40 PM (U/Byj)
I don't think things will really kick-off unless the protestors can overwhelm some IRGC and get some guns and ammo to use to fight back with.
Then maybe it will get sporty.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2025 08:50 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 31, 2025 08:44 PM
"What is dead may never die"
Posted by: Iron Islands in Game of Thrones at December 31, 2025 08:50 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo
How do I, as a lowly Moron, attain 'Vile' status?
Posted by: Tonypete at December 31, 2025 08:50 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Shy Turtle
Maybe. Do you have proof of residency? Where do you live?
Oh. Right there. Silly of me to ask.
Posted by: The Moose Out Front at December 31, 2025 08:51 PM (nhCoE)
Do the regular thing and then set off a huge pile all at once at the end.
That looked like a nuke going off for the first 10 seconds or so.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
++++
Had some person crash their car into a local Sky King (or whatever) fireworks store. Missed it. But heard it was spectacular!
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 31, 2025 08:53 PM (/lPRQ)
Wanna know what party they always voted for?
Posted by: Tonypete at December 31, 2025 08:53 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Shy Turtle at December 31, 2025 08:45 PM (oftw2)
It doesn't work like that (to my knowledge).
Just post your thoughts, behave as though you were a guest in somebody's home and don't be an insulting, arrogant jerk. Over time you'll gain recognition as a 'regular' and one day mysteriously a cardboard membership card and set of bathroom tokens will appear in your mailbox.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2025 08:57 PM (QGaXH)
The Conservative Alternative @OldeWorldOrder
We need another round of the Immigration Act of 1925. It's been 100 years.
The last time the foreign-born population was this high, we had a 50-year immigration moratorium.
Charlie tried to warn us in the months before he was kiIIed.
Charlie Kirk @charliekirk11
It's time to ban third world immigration, legal or illegal. We've reached our limit and we have a huge cultural, educational, housing, financial and essential services problem to fix now because of it. We need a net-zero immigration moratorium with a ban on all third worlders.
Matt Walsh @MattWalshBlog
Ban all third world immigration. Legal or illegal. There should be a moratorium on all immigration from the third world. We've reached our capacity. We cannot be the world's soup kitchen anymore.
X: https://bit.ly/49zgU2p
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2025 08:58 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 08:39 PM (a4flb)
Weird how creation started in the middle of a month. And on towards the end of the year no less!
Posted by: Robert at December 31, 2025 08:58 PM (k2AiT)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at December 31, 2025 08:58 PM (XMwZJ)
Posted by: Tonypete
You'd have to be a pretty sturdy bum to survive on a park bench in Winter in ME.
Posted by: Hobo Popsicle at December 31, 2025 08:58 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Really? at December 31, 2025 08:59 PM (tNkpt)
When The Ball drops, he disappears once again.
Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 08:59 PM (ZxPkt)
@LisaMaret . 31 Dec 2025
@VDHanson UPDATE: Victor is out of surgery and it went well. Still test analysis to finalize but so far, "looks good." Waiting for definitive test results. VDH/Sami/Jack will be making an official announcement soon.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 09:00 PM (hVbrz)
Havea Happy safe New Year eve everyone
Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 09:01 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Really? at December 31, 2025 08:59 PM (tNkpt)
Reminds him of his mother.
Posted by: Robert at December 31, 2025 09:01 PM (k2AiT)
Posted by: Robert at December 31, 2025 08:58 PM (k2AiT)
The lawyers that did the paperwork probably billed for the entire month, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2025 09:01 PM (8zz6B)
When The Ball drops, he disappears once again.
Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 08:59 PM
He must have gotten the One Ring to Rule Them All.
Takes it off on New Year's Eve, puts it back on after the ball drops and disappears.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2025 09:01 PM (P5BPp)
Slap some Hot Iron on it and Walk it Off!
Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 09:02 PM (grNgC)
Posted by: Robert at December 31, 2025 09:02 PM (k2AiT)
Could somebody vouch for me here please? I would like to participate in this smart military blogg.
Posted by: Shy Turtle
Only if there are seven more of you.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 31, 2025 08:48 PM (QVmho)
You're not conflating TMNT with Power Rangers?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2025 09:02 PM (QGaXH)
(Shuffles large denomination bills in hand.)
Posted by: Shy Turtle at December 31, 2025 08:45 PM (oftw2)
FIFY
Posted by: tankdemon at December 31, 2025 09:03 PM (4p5Zb)
Posted by: Piper at December 31, 2025 09:03 PM (T6NOp)
Posted by: pawn at December 31, 2025 09:03 PM (Rmqfl)
Interesting site showing what the Erf looked like over millions of years of plate tectonics:
https://is.gd/q6o2o2
I don't know what the uncertainties there are, but its interesting.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 31, 2025 09:03 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: gp at December 31, 2025 09:03 PM (GHIyr)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo
How do I, as a lowly Moron, attain 'Vile' status?
Posted by: Tonypete
Teabag a host of The View.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 09:04 PM (c115l)
Posted by: gp at December 31, 2025 09:05 PM (GHIyr)
Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at December 31, 2025 09:06 PM (jrgJz)
Cam Higby @camhigby
Somalis are 0.37% of the Washington population on the high end.
DCYF records reflect that roughly 10% of daycare businesses list Somali as a primary language.
I find that odd.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2025 09:06 PM (P5BPp)
'Weird how creation started in the middle of a month. And on towards the end of the year no less!'
October. That's the beginning of the fiscal year.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 31, 2025 09:06 PM (fd80v)
Posted by: Piper
So, like a MUCH shorter Bea Arthur, then?
Posted by: Beau Brummell at December 31, 2025 09:07 PM (oftw2)
YES!!!!!!!
Posted by: pawn at December 31
Woohoo!
Posted by: Piper at December 31, 2025 09:07 PM (T6NOp)
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2025 09:06 PM (P5BPp)
Well.
Noticing things?
That's a Racism.
Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 09:07 PM (grNgC)
After spending too much time on the award search tool, I’m starting to wonder if we’ve had a
U[niversal] B[asic] I[ncome] system all along for one political party—just disguised as grants.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 09:07 PM (hVbrz)
Posted by: Shy Turtle
-----
what is your name?
what is your quest?
what is the capitol of North Dakota?
Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 09:08 PM (ZxPkt)
YES!!!!!!!
Posted by: pawn at December 31
Woohoo!
Posted by: Piper at December 31, 2025 09:07 PM (T6NOp)
He wants Cruelty. He needs Cruelty. He craves Cruelty.
Enough with the well wishes.
Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 09:08 PM (grNgC)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 31, 2025 09:08 PM (kpS4V)
——-
What is this “we” shit? So fucking tired of these verbal atrocities. We did no such fucking thing.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 31, 2025 09:08 PM (n+FG3)
Check out my History of Churches Channel
Exploring the stories, legends and history behind the world's most fascinating churches.
X: https://bit.ly/3N6OHqY
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2025 09:09 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Piper at December 31, 2025 09:03 PM (T6NOp)
I've been married much too long to even think of asking 'why?'
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2025 09:09 PM (QGaXH)
Could somebody vouch for me here please? I would like to participate in this smart military blogg.
Posted by: Shy Turtle
=====
Only if there are seven more of you.
Posted by: BifBewalski
=====
You're not conflating TMNT with Power Rangers?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK)
Nope. Going for the MN lurker count. If they bring seven other lurkers, I can vouch for them all.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 31, 2025 09:10 PM (QVmho)
Posted by: Beau Brummell at December 31, 2025 09:07 PM (oftw2)
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God'll getcha for that, Beau.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 31, 2025 09:10 PM (kpS4V)
Paul A. Szypula@Bubblebathgirl . 31 Dec 2025
Maternity Care Coalition in Philadelphia reportedly received $23 million to run daycares and provide other services.
It’s a nonprofit located in a seemingly abandoned building with blacked-out windows.
Nobody answered the door during business hours, and their voicemail is outdated (references Independence Day).
What is the $23 million being spent on?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 09:10 PM (hVbrz)
Posted by: mindful webworker - unrecognizable at December 31, 2025 09:11 PM (dESj/)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2025 09:11 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Piper at December 31, 2025 09:03 PM (T6NOp)
Gunmetal, to make it easier to conceal that derringer. I approve.
Posted by: tankdemon at December 31, 2025 09:11 PM (4p5Zb)
Posted by: All Hail Eris
I saw The Black-eyed Peas open for The Red Hot Chili Peppers at Gilley's in '83!
Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 09:12 PM (c115l)
Celebrating with friends and amazing food.
Food coma incoming. I might make it to midnight. Maybe.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 31, 2025 09:12 PM (RpSs/)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 31, 2025 09:08 PM (kpS4V)
I Got a Feeling
Tonight's gonna be a good night.
Posted by: tankdemon at December 31, 2025 09:14 PM (4p5Zb)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo
Again I wish that Trump was even 10% the authoritarian thug his enemies accuse him of.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 31, 2025 09:14 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Piper at December 31, 2025 09:03 PM (T6NOp)
You'll have to stop at Badge and ID for a new AoS photo ID if you want to get into the secure areas....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2025 09:14 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December
Good man!
Posted by: Piper at December 31, 2025 09:15 PM (GMx4K)
Posted by: rhomboid at December 31, 2025 09:18 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Piper
Happy NYE!
"Gunmetal" hair. I detect Horde influence.
Posted by: mikeski at December 31, 2025 09:18 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2025 09:14 PM (QGaXH)
I don't know why, but this comment reminded me of an acquaintance who got a ticket for failure to wear corrective lenses shortly after getting lasic. You do need to go back to the DMV to get that status changed after your get your vision corrected.
Posted by: tankdemon at December 31, 2025 09:18 PM (4p5Zb)
Posted by: Beau Brummell at December 31, 2025 09:07 PM (oftw2)
Yes. I am a dead ringer. Lol.
Posted by: Piper at December 31, 2025 09:18 PM (GMx4K)
Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 09:19 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 31, 2025 09:20 PM (cYBz/)
https://tinyurl.com/3zj3vztr
Posted by: Don Black
Va va voom!
Posted by: Tuna at December 31, 2025 09:20 PM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 31, 2025 09:21 PM (w6EFb)
They don’t refer to themselves as Americans. And they aren’t. They are invaders. They need to be deported down to the last one and then reapply for the privilege of coming to the US. No social services available. EVER.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 31, 2025 09:21 PM (IhIKR)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2025 09:21 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: Piper
I thought that would be Quasimodo.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 31, 2025 09
The similarities there are also shocking. So, yes, a Quasimodo / Bea Arthur blend.
Posted by: Piper at December 31, 2025 09:22 PM (d2kuJ)
And we have a new type of cat-girl - Tira-Mewsues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eF5540jGiE
So creamy
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 31, 2025 09:22 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Robert
Well, if you start with winter, most of the critters will be moving slower. That makes them easier to catch if you need to make any adjustments.
Like, they had to take the horns off the unicorns. Too dangerous. So now they're just horses.
Posted by: mikeski at December 31, 2025 09:22 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2025 09:14 PM (QGaXH)
I don't know why, but this comment reminded me of an acquaintance who got a ticket for failure to wear corrective lenses shortly after getting lasic. You do need to go back to the DMV to get that status changed after your get your vision corrected.
Posted by: tankdemon at December 31, 2025 09:18 PM (4p5Zb)
I seem to recall my wife being given a card from the doctor's office when she had new lens implants. They did the eyes two or three months apart and now she no longer needs glasses after wearing them all her life. She eventually got the driver's license updated when we got the (apparently useless) Real IDs.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2025 09:23 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 31, 2025 09:23 PM (w6EFb)
We just shot some fireworks. 5" mortars. That'll wake the neighbors.
Posted by: fd at December 31, 2025 09:25 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: tankdemon
They have field sobriety tests, but not field eye exams? All they need is a bit of paper with some random letters printed on it. What are my tax dollars being spent on?
Posted by: mikeski at December 31, 2025 09:25 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: Captain Haiku at December 31, 2025 09:25 PM (8WtOr)
https://tinyurl.com/3zj3vztr
Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 09:19 PM
Sssssssmokin"!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 31, 2025 09:26 PM (RpSs/)
Posted by: mikeski at December 31, 2025 09:25 PM (nhCoE)
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All those funds have been reserved for Somali daycare facilities in Minnesota.
Nothing leftover for common sense tools for LEOs.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 09:26 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Robert
Well, if you start with winter, most of the critters will be moving slower. That makes them easier to catch if you need to make any adjustments.
Like, they had to take the horns off the unicorns. Too dangerous. So now they're just horses.
Posted by: mikeski at December 31, 2025 09:22 PM (nhCoE)
I think the official Catholic Church teaching was that the Fiat Lux was the spring equinox, so creation would have been around March 20-22.
Posted by: tankdemon at December 31, 2025 09:27 PM (4p5Zb)
Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 09:29 PM (grNgC)
Posted by: No one at December 31, 2025 09:31 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: NY's Own at December 31, 2025 09:31 PM (oftw2)
Current year in the Jewish calendar is 5786, and that is "AM", anno mundi, or the year of the world. The Jewish calendar is a lunar calendar primarily, using the Metonic cycle to keep in sync with the sun, but there's a little drift still relative to Gregorian.
At any rate, the tradition is that's the number of years since creation.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 31, 2025 09:31 PM (w6EFb)
https://tinyurl.com/3zj3vztr
Posted by: Don Black
Va-voom! Even for the always va-voomish Melania, that's exceptionally va-voom.
(Set to the tune of Yankovic's "Foil")
Posted by: mindful webworker - unrecognizable at December 31, 2025 09:31 PM (dESj/)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 09:33 PM (3uBP9)
The civil new year in the Jewish calendar starts with Rosh Hashanah, and that's around the fall equinox usually. So they too reckon creation was in the fall.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 31, 2025 09:33 PM (w6EFb)
Happy New Year everyone!
With some fortitude and restraint, I will make it to midnight.
I won't make it to midnight.
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at December 31, 2025 09:33 PM (1Nv0l)
Posted by: No one at December 31, 2025 09:34 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 09:35 PM (c115l)
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at December 31, 2025 09:35 PM (1Nv0l)
Posted by: Am I Being Detained? at December 31, 2025 09:39 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: rickb223
And yet, she is pretty or glamourous enough to be featured on the cover of a 'fashion' magazine.
The editors and publishers never grew past the mean girl stage of development.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 31, 2025 09:39 PM (cYBz/)
Enough with the well wishes.
Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 09:08 PM (grNgC)
Hows the song go?
Cruel to be kind, in the right measure...
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 09:40 PM (mP0Kj)
https://tinyurl.com/3zj3vztr
Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 09:19 PM
Sssssssmokin"!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at
Her smile is just stunning.
Posted by: Piper at December 31, 2025 09:40 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2025 09:40 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: GWB at December 31, 2025 09:42 PM (2XExk)
Posted by: IrishEi at December 31, 2025 09:42 PM (3ImbR)
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FLOTUS is a great lady & the most stylish since Nancy Reagan. The Donald is a lucky man, and I see why he decided to keep the third one. I'm totally not envious.
Posted by: exdem13 at December 31, 2025 09:43 PM (XjTSo)
Posted by: Mark1971 at December 31, 2025 09:43 PM (CNl8/)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2025 09:43 PM (m7iZ5)
Let's hope the Iranians get it right this time and we see mullahs decorating lamp posts for the new year.
Posted by: Auspex at December 31, 2025 09:43 PM (pCWOd)
@VDHanson UPDATE: Victor is out of surgery and it went well. Still test analysis to finalize but so far, "looks good." Waiting for definitive test results. VDH/Sami/Jack will be making an official announcement soon.
Posted by: Braenyard
==============
Yayyyyy!!!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at December 31, 2025 09:43 PM (2YF7/)
Are You Working for Your Pussy or Is Your Pussy Working for You?
A Guide to Tapping into the Ultimate Power of Your Femininity
By: Bert Purcell
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 31, 2025 09:44 PM (L/fGl)
"Women would kill to have her LadyBalls, or some shit."
-Vogue Magazine
Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 09:44 PM (grNgC)
Posted by: IrishEi at December 31, 2025 09:42 PM (3ImbR)
Back atcha, Irish. Cheers!
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 31, 2025 09:45 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Timeline of History at December 31, 2025 09:46 PM (oftw2)
~~~~~
Good news to start the year off right.
Posted by: IrishEi at December 31, 2025 09:46 PM (3ImbR)
https://tinyurl.com/23dms64k
Posted by: JackStraw
"We're gonna get to the bottom of this." "We're gonna get that money back."
Captain Skinny: Look at me! I am the pants-shitter now!
Trump: That's really not what being President is about. That was just the last guy.
Posted by: mikeski at December 31, 2025 09:47 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: Mrs Slocumbe at December 31, 2025 09:48 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: GWB
Worse than a bear eating your kayak.
Posted by: Animalympics at December 31, 2025 09:49 PM (oftw2)
"...I finally ended up going to the best medical center that I know, Stanford Med, and the people there are wonderful. It’ll work out one way or the other."
_VDH
---------
People, this is why you don't go to some PoDunk hospital or some PoDunk doctor. Piddling around for 9 months instead of going straight to Stanford.
This is why you DON'T take a Medicare Advantage plan. Those free glasses aren't worth a shit if you're dead.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 09:49 PM (hVbrz)
Are You Working for Your Pussy or Is Your Pussy Working for You?
A Guide to Tapping into the Ultimate Power of Your Femininity
By: Bert Purcell
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
Mommy says with one of these, I can have all of those that I want!
Posted by: just the punchline at December 31, 2025 09:49 PM (nhCoE)
Interesting site showing what the Erf looked like over millions of years of plate tectonics:
https://is.gd/q6o2o2
I don't know what the uncertainties there are, but its interesting.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 31, 2025 09:03 PM (w6EFb)
I bookmarked this bad boy right away.
Good stuff !!!
Posted by: browndog knows Stromatolites at December 31, 2025 09:51 PM (3sXRv)
Posted by: Animalympics
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Or tearing up your brand new Ford Station Wagon.
_Old Man Craighead
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 09:51 PM (hVbrz)
Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2025 09:51 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 09:52 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 31, 2025 09:52 PM (2NHgQ)
I never much paid attention to her cock.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 31, 2025 09:53 PM (nljXp)
Posted by: Out Of Loop at December 31, 2025 09:54 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 31, 2025 09:55 PM (mlg/3)
https://tinyurl.com/23dms64k
Posted by: JackStraw
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Looking good for new year's, he is.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 09:55 PM (hVbrz)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine
If the Buckeyes somehow manage to eke out a win, they'll just disappoint us in the national championship anyway. So, go Miami, I guess.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 31, 2025 09:56 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 31, 2025 09:55 PM (mlg/3)
*thinks*
Wait!
Oh. Wow!!!
Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2025 09:56 PM (2WIwB)
"...I finally ended up going to the best medical center that I know, Stanford Med, and the people there are wonderful. It’ll work out one way or the other."
_VDH
---------
People, this is why you don't go to some PoDunk hospital or some PoDunk doctor. Piddling around for 9 months instead of going straight to Stanford.
This is why you DON'T take a Medicare Advantage plan. Those free glasses aren't worth a shit if you're dead.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others
************
Gospel
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at December 31, 2025 09:56 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Was The Soup Cold? at December 31, 2025 09:56 PM (oftw2)
This means it transits at almost dead on local midnight within just a couple of minutes or so.
Jupiter is also very near opposition (Jan 10), so it will be close to transit as well. So, ring in the local time New Year right when Sirius transits.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 31, 2025 09:57 PM (w6EFb)
(long url I shortened from National Park Foundation, Freedom 250)
https://is.gd/xanKz9
Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 09:57 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: gp at December 31, 2025 09:57 PM (GHIyr)
https://is.gd/q6o2o2
I don't know what the uncertainties there are, but its interesting.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 31, 2025 09:03 PM (w6EFb)
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Thanks! Believe it or not, I'm helping a professor redesign a global tectonics course this spring. This link may come in handy for her course.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 09:58 PM (ESVrU)
https://tinyurl.com/23dms64k
Posted by: JackStraw
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Here's something to consider. The Federal Govt. can put a lien on a State's real estate or financial assets. Trump's saying he's going to get that money back. That's one way if he can show states incompetency or complicity. This might be a fun year to come.
Posted by: Orson at December 31, 2025 09:58 PM (dIske)
Their blood is copper-based instead of iron-based. IDNKT.
Posted by: gp at December 31, 2025 09:57 PM (GHIyr)
Is it green?
Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 09:59 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Luna Park at December 31, 2025 09:59 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 09:59 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: gp at December 31, 2025 09:59 PM (GHIyr)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 09:59 PM (3uBP9)
~~~~~
Like horseshoe crabs. Their blood is worth lots of moolah--something like $50,000 a gallon.
Posted by: IrishEi at December 31, 2025 10:03 PM (3ImbR)
Posted by: banana Dream
There's a prog-rock lyric in there somewhere.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 31, 2025 10:04 PM (mlg/3)
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Neither one of them did it. They rented a couple guys from the Clintons.
Posted by: exdem13 at December 31, 2025 10:05 PM (XjTSo)
Posted by: IrishEi
More or less than ambergris?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 31, 2025 10:06 PM (mlg/3)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 10:07 PM (c115l)
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Neither one of them did it. They rented a couple guys from the Clintons.
Posted by: exdem13
>Barry has a dark side but he'd never do the wet work himself. He's too much of a sissy to get his soft hands and jug ears dirty.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 31, 2025 10:09 PM (nljXp)
Posted by: Mary Cloggistein from Brattleboro, Vt at January 01, 2026 12:01 AM (wXPKd)
Minnesota Policy Allows Voters to "Vouch" for Up to Eight Unregistered People (Who Don't Show Proof of Citizenship, Of Course) to Allow Them to Vote Through Same-Day Registration
Disqualify Minnesota's electoral votes. We cannot allow brazen election theft.
A controversial Minnesota election policy that allows a single registered voter to "vouch" for up to eight people seeking same-day registration is under fire amid the state's massive fraud scandal tied to the Somali community there. Under Minnesota law, the registered voter must go with the person or people they are vouching for to the polling place and sign an oath verifying their address, according to the Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State. "A registered voter from your precinct can go with you to the polling place to sign an oath confirming your address. This is known as 'vouching.' A registered voter can vouch for up to eight voters," the website reads.
Those being vouched for still must provide at least one form of identity verification, which includes a valid Minnesota driver's license or learner's permit, a "receipt" for them, or a tribal identification card that includes a photo and signature, according to the rules. Vouching is then used to verify a potential voter's residence in the precinct. As long as the prospective voter can prove they live in the state, proof of ID can include a driver's license or learner's permit from any of the 50 states, a passport, an expired ID, military ID, or high school or college ID. However, critics have noted that Gov. Tim Walz's 2023 "Driver's Licenses for All" bill allows people to obtain licenses regardless of immigration status. Licenses carry no marking indicating citizenship, despite being regularly used to register to vote. "It was made for fraud," Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, declared in on X. US Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) said he believes his SAVE Act (Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility) could throw a wrench into Minnesota's policy. Under the bill, which passed in the House but has stalled in the Senate, voters would be required to provide proof of citizenship to cast their ballots in federal elections. It would establish criminal penalties for election officials who register applicants who have not provided such documentation.
This unbelievable clip drops the red-pill nuke on the Somali fraud scam!
— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) December 31, 2025
She lays it out cold: "You can't afford another kid because childcare is so expensive - but Somali fraudsters got millions of your taxpayer dollars for child care centers that don’t exist."
"You can’t… pic.twitter.com/C5qlGg86p7
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 31, 2025 06:22 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 31, 2025 06:25 PM (tDhJ5)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 31, 2025 06:25 PM (xT8gx)
Posted by: I hope something will happen at December 31, 2025 06:25 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 06:25 PM (2sfNr)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 31, 2025 06:25 PM (sDNVV)
Voting by text is coming soon. Deep down, You know I'm right.
Posted by: Frank Barone at December 31, 2025 06:25 PM (IifOV)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 31, 2025 06:26 PM (6ydKt)
I get the constitution mandates that the states run elections, but this is beyond pale and smacks of third world politics.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 31, 2025 06:26 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 06:26 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 06:26 PM (E0p3T)
Posted by: Frank Barone at December 31, 2025 06:25 PM
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We're ready to help.
Posted by: Macedonian bot farms at December 31, 2025 06:27 PM (2Ez/1)
Just how much can be covered up? Are people able to keep turning a blind eye to ALL of this?
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 31, 2025 06:27 PM (IhIKR)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 31, 2025 06:26 PM (0N4FZ)
There's also language that guarantees the states a republican form of government.
Fake elections are incompatible with a republic.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 06:28 PM (06Hmj)
Posted by: Sucker Carlson at December 31, 2025 06:28 PM (98kQX)
The Pi9gs kept my Card.........
Posted by: Jackson K. at December 31, 2025 06:29 PM (J9q9v)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 31, 2025 06:26 PM (0N4FZ)
There's also language that guarantees the states a republican form of government.
Fake elections are incompatible with a republic.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 06:28 PM (06Hmj)
No standing. Dismissed.
Posted by: Dread Ass Pirate Roberts at December 31, 2025 06:29 PM (dK+Kv)
I asked if it was a Niners player or U of O.?
U of O.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 06:29 PM (RIvkX)
WTF is this some 3rd world sh*t hole or something?
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 31, 2025 06:30 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: GOP at December 31, 2025 06:31 PM (abIsI)
https://tinyurl.com/3jpc5z5k
Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2025 06:31 PM (NuV6c)
But I'd wager the Address on the ID does NOT have to match the district you are voting in?
So... 9 people, 9 different districts... 81 potential votes?
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 06:32 PM (mP0Kj)
Huh.
Sounds a lot like perjury, to me. Or something very much like it.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 06:32 PM (06Hmj)
Posted by: GOP at December 31, 2025 06:31 PM (abIsI)
Could we bother you for a sternly-worded letter?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 31, 2025 06:32 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 06:32 PM (zNwXb)
Posted by: GOP at December 31, 2025 06:31 PM (abIsI)
We are rapidly entering 'Trust the Plan' territory.
Even Trump is getting pissed about it.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 06:33 PM (mP0Kj)
Many have to ask themselves why the Mom works just to pay somebody else to watch the kids?
Now those same people are telling themselves what idiots they are when they can just start their own childcare center and pay off the house in two years.
This story should continue until next November it's so good.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 31, 2025 06:33 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: GOP at December 31, 2025 06:31 PM (abIsI)
Could we bother you for a sternly-worded letter?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon
Stern letters are so yesterday. You're lucky if you get some podium fist pounding.
Posted by: GOP at December 31, 2025 06:33 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2025 06:33 PM (2WIwB)
Hey, hey, ho, ho
All Islam's got to go
Hey, hey, ho, ho
All Islam's got to go
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 06:34 PM (hVbrz)
Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 06:35 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2025 06:33 PM (2WIwB)
If we need it explicitly codified in our nation's charter that this kind of thing isn't allowed, then it was always doomed to failure.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 06:35 PM (06Hmj)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 06:32 PM
I fear they peaked too soon. No one will remember this after the parties tonight.
Posted by: huerfano at December 31, 2025 06:35 PM (98kQX)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 06:36 PM (06Hmj)
Posted by: pookysgirl remembers the pain of getting family on base at December 31, 2025 06:37 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: huerfano at December 31, 2025 06:35 PM (98kQX)
I disagree. This is just the opening notes, you have no idea how high the peak is going to be.
But a whole lot more is coming down next year.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2025 06:37 PM (m7iZ5)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at December 31, 2025 06:38 PM (XMwZJ)
Posted by: The Penis at December 31, 2025 06:38 PM (R/m4+)
Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 06:35 PM (ZxPkt)
It's been in the news for years.
Seriously, there are reports about Somali fraud going back to 2015.
It only picked up steam in the past two weeks as it finally got to a rolling boil.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 31, 2025 06:39 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2025 06:37 PM (m7iZ5)
It's going to be fun when the witch hunts eventually burn through half of the GOP too, and the professional newsfaces are completely terrified that we all simply keep cheering as the fire rages.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 06:39 PM (06Hmj)
Somalis cannot keep track, so there has to be a PAC running it.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 31, 2025 06:40 PM (/lPRQ)
Lawgiver, Jon Thune, sincerely.
Posted by: Kingsman at December 31, 2025 06:40 PM (ehY6c)
Hubby thinks since this fraud news was released during the holidays that it will go away after the new year.
I told him people are pissed and it's not going away.
Posted by: fourseasons at December 31, 2025 06:40 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 31, 2025 06:27 PM (IhIKR)
No no I'm pretty sure conspiracies are impossible because they involve too many people. That's what I learned from #Science.
Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 06:40 PM (E0p3T)
Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 06:35 PM (ZxPkt)
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Powerline has been covering the fraud in Minnesota for years especially covid funding
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 06:40 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 31, 2025 06:41 PM (sDNVV)
Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2025 06:33 PM
Because the guys who wrote the constitution were law abiding honest men who thought that everyone else that followed them would be just like them.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 31, 2025 06:42 PM (0N4FZ)
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Thanks
by way of explanation, I don't own a television.
Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 06:43 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: pookysgirl remembers the pain of getting family on base at December 31, 2025 06:37 PM (Wt5PA)
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No lobster and caviar for him, eh?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 06:43 PM (RIvkX)
Even Stalin wasn't that greedy.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 06:36 PM (06Hmj)
By a culture that has no reservations about lying, cheating, and stealing to get what they want, in a jurisdiction controlled by a party that has intentionally set up such a system to benefit itself.
Nuke it all.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 31, 2025 06:43 PM (dK+Kv)
My theory is that its scripted. Months before Nick S made his video, DOJ was busting dozens of these criminals. Then the Left did the unpardonable - a teenage female judge threw out the jury verdict of guilty and let a multi-million dollar fraudster go free.
Trump wins when he has his opponents take the 20% side. Nick, a Charlie Kirk target demo, did his citizen journalist thing and has Super Bowl viewership numbers for what would normally be an evergreen story. Nick gets a WH Attention Prize encouraging every other click-hungry
Out goes the story to win hearts and minds and get the Demonic Party on record of supporting fraud. The Minnesomalia angle follows Rules For Radicals in isolating a target. We now have a rage stoked population who is Somalia fatigued and better yet the Demonic Party has come out and said We Love Fraud! We Love Terrorists! You are racists!
And just like that Trump wins the Affordability Crisis® political stunt and gets the 80% public screaming demand to investigate and jail / deport everyone.
Trump Wins.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 06:43 PM (a4flb)
And they never learn.
Dennis Prager nailed it: Minnesotans are nice, but they are fools.
Posted by: Fritzy at December 31, 2025 06:44 PM (2GIh1)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 06:44 PM (06Hmj)
Racist thieves stole our children and sold our babies
into sex slavery. Help us save the children.
Please send money to:
Redeem Our Children,
PO Box, 123 Give Memo Rd,
Somalia, MN
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 06:44 PM (hVbrz)
But I'd wager the Address on the ID does NOT have to match the district you are voting in?
So... 9 people, 9 different districts... 81 potential votes?
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 06:32 PM (mP0Kj)
The article specifically said it could be a license/permit from another state. Most districts don't encompass out of state addresses.
Posted by: tankdemon at December 31, 2025 06:44 PM (4p5Zb)
'How the FU*K is this in any way constitutional???'
I'm not sure the constitution has a 'What if' section for obvious voter fraud in a state because they were so sure a political opposition would make the circumstance impossible.
250 years on, we discover that fraud is not only possible but inevitable when you factor in a criminal organization like the democrat party.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 31, 2025 06:44 PM (fd80v)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2025 06:46 PM (viF8m)
I'm pretty sure you're right about all of that.
Nothing happens in a vacuum. Nothing that looks like a surprise is ever really a surprise.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 06:46 PM (06Hmj)
Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 06:46 PM (Ia/+0)
There are only about 110000 Somali Americans living in Minnesota
Stop living in a self made bubble of fear!
Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at December 31, 2025 06:47 PM (C4wQ6)
Trump Wins.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 06:43 PM (a4flb)
Pretty good speculation; I’m more of the feeling that sometimes you just get lucky, especially when so much shit is so close to the surface, but you could be right.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2025 06:47 PM (m7iZ5)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 06:47 PM (3uBP9)
by way of explanation, I don't own a television.
Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 06:43 PM (ZxPkt)
You wouldn't have seen it on TV anyhow.
Until the "Feeding Our Future" trial started nobody outside of local MN TV news covered it.
All the old stuff people are finding are local TV reports and news articles online.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 31, 2025 06:47 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 31, 2025 06:44 PM (fd80v)
It's a great point. This kind of shit is supposed to be impossible because it's so laughably easy to destroy them over it.
The fact that they've never gotten destroyed over it means they don't have any actual opposition.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 06:47 PM (06Hmj)
Posted by: Kingsman at December 31, 2025 06:47 PM (ehY6c)
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the part where it says the states can write their own election laws
Art I Sec 4
Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 06:48 PM (ZxPkt)
I don't think they were quite that naive but they did believe that a large enough plurality of the people were decent enough that they wouldn't tolerate obvious shenanigans from their "leaders." Starting to look like they were probably wrong about that.
Posted by: Oddbob at December 31, 2025 06:49 PM (3nLb4)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 06:49 PM (zNwXb)
the likelihood of that is near zero, IMO
Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 06:49 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 31, 2025 06:42 PM (0N4FZ)
That's kind of funny, seeing as a lot of the Constitution is modeled the way it is because the founders distrusted people and wanted to guard against humanity's corrupt nature as much as possible. They weren't always successful, but thst was the intent.
Posted by: tankdemon at December 31, 2025 06:50 PM (4p5Zb)
It was sunny and 50 an hour ago.
Now it is fogged in and 38. Like visibility is diminishing rapidly. About 30 yards right now. At this rate I won’t be able to see across the street in another 20 minutes.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 31, 2025 06:50 PM (IhIKR)
Why is everything that makes your side look bad a 'phobia' to you people?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 31, 2025 06:50 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 06:43 PM (RIvkX)
TSgt G had just made Tech and justifiably wanted to show his dad around. Fortunately, G lived in off-base base housing, so his dad was able to come anyway.
(I liked TSgt G and his family. They took care of Pookette while Pooky was in ICU, no questions asked.)
Posted by: pookysgirl misses Pooky's old unit at December 31, 2025 06:51 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 31, 2025 06:51 PM (2GVsD)
It was sunny and 50 an hour ago.
Now it is fogged in and 38. Like visibility is diminishing rapidly. About 30 yards right now. At this rate I won’t be able to see across the street in another 20 minutes.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 31, 2025 06:50 PM (IhIKR)
At least the rain stopped?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 31, 2025 06:52 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at December 31, 2025 06:52 PM (xb5wW)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 31, 2025 06:52 PM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 31, 2025 06:44 PM (fd80v)
If I may, an edit: ...fraud is not only possible but inevitable when you factor in a criminal organization like government.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 31, 2025 06:52 PM (TvPmY)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 31, 2025 06:26 PM (0N4FZ)
There's also language that guarantees the states a republican form of government.
Fake elections are incompatible with a republic.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 06:28 PM (06Hmj)
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That's not what "republic" meant; certainly not in the Founders' day. They knew about Venice and Carthage and especially Rome, none of which had elections we'd consider real.
Posted by: Eeyore at December 31, 2025 06:53 PM (s0JqF)
Since the Republicans won't punish democrats the democrats have gone crazy with it.
Remember after the 2000 election the Dem talking point was millions of people are being disenfranchised so we need to make it easier to vote...and then in 25 have yet to produce any eligible citizen that was in fact denied the vote.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 06:53 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at December 31, 2025 06:54 PM (xb5wW)
Posted by: BurtTC at December 31, 2025 06:52 PM (TvPmY)
Fraud works best as the thin layer of grease that keeps the gears turning.
You can't make a functioning drivetrain entirely out of grease.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 06:54 PM (06Hmj)
How many WI election workers went to jail over that? Zero.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 06:54 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Lady in Black at December 31, 2025 06:54 PM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 06:54 PM (Ia/+0)
'My theory is that its scripted. Months before Nick S made his video, DOJ was busting dozens of these criminals. '
So you think this is an Op done by Trump's folks?
I was thinking they needed to turn this into a campaign issue for 2026. Kudos to them if they did it proactively.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 31, 2025 06:55 PM (fd80v)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 31, 2025 06:50 PM (6ydKt)
I'd like to give every Somalian an offer: You give testimony that leads to the arrest AND conviction of any elected or lifetime officerholder (above a certain level), and you get to leave the country without handcuffs.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 31, 2025 06:55 PM (TvPmY)
Posted by: BurtTC at December 31, 2025 06:52 PM (TvPmY)
Fraud works best as the thin layer of grease that keeps the gears turning.
You can't make a functioning drivetrain entirely out of grease.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 06:54 PM (06Hmj)
No, but it makes a GREAT Slippery Slope!
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 06:55 PM (mP0Kj)
You gotta problem wid dat?
Posted by: Raoul Ortega at December 31, 2025 06:56 PM (iDFVA)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 31, 2025 06:50 PM (6ydKt)
Faggots like him see homophobia in everyone else, because their minds are deranged.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2025 06:56 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 06:57 PM (sKqQm)
x.com/ScottPresler/status/
2005728517925789963
Infiinity
Posted by: banana Dream - they divided by zero at December 31, 2025 06:57 PM (3uBP9)
Because government is where all the money is.
Posted by: Willie Sutton at December 31, 2025 06:57 PM (rq3mQ)
'My theory is that its scripted. Months before Nick S made his video, DOJ was busting dozens of these criminals. '
So you think this is an Op done by Trump's folks?
I was thinking they needed to turn this into a campaign issue for 2026. Kudos to them if they did it proactively.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 31, 2025 06:55 PM (fd80v)
I do find it interesting that right after the Judge overruled a Juries guilty verdict, in Minnesota, on a Somali Fraud case...
And a couple other Judges followed her lead, and dismissed some other cases...
This is suddenly a National Story.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 06:57 PM (mP0Kj)
The X post from a no-name was a clue. X had to have amplified that video.
Then the deputy secretary gave the secret away when he stated that daycare money was going to be halted for MN when if you read the text, the mandates go out to all the states. Why not say out front that all states got the same treatment? Because MN is the ant and X and the Trump Administration are the magnifying glass.
I love the political instincts of this administration - kind of removes the mystery of why Trump kept picking Secretaries who are very savvy in media and are highly motivated in terms of managing the reckoning.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 06:57 PM (a4flb)
You can't make a functioning drivetrain entirely out of grease.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 06:54 PM (06Hmj)
I think I saw that in a fortune cookie.
Or was it an episode of Kung Fu?
Posted by: BurtTC at December 31, 2025 06:58 PM (TvPmY)
It is not the only tongue in my mom's asshole in Minnesota.
Stop sticking your somali tongues in my mom's asshole!
Posted by: Alismytongueinmomsass at December 31, 2025 06:58 PM (R/m4+)
Crazy? Evil? The Dem party should be banned?
And yet they continue to get about half the vote. How? Fraud.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 06:58 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: NCKate at December 31, 2025 06:59 PM (uQzkA)
Posted by: The Penis at December 31, 2025 06:38 PM (R/m4+)
Two words: Governor Jesse Ventura
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 31, 2025 06:59 PM (A+Tdg)
I think the rule in Somali or Guatemala is that if you want to go you just go
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 07:00 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: JackStraw
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Saw an example where one staff member vouched for 8,000 persons.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 07:00 PM (hVbrz)
This is campaign 2026. Why so early? So it effects the GOP primaries and we can get rid of the damned DIABLOs
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 07:00 PM (a4flb)
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This explains why people raise and spend tens of millions of dollars to land a job that pays $174K/yr
Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 07:00 PM (ZxPkt)
Voting by text is coming soon. Deep down, You know I'm right.
Posted by: Frank Barone
You will have to opt out to NOT vote for the Communist.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2025 07:01 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: NCKate at December 31, 2025 07:01 PM (uQzkA)
Posted by: fd at December 31, 2025 07:01 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 31, 2025 07:01 PM (abIsI)
Because government is where all the money is.
Posted by: Willie Sutton at December 31, 2025 06:57 PM (rq3mQ)
Yeah... tough one... which is bigger?
Green Policies based on Man made CO2 causing warmering? Driving entire industries plus buttloads of Government subsidies and funding?
Or Covid, where our Government paid for the creation of a virus, and then paid for buttloads of Genetic Therapy shots, that are still killing people.
DOD not passing audits for what... Eight years?
Somali fraud is not even in the top 10 IMO...
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 07:01 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: NCKate at December 31, 2025 06:59 PM (uQzkA)
Cars have body language. The car turning out of the side street doesn't respect you.
What you need to do is ram into them.
Instant respect!
Posted by: BurtTC at December 31, 2025 07:01 PM (TvPmY)
To expand with a specific case
BroFo got a $30M payout in 2024.
Explains why she was willing to spend so much money and time to get the Rep job doesn't it?
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 07:01 PM (sKqQm)
'You give testimony that leads to the arrest AND conviction of any elected or lifetime officerholder (above a certain level), and you get to leave the country without handcuffs.'
May I suggest an edit.
'and you get to leave the country' without us selling you into slavery of a hostile clan.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 31, 2025 07:02 PM (fd80v)
Posted by: Eeyore at December 31, 2025 06:53 PM (s0JqF)
Venice, Carthage, and Rome were perfect examples of debauched Republics that abandoned the idea of being a Public Thing for being Monarchs by another name. Rome still paid lip service to being a republic even after Caesar became a job title and not a family name. Carthage was run by mercenaries. The Doges of Venice were basically a succession of fat rich kids playing a real life game of CK3.
Regardless of how other states in history may have sucked at it, "Republican form of government" to the Founders meant, as it more or less does now, Rule of Law and not rule by the random edicts of Men, along with accountability to the People by some form of electoral feedback.
In other words, not a Monarchy, not an Empire, and not whatever goofball Calvinball nonsense the German states were getting up to in those days.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 07:02 PM (06Hmj)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2025 07:02 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: NCKate at December 31, 2025 06:59 PM (uQzkA)
If the vehicle in the side street is facing a stop sign, its driver is not supposed to proceed in any direction until it is safe to do so.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2025 07:03 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: The Penis at December 31, 2025 06:38 PM (R/m4+)
Two words: Governor Jesse Ventura
Posted by: IllTemperedCur
Some of the dumbest people I've ever met were from Minnesota. It must be a gene thing.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 31, 2025 07:03 PM (abIsI)
At a 4 way stop the person on the
right has the right of way.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 07:03 PM (hVbrz)
Also the left: We need absolute proof of the identity of every ICE agent, their faces, and where their kids go to school...because you know people lie about everything all the time
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 07:03 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2025 07:02 PM
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A gift has been given in your name to The Human Fund.
Posted by: George Costanza at December 31, 2025 07:03 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at December 31, 2025 07:03 PM (wAogl)
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This explains why people raise and spend tens of millions of dollars to land a job that pays $174K/yr
Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 07:00 PM (ZxPkt)
What those people know, which ordinary Americans can't quite grasp, is that money isn't real.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 31, 2025 07:04 PM (TvPmY)
Posted by: Skip
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For some reason they keep buying dune buggies.
Posted by: wth at December 31, 2025 07:04 PM (UjdFS)
If all of this corruption doesn't start to wake people up and piss them off nothing will.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2025 07:04 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Joemarine at December 31, 2025 07:04 PM (y171U)
President Donald Trump has suffered a legal setback in attempts to cancel over $4 billion in federal grants for California’s high-speed rail. The California High-Speed Rail Authority called the cuts arbitrary and economically damaging. Judge Dale Drozd denied the Department of Justice (DOJ)’s request to dismiss the case.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at December 31, 2025 07:05 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: GOPe at December 31, 2025 07:05 PM (rq3mQ)
Posted by: NCKate at December 31, 2025 06:59 PM (uQzkA)
You have the right-of-way in two ways:
1. I'm assuming from your language, that you're on a main street/highway and they have a stop sign. Therefore, you have right-of-way.
2. You are to the other car's right, which means you have right-of-way.
Posted by: pookysgirl, letting a sick Lil Pooky crash on her at December 31, 2025 07:05 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: NCKate at December 31, 2025 06:59 PM (uQzkA)
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Sometimes here the side street is too thin to accommodate two cars passing, in which case you must pull out first.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 07:05 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 07:05 PM (grNgC)
Nick just dropped in from the ceiling tiles. How did he suddenly hook up with the PI who has been investigating this for years?
How did X amplify the hell out of his video? Remember Nick claimed he wasn't going to accept being monetized for the video and BAM 100M+ views.
Honestly I don't care how this came about. I'm enjoying the show - don't analyze the story plot, just eat the popcorn.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 07:05 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 31, 2025 07:06 PM (sDNVV)
Posted by: GOPe a
*fist bump*
Posted by: Pam Bondi at December 31, 2025 07:06 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: NCKate at December 31, 2025 07:06 PM (uQzkA)
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 07:01 PM (sKqQm)
What I wonder is, if you are sitting in your hovel, shitting on the ground, copulating with your brother and anyone else who comes along, do you dream of one day being a bazillionaire elected official in the United States of American?
Or do you just yearn to get out of the hellhole you're in, and once you find yourself in America, do you then discover that they will give you money, hand over fist, for nothing?
Posted by: BurtTC at December 31, 2025 07:06 PM (TvPmY)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2025 07:02 PM
Gotta admit... I'm becoming more and more Racist... because I'm now prejudging the Human Race...
Now ya gotz to prove you are worth something, I don't give the benefit of the doubt anymore.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 07:07 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: BurtTC at December 31, 2025 07:04 PM (TvPmY)
Screw Gold. Forget MMT. Fraud Backed Currency is the New Hotness.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 07:07 PM (06Hmj)
The 80IQ Somalian went to MN because they can blend in.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 07:08 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: Tearful Bro McBroster's Torrential Tears of Torment at December 31, 2025 07:08 PM (7Q0e+)
'And a couple other Judges followed her lead, and dismissed some other cases...'
Dare I hope some judges will find themselves on the business end of court proceedings?
(When I dream, I dream big).
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 31, 2025 07:08 PM (fd80v)
Oh, and people that stop or drive really slow on a highway onramp
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 07:09 PM (sKqQm)
At a 4 way stop the person on the
right has the right of way.
In a world where people know how to drive.
Following the above dictum would allow two
opposing cars to travel at the same time.
Not dissimilar maturity from first to flash headlights when approaching a one lane bridge.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 07:09 PM (hVbrz)
Posted by: wth at December 31, 2025 07:09 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Azjaeger at December 31, 2025 07:09 PM (3/XaG)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 31, 2025 07:06 PM (sDNVV)
Well... uh... not really...
That's where we get OUR money... the stuff we lend the Government.
Hell, it's even printed on every Dollar... Fed Reserve Note.
Posted by: Fed Reserve Bank at December 31, 2025 07:10 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: GOP at December 31, 2025 06:31 PM (abIsI)
The GOP is not completely corrupt: it’s only 99 and 44/100% corrupt.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 31, 2025 07:10 PM (tDhJ5)
If you are an employee of say, a retirement home, the number of people you can vouch for is *unlimited*.
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at December 31, 2025 07:11 PM (gUs21)
Posted by: NCKate at December 31, 2025 07:11 PM (uQzkA)
President Donald Trump has suffered a legal setback in attempts to cancel over $4 billion in federal grants for California’s high-speed rail. The California High-Speed Rail Authority called the cuts arbitrary and economically damaging. Judge Dale Drozd denied the Department of Justice (DOJ)’s request to dismiss the case.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at December 31, 2025 07:05 PM (L/fGl)
Reuters:
California drops lawsuit over Trump decision to pull $4 billion in high-speed rail funds
By David Shepardson
December 29, 2025
So a judge brought back a case that was dropped?
Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 07:11 PM (3uBP9)
Nearly 100 people have already been charged. How many little people do we need to charge before we can admit there are people being charged?
Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2025 07:11 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 31, 2025 06:50 PM (6ydKt)
The way it works is that you're a homophobe because you're secretly gay.
Just like how you're an islamophobe because you're secretly a muslim.
Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 07:12 PM (E0p3T)
'And a couple other Judges followed her lead, and dismissed some other cases...'
Dare I hope some judges will find themselves on the business end of court proceedings?
(When I dream, I dream big).
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 31, 2025 07:08 PM (fd80v)
Boasberg is still on the Bench, after signing warrants to spy on Congressmen... and going after the President of the US...
These Judges have NOTHING to worry about.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 07:12 PM (mP0Kj)
Deal with it. They aren't here to help you. The entirety of government has been stealing your wealth for decades.
This will not get fixed with Trump, or Vance. It WILL get worse with a Democrat in the White House.
Plan accordingly.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 31, 2025 07:12 PM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: NCKate at December 31, 2025 07:11 PM (uQzkA)
Texting and merging should be discouraged.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 31, 2025 07:12 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at December 31, 2025 07:13 PM (FCrpy)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 31, 2025 06:50 PM (6ydKt)
The way it works is that you're a homophobe because you're secretly gay.
Just like how you're an islamophobe because you're secretly a muslim.
Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 07:12 PM (E0p3T)
Shit!!!! I'm a gay Muslim?
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 07:13 PM (mP0Kj)
Because Republicans in the senate are a bunch of illegal alien simps, just like Walz. They don’t care about vote integrity or anything that might get illegals out of the country.
Posted by: That Guy at December 31, 2025 07:13 PM (e408a)
Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 07:12 PM (E0p3T)
My shitter faces Mecca. Does that count?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 07:13 PM (06Hmj)
I always wanted to get some beater like a '69 Dodge Dart and drop a hemi and a 4speed with a granny gear in it. Then weld channel iron bumpers fore and aft with heavy bolts welded on like ripping spikes.
Then I could go drive in some areas like I mean it.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 07:13 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 07:13 PM (3uBP9)
Hey! Geez I feel like I haven't seen you around in forever (but it might just be me). Hope you are well, don't be a stranger, and Happy New Year.
Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 07:13 PM (E0p3T)
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 07:12 PM (mP0Kj)
Until lynch law begins to look attractive to enough people.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2025 07:14 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 07:15 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 07:12 PM (E0p3T)
My shitter faces Mecca. Does that count?
Posted by: Warai-otoko
The world is my shitter.
Posted by: Somali Bro at December 31, 2025 07:15 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at December 31, 2025 07:15 PM (YlWIZ)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at December 31, 2025 07:15 PM (FCrpy)
Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 07:16 PM (E0p3T)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 31, 2025 07:16 PM (WONhk)
And then laugh and point at the bigoted FNM and D pols who claim that requiring real ID is too hard for black people to do.
Posted by: PaleRider at December 31, 2025 07:17 PM (hhkIi)
I lurk mostly, because usually someone else already said what I was going to say better and it's often hard to get a word in edgewise anyway.
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at December 31, 2025 07:19 PM (gUs21)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 07:19 PM (3uBP9)
Because Republicans in the senate are a bunch of illegal alien simps, just like Walz. They don’t care about vote integrity or anything that might get illegals out of the country.
Posted by: That Guy at December 31, 2025 07:13 PM
None of our politicians want us plebes to know how many illegals are voting in our elections.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 31, 2025 07:20 PM (0N4FZ)
Or better yet, don't tell anyone that the dye is fluorescent under black light and catch the scammers who think they washed off the ink between multiple votes.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 07:20 PM (a4flb)
Follow that up with a national voting bill setting standards on use of voter IDs and voter registration, mail-in voting, and every other Dem scheme to GOTV via payoffs and cheating.
Make it the next big fight and drag it out until the election.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 31, 2025 07:21 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 07:19 PM (3uBP9)
You'd need at least a quarter million bikinis, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2025 07:21 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Lady in Black
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Anything that creature spews online are lies. Sad and pathetic to be a basement Gollum thinking they are a secret king of the world via their lies.
Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 07:21 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 31, 2025 07:16 PM (WONhk)
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Insane in the brain!
Posted by: Cypress Hill at December 31, 2025 07:21 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 07:19 PM (3uBP9)
Would be easier to just do an even swap with Ottawa for Alberta.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 07:21 PM (06Hmj)
Posted by: wth
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[recollects scene from 'Death Race 2000']
44 sec.clip:
https://rb.gy/d1itz8
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2025 07:22 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 07:22 PM (zNwXb)
Swap out the Somalis for South African farmers?
If our globalist betters think moving/dumping populations is cool, why can't we, right?
Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2025 07:22 PM (NuV6c)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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What if we only gave them the bottoms? We could save money.
Posted by: wth at December 31, 2025 07:23 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 31, 2025 07:23 PM (nljXp)
Posted by: ChristyBlinky
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Brain washed. And there's probably no way back.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2025 07:23 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: That Guy at December 31, 2025 07:23 PM (e408a)
'Until lynch law begins to look attractive to enough people.'
Yes. When it does go wrong for these tyrant judges, it's going to go really wrong.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 31, 2025 07:24 PM (fd80v)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 31, 2025 07:25 PM (6ydKt)
Do what every single business on planet earth does when an employee submits an expense report.
PAY IN ARREARS
OCR the receipts, pay only those line items that can be audited and fall under the company guidelines for reimbursement.
Spending three trillion on AI, and OCRs can even read cursive so there is zero excuse not to do this in light of the rampant fraud and shoddy entries.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 07:25 PM (a4flb)
_via NewsNation
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 07:25 PM (hVbrz)
Posted by: Eeyore at December 31, 2025 06:53 PM (s0JqF)
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Regardless of how other states in history may have sucked at it, "Republican form of government" to the Founders meant, as it more or less does now, Rule of Law and not rule by the random edicts of Men, along with accountability to the People by some form of electoral feedback.
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Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 07:02 PM (06Hmj)
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No. You're conflating different ideas. If you look at what the actual founders said, you'll see this. E.g., they DID NOT say that monarchy was per se a bad form of government - as you seem to believe. And Rule of Law was not an essential per se character of any form; rather it characterized good versions of every form. This came from the Greeks.
Posted by: Eeyore at December 31, 2025 07:25 PM (s0JqF)
Posted by: Dr. Claw
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Hope springs eternal.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2025 07:26 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 07:26 PM (06Hmj)
Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 07:21 PM (WDjG6)
Oh he knows he's a piece of shit, that's clear. You only hang around a place unwanted like a dingleberry for this long when you have your own problem that won't disappear via other attempts.
Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 07:26 PM (E0p3T)
Posted by: Mhandisi at December 31, 2025 07:27 PM (MRDOa)
Posted by: NCKate at December 31, 2025 07:28 PM (uQzkA)
That land is cursed by God. Making it radioactive would be an improvement.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 07:29 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 07:29 PM (zNwXb)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 07:26 PM (06Hmj)
Or maybe a filibuster. Group of privateers invade the country, and subjugate the locals. But they would have to be real hard-asses.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2025 07:30 PM (8zz6B)
PAY IN ARREARS
OCR the receipts, pay only those line items that can be audited and fall under the company guidelines for reimbursement.
Spending three trillion on AI, and OCRs can even read cursive so there is zero excuse not to do this in light of the rampant fraud and shoddy entries.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 07:25 PM (a4flb)
They should have to fill out Concur, file an expense report, take hours to have everything checked, double checked, and triple checked before sending it back for you to itemize everything. Then sending it back because a candy bar needed a receipt.
Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 07:31 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: SpeakingOf
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Exactly. And a catchy phrase on no licence, not citizen is fraud, your money.
Image - Flock of Benjamins flying away.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 07:33 PM (hVbrz)
Posted by: 496 at December 31, 2025 07:33 PM (z/ZBD)
There's also language that guarantees the states a republican form of government.
Fake elections are incompatible with a republic.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 06:28 PM (06Hmj)
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That's not what "republic" meant; certainly not in the Founders' day. They knew about Venice and Carthage and especially Rome, none of which had elections we'd consider real.
Posted by: Eeyore
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There is no right to vote.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 31, 2025 07:35 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Fritzy at December 31, 2025 07:56 PM (2GIh1)
Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 07:26 PM
*shifty eyes*
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 08:29 PM (gqxJ9)
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at December 31, 2025 09:23 PM (JBRtd)
Wall Street Journal: Yes, Trump Kicked Epstein Out of Mar-a-Lago in 2003 After Being Informed Epstein Pressured an 18-Year-Old Spa Worker for Sex
Via Ed Morrissey:Jeffrey Epstein wasn't just a frequent visitor to Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The club was also sending spa employees--usually young women--to Epstein's nearby mansion for massages, manicures and other spa services, according to former Mar-a-Lago and Epstein employees. ... The spa occasionally provided house calls for members. Epstein wasn't a dues-paying member of the club, but Trump told staff to treat him like one, the employees said. Epstein had an account at the spa where his companion, Ghislaine Maxwell, booked appointments on his behalf. They came to a halt in 2003, after an 18-year-old beautician returned to the club from a house call to Epstein and reported to managers that he had pressured her for sex, former employees said. A manager sent Trump a fax relaying the employee's allegations and urged him to ban Epstein, some of the former employees said. Trump told the manager it was a good letter and said to kick him out.
Morrissey adds:
The WSJ notes that Mar-a-Lago aestheticians and spa workers had begun warning each other about Epstein previous to this incident. However, all of these employees were "typically licensed," which means they were adults. The young woman in this incident was 18 years old at the time it occurred. Furthermore, this appears to be the first time that the employees raised this concern all the way to Trump himself. As soon as Trump heard about it, he acted to cut off Epstein's access to Mar-a-Lago and stopped socializing with him at the same time.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)This does not align with the media and dem narrative.
Posted by: Frank Barone at December 31, 2025 05:23 PM (IifOV)
Posted by: mrp at December 31, 2025 05:23 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 05:23 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Kingsman at December 31, 2025 05:23 PM (ehY6c)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 05:23 PM (ExV1e)
Guilty!!!
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 31, 2025 05:24 PM (h7ZuX)
When was the last time a sexual harrasement allegation got sent by fax?
Posted by: Frank Barone at December 31, 2025 05:25 PM (IifOV)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 31, 2025 05:25 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 05:26 PM (UgvXX)
President Donald Trump said Wednesday his administration was removing the National Guard from Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland
Posted by: Gangbangers United Theif Union at December 31, 2025 05:26 PM (J9q9v)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 31, 2025 05:25 PM (0N4FZ)
As a diversion.. Of course it's not going as they planned...
Posted by: It's me donna at December 31, 2025 05:26 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: pookysgirl, still playing Christmas music at December 31, 2025 05:26 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: Foster Brooks and Cooter' at December 31, 2025 05:26 PM (oftw2)
Large bags and backpacks, weapons, fireworks or explosives, drones or other remote-controlled aerial devices, strollers, coolers, chairs, blankets, umbrellas, bicycles or scooters, alcoholic beverages, illegal substances, pets other than service animals, large items that could obstruct spectators' views, laser pens, bats or penguins or batons, and Flipper Zero devices and Raspberry Pi computers.
Guests may bring thermoses filled with warm, non-alcoholic beverages as well as snacks, and are urged to show respect for fellow New Yorkers.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 31, 2025 05:26 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 31, 2025 05:27 PM (mlg/3)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 31, 2025 05:27 PM (3630A)
Posted by: Sgt. Joe Friday at December 31, 2025 05:27 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Zombie Jeff Epstein at December 31, 2025 05:27 PM (gC2i2)
Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 05:28 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: fourseasons at December 31, 2025 05:28 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 31, 2025 05:26 PM (0sNs1)
You have to making that up!
Posted by: pookysgirl, still playing Christmas music at December 31, 2025 05:28 PM (Wt5PA)
I wonder what other diversions they have in mind, say, around midnight EST.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 05:28 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: pookysgirl
IRRC, He was contacted by the prosecuting attys to set up a deposition, and Trump said he'd just volunteer all information he had without counsel present.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 31, 2025 05:28 PM (mlg/3)
Posted by: Frank Barone
Last week for me.
Posted by: Elderly Uncle Pervy at December 31, 2025 05:28 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: t-bird at December 31, 2025 05:28 PM (rq3mQ)
Posted by: huerfano at December 31, 2025 05:29 PM (98kQX)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 31, 2025 05:29 PM (3630A)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 05:29 PM (UgvXX)
Posted by: Oh Trump Where Art Thou? at December 31, 2025 05:30 PM (47/pr)
Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2025 05:30 PM (NuV6c)
Posted by: fourseasons at December 31, 2025 05:30 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 31, 2025 05:26 PM (0sNs1)
You have to making that up!
Posted by: pookysgirl, still playing Christmas music at December 31, 2025 05:28 PM
* side eye *
Well, I might have added one thing to the entire list.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 31, 2025 05:30 PM (0sNs1)
So Trump's spa was doing house calls to Epstein's mansion, and the women were being harassed when off site.
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 31, 2025 05:31 PM (fltLA)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 05:31 PM (zNwXb)
unless you need them for daycare.
Posted by: t-bird at December 31, 2025 05:31 PM (rq3mQ)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 31, 2025 05:30 PM (0sNs1)
Pookette's 3-foot penguin, Bruthy, would like to have a word with you.
Posted by: pookysgirl, still playing Christmas music at December 31, 2025 05:32 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 31, 2025 05:26 PM (0sNs1)
You have to making that up!
Posted by: pookysgirl, still playing Christmas music at December 31, 2025 05:28 PM (Wt5PA)
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Who carries around Raspberry Pi computers just because?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 05:32 PM (ESVrU)
How degrading for both of them.
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 31, 2025 05:34 PM (fltLA)
Posted by: It's me donna at December 31, 2025 05:34 PM (VE6XX)
Racists. They even start with the same letters.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 31, 2025 05:35 PM (EXyHK)
I mean, I knew about this from years ago, back when Trump and Hillary were tangling and Epstein was being used to tar Hillary. Funny how all the left were a-ok with Bill and Hillary inviting Epstein over then!
Posted by: SimoHaya at December 31, 2025 05:35 PM (/ZkOF)
"Man, every time there's a giant warehouse full of cash on fire, or a fifty foot robot on a rampage, there's Batman, running around in the thick of it.
We really ought to kick that troublemaker out of our town, huh?"
If the so-called "Epstein Files" said that Trump once gave Epstein a wedgie on the floor of the NYSE and made him say "I'm a pdf file" on national TV, the headlines would still say "Trump personally connected to confirmed child predator".
But who cares about silly stories like that. I'm more concerned for those poor poor People of Community who just had their precious daycare center burgled by racists who really, really seem to want to destroy any evidence that they were up to the geometric centroid of their wedge shaped faces in fraud and theft.
You really can't hate Journalisming enough.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 05:35 PM (06Hmj)
Posted by: pookysgirl, still playing Christmas music at December 31, 2025 05:26 PM (Wt5PA)
I believe that he did. In fact, I believe it's been reported that Trump was, literally, the only big name person who acted against Epstein's interests.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 05:36 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Frank Barone at December 31, 2025 05:25 PM (IifOV)
As hard as it may be to believe now, faxes were still in fairly wide use in 2003, especially among non-tech-savvy legal and corporate types.
Posted by: Henry and Richard Bloch at December 31, 2025 05:36 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 05:32 PM (ESVrU)
Because it matches a Raspberry Beret?
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 05:36 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 31, 2025 05:36 PM (fltLA)
He said the unconventional setting was chosen for its symbolism, framing the ceremony as the start of what he called “inauguration of a new era.”
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 31, 2025 05:37 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2025 05:37 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 31, 2025 05:37 PM (/lPRQ)
We really ought to kick that troublemaker out of our town, huh?"
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 05:35 PM (06Hmj)
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Wasn't that J. Jonah Jameson's whole schtick with respect to Spider-Man?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 05:37 PM (ESVrU)
An aesthetician, sometimes spelled "esthetician," is a skincare professional who focuses on bringing out the beauty of your skin.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2025 05:38 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: J. Robinette Biden at December 31, 2025 05:38 PM (tNkpt)
Like the way that Karl Malden mook was always around any time someone got their traveler's checks stolen.
Speaking of obsolete technology...
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 31, 2025 05:39 PM (IG3/x)
Why does this make me think of the ratburger scene from Demolition Man?
Posted by: barbarausa at December 31, 2025 05:40 PM (enw9G)
They don’t want Raspberry Pi there either because you can set one up to basically do the same things as a Flipper Zero,
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 31, 2025 05:40 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 05:40 PM (zNwXb)
And this fraud thing is getting huge. A ton of amateur journos are finding stories everywhere. I saw about 6 others that Ace didn't even mention. It's everywhere and I feel like the sucker that lady was talking about in that previous vid.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 31, 2025 05:40 PM (n5tGW)
For those attending Mamdani's swearing-in, he will be sworn in to office at midnight on New Year's Eve using a Quran inside an abandoned subway station beneath City Hall that once served as a turnaround for the No. 5 train.
He said the unconventional setting was chosen for its symbolism, framing the ceremony as the start of what he called “inauguration of a new era.”
Posted by: Duncanthrax
A "new era" begins in an old abandoned subway station.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2025 05:41 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 05:41 PM (06Hmj)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 05:41 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Hassen Ben Sober at December 31, 2025 05:41 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 05:32 PM
It (and the Flipper Zero) feature programmable input-output pins that could, in theory, be connected to external components and misused to interfere with equipment or cause harm.
It's true that explicitly banning these niche devices is unusual, especially given that laptops, which are far more powerful and versatile, are not restricted.
Also, Letitia James will be swearing him in.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 31, 2025 05:41 PM (0sNs1)
That and the fact that Prince Andrew was his only client and he had no connection to American or Israeli intelligence.
Posted by: Citizen Journalist at December 31, 2025 05:41 PM (TDLyG)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2025 05:41 PM (pkeXY)
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Homage to Planet of the Apes
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 05:42 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Henry and Richard Bloch at December 31, 2025 05:36 PM (IG3/x)
I got my first mortgage in 2003.
I had to fax about a trillion pages of documentation to the mortgage company. I did it at work since where else was I going to have a fax available?
Posted by: Really?? at December 31, 2025 05:42 PM (tNkpt)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 31, 2025 05:40 PM (n5tGW)
There's a bit of a "witch hunt" vibe shaping up. And to be honest, i'm kind of here for it. To hell with them.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 05:42 PM (06Hmj)
IOW....staying off the roads tonight.
Posted by: Orson at December 31, 2025 05:43 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 31, 2025 05:39 PM (IG3/x)
I had to go check.
Apparently all of the major issuers have discontinued them, and very few merchants will accept them.
However, existing ones are still valid and you can likely redeem them through the original issuer (AmEx, Visa, etc.).
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 31, 2025 05:43 PM (IG3/x)
On tape. It's been available for years. That's how corrupt our media has become. None of this is secret information, it's all been available for years and the media pretends like it doesn't exist.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2025 05:43 PM (viF8m)
Thieves stole the children and sold our babies into sex slavery they did.
Help us get our children back.
Please send money to:
Save Our Children,
PO Box, 123 Give Memo Rd,
Somalia, MN
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 05:43 PM (hVbrz)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 05:37 PM (ESVrU)
Definitely in the last few movies where they had him set up like a Bill O’Reilly character blaming Spidey for every crime he stopped.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 31, 2025 05:44 PM (6ydKt)
So whose bright idea was it to ever bring Somalians to the USA? I expect it was the usual suspects: Clinton and Obama, and perhaps Bush II. How stupid to you have to be to allow that?
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It isn't just somalis. Also Afghans, Syrians, and plenty of others. It is happening in every western country. They are all trying to emasculate western men at the same time as importing as many military age men from the third world as they possibly can. The goal is pretty obvious - all over history one can see that male lines are completely wiped out by invaders, while the womens' lines stay intact, because they are the spoils.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 31, 2025 05:44 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 05:45 PM (UgvXX)
Didn't speaker Johnson infer that Trump was an FBI informant against Epstein?
Posted by: Frank Barone at December 31, 2025 05:45 PM (IifOV)
The "Our totally legit and valued daycare center was just burgled by Ray Cyst" fabrication is just the level of a story one would expect from former denizens of a country with sub-70 IQ on average.
Retarded raised to the retarded power, in other words.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at December 31, 2025 05:45 PM (BZmws)
Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 05:45 PM (E0p3T)
Posted by: Really?? at December 31, 2025 05:42 PM (tNkpt)
I bought a multifunction printer with fax capability around then, thinking that I'd use it all the time.
Nah. Used it maybe five or six times, then the technology was obsolete.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 31, 2025 05:45 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: thug dolphin at December 31, 2025 05:46 PM (EyfuW)
Why didn't they page Trump on his beeper?
Posted by: Frank Barone at December 31, 2025 05:46 PM (IifOV)
We had to bring them in because we were over f*cking around in their country.
Same way we got Afghans, Cubans Vietnamese, Iraqis and most other foreign invasive species.
Posted by: Citizen Journalist at December 31, 2025 05:47 PM (TDLyG)
Posted by: screaming in digital at December 31, 2025 05:47 PM (IONGM)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at December 31, 2025 05:45 PM
** STOP THAT!!! **
Posted by: One of the shoots off of Tim Walz's stump at December 31, 2025 05:47 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: steevy at December 31, 2025 05:47 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Orson at December 31, 2025 05:47 PM (dIske)
It's funny. This has been known, almost to the finest detail for nearly 10 years. Thanks for the late-breaking news, WSJ.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 31, 2025 05:48 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
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Should have originated in a Times Square bathroom with glory holes.
Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 05:48 PM (WDjG6)
My theory is that they're just too stupid to effectively cover up the crime.
For example, the "hired truck program" that gentlemen of the Sicilian persuasion used to bilk Chicago out of millions over the course of decades.
Yes, they'd generally have the same truck leased on multiple jobs at the same time, but there was, in fact, a real truck with a real VIN.
The scam only became untenable when computers made it fast and easy to cross-reference things like that.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 31, 2025 05:48 PM (IG3/x)
Former DOGE consultant @DataRepublican has been working on a db using phone numbers to connect the various centers. Others are scraping state websites to create dbs of all the funded daycare and healthcare centers.
Sunlight is the best disinfectant.
Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2025 05:48 PM (NuV6c)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 31, 2025 05:48 PM (sDNVV)
The Epstein Saga would surely make for a compelling and rich mini-series.
Listen, the dude worked for
Adnan Khashoggi during Iran Contra, if that's not worthy of film in and of itself, I don't know what is.
I mean, you could easily tell it in a surreal, absurdist GoodFellas kind of way.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 31, 2025 05:48 PM (XV/Pl)
For quite a while, when computers had telephone ports built in, they also had fax capability built in. So the document never even had to be paper. You’d basically just print it right to fax.
I think I may have used this feature once, or twice at most. Once a computer could emulate a fax machine, there wasn’t much point to faxing things.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 31, 2025 05:48 PM (EXyHK)
But-- but-- But Muh Trump.
Remember one of the complaints the left has with the biographical movie Sound of Freedom is that the movie did not explain that some of the underage "sex workers" that Tim Ballard saved were there "voluntarily"
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 05:49 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 05:45 PM (E0p3T)
Yeah, that was way off-base.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 31, 2025 05:49 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Eeyore at December 31, 2025 05:50 PM (s0JqF)
- Some Ali, manger - Somali Daychair Learing Centroid
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 31, 2025 05:50 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2025 05:48 PM (NuV6c)
All of these numbers redirect to a call center in the basement of Tim Walz's offices like it's some kind of Chomo HQ.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 05:50 PM (06Hmj)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 05:51 PM (zNwXb)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 31, 2025 05:51 PM (XV/Pl)
This does not align with the media and dem narrative.
Posted by: Frank Barone at December 31, 2025 05:23 PM (IifOV)
The truth rarely does.
Posted by: tankdemon at December 31, 2025 05:51 PM (4p5Zb)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
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WSJ was the one pushing the fake Trump boobie girl picture for Epstein's birthday book.
And the Murdoch, We did it!, family still owns it until it augurs into the ground.
Stay away from any Murdoch owned media as the old man loathes Christians (dumped a fiancee for it), loves globo homo (using one of Mick Jagger's old squeezes as an example), and probably thinks, along with another ex wife, that Chinese authoritarianism is the way to go for the US.
Loathsome family that deserves rotten tomatoes and other rubbish thrown at them in a carny stall.
Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 05:51 PM (WDjG6)
That's right - no one.
Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 05:51 PM (E0p3T)
People had cell phones but also traditional land lines. We used emails and faxes. We had phone text and beepers. Daily printed newspapers were still widely read but so was online news. CDs were still huge and so were MP3s.
Posted by: Really?? at December 31, 2025 05:52 PM (tNkpt)
For those attending Mamdani's swearing-in, he will be sworn in to office at midnight on New Year's Eve using a Quran inside an abandoned subway station beneath City Hall that once served as a turnaround for the No. 5 train.
...
Remember what the high kicking girls in white pleated mini skirts said.
Hey, hey, ho, ho
All Islam's got to go
Hey, hey, ho, ho
All Islam's got to go
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 05:52 PM (hVbrz)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 31, 2025 05:48 PM (IG3/x)
Why do you defraud the government?
Well, that's where the moneys at...
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 05:52 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 31, 2025 05:52 PM (sDNVV)
Posted by: Homebody at December 31, 2025 05:53 PM (oftw2)
Well, that's where the moneys at...
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 05:52 PM (mP0Kj)
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It's also a lot easier and more profitable than robbing banks.
And if you are well-connected, then you don't have to worry about being sent to jail.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 05:53 PM (ESVrU)
So, he's gonna get sworn in at what is essentially a very big bomb shelter... at a specific time...
Uh... Bob? NSA? Yah listening?
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 05:54 PM (mP0Kj)
*stocks up on popcorn*
Posted by: fd at December 31, 2025 05:54 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 31, 2025 05:26 PM (0sNs1)
If they had any respect for fellow New Yorkers (not to mention self-respect,) they would not have voted for Mamdami
Posted by: tankdemon at December 31, 2025 05:55 PM (4p5Zb)
*stocks up on popcorn*
Posted by: fd at December 31, 2025 05:54 PM (vFG9F)
They're looting the Piggly Wiggly!!!!
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 05:55 PM (mP0Kj)
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Better Call Elon
Oh, hell no, he cuts to the chase and gets pissed when you don't do your job.
Keep him out of this.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 05:55 PM (hVbrz)
Posted by: Pedant at December 31, 2025 05:55 PM (tNkpt)
Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 05:55 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 05:55 PM (zNwXb)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 31, 2025 05:26 PM (0sNs1)
If they had any respect for fellow New Yorkers (not to mention self-respect,) they would not have voted for Mamdami
Posted by: tankdemon at December 31, 2025 05:55 PM (4p5Zb)
24 years after 9/11, New York elects an Islamist as Mayor.
Sure did not have THAT on my bingo card.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 05:56 PM (mP0Kj)
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Remember "We Will Never Forget"? Bullshit all along - just like "We're All in this Together".
They forgot. I'm not even sure they ever even knew. Dummies.
Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 05:56 PM (E0p3T)
Sure did not have THAT on my bingo card.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 05:56 PM (mP0Kj)
Once they lopsidedly voted Hussein in 2008 it was well beyond inevitable.
Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 05:57 PM (E0p3T)
Call me Don! Call me!
Posted by: E.Jean Carroll, The Villages Sex Pest at December 31, 2025 05:57 PM (R/m4+)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 05:51 PM (zNwXb)
Of course.
We only bust up fraud rackets if it benefits Israel.
I wish rounding up feral negroes and corrupt liberal judges somehow benefitted Israel. It would've been done last week.
Posted by: Citizen Journalist at December 31, 2025 05:57 PM (TDLyG)
They forgot. I'm not even sure they ever even knew. Dummies.
Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 05:56 PM (E0p3T)
Normally on major anniversaries of events... you have some type of ceremony about it...
Going to be interesting to see what New York does for the 25th Anniversary of 9/11
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 05:58 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 31, 2025 05:58 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 05:58 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: banana Dream - Power Overwelming at December 31, 2025 05:58 PM (3uBP9)
Not really, not anymore. It's a rare editorial that isn't typical MSM logic. They've started publishing Rahm Emmanuel op-eds every few weeks. The only real bit of brilliance has been when Peggy Noonan took a break and David Mamet filled in. She returned early, IIRC.
Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2025 05:58 PM (NuV6c)
24 years after 9/11, New York elects an Islamist as Mayor.
Sure did not have THAT on my bingo card.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 05:56 PM (mP0Kj
Had you visited New York in the past 10 years you might have. It’s bewildering how fast the change was. NYC was always “diverse”. But in 10ish years it went from diverse to practically no Americans left and Muslims a sizable percentage of the population.
Posted by: Really? at December 31, 2025 05:59 PM (tNkpt)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 31, 2025 05:26 PM (0sNs1)
So they're saying it's okay to bring piss jugs to throw at MummyDummy?
Just checkin'.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 31, 2025 05:59 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at December 31, 2025 06:00 PM (xvV+O)
Posted by: banana Dream - Power Overwelming at December 31, 2025 05:58 PM (3uBP9)
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You baked a brie and did not drizzle?
One must drizzle on the baked brie. This is known.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 06:02 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: SimoHaya at December 31, 2025 06:02 PM (/ZkOF)
Sure did not have THAT on my bingo card.
Posted by: Romeo13
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Looks like they are winning the war.
They physically attacked the territory.
Territory boss proclaimed them Peace and said, "go shop".
Now, they not only occupy the territory they control it.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 06:03 PM (hVbrz)
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 05:58 PM (mP0Kj)
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They'll do some things for some people.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 06:04 PM (RIvkX)
Going back to the fake daycares.
I wonder how many will be mysteriously bombed or burnt up tonight.
New Years Eve fireworks would be a good cover.
The thieves are exposed so if they're being shutdown, they can collect insurance money.
I don't like being cynical, but I can see that happening.
Posted by: fourseasons at December 31, 2025 06:04 PM (3ek7K)
This week, Eric Swalwell pledged that, if elected California governor, he will arrest ICE officers and take away their driver’s licences.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2025 06:04 PM (pkeXY)
Sure did not have THAT on my bingo card.
Posted by: Romeo13
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Looks like they are winning the war.
They physically attacked the territory.
Territory boss proclaimed them Peace and said, "go shop".
Now, they not only occupy the territory they control it.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 06:03 PM
Right out of the koran. old mo would be proud.
Posted by: Eromero at December 31, 2025 06:05 PM (Slgjz)
>A Mar-a-Lago member told the journalists that Trump had "kicked Epstein out after Epstein harassed the daughter of a member," Sarah Blaskey of the Miami Herald reported. "The way this person described it, such an act could irreparably harm the Trump brand, leaving Donald no choice but to remove Epstein."
**The incident happened around October 2007**, when Mar-a-Lago's registry listed Epstein's account as "closed," the Miami Herald reported.
this does read as timeline fixing to me. Trump put his own staff at risk by loaning them to Epstein for free, and when he finally listened to the people who were urging him to stop, he failed to do anything to protect anyone outside of his employ.
from the birthday card, to Trumps creepy comments, to this, it seems everyone from Trump on down knew Trump and his friends were creepy pedos. But this behavior continued until “someone complained”.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at December 31, 2025 06:05 PM (8nvxW)
Prior to Epstein being kicked out he was a non dues paying membership waived guest. Trump's spa repeatedly sent its underaged dpa workers to Epstein's home for outcall service.
This shows how tight Trump and Epstein were for years!
That is the man that Ace follows
All the girls were goyim Torrah has different rules governing the sexual use of non Jews including extremely "liberal" age regulation. They were copied by Mohammad.
Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at December 31, 2025 06:05 PM (C4wQ6)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 06:06 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 06:07 PM (zNwXb)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 06:08 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Jukin
Example 136. Outed itself as an anti Semite so likely a Democrat or foreign rat.
Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 06:08 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 06:09 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 31, 2025 06:10 PM (sDNVV)
The horseshit surrounding the "COPA Act” and will force sales of certain personal properties to the government and NGOs.
Imagine being a real estate investor in Florida, never having lived in NYC, facing this shit.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 31, 2025 06:10 PM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: Jukin
Example 136. Outed itself as an anti Semite so likely a Democrat or foreign rat.
Posted by: whig
Yeah...I look at this nonsense daily and try to pick the best to either point and laugh at, or help understand the Left's nonsensical arguments, but 136 is just embarrassing.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at December 31, 2025 06:11 PM (8nvxW)
Going to be interesting to see what New York does for the 25th Anniversary of 9/11
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 05:58 PM (mP0Kj)
Holy crap yeah
Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 06:11 PM (E0p3T)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 06:11 PM (zNwXb)
Posted by: whig
A Learing Center Graduate! Have some respect!
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 31, 2025 06:11 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Karen McAwfl at December 31, 2025 06:11 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 06:12 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: barbarausa at December 31, 2025 06:12 PM (enw9G)
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CHEESE!!
Posted by: exdem13 at December 31, 2025 06:12 PM (XjTSo)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at December 31, 2025 06:05 PM (8nvxW)
Everybody knows pedos always stop after the first complaint.
Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 06:12 PM (E0p3T)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2025 06:14 PM (pkeXY)
They forgot. I'm not even sure they ever even knew. Dummies.
Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 05:56 PM (E0p3T)
"Boston Strong"
(But only thanks to our founders, the Somalis)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 31, 2025 06:14 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: whig
A Learing Center Graduate! Have some respect!
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 31, 2025 06:11 PM (sAmhv)
A paid Learing Center grad...
Posted by: Nova Local at December 31, 2025 06:14 PM (tOcjL)
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We should never let it die. Epstein's sordid life & non-suicide were a warning that the global homo elitists running our Republic into the ground had gotten cocky & sure of themselves while in their positions of empowerment.
Posted by: exdem13 at December 31, 2025 06:14 PM (XjTSo)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 06:12 PM (RIvkX)
Sounds like a great opportunity for some malicious compliance....
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 06:15 PM (06Hmj)
Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2025 06:15 PM (NuV6c)
I wonder how many will be mysteriously bombed or burnt up tonight.
New Years Eve fireworks would be a good cover.
The thieves are exposed so if they're being shutdown, they can collect insurance money.
I don't like being cynical, but I can see that happening.
Posted by: fourseasons at December 31, 2025 06:04 PM (3ek7K)
A childhood acquaintance's garage burned last year (they were fortunate that the rest of the house didn't burn and they weren't home at the time). When they looked at their Ring camera, they saw fireworks from a neighbor's yard hitting their garage and whoosh! The date? July 2.
Posted by: pookysgirl, letting a sick Lil Pooky crash on her at December 31, 2025 06:15 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: banana Dream
How much Febreeze do you have on hand?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 31, 2025 06:16 PM (mlg/3)
Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2025 06:15 PM (NuV6
When they made you Lizzy, they broke the mold.
Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 06:16 PM (E0p3T)
Posted by: barbarausa at December 31, 2025 06:12 PM (enw9G)
That's the post he uses when he's typing on his phone and just lets autofill work to show he's here and active to his paymasters...
Posted by: Nova Local at December 31, 2025 06:16 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2025 06:16 PM (NuV6c)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
Robert Bartley was responsible for the editorial page being unapologetically conservative. He died in 2003. Bancroft family sold the WSJ to the Murdochs in 2007. And then it descended into typical globo homo copy of Bloomberg publications and for the same reason.
They saw billions to be made in shitty authoritarian countries like China and from supporting outsourcing American wealth to the world.
Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 06:16 PM (WDjG6)
Anyone going out tonight, head on a swivel for drunk drivers and crazy people shooting off guns.
Posted by: fourseasons at December 31, 2025 06:16 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at December 31, 2025 06:05 PM (8nvxW)
Everybody knows pedos always stop after the first complaint.
Posted by: ...
I found this line most interesting: he failed to do anything to protect anyone outside of his employ.
I remember Lefty girls high fiving each other over Carrie Fisher girl-bossing against Harvey Weinstein, because she sent him a cow tongue in a box and warned him to leave a young girl actor she knew alone. My TDS wife mentioned it to me, and I asked "why didn't Carrie threaten him publicly to protect all the other girls?" Yeah....she didn't like that...
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at December 31, 2025 06:17 PM (8nvxW)
Posted by: Really? at December 31, 2025 05:59 PM (tNkpt)
How many of those low IQ savages are getting a hand out from the Local, State and Federal governments?
Posted by: 100 Percent at December 31, 2025 06:17 PM (R/m4+)
(Make up your own slogans!)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 06:17 PM (2sfNr)
Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2025 06:16 PM (NuV6c)
You're always goating me into more puns, but talk is sheep.
Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 06:18 PM (E0p3T)
Posted by: barbarausa
Cocoa Pebbles > shit pebbles > Kaboom pebbles
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at December 31, 2025 06:18 PM (8nvxW)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2025 06:18 PM (m7iZ5)
Posted by: Puddleglum
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I think part of the curriculum is painting with one's own excrement. Expressing themselves indeed.
Culinary skills are also taught how to hunt American housepets for food.
Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 06:18 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at December 31, 2025 06:18 PM (8CIFn)
Posted by: barbarausa at December 31, 2025 06:19 PM (enw9G)
Posted by: Tom Servo
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The left and a few posters around here don't really want any facts, they want Jews to be blamed for Epstein by any means possible.
Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 06:19 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2025 06:20 PM (NuV6c)
Thanks. Im not going out. We're going to watch an old movie favorite , "The Trouble With Angels" with Hayley Mills and Rosalind Russell.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 06:20 PM (2sfNr)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2025 06:18 PM (m7iZ5)
Next the Left will prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that there is no such thing as a "Trump", or a "Mar-a-Lago".
Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 06:20 PM (E0p3T)
"Do you know a good Swiss bank with an online signup portal? How about Panama?"
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 31, 2025 06:21 PM (6ydKt)
"Do you know a good Swiss bank with an online signup portal? How about Panama?"
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 31, 2025 06:21 PM (6ydKt)
Hopefully the Nigerian Princes will be out and about.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 31, 2025 06:22 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: barbarausa at December 31, 2025 06:19 PM (enw9G)
Hamster wizards? oh, that is the last thing we need!
Posted by: pookysgirl, picturing a Harry Potter-Redwall crossover at December 31, 2025 06:22 PM (Wt5PA)
"Do you know a good Swiss bank with an online signup portal? How about Panama?"
Posted by: SpeakingOf
Wrong. Swiss banks bent the knee to the Globohomo bank mafia after 2008. Hawala is where it be.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 31, 2025 06:22 PM (mlg/3)
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 05:58 PM (mP0Kj)
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They'll do some things for some people.
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I'm waiting for Mamdani to speak on 7/04/26, where he will extoll the contributions of Muslims to the American Revolution, and claim the Jews burned down NYC after the British captured it in order to drive up rental rates for the Redcoats.
Posted by: exdem13 at December 31, 2025 06:22 PM (XjTSo)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 31, 2025 06:23 PM (dK+Kv)
pookysgirl,
We live in a desert like area. No rain or snow for a very long time.
Everything is dry and one firework could be dangerous.
I love fireworks. I hope people will use their brains tonight.
Posted by: fourseasons at December 31, 2025 06:23 PM (3ek7K)
Too complex. Probably more like gypsies, will simply change their names and disappear into another state's Somali community.
Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2025 06:23 PM (NuV6c)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 31, 2025 06:22 PM (mlg/3)
There's always BitCoin.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 31, 2025 06:24 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Frank Barone at December 31, 2025 05:25 PM (IifOV)
It was quite frequent back in the day. Trump owns a bunch of properties and was probably getting a daily report from each one. I know the guy I worked for back in the late 80's and 90's had a fax machine at his house to get a daily report from the companies that he owned.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at December 31, 2025 06:24 PM (k1E2D)
Posted by: Ben Had
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Good bouncers can control a room without the patrons ever being aware.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 06:25 PM (hVbrz)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 31, 2025 06:25 PM (tDhJ5)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at December 31, 2025 06:26 PM (DK5Sh)
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This is true, and should be repeated. However, we should also anticipate that the Leftards will quickly & fiercely take the opposite stance in anything related to Trump, because TDS is a terrible disease. I don't even know why the midterms should be considered close, due to the Left's craziness. Oh wait, the GOP is the Stupid Party.
Posted by: exdem13 at December 31, 2025 06:27 PM (XjTSo)
Posted by: Azjaeger at December 31, 2025 06:27 PM (3/XaG)
"And stay out of the Woolworth's!"
Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 06:29 PM (ZxPkt)
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You baked a brie and did not drizzle?
One must drizzle on the baked brie. This is known.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 06:02 PM (RIvkX)
Oh I drizzled baby. You can count on that.
Posted by: banana Dream - The Drizzler at December 31, 2025 06:33 PM (3uBP9)
Sure did not have THAT on my bingo card.
Posted by: Romeo13
It's a new generation.
9/11 was, like, a lifetime ago ...
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 31, 2025 06:34 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 06:36 PM (3uBP9)
Open the 9/11 Mosque
Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 06:36 PM (Ia/+0)
It was funny. Keep on posting!
Posted by: homepage at December 31, 2025 11:12 PM (TMXRc)
Somali Pirate: Racist Thieves Broke Into Our Very Legitimate Day Care and Stole All the Enrollment and Employee Records That Would Prove This Is a Legitimate Business and Not a Pirate Plundering Operation
Drat -- the racist thieves stole the very documents that would allow the pirates to clear their good piratical names!
Oh, and he slips it in that they tore off checks from the "day care's" checkbook, too. Not the whole checkbook, for some reason, but just certain checks. So if you find any checks from the company going to pay for obviously-personal luxuries -- well, that must have been the racist thieves. So convenient of the thieves. He also -- get this -- claims to be a victim of racism, you Racists.A Somali-run day care in Minneapolis is claiming somebody broke in and stole "important documents" as the national spotlight shines on the unfolding multibillion-dollar fraud scandal involving Minnesota human services. Nasrulah Mohamed, manager of Nakomis Day Care Center, told reporters that a suspect entered through the kitchen at the rear of the facility, damaging a wall and breaking into the building's office, sometime on Tuesday. He said the alleged prowler stole "important documentation" including children's enrollment information, employee documentation and checkbooks.Absolute LOL. Look at that uggo Karen holding her Racists Repent! sign.
Nasrulah Mohamed, manager of Nakomis Day Care Center, at a press conference with other individuals, one of whom holds a sign that reads "Racism Has NO Place in Childcare". ]
Mohamed blamed last week's viral video by YouTuber Nick Shirley, in which he visited nearly a dozen day care facilities looking for evidence of fraud, for the incident.
"This is devastating news, and we don't know why this is targeting our Somali community as one video made by a specific individual made this all happen," he said, claiming they've received "hateful" and "threatening" messages over the last several days. "This is frightening and exhausting," he said, calling Shirley's reporting "false." Nakomis Day Care Center was not one of the facilities featured in Shirley's video, which has been viewed over 110 million times.
At least $1 billion in fraud has been uncovered by authorities in Minneapolis so far, including fraudulent food, housing and child care payments, with warnings from the US Attorney's Office that the true figure could be as high as $9 billion. Ninety-two people have been arrested in connection with the scheme, 80 of whom are Somali immigrants. On Tuesday night, the US Department of Health and Human Services announced it was freezing all child care payments to Minnesota -- which totaled $185 million in 2025 alone -- unless proof is provided that the payments are legitimate.
🚨 OMG.
— johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) December 31, 2025
Somali daycare manager speaks to the media after his “business” was allegedly broken into, claims student enrollment and employee documentation was stolen.
You cannot make this up. pic.twitter.com/VgiCncTsoy
— tazinbay (@tazinbays) December 31, 2025
Did I call it or did I call it? https://t.co/q6yi4Qum4R pic.twitter.com/Ii9UyuehbE
— Bad Hombre (@Badhombre) December 31, 2025
Tucker Carlson has nothing to say about this -- I guess it's more anti-Muslim "hate" stirred up by the Jews -- but Trump has commented:
Jaw-dropping journalism.
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) December 31, 2025
"Are you committing fraud?"
"No."
"I believe you!"
“We talked to the maybe complicit government, the investigators who green-lit millions of tax dollars for daycares without kids, and the people who are benefiting from potential fraud, and they all said there’s nothing to see here,” Real Journalists™️ https://t.co/vRjY7NL6kq
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) December 31, 2025
CNN opens the segment by introducing Nick Shirley as someone who has posted anti-muslim and anti-immigrant content in the past and calls him a MAGA influencer. They also imply that Nick Shirley falsified his claims by going to the daycares during off-business hours. pic.twitter.com/w95M04X6OQ
— Autism Capital 🧩 (@AutismCapital) December 31, 2025
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: fd at December 31, 2025 04:12 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Hunter at December 31, 2025 04:13 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 04:14 PM (Yl2Ob)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 31, 2025 04:15 PM (0N4FZ)
Then I turned around and 'found' it. It was mine. Legally mine.
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 31, 2025 04:15 PM (dtajH)
Posted by: Kingsman at December 31, 2025 04:15 PM (ehY6c)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 04:15 PM (UgvXX)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 31, 2025 04:16 PM (URXDc)
Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2025 04:16 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Orson at December 31, 2025 04:16 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 04:16 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 04:16 PM (grNgC)
"And to make matters even worse, then he left a Cadillac in my driveway!"
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 31, 2025 04:16 PM (guGkK)
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"Oh, well, I guess all is fine. Go on and continue."
I mean...nah. I suspect the scale within each daycare is massive. Like, they're essentially just homes for the second to fifth wives of individual men, getting paid to take care of their own kids while they say that each has 40 enrollees.
A concentrated investigation of like three at once will show all three unable to fill their rosters ever.
The Somali population in Minnesota and across America is about to decline rapidly.
And suddenly Minnesota Democrats will be all, "Why do you act like I spoke Somali and dressed up in a hijab? I never did that."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 04:16 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Mohammad M. Mohammad at December 31, 2025 04:17 PM (qUkBO)
Not quite. This is the "the dog broke into my locker, ate my homework, gave a Nazi salute, and then pooped in the cafeteria" excuse.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2025 04:17 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Mark1971 at December 31, 2025 04:17 PM (CNl8/)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 31, 2025 04:18 PM (dK+Kv)
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Both of which bring top dollar on the street, right?
Posted by: Eeyore at December 31, 2025 04:18 PM (s0JqF)
Except, this isn't really "childcare."
That is kind of the point, isn't it?
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 31, 2025 04:18 PM (fltLA)
This will get interesting very fast.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 31, 2025 04:18 PM (URXDc)
You forget the noose and "I hate Somalis."
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 04:18 PM (Yl2Ob)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 31, 2025 04:19 PM (guGkK)
Posted by: Halfhand at December 31, 2025 04:19 PM (edbiH)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 04:19 PM (Yl2Ob)
The House GOP just released Jack Smith's deposition. This doesn't look good. A quiet New Year's Eve release means they want to bury it and that means they did no damage to Smith.
Posted by: Mark1971 at December 31, 2025 04:19 PM (CNl8/)
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 31, 2025 04:20 PM (fltLA)
Their lawyer will be Nathan Thurm.
https://youtu.be/Jv2-8BCPMGE
Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2025 04:20 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 04:20 PM (UgvXX)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 31, 2025 04:20 PM (URXDc)
Posted by: Citizen Journalist at December 31, 2025 04:20 PM (TDLyG)
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If Obama and Spike Lee had a love-child son ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at December 31, 2025 04:20 PM (rEr2I)
Leave NO evidence or possibility of evidence behind. And you can score a nice payment from the insurance company on the way to your next scam, sorry, enterprise.
Trust me, somehow I know, do this twice and the government gives up trying.
Posted by: "Rev" Al Sharpton at December 31, 2025 04:20 PM (/gRa9)
The democrat Soros and Obongo people are laughing their asses off having brought these disgusting people here to live. Jokes On America.
Posted by: The Truth at December 31, 2025 04:21 PM (R/m4+)
Posted by: Mister Scott
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"I don't recall"
Hillary Clinton, 39 times in Congressional hearing.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2025 04:21 PM (XeU6L)
Remember, this whole news cycle started because of a news conference by the MN USA detailing some indictments while saying it was the tip of the iceberg.
Now you have midwit, unimpressive, spineless GOP congressmen in leadership calling for denaturalization.
CBS will convince its loyal viewers, but that's all they'll do. The Trump DOJ, DHS, and ICE will be deeply unconvinced.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 04:21 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 31, 2025 04:19 PM (guGkK
So it was the same people that bleached Jussie Smollet!!
Ye gads!
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 31, 2025 04:21 PM (URXDc)
Posted by: Jurors 1 thru 12 at December 31, 2025 04:21 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: It's me donna at December 31, 2025 04:21 PM (VE6XX)
Repeal the 19th!
With due respects to the 'ettes here and the many smart women in my life. Sadly, they're outnumbered by the brain-dead (men included) and the Republic is in grave danger because of them. The survival of the country is
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at December 31, 2025 04:22 PM (y0ylk)
Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 04:22 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 31, 2025 04:22 PM (x0n13)
Posted by: Crusader at December 31, 2025 04:22 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at December 31, 2025 04:22 PM (y0ylk)
Our only crime was in trying to help disadvantaged Somali children to lear.
Posted by: Mohammed Mohammed Mohammed at December 31, 2025 04:22 PM (guGkK)
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Looks like she's missing some chromosomes.
Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at December 31, 2025 04:22 PM (rEr2I)
Looks like a hostage video
Posted by: It's me donna at December 31, 2025 04:23 PM (VE6XX)
She's been getting that Somali pipe laid to her.
No self-respecting, god-fearing white man would touch her.
Posted by: Citizen Journalist at December 31, 2025 04:23 PM (TDLyG)
Posted by: PabloD at December 31, 2025 04:23 PM (tfChy)
Posted by: Somali Daycare Magnate at December 31, 2025 04:23 PM (YrUlT)
Posted by: Bad Andrew at December 31, 2025 04:23 PM (DgMqy)
Posted by: Kingsman at December 31, 2025 04:24 PM (ehY6c)
Posted by: Really? at December 31, 2025 04:24 PM (tNkpt)
Posted by: Archimedes at December 31,
"....so we must censor hate speech on internet.."
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 31, 2025 04:24 PM (fltLA)
Of course the dude standing behind her is pissed he had to put off his yoga class to, literally, stand behind her for support.
Posted by: Orson at December 31, 2025 04:24 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2025 04:24 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 04:24 PM (Ia/+0)
Not like it matters though. He's done politically on the national stage and even if he resigns to obscurity, another retard will take his place in the Land of a Billion mosquitoes.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 31, 2025 04:24 PM (URXDc)
Posted by: steevy at December 31, 2025 04:25 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: geoffb at December 31, 2025 04:25 PM (r//c2)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at December 31, 2025 04:25 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 04:25 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 04:25 PM (UgvXX)
Not like it matters though. He's done politically on the national stage and even if he resigns to obscurity, another retard will take his place in the Land of a Billion mosquitoes.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 31, 2025 04:24 PM (URXDc)
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I heard you just got engaged.
Did you happen to travel to Florida to get engaged?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 04:25 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Ian S. at December 31, 2025 04:25 PM (wa3mR)
Outside of checkbooks this stuff is worthless to thieves and even the checkbooks are only worth anything if the victim doesn't know they've been stolen - breaking into the person's wall kind of gives it away.
Also...who stores enrollment documentation in their wall?!?
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 04:26 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at December 31, 2025 04:26 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 31, 2025 04:24 PM (URXDc)
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Ultimately, we'll find out that the mosquitos are the masterminds behind all this fraud. Literal parasites.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 04:26 PM (ESVrU)
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Never underestimate the power of Somali AR (Artificial Retardation) ChatBots.
Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at December 31, 2025 04:26 PM (rEr2I)
Yours too?
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 31, 2025 04:26 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: It's me donna at December 31, 2025 04:26 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at December 31, 2025 04:26 PM (HTCU3)
She's been getting that Somali pipe laid to her.
No self-respecting, god-fearing white man would touch her.
Posted by: Citizen Journalist at December 31, 2025 04:23 PM (TDLyG)
Debbie Wasserman Schultz spit-roasted by the Awan wogs.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 31, 2025 04:26 PM (x0n13)
Wouldn't that be crossing state lines? I remember when liberals said that was the worst crime on the books.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 31, 2025 04:26 PM (wa3mR)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 04:25 PM (ESVrU)
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Internet says he's 20 years old.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 31, 2025 04:26 PM (Vh9CX)
She's like a gifted six year-old. I'm surprised that she hasn't festooned her sign with a bunch of hearts.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 31, 2025 04:27 PM (guGkK)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 31, 2025 04:27 PM (XvL8K)
Posted by: PabloD
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The whole thing does have an SNL air about it. Too outrageous to believe, and yet...
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2025 04:27 PM (XeU6L)
So are the Somalis or their enablers going to fill out the missing checks to try and frame local rednecks?
(Whoever heard of a burglar pulling some checks out of a checkbook and leaving it instead of grabbing the whole thing and running?)
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at December 31, 2025 04:27 PM (azNOR)
Posted by: Really? at December 31, 2025 04:24 PM (tNkpt)
Retarded negroes.
They think the FBI and DHS won't be able to just contact their bank and find out who they've been writing checks to.
This is the problem with involving 68 IQ fresh off the boat blue-gums and their droopy Bubba lips in your fraud scheme.
Can we not at least fall victim to criminal masterminds instead of mental midgets?
Posted by: Citizen Journalist at December 31, 2025 04:27 PM (TDLyG)
Let them know it's something of a tradition now.
Happy New Year. Now, hold this rope.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 31, 2025 04:27 PM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 04:27 PM (E0p3T)
Posted by: Eloquence and reason are wasted effort at December 31, 2025 04:27 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at December 31, 2025 04:28 PM (CWTWj)
Did you happen to travel to Florida to get engaged?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 04:25 PM (GBKbO)
I did.
I did not.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 31, 2025 04:28 PM (URXDc)
That is the only way anyone will be prosecuted (and even that is a forlorn hope) The bureaucrats will cover for the criminals, the judges will do what they always do, the lawyers will get rich, and the taxpayers will get fucked in the ass.
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 31, 2025 04:28 PM (fltLA)
You fucking C*nt! You need to be denaturalized and deported to Somalia.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at December 31, 2025 04:28 PM (y0ylk)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 31, 2025 04:26 PM (Vh9CX)
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Fall guy.
Posted by: mrp at December 31, 2025 04:28 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Archimedes
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I know that.
Why wouldn't you know that?
Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2025 04:28 PM (Riz8t)
Skinny Black ____
Posted by: wth at December 31, 2025 04:29 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 04:29 PM (UgvXX)
I did not.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 31, 2025 04:28 PM (URXDc)
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1. Congrats.
2. For a minute there...I thought you were my younger brother. From Alabama...who also got engaged in the last few days.
That would have been crazy. But otherwise, congrats.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 04:29 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at December 31, 2025 04:28 PM (CWTWj)
THat's it.... The Learing center broke in to steal their student roster !
Posted by: It's me donna at December 31, 2025 04:29 PM (VE6XX)
That guy looks like a poster child for Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.
Rather appropriate that he's wearing a New Yawk Yankees hat.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 31, 2025 04:29 PM (y9nCu)
God knows there is enough nepotism in the West, but nevertheless there is an expectation that you will do business with people who you aren't related to, that you will hire people that you aren't related to, and you will generally interact in society mostly with people who you aren't related to.
That is absolutely not the case in a clan-based society - you hire only people that you are related to, you try to do business only with people that you are related to, and you have as little as possible to do with people that you aren't related to.
It's a completely different (and inferior) social construct, but it is fundamentally incompatible with Western culture.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 31, 2025 04:29 PM (xTIDn)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at December 31, 2025 04:30 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 04:30 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Eloquence
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There is a great deal to be said, and done. We should be in the sticks and stones phase.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2025 04:30 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Really? at December 31, 2025 04:30 PM (tNkpt)
Who is John Galt ?
Posted by: Going deep. Out. at December 31, 2025 04:30 PM (bg3bN)
I wonder if the DNC is now scrambling to find money elsewhere now that their money laundering schemes are being exposed?
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (UJMvS) at December 31, 2025 04:30 PM (UJMvS)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 31, 2025 04:26 PM (Vh9CX)
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Fall guy.
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You have to have a Fall guy.
Posted by: Chris Carter, NFL Analyst and Moralist at December 31, 2025 04:30 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 04:30 PM (UgvXX)
This is now who we are as Americans!
Conservatives are racist!
Now it's (insert important information) was eaten by the doggo.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 31, 2025 04:30 PM (URXDc)
Posted by: Crusader at December 31, 2025 04:22 PM (TN0g+)
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10 to 1 she heads up an NGO 'non-profit' that assists our poor immigrints on setting up daycares. All funded by the HHS of course.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 31, 2025 04:30 PM (Vh9CX)
Skinny Black ____
Wait, does that mean our own Art Thread perpetrator is actually "Chalky Black D__k"?
Posted by: Ian S. at December 31, 2025 04:30 PM (wa3mR)
Posted by: 18-1 a
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Their play is that MAGA stole the documents to make it hard to defend themselves.
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 31, 2025 04:30 PM (fltLA)
That is the only way anyone will be prosecuted (and even that is a forlorn hope) The bureaucrats will cover for the criminals, the judges will do what they always do, the lawyers will get rich, and the taxpayers will get fucked in the ass.
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 31, 2025 04:28 PM (fltLA)
At least a third of our states ought to be dropped back to territory status.
We should nominate Morons as military governors...
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 31, 2025 04:31 PM (ULPxl)
The democrat Soros and Obongo people are laughing their asses off having brought these disgusting people here to live. Jokes On America.
Posted by: The Truth at December 31, 2025 04:21 PM
somali's are a tribal people, you are either in the tribe or you are not in the tribe. If you are not in the tribe whatever they do to you or steal from you is fair game and it is an expected part of their behavior towards outsiders.
They aren't the only people like that, most of Africa and larges parts of Asia are tribal based.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 31, 2025 04:31 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: Mark1971
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Were subway sandwiches involved? And muscular Nigerian males? They were wearing red hats, right?
Posted by: Jesse Smolett at December 31, 2025 04:31 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: coba at December 31, 2025 04:31 PM (IuIym)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 31, 2025 04:31 PM (guGkK)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 31, 2025 04:29 PM (xTIDn)
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Well ....
Posted by: The Hapsburgs at December 31, 2025 04:31 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 04:29 PM (GBKbO)
That would wild. Two siblings posting on the same site forever and never realizing who the other one was.
Almost a weird book there.
Thanks!
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 31, 2025 04:32 PM (URXDc)
Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2025 04:32 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 04:32 PM (zNwXb)
He shoved me out the door and I landed in the alley.
Oh baby, yeah
Oh baby
Baby,
Gonna be posting tonight
Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at December 31, 2025 04:32 PM (8WtOr)
Posted by: Mister Scott
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China uses CCP membership as a license to steal and India relies upon ancient caste system that emulate tribalism.
We use political parties, sportsball, and ideology for our tribalism.
Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 04:32 PM (WDjG6)
So Minnesota licensing agencies are in on the con too.
Posted by: torabora at December 31, 2025 04:32 PM (KtOUo)
If Ukraine gets shut down, every liberal party in the West will go bankrupt simultaneously.
Watching the media try and explain that would be amazing.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 31, 2025 04:32 PM (wa3mR)
The MSM is losing credibility by the hour.
And please pray for Nick’s safety. You know he has a target on him.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 31, 2025 04:33 PM (1wZKM)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 04:25 PM (UgvXX)
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LOL. Apparently it is so simple even a Somali can do it. I, on the other hand, feel like an idiot.
Posted by: washrivergal at December 31, 2025 04:33 PM (1Y4iD)
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 31, 2025 04:33 PM (fltLA)
He also said some newspaper in India wrote a story doxxing him and members of his family.
Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at December 31, 2025 04:33 PM (rEr2I)
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What in the hell is that even supposed to mean? This dumb, stupid Karen isn't even making any point relative to this uncovering of mass fraud against the taxpayers of this country. How does phony businesses milking taxpayers for $billions have anything to do with racism? My gawd, what an imbecile.
Posted by: Lady in Black at December 31, 2025 04:33 PM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Going deep. Out. at December 31, 2025 04:33 PM (bg3bN)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at December 31, 2025 04:28 PM (CWTWj)
THat's it.... The Learing center broke in to steal their student roster !
Posted by: It's me donna at December 31, 2025 04:29 PM (VE6XX)
______________________________
You can joke about it, but claiming that information was stolen on children attending a daycare is serious business for law enforcement. Especially since only one purpose presents itself if it really happened. They just invited a significant increase of law enforcement resources to the party while trying to end their current exposure. Of course they just staged it and made it up...but I don't think what results will improve their situation.
Posted by: Orson at December 31, 2025 04:33 PM (dIske)
Almost a weird book there.
Thanks!
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 31, 2025 04:32 PM (URXDc)
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We're like 15 years apart. We're not close. I'm not even sure I have his phone number. Well...I do now. I'm in a group text as of a couple of days ago.
But...my mother is the one who introduced me to this site. She doesn't comment, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 04:34 PM (GBKbO)
Karen has her biological needs, which her Somali warlords are only too happy to take care of.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 31, 2025 04:34 PM (Da7Vv)
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This is why nothing in 3rd world shitholes ever works. Because the people hired to do build things like roads or electric grids are incompetent cousins of the people in charge.
Posted by: Really? at December 31, 2025 04:34 PM (tNkpt)
Posted by: It's me donna at December 31, 2025 04:34 PM (VE6XX)
==
If Ukraine gets shut down, every liberal party in the West will go bankrupt simultaneously.
Watching the media try and explain that would be amazing.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 31, 2025 04:32 PM (wa3mR)
We will defy OrangeManBad by increasing our funding of NGOs to make up the gap!!!
Posted by: EU at December 31, 2025 04:34 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2025 04:34 PM (pkeXY)
It's not just the MSM.
It's Teh Narrative, period.
The peasants are revolting.
Posted by: Citizen Journalist at December 31, 2025 04:35 PM (TDLyG)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at December 31, 2025 04:35 PM (qtBQt)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2025 04:36 PM (m7iZ5)
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Who bitch dis is???
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at December 31, 2025 04:35 PM (qtBQt)
A stupid one, who needs to be slapped by a license-bearing 'Ette.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 31, 2025 04:36 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: It's me donna at December 31, 2025 04:36 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at December 31, 2025 04:28 PM (y0ylk)
She probably secretly loves the idea of being rogered by these animals until she finds out that even these animals have standards and would probably avoid her like the plague. Heh.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at December 31, 2025 04:36 PM (y0ylk)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 31, 2025 04:36 PM (3630A)
1. Fortress Americas with a latter-day Monroe Doctrine
2. The Far East. We'll try to get China to play nice, but if not see #1
3. Europe. Has lost its way. If they don't find their way back, it's on them. See #1
4. Africa. Benign neglect. See #1
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 31, 2025 04:36 PM (dtajH)
So Minnesota licensing agencies are in on the con too.
Posted by: torabora at December 31, 2025 04:32 PM (KtOUo)
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Of course they are. Does anyone seriously think this "manager" has proper licensing and other necessary documentation to run a daycare center?
The same folks handing out CDLs to illiterate illegals are handing out similar fraudulent credentials to these inbred Somalis for exactly the same reasons.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 04:36 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Citizen Journalist at December 31, 2025 04:35 PM (TDLyG)
But you I like!
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2025 04:36 PM (m7iZ5)
62 Mr. Mohamed looks like he's barely old enough to be out of daycare himself.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 04:25 PM (ESVrU)
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He has an IQ of 95. By local standards, a genius.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at December 31, 2025 04:37 PM (azNOR)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 31, 2025 04:37 PM (abIsI)
How about the video security camera footage that is required by Minnesota law (142B.6
requiring licensed child care centers to install video security cameras, mandates at least 80% coverage at 720p/15fps and retained for a minimum of 28 days?
Did that get looted too?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 04:37 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 31, 2025 04:37 PM (3630A)
They are BENEFACTORS of racism. The type of racism that is not anti-black, but is pro-black.
It is prejudice in FAVOR of blacks (especially foreign Muslim jihadi blacks).
Posted by: illiniwek at December 31, 2025 04:37 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2025 04:37 PM (2WIwB)
No problem. Banks just scan them now and you have to go on line to get the images.
WTF, why are all the checks written to "cash"?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 31, 2025 04:38 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 31, 2025 04:38 PM (xTIDn)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 04:38 PM (zNwXb)
It has a roof, a real floor (not dirt) and indoor plumbing.
Posted by: wth at December 31, 2025 04:38 PM (UjdFS)
Incredible.
Posted by: Really? at December 31, 2025 04:39 PM (tNkpt)
That is the only way anyone will be prosecuted (and even that is a forlorn hope) The bureaucrats will cover for the criminals, the judges will do what they always do, the lawyers will get rich, and the taxpayers will get fucked in the ass.
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 31, 2025 04:28 PM (fltLA)
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A $20,000 annual per person non-citizen resident fee.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 31, 2025 04:39 PM (Vh9CX)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at December 31, 2025 04:39 PM (HTCU3)
Every time a Commie complains about the lack of funding for their pet government project, DJT can come back with "If it weren't for the industrial-grade fraud committed during the Biden Administration ..."
Higher exemption for "taxes on tips"? "If it weren't for the the fraud back in ..."
More money for S.S.? "During the Biden Administration, the fraud ..."
Posted by: mrp at December 31, 2025 04:39 PM (rj6Yv)
OH NO!
Posted by: javems at December 31, 2025 04:39 PM (rW5qH)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 31, 2025 04:39 PM (sAmhv)
When I was five, I took a $20 from Mom's purse, walked to the corner and hid it.
Then I turned around and 'found' it. It was mine. Legally mine.
Posted by: Ignoramus
That was a Leave It To Beaver episode.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2025 04:39 PM (pkeXY)
I want to see the politicians who coordinated this in return for a cut of the money to get the death penalty.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 31, 2025 04:39 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Crusader at December 31, 2025 04:40 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: Going deep. Out. at December 31, 2025 04:33 PM (bg3bN)
I cannot be the only person sick to death of the modern "I'm going to address the media so here is my backdrop of people whose presence, theoretically, lends credence to whatever bullshit I'm about to spew - some of them may be holding retarded signs" press conference.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 04:40 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 31, 2025 04:40 PM (3630A)
So, FI's scan all the checks and their check processors have digital copies of the images.
Posted by: Bad Andrew at December 31, 2025 04:40 PM (DgMqy)
If i win, you have to play an adult game with me.
Posted by: thug dolphin at December 31, 2025 04:40 PM (EyfuW)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 31, 2025 04:41 PM (/lPRQ)
By the shining Big-Seawater
Stood the wigwam of Nokomis
Daughter of the moon Nokomis.
__________________________
I remembered Nokomis. Now you have to remember it too?
Posted by: Orson at December 31, 2025 04:41 PM (dIske)
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Dear leftists,
They are not lying to me, they are lying to you. They know I, and my fellow conservatives will never believe this utter horseshit of a story... but you and your cult will dig in and defend them... cuz you are really stupid and deserve to be cuckholded by your government
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at December 31, 2025 04:41 PM (qtBQt)
just one suspect? and: "The Minneapolis Police have confirmed that *nothing* was stolen."
Posted by: gnats local 678 at December 31, 2025 04:41 PM (CWTWj)
Tens of thousands of interchangable uggo Karens voting is why MN is what it is.
Posted by: mikeski at December 31, 2025 04:41 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 04:41 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: It's me donna at December 31, 2025 04:34 PM (VE6XX)
That is not true at all. Erika Kirk was running an orphanage when she was in her 20's
Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 04:42 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 31, 2025 04:42 PM (dK+Kv)
They are not lying to me, they are lying to you. They know I, and my fellow conservatives will never believe this utter horseshit of a story... but you and your cult will dig in and defend them... cuz you are really stupid and deserve to be cuckholded by your government
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at December 31, 2025 04:41 PM
Poetry.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 04:42 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2025 04:43 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: "For Kids Who Don't Read Good" at December 31, 2025 04:43 PM (WTWWW)
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And that video of him fscking underage goats?
Someone hacked his Facebook page.
Posted by: buddhaha at December 31, 2025 04:43 PM (M5t5H)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2025 04:39 PM (pkeXY)
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I bet it was Eddie Haskell's idea.
Posted by: mrp at December 31, 2025 04:43 PM (rj6Yv)
The case is now closed.
Posted by: Tony Soprano at December 31, 2025 04:43 PM (tNkpt)
Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at December 31, 2025 04:44 PM (NYInA)
Posted by: Tom Servo
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Doesn't work. Checks are all imaged along with bank statements easily available.
Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 04:44 PM (WDjG6)
There are any number of photos of pro-migrant demonstrations with women holding signs specifically stating that they're down for a little of the old in-out with anyone who just entered the country with no known means of support. Because that's what empowered wimmins do, apparently.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 04:44 PM (ExV1e)
It'd unnerving how quickly she went from Fight the Power to defending the power.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 04:44 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at December 31, 2025 04:45 PM (qtBQt)
Posted by: It's me donna at December 31, 2025 04:45 PM (VE6XX)
That's the face you make when you find out you're going to jail. Or you tried to eat some of that fine Somali cuisine.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at December 31, 2025 04:45 PM (MZ+PY)
You know what might help them find their way back? US out of NATO. And, if that fails, at least the US is out of NATO.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 04:45 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Mister Scott
Dogs are haram. It was the goat.
The sexy, sexy goat.
Posted by: N. Mohamed at December 31, 2025 04:46 PM (nhCoE)
She's there in the hopes of someone, anyone shoving something up her squeak hole.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 31, 2025 04:46 PM (P9pDS)
Just needed to work that in. Feel better now. More effective than GOPe.
Posted by: Kingsman at December 31, 2025 04:47 PM (ehY6c)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 31, 2025 04:47 PM (3630A)
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 31, 2025 04:33 PM (fltLA)
I find that acceptable.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 31, 2025 04:48 PM (snZF9)
While a portion of the laundered money goes to corrupting elections, much of it underwrites the maintenance of condos, private jets, chauffeured limos, yachts and other amenities enjoyed by "Citizens of The World". Staff, fuel, maintenance and booze costs money.
There is a reason why prime real-estate in the major cities doesn't seem to be effected by the anti-wealth policies. The elites have demanding tastes and exposing the fraud hurts them.
Expect the Empire to Strike Back as their luxuries and entitlements are jeopardized.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 04:48 PM (a4flb)
Did that get looted too?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 04:37 PM (a4flb)
Sadly, the system had been maintained by the same firm responsible for NY jails in the vicinity of the Epstein cell so they were all non-functional... at least for the duration of the break-in. -- Somali Security Systems, Ltd.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 04:48 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at December 31, 2025 04:49 PM (CWTWj)
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He went there after Christmas break started. School is closed and parents still have to work. This is the busiest time of the year for legit day-cares.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at December 31, 2025 04:49 PM (qtBQt)
Posted by: There's No "I" in F at December 31, 2025 04:49 PM (qUkBO)
"uh.."
Cops:"From your bank."
"uh .."
Cops: "You don't have a bank account?"
"They stole our bank account!"
Posted by: mrp at December 31, 2025 04:50 PM (rj6Yv)
I bet it was Eddie Haskell's idea.
Posted by: mrp
+++
Had a boss that I called Eddie Haskell.
At any given time he was actively sabotaging a project (usually the high dollar one) and then throwing that project manager under the bus. Eddie is now gone. So is virtually everyone else except the office admin lady and myself. I am gone in another month or two.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 31, 2025 04:50 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at December 31, 2025 04:49 PM
Sounds personal.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 04:50 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at December 31, 2025 04:49 PM
Sounds personal.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 04:50 PM (jc0TO)
Or a gas leak
Posted by: It's me donna at December 31, 2025 04:50 PM (VE6XX)
They will need this footage when they do the insurance claim scam next.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 04:51 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at December 31, 2025 04:51 PM (qtBQt)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at December 31, 2025 04:49 PM (CWTWj)
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Another sympathetic "Maryland man," father, and victim of white supremacy?
Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at December 31, 2025 04:51 PM (rEr2I)
Posted by: whig
But it tells investigators exactly which check numbers to look for.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 31, 2025 04:51 PM (/lPRQ)
Devastating is right! What are the odds of all those reams of certified proof just vanishing? The timing is simply awful. Better make sure all the children haven't been kidnapped, too.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at December 31, 2025 04:51 PM (gLikB)
They will need this footage when they do the insurance claim scam next.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 04:51 PM
He didn't mention that the thieves made off with his life savings in gold bullion.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 04:52 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 31, 2025 04:52 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 04:52 PM (zNwXb)
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Simps and soys and all the gay boys is what creates so many of these karens to begin with
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Patiently Awaiting My Pre-Ordered AI Powered Fembot at December 31, 2025 04:53 PM (REq0p)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at December 31, 2025 04:51 PM (qtBQt)
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Likely put an underground railroad to traffic them to The Swamp as pedo playthings.
/mostly joking, but would anybody be surprised?
Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at December 31, 2025 04:54 PM (rEr2I)
Comet Pizza is a global franchiser.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 04:54 PM (a4flb)
Look at my fucking face.
My lips are twice as far from my nose as they are from the end of my chin. That's backwards from you people with 46 chromosomes.
And my nose looks like it was modeled on a 4000-year-old Egyptian mummy. I literally breathe sideways.
And I still stole millions from you. Chumps.
Posted by: N. Mohamed at December 31, 2025 04:54 PM (nhCoE)
Time to play cowboys and Somalis.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at December 31, 2025 04:54 PM (7sRdt)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at December 31, 2025 04:54 PM (XMwZJ)
Posted by: Frasier Crane at December 31, 2025 04:54 PM (pF9JQ)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at December 31, 2025 04:55 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: tubal at December 31, 2025 04:55 PM (pDt9x)
The proposal, Senate Bill 5926, was pre-filed on December 22 and expands public records exemptions for childcare providers, shielding a broad range of identifying information from disclosure. Supporters frame the measure as a safety tool designed to protect providers from harassment or threats. Opponents argue it is arriving just as journalists are using public data to uncover suspicious daycare listings tied to large sums of taxpayer funding.
Posted by: Citizen Journalist at December 31, 2025 04:55 PM (TDLyG)
You worked there too?
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 31, 2025 04:55 PM (Kt19C)
"No"
"Know anyone who could vouch for you?"
"Yeah...my wife...Morgan Fairchild..."
Posted by: Somali Jon Lovitz at December 31, 2025 04:55 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: fourseasons at December 31, 2025 04:55 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 31, 2025 04:33 PM (fltLA)
I find that acceptable.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 31, 2025 04:48 PM (snZF9)
No. If they're real Europeans then they need to fix the mess that they've allowed to happen to their countries. Even the "ultra - super - extreme - far - right" Europeans appear to be, at best, center left with a bit of Jew hate thrown in for fun.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 04:55 PM (ExV1e)
It's really brazen. The same thing they do whenever a leftist gets caught by that undercover guy. If we attack the messenger, then we never did anything wrong!
Posted by: SimoHayha at December 31, 2025 04:56 PM (/ZkOF)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at December 31, 2025 04:56 PM (7sRdt)
Posted by: tubal at December 31, 2025 04:56 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 04:56 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 04:57 PM (UgvXX)
Posted by: Kingsman at December 31, 2025 04:57 PM (ehY6c)
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Is her argument that the "daycare" owner is racist? Cuz Nick Shirley isn't IN daycare.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at December 31, 2025 04:57 PM (qtBQt)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at December 31, 2025 04:55 PM (CWTWj)
That was my guess...
Posted by: It's me donna at December 31, 2025 04:57 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: thug dolphin at December 31, 2025 04:57 PM (EyfuW)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at December 31, 2025 04:57 PM (8CIFn)
Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at December 31, 2025 04:58 PM (rEr2I)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 04:59 PM (zNwXb)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure
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And that is eventually what happened with King Charles I and Parliament. Parliament got tired of paying the tab for Charles and his rotten Duke of Buckingham PM. So Charles tried to strike first by arresting Parliament. Failed. Parliament then decided to raise an army while Charles relied on his fat cat aristos to support his sorry ass. End of it, he lost, many castles got blown up real good, many nobles lost their fortunes, and Charles lost his head.
Cromwells don't come out of the woodwork for no reason. And the appetites of one measly king and court are far easier to satisfy than the multitude of fake royalty that we have.
Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 04:59 PM (WDjG6)
ThatOneGuy55
@Tesla7771
The Quality Learing center playset
[video]
==
from Instapundit
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 31, 2025 04:59 PM (ULPxl)
Also, that the number of purported clients exceeds the actual population of children and seniors.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 31, 2025 05:00 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 31, 2025 05:00 PM (Da7Vv)
Tell me they didn't watch the video without saying they didn't watch the video. They noted the listed business hours at each one they visited, such as "7:00am to 6:00pm" - while they visited during these hours.
Empty parking lots, locked doors, blacked out windows, etc..
Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2025 05:00 PM (NuV6c)
Sounds like suicide by stupid.
Happens more often than people know.
Usually mislabeled as an "accident".
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 31, 2025 05:01 PM (/lPRQ)
Also, that the number of purported clients exceeds the actual population of children and seniors.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 31, 2025 05:00 PM (0U5gm)
One would think.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 05:01 PM (ExV1e)
Tell me they didn't watch the video without saying they didn't watch the video. They noted the listed business hours at each one they visited, such as "7:00am to 6:00pm" - while they visited during these hours.
So not only did Nick Shirley use an iPhone, he also brought his own sun to make everything look like it was in daylight.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 05:02 PM (a4flb)
It's really brazen. The same thing they do whenever a leftist gets caught by that undercover guy. If we attack the messenger, then we never did anything wrong!
Posted by: SimoHayha
Disqualify!!! is a time worn leftist tactic where because the source is allegedly a bad person therefore his research must be bad.
Another is Squirrel!!! by claiming racism as a justification for the public noticing crime among the POCs although that is about played out.
The last play will be loyalty, at least us Democrats have to stick together against the Evil Orange Man Bad even if our coalition is a bunch of thieves including high places. Theft of government money and crime is just the dues we have to pay for wonderful Die-versity.
Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 05:02 PM (WDjG6)
"Jack Smith says key Jan 6 witness relied on hearsay, lacked firsthand evidence
Former special counsel tells Congress the Jan. 6 Committee star witness offered largely secondhand hearsay"
durrr
Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 05:02 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats
Last one standing.
Sr managenent finally figured it and helicoptered Eddie out of there.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 31, 2025 05:03 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Really? at December 31, 2025 05:03 PM (tNkpt)
Also, that the number of purported clients exceeds the actual population of children and seniors.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 31, 2025 05:00 PM (0U5gm)
One would think.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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Those regulators either go along with it for job retention and/or got paid to keep their mouth shut.
Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 05:03 PM (WDjG6)
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Interesting--do we have a source for that information?
Posted by: Crusader at December 31, 2025 05:04 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 05:04 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 05:04 PM (ExV1e)
Did you see the part of Nick's video where some passerby AWFL starts screaming "ICE IS HERE!" and repeatedly tells them to leave? Nick keeps talking to her, explaining that the many children are missing and he wants to find them and she eventually is dumbfounded, with this idiot scowl on her face.
Total NPC moment -- you can see her software's crashed and she has no response. Amazing visual.
Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2025 05:04 PM (NuV6c)
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All the footage is during daylight. In December daylight in MN is about 8am to 4pm.
Posted by: Really? at December 31, 2025 05:05 PM (tNkpt)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 05:05 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 31, 2025 05:05 PM (mlg/3)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 31, 2025 05:05 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 05:05 PM (UgvXX)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 31, 2025 05:05 PM (mlg/3)
Aspiring rapper, too.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 31, 2025 05:06 PM (ULPxl)
It's already known some of the money went to al Shabaab, basically al Qaeda in Somalia. And nobody did anything to stop it.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2025 05:06 PM (viF8m)
And they're all on welfare -- unemployed -- so why do they need offsite care?
Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2025 05:06 PM (NuV6c)
Total NPC moment -- you can see her software's crashed and she has no response. Amazing visual.
Posted by: Lizzy
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People like that should be drafted to be social workers for a stint to really see how the other half lives.
There is a reason for high turnover in social work.
Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 05:07 PM (WDjG6)
2) Does their bank have copies of all those stolen checks? Banks have them for everyone else, so they should have them here, too - right?
Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at December 31, 2025 05:07 PM (eKNpP)
Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2025 05:06 PM (NuV6c)
Sometimes daddy wants to get jiggy with one of the mommies so they ship the kiddies to one of the other mommy's daycare.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 05:08 PM (ExV1e)
It's already known some of the money went to al Shabaab, basically al Qaeda in Somalia. And nobody did anything to stop it.
Posted by: JackStraw
A lot of it was sent to democrat campaigns and get out the vote efforts, but always interstate, to try and hide it better.
It looks like almost the entire democrat fundraising system is based on using stolen taxpayer money.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 31, 2025 05:09 PM (0U5gm)
Investigator: Where's the Dog...
Habib: Oh.... we ate him...
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 05:09 PM (mP0Kj)
Contact the DHS directly if you have concerns about a specific daycare's health, safety, or well-being.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 31, 2025 05:10 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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Why that is almost 1.6 percent. Turn the machines back on!!!!
Posted by: The Duke Brothers at December 31, 2025 05:10 PM (WDjG6)
Investigator: Where's the Dog...
Habib: Oh.... we ate him...
Posted by: Romeo13
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Cycle of life.
Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 05:10 PM (WDjG6)
So its down about 1%.
Time to build an ark and start loading up the animals.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 05:10 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: Orson at December 31, 2025 04:33 PM
Yep and the feds are involved now, they can't keep this local from this point. A theft of kids records means everything from names to DOB's and SSN's. That's federal territory there.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 31, 2025 05:11 PM (0N4FZ)
Thing is, that if even one dollar of this conspiracy, went to support Somali terrorists, then that open up the Laws about supporting International Terrorism...
Which open a whole new set of investigative tools to become available.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 05:11 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: thug dolphin at December 31, 2025 05:11 PM (EyfuW)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 05:11 PM (UgvXX)
Probably why they fought so hard against Musk and DOGE over USAID.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2025 05:12 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 05:12 PM (UgvXX)
Posted by: Another AWFL got Patty Hearsted at December 31, 2025 05:12 PM (fKeBm)
Well betting odds also show that the Dems will take the House in 2026.
The odds are 3 to 1 and still trending UP.
Is anyone here brushing their money ? I am .
Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at December 31, 2025 05:12 PM (C4wQ6)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 31, 2025 05:11 PM (0N4FZ)
Most folks think that Lying to the FBI is against the law... what they don't realize is the way the law is worded, it is lying to any Federal Agent.
So even lying to ICE? Yeah, can be prosecuted under that law... and should be.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 05:13 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: thug dolphin
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They haven't realized yet that the race card is overdrawn and thus suspended at the bank.
Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 05:13 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 05:13 PM (zNwXb)
Also "Racism, what crime can't it cover up?!" It's like magic.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 31, 2025 05:13 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Red Sox Fan Nation at December 31, 2025 05:14 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 05:14 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: JackStraw
That the Bush admin didn't shutdown the hawalas and instead passed the PaTrIoT AcT is unconscionable.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 31, 2025 05:14 PM (mlg/3)
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GOP too. To what degree? Probably close to taking half. Time to go down their rabbit hole too.
This has been generational wealth theft. By the government.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 31, 2025 05:15 PM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 05:10 PM (a4flb)
It's too late for that. Find some big-boobed chick on a door and take it from her. Grab the ring, though, you can sell that.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 05:15 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 05:15 PM (UgvXX)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 31, 2025 05:15 PM (Da7Vv)
Posted by: fourseasons at December 31, 2025 05:15 PM (3ek7K)
December 31, 2025
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 31, 2025 05:16 PM (NFX2v)
Time to play cowboys and Somalis.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious
Unless the DOJ gets off its collective ass quickly, ^^^this^^^ is going to be the result across very wide swathes of the former USA.
See also corrupt judges, and prosecutors. We probably are not voting our way out of this, and our elite betters have made the choice for what happens when it finally goes kinetic in their faces.
Bug out plan. Practice it. Survive the 1st 24 hours. Then survive the next two weeks.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 31, 2025 05:16 PM (QVmho)
Across all of the fraud? You name it. GOTV, foreign terrorism, sinecures, stocks and bonds, real-estate and a lot splashed around for lifestyle of Party Members.
A shell company buys a penthouse condo and makes it available to party members. Another for private jets, the hangars, maintenance, fuel and staff. Another for yachts. Another for underwriting Michelin rated restaurant tabs, another for procuring underage sex toys, drugs and other grey market luxuries.
That way no one is on any records for receiving goods and services. No one is held responsible. Financial trails lead to shell companies, LLCs and trusts that own and maintain assets.
You know why no one at the top is ever indicted? Because They Own Nothing And Like It.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 05:16 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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Always the last place anyone looks.
Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 05:17 PM (WDjG6)
The usual potato-faced AWFL
Posted by: Delurker at December 31, 2025 05:17 PM (xNHSX)
Posted by: connected and litigious at December 31, 2025 05:18 PM (cS1cw)
So even lying to ICE? Yeah, can be prosecuted under that law... and should be.
Posted by: Romeo13
"False or misleading statement"
Brought that up during the first Trump Admin.
Surely Comey etal lied to El Presidente.
He could have had the whole cabal arrested.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 31, 2025 05:18 PM (/lPRQ)
How do you think their junkets and fact finding missions to Tahiti are underwritten?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 05:18 PM (a4flb)
December 31, 2025
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 31, 2025 05:16 PM (NFX2v)
Of course
Posted by: It's me donna at December 31, 2025 05:18 PM (VE6XX)
Natch no cameras on the ghost perps.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 31, 2025 05:19 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 31, 2025 05:19 PM (0U5gm)
@nickshirleyy
🚨 PLEASE WATCH
The “manager” for Quality LEARING Center is dancing with the mayor of Minneapolis…
Are you still wondering why they give MILLIONS of dollars to daycares with no windows, blacked out doors, and phone numbers that lead to nowhere?
How dumb do you think we are?
Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2025 05:19 PM (NuV6c)
Posted by: fourseasons at December 31, 2025 05:15 PM
As some mid-Tier Commenter here says, you are too young to be so cynical.
Posted by: GOPe at December 31, 2025 05:20 PM (BuMkE)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 05:20 PM (UgvXX)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at December 31, 2025 05:21 PM (XMwZJ)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk
The left is comprised of quasi-religious levels of devotees. 1st part is Initiates who ingest and recite whatever propaganda is served. 2nd is the Acolytes, the true believers, who think they are serving a greater cause for some uncertain reward that involves punishing opponents and will receive aristocratic status. 3rd is the programmers who know all roads must lead to the destruction of the Republic and don't care if it requires ruination because they believe they are protected somehow.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 31, 2025 05:21 PM (mlg/3)
Posted by: bluebell at December 31, 2025 05:22 PM (79pEw)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 31, 2025 05:22 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 05:23 PM (UgvXX)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 31, 2025 05:23 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 05:23 PM (ExV1e)
What if you’ve already bugged out? Do I need a bug out plan to bug out from the bug out ?
Asking for a friend.
Posted by: Going deep. Out. at December 31, 2025 05:24 PM (zqeQL)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 05:25 PM (hVbrz)
Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 05:25 PM (Ia/+0)
It isn't just somalis. Also Afghans, Syrians, and plenty of others. It is happening in every western country. They are all trying to emasculate western men at the same time as importing as many military age men from the third world as they possibly can. The goal is pretty obvious - all over history one can see that male lines are completely wiped out by invaders, while the womens' lines stay intact, because they are the spoils.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 31, 2025 05:25 PM (0U5gm)
Large bags and backpacks, weapons, fireworks or explosives, drones or other remote-controlled aerial devices, strollers, coolers, chairs, blankets, umbrellas, bicycles or scooters, alcoholic beverages, illegal substances, pets other than service animals, large items that could obstruct spectators' views, laser pens, bats or penguins or batons, and Flipper Zero devices and Raspberry Pi computers.
Guests may bring thermoses filled with warm, non-alcoholic beverages as well as snacks, and are urged to show respect for fellow New Yorkers.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 31, 2025 05:25 PM (0sNs1)
_Benjamin Netanyahu
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 05:26 PM (hVbrz)
In it he has a video where the guy filming it is a Somali screaming at Nick Shirley that it will be his fault if anything happens to any Somali in America because Nick is a racist who hates Muslims and they want him out of their community.
This is their only play; turn this into a racist/Islamaphobic thing, rig some kind of attack on themselves, and then start violently attacking anybody who gets in the way.
This skinny kid and Karen & Co. are just the opening salvo, especially if this story keeps going for awhile, as the DemsMedia try to memory hole it all.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 31, 2025 05:27 PM (6ydKt)
Very nice quote. Thanks
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 05:29 PM (Yl2Ob)
The real question is, do children have a place in childcare…
Apparently the answer is no.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 31, 2025 05:30 PM (EXyHK)
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Stole the children and sold our babies into sex slavery they did. Help us get them back.
Please send money to:
Redeem Our Children,
PO Box, 123 Give Me More Rd,
Somalia, MN
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 05:30 PM (hVbrz)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 31, 2025 05:25 PM (0sNs1)
Bacon is RIGHT OUT.
Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at December 31, 2025 05:32 PM (8WtOr)
Hey, hey, ho, ho
All Islam's got to go
Hey, hey, ho, ho
All Islam's got to go
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 05:36 PM (hVbrz)
Posted by: Raoul Ortega at December 31, 2025 05:42 PM (iDFVA)
Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at December 31, 2025 05:48 PM (qrMhX)
I really hope we can come together as a nation again and root this retarded bullshit out and restore faith the our gvt actually cares about us.
Posted by: melodicmetal at December 31, 2025 05:55 PM (XLfSN)
Posted by: Voice of Somalia at December 31, 2025 05:55 PM (DsA2n)
Good job, CNN!
Posted by: Tim at December 31, 2025 07:26 PM (P2nsc)
Apparently, they stole all the kids too.
Posted by: CynicalCynic at January 01, 2026 04:06 AM (yp32/)
More Daycare Fraud Suspected, This Time in Washington
Via John Sexton, a citizen journalist went to the listed address of a "daycare" that's received $210,000 in federal funding this year.
But no one sees any kids enter the place, and the people at the address refuse to answer the door.🚨SOMALI FRAUD IN WASHINGTON: @choeshow and I spent yesterday investigating Somali daycares in WA.
— Cam Higby 🇺🇸 (@camhigby) December 30, 2025
“Dhagash Childcare” has received over $210,000 just this year. People living at the address claim there has never been a daycare there.
We lay out the facts in this teaser ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/KNkmJfV2Ss
🚨$800,000 FOR FAKE DAYCARE?
— Cam Higby 🇺🇸 (@camhigby) December 31, 2025
I went to the listed address for “Hilowle Safia Daycare” in Kent, WA. Residents say there IS NO DAYCARE HERE.
Records show massive subsidy payments following inspections reflecting risk of death to children. pic.twitter.com/8lFWCjIqpo
Attorney General Nick Brown
@AGOWA My office has received outreach from members of the Somali community after reports of home-based daycare providers being harassed and accused of fraud with little to no fact-checking. We are in touch with the state Department of Children, Youth, and Families regarding the claims being pushed online and the harassment reported by daycare providers.
Showing up on someone's porch, threatening, or harassing them isn't an investigation. Neither is filming minors who may be in the home. This is unsafe and potentially dangerous behavior. I encourage anyone experiencing threats or harassment to either contact local law enforcement or our office's Hate Crimes & Bias Incident Hotline at 1-855-225-1010 or http://atg.wa.gov/report-hate. If you think fraud is happening, there are appropriate measures to report and investigate. Go to DCYF's website to learn more. And where fraud is substantiated and verified by law enforcement and regulatory agencies, people should be held accountable.
Andy Ngo
@MrAndyNgo 2h It is the duty of journalists to visit taxpayer-funded nonprofits and businesses to investigate where you have failed. The journalists have documented their visits on camera and there is no harassing or threatening behavior. You are trying to threaten journalists by telling people to call police with false allegations of a hate crime.
Exactly. Her point is that as this level of fraud and plundering is permitted by society -- Democrats, I mean -- the pillars that hold up the country -- hard-working, honest, law-abiding Americans -- stop holding the country up.
Powerful words
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 31, 2025
pic.twitter.com/53aQEDZNAx
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(Jump to bottom of comments)If you think fraud is happening, there are appropriate measures to report and investigate. Go to DCYF's website to learn more. And where fraud is substantiated and verified by law enforcement and regulatory agencies, people should be held accountable.
And a bang up job you've been doing. Seriously, please to GFY.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2025 03:02 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 03:02 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 31, 2025 03:02 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: huerfano at December 31, 2025 03:02 PM (98kQX)
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He really means the state Department of CYA....
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 03:02 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: C. Tarlson at December 31, 2025 03:02 PM (8j8Ns)
Posted by: The Frog at December 31, 2025 03:02 PM (TezPK)
I think I may be catching what Paul has. The TiFW family will be spending NYE at home, rather than infecting all of our friends at the party we had planned to attend 🤧🤒😷
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at December 31, 2025 03:03 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: dantesed at December 31, 2025 03:03 PM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at December 31, 2025 03:03 PM (YlWIZ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 03:03 PM (Yl2Ob)
Serious question.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 31, 2025 03:04 PM (iFTx/)
Exactly. Her point is that as this level of fraud and plundering is permitted by society -- Democrats, I mean -- the pillars that hold up the country -- hard-working, honest, law-abiding Americans -- stop holding the country up.
Wise words, which will cause the Dems to rethink the damage they're doing.
Hahahahahahaha. Sorry, I just couldn't hold it in anymore.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2025 03:05 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 31, 2025 03:05 PM (+mUZM)
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I don't know if I could commit to doing the wrong thing, as I still care about God's opinion, but I can definitely dial back on how far I go out of my way for anyone, particularly the people's enemies in government.
Posted by: Methos at December 31, 2025 03:05 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 31, 2025 03:05 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Hitlery Chardonnay at December 31, 2025 03:05 PM (TezPK)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 03:05 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at December 31, 2025 03:05 PM (YlWIZ)
Posted by: C. Tarlson at December 31, 2025 03:02 PM
Streetcar!
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 03:05 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 31, 2025 03:06 PM (h7ZuX)
Take care of yourself, dear. You are important to so many people .
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 03:06 PM (Yl2Ob)
Posted by: Vengeance at December 31, 2025 03:06 PM (rmAcl)
Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2025 03:06 PM (NuV6c)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 03:07 PM (UgvXX)
Kentucky for example.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 31, 2025 03:05 PM (bss/y)
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Every so-called "red" state has pockets of deep, deep blue where all of this is going on, encouraged by the local politicians (mayors and city councils). And of course, the folks out in red counties are paying for all of it with their state taxes.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 03:07 PM (ESVrU)
Agreed, but I don't care if he's the worst person imaginable. He's doing work that needs doing, work not being done by the people who SHOULD be doing that work.
I hope he gets a cut of the penalties, assuming there are some. If not, I'd let him drive the boat loaded with Somalis that gets mid Atlantic, and then springs a big leak. He, of course, would have a helicopter to lift him away.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2025 03:07 PM (Riz8t)
That way lies anarchy.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 03:07 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 03:07 PM (UgvXX)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 31, 2025 03:08 PM (+mUZM)
Posted by: Abused, cucked loser who did "the right things" at December 31, 2025 03:08 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!
$2560 per week.
Why do I get the feeling that these subsidies are driving the "unaffordability" of daycare?
Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 31, 2025 03:08 PM (Cznub)
Posted by: Boss Moss
We have the laws. Just no one willing to enforce them.
Posted by: Joe Mama at December 31, 2025 03:08 PM (TezPK)
Posted by: Major Academic Study at December 31, 2025 03:08 PM (Dv3i1)
1848?
Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2025 03:09 PM (Riz8t)
Any entity of any size should have THREE levels of audit/review. The first is internal audit. The organization should have trained personnel who review records and compare the records with how policy, procedure, and internal controls say those records are to be maintained. Then there should be an accounting firm that comes in and reviews enough of the transactional records to determine whether the organizations books are reliable and accurate. Finally, there should be an outside agency that reviews the organization (unless the entity is fortunate enough to do business in a unregulated field).
Our country's leadership now largely pretends they don't understand any of this "mystical" three levels of review stuff, and shrug their shoulders when its found out that massive theft and corruption abounds.
Posted by: Crusader, former Federal Bank Examiner at December 31, 2025 03:09 PM (TN0g+)
Showing up on someone's porch, threatening, or harassing them isn't an investigation.
Unless 60 Minutes does it.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2025 03:09 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: Every WA Democrat Voter at December 31, 2025 03:09 PM (tNkpt)
HEADLINE (IRS ci.irs.gov)
Date: AUGUST 6, 2025 NOTE DATE!!!
"In landmark sentence, Feeding Our Future scheme leader sentenced to 28 years in prison"
First two paragraphs:
"MINNEAPOLIS – Today, United States District Judge Nancy E. Brasel sentenced Abdiaziz Shafii Farah, to 28 years in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release for his role in a $300 million fraud scheme that exploited a federally funded child nutrition program during the COVID-19 pandemic, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Thompson. Farah was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $47,920,514.
Farah played a leading and role in the Feeding Our Future case, the largest Covid-19 fraud scheme in the United States. According to public documents, Farah and his co-defendants stole more than $47 million in program funds by claiming to serve 18 million meals to kids at more than 30 food distribution sites. In June 2024, after a seven-week trial before Judge Brasel, a federal jury convicted Farah of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to commit federal programs bribery, false statements in a passport application, conspiracy to commit money laundering, ..."
Posted by: mrp at Dec
Posted by: mrp at December 31, 2025 03:09 PM (rj6Yv)
A lot of weasel language there:
"verified by law enforcement and regulatory agencies"
Apparently these agencies don't do audits nor does LE or RAs investigate.
"verified" - I'm going to need a definition for that.
"...people should be..." We agree that they should, but you disagree that they will be held accountable.
"...held accountable..." Yeah, we know your definition of that - find and blame the nearest Republican. Use your imagination based on your own projection.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 03:09 PM (a4flb)
If you have a Republican governor there is no excuse for this unless you’re incompetent or in on it. Federal programs are administered by the state and parsed out to the cities and counties. They should have ultimate oversight and responsibility.
Posted by: Vengeance at December 31, 2025 03:09 PM (rmAcl)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 03:07 PM (ESVrU)
Probably fueled by the kickbacks from the fraudsters.
High Trust ==> Low Trust
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 31, 2025 03:09 PM (bss/y)
WOW. Read this carefully.
Over 40 daycare centers reportedly opened in Columbus, Ohio on the same day, all linked to the same inactive shell entity — and together pulled in $14 MILLION in taxpayer-funded subsidies in a single year.
Same paperwork.
Same structure.
Same funding stream.
. . . .
Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2025 03:09 PM (NuV6c)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at December 31, 2025 03:03 PM (SRRAx)
Can't be very good friends then. After all, sharing is caring.
Posted by: The party spirit is infectious at December 31, 2025 03:10 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
*hangs head in shame*
Posted by: Ohio at December 31, 2025 03:10 PM (Dv3i1)
The entire press release concerning Mr. Abdiaziz Shafii Farah's conviction can be found here. Very, very interesting.
LINK: https://tinyurl.com/496zmd8t
Posted by: mrp at December 31, 2025 03:07 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: mrp at December 31, 2025 03:10 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 03:10 PM (UgvXX)
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Perhaps we could give the house to a party that's committed to repealling the laws which enable the criminality of democrat constituencies. Assuming such a thing could be found.
Posted by: Methos at December 31, 2025 03:10 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2025 03:10 PM (NuV6c)
They should revoke his citizenship and sent him back to Dirtbagland.
Posted by: Vengeance at December 31, 2025 03:10 PM (rmAcl)
Posted by: 5 miles to nowhere at December 31, 2025 03:11 PM (G+z4C)
These Governors, Mayors, AGs, and others that are defending the theft are obviously in on it and should be in jail but instead are threatening citizens who dare question the theft.
Posted by: Cheri at December 31, 2025 03:11 PM (oiNtH)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 03:11 PM (UgvXX)
But no one sees any kids enter the place
With an average IQ of 69, they can only memorize the first half of "No Child Left Behind".
Posted by: t-bird at December 31, 2025 03:11 PM (WTWWW)
Then it gets interesting.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 31, 2025 03:12 PM (NwnyJ)
_____
You sir, are a racist!
-Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther
I see nothing wrong.
-Gov Mike DeWine, GOP
Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 31, 2025 03:12 PM (Dv3i1)
In other words "Atlas Shrugged"
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 03:12 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: Vengeance at December 31, 2025 03:12 PM (rmAcl)
Posted by: Boss Moss
We have the laws. Just no one willing to enforce them.
Posted by: Joe Mama at December 31, 2025 03:08 PM (TezPK)
Look at me, I'm on TV!
Posted by: Pam Bondi at December 31, 2025 03:13 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 03:13 PM (UgvXX)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 31, 2025 03:08 PM (+mUZM)
You are thinking of the European revolutions of 1848.
The consensus was later that it was mostly a throwing off of the decision how Europe would be run post Napoleonic wars, as adjudicated by Clemmens von Metternich in Austria, but even more it was an economic stress continent wide that made "home rule" and nationalism a better bet than being under the sway of the French, Austrians or some elector who's interests were in some other imperial capitol.
The US had invaded Mexico the previous year so we didn't participate, and the British were focused on India and the far east.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 03:13 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Vengeance at December 31, 2025 03:13 PM (rmAcl)
Thank You
Samuel L. Jackson, Taxpayer
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 31, 2025 03:13 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 03:14 PM (zNwXb)
Posted by: Orson at December 31, 2025 03:14 PM (dIske)
@AFpost
The office of Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has dismissed ongoing claims of fraud related to daycare centers as “the cost of doing business.”
Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2025 03:14 PM (NuV6c)
I have enough saved to retire, but I want to work another ten years because I love what I do.
I may revisit that.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 03:14 PM (a4flb)
Same paperwork.
Same structure.
Same funding stream.
. . . .
Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2025 03:09 PM (NuV6c)
That alone should have been flagged in the system, if they had one that a) was built with even the slightest modicum of competence and b) wasn't intentionally circumvented to facilitate fraudulent activity to benefit certain donors and voter groups.
Posted by: When it's this obvious, the govt is in on it at December 31, 2025 03:14 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 03:14 PM (3uBP9)
The thing is -- MOST of the 3rd world works this way, where you are a sucker if you play by the rules. In fact, other than Japan, I think the entire non-Christian world works this way (I know nothing of Israel so I skip them.)
These people are OK to import in ones or twos per community where they can spend a generation and maybe their kids will be OK, but that is not what we are doing.
ANYONE who has really interacted with Chinese, Russian, Africans.... would know this. I learned it in college from expats and had it reinforced throughout my life. Yet the ruling class can not see it.
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 31, 2025 03:14 PM (fltLA)
Posted by: Vengeance at December 31, 2025 03:09 PM (rmAcl)
Funny.
Posted by: Shaniqua, Director of Every State Agency at December 31, 2025 03:15 PM (tNkpt)
What a gimpy, idiotic bottom-guy thing to say.
Posted by: Vengeance at December 31, 2025 03:15 PM (ScG/9)
We live under tyranny.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 03:15 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 03:15 PM (Ia/+0)
Good luck with collecting on that.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2025 03:16 PM (8zz6B)
Thank You
Samuel L. Jackson, Taxpayer
Ving Rhames as Marsellus Wallace
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 03:16 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 03:16 PM (UgvXX)
We could also go a George Hamilton route and make 'The Gayest Blade!' jokes.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 31, 2025 03:16 PM (bss/y)
Any entity of any size should have THREE levels of audit/review. The first is internal audit. The organization should have trained personnel who review records and compare the records with how policy, procedure, and internal controls say those records are to be maintained.
Posted by: Crusader, former Federal Bank Examiner at December 31, 2025 03:09 PM (TN0g+)
This assumes that it is a legitimate organization, which everyone knows these day cares are not. Organization doesn't want to be on the up-and-up, and the funders don't want it to be discovered, thus, no audits.
Even when they do audit, it's too important to The Powers That Be to keep the grift going, so the funding is granted despite failed audits.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 31, 2025 03:16 PM (h7ZuX)
Embracing the 3rd World they are.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 03:16 PM (jc0TO)
Which is a crime in and of itself.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 03:17 PM (QGRvm)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 31, 2025 03:17 PM (WPL6O)
Posted by: CLinton Foundation at December 31, 2025 03:17 PM (fltLA)
@AFpost
The office of Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has dismissed ongoing claims of fraud related to daycare centers as “the cost of doing business.”
Posted by: Lizzy
That was just a quote I made up in my post. I didn't realize the actual quote was going to be nearly identical.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 31, 2025 03:17 PM (Dv3i1)
@AFpost
The office of Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has dismissed ongoing claims of fraud related to daycare centers as “the cost of doing business.”
Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2025 03:14 PM (NuV6c)
And so, he must needs be in on it.
Fucking hell. We need to start making Guillotines great again.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 31, 2025 03:17 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 31, 2025 03:14 PM (fltLA)
I agree with everything you said except the last sentence. The ruling class not only sees it, they're banking on it, investing in it, and share the same mindset.
Posted by: They're third-world grifters in Brooks Bros suits at December 31, 2025 03:17 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Reality at December 31, 2025 03:18 PM (tNkpt)
The office of Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has dismissed ongoing claims of fraud related to daycare centers as “the cost of doing business.”
Posted by: Lizzy
Looks like Ohio needs all of their Federal HHS fund revoked.
Just think of how much saving this will make if Congress can be bothered to pass a budget!
Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 31, 2025 03:18 PM (Cznub)
Kentucky for example.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
Ohio.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 31, 2025 03:18 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 03:18 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 03:18 PM (UgvXX)
Nobody WANTS to uncover it though.
Posted by: Reality at December 31, 2025 03:18 PM (tNkpt)
This. Because I'd think we would find they are all fucking corrupt except 'maybe' Desantis.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 31, 2025 03:19 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 31, 2025 03:19 PM (+mUZM)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 31, 2025 03:16 PM (bss/y)
Please do. We can use some humor around here
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 03:20 PM (Yl2Ob)
Posted by: Kingsman at December 31, 2025 03:20 PM (ehY6c)
Nobody WANTS to uncover it though.
Posted by: Reality at December 31, 2025 03:18 PM (tNkpt)
Not internally, but DataRepublican, Beaver, and a few others are churning away on X.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 03:21 PM (rbvCR)
And people wonder why the GOP base has gone Gault on election day.
Uniparty.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 03:21 PM (a4flb)
But if someone was kicking the door in to your house, you a taxpaying law-abiding citizen ... they'll get out there maybe next week.
They are protecting the fraud because they are in on the fraud.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 31, 2025 03:21 PM (HXT0k)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 31, 2025 03:16 PM (bss/y)
Please do. We can use some humor around here
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 03:20 PM (Yl2Ob)
*blink* I kind of already did. Only so much you can do with it except do the 'IT MEANS HAPPY!' thing.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 31, 2025 03:21 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: No one ever at December 31, 2025 03:21 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: They're third-world grifters
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You are right.
But what they don't see is that they are destroying the West. And when it is gone, they will not survive happily on their yachts and villas in New Zealand.
Posted by: CLinton Foundation at December 31, 2025 03:21 PM (fltLA)
Posted by: thug dolphin at December 31, 2025 03:22 PM (EyfuW)
And society will collapse.
Ace
You said it Ace. As I've already said in earlier threads, this corruption is far deeper and serious than we can imagine. It will rock the Republic, and if not cleaned up, destroy it.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2025 03:22 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Marcus T at December 31, 2025 03:22 PM (isOGd)
Posted by: Lizzy
That was just a quote I made up in my post. I didn't realize the actual quote was going to be nearly identical.
Posted by: Chuck Martel
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DeWino is a long time GOPe corruptican.
Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 03:22 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 31, 2025 03:22 PM (sAmhv)
DeWine spokesman Tierney said that makes Ohio’s system tougher to manipulate. “Does it eliminate fraud attempts? I can’t say that,” he said. “But when you have to show attendance, it’s much harder to create ghost enrollment.”
Yes because nobody could possibly forge attendance records. That would be like impossible man.
Posted by: Really? at December 31, 2025 03:22 PM (tNkpt)
For "harassment."
And "hate."
I think I've seen this playbook before. Maybe California, and whistleblowers/journalists exposing abortion fraud or misconduct?
Posted by: Moron Analyst at December 31, 2025 03:23 PM (ycI94)
Harmet follows up. She should have been AG not the Green Room Queen.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 03:23 PM (a4flb)
Thank You
Samuel L. Jackson, Taxpayer
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 31, 2025 03:13 PM (gm9Sb)
Marcellus Wallace (who does not look like a bitch) was played by Ving Rhames.
Posted by: tankdemon at December 31, 2025 03:23 PM (4p5Zb)
And society will collapse.
Posted by: Ace at 03:00 PM
If we truly turn into a Low Trust society in this way, the American Experiment will become a dead letter - without a shot having been fired.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 31, 2025 03:23 PM (0CU3H)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 31, 2025 03:23 PM (guGkK)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 03:23 PM (zNwXb)
Oh no.
Posted by: No one ever at December 31, 2025 03:21 PM (dK+Kv)
It is pronounced, "NEE-zher" you know.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 03:23 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 03:23 PM (UgvXX)
https://tinyurl.com/mt6tuda7
I was 6 when it came out (1981) and I never actually saw it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 31, 2025 03:23 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 31, 2025 03:24 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Marcus T at December 31, 2025 03:22 PM (isOGd)
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Every single one of these weasels is in on the graft at some level. If not them directly, someone in their social circle is (friend, family member, political donor, etc.).
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 03:24 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Crusader, former Federal Bank Examiner at December 31, 2025 03:09 PM (TN0g+)
We investigated our officer for smashing in the face and breaking the limbs of a 90-pound 73-year-old lady with dementia for allegedly shoplifting $8 of merchandise from Walmart and have cleared him of any and all wrongdoing.
Posted by: Average internal investigation at December 31, 2025 03:24 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 31, 2025 03:23 PM
I think there will be a plethora of shots.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 03:24 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 03:24 PM (UgvXX)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 03:23 PM (a4flb)
Congress was not willing to play. Politics is the art of the possible.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 03:25 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 31, 2025 03:19 PM (+mUZM)
By the way, THIS is why we have a First Amendment. Government shouldn't go after citizen journalists that are attempting to root out corruption. Corporate journalism wasn't around during Colonial America.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 31, 2025 03:25 PM (0CU3H)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 31, 2025 03:25 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Marcus T
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Because the grift will not get cut and innocent people will get hurt. Politicians will never cut the fat preferring instead to affect the people. See Obama closing national parks including the Mall in DC, every local jurisdiction that threatens layoffs of fire and police rather than cut their budgets, and so on.
False Claim Act, applied broadly is the way to go where individual citizens that document fraud waste and abuse in government spending at the federal, state, and local level get 10-20 percent of the money saved.
Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 03:25 PM (WDjG6)
He's already mixed up in the Haitian refugee business. . .
Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2025 03:25 PM (NuV6c)
________
Those are the only ones who may possibly do time. The reporters.
Posted by: Eeyore at December 31, 2025 03:25 PM (s0JqF)
"When you see that men get richer by graft and pull than by work, and your laws don't protect you against them, but protect them against you - when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming self-sacrifice - you may know that your society is doomed. Money is so noble a medium that it does not compete with guns and it does not make terms with brutality. It will not permit a country to survive as half-property, half-loot."
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 31, 2025 03:26 PM (XvL8K)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 31, 2025 03:23 PM (0CU3H)
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Wearing a MAGA hat in some places will put you face down in the street.
Posted by: mrp at December 31, 2025 03:26 PM (rj6Yv)
The Somalis are just helping break the system much more quickly. They just fabricate thousands of welfare recipients and put that money to better use (for jihadis in Somalia). The infidel deserves to surrender all their ill-gotten profits, and give it to the IQ depraved.
Posted by: illiniwek at December 31, 2025 03:26 PM (vbXSk)
Its not who
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 03:26 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: CLinton Foundation
Fun fact. The tax case against the Clinton Foundation that was brought by a couple whistleblowers who are experts in forensic accounting has been going through the court system for the last 6+ years. I remember when the guys bringing the case testified before Congress during Trump's 1st term.
Those on X can follow them here @CFWBers. They post updates. They are also inline to get a huge chunk of cash if they win the case so they are pretty serious guys.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2025 03:26 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 31, 2025 03:26 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 03:26 PM (UgvXX)
You might think Johnson would get on board because his state is at the top of every ignominious list. Crime, fedgov handouts, etc. He stands up there like some beacon, when his own backyard is a dog park mess.
Posted by: Marcus T at December 31, 2025 03:26 PM (isOGd)
Oh no.
Posted by: No one ever at December 31, 2025 03:21 PM (dK+Kv)
Those people annoy me.
Posted by: Randy Marsh at December 31, 2025 03:26 PM (TbWk/)
I think we are coming to a point in the crisis where the normals are beginning to grasp the enormity of the crime and how they have been enslaved.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 30, 2025 06:53 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 03:27 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
LoL!!!
Sincerely,
CNN, NPR, NYT, MS-NOW, WashPo, CBS, ABC, NBC, etc...
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 31, 2025 03:27 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 03:27 PM (UgvXX)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 03:27 PM (a4flb)
This movie is fucking horrible. Not in the good way.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 31, 2025 03:28 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Darrell Harris
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1st Amendment was drafted in part because of the celebrated colonial trial of Peter Zenger. Zenger noted that the PA royal governor was spending outrageous amounts for his personal life and charging taxpayers to do it. Zenger was charged with seditious libel and a jury freed him despite the royal government's displeasure. Zenger's defense is that he told the truth which he did. Seditious libel used by the Crown to prosecute people for upsetting the peasants even if the allegations printed were true. Theory was it would undermine public support for the Crown.
Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 03:28 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: wth at December 31, 2025 03:28 PM (v0R5T)
Sure we are. Those laws, like gun control, apply only to the law abiding. See how that works? Remember: No Good Deed goes unpunished.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 31, 2025 03:29 PM (Da7Vv)
Kentucky for example.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
***
Just how pervasive is corruption? Do a FOI request on the mayor and city council of your home town. Then see how many "business trips" they made in conjunction with a seminar or training event that was sponsored (and probably paid for) by some company. Look for firms that sell fire trucks, ambulances, IT, etc.
Have a bottle handy because you will want to drink afterwards.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2025 03:29 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 03:10 PM (UgvXX)
I am told that they bring something of great value to our culture but for the life of me I can't figure out what it is.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 31, 2025 03:29 PM (guGkK)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 03:29 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 03:29 PM (zNwXb)
Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 03:29 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon
.....
It won't be empty.
Posted by: wth at December 31, 2025 03:30 PM (v0R5T)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 31, 2025 03:23 PM
I think there will be a plethora of shots.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 03:24 PM (jc0TO)
***
This.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2025 03:31 PM (2WIwB)
Fun fact: government won’t hold itself accountable.
Posted by: Cray Cray at December 31, 2025 03:31 PM (vWau3)
they stole all the student enrollment records and the employee files.
Can't make this up.
https://tinyurl.com/99zdmvtz
Posted by: IrishEi at December 31, 2025 03:31 PM (3ImbR)
The consensus was later that it was mostly a throwing off of the decision how Europe would be run post Napoleonic wars, as adjudicated by Clemmens von Metternich in Austria,
....and the British were focused on India and the far east.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 03:13 PM (rbvCR)
I handled him roughly when I commented to him at the Council of Strasbourg "POO TO YOU WITH KNOBS ON!"
Posted by: William Pitt the even Younger at December 31, 2025 03:31 PM (y9nCu)
Epic failure on reading the room, idiots.
Sociopaths struggle in that department.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 03:31 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: Cicero
Doctors, Lawyers, even Congressional Representatives!
-Ilhan Omar
Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 31, 2025 03:31 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Marcus T at December 31, 2025 03:31 PM (isOGd)
they stole all the student enrollment records and the employee files.
Great. Now show us the police report on the break-in.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 03:32 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: Crusader
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Yes they should but even that will not work if the general culture in the US becomes that of the Turd World where casual corruption and graft is justified as everybody does it.
Sweden went through painful but successful restructuring of its welfare state in the 90's only to admit hundreds of thousands of barbarians who have no intention in not stealing everything that is not nailed down.
Denmark made a right turn and decided not to admit more barbarians and to force them to assimilate. We shall see if that is successful which I think not.
Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 03:32 PM (WDjG6)
Norway's punitive taxes are driving innovators and startups away.
"Norway imposes a wealth tax that taxes unrealized gains at approximately 1% annually. Calculated on the full market value for publicly traded assets and the book value of private companies. On New Year's Eve, whatever your net worth - including illiquid assets - is subject to this tax. It doesn't matter if you're running a loss-making startup with no cash flow, if your investments have tanked after the valuation date, or even if your company has gone bankrupt—you still owe the tax.
"This creates a perverse scenario where business owners must extract dividends or sell shares every year just to cover their tax bill. With dividend and capital gains taxes at around 38%, you need to withdraw approximately 1.6 million NOK to pay a 1 million NOK wealth tax bill. You're essentially paying taxes to pay taxes, draining capital from your business without any personal financial gain."
Norway also added an "exit tax" so the smart move is to leave before you get rich.
https://paragraph.com/@hagaetc/norway-shrugged
Posted by: mr_jack at December 31, 2025 03:33 PM (LNPSJ)
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 03:24 PM (jc0TO)
Like getting vaxed and boosted?
Posted by: Got my COVID booster and I feel GREA... at December 31, 2025 03:33 PM (TbWk/)
That's why I've been saying that all these predictions of a blue wave next Fall might be a big premature. Nobody likes being robbed and a lot Democrat voters are going to start finding out they are in fact the baddies.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2025 03:33 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: dantesed
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That's a bit passive, it trancends that, let's call it prosecutable crimnal[i/] fraud.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2025 03:34 PM (XeU6L)
____
Don't forget the clit snipping!
Posted by: Somalia Tourism Board at December 31, 2025 03:34 PM (Dv3i1)
You should all be happy that at least there's not a bunch of toddlers being brainwashed with marxoislamic rhymes every day.
Posted by: Auspex at December 31, 2025 03:34 PM (pCWOd)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2025 03:34 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2025 03:34 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at December 31, 2025 03:35 PM (NtVYv)
Posted by: melodicmetal at December 31, 2025 03:35 PM (61TgR)
When you say "our culture" is that a typo and should read "our coffers" as in the Demonic Party's slush fund ?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 03:35 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2025 03:35 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Crusader
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"You do, of course, have SOC 2 certification"?
"Infidel!"
Posted by: mrp at December 31, 2025 03:35 PM (rj6Yv)
It does not help that they use the picture of the OLD city hall that was torn down in the 60's to illustrate the article.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 03:35 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Politico "journalists" at December 31, 2025 03:35 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Marcus T at December 31, 2025 03:31 PM (isOGd)
Exactly right.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2025 03:35 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Boss Moss
I am told that they bring something of great value to our culture but for the life of me I can't figure out what it is.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
......
Family-owned Somalian eateries known for their goat platters?
Posted by: wth at December 31, 2025 03:36 PM (v0R5T)
So the answer? Print dollars and steal them.
Your taxes are the same but they still took half of your wealth and the LIVs won't vote you out for it
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 03:36 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 03:10 PM (UgvXX)
I am told that they bring something of great value to our culture but for the life of me I can't figure out what it is.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 31, 2025 03:29 PM (guGkK)
The Powers That Be would be very satisfied if the public opprobrium was strictly limited to the Somalis. Easy to ringfence criticism by calling the critics racist, and there would be more than enough LIVs to buy their explanation and let the story die in time. BTW, I give this story one month and it will be forgotten, in light of the next grotesquerie that will inevitably come out.
Obviously, these Somalis had help from government Sherpas that received kickbacks and votes from the scheme. THESE are the people who need to go to jail most of all. If Bondi and Patel focus on them, this is what will get Trump past the midterms unscathed. That, and everything else Trump did this year that will begin to pay dividends in 2026.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 31, 2025 03:36 PM (0CU3H)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 31, 2025 03:36 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Oglebay at December 31, 2025 03:36 PM (GPa4z)
Where will they get the medical care if they are not allowed to Scam in Minnasota-stan ??
We call on a Hawaiian Judge to step in now and protect these poor children from Donald" Adolf" Trump and the ICE Storm Troopers ...
Posted by: Jackson at December 31, 2025 03:37 PM (J9q9v)
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at December 31, 2025 03:37 PM (Oq/TM)
2. ???
3. Profit!!!!
--Norsk Underbusker Gnomes
Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 31, 2025 03:36 PM (Dv3i1)
Careful about sneering. California is planning the exact same thing.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 03:37 PM (rbvCR)
Nothing will happen.
Posted by: That Guy who sonorously intones "Nothing will happen." at December 31, 2025 03:37 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: melodicmetal at December 31, 2025 03:37 PM (61TgR)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
==========
Like election fraud and election rigging, I have come to the conclusion that far too many GOP officeholders are doing the corruption thing too, just not a crudely.
Only thing that makes sense why far too many of them act the way that they do.
The elite in this country have a vast network formed in politics and elite colleges that essentially view the rest of the population as unworthy peasants. These elites justify their legal and illegal theft from the rest of us because they are smarter, kinder, wiser, and better people all around than the regular folks. Since they are saints by their own definition, then taking their opportunities when they come is simply justified as foresight.
Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 03:37 PM (WDjG6)
Now: How dare the government investigate these day care centers for fraud - innocent people will be harmed by baseless investigations!
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 03:37 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 03:37 PM (UgvXX)
Posted by: Average internal investigation at December 31, 2025 03:24 PM (TbWk/)
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Not to sh*t on your point but I fired someone as the result of an internal investigation just in October.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 03:38 PM (RIvkX)
Nobody WANTS to uncover it though.
Posted by: Reality at December 31, 2025 03:18 PM (tNkpt)
This. Because I'd think we would find they are all fucking corrupt except 'maybe' Desantis.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
I'm good with uncovering EVERYTHING. Let the bodies fall where they may.
Since I've been played as a chump, I don't care WHO goes to jail.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 03:38 PM (QGRvm)
It's about a 30 minute drive to Kent and Federal Way. Maybe I'll take a drive up to some of these places and check them out.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2025 03:38 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: melodicmetal at December 31, 2025
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I wouldn't have guessed it either. Though there's a certain precision in the way she pronounces "r" and some other consonants that . . .
Oh.
Wait.
Ohhhhh . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 03:39 PM (wzUl9)
......
Well, that kind of sucks when you go to pick up your kids.
Posted by: wth at December 31, 2025 03:39 PM (v0R5T)
Now if the GOp only showed some stones
Posted by: Smell the Glove
Wouldn't be prudent. Not at this juncture.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2025 03:39 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at December 31, 2025 03:39 PM (FCrpy)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 31, 2025 03:40 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 03:40 PM (UgvXX)
https://www.americanthinker.com/
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at December 31, 2025 03:40 PM (5xuJ/)
To provide votes for the people helping them run these scams.
With all the focus on the money being stolen for this fraud we shouldn't lose sight of the other half of the equation, voting. The Great Replacement is very real.
I challenge anyone to justify the voter vouching system that is part of the Minnesota voting process. There is no reason for it other than to cheat.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2025 03:40 PM (viF8m)
What's the old saying? "Nobody can hurt you without your permission." What if honest citizens start withholding their permission to be tax cows?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 31, 2025 03:40 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Tim Walz at December 31, 2025 03:41 PM (J9q9v)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2025
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I hope you’re right. I just wonder how many Normies are exposed to this stuff. It’s the number 1 story for political nerds. But for the average LIV, CNN or their local newspaper or newscast sure isn’t telling them about it. If anything they’re going out of their way to tell the Normies it’s no big deal and a bunch of racist lies.
Posted by: Really? at December 31, 2025 03:41 PM (tNkpt)
-Ilhan Omar
Posted by: Chuck Martel
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Social refinement, motherfuckers! -- Rashida Harbi Tlaib
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2025 03:42 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
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Once upon a time I'd have said, "They act as a bad example." But -- after decades of brainwashing not to be "racist" -- I'm not so sure Americans understand that.
We still don't need them physically here to profit by their example.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 03:42 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: melodicmetal at December 31, 2025
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I wouldn't have guessed it either. Though there's a certain precision in the way she pronounces "r" and some other consonants that . . .
Oh.
Wait.
Ohhhhh . . .
TFW you're developing a joke and someone else posts it first, virtually verbatim to what you planned.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2025 03:42 PM (Riz8t)
Esteban- if your blade as sharp as your tongue?
Zorro- is yours as full as your wit?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 03:42 PM (Yl2Ob)
Can't wait for Washington cities to hire their own Somali cops.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2025 03:43 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: illiniwek at December 31, 2025 03:43 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: Kaya at December 31, 2025 03:43 PM (ycI94)
You should all be happy that at least there's not a bunch of toddlers being brainwashed with marxoislamic rhymes every day.
Posted by: Auspex at December 31, 2025 03:34 PM (pCWOd)
I'm sure they get plenty of that at home.
Posted by: No beneficial effect to be had here at December 31, 2025 03:43 PM (TbWk/)
Haji Mohamed Said Duale
You might ask yourself..."How did Duale get so rich (billionaire status)? Well, he runs a MONEY TRANSFER COMPANY. You have to admit that is kind of funny.
Posted by: Orson at December 31, 2025 03:43 PM (dIske)
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The GOP house and senate could declare 2026 to be a year of tax ammesty. They could require all returns to be filed as usual, and declare that any taxes owed are waived. That would be an "attention-getter".
But who am I kidding? For it to work, we'd have to have a GOP house and senate that wanted to actually do something other than hold hearings and grift.
Posted by: Crusader at December 31, 2025 03:43 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: Iasonas at December 31, 2025 03:44 PM (gUzGB)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2025
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I hope you’re right. I just wonder how many Normies are exposed to this stuff. It’s the number 1 story for political nerds. But for the average LIV, CNN or their local newspaper or newscast sure isn’t telling them about it. If anything they’re going out of their way to tell the Normies it’s no big deal and a bunch of racist lies.
Posted by: Really? at December 31, 2025 03:41 PM (tNkpt)
Nick Shirley now has over a million YT subscribers, and his X post received multiple millions of views. CNN, with a fraction of the following that X has, is trying to shoot the messenger. They will not succeed. The MSM may not be dead, but New Media is very much alive, and they are getting all the attention.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 31, 2025 03:44 PM (0CU3H)
That's not just "willful blindness" ... it's aiding and abetting a conspiracy.
Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at December 31, 2025 03:44 PM (og9b4)
Posted by: Really?
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Euroland yutes are increasingly turning to the Internet for news and that is why the EU is panicking trying to shut down American sources like X.
Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 03:44 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 03:44 PM (Yl2Ob)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 03:44 PM (zNwXb)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 03:44 PM (UgvXX)
Posted by: Auspex
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True!
But, cold comfort.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2025 03:45 PM (XeU6L)
The number as of now is over 100 million and climbing.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2025 03:45 PM (viF8m)
Fraud Somali!
Posted by: Tex Lovera at December 31, 2025 03:45 PM (wtvvX)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 03:45 PM (UgvXX)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 03:44 PM (UgvXX)
Evidently
Posted by: It's me donna at December 31, 2025 03:45 PM (VE6XX)
Later Suckers of CA......
Posted by: Gav "The Newsome" at December 31, 2025 03:46 PM (J9q9v)
Posted by: illiniwek
It depends upon whether they are giving the local democrats ten percent.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 31, 2025 03:46 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 31, 2025 03:40 PM (tgvbd)
I think it was "nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent." Attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt but who knows about these things. People hurt people without permission all the time. They sure as hell CAN hurt you without permission and usually do. And it hurts regardless of permission each and every time.
Posted by: Unless it's a 50 Shades thing at December 31, 2025 03:47 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 03:44 PM (UgvXX)
Somebody has to look after the fake chirrun.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2025 03:47 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 03:47 PM (UgvXX)
I'm waiting for "Hawaii" to be replaced by a destination that doesn't have an extradition treaty with the US.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 03:47 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 03:47 PM (Yl2Ob)
Everything is fake and a lie.
Posted by: Iasonas
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Fight the good fight friend, never give up.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2025 03:47 PM (XeU6L)
The number as of now is over 100 million and climbing.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2025 03:45 PM (viF8m)
Has any MSM post ever gotten 100 million views? 50 million? 25 million?
Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 31, 2025 03:48 PM (0CU3H)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 03:44 PM (UgvXX)
Somebody has to look after the fake chirrun.
... with "autism" and "peanut allergies".
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 03:48 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 03:48 PM (UgvXX)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 03:49 PM (Yl2Ob)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 03:44 PM (zNwXb)
I think there are also reciprocal rewards in all these sort of cases. As a % of the fraud found. Some investigative minded persons could make a whole livelihood going around and identifying election and welfare fraud. You up those %, make them 20-30 % and people will turn on their own relatives.
When I worked at UPS the reward for turning in cow-orkers who were stealing was well over 100% value. Many thousands. And the system worked great. Anyone would report. Because for a college aged kid the reward money was very significant.
Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 03:50 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 03:44 PM (UgvXX)
Somebody has to look after the fake chirrun.
... with "autism" and "peanut allergies".
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 03:48 PM (a4flb)
From 2PM till 10PM
Posted by: It's me donna at December 31, 2025 03:50 PM (VE6XX)
https://youtu.be/MiUHjLxm3V0
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 03:50 PM (jc0TO)
CNN: You can't trust this guy!
Me: I don't, but I can't trust you either. He's never lied to me. You have, repeatedly. Advantage: Nick Shirley!
Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2025 03:50 PM (Riz8t)
That's not just "willful blindness" ... it's aiding and abetting a conspiracy.
Posted by: ShainS
They are also transferring money interstate to other democrat candidates and get out the vote operations. This is how the democrats are funding their party.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 31, 2025 03:50 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Checked temps,(F!)
66 Az, 35 Calgary
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2025 03:50 PM (XeU6L)
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30 kids named Mohammed Mohammed Mohammed all with the same address listed? It's their culture. You don't hate their culture, do you? Hater.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 31, 2025 03:50 PM (Dv3i1)
There are 10,000 non-Somalis
80 Somalis are criminals
81 non-Somalis are criminals
According to Walz the real problem is non-Somalis.
Posted by: Really? at December 31, 2025 03:50 PM (tNkpt)
He is entering into Super Bowl viewership territory.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 03:50 PM (a4flb)
I'm giving up (temporarily) my move to Florida because too many things keep popping up in NJ for me to take care of.
My place in FL is listed on the market and I'm pretty torn up about it.
But I gotta be a good person and take care of my mom and her affairs.
Despite all the scammers out there getting by.
Imagine if with all the fraud money, we could adequately take care of our own senior citizens.
All of this breaks my heart.
Posted by: Iasonas at December 31, 2025 03:51 PM (gUzGB)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 31, 2025 03:46 PM (0U5gm)
The Mafia thought 20% was the break even point.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 03:51 PM (rbvCR)
Has any MSM post ever gotten 100 million views? 50 million? 25 million?
Dunno. Have they ever posted anything on a Kate Upton wardrobe malfunction?
Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2025 03:51 PM (Riz8t)
And how much hay did the leftists get out of this?
This new thing, this disgusting fraud, involves a hundred times those chased down by the F fucking B I for Jan 6.
Posted by: M. Gaga at December 31, 2025 03:51 PM (KiBMU)
Everything is fake and a lie.
Posted by: Iasonas
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Fight the good fight friend, never give up.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2025 03:47 PM (XeU6L)
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This.
I will not betray the works of my ancestors who helped create this country be lost to some marxist islamic shitheads. My grandkids will have an America to grow up in or I will die trying.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2025 03:51 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Doof at December 31, 2025 03:51 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: NCKate at December 31, 2025 03:52 PM (uQzkA)
Posted by: Kingsman at December 31, 2025 03:52 PM (ehY6c)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 03:53 PM (UgvXX)
Your mom needs so and so do some people who you may not even be aware of .You are appreciated more than you may know. Take a break from news maybe and just take things one step at a time.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 03:53 PM (Yl2Ob)
I don't know about kudos, but the MSM is trying to dox him, because of course they are.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2025 03:54 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 03:54 PM (zNwXb)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 03:54 PM (Yl2Ob)
That's not just "willful blindness" ... it's aiding and abetting a conspiracy.
Posted by: ShainS
Talk about tone deaf...just last week Washington's governor hosted Walz for a fund raiser. Dumbass.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2025 03:55 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: GOP at December 31, 2025 03:55 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 03:56 PM (UgvXX)
Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 03:56 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 03:57 PM (Ia/+0)
and in a lot of blue big cities in red states, but it helps to have a Dem governor turning the blind eye.
Are there any Big Cities that are not Democrat run?
Posted by: illiniwek at December 31, 2025 03:57 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 03:54 PM (zNwXb)
Same down here in MD. Wes Moore is taking it to new levels and isn't even really trying hard to hide it.
As has been said - it's not that the system is corrupt, it's that corruption is the system.
Posted by: Doof at December 31, 2025 03:57 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 31, 2025 03:50 PM (Dv3i1)
Just remember, if you see the new neighbors out flogging one of their women on the front lawn for sneezing on a Tuesday, remember they are Islamic fundamentalists who have ways and morals that are not our own, and we are not in a position to judge. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view, until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
Posted by: Atticus Kindltot at December 31, 2025 03:57 PM (rbvCR)
Oh yea. David something or another. He's actually been investigating this stuff in Minnesota for years. It was Shirley joining him not the other way around.
He also filed a lawsuit against Walz the other day. Probably won't go anywhere by itself cause Minnesota is run by Democrats for the most part but every bit helps.
Fun fact, does everyone remember the Democrat politician who was murdered along with her husband a few months ago? Melisa Hortman. She was the former Democrat Speaker of the Minnesota House. She was also the only Democrat who voted against giving healthcare to illegals.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2025 03:57 PM (viF8m)
All of this breaks my heart.
Posted by: Iasonas
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I can relate, I know that is of no consolation, but, one foot in front of the other. You just have to take what ever weapons you have and march to the front. Life could be easy, but it just won't. We can only do what we can do. Thoughts will be with you.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2025 03:57 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Doof at December 31, 2025
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Lousy-ana was founded by the French, steered badly by the Spanish, squeezed for profit by the French again. The notion of everyday corruption and bribery ("M'sieu wishes me to 'do my job'? I shall require some, shall we say, extra compensation, oui?") was baked into the muddy steaming cake. And it was a Dem stronghold for a very long time.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 03:57 PM (wzUl9)
That is one component, another one was given to us as Projection when Klaus of the WEF told us that we would own nothing and like it.
For a lot of WEF types and their minions this is true. These People Of The World do not have a real income but have access to private jets, penthouse condos, luxury yachts and seats at prominent venues that are largely underwritten by the Blob that has a myriad of holding companies, shell organizations and LLCs.
If you are a Made Man in the globalist party and want to go to Paris then NYC, you are able to use the assets of these various entities that are largely funded by NGO stolen funds.
Also, as most cartels, laundering money into holding equities and bonds is often a vector of the stolen money. I'm sure a huge chunk of the 4-20 trillion stolen over the years is a large reason why the stock market is overpriced.
They aren't storing the trillions in a vault like Scrooge McDuck.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 03:57 PM (a4flb)
Thank you, Fen.
I actually have been trying to read the news less than usual but this fraud stuff has me really annoyed.
The holidays had me down too.
Posted by: Iasonas at December 31, 2025 03:57 PM (gUzGB)
Posted by: SMOD at December 31, 2025 03:58 PM (RHGPo)
Since I've been played as a chump, I don't care WHO goes to jail.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 03:38 PM (QGRvm)
This.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 31, 2025 03:58 PM (bss/y)
And society will collapse.
Posted by: Ace at 03:00 PM
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Didja ever see a movie where someone's been shot and they're as good as dead, but they keep staggering forward just on momentum for a while?
Yeah, it feels like that's where we're at.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at December 31, 2025 03:58 PM (Hx0tZ)
Posted by: Iasonas at December 31, 2025 03:58 PM (gUzGB)
Yeah, it feels like that's where we're at.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at December 31, 2025 03:58 PM (Hx0tZ)
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The Terminator?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 03:59 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure
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I'm afraid the Caymens will tip over.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2025 04:00 PM (XeU6L)
The holidays had me down too.
Posted by: Iasonas at December 31, 2025 03:57 PM (gUzGB)
You're a good Son.. Your Mother is lucky to have you.. I'll say a prayer for you...
Posted by: It's me donna at December 31, 2025 04:00 PM (VE6XX)
Oh yea. David something or another. He's actually been investigating this stuff in Minnesota for years. It was Shirley joining him not the other way around.
He also filed a lawsuit against Walz the other day. Probably won't go anywhere by itself cause Minnesota is run by Democrats for the most part but every bit helps.
Fun fact, does everyone remember the Democrat politician who was murdered along with her husband a few months ago? Melisa Hortman. She was the former Democrat Speaker of the Minnesota House. She was also the only Democrat who voted against giving healthcare to illegals.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2025 03:57 PM (viF8m)
The other fun fact was that the MSM was ready to blame Republicans for that murder until the suspect said that Tim Walz ordered him to do it*. The MSM memory holed that guy toot sweet.
*Walz supposedly wanted Klobuchar's Senate seat, but still.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 31, 2025 04:00 PM (0CU3H)
Yeah, it feels like that's where we're at.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at December 31, 2025 03:58 PM (Hx0tZ)
More than just a flesh wound?
Posted by: Doof at December 31, 2025 04:00 PM (QMAsf)
It is upsetting, but it's not good to live in that place. The holidays can also be quite hard as well. Is there something you like to do which you could do, or read something that is uplifting to you?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 04:00 PM (Yl2Ob)
I may revisit that.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 03:14 PM (a4flb)
I retired from broadcast engineering in 2019, right before the Covid op. I never looked back. By that time, the job was getting in the way of my hobbies. I waited long enough. 72 was old enough.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at December 31, 2025 04:00 PM (5xuJ/)
Posted by: Cui Bono? at December 31, 2025 04:00 PM (qUkBO)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2025 04:00 PM (XeU6L)
With luck they put it in Silver shorts.
Posted by: Atticus Kindltot at December 31, 2025 04:00 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 04:01 PM (Yl2Ob)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 04:01 PM (UgvXX)
Yeah, it feels like that's where we're at.
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I posted yesterday that if there was one thing that shows just how strong the American spirit is, its that we could continue to produce positive economic numbers even while footing the bill for *incredible* levels of outright theft and corruption.
Posted by: Crusader at December 31, 2025 04:01 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2025 03:57 PM (viF8m)
And she sounded scared shitless when she was talking about her vote.
Posted by: Hugh Jass at December 31, 2025 04:01 PM (UslNH)
Only an idiot would ever have or still does vote for a democrat at any level.
And idiots we have aplenty.
Posted by: Stop Voting For Them at December 31, 2025 04:01 PM (R/m4+)
Posted by: SMOD at December 31, 2025 04:01 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
Yep. I did. As I said, the only reason that the GOP is silent on a lot of fraud whether elections or other is that they too are engaging in it.
GOP in the House did not allow Ethics investigation of Omar because the Dems would have demanded an Ethics investigation of Cory Mills, a FL GOP congress critter accused of sexual assault (DC cops called) and threatening to release revenge pron from another person in Florida when they had a breakup resulting in a protective order for the victim in FL.
Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 04:01 PM (WDjG6)
So Trump says that Somalia isn't a real country its just a bunch of people walking around killing each other.
I'm in. I want to understand. Give me a crate of ammo and a list and I'll be glad to "climb into his skin and walk around" exploiting his "culture" of murder and violence.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 04:02 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: steevy at December 31, 2025 04:02 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Iasonas at December 31, 2025 04:02 PM (gUzGB)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 03:57 PM (wzUl9)
Sad. Who was that Congress critter from those parts that Rush called "cold cash"?
Posted by: Doof at December 31, 2025 04:02 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 31, 2025 04:02 PM (NwnyJ)
Sitting on my backside and staring slackmouthed out the window is a kind of hobby.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2025 04:02 PM (Riz8t)
Didja ever see a movie where someone's been shot and they're as good as dead, but they keep staggering forward just on momentum for a while?
Yeah, it feels like that's where we're at.
Posted by: OneEyedJack
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Yes, and the result can be momentus.
Posted by: Samson at December 31, 2025 04:02 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Atticus Kindltot at December 31, 2025 03:57 PM (rbvCR
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It's really not as easy to do as you might think
Posted by: Ed Gein at December 31, 2025 04:02 PM (Hx0tZ)
Posted by: Diogenes
Money stolen by somalis in Minnesota is being channeled to Washington state. It isn't a fundraiser, it is a bag man run.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 31, 2025 04:02 PM (0U5gm)
Sure we’ll have some investigations and some people will do some prison time. But will the fraud continue? Absolutely. It’s too big to fail.
Posted by: Really? at December 31, 2025 04:03 PM (tNkpt)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 04:03 PM (UgvXX)
Im thinking adult daycare center complete with complimentary adult diapers and bags of cheetos for bed wetting incels who white knight on Twitter defending AWFLs in the vain hopes that it'll get them laid
I think im on to something here...
Happy New Year!
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Patiently Awaiting My Pre-Ordered AI Powered Fembot at December 31, 2025 04:03 PM (REq0p)
—Ace
No wonder they loved covid so much.
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No wonder they made covid.
Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 04:03 PM (E0p3T)
She said Walz either knew or is stupid and she thinks it's both.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 04:04 PM (QGRvm)
Esteban- A little clumsy, are you not, my friend?
Zorro- To be your friend I would have to be more than clumsy. I would have to be stupid.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 04:04 PM (Yl2Ob)
Posted by: Atticus Kindltot at December 31, 2025 03:57 PM (rbvCR
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It's really not as easy to do as you might think
Posted by: Ed Gein
Right?
Posted by: Jame Gumb at December 31, 2025 04:04 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 31, 2025 04:04 PM (Da7Vv)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure
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I'm afraid the Caymens will tip over.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2025 04:00 PM (XeU6L)
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The case I linked to in #46 mentions that the perp laundered his fraud money through China before moving it to Kenya.
Posted by: mrp at December 31, 2025 04:04 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 04:04 PM (grNgC)
Posted by: steevy
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It is something different then that, and more insidious. It is the intentional greed/power-driven poisoning of society.
Posted by: Samson at December 31, 2025 04:04 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 04:01 PM (UgvXX)
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The lock box is where the government keeps the gun to tax you for other people's welfare benefits.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 04:05 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2025 04:05 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Doof at December 31, 2025 04:02 PM (QMAsf)
William J. Jefferson.
Been stealing since he could crawl.
Posted by: Mortimer Duke at December 31, 2025 04:05 PM (R/m4+)
Didja ever see a movie where someone's been shot and they're as good as dead, but they keep staggering forward just on momentum for a while?
Yeah, it feels like that's where we're at.
Posted by: OneEyedJack
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Yes, and the result can be momentus.
Posted by: Samson
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You can always take one with you.
Posted by: Winston Churchill at December 31, 2025 04:05 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 04:05 PM (UgvXX)
I've been pretty good about going to the gym. It turns out I lost 30 pounds in about a year and a half.
I have a flight booked for FL for Sat. I'm gonna check on my place there and get my mail, then try to go out and have some fun. Gonna book a hotel at the beach near my favorite bar with live bands.
I was hoping this would be my new life sooner rather than later, /shrug
Posted by: Iasonas at December 31, 2025 04:05 PM (gUzGB)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 31, 2025 04:02 PM (0U5gm)
My conclusion years ago was that the insane third world dictators were insane because they don't require the consent of the people they rule, just a small oligarchy and foreign backing, so they could be nutbar and violent as they could get away with.
I am beginning to see this pattern with Washington and Oregon as well.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 04:06 PM (rbvCR)
Or call it: "the cost of doing business"
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 04:07 PM (a4flb)
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Except we're borrowing trillions to pay for it...
Posted by: Cui Bono? at December 31, 2025 04:07 PM (qUkBO)
That's wonderful that you lost the weight . You should pay yourself on the back for that . And having a fun time in the sunshine in Florida sounds great.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 04:08 PM (Yl2Ob)
She said Walz either knew or is stupid and she thinks it's both.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 04:04 PM (QGRvm)
Ouch.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 04:08 PM (rbvCR)
And why Tampon Timmy was going to get a promotion for his work in facilitating and protecting the bag man run.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 04:08 PM (a4flb)
She said Walz either knew or is stupid and she thinks it's both.
Posted by: rickb223
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Gee. I hope she's not going to do something super racist and mean like start deporting them.
Posted by: wth at December 31, 2025 04:08 PM (UjdFS)
Everything is fake and a lie.
Posted by: Iasonas
Depends on what you are looking at.
I am safe. And warm. I have food in the fridge. I have a soft place To sleep at night.
I can look up and see the sky. It is not falling.
I can drink a glass of water from the tap and it will not kill me. I can walk along the sidewalk and see trees and birds and mountains and the sea. I am safe.
I can breathe clean air. I can reach out to people I love. I just brought chicken pho to my son who has the flu and visited with him for several minutes. He loves me. I love him.
When you get despondent, shrink your priorities.
I am loved. I am safe. I am warm. My belly is full.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 31, 2025 04:09 PM (IhIKR)
Posted by: Atticus Kindltot at December 31, 2025 03:57 PM (rbvCR)
You do know, you have to kill him first to do that.
Posted by: Ed Gein at December 31, 2025 04:09 PM (guGkK)
And that time will come, Isonas, but waiting can be hard!.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 04:09 PM (Yl2Ob)
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Except we're borrowing trillions to pay for it...
Posted by: Cui Bono? at December 31, 2025 04:07 PM (qUkBO)
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GDP has been positive since 2007 almost exclusively because government spending is added to the + side of the equation.
Without it, we've been negative every year.
One might call it a depression that's lasted almost 20 years.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 04:09 PM (GBKbO)
She said Walz either knew or is stupid and she thinks it's both.
Committing crimes while retarded still makes one guilty
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 04:10 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: Crusader
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You do realize that the GDP, and employment numbers include all the waste? On top of the government waste.
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 31, 2025 04:10 PM (fltLA)
She said Walz either knew or is stupid and she thinks it's both.
Posted by: rickb223
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Gee. I hope she's not going to do something super racist and mean like start deporting them.
Posted by: wth at December 31, 2025 04:08 PM (UjdFS)
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"Oh, shit! The NYT is going to say mean things about us!"
-Stephen Miller, apparently
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 04:10 PM (GBKbO)
And how many Jews have home countries that are so deplorably poor and filthy that they're affronts to G-d and man alike? Really, actually. I'm very serious. Questions. Serious questions.
Posted by: Mirror Universe Tucker Carlson at December 31, 2025 04:10 PM (2Z2fP)
Posted by: Doof at December 31, 2025 04:02 PM (QMAsf)
William J. Jefferson.
Been stealing since he could crawl.
Posted by: Mortimer Duke at December 31, 2025 04:05 PM (R/m4+)
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LMAO...I remember that guy. He hid nearly $100,000 in bribe money in pie crust boxes in his freezer.
Posted by: Orson at December 31, 2025 04:10 PM (dIske)
Truth from God the father to King David to us. This is the path laid out before you and me.
Posted by: Kingsman at December 31, 2025 04:11 PM (ehY6c)
(Louis Armstrong voice
and I think to myself what a wonderful world. Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 31, 2025 04:11 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 31, 2025 04:11 PM (URXDc)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 04:11 PM (UgvXX)
Posted by: Mary Cloggistein from Brattleboro, Vt at December 31, 2025 04:11 PM (wXPKd)
If "deporting" them involves a lime pit, then I'm OK with that.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 04:12 PM (a4flb)
Nice racket.
Posted by: CaliGirl at December 31, 2025 04:12 PM (e1rsl)
Poor Somalis.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 31, 2025 04:11 PM (URXDc)
*phew*
Posted by: Haitians at December 31, 2025 04:12 PM (guGkK)
Posted by: Atticus Kindltot at December 31, 2025 03:57 PM (rbvCR)
You do know, you have to kill him first to do that.
Posted by: Ed Gein at December 31, 2025 04:09 PM (guGkK)
Step off, poser!
I'M working this corner!
Posted by: Ed Gein at December 31, 2025 04:12 PM (Hx0tZ)
https://tinyurl.com/473w44bm
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 04:12 PM (Yl2Ob)
Defrauding the American taxpayer isn't a uniquely Somalian attribute.
I'm looking into religious day cares and day schools of all stripes, Muslim, Christian, Jewish and otherwise.
Posted by: Citizen Journalist at December 31, 2025 04:13 PM (TDLyG)
Poor Somalis.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 31, 2025 04:11 PM (URXDc)
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See my post at #211 for the Somali with the most to lose. And, he's not even in the US.
Posted by: Orson at December 31, 2025 04:13 PM (dIske)
Point them to a military C5 and a lime pit and ask them to make a choice right now.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 04:13 PM (a4flb)
We are indeed too kind a Nation.
Would that I were King...
them and their Clansmen would be working in the Mines until their debts are paid off in KWH.
Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 04:13 PM (grNgC)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 04:11 PM (UgvXX)
Two weeks.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 31, 2025 04:14 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: fd at December 31, 2025 04:14 PM (vFG9F)
We no longer have secular day schools?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 04:14 PM (a4flb)
Awesome. Find them. Expose them.
Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 04:14 PM (grNgC)
I'm angry and I want payback. Anger is a lot more useful than surrender. I've been called a liar, a conspiracy theorist and many other names. I want these assholes exposed and punished.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2025 04:14 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 31, 2025 04:14 PM (IhIKR)
Posted by: wth at December 31, 2025 04:15 PM (UjdFS)
Borrowing it from whom? If we borrowed trillions of dollars - where IS IT? Its not on any government accounting sheet. Go ahead, try to find an entry that says "Borrowed money". Here is a hint: when the government prints a $100 bill, that money comes out of thin air. When the government takes in money in any way, it goes back to the same thin air it came from in the first place.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 31, 2025 04:15 PM (Da7Vv)
I'm looking into religious day cares and day schools of all stripes, Muslim, Christian, Jewish and otherwise.
Posted by: Citizen Journalist
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In the 60s the Catholic Church had an orphanage in my town, and a school. but they sent the orphans to public school because they were disruptive.
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 31, 2025 04:15 PM (fltLA)
Half the population is going to be livid while the other half doesn't have a clue.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 31, 2025 04:16 PM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: Orson
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And, had the NG transport him to rescue it.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2025 04:16 PM (XeU6L)
Until the State Department started doing genetic testing, more than half of Somali "families" immigrating to the United States were bringing in non-family members as well.
This includes Ilhan Nur, who immigrated with the Omar family, and so has pretended that her last name is "Omar" ever since.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 31, 2025 04:16 PM (xTIDn)
Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 04:19 PM (Ia/+0)
Without it, we've been negative every year.
One might call it a depression that's lasted almost 20 years.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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A fair take. Stagnation is usually the result of government overspending and the commensurate decline in investment. Investment has been headed abroad for higher returns and capital outflows to other nations accentuated the trend.
Posted by: Winston Churchill at December 31, 2025 04:19 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Mudshark at December 31, 2025 04:23 PM (8ftm8)
Posted by: Mudshark
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The rottenness in Alaska is the reason that Sarah Palin was driven out of the state.
The confluence of oil money, no taxes, and federal largesse has resulted in a state where corruption is pretty endemic like in Middle Eastern Countries.
Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 04:27 PM (WDjG6)
Half the population is going to be livid while the other half doesn't have a clue.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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This is the story throughout the West I suspect and China/India have their own massive corruption problems as does Russia.
Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 04:28 PM (WDjG6)
Roomy?
Posted by: Jame Gumb at December 31, 2025 04:55 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at December 31, 2025 06:08 PM (wGqjj)
Five Billion in "Questionable" Rental Assistance Went to Dead Tennants, Illegal Aliens Under Biden
No wonder they loved covid so much.
While we were locked down, they were living the high life, on our dime. We just saw new allegations that illegals and Somali pirates scammed the covid-era loans for businesses program.We're still funding this? And if you think Minnesota fraud is a scandal: Get a load of the massive industrial-scale looting in California.
$5B in 'questionable' rental assistance under Biden revealed -- including to thousands of 'deceased tenants' and non-citizens: HUD report WASHINGTON -- A US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) report found more than $5 billion in taxpayer funds went to "questionable" rental assistance recipients during the final year of the Biden administration -- including around 30,000 "deceased tenants" and "thousands" of potential non-citizens, The Post can reveal. HUD officials said a "large concentration" of the suspicious payments went to New York, California and Washington, DC, with dead recipients getting at least some funds in all 50 states -- in what federal officials are calling widespread abuse of taxpayers' dollars under the Biden administration. "A massive abuse of taxpayer dollars not only occurred under President [Joe] Biden's watch, but was effectively incentivized by his administration's failure to implement strong financial controls resulting in billions worth of potential improper payments," HUD Secretary Scott Turner said in a statement.
... HUD's Office of the Chief Financial Officer uncovered $5.8 billion of the "questionable" payments out of nearly $50 billion in total federal rental assistance to public housing authorities, contractors, landlords and other non-federal entities in fiscal year 2024, the 183-page report disclosed. The around 11% of taxpayer dollars from HUD went to more than 200,000 possibly ineligible tenants -- of whom 29,715 (around 14%) were dead, 9,472 (4%) were non-citizens and 165,393 (82%) were receiving sums that exceeded the threshold for assistance in their geographic region, particularly in New Orleans and other large metro areas. The HUD programs are designed to help low-income residents who wouldn't otherwise be able to afford shelter -- and the possible grift means those truly in need could have been left out in the cold. HUD officials faulted the Biden administration for a directive "to push funding out the door with minimal oversight" as well as rent assistance programs placing "substantial trust and responsibility in these non-federal entities ... to accurately assess tenant eligibility." Now, HUD will have to reach out to the public housing authorities and other entities to confirm the extent of the fraud -- and either pause or revoke funding. Officials will also make criminal referrals when warranted. "HUD is implementing processes and procedures to revoke or pause funding as part of its efforts to hold bad actors accountable," one official said. "Additionally, the Department could make criminal referrals and exercise other enforcement actions once it has confirmed fraud occurred."
A fresh 92-page bombshell from the California State Auditor lays it all out. "This latest report was issued by the state auditor, and that's a nonpartisan position; that state auditor now puts eight state agencies on the high-risk list of agencies to watch out for, for things like fraud and mismanagement as well as waste," Newsmax correspondent Heather Myers revealed last week. "Here's a look at that 92-page report. Newly added to the high-risk list is California's food stamp program. If the state doesn't get the improper payments under control, it could cost an extra $2.5 billion. Also on there is the Department of Finance, which was tasked with giving out COVID relief funds. Critics say $32 billion of that was taken by fraudsters. Then there are infrastructure issues like California's deteriorating dams, and also the high-speed train that's already cost taxpayers 18 billion without a single section of track complete." But wait, there's more! "Other reports cite $24 billion spent on the homeless issue that critics claim the state lost track of. More recently, there's a report that says California cell phone users paid a surcharge for years to upgrade the state's 911 system," she added. Tallied all up, California taxpayers lost $70 billion to fraud.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 01:40 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: gKWVE at December 31, 2025 01:40 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 01:40 PM (ExV1e)
All of that $4T or so a year was stolen. All of it.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 01:41 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: kallisto at December 31, 2025 01:41 PM (dCxaZ)
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 01:41 PM (jc0TO)
I wonder if there have been some deep-seeded changes in the voting patterns of certain demos in America in response to the Biden administration.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 01:41 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: SH (no more socks) at December 31, 2025 01:42 PM (sX1BW)
Posted by: gKWVE at December 31, 2025 01:42 PM (gKWVE)
Maybe those $100,000 pup tents supplied to Skid Row bums by taxpayer-funded NGOs have something to do with this. Somebody should look into this.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 31, 2025 01:42 PM (guGkK)
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Yes, but look at the high-speed rail system they built. A real marvel.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 31, 2025 01:42 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: It's Go Time, Pam! at December 31, 2025 01:42 PM (NcjJv)
That number is too low.
Posted by: dantesed at December 31, 2025 01:43 PM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 01:41 PM (sKqQm)
And when someone yawns about it...
point out that taxes paid for it. Taxes which you paid into the system from your earnings. Taxes paid with your time. With part of your life. They, literally, stole part of your life from you.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 01:43 PM (ExV1e)
She is counter offering now with...massive tax increases.
On the one hand I feel bad for Massholes, on the other hand as long as you reflexively vote D those pols don't give a shit about what you want.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 01:43 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 01:43 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 31, 2025 01:44 PM (QK0jY)
Look at how fast the churned out spending bills after Biden was elected. I bet it was 10 to 1 what the Reps have done recently.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 31, 2025 01:44 PM (RQ8Pa)
His famous answer was : That's where the money is.
Now, over 40% of GDP is spent by Fed, State or Local Government... so THAT is where the money is.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 01:44 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Guy who always says "Nothing will happen" and is usually right at December 31, 2025 01:44 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: 18-1
Massholes ain't there for the huntin'.
Posted by: horny polar bear at December 31, 2025 01:45 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 31, 2025 01:45 PM (0U5gm)
point out that taxes paid for it. Taxes which you paid into the system from your earnings. Taxes paid with your time. With part of your life. They, literally, stole part of your life from you.
The taxes are part of it and yes as you point out that is the same as stealing years of someone's life.
But allot of it was funded by the inflationary printing of dollars. You can lower taxes later, the damage of inflation is permanent.
I got takeout this weekend...$72 for 3 people. The same food would have been $35 or so in 2019...
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 01:45 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: one hour sober at December 31, 2025 01:45 PM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 31, 2025 01:45 PM (3630A)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 31, 2025 01:46 PM (mlg/3)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 31, 2025 01:46 PM (sDNVV)
People assume the Democrats have some expensive policy positions and they are soft on crime so a lot of that money gets stolen
That's an incorrect understanding.
The point of Democrat politics is to loot the treasury. Their policy positions are merely there to make it possible. Which is why they can change overnight when the opportunity to grift more comes up
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 01:47 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Barbara Tuchman at December 31, 2025 01:47 PM (gKWVE)
Any then maybe 30 day window to reapply.
These are not to be lifelong indenture bonds that people can hold against taxpayers but short-term help to get on with your lives.
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 31, 2025 01:47 PM (gbOdA)
Meh. Something IS happening. The connection between rampant fraud, criminal immigrants and the Democrats has entered the political zeitgeist in a big way. Even LIVs who get their news from CNN are starting to notice.
The effect on voting behavior is hard to predict but the impact can only be positive.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 31, 2025 01:47 PM (guGkK)
There has never been in the history of the world a fraud and scam as massive as covid. Trillions of dollars was stolen. There was a reason these people fought like caged rabid komodo dragons jacked on cocaine to keep covid a never-ending crisis.
Remember the old saying? "If you owe a bank $100, that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that's the bank's problem." The problem is similar here. If fraudsters steal $100, that's their problem. If they steal $100B, that's our problem.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 31, 2025 01:47 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Ace at 01:40 PM
So if we follow the government numbers rule then you have to double that to $140 billion, but it’s probably more like $210 billion.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 31, 2025 01:47 PM (6ydKt)
and....
100 percent of the spending by the federal government is fraud
Again, this is the biggest transfer of wealth from the public to our political betters and their minions in history. And it's been going on for decades.
Quite The Plan™ And it worked.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 31, 2025 01:47 PM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: Bulg at December 31, 2025 01:47 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: That Guy who always intones "Nothing will happen." at December 31, 2025 01:47 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: guy who always says it's Cucker Tarlson's fault at December 31, 2025 01:47 PM (RpyCp)
Posted by: Orson at December 31, 2025 01:48 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 01:48 PM (zNwXb)
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at December 31, 2025 01:48 PM (l3YAf)
nothing to see here peasants step off
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 31, 2025 01:48 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 01:48 PM (grNgC)
Posted by: one hour sober
Hey! I’m sitting right here!
And I just wrote out a huge tax check!
Posted by: RI Red at December 31, 2025 01:48 PM (LMRVO)
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Also a very easy fraud. Hey everyone stay home from work for a year and just watch netflix.
Posted by: SH (no more socks) at December 31, 2025 01:49 PM (sX1BW)
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 01:41 PM (jc0TO)
Truth.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 31, 2025 01:49 PM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 31, 2025 01:49 PM (iFTx/)
True Detective Season 2 came out in 2015 and the backdrop was organized crime using the high speed rail initiative as a way to steal a bunch of money
But the show was entirely too optimistic. Yes they had the "bad guys" winning but still had some actual rail built within a few years not as really happened having ALL the money be stolen
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 01:49 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Bulg at December 31, 2025 01:47 PM (77rzZ)
Never driven 1 single nail. Kind of required if your have Housing in your name.
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 31, 2025 01:49 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at December 31, 2025 01:48 PM
Not while there is a sea level dignity kanal to be built.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 01:50 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 31, 2025 01:47 PM (guGkK)
Imagine thinking you’re going to vote your way out of this.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at December 31, 2025 01:50 PM (l3YAf)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 31, 2025 01:50 PM (WPL6O)
Posted by: It's me donna at December 31, 2025 01:50 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: profligatewaste at December 31, 2025 01:50 PM (hf2C+)
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 01:45 PM (sKqQm)
Took my grandson to lunch yesterday at a now moderately priced restaurant. $49 for two hamburgers and drinks.
Posted by: Fractured History at December 31, 2025 01:50 PM (GGatE)
Posted by: Oglebay at December 31, 2025 01:50 PM (GPa4z)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 31, 2025 01:50 PM (n5tGW)
I know! You're shocked!
Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 31, 2025 01:50 PM (emBoF)
*Jedi hand wave*
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 31, 2025 01:51 PM (guGkK)
Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at December 31, 2025 01:51 PM (V362x)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 31, 2025 01:49 PM (iFTx/)
and Mohomeed and Samil and Nadir and...
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 31, 2025 01:51 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 31, 2025 01:51 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 31, 2025 01:51 PM (Kt19C)
So...that means a real increase in spending of around 50%. Where is that money going Gavin?
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 01:51 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: connected and litigious at December 31, 2025 01:52 PM (cS1cw)
Yes. In particular, it harms people who lived below their means in order to save for the future (not Democrats) and people who're trying to improve themselves through work - even though they don't yet qualify for more than low wages (frequently not Democrats).
It makes the spendthrifts go deeper into debt for everything and ensures that the proles will not rise above their station.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 01:52 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Bulg at December 31, 2025 01:47 PM (77rzZ)
It's whole premise has always been corruption.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 31, 2025 01:52 PM (g8Ew8)
when I was a kid our "shore" was Ventnor. so we would walk on the boards one way to Margate, or the other to AC.
we'd get ice cream in very posh Margate - $1 a sundae right? go the shorter way to AC? $5 and that was WAY back.
because of comps. bc so many people in AC were gambling and getting comp cash, all the prices were jacked up.
anyway ...that's how I learned about what's going on here in the US. when "comp cash" gets sloshed around, everything gets $$$
Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 31, 2025 01:52 PM (emBoF)
Meanwhile, the government is shoveling these peoples' tax dollars as fast as they can to every scam known on earth.
I would think a few people are waking up.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 31, 2025 01:53 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 31, 2025 01:53 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 01:51 PM (sKqQm)
Fire insurance.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 31, 2025 01:54 PM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 01:54 PM (RuTUS)
California 2024 population: 39,430,000
Amount of fraud flushed down the toilet: $1,775.30 per capita.
Posted by: mrp at December 31, 2025 01:55 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm
Prepare to be not shocked, then, because that is exactly what happened.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 31, 2025 01:55 PM (0U5gm)
It was designed to deal with criminal enterprises that had 'lots of buffers.' It reaches beyond a simple conspiracy case because it covers bad people doing bad things without necessarily knowing the greater RICO scheme, just that they knew their part in it.
To bring a RICO case you need two or more RICO predicates. 'Murder for hire' is one, as you'd expect
But another is "Bringing in, aiding or assisting aliens in illegally entering the country (if the action was for financial gain);"
If you have the right facts, RICO is a killer.
We're seeing more and more of these potential RICO cases popping up through leaks and exposures. This isn't an accident. Trump is settling all family business.
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 31, 2025 01:55 PM (dtajH)
and....
100 percent of the spending by the federal government is fraud
Again, this is the biggest transfer of wealth from the public to our political betters and their minions in history. And it's been going on for decades.
Quite The Plan™ And it worked.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 31, 2025 01:47 PM (NwnyJ)
Naw, only 74% and 99.999999999%.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 31, 2025 01:55 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 31, 2025 01:55 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 31, 2025 01:55 PM (emBoF)
Meanwhile, the government is shoveling these peoples' tax dollars as fast as they can to every scam known on earth.
I would think a few people are waking up.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 31, 2025 01:53 PM (0U5gm)
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"You know what will help? Shutting down the government again!"
-AOC
"Fuck that bitch."
-Chuck Schumer, still wounded from his "win" in the last government shutdown
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 01:55 PM (GBKbO)
Why does California have a state auditor then? What's the point?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 01:55 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 01:55 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 31, 2025 01:56 PM (emBoF)
My guess is that you need to look first at the Assembly before you look at the governor. They appropriate the money and levy the taxes.
But you know what else that doesn't capture? The absolute freaking waste in government mandates, regulations, restrictions, union featherbedding, windmills and solar panels, and hidden costs of security and safety borne by citizens.
Posted by: Obamacare economists at December 31, 2025 01:56 PM (eStot)
393 I cannot wait to see the fraud numbers from California.
Posted by: connected and litigious
*shoulder shimmy*
* milking a cow hand motions*
*crosses legs like a girl*
Posted by: Gavin Newsom at December 31, 2025 01:34 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 01:56 PM (RuTUS)
All of that $4T or so a year was stolen. All of it.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 01:41 PM (sKqQm)
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All that money that the shadow autopen government printed was the reason we went through massive inflation. The money disappeared to a bunch democrat operatives while the price of steak went from 6 to 22 dollars
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at December 31, 2025 01:56 PM (SnWM7)
Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at December 31, 2025 01:56 PM (Qreqs)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 31, 2025 01:55 PM (dK+Kv)
Can we haz heads on pikes?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 31, 2025 01:57 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at December 31, 2025 01:57 PM (y0ylk)
Posted by: connected and litigious
*shoulder shimmy*
* milking a cow hand motions*
*crosses legs like a girl*
Posted by: Gavin Newsom at December 31, 2025 01:34 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 01:56 PM (RuTUS)
He just denies it and goes on his way
Posted by: It's me donna at December 31, 2025 01:57 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon
In Springfield OH, never mind the dead and eaten pets, Gov. DeWine's pet Haitians received rental assistance. So naturally rents went up, the Haitians didn't care, the property owners benefitted. The only people hurt were the lower income Springfield residents who couldn't afford the rent increases. But who cares about them, they had it coming for being taxpaying descendants of colonizers, and probably white supremacists to boot.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 31, 2025 01:57 PM (Dv3i1)
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Ok, Gavin. What number do you propose? Because it's probably way fucking north of $70B.
Asshole.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 31, 2025 01:57 PM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 31, 2025 01:51 PM (ULPxl)
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Good question, but I'd also add the US debt dollars, too.
Posted by: mrp at December 31, 2025 01:57 PM (rj6Yv)
Long long multiple scary hairy legs.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 31, 2025 01:50 PM (n5tGW)
Hillary Clinton's inner thighs.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 31, 2025 01:58 PM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 31, 2025 01:58 PM (dtajH)
exactly and the "closer-in" elites got the best benefit from the money printer, while those outside the inner circle got progressively less and less, and we all got screwed.
there's a name for this I will never in my life remember
Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 31, 2025 01:58 PM (emBoF)
It takes time to build fraud cases. You need multiple witnesses describing intent around signatures on forms, that sort of thing. It's very different from, "That guy in the video robbing a store is obviously this guy because we can see his face."
Also, Senate Democrats have slow walked floor business to the degree that more floor votes have happened this year than any year. Why? Because they're denying unanimous consent on lower appointment posts, like US Attorneys.
The MN USA who started the news cycle about MN fraud? He was only appointed in August. There was some stuff from the Biden admin done on this front, but it was honestly very minor, focusing on 1 of 14 welfare programs targeted.
This MN USA has said that he's looking into all 14 and the first indictments he filed a couple of weeks ago were the first in a large wave.
We're going to see a lot more.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 01:58 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 31, 2025 01:58 PM (g8Ew
ewwww
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 01:59 PM (RuTUS)
there's a name for this I will never in my life remember
Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 31, 2025 01:58 PM (emBoF)
Cantillon effect.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at December 31, 2025 01:59 PM (l3YAf)
well here's another case where I'm sad to be right.
I was right about him. Since 2020.
Scum.
Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 31, 2025 01:59 PM (emBoF)
Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at December 31, 2025 01:56 PM (Qreqs)
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And it wasn't enough.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 01:59 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 01:59 PM (RuTUS)
Because I have no idea WTF Congress is doing other than standing around patting themselves on the backs and fundraising off this garbage.
Posted by: Marcus T at December 31, 2025 01:59 PM (b0bY0)
Posted by: It's me donna
"We checked on the California fraud accusations, government records and Governor Newsome himself say there is no evidence for this. Therefore, there is no evidence, this is just another MAGA hoax."
- CBSs Crack Investigative Journalist
Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 31, 2025 01:59 PM (Dv3i1)
For extra credit the Democrats made a hard run at destabilizing the culture by importing as many 3rd world people as possible who will never assimilate and to keep them compliant paid them off with public money.
And then there is the rigging of the electoral system so all accountability went out the door; this resulted in Biden getting elected and went along ways down the path of ensuring the Democrats would have permanent control of the nation. They still may succeed giving us a Marxist utopian state.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at December 31, 2025 01:59 PM (HTCU3)
I would imagine he will be having dinner tonight (or tomorrow) here in town.
Unless his FiL has a catered party.
Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 02:00 PM (grNgC)
Let's have a New Year's resolution to never mention THAT again.
Posted by: Pile of Shit at December 31, 2025 02:00 PM (CwhoI)
California 2024 population: 39,430,000
Amount of fraud flushed down the toilet: $1,775.30 per capita.
Posted by: mrp at December 31, 2025 01:55 PM (rj6Yv)
50% of California taxes. Most people don't care.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 02:00 PM (ExV1e)
well here's another case where I'm sad to be right.
I was right about him. Since 2020.
Scum.
Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 31, 2025 01:59 PM (emBoF)
There'll be more Tucker threads!
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 02:00 PM (RuTUS)
yes
so yeah that's life in the USSA basically
the inner ones buy up property with the fake moneys and we get to pay more to rent from them
Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 31, 2025 02:00 PM (emBoF)
You may ask, where do I find in the Constitution that one of the responsibilities of the federal government is to take money from the people to provide rental assistance funds to the states so they can spend it on the people's housing?
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at December 31, 2025 02:00 PM (eStot)
I wonder if there have been some deep-seeded changes in the voting patterns of certain demos in America in response to the Biden administration.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
That happened in Trump's first term. Trump was the only president in history running for a second term that received more votes than in the first term and still lost. Trump gained about 11 million votes between 2016 (63 million) and 2020 (74 million). And about another 3 million in 2024 on top of that (77 million). So roughly 25 percent increase from 2016.
Killary's baseline was 65 million, Biden got 81 million*, and Kumala got 75 million ballots.
My guess is that Dem baseline fraud of paid ballot harvested, non existent, counting room fraud, and illegal votes tallied between 10-20 million (baseline legal D vote was probably about 55-60 million give or take).
Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 02:00 PM (WDjG6)
I would imagine he will be having dinner tonight (or tomorrow) here in town.
Unless his FiL has a catered party.
Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 02:00 PM (grNgC)
Give him a hug!
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 02:01 PM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at December 31, 2025 02:00 PM (eStot)
It's right there next to Guaranteed health care and Abortions..
Posted by: It's me donna at December 31, 2025 02:01 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Marcus T at December 31, 2025 01:59 PM (b0bY0)
The passed a resolution condemning “socialism” while keeping Biden levels of spending.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at December 31, 2025 02:01 PM (l3YAf)
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I'm willing to bet that a significant amount of Federal funding for specific items was funneled into other totally unrelated programs (which, of course, is illegal), and that's the primary reason that a certain collection of blue states like California are refusing to open their books. High Speed rail project comes to mind considering the absolute non-progress over a period of at least 12 years. Instead, they used that project to gobble up generational farmland and private properties using emminent domain (over 800 properties at last count)...while funneling federal funds into their entitlement programs.
Posted by: Orson at December 31, 2025 02:01 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Dave at December 31, 2025 02:01 PM (sbsMc)
Posted by: GOP Playbook at December 31, 2025 02:01 PM (V362x)
Posted by: The Good and Plenty Clause at December 31, 2025 02:02 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 31, 2025 02:02 PM (emBoF)
Posted by: 18-
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LIAR
we built a couple good overpasses and one pedestrian bridge with that money!
Posted by: CA High Speed Rail at December 31, 2025 02:02 PM (fltLA)
Tallied all up, California taxpayers lost $70 billion to fraud.
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That's roughly the amount of the CA debt.
Unlike the federal government, a state can't print money.
During the Covid nonsense, legitimate unemployed couldn't get through to file for unemployment, but the thieves could. After making a hundred unsuccessful phone calls and finally getting through, many had their unemployment payments frozen due to clumsy ineffective controls applied to address the fraud.
For all the taxes and fees the CA government charges, we don't have much service to show for it. The thieves do, though.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at December 31, 2025 02:02 PM (VWtfl)
well here's another case where I'm sad to be right.
I was right about him. Since 2020.
Scum.
Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 31, 2025 01:59 PM (emBoF)
There'll be more Tucker threads!
Posted by: m
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Well, it does provide paid employment for some posting here and web site numbers for Ace from red states like Bangladesh, India, and China.
Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 02:02 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Marcus T at December 31, 2025 02:02 PM (b0bY0)
- What are discarded lyrics from the song Bette Davis Eyes?
Posted by: Jeopardy Response at December 31, 2025 02:03 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Marcus T at December 31, 2025 01:59 PM (b0bY0)
The passed a resolution condemning “socialism” while keeping Biden levels of spending.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at December 31, 2025 02:01 PM
They are fighting to INCREASE the funds for settling refugees in our country.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 02:03 PM (jc0TO)
I foresee Valachi-style hearings this fall, leading up to the midterms.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at December 31, 2025 02:03 PM (eStot)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2025 02:03 PM (uWKK8)
The MN USA who started the news cycle about MN fraud? He was only appointed in August. There was some stuff from the Biden admin done on this front, but it was honestly very minor, focusing on 1 of 14 welfare programs targeted.
This MN USA has said that he's looking into all 14 and the first indictments he filed a couple of weeks ago were the first in a large wave.
We're going to see a lot more.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 01:58 PM (GBKbO)
Does this mean that, eventually, people will quit whining about the DOJ?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 02:04 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Legacy Media at December 31, 2025 02:04 PM (vWau3)
Posted by: one hour sober at December 31, 2025 01:45 PM (Y1sOo)
You're going to have to narrow that down a bit.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 31, 2025 02:04 PM (n9ltV)
Posted by: Dept of Justice PA at December 31, 2025 02:04 PM (l3YAf)
I was knitting earlier today so yeah maybe!
Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 31, 2025 01:56 PM (emBoF)
AoSHQ Itinerary.
1. Knitting
c. Hanging folks.
. . .
Spitting on hands?
Slitting throats?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 31, 2025 02:04 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Law Abiding Tax Payers at December 31, 2025 02:04 PM (tNkpt)
What we can get soon is total exposure. Including by RICO charges getting dropped after the Overton Window has shifted.
That's what I'm seeing Trump doing.
With e-mails and such hoovered out of the NSA by Surfer Girl Tulsi as evidence, it becames largely a paper case of having the bad actors verify copies of things that they wrote.
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 31, 2025 02:04 PM (dtajH)
Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2025 02:05 PM (2WIwB)
Just start arresting everyone in office.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 02:05 PM (QGRvm)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2025 02:05 PM (pkeXY)
"Something" might happen. And our political betters are probably not prepared for it.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 31, 2025 02:05 PM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 02:04 PM (ExV1e)
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No, because Bondi, a manager, should be in courtrooms. I think.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 02:06 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 02:00 PM (ExV1e)
That should read...
LESS THAN 500K Californians pay MORE THAN 50% of California taxes.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 02:06 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2025 02:05 PM
Our grandchildren.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 02:06 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 31, 2025 01:59 PM (emBoF)
Carlson fooled me for a long time. But clearly the wheels fell off when he left Fox and no longer had the benefit of producers and writers who reined in his lunacy.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 31, 2025 02:06 PM (n9ltV)
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I met the Nighthorse several times and he seemed like a good guy.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 31, 2025 02:06 PM (L/fGl)
Honey, Honey
You get some tar and I’ll get some feathers,
Babe, babe
You get some tar and I’ll get some feathers and will toss them on to our Washington betters, honey your baby, be mine
Posted by: Cray Cray at December 31, 2025 02:06 PM (vWau3)
Posted by: Gref at December 31, 2025 02:06 PM (5rh/l)
Posted by: guy who can't remember at December 31, 2025 02:07 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2025 02:05 PM (pkeXY)
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This generation's great-great-great-great-great-great grandchildren.
(not enough greats?)
Posted by: mrp at December 31, 2025 02:07 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Law Abiding Tax Payers at December 31, 2025 02:04 PM (tNkpt)
This is how I feel.
Posted by: CaliGirl at December 31, 2025 02:07 PM (dtf79)
Posted by: Martini Farmer
Have you heard about our new Central Bank Digital Currency?
Posted by: Western Governments at December 31, 2025 02:07 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Marcus T at December 31, 2025 02:07 PM (b0bY0)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2025 02:05 PM (pkeXY)
Your children and their children.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 31, 2025 02:08 PM (dK+Kv)
What happened to the goose and where can i get one?
Posted by: thug dolphin at December 31, 2025 02:08 PM (EyfuW)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2025 02:05 PM (pkeXY)
From the United States Treasury. It grows there on digital money trees.
Posted by: Gref at December 31, 2025 02:08 PM (5rh/l)
Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 02:09 PM (grNgC)
Posted by: guy who can't remember at December 31, 2025 02:07 PM
It's hang then tar.
The bones hold together longer.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 02:09 PM (jc0TO)
Somebody please send this to Johnson and Thune. With a calculator.
Posted by: Marcus T at December 31, 2025 02:09 PM (b0bY0)
Scum.
Posted by: BlackOrchid
I lack these Bene Gesserit powers, sadly. I thought he was great back then.
Posted by: gKWVE at December 31, 2025 02:10 PM (gKWVE)
There has never been in the history of the world a fraud and scam as massive as covid. Trillions of dollars was stolen. There was a reason these people fought like caged rabid komodo dragons jacked on cocaine to keep covid a never-ending crisis.
Remember the old saying? "If you owe a bank $100, that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that's the bank's problem." The problem is similar here. If fraudsters steal $100, that's their problem. If they steal $100B, that's our problem.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 31, 2025 01:47 PM (iFTx/)
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If you look at the macro numbers it was ultimately a $3 trillion dollar wealth transfer to the top 1%.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 31, 2025 02:10 PM (Vh9CX)
Scum.
Posted by: BlackOrchid
I lack these Bene Gesserit powers, sadly. I thought he was great back then.
Posted by: gKWVE at December 31, 2025 02:10 PM (gKWVE)
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I never care about any talking heads and feel no connection to them.
So, they can never disappoint me or make me feel stupid.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 02:10 PM (GBKbO)
Just start arresting everyone in office.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 02:05 PM (QGRvm)
And run the crematories 24/7.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 31, 2025 02:10 PM (snZF9)
trials and convictions?
Posted by: fd at December 31, 2025 02:11 PM (vFG9F)
It takes time to build fraud cases. You need multiple witnesses describing intent around signatures on forms, that sort of thing. It's very different from, "That guy in the video robbing a store is obviously this guy because we can see his face."
Also, Senate Democrats have slow walked floor business to the degree that more floor votes have happened this year than any year. Why? Because they're denying unanimous consent on lower appointment posts, like US Attorneys.
The MN USA who started the news cycle about MN fraud? He was only appointed in August. There was some stuff from the Biden admin done on this front, but it was honestly very minor, focusing on 1 of 14 welfare programs targeted.
This MN USA has said that he's looking into all 14 and the first indictments he filed a couple of weeks ago were the first in a large wave.
We're going to see a lot more.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 01:58 PM (GBKbO)
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It also takes a long time to unravel all the shell companies, the pass-throughs, the money flow, etc. A lot of the fraud is disguised as normal, legit transactions.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 31, 2025 02:11 PM (iFTx/)
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BREAKING: Senator Fauxcahontas Warren (CCP - Liewatha) Proposes Another New Politically-Weaponized Unconstitutional Bureaucracy -- The DUDFIB (Deceased & Undocumented Democrat Financial Incentivization Bureau). Developing ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at December 31, 2025 02:11 PM (XZaOB)
Posted by: Soylent Green Energy at December 31, 2025 02:11 PM (grNgC)
Low Information Moderates: "Well, that seems a bit sketchy. Perhaps we should look into that."
AOS HQ response: "Why in the actual F*ck are we using taxpayer dollars to subsidize daycare centers in the first f*cking place. If you can't afford to raise a kid, do f*cking have a kid."
Posted by: Orson at December 31, 2025 02:11 PM (dIske)
45 milion MAX
Posted by: BlackOrchid
Obama got about 70 million votes in 2008. 66 million in 2012. My guess is the 2008 vote had less formal cheating (typical ingrained type in places like Detroit, Atlanta, etc.) because it simply was not needed. People were tired of the Bushes and some thought that Obama would be a better president than McCain. McCain got 60 million votes. Romney did only slightly better than McCain getting nearly 61 million votes. That is where I think fraud started to kick in as my guess is Obama benefitted from about 4-6m in fraudulent votes in key states for 2012. Florida and Ohio among a few other states like PA, VA, IA, were likely tipped by fraud. Romney probably would have won the electoral college if not the popular vote.
Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 02:11 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2025 02:03 PM (uWKK
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You are a chump. All us straights are chumps.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 31, 2025 02:12 PM (Vh9CX)
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at December 31, 2025 02:00 PM (eStot)
Of course. But in the 80/20 sense, and in the times in which we live, do we really want old people and special needs people roaming the streets in squalor?
I know. I know. Still not a Constitutional duty of the federal government. But that train has sailed, baby.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 31, 2025 02:12 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 31, 2025 02:11 PM (iFTx/)
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Thankfully, the demographic tendency of Somalis to be really stupid is going to make a lot of this relatively easy.
$5 says that a few of these locations have printed out emails from NGO employees telling them how to do things step by step.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 02:12 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 31, 2025 01:55 PM (dK+Kv)
That time was well in the past my friend ...
What's coming will be
#vigilantejustice
Posted by: browndog nosing about at December 31, 2025 02:13 PM (3sXRv)
THIS is where welfare is going and yours is probably less. YOU Americans are not the priority!
Not saying that generational welfare is ok (note: Katrina response if you need an example: people hacking through roofs with an ax to wait for help vs helping themselves). These are the LBJ welfare generations.
At least they are legal Americans, being raised by grandmothers because for generations large % of baby daddies vanish. Pregnancy and drug addiction and here we are...and it's not new in inner cities. Few make it out, like Dr. Ben Carson. But some do and fix their own generational welfare and lack of male figures.
What is new is the complete hand out of billions to illegals, arriving from Somolia and Mexico and other places that are here for the freebies.
Round 'em all up and DEPORT.
Round up politicans and arrest. Walz and others can claim they did not know, and it is possible being that Walz is a retard, but I call BS.
Voting blocs of Omar types elect Omar types and are on the kickbacks. Vs assimilation. GET OUT!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 31, 2025 02:13 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: fd at December 31, 2025 02:13 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at December 31, 2025 01:51 PM (V362x)
Hey!
Posted by: The Saxe-Coburg-Gothas at December 31, 2025 02:13 PM (HuCsm)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 01:58 PM (GBKbO)
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It also takes a long time to unravel all the shell companies, the pass-throughs, the money flow, etc. A lot of the fraud is disguised as normal, legit transactions.
Posted by: Judge Elric
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Gentlemen, we do not do reasoned analysis here. The gray boxes are for emotional venting (Veruca Salt style) only.
Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 02:13 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at December 31, 2025 02:13 PM (MZ+PY)
Is that the Stanley Brothers?
Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 02:09 PM (grNgC)
Honestly, I only know it from basic training cadences. But now I’ve tune in to Doc Watson’s version for the first time.
Posted by: Cray Cray at December 31, 2025 02:13 PM (vWau3)
Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 02:13 PM (2fdLC)
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 02:13 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 02:13 PM (WDjG6)
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*considers mentioning Prometheus*
*thinks better of mentioning Prometheus and does not mention Prometheus*
*does own part to keep thread Prometheus free*
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 02:14 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at December 31, 2025 02:00 PM (eStot)
Of course. But in the 80/20 sense, and in the times in which we live, do we really want old people and special needs people roaming the streets in squalor?
I know. I know. Still not a Constitutional duty of the federal government. But that train has sailed, baby.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 31, 2025 02:12 PM
If I wasn't being robbed so much by the government, I'd give even more to charities of my choice.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 02:14 PM (jc0TO)
I’m waiting for that Omar bint and her husband. No way that’s a legit 0-$30 mil in one year.
Posted by: Marcus T at December 31, 2025 02:14 PM (b0bY0)
- What are discarded lyrics from the song Bette Davis Eyes?
Posted by: Jeopardy Response at December 31, 2025 02:03 PM (Dv3i1)
hahahahaha
She's pure as New York snow
Hill'ry Clinton's i-inner thighs
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 02:14 PM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 31, 2025 02:11 PM (iFTx/)
And then MN judges just toss the convictions, as has already happened.
It’s almost as if an Anglo system of justice meant for a moral, homogeneous people can’t work when the country has a hundred million third-worlders in it..
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at December 31, 2025 02:14 PM (l3YAf)
I never care about any talking heads and feel no connection to them.
They know about life during wartime.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2025 02:14 PM (pkeXY)
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Last year maybe. I bet the totals for the last decade dwarf that $3T.
Because this has been going on for a very long time.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 31, 2025 02:14 PM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 31, 2025 02:11 PM (iFTx/)
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According to First Assistant US Attorney Joe Thompson during yesterday's announcement, a lot of the MN fraud money has been traced to eastern Africa, particularly to Nairobi, Kenya.
Posted by: mrp at December 31, 2025 02:14 PM (rj6Yv)
Turnout. Turnout. Turnout.
I've been ranting about this since 2016. Trump has gotten White Non-College to turnout after they were evicted from their historic home in the D party. Hispanics and Black Men have been joining. Still plenty of room to grow.
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 31, 2025 02:14 PM (dtajH)
The Dems believe they've already bought the domestic FSA - why should they give them more?
Getting the illegal and immigrant vote though? They are still paying for that.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 02:14 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Blast Hardcheese
One of the oldest too. The proto Democrat party was accepting foreign money from France and its minister during G. Washington's term in office.
Old Tom Jefferson as Washington's Sec. of State put a party propagandist on government payroll just to attack his own administration under the table.
Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 02:15 PM (WDjG6)
trials and convictions?
Posted by: fd at December 31, 2025 02:11 PM (vFG9F)
Or more "sporty" actions. Because if this doesn't get fixed, that becomes inevitable.
Screw Russia. Screw Ukraine. To hell with nato. The Republic is in serious danger.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2025 02:15 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 02:13 PM (WDjG6)
I feel seen.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 31, 2025 02:15 PM (dK+Kv)
trials and convictions?
Posted by: fd at December 31, 2025 02:11 PM (vFG9F)
Can you guarantee that the judges won't insert themselves? Can you guarantee that the citizens of the relevant communities with indict when shown the evidence?
Nothing is certain but death, fraud, and taxes.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 02:15 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 31, 2025 02:15 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Marcus T at December 31, 2025 02:15 PM (b0bY0)
Posted by: Marcus T at December 31, 2025 02:07 PM (b0bY0)
I don't remember the story.
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 02:16 PM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 31, 2025 02:11 PM (iFTx/)
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Thankfully, the demographic tendency of Somalis to be really stupid is going to make a lot of this relatively easy.
$5 says that a few of these locations have printed out emails from NGO employees telling them how to do things step by step.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 02:12 PM (GBKbO)
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True, but you also have to prove that the money was collected for fraudulent kids. I'm sure there are sign-in sheets with names and attendance, and I'll bet the names are legit. How do you prove that Kid X wasn't at the center on February 21, 2023?
The parents of the fake kids were probably getting a cut. They will line up to testify that "yes, my kids were enrolled here and we went almost every day. Fraud? What fraud?"
See how the "Learing Center" was suddenly flooded with parents and kids the day after the story broke? They are ALL in on the fraud.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 31, 2025 02:16 PM (iFTx/)
Don't we have that anyway?
Posted by: fd at December 31, 2025 02:16 PM (vFG9F)
"oh, you think investigating fraud is your thing. But you merely adopted the fraud; I was born in it."
Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 02:16 PM (3uBP9)
So, they can never disappoint me or make me feel stupid.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 02:10 PM (GBKbO)
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"Never fall in love with any politician." -- Dan Bongino
Now, when it comes to podcasts and talk radio ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at December 31, 2025 02:16 PM (XZaOB)
Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 02:13 PM (WDjG6)
Reasoned analysis and your precious legal system are what have led us to our current sorry state of affairs.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at December 31, 2025 02:16 PM (l3YAf)
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 02:16 PM (RuTUS)
You would think. Except. Islamic banking practices get in the way of a lot of paper trails we would traditionally employ..
Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 02:17 PM (grNgC)
Low Information Moderates: "Well, that seems a bit sketchy. Perhaps we should look into that."
AOS HQ response: "Why in the actual F*ck are we using taxpayer dollars to subsidize daycare centers in the first f*cking place. If you can't afford to raise a kid, do f*cking have a kid."
Posted by: Orson at December 31, 2025 02:11 PM (dIske)
Do any of the fucking parents have fucking jobs? If not, why do they need fucking daycare anyway?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 02:17 PM (ExV1e)
Not even the government can blame them for being mad as hell. And there better be some justice doled out to those responsible for this mess.
Posted by: Case at December 31, 2025 02:17 PM (G1OIb)
That dream ended when we got rid of the gold standard, but SPECIFICALLY because the government just started printing money to give to itself, its clients, and its overseas interests.
If there was an opposition party they might want to point out what we didn't get because instead we gave generational wealth to Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton...
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 02:17 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at December 31, 2025 02:17 PM (q+0n5)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 01:58 PM (GBKbO)
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It also takes a long time to unravel all the shell companies, the pass-throughs, the money flow, etc. A lot of the fraud is disguised as normal, legit transactions.
Posted by: Judge Elric
1st shell company proves fraud. Arrest.
Then keep unraveling. But arrest.
And do the classic TV detective thing:
"1st one to talk gets the good deal"
Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 02:17 PM (QGRvm)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2025 02:05 PM (pkeXY)
Brrrrp ... brrrp ... brrrp ... go the printers
Posted by: The Folks Who Brought You MMT at December 31, 2025 02:17 PM (3sXRv)
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 02:18 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 31, 2025 02:18 PM (L/fGl)
Thanks for a positive view here, which except for Jack Straw, often isn't expressed.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 02:18 PM (8Cor4)
Checkout the Ralph and Carter Stanley version. Good stuff.
Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 02:18 PM (grNgC)
Killing of Iryna Zarutska was number five.
P Diddy was number one.
No Kirk that I saw.
Dude was bigger than MLK and international too. His assassinations knocked Iryna off the news, and did not seem fit to mention.
/ They might have him below number 6, which I did not see.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 31, 2025 02:18 PM (/lPRQ)
Because -
https://tinyurl.com/2s378d2r
When will the arson jobs begin?
I'm surprised people (gee, I wonder who?) haven't been calling-in bomb threats to Somali 'small businesses' two thousand times a day by now. The Democrats need
a bit of dummy ammo to begin yelling that Somali-phobia ginned-up by white supremacists falsely claiming widespread Somali fraud exists, is now a serious threat to the peaceful and industrious Somali immigrant communities, who built this nation!
Posted by: Gref at December 31, 2025 02:19 PM (5rh/l)
"How much Somali Op money was going to Republicans"
Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 02:19 PM (2fdLC)
Posted by: mrp at December 31, 2025 02:19 PM (rj6Yv)
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Last year maybe. I bet the totals for the last decade dwarf that $3T.
Because this has been going on for a very long time.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 31, 2025 02:14 PM (NwnyJ)
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I meant just the Covid spending.
But yeah, overall there have been many, many trillions stolen. Even things where services and products are actually provided are rife with over charging.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 31, 2025 02:19 PM (Vh9CX)
Do any of the fucking parents have fucking jobs? If not, why do they need fucking daycare anyway?
It seems like one common element of this is having a Somali father providing a "daycare" service where one of his religious but not civil wives "works" raising their children on the government dime.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 02:19 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Judge Elric
1st shell company proves fraud. Arrest.
Then keep unraveling. But arrest.
And do the classic TV detective thing:
"1st one to talk gets the good deal"
Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 02:17 PM (QGRvm)
Or just snatch up all of the Somalis and deport them. There shouldn’t be a single Somali in America.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at December 31, 2025 02:19 PM (l3YAf)
So, they can never disappoint me or make me feel stupid.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 02:10 PM (GBKbO)
And more so all the time. Which, on the whole, is good.
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 02:19 PM (RuTUS)
Ain't no way we're voting ourselves out of a multi-trillion dollar payola across the whole government. The only possible solution is root-and-branch, and that ain't gonna happen eithr.
Posted by: Beelzebubba at December 31, 2025 02:19 PM (eKNpP)
Posted by: fd at December 31, 2025 02:20 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: The Folks Who Brought You MMT at December 31, 2025 02:17 PM (3sXRv)
That’s why Trump got rid of pennies, slowly cutting off the grift money. Brilliant!
Posted by: Cray Cray at December 31, 2025 02:20 PM (vWau3)
Posted by: boomers at December 31, 2025 02:20 PM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: Jim Rose at December 31, 2025 02:20 PM (miqrx)
Posted by: Stymie Beard, Our Gang at December 31, 2025 02:20 PM (oftw2)
As of yesterday:
92 people charged and 60 convictions so far. Of those charged, FBI said 82 are Somali-Americans.
Posted by: Orson at December 31, 2025 02:20 PM (dIske)
168 161 It also takes a long time to unravel all the shell companies, the pass-throughs, the money flow, etc. A lot of the fraud is disguised as normal, legit transactions.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 31, 2025 02:11 PM (iFTx/)
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Thankfully, the demographic tendency of Somalis to be really stupid is going to make a lot of this relatively easy.
$5 says that a few of these locations have printed out emails from NGO employees telling them how to do things step by step.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 02:12 PM
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Hence an onset of burglaries and arson ('islamic lightning") at Somali welfare storefronts and offices. They're probably too dumb to really erase their tracks, but burglary and setting fires are things they understand.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at December 31, 2025 02:20 PM (azNOR)
Turnout. Turnout. Turnout.
I've been ranting about this since 2016. Trump has gotten White Non-College to turnout after they were evicted from their historic home in the D party. Hispanics and Black Men have been joining. Still plenty of room to grow.
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 31, 2025 02:14 PM (dtajH)
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The GOP traded the high propensity, highly educated voters who voted for Mitt for the lower propensity, less educated voters who vote for Trump.
That means trading midterms to start winning presidential elections.
We're gonna see how important that is if Democrats take the House (60-40 probability, I'd guess) and Trump is still able to deport millions of people a year while running DOJ investigations into leftist money laundering.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 02:20 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2025 02:03 PM (uWKK
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You are a chump. All us straights are chumps.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 31, 2025 02:12 PM (Vh9CX)
Yes you are. And so am I. And so is everyone else who bought the same lie about working hard, being productive, obeying the law, and paying your taxes is the American Way and will lead you to wealth and success.
Posted by: We are the suckers and losers they depend on at December 31, 2025 02:21 PM (TbWk/)
CRAWDAD SONG:
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=_Cpu9Z3z6pU&t=1s
Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 02:21 PM (grNgC)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 02:16 PM (3uBP9)
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Old & Busted: Born with a Silver Spoon in your mouth.
New Hotness: Born with a Silver Fleece in your hand.
Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at December 31, 2025 02:21 PM (XZaOB)
Posted by: mrp at December 31, 2025 02:14 PM (rj6Yv)
Becausae it might be the closest place to Somalia that has some semblance of a banking system?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2025 02:21 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at December 31, 2025 01:48 PM (55cF/)
A lot of the final refining in Gold is done in Switzerland, and a lot of the semirefined ore comes in from "conflict" zones like Sudan and Congo, routed through the UAE to hide the source.
This is one of the reasons no one really seems to be able to stop the conflicts in these places -- It would mean having to pay market prices for the ore, instead of the cut rate from groups that don't actually own it and are willing to sell it cheap to keep fighting.
If these conflicts go away, it will seriously impair the Euros and the ME rats who keep things boiling to keep the money rolling in.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 02:21 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at December 31, 2025 02:21 PM (xvV+O)
"We hate white men but have sex with them"
Activists in the streets, colonized in the sheets.
Pictures of Omar, Donkey Chompers, Kumswallah with their white husbands/squeezes.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 02:21 PM (QGRvm)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 31, 2025 02:18 PM (L/fGl)
Alas poor Wrecks. We knew him well.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2025 02:21 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 02:21 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Jim Rose at December 31, 2025 02:20 PM (miqrx)
As we've been saying here for years now - there are only two purposes that personal taxes serve any more;
1) to provide financial incentives and coerce behavior that it wouldn't be legal to control in a more direct way, and
2) to punish political enemies. (and most of the Red States qualify as "political enemies" to those doing the taxing.)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2025 02:22 PM (uWKK8)
Silly me. I thought that was what SSI was for.
My pet peeve is that welfare moms get SNAP (used to be food stamps), and then the kids get fed free at school by another program, but the SNAP doesn't get docked for the cost of the school feeding.
A few years ago, someone in the Pennsylvania government totaled up all the benefits that a single mother of two got, and came to the conclusion that she would have to make about $35 an hour just to break even. I'm sure the numbers are all a lot larger now.
I had an uncle who once said he understood that he had to pay that woman to sit on the couch and watch Oprah, but why couldn't he get any work out of her?
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at December 31, 2025 02:22 PM (eStot)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at December 31, 2025 02:22 PM (q+0n5)
As of yesterday:
92 people charged and 60 convictions so far. Of those charged, FBI said 82 are Somali-Americans.
Which one seems to have caused the Somalis greater concern?
Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2025 02:22 PM (Riz8t)
It's somehow worse than that. The proposed budgets from the GOP House and Senate both increase funding to Somali daycares.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 31, 2025 02:22 PM (wItF4)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
I think most people care that their wages are supporting fraudsters, but, they only have so many hours in a day and honestly, they never intended to be the problem or pretended to be the solution.
Posted by: old chick at December 31, 2025 02:22 PM (F3Dlr)
It's really $170 billion. Tee hee.
Posted by: Gavin Newsom at December 31, 2025 02:22 PM (v0R5T)
It sure looks like the Cackler, Governor Hair Gel, Comrade AOC, and Mayor Pete are all going to run for president in 2028
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 31, 2025 02:23 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 02:21 PM (3uBP9)
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Waste, fraud and abuse built into the budget and it's A-OK with the Republicans in Congress. Not even miffed about it.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 31, 2025 02:23 PM (Vh9CX)
Posted by: GOP Playbook at December 31, 2025 02:01 PM (V362x)
Only until they can figure out a way to lose elections.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 31, 2025 02:23 PM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2025 02:05 PM (pkeXY)
Hello.
Posted by: Federal Reserve Printing Press at December 31, 2025 02:24 PM (tNkpt)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 31, 2025 02:24 PM (L/fGl)
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If I paid for it all by myself though, people would get suspicious.
Posted by: Money Printers at December 31, 2025 02:24 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Max Bialystock at December 31, 2025 02:24 PM (oftw2)
this is about the abortion, isn't it?
Posted by: the white zone is for loading and unloading only. there is no parking in the red zone. at December 31, 2025 02:24 PM (edU/H)
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 02:14 PM (jc0TO)
I am with you. But that is an argument about a process about how to get from here to there. An 80/20 position that has the potential to be sold to the rabid leftist mouthbreathers is only assistance for actually infirm.
Otherwise, I don't care to much, because I believe it is all going down at the present rate, even knocking out this particular program in its entirety.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 31, 2025 02:24 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 02:24 PM (QGRvm)
Posted by: Orson at December 31, 2025 02:20 PM (dIske)
If we don't have a 3am, thousand armed agent raid, and wall-to-wall coverage on all the anti-Trump news services, can anything truly be said to be happening?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 02:24 PM (ExV1e)
Not gonna lie, that debate is going to be hilarious.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 31, 2025 02:24 PM (wItF4)
That should be good for some humorous comments.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 02:24 PM (Yl2Ob)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2025 02:21 PM (8zz6B)
Partly, I suppose, but Thompson followed with the observation that the funds were invested in Nairobi real estate.
Posted by: mrp at December 31, 2025 02:24 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, diseased garbage human at December 31, 2025 02:25 PM (P7vXf)
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at December 31, 2025 02:22 PM (eStot)
That's a whole 'nother ball of fraudulent wax.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 31, 2025 02:25 PM (dK+Kv)
Every new dollar reduces the value of the existing dollars.
The government can't create value, but it can steal it.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 02:25 PM (sKqQm)
Killing of Iryna Zarutska was number five.
P Diddy was number one."
Well I'm shocked that are getting more conservative.
I was sure items 1 - 5 would all be versions of "Trump said something mean!!!"
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2025 02:25 PM (uWKK8)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 02:24 PM (ExV1e)
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Only if the DNC fails to message. If the DNC messages, then we're doomed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 02:25 PM (GBKbO)
1) to provide financial incentives and coerce behavior that it wouldn't be legal to control in a more direct way, and
2) to punish political enemies. (and most of the Red States qualify as "political enemies" to those doing the taxing.)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2025 02:22 PM (uWKK
It's to make us pay the jizyah with willing submission and feel ourselves subdued.
Posted by: Compliance and control are the goal at December 31, 2025 02:26 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 31, 2025 02:26 PM (2Ez/1)
So, they can never disappoint me or make me feel stupid."
Ditto.
Posted by: Bad Andrew at December 31, 2025 02:26 PM (DgMqy)
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 02:26 PM (jc0TO)
Ah yes the case that Comey's daughter intentionally spiked. I suppose they don't mention that though
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 02:26 PM (sKqQm)
Not gonna lie, that debate is going to be hilarious.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 31, 2025 02:24 PM (wItF4)
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It'll be a race for "not Kamala" until the vote in SC happens.
Then it'll be, "Why do those crackers in Iowa think they can tell the black women of SC that they don't get what they want?"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 02:26 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: fd at December 31, 2025 02:27 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 02:27 PM (zNwXb)
Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at December 31, 2025 02:27 PM (XZaOB)
Posted by: Jim Rose at December 31, 2025 02:20 PM (miqrx)
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As I asked a few years ago, how do I remove my consent to be governed?
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 31, 2025 02:27 PM (Vh9CX)
That's what icebergs are for.
Posted by: The Eskimos at December 31, 2025 02:27 PM (uWKK8)
Posted by: Some kinda C anyway at December 31, 2025 02:27 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
Frog suits. I want frog suits.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, diseased garbage human at December 31, 2025 02:28 PM (P7vXf)
"We hate white men but have sex with them"
Activists in the streets, colonized in the sheets.
Pictures of Omar, Donkey Chompers, Kumswallah with their white husbands/squeezes.
Posted by: rickb223
++++
Tweak it a bit and make it vulgar.
"We hate white men but...
... love it when they bust a nut in us"
The variations are endless.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 31, 2025 02:28 PM (/lPRQ)
Somebody please send this to Johnson and Thune. With a calculator.
Posted by: Marcus T at December 31, 2025 02:09 PM (b0bY0)
Fiscal years and all.
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 02:28 PM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 02:28 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 02:28 PM (2fdLC)
Posted by: Preznit Joetato at December 31, 2025 02:29 PM (Bo9Yf)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2025 02:21 PM (8zz6B)
Partly, I suppose, but Thompson followed with the observation that the funds were invested in Nairobi real estate.
Posted by: mrp at December 31, 2025 02:24 PM (rj6Yv)
An obvious move by the Somalis here in the US. Many know from personal experience you can't get a positive rate of return from any investments in their homeland shithole.
Posted by: Gref at December 31, 2025 02:29 PM (5rh/l)
Same reason the Iranians keep their money in Dubai.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at December 31, 2025 02:29 PM (eStot)
Activists in the streets, colonized in the sheets.
When they say fuck you, white man, they mean it.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 02:29 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 31, 2025 02:12 PM (Vh9CX)
However, the main character in Falling Down is the worst person ever because he lets the team down instead of just knuckling under with dignity.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 02:29 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 31, 2025 02:29 PM (NwnyJ)
280 I hope one day their biggest regret besides missing by half an inch is stealing 2020 and not just riding Trump I out the door.
Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 02:28 PM (2fdLC)
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Working with him on an actual infrastructure bill in 2017, killing Russian collusion, and treating Trump like he was boring personally while hyping up all the terrible economic conditions that might or might not exist.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 02:29 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: mrp at December 31, 2025 02:24 PM (rj6Yv)
Sounds like another step in the laundry cycle to me. Who were the sellers of that (probably notional) real estate?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2025 02:29 PM (8zz6B)
So, they can never disappoint me or make me feel stupid."
Ditto.
Posted by: Bad Andrew at December 31, 2025 02:26 PM (DgMqy)
Same. There was a time, pre-Trump, when I might have given some of their opinions some weight. Trump 1 was so eye-opening.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 31, 2025 02:30 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 02:30 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 31, 2025 02:30 PM (dK+Kv)
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I just don't need anyone to explain much to me. I can see what's going on and decode it ideologically, partisanly, or grammatically on my own.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 02:30 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade
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That's why you want as many Pauls as possible. Import them, convert them, make them, whatever you have to do.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at December 31, 2025 02:31 PM (n7rxJ)
For the amount of new dollars that entered circulation since January 2021, HOW much of that on a percentage basis went to all of these Lefty payoff schemes?
Because all the rest of us got was inflation and a through-the-roof increase in the cost of living. How much of the NEW money was actually BENEFICIAL?
We need answers to this. STAT.
Posted by: Garfunkel's Sowed Oats at December 31, 2025 02:31 PM (V87Oy)
Mamdani To Be First NYC Mayor Sworn In With Hand On Quran
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 31, 2025 02:24 PM (L/fGl)
Fu*k him.
Anyone who thinks Islam can co-exist in the US is a fool.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2025 02:31 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 02:27 PM (zNwXb)
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Disney Kenya?
/
Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at December 31, 2025 02:31 PM (XZaOB)
I had an uncle who once said he understood that he had to pay that woman to sit on the couch and watch Oprah, but why couldn't he get any work out of her?
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon
Maybe twenty years ago it was done too.
Determination - you have to make above national mean family income to break even w/o welfare
Yup, we are paying the shiftless to live at/above middle class level. Most don't because they spending it on booze. Drugs etc.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 31, 2025 02:31 PM (/lPRQ)
A Minnesota judge has found herself at the center of a political firestorm after overturning a guilty verdict in a case involving misappropriated Medicaid funds.
In November, Hennepin County Judge Sarah West granted a judgement of acquittal for Abdifatah Abdulkadir Yusuf, overturning a unanimous jury verdict which had convicted him on the charges connected to a company he owned, and which had been involved in the $7.2 million fraud case. In her order, West said the original conviction had relied “substantially on circumstantial evidence.”
Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 31, 2025 02:32 PM (Dv3i1)
Let 2026 be the backlash they always crow about
Posted by: melodicmetal at December 31, 2025 02:32 PM (61TgR)
Anyone who thinks Islam can co-exist in the US is a fool.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2025 02:31 PM (2WIwB)
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And if there are enough of them, eventually beheaded fools.
Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at December 31, 2025 02:32 PM (XZaOB)
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 02:32 PM (RuTUS)
You and yours aren't their clients.
Again if the GOP were an opposition party this is something they'd be pointing out.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 02:33 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Somaliland does, I think, but the Somalis up there are Isaaq clan who hate the other Somalis more than anyone else. Those other Somalis tried to genocide them on several occasions.
So there's no way they'll help the others.
Posted by: gKWVE at December 31, 2025 02:33 PM (gKWVE)
I wonder if there have been some deep-seeded changes in the voting patterns of certain demos in America in response to the Biden administration.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 01:41 PM (GBKbO)
*deep-seated
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 02:33 PM (RuTUS)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 31, 2025 02:34 PM (emBoF)
Headline (IRS ci.irs.gov):
September 4, 2025 PLEASE NOTE DATE
"Kenyan national charged with international money laundering in Feeding Our Future fraud scheme"
First paragraph:
"MINNEAPOLIS — Ahmednaji Maalim Aftin Sheikh, a resident of Kenya, was indicted today with Conspiracy to Commit International Money Laundering for his role in the Feeding Our Future fraud scheme, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Thompson. Sheikh is the 74th defendant charged in this scheme, the largest Covid fraud scheme in the country."
Posted by: mrp at December 31, 2025 02:34 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Somaliland does, I think, but the Somalis up there are Isaaq clan who hate the other Somalis more than anyone else. Those other Somalis tried to genocide them on several occasions.
So there's no way they'll help the others.
It's remarkable that with all their other problems, the Somalis found time to build Minnesota.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2025 02:34 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Mayor Pete at December 31, 2025 02:34 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 31, 2025 02:34 PM (emBoF)
; )
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 02:34 PM (RuTUS)
With CuomoCare, most of that money could have been passed to her heirs.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 02:35 PM (ExV1e)
So there's no way they'll help the others.
Posted by: gKWVE at December 31, 2025 02:33 PM (gKWVE)
Well, Kenya is at least sort of semi-repectable as a country. After all, barack Obama claimed to have been born there,
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2025 02:36 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Green Shades at December 31, 2025 02:36 PM (ZBykU)
Almost.
Posted by: Green Shades at December 31, 2025 02:36 PM (ZBykU)
Within the state of California.
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 02:36 PM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Green Shades at December 31, 2025 02:36 PM (ZBykU)
We need answers to this. STAT. Posted by: Garfunkel's Sowed Oats at December 31, 2025 02:31 PM (V87Oy)
That's the x-axis. On the y-axis, of all the private sector employment gains since COVID ended, what proportion of those jobs went to people born in the United States?
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at December 31, 2025 02:37 PM (eStot)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 02:30 PM (GBKbO)
I don't think that I ever did, either, except on some esoteric topics or by some truly gifted thinkers like Sowell.
It's just that I would listen to the talking heads from time to time, when there was more trust in the institutions. Trump 1 revealed all about such institutional capture and rot.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 31, 2025 02:37 PM (dK+Kv)
People on the whole would probably be much better off the less social media they do. In a country of how many millions (?) some stupid angry chicks on Facebook are not the be all and end all of opinions.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 02:37 PM (guLpK)
Posted by: Somaliland Bureau of Tourism at December 31, 2025 02:38 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 02:38 PM (jc0TO)
I had an uncle who once said he understood that he had to pay that woman to sit on the couch and watch Oprah, but why couldn't he get any work out of her?
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon
If given a job, would she actually do productive work? At best she'd do nothing. At worst she'd 'accidentally' break stuff, and steal stuff. Then tell her boss, "What are going to do? Fire me? I want you to fire me! I can go back to doing nothing at home all day and get more money than I get paid here!"
I fear we are past the tipping-point to inevitable ruin, due to the human material we are now burdened with.
Posted by: Gref at December 31, 2025 02:39 PM (5rh/l)
Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 02:39 PM (Ia/+0)
A POX on all their houses.
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 02:39 PM (RuTUS)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 02:37 PM (guLpK)
Thank you! I have been saying this for years now.
Posted by: pookysgirl, letting a sick Lil Pooky crash on her at December 31, 2025 02:40 PM (Wt5PA)
For the amount of new dollars that entered circulation since January 2021, HOW much of that on a percentage basis went to all of these Lefty payoff schemes?
Because all the rest of us got was inflation and a through-the-roof increase in the cost of living. How much of the NEW money was actually BENEFICIAL?
We need answers to this. STAT.
Posted by: Garfunkel's Sowed Oats at December 31, 2025 02:31 PM (V87Oy)
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Stephen Miller
@StephenM
What if I told you our national debt is the tab for the mass looting of the American economy and the mass theft of the American dream?
https://is.gd/v8QNSw
Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at December 31, 2025 02:40 PM (XZaOB)
Kinda like all those endless hours of pre-game talk before the football game.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 31, 2025 02:40 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 02:29 PM (rbvCR)
I don't know if that was intentional or not to be honest. I always saw Bill D-FENS Foster as something of an anti-hero, a guy beaten down by the system so far he snapped and finally started to beat back. I wonder if it's like Rorshach from Watchmen, wherein the author tried to make him a villain but the audience ended up identifying with him the most.
Posted by: Not economically viable at December 31, 2025 02:40 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: mrp at December 31, 2025 02:34 PM (rj6Yv)
Yerbouti status:
[ x ] Sheikhen
[ ] not Shaikhen
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2025 02:40 PM (8zz6B)
Worldometer
https://www.worldometers.info
United States, 347,275,807
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 02:41 PM (RuTUS)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 31, 2025 02:42 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 02:42 PM (zNwXb)
@StephenM
What if I told you our national debt is the tab for the mass looting of the American economy and the mass theft of the American dream?
https://is.gd/v8QNSw
Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at December 31, 2025 02:40 PM (XZaOB)
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Give this man a high position in the administration.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 02:42 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: OK, I'll ask at December 31, 2025 02:42 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Fen
it is that the majority of women in the internets are stupid which is the problem . Why are there so many women that have the need to go to the web, share every stupid thought they have about everything?
Posted by: n at December 31, 2025 02:42 PM (+lALu)
All US Citizens should get a 2 year tax holiday to make up for just a small portion of the fraud.
All illegals should have all property confiscated and sold to reimburse the United States for services gained by illegal entry.
They money is why they're coming here. Its why the dems want them here. Time to cut it off.
And WHY ISN'T PAM BONDI INDICTING PEOPLE?
Posted by: Frank Barone at December 31, 2025 02:42 PM (IifOV)
@GopOversight Committee
"We're bringing in Tim Walz to answer for the massive fraud in Minnesota.
Two hearings. Answers. Accountability.
Jan 7 -> MN State Reps
Feb 10 -> Tim Walz and AG Keith Ellison
We will expose failures and identify solutions so we can legislate so this DOES NOT happen again."
Posted by: GOP Playbook at December 31, 2025 02:42 PM (V362x)
But some petty bureaucrats would lose power and jobs, and the pols would lose some grifting so it can never happen.
Posted by: PaleRider at December 31, 2025 02:42 PM (hhkIi)
Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 02:39 PM (Ia/+0)
It created additional troughs for the hogs, that's for certain.
Posted by: Whole lotta money sloppin' 'round at December 31, 2025 02:43 PM (TbWk/)
@GopOversight Committee
"We're bringing in Tim Walz to answer for the massive fraud in Minnesota.
Two hearings. Answers. Accountability.
Jan 7 -> MN State Reps
Feb 10 -> Tim Walz and AG Keith Ellison
We will expose failures and identify solutions so we can legislate so this DOES NOT happen again."
Posted by: GOP Playbook at December 31, 2025 02:42 PM (V362x)
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Of course Congress is doing theater. It's kind of all Congress is good for.
Thankfully, the Trump administration is actually staffing decently well and the DOJ is pursuing these matters in ways that will make a difference.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 02:43 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: LaQuisha at December 31, 2025 02:44 PM (2Ez/1)
@GopOversight Committee
"We're bringing in Tim Walz to answer for the massive fraud in Minnesota.
Two hearings. Answers. Accountability.
Jan 7 -> MN State Reps
Feb 10 -> Tim Walz and AG Keith Ellison
We will expose failures and identify solutions so we can legislate so this DOES NOT happen again."
Posted by: GOP Playbook at December 31, 2025 02:42 PM (V362x)
For public viewing?
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 02:44 PM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Not economically viable at December 31, 2025 02:40 PM
Rorshach was a fool. He should have told Dr. Manhattan that he would keep the secret, IF the Dr. would hold Ozymandias while he exacted retribution upon him.
His morality would have been satisfied and Ozzy could scarcely have complained about the justice of it.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 02:44 PM (jc0TO)
@GopOversight Committee
"We're bringing in Tim Walz to answer for the massive fraud in Minnesota.
Two hearings. Answers. Accountability.
Jan 7 -> MN State Reps
Feb 10 -> Tim Walz and AG Keith Ellison
We will expose failures and identify solutions so we can legislate so this DOES NOT happen again."
Posted by: GOP Playbook at December 31, 2025 02:42 PM (V362x)
Walz announced he will not appear before the committee.
Posted by: Gref at December 31, 2025 02:45 PM (5rh/l)
"We're bringing in Tim Walz to answer for the massive fraud in Minnesota.
Two hearings. Answers. Accountability.
Jan 7 -> MN State Reps
Feb 10 -> Tim Walz and AG Keith Ellison
We will expose failures and identify solutions so we can legislate so this DOES NOT happen again."
Posted by: GOP Playbook at December 31, 2025 02:42 PM (V362x)
You allowed it to happen the first time, you feckless f***s. I don't want hearings and solutions, I want jail sentences. That's your solution.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2025 02:45 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: fd at December 31, 2025 02:27 PM (vFG9F)
First you uncover the fraud
Second you stop the money flow…the theft.
Third you prosecute the low level actors
Fourth you end the programs that created the fraud
Fifth you prosecute the mid level thieves
Sixth you take out the politicians who built the fraud
Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 02:45 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 02:45 PM (zNwXb)
Oh, and mass deportations.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2025 02:45 PM (Riz8t)
We will expose failures and identify solutions so we can legislate so this DOES NOT happen again."
Posted by: GOP Playbook at December 31, 2025 02:42 PM (V362x)
They're going to make defrauding government programs MORE illegal than it already is?
Posted by: Closing the barn door, horse is 3 states away at December 31, 2025 02:46 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Frank Barone at December 31, 2025 02:42 PM (IifOV)
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She is, Frank. 74 people were indicted by September 4, 2025. You didn't know this because the MSM didn't want you to know.
Posted by: mrp at December 31, 2025 02:46 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Jim Jordan at December 31, 2025 02:46 PM (tNkpt)
You are a smart woman.
I should have commented earlier for which I apologize, but I am so sorry about the death of your baby girl , Violet Marie . I hope I got her name right. My husband and I have been praying for you and your family for strength and peace.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 02:46 PM (2sfNr)
Posted by: Closing the barn door, horse is 3 states away at December 31, 2025 02:46 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 02:46 PM (RuTUS)
First you uncover the fraud
Second you stop the money flow…the theft.
Third you prosecute the low level actors
Fourth you end the programs that created the fraud
Fifth you prosecute the mid level thieves
Sixth you take out the politicians who built the fraud
Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 02:45 PM (rbvCR)
Then you get the women!
Posted by: Tony Montana, home care entrepreneur at December 31, 2025 02:46 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: OK, I'll ask at December 31, 2025 02:42 PM (2Ez/1)
Immigrants who built this nation, of course!
Posted by: Gref at December 31, 2025 02:47 PM (5rh/l)
Posted by: Not economically viable at December 31, 2025 02:40 PM (TbWk/)
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In many ways this too is the story of Trump.
Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at December 31, 2025 02:47 PM (XZaOB)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at December 31, 2025 02:47 PM (wBaIH)
We will expose failures and identify solutions so we can legislate so this DOES NOT happen again."
Posted by: GOP Playbook at December 31, 2025 02:42 PM (V362x)
They're going to make defrauding government programs MORE illegal than it already is?
Posted by: Closing the barn door, horse is 3 states away at December 31, 2025 02:46 PM (TbWk/)
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Yeah...this is why I don't get people demanding Congress to get back and "do it's job."
All of this shit is already illegal. Our problem isn't a surfeit of laws. It's that law enforcement is broken. Capturing Congress doesn't matter if the DOJ isn't going to enforce anything.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 02:47 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
Increasingly all of it is bots. Youtube 25 percent bots and climbing on content makers. tiktok, probably more like 50 percent, and so on.
The outrage merchants on social media do so because that is the only way to get clicks and get paid, so they spiral into more and more outrage to keep those few real people engaged.
Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 02:47 PM (WDjG6)
For the amount of new dollars that entered circulation since January 2021, HOW much of that on a percentage basis went to all of these Lefty payoff schemes?
Because all the rest of us got was inflation and a through-the-roof increase in the cost of living. How much of the NEW money was actually BENEFICIAL?
We need answers to this. STAT.
Posted by: Garfunkel's Sowed Oats at December 31, 2025 02:31 PM (V87Oy)
Post of the year, here.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 31, 2025 02:48 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: OK, I'll ask at December 31, 2025 02:42 PM (2Ez/1)
Immigrants who built this nation, of course!
Posted by: Gref at December 31, 2025 02:47 PM (5rh/l)
Colloquially pronounced "I'm a dinner jacket."
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 02:48 PM (RuTUS)
That’ll show ‘em.
Now please send $25.
Posted by: GOP at December 31, 2025 02:49 PM (tNkpt)
Posted by: Bulg at December 31, 2025 02:49 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 31, 2025 02:49 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 02:49 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 02:45 PM (zNwXb)
Reminds me of that scene in "Sahara" (great datenight movie, btw) where the admiral is explaining that he's trying to warn of a global catastrophe and getting stymied by bureaucracy.
"I know I can't ask you boys to go it alone..."
"That's the great thing, Admiral. You don't have to."
Posted by: pookysgirl, letting a sick Lil Pooky crash on her at December 31, 2025 02:50 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: Pleases at December 31, 2025 02:50 PM (CO3e1)
Posted by: Jim Jordan
And no adjective is off the table!
Posted by: GOPe at December 31, 2025 02:50 PM (2Ez/1)
Worldometer
https://www.worldometers.info
United States, 347,275,807
Posted by: m
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Look like a site created with a real lefty bent to it and while some numbers seems right others are outright false. No thanks.
Posted by: NALNAMSAM at December 31, 2025 02:50 PM (VkY89)
I saw you were thinking about changing your nic. Nothing wrong with toby928(c).
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 02:51 PM (RuTUS)
Allowing any agency to audit/police it's own malfeasance is ludicrous.
Posted by: Joe Mama at December 31, 2025 02:51 PM (TezPK)
And I said nothing
Because I am not a Gypsy.
Then they came for the Somali
And I said "Make sure you get every fucking one."
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at December 31, 2025 02:51 PM (wBaIH)
All of this shit is already illegal. Our problem isn't a surfeit of laws. It's that law enforcement is broken. Capturing Congress doesn't matter if the DOJ isn't going to enforce anything.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 02:47 PM (GBKbO)
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Even worse, the JUDGES are not doing THEIR job.
Any judge that decides to drop a case against these people should be tried and convicted as an accessory to the crime.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 02:51 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: The Pentagon at December 31, 2025 02:52 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 02:51 PM
I need an appellation though. Tobias the Indifferent or something.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 02:52 PM (jc0TO)
That’ll show ‘em.
Now please send $25.
Posted by: GOP at December 31, 2025 02:49 PM (tNkpt)
We'll close some loopholes with much fanfare then pat ourselves on the back. But we won't tell the rubes we inserted new loopholes in the new laws! Grift must continue!
Posted by: RINO and GOPe, Inc. at December 31, 2025 02:52 PM (5rh/l)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 02:52 PM (a4flb)
His morality would have been satisfied and Ozzy could scarcely have complained about the justice of it.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 02:44 PM (jc0TO)
Rorschach was uncompromising since truth was the only thing left that he had not compromised in his life. He could neither accept such a giant falsehood in his life or allow one to stand, because without a core element of truth he was no better than all the other fake heroes, and only different from the supercriminals in that he had won.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 02:52 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 02:51 PM
I need an appellation though. Tobias the Indifferent or something.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 02:52 PM (jc0TO)
Haha!
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 02:53 PM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Dean Wormer at December 31, 2025 02:53 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 02:48 PM (RuTUS)
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"I'm a jelly donut" > "I'm a dinner jacket."
Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at December 31, 2025 02:53 PM (XZaOB)
Sounds true if not right ( right in the sense of being good and true ) I am glad that the internet age sort of passed me by. If I want affirmation I go to the Bible and books I have reread for many years - not some strange fools who get their self esteem as "influencers."
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 02:53 PM (2sfNr)
Posted by: Gref at December 31, 2025 02:45 PM (5rh/l)
Send U.S. Marshals to drag him there. Or shoot him.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2025 02:53 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 02:54 PM (rbvCR)
Worldometer
https://www.worldometers.info
United States, 347,275,807
Posted by: m
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Look like a site created with a real lefty bent to it and while some numbers seems right others are outright false. No thanks.
Posted by: NALNAMSAM at December 31, 2025 02:50 PM (VkY89)
Huh; I did not know that. Thanks, NALNAMSAM.
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 02:54 PM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 02:52 PM
I read him as being about Old Testament Justice, rather than Truth per se. I mean, he concealed his identity for decades so capital T truth couldn't have been his main motivation.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 02:54 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2025 02:55 PM (Riz8t)
"Socialism's like Steven Seagal: that every time you see it you think 'This is still around?! This sucks! This was terrible last time!'"
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 31, 2025 02:55 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2025 02:53 PM (8zz6B)
Pay Per View to help erase some of h\the debt he caused!
Posted by: pookysgirl, letting a sick Lil Pooky crash on her at December 31, 2025 02:55 PM (Wt5PA)
I think I may be catching what Paul has. The TiFW family will be spending NYE at home, rather than infecting all of our friends at the party we had planned to attend 🤧🤒😷
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at December 31, 2025 02:55 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 02:52 PM (jc0TO)
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Tobias the Adequate
Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at December 31, 2025 02:56 PM (XZaOB)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 31, 2025 02:56 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 02:56 PM (grNgC)
And I said nothing
Because I am not a Gypsy.
Then they came for the Somali
And I said "Make sure you get every fucking one."
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at December 31, 2025 02:51 PM (wBaIH)
***golf clap***
Posted by: browndog moving slowly at December 31, 2025 02:56 PM (3sXRv)
Posted by: toby9
it is something of the eternal question, is a great name great because of the name or is a great name great because of what the owner did with it? Are Amazon, NVIDIA, Tesla, names that were cool because of some innate quality or because of what the owners did.
spoiler, alert, it is the later.
Posted by: n at December 31, 2025 02:57 PM (+lALu)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2025 02:53 PM (8zz6B)
Pay Per View to help erase some of h\the debt he caused!
Posted by: pookysgirl, letting a sick Lil Pooky crash on her at December 31, 2025 02:55 PM (Wt5PA)
I'd pay for that!
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 02:57 PM (RuTUS)
"You wouldn't arrest a retard, would you?"
Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 02:56 PM (grNgC)
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I remember one line from his debate with Vance.
"I'm a knucklehead."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 02:57 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 02:58 PM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 31, 2025 02:58 PM (Kt19C)
https://is.gd/eRWrSM
He's right.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2025 02:58 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Vengeance at December 31, 2025 02:58 PM (rmAcl)
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 02:54 PM (jc0TO)
He used up his entire self to support his mask, and his mask was to pursue justice, but justice cannot exist without truth.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 02:58 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 31, 2025 02:58 PM (Kt19C)
hahahahaha
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 02:59 PM (RuTUS)
Posted by: pookysgirl, letting a sick Lil Pooky crash on her at December 31, 2025 02:55 PM (Wt5PA)
Problem with that is, the ones who would want to view are those who have already had their pockets picked to fund the fraudsters.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2025 02:59 PM (8zz6B)
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Actually, any entity of any size should have THREE levels of audit/review. The first is internal audit. The organization should have trained personnel who review records and compare the records with how policy, procedure, and internal controls say those records are to be maintained. Then there should be an accounting firm that comes in and reviews enough of the transactional records to determine whether the organizations books are reliable and accurate. Finally, there should be an outside agency that reviews the organization (unless the entity is fortunate enough to do business in a unregulated field).
Our country's leadership now largely pretends they don't understand any of this "mystical" three levels of review stuff, and shrug their shoulders when its found out that massive theft and corruption abounds.
Posted by: Crusader, former Federal Bank Examiner at December 31, 2025 02:59 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 02:57 PM (GBKbO)
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That may be the only honest thing he's ever said about himself.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 02:59 PM (ESVrU)
(Wikipedia)
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 03:00 PM (RuTUS)
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Posted by: n at December 31, 2025 03:02 PM (+lALu)
Posted by: Τωβίας928(c) at December 31, 2025 03:02 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 03:02 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 03:02 PM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Vengeance at December 31, 2025 03:00 PM (rmAcl)
NO CROSSBOWS ALLOWED!
Posted by: pookysgirl, letting a sick Lil Pooky crash on her at December 31, 2025 03:02 PM (Wt5PA)
I’m betting that most federal employees don’t even know what the three lines of defense are. I would bet a pile of money they don’t RCA’s, nor would they pass a simple audit from the Fed, FINRA, SEC or FFIEC.
Posted by: Vengeance at December 31, 2025 03:03 PM (rmAcl)
I want the Final Solution.
Its really hard to engage in recidivism if the crim is burning in Hell.
They celebrated Charlie Kirk's death, they shot at our president, they have even stated that shooting Nick and others like him for showing up at the door asking questions.
They have already conceded the argument that violence is the only language they understand in the debate.
I say we debate them on those terms.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 03:03 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 31, 2025 03:03 PM (gm9Sb)
I need an appellation though. Tobias the Indifferent or something.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 02:52 PM (jc0TO)
Tobias the Tumescent
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 31, 2025 03:03 PM (y9nCu)
Date: AUGUST 6, 2025 NOTE DATE!!!
"In landmark sentence, Feeding Our Future scheme leader sentenced to 28 years in prison"
First two paragraphs:
"MINNEAPOLIS – Today, United States District Judge Nancy E. Brasel sentenced Abdiaziz Shafii Farah, to 28 years in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release for his role in a $300 million fraud scheme that exploited a federally funded child nutrition program during the COVID-19 pandemic, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Thompson. Farah was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $47,920,514.
Farah played a leading and role in the Feeding Our Future case, the largest Covid-19 fraud scheme in the United States. According to public documents, Farah and his co-defendants stole more than $47 million in program funds by claiming to serve 18 million meals to kids at more than 30 food distribution sites. In June 2024, after a seven-week trial before Judge Brasel, a federal jury convicted Farah of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to commit federal programs bribery, false statements in a passport application, conspiracy to commit money laundering, ..."
Posted by: mrp at December 31, 2025 03:03 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Martinifarmer at December 31, 2025 03:04 PM (NwnyJ)
Second, every case has to be reviewed and approved by 3 people. The three people randomly assigned for every case and can’t be in the same building.
Posted by: Obvious Observation at December 31, 2025 03:04 PM (tNkpt)
Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 03:02 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 03:04 PM (RuTUS)
LINK: https://tinyurl.com/496zmd8t
Posted by: mrp at December 31, 2025 03:07 PM (rj6Yv)
Then, a subpoena would have been issue, possibly, if the GOP sees it as a benefit to their organization, but if the issue had blown over, they would be less inclined to do so.
Now, but saying he won't cooperate we go right to the subpoena while issue is still hot and beneficial to the GOPest. And non-compliance means Criminal Contempt, Inherent Contempt (rare), and Civil Enforcement.... up to $100,000 fines, court costs and potentially a year in jail.
Posted by: Orson at December 31, 2025 03:08 PM (dIske)
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Posted by: Vengeance at December 31, 2025 02:58 PM (rmAcl)
Uh.....yeah. Same as it's always been.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at December 31, 2025 03:25 PM (5xuJ/)
Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at December 31, 2025 06:10 PM (wGqjj)
Tucker Carlson: No American Has Been Killed By Muslims... Since 9/11; Anti-Muslim "Hate" Is an Op by the Jews
Good. The coward is getting a little more courageous. He feels less need to pretend he doesn't believe these things while having on guests who he encourages to say all the things he believes while pretending to be agnostic on these topics.
Now the coward is finally finding his own voice.Harrison BergerA few obvious points: Leftwingers routinely begin counting deaths after 9/11 when they want to prove that White Supremacists kill more people than Islamic terrorists. Good to see that Tucker Carlson is embracing this "in the last twenty-four (not twenty five!) years" method of counting. Apparently Tucker doesn't consider the many, many American soldiers killed by ISIS and Al Qaeda to be victims of radical Muslim violence. Or the American civilians captured by ISIS and beheaded on camera. Oh wait, the did restrict his counting to those killed in the United States. Once again he puts special restrictions on who he will count and who he won't count, like a fucking leftist scumbag propagandist. But he's definitely ignoring the people murdered by the Fort Hood Islamist psychiatrist. I guess he considers that "workplace violence" not radical Muslim terrorism -- once again, like a fucking leftist scumbag propagandist. He ignores the people murdered at the Pulse nightclub, the people murdered by the husband-and-wife Islamist terrorist spree killers in California...
@BergerPosts Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) tells @amconmag that "hate the Muslims," is just another classic Israeli government psyop meant to propagandize Americans to believe that Israel's enemies are their own. "I don't know anyone in the United States in the last 24 years who's been killed by radical Islam. I do know a lot of people who have killed themselves. I know people who've died of drug ODs, more than a few. I know people who can't get jobs. None of the boys in my daughter's class can get jobs, none of those white boys can get jobs. They're being destroyed by Adderall and video games and porn. I see millions of Americans being destroyed, and none of it is at the hands of radical Islam. Is radical Islam more dangerous than OnlyFans? It's not even close. Turning some huge percentage of American women into prostitutes. That's not radical Islam doing that, actually."
The perpetrators, Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik, a married couple living in the city of Redlands, targeted a San Bernardino County Department of Public Health training event and Christmas party of about 80 employees in a rented banquet room. Fourteen people were killed and 22 others were seriously injured. Farook was a Muslim and an American-born citizen of Pakistani descent, who worked as a health department employee. Malik was a Muslim and Pakistani-born green card holder. After the shooting, the couple fled in a rented Ford Expedition SUV. Four hours later, police pursued their vehicle and killed them in a shootout, which also left two officers injured....etc., etc., etc. We have at least one or two Muslim terrorist attacks in America every year. But the left won't admit they're terrorist attacks. They vow "the motive may never be known." And now Real Conservative Tucker Carlson joins them. He's America First, you know. Obviously Europe sees people slaughtered on the street or train every few months but that's "not in the United States." Are the Jews running ops in Europe, too? (Of course they are.)
He just pretends all these deaths away. All incidents of workplace violence or shocking, motive-free violence that has nothing at all to do with Islam. Again, he's adopting the hard leftwing position on all the terrorist murder we've suffered through for twenty five grisly years -- it didn't happen, and if it did happen, you're racist for noticing. But he's the Real Conservative, huh? Update: Oh my Lord, I forgot about the Boston Marathon bombing. I also forgot about the jihadi car attacks -- you know, where a jihadi plows his truck into crowds of people, murdering them. And the media blames them on the vehicle. Vehicle kills 14. "America First" Tucker blames the vehicle, too.
Eitan Fischberger
@EFischberger Dec 26 A non-exhaustive list of Islamic terror attacks in the U.S. over the last 25 years: 🔸 Fort Hood shooting -- November 5, 2009 -- 13 killed 🔸 Little Rock recruiting office shooting --June 1, 2009 -- 1 killed 🔸 Boston Marathon bombing -- April 15, 2013 -- 3 killed 🔸 Chattanooga military recruiting center attack -- July 16, 2015 -- 5 killed 🔸 San Bernardino terrorist attack -- December 2, 2015 -- 14 killed 🔸 Pulse nightclub massacre -- June 12, 2016 -- 49 killed 🔸 New York City ISIS truck attack -- October 31, 2017 -- 8 killed 🔸 New Orleans ISIS truck attack -- January 1, 2025 -- 14 killed 🔸 Boulder, Colorado firebombing attack -- June 1, 2025 -- 1 killed
Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) tells @amconmag that "hate the Muslims," is just another classic Israeli government psyop meant to propagandize Americans to believe that Israel's enemies are their own.
— Harrison Berger (@BergerPosts) December 26, 2025
"I don't know anyone in the United States in the last 24 years who’s been… pic.twitter.com/XJ0g8MmegW
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: nurse ratched at December 31, 2025 12:21 PM (IhIKR)
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Posted by: Open Channel D at December 31, 2025 12:27 PM (gYnrv)
He has seriously jumped the otter.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 31, 2025 12:27 PM (IhIKR)
Posted by: Keyser at December 31, 2025 12:27 PM (h3gb2)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 31, 2025 12:28 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: doug at December 31, 2025 12:28 PM (Hy+R4)
I'd blame a brain tumor, a la Charles Whitman, but he looks healthy enough. Maybe he just IS a tumor.
Posted by: High Speed Rail at December 31, 2025 12:28 PM (Riz8t)
Take what Sucker says here. He actually makes some good points about drugs (both legal and illegal), lack of jobs available to whites, and porn/OF. Islam isn't the only scourge poisoning our culture.
Sucker could make these points without the gratuitous reference to, and cheap shot at, Israel. But he doesn't. He just has to stick that in there.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 31, 2025 12:28 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 12:28 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 31, 2025 12:29 PM (eD7Q0)
Posted by: Archimedes = High Speed Rail at December 31, 2025 12:29 PM (Riz8t)
Ace is up
Posted by: rickb223
Morning wood? Is there something that you'd like to share with the rest of us?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at December 31, 2025 12:29 PM (xG4kz)
Take what Sucker says here. He actually makes some good points about drugs (both legal and illegal), lack of jobs available to whites, and porn/OF. Islam isn't the only scourge poisoning our culture.
Sucker could make these points without the gratuitous reference to, and cheap shot at, Israel. But he doesn't. He just has to stick that in there.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 31, 2025 12:28 PM (iFTx/)
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I wonder if mass migration from the third world, mostly Muslim, has affected some of these things as well.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 12:29 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2025 12:30 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: ErikInTexas at December 31, 2025 12:30 PM (SOziR)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at December 31, 2025 12:30 PM (xvV+O)
Posted by: Afghan opium farmers and Iranian government-sponsored drug smugglers at December 31, 2025 12:30 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 12:30 PM (leiJl)
Tucker Carlson can EABOD.
Posted by: pookysgirl will not be supplying the bag at December 31, 2025 12:30 PM (Wt5PA)
He has seriously jumped the otter.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 31, 2025 12:27 PM
Check his basement for pods.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 12:31 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 31, 2025 12:31 PM (L/fGl)
https://collider.com/chud-campy-80s-horror/
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 31, 2025 12:31 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 31, 2025 12:31 PM (4wNax)
There was a guy -- a substitute host -- on WPHT (AM 1210) yesterday who could imitate TC's girlish shrieks perfectly. So much so that I found myself despising him as much as I despise TC himself.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at December 31, 2025 12:31 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Keyser at December 31, 2025 12:27 PM (h3gb2)
I’m starting to get nervous about JD Vance because I think (maybe I’m wrong?) that he’s good friends with Carlson? Or is that Don Jr? Or both? Whoever it is needs to reassess the friendship
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 31, 2025 12:31 PM (eD7Q0)
Worse than Naziism because it makes universal claims in the name of it's deity.
Posted by: Minuteman at December 31, 2025 12:31 PM (47/pr)
Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 12:31 PM (leiJl)
He is not, which makes it worse. You can sort of understand mouth breathing losers flailing around for some excuse to explain their manifest failure, but he already has it all.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2025 12:32 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: huerfano at December 31, 2025 12:32 PM (98kQX)
Posted by: toby928(c) pokes the dead horse at December 31, 2025 12:32 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: thug dolphin at December 31, 2025 12:32 PM (EyfuW)
Also in 2016 the Pulse night club muzzie killing of homos.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at December 31, 2025 12:32 PM (xvV+O)
Posted by: Halfhand at December 31, 2025 12:32 PM (edbiH)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 31, 2025 12:33 PM (ElQWS)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 31, 2025 12:33 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Halfhand at December 31, 2025 12:33 PM (edbiH)
Sadly, there are those who DO agree with him.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2025 12:33 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 12:34 PM (zNwXb)
Posted by: Halfhand at December 31, 2025 12:32 PM
The Qataris backed a dump truck full of money up to his house. He's not made of stone, you know.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 12:34 PM (jc0TO)
He has seriously jumped the otter.
Posted by: nurse ratched
What is even more disappointing is that he is already wealthy, so why take Qatari money to abandon your principles?
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 31, 2025 12:35 PM (0U5gm)
I'm beginning to like the cut of this fellow's jib. And his sartorial choices are to DIE for. Tucker, call me...we can collab on a "Fuck Trump" podcast, and maybe give you a guest column.
Posted by: Jonathan V. Last, editor of The Bulwark at December 31, 2025 12:35 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at December 31, 2025 12:35 PM (04Eec)
Posted by: uniparty, Raping and Mutilating the Children They do not kill at December 31, 2025 12:35 PM (gxokI)
Ripping me off, and doing it badly and in my face AND unapologetically, pisses me off...and it should piss everyone off...
Posted by: Nova Local at December 31, 2025 12:36 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Make Asylums Great Again! at December 31, 2025 12:36 PM (oftw2)
There is no way he could have hid his Jew hate for that many years.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 31, 2025 12:36 PM (0N4FZ)
Further he uses "I don't know anyone in the United States in the last 24 years who's been killed by radical Islam. I do know a lot of people who have killed themselves." His dick move here is he uses "I don't know" personally of people killed by Muslim savages while leaving the impression that he means I don't know of any people murdered by Muslim savages. I do have to say I don't know personally any of people killed by Muslim savages while at the same time I am fully aware of the atrocities committed by these Muslim savages.
Posted by: Ye Olde Mayan Calendar Shoppe at December 31, 2025 12:36 PM (HTCU3)
IIRC, the shooter had "SOA" on his freakin' business card: Soldier of Allah.
The Army knew him as Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, MD. But he gave himself another title — “Soldier of Allah.”
Hasan, the man responsible for the Fort Hood massacre that left 13 dead and 29 wounded, printed up business cards he ordered over the Internet that identified him as “SoA” — a jihadi acronym for “Soldier of Allah.”
The latest peek into the warped mind of the Army-trained psychiatrist came as the US Army Criminal Investigation Command charged him yesterday with 13 counts of premeditated murder. . . .
Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2025 12:36 PM (NuV6c)
He has seriously jumped the otter.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 31, 2025 12:27 PM (IhIKR)
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My theory is that this is all about attention. He's a self-deprecating narcissist. He thrives to be noticed. He yearns to be different. Remember his ridiculous bow tie. He wants to be talked about, even if in negative light.
Posted by: Frasier Crane at December 31, 2025 12:36 PM (bNf8H)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 12:37 PM (zNwXb)
He has seriously jumped the otter.
Posted by: nurse ratched
What is even more disappointing is that he is already wealthy, so why take Qatari money to abandon your principles?
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 31, 2025 12:35 PM (0U5gm)
B/c for rich people, there is no such this as enough money or too much money...they always want more...and more...and more...
Posted by: Nova Local at December 31, 2025 12:37 PM (tOcjL)
And he also flew over and bought a house in Qatar, whose rulers, I’m sure, completely agree with his views on government.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2025 12:37 PM (m7iZ5)
https://tinyurl.com/2vhzwvyv
It makes AOC, Ilhan, and yes, even Kamala, look hawt. Especially AOC.
Even AI can't help Rashida Tlaib.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2025 12:37 PM (Riz8t)
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Posted by: Cray Cray at December 31, 2025 12:38 PM (vWau3)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 31, 2025 12:29 PM (eD7Q0)
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But you see, Tucker didn't *know* them personally so it doesn't count.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at December 31, 2025 12:39 PM (36PRH)
Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 12:39 PM (grNgC)
Posted by: Ye Olde Mayan Calendar Shoppe at December 31, 2025 12:39 PM (HTCU3)
and all of the Sudden Jihadi "Vehicle" attacks!
Posted by: ace at December 31, 2025 12:40 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Delurker at December 31, 2025 12:40 PM (xNHSX)
Perhaps TC is explained by boredom. He spent a long time kicking idiot leftists about and that probably got old. Now he's seeing if he can say truly ridiculous things and get people to agree with him, you know, because he's so smaht.
I think we may be homing in on the truth.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2025 12:40 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 31, 2025 12:40 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: thug dolphin at December 31, 2025 12:40 PM (EyfuW)
Posted by: Bulg at December 31, 2025 12:40 PM (3cQK1)
Posted by: Make Asylums Great Again!
I wasn't driving, officer, I was traveling! See my plates?!? "Not for commerce, private use only." You got nothing on me! What, I thought this was America! What's Israel paying you to silence and discredit me!?!?
Posted by: Drunk Tucker, arguing with the cops that pulled him over at December 31, 2025 12:40 PM (ycI94)
He's back on drugs.
Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 12:40 PM (grNgC)
Christmas market murders, Beslan nightclub murder, UK 'grooming' rape gangs, Charlie Hebdo assassinations, Bondi beach massacre and so on?
Would it not be in our best interest to observe what's happening in every Western nation "since 9/11" is an obvious, consistent trend and judge muslims to be a threat???
I don't know what Tucker is sniffing, but he needs to stop, cold turkey.
Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2025 12:40 PM (NuV6c)
What is even more disappointing is that he is already wealthy, so why take Qatari money to abandon your principles?
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 31, 2025 12:35 PM
Private aviation is very expensive is my guess.
Posted by: CaliGirl at December 31, 2025 12:41 PM (I7V7v)
and all of the Sudden Jihadi "Vehicle" attacks!
Posted by: ace at December 31, 2025 12:40 PM (1wjle)
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To be fair, Tucker didn't know those people personally.
So, they're not really people.
Also, Trump is evil for trying to stem the influx of drugs from Venezuela, probably.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 12:41 PM (GBKbO)
Oh well, he wasn't actually killed, just had the legs severed from his body, so he doesn't count, per Tucker's strict math.
Posted by: ace at December 31, 2025 12:41 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: thug dolphin at December 31, 2025 12:40 PM (EyfuW)
Bezos money, b/c he has one now with Amazon...
Posted by: Nova Local at December 31, 2025 12:41 PM (tOcjL)
wtf is wrong with these people?
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 31, 2025 12:41 PM (IhIKR)
Why is he doing this?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at December 31, 2025 12:41 PM (VWtfl)
Posted by: Ktgreat at December 31, 2025 12:41 PM (33LJY)
The bow tie is the answer. Bow ties are alien Jews, controlling the minds of their wearers and making them say such unbelievable things that it comes back to benefit the Jews, because no one would believe that Jews could take the form of bowties despite all the evidence.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 31, 2025 12:42 PM (EXyHK)
He's back on drugs.
At some point I'm sure that will be his excuse.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2025 12:42 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Bulg at December 31, 2025 12:40 PM (3cQK1)
Ummm, remember Trump brand water? Trump would also love more money...although at his age, thankfully he loves love more than money now...
Posted by: Nova Local at December 31, 2025 12:42 PM (tOcjL)
Years earlier: Boulder King Soopers grocery store shooting spree -- 11 dead, IIRC.
Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2025 12:42 PM (NuV6c)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2025 12:43 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: Muslim Dick at December 31, 2025 12:43 PM (Mx+TJ)
Essentially what the WEF is advocating for. "Stakeholder Capitalism" and "You will own nothing and be happy" is neo-feudalism and a new aristocracy.
"We will own everything and you will be a serf"
Posted by: Halfhand at December 31, 2025 12:43 PM (edbiH)
What you h8ers fail to understand is that until the leading causes of death have been eliminated, lesser causes of death don't matter.
That means murder is not an issue until we have cured heart disease. Logic.
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at December 31, 2025 12:43 PM (1Nv0l)
Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2025 12:40 PM (NuV6c)
No, he needs to go all in and fully unmask, so all right thinking folks pitch him in the drudge garbage bin. For now, he still have some right-minded old people who still excuse him and won't give him up after all these years...and he needs to become a full no one for our side...
Posted by: Nova Local at December 31, 2025 12:44 PM (tOcjL)
I can't even remember them all.
Posted by: ace at December 31, 2025 12:44 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: mr tmz at December 31, 2025 12:44 PM (rJ48h)
Yea, I know that nothing was admitted or confirmed about that, but there were some strange and telling connections to terror groups, and we were told nothing but lies in an obvious cover-up.
What would they want to cover up so badly? There are only a few answers, the most obvious of which is Muslim terror.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 31, 2025 12:44 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 31, 2025 12:31 PM (eD7Q0)
I’ve seen a lot of that worry online, but so far I don’t see any sign of it. I do think Vance has made a small mistake in that he want to act like the Nominee Presumptive, and so he’s working hard to not say anything that would offend anyone, including the groypers, but he has never said anything explicitly agreeing with them either.
I suspect he’s trying to stay out of it until the controversy goes away, which is a small mistake of weakness, but I don’t think a politically fatal one.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2025 12:44 PM (m7iZ5)
Posted by: Tucker Carlson at December 31, 2025 12:45 PM (OSZOS)
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at December 31, 2025 12:45 PM (pIfcn)
HE DID IT: Tucker Carlson Suggests That Israel Committed 9/11 Terror Attack.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2025 12:45 PM (Riz8t)
Retards: Always searching for that Benevolent Dictator they imagine that they, themselves, would be.
Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 12:45 PM (grNgC)
I'm very worried too. I don't think I can support him.
Posted by: ace at December 31, 2025 12:45 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at December 31, 2025 12:45 PM (1Nv0l)
wtf is wrong with these people?
Posted by: nurse ratched
That is the most frustrating thing. I probably mentioned it here before, but I walked away from my job with no backup rather than sign a fraudulent document. I can't fathom people who have more money than they can ever spend taking bribes.
I don't always agree with Trump or Musk, but it is obvious that they haven't sold out their principles for money.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 31, 2025 12:45 PM (0U5gm)
Trump Water has much more H, much more 2 and a helluva lot more O than loser leftist water, that I can tell you. Think about it. No, think about it.
Thank you for your attention to that matter.
Posted by: Delurker at December 31, 2025 12:45 PM (xNHSX)
Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2025 12:45 PM (NuV6c)
What you h8ers fail to understand is that until the leading causes of death have been eliminated, lesser causes of death don't matter.
That means murder is not an issue until we have cured heart disease. Logic.
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at December 31, 2025 12:43 PM (1Nv0l)
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It's a weird rhetorical tic right now.
"You can't prioritize anything else than my priority. In fact, you can't even spend any time on your priority until my priority is fixed. Unless you fix my priority completely and wholly, you are not allowed to spend any time considering your priorities. If you do, then you betray all of our shared principles."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 12:45 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: mr tmz at December 31, 2025 12:44 PM (rJ48h)
Is there a difference?
Posted by: Nova Local at December 31, 2025 12:46 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Bulg at December 31, 2025 12:46 PM (3cQK1)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 31, 2025 12:46 PM (Vh9CX)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 31, 2025 12:24 PM (ElQWS)
You're gonna have to be more specific!
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 12:46 PM (RuTUS)
100 >>Tucker has recently said that he believes that Feudalism is the best form of government
Retards: Always searching for that Benevolent Dictator they imagine that they, themselves, would be.
Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 12:45 PM (grNgC)
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A good king is probably the best form of government.
I'm not sure who I would trust to be a good king, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 12:46 PM (GBKbO)
I suspect he’s trying to stay out of it until the controversy goes away, which is a small mistake of weakness, but I don’t think a politically fatal one.
If Trump teaches him anything, it should be that tepid and noncommittal is not the way to go. We have the GOPe for that.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2025 12:46 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Muslim Dick at December 31, 2025 12:47 PM (Mx+TJ)
“It’s a measure of how bovine our ruling class has become that educated people fall for nonsense like this especially hard.”—Tucker Carlson, Ship of Fools, p. 197
“Men posing as female weight lifters isn’t the biggest problem Western civilization faces, but it’s an ominous symptom of deeper rot. When the people in charge retreat into fantasy, and demand that everyone else join them there, society itself becomes impervious to reality. The entire population develops the habits of fact-avoidance and lying.”—Tucker Carlson, Ship of Fools, p. 201
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 31, 2025 12:47 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Archimedes
Pathological narcissists will make up outrageous stories to see how much they can manipulate people. This is standard DARVO; Deny, Accuse, Reversing Victim and Offender. Dangerous islam??? NO, you are the dangerous ones! Israel attacked?? NO, it is they who attacked the Palistinininananas!
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 31, 2025 12:47 PM (mlg/3)
I'm very worried too. I don't think I can support him.
Posted by: ace at December 31, 2025 12:45 PM (1wjle)
Tucker is doing this to try to SINK R CHANCES for 2026 and 2028, b/c his paymasters want that - do not fall for it!
Posted by: Nova Local at December 31, 2025 12:47 PM (tOcjL)
It would be easier to count the number of angels dancing on the tip of a needle.
Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 12:47 PM (grNgC)
His jealous that Candace acts more crazy than him.
Posted by: Ye Olde Mayan Calendar Shoppe at December 31, 2025 12:47 PM (HTCU3)
It cannot all be discounted as sudden unexplained lunacy. Money is far more likely.
Posted by: alanon at December 31, 2025 12:47 PM (OhUhe)
Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2025 12:46 PM (Riz8t)
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From what I've seen: Vance punches the left and doesn't take part in the infighting on the right.
I'm not paying the closest of attention, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 12:47 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: ACME Corp. at December 31, 2025 12:48 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Bulg at December 31, 2025 12:48 PM (3cQK1)
And don't get me started on our covalent bonds and dipole moments. They're YUUUUUGE!
Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2025 12:48 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 31, 2025 12:48 PM (kpTWY)
This sentiment is why I am no fan of Jefferson.
Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 12:48 PM (grNgC)
Tucker's adult son works for JD, I think.
The Tucker smears appeared to be an entry point for attacking JD, the obvious 2028 frontrunner. However, I don't know wtf is up with Tucker's new respect for muslims - is this to get Vance, too, or is it that sweet, seet Qatar cash?
Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2025 12:48 PM (NuV6c)
Posted by: Open Channel D at December 31, 2025 12:27 PM (gYnrv)
Yes.
Posted by: troyriser at December 31, 2025 12:48 PM (DPeYO)
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If I remember correctly, Sen. Tepid and Sen. Noncommittal were from New England states.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 31, 2025 12:49 PM (Dv3i1)
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Were these people by chance shouting Allah Akbar at the time?
Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 12:49 PM (2fdLC)
yeah where is... burt?
Posted by: ace at December 31, 2025 12:49 PM (1wjle)
These right wing media figureheads either have Russia or Israel for a master, and sometimes that conflicts. You see the schism quite a bit whenever something involves Iran.
I see another group to pay attention to, those are the "Constitutional conservatives" like Ted Cruz, Mark Levin, and (possibly) Mike Pompeo, to name a few.
They realize that relatively soon they will need a new leader as the current one is 79 years old and term-limited. And it will take months/years to sort out.
Similar is happening on the left side- do they want traditional Democrat (Newsom), Democratic Socialist (AOC), or someone else to carry the banner forward?
Socialnmedia algorithms fuel more extreme content. Start just commenting on some elected congressman's post, and in 30 minutes you're getting Great Replacement Theory in your feed.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at December 31, 2025 12:50 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: redridinghood at December 31, 2025 12:50 PM (NpAcC)
yeah where is... burt?
Posted by: ace at December 31, 2025 12:49 PM (1wjle)
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Well, our big Fuentes fanboy shouldn't be coming back.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 12:50 PM (GBKbO)
but, I am not agitating for introducing polar bears to the lower 48.
Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 12:50 PM (grNgC)
The bow tie is the answer. Bow ties are alien Jews, controlling the minds of their wearers
Is that why all the Nation of Islam guys wear them?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2025 12:50 PM (pkeXY)
Tucker is a tool.
Posted by: Fritz (not fritz) at December 31, 2025 12:50 PM (UHLZS)
What would they want to cover up so badly? There are only a few answers, the most obvious of which is Muslim terror.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 31, 2025 12:44 PM (iFTx/)
The most persistent stories have a connection to an attempted assassination of a member of the Saudi Royal Family.
Strangest coincidence of the affair: Kashoggi, the so callled journalist who had helped finance Bin Laden, was an enemy of MBS, and was probably working as an Iranian Spy using his US passport as a cover, was dismembered by the Saudi’s one year to the day after the Las Vegas massacre.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2025 12:50 PM (m7iZ5)
I'm not sure who I would trust to be a good king, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
That's easy: me. And if you don't like how I do good, well, let's just say that can easily be managed.
Posted by: Ye Olde Mayan Calendar Shoppe at December 31, 2025 12:51 PM (HTCU3)
yeah where is... burt?
Posted by: ace at December 31, 2025 12:49 PM (1wjle)
His paycheck didn't clear with the recent fed actions holding up money to the fraud rings...
Posted by: Nova Local at December 31, 2025 12:51 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 12:51 PM (2fdLC)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at December 31, 2025 12:50 PM (ycI94)
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False.
Trump is king and will never step away from power. Just look at 2020. He refused to step down and stayed president in 2021. That's why Biden had to use the autopen.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 12:51 PM (GBKbO)
It cannot all be discounted as sudden unexplained lunacy. Money is far more likely.
Posted by: alanon at December 31, 2025 12:47 PM (OhUhe)
This is what I think, follow the money.
Posted by: CaliGirl at December 31, 2025 12:51 PM (I7V7v)
Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 12:51 PM (2fdLC)
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 12:46 PM (RuTUS)
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The ocean's got nothin' to do with it!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 31, 2025 12:51 PM (ElQWS)
Not that it matters, do not forget the Honor Killings of their own Hoor Daughters.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 31, 2025 12:52 PM (/lPRQ)
His tiny little green site exploded in popularity overnight and made him a ton of money, so he rode that wave as a pretend-righty grifter until Obama came along and he could no longer hide his true leftism.
We all used to use that mispelling of his name Jharles Chonson because he obesssively searched for his name online. Don't know if he still does, but he's an obese shut-in so probably.
Posted by: Delurker at December 31, 2025 12:52 PM (xNHSX)
This is the problem of the argument of Utility.
Utilitarians make Tools of us, ALL.
Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 12:52 PM (grNgC)
Yea, I know that nothing was admitted or confirmed about that, but there were some strange and telling connections to terror groups, and we were told nothing but lies in an obvious cover-up.
What would they want to cover up so badly? There are only a few answers, the most obvious of which is Muslim terror.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade
Wasn't MBS staying in that hotel? I could see it as a distraction to cover an assassination attempt.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 31, 2025 12:52 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: DPICM at December 31, 2025 12:52 PM (zweKz)
That is the Lect activists in a nutshell.
See: BLM, Extinction Rebellion, Palestinians. . .
Essentially, you are not allowed to enjoy football, brunch, great art, Thanksgiving, until you fix MY pet issue waaaaaaah!!!!
Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2025 12:52 PM (NuV6c)
You need to accuse him of being on the take from Qatar.
I mean it was not a well thought out statement, but generally Tucker has been of benefit to conservatives.
So, I am of the Let him who has not sinned, cast the first stone...
Posted by: Mister Ghost at December 31, 2025 12:52 PM (TGPs7)
Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 12:52 PM (2fdLC)
Posted by: thug dolphin at December 31, 2025 12:53 PM (EyfuW)
Was the November 2021 Waukesha, Wisconsin car attack of a Christmas parade also a jihadi car attack?
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2025 12:53 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Bulg at December 31, 2025 12:53 PM (3cQK1)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 31, 2025 12:53 PM (EXyHK)
I'm not sure who I would trust to be a good king, though.
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I've made a list:
Jesus Christ
Posted by: Methos at December 31, 2025 12:53 PM (vSvIl)
HUUUGE tell. It's only one of the most scandalous stories of demographic corruption in national history and it stands as a story all by itself as explosive government waste.
Any and every conservative is appalled by this theft of public monies and absence of oversight (if not conspiracy to defraud via public officials) and so are indies and some Democrats. To not touch this story is tantamount to jumping sharks. They've simply become absurdists.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at December 31, 2025 12:53 PM (gLikB)
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 12:54 PM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Ian S. at December 31, 2025 12:54 PM (QZThv)
Well damn. That would explain the complete lack of concern displayed by anyone in our Gov.
Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 12:54 PM (grNgC)
@LeadingReport 4m
BREAKING: President Trump: Send Somalis back from where they came.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 31, 2025 12:54 PM (mlg/3)
Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 12:54 PM (2fdLC)
Posted by: Ordinary American at December 31, 2025 12:54 PM (b4LBp)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 31, 2025 12:54 PM (guGkK)
https://tinyurl.com/2vhzwvyv
It makes AOC, Ilhan, and yes, even Kamala, look hawt. Especially AOC.
Even AI can't help Rashida Tlaib.
Posted by: Archimedes
I find the idea of Walz being able to operate an AK without fumbling around with it for 2 minutes first the most unbelievable part of the video.
Posted by: Military Moron at December 31, 2025 12:55 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 12:54 PM (RuTUS)
You are giving him far too much credit. When someone tells you who they are, believe them.
Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 12:55 PM (2fdLC)
A variation of 'guns don't kill people, people kill people.'
Yeah, there is no sentient, tangent "radical islam" that can pull the trigger/drive the bus/fly the plane/swing the machete there, pal, it's a belief that animates the *people* who commit this violence.
Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2025 12:55 PM (NuV6c)
A good king is probably the best form of government.
I'm not sure who I would trust to be a good king, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Wenceslas!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2025 12:55 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: Mister Ghost at December 31, 2025 12:52 PM (TGPs7)
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So commenters shouldn't criticize Rick Wilson for taking lefty money, running a homosexual recruitment internship or celebrating slavery?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 31, 2025 12:55 PM (m48BN)
Posted by: Quatari at December 31, 2025 12:56 PM (q6tQZ)
Wasn't MBS staying in that hotel? I could see it as a distraction to cover an assassination attempt.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 31, 2025 12:52 PM (0U5gm)
The top floors of the Mandalay Bay are a Four Seasons owned by the Saudi Family.
Posted by: CaliGirl at December 31, 2025 12:56 PM (I7V7v)
Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 12:56 PM (2fdLC)
Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 12:55 PM (2fdLC)
Amen. I don't care if Tucker votes with us (I'm sure he probably doesn't), but I don't want him as a thought leader or speaker anywhere near us or paid by us. He no longer matters to our cause.
Posted by: Nova Local at December 31, 2025 12:57 PM (tOcjL)
Raping and stoning of women, oppression of women under hijabs, "honor" killings, female genital mutilation, acid attacks.
But I guess since none of that involves killing non-Muslims, it's a-okay.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2025 12:57 PM (P5BPp)
79 now I'm remembering the 8 year old boy whose legs were severed from his body in the Boston Marathon bombing.
Oh well, he wasn't actually killed, just had the legs severed from his body, so he doesn't count, per Tucker's strict math.
Posted by: ace at December 31, 2025 12:41 PM
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The boy was killed. Adults were taller, and some had the meat stripped off their leg bones, but survived. The shrapnel was largely horizontal. The little islamic bastard put his bomb right next to the kid.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at December 31, 2025 12:57 PM (VWtfl)
Posted by: gp at December 31, 2025 12:57 PM (GHIyr)
Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 12:58 PM (2fdLC)
I'm not sure who I would trust to be a good king, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 12:46 PM (GBKbO)
There's gotta be some Hapsburg laying around somewhere who's up to the challenge.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 31, 2025 12:58 PM (guGkK)
His tiny little green site exploded in popularity overnight and made him a ton of money, so he rode that wave as a pretend-righty grifter until Obama came along and he could no longer hide his true leftism.
That's quite a distortion of the actual timeline. CJ was writing reliably conservative things for years before Dan Rather and TANG. What changed was he got a new girlfriend, and when she moved into his house everything went to shit. As one of my in-laws likes to gloat, "liberalism is sexually transmitted".
Posted by: Ian S. at December 31, 2025 12:58 PM (QZThv)
Posted by: sven at December 31, 2025 12:58 PM (MUJd1)
The United States taxpayer has spent trillions of dollars since 2001 on fighting Islamic terror abroad, but all the Islamic terror attacks in the United States have been by committed by people who are here legally.
It's a simple decision matrix: Bomb/Not Bomb and Import/Deport. The first one doesn't really do anything to keep Americans safe. Bomb or Not Bomb, doesn't matter. Islamic terror attacks happen in America because there are Muslims here. As long as you allow them to live here, you will have a certain number of Islamic terror attacks.
The last estimate I saw for the Middle East wars of the past two decades was over 5 trillion dollars. That's money that could have been kept in the taxpayers wallets. Or spent on any variety of government programs that would have made the lives of Americans better.
Posted by: Vick King at December 31, 2025 12:58 PM (SPxB8)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 31, 2025 12:59 PM (xT8gx)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at December 31, 2025 12:59 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: Pauline Kael at December 31, 2025 12:59 PM (Z74lS)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
You think that autopen is some standalone device? Of course not! And if it's connected to the internet, any foreign government with enough capability could hack it. Who has a history of incredibly complex, covert cyber hacking operations, and needs to ensure full US support? I think we all know where this is leading...
Posted by: Tucker Carlson, with tinfoil hat to stop the Jew waves at December 31, 2025 12:59 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 31, 2025 12:59 PM (Hg3K0)
Posted by: Axeman at December 31, 2025 12:59 PM (OaZlZ)
— King Harv
Posted by: Bulg at December 31, 2025 12:59 PM (3cQK1)
Close enough, Chunk was socially radical pretty much the whole time...he would have been James Woods if Irish Rose had not shown him "suck a golfball through a garden hose"....
Posted by: sven at December 31, 2025 01:00 PM (MUJd1)
Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 01:00 PM (grNgC)
Any and every conservative is appalled by this theft of public monies and absence of oversight (if not conspiracy to defraud via public officials) and so are indies and some Democrats. To not touch this story is tantamount to jumping sharks. They've simply become absurdists.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at December 31, 2025 12:53 PM (gLikB)
I don't follow Tucker's every word, like some of you do. I have no idea what he's said about the Welfare fraud stuff.
Obviously Somalis have been caught engaging in said fraud, and there should be something done about that. But the Somalis didn't show up here in this country, and start raiding the treasury without a lot of help. From the government. Including Republicans, who never seem to serve as any kind of check against Democrat waste, fraud, and abuse.
This isn't about "radical Islam." It's about OUR government, being the same rotted evil bastards they always are, giving out OUR money to anyone smart enough to take it.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 31, 2025 01:00 PM (dGCAG)
1. 2 Americans killed by Islamist outside DC museum.
2. Americans killed by Islamist in Colorado (plus his acid attack)
And that was just in 2025.
Posted by: jb at December 31, 2025 01:00 PM (vi9VO)
On March 3, 2006, Mohammed Reza Taheri-azar intentionally hit people with a sport utility vehicle on the campus of the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill to "avenge the deaths of Muslims worldwide" and to "punish" the United States government. While no one was killed in the vehicle-ramming attack, nine people received minor injuries.
Shortly after the attack, he turned himself in and was arrested. He pleaded guilty to nine counts of attempted first-degree murder, and in 2008, was sentenced to 33 years in prison, on two counts of attempted murder.
In one letter, Taheri-azar wrote, "I was aiming to follow in the footsteps of one of my role models, Mohamed Atta, one of the 9/11 hijackers, who obtained a doctorate degree."He told investigators he wanted to "avenge the deaths or murders of Muslims around the world."
Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2025 01:00 PM (NuV6c)
Posted by: Tucker Carlson, with tinfoil hat to stop the Jew waves at December 31, 2025 12:59 PM (ycI94)
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*ready to push THE BUTTON*
-Liechtenstein
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 01:00 PM (GBKbO)
A remarkable ROI for whoever is doing the funding.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at December 31, 2025 01:00 PM (8AONa)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at December 31, 2025 01:01 PM (n7rxJ)
The check cleared, I wonder if he bangs his head five times daily or they considered him bought without the conversion?
Posted by: sven at December 31, 2025 01:01 PM (MUJd1)
Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 01:02 PM (2fdLC)
Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2025 01:02 PM (NuV6c)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at December 31, 2025 12:59 PM (n7rxJ)
I remember sitting for a priest's homily after he was violently mugged (he had a few weeks off - it was his 1st back) - it was the most heretical homily I ever heard, and he was quietly sent 2 days later to counseling and a break for months afterward (and never came back to my Church)...
Posted by: Nova Local at December 31, 2025 01:02 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 01:02 PM (zNwXb)
The NGOs were giving MLM style seminars I suspect...
Posted by: sven at December 31, 2025 01:02 PM (MUJd1)
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You know that is a really good point about evil.
Posted by: SH (no more socks) at December 31, 2025 01:02 PM (sX1BW)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 12:29 PM
Bingo. Deport every single Muslim and Indian in the country right now and almost all of those issues improve for Americans (crime, lack of college opportunities, lack of jobs, lack of houses, healthcare fraud).
Then deport every other illegal alien and end D.E.I. everywhere and those issues improve even more.
The vast majority of problems in this country are due to illegal and "legal" aliens.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2025 01:02 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: It's me donna at December 31, 2025 01:03 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: BurtTC at December 31, 2025 01:00 PM (dGCAG)
In the inexorable words of Mayor Quimby, it can be two things.
Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 01:03 PM (2fdLC)
Now I wonder if the DNC's planning a honeypot operation on James Woods, LOL.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 31, 2025 01:04 PM (QZThv)
Posted by: A. Shickelgruber at December 31, 2025 01:04 PM (guGkK)
Apropos of nothing, I need a cool nickname.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 01:04 PM (jc0TO)
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>>You know that is a really good point about evil.
Yes, it is!
Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2025 01:04 PM (NuV6c)
A remarkable ROI for whoever is doing the funding.
Posted by: 2009Refugee
We're talking about Tucker? He's certainly stayed loyal to the messaging shift, I guess, but has he actually accomplished anything of significance with his change in rhetoric? Cost MAGA candidates elections, or swayed Trump to change policy direction? I've seen what I assume is him performing as promised, but not the major effects I'd think an investor would want to see.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at December 31, 2025 01:04 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 01:05 PM (zNwXb)
In a private ceremony - WTF?
Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2025 01:05 PM (NuV6c)
There are more than a couple of prominent people who's relationship seems to go beyond the professional to the level of friendship. JD Vance, Don Jr., Shaun Ryan to name a few. They need to call him out, not make excuses for his BS.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at December 31, 2025 01:05 PM (55cF/)
Posted by: Moron Analyst at December 31, 2025 01:04 PM (ycI94)
You did see the Nov 2025 elections...his Fuentes op was effective...and the Op is a long haul for 2026 and 2028...
Posted by: Nova Local at December 31, 2025 01:06 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2025 01:02 PM (NuV6c)
Depends on the definition of "know". I mean, do we ever really *know* anyone? Or even ourselves? Got im again
Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 01:06 PM (2fdLC)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 01:05 PM (zNwXb)
Prayers for Our Moron /Ettes in NYC
Posted by: It's me donna at December 31, 2025 01:06 PM (VE6XX)
Fuck you, Tucker. You don't know what you're talking about.
Posted by: Leon Klinghoffer at December 31, 2025 01:06 PM (IifOV)
Posted by: DaveA at December 31, 2025 01:06 PM (FhXTo)
He's the bourgeois kid who wanted to be the hippie but couldn't break free from his affluent trappings. Now he feels he can fly his anti-establishment freak flag.
Posted by: Ordinary American at December 31, 2025 01:06 PM (b4LBp)
Posted by: Nova Local
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A traumatic event is a typical trigger for a psychotic break.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at December 31, 2025 01:06 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: SH (no more socks) at December 31, 2025 01:06 PM (sX1BW)
That's my problem with this. Outside of his TPUSA appearance I haven't heard a damn thing from him since he went nuts. If Ace could resist talking about him we could go months without hearing a thing about him or his bowtie.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 31, 2025 01:07 PM (QZThv)
Posted by: Nova Local
You have his contact info handy? We're recruiting.
Posted by: US Episcopal Church Council at December 31, 2025 01:07 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: George Costanza at December 31, 2025 01:08 PM (8AONa)
- dramatically lower housing costs
- dramatically lower grocery costs
- dramatically lower fuel costs
- dramatically lower unemployment of Americans
- dramatically lower insurance costs, and uninsured motorist coverage
- dramatically lower federal welfare fraud
- dramatically lower EBT and housing subsidies paid for by the taxpayers
Why, it won't have much of an effect at all.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 31, 2025 01:08 PM (0U5gm)
LIV golf started all of this. They are purchasing loyalty. Tucker went cheap.
Posted by: Frank Barone at December 31, 2025 01:08 PM (IifOV)
Yeah he'll claim that but it's a lie.
Raise your hand if you believe the rich bitch nepo baby Tucker Carlson knows any working class people who died of a fentanyl overdose. Now take that hand and slap yourself in the face, because that's stupid.
Posted by: ace at December 31, 2025 01:08 PM (1GlYN)
Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 01:08 PM (2fdLC)
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but was it short ... because that is the key to a good homily
Posted by: SH (no more socks) at December 31, 2025 01:08 PM (sX1BW)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 31, 2025 01:08 PM (xT8gx)
It was only then that I wrote him off.
Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 01:09 PM (grNgC)
Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 01:09 PM (2fdLC)
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at December 31, 2025 01:09 PM (y0ylk)
Posted by: SH (no more socks) at December 31, 2025 01:09 PM (sX1BW)
Those elections were swung by Jew-hatred?
The data looks more like a combination of "MAGA voters don't show up if Trump isn't running" and "NJ and VA had actual CIA candidates running, and Langley *always* counts the votes".
Posted by: Ian S. at December 31, 2025 01:09 PM (QZThv)
- dramatically lower housing costs
- dramatically lower grocery costs
- dramatically lower fuel costs
- dramatically lower unemployment of Americans
- dramatically lower insurance costs, and uninsured motorist coverage
- dramatically lower federal welfare fraud
- dramatically lower EBT and housing subsidies paid for by the taxpayers
Why, it won't have much of an effect at all.
Yoo-hooo! I'm right here!
Posted by: Violent Crime at December 31, 2025 01:09 PM (guGkK)
Now: Well, sure, they were Muslims engaging in all these terror attacks, but they weren't doing it because they are Muslims. Obviously True Muslims (tm) have no problems with gays, the US military, or Christian celebrations!
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 01:09 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 01:10 PM (2fdLC)
Posted by: Wally at December 31, 2025 01:10 PM (Z74lS)
Posted by: Nova Local
You have his contact info handy? We're recruiting.
Posted by: US Episcopal Church Council at December 31, 2025 01:07 PM (ycI94)
I was like 12...he'd probably be retired now (if he even stayed a priest).
It was helpful to me as a lesson that priests aren't any better than you or me...nor is anyone else.
Posted by: Nova Local at December 31, 2025 01:10 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 31, 2025 01:10 PM (450rg)
Posted by: Frank Barone at December 31, 2025 01:10 PM (IifOV)
https://tinyurl.com/2vhzwvyv
It makes AOC, Ilhan, and yes, even Kamala, look hawt. Especially AOC.
Even AI can't help Rashida Tlaib.
Posted by: Archimedes
.......
Shoulda hog tied AOC and Ilhan and had his way with them.
Posted by: wth at December 31, 2025 01:11 PM (UjdFS)
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but was it short ... because that is the key to a good homily
Posted by: SH (no more socks) at December 31, 2025 01:08 PM
Our previous minister loved the triple argument style. You could always tell when it was the end of the sermon because he made the same point a third way.
The new guy is more folksy and only makes his point twice.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 01:11 PM (jc0TO)
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Why, it won't have much of an effect at all.
Posted by: Thomas Paine
But think of the loss of all the restaurants and food! White people can't make tacos and butter chicken....that's cultural appropriation!!!!
Posted by: Libtards at December 31, 2025 01:11 PM (ycI94)
Yoo-hooo! I'm right here!
Posted by: Violent Crime at December 31, 2025 01:09 PM (guGkK)
I was in a thread where some lefty was arguing most violent crime is NOT committed by aliens and he was right. The data says it is "only" about a third.
Of course that means that unless was have 110M or so illegals in the country they commit violent crime at a rate well above citizens.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 01:11 PM (sKqQm)
I am approaching 100% certainty that the 'Botting' issue is a CIA OP.
Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 01:11 PM (grNgC)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
Islam has a doctrine that once a territory has been conquered and brought under Islamic control, it must remain Islamic forever. Retaking Al-Andulus (Iberian peninsula) is on the to-do list for every jihadist.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 31, 2025 01:11 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 31, 2025 01:11 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Allah at December 31, 2025 01:12 PM (tNkpt)
@Breaking911 6m
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey: "In the next year, I would like to visit Somalia... to be with my friends."
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 31, 2025 01:12 PM (mlg/3)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 31, 2025 12:28 PM (iFTx/)
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I wonder if mass migration from the third world, mostly Muslim, has affected some of these things as well.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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In the case of Tucker and Candace Ovens, my guess is latent dislike of Jews which was long a third rail in politics whether Democrat or GOP to express. Now, due to mass migration, changes in black attitudes, and Muzzie propaganda online, hating on Israel (and by inference Jews) has become mainstream. Allows anti Semites to pick and choose Zionism as a codeword which really means religiously observant Jews. That way, they pick up a few secular leftists Jews to join in on the party.
Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 01:12 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 01:12 PM (grNgC)
Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 01:08 PM (2fdLC)
Which statement specifically? And add the "of" where in that statement?
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 01:12 PM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Jetto at December 31, 2025 01:12 PM (3m1qb)
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey: "In the next year, I would like to visit Somalia... to be with my friends."
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 31, 2025 01:12 PM (mlg/3)
Perhaps he should stay there.. with his "friends".
Posted by: It's me donna at December 31, 2025 01:13 PM (VE6XX)
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey: "In the next year, I would like to visit Somalia... to be with my friends."
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We should air drop him into Mogadishu with 10,000 pounds of rice
Posted by: SH (no more socks) at December 31, 2025 01:13 PM (sX1BW)
Posted by: 496 at December 31, 2025 01:13 PM (z/ZBD)
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 01:13 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Cray Cray at December 31, 2025 12:38 PM
Rush died prior to Tucker Carlson going off the deep end.
Grok:
Yes, Rush Limbaugh and Tucker Carlson were friends and had a positive personal relationship, marked by mutual respect and admiration in conservative media circles.
They knew each other professionally and personally: Limbaugh interviewed Carlson in 2017 (published in the Limbaugh Letter), where he described it as "a pleasure to speak with" Carlson and praised his journalism career. Limbaugh also gave Carlson an affectionate nickname, "Chatsworth Osborne, Jr." (based on a TV character resemblance from Carlson's CNN days), which he repeatedly called playful and fond.
Other indicators include Limbaugh defending Carlson (e.g., against 2018 Antifa harassment) and associates like James Golden (Limbaugh's longtime producer) highlighting similarities between them positively. No evidence suggests animosity; their interactions reflect camaraderie among like-minded conservative figures.
Grok summary: https://bit.ly/492Chco
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2025 01:13 PM (P5BPp)
Of course that means that unless was have 110M or so illegals in the country they commit violent crime at a rate well above citizens.
I'm of the opinion that most lefties are either too retarded to understand per capita, or they're doing the "pretending not to understand the argument so discourse is impossible" thing.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 31, 2025 01:13 PM (QZThv)
Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 01:13 PM (2fdLC)
@Breaking911 6m
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey: "In the next year, I would like to visit Somalia... to be with my friends."
Posted by: weft cut-loop
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A modest suggestion, drop Frey over Somalia at 10000 ft without a parachute. That way he can spread his love (and body parts) all over the land.
Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 01:13 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 31, 2025 01:13 PM (0U5gm)
Saw a video where a white guy was running a taco truck and an AWFL came up to him and started yelling at him about cultural appropriation and then he answered her in strongly accented English that he was from Mexico originally but had immigrated some number of years ago.
And it was amusing that Karen McAWFL didn't realize Mexicans can be light skinned.
I suppose that means at my local favorite Chinese restaurant I should demand they take the cheeseburger off the menu too?
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 01:14 PM (sKqQm)
Everyone is for sale.
Posted by: Frank Barone
They outbid us. NBA allows travelling for everybody now, not the just the stars. And don't get us started on all the moving screens that don't get called. No big loss.
Posted by: China at December 31, 2025 01:14 PM (Dv3i1)
I guarantee Tucker will claim they were Dual Citizens and therefore, not Americans.
Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 01:14 PM (grNgC)
Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 01:12 PM (WDjG6)
Wus up yall.
Posted by: Dave Smith at December 31, 2025 01:14 PM (tNkpt)
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey: "In the next year, I would like to visit Somalia... to be with my friends."
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We should air drop him into Mogadishu with 10,000 pounds of rice
Posted by: SH
58th look at restarting Pinochet Airlines?
Posted by: Moron Analyst at December 31, 2025 01:15 PM (ycI94)
If it's a one-way ticket he's more than welcome to go to Somalia and enjoy the food he obviously loves.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 31, 2025 01:15 PM (QZThv)
I'd very much like to think I could. I suppose it would be easier to give in and sell out if I actually believed the bullshit they're paying me to say, and I think that's the case with Carlson. it's likely Carlson, that antisemitic rat bastard, believes his own bullshit. He's being paid to say what he's wanted to say all along.
Posted by: troyriser at December 31, 2025 01:15 PM (DPeYO)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 31, 2025 01:15 PM (0U5gm)
Surely you jest. Jooooooooos can't be Americans!
(Per Tucker, you understand.)
Posted by: Jetto at December 31, 2025 01:15 PM (3m1qb)
Posted by: SH (no more socks)
Are you saying..
: |
We're about to serve up ..
7 |
Some Fryed Rice?
8 |
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 31, 2025 01:15 PM (mlg/3)
Posted by: Dave Smith at December 31, 2025 01:14 PM (tNkpt)
lol
I imagine him saying this while sewing a Star onto his sweater.
Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 01:16 PM (grNgC)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 31, 2025 01:10 PM (450rg)
tbf some could be people using VPNs, but then why aren't they splattered all over the globe instead of being clustered in something like 2-3 countries?
Plus, Fuentes in particular is said to have had a completely insane boost in traffic not long after he started, which looks a bit doubtful to be authentic.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 31, 2025 01:16 PM (ULPxl)
My estimate is that only around 10% of the illegals work and they are basically all on some form of welfare or other.
So this will slightly raise salaries for low skill work and slightly reduce housing costs. BUT the big impact should be a significant reduction in welfare expenditures. I suspect in blue states they'll just move these savings to other grifts though...
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 01:16 PM (sKqQm)
I would sell all of you guys down the river.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 01:16 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 01:16 PM (2fdLC)
Posted by: dantesed at December 31, 2025 01:16 PM (Oy/m2)
Even the ones who are working are on assistance.
Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 01:17 PM (grNgC)
Of course that means that unless was have 110M or so illegals in the country they commit violent crime at a rate well above citizens.
I'm of the opinion that most lefties are either too retarded to understand per capita, or they're doing the "pretending not to understand the argument so discourse is impossible" thing.
Posted by: Ian S.
The dirty secret in our CJ system is a lot of violent offenses are pled down to low level felonies or misdemeanors. And some are dropped when witnesses suddenly develop amnesia.
Look to the NCVS (National Crime Victimization Survey) as it surveys people directly whether or not police became involved. That particular survey is how Gary Kleck at FSU could estimate Defensive Gun Use at approximately 2 million plus times per year. Most DGUs never involve shooting and often times are never reported to the police.
Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 01:17 PM (WDjG6)
Kinda makes me want to exercise my constitutionally-protected second amendment rights.
Posted by: Jetto at December 31, 2025 01:17 PM (3m1qb)
There's no one more shockingly racist than a Leftist speaking unguardedly.
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at December 31, 2025 01:17 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 01:18 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: dantesed at December 31, 2025 01:16 PM (Oy/m2)
Nah
Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 01:18 PM (2fdLC)
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Has anyone noticed a tangible difference yet? I'm not trying to downplay it - just asking a question. I wonder if we will reach a point where the anecdotal data matches that actual data.
Posted by: SH (no more socks) at December 31, 2025 01:18 PM (sX1BW)
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 01:18 PM (sKqQm)
Boy or goat ?
Posted by: It's me donna at December 31, 2025 01:19 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Allah
Bring it on pipsqueek. You're made of mud and straw. You'll break upon the Rock I stand on.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at December 31, 2025 01:19 PM (55cF/)
I suppose that means at my local favorite Chinese restaurant I should demand they take the cheeseburger off the menu too?
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 01:14 PM (sKqQm)
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Charlton Heston was perfectly cast in Touch of Evil.
Fight me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 01:19 PM (GBKbO)
A billion dollars to do a Tucker? I'd take it...sorry guys.
But I'd spent a lot more time talking about ancient aliens and bigfoot then I would Jewish Space Lasers
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 01:19 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Jetto
The Spirit of Aloha means that doesn't apply in most Blue States and Metro areas.
Posted by: Hawaiian Judge at December 31, 2025 01:19 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: Jetto at December 31, 2025 01:20 PM (3m1qb)
Posted by: troyriser at December 31, 2025 01:15 PM (DPeYO)
I figure it'd get flagged in my bank account and I'd end up being de-banked.
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 01:20 PM (RuTUS)
Housing in my area is down about 10% over the year.
While demand isn't the only thing that impacts housing prices, it is a big part...
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 01:20 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 31, 2025 01:13 PM (0U5gm)
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Numbers from the Feds have it at 2.5 million.
I think it's actually much higher. That a lot of people left and were simply never counted in any way.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 01:20 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 01:12 PM (RuTUS)
Know vs know of
Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 01:21 PM (2fdLC)
Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 12:50 PM (grNgC)
Maybe if they could be convinced that Democrats taste like chicken?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2025 01:21 PM (8zz6B)
Fight me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
More like Eli Wallach was perfectly cast as Tuco in The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. Look, Tucker...another Jew!!!
Posted by: Movie Moron at December 31, 2025 01:21 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: SH
Our GDP jumped a surprising amount in the 3rd quarter, and I am noticing a lot more fair skinned people in the trades. Also, traffic has improved in my area, where two years ago, an insurance rep told me that more than a third of drivers in DFW were unlicensed and had no insurance.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 31, 2025 01:21 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: connected and litigious at December 31, 2025 01:21 PM (cS1cw)
Rental prices would be the first place to look for an effect.
Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 01:21 PM (grNgC)
A billion dollars to do a Tucker? I'd take it...sorry guys.
But I'd spent a lot more time talking about ancient aliens and bigfoot then I would Jewish Space Lasers
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 01:19 PM (sKqQm)
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As they say around the Texas Legislature, if you can't drink their whiskey, screw their women, take their money, and vote against 'em anyway, you don't belong in office.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 01:21 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 01:21 PM (grNgC)
Posted by: dantesed
Fox needs to get rid of the Murdochs as well. They have long played footsie too with certain Arab nations like Saudi Arabia. Saudi prince bin Talal used to have a sizable stake in Fox until he was defenestrated in October 2018 by the new Saudi crown prince and his father.
Murdochs used Gulf State money in order to buy and build their media properties and that affected their presentation of news from the region as well.
Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 01:21 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 01:18 PM (sKqQm)
Boy or goat ?
Posted by: It's me donna
Girl he married when she was 6. 3 years is a long enough wait I guess for Islam's perfect man. And he was no fag, except for the time he was ridden all night by the well hung men of Al-Zut. A perfect man can take it, you see.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 31, 2025 01:22 PM (Dv3i1)
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Auto insurance rates going down would be a strong signal.
Posted by: SH (no more socks) at December 31, 2025 01:22 PM (sX1BW)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 31, 2025 01:13 PM (0U5gm)
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Numbers from the Feds have it at 2.5 million.
I think it's actually much higher. That a lot of people left and were simply never counted in any way.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 01:20 PM (GBKbO)
"They weren't counted because they were Living In The Shadows, you rayciss!" -- Karen Winesatzgruppen from Martha's Vineyard
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 31, 2025 01:22 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: SH (no more socks)
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I keep asking that, too. One flyover moron answered Yes, but here in Cali it's no.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at December 31, 2025 01:22 PM (n7rxJ)
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey: "In the next year, I would like to visit Somalia... to be with my friends."
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 31, 2025 01:12 PM (mlg/3)
Perhaps he should stay there.. with his "friends".
Posted by: It's me donna at December 31, 2025 01:13 PM (VE6XX)
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Is is wrong to hope that this self-gassing twat gets his head cut off by his "friends"?
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 31, 2025 01:23 PM (iFTx/)
That guy Ace mentioned...Nuxxanor?
He had a great piece about Al-Zut a weeks or two ago.
Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 01:23 PM (grNgC)
Posted by: cpurick at December 31, 2025 01:23 PM (lNjg1)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 31, 2025 01:22 PM (ULPxl)
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It's weird how living in the shadows including driving on roads and getting into accidents.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 01:23 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: davidt at December 31, 2025 01:23 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 01:24 PM (2fdLC)
Yes. But that would be a lagging indicator. I wouldn't expect to see it in rates for at least 1-2 years.
Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 01:24 PM (grNgC)
I keep asking that, too. One flyover moron answered Yes, but here in Cali it's no.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at December 31, 2025 01:22 PM (n7rxJ)
Here in My area of NorCal, no.. Illegals have no fear here....
Posted by: It's me donna at December 31, 2025 01:24 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 12:50 PM (grNgC)
Maybe if they could be convinced that Democrats taste like chicken?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2025 01:21 PM (8zz6B)
I'm not sure that would work with polar bears, but what about Haitians?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 31, 2025 01:24 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: SH (no more socks)
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Rental prices on apartments have dipped 7 percent in the last several quarters. Given that apartment builders were going full tilt in new projects, when those come on line in many markets, expect a greater dip.
Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 01:24 PM (WDjG6)
Marrying a child isn't that unusual historically since marriage was more about solidifying family alliances then anything else. But generally the girl would still live with her family until she reached the age of majority. But the sex part? That was an outrage in the 600s as well.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 01:24 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Zombie Mo Hamad at December 31, 2025 01:24 PM (3m1qb)
"Ali Ahmad Tariz attacked the crowd with a knife killing three and injuring four others. Witnesses at the scene claimed he yelled "Allahu Akbar" during the act while caressing his prayer beads. Authorities are mystified by the motive in the attack, but it WASN'T terrorism, as that has been ruled out."
Posted by: Orson at December 31, 2025 01:24 PM (dIske)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 01:20 PM (GBKbO)
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I'm inclined to believe it is lower... these are government numbers. They can be altered to make the government appear better or worse than it is
Posted by: 496 at December 31, 2025 01:24 PM (v2PU4)
Yes. But that would be a lagging indicator. I wouldn't expect to see it in rates for at least 1-2 years.
Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 01:24 PM (grNgC)
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Yeah. Insurance lags behind events.
Like rates jumping after a hurricane, and not before.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 01:24 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Bulg at December 31, 2025 12:53 PM (3cQK1)
He's lost in the ozone again.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2025 01:25 PM (8zz6B)
Yes. But that would be a lagging indicator. I wouldn't expect to see it in rates for at least 1-2 years.
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Yes, but most signals are lagging indicators. School enrollments dropping may be a more front-loaded indicator.
Posted by: SH (no more socks) at December 31, 2025 01:25 PM (sX1BW)
I was about as big a fan of Tucker as you could find when he was on Fox. To see him shit all over himself, and others is just sad..and sick. You think you know someone, wrong
Posted by: zigggggy at December 31, 2025 01:25 PM (/Pwrg)
Posted by: Ian S. at December 31, 2025 01:25 PM (QZThv)
Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 01:24 PM (WDjG6)
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The next great controversial narrative is going to be bailouts for builders.
Mark it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 01:25 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: 18-1
I still want the JSLs to be able to zap individuals.
Instead of zapping incoming rockets, zap the asshole that gave the launch order.
Mars Attacks style.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 01:25 PM (QGRvm)
The only exception being Inflation.
They get out in front of Inflation.
Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 01:25 PM (grNgC)
Posted by: Movie Moron at December 31, 2025 01:21 PM (ycI94)
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He was also Calvera in The Magnificent Seven.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 31, 2025 01:26 PM (qbLEp)
Posted by: connected and litigious at December 31, 2025 01:26 PM (cS1cw)
He had a great piece about Al-Zut a weeks or two ago.
I looked up the Muslim answer to this and they argue he was literally having these men ride on his shoulders piggy back style.
All night...in the desert...while a friend watches AND that somehow injured Muhammed's innards.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 01:26 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: It's me donna
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And our muni services here in SoCal are increasing in price, with real estate still sky-high.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at December 31, 2025 01:26 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: It's me donna at December 31, 2025 01:26 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at December 31, 2025 01:26 PM (y0ylk)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 31, 2025 01:26 PM (0U5gm)
ER waits and Rental Prices don't lag.
Those will show up almost immediately.
Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 01:26 PM (grNgC)
His tiny little green site exploded in popularity overnight and made him a ton of money, so he rode that wave as a pretend-righty grifter until Obama came along and he could no longer hide his true leftism
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That's quite a distortion of the actual timeline. CJ was writing reliably conservative things for years before Dan Rather and TANG. What changed was he got a new girlfriend, and when she moved into his house everything went to shit. As one of my in-laws likes to gloat, "liberalism is sexually transmitted".
Posted by: Ian S.
+++
I was a regular back then (different nic) and pointed out that screen fonts are slightly different than print fonts in Windows.
That is when he hit print, scanned the hardcopy, and made the "throbbing memo".
The whole"the" thing ...
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 31, 2025 01:27 PM (/lPRQ)
He had a great piece about Al-Zut a weeks or two ago.
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I looked up the Muslim answer to this and they argue he was literally having these men ride on his shoulders piggy back style.
All night...in the desert...while a friend watches AND that somehow injured Muhammed's innards.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 01:26 PM (sKqQm)
Sounds reasonable to me.
Posted by: Bill Kristol at December 31, 2025 01:27 PM (ULPxl)
This impression is basically just actual quotes by Tucker Carlson.
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Tucker defending & praising the Somali Pirate Captain in The Captain Phillips saga?
And criticizing the DogEater for having him shot and killed (the only thing Barkey did right)?
Tucker's family should have had him committed years ago ... or at least lobotomized for his own sake, and especially ours.
Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at December 31, 2025 01:27 PM (BNy93)
We can dislike Muzzies and NOT support ethnic cleansing in Gaza.
About a week or so ago, every pro Israel acct. on X started posting on Muslim terrorism. Are we really going to fall for the propaganda again? Do we want war with Iran?
Posted by: Bill C at December 31, 2025 01:27 PM (qh1Pk)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 31, 2025 01:27 PM (3630A)
Peter Bernegger
@PeterBernegger
4h
A federal lawsuit was sent in yesterday pertaining to US Senator @LindseyGrahamSC and his Treasurer Terry E. Sullivan. For Smurfing $11,090,385 into his campaign committee.
Smurfing is criminally laundering money into a political campaign.
See my tweets below for actions taken against US Senators @johnthune of South Dakota, @SenAmyKlobuchar of Minnesota, @SenatorWarnock of Georgia, @SenMarkKelly of Arizona, @SenatorSlotkin of Michigan and @SenBaldwinGSPP of Wisconsin.
Their campaigns will have to pay back the monies, if the campaigns are empty, federal statute says then the candidate personally has to pay it back.
Then there is the fully open and ongoing federal criminal investigation into Smurfing. 😎
Political Committee C00458828, TEAM GRAHAM INC has accepted 156,039 Smurfed donor transactions totaling $11,090,385 from 18,040 unique Smurfing donors. That these transactions encompass 39.2% of the 397,972 available committee transactions and also being 17.2% of the $64,507,528 full committee transaction valuation.
[ . . . ]
Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 01:27 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: 496 at December 31, 2025 01:24 PM (v2PU4)
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Anecdotal stuff I've seen from border areas show births in Texas are down by half.
A clear majority of all births in Texas this year, according to hospital data, are white again for the first time in a couple of decades.
I think it's...much larger.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 01:27 PM (GBKbO)
It was a hernia!
Posted by: mohammed at December 31, 2025 01:27 PM (grNgC)
Posted by: Bulg at December 31, 2025 12:53 PM (3cQK1)
He's lost in the ozone again.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2025 01:25 PM (8zz6B)
Rats, I missed that event. It's a shame, really. A damn shame.
Posted by: 5 miles to nowhere at December 31, 2025 01:27 PM (G+z4C)
Let them agree wholeheartedly or sit and make a leftard look dumb and it's like lovesick puppies.
Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 01:28 PM (2fdLC)
- Tucker Quatarson
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 31, 2025 01:28 PM (n5tGW)
Then head to the state's landfills. That's where all the incriminating documents will be headed starting Monday.
Posted by: Pile of Shit at December 31, 2025 01:28 PM (CwhoI)
Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 01:28 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 01:28 PM (2fdLC)
Those will show up almost immediately.
Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 01:26 PM (grNgC)
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Scheduled births in Texas. Apparently down by half.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 01:28 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 31, 2025 01:26 PM (0U5gm)
341 >>Yes, but most signals are lagging indicators. School enrollments dropping may be a more front-loaded indicator.
ER waits and Rental Prices don't lag.
Those will show up almost immediately.
Posted by: garrett
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Very true. Something to watch over the next several months. I have not noticed any decline in grocery prices, and I don't rent. So I haven't noticed anything directly.
Posted by: SH (no more socks) at December 31, 2025 01:29 PM (sX1BW)
Ethnic cleansing. That's cute.
Did you write a letter to Santa this year?
Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 01:29 PM (grNgC)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 31, 2025 01:29 PM (3630A)
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at December 31, 2025 01:26 PM (y0ylk)
Yeah, plus the whole "House of Islam" (or Allah?) vs "House of War" because it's full of infidels.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 31, 2025 01:29 PM (ULPxl)
Really? How could a new girlfriend change a guy's entire political outlook overnight?
Posted by: Jimmy Kimmel at December 31, 2025 01:29 PM (guGkK)
Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 01:30 PM (grNgC)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 31, 2025 01:10 PM (450rg)
tbf some could be people using VPNs, but then why aren't they splattered all over the globe instead of being clustered in something like 2-3 countries?
Plus, Fuentes in particular is said to have had a completely insane boost in traffic not long after he started, which looks a bit doubtful to be authentic.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
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Few if any domestic viewers are using VPN servers from Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, etc. For the most part, many of those VPN nodes suck at latency and response.
When I played around with VPNs, the fastest responses and lowest latency always came from US servers in the US.
For the most part, no one in India or Pakistan, China, Bangladesh, etc. care if their citizens come on US comment platforms and take a dump. They only care if those commenters are expressing anti government thoughts about their home country.
Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 01:30 PM (WDjG6)
We can dislike Muzzies and NOT support ethnic cleansing in Gaza.
How long does Israel have to wait and pretend the Palestinians are reasonable actors that will agree to a lasting, respectful peace? Fuck the Palestinians. They've had decades of international support and very generous offers from the Israelis.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at December 31, 2025 01:30 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: Bill C at December 31, 2025 01:27 PM (qh1Pk)
The correct question is:
Does Iran want war with US??
(*somebody* hasn't been paying attention to you know, actual world events and sheet)
Posted by: kallisto at December 31, 2025 01:30 PM (dCxaZ)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at December 31, 2025 01:30 PM (wBaIH)
Another banger of an indicator.
Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 01:30 PM (grNgC)
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Assuming it's true. I got it...anecdotally, from a dude on X whose wife is an OBGYN.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 01:30 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Movie Moron at December 31, 2025 01:21 PM (ycI94)
Tuco in Breaking Bad was even crazier than Tuco in TGTB&TU
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 31, 2025 01:31 PM (xT8gx)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 31, 2025 01:29 PM (3630A)
There are rumors they also launder a lot of money. Like for the Clintons levels of money
Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 01:31 PM (rbvCR)
The so-called palestinians are not an ethnicity or a genotype. They're literal ghetto trash that every other Arab nation threw out in 1947 and continues to not allow to come back.
Also, you pro-Islam idiots need to stop screeching that we're going to be in a war in Iran, given the spectacular failure of that to happen the last 3 times.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 31, 2025 01:31 PM (QZThv)
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Really? How could a new girlfriend change a guy's entire political outlook overnight?
Posted by: Jimmy Kimmel at December 31, 2025 01:29 PM (guGkK)
No clue.
Posted by: Colon Kapernick at December 31, 2025 01:31 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 01:31 PM (2fdLC)
Posted by: kallisto at December 31, 2025 01:31 PM (dCxaZ)
To be honest, ethnic cleansing Gaza would be about the best thing that could happen. The local populace wants eternal war with Israel, and even after what Israel is doing now they'll start it up again in 10 or 20 years.
Move them somewhere else and perhaps they'll find there is something more to life then killing Jews.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 01:31 PM (sKqQm)
Not that surprising. Most of the prep school white families hated the Jews. Tucker is just getting back to his roots.
Posted by: Wally
Gentleman's Agreement
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2025 01:31 PM (pkeXY)
This impression is basically just actual quotes by Tucker Carlson.
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Killing the Somali Pirate Captain was "murder" and "as a Christian" murder is always wrong?
I don't think that word means what you think it does, Cucker. So if your wife and kids are being raped at the point of a nice and you had access to a firearm, you wouldn't shoot the raping bastard(s) because that would be "murder" and murder is always wrong?
He apparently has a lot more in common with Somalis than apparently IQ ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at December 31, 2025 01:31 PM (BNy93)
And even Andy Rooney pointer than RaTHer was willfully blind to that fact being politically motivated.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 31, 2025 01:31 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Jetto at December 31, 2025 01:31 PM (3m1qb)
Another banger of an indicator.
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That would be interesting to see ... the birth data.
Posted by: SH (no more socks) at December 31, 2025 01:31 PM (sX1BW)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 01:32 PM (QGRvm)
The Power of Beaver Compels You!
Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 01:32 PM (grNgC)
Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 01:31 PM (2fdLC)
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I'm never going to trust those from Liechtenstein.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 01:32 PM (GBKbO)
____
Piggy-back?
Pork is forbidden in Islam. However, anal is not forbidden.
- Surah 666
(note this is contradicted in a later Surah, which is then contra-contradicted in yet a later Surah, etc.)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 31, 2025 01:32 PM (Dv3i1)
ER waits and Rental Prices don't lag.
Those will show up almost immediately.
Posted by: garrett
FWIW, in my red state, big drops in school enrollment at the high school level (demographics imply that the drop in enrollments due to declining birth rates in the last ten years should be focused on elementary and middle, not high schools).
Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 01:32 PM (WDjG6)
We can dislike Muzzies and NOT support ethnic cleansing in Gaza.
I mean, imagine if Native American tribes were constantly robbing rockets into US cities. Launching regular terror attacks. Vowing to slaughter all Americans and restore "Turtle Island". I don't know what the right answer would be, but just accepting that status quo wouldn't be it.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at December 31, 2025 01:33 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at December 31, 2025 01:26 PM (y0ylk)
Imagine if you have an entire political party that did just that.
Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 01:33 PM (2fdLC)
Posted by: Chuck Martel
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Tomato, tomatoe, potato, potatoe, let's call the whole thing off.
Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 01:33 PM (WDjG6)
Another banger of an indicator.
But are illegals avoiding hospitals because they will be deported ?
Posted by: It's me donna at December 31, 2025 01:33 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Bill C at December 31, 2025 01:27 PM (qh1Pk
Oh, brother
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 31, 2025 01:33 PM (guGkK)
Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 01:34 PM (WDjG6)
That reminds me of the Satanic Verses - Muhammed originally told people that Allah wanted Muslims to worship the traditional Arab pagan gods.
Then later he said oh no Satan tricked me into saying that - but don't worry the other stuff really is straight from Allah
Islam is full of this kind of insanity.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 01:34 PM (sKqQm)
Definitely for those reasons alone, one the absolute fvcking worst presidents we ever had had.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 31, 2025 01:34 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: connected and litigious
*shoulder shimmy*
* milking a cow hand motions*
*crosses legs like a girl*
Posted by: Gavin Newsom at December 31, 2025 01:34 PM (UjdFS)
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Good point.
I haven't seen that anywhere.
Posted by: SH (no more socks) at December 31, 2025 01:34 PM (sX1BW)
Posted by: Whatever It Is, I'm Against it! at December 31, 2025 01:35 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Whatever It Is, I'm Against it! at December 31, 2025 01:35 PM (oftw2)
I got banned too.. Best thing that could happen because I found Ace of Spades ...
Posted by: It's me donna at December 31, 2025 01:36 PM (VE6XX)
"I didn't know any of the people who were killed at the Pulse Night Club..."
Posted by: tankdemon at December 31, 2025 01:36 PM (4p5Zb)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 01:36 PM (zNwXb)
Imagine telling people in 2003 that we were going to completely lose the WoT to the point where we would import millions of Muslims and pay them jizya/welfare.
No one would have believed it. Those goat humpers? Beat the US military?!?
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 01:36 PM (sKqQm)
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I'll always have election night 2004. You can't take that away from me.
Posted by: SH (no more socks) at December 31, 2025 01:36 PM (sX1BW)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 31, 2025 01:36 PM (0sNs1)
That's not what he said. He said he doesn't personally know anyone who has been killed by Muslims. Meanwhile, he does know people who have killed themselves, or who have overdosed on drugs, or who are young adults who can't find jobs.
He didn't say no one at all has been killed by Muslims. He said these other things are bigger problems, the implication being why are we still focused on Muslims as such a big problem (the further implication being that Jews manipulate us into doing so; you have that correct and I am glad to see that entering the discourse).
Muslims are a problem too, to be sure. The Jewish lobbying groups that successfully change immigration policy to let them in are the bigger problem.
The absurd, undying adoration of the Jews is not going to last, especially if pearl clutching and twisting words are all you have to try and keep it going.
Posted by: Commenter at December 31, 2025 01:37 PM (Xkc2j)
Newsom dropping his lawsuit against FedGov for cutting off his high-speed fail funding is a good indicator of how bad it's gonna be.
Also, his famous gay social media team is putting up Photoshops of JD Vance where he's made to look uglier. I've been on board with some pretty out-there social media strategies, but like TJM I don't get it.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 31, 2025 01:37 PM (QZThv)
Posted by: Eromero at December 31, 2025 01:37 PM (Slgjz)
Posted by: Jetto at December 31, 2025 01:38 PM (3m1qb)
Posted by: A. Schickelgruber at December 31, 2025 01:38 PM (guGkK)
Posted by: Commenter at December 31, 2025 01:37 PM (Xkc2j)
Thanks for your input Adolph....
Posted by: It's me donna at December 31, 2025 01:38 PM (VE6XX)
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I'll always have election night 2004. You can't take that away from me.
Posted by: SH
Think of the alternative. Gasoline powered vehicles would have been illegal for the past decade.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 31, 2025 01:38 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: It's me donna at December 31, 2025 01:36 PM (VE6XX)
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I simply left not long after Charles drank the Koolaid. Vaguely was aware about AOS back then.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 31, 2025 01:38 PM (ElQWS)
Is anything actually produced in NYC? That's the real lie of those commercials.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 31, 2025 01:38 PM (QZThv)
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at December 31, 2025 01:38 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Kindltot
Got that little faggot his own jet airplane.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 31, 2025 01:39 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: kallisto at December 31, 2025 01:31 PM (dCxaZ)
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That totally tracks with Fuentes being a GloboHomo Deep State PsyOp in an attempt to try and discredit and ultimately divide the MAGA Movement -- especially young males who helped get Trump over the top last year (in no small part owing to Charlie Kirk and TPUSA -- other literal targets of the same PsyOp).
Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at December 31, 2025 01:39 PM (BNy93)
Cringe..
Posted by: one hour sober at December 31, 2025 01:39 PM (Y1sOo)
Manson reminded me of Newsome with the hands, and mannerisms. Also, chicks dig Newsome. (shudder)
Posted by: connected and litigious at December 31, 2025 01:39 PM (cS1cw)
I haven't seen that anywhere.
Posted by: SH
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Look to large metro and surburban district figures. It is also likely that blue sanctuary states are showing fewer reductions like Mass, CA, WA, etc. than somewhere like the red South.
Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 01:39 PM (WDjG6)
That gives NY cover to say it’s Trump’s fault during an election year when the Dem governor who is probably the stupidest, window licking dunce who ever lived, is running and stuffing the ballot boxes.
Posted by: Vengeance at December 31, 2025 01:39 PM (B5Sbl)
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"The people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon."
We had no idea he meant they would hear us because they would be living in our neighborhoods.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 31, 2025 01:39 PM (hIhei)
Posted by: It's me donna at December 31, 2025 01:36 PM (VE6XX)
Did the good part happen after that?
Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 01:39 PM (2fdLC)
Posted by: Duncanthrax
Dinkelthrax has no future. It's all used up.
Posted by: Popular Penguin Front at December 31, 2025 01:40 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 01:40 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Chuck C at December 31, 2025 01:41 PM (D0HYP)
Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 01:17 PM (WDjG6)
And why would you? You are aproached by a would-be mugger, and display a firearm. Mugger runs off. Calling the cops will only make trouble for you.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2025 01:41 PM (8zz6B)
Dumb, logically incoherent argument. Tucker knows better. The pay must be really good.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 31, 2025 01:41 PM (RQ8Pa)
Really??? A girl, not a dude??? How about that...
Like Tucker, another dude that let me down...Not only did he do a 180, but if you dared say anything he didn't agree with, he banned you. Joined a group of the 1000's banned (AOP was there)
Thank God for ACE!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: zigggggy at December 31, 2025 01:41 PM (/Pwrg)
Posted by: ShainS
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I would agree. Good points.
Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 01:42 PM (WDjG6)
You didn't know them, so they're of no consequence? You didn't know them, so it didn't happen?
I don't believe the fight with Tucker Carlson represents an internal feud, as some would have us believe. He is no longer part of any conservative American movement that I view as acceptable or workable. He is now an external foe.
Posted by: Paco at December 31, 2025 01:43 PM (2L+MU)
i.e., not killing my friends, therefore not news.
Posted by: anachronda at December 31, 2025 01:43 PM (edU/H)
Tuca has gone to the muzzie side annd as far as I'm concerned he can eabod.
Posted by: Gmac - WTF did you think was going to happen? at December 31, 2025 01:44 PM (qZdIZ)
And even Andy Rooney pointer than RaTHer was willfully blind to that fact being politically motivated.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 31, 2025 01:31 PM (/lPRQ)
Good memory!
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 01:44 PM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Commenter at December 31, 2025 01:37 PM (Xkc2j)
Me, personally, I am getting tired of being told to shut my whore mouth.
You could make a lot of money if you could compel Tucker to pay rent for the space he occupies in your heads, though.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 01:44 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at December 31, 2025 01:44 PM (C4wQ6)
Posted by: Duncanthrax
The last I heard, Tucker was being supported by Big Guano - which would at least explain why he has gone bat-s**t crazy.
Posted by: Paco at December 31, 2025 01:45 PM (2L+MU)
Posted by: Paco at December 31, 2025 01:43 PM (2L+MU)
Nope, it is a fight over the future of MAGA
Isn't that right Ace?
Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 01:45 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Vengeance at December 31, 2025 01:45 PM (B5Sbl)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Funny thing is that CDC, back when it was an anti gun propaganda factory, sought to disprove Kleck's research. It commissioned an anti gunner replicate Kleck's research more or less.
This study lamely concluded that their numbers showed only about 800k instead of 2 million for DGUs. CDC and anti gunners quietly dropped any notice of that study and refused to publicize it.
The fact is that Guns Save Lives as Clayton Cramer put it.
Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 01:45 PM (WDjG6)
Definitely for those reasons alone, one the absolute fvcking worst presidents we ever had had.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 31, 2025 01:34 PM (/lPRQ)
I will never forget - or forgive - him for declaring Islam to be the religion of peace...literally the day after the Towers fell. And the point was emphasized by the fact that no muslim - NO MUSLIM ON THE FUCKING PLANET, ever said the same.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at December 31, 2025 01:46 PM (y0ylk)
Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 01:46 PM (2fdLC)
*shoulder shimmy*
* milking a cow hand motions*
*crosses legs like a girl*
Posted by: Gavin Newsom at December 31, 2025 01:34 PM (UjdFS)
hahahahahaha
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 01:46 PM (RuTUS)
And if it wasn't for you, the French would have surrendered to Islam 1300 years ago.
Posted by: front toward enemy at December 31, 2025 01:46 PM (TIizU)
Posted by: Going deep. Out. at December 31, 2025 01:47 PM (xTinh)
*shoulder shimmy*
* milking a cow hand motions*
*crosses legs like a girl*
Posted by: Gavin Newsom at December 31, 2025 01:34 PM (UjdFS)
hahahahahaha
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 01:46 PM (RuTUS)
I might never quit laughing, wtf!
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 01:47 PM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Vengeance
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I notice you are being kind to her by damning her with faint praise.
Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 01:47 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: zigggggy at December 31, 2025 01:48 PM (/Pwrg)
Posted by: rickb223
Don't panic amigo. One, COMEX has been neutered. Their price manipulation games won't work anymore. Two, supply issues are real. When you start hearing discussions about the big boys buying silver mining operations to guarantee supply you know there is a real issue. Buy on the dip if you have excess cash.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at December 31, 2025 01:48 PM (55cF/)
Posted by: Chairborne!.
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His family had Saudi money flowing through their coffers and the reason that the Bushes and Clintons became friends politically was that the Saudis then bought Billy Clinton and his wife.
Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 01:49 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Going deep. Out. at December 31, 2025 01:47 PM (xTinh)
so very true
Posted by: zigggggy at December 31, 2025 01:49 PM (/Pwrg)
Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 01:47 PM (WDjG6)
Hochul makes Tim Walz look like a Rhodes Scholar. If she had a caption over her head it would be a question mark. Every time I see her, I want to put a straw hat on her and feed here a carrot, like one of those South American donkeys. Or burrows. Whatever.
Posted by: Vengeance at December 31, 2025 01:50 PM (B5Sbl)
Moslems fly planes into US buildings and the result 2 decades later is 100s of thousands of moslem immigrants brought into the country, some of which are stealing billions of taxpayer $'s
Gazans invade Israel and torture, maim, kill innocent men, women and children, film the mayhem and praise Allah, abduct hundreds and keep them in horrific conditions, and the world amps up hatred of Israel for trying to get the hostages back.
Strange world we live in.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 31, 2025 01:50 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Going deep. Out. at December 31, 2025 01:47 PM (xTinh)
so very true
Posted by: zigggggy at December 31, 2025 01:49 PM (/Pwrg)
I think that is a profound insight.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at December 31, 2025 01:52 PM (y0ylk)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 01:40 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 01:53 PM (RuTUS)
Thankful Carlson is not getting away with his spewing BS.
Mewling weirdo, Tuck and Run, has secretly converted to eeslam, hasn't he?
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 31, 2025 02:00 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Young Americans at December 31, 2025 02:03 PM (tNkpt)
Posted by: Garfunkel's Sowed Oats at December 31, 2025 02:05 PM (V87Oy)
Posted by: Young Americans at December 31, 2025 02:03 PM
You gotta mouse in your pocket?
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 02:08 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Jaimo at December 31, 2025 02:10 PM (BCuCF)
Posted by: Fritz (not fritz) at December 31, 2025 12:50 PM
We're not gonna protest!
We're not gonna protest!
YouTube (PCU): https://bit.ly/3YjtXic
Posted by: Droz at December 31, 2025 02:15 PM (P5BPp)
Worse - the guy made millions of $ from his show - unless he's a greedy asshole willing to sell his soul for a few shekels, there is zero reason to take a check from Qatar. oh wait...
Posted by: Green Shades at December 31, 2025 02:53 PM (ZBykU)
Posted by: Concerned Conservative Pakistani at December 31, 2025 03:00 PM (8j8Ns)
Posted by: BobtheBilderberger at December 31, 2025 03:45 PM (CFFAv)
You also repost someone from X that pulls three words and puts them in quotation marks while placing it within his own sentences.
Your 2 minutes of hate seems to be an OCD, always needing a target regardless of how unimportant they are. I dont know what groypers are just like i still dont know QAnon or nick fuentes. I breeze over that nonsense and wonder what the fuss about. Perhaps your perception of reality is broken.
Posted by: Jk at December 31, 2025 04:47 PM (6Zvgm)
Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at December 31, 2025 06:12 PM (wGqjj)
Posted by: Black JEM at December 31, 2025 06:58 PM (UVyKP)
Posted by: JoshO at December 31, 2025 07:17 PM (xL2KH)
Posted by: LGBTQ+POC, ANTI RACIST HERO at December 31, 2025 09:45 PM (oUiZG)
We're done here. You're the enemy, and will be treated as such.
Posted by: Exiled2Texas at December 31, 2025 09:54 PM (YINx+)
Wednesday Morning Rant
Prediction:
Economy is a mixed bag
I think we'll see a recession, possibly declared as having already begun but with good odds before the end of the year. It may not be severe, but I think we're nipping at the heels of one. The AI and real estate bubbles are helping keep things inflated, but there are a lot of headwinds in the monetary situation and out-of-control spending continuing to pile on. I think we're probably at the end (or close to it) on rate cuts and that is likely to reverse this year. Inflation is going to remain more or less untamed. Employment is probably going to suffer, too - and expect more and more "revisions" like we've been seeing that wipe out reported job gains. On the plus side, the coming regulatory reforms and - if it happens - DOGE are going to lay a lot of groundwork for recovery. China's continuing decline and the return of trade-as-policy-tool will likely pay dividends, too. There is a lot of reason for cautious optimism in the intermediate term, though I think 2025 is not going to be a banner year. If the bubbles in AI and real estate pop this year, it could be really rotten.
Gotta give myself a miss on this one. Employment - despite the headline numbers - is soft, but it isn't negative. Real estate is starting to soften more or less on schedule and the AI bubble has gotten even more dangerous, but nothing has broken badly and I can't claim any points. Prediction:
The Russia/Ukraine situation is resolved, one way or another
American financing of the Ukrainians is unpopular and fewer people than ever care, except for not liking how much it's costing to maintain a stalemate. The great shoveling money into the furnace that Congress and Biden just undertook is likely its last hurrah. I expect Trump and his people to wade in and negotiate a settlement of some kind, in some manner. Russia will likely keep Crimea and the Russian-speaking areas it has already conquered and there will probably be some kind of DMZ or buffer zone. There may be some kind of reparations, disguised as something else, as a face-saving exercise (like seized Russian assets remaining seized forever). I don't think Zelensky will be deposed in the aftermath, nor do I think that Ukraine will be joining NATO or the EU. They won't be formally denied entry, but they won't be admitted.
Nope. Miss. Trump is making more noise recently about it and I think something will happen on this front soon, but it didn't happen in 2025. Prediction:
The Middle East gets worse
The recent coup in Syria, the continued malingering in the Palestinian territories, an increasingly desperate Iran once the taps are turned off (which I think will happen under Trump, as it did before), an increasingly questionable Turkey and all the run-of-the-mill intrigues are going to conspire to keep the region hot for a while. I won't be surprised to see another war break out in the region, and I think peace breaking out is pretty unlikely.
This one is debatable. I am going to take the point, but you may disagree. There was an entire additional war in the region this year, the saber-rattling hasn't exactly toned down, various psychotic or suicidal countries decided to go ahead and recognize the Palestinian Territories, Israel/Qatar relations are degrading, there is civil unrest (again) in Iran, the Houthis remain a problem, etc. It isn't a pile of ash in the Middle East, but I think I can call this one a hit. Prediction:
Energy improves
Despite the sticks in the eye Biden is driving into us on his way out the door, Trump is pro-energy and has sworn to keep naysayers - like RFK Jr - away from energy policy. I have some faith that this will happen and we'll be back to producing energy, starting this year. It takes a while and major industries don't turn on and off with the flip of a switch, but I have hope for a remaking of American energy through aggressive use of the EO pen, bullying Congress into doing their jobs, and whipping the administrative bureaus into line. Oil is going to be back, and I have some hope for nuclear at least getting started in the next few years.
Big hit. Oil is back and so is nuclear, much of it on the back of regulatory reform and major changes at Energy and Environmental Protection. Prediction:
Unmaskable administrative infighting
The "Resistance" types are not going away, and are not going to be quitting on day 1. They're dug in like ticks and will do exactly what they did last time. I expect major, ugly, public fighting over the bureaus and control of them. I expect we're going to see attempted layoffs/mass firings, tons of court battles, stays, injunctions and overturnings from all corners. Congress is going to remain loudly silent over most of it, quietly blocking appointments as it is able. The bureaus are going to be fighting for their lives, and they know it. I expect some progress in Energy, Education, Interior, HHS, HUD and maybe some of the smaller outfits like USDA. I expect little to no progress in Justice, State, Treasury, EPA or any of those agencies comprising the IC.
I am going to give myself a point for this, but there is room for argument. The administrative agencies didn't exactly go as I expected (I expected nothing at EPA, and we got something). Justice has done what Justice always done, the courts have gone hog-wild, Congress has been largely unhelpful. We have had major gains in most of the places I expected, absent Education. I'm taking the point. Prediction:
Continued progress in the culture war
We're going to chalk up some victories in 2025. I expect Hollywood to continue its general implosion as the cruft built up over the past seven years or so works its way through the studios. I expect DEI to be downplayed. DEI and its ilk will continue, of course, but much less publicly because it is losing support. I expect a few court battles over DEI-type policies to get started or finish during the year, and it will lose its de facto legal protections. More public universities are going to take a cue from Iowa and start winding down the more egregious programs. Woke is not going to die, but it's going to come out weaker in December than it is today.
Hit. The formal destruction of DEI has not been fully realized, but the entire scheme is on the back foot and while many universities and major corporations are making changes in name only, there is much progress being made. This has been a bright spot of the past year. Prediction:
Major reductions and retrenchment in the press
The body blows the American press has been taking in the last quarter of 2024 will continue. They basically bet the business this year, and the bet failed. The Party loyalists who were keeping them afloat are disaffected, the opposition is exultant and the vast middle is increasingly indifferent if not outright contemptuous of the press. 2025 is going to be a bad year for establishment "journalism" and I expect significant layoffs and restructuring and would not be surprised by failure or near-failure resulting in consolidation. The press will not improve, it will just get smaller.
Hit. Major shakeups and divestitures at MSNBC, WaPo, CBS and more. The Press ain't dead (and it never will be), but they're having to regroup and consolidate and journalists have been getting axed. So how did I do? 2/7 were clean misses and 3/7 were clean hits. 2/7 are arguable, but I think I got them. So like 2025 itself, my crystal ball was a mixed bag! I think 2025 was overall positive, but not stupendous. How do you think 2025 went? What do you all see for the coming year?
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: doug at December 31, 2025 11:01 AM (Hy+R4)
Posted by: Bryce at December 31, 2025 11:01 AM (5GspC)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 31, 2025 11:01 AM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 31, 2025 11:03 AM (cYBz/)
Posted by: The Eyes of Nostrildamus at December 31, 2025 11:03 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: From about That Time at December 31, 2025 11:03 AM (sl73Y)
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 31, 2025 11:03 AM (KDPiq)
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In fairness, he is retarded.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 31, 2025 11:03 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 31, 2025 11:04 AM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 31, 2025 11:05 AM (ElQWS)
Posted by: ErikInTexas at December 31, 2025 11:05 AM (4b7CV)
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 11:05 AM (jc0TO)
Now, imagine if there was a political party, call them, I don't know, The Republic People Party that would rally around his agenda and fight for it in congress...
Also, Rubio and Bessent hit it out of the park this year.
RFK did pretty well, but not as well as I hoped
Hegseth did ok.
And...Trump should be looking at replacing some of the other cabinet officials if he can get a better option through the Senate.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 11:07 AM (sKqQm)
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More fraud.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
More fraud or more unmasking of fraud?
Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 11:07 AM (QGRvm)
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 11:07 AM (jc0TO)
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Giving you the point for the attack on Iran nuclear sites.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 11:07 AM (RIvkX)
The "Resistance" types are not going away, and are not going to be quitting on day 1. They're dug in like ticks and will do exactly what they did last time. I expect major, ugly, public fighting over the bureaus and control of them.
It's not quite the same thing, but I saw this from Tom Emmer this morning. Who is Tom Emmer? He's the GOP house whip, and there were several stories earlier this week about how he shut down Minnesotans complaining about the influx of Somalis, naturally labeling them raycisssss. Apparently, he's starting to hear footsteps and knives being sharpened. Good. Make an example of him. Let him know the zeitgeist has shifted.
https://is.gd/PsTkyo
Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2025 11:07 AM (Riz8t)
More of the same.
- There will be more revelations of fraud and malfeasance related to the public fisc.
- There will be more revelations about official corruption, particularly around elections.
- There will be more obstruction by the judges.
- There will continue to be no action by Congress.
- The election will be important and will not go our way. Too many on the other side don't care about anything but getting theirs from whitey, or men, or Christians, of Jews, or whatever. Too many on our side will whine that voting for Trump in 2024 didn't magically, and instantly, fix everything.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 11:07 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Magic 8-Ball at December 31, 2025 11:07 AM (JkO4W)
Failure theater and plenty of it.
I stand by my prediction that the GOP loses the midterrms bigly.
And I'm not expecting anything good for myself next year, either.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 31, 2025 11:08 AM (ufSfZ)
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 11:08 AM (jc0TO)
Pretty sweet to get a Nick Shirley Grand Slam in the bottom of the ninth.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 31, 2025 11:08 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: toby928(c)
Ha! I'm still "earning" tens of millions for one hour of work per week.
Posted by: Rachel Madcow's Strap-on at December 31, 2025 11:08 AM (oftw2)
A Somalian will discover perpetual motion energy source and once again save the white man.
Posted by: MN Dem politicians at December 31, 2025 11:08 AM (KDPiq)
Libs will continue to lie, redirect and ignore fraud, abuse, trafficking, and theft. They will further descend into shaking, spitting, caricatures of thoughtful humans.
Throat punching and body slams will continue to gain in popularity but will have no impact on those receiving those gifts.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 31, 2025 11:09 AM (cYBz/)
Posted by: The person who always says that at December 31, 2025 11:09 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 11:09 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 31, 2025 11:09 AM (L/fGl)
A Somalian will discover perpetual motion energy source and once again save the white man.
Posted by: MN Dem politicians at December 31, 2025 11:08 AM (KDPiq)
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A deported one, back in Somalia, and the sacredness of Somalia's national boundaries will prevent the exporting of this perpetual motion miracle to the rest of the world.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 11:10 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Magic 8-Ball at December 31, 2025 11:07 AM (JkO4W)
My sources in the spirit world say, "Proceed!"
Posted by: Mentalo at December 31, 2025 11:10 AM (ufSfZ)
Posted by: t-bird at December 31, 2025 11:10 AM (NcjJv)
We're going to chalk up some victories in 2025. I expect Hollywood to continue its general implosion as the cruft built up over the past seven years or so works its way through the studios. I expect DEI to be downplayed. DEI and its ilk will continue, of course, but much less publicly because it is losing support. I expect a few court battles over DEI-type policies to get started or finish during the year, and it will lose its de facto legal protections. More public universities are going to take a cue from Iowa and start winding down the more egregious programs.
UVa hasn't gotten the message, and I know our new governor will do her best to preserve racial discrimination, but it's going to be hard to tell the Feds and their money, and DOJ, to FO.
DOJ Sues to Stop Virginia From Giving Illegal Aliens In-State Tuition and Financial Aid
https://is.gd/snkhGB
Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2025 11:10 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at December 31, 2025 11:10 AM (C4wQ6)
globally it's been disconcerting and frustrating. But I try not to let it get to me.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at December 31, 2025 11:10 AM (PSEDc)
Posted by: Pam Blondi at December 31, 2025 11:11 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Bulg at December 31, 2025 11:11 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 31, 2025 11:11 AM (xT8gx)
Posted by: tubal at December 31, 2025 11:11 AM (p+6WR)
aos commenters will mostly predict the end of the Republic followed by funny snark.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 31, 2025 11:11 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 31, 2025 11:12 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: tubal at December 31, 2025 11:12 AM (p+6WR)
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 11:12 AM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Yogi Bear at December 31, 2025 11:13 AM (pkeXY)
Posted by: Bulg at December 31, 2025 11:13 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Put Money On It at December 31, 2025 11:13 AM (oftw2)
I'm curious what you think he should've done better.
From what I've seen he's done exactly what he should be doing, and the near-constant media and Bluesky outrage about him (even when he's not actively in the news) seems to indicate it's working. We had a sitting senator, Mark Kelly, launch an attempt to get the military to overthrow Trump and it was a wet Swalwell fart.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 31, 2025 11:13 AM (UmGiD)
If you are letting the world get to you, stop. The Trump Era is a net good and when they take back over, or even when "other" Republicans do, you will need steel in your loins and to give even less of a fuck about the things you can't control.
Start practicing now.
Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 11:13 AM (2fdLC)
Economy - new highs in equities, 4% GDP, 3% 30 year bond and 3% inflation
Russia-Ukraine - Ukraine agrees to your scenario above
Middle East - the Tehran regime is swept away
Energy - continued good news
Government Reform - it stops
Culture War - refocused on illegal migrants
State media - continued radicalization, politicization, and marginalization
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 11:14 AM (RIvkX)
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Everybody on the Mayflower was Somalian.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 31, 2025 11:14 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Zombie Jeane Dixon at December 31, 2025 11:14 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 31, 2025 11:12 AM (9c0bR)
Yes, because social media interns are the people who would be performing arrests.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 31, 2025 11:14 AM (UmGiD)
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More fraud.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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More fraud or more unmasking of fraud?
Posted by: rickb223
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Both
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 31, 2025 11:14 AM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 11:14 AM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2025 11:15 AM (Riz8t)
My youngest is a citizen and didn't get in-state tuition from Virginia Tech.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 11:15 AM (ExV1e)
Prediction: the democrats will do anything, including killing, to prevent it from being stopped. Their entire party apparatus relies on the fraud to fund candidates and pay for get out the vote efforts.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 31, 2025 11:15 AM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 31, 2025 11:14 AM (L/fGl)
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They say the sharks still follow its path across the Atlantic.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 31, 2025 11:15 AM (JkO4W)
Posted by: MN Dem politicians
Perpetually doing the no work and produce the nothing of value that Americans won't!
Posted by: t-bird at December 31, 2025 11:16 AM (NcjJv)
Posted by: MN Dem politicians at December 31, 2025 11:08 AM (KDPiq)
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A deported one, back in Somalia, and the sacredness of Somalia's national boundaries will prevent the exporting of this perpetual motion miracle to the rest of the world.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 11:10 AM (GBKbO)
Damn! And just when we need it the most.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 31, 2025 11:16 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 31, 2025 11:12 AM (9c0bR)
Use techniques your people enjoy. Alinsky 101.
Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 11:16 AM (2fdLC)
Posted by: Bulg at December 31, 2025 11:16 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Xipe Totec at December 31, 2025 11:17 AM (pohLc)
Posted by: toby928(c)
I was just thinking about posting that. However, I've realized that this is all just Trump controlling the conversation - namely that we need more naval power. In that regard, we might just get something.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2025 11:17 AM (Riz8t)
Despite Trump's machinations, he just can't snap a finger and reverse all of the damage over the last 4 years - and I'm actually quite pleased with how much progress he's made in fighting back the nonsense regulations. The BBB helps but I agree, congress needs to sh*t or get off the pot.
Posted by: Defenestratus at December 31, 2025 11:17 AM (WYStd)
Posted by: Big Farma at December 31, 2025 11:17 AM (2Ez/1)
Despite Trump's machinations, he just can't snap a finger and reverse all of the damage over the last 4 years - and I'm actually quite pleased with how much progress he's made in fighting back the nonsense regulations. The BBB helps but I agree, congress needs to sh*t or get off the pot.
Posted by: Defenestratus at December 31, 2025 11:17 AM (WYStd)
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The Democrats in the Senate called for more roll call votes on appointees than ever in history. This slowed down the business of appointing posts like US Attorneys to a crawl.
The MN USA who started the whole news cycle with his press conference about Somali fraud in the state? Took the role in August.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 11:18 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 31, 2025 11:12 AM (9c0bR)
Yes, because social media interns are the people who would be performing arrests.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 31, 2025 11:14 AM (UmGiD)
Because big, flashy arrests which lead to nothing get some people excited. I want 100 agent raids! I want perp walks! I want show trials! I want spectacle and splendor, bread and circuses. Good governance may be an ongoing benefit but it doesn't make me tingly.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 11:19 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2025 11:17 AM
Yeah, I think it is, well not a bluff per se, but a psy-op of some kind. It would make more sense to just build some more Ticonderogas or even Burkes, with minor modifications.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 11:19 AM (jc0TO)
Posted by: NR Pax at December 31, 2025 11:19 AM (svLOV)
Posted by: t-bird at December 31, 2025 11:20 AM (NcjJv)
Posted by: Tony Fauci at December 31, 2025 11:20 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 31, 2025 11:12 AM (9c0bR)
Yes, because social media interns are the people who would be performing arrests.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 31, 2025 11:14 AM (UmGiD)
Because big, flashy arrests which lead to nothing get some people excited. I want 100 agent raids! I want perp walks! I want show trials! I want spectacle and splendor, bread and circuses. Good governance may be an ongoing benefit but it doesn't make me tingly.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 11:19 AM (ExV1e)
And the montage of those spinning newspaper headlines!
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 31, 2025 11:20 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 11:20 AM (jc0TO)
I predict that there may be a few perp walks and indictments, but no 'big fish' convictions for all of the fraud being discovered.
I predict the left will continue with it's violent ways, including another high-profile assassination attempt.
I predict that Ilhan Omar will not finish 2026 in congress.
I predict that major tax reform will be floated.
I predict that Jasmine Ratchet gets absolutely shit-housed in her Senate bid and ends up on the View or MSNBC
I predict a Rams/Patriots Super Bowl
I predict that Sleepy Joe finally takes a dirt nap and it's the most cringy state funeral ever, and there are no lines at the Capitol to pay respects.
And for the easiest layup prediction, I predict that Keith Richards makes it to 2027.
Posted by: Grapefruit LaCroix at December 31, 2025 11:21 AM (wiUMh)
Posted by: NR Pax at December 31, 2025 11:19 AM (svLOV)
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But do you have a confirmation by an expert?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 31, 2025 11:21 AM (JkO4W)
And I think that’s why nobody on either side ever wants to look too deeply into it.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 31, 2025 11:17 AM (9c0bR)
Somalis in Ohio. Someone the other day mentioned something about Indians in Texas. It's not just blue states.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 11:21 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Thomas Paine
You mean like this?
Send Tim Walz To Somalia Simulator
I like how he just tries to slide in the phrase “White men commit the most crime” like it’s a given. Here’s the homicide data for the state of Minnesota, and the total crime data for Hennepin county. Not only do white people not commit the most crime, they don’t even commit most of the crimeS
https://x.com/fleshsimulator/status/2006167060095660530
Or this?
What do you mean someone broke in and stole just the payment and enrollment records right before a federal audit?!
https://is.gd/zOcm0R
Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2025 11:21 AM (Riz8t)
Abby Phillip angrily goes after Nick Shirley and his reporting: “This is about politics."
"But you know, honestly, you knock on the door of a daycare center and you're like, let me in, let me in."
“What do you want people to do in that situation? Open the door and say come on in? When they know that the Somali community is under attack, is being threatened every single day?"
This is CNN.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 31, 2025 11:21 AM (L/fGl)
And the montage of those spinning newspaper headlines!
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 31, 2025 11:20 AM (wVcYX)
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I say...let 'em crash.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 11:21 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Liz Cheney at December 31, 2025 11:21 AM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Sheldon Whitehouse at December 31, 2025 11:22 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Grift, Top To Bottom at December 31, 2025 11:22 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 11:22 AM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Bulg at December 31, 2025 11:13 AM (77rzZ)
True, but. . .catch me on the Book Thread on Sunday. I'll expand on what I mean.
Posted by: Mentalo at December 31, 2025 11:23 AM (ufSfZ)
Posted by: Bulg at December 31, 2025 11:16 AM (77rzZ)
Abudanza!
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 31, 2025 11:23 AM (wVcYX)
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Just more Blessings of Diversity!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 31, 2025 11:23 AM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Grift, Top To Bottom at December 31, 2025 11:22 AM (oftw2)
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As they say around the Texas Legislature, if you can't drink their whiskey, screw their women, take their money, and vote against 'em anyway, you don't belong in office.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 11:23 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 11:24 AM (jc0TO)
Governor Tim Walz
@GovTimWalz
This is Trump’s long game.
We’ve spent years cracking down on fraudsters. It’s a serious issue - but this has been his plan all along.
He’s politicizing the issue to defund programs that help Minnesotans.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 31, 2025 11:24 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: The cats and dogs of Springfield, Ohio at December 31, 2025 11:24 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 31, 2025 11:24 AM (cYBz/)
Governor Tim Walz
@GovTimWalz
This is Trump’s long game.
We’ve spent years cracking down on fraudsters. It’s a serious issue - but this has been his plan all along.
He’s politicizing the issue to defund programs that help Minnesotans.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 31, 2025 11:24 AM (L/fGl)
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It's just weird how during this period of cracking down, the fraud got materially worse.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 11:25 AM (GBKbO)
I think you're forgetting about the guy sitting outside the Capitol and holding a cup with some pencils for sale and a sign:
"Joe Biden needs a library. Won't you help?"
Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2025 11:25 AM (Riz8t)
POKER MONKEY
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 31, 2025 11:25 AM (y9nCu)
Life is like a box of chocolates , you never know what you'll get - F. Gump, smarter than Walz
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 11:26 AM (zNwXb)
Posted by: Harry@Halfway House at December 31, 2025 11:26 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 11:25 AM (GBKbO)
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While he was cracking down some of his minions happened to leave the door to the vault wide open.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 31, 2025 11:27 AM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Tony Fauci
I take comfort knowing that when he's dead, the final judge will not be fooled by his "Aw, shucks" demeanor or tolerate his arrogance.
Posted by: NR Pax at December 31, 2025 11:27 AM (svLOV)
Politically, it was a welcome -- likely temporary -- reprieve from complete destruction and societal & economic collapse of The West in general and American in particular (dodged that bullet with some white hat patriots preventing another stolen election and getting Trump back in the White House).
But if in the future the D's steal The White House once again -- I'm fairly certain we're good and proper fucked ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at December 31, 2025 11:27 AM (H+zHM)
@GovTimWalz
This is Trump’s long game.
We’ve spent years cracking down on fraudsters.
Given how much ongoing fraud has been uncovered, even if it were true (which it isn't), it's not the flex you think it is.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2025 11:27 AM (Riz8t)
People lined up for History's Greatest Monster Jimmy Carter. They will come for Slow Joe.
Like disaster tourists.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 11:28 AM (jc0TO)
I'm not completely convinced until he frees the nipple.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 31, 2025 11:28 AM (nljXp)
My favorite Babylon Bee headline for 2025 was the "Von Trapp Family Crosses Alps Into Switzerland to Escape Free Speech."
Pulled quote "How do you solve a problem like Maria?" Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himler asked. "Throw them in free speech camps, of course."
Hoping to economy continues to grow but also worried that this being an important mid-term for Trump, nefarious types will do what they can to cripple our "precious economy. "
Gonna keep gas tank above half full for a while and freezer topped off .
Posted by: Rex B at December 31, 2025 11:29 AM (C9oTe)
Posted by: toby928(c)
My hat is old, my teeth are gold.
I have a bird I like to hold.
My shoe is off, my foot is cold.
My shoe is off, my foot is cold.
I have a bird I like to hold.
My hat is old, my teeth are gold.
-- Zombie Dr. Seuss
And now my story is all told.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 31, 2025 11:29 AM (cYBz/)
Here's my 2026 prediction.
On the Somali fraud in multiple states...only the actual front business license owner will be punished, lightly, and no deportations. No Dem, or politico enabling it will get punished at all.
Hope I'm wrong.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 31, 2025 11:29 AM (QVmho)
And yes, I said 'drinking.' I'll explain some other time.
Posted by: Mentalo at December 31, 2025 11:29 AM (ufSfZ)
Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2025 11:29 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: toby928(c)
My patented MYSlippers are suede with a nice gel insert. Toasty warm. Also, did you know I'm running to take Walz job away from him?
Posted by: Mike Lindell, In MN at December 31, 2025 11:30 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2025 11:30 AM (Riz8t)
I disagree in part, and agree in part. I predict that in 2026 we will see a very unusual bifurcated economy; I expect California and the rest of the left coast to drop into near-depression levels of activity, while the center of the country and especially the South experiences one of the greatest economic booms that has been seen.
But the national numbers will be hard to read when those two extremes are averaged into each other.
How do you average the effects of $1.99 gas in Texas at the same time there is $10 per gallon gas in California? That shouldn’t be possible, but it looks like it’s going to happen.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2025 11:30 AM (m7iZ5)
Praying 2026 builds on the good, for all of us.
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at December 31, 2025 11:31 AM (OUMaO)
Posted by: Mike Lindell, In MN
I bought a pair of those because honestly, I have nothing against Mike Lindell and the price was good.
They are fragile as hell. About 1-2 months of normal wear and the soles crack, spilling that gel insert out. They do replace things quickly but after the second time I just gave up.
Posted by: NR Pax at December 31, 2025 11:31 AM (svLOV)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 31, 2025 11:29 AM (cYBz/)
lol that was my first thought, I’ve read that story to two generations of children.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2025 11:31 AM (m7iZ5)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 31, 2025 11:32 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 31, 2025 11:32 AM (qdgGI)
It's all about "the video". Trump is cutting off $185M in federal funding for childcare because of "allegations" in a "video" posted on social media by a "self-proclaimed" independent "journalist". Governor Tim Walz is "firing back", saying "fighting fraud" was his plan all along. "None of the centers were accused of fraud by 'authorities'". "None of this is new" "Our affiliate has been covering it for months"
Not a word about the federal multi-agency task force that has been conducting investigations in the state for nearly a year, or FBI Director Kash Patel's direct involvement that has led to dozens of arrests, indictments, and guilty pleas. Not A Word. ABC is trash.
Posted by: mrp at December 31, 2025 11:32 AM (rj6Yv)
And for the easiest layup prediction, I predict that Keith Richards makes it to 2027.
Posted by: Grapefruit LaCroix at December 31, 2025 11:21 AM (wiUMh)
No kidding. He crushed 17 of our uncles and snorted their ground up carapaces as health food.
Posted by: The Cockroaches at December 31, 2025 11:32 AM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Tony Fauci
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Your head in a sealed box. Hungry sand flies. Much disassembly required.
Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at December 31, 2025 11:32 AM (H+zHM)
I have already submitted my resume to Lord Humungous. We will see
Posted by: Azjaeger at December 31, 2025 11:32 AM (3/XaG)
But the national numbers will be hard to read when those two extremes are averaged into each other.
So an inversion of when the coasts were roaring while the rest withered on the vine? Honestly, that feels like karmic justice to me.
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at December 31, 2025 11:32 AM (OUMaO)
Posted by: PabloD at December 31, 2025 11:32 AM (tfChy)
My bias is I don't include the Blue areas within my definition of 'America'. It's my blind spot, to be sure, but yes - you're idea of a bifurcated recovery is mine too.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 31, 2025 11:33 AM (cYBz/)
I zoomed into a how-to seminar that took place in Mogadishu to lear how to do it.
Posted by: M. Gaga at December 31, 2025 11:33 AM (nYRtL)
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 11:35 AM (jc0TO)
Posted by: NR Pax
I've had mine for 5 years and they still are like new. Are you walking in Lava or broken glass?
Posted by: Happy Camper at December 31, 2025 11:35 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 11:20 AM (jc0TO)
Ah, c'mon, man. That's way too easy.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 31, 2025 11:35 AM (g8Ew8)
People lined up for History's Greatest Monster Jimmy Carter. They will come for Slow Joe.
Like disaster tourists.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 11:28 AM (jc0TO)
They lined up to make damned sure that the rumors of death were true.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 31, 2025 11:36 AM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2025 11:36 AM (XeU6L)
on a national scale: more wailing and gnashing of teeth from the commie leftards
on the personal front: I have a great feeling about the coming year. I could not wait for 2025 to be over with and in the rear view mirror. I didn't even get into the Christmas spirit this year because I just wanted the month and year to be OVER
Posted by: kallisto at December 31, 2025 11:37 AM (dCxaZ)
GB News
@GBNEWS
'Zionists are out to get me', says Alaa Abd El-Fattah as he claims his words calling British people 'dogs and monkeys' have been 'twisted'
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 31, 2025 11:38 AM (L/fGl)
And that transfer is from us, to them. "Them" being the political class. Both Democrats and Republicans. Who then piss it away on various vanity projects and schemes to make more money and make us poorer.
We're being subjugated. Daily. Had the wealth not been stolen we'd likely have had the wherewithal to stop what they've been doing to us. So, in that respect their plan worked.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 31, 2025 11:39 AM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 31, 2025 11:39 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: mrp at December 31, 2025 11:32 AM (rj6Yv)
it's only the superannuated who view the legacy broadcast "news" programs. The Minnesota fraud has exploded on New Media.
Even Dr. Todd Grande, who usually sticks to True Crime subjects, did a report on the issue. He has over a million followers on YouTube alone
Posted by: kallisto at December 31, 2025 11:39 AM (dCxaZ)
Posted by: Ian S. at December 31, 2025 11:40 AM (QZThv)
And I think that’s why nobody on either side ever wants to look too deeply into it.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 31, 2025 11:17 AM (9c0bR)
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Musk recently stated that the opposition to DOGE was about 80% to 90% from the Democrats (with Musk stating that it was probably closer to 80% than 90%), and the GOP elements were quite assertive in opposing DOGE's efforts.
So the amount of fraud in red states has to be significant. Not all of the red states, but Georgia and Arizona would be two to look at closely.
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at December 31, 2025 11:40 AM (4GFH7)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 31, 2025 11:40 AM (nljXp)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 31, 2025 11:41 AM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: Just turn it off at December 31, 2025 11:41 AM (2Ez/1)
Hopefully another New Year's review and scorecard.
Also, I think the fraud story is at a tipping point. I believe it is far worse than we even know now and the left is going to dig in hard trying to kill it. Threats of legal action, accusations of racism, you name it. The harder they fight it, the worse it really is. If it is fully exposed, it will destroy a lot of people and shake the very core of the nation.
Buckle up Hordemates.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2025 11:41 AM (2WIwB)
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 11:35 AM (jc0TO)
The rental differential on U-Hauls going from TX to CA vs the other way ought to be incentive for some enterprising individuals.
Posted by: Rex B at December 31, 2025 11:42 AM (C9oTe)
And yes, I said 'drinking.' I'll explain some other time.
Posted by: Mentalo at December 31, 2025 11:29 AM (ufSfZ)
Drinking that awful shit for a New Year's Day colonoscopy I see. Want to start the new year clean as a whistle.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 31, 2025 11:42 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 11:43 AM (zNwXb)
Do they still have vicious enemies wishing them harm? Of course they do, and will have til the end of this world. But consider that just over 2 years ago, they were surrounded by 6 armies all potentially wiling to attack. Now look how that played out:
Egypt - wisely decided to opt out. Not a friend, but engaged in no hostilities.
Jordan - same as Egypt.
Hamas - surrounded and badly degraded. Still dangerous, but their missile force is gone, as well as at least half of their operatives, and most of their leadership.
Lebanon/Hezbollah - leadership decapitated, much of the missile stores destroyed. Still dangerous, but like Hamas, contained.
Syria - a perennial enemy, and the biggest surprise. Government destroyed, old Syrian Army completely collapsed and gone. New Syria is still problematic, but does not have a fraction of the power old Syria had.
And Iran - the greatest enemy of all, and now humiliated, defeated in battle, and on the verge of internal collapse.
Israel is doing quite well.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2025 11:44 AM (m7iZ5)
‘Coach’ Walz has the runs –
and lessons – on the board to
stare down Trump and Co.
So Walz is not leaving the toilet any time soon?
Posted by: Ian S. at December 31, 2025 11:44 AM (QZThv)
Just stick it to them as often and as hard as possible. Of course, this is something Trump should do even if the GOP wins control of Congress, but if not, then make it the main focus of his last two years.
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at December 31, 2025 11:44 AM (4GFH7)
CNN has already gone after
@nickshirleyy, attempting to write off his reporting in Minnesota and lamenting his lack of “fact checks” and “guardrails.”
I’m not sure I would hang my hat on the legacy media’s “fact checks” or “guardrails” but at least CNN accurately reported that only the Right appears to be concerned about stopping the massive fraud in Minnesota and beyond.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 31, 2025 11:44 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 31, 2025 11:44 AM (gm9Sb)
You were 100% spot on about "tons of court battles". Those battles may have held up progress in the culture wars; certainly, they take time and energy that could be used in better ways.
Judicial insurrection. SCOTUS and Congress stand by with their thumb up their rear ends.
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Posted by: JM in Illinois at December 31, 2025 11:44 AM (lWL3x)
Pretty sure if you can host a podcast with a couple dozen followers she’ll be down for it.
Posted by: Kratwurst at December 31, 2025 11:45 AM (tmARj)
A female Washington state congresscunt just filed a bill that would make it illegal to audit daycare centers.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 31, 2025 11:45 AM (QZThv)
Just stick it to them as often and as hard as possible. Of course, this is something Trump should do even if the GOP wins control of Congress, but if not, then make it the main focus of his last two years.
It's a distraction!!!
Posted by: Dems at December 31, 2025 11:45 AM (Riz8t)
The Minneapolis daycare center targeted by this tweet, Nokomis Daycare Center, received telephone threats of violence & was broken into last night & vandalized, & checkbooks & parents’ documents were stolen.
LOL. What a stunning coincidence! I mean those burglars are always going after parent's documents! I am sure it was just a coinkiydink.
Posted by: Minnfidel at December 31, 2025 11:45 AM (4p0Xq)
Posted by: I gotta ask at December 31, 2025 11:46 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 11:43 AM (zNwXb)
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The Congressional General Ballot right now, the average, is D+3.9.
Standard move from this point the year before to election day is R+3.3.
You know what the general ballot was at this point in 2017?
D+12.9.
And the 2020 redrawing brought the number of House seats that are actually winnable by the other parties down to a couple of dozen.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 11:46 AM (GBKbO)
I think I've found your problem.
Posted by: Just turn it off at December 31, 2025 11:41 AM (2Ez/1)
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Yeah, the thumbnail popped up on my MSN aggregator, which I use to keep track of commie outrage (no shortage of that, and often instructive for matters concerning tactical coverage). I haven't watched a network evening newscast in years.
Posted by: mrp at December 31, 2025 11:46 AM (rj6Yv)
Krystal Ball the political analyst scores below 2/7
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at December 31, 2025 11:46 AM (ycI94)
Posted by: Ian S. at December 31, 2025 11:45 AM
I am for it. As long as it's also accompanied by a law making it illegal to audit my returns. Fair deal.
Posted by: Minnfidel at December 31, 2025 11:47 AM (4p0Xq)
On X, the thread replying to that Ismail guy is mostly pictures of Jussie Smolett, with the occasional Dave Chappell video.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 31, 2025 11:47 AM (QZThv)
Posted by: Guy Who Sez "Shit" A Lot at December 31, 2025 11:47 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 11:35 AM (jc0TO)
Yes - but it’s hard to get a grasp on the sheer volume of tankers needed. Tanker trucks are already busy on other routes, there aren’t enough surplus tanker trucks in existence to make a difference.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2025 11:48 AM (m7iZ5)
Brian Krassenstein
@krassenstein
“Somali fraud” is the new “Haitians are eating our cats and dogs”.
It’s all just racists putting forth Racist dog whistles and trying to paint an entire group of people based off of single events or rumors of events.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 31, 2025 11:48 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 31, 2025 11:48 AM (sDNVV)
You aren't paying attention. The DOJ has been very good at protecting the 2A against the states. It is also protecting existing federal laws. Some of those laws are clearly unconstitutional, like the NFA and the 1000 yard school zone law, but the DOJ protects those existing Federal laws because federal courts require cases in controversy to hear anything. If her DOJ agreed not to enforce those federal laws, the next Communist DOJ could simply enforce them with VIGOR and we can never get a SCOTUS ruling to make them go away permanently.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 31, 2025 11:49 AM (Da7Vv)
Only if half the fraud is uncovered. That's what why the Republicans are fighting it so hard.
Posted by: t-bird at December 31, 2025 11:49 AM (NcjJv)
Posted by: Tom Servo
Put the same STATE taxes on Kali gas as Texas gas and watch the price come down.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 11:49 AM (QGRvm)
Brian Krassenstein
@krassenstein
“Somali fraud” is the new “Haitians are eating our cats and dogs”.
It’s all just racists putting forth Racist dog whistles and trying to paint an entire group of people based off of single events or rumors of events.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 31, 2025 11:48 AM (L/fGl)
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And the "they're eating the cats and dogs"...worked.
Why?
Because people didn't ask for the population of Haiti to enter America under Biden. America has been asking for lower immigration levels for decades, and then Biden's administration blew the doors open in the opposite direction that not even Obama, post-2010, did. At a level that even Jeb Bush probably had reservations about.
Secure the border first, then start worrying about people going to real estate moguls from New York for their political leadership.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 11:50 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Ian S. at December 31, 2025 11:45 AM (QZThv)
I saw that. And the State's AG wasted no time putting out a notice to all 539 Somali run day care centers with advice and numbers to call if they are threatened or fell threatened. It's the classic 1-800-HATE line bullshit.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2025 11:50 AM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 31, 2025 11:48 AM (sDNVV)
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Concur.
Posted by: mrp at December 31, 2025 11:50 AM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 31, 2025 11:48 AM (sDNVV)
That's not a prediction. It's a drug-fueled dream.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 31, 2025 11:51 AM (g8Ew8)
What are my hopes for 2026? I hope to remain not dead.
Posted by: javems at December 31, 2025 11:52 AM (8I4hW)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at December 31, 2025 11:52 AM (4x8rv)
I know the U-Haul one is not legal- carrying that much gas in a truck. But I'm sure if Kramer and Newman can drive empty bottles from NY to Michigan for the deposit fee, the math works better with that price variation between the states.
Posted by: Rex B at December 31, 2025 11:52 AM (2OJI2)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2025 11:53 AM (m7iZ5)
Posted by: Happy Camper
I've always been rough on footwear. I had to have my combat boots resoled when I was in Boot Camp.
Posted by: NR Pax at December 31, 2025 11:53 AM (svLOV)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 11:53 AM (zNwXb)
Posted by: javems
I also hope you remain on this side of the grass.
Posted by: Kratwurst at December 31, 2025 11:54 AM (tmARj)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 31, 2025 11:48 AM (sDNVV)
That's not a prediction. It's a drug-fueled dream.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 31, 2025 11:51 AM (g8Ew
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Polling shows a very tight, Republican favored environment right now (you know...the halfway decent polling, not the ones that say that Kamala is going to win PA by 5). The congressional map means that Democrats usually have to win the generic congressional ballot by 3-4 to have a shot at winning the House.
Average right now is D+3.9. And the polling will trend Republican over the next 11 months like it has every election year since 1990.
And even in a favored Democrat environment, they couldn't win the Senate. NC is 50/50, at best. Ask Logan how running for Senate in the wrong party against the partisan divide of the state works for "popular" governors. ME? Psh. Collins is going to win that one in a walk. TX? That's their third?
Plus, they have to hold onto Ossoff (white boy) in GA.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 11:54 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Minuteman at December 31, 2025 11:54 AM (47/pr)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 31, 2025 11:54 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Ian S. at December 31, 2025 11:45 AM (QZThv)
I saw that. And the State's AG wasted no time putting out a notice to all 539 Somali run day care centers with advice and numbers to call if they are threatened or fell threatened. It's the classic 1-800-HATE line bullshit.
Posted by: Diogenes
If republicans had balls, they file a federal bill to stop funding daycares. If states want to rape their own taxpayers, so be it.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 11:54 AM (QGRvm)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 11:49 AM (QGRvm)
That’s one of the many darkly amusing aspects - California is going into a deep deficit and will need more money to operate - so they’re probably going to raise gas taxes even higher.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2025 11:55 AM (m7iZ5)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 11:53 AM (zNwXb)
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If it drops in February, one or two states may redraw their maps quickly enough to take advantage of it, but it won't really be a factor until 2028.
When Democrats will have to win the generic congressional ballot by between 5-7 to win the House.
Having most of your population in densely packed population centers in like a dozen states is a bad way to win the House in America.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 11:55 AM (GBKbO)
I worry about the current stranglehold the progressives have in the western and southeast regions of my state (Pennsylvania), and what will become of the middle-class (yeah, some hate the phrase) retirees but also our school children from K-12, up through college.
It's such a different world than all of the past 50 years, and I don't see "DEI" waning.
For those on social security and/or federal pensions, make sure you get a Payee Representative on your account(s) in the event you're unable to manage your financial affairs temporarily (i.e., hospitalized for a time) or permanently (i.e., assisted living). There are more and more instances of homes going into foreclosure & quick sale for those not able to independently manage their affairs.
Happy New Years Eve! 🙏 🤗
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 31, 2025 11:55 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: t-bird at December 31, 2025 11:55 AM (NcjJv)
Posted by: Ian S. at December 31, 2025 11:45 AM (QZThv)
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Make Washington State A Territory Again!
/And Appoint Diogenes Military Governor
Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at December 31, 2025 11:56 AM (uhTu8)
On X, the thread replying to that Ismail guy is mostly pictures of Jussie Smolett, with the occasional Dave Chappell video.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 31, 2025 11:47 AM
They spraypainted MAGA country on the wall of one of the Learing centers!
Posted by: Minnfidel at December 31, 2025 11:56 AM (4p0Xq)
The fight to conceal this from the public is just starting.
Everyone's guilty. Nobody's going to be held responsible or face consequences because there's nobody untainted by it. Once it's all exposed they'll shrug and ask us "well, what are you going to do about it?"
Half the country doesn't care and the other half doesn't have the means to fight it. Life goes on...
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 31, 2025 11:56 AM (NwnyJ)
Make Washington State A Territory Again!
/And Appoint Diogenes Military Governor
Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at December 31, 2025 11:56 AM (uhTu
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Mark as Secretary of Puttin' Down the Hippies.
Nurse as Surgeon General.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 11:57 AM (GBKbO)
Concur!!!
Posted by: MAC V SOG at December 31, 2025 11:57 AM (P4Pk9)
What are my hopes for 2026? I hope to remain not dead.
Posted by: javems at December 31, 2025 11:52 AM
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Keep us posted. Living alone, I text my brother a "sign of life" each day. Wouldn't want to, uh, linger too long, IYKWIMAITYD
Posted by: JM in Illinois at December 31, 2025 11:57 AM (4x8rv)
Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2025 11:58 AM (2WIwB)
@nickshirleyy, attempting to write off his reporting in Minnesota and lamenting his lack of “fact checks” and “guardrails.”
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From the folks who flogged the Russia Hoax as a Real Thing for its doddering shut-in viewers 24/7 for three years running.
Where were your "guardrails" then, CNN?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 31, 2025 11:58 AM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Ian S.
In small part:
Fans of Turning Point USA in Washington State ·
Al Yardley
1d
There are 539 licensed childcare centers in Washington state that list Somali as the primary language of operation.
The number of Somali-run daycares in Washington has drawn attention due to their high concentration and a recent fraud scandal involving Somali-run childcare centers in Minnesota.
Concerns have been raised online that many of these Washington facilities list only an email or P.O. box instead of a physical address in public databases, leading to calls for audits and investigations into potential subsidy fraud.
The Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF), which licenses these facilities, has stated that licensed providers must meet state standards and undergo regular inspections. The agency also provides resources in Somali, including FAQs and licensing overviews. (Much more follows.)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 31, 2025 11:59 AM (NFX2v)
@nickshirleyy, attempting to write off his reporting in Minnesota and lamenting his lack of “fact checks” and “guardrails.”
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From the folks who flogged the Russia Hoax as a Real Thing for its doddering shut-in viewers 24/7 for three years running.
Where were your "guardrails" then, CNN?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 31, 2025 11:58 AM (JkO4W)
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The effect of the MSM is siloed in particular demographics. They're super effective with their captive audience, and they pretty much don't matter outside of it.
It just gets worse for them every year, too.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 11:59 AM (GBKbO)
Now available in pink, chartreuse and mauve.
Posted by: David Hogg at December 31, 2025 11:59 AM (2Ez/1)
Half the country doesn't care and the other half doesn't have the means to fight it. Life goes on...
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 31, 2025 11:56 AM (NwnyJ)
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What's the average cost of childcare per child per month in Minnesota for someone not in on the scam?
Posted by: mrp at December 31, 2025 12:00 PM (rj6Yv)
Lawfare by the left is the 2nd most dangerous thing we’re facing after immigration.
The only female that should be allowed to be a judge is AtC.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 31, 2025 12:01 PM (QZThv)
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Only a hate-filled racist would even ask such a question.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 31, 2025 12:01 PM (JkO4W)
25 Prediction 2026
A Somalian will discover perpetual motion energy source and once again save the white man.
Posted by: MN Dem politicians at December 31, 2025 11:08 AM
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Q: What's this thing on the back of your invention? Looks like an induction coil.
Somali: Shut up!
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at December 31, 2025 12:01 PM (VWtfl)
Florida man sues Outback Steakhouse after toilet "shattered" beneath him (come for the story, stay for the potty humor)
https://is.gd/FyAgde
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 31, 2025 12:01 PM (L/fGl)
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Good advice. Thanks, L ... and Happy New Year to you and yours -- as well as the rest of The Horde.
I remember as a young boy growing up how far away The Year 2000 seemed to be -- I mean I was going to be practically "over the hill" at age 39 by then!
But 60 is the new 40. And futurists are predicting that 20-year-olds today will live to be 120 -- yet have the minds & bodies and feel like today's 60.
Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at December 31, 2025 12:02 PM (uhTu8)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 31, 2025 12:03 PM (gm9Sb)
Now available in pink, chartreuse and mauve.
Posted by: David Hogg
If we still had a Democrat President, he could have been the supplier.
Posted by: NR Pax at December 31, 2025 12:04 PM (svLOV)
ACF's Oversight of American Rescue Plan Act Child Care Stabilization Grants
Announced on 05/04/2023 | Last Modified on 08/27/2025 | Project Number: A-02-23-02007
Only partial, doesn't count CARES Act and more.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 31, 2025 12:05 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 31, 2025 12:06 PM (1y9Ku)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 31, 2025 12:06 PM (CSQvy)
Posted by: Ian S. at December 31, 2025 11:45 AM (QZThv)
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Make Washington State A Territory Again!
/And Appoint Diogenes Military Governor
Posted by: ShainS
Make the whole left coast a territory again.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 12:07 PM (QGRvm)
Posted by: mrp at December 31, 2025 12:00 PM (rj6Yv)
What you’re really asking is what does a white family pay for daycare?
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 31, 2025 12:05 PM (9c0bR)
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No, I did not.
Posted by: mrp at December 31, 2025 12:07 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 12:07 PM (zNwXb)
In 22 and 24 the GOP eeeked out a small House win while winning the congressional popular vote by 2.6% in 24 and 2.7% in 22.
If anything it’s the opposite now. Ds could probably lose the overall vote and still win the house.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 31, 2025 12:03 PM (9c0bR)
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I genuinely think you're a fucking retard.
Nothing of what you said counters anything I said. In fact, it feeds into what I said when I said that the number of winnable House seats for the other party is a couple of dozen.
How does 22 and 24 counter the idea that Democrats need a D+3 environment to win the House in anyway?
Seriously. It's time for you to fuck off. You're a troll.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 12:08 PM (GBKbO)
Study Finds MN Child Care Costs Jumped 60% During Pandemic
February 26, 2022 / 6:00 PM CST / CBS Minnesota
"Gov. Tim Walz is pushing for the legislature to make child care more affordable by boosting investments in childcare assistance programs.
The study found Minnesota families pay around 18% of their income towards childcare, which is the sixth most expensive in the country."
All BS
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 31, 2025 12:08 PM (NFX2v)
They should cut that out.
Posted by: fd at December 31, 2025 12:08 PM (vFG9F)
Florida man sues Outback Steakhouse after toilet "shattered" beneath him
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 31, 2025 12:01 PM
Pffft. Happens to me regularly. Behold the power of my manly flatulentic emissions!
Posted by: Eric Swalwell (D-CA) at December 31, 2025 12:09 PM (1y9Ku)
I think the economy will do even better than 3.8%. Assuming Democrats don't shutdown the government again.
I also think the fraud issue is going to be a lot bigger issue than was even thought a few days ago. Stealing from American taxpayers is a fairly bi-partisan issue these days.
And Musk will be involved supporting Republican candidates who get with the America First program.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2025 12:09 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: mrp at December 31, 2025 12:00 PM (rj6Yv)
What you’re really asking is what does a white family pay for daycare?
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald
About $100 a day. $10 bucks an hour.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 12:09 PM (QGRvm)
Posted by: fd at December 31, 2025 12:10 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 12:10 PM (GBKbO)
56 On a longer timeline: I predict that the new battleship class will never be built.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 11:14 AM
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Despite Trump using the term, they wouldn't be battleships, i.e. not large armoted ships with big guns. More like cruisers or heavy frigates.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at December 31, 2025 12:10 PM (VWtfl)
That being said, I see 2026 as better than 2025 across the board. I feel some wind at our backs in crushing leftwing cockroaches and kicking our enemies in the bozack.
I though 2025 was pretty awesome, and I think 2026 will be even better.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 31, 2025 12:10 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 12:10 PM (zNwXb)
Now 🤷♀️
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 31, 2025 12:11 PM (NFX2v)
And the 2020 redrawing brought the number of House seats that are actually winnable by the other parties down to a couple of dozen.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 11:46 AM (GBKbO
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I saw Devin Nunes on the VDH show this morning. They talked about the likely problem of losing the House. Nunes said that out of the 435 congressional districts, only about 50 are actually contested. Expects a slim majority, at best +10 for either party.
Democrat motto: "I have a one vote majority and I know how to use it."
Posted by: JM in Illinois at December 31, 2025 12:11 PM (eJAK0)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 12:11 PM (QGRvm)
California to Expand a $328 Million Homelessness Program, Despite Its Abysmal Failures
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 31, 2025 12:11 PM (L/fGl)
A Somalian will discover perpetual motion energy source and once again save the white man.
Posted by: MN Dem politicians at December 31, 2025 11:08 AM
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They all went to Minnesota to work on "Cold Fusion;" I wonder how many billions in grants they received for that?
Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at December 31, 2025 12:12 PM (uhTu8)
Posted by: fd
Somalis don't use toilets.
Posted by: rickb223"
I stand by my statement.
Posted by: fd at December 31, 2025 12:13 PM (vFG9F)
They should cut that out.
Posted by: fd at December 31, 2025 12:08 PM
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Nip it!
Posted by: B. Fife at December 31, 2025 12:13 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 31, 2025 12:13 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Sheldon Whitehouse at December 31, 2025 11:22 AM (2Ez/1)
Golf clap...
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at December 31, 2025 12:13 PM (w3u3d)
Posted by: Leg Alert at December 31, 2025 12:13 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at December 31, 2025 12:13 PM (8WtOr)
At the Chevron, Exxon, and Shell stations on the corner in my Houston neighborhood, all 3 were at $2.19 per gal.
California gas is so expensive because it is a special blend demanded by Cal law. With the refinery that blew up this year going off line completely in Jan 2026 and another in the first Q of 2026, Cal doesn't have enough refining ability to produce its special gas, and will have to import it from India. That has a lot to do with Cal's high gas prices.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 31, 2025 12:13 PM (Da7Vv)
They should cut that out.
Posted by: fd at December 31, 2025 12:08 PM (vFG9F)
All due to a tragic mistranslation - they thought “Izmel” meant “meat cleaver”.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2025 12:14 PM (m7iZ5)
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 12:15 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: ShainS
Flick proved cold fusion in A Christmas Story when he stuck his tongue to the flag pole.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 12:15 PM (QGRvm)
I reported this a few days ago. I heard an advertisement on a radio station (I think, and definitely not NPR) in which "Sesame Street" was begging for money. "Keep Elmo alive!", basically.
I smiled to think how filthy Childrens' Workshop must feel to have to grovel in the muck and filth (as they would see it) of the common commercial marketplace.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at December 31, 2025 12:15 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 31, 2025 12:15 PM (eD7Q0)
Posted by: The atmosphere at December 31, 2025 12:15 PM (2Ez/1)
They should cut that out.
Posted by: fd at December 31, 2025 12:08 PM
That's just the tip of the iceberg, so to speak.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 12:15 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: doug at December 31, 2025 12:16 PM (Hy+R4)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 31, 2025 12:16 PM (NFX2v)
Study Finds MN Child Care Costs Jumped 60% During Pandemic
February 26, 2022 / 6:00 PM CST / CBS Minnesota
"Gov. Tim Walz is pushing for the legislature to make child care more affordable by boosting investments in childcare assistance programs.
They'll do anything but state accurately what they plan to do:
raise your taxes to pay for other people's childcare (at best). How spending more money equates to "more affordable" is left as an exercise for the reader.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2025 12:16 PM (Riz8t)
Wow. $2.19 at Wal Mart. $2.02 at Sam's this past weekend.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 12:16 PM (QGRvm)
I'm in a new England state that somehow has had Republican governors but we have zero Congressional representation...
The hospital I work in used to pound the DEI drum and the hallways would echo with transanity.. now. Not so much
Posted by: melodicmetal at December 31, 2025 12:16 PM (61TgR)
Posted by: Frank Costanza at December 31, 2025 12:16 PM (2Ez/1)
Study Finds MN Child Care Costs Jumped 60% During Pandemic
February 26, 2022 / 6:00 PM CST / CBS Minnesota
"Gov. Tim Walz is pushing for the legislature to make child care more affordable by boosting investments in childcare assistance programs.
They'll do anything but state accurately what they plan to do:
raise your taxes to pay for other people's childcare (at best). How spending more money equates to "more affordable" is left as an exercise for the reader.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2025 12:16 PM (Riz8t)
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"We are the true capitalists. We increased the supply of childcare to bring down costs!"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 12:16 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 12:09 PM (QGRvm)
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Thanks, rick. $500 a week, not including early-late charges, per kid. Every family with kids in daycare should be outraged. Keep beating that horse, Dems.
Posted by: mrp at December 31, 2025 12:17 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 31, 2025 12:17 PM (eD7Q0)
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This is important. The SSA doesn't recognize a general power of attorney document as automatically granting authority for someone to manage someone else's SS benefits. The Payee Representative doesn't automatically get that authority either, but will be the person contacted first and generally will be granted the authority.
Posted by: Bigsmith at December 31, 2025 12:18 PM (1Au9i)
Posted by: Frank Costanza at December 31, 2025 12:16 PM (2Ez/1)
Gentlemen, I despise each and every one of you — legendary Japanese polemicist
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 31, 2025 12:19 PM (eD7Q0)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 31, 2025 12:19 PM (0U5gm)
raise your taxes to pay for other people's childcare (at best). How spending more money equates to "more affordable" is left as an exercise for the reader.
Posted by: Archimedes
👍 You're seldom wrong.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 31, 2025 12:19 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 31, 2025 12:20 PM (gm9Sb)
California to Expand a $328 Million Homelessness Program, Despite Its Abysmal Failures
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 31, 2025 12:11 PM (L/fGl)
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BREAKING: Califzuela Governor Gruesome Newscum Announces Plans To "Invest" $500 Billion In Permanent Sleeper Cars For The Homeless As Part Of His High Speed Rail Train To Nowhere Boondoggle.
/He will likely be The Democrat-Communist Nominee in '28 ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at December 31, 2025 12:20 PM (uhTu8)
Bondi -- out. That should have happened immediately after her humiliating failure theater with giving "influencers" binders of Epstein evidence that had already been put out in public.
You were in the big leagues, lady. A kindergarten show-n-tell exercise was never going to cut it. You should have known better than to have run your flapping yap in front of cameras without possessing a clear picture of what you had and when it could go public.
That was an immediate firing offense anywhere else and yet, there she still is.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at December 31, 2025 12:21 PM (xG4kz)
California to Expand a $328 Million Homelessness Program, Despite Its Abysmal Failures
Pfffffft.
Posted by: High Speed Rail at December 31, 2025 12:21 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at December 31, 2025 12:20 PM (uhTu
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All the Democrats who fled CA because of him won't vote for him in the primary.
Plus, you know, Kamala is the only one with significant black support, and black voters make up a very large share of the Democrat primary electorate, especially in SC.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 12:21 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: bill in arkansas
Or: Place a gallon gas can in the truck bed pre loaded with gasoline and sugar.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 31, 2025 12:21 PM (4wNax)
Posted by: bill in arkansas
The Paolo has, how you say, "member benefits" at each home he visits.
Posted by: The Paolo at December 31, 2025 12:22 PM (oftw2)
No government spending could ever accurately be as “investment”… Tim Walz is a retard supreme
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
Have you not been listening? Hacks on both sides of the aisle have been touting gubmint spending as "investment" for decades now -- at all levels of gubmint and across all localities.
And we never, ever have called them out on that blatant lie.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at December 31, 2025 12:24 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 12:24 PM (QGRvm)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 31, 2025 12:25 PM (Da7Vv)
They should cut that out.
Posted by: fd
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Pfft.
Posted by: David, holding up sack of 200 foreskins at December 31, 2025 12:29 PM (XeU6L)
So the amount of fraud in red states has to be significant. Not all of the red states, but Georgia and Arizona would be two to look at closely.
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at December 31, 2025 11:40 AM (4GFH7)
Alaska. The Murkowski and Begich families could benefit from a public audit...
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 31, 2025 12:29 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2025 12:30 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 31, 2025 12:15 PM (eD7Q0)
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Over/Under on Prometheus reference threads == 300, over half of them by TJM.
Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at December 31, 2025 12:32 PM (uhTu8)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 31, 2025 11:44 AM (gm9Sb)
Hah! I'd love to watch that unfold.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2025 12:37 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2025 11:58 AM (2WIwB)
Best local gas price here in AJ is 2.79; 3.09 just down the road. Wickiup AZ? 4.99
Word to the wise: if you travel Hwy. 93 between PHX and Las Vegas, never think of buying fuel in Wickiup. It's a racket there.
Fuel in Kingman was 2.59
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2025 12:55 PM (8zz6B)
That alone is a titanic win. Monumental. Because it showed that the problem was NEVER the laws, and we could always turn off the tap whenever we want. Illegal immigration was a choice we made. Not we, THEM. republicans and democrats. They decided, contrary to simply stop enforcing the law or taking it seriously. Best of all, there is no way back. At least they can't use that ploy again on us.
Posted by: Green Shades at December 31, 2025 02:46 PM (ZBykU)
Posted by: Green Shades at December 31, 2025 02:48 PM (ZBykU)
Posted by: Green Shades at December 31, 2025 02:51 PM (ZBykU)
Mid-Morning Art Thread
Lilly Martin Spencer
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at December 31, 2025 09:31 AM (w9Wax)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 31, 2025 09:31 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: huerfano at December 31, 2025 09:31 AM (98kQX)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 09:31 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 31, 2025 09:32 AM (7aioM)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 31, 2025 09:32 AM (XvL8K)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 09:32 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 31, 2025 09:32 AM (7aioM)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 31, 2025 09:32 AM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 09:32 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 31, 2025 09:33 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at December 31, 2025 09:33 AM (YQ2Mz)
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at December 31, 2025 09:33 AM (w9Wax)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 09:33 AM (QGRvm)
Posted by: Pete in Texas at December 31, 2025 09:33 AM (wbDAs)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 09:33 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: George Costanza at December 31, 2025 09:33 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: The Shoemaker's Daughter, Ready To Give Her Awl at December 31, 2025 09:34 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
And contains a pocket dimensions where the rest of Young Husband's head resides.
Posted by: She Hobbit at December 31, 2025 09:34 AM (ftFVW)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 09:34 AM (uA11f)
Posted by: Bulg at December 31, 2025 09:34 AM (77rzZ)
His head is way too large.
Posted by: Auspex at December 31, 2025 09:34 AM (mNhIh)
Posted by: Oglebay at December 31, 2025 09:34 AM (GPa4z)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 31, 2025 09:35 AM (xT8gx)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba
Based on those heels he's wearing, his "wife" won't have abplace to put them. IYKWIMAIKTYD
Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 09:35 AM (QGRvm)
Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at December 31, 2025
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"I told you, get the BROWN eggs! And this chicken is too old. Do I have to do everything myself?"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 09:35 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 31, 2025 09:35 AM (WPL6O)
When he got home he'd surely Get It.
For the hapless young fool
used the Five Second Rule
on streets that were covered in shit.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 09:35 AM (06Hmj)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 31, 2025 09:35 AM (0sNs1)
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 09:35 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: redridinghood at December 31, 2025 09:35 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Tuna at December 31, 2025 09:35 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Bulg at December 31, 2025 09:34 AM (77rzZ)
My wife shops, but I try to do it whenever possible. She's a menace.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 31, 2025 09:36 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 09:36 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 31, 2025 09:36 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: The Hambuglar at December 31, 2025 09:36 AM (2Ez/1)
Because that sort of fatherly affection in public was thought to be unmanly, the title of the cartoon was True Courage.
I see the same dynamic here.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 31, 2025 09:36 AM (ufSfZ)
Posted by: She Hobbit at December 31, 2025 09:36 AM (ftFVW)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 31, 2025 09:36 AM (bU1Ea)
Title:
Young Husband: First Marketing
Artist:
Lilly Martin Spencer (1822–1902)
Date:
1854
Culture:
American
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
29 1/2 x 24 3/4 in. (74.9 x 62.9 cm)
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 31, 2025 09:36 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: thug dolphin at December 31, 2025 09:36 AM (EyfuW)
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at December 31, 2025 09:37 AM (w9Wax)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 09:37 AM (uA11f)
Posted by: PabloD at December 31, 2025 09:37 AM (tfChy)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 31, 2025 09:35 AM (0sNs1)
Well the were for her pleasure!
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 31, 2025 09:37 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 31, 2025 09:38 AM (7aioM)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 31, 2025 09:38 AM (n9ltV)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 31, 2025 09:39 AM (nljXp)
Posted by: The sardonic-looking toff behind him with the umbrella at December 31, 2025 09:39 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: She Hobbit at December 31, 2025 09:39 AM (ftFVW)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
We don't believe you.
Posted by: Buster Brown (and Tige) at December 31, 2025 09:39 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 31, 2025 09:36 AM (bU1Ea)
Nebbish?
My favorite definition is: Someone you forget to introduce at a cocktail party.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 31, 2025 09:39 AM (n9ltV)
Not only is Young Husband trying to keep the goods in the basket, he's doing it in the rain. I hope Young Wife is appreciative.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 09:39 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Oglebay at December 31, 2025 09:40 AM (GPa4z)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 09:40 AM (06Hmj)
I see the same dynamic here.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 31, 2025 09:36 AM (ufSfZ
Yep, it made me laugh.
It's like in Republican Rome, when a patrician was known to love his wife, other patricians would taunt him for it.
"Oh, look at Quintus! Quintus loves his wife! What a homo!"
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 31, 2025 09:40 AM (BI5O2)
"Husband Loses Wager With Wife at "Go Fish" and Now Must Wear Her High-Heeled Shoes, Panties, and Bra For the Rest of the Week"
Posted by: naturalfake at December 31, 2025 09:40 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: The Wife at December 31, 2025 09:42 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 31, 2025
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Hawk is a larger-than-life character. Yet Brooks not only made it work but inhabited the role. We've had interesting Spensers in TV movies since then -- but nobody has come close to Brooks's Hawk.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 09:43 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: M. Gaga at December 31, 2025 09:43 AM (KiBMU)
Posted by: naturalfake
He's OK!
Posted by: Lumberjack Chorus at December 31, 2025 09:43 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba
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Here There Be Monsters - a limerick
There was a young husband named Merrill
Did some shopping for his lovely wife, Beryl
And in typical newlywed style
he found the feminine hygiene aisle
To be a No-Man's Land of great peril
Posted by: muldoon at December 31, 2025 09:43 AM (/iMjX)
Posted by: Person who checks out titles at December 31, 2025 09:43 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: PabloD at December 31, 2025
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True. This shopping expedition might be for a family party, though, so more goodies are required.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 09:44 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: JML at December 31, 2025 09:45 AM (6HEw5)
Posted by: Bulg at December 31, 2025 09:45 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Tech History at December 31, 2025 09:46 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at December 31, 2025 09:46 AM (idUt2)
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 31, 2025 09:46 AM (wVcYX)
They had to custom craft a football helmet for this guy because his melon wouldn't fit in the standard sizes.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 31, 2025 09:46 AM (nljXp)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 09:47 AM (RIvkX)
He often painted this subject, except:
Grocery shopper is female, leggy, and stacked
A breeze is blowing up her skirt.
Her granny panties have fallen to her ankles.
Celery is falling out of her paper bag.
Optional: She's walking a yapping little dog on a leash, adding to the chaos.
Posted by: Pete in Texas at December 31, 2025 09:47 AM (wbDAs)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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If you're at a cocktail party and don't know who the nebbish is, YOU are the nebbish.
(Don't ask me how I know)
Posted by: muldoon at December 31, 2025 09:47 AM (/iMjX)
Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at December 31, 2025 09:47 AM (idUt2)
Posted by: Sponsored by at December 31, 2025 09:47 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025
??? Where are the Arab rapists?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 31, 2025 09:48 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
Never had that problem, myself.
Posted by: Schlitzie the Pinhead at December 31, 2025 09:48 AM (oftw2)
You can call me Al.
Posted by: Paul Simon at December 31, 2025 09:49 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 31, 2025 09:49 AM (wVcYX)
I like the painting
Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 09:49 AM (leiJl)
Posted by: muldoon at December 31, 2025 09:49 AM (/iMjX)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 31, 2025 09:49 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: cmeat at December 31, 2025 09:50 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Billy Joel at December 31, 2025 09:51 AM (2Ez/1)
He carries that basket fey-ly
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at December 31, 2025 09:52 AM (xG4kz)
Aren't Nebbish those black licorice candies?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at December 31, 2025 09:53 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 31, 2025 09:48 AM (BI5O2)
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That guy in back looks creepy.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 09:53 AM (RIvkX)
If you're at a cocktail party and don't know who the nebbish is, YOU are the nebbish.
Jugdesh and his companions agree.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at December 31, 2025 09:54 AM (xG4kz)
Did I mention that cancer sucks?
Thanks to so many here who make me laugh a bit.
Posted by: man at December 31, 2025 09:54 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: cmeat at December 31, 2025 09:54 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein, Etc. And So On at December 31, 2025 09:54 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 31, 2025 09:55 AM (n9ltV)
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 09:55 AM (jc0TO)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 31, 2025 09:55 AM (kgE5c)
Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein, Etc. And So On at December 31, 2025 09:54 AM (oftw2)
Choler? They'll be downright dyspeptic after their first bowl of salmonella salad.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 09:56 AM (06Hmj)
He tried going around and giving the folks the high hat, but he failed to check what he donned every day.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at December 31, 2025 09:56 AM (xG4kz)
Captures emotions very well with a brush and pigment.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 31, 2025 09:49 AM (u82oZ)
Anyone can do that.
Try painting with a brush and pig.
Posted by: Jackson Pollock at December 31, 2025 09:56 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 31, 2025 09:55 AM
*checks coat pockets*
I got a Carolina Reaper I can spare.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 31, 2025 09:56 AM (kgE5c)
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 31, 2025 09:57 AM (gbOdA)
Puerto Rican fence climbing boots, I've heard them called
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at December 31, 2025 09:57 AM (xG4kz)
Painted from her home, with her husband as her business manager. Moved to NYC in her middle years.
I like her self portrait, painted in the 1840s.
Posted by: M. Gaga at December 31, 2025 09:58 AM (KiBMU)
Thank you for the mention of Art Frahm. He is an artist I can get on the floor and look up to. his art.
Just imagine what he could do with thongs.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 31, 2025 09:58 AM (u82oZ)
My favorite definition is: Someone you forget to introduce at a cocktail party.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
You Can Call Me Al
>The famously funny yet enigmatic chorus, Simon said, came from a funny memory of going to a party at the New York apartment of Pierre Boulez, the conductor-composer. Simon and his first wife Peggy arrived, meeting their host at the door, who evidently had no clue who they were. Boulez introduced them to his guests as “Al and Betty.”
And now you know the rest of the story... good day!
Posted by: Paul Harvey's voice at December 31, 2025 09:58 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 31, 2025 09:58 AM (g8Ew8)
Odd...I remember in 2024 being told repeatedly that if someone had done nothing wrong they had nothing to fear from a government investigation or the media demonizing them.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 09:58 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 31, 2025 09:56 AM (kgE5c)
I thought the Jamaican Death Turd was the latest hottest pepper.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 09:58 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at December 31, 2025 09:58 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at December 31, 2025 09:57 AM
Cuba roach stompers. No escape in the corner of the room.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 09:59 AM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Young Husband at December 31, 2025 09:59 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 31, 2025 09:59 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 09:59 AM (uA11f)
Posted by: cmeat at December 31, 2025 09:54 AM (R11M+)
There's an old Andy Capp cartoon where Andy calls on his mate Chalkie to go down to the pub. Chalkie says that he won't, because he feels guilty about going off and having fun while his wife is in bed with the flu. "Suit yourself," Andy shrugs, and the last panel is of Chalkie doing dishes and saying, "'E's a smashin' mate. 'E likes me in spite of me virtues."
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 31, 2025 09:59 AM (ufSfZ)
I got a Carolina Reaper I can spare.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 31, 2025 09:56 AM (kgE5c)`
We grew those last summer..... Husband who eats Habaneros easily , could only eat a tiny piece...
Posted by: It's me donna at December 31, 2025 09:59 AM (VE6XX)
Posted by: M. Gaga at December 31, 2025 10:00 AM (KiBMU)
Posted by: Bulg at December 31, 2025 09:45 AM (77rzZ)
And just when you've managed to memorize where most everything is, "they" move it all around . . .
Posted by: capercaillie4901 at December 31, 2025 10:00 AM (f1WVr)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 31, 2025 10:00 AM (cYBz/)
Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 31, 2025 10:00 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 31, 2025 09:56 AM (kgE5c)
I thought the Jamaican Death Turd was the latest hottest pepper.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
>It's not the X pepper? That's about my limit.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 31, 2025 10:01 AM (nljXp)
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 10:01 AM (jc0TO)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 10:02 AM (uA11f)
I see Art Frahm was a Documentary Painter depicting the Great Age of Lost Panties occurring in the 1950s.
Posted by: naturalfake at December 31, 2025 10:02 AM (iJfKG)
And now you know the rest of the story... good day!
Posted by: Paul Harvey's voice
I cannot abide Chevy Chase in the video unconvincingly acting as though he was playing that horn.
I larfed when I read that he was butthurt for not having been asked to be part of the SNL50 event. Read the room, pal: NO ONE LIKES YOU.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at December 31, 2025 10:02 AM (xG4kz)
He often painted this subject, except:
Grocery shopper is female, leggy, and stacked
A breeze is blowing up her skirt.
Her granny panties have fallen to her ankles.
Celery is falling out of her paper bag.
Optional: She's walking a yapping little dog on a leash, adding to the chaos.
Posted by: Pete in Texas at December 31, 2025
***
I want a calendar of that!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 10:02 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 31, 2025 10:02 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: DaveA at December 31, 2025 10:02 AM (FhXTo)
Posted by: Old Fossil at December 31, 2025 10:02 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: steevy at December 31, 2025 10:02 AM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Walz's wife at December 31, 2025 10:03 AM (2Ez/1)
Have a great day, everyone.
May there be smiting of the enemies of Civilization and Art.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 31, 2025 10:03 AM (u82oZ)
He went out in designer-numbered boots
Wearing his finest three-piece umber suit
And to top it off he said,
"I'll keep the rain off my head
With a nice British gentleman's...
...umbrella!"
Posted by: muldoon at December 31, 2025 10:03 AM (/iMjX)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 31, 2025 10:03 AM (sDNVV)
I see Art Frahm was a Documentary Painter depicting the Great Age of Lost Panties occurring in the 1950s.
Posted by: naturalfake
Underwear gnome adjacent, he was
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at December 31, 2025 10:03 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Bulg at December 31, 2025 10:03 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: cmeat at December 31, 2025 10:04 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: muldoon at December 31, 2025 10:04 AM (/iMjX)
I larfed when I read that he was butthurt for not having been asked to be part of the SNL50 event. Read the room, pal: NO ONE LIKES YOU.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at December 31, 2025 10:02 AM
John Belushi; Don't look back in anger.
https://youtu.be/64LJXqyZCek
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 10:04 AM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Bulg
I like to do the grocery shopping and don't have too much trouble finding items - BUT, I shop by color and shape of packaging. If they change the products' looks, I'm completely lost.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 31, 2025 10:04 AM (cYBz/)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 09:58 AM
Sounds more like the result of a Jamaican eating a few Carolina Reapers.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 31, 2025 10:04 AM (kgE5c)
Posted by: cmeat at December 31, 2025 10:05 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: front toward enemy at December 31, 2025 10:05 AM (TIizU)
Celery is falling out of her paper bag
The celery, of course, stands in for the penis that took her virginity
-- your local snooty art critic what knows art
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at December 31, 2025 10:05 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: muldoon at December 31, 2025 10:04 AM (/iMjX)
bumbershoot?
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 31, 2025 10:05 AM (wVcYX)
https://tinyurl.com/37bsxrzr
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 10:06 AM (uA11f)
Posted by: cmeat at December 31, 2025 10:06 AM (R11M+)
There you go, you now know all about what teenage girls will be buzzing about later in the new year.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 31, 2025 10:06 AM (oqhSb)
French women invented soccer to give them something to do while their husbands cooked dinner.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 31, 2025 10:07 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 10:08 AM (QGRvm)
Posted by: cmeat
Schlitzie was a real Pinhead from carnivals and freak shows. He is featured in the 1932 movie "Freaks". A gentle soul.
Posted by: Tod Browning at December 31, 2025 10:08 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 31, 2025 10:03 AM (sDNVV)
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Hey! Standing right over here!
Posted by: Will.I.Am at December 31, 2025 10:08 AM (oqhSb)
The sign isn't the only thing misspelled.
The address on the door? 1411 Nicolet
The address on their license? 1411 Nicollet Ave.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 10:09 AM (QGRvm)
Now GTG.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 31, 2025 10:09 AM (u82oZ)
That actually sounds like a real word. Is it? If not, make something up!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 10:09 AM (uA11f)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at December 31, 2025 10:09 AM (xG4kz)
i grow 7pot brain strain. plenty tuff.
Posted by: cmeat at December 31, 2025 10:10 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 31, 2025 10:10 AM (wVcYX)
If a tranny goes missing, do they put the picture on a carton of Half-n-Half?
Posted by: rickb223
Shut 'er down -- comment of the day right there!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at December 31, 2025 10:11 AM (xG4kz)
There you go, you now know all about what teenage girls will be buzzing about later in the new year.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 31, 2025 10:06 AM (oqhSb)
Do teenage girls give a shit about Britney Spears? She was at her peak fame before most teenagers today were born.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 31, 2025 10:11 AM (9c0bR)
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 31, 2025 10:07 AM (KDPiq)
Old German saying: Young German women get married so they'll have something to keep them busy while waiting for the right man to come along.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 31, 2025 10:11 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: Tonypete
Sam's. Pre-cooked bacon crumbles.
Went from a black bag to a predominantly white bag. I walked past them 3 times.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 10:11 AM (QGRvm)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 10:12 AM (tfRlN)
Posted by: Bad Andrew at December 31, 2025 10:12 AM (DgMqy)
Posted by: Eromero at December 31, 2025 10:13 AM (Slgjz)
Posted by: steevy at December 31, 2025 10:13 AM (YwEeS)
vicar, "off to the red lion, i suppose? beer isn't everything, andy."
capp, (to the reader) "''es right, you know- but it's way ahead of whatever's in second place."
Posted by: cmeat at December 31, 2025 10:14 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Bulg at December 31, 2025 10:14 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 31, 2025 10:15 AM (nljXp)
Posted by: Teenage girls at December 31, 2025 10:16 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Little Girls With Little Curls at December 31, 2025 10:16 AM (oftw2)
You can have me hat or me bumbershoo -
But you better never bother with me ol' bam-boo!
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 31, 2025 10:17 AM (ufSfZ)
Posted by: Bulg
You know about the cup sizes?
Posted by: Frank Costanza at December 31, 2025 10:17 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Clancy Wiggum, Chili Enthusiast at December 31, 2025 10:17 AM (FfkWi)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 10:12 AM (tfRlN)
I use a basket cart. I'm too old for pride.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 31, 2025 10:17 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 31, 2025 10:17 AM (9c0bR)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 10:12 AM (tfRlN)
Reminds me of the vid at the grocery store exit where a guy confronts another guy who just exited carrying a couple of plastic grocery bags in one hand. The empty handed guy became aggressive and the grocery bag guy laid him out while still calmly holding his bags . That’s masculine carrying.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 31, 2025 10:17 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: cmeat at December 31, 2025 10:17 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 31, 2025 09:39 AM (n9ltV)
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Same thing but yours is the pronunciation for people who cannot pronounce a guttural "ch".
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 31, 2025 10:18 AM (QK0jY)
Some people will put the dressing in a separate spot and dip the leaves one at a time, but those people are insane and should be shot.
Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 10:18 AM (tfRlN)
I wore it better.
Posted by: Zorro at December 31, 2025 10:19 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Dessicated Husk In Wilmington at December 31, 2025 10:19 AM (oftw2)
But you better never bother with me ol' bam-boo!
Ladies use a parasol!
Posted by: Bad Andrew at December 31, 2025 10:19 AM (DgMqy)
I was well into adulthood when Calvin and Hobbes taught me the definition of spelunking.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 31, 2025 10:19 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Clancy Wiggum, Chili Enthusiast at December 31, 2025 10:17 AM (FfkWi)
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They say he carved it himself...from a bigger spoon.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 10:20 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Eeyore at December 31, 2025 10:21 AM (s0JqF)
First World Problems are on Sunday.
Posted by: COB out front should have told you at December 31, 2025 10:21 AM (2Ez/1)
Have that shit delivered. Whatever the delivery fee and tip cost is, well worth it given the time saved.
Bonus: zero bags to lift. 😃
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 31, 2025 10:21 AM (9c0bR)
Posted by: Eeyore at December 31, 2025 10:21 AM (s0JqF)
+1. I never had to fold towels again.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 31, 2025 10:22 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: cmeat at December 31, 2025 10:22 AM (R11M+)
Before, it was listed as 6am to 10pm
Then, for no reason at all, yesterday it changed to ... 2pm to 10pm.
LOL
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 31, 2025 10:22 AM (HXT0k)
Posted by: banana Dream
**********
Yep. With a gallon jug of milk dangling from my pinky finger...
...and close the car door with my foot.
Posted by: muldoon at December 31, 2025 10:22 AM (/iMjX)
Like it though, would hang . Thx CBD
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 10:23 AM (zNwXb)
Posted by: Hiding in NC at December 31, 2025 10:23 AM (oftw2)
First World Problems are on Sunday.
Posted by: COB out front should have told you
*snort
Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 10:23 AM (QGRvm)
Posted by: Clancy Wiggum, Chili Enthusiast at December 31, 2025 10:17 AM (FfkWi)
LOL.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 31, 2025 10:24 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: Hiding in NC
You only panic when your firing pin breaks.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 10:24 AM (QGRvm)
Posted by: muldoon at December 31, 2025 10:22 AM (/iMjX)
A real man would have the car door close itself after giving it a stern glance.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 10:24 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 31, 2025 10:24 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 31, 2025 10:25 AM (BI5O2)
183 Too many here don't get one of the main rules of marriage. The first time she tells you to do something, fcuk it up so badly she never wants you to do it again. The siht you hear will be worth it.
Posted by: Eeyore at December 31, 2025 10:21 AM
As we all learned from Calvin and Hobbes long ago:
https://tinyurl.com/47sxn3ew
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 31, 2025 10:25 AM (2Ez/1)
Before, it was listed as 6am to 10pm
Then, for no reason at all, yesterday it changed to ... 2pm to 10pm.
LOL
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
Check the operating hours on their license.
10 pm is no bueno.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 10:25 AM (QGRvm)
Posted by: Hiding in NC
NYC fell long ago.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 31, 2025 10:25 AM (KDPiq)
I'm excluded from any part of the process that happens between the Throw It In The Hamper and Put Your Clean Clothes Away phases.
Posted by: Bad Andrew at December 31, 2025 10:25 AM (DgMqy)
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Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2025 10:27 AM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Hiding in NC at December 31, 2025 10:23 AM (oftw2)
Hell no. Break out the popcorn!
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 31, 2025 10:27 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: Hiding in NC at December 31, 2025 10:23 AM (oftw2)
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A Koran, and the ceremony will happen in an abandoned subway station last used in 1946. Why? No one knows.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 31, 2025 10:27 AM (eK/uX)
Posted by: Opinion fact
You pay good money for, then carry water around? That shit weighs 8 lbs. per gallon! No running water in your house? You'll never get rich paying for water like that!
Posted by: Frugal Freda at December 31, 2025 10:27 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 31, 2025 10:27 AM (eK/uX)
Hamas likes tunnels?
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 31, 2025 10:28 AM (KDPiq)
I wore it better.
Posted by: Zorro at December 31, 2025 10:19 AM
Ahem.
Posted by: Melania at the inauguration at December 31, 2025 10:28 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 10:29 AM (zNwXb)
Posted by: Hiding in NC at December 31, 2025 10:23 AM (oftw2)
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A Koran, and the ceremony will happen in an abandoned subway station last used in 1946. Why? No one knows.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 31, 2025 10:27 AM (eK/uX)
Beneath the planet of the apes set?
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 31, 2025 10:29 AM (wVcYX)
But the junk food and soft drinks are prominently displayed right next to each other.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 31, 2025 10:29 AM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 31, 2025 10:29 AM (wVcYX)
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All glory to the bomb and the holy fallout.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 10:29 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 31, 2025 10:27 AM (eK/uX)
It was the one used by Lex Luthor in the first Superman movie?
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2025 10:29 AM (m7iZ5)
Muldoon got me. Ha!
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 31, 2025 10:10 AM (wVcYX)
________
That was taught us in the 60s, in a comic book. Marvel IIRC.
Posted by: Eeyore at December 31, 2025 10:30 AM (s0JqF)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 10:30 AM (ELdpA)
MN law requires day cares to operate and be open between 6am to 6pm. 2pm open is not allowed.
But it gets better: Under MN law, any program operating at night, between the hours of 6pm and 6am are classified as a "night care program."
Additional staffing, meal provisions, and sleeping equipment are required.
The Quality Learing Center is not licensed as night care program either.
But, CBS investigated and found no official entries in the state database under "Somali Day Care Fraud, $1+ million stolen" so there is no fraud.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 31, 2025 10:30 AM (HXT0k)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 31, 2025 10:27 AM (eK/uX)
Somalis built the subway station.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 31, 2025 10:30 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 31, 2025 10:31 AM (2Ez/1)
I refuse to acknowledge the existence of the second button.
Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 10:31 AM (tfRlN)
But the junk food and soft drinks are prominently displayed right next to each other.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 31, 2025 10:29 AM (NwnyJ)
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This is apparently grocery stores' attempts at experimental design, efforts to gather data on how sitting different items next to each other or in different parts of the store affect purchasing behavior.
It's radically inefficient and a waste of pretty much everyone's time because you can design the experiments much more efficiently.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 10:31 AM (GBKbO)
MN law requires day cares to operate and be open between 6am to 6pm. 2pm open is not allowed.
But it gets better: Under MN law, any program operating at night, between the hours of 6pm and 6am are classified as a "night care program."
Additional staffing, meal provisions, and sleeping equipment are required.
The Quality Learing Center is not licensed as night care program either.
Told ya.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 10:31 AM (QGRvm)
Taxes are not used to fund anything, they are in place to punish you and rub uncle sugar's nutsack in your face.
The federal criminals borrow the money they spend, which will never be paid back. Ever.
You almost understand. Now answer the one question I keep asking but nobody ever answers: "If you could print money, why would you need to borrow any of that money you printed from anyone else?"
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 31, 2025 10:32 AM (Da7Vv)
But, CBS investigated and found no official entries in the state database under "Somali Day Care Fraud, $1+ million stolen" so there is no fraud.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 31, 2025 10:30 AM (HXT0k)
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This is going to work as well as, "We asked one guy in the mayor's office about this, and he said no, the Haitians are not eating the pets. You're racist."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 10:32 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 10:32 AM (zNwXb)
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I keep saying, I don't worry about Islam getting stronger, I worry about Christianity getting weaker.
A robust, faithful and confident Christianity has nothing to fear from anything of this world.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 31, 2025 10:32 AM (HXT0k)
But the junk food and soft drinks are prominently displayed right next to each other.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 31, 2025 10:29 AM (NwnyJ)
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Ours did that. What had been a quick run now takes 30 minutes. I talked to the store manager, who liked it no more then we customers did. But that's upper management nowadays.
Posted by: Eeyore at December 31, 2025 10:32 AM (s0JqF)
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19m
>>🚨 BREAKING: It's being exposed that more than 40 "daycare" centers in Columbus OH opened under a Somali shell organization and get $14 MILLION in just the past year.
>>The fraud is freaking everywhere.
>>MASS RAIDS are required. ENOUGH
Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2025 10:33 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Martini Farmer
I wonder how much time the stock planners spend on getting the items all short, old ladies need to the very top of the shelves?
Bastids.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 31, 2025 10:33 AM (cYBz/)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 10:12 AM (tfRlN)
"Lazy man carries the biggest load."
- my father-in-law
Posted by: sal at December 31, 2025 10:33 AM (f+FmA)
Posted by: Bulg at December 31, 2025 10:34 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Panama at December 31, 2025 10:34 AM (2Ez/1)
Taxes are not used to fund anything, they are in place to punish you and rub uncle sugar's nutsack in your face.
The federal criminals borrow the money they spend, which will never be paid back. Ever.
You almost understand. Now answer the one question I keep asking but nobody ever answers: "If you could print money, why would you need to borrow any of that money you printed from anyone else?"
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 31, 2025 10:32 AM (Da7Vv)
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Because people notice inflation.
Posted by: Eeyore at December 31, 2025 10:34 AM (s0JqF)
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 31, 2025 10:10 AM
I learned about bumbershoots from "Frasier":
Niles: Oh, here. [hands her his umbrella] Take my bumbershoot.
Daphne: Oh, isn't that nice. Well, at least someone appreciates my mother tongue. [leaves]
Niles: Yes, I've always had an ear for your tongue.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2025 10:35 AM (P5BPp)
It's like a game of hide-n-seek.
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 31, 2025 10:35 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: banana Dream
Did you feel your manly essence drain right out, when she schooled you?
Posted by: Cuckshed, Revisited at December 31, 2025 10:35 AM (oftw2)
Usually hard goods are completely on one side of the store.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 31, 2025 10:36 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 10:31 AM (tfRlN)
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Wifey got a good chuckle one day watching me replenish toilet paper a the bathroom cabinet. I unconsciously (now a force of habit) lifted up the existing two rolls and slipped a new roll underneath them (OCD much?).
Now I've become extremely self-conscious of this action -- but can't not continue to do it now. It is a matter of honor ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at December 31, 2025 10:36 AM (7nfvi)
I am obviously getting stronger in my old age.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 10:37 AM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Bulg at December 31, 2025 10:34 AM (77rzZ)
Do you have a newsletter to which I may subscribe?
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 31, 2025 10:37 AM (wVcYX)
The fraud is freaking everywhere.
MASS RAIDS are required. ENOUGH
Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2025 10:33 AM
They can start with raiding this Gas Station / Smoke Shop / "Daycare"
SGT_❌artin705 @SGT_Martin705
Yo go check out this Gas Station Smoke Shop Day Care Center on Stelzer Road
X images: https://bit.ly/49wxC2q
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2025 10:37 AM (P5BPp)
Posted by: cmeat at December 31, 2025 10:37 AM (R11M+)
Thanks. While waiting for a tow truck to arrive yesterday I heard pastor interviewed: Jack Hibbs. He is the pastor of a large evangelical church His new book is about taking a bold stand for the Christian faith:
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 10:37 AM (ELdpA)
I like spicy food too and picked up some Stonewall Kitchen Ghost Pepper Salsa. It was hard to eat more than a little at a time. Like eating lava.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2025 10:37 AM (viF8m)
Now I've become extremely self-conscious of this action -- but can't not continue to do it now. It is a matter of honor ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at December 31, 2025 10:36 AM
Do you check the Best By dates?
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 10:38 AM (jc0TO)
Posted by: L. H. Oswald at December 31, 2025 10:38 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 10:38 AM (ELdpA)
Heh. I’ve said that more than once to the cashiers.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 31, 2025 10:38 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 31, 2025 10:38 AM (DoBxX)
It's like a game of hide-n-seek.
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 31, 2025 10:35 AM (wVcYX)
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* Costco has entered the chat *
Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at December 31, 2025 10:39 AM (7nfvi)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 31, 2025 09:32 AM (XvL8K)
Ha! Unexpected!
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 10:39 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 10:39 AM (QGRvm)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport
What is Spotify?
Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 10:40 AM (QGRvm)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 10:39 AM (QGRvm)
January 1, 2026 BC
Start date of last pyramid.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 31, 2025 10:41 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 10:41 AM (RIvkX)
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Interesting art. I have to go to the store later. And Happy New Years to you all.
Goes looking for coffee.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2025 10:41 AM (2WIwB)
The Paolo's hard goods are - how you say? - available throughout the store.
Posted by: Paolo at December 31, 2025 10:42 AM (ufSfZ)
I do Amazon Music because it has better sound quality, tho.
If you don't care about the higher bitrate, go Spotify.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 31, 2025 10:42 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
>I love the hot pepper and pepper salsa. Some of the sauces are not very flavorful and taste like industrial grade waste.
Lately, I've been going to the dried pepper flake. You shake on and meter what you like and overall it's a more pleasant experience. Ghost peppers are also quite tasty.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 31, 2025 10:43 AM (nljXp)
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 10:43 AM (jc0TO)
Posted by: rickb223
So true. And, if we used the Julian system, it would happen again in 13 days.
This is for your information only - it will not be on the test.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 31, 2025 10:43 AM (cYBz/)
I do Amazon Music because it has better sound quality, tho.
If you don't care about the higher bitrate, go Spotify.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 31, 2025 10:42 AM (BI5O2)
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I haven't listened to recorded music since RCA went woke in 1921.
Chamber music live or nothing.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 10:43 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 10:43 AM (ELdpA)
Wifey got a good chuckle one day watching me replenish toilet paper a the bathroom cabinet. I unconsciously (now a force of habit) lifted up the existing two rolls and slipped a new roll underneath them (OCD much?).
Now I've become extremely self-conscious of this action -- but can't not continue to do it now. It is a matter of honor ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at December 31, 2025 10:36 AM (7nfvi)
When I unload the dishwasher, I put the clean dishes in the back of their place on the rack, or bottom of the stack of plates, so the other dishes don't get jealous b/c they're not being used as often
Feel better?
Posted by: sal at December 31, 2025 10:43 AM (f+FmA)
Lilly Martin Spencer, American
1854
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 758
"Spencer portrayed the unvarnished reality of male-female relationships in this painting, which chronicles the travails of early married life. Here, the unseen young wife is not in full command of her kitchen, having sent her young husband out to procure the groceries—a task for which he is evidently not qualified. Using her own husband as a model, Spencer depicted the man stumbling down the street and attempting to hold on to the items in his overflowing basket, attracting gazes from at least one onlooker and suffering a public humiliation. Spencer depicted in humorous terms a real social anxiety of the time: that of setting up a household and running it efficiently."
It's a well-done and lighthearted painting. Lily Martin Spencer's 'Young Wife: First Stew' is too. I like the featured painting and the other mentioned a great deal & might hang them as a set.
Thanks.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 31, 2025 10:43 AM (NFX2v)
On X people are asking if they also said "THIS IS MAGA COUNTRY".
Posted by: Ian S. at December 31, 2025 10:44 AM (3ha+O)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 31, 2025 10:38 AM (DoBxX)
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If you can reach a human I wonder if they would extend that for more months. But as far as the service itself goes I use it every day.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 31, 2025 10:44 AM (H6R4g)
The one I use most is Sriracha, though. It goes great on do many things.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 31, 2025 10:45 AM (BI5O2)
"life is a blur of republicans and meat."
Posted by: cmeat at December 31, 2025 10:45 AM (R11M+)
If you don't care about the higher bitrate, go Spotify.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 31, 2025 10:42 AM (BI5O2)
I second this. Only on your mobile Mac or widows, they don’t like Linux. But everything else much higher bitrate and quality.
Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 10:45 AM (tfRlN)
Chamber music live or nothing.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 10:43 AM
You have not listened to recorded music since 1921?!
I knew there were some older people who comment here, but wow.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2025 10:45 AM (P5BPp)
Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 10:46 AM (2fdLC)
Posted by: cmeat at December 31, 2025 10:46 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 09:31 AM (wzUl9)
Start of a poem, there, maybe?
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 10:46 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 10:47 AM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 31, 2025 10:27 AM (eK/uX)
Hamas likes tunnels?
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 31, 2025 10:28 AM (KDPiq)
Isn't that where they filmed that giant cockroach movie? Fitting.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 31, 2025 10:47 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 31, 2025 10:45 AM (BI5O2)
Have you tried the jar verses the squirt bottle? The stuff they put in the jar I think is even better than the bottle.
Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 10:47 AM (tfRlN)
I haven't listened to recorded music since RCA went woke in 1921.
Chamber music live or nothing.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 10:43 AM (GBKbO)
Yeah, I know... that damn Communist dog. But I've got a fever and the only cure is more Rudy Vallee.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 31, 2025 10:47 AM (BI5O2)
They do that periodically to keep you in the store longer. The theory is if you are wandering around - you may buy something on impulse. They are idiots to do that because they don't account for the pissed off customers who are angry at the store for wasting their time, and figure "I'll just shop somewhere else if I have to learn a whole new layout".
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 31, 2025 10:48 AM (Da7Vv)
NEW: House Oversight Committee Chairman @RepJamesComer announces the committee’s first hearing into the MN Somali fraud scandal will be on January 7th & will feature MN state lawmakers who sounded the alarm on the fraud & were allegedly ignored. MN Gov. Tim Walz & AG Keith Ellison are being invited to testify before the committee in a second hearing on February 10th.
“Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison have either been asleep at the wheel or complicit in a massive fraud involving taxpayer dollars in Minnesota’s social services programs,” Comer writes. “Next week, we will hear from Minnesota state lawmakers who sounded the alarm on this fraud — and whose warnings were ignored by the Walz administration. This misconduct cannot be swept aside, and Congress will not stop until taxpayers get the answers and accountability they deserve.”
X: https://bit.ly/3YPxNQb
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2025 10:48 AM (P5BPp)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 10:47 AM (tfRlN)
I will now.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 31, 2025 10:48 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
Kinda looks like the Quaker Oats guy's hat.
Posted by: t-bird at December 31, 2025 10:48 AM (NcjJv)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 31, 2025 10:38 AM (DoBxX)
Yes. Excellent catalog, easy interface.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 31, 2025 10:48 AM (n9ltV)
Chamber music live or nothing.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger
I'm fixin' to chow down on your ankles.
Posted by: Nipper at December 31, 2025 10:49 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 10:47 AM (jc0TO)
It's 5786 in the Jewish calendar.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 31, 2025 10:49 AM (n9ltV)
- my father-in-law
Posted by: sal at December 31, 2025 10:33 AM (f+FmA)
If you want to find out how to make your system efficient, hire lazy people.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 10:50 AM (ExV1e)
Here's a Somali illegal who was convicted in the feeding our future scam with his friend, the Minnesota Secretary of State.
The same Secretary of State who files all the nonprofits which a lot of the scams are run through.
X image: https://bit.ly/4qxR5ph
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2025 10:50 AM (P5BPp)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 31, 2025 10:49 AM
What is the start event of the calendar?
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 10:51 AM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Eeyore at December 31, 2025 10:34 AM (s0JqF)
The utility of money exists in people believing that it has value. If they stop believing, it stops having value.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 10:51 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 10:51 AM (tfRlN)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 10:51 AM
That's why you have ice cream for dessert.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 10:52 AM (jc0TO)
This is essential
Congressman Byron Donalds @RepDonaldsPress
The SAVE Act ensures ONLY US CITIZENS can vote in US elections.
LAST YEAR: @HouseGOP PASSED The SAVE Act, but Senate Dems blocked us.
264 DAYS AGO: @HouseGOP PASSED The SAVE Act again, but it’s held-up in the Senate.
I agree with @SenMikeLee - It’s time to PASS THE SAVE ACT NOW!
X: https://bit.ly/4slsFB2
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2025 10:52 AM (P5BPp)
The one I use most is Sriracha, though. It goes great on do many things.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
My go to choice for hot sauce on veggies.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 31, 2025 10:53 AM (QVmho)
He went from making homunculi with his sister on the dirt floor of a thatched hut to palling around with the power elite, just like that. Didn't even need a visa.
Truly, this is the land of opportunity. Only in America!
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 31, 2025 10:53 AM (BI5O2)
On X people are asking if they also said "THIS IS MAGA COUNTRY".
Posted by: Ian S.
What about the one day care whose phone number went straight to Walz's office?
Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 10:54 AM (QGRvm)
Posted by: Ian S. at December 31, 2025 10:54 AM (wa3mR)
Feel better?
Posted by: sal at December 31, 2025 10:43 AM (f+FmA)
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lol
We don't use a dishwasher (both wifey and I have always washed dishes by hand) -- but I must admit that that is a consideration when replacing dishes in the cabinets.
Sometimes even utensils ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at December 31, 2025 10:54 AM (7nfvi)
SOMALI FRAUD IN WASHINGTON:
@choeshow and I spent yesterday investigating Somali daycares in WA.
“Dhagash Childcare” has received over $210,000 just this year. People living at the address claim there has never been a daycare there.
We lay out the facts in this teaser:
X video: https://bit.ly/4q2fAv1
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2025 10:54 AM (P5BPp)
Online prank. Google lets you issue a correction for a business' phone number.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 31, 2025 10:54 AM (wa3mR)
This issue could put quite a damper on the midterms for Democrats.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2025 10:54 AM (viF8m)
Hottest thing I ever had was “nuclear chicken” at a Thai place. They asked me how hot and I gave them a steely glare and said, Thai Hot.’! WOW, very tasty, very hot, sweating buckets hot. But fine, tic tic tic,… five hours later it went critical in my colon.
Posted by: banana Dream
I did that at a Thai place near the airport in Norfolk, VA. She refused to cook it that way and said I wouldn't like it. I paid her before she cooked it, told her to make two, one with, and one without. She brought them both out, and i only ate the hot one.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 31, 2025 10:55 AM (QVmho)
Posted by: Time is Tight at December 31, 2025 10:55 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Oglebay
They still are down at my local nudie bar.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at December 31, 2025 10:56 AM (ycI94)
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 10:38 AM (jc0TO)
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Being preppers, we have lots of food stuffs stored -- and of course the items must be stacked by Best By dates.
Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at December 31, 2025 10:56 AM (7nfvi)
Newsom just dropped his lawsuit against Trump for removing federal funding to the high speed fail. Seems like he doesn't want anyone finding out where the tens of billions actually went.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 31, 2025 10:56 AM (wa3mR)
Impressive.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 10:56 AM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 31, 2025 10:56 AM (ElQWS)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 10:39 AM (QGRvm)
2026 will also be the most important election of our lifetime.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 31, 2025 10:56 AM (9c0bR)
In 2011, @rweingarten demanded that $20+ million be sent to Somalia.
Why was the President of the AMERICAN Federation of Teachers focused on Somalia??
With the teachers union, it’s NEVER been about American children!
X: https://bit.ly/4q4g7fU
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2025 10:57 AM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Time is Tight at December 31, 2025 10:55 AM (oftw2)
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No the world ended in 1975.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 10:57 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 31, 2025 10:49 AM
What is the start event of the calendar?
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 10:51 AM (jc0TO)
When old Sarah told Abraham, "I'm pregnant!"
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 31, 2025 10:58 AM (g8Ew8)
Why was the President of the AMERICAN Federation of Teachers focused on Somalia??
Somalia was apparently the Ukraine before it was cool.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 31, 2025 10:58 AM (wa3mR)
BREAKING - Over 40 daycare centers in Columbus, Ohio, all opened under the same defunct shell organization, the Somali Education & Resource Center, have been identified as opening and beginning operations on the exact same day, with combined earnings of $14 million in 2024 alone.
X video: https://bit.ly/4jkZBFv
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2025 10:58 AM (P5BPp)
But if you order now you can get 11 records or tapes for just a dollar!
Posted by: Columbia House at December 31, 2025 10:58 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: cmeat at December 31, 2025 10:59 AM (R11M+)
Impressive.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 10:56 AM (jc0TO)
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How does that work? Time didn't even exist until the creation of the world, so how could a start date be *before* creation? I'm genuinely curious.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 10:59 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 31, 2025 10:55 AM (QVmho)
Mine had the usual peppers fresh and dried and pepper oils, but the real heat came from garam masala looking stuff. A really good flavor, but it was molten lava. I’ve never found it in a dish again and I kinda jones for the feeling and taste.
Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 11:00 AM (tfRlN)
Despite having "borrowed" $38 Trillion, we still have inflation don't we? And people notice that inflation. So what did that accomplish?
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 31, 2025 11:00 AM (Da7Vv)
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In fairness, he is retarded.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 31, 2025 11:01 AM (L/fGl)
More failure theater. "Invited?" Subpoena their asses and have them arrested if they refuse.
Fucking worthless GOP.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 31, 2025 11:01 AM (ufSfZ)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 31, 2025 10:56 AM (9c0bR)
fuck off LOL
Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 11:01 AM (2fdLC)
Rep. Illhan Omar Fraud Investigation:
How did the poorest member of Congress become one of the richest in just a few short years?
Ilhan Omar entered Congress in 2018 with a massive $65,000 debt.
She’s now worth $30 million.
Her salary is $174,000.
How is that possible? We think we know how…
Omar is the key to exposing the Somali fraud because her fingerprints are all over it:
X video: https://bit.ly/4q0lD2T
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2025 11:01 AM (P5BPp)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 11:01 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 10:56 AM (jc0TO)
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Where did this "one year before" business come from. Year 1 is 1 year after Adam (creation), plain and simple.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 31, 2025 11:02 AM (ElQWS)
It will be the year 4724 in the old Chinese calendar.
Posted by: toby928(c)
It's 5786 in the Jewish calendar.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
What is the Stardate?
Posted by: Everything Trek at December 31, 2025 11:02 AM (pkeXY)
Posted by: Time is Tight
???
Shouldn't it be:
BC - Before Christ
TC - Time of Christ
AD - After Death
Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 11:03 AM (QGRvm)
Posted by: From about That Time at December 31, 2025 11:03 AM (sl73Y)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 10:59 AM (ESVrU)
The ghost of Einstein.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 31, 2025 11:03 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: Weekly World News at December 31, 2025 11:04 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Latin be hard at December 31, 2025 11:05 AM (2Ez/1)
Minnesota Republicans tried to increase transparency in the Attorney General’s Office, which oversees every nonprofit.
Democrats shut it down… right after Keith Ellison got caught colluding with Feeding Our Future fraudsters.
Every single Democrat voted against it.
X video: https://bit.ly/4q1loog
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2025 11:06 AM (P5BPp)
Alberto Miguel Fernandez @AlbertoMiguelF5
This 600% increase in NGO funding is not only aimed at the Trump Administration but also aimed at trying to prevent the seemingly inexorable rise of a nationalist or populist European right. The EU wants to oppose Trump ideologically but also to subvert its own voters.
Matthew Schmitz @matthewschmitz
The latest budget proposal from the European Commission proposes a 600 percent increase in NGO funding.
X: https://bit.ly/45vhv2E
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2025 11:09 AM (P5BPp)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 31, 2025 11:13 AM (Da7Vv)
Posted by: Bulg at December 31, 2025 09:34 AM (77rzZ)
127 The other guy is saying " Ha, you are whipped bro!"
Posted by: steevy at December 31, 2025 10:02 AM (YwEeS)
190 The guy with the umbrella looks like he is thinking "pussy whipped".
Like it though, would hang . Thx CBD
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 10:23 AM (zNwXb)
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 11:13 AM (RuTUS)
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How about this: Adam and Eve were not the first two humans, they were Created to found the line of people that led to Jesus. After Caine killed Abel he was worried that other people would kill him - so there were clearly other people in existence at that time.
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The Morning Report — 12/31/25
Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services Jim O’Neill announced the agency has paused child care payments in Minnesota due to alleged child daycare fraud. . . 1. I have activated our defend the spend system for all ACF payments. Starting today, all ACF payments across America will require a justification and a receipt or photo evidence before we send money to a state. 2. Alex Adams and I have identified the individuals in @nickshirleyy’s excellent work. I have demanded from @GovTimWalz a comprehensive audit of these centers. This includes attendance records, licenses, complaints, investigations, and inspections. 3. We have launched a dedicated fraud-reporting hotline and email address at https://childcare.gov Whether you are a parent, provider, or member of the general public, we want to hear from you.It's probably safe to assume that judges Buch M. Danno and Moe Loki from the Banzai Pipeline court of appeals will have a restraining order issued by the time this posts.
And speaking of which . . .
The White House cannot lapse in its funding of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a federal district court judge ruled on Tuesday, only days before funds at the bureau would have likely run out and the consumer finance agency would have no money to pay its employees. Judge Amy Berman ruled that the CFPB should continue to get its funds from the Federal Reserve, despite the Fed operating at a loss, and that the White House’s new legal argument about how the CFPB gets its funds is not valid.At the heart of this case is whether Russell Vought, President Donald Trump’s budget director and the acting director of the CFPB, can effectively shut down the agency and lay off all of the bureau’s employees. The CFPB has largely been inoperable since President Trump has sworn into office nearly a year ago. Its employees are mostly forbidden from doing any work, and most of the bureau’s operations this year has been to unwind the work it did under [so-called quote-unquote] President Biden and even under Trump’s first term.First of all, Amy Vermin Berman Jackson is a tyrannical commie thug in a judge's robe as you can see from her long and revolting rap sheet courtesy of the invaluable DiscovertheNetworks. As you can see she has been singularly focused on destroying President Trump and anyone and everyone who supports him, including anyone who was even thinking that 2020 was stolen, let alone who showed up to DC to actually protest on 1/6/21. The CFPB is an utterly illegal anti-constitutional politburo that as it was established has no congressional oversight, can directly fund itself without approval or any check on it by Congress and as such wields unprecedented power over the economy and therefore over the individual rights of the citizenry. In the words of President Trump almost from day one of his second term:
CFPB Isn’t a Wall Street Regulator, It’s a Main Street Regulator — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) — the brainchild of Sen. Elizabeth Warren — has long functioned as another woke, weaponized arm of the bureaucracy that leverages its power against certain industries and individuals disfavored by so-called “elites.”And Mr. President, please forget about this new fleet of battleships and instead expand ICE by a factor of at least 10, with a grand fleet of paddy wagons and Pinochet airliners to Deport the illegal aliens. PS, Eric Swalwell cannot Fang-Fang himself off this planet fast enough to suit me.
For example:
CFPB used its slush fund — collected from targeting financial institutions — to support radical advocacy groups. One such group is the Soros-backed Mississippi Center for Justice, which advocates for “racial and economic justice,” targets religious liberty, and assists illegal immigrants seeking to skirt our nation’s laws. Another is The Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia, whose board features senior left-wing officials and has lobbied hundreds of times for more welfare spending. -- CFBP threatened banks for refusing to lend to illegal immigrants. --CFPB targeted a Chicago small business after it complained about the city’s rampant crime. -- CFPB was accused of mining American citizens’ personal financial information — with a 2017 inspector general’s report raising significant concerns about its data security. -- CFPB granted itself broad new powers in the waning hours of the lame duck Biden administration. Described as classic “government overreach,” the agency gave itself the authority to regulate Americans’ checking accounts by dictating government price controls and unilaterally buried $50 billion in medical debt.
So if the president is going to send ICE agents to chase immigrants through the fields where they work, what I’m going to do is make sure that they take off their masks and show their faces, that they show their identification. And if they commit crimes that they’re going to be charged with crimes, if it’s falsely imprisoning people, if it’s kidnapping, if it’s assault battery, they’re going to be held accountable. I also think if the governor has the ability to issue driver’s licenses to people in California, if you’re going to wear a mask and not identify yourself, you’re not going to be eligible to drive a vehicle in California. There’s a lot you can do, but most importantly, you have to go on offense. Otherwise, the most vulnerable in our community will always be on defense.”This filthy piece of shit needs to be ______________ you complete the sentence, just be discreet! Have a great day and stay safe and enjoy the celebrations this New Year's eve!
I for one will be watching Jack Benny and Alexis Smith in The Horn Blows At Midnight. If I could only flip between that and Guy Lombardo and Dick Clark, I could recreate my childhood New Year's Eve ritual! And here's wishing all of you a very happy healthy and prosperous 2026. 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
- From the ‘Maryland man’ to that ‘misleading edit,’ liberals flooded the zone with falsities aimed again at stopping Trump. They failed.
The Left’s Top 25 Lies Of 2025
- “Measles symptoms include a high fever, cough, runny nose, watery red eyes, and a rash that usually appears between three and five days after symptoms begin,” the release says.
World’s most contagious virus detected at 2 major US airports amid peak holiday traffic
- "DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY, NEWSOM/DEMOCRAT VIOLENT INSURRECTION RIOTS
- The ruling allows ICE officials to access personal data of Medicaid enrollees to track illegal migrants, with the decision limited to migrants known to be in the country illegally.
Court Approves ICE Access to Migrant Medicaid Info.
- So if the president is going to send ICE agents to chase immigrants through the fields where they work, what I’m going to do is make sure that they take off their masks and show their faces, that they show their identification. And if they commit crimes that they’re going to be charged with crimes, if it’s falsely imprisoning people, if it’s kidnapping, if it’s assault battery, they’re going to be held accountable. I also think if the governor has the ability to issue driver’s licenses to people in California, if you’re going to wear a mask and not identify yourself, you’re not going to be eligible to drive a vehicle in California. There’s a lot you can do, but most importantly, you have to go on offense. Otherwise, the most vulnerable in our community will always be on defense.”
Swalwell: As CA Gov I Will Charge ICE Agents, Take Away Their Drivers License This filthy piece of shit needs to be ______________ you complete the sentence - jjs DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
- The White House cannot lapse in its funding of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a federal district court judge ruled on Tuesday, only days before funds at the bureau would have likely run out and the consumer finance agency would have no money to pay its employees. Judge Amy Berman ruled that the CFPB should continue to get its funds from the Federal Reserve, despite the Fed operating at a loss, and that the White House’s new legal argument about how the CFPB gets its funds is not valid. At the heart of this case is whether Russell Vought, President Donald Trump’s budget director and the acting director of the CFPB, can effectively shut down the agency and lay off all of the bureau’s employees. The CFPB has largely been inoperable since President Trump has sworn into office nearly a year ago. Its employees are mostly forbidden from doing any work, and most of the bureau’s operations this year has been to unwind the work it did under President Biden and even under Trump’s first term.
Judge blocks White House’s attempt to defund the CFPB, ensuring employees get paid - "We have turned off the money spigot and we are finding the fraud."
Trump Admin Freezes ‘All Child Care Payments’ To Minnesota Amid Daycare Fraud Scandal
- During a debate with then-Republican vice presidential candidate and now-Vice President JD Vance in 2024, Walz spoke about the subject of childcare and how Minnesota “passed a paid family and medical leave” that allows people to stay home for a certain amount of time after having a baby. Walz added that this “gets the child off to a better start” and that the “family works better.” Walz continued to advocate for a “paid family medical leave program.” (Families of clit-clippers, Islamikaze bombers and taqqiya sunrisers, I prefer a Corleone-style family- jjs)
WATCH: Tim Walz Brags in 2024 Debate that Minnesota Made ‘It Easier’ to Get into Daycare Business
- “I have three words regarding Somalis who have committed fraud against American taxpayers: Send them home." (Suddenly Emmer changes his tune - jjs)
Top GOP Lawmaker Calls For ‘Deportation Of Every Somali’ Fraudster In Minnesota - Watching Walz squirm under the headlamps of rampant Somali fraud has been at least as much fun as watching him waffle on national television during a debate with JD Vance.
Someone Forgot To Send Tim Walz The Memo. Blaming Whitey Doesn’t Work Anymore
- Federal investigators have intensified investigations into alleged large-scale fraud schemes, with potential immigration consequences for those involved, following an investigation by citizen journalist Nick Shirley.
Ex-Agent Accuses Prosecutors of Burying Minnesota Daycare Fraud Investigation.
- The agency accused the Biden junta of pushing out the funds “with minimal oversight” and just trusting the people who received the money.
HUD: Biden-Era Rental Assistance Payments Went to Deceased Tenants, Noncitizens
- Another "cultural enricher" talks about how Somalis are entitled to Americans' hard-earned tax dollars because of some promise that they just made up. What a fraud! (See what I did there?)
Entitled Somali Talks About Americans' Property Being Rightfully Theirs - Around 14% or 30,000 were dead and receiving tenant assistance. (and they all voted Democrat at least two or three times - jjs)
$5 Billion in HUD Fraud in 1 Year of Biden - 49% picked “cut government spending in other areas instead”; 13% went for “raise payroll taxes”; 6% preferred “raise the retirement age”; another 6% leaned toward “reduce benefits for future retirees”; and 9% selected “no changes are needed.” A hefty 17% said they were “not sure.”
Americans Still Jittery Over Fate Of Social Security, But Can’t Agree On How To Fix It: I&I/TIPP Poll - From national referenda to merit-based public servants, an agenda for reform (Pie meet sky - jjs)
Fixing Government’s “Back-of-House” Problem WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM - Carlson and Owens have become leading Western apologists for Islam.
The Masks Are Off - The West has to be preserved, as well as its Christian foundation.
Trump's precision strike in Nigeria is a triumph for Christian conservatism - Dr. Mahmoud al-Zahar gets a global pass as a respected Muslim dignitary.
Hamas Co-Founder and ‘Expert on Jewish Affairs’ Uses Qur’an to Justify Killing of Jews(I seem to recall a man by the name of Adolf EICHMANN also had a title and position as an Expert on Jewish Affairs for some other guy named Adolph? - jjs) BONDI BEACH CHANUKAH BLOODBATH - Sydney residents Sajid Akram, 50, and his 24-year-old son Naveed Akram spent most of November in Davao City in the southern Philippines, Australian Federal Police Commissioner Krissy Barrett said.
Australian Police Claim No Evidence For Broader Terrorist Involvement in Islamist Bondi Beach Attack THE ECONOMY, STUPID - U.S. gasoline prices have declined in most states, with some stations dropping below $2 per gallon.
Gas Prices Hitting New Low for New Year’s Eve. - "Some states start with federal taxable income, so most of the new deductions flow through automatically unless lawmakers opt out."
Two Blue States Scramble To Block Citizens From Cashing In On Trump Tax Cuts
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY - The agency published another 230 pages of the mass shooter's writings.
The Covenant School Killer Hated ‘Religion’ And ‘White People,’ FBI Files Reveal
- just about breaking systems anymore. It’s about breaking people.
The Front Line of the Code War FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH - Draper wrote that Greene’s “disillusionment with Trump” went “beyond the Epstein files.” … “I was so naïve,” she said.
MTG’s Exit Interview with The NY Times: Scorn, Self-Pity, and a Rewrite of History
- Christian Toto: Oscar winner attacks Bari Weiss after silence over real journalistic crimes
George Clooney Takes Bold Stand Against Journalism* * * * * - AI may disrupt entry-level work and automate tasks, but it cannot replace human curiosity, judgment, or creativity—the very forces that drive new jobs, art, and discovery.
Rebuttals and Responses to Lingering Gloom About AI
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, - State policies turned a tiny, containable brush blaze into Los Angeles’s worst urban wildfire catastrophe.
Firefighters Could Have Prevented the L.A. Wildfires, but California Rules Made Them Save Plants Instead THE 2020 and SUBSEQUENT ELECTION HEISTS , SHENANIGANS/FRAUD and AFTERMATH - Registration via “vouching” in the land of 10,000 lakes.
In Minnesota, they also steal votes DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY - Questions persist about Omar’s financial dealings, though no wrongdoing has been proven or formal investigations announced.
BRO-FO Omar’s Net Worth Under Scrutiny Amid MN Fraud Scandal. - "College-educated, affluent suburban women — that’s who I am." (aka AWFL cvnt - jjs)
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene: Shameless Political Chameleon POLITICS - With government funding drying up, grotesque corruption exposed, and conservative states figuring out jerrymandering, are the Democrats done?
The Democrats’ ‘party’ may finally be over (but the evil that defines it goes on and on and on - jjs) ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS . . . AND LEFTISTS - Israeli officials have identified Kahlout in the past and published photos of the face he kept hidden beneath a red keffiyeh scarf, but Monday was the first time Hamas has published images of him.
Hamas Confirms Deaths of Five Leaders During Gaza War
- And not just with Israel alone.
Islamic Republic of Iran Says it’s in a ‘Total War’
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL - The student action came after Monday’s protests in central Tehran by shop-owners and a day ahead of the temporary closure of banks, schools and businesses in the capital and in most provinces to save energy during the bitterly cold weather. The Iranian rial has dropped against the dollar and other world currencies — when the protests erupted on Sunday, the US dollar was trading at around 1.42 million rials, compared to 820,000 rials a year ago — forcing up import prices and hurting retail traders.
Students join Iran demonstrations after shopkeepers protest
- Why the world's powers-that-be can't allow it.
Iran: A Population Overthrowing an Islamic Tyranny?
- On Hamas: “If they say they’re not going to disarm those same countries will go and wipe them out. They don’t even need Israel. You know, we have many countries, 59 countries, that are in agreement.”
Trump Gives Okay to Attack Iran if It Continues Nuclear, Missile Programs
- The sanctions aim to further isolate Iran’s military-industrial complex and curb weapons proliferation in the region.
Trump Hits Iran, Venezuela With New Sanctions. - A Dutch social scientist who is described as the top migration expert in Germany, Ruud Koopmans, has warned of the massive implications for the makeup of German society that chain migration represents. He argued that the government should consider whether it is the interest of the country to grant citizenship to the near million supposed refugees from Syria.
Germany Facing ‘Demographic Time Bomb’ From Syrian Chain Migration, Expert Warns - Given expected savings for American taxpayers of “nearly $1.9 billion dollars” compared to the way the United States sent money to the U.N. in the past, the State Department announced an extra $2 billion funding commitment to be offered directly to countries in need that the administration of President Donald Trump trusts to spend appropriately.
State Dept Revamps U.N. Funding: ‘More Lives Saved for Fewer Taxpayers Dollars’
- “Tales of regime change. Iraq, the war that rewired the world. And to be clear, this is the reason that the world is the way it is.”
TALES OF REGIME CHANGE: Iraq is the war that began the migrant crisis and rewired the world
- “The architects of European integration saw things differently. . .The ultimate terms of the rivalry are geoeconomic.”
Why Transatlantic Relations Broke Down DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS - The first Iron Beam unit just reached operational status, and it's kind of a big deal.
FINALLY, Jewish Space Lasers
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY - The tales of rocket startups are often fraught with ups and downs of all kinds, often traveling in circles that no one can ever predict. This is one such tale.
The up and down tale of two rocket startups, Vector and Phantom
- In optical wavelengths the gossamer lines of structure would be lost, overwhelmed by the light of each galaxy’s stars.
Colliding galaxies, as seen in the infrared and X-rays (zombie George Pal ponders a sequel - jjs)
- New NASA administrator Jared Isaacman launches ambitious plans for America’s return to the lunar surface.
NASA Chief Vows U.S. Moon Base as Centerpiece of New NASA Agenda (John Koenig tanned, rested and ready - jjs) CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE - Terrorism, racism and taxpayer money.
How California Colleges Created Kwanzaa and Destroyed America - Cancellations have had minimal impact as the performers involved had low ticket sales and niche followings.
Humiliating Truth Emerges in Trump-Kennedy Center ‘Cancellations’ Saga… - A woke new thesis claiming that the U.S. is a blank slate of origins and defined by different ethnic groups, is nonsense.
A Nation of Englishmen, Actually
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Nazdar at December 31, 2025 07:01 AM (NcvvS)
Posted by: NR Pax at December 31, 2025 07:02 AM (svLOV)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 07:02 AM (ExV1e)
Wow, this is early. Happy birthday, J.J.
Good morning, everyone. Off to the content.
Oh... the MN fraud finally broke the local news media blackout this morning.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 31, 2025 07:04 AM (QVmho)
Posted by: Eromero at December 31, 2025 07:04 AM (Slgjz)
Posted by: Salted and boxed penguins at December 31, 2025 07:05 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 31, 2025 07:06 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 31, 2025 07:06 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 31, 2025 07:07 AM (Cjt/F)
If the government can lose billions of dollars to fraud and not be aware of it, you are paying too much in taxes.
Posted by: NR Pax at December 31, 2025 07:07 AM (svLOV)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 07:08 AM (RIvkX)
Just do so discreetly.
Posted by: Grammar Gestapo at December 31, 2025 07:09 AM (2Ez/1)
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GPT, fill in the blank.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 31, 2025 07:10 AM (bU1Ea)
Just do so discreetly.
Posted by: Grammar Gestapo at December 31, 2025 07:09 AM (2Ez/1)
Oops. corrected
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 31, 2025 07:11 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: NR Pax "
They are not making it any easier to write that f'n check knowing that it will be pissed away in microseconds.
Posted by: fd at December 31, 2025 07:11 AM (vFG9F)
I bet it is on youtube JJs
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 31, 2025 07:12 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: JROD at December 31, 2025 07:12 AM (IlL6s)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 31, 2025 07:12 AM (iMotb)
The same California university system that helped give us Kwanzaa, Angela Davis, Barack Obama and Kamala Harris wrecked the state and the country. And it isn’t done yet.
Imagine if we stopped funding it.
It's possible but you need a strong police presence to make it clear that riots were not going to happen.
Posted by: NR Pax at December 31, 2025 07:12 AM (svLOV)
I think it is totally on brand for the UN that starting tomorrow, Somalia heads the Security Council.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 07:13 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 31, 2025 07:14 AM (uQesX)
Can't rule out fires, which would destroy business records, either.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 31, 2025 07:14 AM (iMotb)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 31, 2025 07:14 AM (uQesX)
I wonder about her right hand position with her thumb extended and fingers gently curled.
Posted by: Fenderbender at December 31, 2025 07:14 AM (1FEc1)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice
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Let's start with SNAP and see where it leads.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 31, 2025 07:14 AM (2Ez/1)
Taxes are not used to fund anything, they are in place to punish you and rub uncle sugar's nutsack in your face.
The federal criminals borrow the money they spend, which will never be paid back. Ever.
Posted by: Stop The Madness at December 31, 2025 07:15 AM (LwmOS)
Americans Still Jittery Over Fate Of Social Security, But Can’t Agree On How To Fix It: I&I/TIPP Poll
I would say...
- Cut spending in other areas.
- Slowly begin the process of raising the retirement age, cutting benefits for future retirees, and LOWERING the payroll tax.
- Unify the rules surrounding retirement accounts so that everyone gets the same deal, everyone has their own, and it actually belongs to them.
The goal should be to end social security rather than periodically screwing over younger generations.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 07:17 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: p-squared at December 31, 2025 07:17 AM (0prFs)
Judge blocks White House’s attempt to defund the CFPB, ensuring employees get paid
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If Trump continues to subordinate the Executive branch, and work within the "system," it will sooner rather than later destroy him and us.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 07:17 AM (RIvkX)
Swalwell just admitted there may be a million Illegal Voters in CA.
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 31, 2025 07:17 AM (gbOdA)
A Nation of Englishmen, Actually
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We owe almost everything good to our English heritage. It all flows from the rule of law and property rights, and England was at the forefront in both. Our revolution was about restoring the rights of Englishmen.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 31, 2025 07:18 AM (XvL8K)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 31, 2025 07:18 AM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 31, 2025 07:18 AM (dsKJl)
Posted by: JROD at December 31, 2025 07:18 AM (IlL6s)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 07:17 AM (ExV1e)
Bushs plan in 2005 would have millions of people now with 20 years of their OWN money.
If you invested $100 in the S&P 500 at the beginning of 2005, you would have about $797.82 at the end of 2025, assuming you reinvested all dividends. This is a return on investment of 697.82%, or 10.62% per year.
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 31, 2025 07:20 AM (gbOdA)
As you may know, I head the Black Pilled Chapter of AoSHQ, holding out exactly zero hope that Western Civilization survives into 2028, but the timing of all of this interests me.
The arrests, prosecutions and dismissals in one case, and convictions in others happened BEFORE Nick's 100M+ view iPhone Documentary.
The locals knew this years before DOGE picked it up, and Otto Pen Era DOJ was already on it. Nick sensationalized it and got prominent placement on the talk show and White House platforms.
Now the social media world is in Rage Mode (at least until the next squirrel) I'm sort of wondering if there is coördination now, due to the 80/20 Rule where Trump wants to put his opponents in the 20 box before he makes sweeping administrative moves like stopping all payments to States which he couldn't do politically before until the 80% demanded it.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 07:20 AM (a4flb)
That was their garage band name before they began calling themselves The Sex Pistols.
Posted by: Music nerd at December 31, 2025 07:21 AM (2Ez/1)
g'mornin' again, 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 31, 2025 07:21 AM (tljrc)
Judge blocks White House’s attempt to defund the CFPB, ensuring employees get paid
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If Trump continues to subordinate the Executive branch, and work within the "system," it will sooner rather than later destroy him and us.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 07:17 AM (RIvkX)
You have precisely identified the problem. Trump et al are strictly coloring within the lines in order to avoid the Impeachment Circus that would follow with his defying the court system. This is one hell of a dilemma.
Posted by: tubal at December 31, 2025 07:21 AM (f6ii3)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 07:13 AM (a4flb)
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How about Saudi Arabia heading the UN Women's Rights Commission?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 07:22 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: JROD at December 31, 2025 07:18 AM (IlL6s)
"They" say things are getting prepared. Who knows? I know it's not a five second thing to get charges pressed. But, we know from recent experience, that blue areas will not indict the open criminals.
We will not split. If we did, then our power to thwart bad actor countries will be gone, and a new dark period will result. It's either going to be the good destroying the power of the evil, or the good saying, have it your way, and the worst will start to happen. And there will be no refuge from tyranny.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 31, 2025 07:23 AM (uQesX)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 31, 2025 07:23 AM (nljXp)
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Nothing will happen.
Posted by: The person who always says that at December 31, 2025 07:24 AM (2Ez/1)
10k per kid? So that mean the Somali Pirate Daycare with a 99 license were printing a million a year!!!!
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 31, 2025 07:24 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 31, 2025 07:14 AM (uQesX)
Should be fixed
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 31, 2025 07:25 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: NR Pax at December 31, 2025 07:07 AM (svLOV)
And if millions of citizens can not care that the government lost billions of dollars to fraud, too many people are off the tax rolls.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 07:25 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 31, 2025 07:24 AM (gbOdA)
There are over 600 of these Somali Pirate Daycares in Dakota County.
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 31, 2025 07:25 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 31, 2025 07:26 AM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: tubal at December 31, 2025 07:21 AM (f6ii3)
Right. But, if he did what I believe he's constitutionally allowed to do, the GOPe would join with the Ds and he - and Vance, I have no doubt - would be removed from office. Then the GOPe could surrender gracefully and let the commies have control of the government. (which they desperately want to do anyway)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 31, 2025 07:26 AM (uQesX)
Posted by: fd at December 31, 2025 07:11 AM (vFG9F)
Does it make you feel any better that it was pissed away years ago?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 07:27 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 31, 2025 07:14 AM (uQesX)
Should be fixed
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 31, 2025 07:25 AM (x0n13)
Unfortunately the problem is on not on my end but on the BtB website's end. You have to just scroll down to read the article
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 31, 2025 07:27 AM (x0n13)
Reassign them into going over Somalian business receipts.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 07:27 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 07:27 AM (ESVrU)
"My office, ACF, provides Minnesota $185 million in child care funds each year."
And just where does your office get that money?
Hmmmmm?
Posted by: The taxpayers at December 31, 2025 07:28 AM (2Ez/1)
“We were able to do it in Minnesota, and I’m still telling you this, we were listed as the best state.
There is a blue haired fat ho sitting in a state office that is typing up the Somali Pirate Daycare paperwork.
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 31, 2025 07:28 AM (gbOdA)
Isaiah 43:13
Happy New Year Morning People
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 07:28 AM (bLAch)
Posted by: OrangeEnt
Should be fixed
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 31, 2025 07:25 AM (x0n13)
Thanks. That's the only story I want to click on today. Most of the others would just get me angry.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 31, 2025 07:28 AM (uQesX)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 07:29 AM (QGRvm)
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 31, 2025 07:29 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: JROD at December 31, 2025 07:12 AM (IlL6s)
@shipwreckedcrew
"So, yes the Biden DOJ did file charges against 73 Somalis, but it didn't publicize anything about the fraud via press release after March 2023 that included 57 defendants to that date.
The Trump DOJ has been indicting Somalis since Aug. 2025 in connection with Feeding Our Future and other fraud schemes, including 8 in December involving the Housing assistance fraud scheme.
The US Attorney who announced those charges called them the first in a "wave" of coming indictments."
H/T TJM
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 07:29 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 07:30 AM (RIvkX)
This filthy piece of shit needs to be encased in concrete you complete the sentence, just be discrete!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at December 31, 2025 07:31 AM (xG4kz)
Au revoir, New York City! Au revoir les enfants!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 07:30 AM (RIvkX)
New York and London, so very similar, or soon to be, at any rate.
Posted by: tubal at December 31, 2025 07:32 AM (f6ii3)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 31, 2025 07:12 AM (iMotb)
I thought that, during the DOGE audit, they found that there weren't that many fraudulent recipients on the Social Security list but that their inclusion allowed for fraud to be perpetrated elsewhere in the system.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 07:32 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 31, 2025 07:27 AM (x0n13)
I just saw the 404 the first time. The second time the story was on top. (after his beg, of course)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 31, 2025 07:32 AM (uQesX)
Seems everytime a judge is shut down for a stupid rule they use that ruling again.
Trump's working through all of the nullifications nullifying them. When he's finished the judges will have no rulings to make.
Or they'll be on a pike.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 07:32 AM (bLAch)
And Happy New Years Eve everyone
Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 07:33 AM (leiJl)
haha It be in Obama lieberry.
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 31, 2025 07:33 AM (gbOdA)
FINALLY, Jewish Space Lasers
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If, like me, you are hoping for a mention of Mossad's shark lasers in this article will not be disappointed.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 31, 2025 07:35 AM (CgfUU)
What a seriously warped and twisted revisionist history.
Did you ever read the Declaration of Independence? The entire documents is a point by point rejection of the British System - so horrible and corrupt that God Himself rebuked it and to make the universe right again, it required the colonies to separate by any means necessary.
Did you know that British are subjects not citizens?
That instead of the monarchy, they decided to start off with a completely different pattern that they believed was pleasing to the Creator and elevated man's inalienable Rights bestowed on to him by the Creator rather than privileges granted by the king?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 07:35 AM (a4flb)
Just cut me a check for $200k and I will walk away.
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 31, 2025 07:36 AM (gbOdA)
For any of you that are new to the world of PoliticalSpeak the word "folks" is always a tell that you're listening to a lying corrupt weasel. (See Obama, Brock)
Posted by: The More You Know at December 31, 2025 07:36 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Grammie Wingers' ipad at December 31, 2025 07:37 AM (SfhV1)
Posted by: Grammie Wingers' ipad at December 31, 2025 07:37 AM (SfhV1)
Happy New Year grammie. May you be blessed.
Posted by: tubal at December 31, 2025 07:37 AM (f6ii3)
If you invested $100 in the S&P 500 at the beginning of 2005, you would have about $797.82 at the end of 2025, assuming you reinvested all dividends. This is a return on investment of 697.82%, or 10.62% per year.
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 31, 2025 07:20 AM (gbOdA)
And I supported that plan wholeheartedly. Despite the fact that I will be, technically, eligible to receive social security in a few months, I am doubtful that it will survive my lifetime. I've always known that it was a trainwreck in the making and a way to fuck over millions in the process.
Sadly, too many people can't see beyond the fearmongering.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 07:38 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 07:38 AM (RIvkX)
FINALLY, Jewish Space Lasers
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If, like me, you are hoping for a mention of Mossad's shark lasers in this article will not be disappointed.
Posted by: Huck Follywood
If they can't zap individuals like ants and a magnifying glass, it's useless.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 07:38 AM (QGRvm)
The CFPB should have disappeared long ago but for the courts, including Roberts. As I understand it the CFPB rules and refs were made inseparable when sponsored and passed by Chief Warren. This meant that if one thing was found unconstitutional the rest of the agency was dead. The courts have already found the funding was unconstitutional and also the appointment of the head of the agency. The courts have not followed through on finding the whole things being unconstitutional. Oh and the Congress sits there with their thumbs up their asses
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 07:39 AM (zNwXb)
Posted by: r hennigantx
I'd hold out for 250 but you have a good idea. Of course, the government would never let anyone just walk away.
Posted by: NR Pax at December 31, 2025 07:39 AM (svLOV)
I know the Aussies dont have the balls but I hope Mossad traces down every last person that worked with killers and drowns them in a toilet.
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 31, 2025 07:41 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: NR Pax at December 31, 2025 07:39 AM (svLOV)
Yes that is what they hated about the Bush plan is that at some point you had bought yourself out of slavery.
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 31, 2025 07:42 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 31, 2025 07:26 AM (uQesX)
I don't know that impeachment would be successful but it would, absolutely, be the case that stopping "Lawless Trump" would be the issue that every single Dem would run on in 2026. And far too many of our fellow citizens would fall into that story.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 07:43 AM (ExV1e)
I can't believe that this bullshit is even a discussion point.
Here, while we importing literally tens of millions of complete deadweight and vile parasites and granting them trillions of dollars, some asshole has the temerity to suggest that we cut off American Citizens who busted their asses their entire working career to watch nearly 15% of the income robbed from them pay check after paycheck then be told to go piss up a rope because we need the money for moar foreigners, moar wars, moar Ukraines, moar Climate Change, moar School Loan forgiveness, moar junk food for the obese, moar worthless bureaucrats devoted to regulating us to death, moar $10000 toilets, moar railroads to nowhere, moar free and unlimited healthcare to illegals, moar free abortions and genital mutilations, moar money to the teacher unions....
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 07:43 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 31, 2025 07:41 AM (gbOdA)
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I presume you are referring to the current Australian government. The people seems ready to act.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 07:43 AM (RIvkX)
I put over $400k into SS.
Just cut me a check for $200k and I will walk away.
Posted by: r hennigantx
I don't want to add mine up, I've maxxed out every year since 1992. I'll cheerfully walk away with zero if it got fixed tonight as I've never once thought I'd see a dime of it and invested heavily for my own retirement with my own after taxes money. We've lived so far below what we could have for the last fourty years, to ensure our own retirement, that the MN fraud stuff makes me want to do *types deletes* things.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 31, 2025 07:43 AM (QVmho)
Just cut me a check for $200k and I will walk away.
No! That's not how this works! Listen, stay in and I promise you will get $198.79 a month for the rest of your life once you hit 67! Great huh? Even better, get a doc to label you disabled now and I can send you $2800.00 a month right now! And don't forget to sign up for Medicaid since your all crippled up.
Posted by: Somali Joe Ponzi, SSA Clerk at December 31, 2025 07:43 AM (LwmOS)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 07:27 AM (a4flb)
And, when they find no fraud, fire them for cause.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 07:44 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 07:45 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 31, 2025 07:45 AM (ooNHr)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at December 31, 2025 07:45 AM (xG4kz)
And yet no one seems to worry about when SNAP, WiC, and AFDC will run out of money.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 31, 2025 07:46 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 07:46 AM (bLAch)
Just cut me a check for $200k and I will walk away.
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 31, 2025 07:36 AM
The thing with social security is they are paying you with wildly inflated dollars when you put in real dollars 20-30 years ago.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 31, 2025 07:46 AM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 31, 2025 07:26 AM (uQesX)
I don't know that impeachment would be successful but it would, absolutely, be the case that stopping "Lawless Trump" would be the issue that every single Dem would run on in 2026. And far too many of our fellow citizens would fall into that story.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 07:43 AM (ExV1e)
Yes. Just a moment’s consideration of what went on before the 24 election regarding Trump and the Lawfare aimed at him should show anyone what would happen if he stepped over the line in defying the Fed judges. He has weak party support. If it were a chess game, he is put in check continually.
Posted by: tubal at December 31, 2025 07:46 AM (f6ii3)
Posted by: r hennigantx
Mind you, they phrase it as "But people will die without this! Why are you so meeeeean?"
And my response: "Because you treat me with contempt and I am returning the favor."
Posted by: NR Pax at December 31, 2025 07:47 AM (svLOV)
It’s just mountains of phony baloney confetti-bucks now. The only reason is because “reserve currency”, near as I can tell. Any other countries out there running $38 Trillion in the hole and not subject to IMF “austerity measures”?
Sex change operation for illegal aliens on death row, billions for fraudulent “day care” Somalians, they sure are having a good time while running their bust out operations.
Isn’t it about time for another ill-advised overseas war some place nobody can find on a map? Gotta be something or somewhere the gubbmint can spread “freedom and democracy” ain’t there?
Spin the globe with a blindfold on, see where yer finger lands, c’mon guys!
Posted by: Common Tater at December 31, 2025 07:47 AM (b9poi)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 07:38 AM (ExV1e)
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Which also explains Democrat electoral success in large cities.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 31, 2025 07:48 AM (ooNHr)
hunnert
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at December 31, 2025 07:49 AM (xG4kz)
And yet no one seems to worry about when SNAP, WiC, and AFDC will run out of money.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty
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Right. People paid for SS, Snap and that other crap is commie freebies. They don't worry, Uncle Sam's got them under his arm.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 07:49 AM (bLAch)
Posted by: tubal at December 31, 2025 07:21 AM (f6ii3)
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So the crucible can be confronted or not. You can fear another impeachment process (the fourth?) or take action to save your country. The onus of leadership. Decisions that define it.
Posted by: Ordinary American at December 31, 2025 07:49 AM (t+TFX)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 31, 2025 07:49 AM (3630A)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at December 31, 2025 07:49 AM (xG4kz)
Just shows you that many Americans do not like America First Ideas.
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 31, 2025 07:50 AM (gbOdA)
Start by cutting off the lavish guaranteed defined benefit pensions given to every gold brick that puts in 25 years.
Government employees' lavish and care free pensions are so holy and sacred that some states actually make it Constitutional to plunder the working class to keep the damned parasites regular stream secure despite crashing economies and deep public debt. The streets go unpaved and the fire stations close before one dime of pension is cut - and it is unlawful still to not pay that dime - float another bond or loan.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 07:50 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 31, 2025 07:46 AM (0N4FZ)
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Benefits are supposed to "increase" with inflation every year. In fact COLAs to government transfer payments are a significant driver of inflation.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 07:50 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Grammie Wingers' ipad at December 31, 2025 07:37 AM (SfhV1)
Been thinking about and praying for you! Lost your e-mail address so send me a note when you can.
Happy and above all HEALTHY new year my friend.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 31, 2025 07:50 AM (x0n13)
Then, another TRO is issued on case Y, which is just like X. And we go through the motions again.
And again. And again.
To use the "coloring within the lines" metaphor... the administration needs to start tearing out some pages of that coloring book.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 31, 2025 07:51 AM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 07:45 AM (RIvkX)
Our current forecast says that it will never rain again in central Texas. Oddly enough, we're only classified as being in a severe drought. I thought it would be worse than that.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 07:51 AM (ExV1e)
And to think that, one year ago, Pam Bondi had yet to unleash the colossal flustercuck of the Epstein documents' release.
She ought to have been fired immediately upon starting that fiasco.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at December 31, 2025 07:53 AM (xG4kz)
I mooch as much as possible now and will until I croak. When I get a few years older I will max out evey credit card too and blow it on hookers and blow and ain't paying shit back. No heirs so fuck them too.
Posted by: Old Fart Boomer at December 31, 2025 07:54 AM (LwmOS)
I don't know how in the world you managed The Morning Report while in treatment. What a warrior you are.
Posted by: Grammie Wingers' ipad at December 31, 2025 07:55 AM (SfhV1)
And yet no one seems to worry about when SNAP, WiC, and AFDC will run out of money.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 31, 2025 07:46 AM (2Ez/1)
SS is, officially, separately funded. As long as the taxes are collected it won't "run out of money" but it will be unable to pay the entire promised benefit without getting additional money from the regular tax base.
The other things cannot run out of money because Congress said that people are 'entitled' to those benefits. Dems will cut spending on absolutely everything else (except, of course, pay and bennies for feds) before they stop paying those things.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 07:55 AM (ExV1e)
Not just in Jerseey and Boston airports. Denver International Airport had an infectious measles passenger earlier this month.
https://is.gd/7ZesLU
Posted by: muldoon at December 31, 2025 07:55 AM (/iMjX)
Ever notice that the People (D) running on we are For the People never miss an opportunity to stick it to the people.
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 31, 2025 07:55 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Bulg at December 31, 2025 07:56 AM (77rzZ)
Good morning, Horde.
Posted by: Inogame at December 31, 2025 07:56 AM (53oGX)
And then, somehow, inexplicably, the act of beating the everloving cabbage farts out of Germany twice in one lifetime, and dropping a small star on Japan on the side for funsies, made everyone so pissed off at the thought ever having to fight anyone, anywhere, over anything, ever again, that we all agreed to construct a National Rope, to rival the space elevators in every sci fi novelist's fever dream, up which to piss every penny of wealth we could possibly generate.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 07:56 AM (06Hmj)
And my response: "Because you treat me with contempt and I am returning the favor."
Posted by: NR Pax at December 31, 2025 07:47 AM (svLOV)
I find it sadly amusing the number of people who reach SS age only to find out that "SS was never intended to entirely fund retirement" and that, having saved nothing over their working years, they're not in a good place.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 07:57 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at December 31, 2025 07:57 AM (xeLtb)
The tampons in the boy's restrooms is to staunch the bleeding of the victims anally raped in MN's schools.
So see, Timmy really cares.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 07:57 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: Ordinary American at December 31, 2025 07:49 AM (t+TFX)
Easy to say when you're not the one who'll pay the price.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 07:58 AM (ExV1e)
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Not at all. Tax policy is purely social policy and has no element of fiscal policy.
Revenues are not, but should be, considered when planning spending. The reality is that spending also has no relationship to fiscal policy.
The difference is funded by borrowing and by inflating the money supply.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 07:58 AM (RIvkX)
I find it sadly amusing the number of people who reach SS age only to find out that "SS was never intended to entirely fund retirement" and that, having saved nothing over their working years, they're not in a good place.
Posted by: I used to have a different ni
"Call 'A Place for Doofuses' at your local Somali daycare center! Operators are standing by!"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at December 31, 2025 07:59 AM (xG4kz)
I don't think that the federal government has that anymore. What states do is states problem. The rest of us shouldn't bail them out, though.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 08:00 AM (ExV1e)
You know you're over a target very important to the Democrats, when all DNC Flak Divisionen are firing Race Card Flak shells at you as fast as the Democrat-Media Complex troops can load and fire their TV, YouTube, and Internet guns!
JJ, thank you for your terrific work for us in 2025! Wishing you a Happy and Healthy 2026!
Posted by: Gref at December 31, 2025 08:00 AM (5rh/l)
That is why there are myriads of other programs out there. Didn't save for your retirement? Pissed it all away on drugs and tattoos? Don't worry, we'll rob your neighbor so we can cut your utility bills and give you a free phone and data plan. Lets move you into free housing and get you on Medicaid so that you don't have any medical bills. Hungry? We got you covered, pick a plan, they will all allow you to scam your way into morbid obesity and diabetes and have money left over for cigarettes and pr0n.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 08:01 AM (a4flb)
That's Command Sergeant Major Walz to you, peasant!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at December 31, 2025 08:02 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 08:02 AM (bLAch)
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 31, 2025 07:55 AM (gbOdA)
And, yet, most of those people getting stuck will likely vote Democrat.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 08:02 AM (ExV1e)
I don't think that the federal government has that anymore. What states do is states problem.
The rest of us shouldn't bail them out, though.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
And there in lies the problem. States know the feral government WILL bail them out.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 08:05 AM (QGRvm)
In a just world these people would be named and shamed for picking plants over people.
And isn't astragalus non-native species?
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 31, 2025 08:05 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 31, 2025 08:05 AM (3Ope8)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 08:06 AM (zNwXb)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 08:02 AM (ExV1e)
- We'll give you everything you want for free
- Ohhh, sorry, we'd love to but we can't because your greedy asshole neighbor spent all the money in the world on a mid-sized sedan to get to work and on their awful straight, white kids.
- Don't you just hate that bastard, though? Seriously, someone should do something.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 08:06 AM (06Hmj)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 31, 2025 07:14 AM (uQesX)
Same here. I often wonder why I bother coming on AoS during the week at all, when I always end up even more depressed and angry than usual. Which is not the fault of Ace, the cob-loggers or the Horde; it's my sure and certain knowledge that there is no bottom and no point at which the American public will finally revolt.
From my admittedly limited POV, Trump seems to think that a roaring economy will cure all ills. But all it will do is give the left a bigger pot of gold to plunder. I would gladly pay $10/gallon gas if I could see Comey, Scankles, Swallwell, MConnell, &c. given the Ceaucescu treatment.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 31, 2025 08:06 AM (ufSfZ)
I do hope that April Walz has another year of filming her opinions worthy of sharing with us over a heaping bowl of Sponge Bob mac-n-cheese. She's found her niche.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at December 31, 2025 08:06 AM (xG4kz)
Seems reasonable, especially since the Mills and Z demand I pay off their individual six figure college debt.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 08:07 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: LaQuisha at December 31, 2025 08:07 AM (2Ez/1)
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C'mon. The Declaration of Independence is a list of grievances against George III for trampling on the rights of Englishmen enjoyed in their home country. Edmund Burke, the father of modern conservatism, was at the time defending our revolution in Parliament largely on those grounds.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 31, 2025 08:07 AM (XvL8K)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing
Make it a Pay Per View event and our budget problems would be solved.
Posted by: NR Pax at December 31, 2025 08:08 AM (svLOV)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 07:45 AM (RIvkX)
See! I told you. I just had the date wrong. Can I keep your money?
Posted by: Nigerian Profit at December 31, 2025 08:08 AM (uQesX)
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We're all going to die.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 08:08 AM (bLAch)
Hold on there, I'm not giving up my role as President of the AoSHQ Black Pilled Chapter so easily.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 08:08 AM (a4flb)
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... trebucheted over The Great Wall of China and into the prison camp known as North Korea. Either that or hang-hanged ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at December 31, 2025 08:09 AM (QbCrG)
Posted by: Grammie Wingers' ipad at December 31, 2025 07:37 AM (SfhV1)
*******
Happy New Year's Eve, grammie.
Been praying for you!
Posted by: redridinghood at December 31, 2025 08:09 AM (NpAcC)
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You’re smoking your socks if you think they won’t inflate away the purchasing power. Or put another way they can save the dollar or they can save the markets. They can’t save both.
Put yet even another way, if it comes down to it, they will also throw Social Security recipients under the bus. Mainly because they are too old to riot. Think about it. They have already set the stage, we’re just waiting for the show to begin.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 31, 2025 08:10 AM (b9poi)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 08:02 AM (bLAch)
Seems to me a big old reconciliation bill with 364 day limits with 60 day cooling off to reapply would help.
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 31, 2025 08:10 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 31, 2025 08:13 AM (yiwg4)
OK, so you are also totally unfamiliar with:
Edmund Burke and Thomas Paine and their disagreements as chronicled in "Reflections" and "Rights of Man".
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 08:13 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 08:08 AM (bLAch)
Eventually.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 08:13 AM (ExV1e)
Carlson and Owens have become leading Western apologists for Islam."
"Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene: Shameless Political Chameleon
"College-educated, affluent suburban women — that’s who I am."
I haven't even rung in the New Year with champagne and I already want to puke.
Posted by: redridinghood at December 31, 2025 08:13 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at December 31, 2025 08:16 AM (8CIFn)
Lord, the pitiful screams
Of all them college-educated women...
Boy, he'd just be tyin' 'em up
They'd be all bound down!
Just be pumpin' every one of 'em up with all the bag fulla
The Illinois Enema Bandit Juice
Posted by: Guy who relates everything to a Zappa song at December 31, 2025 08:16 AM (vFG9F)
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Democracy, Universal Suffrage - a huge mistake
Posted by: Common Tater at December 31, 2025 08:16 AM (b9poi)
Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at December 31, 2025 08:17 AM (C4wQ6)
Seems reasonable, especially since the Mills and Z demand I pay off their individual six figure college debt.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 08:07 AM (a4flb)
Is it immoral to take every benefit the government offers? I don't think so. Therefore I have no qualms about qualifying for the EIC because of our lower income and still dependent kid. Did you know if you're retired and taking SS, any dependent child under 18 gets a check too? (it doesn't come out of their future benefits, either) So, I take them. Had you let me have my own money, I could have saved or not and sold the house and hied to the Philippines and lived on a lot less.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 31, 2025 08:17 AM (uQesX)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at December 31, 2025 07:57 AM (xeLtb)
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A nominee certainly. Maybe today Ace can sort out which Congress critter is the biggest jackass, or at least guide us towards a better appreciation for "how insane and stupid got so rich".
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 31, 2025 08:17 AM (yiwg4)
Posted by: redridinghood at December 31, 2025 08:18 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at December 31, 2025 08:18 AM (8CIFn)
He might be the penultimate jackass, though.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 08:18 AM (06Hmj)
Posted by: Guy who will drink to anything at December 31, 2025 08:19 AM (vFG9F)
Islamic Republic of Iran Says it’s in a ‘Overall War’
Islamic Republic of Iran Says it’s in a ‘Unlimited War’
I should go to Iran as a copywriter as there are much stronger adjectives than Total.
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 31, 2025 08:19 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 31, 2025 08:19 AM (+GEEr)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 31, 2025 08:06 AM (ufSfZ)
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Trump is 0 for 4 on AG picks thus far in his two terms (including Gaetz, who might have been the best of the sorry lot).
I think someone like former Missouri Attorney General (and current US Senator) Eric Schmitt or maybe Ken Paxton out of Texas may have been fearless & effective -- or even someone who was personally f*cked by the Deep State (with a chip on their shoulder) like Rudy Giuliani, but what do I know?
Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at December 31, 2025 08:20 AM (QbCrG)
Edmund Burke and Thomas Paine and their disagreements as chronicled in "Reflections" and "Rights of Man".
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure
__________
Paine was defending the French Revolution, not ours. And he was obviously wrong in that.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 31, 2025 08:20 AM (XvL8K)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 08:20 AM (zNwXb)
Posted by: Guy who relates everything to a Zappa song
>Now do Yoko Ono.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 31, 2025 08:20 AM (nljXp)
Posted by: fd at December 31, 2025 08:20 AM (vFG9F)
I don't know how in the world you managed The Morning Report while in treatment. What a warrior you are.
Posted by: Grammie Wingers' ipad at December 31, 2025 07:55 AM (SfhV1)
God bless and keep you!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 31, 2025 08:21 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: fd at December 31, 2025 08:21 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 08:21 AM (RIvkX)
He might be the penultimate jackass, though.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 08:18 AM (06Hmj)
Or the antepenultimate, even.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 31, 2025 08:21 AM (uQesX)
Posted by: Bulg at December 31, 2025 08:22 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: fd at December 31, 2025 08:20 AM (vFG9F)
It's just a little spat.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 08:22 AM (06Hmj)
Posted by: Ordinary American at December 31, 2025 08:22 AM (t+TFX)
Posted by: fd at December 31, 2025 08:20 AM (vFG9F)
It's just a little spat.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 08:22 AM (06Hmj)
Just had to shoehorn that in there, didn't you?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 31, 2025 08:23 AM (uQesX)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 07:58 AM (ExV1e)
Sure, but beside the point. It's true or it isn't true.
Posted by: Ordinary American at December 31, 2025 08:24 AM (t+TFX)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 08:24 AM (QGRvm)
Posted by: Captain Horatio Hornblower at December 31, 2025 08:24 AM (wVcYX)
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What are you complaining about, you just made 50 cents.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 08:24 AM (RIvkX)
I have heard this story from another country.
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 31, 2025 08:25 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Ordinary American at December 31, 2025 08:22 AM (t+TFX)
Blow jobs under the bridge only pay $15 now. So, his economy is worse than last year.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 31, 2025 08:25 AM (uQesX)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 08:21 AM (RIvkX)
Indeed! What comes after is still a big mystery but if the Mullahocracy is swept aside, that would be a pretty big deal.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 31, 2025 08:25 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: tubal at December 31, 2025 08:25 AM (f6ii3)
@ScottPresler
“Did you know that in 2008 more than 500,000 voters
— or nearly 19% of all voters in Minnesota —
registered on Election Day?
Did you know that former Senator Al Franken was elected by 312 votes?”
https://tinyurl.com/564swv3w
Posted by: redridinghood at December 31, 2025 08:26 AM (NpAcC)
I will be with you;
and when you pass through the rivers,
they will not sweep over you.
When you walk through the fire,
you will not be burned;
the flames will not set you ablaze.”
Isaiah 43:2
Posted by: Marcus T at December 31, 2025 08:26 AM (Jl/ju)
Trump clearly is not a linear thinker.
While stimulating as much productivity into the system, he is very aware and actively working to defund the Left leaving the monsters who plunder the system without the means to rule pretending to be a majority when they are not.
Other miracles are occurring too:
For one, much to RFK's chagrin, the massive increase in Autism isn't from vaccines and Tylenol, but Somalian-styled fraud.
Yeeting Somalians from the welfare rolls and physically from this country also reduces foreign wars and terrorism while saving us tens of billions!
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 08:26 AM (a4flb)
I'm out of champagne and I expect all the liquor stores around me are, too. But I would give nearly anything to share a bottle of Veuve Cliquot with a lovely lady to make me forget myself and start the new year off right.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 31, 2025 08:26 AM (ufSfZ)
Posted by: It's like a Greek Yogurt at December 31, 2025 08:26 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Bulg at December 31, 2025 08:26 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 08:26 AM (06Hmj)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 31, 2025 08:26 AM (ufSfZ)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 08:22 AM (06Hmj)
Just had to shoehorn that in there, didn't you?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 31, 2025 08:23 AM (uQesX)
It's not that black and white.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 31, 2025 08:27 AM (3Ope8)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 31, 2025 08:27 AM (vyvuF)
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You really need to be better. Your trolling sucks.
No passion.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 08:28 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Bulg at December 31, 2025 08:26 AM (77rzZ)
Used to watch The Tonight Show on NYE. There's nothing good to do anymore.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 31, 2025 08:28 AM (uQesX)
Posted by: Grammie Wingers' ipad at December 31, 2025 08:28 AM (SfhV1)
Posted by: Grammie Wingers' ipad at December 31, 2025 07:37 AM (SfhV1)
So very good to see you, Grammie! Happy New Year's Eve to you and the Rev as well.
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 31, 2025 08:28 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at December 31, 2025 08:28 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
He knows that he's going to be mocked and his statements edited. Hard to stay passionate with trolling knowing that.
Posted by: NR Pax at December 31, 2025 08:29 AM (svLOV)
There are some people who'll say they support her efforts to reform the DoJ. I'd like to know, specifically, what those efforts are and whether they are being successful. An on the cuff analysis seems to be mixed.
If, as some suggest, the DoJ is as corrupt as they say, then perhaps someone with a more forceful personality would be a better fit at Justice. I think Bondi's timid. A politician in a cut-throat position who's having some difficulty reigning in her charge.
There are other women in the administration that don't seem to be having the same issues in their respective positions.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 31, 2025 08:30 AM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: Grammie Wingers' ipad at December 31, 2025 08:30 AM (SfhV1)
Posted by: Marcus T at December 31, 2025 08:30 AM (Jl/ju)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 08:22 AM (06Hmj)
Just had to shoehorn that in there, didn't you?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 31, 2025 08:23 AM (uQesX)
It's not that black and white.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 31, 2025 08:27 AM (3Ope
And that buttons it all up.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 31, 2025 08:30 AM (uQesX)
Posted by: Common Tater at December 31, 2025 08:31 AM (b9poi)
Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at December 31, 2025 08:28 AM (2Ez/1)
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A tip of the Follywood cap to that outstanding post.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 31, 2025 08:31 AM (vyvuF)
Posted by: fd
*********
Sound the battle cry:
"Remember Oshkosh, B'Gosh!"
Posted by: muldoon at December 31, 2025 08:31 AM (/iMjX)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 31, 2025 08:32 AM (vyvuF)
Posted by: Grammie Wingers' ipad at December 31, 2025 08:32 AM (SfhV1)
Posted by: NR Pax at December 31, 2025 08:29 AM (svLOV)
I just wonder if he stays around to read any replies? It's got to fry him, if he does, when he finds himself with a mouthful of shit pebbles.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 31, 2025 08:32 AM (uQesX)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 08:22 AM
Just had to shoehorn that in there, didn't you?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 31, 2025 08:23 AM
+++
Sock it to me.
Posted by: Goldie Hawn at December 31, 2025 08:32 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: fd at December 31, 2025 08:33 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 08:22 AM
Just had to shoehorn that in there, didn't you?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 31, 2025 08:23 AM
+++
Sock it to me.
Posted by: Goldie Hawn at December 31, 2025 08:32 AM (2Ez/1)
Verrrry interrrrresting.
Posted by: Artie Johnson at December 31, 2025 08:34 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Goldie Hawn at December 31, 2025 08:32 AM (2Ez/1)
Sock it to me?*
*Fun fact: Rowan and Martin were Nixon supporters.
Posted by: Richard Nixon at December 31, 2025 08:35 AM (uQesX)
Thank you JJ, for another year of Morning Reports. Starts my weekdays off on the right foot. Which then gets ruined by mostly bad "Art".
Posted by: Lenny's Clam Bar at December 31, 2025 08:36 AM (oftw2)
Paine's pamphlets contributed mightily to the creation of this nation's charter. Starting with "Common Sense" that was pivotal in the rallying support for independence and that the government should derive its authority from the people not monarchy or hereditary privilege.
Though he did whine a bit about the 1787 Constitution for being too conservative and elitist.
I also would not want him on the SCOTUS because he rejected "originalism". We have enough "living document" types on the bench now.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 08:36 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 31, 2025
***
That sounds imaginative. Will the idea support multiple episodes, though? I expect there aren't 22, but maybe 6 or 7?
Spade's main adventure, Maltese Falcon, was published in '29, so probably set in '28. This series, I guess, would be in the Thirties, before the war?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 08:36 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Bulg at December 31, 2025 08:36 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 08:37 AM (RIvkX)
Social Security started to become illiquid when Congress allowed illegal aliens, and aliens with temporary status access to the funds. They also allowed immigrants the ability to put people like their sick parents on SSDI. Take a look at the legislation Congress passed, the look at the chart of solvency.
SSDI is also a huge fraud vector. When someone finally digs down on that scam it’s going to be trillions. There are doctors and fake medical establishments who funnel people into that system.
So you want to know how to make SS solvent? There you go. Pretty easy, even an internet guy can do it.
Posted by: Marcus T at December 31, 2025 08:37 AM (Jl/ju)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 31, 2025 08:38 AM (sDNVV)
2026 LET'S GOOOOOO
Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 31, 2025 08:38 AM (emBoF)
Posted by: Tricky Dick at December 31, 2025 08:38 AM (2Ez/1)
Today, December 31, 2025, is the sixth day of Kwanzaa
Ima get me a pimp cup of VSOP.
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 31, 2025 08:38 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure
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Tell that to Nicole Shanahan whose child developed autism within a week of being vaccinated.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 08:38 AM (bLAch)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 31, 2025 08:39 AM (nljXp)
Posted by: Marcus T at December 31, 2025 08:39 AM (Jl/ju)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 08:36 AM (wzUl9)
And, after being run out of Europe by Poirot, changed his name to Rick, and took up residence in Caseblanca.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 31, 2025 08:39 AM (uQesX)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 31, 2025
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Oh, no, I see it's set in 1963, and Spade is now sixty. That sounds about right; he would have been around twenty-five at the time of the Falcon adventure.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 08:39 AM (wzUl9)
.. the memes write themselves
Posted by: SMOD at December 31, 2025 08:39 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: fd
Liberty Overalls was a long-time sponsor of Hee-Haw. Most of the cast wore them. Buck Owens usually wore his backwards, which must have been a challenge to pee in.
Posted by: Button Fly Bobby at December 31, 2025 08:40 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 08:40 AM (a4flb)
Guy Lombardo was a hydroplane racer, and once held the world water speed record -- although the Lake Saint Clair Roostertail crowd say he was a little overcautious in race traffic.
He was a major racetrack investor on Long Island when there were such things, and helped put together the financing for the speedway at Daytona. Auld Lang Syne was very good to him.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 31, 2025 08:41 AM (zdLoL)
And yes the left is absolutely dying on this hill
Posted by: SMOD at December 31, 2025 08:41 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 31, 2025 08:41 AM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 31, 2025 08:38 AM (sDNVV)
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When it hits bottom it will turn red and display a hammer & sickle.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 08:41 AM (RIvkX)
FINALLY, Jewish Space Lasers
We all know JJ has one in space already that he uses to make CBD's brisket get overdone.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 31, 2025 08:42 AM (3ha+O)
221 There's always watching the ball drop. Might have more significance this year.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 31, 2025 08:38 AM
Or a Moon Pie:
https://tinyurl.com/58mcdwdn
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 31, 2025 08:42 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 31, 2025 08:43 AM (x0n13)
Republicans are just not getting out to vote.
The midterms could be really ugly.
Iowa Democrat wins state Senate seat, blocking GOP from regaining supermajority in state legislature
https://tinyurl.com/5a66nh5h
Posted by: redridinghood at December 31, 2025 08:43 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: fd at December 31, 2025 08:33 AM (vFG9F)
It is kid of a jarring juxtaposition, isn't it?
America, and the West in general more or less, has this weird, nearly mystical obsession with this strange, abstract thing we call "The Economy", as if it were a self contained object with its own intensive and extensive properties, and lives and breathes on its own to be poked and prodded and studied and manipulated like it were an elephant or a bridge. The legacy of Adam Smith I assume.
A Somali has pretty much no conception of such a creature. You have stuff. You suck at protecting your stuff. He takes your stuff. Now he has stuff. You go out and make more stuff. You suck at protecting that stuff, too. He takes your stuff again. Now he has more stuff.
There's no "Economy" to talk about in any of that, it's just a bunch of making and taking with no coherence or internal structure of any kind.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 08:43 AM (06Hmj)
The Democrats/Commies big defense of the Somali mega-fraud is-
*said with soy-based vocal cords*
"But, but, but, white people commit fraud too."
Welp, I agree.
Lock-up all the white Minnesoturds involved in the fraud as well,
Maybe a close look at Tampon Tim is in order...
Posted by: naturalfake at December 31, 2025 08:43 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 08:39 AM (wzUl9)
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The sixties are a good choice as a decade for a world-weary California detective, as it allows both period piece French backgrounds and some skinny dipping in the same series.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 31, 2025 08:43 AM (vyvuF)
Posted by: Jonah at December 31, 2025 08:43 AM (YCxFk)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 08:41 AM (RIvkX)
Maybe the new mayor's friends will make it explode?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 31, 2025 08:43 AM (uQesX)
Posted by: SMOD at December 31, 2025 08:43 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 31, 2025 08:41 AM (tgvbd)
fixed it
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 31, 2025 08:43 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Sanity Clause at December 31, 2025 08:44 AM (oftw2)
big parade around here!
lol I have a good feeling about this year's Mummers I dunno
Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 31, 2025 08:44 AM (emBoF)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 31, 2025 08:43 AM (x0n13)
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Laughing over here.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 31, 2025 08:44 AM (vyvuF)
Posted by: Jonah at December 31, 2025 08:44 AM (YCxFk)
We seen some of the clowns in the DOJ, they are getting arrested for interfering in ICE operations.
They look like they are best suited for demeaning scut work and should be assigned some of the most menial and humiliating tasks that have near zero influence on society.
Then go ahead and contract out to law firms and PI agencies that could provide based talent to go do the things that do matter.
If we are pissing away tens of billions on Quality Leaning, and have already made the argument for outsourcing (eg. H1B) we can certainly afford to rent outside DOJ skill positions on a performance metric and start tearing down the Left's institutions.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 08:45 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 31, 2025 08:44 AM (emBoF)
Quietest damn parade you've ever seen!
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 31, 2025 08:45 AM (uQesX)
Sarah Hoyt keeps asking there DOGE question, as should we all, esp. when talking with progtards:
"What if the deficit is all fraud?"
Posted by: naturalfake at December 31, 2025 08:46 AM (iJfKG)
This is a real problem.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 31, 2025 08:46 AM (vyvuF)
Hey, what's another $38 T between friends?
Posted by: man at December 31, 2025 08:47 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 31, 2025 08:43 AM (x0n13)
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Laughing over here.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 31, 2025 08:44 AM (vyvuF)
Momma of blessed memory coined that phrase.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 31, 2025 08:47 AM (x0n13)
@BernieSanders
says he’ll be introducing a national wealth tax to emulate California’s
What do you call this type of dancing? (ghey dudes ass to dick dancing)
Unrealized gains should be taxed Because of the debt loophole; ( I have study this and do not understand how the debt loophole works)
and
So the New York Times has reported that one if the Venezuelan boats has finally washed up on shore and it wasn’t filled with Fentanyl or Cocaine! It had Marijuana
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 31, 2025 08:47 AM (gbOdA)
This is a real problem.
Posted by: Huck Follywood
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I'm sitting right here.
Posted by: The DVR at December 31, 2025 08:48 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 31, 2025 08:46 AM (vyvuF)
Won't every dude there be watching?
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 31, 2025 08:48 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: The DVR at December 31, 2025 08:48 AM (2Ez/1)
(wiggles phonephinger)
Call me.
Posted by: Uber/Lyft at December 31, 2025 08:49 AM (uQesX)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 31, 2025 08:49 AM (3Ope8)
Posted by: Goldie Hawn at December 31, 2025 08:32 AM (2Ez/1)
Sock it to me?*
*Fun fact: Rowan and Martin were Nixon supporters.
Posted by: Richard Nixon at December 31, 2025 08:35 AM (uQesX)
For a season, at least, another R&M catchphrase was "Blow in my ear and I'll follow you anywhere." I've seen Nixon saying that in a clip where he was doing a campaign event with Rowan and Martin.
And I know Judy Carne and Goldie Hawn were the designated hotties on the show, but I had a thing for Jo Ann Worley.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 31, 2025 08:49 AM (ufSfZ)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 08:26 AM (a4flb)
It actually can be both (and then even more as well)...and probably is...
Posted by: Nova Local at December 31, 2025 08:49 AM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Here's My Donation at December 31, 2025 08:50 AM (oftw2)
Unfortunately they are mono variable equation "thinkers" who feel that the only path to success is to avoid the low level criminals and only seek the biggest fish - who have an army of lawyers, prosecutors, judges, and shadowy wet workers who make convictions impossible.
That is, don't waste time getting the low hanging fruit, every prosecution should be Mars launches using Right Now resources.
Failure thinking from failure minds.
Go get them all. Use black hoods and white vans to get the big fish who are Too Big To Jail.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 08:50 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: Artie Johnson at December 31, 2025 08:50 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 31, 2025
***
And Owen has some of the physical traits Hammett described. Nice that they don't pretend the actor is still thirty-something. I'll have to look for this at the library. They have a slew of TV series on DVD as well as movies.
There was only one Spade novel, and a very few short stories. The latter were written as Hammett slid into his "not writing any more" period. His last novel was The Thin Man -- which is nowhere near the funny charming romp of the Powell-Loy movie or its sequels. As with Falcon, I got bored with TTM the novel early on and took two or three tries to finish it. Maybe I'd appreciate it more now.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 08:50 AM (wzUl9)
Blow jobs under the bridge only pay $15 now. So, his economy is worse than last year.
Posted by: OrangeEnt
So, deflation as represented in the post BJ bliss as well as the lower price point for a BJ under the bridge.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 31, 2025 08:50 AM (QVmho)
"What if the deficit is all fraud?"
Posted by: naturalfake
>Here's one: The economy is all a fraud. BOHICA.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 31, 2025 08:50 AM (nljXp)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 08:43 AM (06Hmj)
It is called the Shit Hole Economy. Used by about 55% of the so-called countries today.
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 31, 2025 08:51 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 31, 2025 08:49 AM (ufSfZ)
Sadly, MP4, she wouldn't have the hots for you. Or any guy, really.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 31, 2025 08:51 AM (uQesX)
Posted by: Common Tater at December 31, 2025 08:51 AM (b9poi)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 31, 2025 08:51 AM (x0n13)
We seen some of the clowns in the DOJ, they are getting arrested for interfering in ICE operations.
They look like they are best suited for demeaning scut work and should be assigned some of the most menial and humiliating tasks that have near zero influence on society.
Then go ahead and contract out to law firms and PI agencies that could provide based talent to go do the things that do matter.
If we are pissing away tens of billions on Quality Leaning, and have already made the argument for outsourcing (eg. H1B) we can certainly afford to rent outside DOJ skill positions on a performance metric and start tearing down the Left's institutions.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 08:45 AM (a4flb)
Feds can't pay enough to the outsourced attorneys.
Harmeet is taking as huge a pay cut as Bongino probably was doing her job now...
Posted by: Nova Local at December 31, 2025 08:51 AM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Jonah at December 31, 2025 08:51 AM (YCxFk)
Posted by: Here's My Donation at December 31, 2025 08:50 AM (oftw2)
The blown out old slag should just call it "The Human Fund" for crying out loud.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 08:52 AM (06Hmj)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 31, 2025 08:49 AM
----
Hey big boy!
Posted by: Ruth Buzzi at December 31, 2025 08:52 AM (2Ez/1)
Republicans are just not getting out to vote.
The midterms could be really ugly.
Iowa Democrat wins state Senate seat, blocking GOP from regaining supermajority in state legislature
https://tinyurl.com/5a66nh5h
Posted by: redridinghood at December 31, 2025 08:43 AM (NpAcC)
That seat was held by a prog that died. It's in the most heavily prog area of the state. It's nothing surprising.
Get ahold of yerself. eeyore.
Posted by: 5 miles to nowhere at December 31, 2025 08:52 AM (G+z4C)
Get ahold of yerself. eeyore.
Posted by: 5 miles to nowhere at December 31, 2025 08:52 AM (G+z4C)
You talking to Masturbatin' Pete? He already does.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 31, 2025 08:54 AM (uQesX)
Tried to post a picture of Clara Bow in a negligee with that last, but tinyurl isn't working for me today.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression)
She was smokin hot. Link goes to duck duck go image search results that are sfw. https://is.gd/yILcBR
Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 31, 2025 08:54 AM (QVmho)
Posted by: man at December 31, 2025 08:54 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: SMOD
As long as they die die, I'm good with that.
Imagine a world without democrats.
Go on, you can do it!
Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 08:54 AM (QGRvm)
FFS the government can't even identify all it's accounts, let alone reconcile them. Yeah, its all fraud.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 31, 2025 08:54 AM (3Ope8)
Posted by: Bulg at December 31, 2025 08:54 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: man at December 31, 2025 08:55 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Jonah at December 31, 2025 08:55 AM (YCxFk)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 31, 2025 08:55 AM (0U5gm)
It actually can be both (and then even more as well)...and probably is...
Posted by: Nova Local
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He should go to Nicole Shanahan's site and read her story.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 08:55 AM (bLAch)
But now....
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 31, 2025 08:55 AM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 31, 2025 08:49 AM
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Hey big boy!
Posted by: Ruth Buzzi at December 31, 2025 08:52 AM (2Ez/1)
Is this the party to whom I'm speaking?
Posted by: Ernestine at December 31, 2025 08:55 AM (wVcYX)
Well, not poor old Goebbels...
Posted by: man
Lance Armstrong.
Speaking of Lance Armstrong, do you know who won the first Tour de France?
The 7th German Panzer Division.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 08:55 AM (QGRvm)
Posted by: Bulg at December 31, 2025 08:54 AM (77rzZ)
I had heard that somewhere, but she was married for a time. Maybe, maybe not.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 31, 2025 08:55 AM (uQesX)
Posted by: Jonah at December 31, 2025 08:56 AM (YCxFk)
Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 08:56 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Jonah at December 31, 2025 08:56 AM (YCxFk)
You mean Louise Brooks, right?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 31, 2025 08:57 AM (uQesX)
Posted by: Grandpa Simpson at December 31, 2025 08:57 AM (2Ez/1)
I hope Somali Pirates end up owning 25% of NYC in the next 4 years.
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 31, 2025 08:57 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 08:57 AM (bLAch)
Posted by: Bulg at December 31, 2025 08:58 AM (77rzZ)
Story of my life.
But Ruth Buzzi was cute when she wasn't done up as Gladys Ormphby.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 31, 2025 08:58 AM (ufSfZ)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 31, 2025 08:58 AM (3Ope8)
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 31, 2025 08:58 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Nova Local at December 31, 2025 08:51 AM (tOcjL)
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On Andy Ngo's substack he was bragging about a cap she had knitted for Andy.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 08:58 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Ruth at December 31, 2025 08:59 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 31, 2025 08:59 AM (wVcYX)
UT VS Michigan game today at 2 pm CST.
Your brain will be glad you did.
Posted by: naturalfake at December 31, 2025 08:59 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: OrangeEnt
Worley was married to Roger Perry for many years, until Joyce Bulifant stole him away from her. Bulifant had four Hollywood husbands, including James MacArthur. Joyce wrote a book about having Helen Hayes as a MIL.
Posted by: Hollywood Hystery at December 31, 2025 08:59 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Bulg at December 31, 2025 08:54 AM (77rzZ)
I had heard that somewhere, but she was married for a time. Maybe, maybe not.
Posted by: OrangeEnt
She was married to Roger Perry for 25 years. But that doesn't mean squat. Anyway, she's still with us. Born 09-06-1937.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 08:59 AM (QGRvm)
Posted by: Bulg at December 31, 2025 08:59 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Ernestine at December 31, 2025 08:55 AM (wVcYX)
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You bet your sweet bippy!!!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 31, 2025 09:00 AM (bU1Ea)
Posted by: Bulg at December 31, 2025 08:58 AM
Wait, wut?
Posted by: Brie Larson at December 31, 2025 09:00 AM (2Ez/1)
Should be called the "My Career in Politics is Over, So Fund My Lifestyle For Me PAC."
Posted by: Delurker at December 31, 2025 09:00 AM (xNHSX)
Anthony Hopkins, Donna Summer, John Denver, Val Kilmer, Henri Matisse, Donald Trump Jr.
Posted by: redridinghood at December 31, 2025 09:00 AM (NpAcC)
Wiki indicates that she was married to a dude for 25 years.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 09:00 AM (ExV1e)
>>Harmeet is taking as huge a pay cut as Bongino probably was doing her job now...
Then there's the not so small problem of the left and the courts suing to stop any move like that and at best holding it up for months.
Trumps US Attorney for Minnesota wasn't even sworn in until October 10th because Democrats in Congress have been holding nominations. The DOJ has still managed to charge nearly 100 people in Minnesota and counting.
The problem is not at the DOJ. The problem is with the Senate that refuses to play tough with Democrats and get rid of archaic and abused rules like blue slips. And get rid of the filibuster while they are at it.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2025 09:00 AM (viF8m)
That's Beto's gig!
Posted by: man at December 31, 2025 09:01 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 31, 2025 09:02 AM (xT8gx)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 09:02 AM (RIvkX)
"That's not who we are! "
/whimpers
Posted by: man at December 31, 2025 09:02 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 31, 2025 08:55 AM (0U5gm)
The incomprehensible rules about you must store as much finished product as you will make during a shutdown is literally impossible to follow.
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 31, 2025 09:02 AM (gbOdA)
Again, how do we think FDR would have dealt with an elected official/judge that said something like this about the "Japanese Undocumented Workers" in Alaska during WWII?
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 09:03 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 31, 2025 08:55 AM (0U5gm)
What's California's plan again?
To be a big, fat, leech-like, Energy Parasite on the rest of the nation?
Or, just go straight 3rd world poverty and burning sticks for light at night?
Posted by: naturalfake at December 31, 2025 09:03 AM (iJfKG)
Stand Up, America!
Rise Up, America!
Sit Down, America!
Touch Your Toes, America!
I Did Not Say Simon Says, America!
Posted by: Delurker at December 31, 2025 09:03 AM (xNHSX)
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I would imagine it will be contested. The legality of it is... questionable at best. But, it's NYC so who knows.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 31, 2025 09:03 AM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: Bulg at December 31, 2025 09:04 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 09:04 AM (2fdLC)
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 09:04 AM (sKqQm)
The problem is not at the DOJ. The problem is with the Senate that refuses to play tough with Democrats and get rid of archaic and abused rules like blue slips. And get rid of the filibuster while they are at it.
Posted by: JackStraw
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Thune just needs the proper motivation. It hasn't been applied yet.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 09:04 AM (bLAch)
I might become a thing again.
Posted by: Whale oil at December 31, 2025 09:04 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: OrangeEnt
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Which explains why ASS has taken up trolling as a profession
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 31, 2025 09:05 AM (eK/uX)
https://tinyurl.com/3a8jd57e
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 31, 2025 09:05 AM (XvL8K)
Posted by: naturalfake at December 31, 2025 09:03 AM (iJfKG)
They'll get a bunch of silicone filled mutants to quack out manically edited twenty second videos about this Awesome New Life Hack they just discovered of heating up a can of beans on a small fire made out of one of your dining room table legs.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 09:05 AM (06Hmj)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 09:06 AM (zNwXb)
But can afford to give hundreds of billions out to railroads to nowhere, Ukraine, day care centers, tuition forgiveness, SBA grants, Climate Change initiatives, IMF and UN fiascos, and a myriad of other scams.
What is it worth to save the country and possibly the world by not allowing the demons to plunge us into a Thousand Years of Darkness
We have a trillion dollars budgeted to support EU's socialism and to sink drug boats but nothing to actually defend the nation?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 09:06 AM (a4flb)
https://x.com/WesternLensman/status/
2006218067441840422
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 31, 2025 09:06 AM (gbOdA)
Everything is built into the equation.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 31, 2025 09:07 AM (nljXp)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 09:07 AM (tfRlN)
Posted by: Most people at December 31, 2025 09:07 AM (2Ez/1)
So far I've seen that the fraud recipients were giving money to the state Dem party. I assume shortly the feds will have evidence of willful negligence on MN's part. That should be enough to start charging some of Walz's minions...but Walz himself should be the ultimate target here.
And not only because he is guilty as sin, but because if a big name Dem goes to prison for fraud and graft we will finally see the Dems (and GOPe) start to see limits to how much they can steal.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 09:07 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Delurker at December 31, 2025 09:08 AM (xNHSX)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 31, 2025
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I remember seeing Jo Ann gleefully clowning on The Merv Griffin Show, the old Westinghouse syndicated program from NYC, about a year before Laugh-In burst on the scene. Merv had a lot of rising comics and performing eccentrics on his show: Rodney Dangerfield, Richard Pryor (when he was still working clean), Tom Patchett & Jay Tarses, and Dick Clair & Jenna McMahon.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 09:08 AM (wzUl9)
To be a big, fat, leech-like, Energy Parasite on the rest of the nation?
Or, just go straight 3rd world poverty and burning sticks for light at night?
Posted by: naturalfake at December 31, 2025 09:03 AM (iJfKG)
You think you're tough for eating beans every day? There's half a million scarecrows in LA who'd give anything for one mouthful of what you got. They've been under siege for about three months. 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: r hennigantx at December 31, 2025 09:09 AM (gbOdA)
This is the same script from the Haitians eating wildlife in OH - get the local authorities to claim nothing wrong happened and then just quote them endlessly.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 09:09 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: naturalfake at December 31, 2025
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"Daddy, what did people use for light at night before candles?"
"Electricity."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 09:09 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: But that's just me at December 31, 2025 09:09 AM (2Ez/1)
Has he named his price? I'm sure that we can get a GoFundMe in place to raise the ransom money.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 09:10 AM (a4flb)
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It's not just the blue slips and filibuster, Thune is still following McConnell's playbook and refusing to go into recess. Very aggravating, and I'm not sure why it's not talked about more--especially by Trump.
Posted by: IrishEi at December 31, 2025 09:11 AM (3ImbR)
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It's not just the blue slips and filibuster, Thune is still following McConnell's playbook and refusing to go into recess. Very aggravating, and I'm not sure why it's not talked about more--especially by Trump.
Posted by: IrishEi at December 31, 2025 09:11 AM (3ImbR)
That is one way to deal with an immigration problem.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 09:12 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 31, 2025
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"The Small World of Lewis Stillman" by William F. Nolan has entered the chat. . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 09:12 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 09:08 AM (wzUl9)
You know who salvaged the set of the Merv Griffin Show from a dumpster and rebuilt it in his apartment?
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 31, 2025 09:12 AM (wVcYX)
In the short term I think it is a fine strategy to find ways to bribe GOPers but only if we see actual results first.
At the very least getting GOPe grifters to have an adversarial relationship with Dem grifters would be a positive
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 09:12 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: IrishEi at December 31, 2025 09:12 AM (3ImbR)
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025
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They all know he has money. The challenge is getting him to part with any of it!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 09:13 AM (wzUl9)
That is the Glass Is Half Full case.
What is more likely is that the GOPe will double down on their commitment with the Demons to make sure that DOJ never has the resources to go after protected Party Members.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 09:14 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 09:06 AM (a4flb)
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You can thank Congress for the allocation of money.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 09:14 AM (bLAch)
You know who salvaged the set of the Merv Griffin Show from a dumpster and rebuilt it in his apartment?
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 31, 2025
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I think Kramer grabbed off the later set, when Merv was on CBS.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 09:14 AM (wzUl9)
Please Jesus let me live long enough for Minnesomalia to become a real place.
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 31, 2025 09:15 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: You Bet Your Bippy! at December 31, 2025 09:15 AM (oftw2)
Random bursts of gunfire in the distance. Somewhere a dog barks, and a baby cries. And the smell. The SMELL.
Posted by: E. Hemingway at December 31, 2025 09:15 AM (2Ez/1)
I'd aim higher. There has been obvious coordination with this scam on a national level. Somalians in states like Washington, Maine, Ohio, etc., are all running the same scam and in some cases sending money to each other. Mass immigration into the US was an enormous money laundering and wealth transfer operation, it was just a bunch of Somalis with the combined brainpower of a bag of donuts. Our wealth was systematically given to 3rd world trash.
This was all NGO and globalist (UN for one) run.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2025 09:16 AM (viF8m)
I think someone like former Missouri Attorney General (and current US Senator) Eric Schmitt or maybe Ken Paxton out of Texas may have been fearless & effective -- or even someone who was personally f*cked by the Deep State (with a chip on their shoulder) like Rudy Giuliani, but what do I know?
Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at December 31, 2025 08:20 AM (QbCrG)
And none of them would have been approved. THAT'S the problem.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at December 31, 2025 09:16 AM (5xuJ/)
It's lazy. It's greedy. It's arrogant. You ought to have to play the game and learn how to fleece the sheep without the shepherd noticing. You can't just murder the bastard and drag off his whole flock in broad daylight. That's just cheating.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 09:16 AM (06Hmj)
Posted by: Bulg at December 31, 2025 08:54 AM (77rzZ)
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Next you'll be telling me that Charles Nelson Reilly was ghey...
Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 31, 2025 09:16 AM (Bo9Yf)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 09:12 AM (wzUl9)
or Red Dawn
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 31, 2025 09:16 AM (gbOdA)
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Pete Barbuti, you forgot Pete.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 09:16 AM (bLAch)
Please Jesus let me live long enough for Minnesomalia to become a real place.
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 31, 2025 09:15 AM (gbOdA)
Londonistan is already a real place.
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 31, 2025 09:17 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: You Bet Your Bippy! at December 31, 2025
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During the Sniffle Scare, I got to see a lot of the first couple of years of it on the Decades Channel. Often very funny stuff. My favorite:
Col. Sanders: "Here, chicky, chicky, chicky --"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 09:17 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: E. Hemingway at December 31, 2025 09:15 AM (2Ez/1)
ooo ooo that smell
the smell of mess around you
Posted by: R V Zant at December 31, 2025 09:18 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Bulg at December 31, 2025 08:54 AM (77rzZ)
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Next you'll be telling me that Charles Nelson Reilly was ghey...
Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 31, 2025 09:16 AM
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Well, I never!
Posted by: Paul Lynde at December 31, 2025 09:19 AM (2Ez/1)
And a 1:00 a.m., and at 2:00 a.m., and at ...
The Paolo's work is, how you say, never done.
Posted by: Paolo at December 31, 2025 09:19 AM (0sNs1)
Posted by: muldoon at December 31, 2025 09:19 AM (/iMjX)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025
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That's right! He looked sort of like Pete Fountain, didn't he?
And there was some husband-and-wife celebrity pair, an older man named "Jack" something and his Japanese wife ("Reiko"?). Even at my generally-accepting age of twelve or thirteen, I found them boring.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 09:19 AM (wzUl9)
Totally beyond the DOJ's capabilities, no matter the composition of the DOJ - unless the DOJ had a branch of Mitch Rapps and Scot Havaths.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 09:19 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: naturalfake at December 31, 2025 09:19 AM (iJfKG)
Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
BREAKING: It's been exposed that a network of "assisted living facilities" are STILL getting MILLIONS of taxpayer dollars from Minnesota despite the owner being an indicted FRAUDSTER
The media went up to the door, and they PANICKED!
"How is he still collecting checks, running these assisted living centers?!"
They're getting tens of MILLIONS.
REP. ROBBINS: "In this case, and in others, they didn't [stop the funds]!"
"This person owns assisted living facilities, and his wife runs the service provider part of it. He owns the property, one was purchased with the same shell company he used to money launder in Feeding Our Future. Now, that same shell company has been used to buy a new assisted living facility property!"
This is unbelievable. CUT IT OFF, NOW.
https://tinyurl.com/4x93bhy5
Posted by: redridinghood at December 31, 2025 09:20 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: R V Zant at December 31, 2025 09:20 AM (gbOdA)
Random bursts of gunfire in the distance. Somewhere a dog barks, and a baby cries. And the smell. The SMELL.
Posted by: E. Hemingway
Leave nothing for anyone else.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 09:20 AM (QGRvm)
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at December 31, 2025 09:20 AM (b8J4P)
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 31, 2025 09:20 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
I did some work in the CBS warehouse facility around 60th Street, near the Hudson. Had sets, flats, from a large number of shows there. Remember Marshall Efron's Sunday School?
Posted by: Carpenter's Local 257 at December 31, 2025 09:20 AM (oftw2)
FINALLY, Jewish Space Lasers
If, like me, you are hoping for a mention of Mossad's shark lasers in this article will not be disappointed.
Posted by: Huck Follywood
If they can't zap individuals like ants and a magnifying glass, it's useless.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 07:38 AM
So that's who they were designing the laser for in "Real Genius".
Glad to see Chris Knight's work finally put to good use.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2025 09:21 AM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 31, 2025 08:26 AM (ufSfZ)
This one?
https://tinyurl.com/3jcua2kz
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at December 31, 2025 09:21 AM (5xuJ/)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 09:21 AM (06Hmj)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 31, 2025 09:21 AM (BI5O2)
Finally!!!
"Snakes on a Plane" is being released in 4K!
Posted by: naturalfake at December 31, 2025 09:19 AM (iJfKG)
With 20% more mutha fuckr lines.
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 31, 2025 09:22 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Carpenter's Local 257 at December 31, 2025
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No, but I recall the kids' series Discovery nn where nn = '65 or '66 (the years I was aware of it).
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 09:22 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 31, 2025
He had Jim Fowler as a guest who thought it was a real show (but got suspicious when he couldn’t see any cameras)… brought a peregrine falcon which promptly attacked George’s bionic squirrel (which George had paid to create to appease his animal loving girlfriend who was mad at George because the pigeons reneged on their deal and didn’t get out of the way of his car)…. How’d the writers write these plots then read what they’d written and say “yeah, that’ll work” 😂
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 31, 2025 09:22 AM (xT8gx)
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 09:23 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at December 31, 2025 09:23 AM (5xuJ/)
Posted by: Cray Cray at December 31, 2025 09:23 AM (LXBOB)
Given this Congress, I won't be surprised when the Big Beautiful Battleships will be handed over to Somalian pirates.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 09:23 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 09:23 AM (sKqQm)
Corruption Is The System
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 09:23 AM (06Hmj)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 09:23 AM (a4flb)
Which they will cutup and scrap to make nails.
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 31, 2025 09:24 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at December 31, 2025 09:24 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Carpenter's Local 257 a
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Watched carpenters build a set for a running live production. They were not house framers that's for sure.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 09:24 AM (bLAch)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 31, 2025 09:24 AM (xT8gx)
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 09:23 AM (sKqQm)
Corruption Is The System
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 09:23 AM (06Hmj)
Also, the Purpose of a system is what it Does.
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 31, 2025 09:26 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 31, 2025 08:26 AM (ufSfZ)
This one?
https://tinyurl.com/3jcua2kz
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at December 31, 2025 09:21 AM (5xuJ/)
That's the outfit, but not the picture.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 31, 2025 09:27 AM (ufSfZ)
Posted by: muldoon at December 31, 2025 09:19 AM (/iMjX)
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Muldoon always with a better way with words. :-)
Posted by: IrishEi at December 31, 2025 09:27 AM (3ImbR)
Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 09:27 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 31, 2025
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Seinfeld, like Get Smart before it, set up its own little loony world and then explored it. And we loved it.
It was also a show about rules of social behavior and what happens when you violate them. Remember George scooping up food atop a kitchen trash bin? "Adjacent to refuse IS refuse!" Or recall the bit about Jerry being icked-out that the restaurant owner hadn't washed his hands after using the bathroom and before handling food? I'll venture to say a lot of viewers started washing their hands "after," once they'd seen that.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 09:28 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 09:23 AM (06Hmj)
My full saying goes "Our problem isn't that the system is corrupt. It's that corruption is the system."
Learn it, love it.
Every time I say it to someone, I can see it hits. An "aha moment."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 31, 2025 09:28 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 31, 2025 09:29 AM (sDNVV)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 09:29 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 31, 2025 09:31 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 31, 2025 09:31 AM (+mUZM)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 09:31 AM (wzUl9)
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Posted by: Piper at December 31, 2025 09:33 AM (Wmg4n)
UT VS Michigan game today at 2 pm CST.
Your brain will be glad you did.
Posted by: naturalfake at December 31, 2025 08:59 AM
Go Utes! Whose (now former) coach will be Michigan's coach next year.
Posted by: Paolo at December 31, 2025 09:33 AM (0sNs1)
I am presently listening to her year end podcast, because I like to hear what mainstream liberals are thinking about as we enter 2026.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 31, 2025 09:35 AM (7aioM)
Posted by: George Tyrebyter at December 31, 2025 09:39 AM (Rmqfl)
Behind closed doors, emergency discussions surfaced around using extraordinary authority to force refineries to stay online if fuel supply conditions deteriorate further. This video breaks down what triggered those talks, why normal policy tools were no longer considered enough, and what it means when governments start preparing for asset control instead of market cooperation.
The concern wasn’t pump prices. It was refinery behavior, outage risk, and the realization that private operators cannot be compelled to produce fuel once confidence breaks. Internal projections showed that even partial withdrawal by multiple refiners could trigger supply failures the state would be unable to control in time.
This is not speculation or political rhetoric. It’s a look at how severe conditions have become behind the scenes — and why contingency planning moved into territory usually reserved for national emergencies.
Posted by: SMOD at December 31, 2025 09:49 AM (RHGPo)
I know one must face reality but I find I'm happier when I ignore Tucker and Candy. Has Candy accused herself of murdering Charlie Kirk yet?
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA
Ditto. Megyn Kelly moved to being adjacent to those two as well.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at December 31, 2025 09:50 AM (xG4kz)
Obama/Holder, always.
Obama President Barack Obama referred to Elizabeth Warren as the "architect" of the new bureau & appointed her to the role of special adviser to help set up and launch the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).
Reportedly, in 2007, Warren, than a Harvard Law School professor, came up with the idea for the independent agency. 🙄
In July 2010, Congress passed and President Obama signed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The law – often referred to as the Dodd-Frank Act – created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the CFPB).
President Obama urged Congress to give the consumer agency the same "accountability and independence" that the other banking agencies have and sufficient funding so it could ensure that financial companies would comply with consumer laws.
In September 2010, President Obama officially named Warren as an Assistant to the President and Special Adviser to the Secretary of the Treasury, tasking her with
overseeing all aspects of the bureau's initial creation; working to staff the new agency, and get it up and running.
But that's not all.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 31, 2025 09:51 AM (NFX2v)
Demos, a highly progressive think tank, was a major supporter of Amelia's mother, Elizabeth Warren, during that period, presenting her with awards and promoting her work. Amelia Tyagi is now a trustee emeritus of the organization. (See demos org, board of trustees.)
Amelia Warren Tyagi currently serves on the Board of Directors for FUSE Corps, a non-profit that places professionals in local government. ("FUSE is a national nonprofit dedicated to increasing the capacity of local governments to engage communities and work more effectively for everyone.") FUSE is involved in a number of cities across the country including Brooklyn Center & Minneapolis, MN and, of course, Allegheny County & Philadelphia, PA.
(BTW, Warren Tyagi also co-founded HealthAllies with other McKinsey alumni. HealthAllies was a venture capital-backed health benefits firm that was acquired by UnitedHealth Group in the early 2000s.)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 31, 2025 09:51 AM (NFX2v)
The Department of Justice filed suit against the state of Virginia, challenging its policy of granting in-state tuition and state financial aid to undocumented immigrants at public universities.
The DOJ argues the policy violates federal law by allowing illegal immigrants to pay significantly lower tuition than out-of-state U.S. citizens. At the University of Virginia, undocumented students qualifying under the policy pay roughly $24,000 per year, while Americans from other states pay over $62,000.
Attorney General Pam Bondi said the policy treats American students as “second-class citizens” and unfairly uses taxpayer resources to subsidize individuals who are not lawfully present. The case is part of a broader federal effort targeting similar “tuition equity” laws in more than 20 states.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2025 10:17 AM (P5BPp)
Pinal Central, 'California delays revoking 17,000 commercial drivers licenses,' 30 Dec. 2025
In part, A week after immigrant groups filed a lawsuit, California said Tuesday it will delay the revocations of 17,000 commercial driver's licenses until March to allow more time to ensure that truckers and bus drivers who legally qualify for the licenses can keep them.
California decided to revoke the licenses after Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy pressured the state to make sure immigrants who are in the country illegally aren't granted the licenses. The Transportation Department has been prioritizing the issue ever since a truck driver who was not authorized to be in the U.S. made an illegal U-turn and caused a crash in Florida that killed three people in August.
Open Secrets: Top contributor 2023-2024, California Automotive Retailing Group. Top Industries, 2023-2024: Retired, Lawyers/Law Firms; Real Estate; securities and investments, and TV/movies/music.
Helping illegals to help their 'employers'? 🤔
BTW, A-H sits on the Homeland Security & Judiciary Committees of the US House.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 31, 2025 10:35 AM (NFX2v)
Totally beyond the DOJ's capabilities, no matter the composition of the DOJ - unless the DOJ had a branch of Mitch Rapps and Scot Havaths.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 09:19 AM (a4flb)
Wrong governmental unit.
Posted by: Nova Local at December 31, 2025 11:32 AM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Danimal28 at December 31, 2025 11:32 AM (mNOhh)
Meanwhile, thanks to Ace and all the Hordesters who keep the threads & posts filled with great content … Fröhe NeueJahr …
Posted by: Dr_No at December 31, 2025 01:37 PM (ayRl+)
Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at December 31, 2025 06:24 PM (wGqjj)
Daily Tech News 31 December 2025
Top Story
- The problem with letting AI do the grunt work. (The Atlantic) (archive site)
Fresh out of college in the mid 2010s, I'd scored a copy job for a how-to website. An early task involved expanding upon an article titled "How to Get Rid of Dark Lips." For the next two years, I worked on articles with headlines such as "How to Speak Like a Stereotypical New Yorker (With Examples)", "How to Eat an Insect or Arachnid," and "How to Acquire a Gun License in New Jersey." I didn't get rich or win literary awards, but I did learn how to write a clean sentence, convey information in a logical sequence, and modulate my tone for the intended audience - skills that I use daily in my current work in screenwriting, film editing, and corporate communications.
Not seeing the problem here to be honest.
The author's latest feature film, How to Write Slop for Fun and Profit, is airing nowhere now.
- 2025 was Hollywood's year of creative bankruptcy. (PCGamer)
I mean, more so than usual.
Tech News
- Asus is reportedly planning to increase production of DDR4 motherboards next year - both AMD's AM4 and Intel's LGA 1700. (WCCFTech)
Good, because I have a lot of DDR4 memory I could transplant to new systems.
- Digging deeper into Honey's Dieselgate. (VPT Digital)
Online purchasing tool Honey, which was supposed to find you the best deals, actually stole affiliate links and redirected the money to itself.
It also detected if you might be looking for bad behaviour and stopped doing it if it suspected you might be watching.
- With new computers priced out of reach you may have thought of picking up a Nintendo 3DS to play some classic games. Bad timing because a second-hand 3DS suddenly costs almost as much as a brand new Switch 2. (Tom's Hardware)
Nobody knows why, though, because (a) there are 75 million of them and (b) they have the computing capacity of a potato.
- Nvidia's purchase of $5 billion worth of Intel shares has just completed. (The Register)
Since they struck a deal at the price in September and Intel's share price has increased by 50% since then, Nvidia just made an instant $2.5 billion.
Nice work if you can get it.
Disclaimer: Yes, there's a pattern.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 04:00 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 04:01 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 04:02 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 31, 2025 04:02 AM (BLOW1)
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 04:03 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: gKWVE at December 31, 2025 04:06 AM (gKWVE)
The audience response--visible at the end of the video--is much like my own.
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 04:08 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 04:09 AM (RuTUS)
They're all chicks?
Posted by: m
No. I mean, yes, but that's not the pattern.
https://ai.mee.nu/daily_news_stuff_
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Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 31, 2025 04:13 AM (BLOW1)
Posted by: gKWVE at December 31, 2025 04:15 AM (gKWVE)
The optimistic case for AI is that new artistic tools will yield new forms of art, much as the invention of the camera created the art of photography and pushed painters to explore less realistic forms.
Yep.
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 04:16 AM (RuTUS)
Not seeing the problem here to be honest.
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"the cultivation of art also requires the cultivation of artists," says The Atlantic guy.
Honestly, get the bean-counters and DEI-obsessed "artists" out of the way and let AI write some scripts. It couldn't be worse than what we're getting now.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at December 31, 2025 04:25 AM (2YF7/)
I had a lot of time yesterday, so I did a quick look into using AI to create trailers for my book, like the one my friend has for hers:
https://tinyurl.com/3r9h9s79
But. . .
My enthusiasm for doing that went right out the window when I got an e-mail from her yesterday. Her agent has been frantically trying to get in touch with her because Kathleen Kennedy* wants to set up a meeting.
Why should I even fucking bother?
*yes, I know. And I saw Ace's post about media and Hollywood dying. But the way her luck is going, she'll be an NYT best-seller before 2026 ends. Again, I hate being jealous, but I don't know why I am even bothering.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 31, 2025 04:26 AM (ufSfZ)
They're all chicks?
Posted by: m
No. I mean, yes, but that's not the pattern.
https://ai.mee.nu/daily_news_stuff_31_
december_2024
Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 31, 2025 04:13 AM (BLOW1)
None of them have been in my house?
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 04:26 AM (RuTUS)
the invention of the camera created the art of photography and pushed painters to explore less realistic forms.
Yep.
Posted by: m
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Is that really what happened? Is impressionism a reaction to photography?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at December 31, 2025 04:28 AM (2YF7/)
I suppose I might as well start now. I need a distraction from my friend's good fortune. Talk to you all later.
*Winsocki
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 31, 2025 04:30 AM (ufSfZ)
Posted by: gKWVE at December 31, 2025 04:30 AM (gKWVE)
"AI is also displacing the humans doing many of my subsequent jobs"
Welp, learn to code or learn to write.
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 04:32 AM (RuTUS)
Yep.
Posted by: m
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Is that really what happened? Is impressionism a reaction to photography?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at December 31, 2025 04:28 AM (2YF7/)
Hmm. The claim seemed fine to me, but maybe it is oversimplifying the matter. "Pushed painters to explore less realistic forms"--maybe "encouraged"?
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 04:37 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at December 31, 2025 04:28 AM (2YF7/)
Or Impressionism is the artistic equivalent of a photographic snapshot.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 31, 2025 04:38 AM (n9ltV)
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 04:41 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 04:47 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 04:48 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: gKWVE at December 31, 2025 04:30 AM (gKWVE)
Iko Iko is at Pixy's link:
9 5 Disclaimer: Yes, there's a pattern.
They're all chicks?
Posted by: m
that's not the pattern
https://ai.mee.nu/daily_news_stuff_
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Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 31, 2025 04:13 AM (BLOW1)
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 04:48 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 31, 2025 04:53 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 04:55 AM (c115l)
g'mornin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 31, 2025 04:55 AM (tljrc)
Posted by: gKWVE at December 31, 2025 04:15 AM (gKWVE)
23 Madonna is a train wreck
Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 04:48 AM (Ia/+0)
Tough audience!
Wikipedia: Madonna Louise Ciccone; born August 16, 195
is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. Dubbed the "Queen of Pop", she is regarded as a cultural icon spanning both the 20th and 21st centuries. ... Madonna is the best-selling female music artist of all time and the first female performer to accumulate US$1 billion from her concerts.Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 04:56 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 31, 2025 05:01 AM (Cjt/F)
she is regarded as a cultural icon spanning both the 20th and 21st centuries. ... Madonna is the best-selling female music artist of all time and the first female performer to accumulate US$1 billion from her concerts.
Posted by: m
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Some days I feel like carving in stone for future generations that I, Blonde Morticia, had nothing to do with this.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at December 31, 2025 05:04 AM (2YF7/)
Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 05:05 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 31, 2025 05:05 AM (Pmfrl)
"Police investigating overnight burglary of Somali day care in south Minneapolis. The break-in comes in the aftermath of a viral video alleging fraud by several Somali child care centers."
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 31, 2025 05:06 AM (ufSfZ)
How convenient
Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 05:12 AM (Ia/+0)
"Police investigating overnight burglary of Somali day care
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Why? Do they keep cash and other valuables in the day care? If you're going to commit a burglary, why not hit a jewelry store or a pharmacy? Or a home belonging to a Somali day care owner? Just go to the expensive area of town where everyone drives late-model luxury cars.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at December 31, 2025 05:14 AM (2YF7/)
false-flag bomb, or a jussie smollet coming up next.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 31, 2025 05:14 AM (Cjt/F)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 31, 2025 05:14 AM (3Ope8)
Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 05:05 AM (Ia/+0)
Rode hard and put up wet!
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 05:15 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: guessing without watching at December 31, 2025 05:15 AM (H0uS/)
Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 05:16 AM (Ia/+0)
A robbery to cover up the crime
How convenient
Posted by: Skip
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This is going to be great. First you make millions from your fake day care, then you burn it down to destroy the evidence, and BONUS -- and collect the insurance. By the time all the tribes have passed around your wages and premiums, it's a win-win-win-win-win-win!!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at December 31, 2025 05:16 AM (2YF7/)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 31, 2025 05:18 AM (3Ope8)
https://tinyurl.com/3xjv8eh8
Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 31, 2025 05:20 AM (+mUZM)
Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 04:47 AM (Ia/+0)
And we'll be in another thread by then, I think.
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 05:22 AM (RuTUS)
I think Althouse's commenters are, in the main, self-centered assholes, but "FormerLawClerk" nails it, IMO:
"Donald J Trump had better start perp-walking these fuckers on national television and putting them on planes to be tossed out with parachutes over Africa. Or he's going to find the last 2 years of his presidency without a single person to protect him from what the Democrats are going to do to him."
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 31, 2025 05:23 AM (ufSfZ)
Whether or not photography caused artists to start painting in a manner that would become modern art Is not a linear story; however, it is clear, at least to me, photography did have some effect here.
A lot of early photographers spent their time imitating the romantic and classical forms of painting while also exploring purely photographic techniques and more modern ideas such as photojournalism. With this in mind, it's not unreasonable to consider how photography impacted painting and my sense his photography trigger to some extent caused to think more abstractly.
Photography came into its own as own art form roughly in the 1920s with Alfred Steiglitz being a highly influential character here. Group f/64, beginning in 1932, created some of the greatest photographs ever made. The impact of smaller and lighter cameras gave rise to what we now consider to be street photography was Robert Franks the Americans being highly influential.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at December 31, 2025 05:24 AM (HTCU3)
Posted by: actually inside the beltway at December 31, 2025 05:25 AM (aKh6S)
Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 04:48 AM (Ia/+0)
This might be the answer Pixy was after. At the blog give he gives, he posts this after videos of these same four bands:
Disclaimer: What holds up a train?
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 05:25 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 05:25 AM (RuTUS)
The turtles.
It's turtles all the way down.
Posted by: I Like Turtles at December 31, 2025 05:27 AM (zr9Ey)
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 05:27 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: actually inside the beltway at December 31, 2025 05:28 AM (aKh6S)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 31, 2025 05:29 AM (3Ope8)
Posted by: NR Pax at December 31, 2025 05:32 AM (svLOV)
GROUP F/64
( AMERICAN GROUP )
Group f/64 was a group founded by seven 20th-century San Francisco Bay Area photographers who shared a common photographic style characterized by sharply focused and carefully framed images seen through a particularly Western (U.S.) viewpoint.
In part, they formed in opposition to the pictorial photographic style that had dominated much of the early 20th century, but moreover, they wanted to promote a new modernist aesthetic that was based on precisely exposed images of natural forms and found objects.
https://www.westongallery.com
direct link to the webpage:
https://tinyurl.com/4wky2bmf
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 05:33 AM (RuTUS)
Then Matisse and Picasso came along and personally stylized, abstract aesthetics in painting became the thing to do.
Did photography have something to do with that?
Probably, as most professional painters before photography did portraits and as photography progressed it took away 90% of their business and mostly wealthy patrons paid to have a painting made.
Landscape artists still held onto painting until the likes of Ansel Adams came along.
It's certainly an interesting question but I think photography did change traditional fine arts, along with other social and cultural factors of the past 150 years.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 31, 2025 05:35 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: NR Pax at December 31, 2025 05:37 AM (svLOV)
Disclaimer: Yes, there's a pattern.
Awwwww ... you brought the bands back together!
Gonna try for a three-peat, Pixy?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at December 31, 2025 05:42 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 31, 2025 05:42 AM (sAmhv)
A track holds up a train ... 'lessin' the train thinks its grass will be greener off the track.
Use the words ... detail / defeat / defense ... in a sentence
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at December 31, 2025 05:44 AM (xG4kz)
All the (well deserved) smack about Madonna doesn't diminish her music. She had some great music and videos.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 31, 2025
***
I always liked "Vogue" for its old-school smoothness and elegance. The tune and its arrangement, I mean. In the video, well, *she* is sleekly attractive. I don't much care for the gay men posing, but maybe that's just me.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 05:45 AM (wzUl9)
A track holds up a train ... 'lessin' the train thinks its grass will be greener off the track.
Use the words ... detail / defeat / defense ... in a sentence
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at December 31, 2025 05:44 AM (xG4kz)
A train wreck on the tracks ahead would hold up a train, too.
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 05:45 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at December 31, 2025 05:47 AM (HTCU3)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead
I dislike her music and her personality. However, I can admire her for building an empire like that.
Posted by: NR Pax at December 31, 2025 05:47 AM (svLOV)
(Bruce wrote "This Girl Is Mine" for Gary U.S. Bonds, and "Fire" for the Pointer Sisters.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 05:47 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Sandra Fluke at December 31, 2025 05:47 AM (ufSfZ)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at December 31, 2025 05:44 AM (xG4kz)
O.k., here goes:
Use the words ... detail / defeat / defense ... in a sentence.
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 05:48 AM (RuTUS)
Even owned a few of her cassettes.
By the time CDs came out, I don't think I bought any of her music from then on. But I did have a few of Janet Jackson's CDs as I think she had almost as much talent as her older brother.
The last song of Madonna's I really liked was Ray of Light which came out in 1998 and was quite a departure for her with its EDM beat and style.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 31, 2025 05:50 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 05:51 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 31, 2025 05:51 AM (ufSfZ)
gKids ar spending the night. Last night, while getting their beds ready, gSon and I were engaged in word play.
I kept trying to get him to say "but" or "butt" in our conversation (yes, this activity started from as lofty a perch as you can imagine). Then gSon decided that he would NOT say either of those words. At one point, he got himself trapped in a position from which he kept trying to use "but" to complete his thought.
He must have tried four or five times and failed, laughing, each time. I came to his rescue by suggesting that "however" would release him from his self-constructed trap. We larfed together a lot during this.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at December 31, 2025 05:52 AM (xG4kz)
Probably not the best omen for 2026, but . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 05:52 AM (wzUl9)
La Isla Bonita is a pretty good tune, and there's not a lot of poncing pillow biters.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 31, 2025 05:53 AM (3Ope8)
Posted by: fd at December 31, 2025 05:53 AM (vFG9F)
... I came to his rescue by suggesting that "however" would release him from his self-constructed trap.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at December 31, 2025 05:52 AM (xG4kz)
Great game. Maybe he could make a list of possible replacement terms.
"and yet"
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 05:56 AM (RuTUS)
68
"Well done, m!", rejoindered Little Johnny. "I, myself. prefer, 'When de horse jumps over de fence, de feat go over before de tail!'"
(from an old, old joke that I recall from when I was but a chronological child)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at December 31, 2025 05:56 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 05:57 AM (wzUl9)
(from an old, old joke that I recall from when I was but a chronological child)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at December 31, 2025 05:56 AM (xG4kz)
Muuuuch better!
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 05:57 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Just Wondering at December 31, 2025 05:57 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 31, 2025 05:51 AM (ufSfZ)
He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 31, 2025 05:59 AM (6ydKt)
Once the gKids go home later this afternoon, my preparation for teaching the metalworking class one Saturday and Sunday will begin in earnest.
Ernest is not pleased at that prospect.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at December 31, 2025 06:01 AM (xG4kz)
I need to exchange, or maybe return, the too-small Tecovas boots I bought on Monday. Somehow the thought of driving 1.5 hours up the highway to the store and another 1.5 back is daunting. Might be better to do it today when there might be fewer cars clogging the roads thanks to the holiday week. I certainly want to be back home before the evening's craziness starts.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 06:01 AM (wzUl9)
Once again, with the rise of AI, we're in a similar situation it seems to me; in effect we might be on the cusp of an age of the ubiquity of masterpieces all generated by AI. How this plays out is an interesting question. Ultimately, I think AI generated works are only going to make human generated works more valuable because it will draw the sharp line between the creative human mind and the imitative AI output The only thing that seems clear to me is that AI technology is going to trigger artists to create in different ways with the additional bonus this time around is literature will be affected too.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at December 31, 2025 06:01 AM (HTCU3)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 31, 2025 05:53 AM (3Ope
I'm pretty sure that was on one of the cassettes I owned.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 31, 2025 06:01 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at December 31, 2025 06:01 AM (HTCU3)
I'm afraid it's going to fill the world with 95% slop.
But, honestly, it's not much different from what we have now with everybody carrying a camera in their pockets and social media.
The biggest problem is going to be determining what's real and what's fake.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 31, 2025 06:04 AM (6ydKt)
I saw Poncing Pillow Biters open for Any Swinging Dick in the Castro District in the late 70s.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at December 31, 2025 06:04 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 31, 2025
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I suspect the Abyss would throw up Its hands and turn away, finding me shallow and littered with snippets of scenes from Silver Age Superman comics, Man From U.N.C.L.E. and Trek episodes, great irregular chunks from novels both literary and not, and a slew of vividly-drawn yet pointless life memories and silly choices.
Take *that*, Abyss!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 06:07 AM (wzUl9)
Has the Swedish doom goblin fully embraced the Gazan cause by satisfying its requirement to undergo mandatory female genital mutilation?
You are just a poseur if you do not, you little Scandi troll, you!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at December 31, 2025 06:10 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: NR Pax at December 31, 2025 06:12 AM (svLOV)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 31, 2025 06:12 AM (qbLEp)
I thoroughly enjoyed the opening sequence, with its "Iko Iko" soundtrack, in "Rain Man".
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at December 31, 2025 06:14 AM (xG4kz)
Rejoinder: Walk without rhythm, don't attract the worm.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea
Don't fear the Reaper. Moar cowbell!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at December 31, 2025 06:15 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 31, 2025 06:17 AM (qbLEp)
Posted by: fd at December 31, 2025 06:18 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 31, 2025 06:20 AM (qE3Wr)
Posted by: NR Pax at December 31, 2025 05:37 AM (svLOV)
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You're gonna need 'em...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 06:21 AM (ESVrU)
The last three nights I've scooped her up and settled her in my lap on a pillow. And she has actually stayed, enjoying the petting. Maybe she'll be willing to leap up onto me on her own, someday.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 06:23 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at
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There was a comment on X the other day that he had developed a algorithm that was 90% accuracy identifying AI.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 06:23 AM (bLAch)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
I think at this point, it's a grudge match to finish the series. It would have been cool if the reaction to the character coming out was everyone saying "Yeah, dude. We already knew." That might have saved the series.
Posted by: NR Pax at December 31, 2025 06:25 AM (svLOV)
Take *that*, Abyss!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 06:07 AM (wzUl9)
C'est la vie.
https://youtu.be/CGtf9QfITQw
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 31, 2025 06:25 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia a
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Someone (a racist) stole all the children and the receipts too.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 06:26 AM (bLAch)
Posted by: Braenyard"
And all the video cameras and the DVR.
Posted by: fd at December 31, 2025 06:28 AM (vFG9F)
Tatiana Schlossberg, a granddaughter of JFK, is dead at 35 after cancer diagnosis
Yes, it was the diagnosis that killed her, NBC News' headline writers, you complete idiots.
And yet her talent-free nepo baby brother, Jack, continues his run for Congress.Running for The Webble's seat, he is.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at December 31, 2025 06:28 AM (xG4kz)
It's taking forever to load and always wants to add a "Mixes" playlist to any song you find through a search, and they're making it almost impossible to load the pages if you have an ad-blocker by repeatedly sending requests slowing everything down to a crawl unless you turn off the shields.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 31, 2025 06:28 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 31, 2025 06:30 AM (3Ope8)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 06:23 AM (bLAch)
It's going to be needed.
There will be a big business in "AI Detection" over the next ten years.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 31, 2025 06:30 AM (6ydKt)
Running for the Weeble's set he is.
The Weeble being Jerry "Who Sharted?" Nadler, of course.
And NOW, the dead link is purged from my nic.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at December 31, 2025 06:35 AM (xG4kz)
Daycare robbers are replacing daydream believers
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at December 31, 2025 06:37 AM (xG4kz)
"Put all your fruit squeezes and juiceboxes in the sack!" screamed the Somali daycare robbers to the mostly confused toddler skinnies.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at December 31, 2025 06:39 AM (xG4kz)
The Weeble being Jerry "Who Sharted?" Nadler, of course.
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Better make sure the seat is cleaned and disinfected.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 31, 2025 06:39 AM (qbLEp)
Posted by: Eromero at December 31, 2025 06:40 AM (Slgjz)
By ceding Minnesota to Canada, Toronto and Minneapolis could have their long anticipated Thunderdome bout to determine which one was the Stupidest City in Canada.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at December 31, 2025 06:43 AM (xG4kz)
Time to go hunt up my (checks the last entry in the tree) German forebears in the archival world.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at December 31, 2025 06:45 AM (xG4kz)
https://youtu.be/CGtf9QfITQw
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 31, 2025
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Or as Mother-in-Law No. 2 (the hot one) used to say (ironically), "App-rezz voos, mawn cherry!"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 06:46 AM (wzUl9)
Was out with spouse two miles from home. Neither of us brought a cell phone ( from now old fogeys need to always bring phones) . There was a loud noise and smoke and the car died right off a major highway. He walked home to get another car. Because we didn't have our phones we called AAA from a bagel shop but the dispatcher was obviously confused thinking the bagel shop number of the guy was our phone. Anyhow, if we had not been stuck by the side of the road I would not have heard Sean Hannity's replacement who had some conservative pastor ( Jack Hibbs) o.n who has a new book out about standing up courageously for your faith and apparently thinks Islam is huge danger. Good for him) and I would not have seen a beautiful sunset. I am thankful to God spouse was with me.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 06:46 AM (IEV/x)
Posted by: olddog in mo at December 31, 2025 06:47 AM (bQ4nt)
This Used To Be My Playground is haunting and thought provoking.
https://youtu.be/RhXDO2a3-sE
Papa Don't Preach is quite good musically and actually carries a good message.
https://youtu.be/G333Is7VPOg
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 31, 2025 06:47 AM (2Ez/1)
little Scandi troll
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at December 31, 2025 06:10 AM (xG4kz)
88 Pippi Ragestocking
Scoldilocks
Posted by: NR Pax at December 31, 2025 06:12 AM (svLOV)
These are all simply primo.
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 06:49 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
Glad the story had a decent ending, Fen.
Posted by: NR Pax at December 31, 2025 06:50 AM (svLOV)
Probably not the best omen for 2026, but . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming o
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Seven stitches for mine, I think it's Hammer that has about that many too.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 06:50 AM (bLAch)
So right now, we have two girl guests. My wife did a turnout yesterday and checked on them a few minutes later. The two girls were stalking each other and my girl was in a crouch waiting to pounce on either of them.
Thankfully that chaos was confined to the yard as opposed to inside the house.
Posted by: NR Pax at December 31, 2025 06:51 AM (svLOV)
Posted by: Wally at December 31, 2025 06:51 AM (Z74lS)
Probably not the best omen for 2026, but . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming o
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Seven stitches for mine, I think it's Hammer that has about that many too.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025
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How long ago was it, Braenyard, and is the site still noticeable?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 06:52 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Common Tater at December 31, 2025 06:53 AM (anZ4T)
So right now, we have two girl guests. My wife did a turnout yesterday and checked on them a few minutes later. The two girls were stalking each other and my girl was in a crouch waiting to pounce on either of them.
Thankfully that chaos was confined to the yard as opposed to inside the house.
Posted by: NR Pax at December 31, 2025
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I missed the "Greyhound stories" intro and was picturing something entirely different. . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 06:53 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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Little things of greatness.
Hope your car turns out to be a small problem.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 06:54 AM (bLAch)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
I'm way too boring for anything like that but that was funny to read.
The problem we are having with one of the girls is that she's young and BOOOOORED! There have been times when we turn them out and she tries to instigate with my dog. And that's why we muzzle them when they are in the yard.
Posted by: NR Pax at December 31, 2025 06:56 AM (svLOV)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 06:57 AM (IEV/x)
Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 04:47 AM (Ia/+0)
There are several Australia timezones and I'm not sure which one Pixy is in.
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 06:57 AM (RuTUS)
Thanks. It's. Dry kind of you I think probably the car has died. It was a used car.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 06:58 AM (IEV/x)
How long ago was it, Braenyard, and is the site still noticeable?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming
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Only if you look at it. But it's a manly scar.
Your Honey will love itl.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 06:59 AM (bLAch)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 07:00 AM (IEV/x)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 31, 2025 07:00 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Nazdar at December 31, 2025 07:00 AM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025
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There are several Australia timezones and I'm not sure which one Pixy is in.
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025
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My local Fox outlet opened the 5 am Central segment with the news that New Zealand has welcomed in 2026. They are apparently two hours later than Sydney, which right now (6 am my time) is about an hour short of midnight.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 07:02 AM (wzUl9)
"Pastorette."
Posted by: Channelling my inner Rush Limbaugh at December 31, 2025 07:02 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 31, 2025 07:04 AM (w+hdv)
Bob Cratchit " I am a little behind my time." 😉
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 07:04 AM (uA11f)
We do r call them that either. 😉It sounds like a dairy drink . Rush Limbaugh and I would get along fine even if he didn't come to me church which I serve which would have been fine.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 07:07 AM (uA11f)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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Conjures up image of barefoot woman with finger cymbals.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 07:07 AM (bLAch)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 07:08 AM (uA11f)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 07:08 AM (bLAch)
May all the blessings of the Lord be yours in abundance in the New Year
Isaiah 43:13
Happy New Year Morning People & Pixy too.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 07:13 AM (bLAch)
https://tinyurl.com/4s8wmfwz
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 07:13 AM (uA11f)
Posted by: SpeakingOf
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Opera is easy to download and it will sit there until you enter a ewetub address and play it. Opera will open most anything.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 07:20 AM (bLAch)
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 08:00 AM (RuTUS)
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Non timetis messor.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 31, 2025 06:17 AM (qbLEp)
Noli timere messorem.
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 08:03 AM (RuTUS)
Late to the party, I know. But holy cow, what an interesting read. There are a lot of scummy people out there.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 31, 2025 01:27 PM (dK+Kv)
Tuesday Overnight Open Thread - December 30, 2025 [Doof]
"Penultimate" is a pretentious sounding word that simply means "second to last". Can you think of any noteworthy examples? I can!
Florida (wo)man.
Genius Award winner.
WTF?? Woman Found Dead in a Freezer at Miami Dollar Tree Store
Miami police are investigating after a woman was found dead in a freezer at a Dollar Tree location on Sunday morning. Authorities say the body was discovered around 8 a.m. by an employee at the store located at 968 SW Eighth Street. The woman was later identified as 32-year-old Massiell Garay Sanchez. According to investigators, surveillance footage shows she entered the store alone the night before her body was found. She did not make any purchases and was not employed by the store.News video clip at the link.
It was the day before Christmas Eve, and recent homemakers Rob and Dianne Parsons were surprised with a knock on the door. Opening it, Rob looked upon a rather strange sight. A man stood there with a wheeled garbage bin containing his possessions, and a frozen chicken under his left arm. Rob didn’t know it at the time, but he was in the middle of an interaction that wouldn’t just change his life forever, but his community too. ***Cool story. Check out the whole thing.
“I said ‘Ronnie, what’s with the chicken?’ He said ‘somebody gave it to me for Christmas’. And then I said two words that changed all of our lives,” Mr. Parsons told the BBC. “And I’m not exactly sure why I said them. I said ‘come in.'”
Every year, thousands of people end up in emergency rooms across the United States for a rather uncomfortable and sometimes embarrassing reason — we keep getting things stuck in our rectum. Whether it’s out of curiosity, an accident, or for sexual experimentation, the number of these incidents is surprising. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission tracks emergency room visits in a database, which includes anonymous reports of items that patients have inserted into their rectums. While the names are confidential, the items certainly aren’t. A recent review of the 2024 data has highlighted some of the most unexpected and bizarre cases. *** Some cases stood out for their sheer scale or strangeness. A doctor recounted removing an entire desktop-sized Yankee Candle — the kind scented like pumpkin spice — from a man’s rectum. In another case, an Iranian man needed surgery after a deodorant canister he had inserted traveled deep into his digestive tract. And a Florida man was found to have a thermos lodged inside him after being scanned during a drug arrest. Confusingly, some people weren’t even sure if they still had something stuck in their rectum or couldn’t remember inserting anything at all.Extensive list of items at the link. Check it out, if you dare. Really. It's fascinating what people are putting up their keisters. ----- Not related, yet somehow related
(H/T Piper)
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: mindful webworker - why and why not: at December 30, 2025 10:05 PM (dESj/)
Posted by: Piper at December 30, 2025 10:05 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 30, 2025 10:06 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 30, 2025 10:06 PM (LNeRu)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 30, 2025 10:06 PM (hZbnZ)
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at December 30, 2025 10:06 PM (l3YAf)
It soothes my soul.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 30, 2025 10:07 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: Piper at December 30, 2025 10:07 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 30, 2025 10:07 PM (LNeRu)
*stares at the floor*
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 30, 2025 10:08 PM (Q/uAJ)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 30, 2025 10:08 PM (/lPRQ)
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"Million to one shot, Doc! Million to one shot!"
Posted by: Frank Costanza at December 30, 2025 10:08 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: LRob in OK at December 30, 2025 10:08 PM (47diA)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 30, 2025 10:08 PM (tgvbd)
Well, you lose track once in a while.
Posted by: Pete Bootygig at December 30, 2025 10:09 PM (nhCoE)
Good evening, Hordians.
*casually sets glass on polished table*
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
*runs like a psycho, arms flailing, and places a coaster under the drink*
Posted by: Piper at December 30, 2025 10:10 PM (p4NUW)
Why Did the Roman Empire Fall? Corruption, Inflation, and Division
Please also tell us when the United States will befall a similar fate.
Here are two places where the article goes off the rails:
In contrast, climatic changes during the late Roman period are recognized by historians as contributing factors in Rome’s long decline.
Climate Change -- is there anything it can't do?
We created this article in conjunction with AI technology, then made sure it was fact-checked and edited by a HowStuffWorks editor.
Ah, so it's slop, then. Thanks so much for the warning.
Prediction for the decline and fall of the US: a year or less after the next Dem triple electoral win (POTUS, Senate, House)
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at December 30, 2025 10:10 PM (v23vE)
It soothes my soul.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 30, 2025 10:07 PM (nWPIJ)
Lucky you.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 30, 2025 10:10 PM (uQesX)
Well, you lose track once in a while.
Posted by: Pete Bootygig at December 30, 2025 10:09 PM (nhCoE)
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It really only becomes embarrassing at the TSA checkpoint.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 30, 2025 10:10 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 30, 2025 10:11 PM (Q/uAJ)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 30, 2025 10:11 PM (tgvbd)
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"Either this kid has a lightbulb up his butt or his colon has a great idea."
Posted by: Dr. Perry Cox at December 30, 2025 10:11 PM (ESVrU)
* changes password *
Posted by: mikeski at December 30, 2025 10:11 PM (nhCoE)
The tape rings on the Xmas tree box...
Just wrapped up the goofy tree I had for 15 years...
Goodwill gets it now....😄
Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 30, 2025 10:11 PM (LNeRu)
*casually sets glass on polished table*
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 30, 2025 10:08 PM (tgvbd)
Look at this!
Posted by: Shaky the Mohel at December 30, 2025 10:11 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at December 30, 2025 10:12 PM (v23vE)
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"If I can find my car keys, we can drive out."
Posted by: Disembodied Punchlines at December 30, 2025 10:12 PM (nWPIJ)
Yes. Now what?
Can't vote, cant defund.
Taxpayers have a gun to the head.
What are we willing to do?
Hey Bob nsa.
See what I mean?
Posted by: Derak at December 30, 2025 10:12 PM (JQ2/i)
*casually sets glass on polished table*
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 30, 2025 10:08 PM (tgvbd)
Oh no, you didn't. That would get your nose smacked with a rolled up newspaper in my home.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 30, 2025 10:13 PM (Q/uAJ)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
And the one-page addendum, released the following week, listing only "The Encyclopedia of Things People Have Stuck in Their Ass, 20th edition (34 volumes)."
Posted by: mikeski, recursively at December 30, 2025 10:13 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 30, 2025 10:13 PM (LNeRu)
Roomy up in here.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 30, 2025 10:13 PM (QVmho)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at December 30, 2025 10:14 PM (kB9dk)
Posted by: Politico at December 30, 2025 10:14 PM (nWPIJ)
I remember that movie. Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfus. Julie Hagerty was cute.
Posted by: mindful webworker - What About Ron? at December 30, 2025 10:14 PM (dESj/)
Posted by: scampydog at December 30, 2025 10:15 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 30, 2025 10:13 PM (QVmho)
Nah, it's a bit crowded in here.
Posted by: Some guy's rectum at December 30, 2025 10:15 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: mikeski is both on- and off-topic at December 30, 2025 10:15 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: LRob in OK at December 30, 2025 10:15 PM (47diA)
Posted by: Doof at December 30, 2025 10:16 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 30, 2025 10:16 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: tankdemon at December 30, 2025 10:16 PM (X/nnO)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 30, 2025 10:16 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: Zeera. I voted for ALL of this at December 30, 2025 10:16 PM (jvxGE)
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All I can tell you is that each and every person who entered my ER knew what was in there, how it got there, and how long it was in there...TMI, I tell you...
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at December 30, 2025 10:17 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 30, 2025 10:17 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Doof at December 30, 2025 10:16 PM (QMAsf)
Did you just get here?! Somebody's been posting under your name!
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 30, 2025 10:17 PM (uQesX)
Roomy up in here.
Posted by: BifBewalski
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Nah, it's a bit crowded in here.
Posted by: Some guy's rectum
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I'ma just let this one go.
Posted by: mikeski
Queue up the security guy in front of the ceramic ornaments....
*frowns*
*shakes head 'no' while wagging finger*
Bwahahahahahahah
Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 30, 2025 10:17 PM (QVmho)
Posted by: 496 at December 30, 2025 10:17 PM (O+H2/)
One-in-a-million chance, Doc!
And whattaya mean "we," paleface? I never thought it was a good idea to put a potato in the tailpipe.
Posted by: mindful webworker - don't block the exit at December 30, 2025 10:17 PM (dESj/)
Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 30, 2025 10:13 PM (QVmho)
Nah, it's a bit crowded in here.
Posted by: Some guy's rectum at December 30, 2025 10:15 PM (uQesX)
It's going to be one of those ONTs with the butt stuff. I can tell.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 30, 2025 10:17 PM (Q/uAJ)
There are some weird people out there, y'all. And I have not seen them in an ED for 15yrs. Heaven knows what goes on now.
I came home one night and told my visiting parents that a guy thought he was a baboon. Making oooh oooh sounds and scratching his armpits and walking like an ape. A RN and I were walking by his room (I was in street clothes with a lab coat). He screeched, "White monkey!!" at me and got an erection and tried to follow me. The medics who restrained him said he appeared to want to mate.All of the medics and some of the docs were vets with big muscles and I trusted them daily with my life. They looked out for us.
It was just another night in the ED for me but my father and husband loved this story.
We were all quite barking mad, to be honest. Huge ED in a med center. Great docs and nurses, however, if you were in need of help.
I loved them all.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 30, 2025 10:18 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: JQ at December 30, 2025 10:18 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: On The Bright Side at December 30, 2025 10:18 PM (oftw2)
TLC has a show on odd things that sent people to the emergency room. And yes foreign objects in the rectum figured prominently.
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 30, 2025 10:18 PM (2GVsD)
AC/DC
Got a couple tickets in the Camaro IROC-Z because of them.
*bangs head, flips lighter*
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 30, 2025 10:18 PM (NwnyJ)
About 18 bux for a set of 3 and my admin would bring in bs pens 12 for a dollar, I threw them away and went to office depot at lunch.
Some cocksucker stole me nice Monte Blanc.
Hope his children are as retard at Tims.
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 30, 2025 10:19 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 30, 2025 10:19 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: TRex - do not count dino's rings at December 30, 2025 10:19 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Mick at December 30, 2025 10:19 PM (HFx9z)
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBURGERER at December 30, 2025 10:19 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 30, 2025 10:19 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 30, 2025 10:16 PM (nWPIJ)
them fat thingys
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 30, 2025 10:20 PM (gbOdA)
ER Doc: Look, a candle!
ER Doc: Look, a candle!
ER Patient: You didn't have to repeat yourself, doc.
ER Doc: I didn't!
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 30, 2025 10:20 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 30, 2025 10:20 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: LRob in OK at December 30, 2025 10:20 PM (47diA)
Posted by: The Next To The Last Bastion at December 30, 2025 10:20 PM (2Ez/1)
I would think a still photograph would suffice.
Posted by: mindful webworker - a chilling story at December 30, 2025 10:21 PM (dESj/)
He had the collection because as a surgeon, he was asked to remove the offensive items that had become irretrievable. And the reason given by every patient for why they would stick a foreign object... there!... was always the same.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at December 30, 2025 10:21 PM (kB9dk)
Thieves broke into a retail bank and stole about 10 million Euros in money and valuables.
Hans Gruber is unavailable for comment.
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 30, 2025 10:22 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: tankdemon at December 30, 2025 10:22 PM (X/nnO)
Posted by: JQ
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That's generally been my policy...for that exact reason.
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at December 30, 2025 10:22 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Ron Klain at December 30, 2025 10:22 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Mick at December 30, 2025 10:19 PM (HFx9z)
Yes. Tracks from Back in Black, Number of the Beast, and 5150. Those were the first albums featuring Brian Johnson, Bruce Dickinson, and Sammy Hagar - all were new lead singers for those bands.
Posted by: Doof at December 30, 2025 10:22 PM (QMAsf)
*casually sets glass on polished table*
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 30, 2025 10:08 PM (tgvbd)
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*snatches up glass and places coaster underneath it.*
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 30, 2025 10:23 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Energizer Bunny at December 30, 2025 10:23 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Frank Costanza
I kinda figured someone would've beat me to that one.
Posted by: mindful webworker - a chilling story at December 30, 2025 10:23 PM (dESj/)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at December 30, 2025 10:21 PM (kB9dk)
Safekeeping in prison?
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 30, 2025 10:23 PM (Q/uAJ)
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"It" itched, and that was the only way they could "scratch" it?
Posted by: JQ at December 30, 2025 10:23 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ
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What's it a danger to, the ground?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 30, 2025 10:23 PM (Wt3Iw)
First thing they teach sailors.
Would not want to drop something 'overboard'.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 30, 2025 10:24 PM (/lPRQ)
He had the collection because as a surgeon, he was asked to remove the offensive items that had become irretrievable. And the reason given by every patient for why they would stick a foreign object... there!... was always the same.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient
"My bladder was itchy?"
Posted by: mikeski doesn't really want to know at December 30, 2025 10:24 PM (nhCoE)
The paramedics examine her and find a golf ball embedded in her temple. They ask the man if he knows how this happened.
He says "yea, I was hitting balls and I didn't see her when she walked in front of me."
Later, at the autopsy, the coroner finds another golf ball in her rectum.
When the cops ask the man if he knows anything about the other ball, he replies "oh, yea, that was my mulligan"....
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at December 30, 2025 10:25 PM (MNCvZ)
They took a couple in and gave them "jobs" at the nursing home that basically consisted of saying hi to everyone. They didn't have any room in their small house so they gave them beds at the nursing home. One guy, Eddie, became part of the family. He was with them for decades and attended every family event including our wedding where he was possibly the happiest person at the event.
Nice man. People aren't disposable.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 30, 2025 10:26 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: JQ
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That's generally been my policy...for that exact reason.
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba
See also: Saint Patrick's Day, Cinco de Mayo.
Posted by: mikeski prefers professional drunks at December 30, 2025 10:26 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at December 30, 2025 10:26 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 30, 2025 10:17 PM (Q/uAJ)
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I'm here for it!
Posted by: Wonkette at December 30, 2025 10:26 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at December 30, 2025 10:27 PM (qtBQt)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 30, 2025 10:27 PM (2GVsD)
Did not Attila the Hun driving his vanquished goes into Roman lands have something to do with it.
And Roman subjects found Attila to be benign relative to Rome.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 30, 2025 10:27 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 30, 2025 10:17 PM (Q/uAJ)
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I'm here for it!
Posted by: Wonkette at December 30, 2025 10:26 PM (ZOv7s)
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Ahem
Posted by: Mayor Pete at December 30, 2025 10:27 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 30, 2025 10:17 PM (Q/uAJ)
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I'm here for it!
Posted by: Wonkette at December 30, 2025 10:26 PM (ZOv7s)
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Ahem
Posted by: Mayor Pete at December 30, 2025 10:27 PM (ZOv7s)
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It's a blessing of liberty! Me next!
Posted by: David French at December 30, 2025 10:28 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 30, 2025 10:28 PM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: Braenyard
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Any yokel's feet, I'd imagine. There's a lot of IDIOTS what would show up for free wood. Don't need to be paying their ER bills.
Posted by: JQ at December 30, 2025 10:28 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at December 30, 2025 10:21 PM (kB9dk)
Safekeeping in prison?
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 30, 2025 10:23 PM (Q/uAJ)
* * * *
Sexual gratification. Guess they weren't afraid to admit the obvious!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at December 30, 2025 10:28 PM (kB9dk)
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I find it rather funny that someone has an actual holiday over the French getting their asses kicked.
In the Western world we call that "Tuesday"
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 30, 2025 10:28 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: Oh, no... at December 30, 2025 10:29 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: David French at December 30, 2025 10:28 PM (ZOv7s)
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What do you think I have wedged in my couch?
Posted by: Jonah Goldberg at December 30, 2025 10:29 PM (ZOv7s)
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That communist fag should be arrested, prosecuted, and then imprisoned. Literally nobody would miss him anyway. I can't imagine the level of utter corruption he has to be guilty of to ever achieve the level of governor, because he's idiot material on every observable front.
Posted by: Crusader at December 30, 2025 10:29 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
No matter how old Morons may get, our inner nine-year-olds always love butt jokes.
Posted by: mikeski at December 30, 2025 10:29 PM (nhCoE)
Peace be with you. Good to see you here. The ONT crown can be a bit unruly. Hope you don’t take offense.
Now, where’s that Rat Bastard?
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 30, 2025 10:30 PM (IhIKR)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 30, 2025 10:30 PM (2GVsD)
Secondary impact was due to the governments income generated by tariffs drying up as the imports decreased, due to the lack of gold and silver to pay for them.
Having not yet discovered the fine art of issuing third party derivative bonds based on peacock feather futures, the financial sector declined.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 30, 2025 10:30 PM (Ai3df)
Posted by: Butt punz? at December 30, 2025 10:30 PM (2Ez/1)
yeah baby! Drinkin' all night! Cheap port wine! No drivin'! Sitting around with no pants on! Can it get any better?!
And yeah, DOOF! Blasting Rush on the stereo (?)...
Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 30, 2025 10:30 PM (LNeRu)
Posted by: 496 at December 30, 2025 10:31 PM (Vryyy)
Posted by: LRob in OK at December 30, 2025 10:20 PM (47diA)
This is why my copy editor has a medical chart longerbthsn War and Peace.
Euphemism, dammit!
Posted by: tankdemon at December 30, 2025 10:31 PM (X/nnO)
Posted by: Sir Mix-A-Lot at December 30, 2025 10:31 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Doof at December 30, 2025 10:22 PM (QMAsf)
WooHoo!
What did I win?
Posted by: Mick at December 30, 2025 10:31 PM (HFx9z)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 30, 2025 10:30 PM (2GVsD)
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I believe the White Guys have officially disowned him. He's on waivers now.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 30, 2025 10:31 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: mikeski at December 30, 2025 10:31 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: Diogenes at December 30, 2025 10:31 PM (2WIwB)
Talk about Stranger Things (and on that timeline, D&D and all..)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 30, 2025 10:31 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: mikeski at December 30, 2025 10:29 PM (nhCoE)
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Boobs and butts pretty much define this place.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 30, 2025 10:32 PM (ZOv7s)
They took a couple in and gave them "jobs" at the nursing home that basically consisted of saying hi to everyone. They didn't have any room in their small house so they gave them beds at the nursing home. One guy, Eddie, became part of the family. He was with them for decades and attended every family event including our wedding where he was possibly the happiest person at the event.
Nice man. People aren't disposable.
Posted by: JackStraw
An older friend was a nursing home resident. There was a mentally retarded gentleman who lived there. He would greet everyone who came in. Both my friend and this man passed a few years ago. They weren't disposable, either.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 30, 2025 10:32 PM (Q/uAJ)
Posted by: Groan... at December 30, 2025 10:33 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: LRob in OK at December 30, 2025 10:33 PM (47diA)
Posted by: davidt at December 30, 2025 10:33 PM (Q+gd/)
BS. They wanted to see how I would react, altho they knew me very well. I tried faithfully to present myself as I am, a refined Southern lady and professional (who had a husband they knew and two HS sons). Now and then they saw the real me for brief moments of lost composure. They'd crack a joke at inopportune times.
I go into their office, thinking,this is new for all of them to come find me as a group...
It was a large and blinking flashlight in the guy. Set on blinking or it set itself for the CT scan. Maybe he thought it was off.
It only took a second for me to bend over laughing loudly like a lunatic and they were all pleased with themselves.
Was I shocked, oh, hell no. Nor did I shock them by laughing like a loon, but they were all in on wanting to see what I'd say or do. I said,"hazard lights." And, yes, the man told the doc he accidently sat on it. It was never a woman who did this, by the way. Maybe now with trans, but not then.
I hate hazard lights in fog on FL hwys is why I named it this.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 30, 2025 10:33 PM (WONhk)
Bruce Dickinson replaced Paul Di'Anno, not Paul Dianne.
Stupid autocucumber.
Posted by: tankdemon at December 30, 2025 10:33 PM (X/nnO)
Anyway one of the more amusing factoids that instantly undermines all the begged questions and false reasoning behind climate lysenkoism, er, AGW.
Posted by: rhomboid at December 30, 2025 10:34 PM (U/Byj)
*casually sets glass on polished table*
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
*runs like a psycho, arms flailing, and places a coaster under the drink*
Posted by: Piper at December 30, 2025 10:10 PM (p4NUW)
You haven't trained Saijo to do that on command yet?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 30, 2025 10:34 PM (S/Y4j)
Blue purple bad hair.
But then I listen to them.
Educated. Analytical. Articulate.
Both had exact same story.
They teach about 110 kids. (5 classes X 22 kids)
5 to 10 illiterate k or 1
40 2 or 3
40 maybe 4th grade
so what is that 1 or 2 maybe on grade level
1. Cannot answer a 2 part question.
2. Have no idea of humor or jest or satire
3. Cannot abstract todays lesson into tomorrow.
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 30, 2025 10:34 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Make it stop at December 30, 2025 10:34 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 30, 2025 10:35 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Mick
Yes. Tracks from Back in Black, Number of the Beast, and 5150. Those were the first albums featuring Brian Johnson, Bruce Dickinson, and Sammy Hagar - all were new lead singers for those bands.
Posted by: Doof
So you could have used something from "Images And Words," too.
And I must have had a premonition, because I linked the title track to Marillion's "Season's End" right at the end of the cafe thread.
Posted by: mikeski at December 30, 2025 10:35 PM (nhCoE)
What’s weird is reading about things like light old school light bulbs. This is crazy, and dangerous. If it breaks they are probably dead, or wish they were. I guess the Docs sometimes have to get creative, and glue a tether on to retrieve. Carefully. I guess they really earn their pay some days.
Tell me these freaks at least get a lecture - “Don’t ever do that again”.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 30, 2025 10:35 PM (0oYvV)
*runs like a psycho, arms flailing, and places a coaster under the drink*
Posted by: Piper at December 30, 2025 10:10 PM (p4NUW)
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The bi...er, the lady gets it.
Posted by: Billy Ray Valentine at December 30, 2025 10:35 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 30, 2025 10:36 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: JQ
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That's generally been my policy...for that exact reason.
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba
I always encouraged my boys, and still do, to stay the night at a friends’ place if they are going to a party on amateur drunk night. No one on the road is sober. If you go to a party, have fun. Stay there. Leave the next morning.
The bar scene is a shitshow. Worked way too many of them. Would never suggest as a good time.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 30, 2025 10:36 PM (IhIKR)
What did I win?
Posted by: Mick at December 30, 2025 10:31 PM (HFx9z)
You get to suggest a theme for an upcoming ONT. Send me an email.
Posted by: Doof at December 30, 2025 10:37 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Bulg at December 30, 2025 10:37 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 30, 2025 10:30 PM (2GVsD)
He should be made an example, as in some misspelled signs. He won't be prosecuted, but prostituted in the Ukrainian army.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 30, 2025 10:37 PM (S/Y4j)
2. Have no idea of humor or jest or satire
3. Cannot abstract todays lesson into tomorrow.
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 30, 2025 10:34 PM (gbOdA)
I'm thinking of some kids I love. This sounds like them. Also, they do not play outdoors. The Covid shutdowns did them no favors at all.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 30, 2025 10:37 PM (Q/uAJ)
Posted by: 496 at December 30, 2025 10:31 PM (Vryyy)
I have a couple of Chinese clones of the Parker, and they are fun to write with. I also wound up with a bag of dip-pen tips that I play around with from time to time.
Nothing teaches penmanship like using a steel dip pen.
A fountain pen teaches "why Palmer" and a dip pen teaches "why Spencer"
Posted by: Kindltot at December 30, 2025 10:37 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Rimshot at December 30, 2025 10:38 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Crusader at December 30, 2025 10:38 PM (Cjcf6)
Tell me these freaks at least get a lecture - “Don’t ever do that again”.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 30, 2025 10:35 PM (0oYvV)
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Darwin Award Contestants.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 30, 2025 10:38 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 30, 2025 10:38 PM (2GVsD)
These offices are simply administrative centres. There aren’t supposed to be kids there.
Posted by: r hennigantx at December 30, 2025 10:38 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Bulg at December 30, 2025 10:39 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: mindful webworker - peaceful transition at December 30, 2025 10:39 PM (dESj/)
Peace be with you. Good to see you here. The ONT crown can be a bit unruly. Hope you don’t take offense.
Now, where’s that Rat Bastard?
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 30, 2025 10:30 PM (IhIKR)
Thank you, Nurse. We viewed my late spouse at the funeral home this afternoon -- not much is going to bother me after that.
Of the location of the Rat, I can only offer the words "Richard Gere", given the overall tenor of tonight's ONT.
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at December 30, 2025 10:39 PM (v23vE)
Posted by: LRob in OK at December 30, 2025 10:39 PM (47diA)
Posted by: No one at December 30, 2025 10:40 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: mindful webworker - peaceful transition at December 30, 2025 10:39 PM (dESj/)
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You know whose ball didn't drop?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 30, 2025 10:40 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: LRob in OK at December 30, 2025 10:41 PM (47diA)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 30, 2025 10:41 PM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Bulg at December 30, 2025 10:39 PM (77rzZ)
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*Lemmewinks has entered the chat*
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 30, 2025 10:41 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Ugh at December 30, 2025 10:41 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Bulg at December 30, 2025 10:41 PM (77rzZ)
Don't breathe on us! Fer cryin' out loud!
Get better, DDS.
Posted by: LRob in OK at December 30, 2025 10:42 PM (47diA)
Posted by: Bulg at December 30, 2025 10:41 PM (77rzZ)
Thank you, Bulg.
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at December 30, 2025 10:42 PM (v23vE)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 30, 2025 10:42 PM (Q/uAJ)
I have three out of five cats within arm's-reach and two more within a step.
it is too cold to wander outside.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 30, 2025 10:42 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 30, 2025 10:43 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Common Tater at December 30, 2025 10:43 PM (0oYvV)
Posted by: the Lincoln Project at December 30, 2025 10:43 PM (gKWVE)
They're not all they're cracked up to be.
Posted by: Make it stop at December 30, 2025 10:34 PM (2Ez/1)
A friend used butt jokes in his comedy routine but failed cause he wrecked 'em.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 30, 2025 10:43 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 30, 2025 10:44 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at December 30, 2025 10:39 PM (v23vE)
Well played, S'puppy.
Posted by: Doof at December 30, 2025 10:45 PM (QMAsf)
on a convo he had with Nixon: “After a couple of cocktails, I asked Nixon directly, 'Who killed Kennedy?' He said, 'Let me put it this way: Lyndon and I both wanted to be president. But I wasn't willing to kill for it.'"
Posted by: Don Black at December 30, 2025 10:45 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: It's biblical at December 30, 2025 10:45 PM (2Ez/1)
And at the end of the western empire, the once great Roman legions were just barbarians hired to fight other barbarians by wealthy Romans who no longer cared to do any of the fighting themselves.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 30, 2025 10:45 PM (m7iZ5)
Tell me these freaks at least get a lecture - “Don’t ever do that again”.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 30, 2025 10:35 PM (0oYvV)
I can't recall lightbulbs, butt it could still be a thing. Maybe the really bright LED types? Entire Christmas tree wiring for a festive send off?
Most of the bad ones like this go to surgery. Sort of the IED's of the problem. Or hopelessly not coming out in the ED.
I always wanted to know WHY? And was told it was an accident. Never the truth. Like a drunk only having two drinks, officer, when they can't walk a straight line.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 30, 2025 10:45 PM (WONhk)
Ugh! Sorry you’re ill. Prolly the flu. It’s going around and the flu shot this year was a bust. Didn’t match for shit.
Chicken soup.
Hot water with whiskey and lemon.
Sleep.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 30, 2025 10:46 PM (IhIKR)
Posted by: The Lincoln Project at December 30, 2025 10:46 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
Who among us hasn't had that happen at least once or twice.
Well, technically, at the reception.
What?
Posted by: Tonypete at December 30, 2025 10:46 PM (cYBz/)
He gets me. I still have my pants on. Until tomorrow night.
Don't judge me🤯👈!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 30, 2025 10:46 PM (LNeRu)
Posted by: clarence at December 30, 2025 10:47 PM (MXMX4)
Posted by: JQ at December 30, 2025 10:47 PM (rdVOm)
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His tone did deteriorate over time. It was still great thru Fair Warning, and its hard to criticize much from 1984.
Interestingly, people in guitar forums give his almost as much credit for his rhythm guitar work as they do his solos.
I was blessed to see him live 3 times--the 1984 tour with David Lee Roth on vocals, the 2003 tour with Sammy, and the reunion tour with Roth in 2008. Great memories!
Posted by: Crusader at December 30, 2025 10:48 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Crusader at December 30, 2025 10:38 PM (Cjcf6)
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Most of my pens were under $10. I started collecting them at garage sales and such about 30 years ago. I figured out how to repair most of them but I don't touch Parkers.
It is a hobby that takes up very little space.
Posted by: 496 at December 30, 2025 10:48 PM (EDXUr)
It was a suicide. Walked into a freezer and then removed all her clothes to speed up her demise. Timed it to make sure nobody would find her until it was too late. She was a doctor; she knew exactly what she was doing.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at December 30, 2025 10:49 PM (syz1S)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 30, 2025 10:49 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Bulg at December 30, 2025 10:49 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Common Tater at December 30, 2025 10:43 PM (0oYvV)
You're allowed to not like them
Posted by: Doof at December 30, 2025 10:49 PM (QMAsf)
Skritches given. Lucy the Fink appreciates it.
I hope you and your lovely bride had a wonderful
Christmas. I’m happy you got the invite to spend with her daughter.
Hope the kitties are silly and fluffy. Yes. It is cold.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 30, 2025 10:49 PM (IhIKR)
Posted by: Javems at December 30, 2025 10:49 PM (8I4hW)
I want to say Claudius II died "naturally" but you may or may not count the Plague of Cyprian.
Another job with a poor retirement plan was King Of Judah (or Israel). I was just looking it up. Queen 'Athaliah got coup'ed, then the next king Joash got coup'ed. Athaliah might have deserved it but Joash actually tried to do some good, they found a flood control dam he built.
Posted by: gKWVE at December 30, 2025 10:50 PM (gKWVE)
A fountain pen teaches "why Palmer" and a dip pen teaches "why Spencer"
Posted by: Kindltot
Ruling pens on vellum for drafting.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 30, 2025 10:50 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Bulg at December 30, 2025 10:49 PM (77rzZ)
Especially dangerous when on a fart walk
Posted by: Doof at December 30, 2025 10:50 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Bulg at December 30, 2025 10:51 PM (77rzZ)
Nurse suggested all the same that I'd suggest.
*serves vodka/cranberry juice with a spritz of lime*
Vitamins A(lcohol) and C, lol!
Posted by: JQ at December 30, 2025 10:51 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 30, 2025 10:45 PM (WONhk)
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Clearly embarrassed and ashamed.
I never watched "Stranger Things," but I'm amused at the gay element of it, and how a kid who presumably is a virgin can *know* he'd prefer it up the poop shoot to, you know, bewbs.
A man who isn't interested in bewbs has deep issues, probably stemming from abuse. That doesn't just happen.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 30, 2025 10:51 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: PabloD at December 30, 2025 10:51 PM (tfChy)
*runs like a psycho, arms flailing, and places a coaster under the drink*
Posted by: Piper at December 30, 2025 10:10 PM (p4NUW)
You haven't trained Saijo to do that on command yet?
Well he is a Shiba, and they are opposed to most training efforts on historical grounds. But he would take a coaster and run, just not exactly where you want him to go. He will, however, grab toys by name (chicken, tug, dragon and his new penguin from Santa, he learned that one in about 5 minutes). This is because there is something in it for him.
Posted by: Piper at December 30, 2025 10:51 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
Who among us hasn't had that happen at least once or twice.
Well, technically, at the reception.*
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Elaine, who among us hasn't snuck into the break room to nibble on a love newton?
Posted by: J. Peterman at December 30, 2025 10:52 PM (2Ez/1)
Not confusing at all. They just don't want to answer any questions about what they did. So, they claim to have no memory of it.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at December 30, 2025 10:52 PM (syz1S)
Posted by: gKWVE at December 30, 2025 10:50 PM (gKWVE)
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Oh, the retirement plan was fine, the trick was living long enough to qualify for it!
Posted by: King Herod the so-called Great at December 30, 2025 10:52 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 30, 2025 10:53 PM (m7iZ5)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 30, 2025 10:53 PM (Q/uAJ)
on a convo he had with Nixon: “After a couple of cocktails, I asked Nixon directly, 'Who killed Kennedy?' He said, 'Let me put it this way: Lyndon and I both wanted to be president. But I wasn't willing to kill for it.'"
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Stone goes even further in his book about LBJ. He theorizes that LBJ was a serial killer. Seriously. He points out 8 of his political opponents in the state of Texas died during a roughly 10 year period. There was no internet back then, nor any way for local Texas police offices to communicate with each other. The people who died mostly died due to "exhaust poisoning", and found in their cars as if they took their own lives via suicide. BUT one of LBJ's known associates was a *killer* who loved THAT exact method for taking his victims lives. Stone asserts that LBJ hired that man to kill his political opponents in Texas.
Posted by: Crusader at December 30, 2025 10:54 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: gKWVE at December 30, 2025 10:54 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Bulg at December 30, 2025 10:54 PM (77rzZ)
They're not all they're cracked up to be.
Posted by: Make it stop
Stop? It tuchis no time at all to get started.....
Posted by: mikeski at December 30, 2025 10:54 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: Dr. Sigmund Freud at December 30, 2025 10:55 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: mindful webworker - why and why not: at December 30, 2025 10:05 PM (dESj/)
Come on equinox!!
Woo Hoo Yea Yea
Equinox comin'
Woo Hoo Yea Yea
Equinox comin'
Woo Hoo Yea Yea
Equinox comin'
Woo Hoo Yea Yea
Equinox comin'
Yeah....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 30, 2025 10:56 PM (QGaXH)
Oh honey! Didn't you get your 15+ Covid vacs?!
Kidding...feel better darlin. Lots of water, eat well, and, oh, maybe a cup of tea with honey and a touch of good whiskey😋
Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 30, 2025 10:56 PM (LNeRu)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 30, 2025 10:56 PM (Q/uAJ)
Posted by: Common Tater
I seem to recall someone on here a while back describing just such a surgery, and the doctors calling in the
Posted by: mindful webworker - bring a socket, not a socket wrench, an electric socket at December 30, 2025 10:57 PM (dESj/)
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That's a GREAT point! Kind of along the lines of "The Dog That Didn't Bark".
Posted by: Crusader at December 30, 2025 10:57 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Rear of the Year at December 30, 2025 10:57 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at December 30, 2025 10:57 PM (YqgwT)
I’m a big fan of Fisher Space Pens. They will definitely cost more than that (the low end ones, which are just fine, will run around $12) and then will cost about $8 just to refill. But I always have a pen with me because I’m always writing, and these always work. The ink doesn’t stop flowing until there is no more ink left, so they last practically forever on one refill. Nor does it matter how I’m holding the writing surface. Upside down or right side up the ink still flows.
And when I’m trying to write my mileage down on a flimsy gas station receipt at 4°F they still work.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 30, 2025 10:58 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Bulg at December 30, 2025 10:58 PM (77rzZ)
One teaspoon salt in 8oz warm water, gargle & spit out until all gone.
Repeat as often as needed.
Posted by: JQ at December 30, 2025 10:58 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 30, 2025 10:56 PM (Q/uAJ)
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By reputation, he enjoyed taking a dump in front of his various minions and political hacks as a power move.
Make of that what you will.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 30, 2025 10:58 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: Piper at December 30, 2025 10:59 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at December 30, 2025 10:59 PM (EOjZq)
Posted by: Common Tater at December 30, 2025 10:43 PM (0oYvV)
You're allowed to not like them
Posted by: Doof
Never cared too much for them.
Now looking back their best were with Roth, and only Roth could do those songs.
Much more than three-chord rock, but basically America's AC/DC.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 30, 2025 11:00 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous
Why not in the ICE freezer outside?
Posted by: Lot Lizard In Training at December 30, 2025 11:00 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
It's a Clintonian Truth. Technically true, but avoiding the question.
.....
"Did you email documents marked as 'classified?'"
"No."
(I removed those markings, first.)
.....
"How'd the bowling pin get stuck up there?"
"It was an accident."
(Putting it in there was intentional, losing it up there was accidental.)
Posted by: mikeski at December 30, 2025 11:00 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 30, 2025 11:00 PM (Q/uAJ)
Posted by: Brian May at December 30, 2025 11:00 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: PabloD at December 30, 2025 11:01 PM (tfChy)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 30, 2025 11:01 PM (hZbnZ)
Posted by: Brian May at December 30, 2025 11:00 PM (2Ez/1)
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I hear they'll be riding tonight.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 30, 2025 11:02 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: Piper at December 30, 2025 11:02 PM (p4NUW)
We've been patient. We've been understanding beyond anyone's wildest dreams. But, and it pains me to say this. But, one of these days, we're going to get fed up with all the fraud, terrorism, socialism, all the isms....AND we're going to do something that is surely a crime against humanity....
....WE ARE GOING TO TAKE OFF THE SHACKLES AND LET LOOSE FLORIDA MAN (MEN) on the rest of the world. Hell, we haven't the faintest idea what they will do. They're reckless, unpredictable, and totally off the charts in relation to acceptable behavior. You give them a pen to sign their name, you better put your backs to the wall. If you let them drive, I hope you can climb, because they don't hit trees...they drive up them.
Posted by: Orson at December 30, 2025 11:03 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Common Tater at December 30, 2025 11:04 PM (0oYvV)
Make of that what you will.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 30, 2025 10:58 PM (nWPIJ)
He also liked exposing himself in front of aides. Jumbo was his pet names for his penis. What a vile man.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 30, 2025 11:05 PM (Q/uAJ)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 30, 2025 11:06 PM (hZbnZ)
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 30, 2025 10:49 PM (IhIKR)
It is hilarious, the kittens are still boiling around and the big tom finally decided he wants to play a bit too.
In the mornings I have to be careful rolling over to not squash anyone.
I hope your Christmas was as fun as mine, if not better.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 30, 2025 11:07 PM (rbvCR)
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All of that is true. But at the same time, listen to "Hot for Teacher" or even his guest solo for Michael Jackson's "Beat It" and try to think of any way that either solo could of been better? Eddie Van Halen cooked, and sometimes playing stupidly fast was just what a solo-break needed.
Posted by: Crusader at December 30, 2025 11:07 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: mindful webworker -
That was the plotline on an episode of "Scrubs."
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 30, 2025 11:08 PM (Ai3df)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at December 30, 2025 10:59 PM (EOjZq)
I still have my Mont Blanc from 35 years ago. Love it. Having trouble getting new fillers though.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 30, 2025 11:08 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 30, 2025 11:09 PM (LNeRu)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 30, 2025 11:05 PM (Q/uAJ)
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I've never bothered to read one of the biographies on him, but I understand that he like to just take a piss whenever, including in the parking lot of the Capitol, and would leave the door open in the White House bathroom to show his utter contempt for polite (that is to say, civilized) behavior.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 30, 2025 11:09 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Piper at December 30, 2025 11:10 PM (p4NUW)
Had the older two vist today & we all hiked near the mountain ridge since there is sadly no snow (it is time for me to get hiking poles). Then they painted snowflakes with acrylics & I painted a pinecone metallic gold for our tree.
Grandson (second grade) beat me at foosball, which is a new game his grandfather bought for Christmas. It is starting to look like a saloon down there, y'all. We need swinging doors next to swagger through.
My husband & I had swinging doors at a rental house as newlyweds and people did swagger through them like cowpokes at parties.
I named all my apts. That was The Brothel as the strange English landlady had a chandelier in the DR (no furniture for us) & huge sconces in the bedroom and bathroom with hideous, gigantic red poppy wallpaper. It was a new house, but a nightmare of gawdy stuff.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 30, 2025 11:10 PM (WONhk)
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You are right, they should.
Posted by: Crusader at December 30, 2025 11:10 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Bulg at December 30, 2025 11:12 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: fourseasons at December 30, 2025 11:12 PM (3ek7K)
Make of that what you will.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 30, 2025 10:58 PM (nWPIJ)
Disgusting pig of a "man." I was a little girl of 8yrs old and reading LIFE and LOOK Magazines. He would hold his beagles up by their ears. And was photographed showing off his gallbladder scar. I have never been the same.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 30, 2025 11:12 PM (WONhk)
Pretty sure I got it, but didn't test. Felt a bit tired and couldn't smell/taste things for a week or so.
Good thing we wuz vaxxxed, or it woulda been SO BAD!!
Oh, wait... Neither of us got the stoopid shots.
Posted by: JQ at December 30, 2025 11:13 PM (rdVOm)
I'm so loving your critter😛!!! Smooches to that doggo!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 30
Awww! Thank you. He is currently being a menace, but a cute one.
Posted by: Piper at December 30, 2025 11:13 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: Bulg at December 30, 2025 11:12 PM (77rzZ)
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Mechanical ones don't need sharpeners. Big win.
I do a lot of work in pencil, especially grocery lists, lest rain spoil it. Oddly, all my military notebooks were filled out with ink.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 30, 2025 11:14 PM (ZOv7s)
A closer one to look forward to is the cross-quarter point, which occurs around Feb 3. If you use the so-called "solar season" where the equinoxes and solstices defined the *middle* of the season, then the cross-quarter days mark the boundaries.
The Feb 3 cross-quarter date is a pretty good marker of when the days start to become noticeably longer and longer relative to the short winter days.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 30, 2025 11:14 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 30, 2025 10:53 PM (m7iZ5)
Has Mark Levin?
Posted by: Kindltot at December 30, 2025 11:15 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Bulg at December 30, 2025 11:15 PM (77rzZ)
Truman and Eisenhower did all kinds of auto parades in open cars, in Europe and South America. Harry used to go on daily walks around DC with just a single secret service agent. So there was absolutely nothing unusual about JFK doing yet another top down open car motorcade.
The route was only finalized about a week before, because they hadn’t settled on a venue yet. Oswald had only been working at the building for maybe a month. Texas School Book depository actually had two different locations, he was randomly assigned to that one by his boss.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 30, 2025 11:15 PM (0oYvV)
Posted by: Ea-nasir at December 30, 2025 11:15 PM (Ai3df)
Posted by: Bulg at December 30, 2025 11:16 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 30, 2025 11:14 PM (w6EFb)
Geezer Golf picks up a few weeks after this.
Woohoo!
Posted by: Diogenes at December 30, 2025 11:17 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: JQ at December 30, 2025 11:13 PM (rdVOm)
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I got it in 2023, because I had an ear infection and they were still stupidly testing. No symptoms.
I never got sick during the pandemic itself, and of course my refusal to get the jab led to an early retirement from the ANG. What a shitshow.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 30, 2025 11:17 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Crusader
That would make him a serial arranger of killings not a serial killer. Are there any examples of more recent political operatives with an unusual number of deaths in their immediate circle over a period of years? Anyone? Bueller….?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 30, 2025 11:17 PM (hZbnZ)
Mayor-Elect of NYC appoints AlQaeda terrorist's attorney as the new top city attorney.
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Let Mamdani make a mockery of what was once the world's greatest city.
They earned it.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 30, 2025 11:18 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Bulg at December 30, 2025 11:16 PM (77rzZ)
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Show me on the doll where the mechanical pencil did bad things to you.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 30, 2025 11:19 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 30, 2025 11:19 PM (Q/uAJ)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
Did the frozen woman in the Dollar Store have information that could lead to the arrest and conviction of someone?
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 30, 2025 11:19 PM (Ai3df)
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Just Hillary, who I truly believe is one of the most evil people to ever walk the earth. But LBJ would rival her.
Posted by: Crusader at December 30, 2025 11:19 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Common Tater at December 30, 2025 11:19 PM (0oYvV)
Posted by: Bulg at December 30, 2025 11:16 PM (77rzZ)
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Only with the available optional attachment.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 30, 2025 11:19 PM (JkO4W)
They earned it.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 30, 2025 11:18 PM (JkO4W)
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I think it's wonderful when people get what they asked for. I'm very happy for them.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 30, 2025 11:20 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 30, 2025 11:12 PM (WONhk)
There was a political cartoon of him pulling up his shirt to show his scar, and the scar was in the shape of Vietnam.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 30, 2025 11:20 PM (rbvCR)
The first thing that occurred to me on hearing about JFK's granddaughter contracting a rare cancer at 35 and dying was that it might have been caused by the vaccines. Then I read she went on tirade against RFK Jr about his work at HHS and how evil he has become.
With all the stuff going on it's easy to forget but we still need a reckoning over all the lies and abuses of the virus years. Even for those who were wrong about everything to do with the virus response.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 30, 2025 11:20 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Common Tater
That’s assuming Oswald fired the shot that killed JFK.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 30, 2025 11:21 PM (hZbnZ)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
Did the frozen woman in the Dollar Store have information that could lead to the arrest and conviction of someone?
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What difference could it make at this point?
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at December 30, 2025 11:21 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 30, 2025 11:22 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 30, 2025 11:19 PM (Q/uAJ)
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A classic example of a man who is consumed by ambition to seek power, and then is utterly unequal to the demands placed upon him.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 30, 2025 11:23 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Bulg at December 30, 2025 11:23 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 30, 2025 11:14 PM (ZOv7s)
I used to use a lot of Write-In-The-Rain notebooks, and I found out that an aluminum wire would write very nicely in them and never needed to be replaced like a lead. Supposedly silver wire was good for that too, but I never pulled cheap wiring apart to find silver.
Of course by the time I found that out I didn't need to take field notes ever again so that was kind of a bust
Posted by: Kindltot at December 30, 2025 11:24 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
In St. Peter's waiting room outside the Gates of Heaven, there is a couple of posters on the walls of FAQs.
I'm sure that one is up there.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 30, 2025 11:24 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Bulg at December 30, 2025 11:23 PM (77rzZ)
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Number two you say? So up the butt. That is consistent with tonight's theme.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 30, 2025 11:24 PM (ZOv7s)
The "NASA spent millions developing a space pen while the Rooskies used pencils" thing circulates widely, but is just an urban legend.
NASA originally used pencils. Mechanical pencils, and there was a scandal in the early 60s when it was discovered they paid over $120 per pencil. That was '60s dollars.
A regular wooden pencil would need sharpening, meaning shavings flying around. Graphite is conducting, and a short hazard floating around. After the Apollo fire, it was deemed a fire hazard.
Fisher developed the space pen entirely with its own money, spending about $1M on development. NASA didn't spend a dime on that.
They then bought them, and with a bulk discount, they paid a little over $2 per pen. The Rooskies also bought a bunch. The Rooskies noted the same problems we had with pencils, and used the new pens.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 30, 2025 11:25 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Piper at December 30, 2025 11:26 PM (p4NUW)
"Hey mikeski, you know that band you listened to 30* years ago? They're still around, and still sound exactly the same."
https://youtu.be/bxBXFWDWsgE
* - In utero, since I'm obviously only 29.
Posted by: mikeski at December 30, 2025 11:26 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: JQ at December 30, 2025 11:27 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: mindful webworker - peaceful transition at December 30, 2025 10:39 PM (dESj/)
Is he still alive?
one of my favorite 'Columbo's' has him as a photographer who fake kidnaps his wife so he can kill her. Columbo tricks him into incriminating himself.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 30, 2025 11:27 PM (QGaXH)
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But how did they Laika them?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 30, 2025 11:27 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Piper at December 30, 2025 11:26 PM (p4NUW)
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Seconded. Good night everyone!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 30, 2025 11:27 PM (ZOv7s)
No, it was Rome, then Constantinople, then London. Nothing else since:
Posted by: Bulg at December 30, 2025 11:28 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Bulg at December 30, 2025 11:29 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Javems at December 30, 2025 10:49 PM (8I4hW)
Good friend of mine was an EMT in NYC. Left the job after 9/11, for obvious reasons. Anyway, he'd say that whenever he got a call that had the phrase 'man in trouble' in it, he knew that something was up - the butt, that is. One call had him taking a man to the hospital with the legs of a Barbie doll sticking out of his rear. At the ER, the doc takes one look at the guy and says "I see that you have a Barbie doll sticking out of your butt. But I've got one question for you. Where's Ken?"
Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 30, 2025 11:29 PM (0CU3H)
Posted by: Kindltot at December 30, 2025 11:15 PM (rbvCR)
I don’t listen to him, but you inspired me to look it up. Looks like he was one of the first, not a surprise.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 30, 2025 11:29 PM (m7iZ5)
https://bit.ly/lbj-the-tell
mindful 2-panel animated webwork. Crucial panel goes by quick as a wink. Might need to wait for it to come around again. 😉
Posted by: mindful webworker - nudge nudge at December 30, 2025 11:30 PM (dESj/)
Entering night #2 of Hubby Hacking Up a Lung.
The marital bed is shaking worse than the Magic Fingers Bed at the local rent-by-the-hour no-tell motel off I-35W.
Mucinex DM and Benadryl have been taken; doc called in Tussin Pearls to the CVS, so those will be ingested as well.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at December 30, 2025 11:30 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Bulg at December 30, 2025 11:16 PM (77rzZ)
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Show me on the doll where the mechanical pencil did bad things to you.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
The 0.9mm lead holder is great if one must go through the ritual of sharpening one's pencil.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 30, 2025 11:30 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Bulg at December 30, 2025 11:16 PM (77rzZ)
I use them for guitar building because they have a consistent line thickness. Some of the intricate work demands it. After that you won't find me using one. Give me a regular ol' #2 or a carpenters pencil.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 30, 2025 11:30 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 30, 2025 11:31 PM (9c0bR)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 30, 2025 11:29 PM (m7iZ5)
I am sure Nick Fuentes was on it first, so I guess we can . . . Congratulate Nick Fuentes on being so admirable, unlike Tucker.
Yay.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 30, 2025 11:32 PM (rbvCR)
This is what the Rat taught me while we tried to balance the wobbly table. No truer words were spoken🤪...
Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 30, 2025 11:33 PM (LNeRu)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 30, 2025 11:34 PM (Q/uAJ)
Posted by: Bulg
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Jeebers...I live and die by Pentel 0.5 mm and 0.7 mm mechanical pencils.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 30, 2025 11:35 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 30, 2025 11:20 PM (viF8m)
I begged our sons and DILs not to get the mRNA and no one in our family did. Told them it takes at least a decade to see if there are side effects, yada.Later mentioned weird stuff going on with female reproduction, etc. I mean, I begged them in the email and on the phone. For once, and it is at times rare, our sons listened to me. DIL went on to have two more babies.
I've had covid at least twice. Possibly 3 times as I was super sick in early 2023 with bad bronchitis.
For women to come out of menopause with mRNA vaccine it blew my mind a bit, the research I could find. And I looked. They don't know yet what it has done.
I think my sisters-in-laws get every jab out there but still healthy (and weird).
Due to frequent travel for business, we did get the J&J one jab and no one seems impacted then or now.Taken off the market right after we got it! Whee! It did no harm that we are aware of.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 30, 2025 11:35 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at December 30, 2025 11:35 PM (54BQM)
Yay.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 30, 2025 11:32 PM (rbvCR)
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Maybe look it up before sh*tposting.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 30, 2025 11:35 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Zeera. I voted for ALL of this at December 30, 2025 10:16 PM
Quality Learing Center
1-800-FRAUD
X video: https://bit.ly/4q4pOuP
Nick shirley @nickshirleyy
WE ARE ALL LEARING THE HARD WAY
The infamous Quality LEARING Center is caught in more lies as they received $1.9 Million this year in 2025 and were shut down a week ago according to the Children Commissioner yet they continue to “operate” to try and save face as they have been caught.
Also now the Department of Health and Human services have frozen ALL child care payments to the state of Minnesota, they will now only be released when there is proof they are being spent legitimately.
PEOPLE ARE LEARING THAT FRAUD IS BAD
Here is the Quality LEARING Hoodie, thousands of you guys have messaged me about how to support so I figured this would be a fun way, if you would like.
TIME FOR FRAUDSTER TO LEAR THE HARD WAY
Couldn't be more grateful for your guys support
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 30, 2025 11:36 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 30, 2025 11:35 PM (RIvkX)
You should charge Tucker rent.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 30, 2025 11:36 PM (rbvCR)
Five golden rings...
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 30, 2025 11:36 PM (nljXp)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 30, 2025 11:36 PM (hZbnZ)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 30, 2025 11:31 PM (9c0bR)
Bingo, my tree is in 2 tubs. One long one for the bottom larger branches and the 2 piece stalk, and a regular one for the top branches. Then 4-5 bins for the lights and tree decorations. 1 for lights, 2 for the hallmark star trek and star wars ornaments, and the other 2 for all the other ornaments. Did I mention the tree takes 3 days to put up and decorate?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 30, 2025 11:37 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Bulg
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Jeebers...I live and die by Pentel 0.5 mm and 0.7 mm mechanical pencils.
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Yeah, I've sworn off pencils (they're too "scratchy" to write with), but several times a year I'm tempted to buy a Pentel 0.5mm just for old times sake.
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at December 30, 2025 11:37 PM (Cjcf6)
Since then, he gets sick at the drop of a hat. He never got “vaccinated,” as natural immunity is stronger than any vaccine. But. He gets sick all the time now.
Taking him some pho tomorrow and some DayQuil.
There was nothing natural about Covid. It was a scientifically constructed virus meant to test just how easily millions of people could be exterminated.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 30, 2025 11:37 PM (IhIKR)
Six million in grants, 10 employees paid a total of million dollars, it looks like a copy of what is going on in Minn.
Posted by: pawn at December 30, 2025 11:39 PM (Rmqfl)
Posted by: Crusader at December 30, 2025 11:40 PM (Cjcf6)
Five golden rings...
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
Presumably not finger rings, but I don't really want to know.
Posted by: mikeski wears a golden toque at December 30, 2025 11:40 PM (nhCoE)
93 NASA spends $1M on a pen to write in space.
The Soviets use pencils.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 30, 2025 10:28 PM
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I've read that this a myth. Zero-g pen was developed by a private inventor who convinced NASA to try it out. He was seeking publicity.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at December 30, 2025 11:41 PM (VWtfl)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
Lol. I get it. This year I got rid of my Dr Seuss Hallmark ornament collection. I can still fill the tree with the vintage Shiny Bright ornament collection.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 30, 2025 11:41 PM (Q/uAJ)
What is important is that HHS is cutting off automatic payments to the states for child care, and is starting audit requests for it.
https://x.com/HHS_Jim/status/2006136004294664464
Posted by: Kindltot at December 30, 2025 11:42 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 30, 2025 11:42 PM (w6EFb)
Clue - a mechanical pencil up "Jumbo" in LBJ ranch bedroom…
And on that note, I'd best flee 'ere I go farther afield.
To close, a little of the amazing Amy Camus
https://youtu.be/7JWxNqyIRtk
G'nite, y'all.
Posted by: mindful webworker - Wot the hek kind of name is Lady Bird? at December 30, 2025 11:43 PM (dESj/)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 30, 2025 11:43 PM (LNeRu)
Posted by: Andre La Plume at December 30, 2025 11:43 PM (oftw2)
Butt* I still got the covid in mid-2022 for a few days
*to keep the pun going
Posted by: JM in Illinois at December 30, 2025 11:44 PM (Rwc5r)
Posted by: pawn at December 30, 2025 11:44 PM (Rmqfl)
I had to do business travel as well so I also got the J&J. Hated getting it but I really didn't have much choice.
What our own government did to us is beyond evil.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 30, 2025 11:44 PM (viF8m)
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Funny, I would have guessed it was the Somalis.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 30, 2025 11:45 PM (nWPIJ)
This was 2016.
Wait until America wakes up and realizes we have our own grooming-gang crisis here at home.
But instead of confronting it, our politicians prefer to point across the ocean and pretend it’s only a UK problem.
Amy Mek @AmyMek
Oct 14, 2016
Why isn't the Media reporting on the 29 Somali Muslim sex traffickers & pimps arrested in the Minneapolis area!?
#KansasPlot
X: https://bit.ly/4pkVTgO
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 30, 2025 11:46 PM (P5BPp)
A closer one to look forward to is the cross-quarter point, which occurs around Feb 3. If you use the so-called "solar season" where the equinoxes and solstices defined the *middle* of the season, then the cross-quarter days mark the boundaries.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 30, 2025 11:14 PM (w6EFb)
Come on cross-quarter point
Eww Eww
cross-quarter point
Eww Eww
cross-quarter point
Eww Eww
cross-quarter point
Eww Eww
cross-quarter point
Sorry! I'll leave quietly now
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 30, 2025 11:46 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 30, 2025 11:46 PM (w6EFb)
Takes longer to *find* the ornaments than to hang them up, LOL. This year, had those new farm-store wooden ornaments of course. Hope I don't lose them by next Christmas!
Posted by: JQ at December 30, 2025 11:46 PM (rdVOm)
Bic bought the French rights for his pen, though
Posted by: Kindltot at December 30, 2025 11:47 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Ralph Kramden, Gotham Bus Lines at December 30, 2025 11:47 PM (oftw2)
There's a minute and twenty seven second intro if you want to push it up to Victor.
https://tinyurl.com/fr7z74b5
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 30, 2025 11:49 PM (Wt3Iw)
Six million in grants, 10 employees paid a total of million dollars, it looks like a copy of what is going on in Minn.
Posted by: pawn at December 30, 2025 11:39 PM
Muckraker.com @realmuckraker
FIRST SIGNS OF MASSIVE POTENTIAL SOMALI FRAUD IN COLUMBUS, OHIO
The first Somali-affiliated daycare facility that we knocked after landing in Columbus, Ohio today did not answer.
A neighbor across the street told us, “I’ve never seen nobody come out the building or go in the building.”
SGT_❌artin705 @SGT_Martin705
Yo go check out this Gas Station Smoke Shop Day Care Center on Stelzer Road
X images: https://bit.ly/49wxC2q
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 30, 2025 11:50 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 30, 2025 11:41 PM (Q/uAJ)
Shit, you had a Dr Seuss collection? Thats cool. I can't fit all of my star treks ships anymore, just way too many. I don't want to crowd out all the regular ornaments, which are ones from vacations, vintage ones, her hershey collectables, etc. There is a few hundred ornaments. There is the option for a second tree though, which is heading that way. Thats mostly because Mrs B put the kibosh on my death star tree topper idea. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 30, 2025 11:50 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 30, 2025 11:51 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 30, 2025 11:37 PM (IhIKR)
That was the super scary part for me. I'd look back at the 1918 Influenza epidemic and research cytokine storm.
The fact that docs in NYC initially were ignored on how to treat still ticks me off. Putting the patients on vents made them worse.
This one NYC doc and others said to treat them as if they had decompression sickness like with the bends,vs a typical pneumonia. Vents made the lungs stiff with covid. No one listened.
Some knew early on and yet the government/Fauci made it worse.
We are exposed to all sorts of toddler/now 2nd grade stuff weekly. In fact our toddler boy first gave us covid in early 2021...we did fine. He did the best at 3yrs old and unfazed.
His father gets the sickest, and sort of always has vs his brother in childhood. He gets sick more due to frequent air travel, sometimes international. They quarantine him and do ok.
Hope your son feels better soon.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 30, 2025 11:51 PM (WONhk)
Opps, sorry I get him confused with Marcel Bich of "Bic" fame.
Posted by: pawn at December 30, 2025 11:52 PM (Rmqfl)
Good grief! You just made my head hurt...
Bartender! I surely need an extra strong something....🤯
Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 30, 2025 11:53 PM (LNeRu)
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Just Hillary, who I truly believe is one of the most evil people to ever walk the earth. But LBJ would rival her.
Posted by: Crusader at December 30, 2025 11:19 PM (Cjcf6)
For a while I wondered if she could be the anti-Christ? Now I guess she's just the antipasto...
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 30, 2025 11:54 PM (QGaXH)
Takes longer to *find* the ornaments than to hang them up, LOL. This year, had those new farm-store wooden ornaments of course. Hope I don't lose them by next Christmas!
Posted by: JQ at December 30, 2025 11:46 PM (rdVOm)
Eventually I'm going to go super villain and cut a hole in the floor and push a button which will raise the tree on a platform and lower it back down into the abyss after christmas.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 30, 2025 11:54 PM (snZF9)
Just got to reading. Groundhog day indeed comes from the Celtic and Gaelic cross-quarter traditions. The Fed one is dubbed the "Imbolc" day.
According to one of the old myths, if it was sunny on Imbolc, winter would continue. However, if cloudy, spring would come soon.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 30, 2025 11:55 PM (w6EFb)
For every such happy ending stories, I bet there's a ton more nightmare cases.
We tried doing this once. The guy turned out to be a nutcase who had escaped the local social service's radar.
If you're considering doing this, I don't know how you can possibly be cautious enough in this day and age where the insane aren't taken care of.
Be careful, kind morons!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 30, 2025 11:55 PM (pgEoW)
I've looked and found nothing so far.
Scary stuff going on with his throat.
Posted by: pawn at December 30, 2025 11:55 PM (Rmqfl)
https://is.gd/8n7DEA
I used is.gd because of all the accents in his name made the link long in html.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 30, 2025 11:55 PM (hZbnZ)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
Thank You, sweets.
I’m bringing him some pho tomorrow.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 30, 2025 11:55 PM (IhIKR)
There was also a Year of the Four Emperors (AD 69), Year of the Five Emperors (AD 193), and a Year of the Six Emperors (AD 238, at the beginning of your Crisis of the Third Century).
Roman Emperor wasn't generally a job where you had to worry about your 401k.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 30, 2025 11:57 PM (IG3/x)
A classic example of a man who is consumed by ambition to seek power, and then is utterly unequal to the demands placed upon him.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 30, 2025 11:23 PM (ZOv7s)
But enough about FJB for one evening.....
More about butts...
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 30, 2025 11:57 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: pawn at December 30, 2025 11:52 PM (Rmqfl)
I never have figured out why he altered the spelling for English-speaking countries.
LOL!
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 30, 2025 11:58 PM (IG3/x)
#KansasPlot
X: https://bit.ly/4pkVTgO
Posted by: Clyde Shelton
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Because it was 2016 and they've already gone to court?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 30, 2025 11:59 PM (Wt3Iw)
Posted by: Ralph Kramden, Gotham Bus Lines at December 30, 2025 11:47 PM (oftw2)
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Does she twirl? If so, how many RPMs?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 30, 2025 11:59 PM (pgEoW)
LOL!
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 30, 2025 11:58 PM (IG3/x)
Think about the poor Germans named Fuchs and Koch
Posted by: Kindltot at December 30, 2025 11:59 PM (rbvCR)
Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH @P_McCulloughMD
Risk of Stroke Skyrockets with COVID-19 Infection after Vaccination
Breakthrough within 21 Days of Shot Confers 8-Fold Risk of Ischemic Stroke
X: https://bit.ly/4aEbrIM
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2025 12:01 AM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Kindltot at December 30, 2025 11:59 PM (rbvCR)
Or Fokker.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 31, 2025 12:01 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Kindltot
Went to school with a Dutch girl with the name HorDyke.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 31, 2025 12:02 AM (/lPRQ)
Two guys were directly below Oswald on the 5th floor, they naturally clearly heard the shots, dust fell on them from the ceiling, heard the brass hitting the floor as cartridges were ejected.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 31, 2025 12:02 AM (0oYvV)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 31, 2025 12:02 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Kindltot at December 30, 2025 11:59 PM (rbvCR)
The flowering plants that we pronounce "Fyew-sha" really should be pronounced "Fuck-sia".
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 31, 2025 12:02 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Just the Punchline at December 31, 2025 12:03 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 30, 2025 11:59 PM
The "why isn't the media reporting on" question was from a 2016 post, when the situation was happening.
The link I provided takes you to the post.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2025 12:04 AM (P5BPp)
According to one of the old myths, if it was sunny on Imbolc, winter would continue. However, if cloudy, spring would come soon.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb)
>I'm hoping that nasty little rockchuck or woodchuck has rabies and bites NYC Mayor Eric Adams to the bone.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 31, 2025 12:04 AM (nljXp)
Posted by: Bulg
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Jeebers...I live and die by Pentel 0.5 mm and 0.7 mm mechanical pencils.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 30, 2025 11:35 PM (XeU6L)
I've carried a Pentel 0.5 mm mechanical pencil in my shirt pocket since Carter was president....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2025 12:04 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Kindltot at December 30, 2025 11:59 PM (rbvCR)
Represent.
Posted by: Henry and Richard Bloch at December 31, 2025 12:05 AM (IG3/x)
https://tinyurl.com/ypmhjnbm
Private equity firms sell assets to themselves at a record rate in 2025
"The use of this tactic has surged in recent years as buyout firms have struggled to secure the valuations they want from either external buyers or public markets, choosing instead to hold on to investments, in hopes of getting higher offers in the future."
even the markets are fake and ghey
Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 12:06 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 31, 2025 12:07 AM (hZbnZ)
LOL!
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 30, 2025 11:58 PM (IG3/x)
Think about the poor Germans named Fuchs and Koch
Posted by: Kindltot at December 30, 2025 11:59 PM (rbvCR)
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There's a Hebrew family name. This former Israeli minister is an example:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophir_Pines-Paz
Hint: His family name is 2 syllables and not pronounced like the tree name in plural. Just pretend there's a double "N" there.
I once received a letter from Israel's equivalent to Social Security. It was signed by a Mrs. Loser.
Many decades ago, on my first job here, I was introduced to the company's marketing director, Mr. Bozo. I involuntarily LOL'd on the spot in his face.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 31, 2025 12:08 AM (pgEoW)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 30, 2025 10:30 PM
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I pray that 2026 is the year of the imprisonment. The Left did it: Bannon, Stone, Navarro. President Trump with a mug shot -- displayed in the Oval Office! So investigate, indict, trial, sentence, prison time. Do it, Bondi.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at December 31, 2025 12:09 AM (T9cM5)
Texas rep. Cale Yarborough was a World War 2 combat veteran, he was in the car immediately behind the car carrying secret service agents, and in an interview that same day claimed he smelled gunpowder “all the way to parkland”. He wouldn’t have smelled powder from the 6th floor of a building, but he sure would from the car in front of him.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 31, 2025 12:10 AM (0oYvV)
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Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 31, 2025 12:08 AM (pgEoW)
A friend had a cat he named Arbeitsloser. Who was a really cool, if pocket-sized Maine Coon.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 12:11 AM (rbvCR)
The link I provided takes you to the post.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton
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The link does not provide an answer to why a nine year old event is not being reported on today.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 12:13 AM (Wt3Iw)
Posted by: Kindltot
Went to school with a Dutch girl with the name HorDyke.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
The singer for the Dutch band Blackbriar is Zora Cock. Literally "Cook," just like the German "Koch."
https://youtu.be/yJvHH4BYQyw
(She's a 1.)
Posted by: mikeski at December 31, 2025 12:15 AM (nhCoE)
Posted by: Kindltot
Went to school with a Dutch girl with the name HorDyke.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 31, 2025 12:02 AM (/lPRQ)
Had a cow worker named 'Long Dong'
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2025 12:16 AM (QGaXH)
one of my favorite 'Columbo's' has him as a photographer who fake kidnaps his wife so he can kill her. Columbo tricks him into incriminating himself.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
Did you see what he just did?
Did YOU see what he just did?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2025 12:16 AM (pkeXY)
If it's flu, I've had good results from Relenza. Like ivermectin, Relenza must be taken early in the illness because it works by inhibiting viral replication.
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at December 31, 2025 12:17 AM (FMtrg)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2025 12:18 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at December 31, 2025 12:18 AM (FMtrg)
Loved them as a teen..now I think Eddie's real gift was writing hard pop songs. What I find myself listening to the most when one of their tracks is played is how David Lee Roth gets the absolute most out of a very limited voice. Although Hagar seems like a person that you wouldn't mind at all as a neighbor after Roth I have never had any use for VH. Complete generic rock IMHO
Posted by: Azjaeger at December 31, 2025 12:19 AM (3/XaG)
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at December 30, 2025 10:06 PM (l3YAf)
Well, get it over with, and nuke Ottawa. Pretty please.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2025 12:19 AM (8zz6B)
Last night you got me obsessed with this Feb beginning on a Sunday cycle thing. Thanks. :-)
Anyway, it's not rare at all, and happens on average (sort of) 1 in 7 years, as sort of expected. However, the spacing is not regular. It goes in 6, 5, 6, 11 year cycle every 28 years, with the Gregorian skipping some century leap years shifting it around a bit.
So, next cycle, 2026, 2032, 2037, 2043, then repeating in 2054.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 31, 2025 12:20 AM (w6EFb)
* changes password *
Posted by: mikeski at December 30, 2025 10:11 PM (nhCoE)
Ultimate pen? Has to be the Fisher Space Pen, made in beautiful downtown Boulder, Nevada.
So good, the soviets bought them, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2025 12:22 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 31, 2025 12:23 AM (pgEoW)
Last night you got me obsessed with this Feb beginning on a Sunday cycle thing. Thanks. :-)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 31, 2025 12:20 AM (w6)
I always enjoy reading your posts. Same with AOP.
Just to be clear, I didn't think February starting on a Sunday was more rare than on any other day. An earlier poster on another thread claimed a once in 800 year event in connection with this coming February. I thought perhaps there was a combination of February starting on Sunday and another unspecified rare event which made for the once in 800 years situation.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2025 12:28 AM (QGaXH)
No problem, I understood that, and I have no idea what was supposed to be 1 in 800 rare there, not a clue.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 31, 2025 12:30 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 12:32 AM (Wt3Iw)
On a related note, I recall being a bit disappointed that we didn't have a double-leap year in 2000, meaning a Feb 30th, since 2000 is neatly divisible by 400 and I thought the next two decimal places in the number of days in a year was also '25' as in 365.2525 days in a year. At some point don't we have to account for those figures beyond 365.25?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2025 12:33 AM (QGaXH)
Wouldn’t be the first time. It’s widely accepted now that the man accused of killing Huey Long almost certainly never fired a shot. One of Huey Long’s bodyguards cut loose with a .50. cal Tommy gun in a small room with granite walls and one ricochet slugs went through Huey.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2025 12:35 AM (m7iZ5)
Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 12:36 AM (Ia/+0)
Maybe .45 cal.
Posted by: PabloD at December 31, 2025 12:37 AM (tfChy)
No problem, I understood that, and I have no idea what was supposed to be 1 in 800 rare there, not a clue.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 31, 2025 12:30 AM (w6EFb)
actually - if Feb starting on a Sunday is 1 out of 7 (rounding) then we'd be looking for a 1 out of 100 other event which the two combined would be around 1 out of 700 which gets us in the ballpark.
But I don't want to get in trouble with the management for introducing math to the blog....LOL!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2025 12:39 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2025 12:39 AM (m7iZ5)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 31, 2025 12:40 AM (hZbnZ)
......................................................
Cale went on to win 3 NASCAR Championships in a row: 1976, 1977, 1978.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 31, 2025 12:42 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: PabloD at December 31, 2025 12:42 AM (tfChy)
Posted by: Braenyard
30%?
At what point does it stop being "beer" and start being something else?
I DDG'ed "strongest beer," and there was an article about 14 of them. Starting with Sam Adams "Utopias" at 28%, and going up to some industrial cleanser named "Beithir Fire" at 75%. Which was a blend of beer and grain alcohol, so definitely cheating.
Posted by: mikeski at December 31, 2025 12:42 AM (nhCoE)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2025 12:43 AM (m7iZ5)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 12:44 AM (Wt3Iw)
See you good people, and the rest of you as well, on the Morning Thread.
Posted by: PabloD at December 31, 2025 12:45 AM (tfChy)
Other than it's the only way to fit a month in 4 rows on a calendar?
Posted by: mikeski at December 31, 2025 12:47 AM (nhCoE)
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A friend and his prof brewed up some. He said neither one of them finished the glass. - zoned out.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 12:48 AM (Wt3Iw)
I heard You got to AP safely! Congratulations on another southern migration.
Be well and thaw out, good sir.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 31, 2025 12:49 AM (IhIKR)
"Perpetual calendar"
There are, 14 different possible calendar years. (not getting into the weeds with various religions....)
Posted by: JQ at December 31, 2025 12:49 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 12:50 AM (Wt3Iw)
At what point does it stop being "beer" and start being something else?
Posted by: mikeski
I think the strongest I've had was some microbrew's Russian Imperial Stout that clocked in about 18%.
R.I.S., so it was smooth and sweet. But strong. Like getting your ass kicked by a Bond girl.
Posted by: mikeski at December 31, 2025 12:51 AM (nhCoE)
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Warm salt water gargle! Better than nothing.
Sleep well...
Posted by: JQ at December 31, 2025 12:52 AM (rdVOm)
The Gregorian 400 yr cycle estimates the mean tropical year indeed at 365.2425, or 365 + 97/400 days.
The actual mean tropical year as of epoch J2000 is 365.2421896698 ephemeris days. In mean solar days (earth's slower rotation) on J2000 that was 365.24217 mean solar days.
So the Gregorian still slightly overestimates the length of the tropical year, and that difference means a drift of about 1 day in 3200 years.
That's damn good, but still drifts. The problem is, at that level of precision, over ten millennia time scales, the wig-woggle in the astronomical cycles itself becomes significant, not to mention the secular slowing of the earth's rotation.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 31, 2025 12:52 AM (w6EFb)
See you good people, and the rest of you as well, on the Morning Thread.
Posted by: PabloD at December 31, 2025 12:45 AM (tfChy)
I see a number of posters have reported 'symptoms' - TiFW's husband, etc. My wife is sick as a dog hacking up a lung for the last few days, I had go searching the stores for some Chloraseptic lozenges. I had a slight tickle for a day or two but it went away. Now Ihear wife's cousin is coming down with something.
I guess there's something going around.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2025 12:54 AM (QGaXH)
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Culvert wasn't too far from him.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 12:57 AM (Wt3Iw)
The Gregorian 400 yr cycle estimates the mean tropical year indeed at 365.2425, or 365 + 97/400 days.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 31, 2025 12:52 AM (w6EFb)
So I don't know where I got 365.2525 from...
Instead it seems we'll need to skip a leap year or two or three every 400 years ?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2025 01:00 AM (QGaXH)
Peppermints are good for soothing, too. Cinnamon & clove as well.
Or, go for the warm whisky & honey tea!
For stuffy nose? Go for the spicy-hottest food you can stand. Add wasabi or chinese hot mustard to plain rice.
Posted by: JQ at December 31, 2025 01:01 AM (rdVOm)
On this leg of the various Milankovich cycles, the tropical year is actually getting shorter, and then the earth is slowing down, long term.
That will make the drift in the Gregorian a little bit worse over the next couple thousand years. This will make the equinox be about 1 day behind around the year 3200, rather than expected 3200 + 1600 = year 4800 or so.
A ad-hoc thing that would sort of compensate for that would be to skip the leap year in 3200, then continute as normal to the year 4000, and then switch to a 500 yr rather than 400 year cycle.
This would average out over the long term about as best as could be done giving the uncertainties in the astronomical cycles and earth's rotation. It would initially underestimate the year on the front end, then overestimate on the back end, and average out over maybe 10 - 20K years. The equinox would drift maybe +/- days over that period.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 31, 2025 01:01 AM (w6EFb)
That's the Gregorian rule. Skip the leap year every century that's not a multiple of 4. The leap year in 2000 was the first such century leap year since 1600.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 31, 2025 01:03 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 12:32 AM (Wt3Iw)
I had a 20% ABV beer at Lochiel Brewery in Mesa. Thorfinn Berserker, IIRC. One 7 ounce glass was enough for me. Tasty, but too strong to be enjoyed on a regular basis.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2025 01:03 AM (8zz6B)
I guess there's something going around.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
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Ivermectin is anti-inflamitory and antihistamine.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 01:04 AM (Wt3Iw)
On this leg of the various Milankovich cycles, the tropical year is actually getting shorter, and then the earth is slowing down, long term.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 31, 2025 01:01 AM (w6EFb)
Well...some days do seem to be longer than others - LOL!
It's getting time for me to call it a night. I see it's after 1 where you are...thank you for the interesting info.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2025 01:07 AM (QGaXH)
Hubby & I have multiple Rxs between us and so I was afraid to take any or give him any.
Posted by: JQ at December 31, 2025 01:07 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: PabloD at December 31, 2025 12:42 AM (tfChy)
I saw that video. A prototype. IIRC, had never been fired.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2025 01:07 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others
OTC in most the world.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 31, 2025 01:10 AM (/lPRQ)
Be well and thaw out, good sir.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 31, 2025 12:49 AM (IhIKR)
Had to deal with snowy roads through central Montana. Slow drive. Once I got into Idaho, the roads were fine.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2025 01:11 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
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Supposed to be "OTC" in my state, too. BUT! I must mail-order, because none of the local pharmacies will carry it. Something about a "patient package insert" that is only included when prescribed. It's the *industry* trying to fk us over, of course.
Mail order supply has no "insert", just the standard disclaimer: "talk to your doctor" re: other meds.
Frustrating!
Posted by: JQ at December 31, 2025 01:15 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2025 01:16 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: JQ at December 31, 2025 01:16 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: PabloD at December 31, 2025 12:42 AM (tfChy)
Yeah that was cool. Didn't he buy that thing? There was also a Thompson chambered for .30 caliber carbine ammo. Fuck it, the thompson was cool, try ever caliber and see what happens. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 31, 2025 01:17 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: PabloD at December 31, 2025 12:42 AM (tfChy)
I saw that video. A prototype. IIRC, had never been fired.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
>You might need a couple of spare barrels so you can change them out with that kind of pressure and power.
Frankenstein sub.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 31, 2025 01:17 AM (nljXp)
Posted by: JQ
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I did a thorough enough search to satisfy me that contrindications are about zero. ChristyBlinky has mentioned that it can ifluence hearts that have fibrulation problems. I've had atrial fibrulation, an ablation, a shock to get it in rhythm and other mechanical devices.
I've done (not at one time) one and 3/4 tubes of paste, that's probably (recollection) 6 times (it's measured on the syringe) and no problems but the symptoms went away.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 01:18 AM (Wt3Iw)
How absurd is it, that I'd trust the opinion of somebody on the internet more than I'd trust a dr.?
(Where are we going, and why am I in this handbasket?)
Posted by: JQ at December 31, 2025 01:23 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 01:25 AM (Wt3Iw)
Damn, just reading out this "vouching system" in MN, where any registered voter can "vouch" for up to 8 other voters who don't have proper ID. "Yeah, these guys are good, swearsies!"
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 31, 2025 01:27 AM (w6EFb)
I didn't tell her where I got it from. I will on the next visit if it works.
Posted by: pawn at December 31, 2025 01:31 AM (Rmqfl)
Mail order supply has no "insert", just the standard disclaimer: "talk to your doctor" re: other meds.
Frustrating!
Posted by: JQ
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Guess I might as well order up some horsey paste then.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 31, 2025 01:33 AM (/lPRQ)
Take it with a spoon. Ben Had has info and Anne Barnhardt's site has info.
I order mine from Amazon, others have said Tractor Suppy or such is an easy buy.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 01:33 AM (Wt3Iw)
I can get pills cheaper (per dose) than paste, in-state sales only. Meh.
Got to go, sleep beckons...
Posted by: JQ at December 31, 2025 01:40 AM (rdVOm)
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Heh.
The one plus on 'injectable' is it has minimal additives, but do not inject.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 31, 2025 01:45 AM (/lPRQ)
Frankenstein sub.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
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Always thought the BAR was cool. Rises too much but still cool. An AR in 308 if it didn't come apart.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 01:47 AM (Wt3Iw)
Posted by: DynamiteDan at December 31, 2025 01:49 AM (HBp0A)
https://tinyurl.com/29mzrmd2
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 02:17 AM (Wt3Iw)
Australian-flagged cruise ship Coral Adventurer remains aground off the coast of Papua New Guinea. Australian authorities have detained the vessel over seaworthiness concerns and safety management failures.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 02:25 AM (Wt3Iw)
Posted by: pjungwir at December 31, 2025 02:26 AM (noE7F)
If the name sounds familiar:
"An Australian cruise ship has run aground with 120 passengers on board on its first trip since a passenger died after being left behind on a remote island. The Coral Adventurer hit a reef..."
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 31, 2025 02:35 AM (2XHCB)
BIG: Saudi airstrikes hit Yemen’s Mukalla Port, targeting ships from the UAE carrying armored vehicles and weapons for UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) separatists.
Tensions between Saudi-backed and UAE-backed forces have escalated sharply after pro-UAE forces seized large parts of eastern Yemen, ignoring Saudi warnings and even a recent warning airstrike.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 02:51 AM (Wt3Iw)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 02:56 AM (IYIYn)
DEI had nothing to do with the groundings or the innocent person's death. It was instrument failure.
and DDG AI, Search
As of December 31, 2025, the current spot price of silver in Japan is approximately ¥11,809.34 JPY per ounce, which is about $75.53 USD based on the recent market data.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 03:00 AM (Wt3Iw)
'night. all.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 03:03 AM (Wt3Iw)
Elon's training his robots to help people.
Here's the Chinese plan for us.
https://tinyurl.com/2s3tpnmz
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 03:07 AM (Wt3Iw)
Posted by: PabloD
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Not a "Tommy gun" (delayed blowback action), we already have a 30.06 fully automatic weapon - the BAR. No 50 round drum available for it, but the drum was not the standard mag for the Thompson either. Most of the Tommy guns used in WW2 used the 20 round "stick" magazine which was much more reliable. The standard mag for the BAR was 20 rounds, too. My stepfather loved the Thompson he carried across France and into Germany, but he also loved have a BAR guy in his squad. The BAR was THE gun out in the open fields, but the T was just the ticket in the towns.
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You can get a LATIN LETTER SMALL CAPITAL REVERSED R here!
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